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Out of the Dark & Into the Light

A/N: This story is written as a collaboration by both Xo BellaItalia oX and Katara Melody Cullen. If you have any questions, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note at the bottom of the chapter. We hope that you enjoy the story and look forward to reading your reviews.

Chapter 3
(Crystalline's POV)

"Crystal, dear, we will have to run to the clearing where the rest of the family will be." Mom told me, turning her head slightly to look at me before looking up into the review mirror and flipping on her turn signal in preparation for changing lanes.

"Okay, but shouldn't I change first or should I just wear what I'm wearing?" I asked her as I looked down at my slaying ensemble.

"I don't think you have to change, darling. Jasper will be showing us how to kill newborns and I think you will also be helping in that category since you have various experience in that, yourself." She told me, looking back over and me with a smile and a quirked brow.

"Okay," I sighed. "I just hope that everyone likes me." I hoped in a voice filled with anticipation.

"Don't worry, sweetheart, they will love you." My mother told me lovingly while reaching her hand over and giving my hand a gentle, affectionate squeeze.

I squeezed her hand back and smiled. It felt so good to have my mother here with me again, to feel her affectionate gestures and breathe in her comforting scent. I couldn't wait to see my father and be in his caring presence once again. It had been far too long since I had seen him in the flesh and not just over a monitor on video chat. Before that, we had to make due with letters and telephone calls until computers the video chat was invented. But it just wasn't the same.

I was sure that I would look different to him now that I had reached my full adult age, which had been after seven years. I still had another year before I reached my full aging potential when I was taken into Jackson's custody. My hair had grown longer, down to the bottom of my rib cage and I had lost that baby face in favor of sleek adult-like curves. I had a more mature look to me now and it would be a major difference to them what how I used to age rapidly until the seven years were up.

I looked out my window and noticed the sign that said 'Welcome to Forks'.

"We will be arriving soon outside of a clearing where we are going to meet with the werewolves and then will be running from there." My mother said happily. I was assuming that she's happy to be close to dad again. I don't think she's ever been away from him this long, even if it was for a day and all the way down in Texas.

It was then that I began to think about what she said. Werewolves?

"Werewolves?" I looked over at her, quirking a brow in question.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you! There is a pack of wolves who live on the reservation. They have something in their genes that allows them to change into giant horse sized wolves. We are not allowed on their land and we have a treaty with them that prevents us from biting or killing a human. They will be helping us with the newborn army." She explained.

"Wow, so they're not real Children of the Moon, then?" I asked intrigued.

She pursed her lips together. "I'm not sure, honey. I know that they're not bound by the moon, but I'm not sure what a real wolf looks like to be able to make any more comparisons than that."

I nodded absentmindedly. "Huh."

We had finally come to a dirt covered road, where my mother finally had parked the car and got out. I opened the car door, and jumped out.

When I had closed the door, I saw that my mother was on my right side. "Do you want me to carry you, or would you like to run?" She asked me with motherly affection, cupping my cheek like she used to do when I was a child.

I rolled my eyes with an amused smile. "I can run mom. I'm not a child anymore." I said with an embarrassed smile.

Her fingers traveled from my cheek, tracing my jaw and came to a rest underneath my chin. "Oh, you'll always be my little girl to me." She leaned forward and brushed a kiss on my cheek.

We began to run to clearing, with me following closely behind her.

I'm not sure how long it took us to get too the clearing. But my mother turned to me and told me too stop, while she went first. I'm not sure why she did this, but I could see her motioning me forward to get me to come into the clearing where everyone could see.

I took a deep breath and step forward and stood by mother's side.

I glanced at my mother and saw her smiling at me with pride before she turned her head and I noticed her smiling up at someone else. I looked up and saw my father coming towards us with a wide smile on his face full of excitement and love.

I felt the edges of my lips turn up into a wide smile and ran too him at human speed as to not knock him over when I finally met his embrace.

"Daddy!"

I could see him grinning back at me and opening his arms wide, so that I could throw my arms around him and fall into his arms.

"My little princess is all grown up! Oh, how I missed you so much, sweetheart." He gushed in a fatherly tone full of so many mixed emotions.

"I missed you too, daddy." I choked happily. I took in his mixed scent of pine, sandalwood and apples. It felt so good to be in his masculine arms, feeling safe where no one could touch me. His humming vibrated through me and I couldn't help but to feel like I was finally home where I belonged.

"Let me look at you." He said pulling away from me and looking me up and down, from the top of my head down to my boot covered feet. "You look just as beautiful as your mother." He told me happily with pride shining through his liquid gold eyes.

"I know." I told him, my smile widening. "I always prided myself in that detail. She was always the most beautiful woman and I strive to be just like her." I admitted.

We were soon broken out of our father and daughter moment when we heard someone let out a quick cough. I turned and saw a whole bunch of vampires and one auburn haired human looking directly at us in obvious confusion and intrigue.

"Crystal, dear, I would like you to meet your adopted siblings." Carlisle said happily.

I glanced at all of them and noticed that there were three male vampires and two female vampires, and one female human girl who looked to be around eighteen.

"Hello," I nodded politely. "I'm Crystalline, Crystal, Chris or Tally for short. I'm Carlisle and Esme's biological daughter. I've heard so much about you all." I introduced myself with a small smile.

A pixie-like vampire with short black hair that spiked out in every direction danced over and embraced me with a wide smile.

"I'm Alice Cullen, it's so great to meet you." The short pixie-like vampire said before shooting a glance at my Mom and Dad. "Although, I'm not sure how I didn't see you coming or why I still can't see you."

Gasps or stunned sounds echoes throughout the rest of my family as they watched Alice and I interact.

"It's nice to meet you, Alice. I've heard so much about you from my mom and dad." I informed her, smiling affectionately at my new sister.

Her smile widened as she looped her arm through mine. "Come on, Tally, I'll introduce you to everyone else."Alice told me while pulling me along and started pointed out each of my new siblings. "The tall blonde girl is Rosalie Hale, and her mate is the big burly vampire, Emmett Cullen." She explained as she pulled me over to the two vampires.

Rosalie was a beautiful, tall, blond goddess that looked like she would be on the cover of 'Sport's Illustrated'. She had a perfect figure and face, though, it was obvious that she knew it. Emmett, on the other hand, was a tall brute of a vampire that stood about six foot six inches and reminded me of a body builder, but not as burly. He had dark brown, almost black curly hair and an adorable pair of dimples lining his smile. However, despite his appearance, he reminded me more of a teddy bear behind it all.

"Hello," I nodded politely with a small wave.

Rosalie gave me a small smile in acknowledgment, though I could tell that she was still taking in the fact that I was the daughter to the two people that she had also thought of parents, as well.

"I think I remember you from Rochester from when I was a human." She pointed out. "But I guess you were gone by the time I was changed?"

"Actually, we found you shortly after Crystal had left." Esme pointed out.

"Whoa, so, now I have another little sister to play with!?" Emmett asked ecstatically. I smiled at his childishness as he rushed over and enveloped me in a giant bear hug.

I heard a low growl in the distance, but couldn't see who it came from as Emmett put me down.

"Do you like to wrestle, new little sis?" he asked me with hope outlining his dimpled features.

I nodded my head yes, and smiled. "I used to wrestle with Jackson and Damon all the time. It was part of my training."

"Training?" He asked.

I waved him off knowing that we didn't have much time before the wolves would be here. "I'll explain it later."

Alice then led me over to the next couple, who I assumed was Edward and Bella since I knew that Bella was the human that mom had mentioned and Edward was the one who was dating her.

"And this is our brother, Edward, and his mate, Bella Swan." She gestured to each of them as she introduced me to them.

Edward was a little on the scrawnier side of all of the males and had more of a boyish appearance. I figured that because of this, he must be the youngest of them all, aside from maybe Alice, who looked to be around the same age. He had a copper colored penny-like hair that was styled in a messy, just got out of bed type look, but surprisingly suited him. He had the same golden amber eyes as the rest of the family and he had his arm slinked possessively around Bella, who was pale for a human, but it somehow looked right on her with her auburn colored hair. She stood about two inches shorter than me at about five foot four with deep chocolate brown eyes.

"It's nice to meet you guys." I smiled and gave a slight wave.

"Yeah, you too." Bella smiled as Edward nodded politely with a smile, as well.

Alice, then, began to drag me over to the last of my adopted siblings and I couldn't help but gasp internally at his perfection and the feeling that I started to feel deep in the pit of my stomach and the pull that blossomed in my chest as it yanked me in his direction.

"And last, but not least, this is Jasper. He and I are the only ones of the family who don't have a mate, yet." She told me all of this quickly.

Now, I knew what my mother meant when she said Alice was energetic.

"Hi," I smiled as I felt the butterflies flap rapidly in my stomach and held out my hand for him to shake.

He reached forward and took my hand in his, causing us to both gasp and the electrical tingling sensation that traveled up my arm. He regained his composure first as he placed a kiss on my knuckles and looked back up at me in adoration.

"It's nice to meet you, ma'am. I'm Jasper Whitlock, but I play Rosalie's twin to the humans and use her last name of Hale." Jasper said with his southern tone.

I smiled brightly at him. "The pleasure is all mine, good sir." I drawled back. I could tell he was stunned, but not too much.

I managed to turn my attention back to the group. I could see that everyone was still shocked and not over the thought of Carlisle and Esme having a biological daughter.

"How come you never told any of us that you had a daughter? How is it even possible?" Rosalie asked stunned as she looked at me with an almost wistful expression on her beautiful face.

"Yeah," Edward agreed. "I've never picked up that information in your thoughts, even when I caught a glimpse of her." He mentioned.

"I thought that you turned Esme when she was on her death bed." Alice chimed.

"I thought vampires couldn't bear children?" Bella asked in general.

Mom and Dad exchanged a glance and nodded before Mom spoke up. "Well, it is true that Carlisle changed me on my death bed, but it's not because I jumped off of a cliff. It's because I was dying after giving birth to Crystalline here. You see, Carlisle and I had gotten together when I was still human and had gotten me pregnant. My pregnancy only lasted about a month and nearly killed me on it's own. He had to preform a C-section and change me in order for me to survive."

"We didn't want too tell anyone about her. We've been trying to protect her."Carlisle told them, wrapping his arm around my mother affectionately and placing a tender kiss on her temple.

"Who exactly were you trying to protect her from?" The swan girl asked.

"And why hasn't she been here with us?" Emmett pressed.

"We will have to talk about this in the safety of our home. But for now I can hear the wolves approaching."Carlisle informed us all.

It was then that I looked up and saw ten giant horse sized wolves come out of the trees. I could tell they looked a little stunned to see me and hear a heart beat at the same time. I could see my mom and dad shifting to come a little closer, and I noticed that Jasper also moved to stand in front of me too hide me from there view.

"Fascinating," Edward murmured almost silently.

Dad took a slow, deliberate step forward. It was a careful movement, designed to show reassurance.

"Welcome," he greeted the wolves.

"Thank you," Edward responded in a strange, flat tone, and I realized at once that the words must have come from their Alpha. I looked to the eye shining in the center of the line, the highest up, the tallest of them all and nearly blended in with the darkness around us.

Edward spoke again in the same detached voice, speaking the Alpha's words. "We will watch and listen, but no more. That is the most we can ask of our self-control."

"That is more than enough," Carlisle answered.

"They want to know why this vampire has an heartbeat." Edward said to us as he gestured to me.

"This is Crystalline. She's mine and Esme's daughter. She had her when she was still human." Dad told them calmly. "So, she is half vampire and half human. She has been living in Texas and has taken a position as a slayer, ridding all of the malicious vampires of our kind who needlessly kill for something other than food and take advantage of the fact that they are vampires by enslaving or torturing members of the human race. She is an animal drinker, as well, just as Esme and I have raised her to be."

I could see Jasper getting tense slightly in front of me as all of the wolves studied me with obvious fascination. So, I reached forward and grabbed his hand, making soothing circles over his knuckles.

He looked up at me and seemed to instantly calm down.

I smiled. "It's okay, tiger, there's nothing to be tense about. They won't hurt me." I can't explain how I knew this, but I could see it in the way that the hostility seemed to drain from them as they looked me over with fascination and what almost looked to be respect. I could tell that this information seemed to calm Jasper down even more and he had probably felt the truth in their emotions with his gift. I believe that since Edward was obviously the mind reader, that Jasper must be the empath since Emmett was obviously the strong one of the family. However, Jasper hadn't let down his guard all the way since were in the presence of our mortal enemies

"My son, Jasper" - he gestured to where Jasper stood in front of me, still tensed and ready - "as well as my daughter, Crystal, have had experience with newborns." Jasper quickly shifted his eyes to look at me with surprise, however, he remained silent. "They will teach us how they fight, how they are to be defeated. I'm sure you can apply this to your own hunting style."

"They are different from you?" Edward asked for the Alpha.

Daddy nodded. "They are all very new – only months old to this life. Children in a way. They will have no skill or strategy, only brute strength. Tonight, their numbers stand at twenty. Ten for us, ten for you – it shouldn't be difficult. The numbers may go down. The new ones fight amongst themselves." A rumbled passed down the shadowy line of wolves, a low growling mutter that somehow managed to sound enthusiastic.

"We are willing to take more than our share, if necessary," Edward translated, his tone less indifferent now.

Carlisle smiled. "We'll see how it plays out."

"Do you know when and how they'll arrive?"

"They'll come across the mountains in four days, in the late morning. As they approach, Alice will help us intercept their path."

"Thank you for the information. We will watch."

With a sighing sound, the wolves sank closer to the ground, one at the time.

A/N: So, what did everyone think of the first meeting? Any ideas on what will happen next or what the wolves think of Crystalline? What about the rest of the Cullen's? What will happen when they are back at the house and have their talk? Review!

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