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I could taste the saltiness of the sea water when I licked my lips, no, it tasted a little different than pure sea water. It's as though the liquid was mixed with blood. Out of sudden, I felt a piercing pain on my stomach.
I forced my eye lids to open, and I thought I saw a knife stabbed onto my stomach. But I couldn't be so sure. Did someone stab me, or did I stab myself?
My vision went blur. For a second, I vaguely heard people singing "Happy Birthday to you…" before everything went black.
I heard the soft whisperings of people beside me. "She's awake." a beautiful voice reached my ears, the relief and joy in her words were undeniable. She sounded like an excited kid. Then i slowly opened my eyes, only to find ten pairs of eyes staring at me.
I rubbed my eyes. Am I dreaming? Am I dead? They looked like angels. They had marble pale skins, godlike face, perfect features… and golden-topaz eyes, except for one girl who had chocolate brown eyes. Only one of them had dark russet skin, with dark hair and dark eyes.
While admiring their beauty, all of sudden plenty questions struck me. Who are they? Who am i? Why am I here? I could hear no heart beat except from that girl with the chocolate brown eyes and that dark russet skin man.
My heart raced, and I could feel myself blushing. There were so many questions swirling in my head that had to be asked. And then as a pang of horror hit me, I remembered that I had a stab on my stomach. My hands moved down towards my stomach, touching where I thought the wound was gingerly, but I could feel nothing. It was as if i wasn't even hurt in the first place. No scar. Nothing.
Someone cleared his throat and said "Jasper?" Out of sudden, a sea of calmness came to me.
I started to breath normally, and my heart beat at its normal rate. He who cleared his throat spoke, as if he was answering my thoughts, "Well, surprisingly, you are not dead. And you are not dreaming either," he chuckled.
Okay, I'm not dead, I am not dreaming. Haha. But still, who are they and who am I, I thought.
"I am Edward Cullen, this is my wife Bella and my daughter Renesmee, and Jacob." but Jacob nudged him and mouthed "Her boyfriend."
Edward rolled his eyes while Renesmee winked at Jacob, "Right, her boyfriend, Jacob. These are my family members, Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice. We found u by the beach, near La Push this afternoon. U were bleeding a lot, and since Carlisle is a doctor, he treated u. But…" He stopped out of sudden. What, he's a doctor?
Then, the man who looked so much like an actor instead of a doctor continued, "But, I saw that u were healing faster than any normal humans would, I decided not to bring u to the hospital. So I brought u to our old house, which is where u are now. And now I assume u look just like any other healthy 16 years old kid, with no scars from that stab." then he looked as if he couldn't believe what he just said.
Esme spoke this time with her motherly voice and look at me in my face, "Honey, can u introduce yourself?"
Oh no! I don't even know who I am. Who am I? Who am I? The memories I had of my past was dark, I couldn't find anything. I could think of nothing. I only had my memory since the time before I passed out, it was as if I was born today.
Edward spoke this time round, "Jasper!" I felt calm again.
"She could not remember who she was, why she was here." They whispered so fast, but I could still figure out what they were talking about. Wow, what great ears I owned.
"She was meant to stay with us, trust me." Alice said.
"Mummy, I want her. She looked like she's lonely." Said Renesmee. Hmm Renesmee? Her name sounded weird. Edward turned and faced me, "It's a name combined by both me and my wife's mum's name. Renee and Esme."
Oh. How can he answer what I just thought?
"Should we tell her who we are? She looked like she still had some knowledge, just that she forgot about her past and all. She can handle it I think. We can provide her a life, maybe a better life." said Esme. Then they all faced me.
Okay, I sure do know a lot, I still have knowledge of a 16 year old kid, or so I thought. But the only thing I could not remember was my past.
Carlisle opened his mouth and said, "Girl, do u believe in vampires?"
"U meant those who drink humans' blood, sleep in the coffin at daytime while come out at night to hunt? Well, perhaps?"
All of them burst into laughter, and it was Emmett who laughed the loudest. I just stared at them, wondering what made them laugh.
Carlisle spoke again, "Actually those are just myths created by humans. We, the vampires, do not sleep in the coffin at daytime, we don't sleep. And speaking of hunting, we are one of the covens, who don't drink humans' blood. We are the vegetarians, ones who feed on animals' blood."
Did he just connect all ten of them with vampires? I am in the room with ten vampires who do not feed on humans' blood? I suddenly feel like escaping, my mind kept shouting "Run! Run for your life!" but my legs just didn't bother to listen to it.
Edward said, with a soothing tone, "Don't worry we won't hurt you. Only eight of us are vampires, my daughter is a half human and half vampire while Jacob is a werewolf, a.k.a. shape-shifter. My wife here, was actually a human."
I saw Bella grinning at him, and then she said, "Yes indeed."
Oh, they won't hurt me. Okay.
I asked, "This means, you guys don't even know who am i? And why I healed so fast? And Edward, how can u answer my thoughts without me saying them out loud?"
He smiled, "Some vampires have special abilities. I, for one, have the ability to read other's mind. Bella love has the ability to shield, Alice's seeing of the future. Jasper can control emotions of others while Nessie can show u what she thinks by touching u."
Oh so that's why I feel calmness when Edward says, Jasper.
In her musical tone, Alice said, "We came back here to celebrate Seth's birthday by the beach. Then I had a vision, and I saw you with all of us, as a family. Out of sudden, we smelled blood. We followed the scent, and we found you. No, we don't know who you are. We left Forks a decade ago, and none of us, even the werewolves have seen you around this area."
Great, no one knows about me.
"I am very sorry, but I still can't figure out what made you heal so fast. You aren't like any of us. I have not encountered anyone like u in my 300 years life."
Having finished that sentence, Carlisle turned his gaze away from me, looking as if he was deep in thoughts and everyone threw me a look of sympathy.
Tears started trickling down my cheeks. I don't know who I am, maybe its fate that brought me here. Maybe my past was really heartbreaking that my mind just decided to keep it tightly shut in a place where I can never ever find it.
Renesmee touched my cheeks, and I saw what she saw, and what she thought about me. Wow what a gift. I hugged her, like I've found my one and only little sister.
"So wha—at do i… do now?" I asked while rubbing off my tears. I felt stupid for crying in front of them, they looked really kind.
I felt something on my finger, and I looked at it.
A diamond ring? Why is there a 10 karat ring on my ring finger? It looked so beautiful. The diamond was cut into the shape of a butterfly, with two tiny black crystals decorated on it.
I looked at Edward and he just shook his head. I continued staring at it, was I married? No way.
Carlisle said I look like a 16 years old kid, and how can one get married at such tender age?
There were five couples in the room, hugging each other. Was I like that before? I gave out a roar when I could not remember anything.
They looked at me, confused and caring.
"The ring was with you right when we've found you. We have no idea how it got into your hands." said Carlisle.
Esme came towards me, holding my hands with her icy cold hands, "We came to a solution. Since Alice saw that u will be with us as a family, Carlisle and I decided to adopt u as our another child."
Eyes were looking at me, eager to listen to my decision, hoping that I would say yes.
"Well, I can't, I just can't. You guys just saved my life, and now u're giving me a whole new life, as if I was reborn? I just can't do that, i have no connections with u and u treat me so nicely? I already owe u my life and I have nothing to repay."
I told myself, no, you can't intrude other's people's family. You are only a stranger. You already owe them your life. Besides, you have to find out about your past.
Jasper was the first to speak, "Most of us here have no connection with each other, and we are bonded by love. We are a family."
Emmett laughed, "Oh come on, sister, no one will dare to bet with Alice. U are joining our family no matter what." I raised my eyebrow, oh, Alice saw me staying with them.
Rosalie, the one and only beauty who stood out among them rubbed my arms, "Don't be silly, you are going to stay with us, and we can be a family. We can give u a new start. And if you wanna talk about owing us your life? Well, u can repay us by joining our family." She smiled a warming smile, as if I was her little sister.
I was easily convinced by their persuasive voice. Nobody in the right mind would have ignored these angels' wishes.
"Erm, I supposed so. Okay then, I am a Cullen now." I said while giving them a authentic smile. They all jumped and shouted like kids. Everyone took turn to hug me, but Emmett was like a teddy bear, "Teddy, i—can't--bre-eatthhee."
"Oopss sorry, I forgot," he said. "Never mind. I guess I need to get used to that. But what's my name?" I asked curiously.
