Chapter 2: Strange Girl

Edward's POV

Emmett was being even more annoying then usual right now so I decided to go hunting, just as an excuse to get away from my annoying brother.

I had just drained the blood of a deer when I heard something unusual. The sound of a human baby crying. When I stopped to really listen I was able to hear two babies, but that wasn't all. I also heard a woman screaming bloody murder. A gust of wind blew her scent, as well as that of her two babies toward me.

Her scent. It was intoxicating. I had never smelled something quite as delicious as hers. The monster in me throated to make an appearance. I had never been so tempted to drink a human's blood before. It was tantalizing.

I followed the scent and the sound of the crying babies. The scene before me was horrific. There was a young woman, no older then 17 or maybe 18, laying on the grass. From the teeth marks on her neck I could tell that another vampire had attacked her and left her there. Right next to her were two human babies. A boy and a girl.

I picked up the two babies. There was something about the boy's scent that seemed off to me. I couldn't quite figure out what it was, only that it was like no human scent that I had ever smelled before.

I didn't have time to think about that though. I needed to get these two babies and this girl somewhere safe.

I heard a noise behind me but from the scent alone I knew that it was just Carlisle. Alice probably had a vision and sent him here.

"Alice sent me" Carlisle said, confirming my suspicions. He started to examine the girl to see if she could be saved but I had a feeling that the venom had already spread too far for her to be saved. Her skin was already as pale as a vampire's. Her pregnancy stomach also seemed to be shrinking, which was strange because usually when the change happens it changes you exactly as you are. It heals you and erases things like tattoos, scars, and all of the little imperfections that humans had, but that was it. Nothing of this magnitude.

"What are we going to do? We can't just leave them here" I said.

"It's too late to stop the change. The venom has already spread to far. The best we can do is take her home and once the change is over she can decide if she wants to stay with us or not"

"What about her babies?" I questioned.

"The most practical thing to do would be to take them to an orphanage. Once their mother is a vampire they won't be safe around her" was Carlisle's answer.

I didn't like the idea of taking them to an orphanage. What if they never got adopted? What if they were treated poorly? What if this woman was angry with us for taking her babies to an orphanage while she was changing? That's probably not possible though. Newborns only cared about one thing when they are first changed. Blood. This girl would be no different.

"Look Edward we will take all of them back to the house for now. The babies will stay with us for a few days for observation then we will take them to an orphanage.

"You're right"

I carried the two babies as carefully as I could. I walked back to the house at a human pace because I didn't want to scare the babies. The girl yawned and fell asleep in my arms. The boy on the other hand looked around at the world around him, his eyes widened as he took in everything around him. He seemed unusually aware of his surroundings for such a young human baby. His temperature also seemed slightly off. I didn't think too much of it. It probably wasn't a big deal. What had me more confused then anything was his scent. It was unlike anything that I had ever smelled before. It was kind of sweet like a vampire's was but with quite a bit of human mixed in.

When I got home everyone was already waiting for me. Carlisle had already set up a place for the woman to stay as she completed her conversion into a vampire.

I refused to give up my babies when Rosalie wanted to hold both of them. The only reason she didn't rip my head off for that was because she did't want to 'risk any harm coming to the babies'. It was guaranteed that she would be pissed off at me for a long time to come now. I didn't care. As a weird as it sounds even to me I had already formed at attachment with the two human infants. There was just something about them that made me want to care for them and protect them.

"Any news on the girl?" I asked him.

"No. None. Unfortunately it was too late to try to give her morphine to prevent the pain. Her veins had already sealed off so there isn't much that I can do" Carlisle explained sadly. He hated seeing humans suffer and know that there wasn't anything that he could do about it.

"Anyway it's time that I examined the babies and see how they are doing" he said. I instantly tightened my grip on them.

"Just let me see them one at time at least" Carlisle said.

"Okay fine" I told him. I passed him the girl and kept the boy.

The boy started crying and I could not figure out what was wrong with him.

"He's probably hungry" Rosalie said."Maybe he didn't even get the chance to eat before that vampire attacked his mom"

I thought about it for a second and realized that she had a valid point. He probably didn't get the chance to eat and he was just hungry.

"Why don't you go put a diaper on him and I'll make his food meanwhile. Alice took the liberty of buying the necessary things when she had a vision of you coming home with babies earlier"

"Okay" I said. Though I was unsure of how to put on a diaper. It was not something that I ever did before but it couldn't be too hard, could it?

It proved to be quite a bit difficult as I had no idea what to do. I had laid the baby on the bed. I had the materials I needed with me but I couldn't figure out what to do.

Before I could figure it out he peed on me. I quickly figured it out before he could do that again.

I could smell the nasty formula downstairs. How could anyone, even a baby, drink that?

Rosalie gave me the bottle, but not before attempting to take the baby for me.

I adjusted him so that he could eat easier. When he saw the bottle he stopped crying and sniffed at it. That was weird.

I put the nipple in his mouth and he took a few sips before spitting it all overe. Then he was attempting to push the bottle away from him.

"Well that's weird"' Rosalie said.

"Yeah it's extremely weird. Human babies don't reject baby formula" I said. "Maybe I should go ask Carlisle about it"

I didn't wait for her answer. I walked up to Carlisle's office where he was still examining the girl.

Before I could say anything the baby boy managed to snatch a blood bag that had been sitting on the edge of the counter. He ripped it open extremely fast and started drinking.

All I could think was 'what the hell is going on?!'

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