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SEVEN

"Do you remember how you told me the stories from your tribe? The ones that were scary?"

He smiled and nodded, happy that I was finally telling him something.

"Well, you told me that the Quileute people said… in one of their legends that they… descended from the wolves, the ones that can transform into men, werewolves, right?"

He nodded again, now he was listening carefully.

"So, what I am trying to tell you is that maybe… the Cullens have their… legends, too… and I might be part of them… just as you told me the Quileutes thought they were descendants from wolves…"

"So… what you mean is… the Cullens have a legend that now plays a very important part of your… life and you can't see Charlie anymore?"

He struggled to say the right words.

"Excellent!" I beamed "I could kiss you, but I won't" I said smiling.

"Okay, you know I trust you, right?" he said "I can't promise you I will keep your secret, but I understand that you are doing what you think is best for Charlie and you won't change your mind."

My smile wavered, he knew me, really knew me and I noted how he made the distinction of saying that I thought I was doing the right thing, not exactly doing it.

"You know, the other day Rachel told me a story when you were seven and you were mad at your father for leaving you with her and Rebecca, so," he was smiling and trying to imagine how that had happened as he was too small to remember it when it had happened "you made a tantrum and locked yourself in a closet." He laughed and I knew exactly why, I had remembered what he was talking about… the memories weren't clear but they were still there… "Well, the thing is you hid there and were so mad when Charlie got back you ran out of the closet and you tripped with the carpet and fell on your face.

"Rebecca told me you had a big bruise on your forehead for almost a month!" he was laughing openly at me now.

I had to smile, his laugh was contagious.

Suddenly, he stopped. "Bella, can you come back? I promise, I swear I won't tell Charlie, can you, please?"

Looking at his face, I couldn't stop myself from saying yes.

And his face lightened up a lot.

When he was leaving the car, he looked back and smiled sweetly "I missed you; I wish you could come back to your house."

"I wish I could, too" I murmured and I was so surprised that I covered my mouth with my hand.

"If you decide not to come back… I— bye Bella… just in case…"

I sped up and left Forks with my breath caught and my eyes stinging.

I didn't look back because I knew he would be there.

I promised myself I would come back, that I would not let him down.

I just didn't know what was awaiting me at home…

I could hear a dead silence in the house that freaked me out completely.

What was happening?

"She's here."

It was Alice, from the house.

I ran to the house and found everyone on the living room, including Rosalie and Emmett, looking at me.

"I am sorry, this is because I left? I am so, so sorry." I bit my lip embarrassed.

"No, Bella, we have guests," Alice said.

I looked at the room around me; all the faces were familiar to me except two of them; one male and one female. They both looked at me with cold smiles that said they were enjoying this, enjoying the tension they were creating.

"Hi, I am Bella" I simply said. My mind was blank; I could only stare at them.

The girl had black, waist-length, straight hair and big eyes the color of onyx. She was hungry.

Her face was thin, like her slim body. She had a little bone structure and was dressed with a blood-red dress that was like a second skin on her, making her look skinnier than what she already was. Did she come directly from Prom?

She had an air of authority and power in her that made me think with no doubt that she was a cheerleader when she was transformed.

He was muscular and had unkempt-looking midnight-black, curly hair and the same onyx eyes as the girl.

His face was contorted in a scowl, but that didn't make him less beautiful. He was dressed in a tuxedo which confirmed my theory; that they were changed on the day of their prom.

I only hoped they didn't slaughter all their school friends in revenge or something.

The girl's smile widened and impossibly the smile grew colder.

"I am Ash" he said. His voice was freezing cold and his words hit me like an iceberg. It was like suddenly I felt cold, dead cold.

"Stop it Ash, we don't want to look rude. I am Dawn by the way" the girl — Dawn — said.

"It was him?" I asked "what I felt?"

Dawn smiled apologetically, a smile that had "fake" written all over it.

"Yeah, his 'Talent'" she said doing quoting marks on the air.

"Okay" I said a little shaky.

I searched for Edward who came to me in an instant and took my —colder than usual— hand.

"Why don't you come to say what you came to say?" Eleazar said suddenly.

"Because first I think you deserve a warning of what's going to happen next, don't you think?" Dawn smiled again.

And all happened really fast after that.

I saw everything, but I didn't understand.

First, Edward looked at Alice with terror in his eyes. Alice looked back and Edward nodded.

Then, Edward let go of my hand and faster than ever, attacked Ash. Alice went for Dawn.

I was frozen in place, but the others soon helped. Emmett went to help Edward and Jasper went to help Alice.

Even Alice wasn't having any trouble, I saw Jasper go for a direct kill. Alice had been fighting but not trying to kill her yet.

I looked away as I heard the worst sound ever. Dawn screamed for half a second and her scream was drowned by the sound of tearing and breaking something as solid as steel.

As I looked away my eyes caught the other fight that was even worst… Emmett and Edward were killing Ash in an almost animal way. They were using their hands, but their movements and actions had an edge that wasn't human at all.

And then, just as fast as it started, it was all over…