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5. Stories

The rest of the week passed and nothing special happened. We went to school and saw Oliver and Cassie sometimes, but we didn't get a chance to talk to them before the weekend.

We were planning to go to our little visit early on Saturday morning. After all, we had had to decide which of us were going, because we all wanted to go, but we couldn't all eight just drop in for a little visit.

We decided to go with me, Edward, Carlisle and Emmett. I was happy that I could go with them. It was good that Emmett was coming, too, because he wouldn't be happy at all if he had had to stay home.

We were ready to leave early on Saturday morning.

I took Nessie on my lap and kissed her forehead and hugged her closely before we left. "Don't worry, honey, we'll be back soon."

"Oh, it doesn't matter," she said and smiled gladly at me. "Jake said that he'll visit today, because he doesn't have to go to school. I'll be fine."

I heard Edward's sigh behind me and I had to smile. When Edward had said goodbye to Nessie, too, we left.

This time we took Carlisle's Mercedes and Edward drove, because he was the only one who knew how to get to their house. It was on the other side of Olympia, so it took a while even with Edward's driving habits.

The house was big, though not as big as ours. It was a white, two story brick house with a big and beautiful garden around it. Edward killed the engine and we all climbed out.

Edward took my hand. "Are you nervous?"

"A little," I admitted. "But I'm sure everything's going to be just fine. Maybe we overreacted a bit."

"Or maybe we didn't," Edward muttered. "But anyway, we'll find out more about them soon. Let's go."

He smiled at me quickly and then we walked to the door.

Carlisle rang the doorbell and the door was opened almost immediately. A beautiful, tall female vampire stood at the door. I eyed her curiously. She wore a beige, knee-length skirt and a white blouse. Her straight, blond hair was fastened at the back of her head and her topaz eyes looked friendly. I thought that she must be Eva.

"Hello, I'm Doctor Carlisle Cullen, nice to finally meet you," Carlisle said kindly and reached his hand towards Eva.

Eva shook hands with Carlisle. "Eva Stone," she introduced herself. "It's really nice to meet you, too. And your family," She added and turned to look at Emmett, Edward and I.

"Here are my foster children, Emmett, Edward and Bella," Carlisle said and pointed at us one at a time. "My wife, Esme, and our other children, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper, and our grandchild, Renesmee, stayed at home."

"Oh, you have a really big family," Eva said, surprised. "I'd like to hear more about it. Come inside."

We went inside. Oliver and Cassie were waiting for us in the living room.

"And there're my children, Oliver and Casandra." Eva introduced them and then said our names to them.

They both smiled at us and said hi. I noticed that they held their hands together, just like Edward and I.

The living room was big and open. They had a big, light brown couch and two armchairs in the same color, a big plasma TV and stereos which looked a lot like Edward's stereos. It all looked really nice, really normal, just like our living room. They can't be that different from us, I thought.

"Sit down, please," Eva said and pointed at the couch and armchairs. I sat between Emmett and Edward on the couch.

"So, could you tell us a little about your family? We would like to hear your story," Eva said and pointed her words towards Carlisle, but she eyed us, interested, too.

"Well, that's a pretty interesting one," Carlisle sighed. "But after that we would like to hear more about you."

"Of course," Eva said still smiling.

"So, I'm not going to tell you everything, because we would still be sitting here tomorrow," Carlisle started. "But I'm going to start from the most interesting part."

Carlisle told them about Edward, Nessie and I first. All three vampires listened intently, but I didn't pay that much attention to the story. I knew it all; it was my story, after all, my destiny.

When Carlisle had finished, all seven vampires just looked at each other silently.

"Well, that was some story," Eva said and looked at Edward and I admiringly. "But I would want to hear more about your talents, it's all pretty interesting."

"Oh, we can talk about it all later. Now I would like to hear more about you," Carlisle said in a friendly tone.

"Sure," Eva said. "Where should I start…"

"Start at the beginning," Carlisle suggested.

"Right," Eva nodded. "So, I became a vampire in 1711. It was just… I was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Though I don't know why he didn't kill me – the vampire that changed me. It's a big mystery, but somehow I survived. First, I lived like a monster, feeding myself with human blood whenever I could. But then I met my husband." Eva paused and I could see the endlessly sad look in her eyes.

"He taught me to live differently. But then he died," Eva's voice was totally emotionless, but her eyes gave her away. I couldn't even imagine it. I almost lost Edward once and even the memory hurt so much – I couldn't imagine my life without him.

Eva continued and I saw that she tried real hard to shake the sadness out of her eyes. "Then in the early 19th century, I found Oliver. He was beaten nearly dead, but I turned him into a vampire. I don't know exactly why I did it. Something in him just appealed in me. And then, over twenty years later, we found Cassie. She was already a vampire when we met her for the first time. And her story is such an interesting one. You want to tell it yourself?" Eva asked and turned to look at Cassie.

Cassie nodded and started to tell her story. Her voice was beautiful and soft; it reminded me a little of Nessie's voice. "Okay. Even though there's not that much to tell. I was seventeen and engaged to a man that I absolutely loathed. That wasn't so unusual in those days, but I couldn't stand it. I couldn't marry that man, I just couldn't. He was so cold, so inhuman. So I tried to runaway, but he caught me and then I finally found out what he was: a vampire. He turned me into a vampire and explained that now we could be together forever. But I was a newborn vampire. I was terrified, but I was stronger than him, faster than him. I ran away and he couldn't catch me. I travelled alone for some time, and then I found Eva and Oliver. So it was kind of a happily ever after ending," she said and smiled at Oliver.

Oliver answered her smile and I could see the love between them. It reminded me of what Edward and I had, but I also realized how tough that must be to Eva to face that love every day.

"We appreciate that you wanted to share your story, it was very interesting," Carlisle thanked them.

"Oh, thank you. It's always good to get to know others of our kind. In Australia, there weren't many vampires at all, let alone vampires who were like us, who don't drink human blood," Eva answered.

"So you lived in Australia before?" Carlisle asked.

"Yes. We moved there about fifty years ago. Before that we lived in Europe."

"I guess that explains why we haven't heard about you before," Carlisle said. "But I wanted to talk to you about something... strange. It's about Alice's and Edward's talents."

"Yes?" Eva asked.

"Well, Alice's talent is that she can see the future. But she said she couldn't see you. We didn't have any idea that you even existed before my kids saw Oliver and Cassie at the school's cafeteria. And Alice has always been able to see other vampires and humans; she only had some difficulties with werewolves and half-vampires. And Edward, he can read people's thoughts. He had been able to read your thoughts, but not as well as ours or other humans. He said it was like you were trying to block him out of your minds. Right?" Carlisle confirmed.

"Yes. Exactly like that," Edward nodded. "Do you have any idea why that would be?"

Eva was quiet for a moment before she answered. "About Alice, I really don't have any idea. But I think I can explain Edward's troubles about hearing our thoughts. It's about Oliver's talent. His skill is that he can see other vampire's talents. So we knew all the time that you were able to hear our thoughts, and we are pretty good at keeping our thoughts to ourselves."

"That's interesting," Carlisle said. "I don't remember ever hearing about that kind of talent," he said.

Eva smiled. "Yes, but your talents seem to be very interesting, too. And powerful."

"There's one more thing I wanted to talk with you about," Carlisle said. "It's about the missing people. We saw the article in the newspaper a couple of days ago."

"We saw it, too," Eva answered. "That seemed very mysterious."

"I was about to ask if you knew anything about it," Carlisle said carefully. "'Cause when we first saw it, we thought that it was a vampire's work."

"I guess that's reasonable," Eva said after a moment. "But it wasn't us. We don't drink human blood, as I told you before."

Carlisle looked at Edward, who nodded at him.

"It wasn't them," Edward said.

Eva watched Carlisle's expression attentively. His face relaxed as he heard Edward's words.

"If Edward says you're innocent, I believe you're innocent," Carlisle explained. "But do you have any idea what could have really happened?"

"No," Eva answered immediately. "We don't know anything."

Carlisle looked thoughtful. "Thank you for your time. It was a pleasure to meet you," he said and rose up. Emmett, Edward and I stood up, too.

"You have to go already?" Eva asked, looking a bit disappointed.

"Yes, I still have work to do," Carlisle answered and smiled kindly.

"We would love to meet others of your family sometime, too."

"You all are welcome to our house anytime," Carlisle said.

"That would be nice, thank you," Eva said.

We said goodbye to Eva, Cassie and Oliver and left.

"Well, that was helpful," Emmett said when we were back in the car. This time, Carlisle drove and Edward and I sat in the back.

"It was," I agreed. "But they seemed to be really nice."

"There was still something strange about them. I just don't know what it is," Edward said with a sigh.

Carlisle turned to look at Edward who was sitting next to me. "But you don't think that they are guilty of the murders?"

"No, I could see that clearly. They really haven't had human blood in a long time."

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