Here's Chapter 2!

Disclaimer: I still haven't figured out how to switch bodies with some one, so I'm not Stephenie Meyer, and I don't own Twilight.

I became aware of the fact I was not alone quite suddenly after I woke up, even though my eyes were closed. There was a dull pain in my throat, but the burning from before had subsided. I lied on the ground and took in my surroundings.

I heard birds in the distance, warily singing their song. I heard rustling in the bushes from a small creature. But most of all, I heard several arguing voices, talking swiftly and urgently about someone who had to be watched over and controlled.

I felt the soft ground imbedded with small rocks through the cuts in my shirt and jeans. I felt the soggy wetness in the air that always came in the morning after a long night of rain.

The senses I had were wonderful, but none compared to my sense of smell. I could smell a herd of deer that passed by not so long ago. I could smell the ocean, the salt and seaweed. I could smell the scent of the men beside me, who still hadn't noticed I was awake.

I decided it was time for the inevitable. I had to open my eyes. I cautiously opened them and I saw four men standing around me argue with each other. Above them, there were tall, fat trees reaching up high. Through the leaves, I could see clouds covering the forest.

The men around me noticed I was awake and quieted abruptly. They looked down to me. They all had dark red eyes, some darker than others. And they were inhumanly beautiful. I stared at them long enough so they became uncomfortable. I had no idea of what to do. Then one spoke.

"Hello, my name is Charles," the name stuck in my mind but I'm not sure why. Charles continued, "And this is Adam, Christopher, and James." He pointed to each one individually. He looked at me expectantly.

"Hello, what am I?" I was surprised by the sound of my voice. It sounded so smooth, like Charles'. I was nervous of the answer, but instead they laughed.

"You are a vampire, and you drink blood," said the one I identified as Christopher. "You probably notice the burning in the back of your throat."

He continued on about how we live on humans, and that we have to move around so they don't get too suspicious. He told me the basics of being a vampire, and a short history. They were my only family now, and some of them had special powers. Charles could shape-shift himself and others into human form. James could track humans and vampires just about anywhere. Adam and Christopher couldn't do anything spectacular, but were good at physical things like running and fighting.

We were currently in Canada, away from most civilizations, to train me not to kill every human in sight. It all sounded fairly gruesome to me, but I didn't say anything.

Soon, Christopher asked me if I was thirsty, and without waiting for an answer told me to follow them. They took off running through the trees, at an incredible speed. It didn't take me long to realize I was just as fast and graceful as them. Before long, I crossed the most delicious scent went up my nose. I stopped running, and followed it.

It was a lost human hiker who had no idea what I was. He was about six feet tall, and had a large backpack. I lunged at his neck, breaking it before he even knew what was going on. I finished draining him quickly and disposed of the body. I noticed the rest of my clan, or so they called it, was already finished. Now their eyes were all bright red, and I wondered if mine were too.

On the way back, I looked at my reflection in a lake. I had bright red eyes, and long, silky, mahogany hair. I was about five foot four. My skin was very pale, but it didn't seem sickly, just beautiful. I looked amazing.

The next few weeks were filled with running and hunting. We traveled across North America, and I became closer to Christopher.

He seemed to understand the way I felt, he was the second youngest in our clan, after me. I couldn't remember my past at all, so he came up with a new name for me, Ariel. He was always patient with me, and he told me his story. He was an adventurer; he liked to go rock climbing, cave exploring, and scuba diving.

He had been hiking in Alaska alone, when a female vampire bit him. She intended to kill him, but was stopped by another man. They fought to the death, and by the time they were done, they had lost interest in him or were too weak to go after him. He spent time alone, adjusting to the way of life, and after 10 years alone, he came across Adam, Charles and James. They reluctantly let them into their group, and they had been together ever since.

The night they got me, he explained, they meant to kill me. My blood was sweet, and Charles wanted my blood. They ran me away from the town I was in, and Charles bit me. Before Charles had finished, a pack of werewolves came along and they fought. Christopher ran me off to a cave while the others defeated the pack. One of the wolves followed Christopher, but Christopher ran faster. The wolf seemed to know me. As he realized he would loose, he phased back and left. I had no recollection of any of this, and it did not bother the clan at all. They were almost relieved. After a while, I figured I had no power because nothing out of the ordinary happened to me. Once again, Charlie and James seemed relieved.

Adam was always quiet, and secluded, because of his past, Christopher explained. James and Charles always seemed angry with either Christopher or Adam, and ignored me.

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I was lying on the ground after a hunt in the Appalachian Mountains, when I heard them all arguing.

"You should be grateful for letting us let you stay with us!" James yelled to what I could only guess to be Christopher.

"He has every right to be here! We let him in, and he hasn't done anything wrong!" I was surprised to hear Adam speak up.

"He makes it harder for us to stay a secret, and he can't help but insist on keeping that girl, just because she can't remember a thing!" Charles mocked back.

"That's not why I want to keep her, and we all make it hard to keep out secret sometimes!"

This seemed to be the end of our little group, and I already knew whom I wanted to stay with. They continued with the argument until after twilight, when I came up to them and told Christopher and Adam to just leave with me. After snarling at Charles one more time they turned and ran with me. We ran all night, and soon came to an ocean. We stayed a while in a cave, and talked about our plan for the next few weeks.

"Where should we go?" I prompted.

"I have no idea, we could go to the West Coast, if we stay north, there are forests and clouds to cover us," Adam said quietly. He always had a plan. We debated it in our own heads first.

"I think it's a good idea, it's far away from here and those jerks," Christopher agreed. "What do you think, Ariel?"

"I come from there, right?" He nodded. "What if I see someone I used to know? What if they recognize me?"

"That's a good question." Adam was always very concerned with humans discovering our secret, but Christopher wasn't. He shook his head.

"Nah, you look different enough, and you have a different name. They won't know you. It's been a while and you're supposed to be dead. We just won't go into the town we found you in." Christopher had convinced me, and Adam slowly thought it through before agreeing as well.

We hunted one last time before heading off into the darkness.

Well, that's chapter two! Can you guess what'll happen next?

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