Don't own Twilight and its characters, but I do own Lucy, Jason and Ashley.

**Bella's POV**

I looked over as four of the five sat down at our table. Ashley hissed softly but no doubt, menacingly. None of them seemed concerned. Instead they all turned to me.

Alice spoke first, again in a sad voice, "What happened Bella?"

I looked through the faces of my old, almost family. The one I wanted to see most and least wasn't there. I spoke one word, "Laurent," then dropped my head to look at my half of the deck.

Jasper must have had some difficulty with the next minute or so. Alice was confused, Rosalie looked angry, Ashley was murderous, and Emmett, Emmett was excited. As for myself, I was just sad. Sad because I still wasn't good enough for him and that hurt.

"Laurent? Laurent did this to you? We will track him down and kill him," Rosalie said menacingly.

I looked up startled. 'Wait, Rosalie wasn't angry at me…but Laurent.' I looked at her and said, "Don't bother. He was killed shortly after."

"Oh," she said almost disappointed.

"By who, you?" Jasper butt in to ask.

"No, the La Push pack. That's the only reason I'm not dead. They interrupted his feed," I said.

"He was feeding on you?! Now I really wish I could've taken him down! But, wait, what La Push pack?" Alice jumped back in.

"The werewolves are back, aren't they?" Emmett asked.

"They were…seventy-four years ago. That's when I was changed and left," I answered.

"Bella, please tell us what happened…please." Alice pleaded and as I looked into her eyes, my willpower crumbled.

"After you left, I kinda fell into a depression. I don't remember much for the first few months but then I don't know what happened but I'd describe it as waking up. I began to be myself a bit more, but I still hurt. I had a hole in my heart…until Jake." I paused and saw confusion on four faces. Ashley just squeezed my arm. "I went to visit my dad's friend's son…from the reservation. We hung out for a bit, but then…he changed. He became a werewolf. I didn't know until after, because he began to ignore me. I went for a walk in the woods, trying to distract myself. I ran into Laurent and he said he was hunting and since I was there, he began to feed on me. In the middle of it, five huge wolves distracted him and chased him off. As for me, I began to change. Two and a half days later, I woke to the sight of Jacob. He told me what he was, that they'd killed Laurent…and that I'd have to leave. He wouldn't be able to stop the rest of the pack from killing me too. So I ran. I ran deep into the woods and stumbled on Lucy." At this everyone looked toward Ashley. "Not her. My 'mother'" I said, even adding the air quotes. "She had been changed for a while but was still fighting it. She was also sad because in her bloodlust, she'd killed her best friend. I told her about the vegetarian way and we began to live together and she got happier. A couple years later, Ashley came along." I said nodding in her direction. "She wasn't happy but had been one of us for about two centuries. We told her about our way and she agreed to try it. We had started a coven. So 27 ½ years later Lucy changed Jason and they are not mates. That's about everything of importance," I finished.

They began asking questions. I answered but I kept drifting my thoughts back to the meadow I'd been changed in. Ashley jumped in for me. She wasn't shy. In turn, we learned about their current story. Jasper and Emmett were juniors, Alice and Rosalie were sophomores and he was a freshmen. Jasper and Rosalie were still called siblings, just not twins and were foster kids. The others were all adopted by Carlisle and Esme.

I left in slightly higher spirits. Ashley had finally relaxed about the majority of them, but still spoke venom of him. With this change, our business class flew by. We parted as she headed off to history and I went to biology.

It was ironic I guess because as I walked into the room, I saw that last vampire at this school.

Edward's POV for the next chapter. Yay!