A/N: I got a kindle. Just to put it out there. What have I been doing this past year? I have been reading instead of writing. Yeah haha, what can I do, I love it. Well I have switched my email account registered on fanfiction so now I see e-mails on my gmail account instead of never reading them at all in the account I never use. That's it. Right now I'm just trying to pick up where I left off…which is funny because at this point I don't even remember where I was going in the first place.

"Begin!!!"

That imbecile Smith was already lining these kids up for the slaughter. There was no point for him to be so hasty with their training other than to show a point. Even if it was a necessary evil, I would have preferred that he not choose the one girl in the whole program who I found so…off-putting.

Part of me really didn't like Bella Swan at all. She is the first person I have encountered whose mind I could not read. It's an aspect of her that is really quite irritating.

No one else knows this about her though. It's something I'd like to keep just to myself. I'd hate to admit it to Emmet, but I was a little scared of Bella Swan. She did not belong in this program, no, not by a long shot. Her mind is a fortress. She is dangerous.

"Begin!!!"

Why did I have to be the example? Mr. Smith singled me out for being late and volunteered me to show the class what sparring was.

I couldn't really lie my way out of this one.

"No thank you," I squeaked out while waving my hands back and forth and slowly walking backwards.

I was being stared down by the short, black-haired one, Alice was her name. She was glaring at me with a hint of a smirk. I looked around me for support right before she lowered herself to a pouncing stance. My peers were edging away from me and the other vamps just looked amused. All of them but one.

Edward was watching me with a look of distaste on his face. I didn't really know how that made me feel because my heart was pounding so hard my ears started to ache.

I couldn't handle it. My instincts made me turn-tail and run in the opposite direction, but before I even got any momentum, she appeared in front of me.

To my embarrassment, I screamed and fell on my butt. She pinned me down on the ground with her hands on either side of my neck. I wanted to scream again. She smiled at me menacingly and lowered her head slowly. Was she…was she going to kiss me or something?

I tried to push myself up, but I couldn't move. Her body was like stone. I began to panic and the pressure she put on me was beginning to hurt.

Alice lowered herself unnervingly close to my face and her golden eyes had me in a trance. They were so pretty. And then they went away. Her gaze moved to my neck.

"That's enough!" I yelled out to my sister.

Everyone in the building turned to look at me. I could care less.

Alice winked at Bella as she slowly got up and then gave me a satisfied smile. She was pushing me.

Bella was still lying on the floor gasping for air. I couldn't stand the sight. Alice was victimizing her. That's not how it was supposed to be. Bella was the dangerous one. It felt wrong to me. I walked towards her shaking mass and offered her a hand. She looked at me warily and took it. Her touch left a warm impression on my skin.

As soon as she got up, I walked straight to my family. I was feeling angry towards her. It wasn't a rational feeling. My family and most of the students threw curious thoughts my way, but I couldn't answer any of the questions.

I slowly walked back to the rest of the class. They all avoided eye contact and somehow I felt ashamed. I hated being put on the spot like that and my cheeks were still flushed.

My hands wouldn't stop shaking and I knew that if I wanted to, I could make myself cry, but the silence was probably what stung me the most. Was I supposed to say something?

After a couple more seconds, Mr. Smith began clapping out of nowhere and he had a satisfied look on his face.

"Alright, students, can anyone tell me what we just saw here?"

No one said anything. Although in my head I wanted to say "yeah, I just got my butt kicked."

"This young lady did everything right. She ran. Not very far, but there is no way that any of you would be able to overpower any of the Cullens," Mr. Smith, gestured to the five of them with a wave of his hands. "Well, not yet anyway. The smartest thing to do would be to run. This first lesson is to show you how to use your head."

Mr. Smith got into a whole speech about how we don't use our heads enough in everyday life and how he was going to give us a new meaning for use it or lose it.

When the bell finally rang, everyone dispersed quietly. I noticed that no one made eye contact with each other after the purpose of the class was revealed. I had even lost track of Eric after my little run in with Alice.

The vamps made their exit during the speech, and I dreaded seeing them in the next class, but I couldn't worry about tomorrow when today wasn't even over yet.

As soon as the gymnasium cleared out, I approached the KPOK teacher.

"Mr. Smith," I said meekly. "Is…is this class really for students with no powers?"

"Yes. Do you feel you shouldn't be in this class too? Read my mind. What am I thinking?"

"I can't read minds, sir," I called him sir, although I didn't know why. "I don't have a power."

"Oh. I see," his face lightened up when he realized I wasn't challenging him in any way. "Then what's the problem miss Swan."

"It's my schedule. I think there could be a mix up with my next class and I'm not sure what to do."

"Oh, really? What was your next class?"

"Flight."

A/N: Hmm. I know I really shouldn't do Edward POV, but I love writing sophisticated jargon. It's stiff and doesn't flow as well as Bella's, but hey, practice makes perfect. I'm not sure how this fares compared to the other chapters. It has been a while and I just gotta get back into my groove.