"Still looks like a dream house."I mutter under my breath.
The Cullens house is at least ten miles away from any other living beings. The outside complex is completely glass. Each wall transparent showing the modern exterior inside. Last time I was here I never paid much attention to the interior. I guess now is my chance to see a vampire's home.
"So have you got a secret room where you keep the coffins and jars filled with spiders called goliath."I joke, grinning while walking up the steps alongside Edward to the front door.
He chuckles, and shakes his head while looking down.
"No-" He grabs my hand and winds our fingers together. "Sorry, but you will be lucky to even find a cobweb in the house." He informs me, with a little chuckle.
The fact that I was able to make him laugh after the tragedy that just occurred is definitely heartwarming. For me, well let's just say that wasn't the only wild animal I have encountered, and the ending was much worse for me in the past.
"Shame."I joke.
Edward pushes the white, wooden door open with ease, and I follow along into the house. The white and clean furniture looks futuristic. If it wasn't for the forest surrounding us, I would have thought it actually was the future.
"How do we know she even likes Italian food?" A females voice spoke from upstairs, her voice laced with venom.
"Her name is Bella." A male pointed out sarcastically.
"I told them not to do this." Edward defended, as he shook his head.
He didn't need to tell me anymore, as the smell of frying vegetables, and sizzling meat was easy to detect. To my surprise even the smell of food wasn't very tempting at the moment.
We walked up the massive staircase, my hand trailing along the satin-smooth rail. The long hall at the top of the stairs was paneled with a honey-colored wood, the same as the floorboards.
"Rosalie and Emmett's room...you already know Carlisle's office...Alice 's room..." He gestured as he led me past the doors.
We walked past the same wooden cross as before, and I was tempted to stroke it, just to find out its texture. I didn't though, as Edward wrapped his arm around my waist, and lead me further up into the house.
"Here comes the cursed one." I heard a girl say teasingly.
I hung my head a little by that.
"Rosalie." A woman scolded her.
When we walked into the kitchen the smell just grew stronger and stronger. Emmet was chopping up vegetables, Rosalie was flipping some salad in a bowl, and Carlisle and his wife...Esme I think, we're busy by the frying pan.
"Bella-" Esme smiled warmly. "Were making you italiano." She told me with such warmth behind her voice.
"Yum, I am hungry." I tell her, walking closer to the counter, and nearer the food.
Edward being the gentlemen he is runs down stairs, only to run back up and produce me with a high stool to sit on. I thank him, and thank his family as the food is set down before. I don't care what it is, its food and my body is still drained of energy from that mosse accident. Some energy will do me good.
I dig in, fully aware of everyones eyes on me as I do so, and it makes me feel really self conscious about how I chew.
"So Bella, how has everything this been with... your research?" Carlisles asks me curiously.
I make sure to swallow down the food in my mouth first before speaking.
"Well its going somewhere. I don't know how much Edward has told you, but I was hoping that maybe, you had some books on the graeae or on folklore?" I question, taking another mouthful of food.
"Of course, I will go look in my office and see what I can find right now." He informs me, smiling, then leaving in his search for a book. It's weird to think that I am only a few years younger then him. Edward has brought out the inner teenager in me these days.
"So Bella, Eddie here told us you can freeze time and blow up stuff." Emmett bellowed cheerily, coming to stand by my side, accompanying Edward.
"Yes." I reply cautiously. I take another bite full of food.
"Can I see?" He asks me like a little kid.
"Um,"I look at Edward who only shrugs. "Not right now, maybe soon though." I tell him.
I really want to look into more research on this Graeae thing, and whoever this Lacobus person is. It's a good thing I brought over the ritual pieces, maybe I will be able to summon them again...I hope.
"Bella, I could only find these books, I hope there of some use." Carlisles enters the room, with three books in his hands.
Folklore tales: London
Quileute Legends
Famous witches of the centuries.
"Thank you Carlisles." I thank him, then open the first book, scanning over each page searching for those to main words. Graeae and Lacobus.
In Greek mythology the Graeae translation: "old women", "grey ones", or "grey witches"; also called the Grey Sisters, were three sisters who shared unique powers among them. Their names were Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo
Well, they certainly weren't old...but it's pretty accurate.
There's nothing in here! Every single one is different from the other, and it's all repetitive stuff.
Three sisters...witches with unique powers... never aging...the blade.
All things I already know.
"There's nothing in here,"I sigh and Edward throws his arm around me in support.
"Are you sure about that?" A chirpy little voice annouced, walking gracefully in from the window, with a companion next to her.
Jasper to be more precise, looking much more relaxed than in pain, like when I have seen him at school.
"It's so nice to finally meet you Bella, I know we're going to be great friends. "She promises, wrapping me in a tight hug, that if I was fully human, I would not be breathing right now.
"It's nice to meet you as well, Alice."I smile, patting her back in return.
"Alice, are you saying there is something in the books?" Edward questioned baffled, and breaking us out of our little introduction.
"Oh, no but I had a vision. Look at the back of the famous witches book."She instructed me.
I flipped to the back which she was talking about, and there at the back was a picture. Three witches, wearing dark hooded capes,standing near the edge of a cliff all surrounding on big cauldron. and hovering about the cauldron, a balde. Not a normal, shiny blade like I thought of, but a blade made out of what looks like bones and wood.
That went through me...I swallow hard at the sickness welling up inside me. Just the thought of my own death is unsettling.
"Read the caption."Alice adds, smiling wide.
"La push beach, 1585 The Graeae last my god."I mumble, looking deeply close at the picture, trying to make out a resemblance of the cliff.
"Thats where the blade was create."Alice cheers.
"But, it's not there anymore, the was in 1585, I died in 1668." I point out, sighing and shrinking down. I'm just reaching even more dead ends.
"I'm sorry Bella,"She hangs her head, disappointed.
"It's fine Alice."
"Why don't you come with us to play baseball? I hear there's going to be a really big storm tonight going over Forks." She grins, winking at me. I turn towards Edward confused.
"What?"I say baffled, and they all chuckle at my cluelessness.
You have no idea how many times I had to write, then dealt, then re-write to get a point across. I think that's why the further you go the less the quality gets, sorry about that guys! I hope you still liked it though!
I still might re-write this chapter but for now I'm going to keep it as this, see if it works out.