"Hello Bella, let me explain to you what has happened. Okay?" His voice was concerned. He waited for some type of sign for him to continue, his wrinkles were extremely noticeable, especially when he pulled his brows together. I didn't want to speak so I took a chance in nodding.

"Bella, when you went into the woods, there was another vampire. She had red hair and she was a blood drinker, a vampire. I don't know why, but she was after you. She seemed very determined since she had been around before quite a few times and we were notified of her appearance and we didn't know why she kept coming back to Forks. Or why she kept running away if she truly wanted something here. The pack kept doing rounds, chasing her away. She did awful things to you Bella, Sam could smell the blood from here and came to see what was wrong but it was too late..." His voice trailed off, and I was confused.

Too late? I was dead? Why was everyone here then? Is this what heaven is, like a dream where people you cared for explained how you died? If so, where was my mom and Charlie?

"You see, she started to bite you, almost every inch of your body was infected with the poison. I guess she knew we were coming and she didn't want us to be able to save you." I started to catch onto what he was saying, the foggy memories were more clouded but I had my answers at least.

"Bella, do you know what you are?" Jacob asked bluntly, his voice distant, as if he were in a cave and I was outside, hearing the echo.

"A vampire." I said, my voice ringing in my ears with the perfect, like bells. It sounded so beautiful, just like their voice.

Jake nodded, looking sincere, Billy looked at me, a single tear in his eye. I took a deep breath, and I could smell them, I could smell the blood and my throat burned like someone shove a white iron down my throat. I cringed and so did Billy and Jacob, both pressing against each other as if waiting for an attack. I shook my head unclear of what they were doing. Although it smelt off, it still smelled so good. I could see their veins where their blood ran and the pulsing from their hearts. I knew it'd be too easy to lunge at them and kill them instantly, draining their bodies of blood. But I could never do that, they're my friends. I shook that thought out as fast as it came.

"I'm not going to hurt you..." My voice trailed off, sounding like the echo in a tomb. Like my voice was dead too. I looked down, feeling ashamed of what I was thinking. I waited for the heat in my cheeks but it never came. I couldn't blush!

"Why not?" Jacob asked me. "Can't you smell us, the blood?" He almost sounded angry as if I was lieing, and that hurt me. "Don't you want it?" He has his hands clenched into fists.

"Yeah.." I admitted. "It hurts, but you're my friends...Why should I? How could I?" My chest started to hurt, but not with the burning but with the hurt of thinking I could harm them. It was essentially the most absurd thing I have ever herd. How could I live, well exist, with the knowledge that I hurt them? In any way shape or form, I couldn't. I wouldn't.

"But Bella, every instinct you have is telling you to kill us, to drink our blood." Jacob said, still standing in front of Billy. His voice wavered, like he was thinking really hard about something else. His fists started to unball, like he was relaxing even though the edge in his voice was still there.

"No, it just hurts my throat to breathe, to taste the air. So I don't breathe, I don't even need to. Isn't that weird? But the problem is solved, right?" I nodded. That seemed right, even logical.. No air = no pain. Seemed good enough for me so why didn't it seem good enough for them? Jacob moved from Billy, who was looking at me with his mouth wide open. He couldn't, and didn't, try to conceal the shock of my statement.

"Dad..she's still Bella. She's different than everyone else, than every vampire. Dad, that's exactly Bella!" He sprinted towards me and hugged me in a bear vice that should have broken all my bones. That should have knocked me down, but it didn't. I wrapped my arms lightly around him, burring my head in his shoulder.

"Jake.." I mumbled and noticed how different he looked. His hair was cut off, and he was much taller than me and more beefy than before, which seemed odd. His skin was so hot, but it wasn't uncomfortable. It was very nice to feel.

"Jake," Billy started, "Bella might be completely different than every vampire. She may not be possessed with the will of the hunt, to harm humans. But she is a vampire, and she needs to hunt. You go with her, you can tell her about everything. She must be in such pain with thirst and the confusion of everything."

The knowing look they gave each other told me I was in for a lot of surprises. And I wasn't completely sure I wanted to know everything. It felt like to much at once but there was so much room in my head. I just wanted to get the hunt done and over with so everyone would relax a bit more around me regardless of the fact that I proved I wasn't going to eat them.

"Sure sure." Jake sprinted into his room and came back with another set of clothes. I was confused but didn't think about it. There was something else prodding at my brain "Come on Bella, let's go hunt!" He grabbed my hand and I let him pull me until I thought of something and planted my feet solid in the floor which jerked him to a stop that should have at least put his shoulder out of place. I need to know, I needed to know what I was scared to admit.

"What about Charlie? He can't know about this..." I said, pointing to me, making it obvious that he can't know I was a vampire. Tears started to form in Billy's eyes, his voice was hoarse.

"We took care of it Bella..Jake will explain everything." And with that Billy went into a room and closed the door. I was confused, they taken care of it? I knew the only way was to get the hunt over with so all my questions would be answered. I nodded to Jake who still had a firm grip on my hand and we went out the door into the rain. I looked down and noticed I was wearing my old t-shirt and jeans and my old sneakers. It was cold out, I was sure but I didn't feel it. It felt warm which wasn't quite right. I knew I should have on a jacket but I didn't feel cold at all. It went against everything human I knew. But I'm not longer human...so I guess what I know doesn't matter anymore.

"Weird.." I mumbled into the rain, staring up at the sky.

"Huh?" Jacked looked back at me, confused. Probably thinking I was retarded.

"It's cold, or it should be.. But I can't feel it.." I walked towards him, my forehead crumpled with confusion.

"I can't either, It's not a big deal when you get use to it, and it works nicely. Less clothes to drag you down and it's not like you can get sick from it. It works." He smiled and took my hand. We went around his red house and into the forest and when we were out of sight, Jacob stopped.

"Before we go.. I have to tell you something about me, about all of us here, including Billy." He started and I nodded him to go on. "You remember the story I told you when we first met? About the cold ones?" He asked. I tried hard to think, but I couldn't. Every human memory felt like it was underwater, like it was a dream I was trying hard to remember and the harder I tried the more it slipped away. I shook my head, no. I didn't remember.

"Well, I said we were descended from wolves. Which is true. The elder spirit leader had died but his spirit went into a wolf and he took to that creature. That gene was passed down for generations without anyone ever turning into a wolf, until a Cold One came, a vampire. Something within their magic evoked our magic and turned us into a wolf, only the wolf was much bigger than any other wolf. Much stronger. Those who turned shared a bond, they could hear each others thoughts. There was one purpose for us to turn. It was to destroy the cold ones." He sneaked a glance at me and then started walking, me right beside him. "When the vampires are around, our magic starts up and we turn into wolves. It's to protect our land. We killed every vampire that trespassed. Until your vampires came along and swore they were different to the chief which made sense. Their eyes weren't red, they were golden. And they made a treaty. They weren't to come on our land and we weren't going to attack them. They also couldn't bite a human or we'd attack."

I nodded. "And since I'm a vampire..." My voice trailed off obvious to what I meant and he put up his hand and shook his head.

"No, see, the Cullen's were here which made a number of us turn. And the red head came just as they left and then I turned. This has nothing to do with you. But it's not a bad thing, it's nice to be able to be who I am and who I was meant to be. And I can even share this with you Bella! I can show you now. We can be friends, we can be best friends." He smiled a huge, gleaming smile while nudging me. Clearly he was completely comfortable with me now which was good; there was no more secrets for us and for that I was thankful.

"You can phase? Now?" I asked, excited as he nodded. "Come on then, do it!" He smiled and told me to stand back and I did, I took a few steps backward and his body started to tremble as he changed. In his place, stood a huge wolf. As big as a bear, his fur was russet and his eyes were wise. It was the same wolf that picked me up after Victoria attacked me. I looked at him as he started to walk towards me. I put out my hand, wanting to touch his fur. I scratched behind his ear and he let out an attempt at a purr, it was too deep and too strong. More of a rumble. I giggled. It felt so right, so normal. A werewolf and a vampire, going for hunt was normal for me.

"Let's go hunt!" I exclaimed and started to run through the thick bush, my feet barley touching the earth and yet I could see exactly where I was going, I could never hit a tree or anything, they seemed too far away. There was too much time to shift my weight slightly to miss the thick trees. I breathed for the first time since we left Jake's house. I could faintly smell something close to what I wanted, to what I thirsted and followed it. I crept slowly as I could hear a herd of deer near a stream and I lowered myself to the earth, completely focusing onto what I felt, all my senses. I took a leap and crashed onto two deer, cracking their necks at once, killing them with no pain at all. They didn't even see me coming and I took comfort in that. Even thought their animals that were going to have to sustain me I wouldn't be able to make them suffer too.

I could hear the thumping of paws behind me and saw Jake. I pointed to the deer. "That's for you." He exclaimed. I smiled and I walked closer to the deer and put my hand over their eyes so that they could rest and their souls wouldn't be able to see me and what I was about to do, in case they had souls. I smelled the deer that laid in front of me and sunk my teeth into his neck and drank. It didn't taste like I expected. I expected a rusty salty taste but this was different. It tasted sweet and yet had a different taste than how Billy and Jake smelled and I imagined they would taste. But it was nice, the burning in my throat didn't stop but I felt full, sloshy even. I looked up at Jake who also was finished. I got up and looked at Jake who thudded off into the woods but I stayed where I was, confused. I could hear a woosh of air and then out came Jake, in human form doing up the button on his jeans.

I smiled. "That's too cool.." He jogged over to me and we walked on the way out of the forest. But there was something I couldn't get off my mind. There was one person that also came through my thoughts, that made my cold heart clench.

Charlie.

"Jake..What did Billy mean about you guys took care of Charlie?" I asked, studying his face. His face turned pained, like he was remembering a horrible memory.

"He thinks you're dead." And that, knocked the wind out of me.