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We arrived at the Cullen's white mansion in a matter of seconds thanks to Edwards lightning speed. Edward ever so gently helped me to my feet from his shoulder. I looked over at the girl. She was still unconscious and her head and arms hung lifelessly over Edward's back. Her hair was many shades of blonde some dark and others contrastingly light in color as if the sun had bleached it. It also looked as if it hadn't been washed for a few weeks and her hair had bits of twigs and pieces of the forest floor sticking out of it. Her arms were light tan in color. This made me curious of her origin. We were of course in one of the most sunless places on Earth. Where did she come from if she had these features? My pondering was soon interrupted by Alice bursting through the front door and almost running straight into Edward.

"Are you alright?" She exclaimed.

She looked rather disoriented and panicked. This made me worry even more because they had always been rather calm, even when we had to deal with an army of rebellious vampires coming to do battle! What was so powerful that it would have Alice panicked?

"Yes thankfully and it may have something to do with this… person." Edward said the last word strangely like he had to decipher what she was exactly. Edward and Alice then exchanged a strange glance. No doubt this was one of their many silent conversations.

"Come in quickly, Carlisle will be home soon." Alice said while casting a strange glance at the woman dangling from Edward's left shoulder.

We walked into the house and past the grand piano till we got to the living room. Edward stopped by the long white leather couch and carefully laid the girl onto it. She was still unconscious but her right hand was tightly grasping the strange piece of wood I saw her with in the forest. As I got a closer look at the strange object I saw that it had many elaborate carvings of vines near the handle and was highly polished near the end. It looked to be made of some kind of very dark wood, cherry wood perhaps. I hadn't really noticed what she was wearing throughout the commotion but now I could see that it appeared to be some sort of robe or cloak that reached all the way down to her feet. It was dark black in color and the hem of it was made of gold satin.

"Alice will you go and get the first aid kit and some blankets please." Edward said in his ever pleasant silken voice.

Alice then in a blink of an eye went and came back with a blue plastic box with a red cross on the front. It was a rather large box; they had probably bought it for me knowing my klutziness. I felt a little embarrassed but then recovered knowing that it wasn't meant for me this time. My worry then went back to the young woman lying in front of me. She really did look awful. Her eyes were sunken in and had dark circles underneath. She was rather pale even through the tan of her skin and there appeared to be a slight sheen of perspiration on her forehead. I looked back to Edward and he looked like a professional physician surveying a patient. He took her wrist between his thumb and two fingers and then looked at his watch.

"Her pulse is slow and her breathing is too shallow." Edward stated. Then he turned his attention to me. "Bella will you feel her forehead for me please, I can't tell temperature very well and we don't have a thermometer in the house." He looked rather sheepish.

I placed the back of my hand to her forehead.

"It's cool and slightly clammy." I said.

"Just as I thought," Edward said quietly. "Alice will you grab those pillows over there and place them under her feet."

Alice obeyed without a seconds notice and then draped the blankets over her still body.

"She's most likely in shock; this will help the blood flow to her head. Now all we can do is wait until she snaps out of it." He said the last part in a sigh.

"Alice what on Earth is going on?" I asked.

Alice sighed, "I was hoping that you two could tell me."

I gave her a puzzled look. She sighed again and deliberated.

"Well it was really weird; I can usually see things pretty clearly with the exception of when your wolf friends decide to stop for a visit but instead I got these weird foggy visions of you two being attacked. It was like watching something through glasses that were the wrong prescription and also the visions skipped so I only got bits and pieces of it. I've never had that happen before and also I've never seen anything like the things I saw attack you." She looked rather worried.

I visibly shuddered remembering the creatures in the mist. Their skeleton like figures, the smell of rotting flesh, and the ripping cold that chilled me to the core. Would staying in the Cullen's home protect us from them, I wasn't sure. Just then we heard the door quietly close. Carlisle walked into the living room and just stared wide eyed at the scene laid out before him.

"What in the world went on here?" He sounded surprised but his voice was still quieter than any human's would have been.

His eyes went from the girl's to Edward's face and then my own.

"You look terrible." He exclaimed.

I guess I must have looked as bad as I felt because I still hadn't fully recovered from our encounter with those creatures in the woods. I felt horrid to say the least. When I looked over at Edward he looked drained, tired even. The circles underneath his eyes had darkened and his face was paler. He was still the most beautiful creature I had ever seen but he looked as if he felt the same as I did.

Edward quickly relayed the information to Carlisle. He just sat there with a serious expression and listened to our terrifying encounter. His attention then went to the girl lying on the leather sofa. He gave her a strange look and then I thought that I saw his nostrils flair slightly as if in disgust.

He gave a meaningful look to Edward.

"What?" I said my curiosity peaking.

"Did you two notice this too?" Carlisle asked addressing Edward and Alice, all of them clearly ignoring my question.

"Notice what?" I asked a little more forcefully.

"Her smell… It's… strange." Edward answered my question. Alice nodded in agreement.

"Strange how?", Now I was slightly worried for this girl if her blood was as appealing as mine was.

"It doesn't smell good, but it's not as repulsive as the wolves' scent."Alice replied looking thoughtful. "I can't put my finger on what exactly she smells like though."

I had just noticed that many members of Edwards's family were missing. Were they out hunting? Were they alright?

"Where is everyone, are they alright?" I asked with my voice nearing hysteria.

"Don't worry everyone's safe, I checked after I had gotten the vision of you two. I had sent Esme out with Emmett and Rose to do some shopping in Seattle for your wedding. They'll be home shortly." Alice said matter 'o factly. All three of them looked at me warmly, especially Edward.

"Oh, well, that's good but then where is…" and I was interrupted by a soft hello that came from behind.

"Oh," I said, a bit startled, "Hi Jasper I didn't see you there."

He just smiled politely from across the room. I didn't blame him for keeping his distance. I didn't want him to do anything that he couldn't handle.

Some of us sat on the couch that was adjacent to the unconscious girl while we waited for the others to arrive. Carlisle went and got some medical supplies that he always carried with him in his car to check up on the girl. He announced that she was fine and just probably needed to rest for a bit he did say that she looked malnourished. About an hour later the rest of Edward's and my soon to be family came through the front door and into the living room.

"What the hell?" Emmett exclaimed loudly when he saw the girl lying on the couch and his outburst was followed by a quick jab to the ribs by Rosalie.

For the second time today Edward and I had to explain what had occurred earlier this evening.

They all voiced their concerns and Esme seemed to be the one who was the most distraught by the whole situation.

"What is so powerful that it can make a Vampire faint?" Emmett scoffed. If looks could kill Emmett would have been in a grave by now with the power of Edward's glare.

"Emmett…" Esme said in a scolding tone.

Emmett's loud voice seemed to all of a sudden gauge a response in the girl on the couch. Suddenly the room was silent. This girl might be the key in answering all of our questions.