My first indication that something was wrong was when I walked into the front door and no one was in the living room. In a family that doesn't sleep, there is always someone around. I went upstairs to check on EJ. Edward opened the door holding his stomach and handed EJ to me as he ran past me to the bathroom. EJ smiled at me weakly and gave me an image of the entire family throwing up. EJ had been growing rapidly and though he was half human his vampire half was definitely his predominate side and right now everyone who was a vampire was sick. I had to find out what was wrong.
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Carlisle came into the library while I was grabbing a book about vampire diseases. "It's not in there."
"Carlisle, do you know what this is? Why is everyone so sick?" I asked anxiously slamming the book down and running over to him.
"The Volturi," he gasped. "This is a deliberate attack on my family. They sent us a contaminated package that contained a blood disease that is deadly to vampires."
"How can you be sure?"
"I recognize the symptoms" he smiled weakly. I was getting that a lot today.
"Well what's the cure?" I asked impatiently.
"You must go to Italy, to the Volturi. They alone have the cure and you are the only one in any condition to get it from them. We will all be dead in two weeks if you don't. We are all counting on you." And with that Carlisle ran from the room and I was left alone to get a plane ticket for Italy.