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WOO CH4


Alice dragged my all the way to the inside of her house.

"Carlisle! Esme!" Alice shouted when we finally got inside.

"Your going to meet our parents!" She squealed. As if on cue two people showed up in the kitchen doorway. One was man. He was a tall blond dressed in a light sweater. The other was a woman dressed in a lovely purple dress. She had thick, brown locks that cascaded down her back. They both looked so tender. You could feel the love radiating off of them. They looked at the children and then at me. As they layed their eyes on me, they looked shocked, almost speechless.

"Bella!" The woman ran to me with an unhuman speed. She embraced me in a tight hug. She started swaying from side to side. I patted her back awkwardly. She pulled away from me with her hands placed on my shoulders. She analyzed my face.

"Oh Bella!" She once again hugged me and once again called me my long lost name. She started sobbing into my shoulder.

"I missed you so much!" She sniffled.

"Esme." Alice spoke up. She came up to us and pulled the woman away.

"Sweetie what are you-" She began.

"Esme, she doesn't remember anything." She looked at her family. "Or anybody." Alice now spoke softly.

The woman gasped. Her eyes clouded with tears that would never fall. She looked at me and I felt so horrible that I caused such a nice person such pain.

"Is-is it true?" She looked at me desperately.

"I'm afraid it is. I can't remember anything from my human life." I looked down in shame. I felt thin arms wrap around me. I found that it was the same woman again. She grabbed the sides of my arms and looked at me.

"No matter. Come. Sit down." She lead me to one of her couches. I sat down in a love seat and she sat down next to me.

"Are you comfortable? I could get you a pillow. Or a blanket. How about-"

"No thank you. I'm quite alright." I chuckled. She looked at me tenderly.

"Oh I'm sorry. I must seem like such a stranger. I'm Esme." She smiled warmly. Everyone else started sitting in various seats. Alice sat in Jasper's lap in a small couch. Emmett and Rosalie sat tightly together on a more larger couch. Edward sat in a recliner chair. And the unknown blond man sat in a sofa chair.

"This is my husband Carlisle." She motioned towards the blond man smiled at him.

"Pleasure to meet you." He smiled warmly at me, speaking for the first time. I nodded once and smiled shyly.

"You have a beautiful home." I looked at the both of them.

"Thank you. We try our best to make it look presentable." Esme smiled warmly.

"Well you sure succeeded." I smiled at Esme.

"Enough chitter chatter! I wanna know what happened to Bel- Isabella years ago!" Emmett whined.

"Isabella?" Esme looked at Carlisle. "We thought you preferred Bella?" I looked down at my lap.

"I'll explain everything." I looked around the room at everybody.

"Let me start from the beginning. I of course was human at one point, just like everbody in this room. And then, obviously, I was bitten by somebody. A vampire. I can't go into specifics in that, I don't remember much of my attacker. My last human memories I do remember, amazingly. Though, they aren't really delightful. My attacker was a female. She was a tad bit tall. Her most remembered feature was her fiery red hair."

"Victoria." Edward growled. My head spun in his direction.

"How did you know that?"

He opened his mouth to say something but quickly shut it. He looked at me in that odd way again, it looked almost sad.

"Anyways, her name wasVictoria. I remember she was threatening me. Saying something about...avenging someone. I can't really remember who exactly." My brow furrowed. I sighed. "Well she bit me. Sadly enough, I remember the pain. When I woke up, I was confused. I couldn't remember anything. I didn't know who I was or where I was. Though, later on, some things did come back to me. I remembered who I was. At the time, I only knew myself as Isabella. I was walking around a town when I had a." I shook my head. "A crazy flashback. I was with my mom, I was little. She called me for dinner using my full name. Once I got to her I told her that I didn't want to be called Isabella." I paused, reliving the memory. "So I asked if I could be called Bella from then on. She agreed. Then the scene changed, right before my eyes. I was with my dad now. It was the first time I saw him in months. He didn't know about the name change. So when he called me Isabella I corrected him. There were other flashbacks like this. More about remembering my parents and growing up. I remembered this one time. "I smiled. "I was in Phoenix. My mom had just took me out to the new swimming pool. I remember the comparison of the cool water and hot Arizona sun."

"Though I'm pretty sure I got a bad sunburn." The people around me laughed lightly.

"Well anyways, after that little scenario, I was horribly confused. I decided I would be called Isabella. It kind of hurt me to use the name my parents called me. I really miss them, even though I can't really remember them. Months passed, I stayed in the forest for god knows how long. I couldn't help but wonder why there was such a terrible burn in my throat. I was sitting next to tree when it happened. Two hikers passed by, I think they were a couple. The woman had stopped to rest for minute. But that's all it took. She sat down a log and I pounced." I closed my eyes. Esme touched my hand.

"I think you know what happened after that. Well, after I was done with her, it only took a second for me to go for the man. They shared the same fate." I looked down in shame.

"Isabella, it's alright. We all slip up sometimes." Alice assured me. "But I can't help but wonder why you chose this lifestyle? I can tell by the color of your eyes. Most of our kind wouldn't be able handle this restraint." She cocked her head.

"Well you didn't help me finish. I was appalled with myself after I realized what I had just done. I buried the bodies deep into the forest and I ran for it. I was running through the Canadian border when I saw a peculiar group of people. They were running just as fast as I, which was very odd to me, considering I was running pretty fast. I remember there where two males and one female. I caught up to them and I couldn't really tell what they were doing. I was still utterly confused, so I approached them. I asked if they knew where I was, and they said I was in Canada. I was so confused. I didn't know how I got from Washington to Canada so quick, I wasn't even tired.

"It scared me a little. One of the strangers, the female, came up to me and asked if I was alright. I explained to her what had happened. How I couldn't remember anything but waking up clueless. How later on I remembered who I really was. In this part, I hadn't remembered Victoria yet.

"So they took me in and told me everything. They were vampires. They didn't live like immortals normally do. They fed off animals. It sounded humane to me in a way. They said they never wanted to be changed into what they were now. So that was why they did what they did. They then told me what I was. I really didn't expect to be that. I mean, yes I did really hurt those people but, I never thought of the word Vampire. Maybe some sick mutant cannibal or demon thing but never...that.

"I stayed with them for a few months just so I could get used to everything. They were very kind towards me. And I learned to take up the same lifestyle. It was hard at first, but it became more managable. One day, about a year after, I told them I would be leaving. The female was the mother like figure and became accustomed to me. She was sad, but let me go. I still visit them sometimes.

"So then for the next two years I traveled. It got a little boring so I decided to settle on a place. I picked Denver. I stayed there for a few years, pretending to be a high school student. Graduation came and I knew I had to leave. So I did that for twenty-eight years. When I was in Chicago I was looking through some old stuff. I found the jacket I was wearing the day I got bitten. I found a picture of my father Charlie. The badge on his shirt said he was Chief Police of some town named Forks. I did my research and found the weather being really suitable. So I moved. I met you guys and , well, you know the rest." I looked at all of their faces. Some held shock while others held sadness.

"Whoa. You've been through alot of shit." Emmett declared.

"Emmett. Language." Esme scolded.

"Sorry Esme." Emmett looked down.

"So do you have any powers?" Alice piped up.

"Well, when I was living with that family, one of the males could transmit thoughts. We found out his power didn't work on me. The female, she could sense someones power a bit. She had this weird feeling about me. We found out I could mentally block powers. Well mental powers. I'm just as prone to physical powers as you all are."

"Well I'm not!" Emmett flexed his muscles. "See? I'm 100% fully protected baby." Emmett grinned. Rosalie slapped him upside the head. "What?" He jutted his bottom lip out. I stiffled a giggle.

"One thing has been bothering all today..." I looked around shyly.

"What is it darling? You can tell us." Esme cooed.

"How is it that you all seem to know me?" Everyone looked at each other. Most of them turned their heads to Edward. I wondered why they kept doing that.

"Well" Esme looked around as if looking for an order. "We did know you. A long time ago. When you were human. We were very close to you." Esme's eyes were heartsick. I cocked my head to the side. "You went to Forks High School manyyears ago. As did my children." She motioned towards the younger Cullens. "From what I know, you and Edward had Biology together, you were lab partners even."

"Were you all human then? When I met you?" I asked.

"Oh no! We have been this way for a very long time dear. Well, when Edward had first met you, he wasn't in good condition. Blood wise. He hadn't gone hunting for quite some time. And your blood smelled so good to him. He said it was very hard for him to restrain." She looked around. "But he made it. So he left for a little while. About a week. He was out hunting. When he came back, you two were still lab partners. From what I know, the two of you were talking, getting to know each other. After that, everything sort of clicked." Esme cleared her throat. She looked down. "You and Edward, were very good friends." Esme provided a tight smile. Something about this wasn't right. The way Esme was talking about this part of the story was wrong. I didn't know why though.

"And then what?" I prompted.

"You found out about what we were. You picked up on all the little clues no one else did. You knew." Rosalie said disappointingly.

"Yes, but you didn't really care. You still felt the same way about us." Esme smiled. "Well your eighteenth birthday came along soon." Jasper and Edward stiffened. I looked at them, confused. "It was fantastic. Especially since Alice planned it all." Esme's fake smile was more obvious now. "You didn't like presents much. So we didn't give you alot. There was a great cake. Dancing...The party was about two hours. Not very long. But everyone had a good time." Well at least I was able to enjoy myself then, but now Esme seemed to be struggling for her words.

"Everyone had fun at the party?" I had to ask. Something felt off...

"Yes. Everyone!" Esme said too fast.

"So...what happened then? I mean something had to happen if I met up with you all again." Esme darted her eyes. Her brow furrowed a bit.

"A little after your party, the family had gone hunting. All of us. You insisted that no one stay behind. You were left alone for the four days we were gone. When we came back we heard you were...missing." Esme paused, her face looked unsure. "We all went looking for you. As did the police of course. Your father was chief of police." I nodded. "No one could find any trace of you. Even we couldn't pick up on your scent. The rain had washed all traces of you." Esme looked down so I couldn't see her face.

"It was very hard. For all of us. You and Edward...were the best of friends." Alice said. I looked at her. Her eyes were honest but I could see something false deep in them. I would figure all this out later.