Just thought that you should all know that sense I forgot to say this in the first two chapters I will say this now I OWN NOTHING! And I am not sure how often I will be updating. Sorry if I turns out to be a very long time in between updates! Also Im not very big on Author notes so you probably wont see many disclaimers.. I own nothing !
1Chapter 2
Someone Explain
Coming up on the building that is to be our home for the next 5-10 years. Carlisle and Esme's thoughts filled my mind.
Is that the kids? They are back really early. I hope nothing is wrong! Esme's thoughts were, as always, filled with compassion.
I wonder what was so important that Alice had to call me home. I hope no one's control slipped. Carlisle's thoughts were border-line paranoid.
We slowed to a walk as we entered the front door. Our long caramel haired mother-like-figure was standing in the hallway. Carlisle stood a step behind and to the right of her, with a hand rested lightly on her shoulder.
"Alice, what's wrong? Don't tell me ..." Carlisle started but the overly excited, hyper pixie cut him off.
"No Carlisle. No one lost control and no one got hurt."
"Then what was so important that you had to call me at the hospital telling me that I had to come home right away? What's wrong?"
Esme, who's eyes' had been scanning over her 'kids' during the exchange, settled her eyes on the rock in my arms at the same time that Carlisle said, "What is that noise? It sounds like a heartbeat? Is there a human around?"
So you think it's a heartbeat too?" Emmet's booming voice rang out.
"Carlisle ..." I said stepping closer to him. The rock still tucked safely into my arm. "There is no human anywhere near hear but, we found this," I needed my head to the rock I was carrying, "in the forest."
"What happened, exactly?" So we proceeded to tell him everything that happened sense we left the house this morning.
-It can't be! Their supposed to be extinct. Assuming it is what I think then why did it send out all that energy? Was it threatened or trying to get the kids attention?- Carlisle's thoughts flowed into my mind.
"What do you think it is? I asked him, completely confused by his thoughts.
"I have no idea" He stated. He started naming medical terms and definitions in his head.
"Carlisle..." I started but was cut off by Emmet.
"What are we going to do with it?"
"Take it bakes was it came from!" Rosalie snarled.
"I'm going to keep it." The words rang out clearly across the silent room and only after the last word died away did I realize that the words had come from me.
"Why do you get to keep it?" Emmet whined, his inner child pressing to the forefront of his mind.
"Yeah. I want it." Alice piped in.
"No! I do!" Emmet hollered back. Causing uproar among us "kids".
"Emmet you are not keeping that thing!" Rosalie yelled at her husband.
"Your right Rosalie! He's not!" I stated, "Because I am."
"No you're not, Edward, I want it!" Alice chirped.
"Darlin' you don't really need the rock, do you?" Jasper tried to reason.
"Yes I do. Now give me the rock Edward." She held her hands out expectantly, like she thought I was just going to hand over my precious stone. I clutched the rock closer to my chest. I half expected the crazy pixie to try and take it from me.
"Not a chance. Pixie." I snapped playfully. Almost.
"Why do you get to keep it?" Alice and Emmett whined simultaneously.
"I found it, that's why." That sounded even to me but there was no way that I was going to tell them that I thought so. Its times like this that I am glad that I am the mind reader.
"We were all there!" Emmett retaliated furiously.
"I don't see your point ..." I was going to continue but was cut off be a very amused Esme.
"Why don't we put it somewhere neutral, like in the living room!" Turning to me she lifted her arms expecting me to just give her my precious stone. I stared blankly at her elevated arms, holding my arms around the rock so tight that I am greatly surprised that it has yet to turn to dust. Edward, give me the stone and I will put it on the piano. No one will argue with you then. Esme's words penetrated my mind.
Reluctantly I delicately passed the rock over to her. Once she had it she spun on her heel and walked out of the front hall and into the living room.
"Until I can find something to hold it properly, I am going to put it on the piano." Esme stated as we all followed her into the living room.
She walked over to my black grand piano and carefully put down my stone on the closed lid.
"So … What is it?" Emmett asked curiously.
And like always when someone, or in this case everyone, has a question, we all turned to Carlisle.
"Do you know what it is?" Alice asked.
"No!" Carlisle snapped "I don't have the faintest idea!" Turning quickly he raced upstairs to his study, slamming the door so hard that the door cracked and the whole houses frame shock slightly. The Periodic Table of Elements running through his head.
Everyone stared at the top of the stairs where Carlisle had disappeared too. Subtle honey Esme stated silently, her mind shifted to naming every flower she has ever had in her garden, as she headed outside to weed her perfectly weed less flower bed.
"Come on Emmett!" Rosalie said latching onto her husband's hand and leading him toward the garage, probably to tune her car.
Jasper dropped himself onto the white couch, grabbing the remote and started surfing the channels trying to find something to watch. Alice followed after him, positioning herself on his lap.
With nothing else to do I sat on my piano bench lightly placing my fingertips on the keys and playing anything that came to mind. Meanwhile staring at the strange rock, trying to mesmerize exactly what it looked like. I could feel Jasper's eyes on me clearly confused by my emotions.
That's my favorite song Esme thought while pausing in her gardening to listen.
After about an hour of playing familiar pieces, a new song started to compose itself in my head. Shifting my fingers smoothly over the piano keys, I stopped playing Clair du Lune and started playing the tune that was floating around in my head.
This is new! Esme's thoughts once again filled my mind I wonder what inspired this one!
Once the new song came to an end, I reached under the piano bench to where I keep my music book, even with my perfect memory I proffer to write them all down, a habit I held onto from my human years.
After I finished writing down my newest creation, I had just returned my book to its resting place when a light almost absent voice drifted into my mind. It's almost time. The voice, soft as a bell and sweet as an angels came from somewhere very close by.
Spinning in my seat, I listened for the voice again. When I didn't heat it again, I looked over at Alice, who was still perched on Jaspers lap.
"Alice …" I had been going to say 'did you hear that?' when I realized it made me sound like one of those stupid girls off of horror movies, that say that right before they die.
"What's wrong Edward?" Alice asked, sitting up. She sounded nothing like the mysterious angel like voice. So I know it wasn't her. And there was no way that Rosalie's whiny voice sounded like that. Esme was still outside doing stuff in her garden so I don't think it was her. Who did the voice belong too?
Just a few more minutes! It sounded again, a little louder this time.
"Okay, I must be losing my mind." I stated to myself. Completely forgetting that Alice and Jasper were still in the room and that everyone in and around the house could hear me.
"What do you mean Edward?" Alice chirped slightly irritated that I had ignored her.
"It's just … Nothing, forget I said anything." I was going to tell her but decided that I already thought I was crazy and didn't need others thinking it too.
"Edward what are you hiding from me?" Alice inquired. I slightly shook my head indicating that I have no intention of explaining.
FINALLY! I jumped at the suddenness of the loud voice in my head.
Following the voice came a tapping, almost cracking sound and the funny rock started to sway from side to side. Soon the force of the rocking made the stone roll. Lurching from my seat I caught the rock just as it rolled off the side of the piano.
"Umm … Carlisle." I called out as the rock jerked and twitched in my hands with incredible force. "You might want to see this."
Walking away from the piano, I placed the weird 'rock' - if it was actually was a rock, I'm starting to have my doubts. – on the floor so it can't roll off of anything and break itself.
By now, not only Carlisle had entered the room but also Esme, Rosalie and Emmett had shown up too. Alice and Jasper had gotten up from their seat as soon as the 'rock' started making noise.
A circle formed around the .. thing. I could no longer bring myself to call it a rock. The thing was no longer rolling around, now it was just rocking back and forth. The tapping sound was getting steadily louder.
It won't be long now! Carlisle silently commented.
I brought my head up to look at Carlisle but he refused to meet my gaze.
A loud crack filled the room and the 'rock' now had a large ridge running along it. The like slightly resembled a spider web. At the center of the 'web' was a little triangle with lots of jagged outcrops.
"Okay. So, it's not a rock!" Emmett stated mesmerized by what was happening before him.
"Obviously!" Rosalie snorted as if she had known the whole time, which she didn't. I know.
"What is it then?" Emmett retaliated.
"It's an egg." Carlisle stated in a monotone voice, like he sees this kind of thing every day.
Everyone, including myself, was about to bombard him with questions about how he knows that but our attention was drawn back to the 'egg'.
The crack in the egg started to get bigger, like something on the inside of the shell was pushing on it. Which according to Carlisle it was.
In one quick moment the shell shattered into hundreds of little pieces and once they settled onto the floor they turned to dust.
In place of the shell was a small creature. The creature had a long lean snow white body, with four strong snowy legs. Sharp talons jutted out the ends of beautiful white feet, magnificent white wings sprouting from between powerful shoulders. A slim tail flowed about 30 centimeters long behind the creature. It had a long slender neck and a narrow triangular head. The body was decorated by soft feathers that looked like they were made from the strongest of steel. When the shell broke the creature tumbled over its wing and landed with all four feet sprawled out around it.
"It's a… a … What is that thing?" Emmett asked.
"A dragon." Carlisle and Esme breathed.
Slowly the dragon brought its feet, one foot at a time, underneath itself and pushed itself up off the ground. Shaking itself so that the feathers puffed up.
Looking up at the people standing in front of it, which happened to be Alice and Jasper, the dragon took a small step back then its tiny head started to whip around wildly like it was looking for something. Then obviously not finding what it was looking for it started prancing in circles. As its thoughts invaded my mind once again, Where is he? I can't see him! That's not right, he has to be here. My shell wouldn't have weakened and I wouldn't have hatched if he wasn't here. The dragon continued to spin around, not really seeing anyone at first, just panicking. But after a few minutes it stopped abruptly, its eyes landing on me. It visibly calmed down and took a step toward me.
Not completely sure what I was doing, I squatted in front of the little dragon, choosing to ignore the warnings of my family telling me to be careful. Slowly I raised my right hand toward the dragon.
Everyone around the creature and I froze as it raised its tiny head toward my hand, as if to sniff it. I didn't move my hand away, even though something deep inside me was telling me I should. I could have, probably should have, but I didn't.
I almost wish I had. Because instead of smelling my hand, like I thought it would, stretching its head toward my hand, it opened its cute little mouth and a bright white flash of light started to build up in and around its mouth.
My natural sense of self-preservation started warning me of the potential danger that the dragon poses. But instead of recoiling away from the danger, my body seemed to freeze in place, as a bright light formed around the creature, before expanding to include myself.
I could hear the verbal and mental panic of everyone around us; I just couldn't react to it.
I was frozen in place, as the energy shot out of the dragon's mouth and seared into my hand and down my arm.
I could feel darkness trying to take over my body. At first I was not worried, I'm a vampire, and I can't sleep. But as the feeling got stronger I was beginning to wonder. I heard Esme screaming my name a long ways away. Then for the first time in almost 100 years, I found myself falling into and being consumed by the warm embrace of unconsciousness.