Hours later, I was in my room, enjoying the wireless and reading for probably the hundredth time my Dracula book. I couldn't help but laugh at it now… knowing how untrue and foolish it is now. As I read the pages, I could hear Bela Lugosi quoting probably the most famous line in Dracula. I read the line again and couldn't help the grin that spread across my face:

"…Listen to them! Children of the night! What music they make!" I recited, laughing at myself and the book that had once kept me up long into the night, wondering if such creatures existed….it was fun to believe in, even though I knew it couldn't be true, something like that could not exist.

But even being amused by the foolishness of such stories; it didn't change the fact that I was so happy to have it back.

But it wasn't just the pleasure of having something important back, every time I turned the page, a scent wafted up from the crisp pages towards my nose. A smell of vanilla, my father's favorite tobacco pipe and with that smell of vanilla and tobacco, was a stronger smell of my father. So I could close my eyes and it was as if I was with my father and we were reading the book together as we had done when I was younger.

I was so focused on reading and rereading it, that I didn't realize how much time had passed.

I looked up when a knock came to my door, it slid open and Carlisle and Esme walked in. Both were dressed presentably. Carlisle wore a suit and a bowtie while Esme had a simple green dress. Both were also dressed for the cold, with jackets and such.

"Hi," I said softly, closing my book. "Is everything all right?" they exchanged a smile, and Esme stepped forward.

"I put a new suit for you in your closet,"

"New suit?" I asked

"Yes,"

I tried desperately to profile Carlisle and Esme, but they managed to keep their body language from me.

Suddenly Emmett appeared at the doorway, he had a grin on his face, that grew larger with each second.

"Come on kid, times a wasting."

"Forgive me," I said softly "but um, what is going on?"

"Emmett is taking you hunting." Carlisle replied.

I raised an eyebrow, I had been hunting just two days ago, surely I did not need to go again so soon.

"Hunting?"

"As soon as you get back, I want you washed up and ready to go immediately." Esme finished, smiling as she took my book from my hand and laid it gently on the desk.

"I am so confused," I admitted, my eyes darting between my new parents and Emmett "why am I going hunting?"

"The longer you stand there asking questions the longer you will be out hunting and the later we will be." Carlisle said with a chuckle

Without another word, I followed Emmett outside. Once in the snow he gestured for me to follow and we took off through the snow fall into the forest.

Glancing at my watch I realized it was about 7'oclock and I shook my head at myself, unable to believe that I had been reading that long and wondering how many times exactly I read and reread Dracula.

This was the first time I had been hunting with Emmett alone, I usually go with Carlisle and Esme, sometimes with Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward, but never Emmett alone. After we had been running for a good ten minutes, he slowed to a stop and sniffed the air,

"Good, it's close." I gave him a strange look "I hate going after the sleeping ones, there's no fun in it, but awake or not they are the toughest meanest things out here, we'll just have to make do with it still asleep…when spring comes, you'll get a taste of real hunting and real fun. You and me kid."

"What are the toughest things out here?"

"Grizzly bears," my brother answered

"Grizzly Bears!" I squeaked "why the bloody hell are we going to-"

"Look kid, Carlisle and Esme told me that a deer would not be enough tonight and to help you find a predator, and kid there's none better."

"I really don't understand, I thought deer were fine!"

"They are, but it be safer for you to overindulge tonight of all nights, especially if your overindulging on something as strong as a bear."

When I realized he wasn't going to give me a straight answer, I shut up and followed him to a cave where a lone grizzly was hibernating, completely unaware that we were coming.

I stared at the massive pile of fur in front of me…I have never seen a bear outside of the London zoo and the circus and even those were miniature compared to the monster here. It was like King Kong, and seemed to grow larger and larger with each passing second.

Emmett grinned and nodded his head towards the bear,

"You do not expect me to drink all of it!" I said, my eyes growing wide at the size of the bear.

"Drink as much as you can, it wont go to waste I promise." Emmett replied a hungry look in his eyes.

Cautiously I stepped towards the sleeping giant, expecting it to wake at any moment and attack us.

Focusing, I kept the bear as calm as possible, it stayed asleep, but if it was too awaken, it would be calm and content, I just hoped that my ability to calm animals was not just my imagination.

Slowly I brushed it's tough thick fur and parted it to have a clear shot at the neck. I took a deep calming breath and allowed my strong granite like fingers to pull apart the soft tissue under it's fur. My fingers dug into the skin and through it, creating a small scratch.

At first a tiny bit of blood trickled out of the wound. I felt the bear's emotions stir as it slowly began to wake…I felt it's aggravation, fear, and pain all swarming my own mind and my body. But it never fully woke.

Seeing the blood trickling out sent a burn in my throat and when I couldn't take it anymore, I leaned forward and began to drink.

The blood was hot, salty, and I hate to admit it but better tasting then the deer. The only downside I could see, was the fact that this bear was so far in hibernation that it's emotions were not as strong as it would have been had I hunted it down as Emmett seemed eager to do, I would not be able to enjoy such a hunt and probably would not make grizzly bears my regular diet, it would have to be a very rare special treat.

I drank and drank, until my stomach felt as if it would burst. I slumped to the cold ground, finally admitting defeat. Emmett grinned and stepped forward taking my place and finishing whatever was left.

I felt better than I had in weeks, deer blood and smaller animals was nothing to how satisfying the bear's blood felt and I now understood why Edward and Emmett insisted on hunting the predators.

When Emmett had finished, leaving the bear pretty much drained, he wiped his mouth on his shirtsleeve and turned to me

"How do you feel kid?" he asked and I nodded

"Much better," I replied "but I still don't understand what is going on."

"Carlisle and Esme have a surprise for you, but they wanted to make sure you were not thirsty even a bit."

Not thirsty…my eyes went wide as I read his body language and the words he had just used

"Am I going into town?" I exclaimed. A month of house arrest was driving me bonkers, absolutely barking mad.

"You'll see," Emmett replied with a grin

"Come on then!" I shouted, taking off for home with Emmett struggling to keep up with me.