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So this one is a little short, but it is from Edwards POV and I wanted to make sure I wrote him the right way before throwing out a nice long chapter from him. So be sure to tell me what you think!

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As always, none of this belongs to me. No, tis the property of Stephanie Meyer. Kudos to she.

EDPOV

The forest was thick, and even at the noon hour we were able to travel through the trees hidden from the sunlight. We were far away from Forks, near the Canadian border on the Eastern side of Washington. A long way away from home, and every mile put more stress on my shoulders as it was one mile away from Bella, one minute longer it would take me to get back to her. Plus, with Jacob being in the picture for the day, Alice couldn't see anything, so we couldn't even watch to make sure she was going to be okay. It was difficult to not turn back.

Let her breathe, I'm sure she likes the normal life every now and again.

I couldn't see Evelyn, but I heard her thoughts and I smelled her scent. Freezing for an instant, I heard her behind me and turned to face her.

Come on, Edward. Get your mind in the game.

I narrowed my eyes at her challenge and smirked. She grinned back at me.

There we go. Let's make it interesting.

I raised an eyebrow, and she flew through the trees and was at my side in a second.

First one to make a kill wins?

She rolled her eyes.

No, that's child's play. We set our sights on the same animal. First one who kills it, wins.

I laughed out loud, my adrenaline beginning to peak.

You want to go against me?

She nodded. I grinned back at her.

"You have no chance."

She leaned in close to me and patted my chest with her hand.

"I'm going to love shoving those words down your throat, Edward."

Emmett heard her words even though he was yards away and his laugh echoed through the trees, and Alice and Rosalie chimed in with their own amused jeers. She giggled quietly and then seemingly gathered all of her strength behind her hand as she leaned back, then lunged forward and pushed me hard, sending me into the air. I was thrown against a tree branch at least 20 feet in the air. I grasped the branch with ease, my feet planted against the trunk as I cleared my head from her unexpected attack. Her laugh grew louder as I heard her run, a streak of pale skin accented with long dark hair giving me the only indication of which direction she took. I crouched against the tree and laughed to myself.

"Game on!" I shouted, and lunged off the trunk and through the air, landing on the forest floor for a split second before taking off into a figurative flight after her. I heard my family cheer through the trees, and spent a minute listening to their happy and thrilled thoughts of a good outing.

Just passed a deer, I'll let you have it, leave the big game to me.

Evelyn's thoughts pulled me out of my family's head, and I growled as I ran after her.

"Evie, he's coming up from the side!" Alice shouted through the trees, giving away my plan to Evelyn.

"Stay out of this, Alice!" I yelled back, annoyingly amused with her cheating.

"Don't worry, bro, I got your back!" Emmett interjected, and a loud thundering shook the forest floor.

"You beast! Get off of me!" Evelyn laughed, and as I ran up I saw Emmett sitting on her stomach, a broken boulder behind them. I slowed to a walk and patted Emmett on the shoulder, my eyes falling down to Evelyn.

"Should've known, you go against me, you go against the whole family."

She rolled her eyes and then grinned a wicked smile.

Looks like they all aren't on your side.

The second I heard her thought, I felt a tight grip on my shoulders.

"Should be even on both sides, don't you think?"

I was surprised to hear Rosalie's voice; she made it known she did not enjoy having Evelyn around. I was focusing on Evelyn's thoughts so intently that I didn't even realize Rosalie was creeping up on me. A second later, I was again flying through the air, and while I wasn't worried about getting hurt obviously, I was a little irritated because Rosalie threw me back, giving Evelyn that much of an advantage. I heard Rosalie pull Emmett off of her, drawing out a long growl from Emmett, which in turn pulled an excited giggle from Rosalie. By the time I reached them again, Emmett had Rosalie pinned against a tree with her legs wrapped around his waist. I smiled and shook my head as I ran past them.

"You guys have no shame…" I muttered, only to get a grunt in response from one of them.

I caught up to Evelyn, who was crouching in preparation for attack, and my eyes fell on the large black bear a few yards away. She was thoroughly focused, and as far as I could tell she hadn't sensed my arrival. I blocked my thoughts, thinking only of the color black in order to affectively sneak up on the bear without being caught by Evelyn.

I ran outwards, in an arc around the bear so I was now in front of it instead of behind it. I held my breath as the adrenaline of the hunt, and the inevitable kill, settled into my being. I felt my eyes darken in blood lust as the huge bear trudged toward a small river, and heard a growl from the other side of the trees. Immediately, I crouched, and searched the darkness for my opponent.

I saw Evelyn's bright eyes, usually a clear green but now, a fierce red, glow in the shade of the tree tops. The red startled me at first, but then I remembered that her last kill most likely was a human. One of the ingredients in her gift of looking like a human was that her eyes were a normal color, and while the shade of green was unearthly and bright, it was more acceptable than red. But when she hungered, it changes to the normal vampire custom. If she fed from an animal, they would have turned topaz, like my own…but since her last meal was indeed a human, before she had arrived in Forks…they flamed a deadly crimson.

Her growl only made my bare my teeth, her warning to me met only by my challenge. This part of the competition was more serious than before, and faintly I heard the rest of my family tell each other to stay back and intervene no more. I kept my stare on Evelyn, who was now cautiously advancing on the bear while watching me.

He is mine, Edward.

When you earn him, you can have him.

She snarled at me and crouched even closer to the ground. Her hair brushed the forest floor, the sound seemingly echoing as we were both completely quiet. I had focused my mind to only focus on the animal before me and the attacker before me, and I heard only the bear's breathing and pumping heart, and the tiny movements that resonated sound that Evelyn put forth. All else was pushed out of my mind. Nothing else mattered but this kill.

Stay back.

I grinned as I heard the animal's pulse quicken. His large head turned to Evelyn's direction; he had heard her. I did not hesitate; I flew out to the bear and he did not even notice me, his full attention on Evelyn. The bear growled just as I placed my hands on his neck. His head jolted at the surprise, and I geared up to snap his neck and claim my prize before Evelyn launched herself at me and tackled me, the loud crash sending birds flying from the trees. We flew back and tumbled on the ground, her hand pressed against my face as she shoved it into the dirt. She stood quickly; ready to run after the bear that was now thundering away from us. I clamped my hand around her ankle and pulled her down and instead of falling on her stomach she withdrew her leg from my grasp and tumbled into a somersault. She straightened herself with ease, one knee in the dirt and the other stretched gracefully out at her side.

We heard clapping, no doubt coming from Emmett as the rest of my family watched from the sideline. Carlisle shushed him before I stopped focusing on them. Evelyn grinned, the crimson in her eyes gleaming.

Come on, Eddie, you've got more than that.

She swiped at me and I threw my head back, missing her razor-like nails by centimeters. She jumped from her position and landed with her feet planted on my shoulders, then crouched over me with her hand on my forehead.

Or has the human rubbed off on you?

The human. Bella. I growled as she dared to mention Bella right now, and my anger made her laugh. My arms hooked underneath her legs and flew up to her waist, and I erected myself, lifting her up with me. I began to run, and then slammed her back first against a tree. The bark began to splinter and her eyes widened as my hand found her neck. I clenched tightly as I lifted her up, then turned and brought her to the ground with such force the forest floor shook.

Apparently the Volturi Guard hasn't taught you much defense, big bad Evie.

She snarled and I felt her feet connect with my chest, but I tightened my grasp on her neck and I only ended up skidding a few feet, me knees dragging through the dead leaves and dirt. Her eyes narrowed at my own and she swiped one more time, her open palm connecting with the side of my face. My head snapped to the side and in the split second her attack connected, my hand relaxed, and she was able to jump to her feet. She lowered herself into a half crouch, and then kicked me in the chest. As I flew into the air she sped toward me and her fingers wrapped around my throat, and she growled with satisfaction as she assisted gravity by slamming me to the ground.

"We're more of the offensive type."

She lifted her leg and brought it down on my chest, her foot crashing down against my sternum. The ground around me conceded to the force and caved in slightly, putting me in the ground about five inches.

She raised her eyebrow at me and I exhaled, and she was gone. It took only half a second for me to get back on my feet, and after one glance at the shallow grave fit perfectly to my body, I shot after her. I followed her scent through the woods, ducking through dead trees and jumping over small creeks. My family trailed behind us, and soon branched out through the woods, some of them heading out in front of Evelyn, others flanking our sides, and lastly two brought up the rear.

She was completely in tune with my thoughts, and was able to stay out of my sight for quite a while. So instead of running toward her to catch her, I decided to go to the bottom line. Our bet was not about each other; our bet was about our prey. I nearly laughed out loud as I realized how easy it would be to track the bear and kill it, and come out on top. So, I pulled back from the direction she was in and started moving back. I found the river the bear was originally at, searching for food for itself. I kept in the trees, but traveled along the bank until I spotted it. I grinned and shook my head.

Too easy.

I looked around me but sensed nothing or no one; it seemed as if my whole family was up the river following after Evelyn. I laughed to myself as I stalked the bear, whose big paw was lolling in the river, waiting for a fish to swim by so he could have his lunch. I smirked at the irony and crouched. I was maybe two yards away, and could take him down in a single leap.

A human! Jasper, where is Jasper?

I narrowed my eyes as Alice's voice sang her thought in my head. A human? We were far out in the forest, Carlisle ad made sure we were not around any humans…

I knew this was a bad idea, of course she would go after him…

Rosalie's thought pulled me out of my hunt and my eyes widened as I realized what exactly it meant, having a human around. Jasper I was confident could control himself, he had grown a lot more disciplined since Bella's birthday. But Evelyn's fiery eyes seemed to have burned into my retinas, because I could not shake the look of pure bloodlust, completely unfiltered. I moved from my position and ran back quickly, pushing myself faster than normal. I slowed only once I saw Alice, who was standing with Jasper, her small hands framing his face. They were having another one of their intimate, quiet moments, no doubt Alice trying to keep Jasper's mind off the human. He too, was hunting with no regard; he had no reason to reign in his instincts.

"Where is she?" I asked, a few feet away as to not intrude on their moment.

Alice didn't look away from Jasper; instead, she combed her fingers through his hair.

"Northeast, about a mile. She smelled him and ran. The others are after her."

I was off in an instant, silently scolding myself for egging her on. If it had been just a normal hunt, she wouldn't have been as into the kill as this. But the challenge had always intrigued her, made hunting animals exciting compared to humans.

I soon arrived at Emmett and Rosalie, who stood near Esme, on one side of the river. They were all looking into the woods on the other side, and all kept quiet.

"Is she over there?" I asked, my eyebrows furrowed as I took in Esme's worried thoughts.

Esme nodded and Emmett wrapped an arm around her.

"Carlisle is with her. Can you hear their thoughts?"

I listened intently but could only hear the voices of the family directly surrounding me. I shook my head.

"No, I'll go see."

Esme's hand reached out for me as I leaped across the river, but I did not look back. I heard Carlisle's voice first, his thoughts full of disbelief.

I cannot believe her…

I saw him standing still next to a tree, and walked up slowly to him. I looked at his face and was surprised at the amused smile gracing his lips. He looked up at me and patted my shoulder, snaking his arm around my back and pulling my against his side.

"I'm sorry, son."

My eyebrows furrowed again as I looked straight ahead, following his eyes. There I saw Evelyn, knelt on the floor. I took a step forward, ready to run and push her off of the human…and then realized…she wasn't over a human at all.

She knelt over a bear. Not a black bear, like the one I was seconds away from killing…no, this was a grizzly bear. A huge grizzly bear, that had to have been at least 600lbs. Not only was the bear lying, dead, at her feet, but three cubs lay next to it. Also dead. My mouth was open in disbelief. She casually sunk down and sat cross-legged, wiping a small trail of blood from her chin. She looked at me and grinned, then held her hands up.

"Lunch is ready, folks!"

She laughed, and in just a moment the rest of my family was at our sides. Alice's laugh sounded like a wind chime, and Emmett barked and slapped his hand against my back. Esme hid her smile behind her hand and gravitated toward Carlisle, who wrapped his hand around her waist.

"Man, she got you good!" Emmett interjected, and then sauntered over to Evelyn, rubbing his hand together in anticipation. Alice rubbed Jasper's chest, her face exuding an apology.

"I told you I was fine…" he whispered into her hair, and then kissed the top of her head. She smiled and kissed his cheek, then grabbed his hand and led him over to the feast that lay before us.

I couldn't help but stay still, and just watch as my family approached their meal. Their meal that Evelyn killed for them. Their meal, of a freaking grizzly bear and her three cubs, that Evelyn killed for them.

You think too much, Edward.

Her voice in my head made me shake my head.

Aw come on…you didn't make any rules. Come and eat.

I narrowed my eyes at her and stayed where I was.

What of the human?

She smiled, still sitting on the ground. She looked almost like a little girl.

I just imagined a human, and decided I would kill him. Once it was decided, Alice saw it, and warned everyone.

Just then she looked back at Jasper and Alice, who were devouring a large cub.

"By the way, I'm sorry Jasper."

He looked up at her and grinned, then shrugged his shoulders.

"I was fine, really. No harm done."

She grinned at him, and then motioned for me to come over. I crossed my arms and leaned against the tree.

Oh come on! Don't be a sore loser.

I exhaled.

Next time, no mind games.

She grinned and nodded.

Deal.

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