Candace and I kept running until we found a clearing in the woods. We were in little Forks, Washington, tracking a vampire named Victoria. We caught up with her in Canada and somehow she slipped away from us. I began to wonder why exactly she came to this little town.

"Candace, are you sure shes here?" I asked. What could there be in Forks that would make her come here? Candace just glared at me from the corner of her eye. I knew never to bet against her. She was a very remarkable tracker. We never got lost finding a vampire to kill.

"Of course! I know what I'm doing!"

"Alright, Alright. We've just been running a long time, and I'm getting tired" I sighed. Knowing she was getting frusterated.

This vampire deffinately knew what she was doing. Candace sat down on the grass looking around trying to concentrate on her surroundings rather than think about Victoria getting away from us all the time, she set down a little bag that we kept some of our clothes in for later. When I looked around, I noticed that the clearing that we stopped at was very beautiful, there was a tiny stream, I could hear the water running through it. Everything was so green, It was a very beautiful place indeed. I sat down next to Candace still staring at the scenery.

"Its such a beautiful little meadow. Don't you think Beth?" Candace was also, like me, staring at the small running stream.

If Candace was tired, she didn't show it. She looked perfectly peaceful sitting in the grass. Her tan cargo pants looked alittle dirty, and her pink tank top was worn out. Her shimmering blonde hair that was pulled up into a tight pony tail looked perfect though, She always looked pretty, quite a difference compared to me, she had big blue eyes and a sort of round face, full pink lips and a little nose. Before finding out she was a slayer, she was a southern town girl. She still had a little country twang.

I was glad I couldn't see what I looked like. I probably looked like I've been through hell and back. Which..I have.

"So, What are we going to do?" I asked, confused about why we are just sitting there, we should be tracking Victoria some more. She got to her feet, and brushed herself off. And turned to walk away, motioning for me to follow with her hand.

"We need to go into the town. And we can't go looking like this" She looked at her pants and shirt and then mine, I didn't even want to look down to see my shirt "Beth, I need to you peek into some of the town peoples minds to see if they've seen her." I nodded and followed her as the walked out of the clearing. One of my special gifts, is that I can read minds. I can hear thoughts, see memories, and even feel emotions sometimes from peoples thoughts, but I can also block thoughts and my own from others.

While walking out of the clearing, she took the bag she's been carrying and took out two new plain white shirts and two pairs of jeans. We stopped to slip them on, before entering the town, and threw our dirty clothes under a bush. The sneakers we have been wearing weren't white anymore, the rain in Forks made running hard, because of all the mud. As we made it to the center of the town, there was a bunch of different shops. We decided to go into a small store to buy some more interesting outfits. I bought black leather pants, and a deep red shirt. It was slightly low cut, but I didn't care, I loved it. It was exactly my style. It was off the shoulder yet sleeveless. I matched it with some knee high heel boots.

Candace, on the other hand, had more of a preppy style, she had picked out a very stylish jean micro mini skirt, with a light blue T shirt. And wore white flats.

I went into the stores bathroom to look at my hair. I sighed at what I saw in the mirror. It was messy and looking very much out of control. I ran my fingers threw it trying to get some of the tangles out, when Candace came into the bathroom to help me. She took out a brush she had just bought and started to brush out my hair. Its natural light brown curls clung to my face as she finished, and started working her way threw her own straight gorgeous blonde hair. After that job was done, we both took turns putting on some eyeliner and masacra. We figured we should try to blend in with the rest of the teenage girl population.

Exiting the bathroom, we went straight out of the store. And both of us immediately started to get stares. Thoughts of the small city people raced into my mind.

"Wow, those girls are hot! I'm going to ask that blonde girl for her number!"

"Hm, I wonder who those two girls are. Never seen them around town, must be new..."

I struggled to block the thoughts out of my mind. Candace smiled as we walked by the boy with the raging hormones who wanted her number. I was about to tell her what he'd been thinking when all the sudden I got a flash of a picture in my mind.

I looked around to see who the mental picture could have been from, when I spotted a spikey blonde haired boy walking into a shop called Newtons Shop. I raced through his mind, to find out his name is Mike Newton, he works at Newtons Shop, and he apparently hates a kid named Edward, Who I assumed was the name of the pale faced handsome guy who I just saw flash in my mind.

I wonder who this Edward guy could be, and why I cared. When it hit me, He was pale, and he has purplish bruises underneath his eyes! Vampire. I knew it. The only thing that confused me, was his eye color. He had topaz eyes, but the only vampires I have come into contact with had beating red eyes. They even looked evil! This Edward kid, didn't look evil, but I knew in my soul that he was a vampire.I stopped dead in my tracks. Candace turned around to see why I stopped but she was too slow as I ran into Newtons Shop. I needed to figure out more about Edward.