My name is Mandy Cullen used to be known as (Amanda Westwood). Amanda used to live in Pennsylvania. Her parents died and therefore she was an orphan. She ran away from Pennsylvania before the child services could put her into a foster home. (she was only 17) When she ended up in North Carolina when she was 18, was when her life changed forever.

She was just walking down the street. Everyone was just buzzing around her. She wasn't paying attention when she ran straight into someone.

"I'm sorry, I must not have been paying attention." She took the person she bumped into's hand, to help her stand up. When she looked up she took a look at the person. He was a handsome young man; had pale skin, dark eyes, and was muscular. He looked to only be about twenty.

"That's okay. I should be the one apologizing. I really need to pay more attention to my surroundings." She said feeling kind of uncomfortable under his stare. He looked at her like a predator and she was his prey.

"Nonsense. I'm James." James said.

"Amanda."

"Would you like to go for a walk?" he asked smiling her. That smile made her insides melt and her heart beat faster. Too bad she didn't know he already knew her answer.

"Sure." she replied. They ended up walking to a park and sitting down on a rock. No one was anywhere nearby they were sitting. They both ended up talking for a couple minutes. Minutes turned to hours. Soon it was around midnight and she ended up telling James everything about her: her family, why she was in North Carolina, the places she's been, why she was running. In return he told her he was just traveling and having fun. (not a complete lie) They both had some laughs and before she knew it, she was at his apartment.

When they got there she looked around. It was fully furnished and it looked like he lived there for months instead of days.

"Wow. Nice place you've got here." she said twirling around the living room and stopped to look at him leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed watching her.

"Yes, I think it is." he responded.

"Is this what you do? Bringing girls her on a daily basis and wooing them?" she asked him joking.

"Oh yes. On a daily basis of course." he replied. She just smiled at him and sat down on the couch. Too bad she didn't know he wasn't joking. He walked over to her and sat down beside her and started playing with her hair.

"Your beautiful." He said looking at her. She turned her head to look at him and smiled. She was soon laying on her back on the couch, with James on top of her putting his weight on his arms. Their lips connected and their tongues dancing together. She pulled away to breathe.

"Will you stay with me." he whispered huskily. She thought he meant for the night.

"Yes." Her voice was barely above a whisper. They were both looking at each other with hunger. Her hunger was full of lust. But, James's hunger wasn't just for lust. He started kissing down her neck, her eyes closed pleasuring the touch of his cold lips sending her shivers. Then there was pain…

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She woke up laying on a bed. She looked around her surroundings and found herself in an unfamiliar room. She rubbed her eyes to make sure she was awake. When she pulled her hands away from her face she saw her hands were a pale white. She examined them further. Yep they were white. What the? She looked down and sure enough her arms and every other part of her body was a pale white too. Her hair was a silky brown that curled. She tried to remember what happened. She had memories. They were very dime, but they were there. I heard a door open and I saw James in the doorway.

"Hey, your awake." he grinned and in less than a second he was laying down next to me and playing with my hair, "Your gorgeous."

"Where am I?" I asked. My throat felt dry and it had this itchy feeling.

"In my apartment," he stopped playing with my hair and put a hand to cup half my face, "are you okay?"

"Yes." my voice came out hoarse.

"Oh that's right," he gave a humorless laugh, "how could I forget that your hungry?"

"Hungry? Is that what that itchy feeling in my throat is for? Food?" I must look like an idiot, but I didn't care. He grinned.

"Yes, now in order to get feed and since your new at this, you need to listen very carefully."

He taught her the ropes of how to get her food. She needed to have strength and speed among other things. He gave her a new set of clothes- tight fitting skinny jeans, a black corset like top with no straps, and some black boots that went almost to her knees. He also gave her some dark black sunglasses to cover her now red eyes. She made sure to leave her curly auburn hair down. She still couldn't believe how different she looked. She was definitely confused, but she did what James told.

He pointed out to her, her target. He gave her a long passionate kiss before departing. Her Target seemed to be in his early thirties or late twenties. He was a worker. No one else was around, it was just her and him. James left and told her she could learn more on her own, then him hovering over her like a teacher. It made sense to her. She was soon walking up to him.

"Hello, I-" She was soon interrupted by the worker, who still hadn't turned around.

"Can't you see I'm-" He stopped short when he turned around and looked at her. He looked like he was drooling, "Why, how can I help you?"

"I was hoping you could give me an assistance. My car broke down the road and I've been walking for miles. My phone died out and I haven't seen a pay phone anywhere. Do you know where I could find one?" She said what James told her to say.

It seemed to have worked too. He started walking away to grab a phone. She looked to where he was sitting before. There was a picture of a woman holding a baby. A wife and baby perhaps? She didn't want to ruin this man's family. She was going to just walk away, but then the wind blew and his scent filled her senses. She couldn't resist anymore. She jumped on him and almost completely sucked him dry. When she was satisfied with her thirst it barely dawned on her what she had just done. She then went into panic. He was still breathing. She ran as fast as she could to the Hospital with him in her arms. She got there in seconds, but to her it seemed like hours.

The staff immediately put him in the ER and he was back and stable. She saw his wife and child come rushing in. It made her feel repulsed and disgusted with herself with what she did. How could I have killed him and tore his family apart? When the surgery was finished she had a talk with Dr. Carlisle Cullen. She immediately took a liking to him and trusted him. She later found out that he was just like her. Except he and his family were "vegetarians".

"You could come and live with us if you would like? We could teach you how to control your hunger. What do you say?" She thought of James. How would he act if she left. She knew it would be hard leaving him. But, then she thought of what he told her to do. She almost killed a poor innocent man. She felt her heart tear at the thought of leaving James, even though he did those vile things. But, she knew what the right thing was.

"Okay."