Bella's POV
I woke up finding Charlotte staring at me. I laughed. "You always watched me sleep. It's so weird." I say laughing.
"I was bored and I do not watch you sleep. I wasn't sleepy so I listened to your dreams." She replies. I went through my head trying to remember what I dreamt about but I couldn't remember. "You dreamt about Edward." She says trying to get me to remember. I thought hard about it but I still couldn't remember what I dreamed about. "That's all I am saying. To be honest when you had your first dream that night, it was interesting but the second dream you had was foul, just inappropriate my dear sister." She says. I blushed than we both laughed together. I smelt breakfast and got up to go downstairs. I slipped on my slippers that Maria got me for Christmas and began to walk downstairs. I stopped in the doorway looking at Charlotte.
"You aren't coming?" I ask.
"I was only staying for the night, it would be out of line for me to eat their food. You go ahead." She says.
"When they prepare you food it is their way of showing their generosity. If you do not eat it, I think that would be rude considering that they cooked it for the both of us." I reply smiling. She got up and followed me downstairs.
"Good morning." Esme greets us.
"Good morning." I reply smiling. Charlotte looks uncomfortably to the floor. She looks up at Esme.
"Hello." She says embarrassed. "Thank you for allowing me to stay here." She says with a smile. Esme smiles back.
"You are welcome, dear." She says placing two plates on the bar in the kitchen. Charlotte and I sat on the bar stools and ate our breakfast. Emmet came in the kitchen, resting his arms on the counter and watched us eat. Esme went into the living room. Charlotte laughed.
"What are you doing?" She says laughing.
"It is interesting watching you guys eat." He answers with his goofy smile that shows his dimples. Maria walked in then.
"Leave the girls alone and let them eat their food in peace." She says pulling him out of the kitchen. The two humans laughed as we finished our breakfast. Charlotte washed both of our plates and I showed her where to put them.
"You ready for our walk." I ask anxious.
"Sure." She says nervous
"I'm sure it isn't that bad." I say laughing. She gave a fake laugh. We walked outside. We walked for a few miles, I am guessing she is trying to get out of vampire hearing but she continued to play with her hands as we walked.
"Okay, do you remember everything I use to tell you about mom's side of the family?" She asks me. I thought about it for a second then nod.
"Yes, I do." I say trying to see where she is going with this conversation. We stepped out to an open field. We sat down on a rock.
"It is all true." She says.
"I know that." I say smiling.
"Really?" She literally shouts. "Well, that makes this all so much easier." She took a deep breath. "Bella, we are witches." She says. We stared at each other for a long moment. She snapped her fingers in my face. I blinked.
"You mean like real witches?" I ask. She nod. "Okay, so I have been born all this time and haven't been told that I am a witch." I say clearly pissed off.
"Don't get feisty with me! I have told you more than a hundred times. Just because you do not remember doesn't mean I did not tell you." She snaps. I sat there in shock. It was only on rare occasions when she talked to me like that but I should have known better. She has always hated being accused of something that she didn't do.
"I'm sorry." I say looking at the ground.
"It's okay. I'm sorry too." She says.
"So, that's it. Is that all you wanted to talk about?" I ask.
"No." She paused. "Bells, I am your trainer. I talk to the Castest and they have agreed to allow me to be your trainer." She told me.
"My trainer for what?" I ask confused.
"You are a witch so you have to be trained to keep your powers in check. Lets say for an example, if someone pisses you of, you can easily kill them if you do not train and learn how to control your actions." She answers.
"Wow, I could really kill someone?" I ask in amusement. She laughs.
"Yes, you can but you must not use your powers for things like that. You will be 18 in a month. I should have been here earlier but I am not so we have to get a year of training into a month. I am very sorry that I wasn't here when you first turned 17." She says. I rub her cheek with the back of my hand.
"It's okay. The good thing is that you are here now." I sooth her. She gave me a small smile. "Why did you leave?" I ask lightly. She sighs.
"I had to train someone." She replies.
"Oh, have you trained a lot of people?" I ask. She nods.
"We will start tomorrow." She says standing up.
"Alice, Victoria and I are going out tomorrow. May I start the day after that?" I ask. She sighs.
"Yes." She sighs. As we walk back to the house, a question comes to mind.
"Can I tell the Cullen's?" I ask.
"Of course you can but you can not tell Charlie nor anyone else who is human." She answers.
"I gotcha." I reply as we walk up the stairs into the house. We walk in and everyone is present in the living room. I can feel Charlotte stiffen beside me. "Thank you, everyone for allowing me to stay but I must get going." I followed her upstairs.
"You will be back, right?" I ask.
"Of course, I will be here the day after tomorrow." She says giving me a hug. I held the biggest grin ever. She was never a touchy feely type of person but however she just hugged me. I feel like the happiest person alive. We walked downstairs as she told everyone good bye and thanked Esme and Carlisle again.
"You are welcome back anytime." Esme tells her. Charlotte stared at Esme in shock for a few moments.
"I am not trying to be rude but how do you know Bella?" Maria asks Charlotte. Charlotte and I look at one another before she answers.
"Bella and I are sisters, twin sisters to be exact." Charlotte answers with a hence of confusion. The room filled with gasps.
"Bella, why didn't you tell me you have a sister?" Edward asks.
"I don't know. I wasn't sure I was going to see her again, so I didn't say anything." I say looking to the floor. Charlotte kisses my forehead.
"I have to go." She almost whispers. With that being said she left the house. I heard her pull out of the driveway as I stood there feeling like a part of me has faded.
"She will be back." Jasper says to me.
"I'm still confused. Why didn't you tell me?" Edward says somewhat gentle.
"How come we have never seen her?" Victoria and Emmet ask together. I sat beside Edward.
"I'm sorry." I say into his shoulder.
"How long has she been gone?" Jasper asks.
"Six years." I answer.
"Wait, am I the only one wondering why we let a human leave, to go move things in her house and didn't ask her if she needed help. I think that was rude of us, considering that we are vampires with a lot of strength." Alice says. "Come one rose, lets go help her."
"No." Rosalie says. Alice whispers a few things in her ear that I didn't hear and Rose agreed to help Charlotte move her furniture in.
"We will come too." Emmet said referring to him and Maria. As they stood I began to laugh.
"Do you know where she lives?" I ask still laughing. Edward chuckles beside me as well.
"No, we don't." Maria says sadly and matter-of-fact.
"Oh well." Rose says going upstairs. Alice grabs her arm then starts looking into the future to figure out where Charlotte stays.
"Do you know where she lives?" Emmet asks me.
"Nope, we never discussed it. I can ask her if you want me to." I suggest.
"Well, that would be a lot of help little sister." Maria says matter-of-factly.
Charlotte? I think to her.
I have only been gone for 30 minutes and you already want me back. I am honored, She thinks sarcastically.
Oh, shut up. What is your address? I ask her in thought. She told me her address and I passed it along to Alice.
"What did you just do?" Edward asks me.
"We can read each other's mind." I told him. "It's a twin thing."
"Is it a natural thing?" Jasper asks.
"Yes, it is very hard for us to block out the other's thoughts. With years of practice she has learned how to block mine out but I haven't learned how to block hers yet." I say.
"Hey, Bells. You know Edward is very jealous of her right now." Jasper says with a smirk on his face. Maria, Emmet, Alice, and Rose left.
"Why?" I ask confused.
"Because someone else can read your mind and he can't." Victoria says with the same smirk her husband share as Jasper lays his arm around her waist. I look to Edward sympathetically.
"Baby, you don't have to be jealous." I say.
Maria's POV
Rosalie has been complaining since she left the house. She has been trying with everything in her to make Alice let her stay home. Alice said it was her call. Rosalie stopped complaining then. We pulled into Charlotte's drive way. The house is in the middle of nowhere. There are trees everywhere and a huge backyard. She lives in a light blue, two-story, vinyl side home with a stone walkway from the driveway to the front porch. She has beautiful flowers placed along the front of the porch.
"This looks kind of nice considering that she just moved in." Rosalie says sarcastically. I somewhat agree with her but I won't say anything.
"Be nice." Alice warns Rosalie with a smile. Alice knocks on the door. We heard small laughter inside the home and then Charlotte opens the door. She held a small smirk on her face.
"Hello, may I help you?" She asks politely with a small smile.
"Esme and Carlisle aren't here so you can stop with the act." Rosalie snarls.
"Is there anything I can do for you?" Charlotte asks politely. I swear it seems like she didn't hear anything Rosalie said to her. Her face expression stayed the same and the smile never left her face.
"Well, we came to see if you need any help moving in." Alice says bouncing a little. Charlotte lets out a small chuckle at Alice's enthusiasm.
"Nope, I am finish already but thank you so much for volunteering." She says sweetly. There is no way she is Bella's twin sister. They are both polite, yes, but Charlotte seems…different in a way. It is very hard to explain. Alice sighs. Charlotte looks off to the distance for a minute. "Since you came all this way, you are welcome to come in if you want." Charlotte offers. She seems genuinely sweet, like Esme. I would love to get to know her. Rosalie walks back to the car.
"I would love to stay. Rosalie you can take the rest of you back home." Alice says
"I want to stay too." I say. Emmet kissed my forehead and he leaves with Rose. Alice and I walk inside with Charlotte and the three of us sit on the couch in peaceful silence.
"I would like to ask ya'll something." Charlotte says after minutes of silence.
"Sure, go ahead." Alice encourages.
"Isabella and I have a lot of work to do in a month. Do you mind canceling your shopping trips and other things with her till this month is over?" Charlotte asks straight forward. Alice gasps.
"Are you asking me to stop shopping for an entire month?" Alice asks in shock. Charlotte looked at her like she is crazy and I struggle holding in my laugh. Trying to get Bella to stop shopping is easy but trying to get Alice to stop shopping is quite difficult.
"No, I do not care if you shop or not. You just can't shop with Isabella." Charlotte answers.
"But Bella is my favorite person to go shopping with." Alice pouts.
"You have your wife, sisters and mother to go shopping with. Isabella will be your shopping buddy in a month." She says sweetly.
"But." Alice starts but Charlotte cuts her off.
"Alice it is only for a month." Charlotte says with a little bit of aggravation in her voice. Everyone sat in silence for a while. Charlotte sighs. "Alice, don't you want Isabella to be safe?" Alice nods.
"May we have a few days, please? Give us two days to go shopping and then she is all yours for the rest of the month." Alice begs. I look to Alice in shock. She has never begged to anyone except Rosalie.
"You have two days." Charlotte practically orders. I sat there confused. Maybe Alice knows why she is asking her to not have any contact with Bella for a month. Alice squeals and runs to Charlotte saying thank you. "I must go get groceries." She announces. Alice and I said bye and went home. Once we were home we heard Rosalie shouting questions toward Bella.
"Why haven't you told us that you have a sister? Not just a sister but a TWIN sister. Also, why did Charlotte just order Alice not to associate with you for a month? How is it that you know all out secrets but you have been keeping so many secrets from us?" Rosalie question harshly.
"I didn't know I was going to see her again so I didn't bother telling any of you about her." Bella answers in a whisper.
"Okay, you only answered one of my questions." Rose reply. Bella sighs.
"I didn't mean to keep secrets from any of you. It really isn't a secret that I would keep from you. I never knew any of it was true until now. When I met you guys, a lot of the things she told me, it skipped my mind. I was really focused on Edward so I forgot about a lot of things. I thought about Charlotte very often but the things she use to tell me when I was younger never came back to my mind till earlier today. I am sorry" Bella says in a low register .
"What did she tell you when you were younger?" Esme asks her.
"She would tell me a lot of things about my parents. If you want to know, you have to ask Charlotte because she is the only that knows it all." Bella says.
"Do you have her phone number?" Carlisle asks. Bella gave him Charlotte's number and Carlisle invited her over. Charlotte entered the door in two minutes. I don't know how she got over here so quickly but I do not care to ask. Charlotte walks inside without anyone letting her in, maybe she is Bella's sister.
"Hello, Charlotte." Carlisle greets.
"Hello?" She asks sweetly but curious. Carlisle sat a chair in front of the television for her to sit. She sat down looking at all of us. She looks at Alice and smiles lightly, just like she did when she arrived yesterday.
"I ask you to come over because Bella says that you use to tell her a lot about your parents and I was wondering if you mind tell us as well. We see that there are many things we do not know about either of you." Carlisle asks.
"Before you start, do you need some water?" Jasper asks.
"No thank you." She replies.
"Well why are you so nervous?" He asks. She looks around at everyone.
"This is just new to me." She replies.
"What is new, sweetie?" Esme asks.
"Being in a room full of vampires that aren't trying to kill me, it isn't normal." She answers. Everyone looks at her with sorrow and concern except Rose. Charlotte notices all of our facial expressions." It isn't in a bad way, it's just that a lot of vampires, including the Vultori wants me dead because they all see me as a great threat. About 20 years ago Aro sent out 30 vampires to come kill me, he was very disappointed when he discovered they all died. That wasn't the first time Aro has done that. The majority of vampires believe that I do not want them around but the truth is that I do not care if they live or die. I want to have peace with all vampire, mainly because they see me as danger. I am friends with two vampires that work with the Vultori. Aro has ordered them to never speak to me again. We have secret talks monthly. Aro really wants Alice on their side so Aro will be able to know where I am at every moment. I try my best to live in peace but it isn't always easy." Charlotte says.
"What makes you do deadly?" Rosalie says with full on attitude and sarcasm. Charlotte sighs and stares off into space for a few minutes.
"I am a witch." She finally says. My mouth feel open.
"Whatever, prove it." Rosalie says.
"What would you like me to do?" She asks politely. Rosalie didn't know what to ask so she stared off in the distance. "Alright then." Charlotte says then walks outside. Everyone follows behind her. She grabs a boulder and places it gently on the ground in front of the house as a starting mark. "Which of you are the fastest?" She asks. Edward walks down the stairs. "How about we race to the creek and back?" She asks him. He nods.
"On your mark, get set, go." Jaspers says. Edward and Charlotte were gone. We stood there on the porch waiting for their return. Charlotte was back within seconds. Edward returned 10 seconds after she did.
"I take it that you are the strongest, Emmet." Charlotte says. Emmet smiled to her and walks down the stairs. They stood on both sides of the boulder and locked hands together and Jasper called 'go'. Charlotte had Emmet's arm pinned down before he even knew what happened. Charlotte then took many steps away from Emmet. She stood still and the next thing I know is all of us are floating in the air. Charlotte stayed on the ground as she directed our movement.
"Edward, you can not hear my thought, can you?" Charlotte asks. Edward glared at her and she laughed. She then placed us gently on the floor. "I can do whatever I want." She says gently. "I was made like this and I can never be changed." She says looking to the floor.
"How old are you?" Carlisle asks her gently.
"I am 642 years." She replies.
"Then how are you Bella's twin sister?" Emmet asks confused.
What do you think? Is Charlotte lying? Is she trying to kill the Cullen's? Why can't Edward read her mind? Why does Rosalie dislike her so much? How will Bella's training go? Please Follow and Review!