AN: This is the revamped version of Action is Eloquence. I'm redoing and editing what I've already written. Thank you to all of those who read and reviewed this even though it went on an unknown hiatus.

So here's to restarting this! Woohoo.

Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don't own Twilight or High School Musical. But if I did..

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It was dark, much too black for it to be a full moon. The sounds of dripping water echoed through the alleyway from a freak rainstorm an hour earlier. I shoved my hands in my pockets trying to fight off the chill that was in the air. Shivering, I stopped and looked around surveying my surroundings.

This alley was definitely a path I didn't normally take. Nor a path I wanted to be taking.

"Damn," I muttered to myself, "I had to stay a little longer at the coffee shop." Sighing I continued my walk down the alley, pulling out my cell phone to check the time. The LED screen lit up revealing 12:00 AM. Great. Sharpay was probably going insane unless Zeke was over.

If that was the case, I think my walk could take a little bit longer.

My parents were out of town for the long weekend we had out of school. Three day weekends were what I lived for during the middle of the school year.

Resuming my walk, I noticed it was deathly silent, maybe except for the sound of my shoes on the wet pavement. Out of no where I heard footsteps, at least it sounded like footsteps. Stopping again, I looked around curiously once more.

"Hello?" No answer. Shaking it off, I began walking again. The silence was once more broken by the sound of my cell phone ringing. The upbeat tempo and crazy, zany sounding music meant it was only one person. My heart lurched as I answered the phone.

"Hey Gabriella."

"Hi Ryan. You, uh, told me to call you when I got home. So I am." She giggled softly.

"Thanks, I just wanted to make sure you got home safe."

"I did, listen; I had a great time tonight, although I think we drank more coffee than we did chemistry." I laughed, we had gotten together to work on our chemistry lab that we were supposed to do Tuesday. The sound of foot steps returned and I paused.

"Ryan?" Oops, I forgot I had her on the phone.

"Yeah, I'm here, just uh thought I heard something. So, are you excited for the lab?" By now I was kind of creeped out by the weird noises. I would recite the alphabet in four different languages just to keep her on the phone.

"Definitely, anything that has to do with science I'm all for." As freaked out as I was, my heart was fluttering at the sound of her voice. She kept me sane at the most stressful parts of my life over the summer while I was dealing with Sharpay and the onslaught of college applications. Gabriella gave me what she could and just didn't realize I was more than willing to give her all of me. Cheesy? Yes, but I refused to admit it was love, for now, I was massively "in like" with her.

Suddenly, I was thrown to the ground and my phone skidded across the asphalt. I was pinned down by a pair of frigid hands and fighting back was no use. It was too dark to see and whatever this was had my arms locked to the ground. Outside of the struggle I could hear Gabriella screaming my name on the phone.

If there was any voice I would have liked to hear in my final moments, it was hers. But not it the petrified tone that flowed through it.

A feral growl and sickening laugh filled my ears and imprinted itself into my brain. My arm was yanked up and I felt a hard tug on my shoulder, no doubt it had been dislocated. A sharp pain shot threw my wrist and it felt as if something had bitten it. Even though I was pretty tolerant to pain, this was unlike any other.

Listening to the sounds of Gabriella's cries, and the odd sucking noises coming from my arm, I blacked out.

Okay, shorter than the original, but I wanted to keep true to the transformation experienced by the Twilight vampires. So I lengthened the time that Ryan was out of school to allow time for the change.

I still think it will sound rushed, but well, frankly I don't care. Re-review!