The light was barely starting to penetrate the thick cloud above, when the Ariana and Edward weaved through the forest. What they were actually looking for was still a mystery to her, but she figured it was an animal; otherwise they would've been on their way to Seattle. Edward stopped suddenly, catching Ariana off guard. She stopped ten paces away, and turned to him, talking softly.

"What's wrong?" She whispered softly, but she was still amazed when he answered and she heard the answer almost as if he was whispering in her ear.

"You want to go human hunting?"

"I wasn't thinking about it that way." She whispered back hastily.

"Trust me; once you taste it, it's hard to stop." He said, but also half distracted, like he was listening to something else as well. Ariana wasn't going to ask Edward how he knew about human blood, but she was curious as to the peculiar sound she was hearing. It sounded like…chewing?

"It's a deer. About 200 meters that way." Edward pointed to his left and listened more intently. She listened too. She could hear and smell superbly. She heard it breathing, chewing, and walking softly on the forest floor.

"Be my guest. I would choose something more…challenging for a newborn, but it's the best I can find now, seen as though you're so hungry…" Edward politely directed her towards the deer, smiling. She realized what Edward was talking about, both the newborn and the hunger subject. Carlisle explained that there was still human blood circulating through her body, and that made her stronger than the others. And she realized the Edward probably noticed her eyes changed when she smelt the deer.

"Thank you, Edward." She bolted from a standstill to the deer so fast, even Edward lagged in his timing to watch. He heard a small squeal, and then a loud snap, before going to look. Ariana was crouched over the deer, her mouth to its throat already and eating.

"And apparently you don't need any hunting lessons."

She looked up at him, her eyes wide and wild, before smiling at him. Her face below her nose was stained with blood that was dripping off her chin.

"I wasn't completely useless as a human, I could hunt." She whispered through her teeth, almost sarcastic.

"Well don't let me stop you." Edward leant against a tree and watched her eat without hesitation. She smiled back and put her mouth back to the deer's throat, sucking its blood out with all her might. Eventually, nothing was coming out, there was no more blood left in the poor creature. She stood up, and wiped her face with the back of her hand before licking the blood off of it.

"I think we're going to have to find another one for you Edward, I just couldn't help myself."

"That's alright; I went hunting about three days ago. That was when Em…" He stopped abruptly, and didn't indicate that he wanted to say more.

"Tell me Edward." Ariana asked, trying her best not to sound pleading. He hesitated, for a moment, and rambled out the story at an amazing rate.

"Well, we went hunting, after Rosalie and Emmett came back from shopping. Rosalie broke her shoes with the last hunt, that's why they went. She was talking about some crazy blonde behind the till, which I now realize was you, after seeing Emmett's memories. Emmett was terribly quiet, unusual for him… "

She laughed; Emmett would've been the first to poke a joke at her for acting the way she did in the store. She gestured for Edward to carry on.

"…he wouldn't answer when we asked about the 'crazy' blonde. But I was getting so many memories at once; it was hard to understand what he was thinking. He suggested very quickly that we go hunting; I could tell he just wanted a distraction; we'd hunted a mere three days before. Rosalie, Emmett and I went for the hunt, but I couldn't concentrate, Emmett was thinking so many things about you, your smell, I could barely think myself. The next thing, he was gone. He is still a bit faster than us, also still classifying as a newborn, Rosalie and I had no idea where he could've gone. I couldn't hear what he was thinking, the hunting instinct took over. And then we heard you, screaming, and we knew it was Emmett. Well when we got you back to the house, Carlisle stayed with you and Esmé sent Rosalie and Emmett away. Then Esmé and I had to hunt, with your blood everywhere…I'm amazed you're still…around."

She laughed once, awkwardly, like she had something stuck in her throat. She had to get away from the Cullen's for a little while, just to think without Edward in her head. She looked at her clothes, small drops of blood scattered over it, still red from the fresh deer. She felt her pockets, and sure enough, there were her house keys.

"Edward, tell Esmé and Carlisle I'll be back soon, maybe this afternoon, I just have something to do."

Before he could ask, she was gone, the leaves barely moving from where she stood.