It took us three continuous days of travel, until we finally stopped to hunt. It took us awhile to find animals that we could hunt without any humans noticing anything. I'm not entirely sure where we ended up, but I do know that it wasn't the warmest place to visit.

We ended up someplace in the mountains. We needed to find food fast; none of us had drank in almost a month. William was starting to become incredibly thirsty, almost dangerously. He was starting to become incoherent when he spoke and very weak. Adelaide and I exchanged worried glances. I had seen William like this only one time before and he ended up killing a little girl; he and I have never forgiven him for that.

Adelaide pulled William's arm around her neck, supporting him up. "You would think any sort of animal would be nearby," she mumbled to me.

I searched throughout the trees, but saw nothing. I touched the ground down at my feet, feeling the vibrations of the Earth.

A rabbit stood a mile away, nibbling on some grass.

"Did you find anything?" asked Adelaide.

"I'll be back," I said to her. I forced my legs to run, ignoring the aches in my feet. I was moving slower than usual, even though the trees were all just a blur flying past me. I needed to get to that rabbit quickly. If William runs across a human while I'm gone…

I shuddered at the thought. He says he hasn't killed a human in awhile; his original streak was almost half a century, now it's down to four years. He killed that girl because I accidentally found out that she was doomed to become a murderer. It was horrible for the both of us. I had used my clairsentience powers to find out and that is always one of the time that I wish I never had those powers. If I didn't have them, that little girl would not have been killed. That was the last person William had killed. I wouldn't let him start again. I won't let anything like this be blamed on me.

Within twenty seconds, maybe not even, I stood next to the rabbit. Before it even could realize that a predator was next to it, I grabbed the defenseless, little thing, dangling it into the air. I stared for a moment. How the little rabbit reminded me of myself. Being attacked and killed for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Being killed for its blood to help its murderer survive and walk away. And, like both me and the rabbit, the murderer would continue to live among the live, pretending to be something they're no longer. However, unlike this rabbit, I am forced to continue on, knowing my killer is still out there and knowing I can never go home. Who knows? This rabbit might meet its entire family up in Heaven, where it's going to go soon.

That was kind of weird; I managed to compare myself to a rabbit. That just made the idea of killing this thing all the more worse. Killing something I can relate to me is as if I killed a part of me. Then again, once of us should die and actually stop moving.

There has to be a way to kill this thing without feeling any guilt. Maybe I could just bring back the live rabbit and let William or Adelaide kill it the way they want to. Then, I won't feel any guilt and if William has to just eat it alive, he can go ahead.

I started to run again, the rabbit in tow. It appeared bewildered, not sure what was going on. Poor thing. If only it knew…William and Adelaide quickly came into sight. He was sitting on the ground, with Adelaide at his side. His head was buried in his hands, pulling at his hair. It was obviously becoming harder and harder for him to survive. "William!" I called to him.

He looked up and I threw the rabbit at him. He caught it and immediately bit into its side.

I looked away. I didn't dare watch the scene. It would be much too hard for me to bear.

"What took you so long?" asked Adelaide.

I shook my head. "Nothing."

She bit her lip. "Are you okay?"

I shrugged. "Not really, but whatever." I didn't want her to know how upset I had just became. It was embarrassing and I didn't want Adelaide to think that I still couldn't handle being a vampire. She knows how I still struggle, but I didn't want her to know it's this bad. Adelaide would freak out and then, figuratively speaking, I would be killed.

Suddenly, William looked up, wiping his mouth with his sleeve. The rabbit's limp body laid in his hands; he had already finished drinking the blood. William's face paled, as he muttered a swear.

Adelaide followed his gaze and I thought they were staring at me. Was my sadness that obvious? But, William would have said something. He isn't known to understand that something is wrong and not do anything about it. I turned around and saw what they were staring at.

Four people were walking towards us. Three men and one girl, however all amazingly gorgeous. "They have no scent," William mumbled.

"Are they…?" Adelaide muttered, not even daring to say it.

"I think so."

Great. Just perfect.

They came right up to us. One with blond hair, who was incredibly handsome and pretty young, though he looked the oldest out of all of them. "Good afternoon," he said.

Adelaide and William instantly were at my side. "Hello," said William, trying to pretend he is the leader of us.

"My name's Carlisle Cullen. These are my children, Edward…" He had reddish brown hair that was in total disarray; he was easily the youngest one. "…Emmett…." He was the most muscular, with dark hair. "…and Rosalie…" God, now I felt stupid. She was so beautiful, I could hardly look at her. I was nothing compared to her. She had beautiful, flowing blond hair and was like a model or a goddess.

"I'm William Barker. This is Adelaide McClain and Misae Whitree."

"Are you from around here or do you travel?"

"We're nomadic. We've been together for about five years. Me and Misae first met five years ago and then, three years ago, Adelaide joined us. We've been from South Dakota to the east coast and back."

"What about yourselves?" asked Adelaide.

"We stay in Washington, in a small town. We prefer to live as normally as we can with the humans."

Washington.

My head jerked up at the name.

Adelaide shot a glance over at me. It was as if she knew what was going through my mind.

"How long have you been animal drinkers?" asked Emmett, I think.

"Emmett!" snapped Rosalie.

Adelaide smiled, saying without saying that the statement didn't bother her. "William and I have never drank human blood. When Misae was alone, she didn't know better and did. Once she met William, though, he taught her to drink animal blood."

I tried not to sigh aloud. Technically, that wasn't my fault. I was simply told I was a vampire and to leave. I never knew that vampires didn't have to drink human blood. Guess I followed another cliché down the drain. At least, I haven't slipped like William has. I've done pretty good switching over to animal blood; I haven't tried to drink human blood in awhile.

The other boy, Edward, glared over at me. His dark gold eyes pierced through me, as if what Adelaide said bothered him. But, it was as if he knew what I was thinking. About how I drank the human blood…

Nah.

Carlisle simply nodded. "How long are you going to be in Washington?"

Holy crap, was that where we were? Are we seriously in Washington? We couldn't be. I looked around. There were green trees spread close together throughout the mountain. The skies were a little gray, but it wasn't that bad out. Of course, the temperature was a little cold, but it's hard to say if that's me or the actual temperature.

William shrugged. "However long it takes us to get to the next state or country, I suppose. We don't really plan on where we're going next. We just go."

"Well, you are welcome to stay with us for as long as you wish," said Carlisle. "I know a storm is supposed to be coming in soon. In…how long, Edward?"

"Three days," he said, his eyes never taken off of me.

"Yes, right. In three days a storm will be here. I don't know if you three would like to take refuge in our home, but you are welcome to."

William and Adelaide looked at each other briefly. Then, William nodded.

"We would love to," said Adelaide. "Could we stay tonight? Just in case that storm comes earlier."

Emmett gave a booming laugh.

Rosalie put her hand on his arm, giving him a stern look.

"That's perfectly fine."

"We just need to finish up hunting," added William.

"Of course," Carlisle said. "We can understand that. We just recognized a coven of vampires. Sorry about that. We have our cars here, so how about we meet down at the bottom of the mountain once you finish? Does that work for you?"

"Yes, it does. Thank you, Carlisle."

"You're welcome. It was nice meeting you. We will meet you down at the bottom."

With that, the four of them took off running.

Immediately, I plopped down onto the ground, putting my head in my hands.

A pair of arms came around me, rocking me back and forth. "Are you okay, honey?" whispered Adelaide.

If I could cry, I would have. "Are we seriously in Washington?" I managed to choke out.

"From the sounds of it, we are, Misae," William said.

"I'm sorry, sweetie," Adelaide mumbled, still rocking me.

How could we be here? How? I never once saw a Welcome to Washington sign, when we came through. We cannot possibly be here. I haven't been here in five years. I thought I was fine, but I cannot be here. I can't. This will just reopen old wounds.

"Are you all right?"

I shook my head.

She said nothing, but continued to rock me. Being here will suck. I cannot stand to be back in Washington. I haven't been here in five years. If I was so depressed already while living in San Francisco, Chicago, and all those other places we've lived, imagine being back home.

Adelaide kissed the top of my head. "You okay?"

"It's not fair!" I yelled. "This isn't fair!"

She squeezed me tight. "What isn't?" she whispered.

"Everything! God, why am I being punished? Did I seriously do something so wrong I deserve this?"

"None of us deserve becoming what we are, Misae," she mumbled.

I looked up at her. I demanded, "Then, why us?"