Chapter 12

Haley ran into the forest.

She sat herself against a tree and put her head in her knees.

'I can't take it anymore! I want out. I don't want this anymore. I never wanted this. I don't want to be like this.'

"Hello." came a voice.

Haley looked up to see six people standing in front of her.

Haley recognized them from the cafeteria and snarled and stood to defend herself.

That made her uncomfortable but she knew that they were vampires like her so she was determined to protect herself at any cost.

They gasped when they saw her silvery eyes.

"Why aren't her eyes red?" the girl with the brown hair said.

'Vampires. I can't trust them. I have to protect myself from them. I don't know who they are working for.'

"What do you want with me vampires? Have you come to destroy me? Because if you are then you'll be doing me a favor. I never wanted to be like this or have this life."

The one who had bronze hair put his hands out in front of him. "It's alright. Don't be afraid of us. We won't hurt you. We don't mean you harm and we don't want to destroy you. My name is Edward. These are my siblings and wife Bella, Jasper, Alice, Emmett and Rosalie. What is your name?"

"How do I know if you won't hurt me?" Haley snarled. "You are like me after all. How can I trust you if you are vampires?"

"You can trust us because we haven't attacked you yet." Emmett said.

Haley sighed. 'I guess that's true.'

She looked at each of them. "Haley. My name is Haley." She replied as she straightened up out of her crouch.

She could now see now that they weren't here to hurt her and trusted them a little even if they were vampires like her.

'If they were here to hurt me they would have done that already.' She thought.

"What are you doing here newborn?" Rosalie demanded.

Haley turned and glared at her and asked. "What did you call me?"

"Humans who have been turned into a vampire from the first couple months to this life are called newborns." Edward explained.

'So that's what I am.' Haley thought as she sighed. 'I guess there's no going back now. I guess I have to learn to live with it.'

"When did you become a vampire?" Bella asked.

"I was turned yesterday." Haley replied.

"Did the person who changed you explain the rules to you after they created you?" Emmett asked.

Haley shook her head. 'Vampires have rules?'

"Come and stay with us and we'll tell you the rules." Emmett said.

"It's alright Haley." Alice said gently as she gave Haley a soft smile. "You can trust us. We won't hurt you."

Haley nodded.

"Follow us." Edward said as they ran off.

They arrived at a big white house.

Haley gawked at it. "This is your house?"

Edward nodded. "You better stay behind us."

Haley nodded as she hid behind Emmett and Jasper.

Edward called for Carlisle and Esmé as they walked through the doors.

"What are you doing home so early?" Esmé asked. "Is everything alright?"

"We had an unsuspected surprise." Rosalie said with a roll of her eyes as she looked to Edward who ignored her glare.

"Haley." Edward called. "Emmett, Jasper would you please step forward so that Haley can be seen."

Emmett and Jasper moved so Haley could be seen.

Esmé gasped. "A newborn." Her eyes widened when she saw her eyes.

Edward nodded. "We found her at school. If we didn't help her then she might have lost control and attacked everyone that was near her."

'I'm so glad that they have so little faith in me.' Haley thought.

Carlisle nodded. "Then it was a good thing that you got to her first without something happening." He said as he turned to Haley. "What is your name young one?"

"Haley."

Carlisle eyes narrowed for a second as she said her name.

"The person who created her didn't explain to her the rules." Edward explained.

"That was reckless." Carlisle said. "Something could have happened if she lost control of herself. Luckily you got to her before anything could happen."

"Please can you tell me these rules?" Haley asked.

Carlisle smiled and nodded. "Come take a seat. There are only one or two that I have to explain to you."

Haley nodded as she sat down.

"You have to keep being a vampire to yourself." Carlisle explained as Haley sat down. "We can't draw attention to ourselves and you cannot let a human know what you really are. There is a group of vampires called the Volturi in Italy."

"They're like royalty." Esmé explained. "Some vampires have talents and you even might have a talent."

"So do you understand now?" Carlisle asked.

Haley nodded.

There was something very familiar about the man.

Haley just didn't know what it was.

She felt that she had seen him somewhere before but didn't know where.

'Why does he seem so familiar? And it's not just him. I have the same feeling with Edward as well. It's as if I know him from somewhere. But that's impossible. Isn't it?'

Esmé placed her hand on her shoulder and Haley flinched away from the touch.

"Sorry dear." She said. "Do you have a place to stay sweetheart?"

Haley shook her head.

Esmé smiled. "Then why don't you stay here. You can join our family if you like."

Haley gasped. "Really? Thank you so much."

Emmett laughed. "Welcome to the family little sister."

"Bella could you take Haley up to our spare room please." Carlisle said.

Bella nodded and took Haley's hand.

"I would like to come also." Edward said.

As they walked upstairs Haley asked Bella. "So how long have you been a vampire?"

"For about ninety years now."

"And what's your ability?"

"I'm a shield." Bella explained. "I can shield people with my mind."

"And I can read people's minds. All expect for Bella." Edward said.

Haley stopped and turned to them and tilted her head as she asked. "Why?"

"Because I also have a shield around my brain." Bella explained.

"That would be so cool if I had a ability." Haley replied with a smile.

Edward chuckled. "We only just have to wait and see."

"Can I ask you why your eyes are silver instead of red?" Bella asked.

Haley sighed. "Honestly I don't know why my eyes are silver."

They stopped in front of a door.

"This will be your room." Bella said. "It was the music room but we can change all that."

Haley opened the door and saw that the room was filled with many instruments like Bella had said.

Haley walked over to a Guitar and touched its strings.

They all heard Alice's voice yelling from downstairs. "You can play that Haley."

Edward laughed. "Apparently Alice saw you playing that in her vision just now."

Haley laughed with him.

Haley took the guitar and sat down on a bed and started playing.

"Wow you are good." Bella said.

Edward stared at Haley and tilted his head.

"What?" Haley asked.

"It's strange we look so much alike. We both have the same hair and the same face. The only difference is our eyes. I didn't notice that at school."

Haley shrugged. "Nothing to worry about. It's properly just coincidence."

As Haley sat on the couch Carlisle asked. "So how did you end up becoming a vampire?"

Without thinking Haley drew a box in midair and it started playing like a movie.

It showed her walking out of the tube.

Haley looked at her hands stunned. "How did I do that?" she said after it ended and slowly disappeared.

"The SPV that they injected into you must mean 'Special Venom'." Carlisle explained. "And that tube that they put you in is called a cryotube. I didn't think that they had those sorts of things back then."

"Is that meant to mean anything?" Haley asked. "The SPV I mean."

Carlisle nodded. "It means that when you were changed they have put every ability inside you. That was what that green liquid was when they injected it into your arm. That's properly why your eyes are silver."

Haley nodded. "I understand now. And is this burning in my throat is that a part of that." She said as she put her hand to her neck. "It feels like my skin is on fire. Its uncomfortable."

Edward chuckled. "I'm surprised that you could hold yourself together today when you were surrounded by all those people at the cafeteria." He said. "It just means that you're thirsty. Come with me and I'll take you hunting."

Haley nodded and went with him willingly.