AN: Hi guys... so yes I'm back from Europe (I've been back for a while) and I must say it was awesome. I'd like to give a special shout out to all my readers in Germany, Czech Republic (did I spell that right?), Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia. Your countries are beautiful, I'm serious. :)

And don't be offended if I didn't mention your country... I'll try to visit as many as I can when I have the chance... (meaning when I'm older and have more money... if I make it that far. lol.)

I'd like to thank the people who reviewed, added the story to their Favorites & Alert list. And I'd also like to Thank my Beta, David, for his help. He has a lot of patience with my bad grammar and few updates... XD

Anyway, Enjoy the chapter! It's another Edward point of view.

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Vile Beauty

Chapter 7: A Problem?

Edward's Point of View

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As I made my way to my car at a human pace I saw that Alice and Jasper were already there, waiting for me.

"Hi Edward."

"Hello Alice, Jasper." I acknowledged as I unlocked the car doors and went inside. They followed my lead, climbing into the back seat. "Do you two know where Rosalie and Emmett are?"

"They're probably just finishing up their after school make-out session or something," Alice put in, a disgusted look of her face.

"Why do they always have to do that at the end of the school day?" Jasper said shifting in his seat.

"You okay Jasper?"

He gave me a pained expression. Oh, like you don't know, he thought.

"It's like their first decade all over again," I muttered, shuddering at the memory. "You're lucky you weren't there for it." I had to keep a six- to eight-mile distance from those two. "Finally," I mumbled as Emmett and Rosalie walked out of the school. Emmett had his arm around Rosalie's waist, looking very happy.

I didn't want to know.

"Hurry up you two," I said loud enough for them to hear. Rosalie rolled her eyes and Emmett smirked.

He was up to something.

In a matter of seconds Rosalie was in his arms with a very angry look on her face, but before she could say anything Emmett kissed her again- starting a new full-fledged make out session.

Alice, Jasper and I groaned in unison and closed our eyes.

"Do you two have to do that at the end of every first day of school?" Jasper groaned unhappily as they opened the doors and sat down.

"Why? Does it bother you?" Emmett asked with an annoying smirk.

"No," Jasper put in dryly, his voice laced with heavy sarcasm.

"Relax Jazz… It's no big deal. You and Alice do the same thing."

Alice glared at the back of Emmett's head and Jasper growled. He had just stepped into dangerous territory.

"Emmett, I think you should leave them alone." I put in calmly, driving down the wet pavement.

"You're a fun sucker Edward, you know that right?" Emmett said slumping in his seat, his head falling forward like a sulking child.

Ha ha, get it? Fun Sucker! I heard him scream in his mind.

"I didn't Emmett, but thank you for telling me," I replied, rolling my eyes. Emmett was about to answer back, but I saw Rose throw him a menacing glare that quickly shut him up.

I parked next to Carlisle's Mercedes- which was in front of the garage door.

What is Carlisle doing here so early? Rose thought as we all exited my car and walked inside the house.

"Hello kids, how was school?" Esme asked. She was sitting next to Carlisle.

"Slow, as always," I replied.

"Edward- you said you wanted to speak with me?" Carlisle said patiently.

"Yes, Carlisle… I think we might have a slight problem. Or at least I do," I stated as I sat across from him, the others taking seats everywhere else. Carlisle looked at me expectantly. "I can't read the new girl's mind."

"That's odd."

"And another thing- she might have knowledge about vampires. Real vampires," I added.

"Carlisle, do you think we'll have to move?" Rosalie asked quickly. Everyone else was too shocked to say anything.

"And you might want to take a look at this," Emmett said, taking a piece of paper out of his backpack and handing it to Carlisle.

He looked at it for only a second before he flipped it over. "Jasper, would you care to explain this?" Carlisle asked, showing us the image of four vampires- one of which was clearly Jasper.

Jasper shot up from his seat, went upstairs and came back down holding a small polished wood frame. He took a look at it, sighed and gave it to Carlisle.

"It's a coven of vampires I met after I left Maria; it was early 1919 then. The female standing next to the man's right is Jennifer, the man is Charlie- he is or was the coven leader- and the girl sitting in front of him is his daughter, Bella." Jasper placed his face on his hands. "I saw Bella again in the late 1930's and she was alone. There was no indication that Charlie or Jennifer were with her and that worried me- she'd always been very attached to them. She was out hunting and I quickly noticed that she wasn't the same girl I had met before. She had turned into a heartless vampire… She was no longer my best friend."

"Did you stay with them?" Carlisle asked as we all absorbed this new information.

"I did, but only for about a year."

"Why are we just finding out about this, Jasper?" Rosalie asked venomously.

"Because I didn't want to have to remember what Bella was like then and how she was when I saw her again. It's like watching a member of your family that you thought had a promising future die right in front of you, and you can't help but to feel ashamed and pained by it... Ashamed because you couldn't stop it and pained because you lost them," Jasper whispered, his voice containing an ancient sorrow that not one of us had ever heard before.

We remained silent for a while and then Emmett asked: "How did Isabel come to draw the same exact picture?"

"I don't know. There are only two copies in existence; the one I have and the one they kept. I don't think they would have been that irresponsible with it; it would expose them as much as it would me if they had let a human get their hands on it- or see it for that matter."

"Do you know when they were changed?" Carlisle asked.

"Not exactly- all I know is that Charlie and Bella were changed between 1914 or late 1918, Jennifer was changed by both of them in early 1919."

"They were basically newborns when you met them."

"Yes, that's why I stayed with them. Their self control was extraordinary for ones as young as they were, and by the time that I left I couldn't help but feel a great respect for them."

"Did you keep contact with any of them?"

"Like I said before, the only one I've seen since then is Bella and I haven't even seen her since the 1930's."

Carlisle sighed and I knew that was the end of that particular conversation.

"So… What are we going to do with the girl?" Rosalie asked nonchalantly, although I was sure that I wasn't the only one who could detect the hint of malice in her voice.

"Rosalie Lillian Hale. Don't even think about it," Carlisle warned, his voice firm and authoritative.

"And why not? How do we know she isn't going to become a threat? I don't want the Volturi breathing down our necks!" she all but yelled.

"Because, Rosalie, that's not how we ever deal with problems. We can't just go about killing innocent people because we're unsure about what they do or do not know." His tone made it very clear that he was through discussing it and Rosalie huffed and disappeared up to her room, Emmett close behind her. I knew he was going to try and calm her down so she wouldn't do anything rash that she would inevitably regret later.

I sighed and went up to my room as well; I could already tell that Carlisle was preparing to go back to the hospital.

I turned on the music and let myself get lost in the melody…

Published: August 29, 2009

AN: Please Review! If I don't get at least 6 reviews I will take longer to update. I don't like asking for a certain amount of reviews anymore, but you guys just aren't reviewing like you used to... is it weird to feel abandoned?

Oh, and I'd already like to thank those of you who will review, but all my readers are awesome regardless if they review or not.

~Medea (Formerly Artemis S. Cullen)