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Chapter 2

Check Ups

August 16 1923

Volterra, Italy

Edward's Point of View

"Trust me, Edward…you'll do fine. She's only six years old. She's a half vampire, half human so I don't think her blood should be too tempting and I just need to check up on her and I don't want you alone!" Carlisle assured me.

"But I'm still a newborn! I could hurt her!!" I argued. Carlisle sighed.

"I doubt it Edward and you know that Aro would punish you if you hurt Isabella. She's the most precious thing to Aro these days." Carlisle replied. I sighed and let the subject go. I was still thinking that I would harm this little girl. I was born in Chicago in the year 1901. Carlisle found me dying in the hospital of the Spanish Influenza at the age 17 in the year 1918 when I was planning on going to war and the influenza had just hit. Carlisle chose to change me as I was alone, my mother and father had passed on before me, and no one would have noticed my disappearance in the outbreak. Carlisle had created me and brought me up in his lifestyle. Instead of feeding on humans, we feed on animal blood. Carlisle says he wants to be apart of the human civilization without harming humans. I agreed with him, though my reason is because I don't want to be a monster. I have lived this life for some time and I was the first to join Carlisle's family, but now Carlisle has more people joining us. Esme is Carlisle's wife; she had jumped off a cliff after losing her baby. Esme has a heart shaped face with soft caramel curls to shape her face. Her eyes are golden, like Carlisle's and mine, and she is like a mother to me. Carlisle also changed Rosalie who was found in the middle of the street, bleeding and left to die by a group of drunken men. She had long blonde hair and was beautiful, but not enough to make me feel attracted to her. Carlisle had hoped that we would become mates, but that didn't happen. I only love her as a sister and she loves me as a brother.

I could faintly hear small footsteps that sounded like they were running towards us as Carlisle and I kept walking.

"Uncle Carlisle!" A small voice called. The voice of a child. Carlisle chuckled and squatted as a little girl came into view.

"Hello Isabella," Carlisle greeted the girl as she flung into his open arms. Uncle Carlisle?

Ah she has grown so much since I last saw her. Carlisle thought. I looked down at the girl. She had a huge grin on her face, clearly happy to see someone who isn't a member of the Volturi, she had brown hair that flowed down in gentle curls to her shoulders and her eyes were chocolate brown. She was beautiful and her blood didn't tempt me one bit. I tried to get into her mind, but found it blocked. I tried again. It was like a wall was blocking me. Carlisle looked up at me.

"Edward?" I looked down at me.

"I can't read her mind." I murmured, too low for her ears…or so I thought.

"Of course you can't! I have a mental shield protecting me from mental attacks." I stared at the girl stunned. "I have vampire senses. Like hearing, smelling and sighting." Carlisle beamed at the girl.

"You are quite advanced for a six year old, Isabella. But that's to be expected!" Carlisle laughed.

"Daddy won't be home for some time. There was something he had to deal with…something to do with bad vampires…so he left me with Felix." Carlisle looked shocked at this.

"With…Felix?" I frowned and silently wondered what Felix had to do with any of this. Bella nodded.

"Daddy thought it was best for me to get to know him." Bella answered. I looked at Carlisle and he saw the confusion in my eyes.

Aro made an agreement that if Bella didn't find someone else she wanted to be with before she was changed into a vampire, then when she was changed she and Felix would marry. Carlisle explained. My eyes widened at him. Aro only wants what's best for his daughter.

"And what's best is being kept in these walls?" I asked him.

"It's not that bad…apart from hearing the screams coming from the people who come in here to see the castle but have really been tricked into becoming my daddy's next meal." Bella shuddered at the thought.

"Bella where are you?" A loud voice thundered. Bella giggled.

"Speaking to Uncle Carlisle!" Bella called back. Soon another person came forward from the shadows. Felix looked rather angry.

I'm looking after her and she just runs away! Felix thought angrily. Carlisle stood up.

"Nice to see you again, Felix." Carlisle smiled at him.

"Carlisle." Felix nodded in greeting before putting his hands on Bella's shoulders and pulling her closer to him. He was studying me. "Who's this?"

"This is my son, Edward."

"Building a family I see."

"Well yes, I have my wife at home with our new daughter." Carlisle explained. "I came to check Bella's growth rate." Felix sighed and let Bella walk over to Carlisle. Carlisle measured Bella's height, weight and every thing else. He soon came to the conclusion that Bella was growing at a normal human rate but her brain worked a bit faster, which we already knew. "Do you mind if we wait to see Aro?" Carlisle asked Felix. Felix looked a bit reluctant.

"Aro would love to see you!" Bella exclaimed before Felix even had a chance to reply. Felix glared down at Bella when she replied, clearly wishing she hadn't just said that. Carlisle smiled down at Bella.

"All right then, do you have any idea how long he may be?" Carlisle asked.

"They left about three days ago. They should be back soon." Felix replied.

"Then we will wait." Carlisle said. Bella squealed in excitement and grabbed Carlisle's hand before dragging him off down the halls. Felix and I followed behind. This would be interesting.