Chapter Three

"Wait, Kiara calm down," I said anxiously. "Who told you that was okay? What are you talking about?"

Recovering from her frenzied rant Kiara took in a deep unneeded breath.

"I mean the man who created me, Bella," She said, attempting to keep calm. "He taught me everything. Or, at least, I thought he did."

"Kiara, I don't understand. What happened?" I stared into her vivid crimson eyes. "Who did this to you?"

Whether it be for the fact that I was her sister, or that she'd kept this story to herself for far too long, Kiara began explaining.

"I don't remember all of it," she said. "All I remember from being transformed is how much it hurt. I'd just been walking back home after a pretty wild party down the road from mom's. There was a group of men down the alley I usually use as a short cut. I thought I could walk past them without being noticed, or at least not bothered. But when I got up close to them I really took on their faces. They were all so beautifully pale, I couldn't help it. I walked over to them.

"One of them, Jonathon was his name. He asked me how old I was. When I told him I was sixteen, he smiled. It wasn't the friendly smile he'd had when he greeted me. It was menacing and it frightened me. I knew he wasn't nice, that I was in trouble. I tried to run away, but one of the men from the group jumped in front of me. The way he moved was completely shocking to me, I hadn't even seen him spring.

"They were all closing in on me, but for some reason I didn't panic. I wasn't screaming or calling for help or even trying to run anymore. I walked toward them. I turned away from the man who had jumped in front of me and walked back to the one named Jonathon.

"When I came to eye level with him, he noticed my bravery. He was appalled that I wasn't afraid of him. After the shock wore off, he seemed excited, almost giddy. 'I'm sorry," he said. 'But this is going to hurt.' His voice was rough, but not unpleasant. It was better than the voice of any singer I'd ever heard. He took my hand as if he was going to kiss it, and brought it up to his lips. I was completely frozen as his lips brushed my skin. I felt my heart hammer rapidly. His lips were like ice, and they made me shiver. He flashed a quick smile at me before leaning his head back down to my hand.

"And then he bit me," Kiara paused and her delicate frame shuddered violently at the memory. I knew enough about vampires to guess the next part.

"It was the worst thing I ever felt. It was like my entire body was on fire, the hottest fire you could ever imagine. I felt the invisible flames for what seemed like forever. I figured out later that it had only been a little under three days. But when I woke up, I was astonished, completely overwhelmed. I could see everything, and I could hear for miles.

"And he was there," she scowled. "Jonathon. He was there when I woke up. I knew he knew what happened to me. Why I was like this. I was going to ask him what happened, I was going to force him to explain. Before I could get around to interrogating him, he was staring at me. It was like he was waiting for something. His expression caught me off guard, and all my other questions where lost. I asked wait was wrong. 'Aren't you thirsty?' He'd asked. After he spoke, I was suddenly aware of the unbearable burning in the back of my throat. The burning wasn't pain; it was desire, it was thirst.

"That was when he explained everything. He told me what I had become. He told me how to make the burning go away. He said the only way I could survive now was to drink the blood of humans; that I had to kill innocent people to stay alive. He also told me how rare I was. According to him, when people are born into this new way of life, their thirst overrides all other feelings and emotions. I was supposed to be completely blood thirsty and wild for the first year, but I wasn't. I still had my common sense, and I could control myself.

"The hardest part was going back to mom." A sharp noise escaped from her mouth and I realized Kiara was crying. Her body was no longer able to form tears, but she looked the weakest I could imagine a vampire looking.

"She thought the changes were because I was entering my teenage rebellion phase. She also thought that Jonathon was just the rule breaker type all girls eventually go for. She thought she had it figured out." She shook her head, dropping her gaze to the floor. "She was wrong. To me, Jonathon was everything I needed. I wasn't afraid of him anymore. I thought he was helping me. I hunted with him everyday, but I never allowed him to come home with me. I knew what he would think; he would have told me I couldn't live with humans like mom and Phil. He completely hated humans. He always said that was why he changed me. He said he did it because I deserved to be a better, stronger, more superior creature.

"The one day, he pushed me too far. He insisted on coming home with me. He wouldn't take no for an answer, and I wasn't in a position to argue. He followed me home. He saw mom and Phil there. He wanted me to-to kill them. He told me I couldn't be attached to humans anymore. He said-" Kiara's face suddenly turned hard, if possible colder than it had been through the entire story. "He said he was the only thing I needed. That he was to be everything to me, and I should forget the rest of the world. He tried to completely control me.

"That's what made me snap. The entire time I'd known Jonathon, he was a savior to me. He was the one who taught me how to live, how to cope with this new life I was given. But I was wrong. He was trying to use me. All he ever wanted was for me to be his shiny new toy. So he ended up being the only murder to this day that I do not regret. I killed him in order to save mom, Phil, and to save myself. Then I told mom I wanted to move to Forks. I wanted to start over, and leave everything involving Jonathon behind me for good. And that's it. That's the whole story," Kiara concluded, sighing heavily.

I was stunned, completely aghast. I couldn't believe the things Kiara had gone through in these past few months. It seemed as if both of our lives had been altered completely and irreversibly in the same time frame.

"Kiara…I'm so sorry," I said. "But at least it's all over now. At least you got what you wanted; you can start over."

Kiara lifted her head and met my gaze once more, and smiled a small smile.

"You're right," she whispered, her smile growing. "You're always right."

This is a small author's note. This chapter was just sort of a filler to explain Kiara's transformation and her remarkable self control. Yes, that is like her extra power. The next chapter will have more action and Edward will definitely be back very soon, possibly in the next chapter, and if not definitely chapter five. Thanks for reading, and review motivate me to write faster. ;D