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Chapter 2

Golden Eyed

As I stood there, ready for their attack, only one thing went through my mind, I wish I were still with my coven. The male who did not remind me of Matt laughed. The other two looked at him, as if they were missing what was funny.

We stood like this for several minutes nobody advancing. Maybe they don't want to attack me, maybe they'll let me leave in peace. The one who had laughed earlier stopped his defensive posture. "Its okay," he said. "She's just passing through." The other two looked at him and realizing that he was truthful, got out of their defensive crouch. The female came right over to me.

"So what brings you here?" I was still in my defensive posture. I was hesitant at first, but decided it was safe.

"Just passing through," I said, straightening up. "I've been over most of the US, and this is the only state I hadn't been to, as a vampire or human. If you don't mind me asking, what is with your golden eyes? I've been a vampire for 5 years and have never seen such a thing."

"Why don't you follow us to our house?"

They have a house?

The one who laughed earlier, said, "Yes we do." That guy was starting to freak me out.

"Okay," I replied.

"I'm Alice by the way. These two are Edward and Emmett."

"I'm Chloe." I followed them back west, across the Canadian boarder. We ran through some woods and eventually came to a clearing, where a large house was located. I followed them inside, where more vampires were sitting around. They all got up once they saw me. I immediately noticed that they all had gold eyes.

"It's okay," said Alice. "We met her in the woods. She's just passing through." Nobody let their guard down. "I already know she won't kill us."

"Like she'd be able to," said Emmett. That got everyone relaxed. A man with blonde hair came over.

"My name is Carlisle, and this is my family." I was taken aback by his choice of words.

"My name is Chloe, it is a pleasure to meet you all."

"She is curious about our gold eyes," said Edward.

"Ah," said Carlisle. "You see, Chloe, we are what we liked to call vegetarians. We only drink the blood of animals."

"You're kidding?"
"No we are not," said Carlisle. "I have been doing this for three and a half centuries."

"You don't drink human blood."

"No," said Alice.

"You've never tasted human blood?"

"A few of us haven't," said a blonde hair female. Apparently, she was one of them.

"I had stories from one of the members of my former coven, but I thought they were just that, stories."

"Oh, we're real," said Edward.

"Are you the only ones?"

"There is another coven in Alaska that also abstains." I was just shocked.

"This is just so weird," I said. "So you guys are for all intents and purposes, a coven?"

"More a family," said Carlisle.

"How can you stand living all together?"

"We believe it is because of our abstain that we are able. Though, we are not without our conflicts."

A family would be different, I thought. I wonder if I could join?

"You would have to work on abstaining," said Edward.

"How did you do that?"

"I can read minds," he replied.

"Like Aro," I said.

"Not quite," said Edward.

"You know Aro?" asked Carlisle.

"Not personally. I've heard stories. One of my former coven members, Andrew was at one point part of the Volturi guard."

"Gifted?"

"No. He was a pure fighter."

"I know of him," said Carlisle. "Aro spoke of him often."

"You know Aro?"

"I lived with the Volturi for a while."

"In what way did he speak of Andrew?"

"Good things. He was really sad to see him go. Aro spoke of how gifted he was as a fighter. He said that the one thing that he would have loved to see was a fight between Andrew and Felix."

"Did he have an idea on who might win?" asked Alice.

"Aro was thought that the most likely outcome would be a draw." We continued talking for several hours. I had learned more about their lifestyle and that there were three more members of their coven (A/N. Yes, that includes Jacob). They were apparently on their own hunting trip.

It was almost nightfall the next day before I was out of things to talk about. I got ready to leave. "Going so soon?" asked Carlisle. "You are welcome to stay awhile."

"No thank you," I said. "There is a lot of world out there, and I want to explore. I might return eventually, but for right now, I want to be on my own." Alice came over to me and hugged me.

"You'll be back soon," she said. During our conversation, I had learned that she could see the future, and Edward could read minds, which explained a lot.

"Do you know when?"

"You are not sure yourself. I don't know until you know. We're going to be good friends, I can see that as well." That made me smile.

"I look forward to that." I had really begun to like Alice. I headed outside, and Carlisle, Esme and Alice followed.

"You are welcome back anytime," said Carlisle.

"If you've moved, how will I find you?"

"We'll find a way to tell you." I ran into the forest that surrounded their house. Alice was right, I did plan on returning, but I was not sure on when. Once I gave their area a couple hundred miles berth, I fed. I found a male hiker and took my time. I decided to head back to the states and just wander around. I crossed the boarder somewhere in Wisconsin. The wonderful thing about being a vampire was that you did not have to worry about crossing at boarder crossing stations.

I was stopped for the day when the sun came out. I was near Illinois when I was forced to stop. I found an empty house and went in. I spent the day reading, Carlisle had let me borrow a dozen books. Once the sun had set, I grabbed my things and left the house. I continued heading south into Illinois, but eventually started heading toward Indiana. I knew I should not be doing this, but I just wanted to check on my family. I made it into Indianapolis just after midnight, so there was very little traffic. I headed to the south side, where I had grown up, and eventually made it to the all too familiar street.

I could easily tell that my family still lived here as my younger brother, Michael's car was still in the driveway. There were no lights on, but I knew where my parents kept a spare key. I silently unlocked the front door and walked in. Not much had changed around the house. The biggest thing I noticed was that my picture was now centered on the mantle. I went over and realized that it was my senior picture. I went to my parents' room and walked in. My parents always left their door open. I looked at them sleeping peacefully in their bed. I checked on Michael, who had apparently taken my room when I disappeared.

After watching him for a little while, I quietly left his room and eventually the house. It was nice seeing them, but I needed to go. I still had a few hours before the sun was supposed to come up, so I left town and headed east.

A/N. Please R&R. Hope you are enjoying. So Chloe met the Cullens, minus a few members. There was no particular reason why they did not appear, they just did not. I'll listen to any ideas of what she might do. I usually have a preview note but I honestly do not know what she is going to do. As with most of my stories, I am just winging it, so please give me ideas. I have a point A and a point B, but little planned for in between.