A/N: Sorry this took so long, I had so much happening at school and at home and it seemed like everytime I had time to write I got major writers block. So just for you guys, I stayed up till 3am last night writing this chapter and most of this afternoon.

Finally we find out Elizabeth's story.

Disclaimer: I only own Elizabeth and her family. SM owns the rest.


LPOV

The image of the Cullen family disappeared before my eyes and was replaced by another family, a very unhappy family. The story I couldn't talk about until now flowed easily from my lips as a time long ago played in my mind.

FLASHBACK

I had been five at the time. It was late at night and I couldn't sleep, my seventeen-year-old brother, William, had put me to bed two hours ago but I just couldn't drift into unconsciousness. Wednesday nights were always daddy's night to tuck me in, but why wasn't he here to do so?

I gave up on sleep after that and silently crept through the dark house towards my dads' study. If ever I couldn't find him, he's most likely be there, hunched over his books.

As I neared his study I noticed a glow seeping out the door. I smiled happily at seeing his lamp on; that meant he was in there. I sped up my pace but kept my footsteps light; I didn't want to wake my mother and brothers.

But as I peeked through the slightly ajar door, my happiness fell. For it wasn't my father that awaited in the room, but my mother and William. My mother was sitting in father's chair, stroking one of his old leather-bound books. Her face was distraught and paler than normal. She almost looked sick.

Will didn't look much better, but he was not as upset as my mother. He looked confused and anxious. I had never seen two of the strongest people in my life so shaken up.

"Where is dad?" Will suddenly whispered, watching apprehensively. My mother didn't move or look up as she replied, "I don't know…" That set me on edge, for my mother always knew where he went and if she didn't she'd say he'd be back soon. But here she was admitting she had no idea where he was or when he'd be back.

Will seem to have come to the same conclusion as me and worry started filling his hazel eyes. "But he's going to be back right?" My mother finally looked up at him, tears streaming down her face. "I don't know."

I was about to run in and comfort them when a loud crash sounded at the front of the house. I jumped in surprise but didn't make a sound. Chairs scraped in the study and I quickly hid myself in the shadows, not wanting to be caught eavesdropping.

They ran out and bolted to the family room. I followed behind quietly and stopped dead when I saw splintered wood strewn across the carpet and a large shadowed figure crouching on the floor. The three of us were frozen as my father lifted his head and looked up towards us, red eyes glowing menacingly.

"D…Dad?" Will stuttered staring in shock as my father crouched further to the floor, eyes staring hungrily at Will. I went to scream out but my father had already pounced, moving at a speed that rivalled a Bullet-Train towards my brother.

Just as he jumped my mother pushed Will out of the way and was tackled by the monster that was my dad. This time I did scream as he bit the side of her neck and making her scream out in pain. My brother and I were frozen in place, unable to look away from the gruesome scene.

I started to tear up while my mother's body thrashed, unsuccessful in pushing my father away, until she stopped moving altogether. When my father pulled away I could see bright red liquid dribbling down the sides of his mouth which he licked away.

A hand gently grasped my shoulder and I let out a startled yelp. My father stared at me suddenly and slowly crept away from my mother toward me. The hand on my shoulder started shaking and I turned to quickly glance at my twin brother, Anthony.

"'Lizbith… what's wrong with daddy? Why is mommy asleep on floor?" he whispered to me, also watching our father approach. I just shook my head, the tears falling freely now as I whispered, "No… daddy, mommy…"

Will had just noticed where our father was headed and finally moved, running to us. He took a defensive stance in front of us with his arms spread out like a shield, a fearful but determined look on his face.

"Dad, don't do this, we're your kids! What has gotten into you? You've changed!" Will yelled, confusion lacing his words. My father stopped in his tracks and looked hungrily at Will, though he seemed to be processing what his son had just said.

I tugged on William's sweat pants. "What's going on?" I sobbed to him. Too much was happening and I couldn't understand it all. Will didn't look at me but his expression crumbled a bit. "Go back to bed now," he ordered suddenly, giving Anthony and me a 'please-for-my-sake' look before turning back to our father who was crouching to the floor again.

I looked between my father and Will, my eyes widening with realization. "NOOO!" I shrieked as my father jumped again, but Will didn't move. He stood there and took the hit, flying out of my grasp to the other side of the room. They collided heavily with the wall and my father wasted no time biting my brother.

I tried to run at them but two pairs of arms wrapped around me. My second eldest brother, Robert, had heard the commotion and ran out to see what was going on. Both he and Anthony tightly held me as I squirmed to get out of their grip but to no avail, I watched helplessly as Will screamed out in pain and for us to get away.

My brothers started to drag me away but I still tried to get to my father and Will. "Daddy, I love you! Don't hurt him!" I sobbed loudly. My father stopped all of a sudden and pulled away from Will, who was still screaming in agony. He turned to look at me, his red eyes blazing and the same red liquid, which I presumed as blood, dribbled from his lips.

"What have I done?" I barely heard him whisper. He backed away from my brother and turned to stare at my mother whose blood was seeping into the gray carpet. "No… NO!" he roared in horror and ran out the door he had originally destroyed earlier.

END FLASHBACK

My brother's screams echoed in my ears as the Cullen's faces replaced the memories. It had almost felt like I was there again, feeling all the pain and anguish. Most of the Cullen's had pain-stricken faces; Jasper looking the most in pain, while Rosalie still scowled but with less harshness and Edward looked the slightest bit empathetic.

I ran my hands through my hair by habit then let out a long sigh. "My father didn't return for another two days after that. William screamed through those two days non-stop, nothing we did could help him. Nothing!" I sighed heavily again.

"When our dad did return, it was only to tell us that we had to leave the house for awhile. He didn't care where we went as long as we weren't around when Will woke up. He seemed to be in control of himself at the time but Robert didn't want to take the chance; there was nothing we could do for William now.

"Rob packed us bags of clothes, blankets, and pillows and even packed some food for us. He told us we were going to have a slumber party somewhere until it was alright to come back. We ended up in an abandoned apartment, which was a pretty good find seeing as my brother was only twelve. We stayed there for a week before my father found us and brought us home. By then, Will was a vampire and had already killed seven people."

I looked at the floor, not wanting to meet their eyes. "Just after Will's change we went to San Francisco and then to a few towns around it. We had to move around a lot so my family wasn't caught after all the murders dad and Will caused.

"It was like that for another five years, my brothers and I never went to school but when Will wasn't trying to eat us he was teaching us Maths, English, Science, whatever he had learned at school before being turned.

"We also began to get low on money since my father didn't work. Robert started doing the odd job here and there for money to feed himself, Anthony and I but when he turned seventeen my father changed him too…"

I sighed again and looked at Carlisle sadly. "It was about seven years after his change when you turned up. We had just returned to San Francisco and I remember you telling me about your family and your way of life. I use to wish my family was like that again, loving, happy… a normal life. But my father just laughed at your ideas and sent you away.

"That's when I use to meet you in town. I knew my family would never come out during the day, no matter how cloudy it was so I knew I wouldn't be caught. When you told me about you and your family's life, you gave me hope that maybe someday mine could be like that. Your stories gave me that bit of life to keep me living to see that day, but it never came…"

If I could cry I would have. When I looked at the Cullens I believed they were thinking the same. Esme and Alice looked heartbroken while most of the men looked disbelieving. I internally scolded myself for laying this sad story on them, I had come for help and understanding and I only brought them sorrow. Well, that was a great exchange… not.

"It's not your fault," Edward suddenly replied to my inner thoughts. He looked at his family sadly. "It's just we haven't heard a story quite like this before." I nodded my head and looked out the window to the night sky and started to relax.

Though the tension came back when someone's angry voice broke the silence. "Yes, your story is really sad, all of ours are. But what I want to know is why haven't you fed lately, by the looks of your black eyes," Rosalie snapped glaring at me again. I was momentarily stunned by her outburst.

"Rosalie, don't be rude," Carlisle scolded. Rose just crossed her arms and stuck her nose up in the air. "Well, she's putting us in enough danger of exposure by not feeding and turning up at Forks High unannounced. Or am I the only one that see's what a huge problem she's going to be?"

I just rolled my eyes, my temper with her rising. "Well I wasn't about to strut into the school wearing fluoro coloured clothes and a sign that says 'I'm the newest Vamp in town' and bite the first person I see to quench my thirst, now was I?" I snapped back. Emmett slightly chuckled. "I would have loved to see that."

"Besides," I continued. "The feeding issues are a bit complicated…" Rosalie scoffed, "Yeah, sure." They were all looking at me by now, waiting for my reason. "I…I can't… do it." I took several steps back, getting ready to run if they wanted me gone. "I'm serious, just because I've been made what I am doesn't mean I have to act like it," I replied defiantly. "Just because I'm a vampire doesn't mean I have to drink blood. I can survive well enough without it."

Carlisle stepped away from his family toward me. "Elizabeth, all of us here feel the same way but we have to drink blood so we don't attack every human we see. Though I can't seem to understand just how much control you have over your hunger."

I grimaced at the memory coming forth. My father had brought an old couple home after mine and Anthony's change, we had pounced them as soon as we smelt their blood. After I realized what I had done I ran away for a couple of weeks, disgusted with what I did. When I returned I always tried to refuse to give into my thirst but was always controlled by it when fresh blood came to the house.

"My brother and I were changed three days before our birthday. Our father thought it'd be ironic that we technically died on our birthday only to be 'reborn' as he put it. He would bring humans home and every time I would try to resist. Eventually I learned to kind of ignore the smell, divert my needs elsewhere. It's always there tempting me but as long as I remind myself that I am a human and don't drink blood I can resist long enough to get away."

I looked at all of them. "That's how I made it all the way here. I made myself promise I would never drink blood again and started attending school."

Rosalie positively bristled at that. "You're not human anymore! None of us are, so you can't just tell yourself that and think it's alright to go to school with them!" Emmett put a calming hand on her shoulder but it seemed that my words had hit a sensitive spot.

Carlisle shook his head and looked at me with slightly pleading eyes. "Please Elizabeth, we can't have you here or let you go to school if you can't put in the effort to help us and keep this town safe. I personally think you shouldn't be around humans for at least a couple of years."

I thought about what he was trying to ask of me. I always thought their life-style was better but I still didn't want to be like my family and drink blood, no matter what it was from. And I always had a soft spot for animals.

Edward gave a small chuckle and shook his head. "Well this is going to be fun." The rest of his family looked between us confused. Edward smiled a crooked smile at me before turning to his family. "She likes animals too much to drink their blood."

It was times like these I was glad I couldn't blush. I gazed at each face around the room, some expressions were pleading and others were encouraging, while the rest were either blank or scowling. They had hinted that they'd take me in if I threw away my morals and took on their life style, though maybe I should make a compromise.

"There's nothing to compromise," Edward replied again, watching me. I just turned and glared at him. "You know what? That is really annoying me now." He just shrugged but didn't look away. I look at the family again and sighed for what felt the millionth time.

"I'll….try," I whispered defeated. Carlisle and Esme smiled happily at me. Alice started squealing as she jumped up and down excited. I just stared at her in shock at her sudden energy. When I looked back I noticed Esme walking towards me, smiling with her arms opened wide for a hug.

"Welcome to the family, Lizzy."

Before I could react, two voices shattered the happy moment.

"WHAT!" Edward and Rosalie shouted together, staring at Carlisle and Esme in shock and anger. "Don't we get a say in whether she can be part of this family?" Rosalie snapped glaring at me.

Edward wore an expression of pure fury. "What if she screws up and kills someone? What if I don't want her to be part of my family?" I crossed my arms and quietly muttered, "Too late." Edward turned to glare at me. "And what's that suppose to mean?" he snapped. I looked away and muttered, "Nothing."

Carlisle stepped forward and gave all his children a fatherly glare. "Now, I believe that Lizzy-" I glared at the floor. "It's Elizabeth," I said through gritted teeth. Carlisle ignored me and continued, "-would be a good addition to this family. We take care of vampires that are new to our way of life and need guidance, especially those that come looking for friendship and acceptance."

He looked over at Alice who was still bouncing up and down. "And from what Alice has explained to me, Lizzy will not be a big threat if she fed once in a while. But that is her choice and we can't force her to keep to it."

Everyone was quiet as they took in what was said. Alice broke the silence with a loud squeal, "I have to take you shopping!" with that she ran at me, looking like she was going to jump on me. I immediately went into panic-mode and used vampire speed to side-step out of the way.

Alice stopped just before she got to the spot I had originally been standing and looked around her, seeming lost. "Where'd she go?" Alice asked out loud looking straight pass me. I glanced at everyone else; they were also looking around the room with wide eyes. Only Jasper and Edward were looking straight at me, both still had a shocked expression like the others.

It was then I realized what happened.


JPOV

I couldn't believe my eyes. Lizzy had just disappeared from sight, but the strangest thing was I could still feel her emotions floating next to where Alice was standing. I knew it wasn't my ability going haywire since I noticed that Edward was also looking in the same spot, probably listening to her thoughts.

Lizzy was feeling panic, shyness, confusion and now… realization? I was confused, one moment she was there, the next she was gone. I just shook my head, feeling where the bodiless emotions were.

For a moment I thought I was seeing things, for a ghostly figure started to appear. A very translucent Lizzy started slowly appearing and solidifying until she was as she was just a moment ago.

Alice spun around when she noticed Lizzy next to her. We were all looking at Lizzy wide-eyed while she looked at the floor embarrassed. "Um… yeah, about what you just saw…"

Emmett let out a low whistle.

This just got a whole lot more interesting…

Hopefully this is what you wanted, I found it hard working out how to end it but I thought I'll finally bring out her ability now that the past is out. But has she really told them the whole story? Or is she hiding something that could change a lot of peoples opinions about her?

You'll have to read and review to find out =P