Hey peoples!!! this is my new story, Keeping the Past From the Future. The title will hopefully make sense soon. The beginning might be a little rough, but i promise it will get better. I hope you enjoy it!

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All day, I've been in my room, thinking. Thinking about things I usually didn't allow myself to think about. Them. Usually, I'm doing something. Homework, working on my bike or car, cleaning, or hanging out with Matt. Something. But not today. No, today is something special. There is a good and bad part to today. Ten years ago today, he left me. But that is only the bad part. Nine years ago today, the Smith's found me. And I'm glad they did. That's the good part.

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I was sitting on the ground, my back against a tree. My knees were pulled up to my chest, my head buried in my arms which were on my knees. I was in the middle of the woods, sobbing. No tears were coming, no matter how much I wanted them. Why was I sobbing? Well, exactly one year ago today, the love of my life left me. And, the people who I thought were my family left too. For the past couple of months, I have been traveling around, alone. As a nomad vampire.

Yes, I am a vampire.

I was changed just after I found out about Jacob being a werewolf. He had told me that we were going to go cliff diving that day, but then, the pack needed him. Victoria had shown up again. So, I decided that I was going to go on my own. When I jumped off the cliff, Victoria was waiting in the water for me. She caught me, and started sucking the blood out of me. She only had a little bit left when the wolves showed up and saved me. I woke up after three days of pain in woods somewhere. They didn't kill me, they just moved me away from them. I had found a note on me that said, 'Sorry, I had too. I had to beg them not to kill you.' It was Jacob's handwriting.

For the past couple months, I have been working on my control. My blood control was already good, but human blood still called to me. I could resist, but it was hard. I've been getting better now. I can stand the smell. I just don't know how I would do if a human cut themselves near me. It probably wouldn't end well. For the human, or for me.

Suddenly, I heard a noise behind me. My muscles tightened. I sniffed the air, but it was blowing my scent in the direction of whatever I heard. Then, I heard the noise again, but in two different places. Something, or things was coming at me. I stayed where I was, on the ground. Maybe they would just leave me alone once they saw me. A pathetic little girl.

I could heard them clearly now. I knew they were vampires from their speed. A couple seconds later, I could hear them near me. Even though I couldn't see them, I knew they could see me. Then, I heard a woman gasp. She came closer. I knew she was right next to me when I heard her bend down to my level.

"Dear, are you alright?' She asked. Her voice was soft, and welcoming. I raised my head so I was face to face with her. Her eyes were golden, like mine were slowly becoming. She fed off of animals. When she looked into my eyes, I knew what she saw. A girl who held nothing but pain, longing, and a broken heart in her. My tortured soul is what she saw.

"No," I said quietly.

"Dear, come back to our place, then, you can explain." She said. I nodded, and got up.

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Annette was the one who found me. Darius was with her. There is another member of their coven who had chosen not to go with them on that hunting trip. Mathew. Out of them all, I was closest to Mathew.

Darius was the leader of our coven. He was changed at the age of 29. Him, and Annette were together as humans. They were attacked by a group of newborns, but were spared when the newborns began to fight over them He was tall, and had black hair. His features were sharp, and well defined, but also welcoming. He was a very kind man. He worked as a special kind of shrink at the hospital. He worked with people who had been badly injured, lost family, lost memory, or other things recover their life's. Also, he helped the seriously injured learn to walk and do other things again. Pretty much, if there was trauma in your life, or needed help with physical recovery, you were sent to him.

Annette is so kind. She was 27 when she was changed. She is about 5'7, and very petite. Her features are warm, and rounded. Her hair is also black, and falls to the middle of her back in heavy curls. She is very pretty all in all. Her power is that she can see bonds between people.

She and Darius had gotten the idea to feed off of animals when they visited Volterra a long time ago. Their they had met his father. They didn't stay long, and didn't know him very well, but they liked his idea.

Mathew is the perfect gentleman. He was 18 when he was changed, like me. He is about 5'11, and has well defined muscles. His skin was very tan as a human, so his skin is kinda a weird color. Like a dark pale. His hair is brown, and slightly long. I can talk to him about anything. I completely trust him. To others we may appear to be mates, but we're not. Just very close. He is a tracker. He tracks not by scent, but by your mind. Once he knows who he is looking for, he can sense where they are due to their thoughts. He can't hear them though. Once he is close enough, it clicks, and he knows exactly where you are. It doesn't work on me due to my mental shield.

Matt's story is a sad one. He was born and raised on a farm in Tennessee in the 1950's. His house caught fire from a candle that had been left lit. He was severely burned in the fire. When they found him, he was almost dead, just hanging on to life. He was the only survivor of the fire. His mother, father, two sisters, and older brother all died. When he finished with his physical recovery, he wasn't right in his mind. The loss of his family had destroyed him. They sent him to Darius with hopes he would get better. After a month of nothing, Darius explained what he and Annette were, offering to change him. Matt excepted.

They have been my family for the past nine years. We got along great. Matt and I have never fought. Currently, we are in a small town in Oregon. We've been here for a year. The school year just started again. I'm pretending to be a freshman in the local collage, and Matt is a junior in high school. I look older than him to others, but it may be the fact no one who isn't in my family sees me smile, and that I am still recovering. I have a hard edge to me that refuses to be broken. It scares the locals. Annette and Darius encourage me to be more open. To befriend the humans. I could never do that.

Nobody deserves to be hurt like I was. Like I am.

The others don't know of my past. All they know is that I was hurt very badly ten years ago. They know that I have a broken heart. That's all. They don't know anything else, and I don't want them too. Not yet, anyways. I will tell them one day, just not now, not yet. I didn't want or need their pity.

I sighed, and rolled over on my couch to look at my clock. Five past midnight. I had made it through the day. I do this every year on this date. I will lay on my couch, and think. Just think. About them mostly. I even let myself think their names. This is the only time I let the barrier in my mind down, and allow myself to think about them. If I have school, like I did today, I go, but I'm even more distant than usual. The teachers don't call on me, and the students stay clear of me. Not like they didn't before, but they don't even glance my way again after they see the look I wore on my face.

I had just gotten up to go downstairs when there was a knock on my door.

"Come in," I said, siting back down on my couch. The door opened. It was Matt. "Hey Matt, what's up?"

"Bella, I need to talk to you." He said, his voice serious.

"What's wrong Matt?" I asked as he came to sit next me on the couch.

"Bella, I'm leaving." He said. I was shocked.

"What?" I said. He couldn't leave.

"Not permanently, of course not. I just need some time to think after what happened today." He said.

"Matt, what happened? Just start from the beginning." I said. He nodded.

"Well, there is this new girl in my grade. I didn't think anything about her until I saw her. It was at lunch. Her new friends were talking about me. She was wondering who I was."I stiffened. I had heard this before. I had lived this. " I didn't feel anything then. It was our next class, chemistry, that I felt it. I was the only person who had a seat next to them open, so she became my partner. when I first smelt her, it was unbelievable. I wanted to attack her, Bella! The whole lesson, I was thinking of ways to kill her. Her blood was calling to me. She smelt so sweet! But I didn't. I knew I couldn't do that to us. To her. So, I just need some time to get away, and think. Okay?" I was still in shock from what I heard. It was a minute before I answered.

"Of course Matt. Go, I'll explain it to Annette, and Darius." I said. He smiled at me, and stood up. I stood too.

"Thanks Bella." He said. I smiled at him, and pulled him into a hug.

"I'll miss you. " I said. "Come home as soon as possible." He nodded. Then, we made our way out of my room, and downstairs. I followed him to the door. "Bye." I said as he made his way to the door.

"Where's he going?" Darius asked from where he and Annette were in the den. I walked in there to join them, and explain.

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Okay people, I hope you enjoyed it! I think the title should make sense now. I will try to update soon. there will be more updates coming sooner once i finish my other story! please, review!