Carlisle's Decision

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BPOV

We walked towards them until we had them cornered and turned on the light.

"Irina? Is that you," I asked.

"Yes," she replied. I saw the man standing next to her and wondered who he was. I was about to ask when Tanya stepped forward with a wild look in her eyes. When I saw that look I understood. I quickly stopped myself from breathing and grabbed Tanya so she wouldn't attack him. It was a human.

"Irina, what is the meaning of this," I asked icily.

"I couldn't help it. He smells so good and if I wasn't holding my breath now I wouldn't be able to keep myself from attacking him. I figured out that the vampires we smelt earlier must not be here anymore and also that Irina probably hasn't caught their scent yet since she is holding her breath.

"Give him to me," was all I could manage without taking another breath. She complied and I quickly ran into town and left him in front of the hospital. I ran back and found her and Tanya very tense and ready to attack.

"I'm guessing you caught their scent now," I said matter-of-factly.

"Yes," Irina said, "They were all over our house. There are two of them."

"I believe they are in the forest right now watching us," Tanya said.

"Why don't you call Kate and we'll check it out," I suggested.

"All right," Tanya replied reluctantly and ran out of the room to get her phone. We could hear the entire conversation and I decided to listen.

What do you want? Kate answered on the other line, I was a little busy you know.

"Sorry Kate but there is a little emergency," Tanya said calmly, "could you please come home, we might need your power."

Fine, I'll be there in 5 but there better be a good reason for this. She said angrily.

"OK, see you then bye," Tanya replied, but the line was already dead. Tanya came back into the room looking upset. I guess she still isn't over their last fight. It ended with Kate "electrocuting" Tanya, then leaving the house. We haven't seen her for a week.

"OK, what's the big emer-" she stopped when she smelt them.

"I hope you don't need an answer to that," I stated simply.

"Who is that," she asked.

"Do you think we would have called you if we knew the answer to that," I said angrily.

"Come on, let's go check it out," Irina said probably trying to lessen the tension in the room.

"OK, let's go," I agreed. We walked outside then followed the scent. It went into the woods about 2 miles then stopped. We looked through some branches and saw them. It was two vampires, one was definitely older with blonde hair and topaz eyes, but it was the other that had my full attention. He was a perfect height, muscled without looking scary, with beautiful tousled bronze hair and……. blood red eyes. That meant that either he was a newborn or he wasn't adapted to our lifestyle, which is feeding on animals instead of humans. I was best at keeping the girls in check with this lifestyle because I had been on that diet since I was changed. They, on the other hand, used to feed on humans. I guessed that he was a newborn, seeing how his friend was a vegetarian like us.

TPOV

Oooooo, that boy is drop dead gorgeous with his bronze hair. I bet Bella already has her eyes on him. She thinks she's so much better than us just because she's never fed on a human before. Ugh, I hope she leaves soon. I can't stand her.

EPOV

Carlisle and I were waiting in the forest for the vampires we had smelled earlier to come out. I heard three female vampires' thoughts and looked in the direction they were coming from. Carlisle quickly followed my gaze and we saw them. More importantly I saw her. There was a fourth vampire there but, no matter how hard I listened, I couldn't hear her thoughts. They were all beautiful of course but she was by far the prettiest. She had beautiful mahogany hair that framed her heart shaped face perfectly, perfect lips, and the most beautiful topaz eyes I have ever seen. She looked like she was trying to figure something out; my guess is that she wanted to know what my diet was. My eyes were still red because I am a newborn but I am a "vegetarian" as Carlisle likes to call us. I picked up the names of the other three vampires from their thoughts. One of them, Irina, had silvery blonde hair that only went to her chin and she was tall. Another, Kate, had pale blonde hair, very long and straight as corn silk. Lastly, Tanya, she had strawberry blonde curls and if I was being honest, she was the second prettiest in the clearing. We might have gotten along very well if it weren't for the thoughts that I heard coming from her. I bet Bella already has her eyes on him. She thinks she's so much better than us just because she's never fed on a human before. Ugh, I hope she leaves soon. I can't stand her. I tensed at these thoughts. How could she hate someone in her own coven so much? How can she live like that? Honestly, it was like she was some teenager in junior high, gossiping about someone behind their back but being "best friends" with them to their face. I immediately disliked Tanya. When she saw I was looking at her she giggled and smiled, obviously trying to flirt with me. It's just too bad that it wasn't working.

"Hello, my name is Carlisle and this is my son, Edward," Carlisle politely introduced us.

"It's nice to meet you," Tanya said, it appeared she was the leader of the coven, "My name is Tanya, and this is Kate, Irina, and Bella, my sisters."

"We are very pleased to meet you all," Carlisle stated, "Do you mind if we stay with you for a while, not to intrude, but you see, I just changed Edward and we have nowhere to go at the moment."

"Of course you can stay," Tanya said quickly, "You wouldn't be intruding at all, we would love to have you stay with us."

"Thank you, you have no idea what this means to us," Carlisle said.

"It's not a problem, like I said we would love to have you right girls," Tanya said eagerly, they just nodded. Naturally, I knew why Tanya was so eager to have us stay. I checked her thoughts to be sure and yes, she just wanted us to stay because of me. Ugh, she has a dirty mind I really didn't want to hear about that. Oh, if I was human right now, I would be scarlet; Tanya has very vivid mental images. I shuddered and tried to block out her thoughts by concentrating on Carlisle's.

"Ok, follow us and we'll show you around the house," Bella said. With that we ran. We followed them to the house we had seen earlier and through the door.

"All right, this is our house, they have a few empty rooms upstairs. You can pick any of them," Irina said.

"Do you have a piano," I asked, speaking for the first time.

"Yes, it's in here," Bella said. Her voice made bird's singing sound like a dying cat. I followed her into a room and sat down. The piano was grand, I was dying to play it but I heard Carlisle mentally telling me to sit down with him. He wanted to get our story and my gift out of the way now instead of waiting. I stood up and went to Carlisle he was sitting at the dining table. Irina, Kate, and Tanya were already there. Tanya was still thinking dirty thoughts so I did my best to block her out. Bella sat down next to me and Carlisle began,

"Now, I am sure you are all wondering about me and Edward, where we come from and why we are here. I'm going to tell you our stories but they are rather long and it might be a good idea to not interrupt and ask questions until I am finished.

"I was born in London in the 1640s I believe, time was not marked well back then. My father was an Anglican pastor and my mother died giving birth to me. My father strongly believed that witches, werewolves, and vampires were real. He led many hunts for them and burned many innocent people. When he became too old, he put me in charge of the raids. I was not as quick to accuse as my father was and at first he thought of me as a disappointment. But I was cleverer than my father and more persistent. I was 23 years old when I found a real coven of vampires hidden in the sewers, coming out to hunt at night. I led the mob that chased them. The vampire was probably too thirsty and attacked us instead of outrunning us. He fell on me first, but defended himself instead of draining me. I knew that my father would burn anything infected by the monster so I crawled away and hid in cellar, buried in rotten potatoes, until the transformation was complete. I managed to keep quiet; I knew that if I were to be found, I would be killed. I hated what I had become. I tried to commit suicide several times. I jumped from great heights, tried to drown myself in the ocean, I even tried to starve myself," at this everyone gasped except for me. I already knew the story so it didn't surprise me. Carlisle continued his story,

"I stayed away from civilization at all times. One night a herd of deer passed near me and instinct took over. My strength returned and I was overjoyed that there was a way to live without being a monster. I swam the Channel and went to France. I went all through Europe to the different universities and finally found my calling: medicine. It took me two centuries of torturous effort to gain the level of self-control needed to work in the medical field. I was in Italy when I found the Volturi. I--" but Tanya cut him off,

"Do you mind if you skip any information about them, I shall explain when you finish?"

"No, I do not mind," Carlisle said kindly, "I left eventually, and went to Chicago. I was working nights in the hospital there when the Spanish influenza epidemic hit. This is where Edward comes in. He and his mom were in the hospital. Before his mother died she made me promise to do whatever I could in my power to save him. I snuck Edward to my house and changed him. We ran away shortly after that in fear of me being caught and I guess we've come full circle."

"Wow, you must have loads of self-control," Irina said enviously.

"Yes, and it was very difficult to attain," Carlisle said.

"Would you like to hear our story Carlisle," Kate asked, "It's not a very happy one but would you still like to hear it?"

"Yes, we would love to hear it," Carlisle said kindly.

"Okay, our story is not important up until we became vampires, so I will start from there," Tanya said.

"We, Kate, Irina, and I, were all turned by our mother; we do not like to speak her name. We lived happily with her for many years, and had no idea what she had done. One night, they came, the Volturi. Aro the leader questioned us by reading our thoughts. We were acquitted, but our mother was not. She was guilty of a crime only punishable by death. She had created an immortal child. We do not know what possessed her to go and create such a thing but she did and had to suffer the consequences. They killed her, ripped her to shreds and burned the pieces. They did not even have enough mercy to let Alec anesthetize her with his power. We are still haunted by her tortured screams and the sound of her being ripped apart. We came here. We didn't have jobs or anything like that. In fact, the city does not even know we exist. We used to travel to the city at night and seduce young men. We would bring them home and feed off of them. We lived like this for many years until we became fed up with it. We were not newborns and had enough control to not hunt often. We came across a grizzly bear one night and shared it. After that we began hunting animals instead of humans. One night, we came home from hunting and found Bella near our house. She was still human at the time and her scent was too tempting. I attacked her but my sisters pulled me away before I could finish, they knew that I would regret it in the morning. The next day they went back to her and brought her home. A few days later she woke up, and has stayed with us ever since," Tanya finished.

"That is a sad story," I said, "Do any of you have special abilities?"

"Yes, Bella and I do," Kate responded.

"As do I," I said, "my ability is reading minds."

Tanya's mouth dropped and her thought became incoherent with embarrassment. She looked horrified. I laughed to myself and was glad I told them myself. The look on Tanya's face was priceless.

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