A/N: I had 3,000 words of this chapter written out on my phone, but my phone decided that it didn't like it very much so it got deleted. I was really mad, because I liked how I had written this chapter, but I guess I'm just going to have to rewrite it. Since, I had writer's block when I was rewriting I don't think it will be as good as my first draft, but who knows it may just be better. The first time I wrote it, it was actually in Alice's POV, but I decided to change it to Bella's. Anyway, on with the story right guys?

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.

(BPOV)

I really didn't want to go to the Cullen's house after school today, but for some reason I couldn't say no to that adorable little pixie Alice. Wait, what? Since when do I think anyone is adorable? What the hell is going on with me? I only stayed in this area, because of the vampires. I want to know what makes their eyes that golden color. Every other vampire I have ever seen has had red eyes, not yellow. My mother always used to tell me that curiosity killed the cat, but I just can't help it. I want to know why they are the way they are. How do they put themselves in the path of temptation constantly without giving their secret away? I don't understand it!

I heard the sound of wood snapping and looked down to see that I had broken my pencil in half. I smelled my own blood for just a second before the shallow cut healed.

I was pulled from my thoughts by the teacher calling my name. I quickly picked the answer from his brain, before replying. I chuckled as he looked caught off guard. He thought I hadn't been paying attention so he thought I wouldn't even know the question let alone the answer. Little did he know that I wasn't paying attention so I didn't know the question at all.

The day flew by until it was lunch time. I am now sure that I am going to end up killing one or more of the humans in this pathetic little town. This annoying little boy was very persistent in his attempts to hit it, as the humans would say. His name, Mike fucking Newton. Every second that he was around me he was flirting with me, or at least trying to, which in turn caused the little situation I'm in right now. A human girl yelling and screaming at me for trying to take her boyfriend. Ha! As if I would ever want him.

"You need to stay away from my man, bitch. I don't know who you think you are, but he's mine. Stay the fuck away from him, or else. Okay? Do we have an understanding?" Jessica Stanley thought she was being threatening and intimidating. If only she knew just who, or I guess what, she is screaming at like that.

"Listen, and listen well, because I will not be repeating myself. I. Do. Not. Want. Your. Boyfriend. He hit on me, not the other way around, honey. Maybe you should keep an eye on his wandering eye. This doesn't seem like it's the first time this has happened. Oh, and if you ever try threatening me again I can promise that you may start it, but I will finish it. Do we have an understanding?" My voice was calm, but intimidating. I have been scaring people a lot longer than her.

"Just who exactly do you think you are to tell me what to do with my boyfriend? You don't scare me." I knew that was a lie from the rhythm of her heart beat. "Just stay the fuck away from Mike and we won't have a problem." She pushed both of my shoulders to try and make me stumble back, but I didn't budge an inch. However, I don't like when people touch me without my permission. I could feel my canines elongating into the fangs of my beast. I knew my eyes would slit, and grow a darker green than they originally are. I looked down at my hands to see the muscles trembling under the tan skin. I knew I had to get out of here before I went on a killing rampage. I could already feel the beasts struggling to free themselves from the cages I have locked them in.

"Stay the fuck away from me Jessica." Her name came out as a sneer. "And tell your boy the same. By the way, the only way I would ever even think about touching your boy is if he got a sex change. Even then his personality would make me say no. Now get the fuck out of my way before I do something I won't regret." I spoke so that my fangs wouldn't be noticeable to anyone who wasn't looking for them. The girl moved back to her table, with her friends and that little douche Mike, pecking him on the lips as she sat next to him. I saw her throw a glance at me in my peripheral vision, but I was already making my way towards the door that led outside, across from the woods.

I chanced a small peek at the Cullens to see what their reactions to me almost losing control. The only one who was watching me was Alice. The others were talking quietly amongst themselves. I could vaguely hear what they were discussing, but I wasn't really paying attention as my eyes locked onto the golden orbs belonging to the smallest of the clan. We maintained eye contact until the door shut behind me, and I ran off into the forest to vent my anger. I may hunt humans for nourishment, but only ones who are close to death or won't be missed. These children have their whole lives ahead of them. I don't want to ruin that, even if I don't like them really. I'm not a bad person all the time.

I stayed in the forest destroying trees and rocks and things until the bell signaling the end of lunch rang. It was my first day and I couldn't very well skip half of it, no matter how much I would love to. I made my way to my sixth period class. Thank god there are only two classes left. I don't know if I could handle anymore school today. I sat distracted in my last two classes waiting and praying for the final bell to ring already before heading out to my car. This car is my baby. I may have only had it for two days, but I love it. It was a jet black 1967 Chevy Impala, with black interior and chrome accents. As I got to my car I noticed there was a crowd of teenage boy drooling over it.

"If you so much as breathe on that car wrong I will castrate you." My voice, unexpected and serious, caused more than a few of the guys to jump. One lost his balance and decided to use my baby to catch his fall. My eyes zeroed in on the hand that was currently putting oily residue on the pristine paint job of my baby. I slowly trailed my gaze from the hand, up the arm, over the shoulder, to look into the eyes of the adolescent boy who thought it was a good idea to touch my car. I saw him swallow nervously as he yanked his hand back as if the hood had burned him. I walked over to inspect the spot and saw a very clear hand print. The boys all backed up as I got closer. I took a deep breath before turning to the offending boy again. I pointed to his hand print.

"Clean it. Now!" I barked when he showed no sign of hearing me.

He quickly ripped his t-shirt over his head and started to rub the hand print away. After he was done, he stood back to let me inspect it. There was no sign that his oily hand had ever even been near my baby.

"Good boy. You're free to leave now." I got into the car and pulled out before he even had a chance to process my words. I went to the small house I had bought the night before to drop my car off, choosing to make my way to the Cullen's on foot. It would be easier to follow their scents that way.

I sighed as I ran into the trees that surrounded my house. I would need to find one of their scents first in order to follow it in. I had been searching for about ten minutes before I caught the scent of vampire. I wasn't sure who it was but it should lead me where I need to go. Minutes later I was walking up the steps to a white mansion that looked to be about a hundred years old. Whoever did the restoration on this house sure as hell knew what they were doing. I had just raised my fist to knock when the door swung open to reveal the blond haired leader, Carlisle.

"Hello Bella. It's a pleasure to see you again." He smiled politely as he stepped aside to let me in.

"You as well, Carlisle." I responded as I stood waiting for him to lead the way since it is his house.

"This way if you will." He led me to what I am assuming was the living room, where the rest of the coven waited. "Please take a seat anywhere."

I surveyed the room for open seats, but the only ones open were next to Edward or Carlisle and Esme. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to sit next to Carlisle since he's the one I need to speak with. So I took the seat next to Edward, who is staring at me in frustration.

"Problem?" I asked as I turned to look at the boy beside me. He just shook his head looking away from me.

"Okay, Bella. There are a few things we need to know. Are you a threat to my family and our secret?" Carlisle drew my attention away from his son.

"No."

"How are we to know that for sure if I can't read you and Alice can't see you?" Edward spoke next.

"You will just have to trust me." I said. Edward began to speak again before Carlisle once again drew my attention back to him.

"If you say you are not a threat then we will believe you until you give us a reason otherwise." He told me.

"That's nice of you, but very naïve. I could be lying for all you know, and have an army built to take you out. I don't, but I could." I smiled gently.

"She's right. She could be lying and we wouldn't even know it. Why should we trust you?" I was surprised that it was Rosalie who was asking this.

"You know what? I like you. You kind of remind me of myself a long time ago. Very protective of your family and people you care about. Not willing to trust anyone until they have proven themselves to you. That's a good trait to have. It will keep you alive in this world." The first genuine smile in a long time settled on my face as I looked towards the blonde bombshell.

"Hey no trying to steal my woman!" Emmett pouted in a childish fashion, but I could tell he was only joking.

"Don't worry Emmett. I'm not one to go after taken women. I'm not a home wrecker." I laugh.

"You never answered my question though. Why should we trust you?" Rosalie asked once again.

"To be completely honest, you shouldn't. Although, I would never intentionally harm anyone who does not deserve it, I have a temper problem sometimes. Which is very dangerous for someone like me." I admitted without looking any one of them in the eyes. I always feel weak knowing I can't control my temper sometimes after so long trying to establish complete control over myself.

"What do you mean for someone like you?" Esme was the one to ask the question this time.

"I suppose in order to make my staying in the area easier for both of us, I should provide you with some background information on who, and what I am." I sighed because this is exactly what I feared coming here for, but this is the only way to make sure they know what they are dealing with if I happen to lose control.

"You don't have to tell us if you are uncomfortable with it." Carlisle tried to reassure me.

"Yes I do. You need to know what you're dealing with if I do lose control. If I don't tell you, one or more of you will die if it happens. I don't want to put your…family at risk." I said the word family as if I had never heard of such a thing before. That's not true though, I just hadn't thought of the concept of family in a very long time. Not since mine was taken from me on that fateful day so long ago. The day that I learned just what I'm capable of when out of control.

"Very well then. If it is a risk to my family to not know, then tell us. Please. I have to protect them. I have to protect my wife and children." Carlisle said as he looked around the room at the others.

"Where to start? I guess the beginning is a good start. I was born in the year 1575, in Italy to a very wealthy family. My mother's name was Rosanna. I don't really remember much about her. I was young when she died. My father's name was Dante. Again, I don't remember much. My father was a vampire who fell in love with my mother one night when he was out hunting. He saw her standing on the balcony of her room, and he never wanted to look away. At least that's what he used to tell me when I was small. He told me that it was love at first sight, as did she. My mother wasn't human like my father thought at first. She was something he had never seen before in all his years. She was a shapeshifter, very much like the wolves on the La Push reservation not far from here."

"Wait. I thought the La Push pack were werewolves?" Emmett stated in a confused tone, with the rest of the Cullen's nodding their heads in agreement. I laughed until I noticed that they were serious. They actually thought those puppies were true children of the moon. Ha! As if.

"No. They are shapeshifters, who just happen to take the form of a wolf when they change. A true child of the moon cannot change at will. They need a full moon in order to make the complete change from man to wolf. They are able to make a half change, I guess that's how you would describe it, on the nights just before the full moon or when they are very angry, but they need the moon to be full to make the complete change." I explained as they all sat there dumbfounded.

"How do you know this?" Carlisle questioned lightly.

"I've met a real werewolf." I shrugged as if it was no big deal.

"You've met a real werewolf? That's so cool!" Emmett sounded jealous that he didn't get to meet one.

"Yes. A long time ago. When I was still fairly young. We were very good friends until the Volturi discovered his position." I didn't go into the details on that story. They weren't needed for this conversation. "Now would you like to hear the rest of my story, or would you like to keep talking about a species that hardly even exists anymore?"

"Please continue your story. So your mother was a shapeshifter like the La Push wolves?" Carlisle was the one to get the story going again.

"Yes, and no. She was a shapeshifter, but not a wolf."

"She was a type cat wasn't she?" I snapped my head to see Alice staring at me intently as if this was the most interesting story she had ever heard. I arched my eyebrow at her, but she just shrugged. I nodded my head slowly before answering.

"Yes. She was. How did you know that?"

"Your eyes. They remind me of a cat. Especially when you got mad today. Your pupils become slits, like a cats." She explained.

"Well, you are correct. She shifted into a black panther."

"So your father was a vampire and your mother was a black panther shapeshifter. What exactly does that make you?" Edward was the one to ask a question this time.

"Both. A hybrid. Which is why I can be so dangerous when I lose control, and why it's easy for me to lose control sometimes. I have two beasts fighting for control inside of me, and they are both very dangerous on their own. Can you imagine what they are like together?"

They all just sat there staring at me as if trying to picture the carnage that I could potentially create. I could see the exact moment each of them understood just how dangerous I can be, but they didn't look scared. They didn't tell me to get away from their family, nor did they try to hurt me or anything.

"You have exceptional control if what the kids said about lunch today is true." I looked at him for an explanation. "You were angry, but you didn't hurt anyone. I find that exceptional after what you have told us."

"What you don't know is that I was fighting for the control not to go on a murdering spree the entire time I was speaking to Jessica."

"Perhaps, but you didn't not lose that fight now did you? That is exceptional." He countered.

"That is how you see it. I am far from exceptional though. Any other questions?" I asked knowing they probably had a few more to ask me.

"What is your diet like? If your only half vampire do you still need blood to survive? Can you eat human food? Can you sleep? Is your skin hard like ours or can you get hurt, but heal quickly like shapeshifters? Can you actually shift?" Jasper fired off leaving me no time to answer in between questions.

"Curious, aren't you? I do need blood. Not as much as full vampires like yourselves. I can go longer without having to hunt. I can eat human food, but I prefer not to. Blood tastes much better. I can sleep, and I do need to sleep, but not for very long. I only need a few hours every couple of days to keep me going. My skin is a tad bit tougher than a humans or pure shapeshifter, but not as hard as a full vampire. I wouldn't be able to shift if it was as hard as yours. I need some pliancy in order for my body to change form. I believe that answers all of your questions Jasper." I nodded at him. He nodded his head back at me in thanks.

"Do you drink human blood?" Alice questioned quietly.

"Don't all vampires? What else would I drink?"

"Not all vampires hunt humans. Most do, but our family and another differ from the norm." Carlisle informed me.

"What do you drink to sustain yourselves? Is that why your eyes are a different color?" I scrunched my brow together in confusion.

"Yes, that is why our eyes are gold instead of red. We drink animal blood. Its not very good, but its enough to sustain us. It also helps us not to feel like monsters." Carlisle explained.

"Animal blood? I never thought of doing that. I didn't know you could do that." I looked down at my lap, avoiding any eye contact with the others in the room. I could have been drinking from animals for the last 438 years, but instead I've murdered countless humans to satisfy my thirst. Why had I never thought of trying animal blood? My guilt for taking lives has been something that has wore on my soul for my entire life.

"Are you okay Bella?" Esme was definitely the mother in this house. She cared whether you were her own or not. It had been so long since I had heard that motherly tone directed at me. I closed my eyes as a lone tear cascaded down my cheek. I missed my mom.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go. I have a few things left to take care of, what with being in a new town and everything. So if you will please excuse me. It was nice seeing you again Carlisle and Esme." I stood and started making my way towards the front door.

"Wait Bella!" I stopped at the sound of Carlisle's voice calling me and looked over my shoulder at him.

"We would appreciate it if you are going to continue to hunt humans, that you do so out of state so as to keep our secret, well, secret. Although, if you would like to learn to hunt animals we would be happy to assist you in that endeavor. Also, we have a treaty with the wolves of La Push to stay off of each other's territories. You may want to meet with them to establish a treaty or something. If you would like I would be willing to call the Alpha of the pack for you." He offered.

"Thank you. That would be very much appreciated."

"Very well. I shall make the call and let you know what he says as soon as possible. I will have one of my children tell you the news since they will be seeing you more often than either I or my wife will. What about hunting?" He inquired.

"I will let you know my decision on that as soon as I make it. However, if I do hunt humans I will of course go out of state. Goodbye." And without a backwards glance I melted into the forest. As soon as I knew I was out of the vampire's sight, I allowed myself make the change to my animal. I felt the heat rush from the base of my spine toward the tips of my fingers and toes. As I hit four feet I threw my head back as a fearsome roar erupted from my throat.

A/N: This chapter was longer than the others. I couldn't find a good stopping place until I got to the one I actually stopped at haha. I hope you all like it. Let me know what you think in a review! Thanks guys!

-Tink