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A/N: Don't forget to read the chapter before this one -Three's a crowd.

NobleAndAncientLineBlack: I always appreciate advice or ideas about my story. It just that sometimes I don't know what sort of help I want but I do want help. Does that make sense? Maybe I need a new OC or an old OC and what will happen in the next chapters and bla bla bla. You know? Hope you didn't get too much confused.

Yeah I know some chapters is quite short and others longer. It depends on what mood I'm in or if I just want to publish a shorter chapter so I could focus on the next one without pressure of writing block. :) Hope that short ones are okay if I update quicker? This chapter is quite longer but not the longest... and more things that are happening in this chapter so hope it's ok. :)


~ Trouble ~

31 December 2006, Forks, USA

"I'm Nicholas Bartholdy, and people always surprise you. It can be either good or bad."


14th March 1948, New York, America

Finally here I was in America and my first stop, New York. Being on a different continent alone made me miss Charles. He always had a plan but I will try to make him proud.

Saying goodbye to Charles a second time was different. We didn't know when we would meet again but I could always send him letters to the address in London. We had heard talks about a new invention, that was called a telephone. With one we could call each other despite our distance. That news helped with Natalia. I have never seen her sad but I promised them both that I would let them know I was alive as the years goes by.


16th April 1948, New York, America

I think it is time for me to move on from New York. Since I wasn't into fashion or liked having crowds of humans around me, it wasn't the place for me. It was a nice experience but so many people around me that all smelled different didn't help with my thirst for blood.

I have also smelled other vampires around the city border but it seemed they (I think a group of three women) was starting to make they way into the city. Not wanting to be confronted with them in the middle of New York city, my self-preservation kicked in and I felt the time to move on was right.


20th May 1948, some forest west of Washington, America

I had visited Washington and enjoying a nice drink of blood from people before I started traveling again.

Running through a forest was always a pleasant experience for me. There are so much to see and smell in that small amount of time when running your fastest. Hard to explain if you haven't experience it, which is hard to do if you aren't a vampire but you get the idea.

I stopped suddenly as I smelled the scent of a male vampire that was quickly heading my way. I decided to stand my ground, crunching down in a defense position, as the unknown vampire was obviously running towards me. It didn't take long before he stood across from me in the forest. He was a fair-haired young man of about thirty.

"You're in MY territory," he snarled, showing his upper teeth as a clear sign of warning. "That makes you a trespasser," he growled out.

"Trespassing?" I snarled back despite being confused. "How is this your territory? I didn't smell your or anyone else scent around here marking it as taken."

"This is not a debate! Move or I'll make you move," he threatened.

"Look we don't have to fight," I tried telling him as I didn't want "his territory". I had no want to fight for just the sake of fighting as he obviously did.

He didn't want to wait anymore it seemed as he suddenly ran into me and tackled me back hard. Trees slowed me down and before he could hit me with a punch I moved out of his way.

"We don't need to do this," I said as I thought this fight was meaningless.

Again he didn't listen to me and moved forward fast. He had a hard grip on my right arm with both of his hands. Feeling him trying to break my arm off and starting to succeed made my "inner beast" come forth.

Snarling I bit his shoulder pushing my venom in and making him scream in pain. Trying to hit my head, he released his grip on my arm and that was my plan. As soon as I felt his hands loosening on my arm I released my bite on his shoulder but not before taking a mouth piece from him.

"Fine, if it's a fight you want you got one!" I snarled, curling my lips back to bar my teeth while he hissed at the loss of a piece of his shoulder.

I would like to say that I won the fight easy but that wouldn't be the truth. My opponent was actually quite good and both of us had anger running through our veins. We hit each other with punches and kicks but mostly we avoided them.

Feeling a need to finish the fight, I decided to use my gift against him. I couldn't use it directly against him as my gift doesn't work that way but I could use it to distract him and that was what I did.

Running out of sigh, I moved two big pieces of trees and made them charged against him. While he was distracted of the trees I moved fast and jumped at him, kicking him in the back with both of my feet, sending him crashing in to one of the big pieces of trees that I had thrown at him.

Quickly while he was dazed and confused on the ground, I ripped both of his arms of. Without arms all he could do was growl and try to kick me but I was so angry that I didn't hesitate to rip him up further in little pieces. Finally all that was left of him was a big pile of vampire parts.

A part of me was ecstatic that I had won my first battle with an aggressive vampire but the other part that was larger felt quite concerned and confused that I had been so vicious towards another. I know that as a vampire I am more vicious but the human part in me felt quite numb at what I had done.

It seemed I was more distracted then I had anticipated with my thoughts on the outcome of the fight as I heard clapping from behind me.

"Well done, you are quite the fighter," a female vampire said as I had turned around. "Well I didn't get to see all the fighting but the result but you must have been good if the opponent didn't rip even one part of you."

Stunned I just stared at her. She was extremely easy to look at and she had surprised me with being here. I felt relived that she hadn't seen me use my gift.

"Do you need to borrow one of my matchsticks or would you rather leave him here to let him piece himself together? I would imagine it would take quite the time for him to be whole again without help."

I had to admit that she did have a point. What will I do about the vampire pile of parts? She had good timing as I didn't have any matchsticks with me. Leaving the pile was not an option as I didn't want to watch my back for a vengeful and aggressive vampire. I took the matchbox in her hands and lit a match and trowed it to the pile. The smell was awful but I couldn't take my eyes of the sight of burning vampire parts.

"Why are you here?" I asked after staring at the fire. This was not the time to begin thinking about the fight and that I have really killed an other vampire for the first time.

"Oh I heard noises of a fight and smelled two male scents. I wanted to know who had won and I'm happy about it now," she answered looking up and down my body.

"Well I'm grateful about you being here as I didn't have any matchsticks with me. I didn't think others were so aggressive even if I had heard it from others." I admitted out-loud.

"I can teach you about America and how to survive here if you would want to travel with me?"

"Why would you? We don't know each other at all." I said feeling confused about her offer.

"I know you can fight well and you don't show signs of being aggressive towards me. Besides I'm lonely and we could have quite the good time together," she said winking at me.

"I guess I could travel with you for a bit. I'm Nicholas Bartholdy by the way," I said giving her my hand to shake.

Staring at my hand for a while she took it and we did a handshake.

"Nice to meet you Nicholas, I'm Edith Adams."


A/N: Hope you liked it! My second update in a second day... won't happen everyday but still good right?

What do you think about the chapter? And what about this Edith character? I have already figured her out and her plot-line but you will she little pieces of her character here and there in the next chapter.