Can vampires faint? I heard they could go into shock but I've never heard of them fainting before. My head felt like it was being pumped with so much pressure that it was in danger of exploding. So much new information drifted around in my brain just waiting to be picked up and viewed. He was the key to unlocking my broken past. Edward was the key. Pain, red hot pain like I was being burnt scorched through my mind setting everything alight. Why didn't it stop? I've been lost and broken for all these years and when I find the reason it just hurts even more.

I was beginning to get a hold on the real world again, not this torture of being trapped inside my own head. I reached out and heard beautiful voices, rough with anxiety but they still sounded like music. All I had to do was break out of this shell but it was so hard to do. I felt weak and feeble but I didn't stop trying. Then I heard a new voice, I recognized this one. He sounded pained like he was sharing the feeling I had. It was so beautiful but I was unable to think the name. Why couldn't I? I could smell horrible human food. It hurt to think but I tried anyway. I knew who it was now. Who would release me, who that voice belonged to. Lucas I thought and relief washed through me as my eyelids fluttered open.

'Oh Bella! Are you alright?' Lucas asked hugging me close. I tried to move and felt a little stiff. I was laying down somewhere and it was hard, uncomfortable. I looked around me trying to work out where I was.

'Don't worry Bella. You're home. Everything's okay, you're fine' I could still hear him try and comfort me. I shook my head slightly feeling dizzy in the light; it was so much more different than the darkness of my mind. I looked around and found that I was our living room, the television was turned off and Lucas was kneeling beside me.

'So, um, what happened?' I asked, my voice was a little hoarse. I sat up so that I could see his face; he looked pained while he spoke.

'Well you gasped and it sounded like you were chocking' his voice broke on the last word but he took a deep breath and carried on 'I kept talking to you but you weren't responding and then you suddenly fainted. We brought you back home and you've been here for about six hours'.

'Wow' I said but my mind was unable to keep the abandoned thoughts out of my head. I burned again. Smothering my expression before Lucas noticed I sat up and stretched a human habit I had never been able to get over.

'You said Edward as well, just before you fainted' he added probably wanting to know why. I concentrated hard on my breathing before I spoke.

'Do you remember the night you found me?' I asked him although I knew already what the answer was.

'Yes' he said slowly confusion and pain entered his features. This wasn't a subject we usually talked about and I felt horrible for making him remember.

'Well, sometime before that I used to have a boyfriend named Edward Cullen. We were close and he had saved my life more than once trying to protect me but one night he told me he didn't love me anymore' I winced as I remembered the words Edward had said to me. 'I sank into a depression for the rest of my human life. One day I decided that I had had enough of the agony that this caused me so I ventured into the wood to die. That's when you found me half dead and changed me. When I became a vampire I lost all memory of my human life. Then I suddenly remembered it all today'. I had carefully watched his emotions change throughout my explanation, pain, anger, sadness, understanding and pain again.

'Why did you only remember today?' he asked a little confused 'why not any other day?'

'Because today I saw him in the canteen' I told him.

'How could he-' Lucas' face suddenly filled with understanding. 'He was a vampire?' he whispered.

I nodded feeling the pain in my body and winced briefly. His face turned angry and he snarled violently.

'Lucas?' I asked, a little afraid 'Lucas, what's up?'

'I'm going to rip his head off' he growled, lip curling to show off his sharp, gleaming teeth.

'Lucas, don't!' I cried as he flew with blinding speed out of our house. I chased after him thankful that I was just that bit faster than him. When I was close enough I flung myself at him and we both crashed to the forest floor in a heap.

'I said don't' I told him staring deep into his eyes to show I meant it. The anger faded quickly as he stared back into my eyes. He put his bottom lip out into a pleading expression and I laughed. He didn't know how funny he really looked, especially when he was covered in dirt.

'I love it when you laugh' he said smiling whilst pulling me onto his lap. I smiled back up at him and his golden eyes melted. He bent down and kissed me lightly on the lips. I braided my hands in his hair and held his face to mine. He laid me down on the floor gently still cradling my face in his hands. My hand twisted around his neck and he put his free hand on my back pulling me closer.

After some time he sighed and pulled away. We both lay on our backs looking up at the slowly darkening sky. It was so beautiful. I could see so much with my supernatural eyes. Lucas propped himself up on his elbow to look at me. The excitement hadn't left his eyes yet and they danced.

'So what do you want to do about Edward?' he asked casually.

'I'm not sure. It might be best to move but I don't know if I'm capable of that' I told him truthfully. But what could we do? I wouldn't be able to leave when I had just remembered my past. There was a deep aching in my stomach and I knew what it was. I wanted to talk to him. Show Edward what he had done to me though I couldn't help but feel a tiny bit grateful. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't have met Lucas.

'Then we'll stay. If it gets too much for you we can always leave' he said standing up and holding out one hand for me. 'We'll need to get back before the others wonder where we've gone'.

I grabbed his hand and pulled myself up. We ran together back to the house, holding hands the whole way. When we got back Freya was on the computer writing at top speed. I was surprised the keyboard hadn't smashed up yet, she had broken the last five. I looked over her shoulder and she was experimenting with art on the computer. It was just like her to be doing this; she was a very creative person. All around the house we had abstract paintings and sculptures dotted everywhere. She also played music, wrote poems, drew art, wrote stories and composed her own music. Once she drew me a picture of myself but had little things change to show my personality and it was magnificent. I had it up in my room above my bed. Of course the bed was only used as a prop.

'Where are Callum and Cynthia?' Lucas asked.

'They went out hunting' Freya said turning around in her seat to face me 'how are you, Bella?'

'I'm much better thanks' I replied smiling. I wanted to say something else but Lucas spoke first.

'Hunting?' he asked 'there are at least three unknown vampires out there maybe more and they went hunting?'

Freya looked at him and shock crossed her face. 'Oh' was all she said. All three of us darted out of the house at once following Callum and Cynthia's scent. We shot through the forest as quickly as we could afraid that the rest of our family were in danger. When we reached them Callum had dived at an unsuspecting elk that fell to the ground. There was no other scent to suggest there were other vampires around so I relaxed.

'Hey guys' Callum said looking up from his prey smiling 'what you doing here?'

'We thought you might be in trouble. Are you not aware that there are other vampires around here?' Freya asked a little acid in her voice. Callum laughed loudly and looked at her.

'You think that little girl can bring me down? You must be delirious' he laughed again and went back to feeding.

'I don't think even you can take on three vampires' Cynthia hissed obviously taking this seriously.

'Whatever. We can go now if you're done' he said throwing the drained animal off of him.