Flames thundered around me. The cries of the young woman echoed in my ears. The man nearby lay on the floor, the smoke suffocating him. The trembling woman's charred voice spiralled around me. The echo was loud enough for anyone outside to hear.
I wasn't crying. I didn't flinch at the flames. I didn't see the problem. I couldn't work out why the woman was in so much pain.
Her cries were not for herself. They were not screaming save me. They were screaming a name I had never heard. They were screaming 'save Acacia.' I jumped alert suddenly as a crash came from behind me. The crib I was in had begun to burn.
"Acacia!" The woman's voice called again. The words seemed to be searching for something. I scanned my fresh new memory to figure out who she was.
My mind suddenly flashed the memory I had been searching for. The fire. The woman. The woman, she was my mother. The man, my father. The fire, it had started seconds before I was born.
"Edward stay there." A new voice reached my ears. A male voice. More calm than mothers.
"Ewad?" I stuttered. My voice startled me. I was only about half an hour old. I could already speak? Well kind of.
"Who ever is there, please save her. Acacia, save my daughter." Mother's voice suddenly stopped. I could no longer hear her straining for breath. She was gone.
I wanted to cry. I should have cried. But I just sat. Still and silent. The flames around me scolding me. The little girl, pale skinned and lonely. Like something out of a fantasy book.
I opened my mouth to scream, but no sound came this time. The only sound I heard was the roar of the flames. The fury of them seemed to make sense to me in an odd way. They seemed in pain. They seemed upset, angered by something, or some one.
Footsteps interrupted my thoughts. The steps were fast and they grew louder as they grew closer.
I saw a shadow through the flames. It was too fast to follow. The next thing I knew, two cold hands picked me up out of the cot. I reached back for the flames. I heard the person who owned the cold hands gasp. I tilted my head as I looked at them, my eyes focused on the outline of the figure. It was a man, possibly the same man who's voice I had heard before.
I ignored them. I turned and reached back for the fire. It was apparent what I was reaching for. I felt the man's grip on me tighten slightly. I spun around as more footsteps approached.
"Carlisle we need to leave." I peered around the man who held me to see another man. One that looked only a boy. He was younger than this man, but only slightly. "Did Alice even say why this girl was different?"
"Carlil?" I stammered again.
"I think I just found two reasons." Carlisle looked down at me again. I looked up at him. "Edward, look at her eyes."
"Huh?" I whimpered as the boy walked over. He looked more serious and slightly scarier than Carlisle. I buried my face in Carlisle's jacket.
"It's okay, Acacia. He won't hurt you." Carlisle's soft voice reached my ears and slowly I uncovered my face and turned from him, to look at Edward.
"Her eyes are the same colour as the flames." Edward's eyes looked at mine then looked at the flames, they looked back to me again in shock.
"She was reaching for the flames just before you came."
"Edwad. Carlil." I stuttered the names once again.
"She is not even an hour old. How is it possible for her to talk?" Edward was watching me in shock. I just looked up at Carlisle.
"How is it possible she is not burnt?" He backfired at Edward. His calmness, it seemed, me and Edward were finding annoying. I looked away and reached for the fire again.
"Not burnt? Not possible." Edward folded his arms. His eyes looked at what I was reaching toward. "Fire?" He whispered.
"I would of said the same. When I asked Alice why this one human baby was so special, she just smiled and told me that I would find out." Carlisle looked at Edward. "She certainly is different."
"We should hurry up and leave." Edward looked away toward the door. "The fire department may have seen the smoke."
"Fire." I said. My high, piano-like voice startled them. "Pane. Fire." I pointed at the flames again. "Afraid."
"Is she trying to tell us the fire is in pain?" Edward looked back at me. I nodded quickly.
"How would she know that?" Carlisle also looked back at me. His golden eyes were wide in wonder.
"Maybe it is because she was born in the fire." Edward spoke firmly. "She might seem to understand it."
"Understand fire?" Carlisle didn't look away from my eyes. It was kind of scary. The shock in them. I quickly looked away from him. My arms reached for Edward this time. "I think she wants you. I think the shock in my eyes is scaring her. You must seem a lot more relaxed to her."
"Oh." Edward took me out of Carlisle's arms and held me in his. "We should go." He looked at the flames.
"Fire." I repeated.
"We can't stop it being in pain, Acacia. I'm sorry." He looked down at me. "She seems to be quite alert for a really, newborn human."
"I agree." Carlisle nodded. "Let's go." With those last two words Carlisle dissapeared from my view.
"Come on kid." Edward said to me. He suddenly began to run. In less than second we were outside. I froze in shock. He laughed at my reaction. "It's all right."
"Human baby remember?" Carlisle was waiting for us outside. I looked around, I knew why no one had heard my mother's screams. We were in the middle of a forest. A house in between a river and the woods. The other side of the water the woods continued. There appeared to be no town or people for miles. How did these two find me?
"Oh!" Edward looked at Carlisle in alert. His voice startled me, I was slightly scared again.
"What is it?" Carlisle jumped at Edward's sudden outburst.
"I just realised, I haven't been reading her mind. I just got a random part of her thoughts."
"Odd. Can you read her mind now?"
"No."
"Mind." I smiled. Repeating Carlisle's words.
"You really are an odd human aren't you Acacia?" Carlisle looked down at me. My mind was not so alert now. Maybe. I thought. I felt Edward's arms shake as he laughed.
"I think she has calmed down. Maybe when her mind is less stressed or confused, or scared, etcetera, her mind is more open." Edward explained his idea to Carlisle.
"So when she is less alert, you can read her mind?" Carlisle questioned Edward.
"It would seem that way." He smiled.
I watched the two talk. I rolled my eyes and hit Edward's arm. Ow! His skin is like a rock! I looked down at my throbbing hand. I felt myself whimper slightly.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. You'll hurt yourself." He sighed, shaking his head at me. He chuckled at my thought once again.
I guessed. I said in my head.
"She's quite sarcastic for some one who does not have the slightest idea what is going on." He smiled at Carlisle.
"Who should not." Carlisle corrected. "Why what did she say?" He looked down at me.
"She said she guessed." Edward snorted with laughter.
I had figured out he could read my mind now. It's not funny, that really hurt. What are you rock?
"Close, Acacia. Close." He laughed again.
What do you mean? I had also figured out that people kept calling me Acacia because it was my name.
"Tell you later."
"Let's go home." Carlisle told Edward who nodded.
"Ready to meet Alice? Be prepared, Acacia." Edward looked at me. "Come on then." With that they started to run.
It made me feel a bit dizzy. I felt myself falling asleep as they ran. I closed my eyes and buried my head in Edward's jacket. I slowly drifted off to sleep.
Just perfect. The first time I sleep. The first dream I have. Nearly tears me to pieces.
I was stood next to some one I didn't know. A tall boy, with blonde curly hair. On the other side of him was a shorter girl. Her hair was black and pixie-like. I saw nothing familiar about them. Then I noticed one thing. Their eyes. They were exactly the same golden colour that shone in Carlisle and Edward's eyes.
I looked behind me. Edward was stood there, a girl, who looked about the same age stood next to him. Her hair was brown, dark brown, darker than Edwards. I saw Carlisle and a woman stood the other side of Edward, the woman's hair was just a bit lighter than the girl stood beside Edward. Finally nest to the dark haired girl I saw a tall dark-haired boy. His hand was holding the girl's hand who was on the other side of him. She was utterly beautiful. She had golden hair and her skin was pure white. It took me this long to figure out something. All the people around me were like this. I Saw a puddle next to my feet and looked at my reflection in it. It was like theirs. I wasn't entirely sure it was me I was seeing.
Light brown hair with light blonde streaks in it. Pure white skin and rose red lips. Then I was startled again. My eyes were flame red. My mind sent itself back to my birth. The fire. The screaming. My head suddenly echoed with screaming. It spiralled around in my head, seeming as though it would never stop.
I awoke quickly. I clung tightly to Edward. He had stopped running when I had begun to squirm. My eyes were locked shut. I did not scream and I did not cry. I just clung more tightly than before. I was scared.
"Acacia?" Edward looked at me, concern in his gold eyes. "Carlisle, Acacia is upset. She seems terrified."
"Hurry up and get her home. We'll find out when we get there."
"Her mind is closed again."
"Then we should hurry." Carlisle answered.
Sorry. I calmed my mind down just enough so Edward heard my thoughts. I felt his pat my head.
"It's all right. You have nothing to apologise for."
I clung to him for the rest of the time they ran. I did not look up when we stopped. I heard Carlisle open a door ahead of us and Edward walked through.
"Is that her?" A girl's voice reached my ears. I flinched and held on tighter to Edward.
"Yes Alice." Carlisle said from behind us. "Her name is Acacia."
"What's wrong with her, Edward? She looks scared." Alice seemed nice. But I was still to scared from my dream to look at her.
"She is." A male voice said. That voice sounded as though it came from next to Alice. "What happened?"
"Not sure. She was asleep then she started squirming. She woke up and she hasn't looked up out of Edward's jacket yet." Carlisle explained to them.
Nightmare. Edward I'm scared. I relaxed my mind again.
"It's okay now. What happened?" Edward spoke gently.
"She relaxed her mind to talk to you?" Carlisle asked Edward. I felt Edward nod.
"Acacia, tell me what happened. It will be all right." Edward was calmer than before. He was obviously trying to calm me down.
Screaming. It wouldn't stop. It won't stop. I told him in my mind.
"No one is screaming now. It's quiet. Listen." He stopped, letting me hear the silence. The only thing I heard was steady breathing all around me. Then some more footsteps. "Hello Esme."
"Hi Edward. This must be the little girl." A woman's soft relaxed voice came from behind me.
"No screaming." Edward whispered in my ear. I built up all my courage and turned my face to where the three new voices came from. I immediately froze. It was them. The boy and girl. The ones I had been stood next to in my dream. The other woman, she was the one stood next Carlisle.
"Creepy eyes." The boy whispered.
"Jasper!" The girl elbowed him. I immediately knew who that was. It was the first voice that I had heard when we came inside. Alice. Edward had asked me if I was ready to meet her. I guessed it was because she was so perky.
"He is right Alice. Her eyes are red." The other woman spoke. I guessed she was Esme.
"Jasper still shouldn't of called her creepy." Alice seemed nice. I reached out to her. Edward's grip on me tightened.
Please? She seems nice.
"Acacia." Edward stammered.
"Please Edward." Alice pleaded him. Edward's grip loosened again. I reached out to her once again.
"Fine." He sighed.
"Thank you." Alice picked me up out of Edward's arms and twirled me gracefully into hers. "You are really light."
"She is bound to be to you, Alice." Jasper commented.
"Jaspa. Alice." I attempted to say their names.
"Sure, she pronounces Alice's name properly." Edward rolled his eyes.
"Esma." I said.
"Jealous much Edward?" Alice laughed.
"Stop arguing you two." Jasper shook his head. He looked at me. I was scared. He squatted down so he was at my height. "No need to be scared, Acacia."
Tell Jasper I said I'm confused. I looked at Edward.
"She said she is confused."
"That makes two of us." A new deep voice commented. "Jasper, you are really calm considering the little squirt is human."
"Her name is not squirt, Emmett, it's Acacia. But you're right."
Who? I looked at the girl stood beside Emmett. The final couple from my dreams. Minus the girl with Edward.
"Rosalie." Edward told me.
She is pretty. I smiled at her. She smiled back.
"I don't think she needs any more of a confidence boost Acacia." He laughed.
Jasper. That was all I said.
"Sorry. Not now." Edward told me. Alice's arms loosened. I struggled.
"She wants Jasper." Alice said. "He won't hurt her, Edward."
"Huh?" Jasper jumped at Alice's words. "Me?" I nodded.
"But Alice-" Edward complained.
"Edward. Give him a chance. Preferably before Rosalie. She probably won't put her down." Emmett commented. I heard a large echo from the corner. Like two rocks clashing. Rosalie had hit him.
"I take Emmett's side." Carlisle added. He was probably the most in charge of everyone.
Edward. Jasper. Please. I looked at him with pleading eyes.
"I'm outnumbered. Even by the baby." Edward sighed. "Fine."
"Thank you." Alice smiled and handed me to Jasper. He was still. Frozen.
"Uh. Thanks." He said to Edward, taking me off Alice. He looked down at me. Then he looked at Edward, he was telling something to him, but using his mind. He and probably the rest of them, knew how to control their thoughts.
"Doesn't seem it." Edward sighed.
Something suddenly pierced through my ears. Screaming. I clung tightly to Jasper. He held me firmly.
"Edward? What's wrong with her?" Jasper's voice shook, concerned.
"Not sure. I have an idea though." He looked at Emmett and Rosalie. "What is on the T.V.?"
"Most haunted, why?" Rosalie answered.
"Turn it off please Rose. It's the screaming. She had a nightmare. It was basically just screaming, she said." Edward sighed. "I think I know whose. Carlisle she said mother, screaming. It won't stop."
"Hmm. The only way to stop that is to remove her mother from her memory. But that would mean removing the fire."
"Hey, she calmed down."
"Television is off." Rosalie walked back in.
Edward. Tell him sorry. I said in my head.
"She says sorry, Jasper. That she made you jump."
"I don't mind." I felt him shrug. I lifted my head up and looked at him. My eyes wide.
What did Emmett mean "why is Jasper so calm when she is human"?
"Oh." Edward rubbed the back of his neck. "Ask Emmett."
I can't. I thought sarcastically.
"Ask me what?" Emmett said suspiciously.
"She wants to know what you meant by Jasper being so calm when she is human."
"Ah."
Emmett. Tell him I said tell me. Oh and I want Rosalie.
"She said tell her. Oh and that she wants Rose."
"Carlisle would be better explaining really Acacia. You do realise that Rose won't give you back to Jasper right?" Emmett said sarcastically. I shrugged as Rose stood on his foot. She picked me up out of Jasper's arms.
"How about Carlisle explains later?" Rosalie said to me softly. I shrugged.
At least Carlisle might actually tell me.
"Relax Acacia." Edward told me.
I'm tired. But I'm scared.
"There is no need to be scared. Nothing will hurt you."
I'm scared for the fire. It was angry. "It was in pain." My high-pitched voice spoke. It was a shock for most of them minus Edward and Carlisle.
"When you said that before I said there was nothing we could do."
"I know. Sorry."
"Will you stop saying sorry."
Sorry. I said in my mind.
"Very funny, kid."
"Sleepy." I lay down in Rosalie's arms and gently closed my eyes..
"You finished her room right, Esme?" I heard Rosalie say.
"Yes, it is on the top floor. Next door to Alice's room." Esme said calmly.
"I'll take her." Rosalie insisted.
"All right." Carlisle said.
Rosalie moved nearly as fast as Edward. Within moments we were in a large rose red box room. A cot in front off Rosalie. She layed me down in it.
"Goodnight." She smiled. Stroked my forehead then left the room.
Edward. Rose come back.
"Rosalie. She wants you to stay with her for a little while." I heard Edward's voice say.
"Okay." Then Rosalie appeared by my side. "I'll stay for a little while okay?"
"Thank yu." I mumbled and I slowly fell asleep again.
