This is a little filler chapter, so it will be a tad short.

Chapter 9: Hunting

Just a little tidbit of information you might need: If you are a newborn vampire, I do not recommend that you go on a sixteen-hour-long flight with a plane full of humans. It's almost impossible; I say almost because I managed it. Edward had to restrain me several times, but nobody except my family noticed.

When we landed in Port Angles, there was no sun. I stumbled off the plane and gripped Edward's arm again, but I was careful not to break it off.

"That was horrible," I moaned when we walked up to the luggage wheel.

"Well on the bright side, you didn't kill anybody," Emmett chuckled from behind me. Just for fun, I whirled around and slapped him on the arm.

"Not funny, Emmett!" I screeched.

"Someone's moody," He grumbled and went to stand with Rose.

"Am not," I muttered to myself. Someone reached down and brushed my hair out of my face with quick fingers. That same person gave me a kiss on the top of my head, and pulled my face up to look at them.

"Bella, love, you did fine." Edward murmured calmly.

"Yeah right, you had to keep me back." I huffed. He let go of my head and slid his fingers down to grab my hand.

"At least you kept control and didn't hurt anyone," He said and he squeezed my fingers.

"Well, yeah, but." I protested.

"But what?" He asked.

"Ugh, I don't know, I'm so overwhelmed right now; I don't know what to do." I sighed. He chuckled humorlessly.

"It will pass soon, I promise." He whispered after he grabbed his bag and we followed the family out of the airport and to the cars.

"Now it's your turn," I heard Rosalie whisper into Edward's ear before they scuttled off to another car. We had to ride with Olivia. I turned to gape at Edward.

"No," I mouthed to him. He shrugged with tight lips and slid into the driver's seat.

I went to grab the passenger door handle, but a different arm reached out and grabbed it. They yanked open the door and jumped eagerly into the seat next to Edward. Before Olivia closed the door, she looked up at me with false innocence.

"Oh, I'm sorry; did you want to sit here?" She asked.

"Yeah, actually, I did." I growled.

"Well, you're a little too slow." She chirped back, and she gave me a glare. Whoa, she needs meds. I reluctantly opened the back door and hopped in.

"So, Edward, where did you live?" Olivia gushed to him. He sighed and answered.

"I owned a little cottage tucked away in the woods,"

"Oh, how cute" She giggled. I gagged and settled back. It was going to be a long trip.

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After one hour, much flirting from Olivia, grumbles from me, and less enthusiasm from Edward, we arrived at the Cullen house.

It was a grand mansion that was perfectly proportioned and had two gargantuan windows on the front and three stories. There was a wraparound porch that was white—like the rest of the exterior, and was surrounded by towering pine trees. Edward let out a low whistle.

"Fancy schmancy," Olivia muttered when she stepped out. I followed her and took a deep breath of non-infected air.

The air smelled cool and wet. There was a tinge of sweetness to it that I couldn't put my finger on. The breeze kicked up and a smell that was close to being as delectable as human blood. Instinctively I followed the scent, chasing it into the trees. I flitted down through the trees and stopped when I heard the smallest noise from behind me. I growled and flipped around. Edward was behind me with a look of amuse upon his face.

"It's a mountain lion. Go ahead and catch it," He told me. I took his advice and started up the winding path. I followed my nose to a large spruce tree, which I then grabbed a hold of and swung up to a branch. There the enormous cat was perched, watching me warily with yellow eyes.

It snarled and leapt toward me. I was tackled and we tumbled out of the tree and fell to the forest floor with a thump. I rolled and wrestled with it until I snapped the beast's neck and sank my fangs into it's jugular. The warm liquid ran down my throat and soothed the burning.

I sucked the cat dry and heaved its carcass of my body. I stood up and looked around to see Edward leaning up against a nearby tree and was watching me intently.

"Very nice job," He complimented. His gaze raked over my body, so I looked down to find my clothes in tatters. If I could have blushed, I would have.

"I'm a messy eater, I guess," I shrugged and he laughed. He walked over to me and hugged my shoulders.

"No, you're just new to all of this." He murmured.

"Yeah," I agreed. He grabbed my hand and we started to walk through the trees when a sudden noise stopped us.

Olivia stepped out from behind a tree, her eyes glinting maliciously and her red hair dancing like flames against the green scenery.

"I've been waiting to get you two alone," She growled as she leapt forward at us.

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