Hey Twilight'ers! Before you yell at me, I am aware that it has been FOREVER since I've posted anything. I wish I could give you a nice, long chapter, but this is super short. I'm really sorry! Please READ AND REVIEW!

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Twilight. I do own a copy of the book, though…

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Pain. That was all that was around me. Constant, burning pain. I screamed, hoping that it would lessen it slightly, but it did no such thing. Instead, I could swear that the pain increased.

Why did it feel like I was on fire?

Time passed, and it got worse, and worse, and worse. I yelled for help. I yelled for someone to kill me, to end this pain. But no one ever came. So, I was alone with my pain.

There was nothing to distract me from it. I listened to see if I could hear anything, whether it was the sound of a babbling brook or the call of a bird. But there was a lack of sound as well.

The days passed, and the pain was my constant companion.

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I was awake. My body was awake, my mind was awake, and my senses were awake. I could see, even though my location was pitch black the outline of stalagmites and stalactites, I could hear the tiniest drops of water, I could smell the blood of some far-and-distant animal.

I stretched and rubbed my eyes. My moves, I could tell, were graceful and fluid.

But although my senses were that of the most ferocious predator, I had no idea who I was, where I was, or what I was.

I racked my brain, trying to remember something that would answer any of my numerous questions. But all I could remember were minutes, hours, days of pain. I shuddered as I recalled my agony.

All that was for certain was the burning in the back of my throat. I instinctively knew that I had to quench it.

I saw light at the end of the cave I was in, and walked toward it. Outside, the sun was shining brightly, and a light breeze was blowing. With this breeze came the scent of something delicious, something that I needed to quench this irritating thirst.

A breeze passed over my face, and with the breeze came a smell that was entirely delicious. Instinctively, without consciousness, I followed it. When I moved, it was a run of break neck speed. I kept running until I found the source of the smell. To my shock, it was a large deer. I was slightly appalled that I had to eat this animal, but the intense burning in the back of my throat pushed me forward. I noticed that my mouth filled with some kind of venom, and it just increased the burning.

I kept low to the ground as I stalked my peer. The majestic deer hadn't seen me yet, so I had the element of surprise on my side. I wasn't entirely sure how to kill it, but I just decided to roll with it.

My foot hit a small bush, and it made a slight rustling sound. This made the deer look up, and I pounced.

I sunk my teeth, which had become sharp and vicious, into the poor deer's neck. Its blood filled my mouth, and it tasted so delicious. I just kept sucking and sucking, and soon, I had drained the poor thing of all its blood.

This experience was most astounding. I had no recollections of anything previously, but now, I was just working off of instinct.

The deer had been delicious, but the burning was still in my throat. I had to have more, so I set off through the forest, running at top speeds, in search of another meal.

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I had been running for a few hours just for something to do. On my journey, I had consumed a few more deer and even a large bear. Even upon consuming all of this, the damn burning was still there.

And then—I smelled it. A large breeze had brought a scent so delicious, so tantalizing to me, that I had to follow it. The smell took me a few miles to a small village.

Humans, I thought to myself. But it was took much to resist. Just as I was about to ravage the village, I felt myself slipping under, and I knew that I was having a vision.

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"I don't want to be a burden," Alice said to the small group of people assembled in front of her. She held the hand of a tall, handsome boy with a curly mop of blonde hair.

"Believe me, we're more than happy to have you," said a woman with caramel curls and a lovely smile.

"We just can't believe that you went all that time on your own without ever hunting a human," said a grotesquely large male with a head of black curls and a look of admiration.

"I saw you guys," Alice said. "I saw all of you in a vision, and it just prevented me from ever attacking a human."

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This vision stopped me cold. I didn't have to be a monster. I could live off of animals, and someday I could meet this family.

But what really confused me about this vision was the handsome man I was clinging to. His face, his oh-so handsome face, was drilled into my memory. When I closed my eyes, it was him I saw.

I decided it then. I would resist. I would resist, resist all of my temptations for the family, and for the boy. I would do it for them.

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Yes, short, I know, BUT PLEASE REVIEW!

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