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p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""They are what!?" Rose whisper hissed a little too loud./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""SHHHHHH!" Jasper and Emmett both hissed at her across the cafeteria table that they occupied./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""They're hybrids," Edward replied, "Part vampire, part werewolf. Their mother is a werewolf and their father is a vampire. That is why I could read their mother's mind."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""But why couldn't you read Mr. Vicasi's or any of the kids?" Alice insisted./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward shrugged, "Must be part of Mr. Vicasi's vampire abilities…"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""A shield," Emmett whispered, "He must be a shield. That is why you cannot read his mind and that is how you cannot read any of the kids. He must have handed it down to them."br /Edward shrugged, "But it's strange…I cannot hear their thoughts, but I hear…. Nature instead of silence."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Hm," Jasper remarked placing his chin on his palm, "Well at least that clears up why their blood isn't enticing. But what I don't understand is why they don't smell like werewolves. Gosh, even their mom doesn't."br /"That is something I cannot think of," Edward replied./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"He felt a jabbing pain on his lower ankle and realized that it came from Alice's heel which she had jabbed into his leg to get his attention. He didn't even have to turn around to know that the Vicasi teens had entered the cafeteria. He could hear their soft singing minds (that he couldn't read) but he couldn't smell Kamber's alluring scent./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Glancing over his shoulder he spied the teens but Kamber was absent. Frowning, he tried to think of where she could be. Maybe she was just a bit behind. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Maybe we should invite them over sometime," Rose /All at once she had all her sibling's attention and she gave them puzzled looks, "What?"br /"You hate werewolves, yet you want them to come over for a visit?" Jasper pointed out./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Rose shrugged, "They're part vampire, too right? Besides, they seem like really interesting people."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Edward would love that," Emmett whispered to Jasper, too quietly for Edward to hear but he read his brother's mind./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that," Edward hissed but he felt his usually sheet white face go slightly pink./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward was snapped out of his thoughts by the strong smell of jasmine and fresh forest. Kamber came bounding into the cafeteria as light as a feather. She bounded over to the table where her siblings sat and squashed between Vince and Glynn, barely making a sound on the floor with her feet./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Guess what!?" Kamber whispered, wrapping an arm around each of her brothers' necks and nearly choking them to death. "Mom just texted. She said that we have to go somewhere later today."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Don't tell me it's the fresh market again," Zayne groaned. "Eustace and Nevaeh need to stop being so picky about what meat they like."br /Kamber chuckled lightly and shook her head, "She didn't give the particulars, but I doubt it's that."br /"Maybe we'll visit Jacob," Glynn mused, "I bet Antigone would loooooove that!"br /"Shut up!" Antigone hissed, slapping her brother's arm but Glynn just grinned mischievously at her./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"The girl burned up a bright pink which only brought smirks onto the rest of her siblings' faces. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""So," Rose remarked, "They know the Blacks."br /"There is nothing wrong with that," Jasper pointed out. "After all they are kind of family to the dogs considering who their mother is."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""I wonder if Sam knows about this," Edward remarked aloud, "After all, Mrs. Vicasi was kind of banished because of her love for Mr. Vicasi…"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Alice suddenly leant forward, "A forbidden love!? You didn't tell us that part Edward!"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward sighed and rolled his eyes at his sister's fangirling. He was about to tell her to not talk to loud when a soft voice spoke from behind him and Edward almost flew out of his seat./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Hey there!"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward tried to not snap around too fast when he recognized the voice of Kamber Vicasi who had appeared behind his chair. She smiled at him and the rest of the Cullens./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Mind if I sit with you? My brothers are getting a little rowdy."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Sure enough, Zayne and Glynn had started a food fight which luckily didn't make too much of a mess, but it definitely made a scene. Alice let out a bright chirp and scooted to the side so that there was room between her and Rose. Kamber sat down and set her food tray on the table. There was no meat on her tray. She had a king salad with no dressing, an apple, a few carrots and a glass of milk./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""So, Alice," Kamber remarked after a moment, "I heard that you love Anime."br /Alice almost jumped out of her seat before grabbing Kamber's arm and hugging it, "I love it! Do you like it too!?"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Kamber smiled, "I kinda have to like it, what with having little sisters who watch it day and night."br /Alice was all over the girl the rest of lunch while Rose was trying to save Kamber from possibly being hugged to death. Jasper and Emmett were grinning the whole time, rather amused by Alice's enthusiasm while Edward sat silently, his amber eyes fixed on Kamber who for the whole time was smiling even though Alice was squeezing the life out of her. It was like the girl was shining./p
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p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Edward!" Esme called from downstairs, "Can you come here a minute?"br /Edward was downstairs in a second only to find that the rest of the Cullen family was already there and seated except for Emmett who was leaning against the railing of the stairs./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""What's up?" Alice inquired./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Esme and Carlisle exchanged looks before Carlisle spoke, "We are going to be having some guests over in a few hours."br /"Ooh! Is it our cousins?" Rose inquired. They were the only guests they got that she enjoyed./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Esme shook her head, "They are old friends of ours who just recently moved back here. Carlisle knew them before Edward, and I joined the family."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward's eyebrows rose. They must be really old friends if Carlisle knew them even before Edward became a vampire./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""They'll be here in about an hour," Carlisle explained. "The father and I went to college together. He was a little more serious about studying than I was. Which is probably why he got better grades. Anyway, they're new to Forks and the parents have been hoping that you kids and their kids would bond. It's hard to come by friends when you are not human."br /"Tell me about it," Rose muttered./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Emmett smirked at the back of the girl's head, "Anything you want us to do before they get here?"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Carlisle nodded, "Go hunting. Get your thirst out of your system. I know it's not like we're having humans over, but they have little ones and we don't wish to scare them."br /The kids all nodded in understanding before sprinting upstairs to change into hunting attire. Edward of course was the first one out the door and already up to the ridge before his siblings were out the door. He stood atop the cliff, looking out over the vast water below him. He took a deep breath and smelt the air. He could smell the blood of different kinds of animals around him, but he wanted to make a kill other than a squirrel or a rabbit./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Suddenly he caught wind of the blood of a deer… but there was something off. There was the heartbeat… the scent of blood… but for some reason it didn't make him thirsty. Shaking his head, deciding that it was just because he wasn't overly thirsty, Edward sprinted off in the direction of the deer./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"He found the creature about a mile from the house. It was just calmly walking through the woods, nibbling on some bushes here and there but completely oblivious to Edward watching her. It was a healthy white doe. Edward couldn't get a good look at her because she was hidden behind a cluster of bushes, but the white ears told him that it was an albino. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward slowly crept towards the deer, trying to not step on any branches. He froze when his foot touched a dry twig and it snapped. The deer froze but not like most. Its head didn't shoot up and its eyes didn't show any horror. Instead, the deer's ears pricked up with interest. Edward could hear the deer chew a few leaves before it slowly made its way out of the bushes and towards… Edward?/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward frowned in puzzlement as the deer slowly strode out of the bushes and stood there, about ten feet from him, just staring. Edward was in a crouching position, one hand on the ground and his legs bent, prepared to pounce but he suddenly relaxed./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward had seen many beautiful animals in the world and had eaten many of them, but this deer was beyond beautiful. It's pure white coat was untouched and reflexed the sunlight off its coat. It's pretty white ears stood erect with interest and were pointed in Edward's direction. Its nose had a slight pink blush instead of a black color like most deer. What shocked Edward were it's huge blue eyes. They stared at Edward, unwavering. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward slowly rose to his full height, relaxing his body as he stared at the deer. Any other deer would have bounded off the moment he made a move, but this deer just watched him with curiosity. Edward took a few steps towards the doe when he almost had a heart attack when two huge creatures bounded through the bushes towards him./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward took several steps back to keep from getting trampled by the two beasts who now stood between him and the doe. The doe looked at the two creatures and almost seemed annoyed at their presence. Edward stared in shock at the two huge beasts before him. One was a giant albino stag, ten point horns and was at least twice the size of the doe. His legs were spread apart in anger and he was spouting grunts through his nose as if trying to intimidate Edward./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"What really intimidated Edward was the massive white bear who stood next to the stag. It wasn't a polar bear… just a giant white grizzly bear but it was huge. Edward had taken down a grizzly before, but this bear was twice that size. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward took a few more steps backward, thinking of running but something happened. The doe scampered around the two male beasts and stood between Edward and them, facing the bear and the stag. The doe spread her legs apart to give her a stance before letting out an annoyed bellow. The stag and the bear both froze and seemed to relax but kept their piercing blue eyes on Edward./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"The doe glanced at Edward over it's shoulder before turning to the stag and bear. With a single bound, the three animals were gone and Edward was left standing there, perplexed. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""EDWARD!" Alice called as she and the others ran up, "Found anything yet? We already finished."br /Edward shrugged, "I'm not that hungry…."br /Jasper frowned and waved his hand in front of Edward's face, "You seem out of it man. What's up?"br /"Nothing." Edward replied. "Let's go before Carlisle's friends arrive."br /When the kids came sprinting in through the back door, they heard a lot of voices downstairs in the living room. Guessing that the guests were already there, they slipped upstairs and changed out of their hunting attire before descending. Edward took longer than the rest which was completely unusual but none of the others seemed to notice./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"When he came down the stairs, he found his four siblings standing on the stairs, frozen in place. Edward walked down and standing next to Alice, looked over at where Carlisle and Esme stood, greeting the guests. Edward felt his heart catch in his throat. Other than the two adults who stood with Carlisle and Esme, there were at least fifteen kids, the oldest being around Emmet's age and the youngest was just a baby. Most of the kids had apple red hair while all the others had jet black hair. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Esme noticed the Cullen kids and smiling, she called to them. All eyes turned towards the Cullen kids and that was when Edward felt a hand punch his insides./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"The person who was holding the small baby turned and Edward was met with a huge pair of bright blue eyes, a head full of red hair and a beautiful smile./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Hey guys!" Kamber Vicasi called./p
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p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""They are what!?" Rose whisper hissed a little too loud./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""SHHHHHH!" Jasper and Emmett both hissed at her across the cafeteria table that they occupied./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""They're hybrids," Edward replied, "Part vampire, part werewolf. Their mother is a werewolf and their father is a vampire. That is why I could read their mother's mind."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""But why couldn't you read Mr. Vicasi's or any of the kids?" Alice insisted./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward shrugged, "Must be part of Mr. Vicasi's vampire abilities…"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""A shield," Emmett whispered, "He must be a shield. That is why you cannot read his mind and that is how you cannot read any of the kids. He must have handed it down to them."br /Edward shrugged, "But it's strange…I cannot hear their thoughts, but I hear…. Nature instead of silence."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Hm," Jasper remarked placing his chin on his palm, "Well at least that clears up why their blood isn't enticing. But what I don't understand is why they don't smell like werewolves. Gosh, even their mom doesn't."br /"That is something I cannot think of," Edward replied./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"He felt a jabbing pain on his lower ankle and realized that it came from Alice's heel which she had jabbed into his leg to get his attention. He didn't even have to turn around to know that the Vicasi teens had entered the cafeteria. He could hear their soft singing minds (that he couldn't read) but he couldn't smell Kamber's alluring scent./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Glancing over his shoulder he spied the teens but Kamber was absent. Frowning, he tried to think of where she could be. Maybe she was just a bit behind. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Maybe we should invite them over sometime," Rose /All at once she had all her sibling's attention and she gave them puzzled looks, "What?"br /"You hate werewolves, yet you want them to come over for a visit?" Jasper pointed out./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Rose shrugged, "They're part vampire, too right? Besides, they seem like really interesting people."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Edward would love that," Emmett whispered to Jasper, too quietly for Edward to hear but he read his brother's mind./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that," Edward hissed but he felt his usually sheet white face go slightly pink./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward was snapped out of his thoughts by the strong smell of jasmine and fresh forest. Kamber came bounding into the cafeteria as light as a feather. She bounded over to the table where her siblings sat and squashed between Vince and Glynn, barely making a sound on the floor with her feet./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Guess what!?" Kamber whispered, wrapping an arm around each of her brothers' necks and nearly choking them to death. "Mom just texted. She said that we have to go somewhere later today."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Don't tell me it's the fresh market again," Zayne groaned. "Eustace and Nevaeh need to stop being so picky about what meat they like."br /Kamber chuckled lightly and shook her head, "She didn't give the particulars, but I doubt it's that."br /"Maybe we'll visit Jacob," Glynn mused, "I bet Antigone would loooooove that!"br /"Shut up!" Antigone hissed, slapping her brother's arm but Glynn just grinned mischievously at her./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"The girl burned up a bright pink which only brought smirks onto the rest of her siblings' faces. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""So," Rose remarked, "They know the Blacks."br /"There is nothing wrong with that," Jasper pointed out. "After all they are kind of family to the dogs considering who their mother is."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""I wonder if Sam knows about this," Edward remarked aloud, "After all, Mrs. Vicasi was kind of banished because of her love for Mr. Vicasi…"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Alice suddenly leant forward, "A forbidden love!? You didn't tell us that part Edward!"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward sighed and rolled his eyes at his sister's fangirling. He was about to tell her to not talk to loud when a soft voice spoke from behind him and Edward almost flew out of his seat./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Hey there!"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward tried to not snap around too fast when he recognized the voice of Kamber Vicasi who had appeared behind his chair. She smiled at him and the rest of the Cullens./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Mind if I sit with you? My brothers are getting a little rowdy."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Sure enough, Zayne and Glynn had started a food fight which luckily didn't make too much of a mess, but it definitely made a scene. Alice let out a bright chirp and scooted to the side so that there was room between her and Rose. Kamber sat down and set her food tray on the table. There was no meat on her tray. She had a king salad with no dressing, an apple, a few carrots and a glass of milk./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""So, Alice," Kamber remarked after a moment, "I heard that you love Anime."br /Alice almost jumped out of her seat before grabbing Kamber's arm and hugging it, "I love it! Do you like it too!?"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Kamber smiled, "I kinda have to like it, what with having little sisters who watch it day and night."br /Alice was all over the girl the rest of lunch while Rose was trying to save Kamber from possibly being hugged to death. Jasper and Emmett were grinning the whole time, rather amused by Alice's enthusiasm while Edward sat silently, his amber eyes fixed on Kamber who for the whole time was smiling even though Alice was squeezing the life out of her. It was like the girl was shining./p
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p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Edward!" Esme called from downstairs, "Can you come here a minute?"br /Edward was downstairs in a second only to find that the rest of the Cullen family was already there and seated except for Emmett who was leaning against the railing of the stairs./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""What's up?" Alice inquired./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Esme and Carlisle exchanged looks before Carlisle spoke, "We are going to be having some guests over in a few hours."br /"Ooh! Is it our cousins?" Rose inquired. They were the only guests they got that she enjoyed./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Esme shook her head, "They are old friends of ours who just recently moved back here. Carlisle knew them before Edward, and I joined the family."/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward's eyebrows rose. They must be really old friends if Carlisle knew them even before Edward became a vampire./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""They'll be here in about an hour," Carlisle explained. "The father and I went to college together. He was a little more serious about studying than I was. Which is probably why he got better grades. Anyway, they're new to Forks and the parents have been hoping that you kids and their kids would bond. It's hard to come by friends when you are not human."br /"Tell me about it," Rose muttered./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Emmett smirked at the back of the girl's head, "Anything you want us to do before they get here?"/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Carlisle nodded, "Go hunting. Get your thirst out of your system. I know it's not like we're having humans over, but they have little ones and we don't wish to scare them."br /The kids all nodded in understanding before sprinting upstairs to change into hunting attire. Edward of course was the first one out the door and already up to the ridge before his siblings were out the door. He stood atop the cliff, looking out over the vast water below him. He took a deep breath and smelt the air. He could smell the blood of different kinds of animals around him, but he wanted to make a kill other than a squirrel or a rabbit./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Suddenly he caught wind of the blood of a deer… but there was something off. There was the heartbeat… the scent of blood… but for some reason it didn't make him thirsty. Shaking his head, deciding that it was just because he wasn't overly thirsty, Edward sprinted off in the direction of the deer./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"He found the creature about a mile from the house. It was just calmly walking through the woods, nibbling on some bushes here and there but completely oblivious to Edward watching her. It was a healthy white doe. Edward couldn't get a good look at her because she was hidden behind a cluster of bushes, but the white ears told him that it was an albino. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward slowly crept towards the deer, trying to not step on any branches. He froze when his foot touched a dry twig and it snapped. The deer froze but not like most. Its head didn't shoot up and its eyes didn't show any horror. Instead, the deer's ears pricked up with interest. Edward could hear the deer chew a few leaves before it slowly made its way out of the bushes and towards… Edward?/p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward frowned in puzzlement as the deer slowly strode out of the bushes and stood there, about ten feet from him, just staring. Edward was in a crouching position, one hand on the ground and his legs bent, prepared to pounce but he suddenly relaxed./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward had seen many beautiful animals in the world and had eaten many of them, but this deer was beyond beautiful. It's pure white coat was untouched and reflexed the sunlight off its coat. It's pretty white ears stood erect with interest and were pointed in Edward's direction. Its nose had a slight pink blush instead of a black color like most deer. What shocked Edward were it's huge blue eyes. They stared at Edward, unwavering. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward slowly rose to his full height, relaxing his body as he stared at the deer. Any other deer would have bounded off the moment he made a move, but this deer just watched him with curiosity. Edward took a few steps towards the doe when he almost had a heart attack when two huge creatures bounded through the bushes towards him./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward took several steps back to keep from getting trampled by the two beasts who now stood between him and the doe. The doe looked at the two creatures and almost seemed annoyed at their presence. Edward stared in shock at the two huge beasts before him. One was a giant albino stag, ten point horns and was at least twice the size of the doe. His legs were spread apart in anger and he was spouting grunts through his nose as if trying to intimidate Edward./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"What really intimidated Edward was the massive white bear who stood next to the stag. It wasn't a polar bear… just a giant white grizzly bear but it was huge. Edward had taken down a grizzly before, but this bear was twice that size. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Edward took a few more steps backward, thinking of running but something happened. The doe scampered around the two male beasts and stood between Edward and them, facing the bear and the stag. The doe spread her legs apart to give her a stance before letting out an annoyed bellow. The stag and the bear both froze and seemed to relax but kept their piercing blue eyes on Edward./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"The doe glanced at Edward over it's shoulder before turning to the stag and bear. With a single bound, the three animals were gone and Edward was left standing there, perplexed. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""EDWARD!" Alice called as she and the others ran up, "Found anything yet? We already finished."br /Edward shrugged, "I'm not that hungry…."br /Jasper frowned and waved his hand in front of Edward's face, "You seem out of it man. What's up?"br /"Nothing." Edward replied. "Let's go before Carlisle's friends arrive."br /When the kids came sprinting in through the back door, they heard a lot of voices downstairs in the living room. Guessing that the guests were already there, they slipped upstairs and changed out of their hunting attire before descending. Edward took longer than the rest which was completely unusual but none of the others seemed to notice./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"When he came down the stairs, he found his four siblings standing on the stairs, frozen in place. Edward walked down and standing next to Alice, looked over at where Carlisle and Esme stood, greeting the guests. Edward felt his heart catch in his throat. Other than the two adults who stood with Carlisle and Esme, there were at least fifteen kids, the oldest being around Emmet's age and the youngest was just a baby. Most of the kids had apple red hair while all the others had jet black hair. /p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"Esme noticed the Cullen kids and smiling, she called to them. All eyes turned towards the Cullen kids and that was when Edward felt a hand punch his insides./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"The person who was holding the small baby turned and Edward was met with a huge pair of bright blue eyes, a head full of red hair and a beautiful smile./p
p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;""Hey guys!" Kamber Vicasi called./p
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