Truth be told, I'm kind of afraid of how you, readers, will react to this chapter. A lot of things will be discovered in this chapter and I hope that even after this you will still read the story.

Anyway, it's the start of my Christmas break from school and it means that I may have a lot of time for updates.


I am in my bedroom doing my homework for the sake of boredom. It is becoming too easy with the assignments. I have repeated high school far too many times to find homework difficult. In fact, we, Rosalie, Emmet, Jasper and I, sometimes recycle our old homework when we see the similarity of a new homework with an old one. Mom and Dad don't agree though. They had said that if we should try to live like normal teenagers, we should at least try to do our homework from scratch. Just like everybody else does.

Another is to divert my attention. Edward's revelation this afternoon has caused me a lot of anger and pain. I couldn't believe how heartless some of our kind of was. Of all the people to kill, they took a fragile boy's parents. I also couldn't believe with how much pain Edward has already undergone because he knew the real reason why his parents have died and no one believes him. I know that it is more painful for him because he has heard his parents' and the attackers' thoughts and he knew that he cannot do anything to stop what was happening. It was like what happened to me in the past. I could see what was going to happen to people but I couldn't do anything to prevent what was going to happen.

As I was in the middle of writing an essay about the effects of global warming, I had a vision.

I am in our kitchen. I am seated on one of the chairs around the kitchen table. A light-haired woman is seated in front of me, talking. There is something sad with the story she is telling. However, I realized that I cannot hear her.

I am again in my bedroom. I just had a vision of what is to take place soon. I saw that I am talking with Carrie in our kitchen. It just proved that Carrie will fulfill what she said awhile ago. Soon enough, I can hear her car approaching our house. I decided to go down and wait for her in the kitchen since I am the only person in the house. I had no idea where the others went tonight. Probably hunting.

A few minutes later, I heard her car stop. It didn't take her long to ring the doorbell.

"It's open," I called from the kitchen. The front door is always left open. It is never locked because there is no real threat for us.

She enters and I welcome her. We go to the never-used kitchen and take our places at the kitchen table. She appears to be burdened by something. I noticed this as she entered the room. Her usually cheerful personality is now replaced a sorrowful one.

"Edward, told me," She said before bursting into tears.

I am surprised by her reaction. I didn't know that it would affect her like this. Something's amiss. There is something wrong here.

"Carrie, is there something you are not telling me?" I ask.

She looked up at me with a look of shock on her face.

"Wh-What are you talking about," She stammered, nervously.

"I know I maybe wrong with this but there is something extreme about your reaction. I mean, to most of us, we would react with shock then anger and pity but with your reaction, you seem to be blaming yourself," I answered.

Carrie is silent for quite a while after hearing that. She has stopped crying now and appears to be thinking something deeply. She sighed before she spoke again.

"You're right, I do blame for myself for what happened to him. You see, I'm related to Edward and it isn't just friendship or something like that. It is much deeper than that. Simply put, I'm related to Edward by blood," Carrie confessed.

I am shocked. I couldn't believe what I just heard but how did it happen? I know there is more so I just sat there silent while I waited for Carrie to explain.

"It started after my transformation. I was a newborn and scared of what I had become. I stayed away from people in fear of hurting them and lived in the forests. It was during those times that I met your father, Carlisle. Carlisle had already lived on animal blood at that time and taught me a new way of life. Soon, I went back to civilization and Carlisle and I separated ways. It was during my return that I met a man. He was the kindest person I have met and he showed how he cared for me. Needless to say, I fell in love with him.

He loved me back and he wasn't afraid of what I am. Soon, we were married and we had a daughter, Elizabeth," Carrie explained.

I am amazed at what I just heard. Carrie has just revealed that she had a half-human, half-vampire daughter. There is only one person that has been said to have the same child. Could it be?

"Yes, Alice, I am Karina Masen, the only vampire according to record that has been said to have a child but it isn't as easy as it appeared. You have no idea how much painful that experience was. I have long regretted making that decision. A year after Elizabeth was born, tragedy struck. The only man I have ever loved was killed in an accident. It hit us hard. I was left alone to care and protect my daughter and I knew that I cannot do it. Years passed and Elizabeth grew. We had moved from place to place to protect our identities. I had already revealed to her who we truly are and she accepted it well, just like her father. Soon she was an adult and I had to leave her alone so that she could live her life in peace.

"A few years after I left her, the tragedy that has struck me, struck her as well. One night, she arrived to the place where I was staying. She was carrying a baby. She told me it was her son and she asked to take care of him. I asked her why and she said that she was going somewhere. She didn't tell me where but just left me with her son. I soon heard that she had gone to the Volturi…" Carrie's voice cracked at the statement. Her eyes started to get teary again but she refused to let the tears fall.

I knew what she meant. Her daughter, Elizabeth, had gone to the Volturi to kill herself after losing her mate. I know how painful that feels. Carrie then continued.

"It was painful after I heard what happened to her. I should have done something to help her anything. I was angry at myself for not doing anything to stop her. All I had left was Edward. Given the circumstances, I knew that I will not able to care for him. The Volturi will kill him once they realize his existence. I had to give him up to protect him from the dangers of our kind. Had I known that this would happen, I would never have done that," Carrie explained. Her eyes are still starting to tear up but she still didn't cry.

I couldn't still believe what I am hearing.

"Are you saying that Edward is part vampire?" I said shocked.

"Yes," Carrie said matter-of-factly.

So that explains everything: why there was a unique scent with Edward compared to other children. I had noticed this lately. His scent as a human seems weak compared to the others. That also explains Edward's gift.

Carrie was saying something but I couldn't hear it because I was having a vision then.

I am seated at a kitchen table, wrapping a gift. I know I am in a different house. I can see an Esme preparing a cake. I can hear Rosalie scolding Emmet in the Emmet in the dining room for making a mistake with the decorations, Emmet's sarcastic answer and my Jasper yelling at them to shut up. They are obviously eager about something. Soon both Esme and I are done with the cake and the gift. We hurriedly go to the other room and put it on the table at the center of the room. The room is brightly decorated with streamers and balloons, courtesy of Emmet, Rosalie and Jasper. Before long, a car stops besides the house and I hear two people get out of it. Esme quickly turns off the lights while my siblings and I hide. Someone throws the light switch on and my siblings and I yell, 'Surprise! Happy Birthday 8th Edward!'

I am again in our kitchen and Carrie is in front of me, crying.

"Alice, are you listening?" Carrie said through the tears.

"Yes, you were asking us to adopt Edward."


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-Nix