CHAPTER 3

Carlisle POV

"Macey, I don't know if you can hear me, but if you can, I'm doing this to save you, but it will hurt a good bit" then I felt something so sharp cut through the skin on my neck, then my ankles, then in the crease of my elbows, and on the other side of my neck. It felt like I was exploding. No not even, it was so much worse than that, I have no idea what it was, but my brain still wouldn't let me move, I tried to put out the fire. But I could do nothing. It was absolutely the worst thing to ever happen to me. I would do anything to put this out. I was worried about my mom, where was she, where was I? Was she ok, was I ok? What in the world was happening to me? I thought Dr. Cullen said he was going to help me, not set me to fire!

I could hear peoples voices again. They were in the room with me

"Carlisle, is that her?" I woman's voice asked, it sounded beautiful.

"Yes, Rose, that's her." I could recognize Dr. Cullen's voice anywhere.

"I so called it!" A high perky voice chimed.

"No, freaking, duh, Alice." A mans voice said, sounding incredulous.

"Oh my gosh…" Another woman's voice said, trailing off.

"What is it Bella?" A man's voice asked, sounding worried.

"I don't know, but she almost looks like she could be related to… Emmett." The one who must be Bella said, confused. "She had the same shaped eyes, nose and mouth. The same curly hair, just differently colored. She is defiantly taller than most girls her age." Then the room fell quiet.

After a moment silence the one with the high perky voice, Alice, spoke. "How did I not see that coming?" she sounded confused, much like I was.

"I think you could be right, Bella" Dr. Cullen said, "I have been wondering about that."

"What's her last name?" The one who I had learned name was Rose.

"Tayler, I think she recently changed it to that. I'm pretty sure she had refused to go by her father's last name, he was abusive. But, let's figure that out later, let her rest." I could hear everyone leave the room, and then it was quiet. How in the world was I supposed to rest when I was on FIRE?!?! I thought Dr. Cullen was going to save me, not kill me!

"Carlisle, she thinks you're trying to kill her!" The man whose voice sounded worried earlier spoke from downstairs. How did he know that? Or is he just really good at guessing? Maybe he's psychotic? "Now she thinks I'm crazy!" He yelled again. I could hear a loud booming laughter from down stairs; it was, in a weird way, kind of comforting.

Dr. Cullen laughed. "Don't worry, Macey, that's Edward. I will explain everything later, I promise." He told me in a soothing voice. Except that wasn't extremely soothing when I was freaking ON FIRE!

"Yeah, Carlisle, I think you should explain now. She still thinks your trying to kill her." Edward said from downstairs, barely loud enough for me to hear.

Carlisle started explaining these things to me. He was trying to tell me I was a vampire. Was he crazy? There's no way! That kind of stuff is just made up, its fiction! Not real! I have to get out of here, they are all crazy! They think that they are vampires! This is crazy! I- I don't even know what to say, if I could say anything! But something told me, that faint little thought in the back of my head, told me that this wasn't crazy, and that he was really telling me the truth, that I was becoming a vampire. It sounds crazy, but what else could explain this? It was worse than fire, and Dr. Cullen did nothing to put it out, and everyone just sat around like the house wasn't on fire, and even though I've been set on fire, I can kind of breathe better, and- and – I just don't know what to think.

"Edward, what is she thinking about?" Carlisle asked.

"She's trying to figure out if she is what you say she is, she's leaning towards, 'Its crazy, but he could be right' but I don't think she will totally believe us until it is done" Edwards voice was now in the room.

"Its so odd how much she looks like Emmett." The one who I had learned was Bella, spoke now, she was in the room too.

"Can she hear me, Edward?" Dr. Cullen asked.

"Yeah, she is starting to despiser different voices. Like she knows your voice anywhere, she know Bella's, Alice's, and mine. She takes comfort in Emmett's laugh" He said that in a sweet voice, but it almost sounded like he thought it was crazy. He laughed now.

"Hey, kids, can you come upstairs now? I want Macey to learn your voices before she is even up, see if she'll remember them when she is up." Carlisle said, talking like everyone was in the room, there was no way that they all heard him, but in that weird way, they all did, and I heard the door open again, then I heard five different pairs of feet come in the room.

"Ok, can you introduce yourselves to Macey, for me?" Dr. Cullen asked.

"I'm Edward." Obviously Edward said, I already knew his voice.

"I'm Bella." Bella said in a sweet voice, and touched my hand, it felt good, it was so cold. It seemed to just take a little tiny bit of the edge off the burn, but not much.

"I'm Alice!" The one I had recognized earlier, the high perky voice said, and touched my arm, it felt so good. Why can't Edward tell them that feels good!

"Wait one minute, Macey." He told me. Ok, I guess I can wait a minute. But I really, really, really want them to just like put their hand on my fore head or something. I concentrated on this one thing really hard. Bella put her hand to my forehead.

"I'm Jasper." A new voice spoke, I had never heard his voice before, it was sweet, but it sounded like he was in pain, I wanted to stop his pain. I had no idea why he was in pain, but I tried really hard to stop his pain, he gasped. "How did you do that?" He asked, sounding completely surprised. I have no idea, I just didn't want him to be in pain, so I tried to stop it.

"She doesn't know, she just heard that you were in pain, and tried to stop it." Edward told him. I'm starting to get the feel that he can read my mind. Ok, never heard that before, but maybe… "Yes, Macey, that's right. Not just you, but everyone, except Bella." He told me. Alright, so Edward can read minds, that makes sense, I think.

"Ok, on with the introductions." Dr. Cullen said.

"Uh- Kay, I'm Rosalie." The first voice that I had heard said. She sounded nice, I think I already like her. I could tell by the sound of her voice, she was beautiful.

Then the voice that I seemed to be comforted by spoke "I'm Emmett!!!" He boomed. So that was his name. He was the one that they said I looked like. I wonder what he looks like?

"He is over seven feet tall, is very muscular, has dark curly hair." Edward said.

"Why thank you my brother!" Emmett said. I laughed, mentally of course.

"And he has the maturity of a six year old." Edward added on as a side note.

"Hey!" Emmett yelled.

"Boys, stop it!" Dr. Cullen scolded. "Now, Macey, can you recognize everyone's voice?" He asked me. Yes, I answered mentally, hoping Edward would answer for me.

"She says Yes." He told Dr. Cullen for me.

"Ok, perfect! Everyone, just say hello, and we will see if Macey can recognize your voice. It would be good for her to already know you." He said to them

"Hello." The soft, sweet, voice said. That was Bella.

"Good." Edward said. Yes! I got it!

"Hello." The one who had sounded in pain earlier said. Jasper.

"Good." Edward said.

"Hello" The beautiful voice said. Rosalie.

"Good" Edward rewarded.

"Hello" Edward I know that you! He laughed, "Good"

"Hello." The loud, but comforting voice said, I could recognize him the first second a sound came out of his mouth. Emmett.

"Exactly." Edward said.

"Very good, Macey! Now there are two more people that are not here at the moment, but they should be here in a few hours. It is Esme and Renesmee." He said. Those are beautiful names. I absolutely love them, I have never heard them before, but I love them!

"Thank you, Macey." Edward said. I didn't know why, but I will figure things out once I can move. "Can you try again?" He asked. I tried to move my hand, and to my surprise, it moved! But that hurt, the fire was not good to move around! It hurts to do anything! Edward laid his hand over my forehead, it felt wonderful. Thank you Edward, I thought. "Your welcome." He said. Then he rubbed up and down my arm, I sighed mentally, it was astounding. It still burned like I was in the pit of hell, but he seemed to take a little bit of that away. It felt good. But I can't think straight with all of this! Nothing has really caught up with me. There are so many more questions. Like, where is my Mom? Where am I? Am I really turning into a vampire? Is my mom ok? Does she know that I'm may be turning into a vampire? But the most important question was, is she ok?

"We will answer all of that once you get up, I promise." Edward said. Then the door opened, and I could hear them all leave, except Dr. Cullen. I lay there. For who knows how long, it could have been seconds, minuets, hours, or days. I had no idea. Then I heard the door open again, there was two sets of feet that came in.

"Hello, Macey" A sweet, motherly voice said, it reminded me so much of my mom. Thoughts of her made me want to cry, just one singular tear escaped my eye. "Oh, don't cry, dear. It's ok." She wiped the tear from my face. I sucked in a deep breath, it burned. "I'm Esme." she told me. "I am so excited to have you here, I'm sorry if it hurts. Tell Edward if you want me to get you anything, dear." She rubbed my arm, and I smiled.

"Hi Macey!" I high, childish voice called, it sounded sweet, I had a feeling that we would be good friends. "I'm Renesmee!" She put her hand to my cheek, I smiled, but then I saw something, in my head, I had never opened my eyes. It was a picture of a family, all of them pale and beautiful. "This is my family! You met all of them earlier!" I could tell which voice belonged to each person. The bronze shaggy haired boy was Edward, the girl with the long brown curls was Bella, the short fairy like one was Alice, the tall honey-blonde boy was Jasper (he didn't look like he was in pain, that made me happy), it was easy to recognize Dr. Cullen, the one with caramel colored hair was easily Esme, the little girl (maybe about 8) with bronze curls was defiantly Renesmee, the extremely beautiful one was, as I suspected, Rosalie, and Emmett, he looked exactly like I had pictured him before, he was tall, towering over Alice by a couple of feet, had dark curls and dimples, a huge smile, well muscled, and kind of reminded me of a teddy-bear, he look sweet.

"You nailed it." Edward said, I didn't even hear him come in the door. "Well, except for the Emmett being sweet part." He laughed.

I smiled. When I was surrounded by such sweet people, I was almost able to forget that I was on fire. Almost. These people made me forget all my worries, and I have just met them. I had no idea how long ago exactly I had met them, but I saw them as my family already.

"I'm glad you see it that way" I could hear he was happy, that made me happy.

You know, I never had an older brother.

"If you would like, you do now." He said loyally

I would like that very much. But you know what would be even better than one big brother.

"And what is that?" He asked.

Three.

He laughed. "I thought you were going to say that. Well, us three boys are here to be your brothers, if you would like. We would be honored to be a big brother of such a delightful girl."

I blushed, mentally of course. Thank you, Edward. I have a question.

"Yes?" he asked.

How long have I been laying here?

"Two days." he told me.

How long does it take?

"Three days, usually. How are you feeling?"

I can feel my fingers, that's about it! I laughed.

"Then it will probably only take a few more hours." he paused for a second "Alice says it will only take another hour and a half. Not long"

I was SO thankful for Alice! But, I whish it could just be over NOW! I wanted answers! I wanted to see if I was seriously a vampire. I didn't know. I wanted to know where my mom was, and if she was ok.

"Don't worry, Macey. It will all work out, it always seems to."