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Kayla's POV

I sat on a chair by a window in the sun, watching my skin sparkle, and thinking over the past few days. The Cullens were very kind to me, but my first few days with them were uncomfortable none the less. I didn't feel like talking, but the Cullen siblings bombarded me with questions about my human life, which to my surprise, were getting harder and harder to answer. I felt like all my human memories were slipping away. Esme encouraged me to write everything down, all my memories and the names of the people I cared about, so I wouldn't forget everything. I spent two days writing down everything I could remember in several journals that Esme went out to buy me. After I was finished that I spent most of my time just watching the Cullens. I wanted to see how their lives worked, and the relationships they had. They told me their life stories, but after there was nothing left to tell they went about their lives as usual. It didn't escape my notice that they never left me alone. Even when I went into my room that they had given me, I was usually followed by Rosalie or Alice, who would try to talk to me about how I was going to decorate the room, or how they would need to buy me my own clothes soon. I didn't want to talk about interior design of fashion. I didn't want to talk about anything. Jasper slowly released me from his unnatural calmness, so I was dealing with an avalanche of emotions. Carlsile believed that I needed to grieve everything that I had lost, but I would have been okay with the calmness for a bit longer. Anyways, I would have forever to grieve. I didn't like the idea of living forever, it made me sad to think that one day everyone I knew would be dead, and I would still be seventeen. Sadness had become my primary emotion, once I had gotten over terror. I was devastated that I would never see my family and friends again, and it killed me that they would never know what happened to me. I was worried that they would spend the rest of their lives looking for me.

I wasn't a fan of my gift, or ability, or power, or whatever it was that was drawing everyone to me. I had never been a people person, and now I had seven vampires surrounding me constantly. I was enjoying some aspects of my new life. I loved my new speed and strength, and I loved that I was no longer sick. I had been sick for so long, it felt great to no longer be in pain. The only pain I felt was the burning in my throat that was slowly returning. As soon as I was thinking about it Edward announced "She needs to hunt again." Right, mind reader, I thought. He smirked. I didn't enjoy having someone overhear my thoughts, it felt like a massive invasion of privacy, but I liked Edward. He played the piano, which was something I had done in my human life. Once Esme had discovered that I could play, she tried to make me, but I refused. I was afraid I would break the piano, it was hard to control my new strength.

"Anybody else need to go?" Carlisle asked.

"I could hunt," Emmett said.

"I could too," Rosalie added. Carlsile nodded.

"Do you mind taking Kayla with you?" He asked. I was pleased to hear him use my name. I was getting annoyed with being referred to as she or her.

"Sure," Rosalie said.

"Come on tiny," Emmett said to me. I stood up rolling my eyes. Where all the other Cullens were being overly polite to me, Emmett had taken to teasing me relentlessly almost instantly. He seemed to think that being attacked by a moose was hilarious, and my small size was also apparently laughable. I didn't really mind. It was nice to have at least one person who wasn't treating me like I might snap if they said the wrong thing. I silently followed Rosalie and Emmett out of the house.

"Where do you want to go?" Rosalie asked Emmett. I found myself staring at the two of them. They both looked absolutely beautiful as they sparkled in the sunlight. It didn't seem like I'd ever get used to that bit.

"Don't care," Emmett said. I had already started to notice that Emmett let Rosalie make most decisions that affected the two of them. He would clearly do anything for her.

"West then," Rosalie said taking off in the direction I assumed was west. Emmett took off after her, and I followed. I was faster than both of them. Jasper said I was stronger and faster than all of them because I was a newborn. I could have outrun them easily, but I hung back slightly and followed. Suddenly I could hear about a dozen heartbeats.

"That way," I said pointing in the direction of the sound. Rosalie and Emmett both nodded. We took off towards the sound, which turned out to be a heard of dear. I hung back for a second to watch Rosalie and Emmett both take down their own deers. It looked pretty funny to see a person attacking a deer, but quickly the burning in my throat became too severe, and I took down my own deer. Once the creature was drained I stood up. Rosalie and Emmett were both on their second deers. I took a deep breath, and suddenly I smelt something wonderful. It was sweet, and warm, and it made the burning in my throat even stronger. Before I could even think, I was running full speed in the direction of the scent.

"Kayla!" Rosalie shouted. I was aware that they were both chasing me, but I didn't care, and I was faster.

"It's a human!" I heard Emmett say, though I'm not sure if he was telling me or Rosalie. I didn't care, I needed to get to it. Suddenly I was being tackled by Emmett, who had pushed himself off of a bolder and landed on top of me. The impact sounded like thunder. He pinned me to the ground. A loud growl escaped me, much to my surprise. I threw him off of me and he flew back thirty feet before landing on his feet. I started to run again when Rosalie caught me by my wrist. I shook her off, but Emmett grabbed me again. He held me with my back to him. I tried to thrash my arms, but Rosalie pinned them to my sides. I hissed at her, shocked again by the sound that came out of me. "What do we do?" Emmett asked Rosalie.

"We have to get her out of here!" She said.

Carlisle's POV

I was sitting in the living room next to Esme, both of us reading our own books. After Kayla had left the house to go hunting with Emmett and Rosalie, my remaining children wandered off into our large house. It was strange when she left. About two minutes after she walked out the front door, I no longer felt pulled in her direction. "She's settling in well," my wife said, without even looking up from her book.

"Yes, she is," I agreed. It had only been a few days, but it was clear that Kayla was with us to stay. She was very sad, rightfully so, but she seemed to be warming up to us. Everyone adored her, thanks to her gift. She no longer seemed scared, and I didn't get the feeling that she resented us for changing her. In fact, she seemed grateful that we had saved her. "Do you think it was right for us to change her?" I asked. Esme paused for a moment, considering this.

"I think so," she said thoughtfully. "She seems to be okay with it, I mean considering." I sighed.

"She's just so young," I said.

"No younger than Edward," my wife reminded me. Of course, I knew this. It was impossible for me to forget the age of either of them due to my perfect vampire memory.

"She seems so much younger," I said, thinking of the girl's size and her personality.

"I know," Esme said. We were both settled back into reading when Edward, Alice, and Jasper all suddenly appeared in the room. They all had panicked expressions on their faces.

"What is it?" I ask, standing suddenly.

"It's Kayla," Alice said. "She's going to attack a human." Within a second we were all out the front door and following the scents of Rosalie, Emmett, and Kayla.

Esme's POV

After running several miles, I felt a familiar pull that told me that Kayla was close, as we came in range of her ability. We were standing in front of Emmett, Rosalie, and Kayla. It was almost comical, watching Emmett, who was so large, struggle to restrain Kayla, who was so small. Of course, I knew that Kayla's strength was greater than Emmett's at the time. I watched relief flood Rosalie and Emmett's faces as they noticed us. Kayla on the other hand, was hissing, and doing everything in her power to get away. It broke my heart to watch. The terror that had finally left the girl in the past few days had seemed to have returned. The sent of a human was very faint, almost unnoticeable, which served as an unnecessary reminder that Kayla's senses were, for the time being, far superior to the rest of ours. "Calm her down," Carlisle ordered Jasper. To this Kayla growled, and Jasper nodded. Almost instantly, Kayla calmed down and stopped struggling against Rosalie and Emmett. Rosalie looked at Carlsile, who nodded, and she let go of Kayla's arms. Kayla had stopped struggling, but her teeth were bared and she was breathing quickly. "Let's get her back to the house," Carlisle said. We all ran back to our house at about half our regular speed. Emmett dragged Kayla as she halfheartedly resisted. When we got in the front door, Carlisle said "You can let her go now Emmett." Emmett released the girl. She stood frozen, unmoving, looking at the floor. I looked over to Jasper who was clearly uncomfortable with whatever it was the poor girl was feeling. Edward was also looking uncomfortable, no doubt because of the thoughts he was hearing. There was an uncomfortable moment where none of us knew what to say or do.

"Kayla, I'm sorry," Rosalie said quietly. I looked at my daughter, shocked. Once again she was apologizing to Kayla when she had never apologized to anyone before. "We didn't realize there would be a human out there." Emmett nodded in agreement.

"We should have scoped out the area before letting you come along," he said. I couldn't help but feel a little proud of the two of my children for owning up to a mistake, that was really nobody's fault, though I knew neither of them ever would if it weren't for Kayla's ability. I had no doubt that they felt the need to protect her. Kayla looked confused.

"You did nothing wrong," I told her, trying to ease some of the pain she was clearly feeling.

"Seriously?" She asked, shock evident in her voice. We all just looked at her. "I almost killed someone, I wanted to kill them!"

"You didn't hurt anyone," Carlisle said.

"What difference does it make?" Kayla asked, frustrated.

"All the difference," my husband answered calmly. "You've only been a vampire for a few days, you won't have much self control for quite some time."

"I was a monster back there," Kayla said. She touched her eyes and then looked at her fingers. I figured she must have been feeling the uncomfortable prickling sensation in her eyes that vampires feel in place of tears. "I am a monster," she said quietly. With that she disappeared to her room within half a second.

"She really needs to be alone," Edward said before anyone could move to follow her. Jasper nodded in agreement. We all awkwardly dispersed around the house, keeping an ear open for Kayla to make sure she didn't take off or do something regrettable. I felt absolutely awful about what had happened, but ultimately it was no ones fault, and no one got hurt. For that I was grateful.

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