A/N: Okay, so once again I am back from a however month long hiatus. I am so incredibly sorry and I know you don't want to hear my excuses so I'm just going to skip that part. All I can say is that I am so thankful to all of you who are reading this right now because that means that you still like my story and little old me! So now without a further adieu… The last chapter of The Vampire That Shouldn't Exist before the epilogue. And before anyone asks… no absolutely not. I am NOT writing a sequel only because I can only imagine the trouble I would have coming up for a plot for that story when I'm having issues with the current story… anyway…

Chapter 12 : Run Away Friends

BPOV

Everything happened quickly after that. Well, as quickly as we could without alerting other humans to the fact that we are vampires. There was blood everywhere from Geoff's hand. The glass had almost gone through his hand and the blood was gushing out. Part of me was afraid that he might die from the loss of blood. I knew we had to get out of here, but we didn't want to give Maddie an excuse to yell to everyone that we were vampires, that's why we had to leave.

Rosalie, Alice and I tried to remain calm, but it had been quite a few weeks since any of us had hunted. Maddie kept looking at us, but I couldn't tell if she was scared of us or nervous for Geoff. In the shock I had lost Edward's power, so I had no idea what she was thinking, and I couldn't concentrate hard enough to get it back. My thoughts kept creeping back to the Volturi. Nick and Chase had taught me about the Volturi, the parts that Edward didn't tell me that day so long ago when we watched Romeo and Juliet. I knew that now that Maddie knew, there could be serious problems. If she told anyone, the Volturi would come and destroy my family. I didn't care what happened to me, but if they did anything to Edward, or anyone else, I wouldn't be able to survive.

Someone had called an ambulance and Rose, Alice, Maddie and I went out with everyone else to see Geoff off. I took a deep breath when the ambulance was out of sight, trying to rid myself of his scent. It smelt very outdoorsy, not completely appetizing, but not disgusting either. At the same time I smelt Maddie. She had a very fruity smell, like mangos and cucumbers, it was odd. Her scent was refreshing, allowed me to clear my head, rather than want to drink her blood. It was very different.

Maddie turned to us, "So… that was… odd"

"Yeah… it's nice to not be the clumsy one for once" I said with a small laugh, we needed to get away. Now.

"Clumsy? Bella, you are one of the most graceful people I know" Maddie said, looking at me curiously. Rosalie and Alice stifled a laugh, obviously remembering the many times I fell down when I was a human.

"Oh, uh, I used to be very clumsy…" I answered.

Maddie was now looking at us like she wanted to say something, but also didn't want to at the same time. It was very confusing. I had no idea where Edward was, so I couldn't attract his power, and attracting Alice's power would do no good, since I was involved, no vision would come up for Maddie's future.

"So… where did Edward, Emmett, and Jasper go?" Maddie asked us. Rose, Alice and I looked at each other.

"Um… that's… a good question. I'm not quite sure" I said, convincingly I hope. Maddie seemed convinced and we went back to our classes. Edward, Jasper, and Emmett didn't come back the rest of the day. Alice, Rose and I kept wondering where they were. I imagined that they'd be back at the house, coming up with some sort of plan. They had to know that Maddie knew now.

The last bell finally rung and Alice and I jumped into our car with Rosalie in the back. As we were driving out, I saw Maddie, looking very determined about something and it made me wonder what she was going to do. She must have either decided on exposing us, coming to our house to tell us that she knew, or making herself forget what she found out. Well either way, I knew we'd be gone before she even had the chance to do anything about what she now knew.

The drive back to the house was tense. I knew I was scared about what might possibly happen. I was scared for my family. I had never been in this situation before and I was too scared to ask Alice or Rosalie if this had ever happened before. I sped all the way to the Cullen's house, not afraid to go fast anymore, like I was when I was human. We got out of the car and in seconds, were inside the house. Esme, Carlisle, Emmett, Jasper, Chase, Nick, and Edward were all there in the living room, suitcases all around.

"We're all leaving I take it?" I said quietly but frantically.

"We have to. If Maddie knows, there's no telling what she'll do." Carlisle said gravely. "And I'd really like not to destroy her."

That's when a thought struck me. Hadn't I figured out something was up with the Cullens when I was human? When Edward lifted the van off of me, saving my life. He was scared I would say something to someone about him. But they never left. So why were we leaving now?

"Wait. What about all those years ago when I knew something was up with your family. You know when Edward saved me from the van?" I saw Rosalie scowl and Edward grimace. I knew he didn't like to think about my near death experiences when I was a fragile human. Carlisle sighed.

"That was different Bella. You didn't know exactly what we were. All you knew was that something was up. Plus, Edward was falling in love with you, and Alice saw no danger. Now, Maddie knows what we are and we have no idea what she will do about it. We can't take that chance."

We started to pack up the cars while Esme and Chase called the school, saying that both our families got offered a job in some other places and we had to leave immediately. I looked back at my home, the first place I had felt happy in 50 years, because Edward was with me. He would still be with me wherever we were headed; I had no doubt about that. But it was a special place to me. It was where I was able to be myself freely and have Edward. I sighed and got into my car. Edward and I were riding together in my car. I told him that since he always drove when I was human, we were taking my car and I was driving. He left his Volvo to Jasper, who promised to take good care of it. Next thing I knew we were off.

MPOV

Bella, Alice, and Rosalie seemed to be acting differently after Geoff had fallen on that glass. It was like something was going to go wrong. I knew, from all their reactions to the incident, that they were vampires. It was the only explanation. But the weird thing is, I didn't really care. They were the first people to really see me for who I was, including my parents and sisters. I had never had many friends and didn't accomplish much, according to my parents at least, and I really liked them. Even though I knew they were vampires, they had to be good vampires. There was no way that sweet Bella and beautiful Edward were evil. There was just no way. If they were, I'd probably be dead by now. Plus, they had topaz eyes, which meant they didn't drink human blood.

I didn't want to tell them what I knew, in fear that they'd leave, but I didn't want to tell anyone else about it either. I knew if anyone else found out, then the Cullens and the Baileys would leave. And that's the last thing I wanted. But now that I had people who honestly believed in me, I couldn't be around my parents anymore.

And that was when I made my decision. I wasn't going to live at home anymore. I was only 16, but I could live with my aunt in Seattle for a while. She liked me. She had told me that I could live there sometime if I wanted to, but of course my parents said no.

When I got home, I packed up some suitcases. I took only things that I knew I couldn't live without and some clothes. If I needed something else, I could probably come back for it, when no one was home. Right now my parents were both at work and Jade and Bethany were still at school. I wrote my parents a note, telling them that I was going to my aunt's house and that I didn't want to be there. I took my suitcases and stuck them in the back of my car. Then I headed out on the road.

I was driving down a road with a lot of turns. And it was raining. Again. Like usual. It was getting kind of hard to see because it was raining so hard. My radio started going bonkers, so being the smart person I am, I decided to change the station. Everything kept coming out with static.

"Ugh!" I was getting so frustrated with this radio. Plus I was just stressed from everything that was going on. I didn't even notice that my car was slipping. Next thing I knew I was desperately trying to control the car. I couldn't get the car to stop swerving all over the road. Now I was getting really scared. I couldn't see out of my windshield because it was raining so hard. Next thing I knew the front of my car was going off the side of the road and into a ditch. The last thing I heard before blacking out was my own screams, heard by no one.

BPOV

I was driving down the road; we were headed up to Canada. It was raining really hard. I couldn't remember a time in Forks when it wasn't raining, but I had never seen it rain this hard. I was happy that I now had my enhanced senses, I wasn't scared about crashing. I could tell Edward was nervous about my driving right now, but too bad for him.

As I was driving down the road I noticed that it had a lot of turns, and the turns were very narrow and, for a human, difficult to drive in this weather. Edward had put Clair de Lune on softly in the car and we were perfectly content. At least that is, until we saw a car in a ditch on the side of the road. I pulled over and Edward questioned me.

"Bella, what are you doing?" he asked me, confused.

"I'm pulling over. There's a car in that ditch!" I said as I went to step out of the car. Edward followed.

"But, love. There's a lot of blood over there! We haven't hunted in a long time!" Edward yelled over the rain.

"I know, but the thing is." I said as I turned back to face the car, "I know that car."

I pulled out my cell phone and called Carlisle, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, and Nick, all driving the cars. They needed to get here and fast. Edward was still confused. He didn't understand what was going on. He didn't realize whose car that was. Why we needed to help them.

"Bella! Whose car is it?" Edward asked me. I ran over to the car, it was smoking, even in the rain. I ran over to the driver's side and pulled the driver out. When I pulled the driver out, I saw the suitcases and clothes in the back seat. It appears I was wrong about her determination earlier. It wasn't directed at us. She decided to run away.

"Oh my god." I said as I saw her face, covered in blood, but it didn't faze me. "EDWARD! GET OVER HERE!" I yelled to him frantically. I couldn't let her die, I just couldn't. Edward ran over.

"What is—" Edward stopped. He saw her. He recognized her, even covered in blood. And he understood why I had to stop, why I had to help. "Maddie."

Edward and I took her over to our car, the rain rinsing off the blood from her face. This made me gasp. Her skin was almost as pale as mine. She was losing blood, and fast. I turned my head as I heard the screeching halt of cars. Carlisle and everyone was here.

Carlisle ran over in full doctor mode.

"She was in the car. It crashed. She was completely covered in blood. Carlisle." He looked at me "She's dying" my voice broke on the last word. I couldn't let Maddie die. I couldn't. Carlisle inspected her injuries.

"She's got a huge gash on the side of her head, and it's deep. Her leg is broken and also cut very deeply. She's already lost a lot of blood." I looked up at him, looked into his eyes. She wouldn't make it. I could see that.

"Carlisle. What. Are. Our. Options" I asked him as I cradled Maddie's body. He sighed, looking from Maddie, to me, to my arms that were wrapped protectively around her, to the car and back again. It looked like he was trying to make a decision, and a difficult one at that.

"Bella, she's going to die. Even if we helicoptered her to the hospital, she wouldn't make it. She's lost too much blood." I whimpered. I couldn't let her die, I couldn't. There had to be another option. I knew there was.

"Isn't there another option?" I looked him hard in the eye. He knew what I meant. He looked from me to Maddie and back to me. He could tell I was serious.

"Only if you're certain. Bella, you've never tasted anything like it. You don't know what will happen. You may just kill her yourself. And it may not work. I've it work miracles, but you never know." Now it was my turn to make a decision. I looked over at Edward, he gave me a look that told me he would stick by me no matter what. And that if I failed, he would still love me, and would understand. Alice and Rosalie looked like if they could cry, they would. I didn't know why Maddie had decided to run away, but I knew she was no threat to us. She was keeping her mouth shut about our secret. I didn't think she was scared of us, if she was, then she would have left the moment she knew she was right. She didn't deserve to die. But would she hate me for choosing this for her?

"Please…" I heard her voice. My head snapped down to look at her. She was still unconscious. Was she asking me to save her? I looked back up at Carlisle.

"Bella, you have to make a decision. Either you do it, or she dies."

I couldn't let her die. I knew that much. I looked down at Maddie, smelt her scent. Once again, it let me clear my head, it was refreshing. With the scent in my nose, I knew, I could do it.

I bent my head down to the hollow of Maddie's neck. She had just enough blood left to do it. I took a deep breath and bit down.

MPOV

Searing, scorching, pain. Fire with no ice to numb it. My whole body was burning from the inside out. Was this what it was like to die? Why should it be so painful? I couldn't open my eyes, all I could feel was the writhing pain all throughout my body. All I could hear was my screams, piercing through my eardrums. I didn't know I could scream that loud. It was the only thing I could think of doing. The only way to let the world know of my pain.

Wait.

How could I scream when I was dying? The last thing I remembered was crashing into the ditch and knocking my head against the steering wheel. If I wasn't dying why was I in such pain? If I was in the hospital on the off chance someone found me and was able to get me to the hospital, shouldn't I be numb and not in pain?

I had been in pain for so long, I didn't understand why it wouldn't end! Can't I just die in peace?

That's when the pain started to subside in different parts in my body, but it got worse in my heart. It felt like my heart was going to burst into flames. It was beating so fast, it was like it was going to give out at any minute, and then I'd really be dead.

When the pain was gone in the rest of my body it was like it was traveling to my heart. It was burning hotter and more painful then before and the next thing I knew, it stopped. Then I started freaking out. Why wasn't I dead? My heart wasn't beating, and I knew enough about biology to know that you need to keep your heart beating to even be conscious. So why was I able to think coherently? That's when I heard voices.

"Is it over?" A sweet, delicate voice asked. It sounded like Bella's, but it was like it was amplified, like I could hear it better.

"Yes, she should be waking up sometime soon" a deeper voice responded. I didn't recognize this voice at all. I slowly started to open my eyes. I was laying in a bed and could see everything in more than perfect vision. What happened? I turned around and saw Bella standing in the corner with a beautiful man, he was blonde and was in doctors clothes. I looked down at my body. I was wearing a white dress with silver stilettos on my feet. When did I buy these?

"What's going on?" I asked, but my voice was higher than I remembered it. I stopped when I heard it. Bella started walking closer to me, she looked almost hesitant. I was really confused now.

"Maddie. You knew what my family was right?" Bella asked timidly. I wasn't sure if I should answer her or not. Did she want me to know? I nodded my head. Bella took a deep breath and came by to sit next to me "Well, what we are, you are. Now." I narrowed my eyes. What did she mean I was now? They were vampires right? So that meant…

"I'm a vampire!?" I almost yelled. Bella nodded. She looked at me like I was condemning her. "oh, well. That explains a lot." I said when I calmed down a little bit. I noticed that the other man wasn't in the room anymore.

"You're not… mad at me?" Bella asked. I looked at her and thought it over. Was I angry? Weirdly enough, no.

"No. I'm not. But, what does this mean?"

"Well, to put it lightly. You're immortal now. You drink blood, whether that's animal or human blood is your choice, and you can't see your family anymore" she said sadly. I stood up and walked around the room. Vampire? Me? Hm. I could get used to it.

"What do you mean drink animal or human blood?" I asked, still weirded out by the sound of my voice.

"Well, my family, the Cullens and the Baileys, we drink animal blood. Because we don't want to be monsters, we don't want to end lives. That's how we could go to school and all of that. But you can drink human blood if you want."

I thought about it. I didn't really like the idea of killing people. And I'd really like to be able to be around people. Er, humans, I guess I'm not really a human anymore.

"Animal blood please." I said with a little laugh.

Bella then proceeded to explain to me the rules of being a vampire. How I had to remain inconspicuous to the human world, move on when humans got suspicious, about what the Volturi would do to me if I broke the rules. She also told me about the thirst, about how it aches and I may be uncontrollable for a while. I may not be able to be around any humans for a while.

But the weird thing was, I really didn't feel any thirst. I asked Bella about this. She said that maybe it was because I hadn't been around humans. But, I didn't think so. I didn't know why I didn't think so, I guess it was something in my mind that made it seem like it wasn't because I wasn't around humans. When I voiced this to Bella she started to think and asked me if I had any powers.

"Powers?" I asked confused. She chuckled.

"Yes, powers. I'm able to use anyone's power at will. Edward can read minds, Alice and Chase can see the future, Jasper can control emotions and Nick is telekinetic."

"What about the others? Like Rosalie and Emmett?" I asked her.

"They don't have any real extra abilities. Rosalie is amazingly beautiful, Emmett is incredibly strong, Carlisle has compassion and mental strength, and Esme brought her large accepting heart into her next life. Not everyone has extra abilities, you may not have one" This disappointed me and I let out a breath and tried to clear my mind. That's when Bella's head snapped up.

"Your scent, your breath!" She jumped up and ran out of the room. A couple seconds later, the blonde man came back with her and I could tell that she was very excited. "Carlisle! I think she has a power!"

Turns out I did have a power. I had the power to clear someone's mind of everything, give them amnesia, if I wanted. On a smaller scale, I could help people concentrate by being near them and allowing them to breathe in my scent. Bella found this out, she remembered when the Geoff incident at school happened, she smelt my scent, and it allowed her to clear her mind, concentrate better. And when I was trying to clear my own mind, the same thing happened. She believed that if I was around a human, I'd be able to clear my head with my power so I wouldn't hurt them. That would be helpful

Later I was brought down to formally meet everyone. The whole family was accepting and welcoming to me. It was such a change from my family. I loved it

A/N: Finally! I got another chapter out. I am so sorry again for the long wait. I will be getting the epilogue out in a couple days. And I'm really going to do it, I'm working on it now. I actually might get it out tonight! Maybe. But I'm actually sick with a bad cold so I have plenty of time to work on this especially with a three day weekend. So please please please review, I know I don't deserve your reviews, being the bad updater I have been, but it would be so nice to have them =]

~Dancerx11