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Chapter One

The Change

BPOV

Shaking off what must have been my new found insanity, I turned my head straight again only to stop dead in my tracks. Mary Sue had done the same.

In front of us were two beautiful men I had never seen before. As if everything about them didn't already make them stand out, their eyes were the color of the richest blood.

"Good evening ladies," the taller of the two said in a deep southern accent.

The other leaned his head close to the speaker and said something so quietly if I had been standing by him I'm sure I still would not have heard him.

"No you imbecile! We need to bring them back. We've already messed up this week when we killed the last group."

"She'd never know," he pleaded.

"Do you really believe that? I'm sure she has someone tailing us."

Both of them turned their heads side to side checking the surroundings. When satisfied they turned their attention back to us.

"That one would be easy to change," the taller one spoke again, obviously having more seniority over the other, towards Mary Sue. "However I'm not to sure I'd be able to control myself with her."

That was directed at me. My mind began racing. What is he talking about? Change?

"Let's just bring them back to Maria and let her do it. It's easier to transport them when their not flailing around anyway."

"Good point."

"Well, time to go girls."

"G-go. Go w-where?" Mary muttered.

"To war of course. But first we must make you stronger." He smiled an alluring smile, all teeth. Very animalistic.

I could feel the adrenaline from the fear rushing through me.

Looking directly at them I saw them vanish in the blink of an eye. I didn't have time to wonder how they did it, as a second later a boulder collided with me and I was racing through the forest at break neck speed. It wasn't long before I passed out.

………

I awoke to a searing pain all throughout my body. It felt as though I was burning from the inside. I screamed and heard someone chuckle.

"Looks like one finally woke up girls."

"Looks it Maria."

Maria? I remember that name. Why?

I thought back to what I could remember last. Two men. They had mentioned her name. Is she the reason I feel like this right now?

I found what little strength I could and asked, "What did you do to me?"

I heard her crouch down next to me as she began to speak.

"I find the best time to explain things, is during the change. I always know that I have that person's undeniable attention. So listen up sweetie. Right now, what you're feeling is my venom running though your veins. It will gradually take over and kill each and every one of your organs until it reaches your heart. At this point you will be dead…"

My eyes widened and I screamed again.

She laughed. "That's my favorite part. I like to pause there for dramatic effect. Don't worry. You won't really be dead. Just figuratively. Technically. In truth, you will have been reborn into a new life of darkness. I think you'll quite enjoy it actually.

"And in return for me giving you such a great new life…" she paused as I was thinking she was nuts. "I know what you're thinking. 'What do I owe her?' Well you owe me your life. If it weren't for me, my little friends who picked you up would have drained you of every last bit of blood. Surely they would have. I must say, you're delicious." She made a sound as if she were licking her lips.

"Anyway, in return for me being so kind, you owe me a lifetime of solitude. You will fight for me as my solider along with many others like yourself. So now I'll leave you until you're done changing. It should take another two days or so. So enjoy your last hours as a human. For when it is over, you will be a vampire."

JPOV

"How you doing Jasper?"

I raised my head so I could see the person talking to me. Peter. Of course it is.

"How do you think?"

"Well I'm getting some seriously depressed vibes from you, so I guess that should be my answer."

"Sorry about that. Still working on it. It's not easy controlling emotions."

"It's not a problem, my friend. I wanted to make sure you were okay."

"I'm as good as I can be."

"This still about that girl of yours?"

"It's always about Bella," I said bluntly.

"I know, I know. You want to talk about it yet?"

"No."

"Alright."

He sat down next to me. Neither of us said anything for a short while. I stared out at the horizon. The sun was rising and we would be stuck in the woods until twilight.

"A new group of newborns are in the process of changing," Peter said. He was desperately trying to strike up a conversation. I could feel he was nervous and worried about me. "They should be ready to start training by tonight."

"Oh yeah? Great." I didn't sound enthusiastic at all.

Peter gave up and walked away without saying anything else. I moved further into the forest and found a spot to sit. The hours passed and I didn't move. If anyone walked by me, I'm sure they would have assumed I was a statue.

When the sun began to descend from the sky Maria came and found me.

"Jasper I want to introduce you to the new recruits."

I didn't reply. I just stood and followed her to where she had them all waiting.

Upon reaching them, I reached out for their emotions. They were all feeling something different, but overall the same thing.

Fear. Confusion. Wonder. Awe. Confusion. Realization. Regret. Depression. Complete and utter sorrow.

This should be fun.

AN: So there's chapter one. I'm sorry if you feel it's too short. I'm trying to make them longer, but if I were to make them too long, this would be very few chapters, the story would be over quickly and it would seem even more rushed then it already does.

So thank you for reading and please review. They really do help us writers want to write faster.