Chapter 2

Carlisle and everyone else was waiting for me to say something. The silence was deafening, but I wasn't going to be the one to break it. What was there to say? What could I say?

Come on Hermione! You've faced death. The dark lord, evil pixies and keys that attack! You've faced werewolves and giants! What's the difference? The difference is your one of those monsters now! I mentally yelled at myself.

From the corner of me eye I saw Ced- I mean Edward wince.

"Please don't do that?"

My brows furrowed in confusion, "I didn't do anything?"

"You were yelling."

Subconsciously my hands moved palms upright while I narrowed my eyes at him.

"I didn't say anything." I hissed.

"No. Um, he means in your mind." I gave the pixie like girl named Alice a curious look.

"Edward can read minds." She said answering my unasked question

"Great." I said burring my head in my hands, "Just what I need." I muttered to myself.

"Anything else I need to know?" I asked not looking up to meet anyone's gaze.

"Well…."

"That was rhetorical." I snapped picking my head up.

"Oh." The woman named Esme said looking down.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap… but this is a bit much to take in now."

"I know it is, but we-"

"We told you everything that we needed to. Now it's your turn." Barbie, I mean Rosalie said.

"What?"

"Rosalie!" Esme scolded.

"What? There isn't something right with her. She's not your average human! Look at her eyes! There green not red and look at-"

I didn't hear the rest of her statement. I ran upstairs to find the nearest bathroom. Quickly I locked the door and turned around and gasped in surprise and horror. I was met with a pair of dark forest green eyes.

I took a step forward and moved my hand to my mouth. This couldn't be me could it?

What was once golden brown bushy hair was now black and tamed. My skin was now pale white. My body now had curves in all the right places and I filled out more. My lips are not a very faint red. My eyelashes were longer. My legs got longer. It was… I looked perfect. That's the problem. I was never perfect. I'm not perfect. I'm not perfect! I'm a monster! This isn't me! I've become a killing machine! This isn't-.

"Ah!" I screamed and punched my reflection. Peceis of mirror went flying. I looked down at my fist and saw there was no blood.

"No." I whispered. I looked back at the mirror. Green eyes met mine and looked at me with a sad look. I backed up to the wall and slid down.

Knock, knock, and knock.

"Hermione please open up." Alice pleaded.

"I uh… I'm sorry."

"It's ok sweetie." Esme's soft voice drifted to my ears.

I looked down at the ground and picked up a piece of mirror. Those eyes. So intense and observant. They looked aged and tired.

"If I were to run right now, how long would it take for you to catch me?" I asked eyeing the door.

"Five seconds to a minute." The big one, Emmet answered.

"We aren't going to hurt you. We just want to help you. " Alice replied

I leaned my head against the wall and let out a sigh.

"If I asked to leave will you let me?"

It was quiet for a while for a few minutes but the silence seemed to be going on for hours.

"You want to leave?" Carlisle asked sounding hurt.

"I have nothing against you it's just…"

Just what Hermione? What do you have left now? You can't go to your parents they don't even know you exist. Even if they did, can really deal with the temptation? You can't go back to the little bit of friend you have left. Vampires aren't accepted and they wont understand. Hell you don't even understand! You don't even know how it happened!

Rosalie just found you screaming and by then it was too late your were already bitten. What were to happen if you accidently killed your friends or anyone for that matter? Can you really deal with this on your own right now? After the war?

You have nowhere else to go Hermione. Think about it.

"I don't know." I answered truthfully.

"I know it's scary but-"

"It's not that it's scary." I interrupted swinging the door open, "it's just… it's all to much to take right now."

"I know it is but it's not all-"

"No you don't." I said looking at Alice in the eye, "there is a lot more to that."

"Look princess, we get that this is-"

"Don't princess me Barbie!" I said interrupting Rosalie, "None of you do."

I looked at all of them till I met Edward's eyes, tell them. I told him.

"She's right we don't know."