Chapter 4 - Isabella's Story

"I guess I should tell you a bit about myself also. I try to keep busy, I have done a bit of everything over the years. But my love is of literature. I try to stay away from civilization most of the time but it gets quiet boring and I end up back around the humans. I've travelled the world many times over under different aliases. I have been in control of vampires most of my life, but after so many years. It's get tiring and I step down. The Volturi are starting to annoy me, I can see their rule growing unfortunately from their greed and I do not like it. No doubt it will mean that I have to make some changes once again soon. Something I'm really not looking forward too."

"I do not like the death that vampires have caused and I've been regretting my decisions many years ago to create companions. It is a nice surprise to see vampire's like yourselves living humanly. I do not know how old I am, years were not a measure of time when I was young, but if I had to estimate I'd say around 20,000 years old. I've seen species after species evolve and then die out."

"The humans were almost extinct a few times over. I kept my eye on them though. My mother was a human and I only seen her for a few minutes after she gave birth to me before she died. So I looked over the human's and did what I could to protect them from disasters, including those that were brought on by our own kind. I'm still very much the same today and I'm very thankful that there are now so many human's. It's much better than before when only a few tribes survived the years."

"I do not know how I am a vampire and I don't know how I was birthed. My mother died quickly after I was born the only word she spoke was my name, Isa. I have almost given up finding any hope that I will discover who my father was or how I came to be."

"I changed my first vampire about 10 thousand years ago. I studied his traits and watched as he went through the newborn stage. His thirst for blood saddened me, so I kept him away for as long as possible before slowly bringing him closer until we could live among them. He found his mate and changed her with my permission. And our species went on from here. None of the first created vampires are alive today, too many wars have broken out over the years."

"Our species has not evolved over the years like I had hoped. The thirst for human blood is still dominate. But I guess that should have been expected with our frozen forms. I have thought many times over about destroying our existence but I cannot help but love my creations. Sure like most children they anger me, and I unfortunately have to kill in order to keep our species secret. But I still see good in some of them, yourselves are very much included in that regard now."

I ended my little speech there and let their thoughts wonder. It was a lot to take in I'm sure. Everyone looked in awe and thoughtful at me

"Thank you for sharing that with us Bella. I imagine you do not tell many of your history?" Carlisle asked.

"No I do not. But like I said I still see good, and I can see it in every member of your family Carlisle, I have no wish to keep things from any of you." He nodded. "I do not mind if any of you have questions for me but if you would please keep them to yourselves for now, I'd like to answer them at a later time."

"Of course Bella. Jasper can you call Jenks and get papers organised for Bella so we can enrol her in school as our daughter?" Jasper nodded and left the room. "Alice, why don't you show Bella to her new room and maybe in the morning if you wish Bella, you could go shopping with Alice. You will need clothes and supplies and I see you have not travelled with any luggage."

"Thank you, I think I would enjoy that."

Alice stood from her seat and grabbed my hand pulling me in the direction Jasper went. "This is so exciting Bella! We have so much to do! We start back at school on Monday so that gives us a little over 34 hours to prepare." She drabbled on showing me each room as we passed them walking up stairs and down halls. The lounge room, dining and kitchen were all on the ground floor. Everyone's rooms were on the second floor apart from Edward who had the top floor. Everything was decorated perfectly and I was in awe.

I was brought out of my dream like state when Alice stopped at a door across from Edwards. "This will be your room Bella." She opened the door, the room was large with high ceilings. It had recently been emptied my guess from Alice earlier, it was rather beautiful. The back wall was nothing but glass, two doors in the middle opened to a balcony that looked like it wrapped around the top floor completely. To the right Alice opened a set of double doors to a large empty walk in closest.

"It's not much yet, but it has potential." She told me gesturing to the room. "Do you like it Bella?"

"Yes Alice it's perfect" I smiled at her.

"Good, good. I have to go sit down with Esme and organise everything for when the shops open in the morning. Make yourself comfortable our home is your home too now Bella."

I grinned at her words. "Thank you Alice, for everything." She gave me a hug surprising me before dancing out of the room, I wasn't sure I had ever been hugged before.

I left the room wondering around the house until I was back on the ground floor. Esme and Alice had their heads together over books and magazines in the dining room. Rosalie was out in the garage and the boys were watching a game of baseball in the lounge room.

Edward leapt up from his spot. "I apologise Bella, with everything going on I forgot to show you those books I was telling you about at the library. Would you like to see them now?" His smile was hopeful.

"Please lead the way" I said thankfully.

He ran up the stairs until we were on the floor that held Edwards and my room. There was another door Alice hadn't shown me. Edward opened it. Thousands of books lined the walls. You could tell just by the smell of the room how old some of these books were, it reminded me of my own library. I large mahogany desk sat in the middle. "This is Carlisle's study, he wasn't kidding when he said he had a passion for history. I'm sure even you haven't read all the books in this room. You are welcome to any of them and if you'd like somewhere peaceful to read you may use my room until yours is finished."

"Thank you Edward. That's very sweet of you." He gave me a beautiful charming smile before leaving the room.

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