So the day finally came, the day they were going to invite my mysterious savior over to see why he was on our territory and if he needed some kind of assistance. But in order for me not to be dead, I decided to go over to a friend's house for the afternoon to do some homework and college applications, only to make Rosalie and Edward happy in case I changed my mind and wanted to be a human for the rest of my life.

I went over to Emily's house, which was right next to the school. Emily has been one of the first people to befriend me at Fork when I first moved there. She's one of the few friends I have here, cause everyone else would avoid me because of who I was related to. But Emily still became my friend and since we were both into art. I decided to help her with her collage for Art class.

So here I was, laying on my stomach in Emily's room, looking at various pictures that Emily took this year to place on her poster. Emily was by her window, looking through her pictures on her cannon camera. It was around 3:30 and it was raining outside, having the sound of rain hitting the roof fill the room. Right after school I was shipped over to Emily's house by Edward, who then went straight home. He looked as if he wanted to crush the car as he drove me, and I wanted to calm him down, but as soon as I was out of the car, Edward reached over and slammed my door shut, driving away in a fast pace.

"How about this one?" I asked Emily as I showed her a black and white picture of a gerber daisy. EMily looked over at me, her blue eyes behind her thick black glasses and she smiled, nodding her head in a exciting pace.

"Perfect! I'm so glad you came over to help me! I think it should go over here by this one...." Emily said aloud, walking over to the poster that already had some pictures on them. She pointed to the picture of a colorful fish from her aquarium. I smiled and placed it next to it and I heard her squeal. She was always so excited when something came together in her favor.

"It looks so good!" She replied in a grin and looked over at me. I tried to look just as excited, but my mind was on the mysterious vampire who was meeting with my family and telling them his story.

"Harper? Are you okay?" She asked me, pulling me out of my trance. I looked over at her and saw her eyes through her glasses, looking at me with concern. I nodded my head and cleared my throat.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I told her in a honest tone. She sighed and sat down in front of me, the poster in between us and I moved to sit in a Indian style in front of me as well.

"You've been distant lately Harp. For the past couple of weeks you seemed more.....reserved." Emily said to me and I bit my lip. I didn't want to worry her about what was going on and everything.

"And then you show up to school on Monday with a bandage on your arm and stitches over your eye. I mean, what happened over the weekend?" Emily asked me in a more concerned tone. I tried to think up a lie and quick.

"I got attacked by a mountain lion late sunday morning after going for a walk but my dad shot it down before the lion could do anymore damage on me." I replied to her. It was true, to a point. But instead of my dad saving me it was a mysterious stranger who made my heart melt.

"Oh god, I'm so sorry to hear that Harper! I had no idea." Emily replied back to me in a shocked tone. I shrugged and smiled back at her.

"It's okay, I didn't want anyone to know really. I'm not one for a big crowd to rush over to me." I replied back to her. Then my phone buzzed on my pocket, breaking the awkward silence between us. I saw Emily looking back at the collage as I looked on my phone, seeing a text message from Alice:

Come back to the house asap

don't worry, it's safe now

~Alice

What did she mean by it's safe now? I had no clue, but I looked back up at Emily.

"Hey, I need to get back home to do some family business. Can I get a quick ride home?" I asked her as I placed my phone back in my pocket. Emily nodded and got up with me as I snagged my purse.

As Emily pulled away from my house, I could feel something was wrong in my house. I felt a little shiver go down my spine as I grasped my wounded arm, feeling it going cold from the touch. I walked up to the front doors and opened it slightly, hearing distant voices inside towards the living room. But as soon as I closed the doors the voices stopped and I clung onto my purse even more.

"Harper, is that you?" It was Esme and I gulped, walking towards the living room. As I turned the corner, I saw all of my family standing near the backdoor, looking over at me. But in the middle of my family, there was one more person. He was near Carlisle and Edward with his head down. He was around Carlisle's height with brown messy hair, a skinny muscular body and pale skin, too pale. He was wearing a long sleeved dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, a black vest over his shirt, blue baggy jeans and no shoes on his feet. I could see there was a marking on his right arm, looking like a tattoo, but I couldn't tell from my spot.

I took a hesitant step forward, keeping my eyes on him as he looked up at me. I almost lost my breath when I saw him. His golden eyes contrasted with his pale skin. He had a particular nose, a big large and pointed but none the less went with his face. He had full lips, spotless skin, a strong jawline and overall beauty on him. I thought my family was beautiful, but to me he blew that right out of the water by a landslide. His small golden eyes looked at me for the first time and I saw them go wide. HIs stance changed as I approached the group in a slow pace.

"Harper, this is Oz Gracen." Carlisle introduced him to me. Oz, the name did fit him perfectly. I smiled at him as I stood by Edward's side in front of Oz.

"Hello." Oz replied to me in a small smile and hesitant tone. I shivered, remembering his voice from that night and hearing it again made me warm inside.

"Hello." I replied back in a shaky tone. I heard Edward chuckle next to me as Oz cocked his head to the side slightly, looking at me as if I was the only person in the room.

"Oz wanted to meet you and see if you were alright." Alice told me on my right side as she eyed Oz from her spot. Oz gazed over my arm and head and I could tell he seemed distraught about it.

"I'm fine, I have you to thank for that." I said to him, trying to act calm in front of him but it wasn't working as I planned. Oz chuckled, seeing my nervousness and I felt a wave of calm go through me. Gee, thanks Jasper.

"Why don't we let Oz and Harper talk for a moment for two shall we?" Carlisle said aloud as a hint. I felt Edward squeeze my shoulder gently as my family left the living room gracefully.

Standing in front of Oz alone now felt nerve-raking. My heart was going through like a roller coaster as I saw Oz take a hesitant step towards me. I smiled at him as I tried to find something to say to him, anything.

"Your family is very nice." I heard him say to me as he was now about 3 feet in front of me. I could only gaze into his golden eyes and saw them stare back at my green eyes. His stance was still tense and his hands were shoved in his pockets, as if hiding something from me.

"I hope they didn't scare you too much." I added and I heard him chuckle again. God his laugh makes me smile, I find it addicting to listen to his laughter.

"Not at all, they're more like a family than the clan I used to be in." Oz replied in a grin.

"I thought you came here alone?" I asked him with curiosity.

"Oh I did, I just used to be in a large clan that was ran like military compared to your family." Oz answered as he eyed me.

"Why did you leave your clan?" I asked aloud in a brave tone. He looked down at the floor and I bit my lip.

"It's rather difficult to talk about." I nodded my head as he looked back up at me.

"But I do want to know why you were out in the forest all by yourself..." He trailed up and gave me a smirk as he walked over to my left, circling me slowly. I felt the cold temperature of his body radiating off on me as he walked slowly around me and I kept my eyes forward on a spot on the back wall.

"I like to walk alone sometimes in the woods, and think about things." I replied as I could see him walking back in front of me. He was looking at all of my features,

"Someone like you shouldn't be out in the woods all alone." he advised me and I smirked.

" "Someone like me'? Do you think I can't take care of myself?" I asked him in a challenging tone. He smiled and I could tell his fingers were twitching by his sides.

"It didn't seem like it when you were there in front of that mountain lion. I couldn't let something as interesting and precious go to waste." He replied to me as he reached out to touch my cheek and push my hair away. But as his fingers touched my cheek, my vision went black. At first I only saw darkness all around me, but then like in and instant I saw flashing images of myself, but in the past. I saw myself when I was a baby, being held by Esme and Carlisle, but a second later I was 1 and learning how to walk by Carlisle. Then I was 8 and going to school, being watched by my parents, and then I was 12 and wrestling with Emmett on our front lawn. The last one I saw was when I was 13 and I just learned my family members were vampires. I saw all of these images go through my head in an instant, hearing the voices of each flashback of whoever was in those clips. It almost felt like I was watching a film of my life, but every other second I was fast forwarding to another part of my life.

Then I got my vision back as Oz moved his hand away from me. I saw him in front of me with concern in his eyes as I saw my family come back into the room with the same look of concern in their eyes.

"Harper, are you alright?" Esme asked me, walking over to me and wrapping a arm around my shoulder to support me in case I was dizzy. But I was just confused, looking at Oz with shock.

"Oz, what did you do to me?"