I heard the gravel crunch on the drive way. Mommy said that Leah had told everyone I was another 'special' child, just like Mommy. Then came the knock on the door. Mommy pulled me closer. I could see Seth looking longingly at me.
I sent him a message. Seth, you know if mommy would let me I would come cuddle with you. Right?
I could see him trying to hold in a laugh. Grandpa Edward was trying not to laugh too. Grandpa Carlisle came in towing Grandpa Charlie, Sue, Grandpa Billy, and Leah behind him. Charlie took one look at me and reached for me. Mommy held me tight then gave in, surrendering me to Charlie.
"She sure looks a lot like you Jake, but looks like she got her blue eyes from Renee." Charlie grumbled. "Still she is one of the prettiest babies I ever saw."
"Let me hold her Charlie," Billy came up behind Charlie in the wheel chair. "She is my Granddaughter too."
Charlie regretfully handed me over. I blinked; I was starting to see colors. They were still there. The colors stayed close to peoples bodies. A different color for every person. Mommy's color was a blazing gold, while most was a baby pink. The only different one was Leah's, it was a dull blue.
I looked over at Edward. Grandpa, I can see colors around people. He gave me a slight nod.
The colors were pulsing in my head. I let my eyelids droop and gently fell asleep.
When I woke up I looked around and no one was there. It was dark, but I could still see. I was in Edward's room. I could hear people talking down stairs.
"How could she have 2 gifts?" Emmett was asking.
"I don't know but she does." Edward was saying. "I saw it with my own eyes."
"Did you ever think that maybe her talking in people's heads is a werewolf mixed with vampire effect?" I heard Seth question.
"It is possible." Carlisle murmured.
Mommy, I called down the stairs. I'm up.
"She's awake; we will continue this conversation later." I could hear mommy call as she ghosted up the stairs.
Mommy swept into the room and picked me up. "Did you have a good nap?"
Yes.
She nodded.
Mommy I'm hungry and thirsty.
Finally, it seemed to dawn on my mommy I needed human food too. That's when I seemed to notice that the pulsing lights were back. Mommy's was a weird pale blue as she ghosted back down the stairs. She dashed into the kitchen and pulled out an apple. She gave it to me then started to fill a cup with animal blood. It didn't smell as tasty as Charlie and Billy but it would have to do.
Suddenly the kitchen seemed to flood with light. Looking outside I saw that the sun was rising. It was a pale orange in the distance. I smiled my first sun rise. I hadn't been paying attention so I hardly noticed that everyone had come to join us in the kitchen. Again the lights were overwhelming but bad as bad as before. Most colors were a pale blue like mommy's but Seth's was a pulsing pink.
My head hurts. I told everyone.
"We should find out what the colors mean maybe that will help."Seth pointed out, as he came over and scooped me up into his arms.
"That's a good idea, and I think I know what they mean." Edward stepped forward. "I think she has a gift sort of like Jaspers but different. She can see people's moods, she just can't change them."
I nodded. That seemed to make sense, but what did that mean?
"I think we should go through everyone's emotions and then Sky can tell us what color she sees. Then we can label the mood to the colors so that they aren't overwhelming anymore, she will know what they mean. "Alice spoke up for the first time today. Her voice rang like bells. I wished my voice was like that.
"That's a good idea, but I think we should hunt first. We can teach Skyler." Carlisle pointed out.
I nodded. Sounds good. I'm still thirsty anyway. Everyone nodded and sat down.
"Time to go over the basics." Edward said. "We just let Bella loose and remember what happened?"
"Yes but Bella was older than Sky." Jasper pointed out.
"Yes but the thing is Skyler seems smarter than everyone is when they are first changed. She is smarter than Renesmee was." Edward explained.
Seth looked down at me and smiled. "Apparently you're extremely different and special. You will get used to it after a while." He winked, so I curled tighter against Seth and listened to instructions.