Carlisle POV
Tonight was the celebration of Christmas Eve and people were busy preparing for their holiday feast. It was 8 in the evening, I just finished reviewing all the patients' health reports. Because of the blizzard 3 days ago, a lot of people were confined in the hospital. Since most of the regular night shift doctors were on leave tonight, I decided to help the other two doctors who were on duty tonight. My family doesn't really celebrate Christmas, for us it was just like an ordinary day. In case you don't know, all the members of my family were vampires. We're not like the typical vampire, we don't drink human blood. We considered our self as vegetarians. We drink animal blood to survive, we denied our own nature.
I'm the one who founded this life style. 'Killing' was against my belief and moral. After years of experience, I painfully learned what's right from wrong. I intended to live my life as good person, well in my case as a good vampire. I have gorgeous wife named Esme, she was everything a husband could ever ask for. I have five children; namely Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Jasper. Though we're not really blood related I treat them as if they were my own.
I closed my eyes feeling that something was not right. Then I heard my wife calling me from the living room.
"You better hurry up. You told me that you have a lot of patients waiting." Esme called lovingly.
"Thanks dear" I muttered as she handed me my attaché case. I have to admit, meeting Esme was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
"Is Carlisle going to the hospital?" Alice asked looking shock. Esme and I glanced at each other before looking back to our pixie like daughter. She has the gift to see the future; she rarely asked this kind of question. In fact, she has never asked this kind of question before as she could see it in advance.
Judging from her reaction she was not expecting me to do anything tonight.
"Something wrong Alice?" Rosalie asked from the sofa in the living room. Emmett was besides her watching the latest news about the sports.
I looked at Alice, she looked frustrated. Jasper, sensing his wife frustration, appeared beside her to comfort her using his power. Jasper has the power to manipulate emotions.
"She can't see anything. She can't get a glimpse of Carlisle future activities." Edward answered the unsaid question. He has the gift to read minds. As far as I know it was one of the reasons why he was still single. Emmett has Rosalie, Jasper has Alice, and I have Es--
"Carlisle, stop it" Edward sighed. I forgot he could read my mind.
"Alice what do you mean you can't see Carlisle future?" Esme asked. I held my wife's hand reassuring her.
"I don't know, I can try again" She paused. "Its blur but I saw Carlisle stopping his car." Alice continued.
"Do you think something bad will happen?" Emmett asked. He and Rosalie were now standing beside Esme.
"I'll go with you Carlisle, just to make sure." Edward said and disappeared.
"Now I can't see both of Edward and Calisle's future." Alice informed us.
"What do you think is happening?" Jasper asked me.
"I don't know. I guessed I need to find out." I said. I don't know but my intuition was telling me that I need to go no matter what. Someone needed my help.
"I also felt that way Carlisle." Edward said as he reappeared, he had change his clothes.
"Did we miss something" Rose asked irritated with the silent conversation. I looked at Edward did he just said that something was also forcing him to go?
"Yes, It feels like someone or something is asking for help" Edward said looking intently at me.
"What? Have you heard someone asking for help?" Emmett looked at Edward who shook his head, gesturing no. That means that the one who needs our help was miles away from here since Edward could hear people's mind as long as they're 1-3 miles from him.
"The last time you felt that way is when you stayed in the house despite of your duty in the hospital. It turns out to be the day Rosalie brought Emmett to us" Esme said looking at me. I glanced at every one, they looked shocked.
"Indeed, I remember that day. You said that someone needed you home no matter what" Edward nodded.
"Do you think someone needed our help" Rosalie stared at Edward.
"I can't see. If that's the case then I'll see it!" Alice said agitated. I noticed that she relaxed a bit when Jasper radiated his calm aura.
"I'll go now. Edward you coming?" I felt like some was urging me to go immediately.
Edward followed me while the rest of the family stayed.
In an instant we were on our way to the hospital. It was snowing, the temperature just drop to zero. The car's speed has reached 110 mph. I don't know why, but for some reason Edward and I have the same urge or whatever you called this feeling.
I felt Edward stiffened beside me. He looked at me and gestured to stop the car. Edward seems to hear someone's thoughts. The look in his face stated that he found it hard to listen to who ever was calling us. He went out and run into the forest. I followed him, but speed was one of his gifts. Edward was the fastest vampire I had ever known. I tried to follow and matched his pace but I obviously failed. It seems that he was concentrating so hard that he even forgot that I was following him.
By now, I was following his scent alone, he was a miles away. I continued to run only to be stopped by a cry from an infant. I saw Edward holding a baby who seems to be months old. Lying beside him was a man who was badly injured.
"Carlisle, he's still breathing. Check his condition." Edward immediately said comforting the baby in his arms. The infant stopped crying, she looked at the injured man with worried eyes. It seems that she understood what was happening.
"Take ca--" I interrupted him. I told him that what ever he needs to say could wait later; I need to tend him first.
At first glance, it looks like that the man was only suffering from exhaustion, there was no wound at all. When I tried to touch him that's when I realized that all organs were bleeding. The man was having severe internal bleeding. I knew he won't last long.
"You're a vampire" The man stated wincing in pain. I looked at Edward who was now looking intently at the man. He was hearing and seeing what ever this man went through. I wonder how the man knew what we are. I examined the man more closely, his hair was chocolate-brown which matches his deep brown eyes. I glanced at the man's t-shirt. It was covered by blood, but not human blood. The smell of the blood and its pinkish color confirmed my suspension. It was vampire's blood. The child in Edward's arm was also covered by the same blood.
"I promised" He vowed. I saw Edward tighten his hold to the child, then the man died. I closed his eyes as a respect. I stood up and looked at the child in Edward's hand. I wonder what the child's name was.
"Bella. Isabella Marie Swan" Edward answered my thoughts. The child embraced Edward tightly, she was silently crying. I was about to carry the man's dead body when Edward interrupted me.
"Leave it there. The man wished that whoever did this to his family, come to the conclusion that this child is dead." Edward said to me.
"Let's bring her to the hospital." I said to him.
"No! It's too dangerous. We'll have to bring her home. I'll tell you the story later with the rest of the family." I nodded. Edward's hold to the child was tight but gentle, not to mention protective. It seems that he had decided to protect the child from her father's killer.
I followed Edward, this time his pace was gentle. He was making sure that the baby was comfortable in his arms. When we reached the car, I called Esme to inform her about the baby. I told her that we're on our way home and the baby was coming with us. She asked if everything was okay and if the baby needs anything. I told her that the child needs new clothes and food. After calling Esme, I called the hospital informing them that there's a family emergency.
Edward took off his jacket and wrapped it around the baby to keep her warm. Good thing the infants was wearing a cap to protect her head from the wind and the snow. I wonder How long did she stayed out in the forest waiting for our help? By the looks of the man it seems that they been waiting there around 5-3 hours. But judging from the looks of the baby it seems that she has been out in the forest 30 minutes tops.
"They been in the forest since this afternoon" Edward whispered. The baby was now sleeping comfortably to his arms. I stared at him with disbelief. The child would have died if they stayed that long in the forest, especially at this kind of weather.
"Carlisle I'll explain it all in front of the family" Edward said looking at the angel in his arms. I just nodded and drove faster.
Carlisle POV
When we got home the whole family except for Alice and Esme was waiting for us. As soon as Edward was out of the car, the baby immediately woke up. The baby saw Rosalie and immediately reached out for her.
"Mmama!" the baby called out. Rosalie blinked. All of us stared for a long moment. Even Edward seems surprised and then he seems to understand the child's reaction. But he still looked frustrated. Rosalie took the child from Edward. The infant nestled closely to Rosalie, believing that she was her mother.
A yellow porch just arrived. It was Esme and Alice carrying a lot of things. Apparently as soon as they've found out that we were having a baby in the house, they went shopping for the baby's necessities.
"It's freezing. Bring the child inside" My wife said. I helped her carried the shopping bags. Jasper did the same to Alice.
Edward and Emmett followed Rosalie who was carrying the baby.
"The child's name is Bella" I heard Edward tell to the rest of the family.
Carlisle POV
Rosalie and Alice was now busy cleaning the baby while Esme was arranging the baby's necessities in the kitchen. All the boys were in the living room waiting for them to finish. I was looking at Edward who was now caught up in his own world.
Just then I saw Alice and Rosalie came out. Rosalie was still the one carrying the baby. Her face was buried to Rosalie's hair. The baby was now wearing a light blue satin dress. I saw Alice threw the baby's old clothes into the recycle bin, and then she sat down beside Jasper. Esme emerged from the kitchen carrying a bottle of milk for the baby. I noticed Edward's intense look at the bottle of milk. He looked at it as if it was something that would make the baby sick.
"You mind?" Esme asked Rosalie if she could hold the baby. Rosalie hesitated at first then gave Bella to Esme.
"She's really pretty. Her beauty can be compared to a beautiful angel" Esme said looking at child while giving her the milk. The child has brown hair that matched her deep brown eyes like her father's. Her lips and nose was sculptured into perfection. Her skin was beautifully pale that would surely stand out. Observing everyone, all of us seem to agree that she was the prettiest baby alive.
"It's a good thing that we installed heater for our human façade. Or else we'll be force to take her into a hotel." Rosalie said reaching out for the baby. The baby held Rosalie's thumb using her little fingers.
"We tried to wash the vampire scent off her skin but we failed. Rosalie told me that we'll need to do that later because if she stays any longer in the water she'll get sick." Alice said to Esme when she noticed her inhaling the little angel's scent.
"The baby's scent will always be like that no matter what you do" Edward said still looking at the baby. We all stared Edward curiously wondering what he meant.
"Edward, would you mind telling us what happened to this Angel." I asked.
Every one of us was looking at Edward. We all don't have a clue of what he means.
Alice gasped as she saw Edward's future explanation.
"The baby--" Alice looked at the baby with a strange expression in her face. Then she went beside Esme to touch her little feet.
"Yes Alice. She's half human and half vampire" All of us, well except for Alice, looked shocked.
"In the man's memories, his wife has been bitten by a vampire on the night of their honeymoon. In their hotel room balcony in the 20th floor, he saw a silhouette of a lady who jumped from their balcony. Next thing he knew, his wife was lying in her own pool of blood. He was about to call the ambulance when his wife stopped him. She told him that if she was going to die, she wanted to make love with him first. She reasoned him that if she dies she would have no regrets." Edward continued.
"Meaning they made love with each other while the vampire venom is spreading in her veins?" I asked disbelief. Who would do such a thing? Especially when the burning pain starts?
"I know Carlisle, I myself would not believe if I had not saw it my self in the man's memories. It's a good thing that he was reminiscing the past when I heard him. Or else we'll be clueless about Bella's existence" Edward answered my question.
"Then? What happened next?" Rose asked eagerly.
"After three days, his wife woke up as a vampire with Bella in here womb." Edward paused.
"As a new born she had the power to control her thirst. The husband buys human blood from the hospital secretly so that he could feed his wife and the infant in her womb. That's how her wife survived from the thirst. Then a group of powerful vampires was informed about the pregnant vampire. They actually thought that it's the wife gift to conceal babies. The powerful vampires waited until the baby was born and that was after 3 months. As soon as the baby was born, the mother suffered from blood thirst and was immediately killed by the same vampires. The husband carried her daughter out to protect her but one of the vampire has a gift to injured his target internally. That's what happened to the man. The vampires were about to take Bella from her father's arm, when she released some kind of shield that keep them away from her and her father. That's when the man runs into the forest." Edward finished.
I looked around and watched the expression of my family. Esme, Rosalie and Alice all gathered around Bella while Edward, Jasper, Emmett and I stared at the baby.
What a tragic life does this baby has. But now I think that Bella will have a happy life because now she has found a family. A family that would surely protect and love her. I could feel my family's determination to protect this baby from harm and suffering.
I heard Edward cough to attract our attention ones again.
"Carlisle" He looked at me then turned his attention to everyone. "You know I promised, Carlisle… Every one, I promised to his father that I'll take care of her and that she'll be in good hands before he died. I want to ask everyone to help me" Edward said sincerely.
"Hash! Child your being silly." Esme told him.
"Without you asking. We'll still do it!" Alice stated.
"We'll protect her from danger and pain" Emmett continued.
"Yeah! Protect her from sadness and suffering." Jasper said.
" Beside she already called me mama!" Rosalie smiled.
"Rose, she called you her mom because you looked like her mother. Blond and as pale as you." Edward informed her.
"We'll be the family she'll never have" I said as I stood up and went behind Esme.
The baby fell asleep in Esme arms. Rosalie took and held her lovingly. The rest of the family just watched as the sleeping angel mumbled something in her sleep. We all laughed when we heard her say 'ba-ba'. We guessed she was dreaming about her appetite. The sound of her voice was magical; we all automatically want to give her what ever she would ask or requested. I conclude that she will be the most spoiled baby ever existed. I looked around and saw Alice and Edward frowned.
"I can't see her future clearly. I can see just a glimpse not to mention blurry." Alice said softly so that only we could hear. Apparently she doesn't want the baby to wake up.
"At least you can see something; I can't read her mind at all. Jasper, what about you?"
"I don't know. I can't feel her emotions. Let me try if I could control her emotions" Jasper concentrated. Bella laughed in her sleep. The sound of her giggled brought happiness to each one of us. "I could manipulate her emotion but I can't feel her emotion." Jazz continued.
Bella laughed once again, all the frustration was forgotten. It seems that from now on our life style would change.
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Ordinary POV
The Cullen family discovered few things about Bella after her first week with them.
First, their vampire gifts were blocked by Bella. Edward can't hear a thing from her, Alice can see her future but just a glimpse and blurry. Jasper can't feel her emotions but he could manipulate it.
Second, Bella's deep brown eyes turn to bluish-silver eyes every time she's upset or angry. Her dad has the same deep brown eyes. While Edward said that her mom's eyes has the same shade of bluish- silver eyes, the only difference was that Bella's eyes seems to glow in the darkness.
Thirdly, she grows up very quickly. According to Carlisle's measurements, a year was equivalent to two years when it comes to Bella. Meaning she'll be 16 years old in just 8 years.
Fourth, She has a vampire gift but still not sure what.
Fifth, her skin was safe in sunlight. It won't sparkle like an ordinary vampire skin. There was a very subtitle glimmers in her skin that stand out without raising human suspensions.
Lastly, her mind was like a mind of a four year old child despite of her appearance as an infant.
