Hey, everybody! I'm updating with the express purpose of bringing you all some news. There are deleted scenes from Twilight up. I just went to Bella & Edward . com and used the links to view them. I just want to say that I totally called them both. I bet the next one will be the Emmett scene. The first one's a little creepy at the end, if you ask me. The second one's cute though. So go watch them.

Next, Edward is losing on my poll! Shocker, I know. If you want to protect Edward's pride, do your jobs as Twi-hard fans and vote!

I think I already said this, but the results from my last poll are in. The winner was a B&E friends since childhood fic. I will start work on that when I finish one of the things I'm currently working on. If you didn't vote for that, don't fear. I'm still going to do the song fics that were on the poll too.

This is going to be a short one probably because I'm sleepy.

I don't own it.

Chapter 3

Luke

BPOV

I had to wait for the right moment. We would escape, but it had to wait for the time being. Alice said this wasn't the opportune occasion. I lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling. Why did they even bother to furnish these rooms with beds? I expanded my shield in and out until it pulsed like a living, breathing entity.

I was bored, plain and simple. I hadn't been this inactive since I was human. Inactivity led me to think about too many unpleasant things. The shadows in the corners crept closer and closer. Eventually they overtook me, and I was plunged into a memory.

Flashback:

I was a teenager, living in forks with my father and my brother, my twin, Luke. He stored alongside me through the halls, his brown eyes identical to mine. He laughed at something outside of my realm of vision. I could see myself in the picture as well, but there was no sound. I was not in my body.

We walked past my rusted truck, and got inot his beat up old car. He was speaking, but I could not hear. I still knew the words though.

"Are you really scared of the woods? Don't be silly. There's nothing to worry about in there."

"Excuse me? Have you met me? There's always something for me to worry about." I responded. He laughed again; his laugh was deep and rumbling, filling up the enclosed space of the car so that I had to join in.

"Don't worry. I'll protect you." That I had no doubt about. He had always been my protector. Sometimes he was too protective. There was never anyone good enough to date his bay sister I had snuck out to go on most of my dates, just to avoid him, not to mention my dad.

"Why are we doing this again?"

"Because…" he said, exasperated. "We want to find that meadow. Don't you want to see Heaven on Earth?"I rolled my eyes.

"The meadow doesn't exist. It's just a silly story that Dad told us when we were like five."

"Nonbeliever. He shook his head sadly. "Fine. I'm going to find the meadow. You're going because you love me, and you don't want me to get mauled by a bear."

"And what am I going to do if a bear attacks? It would probably be my bad luck that attracted the bear anyway." He glared at me. "Sorry." I muttered.

"We're going to do this, and it's going to be fun."He stated. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes again.

I watched the trees race past the rainy window. Before I knew it, we were there.

"let's go." he said. He was way to chipper for the morning time.

'I hope you remembered to bring coffee." I said in a tone that actually meant, "If you didn't bring me coffee you will die."He handed over a thermos of warm coffee. I sighed with relief. Now he rolled his eyes.

"You will behave." he warned.

"Sure, sure."He sighed and stomped off. I tripped over my feet to catch up.

We wandered for a long time. The shadows got loner, reaching out to grab me with their sharp fingers.

"Maybe we should head home." I whispered. I wasn't sure what made me lower my voice. There was just a feeling of danger in the air, as if a predator was watching us from the darkness.

"Are you afraid of the dark?" He mocked.

"No." I hissed because, at that time, I wasn't. Now I am. That night changed a lot of things.

"Good. I think we're almost there." He'd already said that a few times. I just nodded.

A twig snapped behind me. I jumped.

"Will you stop that? You've got me freaked out now." he said.

"Sorry. Look let's just go. "He must've heard the genuine fear in my voice.

"Fine." he sighed. Then, something jumped out of the trees. It was too quick for me to even react. I fell backward, tripping over a root. Luke pulled me up and shoved me behind him.

"What was that?!" He gasped.

"I have no idea." It sprung again. This time, it didn't miss. Well, it did; it aimed for me, but Luke jumped in front of me. There was a sickening crunch as both Luke and the creature slammed against a tree. I smelled blood.

"Luke!" I screeched. Birds flew out of the trees into the sky, startled by my exclamation. The creature raised it eyes. I was looking into the red eyes of a man. He looked unlike any creature that I had ever seen. He was exquisitely beautiful, or at least that was the impression that I got. It was very difficult to see him in the gathering darkness. His mouth dripped with blood.

The man/creature lunged at me. His fangs sank into my flesh. I couldn't even scream. Then he was wrenched back. Someone else was there. I never knew who it was. I was unconscious.

I snapped out of the flashback, gasping. That was the worst night of my life. I had lost my brother and my future in one fell swoop. That vampire had stolen everything from me. Carlisle had always refused to tell me who it was. That meant that he was alive. If only I knew his name, I would seek revenge. Of course, that was the exact reason that Carlisle wouldn't give me the identity of my brother's murderer.

at first, I had hated what I was. I despised being a monster, but Carlisle taught me the truth. Vampires didn't have to kill humans. That was when I started training. I needed the training, the activity, to stop me from dwelling on the past. it helped me to forget the horrors that had occurred. I spent time learning to defend myself so that no one else would ever die for me.

My new family consisted of Carlisle, Esme, Alice, jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett. We arranged a "protest" against the Volturi's feeding habits. That's how we ended up here.

Vote! Review!