Chapter 3

I was kinda uncomfortable sitting on the couch with 7 other vampires and a human girl hovering above me. I couldn't understand why the human was in the group, or the fact that Edward had his arm around her waist. I sighed and stood up. I don't like feeling small.

"Who are you?" Esme asked.

"My name is Dawn, as your husband already knew. I'm sorry if I caused any of you any trouble," I said politely. If there's one thing my father taught me it was manners. Alice was still looking at me with a grim expression, but to my surprise, Emmett was grinning at me.

"Can you tell us what you are?" Edward asked. I smiled a little. His tone of voice told me he was frustrated, probably because I had learned to shield myself from the gifted Cullen Children's gifts.

"I don't like to discuss my heritage to people I barely know," I repled. Rosalie looked at me curiously, though I saw no reason for her to do so. I sighed and sat back down, holding my head as I watched the room spin.

"Are you alright?" I heard someone say, but I could tell who it was. My vision was blurred and I was so out of it I barely felt myself being lifted into the air. Then, everything was dark.

Flashback

"Daddy, where's mommy?" I asked. I was five years old at the time, or at least that's how old I looked. Father sighed and picked my up, holding me in his lap.

"You're mother is gone sweetheart, she's not coming back," he said to me. I leaned against his hard chest and sighed. I've heard this before, but I didn't want to admit it. "What matters now is that I'm here with you, and I will never leave you alone." I looked up at him and smiled.

"Can you tell me why my body hurts too?" I asked. It always felt like there was this dull fire coursing through my veins and it hurt.

"That's easy to explain. It's because your mother and I are from a different race," he explained. I didn't know what he meant, and it showed. "You'll know when you're older."

"But I'm already twenty five," I complained. My aging had been going very slowly.

"Once you look like you're sixteen, you'll stop aging and will remain that age until you die," he said. "And then you will be able to understand." I wasn't going to argue, though I wanted to.

"Why am I always tired?" I asked, suppressing my urge to argue on the previous subject.

"That's because you have a very special gift that, in time, you will learn to control," he replied. I tilted my head to the side in confusion. "You, my dear, have the power to make anyone fall asleep, even me." I nodded once; kind of understand what he said. I didn't think there was anything special about me. I was just a useless half-breed.

End of Flashback

I woke up looking into the face of the same seven vampires and the human, but they were all anxious instead of the other types of expressions I saw before. I sat up and found myself in a bed this time. Now I was confused.

"What happened?" Carlisle asked.

"I just passed out, probably from me weak heart that you told me I have," I replied convincingly. I was getting better at this lying thing. The human girl had to leave I guess, because she and Edward left the room. I was about to get up, but Carlisle pushed me back down gently.

"I don't want you moving just yet," he informed me. And thus began my house arrest.

A/N: House arrest has got to suck. oh well, R&R!