"Why can't Benjamin just go as planned?" Bella asked me. "Not even my shield can stop what he decides to do to the weather."
"We don't know what type of interference it is. It stopped Alice from seeing and your shield does nothing about that either," I had to remind Bella. I knew how much pride she took in her shield, but this could risk our secrecy very easily.
"True. But who are you going to talk to? You mentioned an old friend over the phone."
As I was about to answer, Edward stepped in. "Baby, you know Carlisle is the oldest in our family. Therefore, he knows a lot of people that none of us know. In this case, though, I think I know who he is talking about. Are you talking about Kayali, Carlisle?"
"That is exactly who I was talking about, Edward. You see, Bella, the supernatural world isn't only made up of vampire, werewolves, and shape-shifters. It also contains witches and wizards."
Just as I said this, Renesmee touched my forehead with a vision of Hogwarts and Harry Potter. Both Edward and I could not help but let out a small chuckle.
"No Renesmee, as far as I know, Hogwarts and anything like it does not exist. The type of witch I am talking about spends a lot of time alone working on potions or other projects. Kayali, though, works on potions for other supernatural beings to coexist with humans."
"I met Kayali shortly after my time in Italy. She helped me with my aversion to blood. Basically, she gave me a small potion to help the beginning of my diet because even though I tried to sway the Volturi to change their eating habits, it was still difficult," I felt that I needed to explain this to the rest of my family because it was only Edward that knew of her through my thoughts.
"Well," a chirpy voice suddenly said, "This Kayali will be here in one minute and thirty one seconds. At least, if it is her I see coming."
"Carlisle, what do witches look like?" Bella asked me, I couldn't blame her for wondering.
"Witches, at least the type like Kayali, look very human and flawed. But they have the superhuman speed and strength of vampires. They can easily pass as human and many work as yoga instructors or in some sort of physical therapy. I assume this is because a majority of them have some sort of healing power and can sense what hurts and why. The only way to realize that a witch is a witch is through their eyes. Witches have eyes as black as coal, very similar to the eyes of a vampire that hasn't fed in a long time. But since the witch doesn't look like a vampire, it must be a witch."
"That makes sense, sort of," Jasper suddenly said.
"She's here," Alice said just as there was a knock at the door.
We were all at the door in two seconds flat. I sauntered past Edward and Renesmee who are now tied for fastest, it depends on who fed the most recently. This time Edward won with Renesmee close behind. I opened the door and saw the same face I had only encountered once before over two hundred years ago. It appears that witches don't age either.
"Hello, Carlisle," Kayali greeted me warmly with outstretched arms.
"It's good to see you too, Kayali," I said as I gave her a hug. "This is my family, Esme, Jasper, Edward, Jacob, Renesmee, and Bella. Emmett and Rosalie are headed to Los Angeles right now."
"Why is that, Carlisle? You know L.A. is very sunny, how will they hide themselves?" I could tell she wasn't too enthused with the idea.
"Rosalie was selected to be a contestant in America's Next Top Model and she accepted. At first, Benjamin was going to come from Egypt to help out with the weather."
"But why did you call me, Carlisle, if you already had a plan?" Kayali asked, getting even more tense. I suddenly felt Jasper calm down the room and she was visibly calmer.
"As I was saying, Alice is gifted and shortly before I called you, Alice lost sight of the competition. Edward and Bella are going to L.A. as well to keep an eye on the situation. Alice doesn't know what this interference is and we don't want to put any vampires other than our family in jeopardy. So I called you to ask if there is some potion to stop Rosalie's sparkling."
"You know that I work to help our kind fit in with the rest of the world. But to ask me to stop your nature. That is very tricky."
"Kayali, you helped me defy my nature in helping me stop drinking human blood. Can't you do anything for Rosalie?" I could tell she wasn't sure about attempting it. "What happened to the witch I first met that would do almost anything just to see if it would work. Please, Kayali, just try." I was just about pleading with Kayali right now. She just had to do something for Rose.
"Of course, Carlisle. Do you really think I would turn down a request by a friend? Some trust you have in me."
"Thank you so much, Kayali. I cannot thank you enough. Rosalie will be so happy that she can still compete," Jacob was telling Kayali. Of all people, it was Jacob to be the first to say thank you. But the rest of my family lit up at her promise to try to help Rose.
She began to rummage through her intricately beaded bag and pulled out two small vials of liquid, one red and one blue.
"Tell Rosalie to mix these with any unscented lotion only when she first needs it, not before. All she needs to do is rub the lotion mixed with these potions and the sun will not give her away. It should last for two weeks at a time. But she must be sure to add some more of each liquid each time she uses the lotion. The potions will loose their power within the day of touching the lotion. And she must use the same type of lotion each time. Who will be bringing her the potions?" Kayali asked while looking around at the room of vampires.
"Edward and I are going to L.A. to keep a watch over her," Bella quickly said.
"In that case, each of you take a vial of each to use. You also said Emmett was driving with her, so take some down to him. I expect to hear how they work as soon as possible. Have a good time in L.A. And wish Rosalie luck for me. Goodbye, Carlisle. I hope it won't be long until we see each other again. Goodbye to the rest of you."
As soon as she finished, Kayali vanished.
"Bella, Edward. You two should be leaving now," I reminded them.
"Of course, Carlisle," Edward acknowledged. 'Goodbye,"
And then Bella and Edward were off to the garage to begin their journey.