1 month later

I hadn't gone. I ended up calling Edward and telling him I just couldn't do it. He said he understood and occasionally we would talk. I was friends with him and his family by now. Bella seemed nice. I hadn't met his parents. Don't get me wrong, I was beyond curious about what he had to tell me, but I just wasn't ready. Later that day I went to my favorite place in the woods to think.

I sat down and instead began to read out of a book. It was about vampires and just as I got to a part where one vampire was sucking a person's blood, I heard a sound. I looked up and looked around. Then I heard it again very lightly. I stood and was about to walk off when a lady was suddenly in front of me.

"Well, hello my little vampire." She said.

"wha-what?" I asked.

She stood still for a moment.

"Weird, you have a heartbeat. Must mean blood. Oh, well, I'll just enjoy you instead." She told me.

She pounced and was in mid-air when something collided with her. I screamed. It was Edward. With him was Emmett and Jasper.

Edward yelled to Jasper "get her out of here." Jasper turned and started to come toward me. I was shaking but managed to speak.

"Stay away from me." I told him.

I turned and ran at full speed. At first I heard Jasper following but then I lost him. I sat down with my back against a tree and finally realized they were vampires. I closed my eyes and listened. I heard a voice.

"Are you sure she came this way Edward?" a man asked.

"Yes, Carlisle, I'm sure. I can hear her thoughts. She's listening and she doesn't understand what's going on." Edward replied.

I looked around searching for them but I didn't see anything. How could this be happening? I thought. I ran so fast and I can hear them when they are obviously so far away.

"If you come out we can explain" Edward called out to me.

I don't know if I can trust you. I thought to him.

He was suddenly sitting in front of me about 6 feet back. I gasped, frightened.

"It's okay." He told me.

"No, it's not. This isn't natural. This is impossible!" I told him.

He smiled at me. He then stood up and walked slowly toward me. He held out his hand but I shied away from him.

"It's time you learn the truth." He told me.

I nodded and he picked me up, cradled me in his arms and ran toward the Cullen mansion. I must have been a little pale because he looked worried when he set me down. Alice was suddenly in front of me and I jumped.

"Alice, don't do that." Edward told her.

Just then, Emmett, Jasper and the man Carlisle, I think came out of the forest. Carlisle smiled at me but I looked at him warily. I couldn't trust any of them until I knew what was going on. Edward led me inside the house where I saw all of the other Cullen children along with a lady.

"This is Esme." Edward told me.

He led me to the couch and I sat down. Alice came and sat next to me. Edward began,

"This may come as a shock to you, but we are vampires. Now we don't drink human blood, we drink animal blood. We like to call ourselves 'vegetarians'. 14 years ago, Bella was human and we were in love. We got married and she got pregnant.

"She gave birth to three children, two boys and a girl. The boys are Josh and Anthony. The girl's name was Elizabeth. The Volturi are a group of vampires who rule the vampire world. They came and took Elizabeth to see if she could live in the human world without killing someone. Avery, you are Elizabeth. I am your father and Bella is your mother.

"You are half-vampire, half-human." I sat shocked with my mouth wide open.

I heard Emmett say "flies will nest."

I turned and stuck my tongue out at him.

"What?" he asked.

"You said, 'flies will nest'" I told him.

"No I didn't…"

"You thought it." Edward said, looking at me in amazement.

"Wait, he thought it?" I asked.

"Yes, it seems like we have another mind-reader." Carlisle said.

Everyone groaned. Edward smiled at me. I was still a bit hesitant with the fact that they were all vampires. I eventually went to live with the Cullen's since they were technically my biologic family. Of, course. I had never tasted blood in my life so after I moved in with them, Emmett decided it was well time that I should. I was sitting in the Cullen's living room with my back to the door, when I heard someone trying to sneak up behind me.

It wasn't Anthony or Josh because they would have made more sounds. I pushed my arm out toward the sound, heard a crash and "OOF!" Emmett. I was suddenly surrounded by my family.

"What happened?" Edward/Dad, yelled.

I smiled. That's what he gets for messing with me. I turned around to assess the damage.

"How did you do that?" Emmett asked and everyone looked at me.

I shrugged and felt the familiar tug from my stomach. As I held out my hands to both sides, Alice and Carlisle were both pushed back a few feet.

"It's not nice to sneak up on people." I told him.

"Amazing," Carlisle exclaimed "she has a shield like Bella except its physical, not mental."

I grinned at him. He just glared at me and stalked out of the room.

"Emmett, don't be a baby!" I called to him.