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BPOV

I could hear the sound of Edward's (or my) heart beat wildly, anticipating the story.

He watched Carlisle as he moved.

Carlisle paced quietly for a few more moments before finally starting.

"As everyone here knows, I lived with the Volturi for a few decades. I worked with them to help protect our huge secret from coming to light. My days were spent monitoring new borns as well as vampires who were inclined to start trouble."

The room was silent. I could hear Carlisle's thoughts. However, he was thinking so fast that I wasn't quite able to catch the rest of the story. Before I could say anything, he continued.

"On one cold September night in 1876, our work was just about to begin. Aro had asked Marcus, Caius, Jane, Lumios, and I to go settle down some new borns from starting a scene. They were trying to hunt out in the open…luckily however, it was late at night. No one dared be out past 10 in that era.

I swallowed hard and long. I knew the part of the story that we didn't especially want to hear was near.

"We were all ready to go. Marcus, Caius and Jane were to go clear the area of any humans undetected, while Lumios and I were to get rid of them; to get them out of the open. The two of us were very close. Aro was always having us do things together."

Esme, who had been standing next to Carlisle, sat down next to Rosalie on the couch.

Carlisle took another deep breath.

Edward's heartbeat became faster still. The beat of his heart (even if it was mine) soothed me.

Edward reached over to grab my hand.

Just as I looked up back to Carlisle, he proceeded.

"Jane, Caius and Marcus left around midnight. We knew that there probably weren't going to be any humans out, but Aro demanded that we check. Lumios and I were to leave approximately 1 hour afterwards. Half an hour had gone by, when we had received a message from Jane, telling us the coast was clear. However, Lumios was nowhere to be found. He had, in fact, been missing many times for the past few weeks… especially when we needed him."

"It had been an hour, and we had to go. We could wait no longer. Aro told me to go recruit one of the other 3 to help me instead. He looked worried; either that or frustrated. I wouldn't know which one and why until later…"

Jasper could feel the anticipation in the air, and we all felt extremely calm in the next few minutes.

Carlisle was far from done, and he continued.

"We successfully completed our mission and came back to see Aro. Lumios was still nowhere to be found. It was then that Aro ushered us into a room. Jane, Marcus, Caius and I were extremely still. You have to understand, Aro pulling people into a room alone was extremely uncommon. It had to be important." He told us.

Carlisle had grabbed a chair from the dining room and brought it back into the living room where the rest of the family was. He smiled at our silence in eagerness for the rest of his tale. He kept talking.

"'Listen, this is never to be spoken again', Aro told us. We all nodded. We have just discovered a very old vampire myth to be true…He looked at his hands as the four of us eyes each other in eagerness. I knew it was about Lumios by the way Aro looked at me. Lumios was found dying in an alley in the outskirts of Prague in the past hour."

My mouth was open at the break of Carlisle's story.

Carlisle looked at me and smiled.

"Bella honey, you have to understand that many vampires died when they were on duty. New borns were much stronger than we were."

I nodded but still looked uneasy.

As Carlisle opened his mouth to continue he was interrupted by Jasper.

"So, you're saying that a new born killed him? He asked. Jasper was leaning against the staircase.

Carlisle looked over at him with a sad expression, shook his head, then looked over at Edward and I.

Edward wasn't happy about this.

"So Carlisle, you're saying that one of us is going to die?" Edward closed his eyes as he said this. He hated being out of the loop.

"No Edward." Carlisle replied. "Just listen to the rest of the story and then we'll discuss what needs to be done."

Edward nodded sharply as his mouth changed into a hard line.

Carlisle took that as a motion to proceed.

"How did he die? Jane asked Aro. And this is what he said. Apparently while Lumios was on a mission in Prague a few weeks before, he met a young woman by the name of Jasmine. He felt a strong connection with her, just as you do for Bella." Carlisle said, speaking to Edward. He took a shallow breath and kept speaking.

"They fell in love, and during work he would run to see her just for a few moments every day. He couldn't live without seeing her. It caused him immense pain."

Edward smiled and muttered, "sounds familiar…"

I smiled and he stroked his thumb against the back of my hand.

Carlisle smiled as well and persisted with the story.

"However, he was too close to her. When a vampire and a human get to close emotionally, it was said that they 'switched souls.' According to myth, the only way a vampire and human were allowed to become that close is if they were close by all means."

He looked at Edward of course. Edward didn't believe vampire's had souls.

Edward was intrigued, however.

"And is this why you believe we have souls?" he asked with a smile on his face.

Carlisle nodded, returning the smile. "We all thought it was just a myth before though…but I'm not finished with the story yet. The most important part is drawing near."

"Continue," was all that Edward replied.

"Well anyway, according to the myth, the only way to reverse it is for the human and the vampire to experience life in the other's eyes. They must fully understand each other before they switch back. It was here that Lumios has his downfall. Aro had told him what to do according to the mythical instructions. Lumios, however, was frightened of the outcome. He was especially afraid of what might happen to Jasmine if he stayed with her. Since she was in his body, he did not want anyone coming to look for her. He fled. Unfortunately though, the new borns he had fought in the past found him (in her body of course) before he could get out of the city. One of them, shared Edward's power, and he had found out the whole story in the matter of a few minutes. Tasting revenge, the newborn killed him in her body, and Jasmine was stuck inside Lumios' body for the rest of eternity."

The room was silent. We were all taking in the story.

I was the first to speak. My head was spinning with questions.

"So, what you're saying is…Edward and I have to live like this until we can fully comprehend life in the other's eyes?"

Carlisle looked at me and faintly smiled. "I'm afraid so Bella."

Edward heaved a long sigh and looked at me. "We can get through this Bella."

I nodded slowly.

I could hear the thoughts of everyone around me.

"I should have warned them about this earlier…but I thought it was just a myth!" Carlisle thought.

"I'm going to have to be around a lot to help ease the emotions of frustration," thought Jasper.

"Bella is going to need new clothes…" thought Alice.

I laughed at that one. Out of all things she could have been thinking…

My thoughts drifted back to me and I remembered the task at hand. Live and understand Edward…

Although we were in each other's bodies, we were still in tune with each other.

"We will get through this Bella," said Edward in a soft voice. "I promise."