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Chapter 2

Alice P.O.V.

I ran out of the clearing, how could he use me like that, I thought. I had read Aro's mind, he thought of me as a puppet, nothing more. After putting a mental shield, which somebody in the clearing had, around us and then after linking our minds we talked. I just couldn't handle it anymore; I was not going to be treated without respect. That's when I ran away, running past a very cute vampire with curly blonde hair and golden eyes.

I realised that I should be covering up my sent, so I did and then found a very big bush to hide behind. I curled up in a tight ball and stayed there. Not long after I heard the sounds of other vampires, then one came to stand over the bush I was behind.

"Are you alright?" He whispered as he picked me up. It was the cute one again. He looked even better close up.

"Yeah, I can stand," I muttered.

"Jasper," he said shyly, holding out his hand.

"Alice, but you already know that," I said shaking his hand. I jolted as I picked up his gift, so he was an empath.

"Jasper," a woman cried as she came up to us, a man right at her heels. "Hello sweetie," she said sweetly to me. From Jasper's empath gift I could tell she was concerned about me. "I'm Esme, and this is Carlisle," she said gesturing to the man behind her.

"Hello," he greeted me politely.

"She's feeling overwhelmed," Jasper mentioned.

"Sorry," they apologised.

Do you want to come back to our house?" Esme asked.

I just shrugged and they led me back to their house. I looked at it in awe, it was a big house, more of a mansion with one wall made completely of glass. We went inside and I realised that it was light and airy, unlike the 'castle' as they liked to call it, of Volterra.

"Hi, I'm Emmett," I looked up to see this huge male standing only inches from me. He was very muscly and kind of scary looking.

"Emmett," a female growled behind him, "You're scaring her," she then slapped him around the head.

"Aww, Rosie baby, I just wanted to say hello," Emmett whined like a little kid.

"Don't mind him," the female said. She was tall, with blonde hair reaching halfway down her back. "I'm Rosalie," she said kindly.

"Alice," I muttered shyly.

I continued to look around me in awe until somebody tapped my shoulder.

"Can we talk to you?" It was Carlisle; he seemed to be the leader of this coven.

My mind clicked as I realised that these people were the Cullen's. There didn't seem to be anything wrong here.

"Alice?" Carlisle was still waiting for my answer.

"Yeah, of course," I said as I followed him into what looked like a dining room.

Well, Aro said that they lived like humans. I sat down at the end of the table, feeling out of place. Soon all of them were there, staring at Carlisle, waiting for him to begin.

"Well, Alice," Carlisle said searching for the right words. "Can I ask you a few questions about yourself?"

"Sure," I answered cautiously.

"Your eyes?"

"I honestly don't know, I woke up with them like this, I never had red eyes. I never thirsted for human blood either," I answered, wondering about it too.

"Why couldn't I read your mind in the clearing?" A male with bronze coloured hair asked.

"Edward," Esme scolded.

"Sorry Esme," he muttered. "I'm Edward," he continued looking at me.

I nodded my head in acknowledgment. Wait, did he say read my mind?

"You were the one in Volterra," I blurted out.

"Excuse me?"

"Someone came went to the Volturi about a year ago, they could read minds without the need for contact," I tilted my head curiously, I didn't think I would ever meet him.

"Yes, I guess that was me then," Edward looked at me as though I had lost my mind. "So, why couldn't I read your mind, or Aro's?" Edward questioned again.

"Oh, somebody in the clearing had a mental shield, so I put that around us and then linked our minds," I said enthusiastically.

Everyone looked at me in awe, especially Carlisle.

"That would be me," a female with chocolate brown hair spoke up; I hadn't even seen her before. "I'm Bella," she said quietly.

"Oh, hello," I chirped, finding that I was happy for once.

"What exactly is your gift?" Carlisle inquired.

"Well, I can use the gifts of others and retain them. I can also invent new gifts, if I want a gift I just think about it and then I have it, but if somebody already has it then I have to get near them in order to use it," I said eagerly.

All of the Cullen's gasped and I felt the smile fall from my face. They looked at one another and then back at me.

I hope you guys enjoy my story so far. Well, that's all for now I guess.

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