Chapter 8

Bella's Pov-

No. No no no no! No! No! No! NO! No! No! No!

They can't be, vampires don't exist! They are just stories parents told their children so that they didn't wander off into the woods alone or at all during the night. It just can't be possible! No wonder they want me to stay- they want to eat me!

They were so nice, they just said I could stay so they could eat me later- and then everything went black.

Third Person's Point of View-

Alice caught Bella before she hit the ground.

Rosalie rolled her eyes 'Humans' she thought to herself.

"Well that went well" Emmett joked.

Alice ignored him as she lifted Bella and carried her to the couch in the living room. She set her down gently and waited on the floor beside her. The rest of the family followed, all wanting to

They had more important things to worry about now, Alice knew it but it wasn't the right time to share what she knew.

"So what do we do now that she knows?" Jasper asked, again Rosalie raised an eyebrow at his statement. She still didn't care for the human but now that she knew, they had to keep her around- at least for now.

"We have to wait for her to wake up first" Carlisle said, he wanted Bella to understand and maybe after they explained it to her she would understand but that was unlikely. They knew Bella was an unusual human and individually they hoped they she would accept it in her own way. As long as she stayed- it was all that mattered.

'I hope she doesn't run off now, it would break my heart' Esme thought as she stroked Bella's hair away from her face. To her Bella was already one of her children, she was just so lovable.

'She better not run, I swear if she tells I will hunt her down myself' Rosalie said. Jasper could feel Rosalie's hostility but behind all her hateful emotions she was feeling a little twinge of hope and anxiousness- unusual feelings for her. But he knew she liked Bella a little bit even though she wouldn't admit it to anyone.

Slowly Bella regained her consciousness, her left arm twitched a couple times before they heard her take a sharp breath. She sat up carefully, in her head sh ecouldn't remember what happened. She looked around the room and everything came back to her. She brought her legs up onto the couch as she started to hyperventilate. Jasper sent her a wave of calm so her breathing would go back to normal. She felt it and rejected the unwanted feelings.

"Stop that" Bella said quietly, she felt the calmness come close to her, she didn't want them so they didn't work. Jasper tried again and the same thing happened.

"Its not working, she rejecting everything I send her" He said quickly, too quick for her to catch. Carlise gave him a questioning look, he was concerned about this humans behaviour.

"Try again" Carlisle whispered. This time she willingly accepted the new emotions, panicing took a lot of energy.

By now they figured Bella was unusual, it passed through their heads at least a few times daily. But it didn't matter much.

----Twenty Minutes Later---

They explained to Bella that they weren't going to eat her and that they never planned on eating her. They told her all about them- each of their stories, how they found this lifestyle, why they chose animals over helpless humans.

Bella was anything but calm when she heard everything. She finally understood, she accepted them because she didn't have much of a choice in the matter. But she managed to stay calm as they said these things but really on the inside she was screaming her head off.

"Bella I know that this is a lot to take in so we are going out for a while so you can have some time for yourself" Carlisle said, they left a few minutes later. All the while Alice couldn't get over her latest vision, the one she had right after Bella fainted. It was the old lady from a previous vision and this time she was holding a glossy made no sense to her so she went hunting with her family.

---- Back to Edward and Tanya ---

'Its time' Edward thought as he rubbed his hands together in a sinister (A/N: I love that word) way. The Cullens had left to go hunting and as perdeicted they were going as a family. He knew that they left the human behind too.

"I'm going to say this one more time- if you attack her I will kill you, do you understand me?" Edward threatened her, she nodded. They went over the plan one more time before the headed out to the house. Tanya breathed in and she thought of the old seamstress from back at the castle. She felt her body changing and when she looked in the mirror she was someone else entirely. Her skin was wrinkled and aged, her nose was crooked and oddly shaped. Her eyes changed to an eerie black, her back was slouched and creepy. She put on a black cloak and headed back to Edward, he nodded in approval. He handed her a basket with some glossy fruit inside. She walked through the forest and with every step she was closer to this humans' demise.

She walked up to the mansion and stopped a the front door, she reached up slowly and could faintly hear her heatbeat as the human moved through the waited patiently for the human to open the door.

Finally after what seemed like forever Bella opened the door. She was shocked to see an old lady standing at the door.

"Umm....hi"

"Hello my dear" She said, her voice aged and creaky.

"Hi" Bella said, unsure of what to do. If an old lady showed up at your house that's in the middle of nowhere- what would you do?

"I am an old woman selling apples" She said, holding out a basket of shiny apples.

"I'm sorry I don't need any apples" Bella said

" Its okay, I'm going to give you one for your time" She said, taking out the plumpest shiniest apple in her basket, she handed it to Bella.

"Goodbye" She said and turned and left. As she heard Bella shut the door she let out a cackle of a laugh.

"Muhahahahahmwahahahahah! Mmmwwahahahaa!" She laughed as she walked back to the cabin.

Her thoughts were screaming at him so he didn't have to ask how it went.

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