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Chapter 2

The rest of the night we kept quiet about it. Alice told Carlisle that the three of us needed to hunt but that we should go alone because I was

upset. When it had gotten dark enough we left. Not needing light, we traipsed through the woods silently, each absorbed in thought.

"Edward, I think we should start to hunt now. It might help us formulate a plan(?), and I don't want to lie completely to Carlisle." I looked up at

Alice once she said this, then to Jasper, and nodded my head.

I turned right and they proceeded to go left. I wanted a mountain lion that had been into the cattle. Once I picked up his sent, I crouched into a

feline hunting stance and watched him. As I held my gaze on the prey, I lost track of my previous goal. Upon leaping at the animal and catching

it off guard, I found the answer to my main dilemma. I remembered how Alice had been so disappointed about not being able to go when the

orders for the costumes came rolling in. Costumes. Everyone at the ball would be incognito...

Alice created and designed clothes for people around the kingdom and in small, near-by villages, naturally being the best. Everyone who could

attend would be sending their orders to Alice. The three of us could go to the ball after all. We could sneak in, which would be no problem for

three vampires. We are built for that sort of thing, all being incredibly fast, strong, and skilled. We could climb in through a back window with

ease, and the costumes would obviously be of no concern; Alice would make them.

I headed off in the direction that Alice and Jasper had gone. Alice had undoubtedly had a vision and told Jasper about it, since they were both

thinking about it when I caught up with them. Alice almost knocked me down when she crashed into me and hugged me.

She squealed. "Edward, this will go off with out a snag. We will do just as you planned! I shall be a fairy, Jasper a horse, and you will go as a

lion." Alice was already planning out our costumes and what she would use to make them. Jasper was wondering why he was to be a horse

and how we were going to hide our plans from the family. I put a hand on his shoulder and he looked at me. "It shouldn't be hard, since they

have no reason to suspect us." He nodded, and then thought about how adorable his Alice was when she was so excited.

It was almost daybreak; we would need to get home soon to start putting the plan in motion. It was only a few days until the Crimson Ball

would take place, after all. When we arrived at home, Jasper went to the workshop and Alice to her sewing room to work on some costumes

she had not finished, which would be flawlessly completed in a matter of minutes. Being a vampire seamstress, she could sew so fast that you

could only see the object she was making come to life, but not the process in making it.

I went to tend to the cattle while I thought everything over. Alice yelled at me in her thoughts. "Stop worrying! It had gone well every time I

checked, and there will be many more to come. If anything changes, you'll be the first to know." With that, I thought only of how wonderful it

would be for her to love me, and then the irony of "The Crimson Ball". Crimson is the color of blood, the color that would cover the floor if I failed

to control the monster within me. I shook the morbid thought out of my head. There is nothing in this world that could bring me to hurt her, I

assured myself.

I finished my chores and went to see my Isabella. She was there as always, wearing a wonderful shade of sapphire blue. It made her skin look

so lovely, so delicate; I wished even then to hold her in my arms and to kiss her soft, warm lips. I could only imagine how cold I would feel to

her, so strange. Would she accept my peculiarity? Perhaps I would carry on alone…

I walked home slowly at first, thinking of the things Isabella and I would never be able to do, whether or not it was right to try and make this

work. Then, with out thinking, I was off running. I ran through the forest and to the house. I could hear Alice asking me to come see our

costumes, so I headed for her room. She was in the back working on the last costume: mine. It was, of course, a lion; yellow and masculine with

a mask to hide my identity. We would all wear masks, and I would wear a deep yellow suit to go with it. Alice and Jasper's were both very nice

as well. Alice had shiny pink and purple material wrapped into a dress, wings attached, and Jasper's was brown and included a main and mask

longer than mine and his wife's.

In the morning, we would deliver the costumes to all of Alice's customers, and then come home to complete our chores and grab a bite to eat,

which would take no time at all. Finally, we would prepare ourselves for the biggest night of my life. No pressure at all...