BPOV

I knew I couldn't sit around and wait for them to come home. They might never come home. I ran up to Alice's room and found a large backpack. I then ran to Carlisle's study. He had a large walk in safe hidden with documents, money, phone numbers, and anything else we may need. He also kept a copy of every picture of the family in the safe. I grabbed one of each family member, couple pictures, and a picture of the whole family together. I grabbed $50,000, 3 passports, licenses, birth certificates, and other important documents. There was money from every country so I grabbed some of that too. I also found a bunch of deeds to homes. I read over the addresses 3 times to make sure I would remember them. Next I found a list of all the houses his friends owned along with phone numbers. I memorized those too. I didn't want to have a copy of all the information on me in case I got taken again. On my way out of the safe I saw 2 pouches on a shelf. That caught my attention because they were the only things on the shelf. When I opened them I saw Alice's rings in one and Rosalie's in the other. I took those too and ran to my room. I put the documents in a special plastic envelope and wrapped that up in my clothes. I also wrapped the money up. If it was visible I might have a hard time going through customs. I packed a few more things I might need to help me including items to conceal my identity and burn vampires. I would just have to "dazzle" my way onto a plane. I also packed my laptop, iPod, camera, and DS. As a last minute thought I grabbed some language books so I could talk to the locals.

Once I was ready I went on a quick hunt. When I got back to the house I slid on a cami with a t-shirt overtop and a hoodie on top of that. I slid on some comfortable black slacks and tennis shoes. When the sun started to set I headed towards the airport. I had made sure to drink extra so I wouldn't slaughter everyone on the plane.

On the way I thought about my plan. I would start by heading to the various homes that my family owned then I would start going to family friends. As soon I landed in Asia I planned on getting a phone and paying like 6 months in advance. The closest house we owned was in Japan. So I headed there.

When I got to the airport and paid with the cash I had in my pocket. I had a bit of trouble getting through security. They didn't like the matches or lighters in my backpack. I tried to explain to them that it was necessary but they wouldn't listen. So I stepped a couple inches closer, tilted my head, batted my eyelashes, and breathed on them. After that they let me go through. I didn't have any problems with customs and was on the plane an hour after I had entered the airport. It was a red eye so very few people were on the plane. I held my breath the whole time.

When I landed in China I took another plane to Japan. From Tokyo I took a train 5 hours to Sapporo. I ran the rest of the way. But the house was empty. Everything was covered in a white sheet. I could tell by the smell that nobody had been here in at least 10 years. The sun was starting to come up so I had to stay here till sunset. Then I would be on the move looking for my family again.

That evening I grabbed my Japanese book and headed towards town. I bought a sprint phone. I asked around but nobody had seen my family. I did that every day for 13 days. Nobody had seen or heard from them.

I've been looking for 4 months. I stayed at each house usually for 1-2 weeks. I would ask around to see if anybody had seen anything but nobody did. I've become much more comfortable around humans and have almost no discomfort when I socialize with them. I've been to every house in Asia and half of them in Europe. I still have no clue what is going on. I know that a lot of vampires live in Europe but I have not seen or smelled one. It's almost as if they are in hiding.