Sharada's POV

"Hey Emily! We brought you a girl that you can bond with…" he called out, causing a round of laughter from the people inside. I rolled my eyes at the immature boy and focused on keeping myself warm. He slung his arm over my shoulder, casually, of course, and smiled warmly, "Let's get you inside, I don't want my little friend to get sick." I crinkled my nose at the word little, "Hey! I'm perfectly average sized, you're the abnormally tall one." He laughed bitterly, "Well, you got the abnormal part right." I felt my eyebrows knit together in confusion, "If anyone here is abnormal…it's me. I am the strange Sharada. A wonder to all!" I waved my arms in an exaggerated manner. He laughed and rolled his eyes, "Sure. Well, I'm not completely normal either." His tone was stressed and I easily dropped the subject.

He paused me before we went in the door, "Hey, don't stare ok? Sam doesn't like that much." I frowned, "Stare? At what? You? Oh, well no problem then. You aren't exactly the most stare able person around." I smiled brightly at him, letting him know that I was joking. Once again, he rolled his eyes and ruffled my hair, "Ha. Ha. You're so funny," he stated sarcastically, "But no. Emily was in an…accident," he hesitated, "and it left a few scars." "Oh," I mumbled, "I won't." He forced a small smile, "Atta girl."

We stepped inside and almost immediately three guys were around me saying things like, "You made it!" and "Woo! You're one us, Shar." I laughed and squeezed my way past the tall, tan, and over excited teenage boys. I looked up to see a scarred woman, smiling politely at me. Jake's words echoed through my head and I returned the favor, "You must be Emily? I've heard so many great things about your cooking." Her smile grew and she laughed, "Yes, well I am the main chef around here, who else will feed these growing teens?" She sighed and relief seemed to wash over her. Despite the marks on her face, she was actually really pretty.

Jake stepped next to me, "Hey Emily," he put on his best begging face, "you know…cliff diving makes me really hungry…" She laughed, "I have some chicken in the kitchen, it'll be right out." She gave me a wink and hurried off. I punched Jake lightly, "You're going to work that poor woman to death." He shrugged, "Nah. She told Sam that she likes feeling all motherly." I looked over my shoulder, "Is she Sam's fiancé?" Jake nodded and smiled to himself, "Yup. You can say…their soul mates." I sighed dreamily, "Aw…that's nice." I zoned out dreaming of the day I would actually meet my "soul mate."

He nudged me, "Come back to Earth, Sharada. We've got company." There was a harsh note in words. "What kind of visitors?" He emitted a low growl type thing, "Unwanted ones. Shar, do me a favor…" I crossed my arms, "Depends on what it is." For a second a smile flickered onto his face, but quickly left, "Stay here until I say to." I frowned, I don't like being given directions, but this sounds kinda urgent…"Ok. Fine. Just this once, though." He gave me a tight squeeze and jostled off to confront who ever it was. I let a sigh escape and dreamily flittered about the room. I wasn't really paying attention, just daydreaming and pondering silly little things.

I was trailing my fingers along the edge of a table when I heard raised voices. "Why are you here? This is our territory." I barely made out the voice. "It's rather important news." "Well, then tell us what's so important that you almost break the treaty?" I quickly identified that voice as Quil's. The sugary sweet voice spoke again, never losing its calm demeanor. "It's about Sharada," I felt my ears perk up, "there's something about her she needs to know." This time the response was louder and colder, "What about Sharada?" It was Jake's voice.

I stepped out into the conversation, "Yes, what about me?" I easily moved to Jake's side, "Sharada," he began annoyed, "you said you would stay inside." I shrugged and looked back at the strangers, "I lied." He heaved a short breath and turned back to the scarily, pale people. Sam took the other side of me, "Sharada, this is Carlisle Cullen and his family." I squinted my eyes, "As in the doctor?" He nodded and smiled cheerily. He pointed to the woman standing next to him, just as amazingly beautiful, "This is Esme, my wife," next he waved his hand to a rather large guy, "Emmet, my son and Rosalie, his wife," Rosalie sneered, but her flawless face still was perfect…. bitch. "Jasper, my other son. And I assume you've met Bella, Edward, and Alice?"

I pursed my lips and nodded, "Yes, yes. Quite a family, now what is it that involves me?" He laughed amusedly and turned to Edward, "Why don't you tell her?" I groaned, "Tell me what?" Jake stepped forward along with Quil and Embry. "Yeah, tell her what?" Alice smiled blithely, "Would you like the big news to be shared with everyone, or just yourself first?" I tapped my foot impatiently, "You're making this sound like I'm pregnant or dying or something. Just tell everyone." Carlisle nodded, "Of course. Now, your mother was Jade the Magnificent?" I blinked surprised; I haven't heard my mom's performance name used in ages. "Yes," I began slowly, "that was her stage name. Why?" "She was a seer, correct?" I nodded, allowing him to continue. "Do you believe in those…arts?" I bit my lip, pondering my answer, "I used to…but I'm not sure anymore…why though?" He took a deep breath and stared me directly in the eye.

"Sharada, you have inherited your mothers abilities." I laughed, "Really now? How would you know?" Jake tensed, expecting the answer. At this point, Sam cut in, "Let's go inside and discuss something before you go through with this." I stomped my foot, "Go through with what?" I half shouted, "Jake? What is it?" He avoided my eye contact, "Trust me your going to find out in a matter of minutes. Sharada, just please wait here…seriously. And I promise you'll find out."

I frowned and sighed dejectedly, "Fine. I'll seriously stay here. But hurry." He patted my head and went inside the house. Everyone followed, except for Leah. I managed a small smile, "Um, aren't you going to go join that little secret committee thing?" For the first time ever, she laughed. "I'm part of it…but I don't want to be. Now, if I'm right, and I normally am, they're going to let you in on this huge secret. I just wanted to say, good luck," she hesitated, "Now, I'm not normally nice, you could probably tell," she gave a bitter laugh, "but this is going to change your life. And just deal with it in a way that I didn't." She then frowned and shuddered as if she were reliving a bad memory.

The frown quickly vanished, "Anyways, what I'm trying to say is…it would be nice to have another girl around, that knows. So…friends? Or at least acquaintances?" She stuck her hand out, slightly shaking. I took it with a firm grip, "Friends." "So…am I going to like this secret?" Her smile wavered, "Not if your normal." I flicked my bright blue bangs proudly, "Well dear, I'm sure you noticed, but I am anything but normal." She and I erupted into laughter. Apparently, we were pretty loud and the whole ensemble walked outside to see what was wrong. Looks of shock washed across their faces, I guess they haven't seen Leah laugh in awhile.

We quickly regained our composure and exchanged glances, almost causing us to crack up again. Dr. Cullen cleared his throat, "Would you like to know now?" I nodded eagerly. Leah patted me on the back and Jake took my side, "C'mon. Cullen, Bella, and I are going to tell you something pretty big." At this point, I was kind of freaked. Being told I was a seer and being told a 'mega big secret' was pretty exhausting.

We walked into a deep part of the forest, Edward began first, "This is pretty big and I-" "I get it…it's huge…can't say anything. Blah, blah." Jake tried to cover up his snickering by launching into a cough attack. I turned to him and rolled my eyes, "Don't hurt yourself," I turned back to the couple, "So how is that you know I'm a seer or whatever." He gave a grim smile, "There are a few hints. First, they tend to zone out, not pay attention, ext. Second, their blood is unsmellable. They have to have a seer's blood in their family. Lastly, they tend to have strange vision randomly. Sharada you apply to all of the above." I closed my eyes in concentration, "Ok…yes to the first one…what the hell, to the second one. What do you mean…the thing about my blood?"

He grimaced, "Ah. That's the complex part. You might want to sit down for this." I silently obeyed earning a grumble from Jake, "Oh, so you listen to him, but not me?" I gave him a small glare, causing him to shut his mouth. "Well, this world has strange things and have you ever been in an incident whe-" I raised my hand, "Spare me the long intro. Just cut to the point." Jake sighed and I could practically hear him roll his eyes. With a final glance at Bella, Edward sighed, "My family are vampires." Whoa there. Was not expecting that. "Vampires?" I repeated dryly. He nodded, waiting for my reply. Jacob was tensed rigidly, as if his life depended on my answer.

I ran my fingers through my hair; my eyes were looking upward, as if asking the sky to give me a reaction. I thought back to what my mom said, "Cold ones." That would explain the Cullen's lack of heat. A tight frown set onto my face, just when life was supposed to get simple, it gets hard, of course. I inhaled before responding, "Okay…" Confusion flickered across his face, "Okay? Just okay?" I nodded, "Yeah. Okay." I blinked a few times before speaking again, "Not that it's normal or anything, but I remember my mom mentioning it. But," I forced a small sheepish grin, "for the sake of my sanity. Can you prove it?" He squeezed Bella's hand and in the blink of an eye was behind me. I jumped about 5 five. "Holy crap!" I screeched.

Jake snickered a set a hand on my shoulder. Edward then moved to a small tree and instantly snapped it half. I took a step back, half horrified, half amazed. I raised my hand, "Alright, enough, I believe you. We don't need to lose half the forest." He gave a small chuckle and returned to Bella's side. I nodded up at the small brunette, "You knew about this?" She blushed and game a small shrug. I slowly stood, "Well, this is weird." Jake gently pushed me back to the ground, "And getting weirder." I groaned and put my head in my hands, "What now?"

He made no effort to hide his concern, "Listen Shar, this is going to be totally weird," he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, "just don't be so weirded out that you totally abandon me." I laughed, "That, I can promise." A small smile tugged at his lips and he disappeared into the forest. I sat there dumbfounded, "What the-" Out of nowhere a giant wolf/bear/tiger thing stepped out. Okay…maybe not tiger. I jumped up in panic. It took slow steady steps toward me, as if waiting for me to make the move.

Edward caught my arm, "Sharada, look closer." I squinted my eyes and stared at the massive wolf. It has the same chocolate brown eyes Jake had. I shakily took a step forward and the wolf lowered its head. "No way…" I breathed, "Jake?" The wolf blinked and nodded its head. I softly patted his nose, "I see what you mean by 'abnormal' now." A low grumble emitted from Jake, I'm guessing it was meant to be a laugh. I laughed airily, "I guess I've always wanted a pet dog. Now I have a massive wolf." This earned me a swift lick on my face from Jake. "Yuck," I wiped the goo from my face, "you slobber. Please, don't tell me you shed." He attempted to roll his eyes. I gave him a pat on the head, "Be a good doggy and change to a human now." I gave a pointed glance at the woods.

He touched his nose to my hand and hurried back to the trees. Edward was stifling a laugh, "You seem to have taken that better than my secret." I grinned, "Maybe it's because I'm a dog person." He slowly laughed and Jake appeared from the forest. "Well, you're taking this strangely well." I smirked, "Oh trust me," I put a hand on my heart, "this is pretty damn exhausting. I swear I was going to faint just a minute ago." He gave me a one sided grin, "Better than Bella's reaction. She called me a monster."

I raised my eyebrows in question and looked at her. Her cheeks turned scarlet, "That's only because I thought it was you who killed all those people!" She pointed out heatedly. He raised his hands in defeat and dropped the matter. I sat down, as I pointed out before, this madness was pretty overwhelming. I brought my hands to my temples and rubbed them, "Bella, if there something you need to say, say it now, before I lose my sanity." She gave me a confused stare. I shrugged, "I mean, if you're a witch or mermaid or something, now would be a good time to say something."

She laughed, "No, no. I'm 100% human…sadly." Edward's lips twisted into a frown, "And that's not changing, anytime soon." She did a super fast glance at Jake, who shrugged indifferently. She sighed, "Mhm." I smiled, well, I tried to, "And I'm a pshycic…that's scary." Jake pulled me to my feet, "Yeah, well, there's more." I moaned, "No way," I began exasperated, "I don't think I can take in anymore." (A/N: Teehee…that's what she said~ that was inappropriate…BACK TO THE STORY). He supported my weight, sensing the protest that my body was doing. (A/N: Um…that didn't make sense…sorry.) He managed an encouraging smile, "It's not too terrible of a thing."

I felt my eyes flutter close, "Not 'too' terrible you say? There's still some terrible though."

His body shook with laughter, "Ok, it's completely unterrible then. Better?" "Unterrible isn't a word, Jakey dear."

"Oh, sorry, mother."

"It's all right, just don't call me mother."

"Why not? You act like one."

"Because, then I feel old."

"You are old."

"Younger than you."

"But I'm much more handsomer than you."

"Girl's aren't handsome, we're beautiful."

"Who says you are?"

"No one. I just know."

"And how is that?"

"Instinct."

"Ha! Sure, okay."

"Don't doubt me boy."

"Oh, I won't girl."

"Very funny. Since I'm a seer, maybe I can turn you into a frog."

"Oh…how terrifying."

"Watch you back, Black."

"That rhymes!"

"ADD, much?"
"Yes, very much."

Someone coughed from behind us, "Pardon me for cutting in, but you two fight like an old married couple." I turned to the owner of the voice, who was Bella, and smiled, "We don't fight…we simply discourage each others idea's in a harsh manor." She merely sighed and leaned on Edward. Jake snaked his arm around my waist, "I'm sure you have questions?" I blinked, suddenly realizing that I did. "Well, of course I do! Such as, who invented popcorn? And why is Earth a sphere, not a square?" He grumbled, "Questions that relate to the whole sci fi thing?" "Oh, yeah, I have some of those, too," I yawned, "I'll ask later. I'm tired." He smirked, "Yeah, we can tell."

As soon as we got to the house I trudged past everyone and plopped myself onto the couch, immediately, I was enveloped in a deep sleep. Strangely enough, I dreamt about dogs, bats, and voodoo dolls…don't ask.