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To answer one reviewer's question-the Cullen's don't remember Bella bc of the pain. They remember certain parts, but not Bella. Edward has a little memory, but not a whole lot-not enough to put the pieces together. But don't worry, he may do that next chapter. hehehe.
Chapter 28 (Edward's POV)
It had been a week since we've met the wolves. We were currently now in Alaska. When we were traveling, trying to sedate our thirst, we met a vampire who drank from animals instead of humans. We were doubtful but it suppressed the thirst we felt. Well, at least a little.
When the vampire had invited us back to his house after hearing our story, we agreed and here we were now.
"Edward? Do you need to go hunting?" Carlisle said as he walked into the room. I looked up from the book I was reading.
"Sure." I said. When I met the girls, they soon filled their heads with thoughts of my brother's and I. It was quite hard to concentrate. And disturbing. "Does anybody else need to?"
"Nope. Just us two." I tried to read his mind, but it was only focused on hunting, nothing else. It was a special thing I could do. That's how I knew the people we woke up to were werewolves. But I still didn't know who Bella was. I heard the leader think how bad it was going to be when we left. And when I asked, their minds filled with pictures of a girl with brown hair and brown eyes. They also thought of my name when I brought the girl's name up.
"Alright. Let's go." Carlisle brought me back to reality. He didn't need to go, but he wanted something.
"Okay." I got up and we quickly went downstairs and out the door, into the cold. Once we got quite a way's form the house, we went to fill our thirst. I at least did. Carlisle was in the same spot was I left him when I returned. I heard his thoughts and he wanted to have a talk.
"Edward, son. I just wanted to talk to you about your…ability." He paused, thinking of what to say. "Yes, well. I was wondering about it. If you could turn it off and on?"
Okay, I got it now. He was curious about it, how it all worked and what-not. "No, I can't. I try to tune it out, but it's hard."
"And…do you hear everybody's thoughts? Or just one?"
"Everybody's." I said depressed. Sure it was a good thing when trying to get information from someone or talking to people you couldn't trust, but…it was horrible when you had to hear people's private thoughts. Especially Emmett and Rosalie's.
"Is there a certain area limit?"
"Yes. Actually, it depends. On how many people there are and if I've heard their mind before."
"Okay." He said, thinking of yet another question.
"Carlisle?" His attention came back to me. "Are you going to do this to Alice and Jasper?"
"I already have. This morning actually. I asked the rest of the family if they had any hidden abilities." He said.
"Well….did they?" I asked when his mind kept going back to think of a question to ask me.
"Oh, no. Although I think Emmett's strength was improved as was Rosalie's beauty. Esme's motherly love or kindness was greatly enhanced. And you, of course know of Alice's physic ability and Jasper's empathy."
"What's yours? Your ability not to do anything bad?" I asked, half sarcastic.
"Well, I think my compassion."
I asked a question I've been wondering about for awhile. "Are you going to be a doctor again?"
I had read his thoughts and saw him remembering his 'doctor days'. "No, I doubt that. But I am going to try. I have to master the thirst first. It will take a long, long time."
"Yes, it will." I said, in awe of what he was even thinking of doing.
I knew this family was special. The thoughts came from the forest, along with some others. I immediately stood up.
As soon as I did, seven red-eye vampires stepped out. Carlisle stood beside me but kept calm and serene, unlike the stare I was giving them.
"Hello." The long black haired one said. He looked familar but I couldn't place him.
"Hello. My name is Carlisle. This is my son, Edward." My father introduced us.
"They already knew." I said, reading their thoughts and hearing them know of the rest of our family. They all looked to me and Carlisle stiffened for a second but relaxed his stance.
"Yes, we did. But how did you know that?" The white haired one asked, not to nice either.
"He read our minds, Caius." The one that said 'hello' replied, very happy about something.
"Really?" He wasn't impressed but curiosity was there. "It's different from your then, Aro?"
"Yes, it would be a great asset, wouldn't it?" Aro, I guessed, said.
I heard our family coming, well the thoughts of the family coming. The big black haired guy on their side also heard them and told Aro.
"I am excited to meet the rest of the Cullen's." Aro said joyfully.
"How did you know are last name was Cullen? I only said our first names when I introduced us." Carlisle asked as our family came to stand beside us.
"They're the ones who changed us." I said darkly, reading Aro's mind again. My family went angry and Jasper calmed us down quickly. I heard Emmett's thoughts of ripping them apart and I agreed with him. I felt something missing from my life, but couldn't remember what it was.
"WHY!?!" Rosalie bursted in the silence. I knew from her thoughts and Jaspers empath that she regretted this life. She missed her old one when she modeled and everybody paid attention to her. Emmett was the opposite. He was the first on of us kids to accept this life.
"We needed you. We've been watching you for some time now. We knew you were special. Well, some of you." He said looking at me. I tried to block my mind in case he was reading it. They did say his power was similar to mine.
"Explain." Jasper spoke up.
Aro took a deep breath and started, "We are the Volturi. There are three of us--Caius, Marcus, and myself." He pointed out each one. "And we have our guards. These are our main ones. We, of course have more. We are like the…royal family of vampires."
He looked at us, each one of us, and stopped at Carlisle, "And we want you to join."
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