Previously:

"Wait, you are telling me that you died two more times?" Asked Christian.

"Didn't I say that not to long ago?" I replied back.

"Yes, but I just...never mind." Christian muttered the last part, but I still heard him with my strogoi hearing.

"We should be going back to the house, they could be coming back any moment." I just started shockingly at Dimitri. Did he not just moments ago see me kick some strogoi ass by myself?

"Fine, whatever." I muttered as I stood up and dusted my pants and made our way to the house.

Rose POV

Five days. That is how long it has been since they have found out about my true story. Life has pretty much has gone back to normal. We went to the meadow everyday from eight in the morning till ten in the morning. We usually just lay down and enjoy the serene view.

At the same time, the feeders came yesterday, so now the moroi's had their main food source.

We were going to leave in five days and we decided that since it was going to be storming today that we should go to the meadow. I was planing to have a mud fight but of course, everything you plan does not always come to play.

We left the house once it started to thunder and we reached the meadow in thirty minutes.

When we reached the meadows, we just had to gasp at the site in front of us.

How could we not hear this from afar? We dhampir's made a protective circle around the moroi.

Bella POV

Edward and his family wanted to play baseball in the meadow since it was going to be stormy. I was confused why they would play when there is a chance of raining?

Esme told me that I would find out once they started to play. I was umpire with Esme and everybody split up to teams. Edward, Alice and Emmett were on the outfield and Rosalie, Carlisle and Jasper were batting.

Alice was the pitcher and once it started to thunder, the game started.

Rosalie was the first batter up and Alice pitched. When the ball made contact with the bat, it all made sense, and man could they hit hard. I swear it sounded like a explosion if it weren't for the thunder.

We continued to play and the score was 2-4 in the 3rd inning when Alice got a vision. By now there was a light drizzle, but hey that is Forks weather-rain rain and more rain.

(Excert from Twilight p.371-379)

"Alice?" Esme's voice was tense

"I didn't see-I couldn't tell," she whispered.

All the others were gathered by this time.

"What is it, Alice?" Carlisile asked with the calm voice of authority.

"They were traveling much quicker than I thought. I can see I had the perspective wrong before," she murmured.

Jasper leanded over her, his posture protective. "What changed?" he asked

"They heard us playing, and it changed their path," she contrite, as if she felt responsible for whatever had frightened her.

Seven pairs of quick eyes flashed to my face and away.

"How soon?" Carlisle said, turning toward Edward.

"Less then five minutes. They're running-they want to play." He scowled.

"Can you make it?" Carlisle asked him, his eyes flicking towards me again.

"No, not carrying-" He cut short. "Besides, the last things we need is for them to catch the scent and start hunting."

"How many?" Emmett asked Alice.

"Three," she answered tersely.

"Three!" he scoffed. "Let them come." The steel bands of muscle flexed along his massive arms.

"Let's just continue the game," Carlisle finally decided. His voice was cool and level. "Alice said they were simply curious."

The family all exchanged words to fast for my human ears to understand what they were saying.

"You catch Esme," he said. "I'll call it now." And he planted himself in front of me.

The others returned to the field, warily sweeping the dark forset with their sharp eyes. Alice and Esme seemed to orient themselves around where I stood.

"Take your hair down," Edward said in a low, even voice.

I obediently slid the rubber band out of my hair and shook it out around me.

"The others are coming now."

"Yes, stay very still, keep quite, and don't move from my side, please." He pulled my long hair forward, around my face.

"That won't help," Alice said softly. "I can smell her across the field."

"I know."

"What did Esme ask you?" I whispered.

"Whether they were thirsty," he muttered unwillingly.

The seconds seemed to go by forever. No one was really playing anymore, they only hit the ball in the infield. Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper hovered in the infield.

Edward was not even paying attention to the game but to the forest.

"I'm sorry, Bella," he muttered fiercely. "It was stupid, irresponsible, to expose you like this. I'm so sorry."

I heard them stop breathing and Edward stepped in front of me and everybody turned around to the same direction.

One by one, they came out the forest. First vampire to step out was a african american and had dread-locks. The second male came out and stood to the Afrian American's right and was white person with blond hair tied to the nape of his neck. The last one stepped out and was a female with firey red hair and was white and she took her place to the leaders left.

The African American stepped toward Carlisle.

"We thought we heard a game," he said in a relaxed voice with the slightest of French accents. "I'm Laurent, theae are Victoria and James." He gestured to the vampires beside him.

"I'm Carlisle. This is my family, Emmett and Jasper, Rosalie, Esme and Alice, Edward and Bella."

"Do you have room for a few more players?"

"Actually, we were just finishing up. but we'd certaintly be intrested another time. Are you planning to stay for long?"

"We're headed north, in fact, but we were curious to see who was in the neighborhood. We haven't run into any company in a long time."

"No, this region is usually empty except for us and the occasional visitor, like yourselves."

"What's your hunting range?"

"The Olympic Range here, up and down the Coast Ranges on occasion. We keep a permanent residence nearby. There's another permanent settlement like ours up near Denali."

"Permanent? How do you manage that?" There was honest curiosity in his voice.

"Why don't you come back to our house with us and we can talk comfortably?" Carlisle invited. "It's a rather long story."

James and Victoris exchanged a suprised look at the mention of the word 'home,' but Laurent controlled his expression better.

"That soundes very interesting, and welcome. We've been on the hunt all the way down from Ontario, and we haven't had the chance to clen up in a while."

"Please don't take affense, but we'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from hunting in this immediate area. We have to stay inconspicuous, you understand," Carlisle explained.

"Of course." Laurent nodded. "We certainly won't encroach on your territory. We just ate outside of Seattle, anyway," he laughed.

"We'll show you the way if you'd like to run with us-Emmett and Alice, you can go with Edward and Bella to get the Jeep," he casually added.

Three things happened that istant; the wind blew and my hair rippled in the wind, James crouched and Edward barred his teeth.

"What's this?" Laurent exclaimed in open suprise.

"She's with us." Carlisle's firm rebuff was directed towards James.

"You brought a snack?" he asked.

"I said she's with us," Carlisle corrected in a hard voice.

"But she's human," Laurent protested.

(End of excert)

All of a sudden, all ten vampires whipped their heads to the left and I followed their heads and I saw seven people; three people, one girl and two boys, surrounding four people, two girls and two boys.

The one girl moved towards us at a speed that suprised me. In a blink of an eye she had Laurent in a head lock. Laurent was stuggling in her grip but she would not let go. One second he was stuggling and the next his head was ripped from his body and he didn't move no more.

James and Victoria ranaway, to where ever they were going.

The girl was beautiful, she had long dark brown hair, her skin was tanned and she had a musclular built. She turned to face us and I gasped.

"Rose?" I asked uncertain.

Rose POV

A girl that looked more human then the other seven was surrounded by them, it looked as if they were protecting her from three other people that looked like the seven.

They were exchanging words but the seven looked tense. Out of no where, The carrot head looking one and the blond crouched and barred their teeth at each other. I was condused, humans don't do that. So what are they, they can't be human if they do something you see in hollywood. They must be...no fucking way! Their vampires.

'But I would have sensed them, why didn't I?'

I noticed that he wanted the human girl, I couldn't let her die. I made myself known. I crunched some leaves and ten vampires whipped their heads to look at us.

The human turned her head at us not five seconds later and she had red hair and brown eyes. She was very pale, she could pass as one of them, about 5'6 and I could tell that she did not do sports.

Right away I thought of my friend Bella from Phoenix. When we ranaway, we went to Phoenix since they wouldn't think of looking for us somewhere sunny.

'Why would she be here?' No matter, in a blink of an eye, I had the leader in a head lock and he was struggling in my hold. I knew that I couldn't grab my stake from my boot so I did the quickest thing.

I twisted his head from his body and threw the head away from his body and I saw the two other vampires runaway. 'I will get them when I see them again.' I vowed.

I turned to look at the seven vampires and the one human.

"Rose?" I heard the human asked with an uncertain voice.

"Hey Bella. Missed me?" I said with a smile playing on my face.

"Rose!" She ran to me and I caught her and we squealed and jumped up and down.

"Is Lissa here?"

"Do you think I would ever leave Lissa alone? Come on, I thought you knew me better than this." I turned to my right and mentioned for them to come over. Lissa seeing me and Bella came over running.

"Bella!" Squealed Lissa and Bella ran to meet her half way and they pretty much did the same thing as Bella and I did.

"Bella, meet some people from the school." I pulled her by the wrist and introduced her to my friends.

"This is Mia, Sparky, Adrian, Eddie and Dimitri." They all said their rounds of hi's

"Um...well Eddie and Dimitri are like me and the rest are like Lissa." Bella oh'd understanding.

"Bella, are you going to introduce us to your friends?" Lissa asked polietly.

"Uh?...Oh yea, that's right. Um...Rose, Lissa, this is my family. Edward, my boyfriend, Alice, Emmett, Jasper, Esme, Rosalie and Carlisle. Oh...um...they are...um...kinda like..um...you guys..but different in a way." Bella said nervous.

"By how different?" I asked

"Oh! Umm...they are different type of vampire." Bella squeaked.

"Are they somethign like strogoi?" I asked growling

"No, they drink animal blood and they sparkle, not smoke up and burn."

"They better, or I will kick you so hard for lying that I am going to make sure you can't have kids." I said darkly. I quickly went to my happy side and asked, "So why are you dating a vamp sista?"

"I believe he is my soul mate."

"You actually believe in that soul mate shit?" I shricked

"At first I didn't but now I do, why?"

"You know what I believe in, nothing has changed since then."

"Um...excuse me but would guys like to come to our house and explain what is going on?" asked the vamp who seemed to be the leader.

"Sure." I simply replied and we made our way to the vamps house.


Sorry it took me over a month but I forgot to upload after I finished this chapter.

Before I upload I would like for you guys not to forget the people in mainland Japan that were there for the earthquake and tsunami and pray for the families that lost members.

xxxMonica