CPOV

Vampires....

Mum had warned me about them, though I hadn't taken her seriously. I thought she was just stressed or tired and imagining things or maybe something a patient had said was so believable she half believed it. And what did Jasper mean she was a healer? And I was one too?

The whole situation made me laugh. I wasn't sure what to believe anymore. I knew what he had said about Bella was true just by looking at her expression earlier. But everything else ...it was hardly credible. Vampires did not exist. And if they did, 'vegetarians'? That was just ridiculous. But it did explain one thing.

Michael and Alice. When I touched them, they were cold. Cold and hard, like rocks. But I could have just been imagining things; I was panicking, probably not thinking straight. People weren't cold...

But I had to be sure. I walked over to where they both lay and put my hand on Michael, and then Alice. Just like when I touched them before, they were like rocks. I stood up and walked to Jasper, and placed my had on his arm. I could tell he resisted the urge to flinch as I did so. I did the same to all the members of his family, except Edward, I still didn't feel comfortable around him, and felt the same thing; coldness, hardness, lifelessness.

I looked at them all, not sure what to feel anymore. They all felt too cold to be alive, yet they were. Or maybe they weren't alive. Maybe they were telling the truth. But that would mean that there could be more than just vampires out there and that was a lot to take in. I sat where I was, thinking it all over.

What would Mum do? I thought. What would she do at a time like this? Remain calm? Do her job? Help? But she hadn't seemed surprised, and according to Jasper, she already knew. In fact, I remember, she seemed slightly afraid of who I was dealing with. How long had she known then? What was a healer? Was she sure I was one? Could I be one? So many questions fire themselves one after another in my head.

"This is crazy," I barely whispered.

"How do you think we feel?" the big one said.

I looked at him, wondering how he had heard what I said, but then put it down to being a vampire. They must have super hearing or something. What else did they have? Perfect vision? Incredible speed?

The blonde who stood next to him still looked ready to fight. I looked at each Cullen in turn, seeing their beauty, their grace and the dangerous auras they had, especially Edward and Jasper. I sighed and took out my phone again. If I really was the only one who could help them, I had to do it now I assumed. I dialled my mother's number again, feeling slightly better when I heard her voice.

"I'm sorry Casper, I couldn't tell you what you were because it would put you at too much risk, and now it feels like history is repeating itself," she said, talking without stopping for breath. "But now you know what you are, you have to help people like I do. I'll explain more when you get home," she promised.

"What do I have to do to help them?" I asked, glad my voice sounded more together than I felt. I could sense her hesitation and it made the seconds turn into hours. The wait allowed a thousand possibilities to drive through my mind, each one ending worse than the previous.

"Casper," she began, "in order to help Alice and Michael, you have to use the bracelet I gave you. The one I said had been passed to you from you grandfather," she said sounding serious.

I looked at the bracelet in question. It was just some bits of leather plaited together, nothing special. I didn't understand what it had to do with anything.

"I know it seems stupid," she continued, "but it is more than just a bracelet. From what you told me, I think that they are being affected by the power the bracelet has. It was made by some shape shifters, years ago. Shape shifters are one of the only things that can kill a vampire, but the bracelet can heal as well as destroy.

Take it off, and place it around their wrists. Then have their mate, or a member of the opposite sex, bite into their wrist above the bracelet, not to feed, but to let the bracelet help them. This should be all that is needed, but be warned, when they awaken, they will need blood."

I could tell that they, excluding Bella who looked lost, had heard the entire exchange. Their expressions of calm, or anger in the blonde one's case, change to a fiercely protective one, as if I intended to hurt Alice or Michael.

I tried my best to ignore their faces and do as my mother instructed, but as I turned to walk towards the two, I felt my arms bent behind my back and myself being forced to the ground. Whoever was on me was trying to rip my arms out of their sockets, but I resisted the urge to cry out. I didn't want to draw any attention to us. I could see Bella out of the corner of my eye looking confused, terrified and unsure of what to do to help.

"Rosalie, let him go," someone instructed. Instead of listening, she tightened her grip, forcing a small cry of pain to escape from me.

"Rosalie," the voice warned.

She tightened her grip again. A harsh wind blew and suddenly I was free, but I couldn't move. I was too afraid. I stayed where I was, not willing to move again in case it provoked another attack. I felt light hands on my arm, checking for broken bones and such. There were none, no injuries other than a sore shoulder. I didn't know how I knew, but it had always been that way.

"I'm ok," I reassured the person. I rolled over and saw it was Bella. She knelt beside me half in tears. Not wanting her to shed tears over me, I hugged her quickly, reassuring her that I was ok and it would be ok.

BPOV

If I didn't already have reason to be afraid, now I surely did. Rosalie had flown onto Casper's back and pinned him as if he were nothing. He looked like he was in pain, but he said he was ok and that things were going to be ok. I wanted it to be, but who was I kidding? Things would never be ok now.

With vampires and healers in town, who knew what else there was. I guess I should've expected there to be more than just me with my visions, but vampires? They only existed in books. At least I thought they did.

Why couldn't we all just be normal and lead normal lives? But what was normal? Did it exist, or did we all have something weird or strange about us? Were there other people in school with powers? Were there other supernatural...things? All these questions gave me a headache.

I looked at Casper. He was sat on the floor looking as if he were fighting with himself about what to do. I felt useless sitting here, so I wanted to ask the vampires, as I now thought of them, some questions.

"Why did you attack Casper?" I asked Rosalie, who was pinned down by the big vampire. Instead of responding, she gave me a hard look as if I had asked a stupid question. I stared back at her as hard as I could though I knew it would have no effect. I didn't want her to know how terrified I was.

"She doesn't trust Casper," Edward sighed. "Neither do the rest of us because he doesn't look like he knows what he is doing. He also doesn't trust himself as much as he should do about it, so who's to say it will all go well?"

I just looked at him. How could he know all that? Did he read minds? Jasper opened his mouth to speak but Edward cut him off. I could see that Casper also wanted to say something, maybe to defend himself, but he too was cut off by Edward.

"To stop you wondering, I can hear people's thoughts. Well, everyone but yours. And Jasper can feel the emotions of people, he can also influence them. Alice has visions of the future and Michael has some control over fire," he explained, looking slightly unsure as he finished.