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Authors Note- *waves nervously while ducking flying objects* so how long has it been? Over a year since I updated? I'm so sorry for such the late update but honesty I lost interest in this story for a while but now my motivation has returned! Well if anyone is still reading I greatly appreciate your patience and dedication to this story! And now without farther ado I present you the long awaited 9th chapter!

Chapter 9

Gift

"Expect the unexpected"

"Fred!" I hear myself shriek as I watch in horror as my friend advances hungrily on two innocence hikers, "please stop!"

My screams are made in vain for his humanity has already be locked away and been replaced by an inhuman monster. Not even his blood red eyes flicker towards my direction, they remain fixated on his prey.

In retrospect one should carefully weigh their options before deciding to tackle a blood thirsty vampire. Who hasn't tasted human blood in months but I'm not one to think things through.

The sound of my body slamming into Fred's is deafening, like to boulders crashing into each other. To my surprise the impact sends the two of us tumbling to the forest ground. My victory is short lived as Fred quickly recovers from his shock and swiftly flips me underneath him.

"Fred please!" I choke out, "I'm your friend!" The red eyes creature lets out a snarl and suddenly takes a bite at my wrist which had been grasping his shirt. I let out a howl as pain shoots up my arm on instincts I slam my knee into Fred's stomach with as much force as I can muster.

For a split second Fred's grip on me weakens and I mange to wriggle out of his grasp. Gasping I heave my self off the forest floor clutching my now burning arm. Fred quickly recovers from his shock and positions himself into a fierce crouch. Looking into those crazed red eyes I know that Fred has one objective: kill me.

Letting a snarl of pure rage Fred launches himself off the ground lunges straight at my throat.

Squeezing my eyes shut I wait for Fred to rip out my throat but he never does.

I open my eyes to see Jasper and Fred sprawled on the forest floor. Fred squirms violently as Jasper's strong hands hold him down. I see him take a few bites out of Jasper's arms as he snarls and snaps his teeth but Jasper's grip does not falter.

"Bree," gentle yet panicked stricken voice breaths in my ear. I whip around and see Esme staring back at me; her warm golden eyes are full of panic.

" Esme I-I..." I manage to stutter out. There is so much I need to tell her; that I have a gift, that I resisted human blood but my mouth doesn't seem to be working.

"Oh Bree!" Esme explains, " you've been hurt!"

For a brief moment I had forgotten about the burning pain on my right wrist but glancing down at my wrist the pain flares up again in full force.

"Fred bit me when I was trying to stop them from hurting the..." I trail off when I realize Danielle and her boyfriend are no longer present. "W-wait, where did they go?"

"They ran off just as Jasper and I arrived," Esme explains to me. My stomach drops, I can't even begin to imagine what they'll do once they reached town.

"Poor things," Esme murmurs. Her eyes soften slightly, " they must be scared to death."

"Esme!"Jasper yells to us while he struggles to keep Fred subdued on the forest floor. "Take Bree back to the house!"

Even with Jasper using his gift to try to calm down Fred he's still snarling and struggling to fight against Jasper's strong grip.

"B-but shouldn't we help him?" I ask as Esme gently nudges me in the direction of the house.

"Emmett is on his way," Esme explains as we break into a run. "Alice saw a vision of us she's going to meet us at the house."

"And the hikers? They're going to go the police once they reach town!"

"It'll take them at least hour until they reach town, and by then Jasper and I will have explained to them that Fred was merely going through an extreme drug withdrawal and was suffering from hallucinations."

"Alice?" I ask knowingly.

Esme nods, "she called me just as you and Fred ran away."

"Esme I'm so sorry," I tell her guilty. " I-I just couldn't help it. The smell of the blood was just so overwhelming and I hadn't-"

"Shh it's okay," Esme says soothingly as we leap over the river next to their house. "If it's anyone's fault that this happened it should be mine. I should have noticed the hiker's scent sooner."

"You shouldn't have to fret over us; we shouldn't be causing you unwanted trouble."

We've reached the front of the Cullen's huge house and Esme has skitted to a halt. She looks like as if she wants to give me a huge. "Oh Bree your not any-"

"Esme! Bree!" Alice's dainty voice calls out from within the house. The petite young woman comes dashing out of the house and nearly knocks both of us to the ground when she tackles me with a hug.

"Geez Alice," I grumble when she continues to grasp onto me. "For someone so small you have one hell of a grip."

With that comment Alice lets go of me looking silently bashful. "Emmett just left to help Jasper; he should be reaching them in a few moments." She tells us breathlessly.

"Will he be alright?" I ask worriedly as we walk up the porch steps.

Alice opens the door, "he'll be fine. Ashamed, but fine."

Of course he would. He's gone without months of human blood and he almost ruined his clean slate in just one afternoon. He probably won't be too happy about knowing he almost killed his best friend as well.

I hear Alice close the door behind us, "Bree there's a bowl of water on the kitchen counter. It'll help wash out the vein from your wound."

Making my way to the kitchen I see a clear glass bowl filled with water perched on the counter with a small towel folded nearly beside it. I take the towel and dip a corner of it into the clear cool water.

"Here let me," Esme offers gently. Wordless I hand over the damp towel. "This will sting," she tells me and begins to carefully dab my wound with the towel. I clench my teeth together as the stinging flares up and squeeze my eyes shut.

"There all done!" Esme announces smiling proudly at me. "Wasn't too bad was it?"

"I suppose not," I mumble as I rub my hand over the bite mark. It'll be the second scar I have, next to the one I revived while at my stay with Riley's coven. Glancing down at the crescent shaped bite mark I realize that it's almost identically to the scar that Bella received from Victoria's psycho boyfriend.

"Esme, Jasper's heading over to talk to the hikers now." Alice tells us still in her trance like state. " Their heading north of where you just were."

"I'll go met up with him," Esme says. Already halfway out the door.

"But wait," I ask puzzled once Esme has left. "What about Fred? Where is he?"

Alice motions me to come sit next to her on one of the plush white couches. "Emmett is taking him farther up the mountain to cool off. Probably to go hunt for some mountain lions, it helps burn off steam."

I nod numbly as I take a seat next to her. Surprisingly the pain on my wrist has dulled down to merely an uncomfortable burning sensation.

"Bree in my vision I saw you become overwhelmed with the smell of human blood like Fred dead." Alice explains to me slowly. "But then I saw you pause for a moment when you saw the two hikers and suddenly you were attacking Fred instead. What made you stop back there? "

I roll my eyes at Alice's question. "Don't you already know Alice? Don't you already know the reason that I stopped myself my attacking them?"

At this remark Alice breaks into a teasing grin, "of course I do! I just want to hear you say it, it's much more thrilling than just seeing it in the vision."

I let out a sigh, Alice is probably the only person on the planet who would say receiving a vision from the future is dull. "I have a gift." I say bluntly to the over eager vampire. "There I said it, happy?"

"What was it like?" Alice asks excitedly. "Hey, that part I can't see from a vision." She says defensively when I give her a pointed look.

"It was like..." For a moment I have to to think, it happened so fast I have to struggle the strange sensation that swept over me. "It was like watching a movie." I admit.

Alice nods, "I know the feeling."

"It was like I was watching Danielle's life story, like I was a ghost hiding in the corner."

"And it made you stop you from attacking her?"

"I just couldn't after I saw her whole life. She had been through so much, I couldn't t kill her after she had just rebuilt her life."

"Did you see the other hiker's life?" Alice asks thoughtfully.

I shake my head, "no just the girl's. In fact..." I scrunch my eyes in concentration as I remember another detail. "I only saw her life flash to me after our eyes met."

"I think..." Alice says slowly. "Your gift is seeing a person's life flash before you when their put in a life threatening situation and only when you make eye contact with them."

"So I see a person's life flash in front if me when I'm about to kill them?" I ask in dismay.

Alice nods, "I believe so."

"Great, just great."

"No no Bree," Alice tells me kindly as she gently grasp my hands. "This gift of yours is a very good thing; your gift will prevent you from feeding on humans."

Author Notes- I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter. You won't have to wait so long for the next chapter, I promise. Thoughts of Bree's new found gift? I would greatly appreciate any kind of review to let me know if anyone is still reading!