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Dawn released a burst of laughter as she took off in a sporadic race through the woods,
changing directions and speeds at the blink of an eye. She was enjoying the chase more than the idea of getting away. In fact, she knew she would be caught sooner or later, since Edward was merely yards away from her. His only deterrence from catching her was her swift movements propelling her in random directions that he couldn't foresee since she had closed her mind to him when she was accosted in the woods by the family.
"I'm not going to let you get away," he called firmly to Dawn.
Dawn didn't respond for a few moments, and then stopped running completely, causing Edward to tackle her into the base of a large tree, sending a onslaught of leaves to rain down upon them.
"Well that was totally unnecessary..." Dawn said pointedly, shoving Edward's legs from their perch upon her stomach.
Edward frowned as he sprang to his feet within a millisecond, "And stopping like that whilst being chased was an incredibly smart thing to do," he said irritably, while shaking the leaves out of his impossibly perfect tousle of bronze hair.
Dawn stayed at the base of the tree, lounging back against it while she also removed leaves from her dark waist-length hair. "So what do you want?" she asked casually, as if her changing from human to vampire in the blink of an eye was a everyday occurrence.
Edward stood quietly for a moment, wrestling with which question to ask her first and started lamely with, "Your a vampire..."
Dawn frowned at him for a second, hoping he was joking and then rolled her eyes, "Thank you Captain Obvious. Now how about a question that requires a level of intelligence higher than a doorknob?"
Edward stared at her for a few moments, no emotions showing on his face, until slowly, the look of annoyance took center stage. He turned to leave, but then turned back as quickly, "How did you change? And why can't I read your mind anymore?" he said quickly, though it pained him to do so after her taunting.
Dawn, who wasn't looking at Edward, sat quiet for a few moments, idly drawing in the dirt with a twig she had found."I don't know how I can do what can do, but I can. I never really questioned it, just one day I fell asleep and woke up human. And from then on I could switch between the two. As for the mind reading. I could somewhat do it when I was fully human. It would give me horrible headaches. Migraines, doctors called them, though I didn't tell them I was hearing thoughts of others in my head. I didn't want to be labeled crazy...." she finished quietly, her eyes blazed. Dawn had said more than she wanted to, revealing herself to a stranger, let alone a vampire stranger was not something she wanted to do, especially about her past.
Edward was quiet, thinking about her words. He raised an eyebrow when he saw anger flash across her face, and thought it would be prudent not to ask her anymore questions.
"Wise choice," she mumbled, and tossed the twig away. "Well I'm gonna go now. Nice talking to you, I guess."
