To be free of all the strings that tie me to you would be the greatest thing I could do, but my heart is frail I can only take so much because without permission with out you there, there is no heartbeat in my chest to hear and no warmth to enjoy. Though my mind may deny the fact that I cannot cut those strings my heart denies you still and with that I am forever in my pain and everlasting sorrow.

Chapter Ten: Discovery

After Edward had left, I went inside shut down the shutters and head down to the basement, trying to get him out of my head but to no avail he was in my ever thought. He said he didn't live far from here, why did he have to tell me that does he have any Idea how much that was tempting me to go and find where he lived? Maybe he did. The arrogant little….my thought trailed off by Millie yelling for me from her room. I sighed got off my bed and went to see what was her problem I was in a very bad mood and had no time for her annoying games. Why? You may ask well, I don't know maybe it's the fact that I felt as if there was a pulling tug and unbearable pain eating away at my insides and every time I moved even an inch it shot through your body. Yeah try being pleasant with all that happening to your body.

I leaned on the door frame in Millie's room in our underground home; she was standing in the middle of her bed looking up at her ceiling as if she was expecting the heavens to drop down from the sky. I grimaced; this is what she called me in here for? Millie would just have to put up with my bad mood swings even I felt sorry for her having to deal with me and I was glad that no matter what came out of my mouth she didn't take it personally she knew I couldn't help it but I was sorry for her all the same it couldn't be easy for her because I knew I could be a real pain in the ass sometimes if I wanted too. I sighed taking deep breathes. I didn't want to blow my short fuse on her again, for the sixth time tonight; none of this was her fault it was mine.

"You yelled?" I didn't mean for it to come out as sarcastic, but who cares? She looked at me ,then tapped the ceiling with the stick in her hand, I farrowed my eyebrows at her action, where did she even get a stick from? Suddenly I heard light foot steps up stairs, too soft to be human or a paladin. The sound was almost non-existent. I put my finger to my lips signaling for her to be quiet , she nodded sitting on the edge of her bed softly. Someone was in the house and whoever it was wasn't human that meant that they might hear us down here even though the walls were sound proof but only to humans a creature with advance hearing would be able to hear our movements.

"I wonder who it is?" I whisper in her ear, the pounding and tugging in my chest was going insane and that only happened when Edward was anywhere close to me. I gasped softly as the pain shot through my limbs again. I curled up into Millie's side hanging onto her arm for dear life, she stroked my hair looking down at me with concern written all over her face.I was trying my best not to cry,but the tears still fell , she wiped them away she smiled sadly down at me in understanding. " I know what you're feeling I've seen it happen three times before, I know that you're in a lot of pain but moving around helps after a while." My eyes widen. Was she serious, the pain was worse when I moved around?

"I know who's in the house." I gasped softly, sitting up on my own wrapping my arms around my chest, as if I'd fall into pieces if I ever let go, well it sure felt that way though my logical mind knew it wouldn't it didn't matter ti offered me some type of comfort." It's Edward isn't it?" I nodded my head. " What is he even doing here?" She asked shaking her head, I didn't even know how he got in the house, I closed those metal shutters even with his strength he couldn't possibly removed them.

"I think we should go up and see what his problem is." Millie suggested. "And risk letting him know where the entrance to our underground floor is? I don't think so we should just wait till he leaves." I said through gritted teeth.

"Well we're in for a long wait.." Millie sighed. " I think you should sleep with me tonight to make sure you don't go nuts besides from looking at you I think you need the company." She giggled softly pulling the covers up over us I turned on my side facing the opposite wall.

" Just don't steal the covers-cause I don't care if it's your bed-or I'll kick you out of it." I muttered under my breathe, she snorted. I soon fell into a dreamless but not so peaceful sleep thanks to the pain.It's your fault just shut up and bear it! Oh great I'm talking to myself again.

I woke up in a worse mood than yesterday because 1.) The pain was ten times as worse-well at least it wasn't shooting through my limbs every time I moved anymore in centered it's attention in my chest cavity.2.) Millie kept stealing the sheets last night. I was beginning to think that the only reason she came up with this idea was because she was actually scared to sleep on her own. She'd never admit it but it was true. I wouldn't tell her anything I would keep it for future blackmail when she'd get on my nerves again. I smiled slightly,I listened closely for any sounds of movement from over head and heard the faint tapping of feet in the living room or rather several feet.

Should I wake Millie or deal with this myself? I think I should deal with it myself, because Millie was not a morning person. What I wanted to know was how they got in the house,what they wanted and who they were. Maybe it could be Roland? I thought as I went to my room to get my base ball bat-it wouldn't be much help but hey it gave me a sense of security that at least I had something to defend myself with. But then I would risk letting them know where, the underground entrance is.I was frowning deeply sitting on the stairs leading up-stairs, because I couldn't focus on anything properly except for the pain in my chest. I thought about enduring a month of this madness and the rational side of me decided that I was insane if I did want to endure this torture.

I slowly made my way up the stairs, un-locking the trap door above my head, that lead to the upper floor from the attic. I sniffed the air carefully, there were one scent out of the seven that I didn't know, there were whispers coming from the living room , whoever they were, were speaking too fast I couldn't make out most of the words that came out of their months, I inhaled deeply again and then instantly wished I hadn't I was hit by Edwards scent and it was the same thing as yesterday all over again. I stopped breathing, I looked around: the metal shutters hadn't been moved. I knew it was him.

I silently took out my hand held computer, flipping it open checking the security cameras they shifted showing me the living room it was about to scan the area when the cameras spotted them. It was the Cullen's! All of them they were sitting in my living room just talking-super fast-, what were they even doing here?I turned to the key pad by my shoulder ,shutting off the lights and sending my alarm system into attack mode. I watched as the Cullen's looked around them in confusion, as the lights flashed red then went out and several guns popped out from all corners of the room aiming at them and Lazar beams shone. The little one-Alice I saw her in one of my classes-stepped forward to touch the Lazar beam. Was she that stupid? As soon as it came into contact with her skin she pulled back her hand hissing. Yes,yes she was that stupid. The blond head-jasper pulled her into an embrace trying not to get lazered by the beam behind him. They were all tense waiting for whatever.

I have to admit, it was kind of fun messing with them, but knowing me I didn't have much patient.

"What are you doing here?" I asked them, they all jumped when they heard my voice coming from the speakers around them.

"Where are you?" Edward asked I smirked. "I asked a question, you really didn't think I wouldn't notice your family in my house? I'm not stupid." I snorted. I cut off the Lazar beams. They relaxed, I walked down the staircase and came into view. I still hadn't taken a breathe since I came out of the attic and knew that I'd need more air they just stared at me:eyes wide. I smirked trying not to look at Edward, his scent was one thing, looking at him was another not to mention the emergency situation in my chest cavity all of which I was trying hard to ignore. It took at lot out of me to not set my expression in a nasty grimace.

I clapped my hands, all the weapons disappeared.

"I'll ask my question again, what are all of you doing here and how did you get through my security system?" They didn't relax a bit it was like talking to a room full of stone statues, I cleared my throat loudly. Carlisle,stepped forward I looked him square in the eye.

"We came here to explain somethings to you, as you know none of us here are humans we'd like you to share what you are with us and in turn we'll do the same." I smirked, it was that easy.

"You go first and then I'll tell you what I am, but first I have to go get my sister stay here and try not to set off any alarms." The big one Emmett's mouth fell open.

"Cool,we have to get a system like yours, what are you even doing with such a security system?"He said pouting at me, it was so cute, then the blond one:Rosalie slapped him in the back of the head. I scowled at her, she glared back. I rolled my eyes, what a drama queen.

"When you're me security like mine is needed and as to where I got it from is a secret. I'll be right back." I ran up the stairs at full speed, I heard their gasps behind me and their fast whisperings.I pulled up the trap door and went back underground.I went into her bedroom.

"Millie get up we've got company." She groaned but didn't move. I sighed pulling the covers off of her and clamped her on the back, she jumped up right.

"What,what!Their here,their here!" She asked looking around her confused, yep she was not a morning person. I leaned over and whispered in her ear. " The Cullen's, now get up." Her eyes bugged wide and I nodded, she silently followed behind me.

The Cullen's were seated just as I had left them. They turned around to look at us, Millie and I sat on the staircase staring at them for some reason or the other Millie was trying not to laugh. I didn't even want to know. Maybe she noticed that fact that I wasn't breathing.

"I never knew you had a sister." Said the hyper active pixie called Alice, Millie smiled at her. "We're not biological sisters, we're adopted sisters like you are, but sister's by heart all the same. Who's going to start?" She asked grinning so wide I could swear her face would have cracked into two halves.I bought my gaze back to the Carmel haired woman and frowned, that had to be they only one in the family that I hadn't met.

" Do you believe in all supernatural creature?" Millie and I looked at each other before answering in unison."Yes" I sucked in a breathe and clutched Millie's arm as to not hold my chest I'm sure they'd notice if I tumbled over in pain she smirked at me,smug much? I was going to get her back for all of this.

"You don't need to go around the bush just be out front and tell us no matter what it is we won't run away screaming and you might not know this but every mythical creature you can think of exist." Why didn't I let my sister speak, my air supply was already up, breathe in slowly, breathe out slowly. Maybe they wouldn't question the fact that I wasn't breathing for over ten minutes.

"We're Vampires." Alice squealed clapping her hands, was she on crack? Vampires? That would make sense I've met one of their kind before during my first decade. Why didn't I see this before?You were too busy Obsessing over Edward Cullen. There I go again battling with my self.

"That makes so much sense." Millie huffed folding her arms across her chest then she turned to me."I told you I was right."

"Don't be such a lair you said nothing of the sort, you told me you had an idea of what they were but you weren't going to tell me because I'd think you were crazy, little did you know I met one of their kind before let's just say we didn't get off on good terms. How old are you Carlisle?" I could feel Edwards eyes watching me intently, they seemed shocked at how well we were taking all of this.

"I'm three hundred odd years old." Lord he beat me by a century. I was looking forward to being with the vampires would they still be in danger of us?Could I risk them getting involved in all of this?Yes you can, you are just playing scared again Isabella, grow some back bone!Again my inner voice hissed at me.

I sighed."Millie you are free to do the honors." I said waving my hands in the air. She laughed putting her arms around my shoulders.

"Well vampires probably don't know of our species, we've been on this earth longer than vampires have and we even know how vampires came to be, our kind don't have rules we can expose ourselves if we want too even if we don't have a ruling party we can still get killed if we do so, because of Paladins:our enemy. Yes we are Immortal as far as I know they only thing can kill us is electricity as weird as that may sound it does the job anyone have any guesses as to what we are I think Carlisle might know since he's been around for a while?" She was playing with them. Why can't this girl do anything the easy way, but even through my impatience I was curious as to who would guess first or if they'd even get it right.

The all looked at each other with confused faces. I was just about to gave up when Jasper came up with the golden answer. " Jumper."
"I didn't even know they still existed." He muttered to himself. I smiled.

"Yes, before you ask question I'm going to explain everything you need to know about us." Said Millie. She was just enjoying this including my new state, I swear to the Lord that if she said anything about the forbidden topic I was going to kill her this time. I narrowed my eyes at her, from the devious look in her eyes I knew she would.

"Jumpers have been on this earth since the dawn of time nobody knows were we originated from and most of us don't even bother, vampires and Jumpers have many similarities we have advanced senses just like you,we are immortal, we have your speed and strength and we find our mates the same way you do but it's far more of a pain in the ass because..." She trailed off looking at my menacing glare. I was daring her to continue, she rolled her eyes, but dropped the subject. "Anyway you don't have to bother with that, that information can wait for another time." Millie damn you! I was mentally cursing her to the pits of said it in such a way that they were suspicious they'd ask questions about that later and if I made a fuss about it they'd grow more suspicious as to why I was so evasive when it came to that subject. At least she dropped it.

"A jumper is a person that can teleport from one place to another by conjuring up a picture of that place in their mind, it could be anywhere in the world or even out of it once we know what it looks like we can take you there and I know you're all curious about the subject of your vampire origins so I'll tell you. It started a very long time ago-don't bother asking which year because no one really knows-a man-I don't know his name and even if I did I wouldn't tell you because it's forbidden as they like to say-made a deal with the devil for ever lasting life but he didn't ask for ever lasting youth. The devil explained to the man that things don't work that way, that he must be willing to give up some piece of his humanity in exchange for everlasting youth but the man didn't want to do that. A war broke out between the underworld and the world of the living because this man was that desperate for what he wanted, in order to start the war he spread the rumor that everlasting life could be granted by the devil but if you wanted youth to go with it you had to help him in the war and so they did-if you ask me humans back then weren't very bright, most of didn't fight because of pure instinct-the devils demons were losing and when God looked down on his people he saw the destruction this one man had caused among his children. Now Jumpers by instinct are very evasive of situations like that we don't go into wars unless we have too:we were on gods side. The war raged for decades until everyone was fed up sides between every mythical creature was chosen because not all mythical creature were immortal they were greedy for that. The devil himself said to God that the war between the two worlds had to come to an end, so he decided that he'd give them what they wanted."

"A curse was besotted upon those of a greedy heart and in turn for what they wanted their humanity was lost, they fed on the blood of humans and jumpers did not go into hiding we decided that something needed to be done about the bloodsuckers-no offense- we went into the world flaunting our blood to them, they didn't know that once you bit us you died because our blood was poisonous to them, it was easy to lure them in because our blood smelled sweetest to them. You may not believe this but vampires weren't always as smart as they are now."

The look on all their faces was priceless. Emmett looked so offended that I felt sorry for him.

"There was a point in time that all vampires fed on animals-as you do now and by doing that the devil gave them back their souls-because they thought all humans were poisonous and over the centuries it stayed that way until your minds truly developed, they discovered that we were not human and hated our race with a vengeance but didn't dare start a war because their precious immortality would be taken away from them, a truce was made between our kind and your kind and your kind vowed never to feed on humans of course more time went by and that truce was broken again. Jumpers were fed up with your kind and we decided to leave you be once you didn't expose our kind to the world and yourselves of course because we shared your many traits and that my dear Cullen's is the history of the Vampire race." She said all of this in two breathes.

Carlisle looked like a teenage nerd sitting in on the best history class he has ever had. I turned to my dear sister with a forced smile on my face patting her arm in my lap.

"Don't you ever bring it up again." I whispered, she shivered. I never thought I'd see the day that Millie would be afraid of me, she seemed to grasp the fact that I was sensitive to the certain topic of mating. "Okay I won't."

Rosalie turned to me and for once she wasn't scowling, I had to admit she was pretty beautiful when she wasn't.

"I just have one question for you two,can jumpers have children and how does that work if you don't age?"I felt it was best that I answer this question.

"Yes we can have children, when we have children they grow just like humans but whenever you come into your jumper skills that's when you stop the aging process and when you get pregnant your body is allowed to change for the gestation of your pregnancy and then when you have given birth you go back to not aging, a jumpers body is only programmed to do that thrice in their life time, if it so happens that there is a fourth time you become a mortal jumper and there's nothing that cane be done about it."

Her face was cold again, she brushed her hair off of her shoulder and went back to her-snotty two shoes attitude.

"That was quite...interesting." Carlisle mused to himself. Suddenly the smile was back on my sisters face.

"Aren't you missing out on something you should tell them?" I glared at her, the Cullen's looked eager for more information.

"Millie that is my personal business and mine only." I stated. She leaned in and whispered in my ear. "It's still on." Then she turned to the Cullens.

"Any questions?" This was going to be a very long day.

"What are paladins?" He just had to ask didn't he?Lord help me!

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