A/N A huge thanks to my beta KareBear1965 for making this chapter better, I love ya girl. Also, thanks to my pre reader, sinfulroad69 for giving me ideas as well as telling me like it is, I love ya girl. A warning, there is mention of child abuse, no details though. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
I still do not own Twilight or any of the characters.
Lexi POV
After telling Krissy that she was my sister, I really expected her to be happy. Instead, she became sad, and even pulled away from me just a little. Now, I was confused.
"Krissy, what's wrong? I thought that you would be happy that you have a sister." Laya said.
I just had to know if our parents were still alive, "Krissy, what about our parents? Are they alive? Why were you in foster homes, I never asked, and no one ever really said."
"I. .I don't really know if they are still alive. I was taken away from them when I was eight. I never saw them again; they never even showed up in court to try to get me back." Krissy explained.
"Why were you taken away from them? They were two of the most loving people I ever knew. They were, so excited when they found out, I was getting married. What happened to you that they had to take you away?" I asked.
"It was all my fault that they had to take me away. I kept making them angry. I was stupid, and ugly. I would do something wrong, and they would punish me. They told me I had had a sister, they also told me that I was a fucking disappointment; that I could never be as good as Alexis was. I could never make them as happy as Alexis could. They always compared me to you. They hated me, because I wasn't as pretty as you, or as smart, or as good as you were." Krissy whispered lowly.
I heard growling and looked over to find CJ fighting with himself trying to stay calm. I can only guess that he never heard exactly what her parents had done to her. I can't understand. They were the most loving parents any child could ask for, at least to me.
"Krissy, I don't understand but I don't want to cause you any pain. Can I ask you a couple of questions? It has to do with them. Please?" I asked her.
She just nodded so I went on, "I know you had cuts, and cigarette burns all over your body when we first met. Did our parents do that to you? I'm asking because the parents I knew were loving, sweet, compassionate, and would never hurt anyone, especially a child. I need to try to understand what happened."
"Yes, they did that to me. It was like they were angry at me all the time. Everything was always my fault; they often told me they hated the sight of me. One time, when mama was drunk, she told me that she wished I would just make it easy on them and die," she explained with no emotions at all.
"I just don't understand. They treated me with love and tenderness. What could have happened to make them change so much. They never drank or smoked when I was growing up." I said confused.
"They also started doing drugs. They started about two years before I was taken away. I don't really know what they did, just that I saw mirrors with white powder on them, and then later I saw needles." Krissy added.
"Krissy, you are eighteen now right? That would mean that your mom was pregnant with you when Lexi disappeared. Lexi had been with Maria for several years before we met. I have a theory if anyone is interested in hearing it. I did study psychology while in medical school." Ethan said.
"Yes, please, I need to try to understand what could have changed two very loving people into monsters." I told him.
"Krissy before I begin, I need you to understand that as far as everyone in this family is concerned you are now part of the family. You are loved, and no matter what; we will never stop. What your parents did was never your fault. If you ever need to talk you can come to any one of us, and talk to us about anything." Ethan told her softly while holding her hands.
She just nodded. I think that I just fell in love even more with Ethan. Now, I truly understand how Bella came to be the sweet and compassionate person she is. Ethan is the perfect father, grandfather, great-grandfather and now brother-in-law. When he loves, it's a deep love, and he gives it freely.
"I believe that what happened is that they loved Lexi deeply as most parents love their kids. When she disappeared, they were devastated. They really had no closure, as her body was never found. That makes the loss even worse, never really knowing for sure that they are dead." Ethan was talking softly, and moved so that he was sitting in front of both us and took our hands in his.
Once settled he continued, "On top of finding out their child is gone; probably forever, they find out that they are about to have another. The child is born, but instead of looking at it as another chance at raising a child, they become frightened. What if they fall in love with this child, and the same thing happens? Also, this child is a reminder of what they have lost. So, they start drinking. They need to numb the pain, someway. Most humans that start drinking also start smoking. Finally, the drinking doesn't numb the pain like they want it, to so they move on to drugs. Light drugs at first, then as time goes on it becomes the hard stuff."
He waited a minute before going on, "That takes care of the why of the drinking and drugs, now let's go into why the abuse started. They were probably already drinking when it did, either way it doesn't matter. One day either both or one of them realizes that, they are in danger of falling in love with the little girl they have. That's not acceptable, if they fall in love with this child, they would be betraying the child they lost, and they could lose this child too. They get angry that this "intrusion" into to their grief is alive when the other child is not. So, they start taking their anger out on the child. It's not fair that she's alive and here."
He paused to let all of this sink in, then continued, "Krissy, it wasn't so much that they hated you. They were so destroyed by losing their first daughter, they just couldn't handle the pain. They were scared that the same thing would happen to you. Drinking and then later drugs causes people to not be able to think clearly or even feel anymore."
He went on, "Of course all of this isn't guaranteed that this is what happened, or even the order that it went in. I have studied humans with similar situations, and some go the exact same way I just described, only with other children who were already part of the family. Others, while suffered the loss, stayed strong for the other family members."
I looked over at Laya, and CJ. They both had tears in their eyes. I nodded quietly to Ethan, and he got up and went to hug them. They had been sitting next to Krissy, so he pulled her into the hug as well. I quickly joined them.
This is how the family found us when they came back in from having found the kids. Bella and Jasper both came over quickly needing to make sure that everyone was alright. Ethan told them that we had an announcement to make.
Ethan told me to tell the family as it concerned Krissy and I. I told them that we had got to talking and realized that I was Krissy's older sister. I explained that I had never known my mom had another baby after I had disappeared.
Ethan quickly explained why I could have wonderful parents, full of laughter and love; and why Krissy having the exact same parents could be abused. Everyone gathered around and welcomed Krissy with hugs, and words of now belonging to the family.
The one that touched me the most was Peter's and Jasper's welcome. Peter had pulled her into a hug, then released her and said, "Well now munchkin. I have someone else I can teach shit too!"
Em spoke up and said, "Hey, what about me, I can teach her shit!"
"Em, Peter, language please." Esme admonished them.
Krissy was laughing. It was good to see; I had never really seen her laugh much, except when the Uncles were acting stupid like they usually do. I think that both of us had healed some today.
When it was Jasper's turn to welcome her, he had her sit down and then sat down in front of her. He smiled before starting, "Krissy, I'm truly sorry about what has happened in your life. If we had known, what was going on, I would have stopped it. Now, I want you to know that everyone here cares about you. We are your family. You can consider me your "dad" if you want to. I will understand if you don't. Just so you know, I will always be here for you if you need me for anything. So will the whole family."
In a flash CJ and Laya both had launched themselves straight at Jasper. They actually knocked him over. Krissy joined them rolling around on the floor. It was kind of funny watching CJ though, he's tall like his dad. They were all hugging, laughing, and poor Jasper was getting kissed all over his cheeks by the girls. CJ was kissing the girls on their cheeks!
It was then that I really noticed that everyone else was tense. Carlisle while happy about what had just happened, was looking upset, angry, and then confused. That wasn't like him, usually family shit makes him happy.
I just hope that I'm not going to lose my sister right after finding her.
Bella POV
I was laughing at the kids and my mate rolling all over the floor. The girls were kissing him, while CJ was kissing the girls. It was funny, and a much-needed relief after all of the fucking shit that just went down.
Then I saw the mischievous gleam in my mates' eyes, and the tickling began! CJ being a "man" quickly got up and let his dad tickle the girls until they were squealing. He came over to me, and pulling me into a hug told me he was sorry for leaving. He was also sorry for not staying close to the house and letting the girls be threatened.
I told him it wasn't his fault that one of the brothers thought he could fuck with our family. He started laughing, "Mom! You do realize that you just cussed, in front of me?"
"I don't fucking care! Those fucking assholes threatened my babies, not just once but several times. I'm beyond pissed. So is your father, well actually the whole family is needing to release some of this fucking anger. We only came to actually get the three of you, and we are all going to do some sparring and try to get some of this fucking anger out."
"Wow, I guess you are angry. I've only heard you cuss like that when you were angry at Uncle Peter or Em. So, am I forgiven for taking off?" CJ asked me.
"Baby, there's nothing to forgive you for. You did try to get to someone. You stayed close to the girls, and you did what you could to protect them. It's not your fault that the brothers are fucking assholes, and don't want to abide by what we want for you and your sister." I explained to him.
"Mom, please don't call me a baby in front of the girls," he whispered.
I knew the girls were too busy trying to get away from Jasper's tickling match to have heard me. I knew he wouldn't go overboard with it, but he was having so much fun. It had been a long time since our daughter had just let go and be a child again. We had shit going on, and on top of that we now had a newborn that seemed to be more in control than I ever was.
I think the main question that all of us had going through our minds is how is she in control? Even I had some problems with my instincts. Attacking family just because they got too close to my mate. Of course, she has no mate, but still she should not have this much control.
What was worrying me was what if she suddenly lost that control? What if she was alone with the kids when it happened? She had been with the kids now for several hours, yet not once had she lost it, as far as I knew.
CJ leaned down at me and asked me what had happened after they left. I told him that we would tell all of them together. I also told him that there were some things that weren't "sittin' right" with his uncle Peter, nor me.
There had been some strict rules put in place that if one was even slightly broken or bent, we would leave immediately. The brothers were pissed because of our demands, but we didn't fucking care. The only thing that mattered to us, was the safety of the kids.
They wanted our help, our gifts to win this fight that wasn't even ours to begin with; they would fucking comply with our demands. It wasn't like we wanted to take over and tell them what to do or how to fight. The demands we made only concerned the kids, and now that included Krissy.
The tickling match was now over, and they were picking themselves up off of the floor. Laya, came straight over to me and hugged me. Krissy had come over too but was standing back. I reached over and grabbed her pulling her into our hug. She was going to learn what love was even if it meant continuous hugging.
I could tell that she wasn't used to this kind of behavior. She would be stiff, but eventually relax into the hug. I asked her how she was feeling, and she said that she was fine, but still a little shook up about finding out her sister was still alive.
Jasper had gone over to CJ and was telling him how proud he was of him. He wanted him to know that no one blamed him or anyone else for what happened. He let him know that the blame was on the brothers. CJ started to beam knowing he had made his dad proud of him.
I had always been amazed at just how deeply CJ felt things. He was so much like Jasper had been, not really showing his emotions, and not wanting to be in the lime light so to speak. He loved to watch others, sit in the background, and watch what was going on. But, let someone he cared about get in trouble, or get hurt, and he would go into action.
Carlisle cleared his throat to get everyone's attention and told us that we were all going to a clearing that was designed for a training area. We would inform the ones that had left of what all had taken place, and then he wanted to spend some time with the kids.
We all knew he wanted to try to find out why Krissy was so controlled. If this was going to be a permanent thing, then she needed to be trained how to fight. We would not leave her defenseless. She would eventually be as good as Laya, or myself.
I decided that I would watch Krissy closely. I knew that the kids had been confused at what happened when she first woke up. First, she seemed out of control, thirsty, confused. But, before she could act on her instincts, she was suddenly, in control, and no longer as thirsty.
Something was telling me that she had a gift. Not just any gift, no, my instincts were telling me that she had a very unique gift. As well as a very powerful one. I think it has something to do with why she has such good control.
We all took off running to the training area. I believe that another reason for coming; here is that Carlisle really wanted to be out of the castle before talking to us. None of us, no longer trusted the brothers. Not that we really trusted them before. Even my instincts were telling me something was out of sync.
Yeah, I know that the rooms were all sound proof. That didn't mean that the brothers didn't have means to hear us talking. Just, the fact that all of the rooms were sound proof was bothering us. If they hadn't have been, we would have known that Krissy was waking up; or that CJ was trying to get to us.
Once we were at the clearing, everyone got in a circle with Carlisle in the middle. Before starting, he asked if Jasper or I wanted to tell what happened once the kids were gone. We both nodded for him to talk. Jasper and I stood next to each other with the kids standing next to us.
He looked straight at Krissy and then spoke directly to her, "Before I start on the bad news I want officially to welcome you to the family Krissy. You are now part us, and you have a very important decision to make. You need to figure out if you want to be a Cullen or a Whitlock. Even though it doesn't matter what last name you go by, you are still our family. Please, feel free to come and talk to any one of us if you need to."
"I guess though since you already have a blood relative in Lexi that makes it even more official, Ethan is your brother-in-law. In a few days, everything will be set up, and you will have your own bank account with all the money you will need. You'll also be given a credit card, as well as all the legal documents that will be needed. So, think about what name you want and let me know so I can make sure it's put on the documents."
Emmett, being Emmett just had to speak up, "Hey, why can't she be a McCarty?"
"Em, shut up. It's her choice." Rose said.
She just stood there in shock. Laya leaned over to whisper, "Aunt Alice will probably want to take you and teach you how to shop. At least, you'll be able to keep up with her. She always wears me out when I go with her."
Of course, we all heard what she said and started laughing. Alice, on the other hand, started to pout. Edward put his arms around her tiny frame and tried to comfort her. We had to promise her a full day of shopping to make her feel better. Personally, I think she just did that to get us to agree to do it.
Once we had settled again Carlisle started to tell them what had happened and what was finally agreed on.
Flashback
After the kids were gone, the leader that had been ripped apart by Jasper was burned. Aro then told the rest of the guard members that they would all be torn apart and locked up until they were either needed or had served out their punishment. Which was decided that it would be two weeks.
Before being torn apart, which was done by our family. They were ordered to not even look at one of the kids, unless they were in danger. There was one that seemed to be really stupid and said something about them being food. He was also burned. The rest decided that it was in their own best interest to do as ordered when reassembled.
The guards that had been in the meeting with us were also there and were ordered to carry the parts back to the compound and place them separately into the dungeon. Yeah, they actually had a fucking dungeon!
That left our family with the three brothers. Carlisle walked up and told Aro that since it was our kids that had been threatened that Jasper, and I would deal with them.
Personally, I didn't want to "deal" with them; I just wanted to fucking rip their asses apart. I know that Jasper was feeling the same thing. I walked right up to Caius; I just had to know what his fucking problem is.
"Why did you order the guard at the castle to not interrupt when you knew the kids had been given permission to come and get us at any time? What part of they need to be protected at all costs do you NOT understand?" I was getting more and more pissed off. He was just standing there looking at me like I had grown two heads.
Jasper walked up and grabbed his throat and shoved him into the nearest tree, "My mate asked you a fucking question. I suggest that you answer her before I let her torture you, and then rip your ass apart!"
Then he sent him a shit load of fear. He started to shake and finally spoke up, "The kids are not important. They are safe here inside the walls. I figured that they would interrupt too many times and just wanted the meeting to take place without a bunch of half breeds messing it up."
Every single-family member was growling and snarling at the last part. Jasper still had his hands around his throat and started to squeeze tighter, "Did you just call my kids half breeds? And did you just say that they were SAFE here?" I asked him.
It was Carlisle that spoke up next. I looked over at him, and he was not Carlisle, at least not the man I know. His eyes were black, and he had his lips curled up, and his teeth were exposed, "Jasper, please let go of Caius. I will deal with him."
Jasper loosed his hold from around his neck and slowly backed off. Carlisle swiftly took his place. He got right in his face before speaking to him, "If they were safe. Why did we just find your fucking guards about to rape the girls and then drain all of them? Why were they even around the kids? There was nothing going on in the meeting that was more important than those kids. You were warned that those kids are priority, nothing and I mean NOTHING is more important than their safety. Now, this is what we are going to do. First of all, we are setting down new ground rules. If even one of them is bent, we will leave and you will find yourselves having to fight without us." he growled out.
"I would suggest that you listen good, I'm not repeating any of them. First, if at any time any of the guards are caught messing with the kids in any way, the guards will be killed, and we will leave. If they even talk to the kids unless the kids speak to them first, we leave. Lastly, I don't fucking care what we are doing, if those kids need to speak with one of us, they will be allowed to interrupt without having to go through a guard. You will also be adding intercom system in every single room of that castle. Those kids need to be able to call us without having to come to us. Is all of this clear?" Carlisle was yelling.
I couldn't believe that Caius could be this fucking stupid. He actually seemed to have a death wish, "Now you listen here Carlisle. You have broken several laws, and if you think that, you can come in here and order us around you are seriously mistaken. We will have Ethan killed as well as those half-breeds. They aren't even normal, and they shouldn't be allowed to exist."
Everything was a blur after that. It only took a second before Aro, and Marcus were looking at Caius's body shredded. He had been attacked by just about every family member.
Aro started to approach but was stopped by Carlisle's death glare. It took a minute or so for everyone to calm down. Then Carlisle looked at Aro and said, "Now tell me why I shouldn't burn his fucking ass for what he just said."
Aro was smart and just said that he was not in agreement with what Caius had said. He also promised that every rule Carlisle had listed would be strongly enforced, adding that anyone who even thought about breaking one of them would be destroyed. He made sure that we knew that included Caius.
"My family and I will be talking everything over. I think that I can speak for every member right now and tell you that we are not comfortable staying here. You plan on putting Caius back together; he wants members of the family killed. We understand that Ethan broke several laws, but there is no justification in killing him when no humans are left that knows about us. He simply fell in love with a human, and would have turned her if she had survived." Carlisle was calmer now.
"I don't think you understand Carlisle, if it gets out that we found out what he did and didn't act; then others will believe that they can get away with breaking laws. How are we to rule fairly if we let him get away without punishment?" Aro exclaimed.
That was it, I couldn't take any more of their fucking bullshit, "Are you dumb or just plain fucking stupid? If I'm not mistaken, letting someone get away with it is why we are here now. These vampires that were sent away did worse stuff than what Ethan did. Not to mention the fact that Ethan's has been corrected, the others weren't. How can you call yourselves fair when faced with the truth? YOU are the reason the vampire world could be in trouble." I told him. I was pissed.
Carlisle picked up where I left off, "We will be going back to the castle now. I can't tell you what we will do. We need to talk and decide if it's worth the trouble staying here. This much I can tell you, if even the tiniest thing happens concerning the kids,we will leave immediately. I will get back to you, as soon as we know what we will be doing. Please make sure that Caius is kept away from all of us." With that, we all turned and left.
End of Flashback
No one had moved so we were still in a circle with Carlisle in the middle. You could tell everyone was thinking and wondering what we should do now. Carlisle waited another minute and then said, "I want everyone to think about all of the facts that we have right now, including what has happened here. We need to decide if we will be a part of the Volturi, even temporarily."
"Personally, I would like to wait and see if the rules will be enforced or not. We don't really know what these other vampires want. Oh, we know that they have gone around killing if others didn't comply with their wishes. That's the only reason even to consider staying here. Now, if it's alright, I would love to have a chat with the kids, and that includes you Krissy."
He wasn't done, "As for everyone else; I think that maybe some relaxation is in order. No fight training, at least not today. Let's as a family find some games and try to enjoy being together while we can. After all, we have a new addition to the family, and she needs to know that we do know how to have fun."
Emmett, Peter, and Edward all decided to go to the castle and grab some of the sports gear they had seen in the game room. There was enough stuff to play baseball, football, basketball, and even tennis. They were going to grab it all.
Jasper and I wanted to stay with the kids and talk with Carlisle as well. It was bothering Jasper to no end, about the fact that Krissy was so calm, and in control. I just wanted to make sure that she wouldn't suddenly lose it.
The kids started out by telling us exactly what happened, starting from the time that CJ knew she was about to wake up. They even explained how they found out that Lexi was Krissy's sister.
Ethan and Lexi had also joined us. Lexi told us of what she remembered from growing up with her parents, and then Krissy told us of her childhood. They were totally opposite stories, and if I didn't know any better I would swear that they had two different sets of parents.
Ethan then explained to us what he had explained to Lexi and the kids about what could have happened. This was one of those times that I was even more grateful that I had been lucky to have Ethan raise me. If he had refused to take care of me, I could have easily ended up in an abusive foster home as well.
Carlisle bombarded the kids with questions trying to figure out what was going on with Krissy. The only thing certain was that she said that she did have a few times where she would suddenly feel out of control, and even wild; just as suddenly as it came it would stop. Seemingly, for no apparent reason.
We could tell that all three kids really wanted to go and join the rest of the family who were currently playing football. While Laya, and CJ were pretty much indestructible, they were not allowed to play football. Emmett would tackle them and the only time they played with him; they did get hurt when they ended up in the bottom underneath him.
It wasn't really that bad but Jasper said that was the only game they couldn't play. Emmett felt so bad for hurting them; he had stopped the game, and went to sulk. The kids were just mostly sore from being hit so hard by a moving mountain called Emmett.
They could play the rest of the games. Laya loved all of the games but CJ preferred baseball, and tennis. He also love to play chess. He loved to try to come up with strategies to beat whomever he was playing. Usually Jasper, Edward, or Ethan. Em just didn't have the patience for chess. If you asked me, I think he just didn't like losing which he did every time he tried to play chess.
They decided to start a game of baseball, with everyone playing. Krissy was included of course, and you could tell she was the happiest she has ever been. I was going to just sit and watch the game.
Actually, I was going to watch Krissy. I had started to notice that there were times when she seemed to shift into an almost panicky state one second and then in the next second she was fine.
I was also being bothered by my instincts. Something wasn't right, and I couldn't put my finger on it. I knew it had something to do with being here. While I knew we were safe here, it felt "wrong" somehow. After what had happened with the kids and Caius, I guess anyone would have a bad feeling.
At first, I thought that was why I was feeling like this. But, it seems to go beyond that. It's like we are supposed to be here, yet we are supposed to be somewhere else. It makes no sense. I decided that maybe I should tell the family and who knows maybe Alice can see something, or maybe Peter will have some of his "knowing shit" to help explain.
I was brought out of my thoughts by Jasper coming up and snaking his arms around my waist. He leaned down to whisper in my ear asking me if I was alright. I had learned along time ago that you can't lie to an empath, so I decided to tell him what I was feeling.
He listened to me as I tried my best to explain. Finally, I sent him some of what I was feeling, and he too said it was confusing. He immediately stopped the game and had everyone come over. I told him he should have let everyone have their fun first.
I didn't want to interrupt everyone's fun to only have it the instincts of a mom worried about her kids. Jasper told everyone what I had described to him and then let me try to help everyone understand.
Alice said that she couldn't see anything that would tell her about why I was feeling like we're supposed to be here, and yet being here is wrong. That there is something not quite right.
Peter said that he knew something still wasn't "sittin' right" with the brothers. He did say that it could be that it wasn't with the brothers but just being here that wasn't sittin' right. He said that his "knower" was letting him know that this was where we were supposed to be for now, still, something wasn't right.
Both Jasper and Edward said that Aro had been speaking the truth. That in all of the talks we had had with him, he had always been completely honest with us. So, had Caius, for that matter, and even with Marcus, there was no deceit. Of course, the only time we had actually held a conversation with him was when we first got here. He seemed to be quite interested in the kids.
We decided that for now we would just wait and watch. Peter said something that got every single family member curious. He told us, "I can't give you any details, but I can tell ya that the newest family member has a gift. Once we know and understand it, we must not let even the brothers know about it. I wish I could tell ya what it is; the only thing I can tell ya, is that the brothers would be willin' to do just about anythin' to get her to become a guard member, and I do mean anythin'."
"What do you mean I have a gift? What are you talking about? I don't understand." Krissy sounded like she was about to panic.
We didn't need Jasper's gift to know she was started to act more like a newborn. She was becoming jumpy. I watched her closely as she seemed to be getting worse; her eyes were starting to dart around, looking for the "threat". Then she looked over at Lexi.
After a few seconds of looking at her sister, she calmed down and was back in control. I guess knowing that she has someone who really is a relative helps her stay in control.
Carlisle started explaining that some vampires have gifts or powers. He told her about Edward, Alice, and Peter's gifts. Then he said that Jasper, the kids and I as well as Ethan and Lexi could all explain our gifts to her.
We each took turns explaining not only our gifts and how they work; we also took turns to tell our stories, of how we were turned. When it was Rose's turn, Krissy felt a connection, they had both been raped, and because of it had to be turned in order to be saved.
When it came to how Peter, Char, and Ethan were turned, Krissy was surprised that Jasper was their sire. She didn't have a problem with Carlisle being Esme, Rose, Emmett, and Edward's sire. It only took me a minute to realize the difference.
Everyone that Carlisle had turned was dying. The ones turned by Jasper weren't. They were turned, to fight. Lexi had also been turned to fight; the only difference was that Maria herself had turned her.
Peter, Ethan, Lexi, and Jasper explained to her about Maria. They left out most of the really horrible stuff, but made sure that she knew that Maria was dead. They showed her their scars. Lexi didn't have very many compared to the rest of them, but she showed her the ones she could.
It took a couple of hours to go through each person. This was how we started the "bonding" of the newer members to our family. We did this eventually with Lexi, and it was done when Ethan and I joined the family. Of course with me, it took more than one meeting; I needed to sleep.
Krissy got excited when she heard how Emmett had been attacked by a bear. I think that she had a slight crush on him, she always had. She told Emmett about her first meal, and how she enjoyed being tossed around before biting the bear. He told her that on her next hunt, he would show her how really to rile them up and "play" with them before draining them.
After this, we needed to give the kids guidelines to follow so that they themselves wouldn't end up breaking one of the rules, or making the Volturi break one. It sounded kind of stupid to be giving grown kids rules, but it was needed.
Now, this would also include Krissy of course. The main thing was they couldn't go anywhere without telling someone in the family. Under no circumstances were they to go anywhere in the castle alone. They were not to talk to any of the guard members unless it was to get one of us. Shit, they couldn't even talk to any of the brothers without one of us being there.
They were to inform us of any rule being broken by the guards or the brothers. We told them that the guards were instructed that they were not to stop, interfere, or speak to the kids for any reason unless the kids spoke to them first or if their lives were in danger.
Jasper told them that they were not to go anywhere near the wing that the brothers stayed in. They also were not to go to the main conference room without us either being there, or going with them.
They were also instructed to let us know if they saw or heard anything that seemed to either be out of order, or strange. Everyone had this to follow. Until we knew why Peter, and I were both feeling like we needed to be both here, and somewhere else we would all be on high alert for anything out of the ordinary.
We were going to stay here awhile longer, but the kids were getting tired. So, everyone grabbed some of the equipment, and we headed back. Carlisle told us that he wanted us to stay away from the Volturi altogether, for a few days. None of us had a problem with that.
He felt that the emotions would be running too high, and dangerous ones at that. He knew Caius well enough that he would be more than a little angry about what we had done to him. That he would be looking for an opportunity to make sure we were punished for it. He doesn't forget; he doesn't forgive.
Carlisle also told us that he would try to find any kind of loop hole to try to condemn us. The only thing stopping him right now was Aro, and Marcus. We weren't sure. What was stopping them, outside of the fact that they needed us to help them win this fight. This is where the feeling of something not being right came in.
I had a feeling that we might have gone too far when we dealt with Caius. He would never let this go. But for some reason, the other two were going to leave us alone, for now. At this point, we turned to head back.
Jasper asked Krissy if she felt like she needed to hunt. She said that she didn't think so, her throat wasn't burning. Of course, this confused Jasper, Peter, Ethan, and Char.
Newborns were almost always thirsty. I myself had been in need of hunting more often than the rest of the family at the time, but my blood lust had never really gotten out of control. Then again, I was part vampire so Ethan suspected that I would have more control than "normal" newborns.
None of us could figure out how, or why Krissy seemed to have complete control. Maybe that is her gift; she can control herself to the point of not being a wild, out of control newborn. If that's the case though, why would the brothers want her gift so badly, unless she can control other newborns as well.
That would make her valuable, especially to those who need to make more vampires. They would need to add to their guard, and someone who can control newborns would be a highly prized asset. Of course, the brothers don't know anything about her having a gift. But, they will probably need to turn more people for numbers. If they had special vampires, that had certain gifts, they could easily make more vampires.
If they had vampires, which could control newborns, that would be a much-needed asset. Someone who could train them would be an even more valuable asset. Yeah, and several vampires that could train newborns to fight, and win, would be even more valuable. OH SHIT. . .
A/N Please review and tell me your thoughts on this chapter. It helps me to know your thoughts as I write. I have actually changed directions on a chapter based on a review or reviews that I have gotten. For the next couple of chapters I will not have a pre reader, so your thoughts will help me decide where I'm going with the next chapter. Even though, I'm sure about a few things and what will happen with certain characters. Again, I'm going to say this because it keeps coming up. CJ will NOT be romantically involved with Krissy, you will see why in the next chapter or two. They are just friends/siblings. CJ's emotions just run very deep for those he cares about.
