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Chapter 7: Revelations

All of us turned out around to find a young woman who looked to be in her early twenties. She wore simple clothing: jeans, shirt, and a jacket, nothing that would make her suspicious. The only thing that caught my eye was her necklace. It seemed to shine with great intensity. The necklace was a large tear-shaped, a royal purple stone on a gold chain. The stone seemed to pulse with hidden energy. The woman herself oozed power and grace. Her eyes scanned around the house before settling on the family, sitting on the couch, than finally looking at me.

"Isabella Marie Swan," she said brightly, "we finally meet."

I looked at her, confused. "Do I know you?"

"Crystal Samantha Kay," she introduced herself. "The—'

"Leader and founder of the Balance," Carlisle whispered.

Crystal tilted her head in acknowledgment of the title.

"It is an honor to meet you," Carlisle said. He quickly stood up and offered his hand. She took it and shook his hand with a firm grip.

"I am here for Isabella and Alice," Crystal announced. "My coven has an interest in them."

Everyone in the room stiffened at her announcement. Crystal noticed and rolled her eyes.

"Do not worry, my coven is not like your vampire coven, the one in Italy," she said. "You may refuse, but I would ask you to think about it before you do. My coven would like you visit us for a week, if you'd like to go that is. You may go home after the week is over, no threats to your life."

It looked like a good deal to me. Crystal seemed to be trustworthy and truthful. She didn't look like a woman that would turn on us.

"What about Charlie?" I asked aloud. "What are we going to tell him?"

Crystal frowned, "Does he not know that his daughter is a vampire?"

I shook my head. She sighed heavily.

"What is so special about Bella and Alice?" Esme asked curiously.

"This will take a long time to explain," Crystal answered, still frowning. "I better sit down. You all should get comfortable because we'll be here for a while."

Her eyes scanned the couches that we sat on. There were no seats available. If Emmett had been a little smaller, she might have been able to sit on the three-seat couch that he and Rosalie were sitting on. Crystal looked around her before sitting on thin air, like a puppet cut off from its strings.

My eyes widened. "Am I going to be able to do that?"

"Maybe with practice," Crystal laughed. She turned to address Alice.

"We've known about you for a while now, even before you were turned. A sister of mine, a girl from the coven, was trained as a nurse, and was sent to watch over you. She had seen you with the gift of visions and sought out to bring you to the coven. My sister also had the gift of visions, so as soon as she arrived to watch over you, she had a vision of you turning into a vampire. The vision was so clear, so she knew that you had already been turned before she could save you.

"She watched over you, Alice, and eased your pain a bit. She continued to watch over you for the next few years, until you found Jasper and the Cullens. She was supposed to contact us as soon as you reached the family," Crystal's eyes filled with unimaginable sadness and she seemed to see right through Alice.

"She never had the chance to. A coven of vampires had found her, a coven of three. She had never been good with magic except with her visions. Melissa never stood a chance," her voice grew quiet and pain laced. "A pack of wolves had been following the vampires, and attacked as soon as they saw her being grabbed. Melissa was caught in the middle."

Her eyes focused back on Alice. "You were the last one to be protected by her. We searched for you, and found you happy here, with Jasper. So we decided to continue to watch over you, for Melissa would have been your big sister if you had been brought into the coven before her death. We – I – didn't want to bring you into the coven because your spirit reminds me so much of Melissa's."

Crystal's eyes shifted to me. "You, on the other hand Bella, with you we have a deep interest in you," she paused. "So in the end, the coven has voted to bring you both into the coven. That is, if you wish to come."

I bit my lip. I really wanted to go, this whole thing interested me. I wasn't sure that my family wanted to go.

Carlisle looked around the family. Alice was looking intently at the floor, but when Carlisle's eyes focused on her, she lifted her head as if her name was called. Alice's eyes flickered to Crystal, who had closed her eyes, before looking back at Carlisle and nodded once. Carlisle looked at me and Edward. I nodded enthusiastically and Edward chuckled lowly at my excitement. He tilted his head slightly, agreeing with me.

Carlisle looked at Edward intensely. I felt Edward stiffened before relaxing and shook his head.

"Have you reached a decision?" Crystal asked, opening her eyes.

Carlisle nodded. "Yes we have. We would be honored to visit your coven."

Rosaline frowned. "I suppose I should get packing."

Crystal shook her head, "No need to. I'll just transport everything here to the island. I'll make a copy of the house to stay here. Don't worry about anything; I'll leave everything the way it is. The only thing you'll have to worry about is having double of everything, one copy on the island, and the original here in Forks."

Everyone's jaw loosened. "You can do that?" Esme asked, stunned.

"It takes a lot of practice," Crystal answered, "that's all. Alice and Bella will learn to do it, too."

She stared around the house for a long moment; once in a while she would nod and mutter something.

"All right," she said finally, switching her gaze to us. "Is everyone ready?"

Carlisle looked at each one of us carefully, moving onto another person when we nodded. "Yes, we are ready."

She hesitated. "I must warn you," she said slowly, "Our island contains … werewolves."

Carlisle looked at her curiously. "I have heard that in your coven, vampires and werewolves live in harmony. How is that possible?"

"My coven has been taking vampires and werewolves as lovers and sometimes even as husbands. The two races have learned to live in harmony or they're kicked off the island. They have learned much about each other once they opened up to each other." She smiled, "Of course, it helps that their scents are … neutralized once they are our land."

"Very convenient," Rosaline commented. Crystal smiled in agreement.

She then raised a hand to her necklace, touching it lightly. It began to pulse softly at her touch. We watched her closely, thinking that she'll do something extravagant, but all she did was stand there and breathe in deeply.

I tore my eyes off her to look around the house and gasped at what I saw. My noise shook the family and they turned to look at me, but all I could do was gesture wildly at the house. They frowned and began looking at the house.

The house seemed blurred and fuzzy. Everything in the house was the same way. It was like a dream world, where you could make out the shape and color, but it would disappear as soon as you touched it.

I looked at Crystal again, to find her eyes brows furrowed to the center. My vampire vision saw that sheen of sweat coated her forehead.

A short moment later, her face cleared and the house around us came into focus. The light outside the house was different, a little lighter than before. It grew unbelievably cold for a moment, before rising rapidly, making the air around us humid and hot.

"Welcome to the Balance," Crystal said, opening her eyes, "located on an island near Hawaii."

"Can't a human just arrive on the island?" Esme asked amazed.

"No, this island is not on any map and is protected with coven magic," she answered.

"Guys! Look outside!" Alice exclaimed form the living room window on the side.

I rushed to her side only to gasp aloud again in the last 10 minute since meeting Crystal. The sky was clear and beautiful, showing a full moon high in the sky. Stars twinkled merrily down at us. The moon and stars reflected beautifully off the ocean water, which was still and calm. Dark colored sand completed the picture, giving the view an unearthly feel.

"It's beautiful," I said softly. Edward wrapped his arms around me from behind.

"Not as beautiful as you, my love," he whispered in my ear. I smiled gently at his words and sighed happily, relaxing against his body.

"Did I forget to mention that your house will have an ocean view?" Crystal said innocently.

Someone knocked on the door of the front of the house. The person knocked in quick secessions, making a beat. I smiled as the person outside began to hum. Carlisle stood up, with Esme right behind him, to answer the door. The rest of the family followed and stood behind Esme, waiting curiously to find out to who was knocking on our door.

Carlisle opened the door to reveal a young woman with her hand raised to knock again. A man stood beside her, and stopped her hand before she hit Carlisle.

The woman smiled sheepishly, "Sorry."

Carlisle smiled, "No need to apologize, no harm was done."

The man beside her introduced himself, "My name's Nathaniel, Nathan for short. This," he gestured to the woman beside him, "is Tori. We saw your house land so you must be the Cullens."

Carlisle nodded, "Yes we are. This is my wife, Esme," he moved aside so the couple could see Esme and us, "and those kids behind her are our kids."

I stared at the both of them. Torus had blond hair, blue eyes, and had a tan that made her seem like she was glowing. On her neck, she wore a sliver chain that had a precious stone of clear, light blue.

Nathan was the complete opposite. He was pale, so pale that he looked sickly. He had an open smile on his face and seemed easy going. He had light brown hair and dark blond highlights that the sun on the island had teased out of his hair. He stood at about 6'4, towering over Tori who had to be 5'2 because she was even shorter than me. Nathan looked familiar to me and my memory kept dancing away.

I stared at them because of their eyes. Tori's was a stormy dark blue while Nathan's was a mix of amber and red.

"Please come in," Esme said from beside Carlisle. She moved aside so they could enter.

Tori and Nathan first noticed that Crystal was in side the house. They placed a hand over their heart and bowed, straightening up a short moment later. When they straightened up, Nathan's eyes began look at our faces. He moved form Edward to me and stopped suddenly, his eyes wide opened wide in shock.

"Izzie? Is that you?" he whispered, still looking at me.

A light bulb went off in my head. I gasped at why he looked so familiar.

"Big Brother?!" I exclaimed in shock.

A/N: Sorry that it took so long to get it up here. I have the next chapter written out already so expect the next chapter by next week.