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Chapter 2:

Revelations of a Scary Nature

Bella POV

"Vampires? Alice, is that supposed to be a jo—"

"No, Rosalie, not Vampires, Vampyres," Alice annunciated, drawing out the invisible 'y' until it sounded like 'VamPiiiiiiiers.'

"With a 'Y'." She elaborated, her face grim.

"Isn't that just some fancy-smancy goth way of saying it?" I asked, confused. What could the vision Alice had just had have to do with this nonsense?

"No, Bella. It's not. It's . . . did you ever wonder as to where the myths and legends that humans believe so strongly in came from?" Alice asked softly, her eyes begging us all to understand the dire nature of the situation.

I frowned. "Well, isn't that just something somebody made up? Like a fairytale?"

She laughed once, without humor. "Bella, all fairytales are real," She told me. "Haven't you learned that by now? No, I'm afraid that Vampyres are not some silly imagination of the human mind. No, they are much too real for my liking. You see . . . The Vampyres are our Sister Species. Or 'SS.' When we were created, something farther up the food chain than us was as well. That farther-up-the-food-chain species was and is . . . The Vampyres."

I, for one, was stunned. Not only had Alice just made the longest and grimmest speech in all the time I had known her, but . . . Something more dangerous than us? Than our entire race? It was hard to believe.

But you don't bet against Alice.

Edward spoke quietly, knowing we could all hear him, his voice more rough than usual, "My family, what I just saw in Alice's head is not an experience I wish to repeat ever again. That . . . that thing I saw, facing us, it didn't even look scared. In fact, it looked as if we were all sitting down to a friendly picnic, instead of all of us, in crouches, teeth bared, hackles up, ready to attack. It was wearing a dress!"

"Edward, that wasn't an it. That was a she. And she looked like she could take all of us without blinking, yes, but don't you remember what she said? She told us—In a Transylvanian accent, no less—that she 'Only wanted to talk.' Maybe . . . Maybe we don't have to worry? Maybe she just wants to talk, like she said?" Alice sounded like she was grasping at straws near the end, but I'll admit we all shared a relieved breath at her words.

My eyes flitted to Jacob. He looked decidedly uncomfortable, as if the news that there was a race of beings even more powerful than us was the worst thing possible.

Which, I'll admit, it kind of was.

"Are they . . . is she, well, more powerful than me too?" Renesmee asked hesitantly, her hand clasping Jacob's tightly. "And, and what about Jacob?"

"I'm afraid that, yes, she is more powerful that you two as well," Alice answered quietly, her hand entwined in Jasper's.

I felt compelled to take Edward's hand—and I did.

"Well, even if you say she's 'more powerful,' there's NO WAY she can beat me!" Emmet declared confidently.

We just looked at him.

"But, well, I mean, how big was she?" Emmet was less confident as he voiced this question—he sounded unsure, even. Complete silence after declaring that you'll save the day will do that to you, I guess.

"Power isn't always measured in size," Alice said at the same time Edward answered, "About five-foot-eight."

We were silent for a while, before Edward gasped.

"What is it?" I asked, concerned and alarmed.

"There . . . there's a mind, outside, but it's like nothing I've ever encountered before . . . It's all colors, but colors I've never seen before, and there's feelings swirling around, and . . . and, it's . . . wow. It's crazy . . . scary, even." Edward's voice was filled with awe, and fear. He sounded as if he had truly never encountered a mind like this before.

"Edward, it's her! It's her!" Alice exclaimed, and then immediately clapped a hand over her mouth.

Simultaneously, we all turned to the window at the sound of shattering glass.

There was no one there.

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