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Chapter 5

Author: Well here is chapter 5. Yes Sara will have a power; next chapter will reveal what it is.

Sarah's P.O.V

Pain...Pain...Pain...Pain.

There was nothing but pain. All my life there has been nothing but pain. I thought that by being a good girl, a good student, a good daughter, a good person, the pain would stop. But my life had been filled with it, weather it is of the body or soul. It has been my constant companion. No one ever wanted me; I should have never been born. My father left, my mother...she hated me, and until the last ten seconds of her life when she had a final epiphany and finally told me she loved me. Only to die in my arms, but all that pain seemed inconsequential to the pain flowing through me right now. This burning sensation like molten lead instead of blood rolling through my veins, I would have flashes, like if you woke up then went back to sleep. I saw people; I saw the Cullens and Hales. I saw Dr. Cullen checking my eyes, I saw the strange pixie girl petting my hair in comfort, and I saw the large one Emmet holding my hands down so I wouldn't struggle. I saw Rosalie with her beautiful face full of sympathy. But most of all I saw Embry, his lovely eye's dripping with tears, his face full of pain. I wanted to hold him and wipe away the tears but the pain was to much, I wanted to die I wanted to do anything to make the pain go away, all I could do was scream and beg for it to stop, please let it stop.

Rose P.O.V

We were too late, the nomad was fast. He managed to elude us and got away. We came back to collect the others and leave before the police showed up. Soon she would be one of us, she would loose her humanity, she would never age, she would never cry, she would never sleep, and she would never have her own children. The dog, Embry turned back into a human but both his legs were broken. The mutt (Jacob) and Emmet rode back in Emmet's car while I drove, they held Sarah while I drove keeping her from hurting herself. Embry rode with Edward and Bella he wanted to ride with Sarah but Fido told him to ride with the others. We arrived home, Carlisle and the others were waiting for us. Emmett and I brought her inside while Mutt and the other helped Embry in. We put her in my and Emmetts room while she wen't through the transformation. All Carisle could do was give her a load of morphine, Embry he had to put braces on. After the braces he demanded to be by her side, so we gave him a weelchair and he satyed by her side like a good dog. All we could do was hold her down and try to sooth her while she transformed. I was doing her hair at the moment while the dog stood by holding her hand.

"Is there a reason for doing that?" he asked in an annoyed voice.

I didn't even glance at him, "I am makeing her ready for her change, I need to do this now before she changes".

"Why?" he asked, stupid dog needs to learn his place.

"Like the rest of our body, our hair is much more durable, and once we change it stops growing, so i'm giving her a nice trim so that when she wakes up, she'll look fabules".

"So thats why you bunch never change your hair" he said.

"What you think we keep it this way?"

"Yes"

"Idiot" I muttered.

"It's only been twelve hours and already she's smelling bad" he said.

"You won't smell so fresh yourself when she wakes" I said.

"Yes thanks for reminding me she'll be a filthy blood sucking leech" he snarled.

"You started it i'll finesh it mongrle" I said stepping back to admire her hair, "There she'll be quite the raveshing buety if I say so myself".

"She all already was raveshing" he said sorrowfuly.

"Oh don't be so depressed, look at the life she'll have now, she'll have mony, looks, cloths, a whole lifetime of luxery, and pleasure wait for her" I said.

"But at what price?" he asked.

"Would you wrather her still be human and stuck with that horrid woman" I said.

"No of course not!" he said vehamentl, "But it was going to change, I was going to save her, I was going to give her a good life" he moaned.

"You act like you love her", he glared at me "You do? Don't you? You really honestly love her" I said astounded.

"I...I think I do" he said.

"For god sakes, ou've only known her for what a day or two?" I asked.

"She's not like most girls" hesaid rubbing her knuckles with his fingers.

"Of course she's the one, wich is why you need to stay away from her" I said matter of factly.

"What why?" he demanded angerly.

"Your a wolf, you havent imprinted yet, this girl has gone through a lifetime of abuse and has been through a tramatic event, now she has to adjust to life as a vampire, what will happen to her psyche if you fall in love with her, and break her heart when you imprint"

"Wolves don't imprint on leeches".

"Oh? And what happend with Jake and Nessie?".

"There's a possibility I won't".

"Yes, and what about the other's who found there soul mate? What about poor Leah? Do you wan't what happend to her to happen to this girl?"

"No of course not!"

"And think about it, she'll live forever, never aging"

"I won't age until I stop phasing"

"Yes, but is your love for her strong enough to endure a centry? A millenium? How long can you live for her? Or will you just one day get tired of the long years and decide that it's time to age, can you let her watch as time works it power over you? Will you hold her hand when you are on your deathbed? Can you put her through that?"

"It can work Jake and-"

"As much as it displeases me to think he'll be apart of the family one day, he is her imprinter,that bond will last for an eternity, can you?".

"What do you care?"

"I know as a women would know" I said, "If you really love her let her go, besides do you think the other beasts will tolirate you and her together?"

"They accept Jake and Ness"

"Hymph, barely. Look i'm not being a bitch, i'm not trying to be cold, but think about it".

"Her hair really does look nice" he said delibertly changing the subject.

"Yes it does".

Alice P.O.V

We all sat in the living room, Rose was still with Sarah. It was funny to see her mood on the situation do a one-eighty. She was now super protective of Sarah, like Embry she diligently stayed by her side. We were here to discus what to do with her.

"Let's keep her" I said excitedly.

"Alice she's not a pet" Esme chided.

"Forget that what her cover story going to be?" Jacob said.

"I talked to Charlie and explained to him as best I could the situation" Bella said "He's still on a need to know basis" she said.

"So what is the story?" Emmett asked.

"Well, she came home, saw her mom get killed, and is so traumatized she's gone catatonic, Carlisle brought her here to give her better care, Charlie will be here soon to get a fake story from us which he'll give to the police" Bella said.

"That's it? Seems kinda fishy" Emmett said.

"It's the best we got" Jasper said "Now the girl we'll still need some counseling and will stay here while we get her adjusted to our way of life, if she finds it to be to difficult living in Forks we could call the Denali clan and ask them to watch over her" he said.

"Poor thing" Esme said in sympathy "Her mother treats her so horridly, then dies in her arms, now this, dealing with the blood lust and the increased strength, poor dear".

"She's welcome to stay here if she wants" Carlisle said, "Our door is always open to those in need".

"What does the wolf pack say?" Jasper asked Jake.

"I talked to Sam, they tried tracking this vamp, but he got to the coast, as for the girl he said as long as you keep a hold on her they won't harm her" he said.

"Beasts" I muttered how anyone could think about hurting such a frail looking girl.

"So what should we do with her?" Emmett asked.

"Do we move her to Alaska right away, or do we keep her here?"

"Maybe, we should wait, let her take it all in and show her how to hunt, and teach her the rules" Edward said.

"I agree after seeing her mother be murdered she will most definitely need some therapy" Jasper said.

"Good thing you're here" I said snuggling close to him, "You can make her feel happy" I said with a smile.

"I think she has Embry for that" Edward grinned.

"You really think a wolf would date a vampire?" Emmett asked, "What?" he said seeing the glares, "I'm just saying he hasn't imprinted on her or anything so" he said rubbing the back of his head.

"If Embry wants he can have a relationship with her" Jake said.

"What will the other wolves say though?" Edward asked.

"Well, the fewer who know the better, I know Seth would be supportive, Leah and Quill might be a bit more hesitant, but I think it would be best if Sam's pack be left in the dark about this".

"They still tense about the incident with Lilith and Maria?" Carlisle asked.

"Yeah, and many of them aren't to happy that you may be getting a new member, I'll talk to Embry about this but if he wants I can't and won't order him to not date her".

"Your so nice Jakey" Renessme said hugging his leg.

She sat by him on the floor piecing together a puzzle we got her, "If she stays here can I play with her?" she asked.

"Of course but only if she says yes" Bella said smiling at Nessie.

"Yay, I get a new auntie" she said. "Do you think she'll be special?"

"Were all special sweetie" Edward said planting a kiss on her head, "No daddy" she said shaking her head, "I mean special like, uncle Jasper, or you, or auntie Alice" she asked, "Will she have a power?".

"Maybe" Edward said looking to me.

"Don't ask me" I said shaking my head, "As long as she is with the wolves I can't see squat" I said frustrating, the wolves were so useful when you needed back up, but I hated how everything was black with them. On the one hand it was refreshing; on the other it was like being blind.

"That's ok it will be a surprise" she smiled.

Embry P.O.V

It had been two days since Sarah had been bitten. One more day, just one more day and Sarah would be reborn as a Vampire. She was shaking, not as bad as before. Carlisle had managed to put a dose of morphine in her before her skin hardened. Even now as I sat here watching her writhe I saw the transformation pass, saw as the beauty was slowly but shirley magnified. What would she say when she could no longer beat? What would she say when she remembered I was a wolf?. What would happen when she learned that we were now mortal enemies? I remembered the blonde leeches' words from yesterday. She would live forever, and so could I as long as I phased. But could I do it? Could I sit and watch as my mother, my friends, my family slowly but Shirley die. And what if I did imprint? Jake, Sam, Quill, Leah, Seth, Paul, Jared they had found their special someone. And if rumor was right a few more of Sam's wolves had found their special someone. What would they do when they found out I had fallen in love with a Vampire. Things were still tense after that incident with the crazy Maria leech. Sam was doing a good job so far, keeping his wolves in line, but it seemed inevitable that one of the little bastards might actually break away from Sam and start his own pack. A pack with a zero tolerance for everything and anything vampire. It seemed like a storm was coming, sooner or later there would be a war in La Push.

Sarah P.O.V

I was dieing, there was no other explanation. They say that when you die your life flashes before your eye's. All I got was flashes, which was fine by me I'd rather not go through a glimpse of my life. I saw my father before he left, I saw my mother when she still loved me, I saw the Cullens and Hales, I saw Embry. Soon the images began to fade along with the pain. Eventually the pain left and I was in darkness. No not darkness I could here/smell others. Something in the room smelled bad, like wet dog. "Is she up yet?" a voice I recognized as Embry's asked impatiently.

"She should be awake" A male voice said.

"Sarah, sweetie open your eyes" Embry said.

I opened my eyes and wished I had kept them closed. Surrounding me was not only Embry, but all the Hales, and Cullens. I saw Dr. Cullen who looked to young and to good looking to be a doctor, a woman who must have been his wife, she reminded me of snow-white. I recognized the others, except for a little girl, and a really tall man, who looked like a beefed up version of Embry. Something was different about me, I could tell. The world seemed more open, all my senses seemed sharper. I could smell all the soaps, colognes, and shampoos everyone wore as if I had my face pressed to their hair. I saw things; the world seemed sharper, more vivid. But I still smelled that stench and I think I knew were it came from "Embry" I whispered.

"Yes" he said taking my hand in his.

"You smell horrible" I said scrunching up my nose.

He started to half laugh half cry, "You don't smell so fresh either" he said with a grin.

I realized that my sense of hearing was sharpened as well. I could here Embry's heart, as well as two other heart beats. Which was odd seeing how the whole Cullen family was here. What was happening to me? I looked at the others embarrassed, they just watched me, waiting for a reaction, it really creped my out, I hated being in the spotlight. I Saw Edward nod to Jasper and I felt myself get calm all of a sudden.

"Miss. Strouse" Dr. Cullen said getting my attention; "Now I know you've been through a lot recently, but what do you remember?" he asked his voice sympathetic.

I tried to think what he was talking about. What had happened, "What do you mean?" I asked.

"Sara, your mother".

"Is she ok, what happen did she get arrested again?" Is that why I was here with these people?.

They were all looking at me with looks of shock.

"She doesn't remember" Edward said.

"Why not?" Embry asked.

"Remember what?" I asked but was ignored.

"Must be trauma, her mind couldn't cope, so she forgot what happened" Carlisle shook his head.

"So she doesn't know about me or her mother?" Embry asked.

"Embry what happened" I asked, yet again I was ignored "Embry!" I said grabbing his arm and squeezing it to get his attention.

But there was a loud snapping sound "DAMN IT!" Embry shouted shaking my hand of his arm. I stared at his arm in disbelief, were I grabbed him was a perfect imprint of a small dainty hand, my hand.

Carlisle was already checking his arm, "It's broken, in four spots, going to have to cast it" he said examining his arm.

"Oh god, Embry I'm so sorry what happened, I didn't mean for it to happen!" I said quickly, to quickly. It seemed like all of what I said came out in a second.

"She said she was sorry" Edward said.

"Oh it's ok you just don't know your strength yet" he said with a pained grin.

Don't know my own strength? For crying out loud I was a butterfly and he was a rhino. "Embry, do you have Skelotitise?" I asked.

"What?"

"Skeletatise, it's this rare bone disease were your skeleton is very fragile" I said explaining. They all burst out laughing at that and I felt so stupid, "What it's a serious despise" I said defensively.

"Sweetie, I don't have a disease" Embry said wiping his eye's "You just need to learn how to control you vamp strength" he said.

"My what?"

Everyone stopped laughing and the air was suddenly tense

"Way to go McStupid" Rosalie snarled.

"What do you mean my vamp-" I stopped, a memory came to me. A strange angelic man, his mouth around my mother's throat, blood pouring down his chin. "Oh god" I whispered in horror covering my trembling mouth.

"Jasper" Edward said, and once again I felt a wave of calm.

"What's going on, what happened to my mother" I demanded, I felt like I should be crying, but there were no tears, "My eyes" I said feeling around them, "Were are my tears, why aren't I crying?"

"Jake maybe you should take Nessie away now" Bella told the other tall man.

"But I wanted to meet Miss. Sara" the little girl said.

"Maybe later sweetie, she needs some grown up talk" Edward said to her.

"I can't wait till I'm seven" she said crossing her arms stubbornly.

She walked out with Jake hand in hand, and Embry touched my shoulder with his uninjured hand, "Sara, I'm sorry to make you remember this, but your mother is dead" he said.

I heard what he said but I refused to believe it, "That can't be right how, when" I said "The man, the pale man, he drank her blood" I said remembering the memory. "Embry what happend?" I asked.

He thought of the answer for a few seconds "She was murdered, you were there when it happened, he attacked you, and we were there to save you luckily but your mother didn't make it, and you were...changed by your meeting with the attacker" he said griping my hand in his.

I sat there in silence. What could I say? What could I do?. All my life, all I had was her. The one person who meant more to me than life itself, the one person who unknowingly gave me the drive to be the best, the best daughter, the best student, the best worker, was dead. All I ever wanted was her love, her approval, just some small shred of acknowledgment, it drove me forward, and it was my momentum. She was dead now, no amount of work, or studying would bring her back, and what do I do? What should I do? She was gone it was all gone. It was a few minutes before I realized I was having a panic attack. Usually it starts with the hyperventilation, then the shaking. It wasn't until the shaking that I realized I hadn't been breathing for a few minutes, "Embry" I choked.

"What is it what's wrong?" he asked quickly.

"She's having a panic attack" Edward said.

"Can't breath...why can't I breathe?" I asked trying to take in air, but I felt no need for air.

"Sara you need no more air its ok" Carlisle said grabbing my other hand.

"Why? What...happened? What...am...I?: I all but shouted.

"You're a vampire" Embry whispered so low, but I heard him clear as day.

"A what?"

"A vampire, the man who attacked was a wild one, he was attracted to your blood, he went to your home and drained your mother, he was going to kill you to, but we arrived just in time, he bit you and his venom was in to deep to be removed, your a vampire now" he said his eyes grim.

"What is wrong with you? You're sick! You're a sick, sick man how can you say that!" I shouted at him.

"Sara" Carlisle said, "You remember the pain right? The burning pain, it was the venom, the venom caused the burning because it transformed you into one of us" he said gently.

"You're lying" I accused.

"Esme, the mirror" he said.

Esme came forward handing Carlisle a mirror, he lifted it to show me my reflection and I gasped. My eye's they were a deep scarlet color, my skin was pale, it was white like snow in the sunlight, my normal dirty blonde hair was a honey colored shade now, my shoulder length hair had been thinned slightly showing my neck more. "My hair" I said touching it.

"I thinned it out" Rose said "Our hair stops growing, you'll have that style for the rest of your existence she said.

"My skin, my hair color, and my eyes" I said remarking.

"All part of being a vampire" Bella said. "Don't worry, as long as you keep to a strict animal diet, and once a year passes, you'll have eyes like ours".

"Like yours? Animal diet."

"We drink animal blood, it's why our eyes are golden" Alice said sitting next to me. "If we drink human blood our eyes are burgundy, like Bella said, once a year pass's and you keep to animals you'll have a lovely pair of eye's to go with that hair".

"But I'm a vegan".

"Oh...that's not good" Alice said.

"What's a vegan?" Emmett asked.

"It means she only eats fruits and veggies, and she loves all animals" Jasper said.

"Like a hippie?" Emmett asked.

"No" everyone said.

I sat the mirror down too stunned for words. "Rose it's time" Alice said and Rose nodded.

"Time for what?" I asked.

"Time to feed you" Rose grinned.

Rose P.O.V

We walked side by side. Me and Sara. Emmett walked with us, she was still a newborn so it was felt two of us with her would be more then enough to handle her. She was quit, to quite. "You feel it don't you?" I asked. "The hunger".

"Yes, it's so strong" she said rubbing her tummy.

"It always is, don't worry it's like any other hunger, always there growing until you appease it" I said, "Once we get you some food, it won't be as bad, just like when you normally eat".

"Can't I eat normal food?" she asked.

"No, well you can but we have no taste foe it, and since we don't digest anymore we have to throw it up later, bulimia one of the many drawbacks of vampirism".

"I'm not sure I can do it" she said.

"Tell me about it, I remember the first time I had to do it, I flat out refused, then the hunger got so strong, I didn't care anymore, the trick is you have to stop fighting it, ride it but don't drown in it, otherwise you could go frenzied" I said.

"Do I really have to?" she asked again.

Her reluctance was beginning to annoy me, time for the truth. "Sara, your a newborn, your not even an hour old, you are especially susptible to blood, especially human blood", she stopped walking and looked at me in horror "Sooner or later the thirst wins out Sara, and believe me it is better that you give in and drink animal blood then to refuse it then give in and find some random human" I said and she shivered. I walked to her and wrapped her in my arms, "It's not fair I know, it's not fair for you to have to change your life because one of us couldn't resist you, it can be very tough at first but there are many benefits"

"Like what?" she asked.

"well, first and foremost beauty" I said referring to myself.

"Strength" Emmett said ripping a large tree in half with a single swipe of his hand.

"Speed" I said running circles around her eight times in a second.

"And if your one of the lucky ones you get a power" Emmett said smiling.

"Power?" she asked confused.

"Yeah you see sometimes some of us get powers when we become vampires, like heroes" Emmett said.

"Does everybody get powers?" she asked.

"No, Carlisle figures are strongest traits gets intensified like everything else when we change, like Edward, he was always good at reading people, then when he changed, he gained telepathy, Jasper was always charismatic, when he turned he gained the ability to sense and manipulate emotions" I explained.

"So, does everybody have a power here?"

"No, me and Emmett, and Carlisle and Esme don't".

"Hey I have a power" Emmett wined.

"Oh really what?" I asked.

He grinned "I'm super strong" he said grinning.

"Only because you're physically the largest" I said "Besides Sara's the strongest".

"What me?" she asked surprised.

"Yes for a whole year, a newborn is stronger then even an older vampire, it's because of the sheer amount of human blood in your system, your blood from when you were human is still in you, and is slowly being eaten up, for one whole year you'll be stronger then Emmett"

"No fair" he pouted, "I wish I was still a newborn, I was like the Hulk".

"Yes so much so, you broke what ever you touched" I said reminding him of the disaster he made of our house.

"What about Bella and Nessie, are they empowered?" she asked.

"Yes, Bella is a shield, she can create a field that depowers vampires of the special gifts, and is immune to powers of the mind, Nessie is capable of sharing her memories with anyone she touches, and she's the only one that can penetrate Bella's shield".

"Really? Why?"

"We think it's because she's her daughter".

"What?, We can have children?".

"The males can" I said quietly, "We females can't were not built to hold them anymore, but males can impregnate human females, unfortunately it usually results in their death, we had to change Bella as soon as Ness was born".

"Is she more human, or more vampire?"

"Both, you see we are always cold, we can go into the sun but don't do it in public, are skin sparkles like diamond when exposed to sunlight, we are stronger, faster, and have better senses, and we never age, we don't sleep, cry, or dream, and age obviously an issue, with her, her temperature is slightly higher then norm, she's only a year old and yet she looks three and already thinks like an adult, she is obviously enhanced, and when she reaches maturity she will have full access to her arsenal of strengths, she doesn't sparkle, but she does get a certain glow, nothing too noticeable, she can, sleep, and dream, and her hearts beats and she can eat food, but prefers blood".

"You said she's a year old? How long before she is mature?"

"We believe by the time she is seven she will be a fully mature girl, she's like us only she can fit in with humans so much more easily" I said sounding wistful. "Now anymore questions before the hunt begins?"

"Will I have a power?"

"Well that's the question" Emmett said with a smile.

"Usually those who have a power manifest by now, but you could be a late bloomer, we'll have to wait and see" I said. Personally I was curious to you never knew.

"Well that's enough chit chat" Emmett said rubbing his hands together, "Time to hunt".

Author: Well there is chapter 5 I hope you enjoy the story so far, and yes this takes place after to love and imprint; there will be no spoilers for that story. Next chapter, Sara finds that some human habits are hard to break, and we find out what her power is.
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