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Chapter 2: Eclipse

Seattle

Author's Note: I'm going to end this. I'm not going to continue this anytime soon, but you are all welcome to wait for a sequel if you would like. I don't have the time or the energy for, I dont know... 6 or 7 stories at once. Ow. Short Chapter - I was dying.

Disclaimer: As always. I don't need to tell you, please.

However, I never did get that chance to help them. My parents organised a trip to Seattle shortly after and that was when my world changed.

I finally understood.

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The person attacked me. I neither knew who they were or what they were doing. They sank their teeth in my neck and my last thought was simply pure confusion even as I saw my parent's bodies on the ground in front of me.

Then all there was … was pain.

I don't know for how long it went on, though I am told it was three days. The typical transformation time for a vampire. After eavesdropping on Edward Cullen and Isabella Swan's conversation what seemed like a lifetime ago, I could finally understand what Edward was.

"Don't think about the person who changed you. Thoughts aren't safe."

Ah, thoughts. No one knew, but I had a 'gift' as I called it. A gift of insight, as you might say, a gift which I have really had for a long time – a gift for knowing things instinctively. I don't know how I knew it, but I determined that he would be referring to Edward Cullen. He had always seemed very perceptive. Perhaps he was, perhaps I was right. Ha, I would make sure I thought the word Victoria hard.

"Destroy the strange yellow-eyes." Gold eyes, I corrected irritably. No attention to detail. "It'll be easy. The city is theirs and they're going to come and get us." There was another stab of irritation. Liar. "Once they're gone, all the blood will be ours."

I growled. I felt the thirst, but the people of Forks were people I knew. How could I attack them? But they would not know, I supposed. I'd never told them about the fact that I'd lived in Forks.

Riley – who was the person who'd been talking to us, sorry – showed us some items of clothing and other things I couldn't determine. He passed around the scent and I took a delicate sniff myself.

"We'll know when we have the right coven. She'll be with them. Whoever gets to her first can have her."

I suddenly understood who they were talking about, even with the girl's scent burning in my nose. If I was right about Edward being what I was now – and I didn't doubt I was wrong, especially after Riley had mentioned 'yellow eyes' – then the girl with them would most probably be Isabella Swan.

We were turning out, running at the vampire speed which I'd not gotten used to still. I've never been one for fastness. Nor for orders either. I said a had a knack for melting away and that's just what I did. Easily, I disappeared from the group without anyone the wiser.

I tailed them, but slower than they would have gone. We traveled all through the night, though obviously no one would be able to sleep even if they wanted to. That doesn't stop me trying though.

As I watched, the group split up and Riley disappeared, running off a different way. I made no move to follow, I could smell a hostile scent and I knew it was somewhere I would not want to approach before the creatures which made the scent were gone. Dimly I distinguished it smelled somewhat like dog, but I couldn't tell – everything smells different now.

So I waited, for what seemed like a long time. I caught sight of a giant wolf and shrank back into the trees, but they were disappearing now and I edged forward to see. I didn't go far, but far enough that my sight would be able to pick out what was happening and my ears would be able to hear.

I could make out Bella on the ground, Edward looking worried and other members of the Cullens I had though had left. Although I didn't understand their conversation, I systematically stored it away for thought later.

I abruptly noticed the girl behind them. Bree. She was being guarded by a tall vampire – Jasper Cullen – next to the fire which was still billowing clouds of purple smoke. I could only guess what that was, but my 'gift' more than confirmed it for me. Burning vampires.

"How can you stand it? I want her."

"You must stand it. You must exercise control. It is possible, and it is the only thing that will save you now."

Edward and Bella were murmuring to each other out of my hearing range.

"Welcome, Jane."

Smoke billowed from the darkness and a girl swiftly appeared from the gloom of the trees, flanked by others. Not a very creative description, I know, but what I see is what you get. I settled to watch, hiding myself as best as I could. I doubted they could see me from where I was, but it was good to be sure.

I watched even as Bree was 'killed' by the newcomers. I knew they were called the Volturi, but that was all I knew. As they left, I slid out of my hiding place and approached the Cullens at vampire speed. I could see them all freeze as they heard someone come towards them.

"What is it?" Bella hissed.

"I don't know." Edward breathed, his voice confused.

I slowed when I got near and saw the Cullens tense as they knew I was close, even though they could not see me. Taking a deep breath, I stepped out from my cover of foliage. The Cullens turned as one towards me and I saw Edward take a defensive position in front of Bella.

Smilingly, I bowed my head to them, suddenly all shyness gone. The Cullens were frowning and exchanging glances as I straightened. They looked into my blood red eyes before Alice frowned as she recognised me – even with my different appearance.

"Aida Aurelia?"

I smiled and nodded.

"I would like to join your coven."

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