Chapter 2: Meeting the Cullens
I heard a mixture of female and male voices in the distant. My head was pounding so severely that it brought tears to my eyes. When I opened my eyes, I noticed that I was lying flat on my back. I turned over and looked up to see where the voices were coming from. I noticed it was still night-time. As I looked around and try to make sense of my surround, I could barely make out of seven pale-skinned individuals with golden eyes looking curiously at me with a big lighted house with numerous windows behind them.
I thought to myself, 'Golden eyes? Are those contacts? Huh, I guess they like to cosplay or something. But they look so real.. It kind of reminds me from that Twilight saga series.." Suddenly in a blink of an eye, a young-looking man with blonde hair and golden eyes appeared in front of me. He crouched down to me to meet me at eye level and said, "Hello, my name is Carlisle Cullen. I am a doctor from Forks Hospital. Are you okay? What is you name?"
It was like there was something in my throat, so I croaked hesitantly, " I ..don't know..sir. My.. name is Alexandria Hernandez. I go by Ale..".
I looked down and thought to myself frantically, 'Wait, Forks Hospital? Carlisle Cullen? No way, I must really be dreaming. I mean I was watching the Twilight sage night before I moved out of the house, and I have read many fanfictions of normal people getting transported to the Twilight world…but there just stories!'
As if the boy with bronze hair read my mind, he said out loud to everyone, "She knows who and what we are". Three of the golden-eyes individuals gasped.
When he said that, my heart raced with anxiety. A beautiful girl, I assumed it is Rosalie, exclaimed sarcastically, "Great! Another human found out about us".
The big guy, I think its Emmett, soothed her, "It's going to be okay Rosie".
Carlisle then asked politely without breaking my eye contact with me as I stared at him with a frightened expression, "Alice did you see this coming?"
"No Carlisle. I promise you; I did not see her coming at all. We all did not expect her to pop up in a bright light in front of us right after we talked with Jacob to confirm today meeting-" then Alice paused mid-sentence with a glaze look in her eyes.
I think Jasper?, with a heavy Texan accent said, " What do you see, Alice?"
Edward looked at Alice as if he was looking at the vision that she was having, and Alice looked back at Jasper then to me. She said, "…She is not from our world. She is from the future in a different timeline from our own. She knows about us because our world is from a series of fictional books. (Jasper and Carlisle both frown by that news and pondered by the facts). We can trust her. She won't tell our secrets. It is safe to keep her with us. The Volturi will not find out about her because she does not have a scent, and her future is flicking on and off, so it is hard to see whether she is going to be with us long-term or not. Oh Carlisle, can we let her stay with us? please, please!".
"Well, I don't like to hear that I am a fictional character from some book even if I am damned to live the rest of my life as a vampire," Rosalie snidely commented.
I believe she realized her mistake and she quickly cooed to Emmett, "But, I don't regret meeting you. You are the only reason why I find this vampire life more bearable". Emmett simply holds her hands in response with a sad smile. I guess it is not the first time that Emmett has heard Rosalie complaining about her life as a vampire.
Carlisle pinched his nose bridge in frustration and said "Okay. Let's all calm down. We do not have time to discuss all of this. We are time strained. We have to meet with the wolves in an hour. But after we meet with the wolves, we can figure all what Alice just said". All of the Cullens nodded in agreement.
Carlisle continued "Also, I think we need to ask Miss Ale what she thinks about staying with us, before talking about 'keeping' her, don't we Alice?"
"Oh! I am so sorry Carlisle. I did not mean to disrespect Miss Ale. Where are my manners. What do you think Ale? Would you like to stay with us? Please say yes!" Alice excitedly exclaimed as she jumped up and down in her heels. Jasper went beside Alice, wrapped his arm around her and softly chuckled despite of the tight strained smile that he was showing me.
It seemed like my presence is causing Jasper to struggle with his thirst, I thought to myself. He noticed my weariness, and I felt a wave of calmness over me. I have a grateful smile to Jasper, and it seemed to relax Jasper just a fraction.
" Oh! No , no. I am not offended at all, Alice. I, uh, I really appreciate your hospitality especially when I am just a lowly human who knows your secrets. I would like to stay with you guys until I figure out how I got here and why I am here. I promise I would not be a burden to you guys, and I will try to leave as soon as I can so I would not bring trouble to you guys regarding the Volturi…Honestly, it is still shocking for me to be here and I am still processing all it has happened to me before I got here…but, um, No need to be polite to me. You can just call me Ale," I said quickly, and I could feel my face blushing. No one has called me Miss Ale before, and I could see why there is a fanbase for Carlisle because he is handsome to look at. Not like I am simping for him, but Carlisle looks so much more handsome compared to the actor who played Carlisle in the films. I don't know if he really is handsome, or I am getting sucked into the "dazzle" from the vampires, but we shall see.
Carlisle smiled, "Esme, would you mind escorting Miss Ale to the bathroom and lend her some change of clothing? If that is alright with you, Miss Ale?"
"Sure!" I spoke.
Esme appeared by my side as I broke eye contact with Carlisle. With a gentle smile, she asked, "Is it alright if I help you get up and guide you to the bathroom?"
I nodded and I flinched by her cold touch. Esme gave me a sad smile as she gently pulled me up from the ground and we slowly walked to the Cullen's house. I noticed that I when I was transported here to the twilight world in front of the Cullen's house, it looked like there was a party because there were decorations all over the place with plastic cups in the ground. I thought to myself, 'Did I came after Bella's high school graduation party?'
"Yes, you did. Bella went home to not make Charlie worry, but she is coming with us to meet the wolves later on in the night to talk about strategy for the newborn army even though I strongly advised her that she didn't need to come. So, I must go and pick up Bella. I dropped her off at Charlie's, and I was planning to stay with her until I got a call from Alice about a Hispanic girl appearing out of a ball of light in front of our house", Edward grumbly said when he suddenly appeared on my left.
I nodded warily at Edward as he disappeared. Esme guided me inside toward the bathroom on the first floor (A/N: Don't come at me, I do not remember how many rooms or bathrooms the Cullen house have). I remember in the books that Edward was controlling over Bella's choices and actions, and I never liked that aspect about Edward even if he did it out of Bella's safety. However, I did not want to start an argument with Edward, so I did not loudly think of it in my mind before he disappeared, or else, Edward will catch on to my thinking. Since the Cullens are willing to take me in for the night, I want to stay at their good grace especially when I heard that Jasper was planning a murder for Bella back in Midnight Sun novel.
Esme then said, "I will be right back sweetie. I am going to go get some clothes for you to change". I nodded, and she came back with pair of black jeans and a blue blouse. I thanked her and she gave me privacy to change. Good thing her clothes fit me perfectly, I thought to myself. She also presented a new toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, perfume, and body wipes for me to use to clean myself up.
It still feels strange being here. I still don't know whether I should panic more or if I am acting too calm with my current situation. Well, I can panic later, I thought to myself.
I walked out of the bathroom to the living room where the rest of the Cullens were patiently waiting for me. It seemed like they were having a discussion because they were speaking so quickly that it sounded like they were making a buzzing noise. All of their eyes at the same time looked at me. I quickly got uncomfortable. I am not used to having been put at the spotlight especially vampires who have the potential to kill me regardless of if they are the kind vampires in the Twilight world.
I pleaded Carlisle, "Can I come with you to the meetings with the wolves? I honestly do not feel comfortable being left alone at your house. If I remember this correctly, Victoria is still on the loose and trying to kill all of you guys. I do not want to be left at her mercy if she finds me alone at your house. I know I am asking a lot because knowing the wolves, they will cause a ruckus with me knowing their secrets and your secrets".
Carlisle replied, "Oh don't worry sweetie. While you were changing, we were discussing about that. We came to agreement to bring you along with us. It is not that we don't trust you with our house, but like you have mentioned, Victoria is still on the loose. You are our guest, and we do not leave our guest behind. We will run ahead to meet with the wolves to meet there on time, and Rosalie offered to walk you to the spot where we are going to meet with the Quileute pack".
" Oh! Thank you for thinking about me, and .. thank you, Rosalie," I said shyly.
Rosalie simply replied, "Yeah sure".
I am quite surprised that Rosalie took the offer to the speak with me knowing that she is pretty weary with humans knowing the family's secret. I wondered if there is something that she wants to speak to me about.
"Well, we have to get going now. We will meet you guys in few minutes", Carlisle mentioned before him, Esme, Jasper, and Alice left. Emmett gave one last look at Rosalie before he followed after the rest of the coven.
Rosalie looked at me, and said, "Well human, let's start heading, but I will be taking my time walking you to the meeting. I have some few words that I would like to discuss with you".
I said, "Alright. I will hear what you got to say, and I will try my best to not take any offense with whatever you got to say".
Author's Note:
Shocking. What is Rosalie going to tell Alexandria?
I am going to stop the chapter here, and we will get to see their conversation the next chapter. Please review! I am okay with constructive criticism , but no bashing nor words that is demeaning and hurtful.
