Her eyes open to reveal her startling red irises that rapidly move around the room taking in her surroundings. Everyone makes sure to stay a good distance away from the bed as she sits up slowly and pushes some of her hair away from her face.

For the first five minutes she simply sits there. Then she cautiously swings her feet onto the ground and stands up as she looks at them warily. No one moves. She doesn't speak as she slowly walks around the room, glaring at them each in turn. Finally, she stops in front of Gino.

"Mia," he breathes, still not daring to move his arms to embrace her as he wishes. He is stunned. She is nothing like she once was but, at the same time, he can still see the old Mia hidden within her.

The newborn is just as stunned. Who's Mia? She thinks, taking in the tall vampire in front of her. Was that her name? And why does he seem so familiar? She thinks as she proceeds to walk around him taking in his appearance. Dirty blond hair, around six feet tall, an almost lanky build, full lips, and red eyes.

She opens her mouth to speak but finds that she can't. Something stops her. A memory or something close to it tugs at the back of her mind filling her with an inexplicable sense of fear. She clutches at her throat. Fear? She thinks. How can I, the predator, feel fear?

She does not know that she is a vampire, but she does know that she is a predator. She can picture in her mind exactly what she wants: a human dripping in blood. It makes her clutch at her throat even harder. What's making it burn like this? She thinks.

"You need to hunt," The man with reddish brown hair answers from across the room.

She is instantly filled with excitement when she hears the word.

"Why doesn't she speak?" The familiar man in front of her asks.

"She's afraid of something," Edward replies. "She can't remember anything but she seems to remember something bad that has to do with her voice."

Gino curses. He resists the urge to punch holes into a few of the walls. He knows what is causing Mia's distress but he doesn't want to tell the Cullens yet.

Edward gives him a nod, letting him know he understands and continues, "She doesn't remember anything about being human. She can only think of hunting humans. She's basically become a heartless predator."

Mia glares at the man with reddish brown hair. He's reading my mind, she realizes. She growls at him.

"We should probably start introducing ourselves to her. She's starting to get a little frustrated," Jasper speaks up.

"Good idea, I'll start. I'm Edward," the reddish brown haired man says as he holds out his hand. "Now that you know my name, would you please stop calling me the reddish brown haired man?" He asks as he steps away.

The woman next to him with mahogany brown hair giggles a bit at Edward's comment as she introduces herself. "Bella."

"Renesmee," a little girl says as she steps out from behind them to introduce herself.

"Esme," a woman standing next to a blond man introduces herself.

"Carlisle," the blond man says as he steps forward to shake her hand. Mia can feel almost instantly that if there is a leader of this coven, it's him. And he is obviously Esme's mate.

"I'm Rosalie and this is my mate, Emmett," a stunningly beautiful blonde says.

Mia can't help but watch her rather large mate with extreme caution as he steps forward to shake her hand.

"I'm Alice," a tiny pixie like girl says as she steps forward. "And this is-"

She stops. Her eyes take on a vacant look.

"She's having a vision," the blond male Alice was going to introduce explains. "I'm Jasper."

When Mia takes his hand she finds herself calming down and bringing down all of her defenses. She wants to fight. Hell, she wants to tear him apart and burn him. But she can't. She hates him for that.

Jasper chuckles. "I've managed to calm you down but you don't seem very happy about it."

Of course I don't, she wants to yell. Instead, she settles for glaring at him.

"I can manipulate emotions," he explains.

Gino steps in front of Jasper. "My name is Gino. We knew each other before. . . "

The memory tugs again at the back of Mia's mind but, for some reason, Gino makes her feel safe not afraid. She forms an instant attachment to Gino.

"I guess I should take her hunting," Jasper says, effectively reminding Mia of the constant burning in the back of her throat.

"I can take her," Gino protests.

"You and Bella went just this morning and the others went last week. I'm the only one who needs to hunt and besides, I'm the only one who can control her. I mean, what if there are hunters?"

She growls at Jasper fiercely before Mia looks at Gino pleadingly. I want to go with you, she thinks, hoping he gets the message.

Gino thinks for a moment before finally nodding. "Fine but keep a close watch on her."

"Got it," Jasper answers.

The more she thinks about it, the more she dreads it. Hunting with Jasper is not going to be a pleasant experience.

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