Chapter 3: Carlisle

Alison's POV

I stopped struggling against Bella's firm grip on me as she carried me to the house. At least she hadn't grabbed me as hard as Edward had.

The smell of vampire only got stronger and stronger with every step we took. It completely overwhelmed my nose when we went inside.

I heard several people talking but they all abruptly stopped as soon as they saw me. The way they were looking you'd think that they'd never seen a dog before.

Something clicked in my brain a few seconds later and I figured it out. Unlike Raymond these vampires did have a sense of smell. They could tell that my scent was different than regular dogs but they couldn't figure out exactly what I was. Even I didn't know exactly what I was.

The blond vampire wearing the doctor's coat approached me first. Curiosity was apparent in the way he looked at me and touched me.

"Hmm," he said. "Where did you find this dog?"

"Just outside the house," Edward answered. "We can't figure it out either so we thought it best to bring him to you Carlisle,"

"Take her to my office,"

"Her?" Edward questioned.

"Son It doesn't take medical school or a degree in veterinary science to realize that this dog lacks the necessary body parts that all males have. I assure you she's a female,"

Several of the other vampires laughed. I chuckled which came out sounding like several growls. I looked over at Edward who just looked embarrassed. I grinned in amusement.

They brought me to a room that reminded me of a veterinarian's office. I sighed in frustration. Why even bother fighting it though? Little ole me against a bunch of super fast super strong just wont win.

Bella placed me on the floor but before I could even try to leave they closed the door. Not unlike what they do at a regular veterinarian's office anyway.

While Carlisle examined every inch of my body that he could I kept thinking. Wondering why this strange family had such an interest in me. I had heart about the Cullen family moving here. In the past few weeks we'd heard a lot about them. I never would've imagined that they were vampires though. I just wondered why this family was so interested in me. I wasn't exactly a threat to them.

"I don't understand," Carlisle said. "Physically she's like any other dog but she smells like a Quileute shape shifter and there's definitely the smell of vampire on her,"

"So do you think she's been hanging out with a vampire?" Bella asked.

"You know as well as any of us that animals instinctively avoid our kind but this one doesn't. She smells like a shapeshifter but the wolves turn into just that. Wolves not dogs. It seems like the vampire smell is on her fur that is not from anyone I know,"

"So what are we dealing with here?"

"That it's possible she's a shifter to but for some reason she's turned into a dog instead of a wolf. Edward do you know what she's thinking?"

Edward looked right at me. "No. I can't read her mind,"

Wait a minute? Quileute? That's what my dad used to say he was. That he was part of the Native American Quileute tribe. Which technically would make me a Quileute as well. Or at least half Quileute as well.

"It's just to bad we can't contact Jacob and find out if they know anything about this,"

Jacob? Could it be-

"Impossible," Bella sounded like she was about to cry. "We haven't heard from Nessie or Jacob in over eighteen years when they left and changed all their contact information and-"

"I know Bella," Carlisle said with sadness in his voice. "I'm sorry I shouldn't have even said that,"

Nessie? Jacob? Could it be that they were talking about my parents? Did they know my parents? My tail wagged excitedly at the thought.

"I'm almost sure that she is a shapeshifter though. If I could just run some tests on her. Get a sample of her DNA I could find out for sure,"

Carlisle suddenly looked at me and said "Ali can you come here for a second?"

"Ali?" I heard Edward say as I got up and walked to Carlisle.

"Reading is fundamental son. She has a collar with a name tag that states her name is Ali. I'm surprised you didn't notice when you caught her but then again you didn't realize she was a female either,"

Oh I wanted to laugh so badly.

"Ali I would love to do some blood work and tests on you to find out more about you but I won't do it without your consent,"

Wait a minute is he for real? Is he actually asking permission to do tests on me and won't just automatically do whatever he wants to me like all other veterinarians do?

I could tell he was dead serious by the way he looked at me. He was really waiting for me to give my permission for this. That right there earned my respect for him.

I nodded my head 'yes' because honestly I was curious to find out exactly what I was too. If my DNA could shed some light on the subject that would be great.

He stuck his hand out and I gave him my paw which he shook. That alone told me that he saw me as an equal. My respect for Carlisle just grew even more. I wished all my veterinarians were like him. I sure as hell would've fought being spayed if I could've since unlike most dogs I knew and understood exactly what that surgery entailed.

He did take out some blood as he wanted. He also took a sample of my fur and one of my toenail clippings. All with my permission.

"So what are we going to do with her now?" Bella asked.

"Now we let her go," Carlisle answered.

"Wait we're just going to let her go? Wouldn't we learn more about what she is if we kept her here under observation?" Edward asked.

"Son I'm not going to keep her here against her will. Also, as I mentioned earlier, reading is fundamental. Haven't you realized that her collar reads K-9 Unit or that her tag says Oregon PD? I'm pretty sure dognapping a police dog is a serious crime son,"

Edward was speechless.

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