I OWN NOTHING FROM TWILIGHT OR THE VAMPIRE DIARIES .
~March 27, Friday ~
- 12:00 AM-
~ Forks ,high school ~
- Forks, Washington-
~third person .~
Edward much to his family's relief returned home just before nine am, racing up to his room ,he changes into some fresh clothes snatches up his keys and stops , glancing back at his old wooden wardrobe from his childhood home in Chicago ,walking over to it , he unlatches the doors and they swing open its stacked with his journals , breathing out he reaches for a leather bound diary tucked deep in the back of the wardrobe closing his eyes for a spilt second he unwinds the cord and opens it , inside is a portrait of a woman it looks like Bella , and elegantly penned in the bottom right hand corner is one word and a date ;Serenity 1927 .
"Edward!" Esme called , "Coming," he replied casting another look at the picture , and sighs slipping it back into the journal , and places it on his desk ,slinging his jacket on he flashes down stairs , and into the garage , hoping into his car , he drove his siblings to school .
Jasper remakes on the three expensive motorbikes parked near the woods , as Edward parks his Volvo .
"I don't think their even available in Northern Europe yet ," he hummed to Rosalie who's sitting next to him her eyes wide and filled with images of how she could improve them , she nods " Yeah I wonder how fast they can go ."
Alice shakes her head smiling lightly ,then snaps her head up ,her eyes glassy ;
~Vision, starts~
The family's sitting in their usual spot in the cafeteria , when the double door shoot open and in glide five gorgeous humans ,
two ice blondes ; a male with his arm wrapped tightly around a beautiful indian girl with dark black hair plaited down passed her waist and a female who's holding hands with a raven haired , lanky male busy chatting with a petite brown haired girl on his right . all wearing expensive high fashion clothing , walking with ease confidence, grace and silence .
The vision shifts all of a sudden, and blurred half formed shapes with blobs of colour splashed on them appear , Alice can just make out the Velvets clustered together by the cafeteria doors , amongst the sea of equally blurry students sitting at tables surrounding them . They all seem to be involved in a silent conversation of some sort, Alice slows the vision down and attempts to pick up any clues as to the nature of their conversation through the facial expressions they give off …
The blond female is standing close beside her boyfriend and the other girl short brown haired girl , who stands across from the blond boy who must be the blond girl's brother " Lucca, — " she whispers the next few seconds their little group lapses into silence, it seems they're having an argument over something, and it involves a few family members or most likely the whole family .
Alice frowns the vision is going faulty again , skipping chucks of information and fast forwarding leaving only a jumbled mess of colour and scraps of speech , frustrated she tries to sort through it all , and finding a scene which isn't too damaged she replays it .
The tall black haired male glares cooly back at his girlfriend about what Alice doesn't know , yet . " To hell with you ! " he hisses, Alice frowns that sound is definitely not human , that is the sound a vampire makes when they're angry usually her mind thinks , still frowning she watches him throws his hands up in exasperation then storm out of the cafeteria double doors his finger tips flickering with tiny living sparks , Strange .
~ Vision Ends~
Alice blinked and snaps out of her vision gasping as she thinks to Edward curiously " Oh My God , Edward did you see that , do you think they could be Supernatural too ? '
Edward shrugs frowning " Its possible Alice , Maybe we should leave school early today and have an emergency meeting with Carlisle. "
Alice nods Emmett , Jasper and Rosalie stare at the two of them confused " You know we hate it when you two have your silent conversations! " Rosalie growled.
Emmett for once ignoring Rosalie's outburst eyes them curiously " What'd you see Alice ? " he asked her his expression oddly serious for once .
Alice sighs and then re-tells her vision . " That's not possible Alice ,Carlisle would have heard or seen something like them in his travels , " Rosalie is the first to snap giving Emmett a look for not siding with her about her first comment .
" I know that's what I thought , so how come-" Alice starts to say but Rosalie cuts her off "So obviously there's something wrong with your ability you said your visions have been blurry , and well yes that's bad and all , but I'm going to miss the ball committee selection ! " she hissed and flies out off the car "-really bad what are we going to do ?" Alice finished blankly .
Meanwhile at the other end of the car park near the woods Alyssa , Hector ,Charlotte , Lucca and India hop off their bikes , and curiously all eye the Blond as she exits the silver volvo with it's other four stunningly inhuman occupants with ice white skin and dazzling golden eyes . " Daywalkers." Hector hissed his mouth drawn back in an angry snarl .
Alyssa sighs Hector isn't himself when Harmony's not here , 'we're all not ourselves ,when a family member's missing .' Charlotte hugs Hector lightly and leads him up to school with India , Lucca and Alyssa walking after them .
The Cullen kids follow soon after and all troop straight to the gym , where the family Edward's figured out is the Velvet's thank's to the gossip munger's mind's of Lauren Mallory and Jessica Stanley.
" They're called the Velvet's , the father works in Forks hospital as the new neurosurgeon . And the mother is a professor at the University here , the two of them have eight adopted children ; Hector his twin Harmony , Charlotte and her brother Lucca his best friend slash girlfriend India then a guy called Thane along with his sister Alys who are Bella's cousins apparently " Edward said quietly to his siblings .
Of course Hector and his siblings hear it all anyway .'do you think , the Copper-haired one has some sort of talent?' Charlotte voices through the mind link between her and her siblings ,
' Anna did say most sparkles have an ,extra talent .Why do you ask Lottie?' Hector replied , ' because this is the first time either of our families have seen each other and the copper-haired one know's so much about us ,' she answered back ,' are you saying you think he has a gift similar to yours Lot?' Lucca asks the curiosity mixed with panic strong in his mental voice .
Charlotte shrugs delicately ' i'm saying I think penny-head over there can mind-read ,' her family give a mental collective gasp of shock , ' Thiz is no good, if they find out what we are …' India whispered softly through the link . ' anything could happen .' Alyssa finished, making a mental note to tell Serenity ,about this , she knew Edward back in 1927 , But Serenity mentioned once she'd meet him earlier in 1918 while he was still human ,so maybe she already knew what he and his family could do… what they were. If so, she like always had some grand master plan she wasn't telling her or the Velvets which meant she didn't expect them to survive the coming events…
Charlotte's about to say something , when the principal starts talking — ranting — really about school pride , from where he's standing on the podium in the centre of the gym hall . "… And that is why , I am delighted to announce , this year's ball committee members , drum roll please ! " he said nodding to the leading drummer of the school's twenty-five strong band group . who nods back and taps rapidly against the large brass drum he's holding with his drum sticks .
" Genie Randal , Rosalie Hale , Charlotte Rose and Fiona Hastings , please join me in giving them a warm around of applause ,… and do I dearly hope these ladies will work together and not attempt to kill each other before the year is over the death threats made last year we did this were quite enough …" he trailed off into a whisper the Velvet's and the Cullen's being the only people to hear what he said , both groups of woman eye each other up — mainly Rosalie and Charlotte both thinking the exact same thing 'Barbie's going down !' .
All males rise from their seats and clap enthusiastically , and the remaining females half-heartedly .
"Right off to class ,please ," the Principal said and walked off the podium and out the gym doors towards his office , as soon as he's gone everyone jumps to their feet and rushes for the doors to their first classes .
The senior Velvet woman and the Cullen men both end up in History class together, and take up the entire back row. Charlotte (who would usually between sitting on Harmony's left today sits alone at her desk Lucca and Hector would have joined her but Lucca knew Hector need to hunt so they decided to take the morning off and would by back at lunch .India had gone too ,to help Hector keep his emotions in check so he wouldn't end up accidentally attacking a human ) Jasper sits comfortably in his sit off to her left , pen in hand and notebook out, waiting for the new History teacher to arrive as their old one had a nervous breakdown and abruptly left last week . And Emmett on his left stares bored out the window for a few seconds then turns and looks at her ,shrugs and slouches in his sit .
"Good morning,everybody ." a tall handsome, man in his mid- thirties ,wearing a leather jacket and dark denmi jeans said striding into the room briefcase in hand , he snatches up a small nub of chalk and scrawls his name on the board as he says it .
"My name is Alaric Saltzman , and i'm your new history teacher ." turning around he smiled at the class and sets his briefcase on his desk . looking at them all he briefly touches a large blue oval shaped ring on his left middle finger , frowning worriedly for a second and then smiles again. "Right so , ah, your old teacher didn't leave any notes as to what you were studying.." "We were learning about the town's history ,." a small tanned,brown eyed girl with a neon blue streak in her brown hair answered . "Thank you,.." Alaric replied "Genie Randal ,sir." Genie grinned .
"Well, thank you . Forks, Washington boy is this town dripping with history . The first thing I should mention is the old All Saint's church off Nancy Lane . As you've all heard it was burnt down during the civil war in late 1864 by Confederate solider's who believed it house a weapon of great power . But unknown to the Solider's it was really just a safe house being used by civilians who couldn't escape via carriages or by horse ."
Jasper stopped writing and looked up clearing his throat , Alaric ,looks over at him "Yes,…" then down at the class register "Jasper Hale. Do you have something to add?"
" Confederate Solider's knew the church to be a safe house, but were ordered to burn it down anyway , as their commanding officer was told the church was a place of black magic and housed unspeakable evil inside . Twenty-seven lives were lost in that fire , it was very sad day for the war indeed ." Jasper said falling silent ,his eyes flash with sadness, as he stared at the blackboard remembering that day he was ordered to burn down All Saint's church .
Everyone had turned in their sits and stared at him ,mouths open in shock ;hearing Jasper Hale speak more then a two or three word sentence was astonishing .
Alaric nodded, casting a quick glance at Jasper , and grabs a blank slip of paper off the pile on his desk and wrote . Jasper Hale-Confederate Solider. Emmett Cullen-? Ring Charlie at Lunch , to confirm suspicions about Cullen family .And warn Stefan and Elena.
"Thank you, that was very interesting." Jasper nodded and frowned 's emotional state was changing faster than a set of traffic lights ,Charlotte was still staring at him, her emotions were normal but spiked with sudden interest at his little speech . Catching his eye ,she smiled and looked away .
On the other side of the school Alyssa and Edward were engaged in a mental battle , as they sat in English class half listening to explain the beautiful complexity and intricacy of Emily Bronte's Whuthering Heights novel . A novel that Alyssa had at home on her bedside table, a first edition and signed by herself.
She Knew Edward was trying to find out if her connection to both the real Bella and Serenity-Bella was genuine , if so where Serenity-Bella was now .
Edward frowned staring down at his blank notebook , he couldn't read Alys Silver's mind or any of her family's ,Charlie's or now strangely Mike Newton's . Who'd shuffled by him this morning at the assembly to score a sit behind Ronnie Goldberg the preppy head cheerleader ,who wore very tight clothing on her string bean figure , that made all the guys drool , and their minds wander.
Mike also looked incredibly ill ,sleep depraved and the faint smell of wet dog clung to him .Was Mike a wolf too? perhaps a very distant relation of one of the Quileutes?
he wondered .
Finally the bell rang and he scooped up his books and headed to lunch.
Thank god! It's friday. thought most students as they walk through the cafeteria double doors, grabbed their lunches and when about the exhausting task of finding a table of people who'll except them .
The Cullen's who were sitting in their usual spot in the cafeteria , pretending to eat their bagels which taste anything but bagel like to them , and more like dirt . Instantly stop eating and when the double door shoot open and in walk the Velvet children , all wearing expensive high fashion clothing , walking with ease confidence, grace and silence .
And just as in Alice's vision the group each grab a tray of food and walk over to an empty table big enough for the five of them , and sit down, then they quietly eat their food , talking softly amongst themselves mainly about schoolwork , the teachers, school gossip ,usual teenage things .
Then Hector's head snaps up his blue eyes resembling thunder clouds instead of clear blue oceans " Hector ,love ." Charlotte asked taking his hand and squeezing it gently " What's wrong ? " ,by now his siblings have noticed somethings wrong and are all wearing the same curious expression "I don't know , but it has something to do with Harmony and Thane's disappearance ," he muttered distractedly .
India glance at them and shivers and her cinnamon brown eyes widen " Lucca " she hummed a faint french lilt to her voice , her boyfriend Lucca looks down at her " India , sweetheart , what is it , what do you feel ? " , suddenly she locked eyes with their table her softly clear voice sending chills down their spines at her words " dangers coming , something dark evil …I think it's after Serenity " her boyfriend Lucca frowns and looks at Charlotte " Charlotte, Hector , Alys . I think we should go now ! We need to warn Serenity" he hissed then sweeps up from the table grabbing his and his family members tray's of barely touched food ,he dumps it all in the bin and wraps his arms around India tightly her whole frame is shivering , he mutters smoothing words in her ear .
Charlotte stands dragging her boyfriend and Alyssa with her , she steers them away and over Lucca " Lucca, — " she whispered 'I'm sure whatever India felt is far away ,and of no harm to us or Serenity ,' she voices through the link , Hector shakes his head 'We don't know that Charlotte .' 'India's not wrong very much .' Lucca voices in defense of his mate India nods beside him her arm wrapped around his waist ' I know what I felt ,Charlotte ,that being is after Serenity, and has been for some time , and it's not far away in fact it maybe here in a few months .' she answers back,Alyssa stays silent thinking 'Klaus…' when Hector taps her shoulder ,"Alys,could you shed some light on this ?' ' Oh, um I'm sure it's nothing' she chimed and her hypnotic laughter whirls around them .
They all blink 'Well I think we should at the very lease ask Serenity about it or track this person down and get answers , failing that we move countries this time and not inform Anna and Dris they still have some connections with the most influential court members .' Charlotte replies after a few moments once Alyssa's spellbinding laughter fades away , the Cullen's watch on curiously " Hey its like what you and Ed do sometimes Allie ." Emmett hummed , for once saying something rather intelligent . then the Alyssa snaps suddenly her face glowing with fierce agreement " Charlotte's right ! we should leave ! " Hector glared at her, turning to Charlotte "No , I'm not leaving without Harmony she's my twin ! it's madness to risk everything just to try what you're suggesting Charlotte love ." he hissed to her ,Charlotte glares cooly " Hector you're my mat-my boyfriend your meant to side with me ! " she argued .
" True , but we're not telling Anna or Dris about it as we're not doing !" he growled , Charlotte shrinks away from him slightly ,still glaring and goes to stand by her brother . who's watching him darkly "She may be your girlfriend , Hector but she's still my sister . don't yell at her ! " he snapped.
Hector glaring cooly back " To hell with you ! " he hissed and throws his hands up in exasperation then storms out of the cafeteria double doors his finger tips flickering with tiny sparks .
India moves to go after him but gets held back by Lucca , Lucca gives Alyssa a sideways look " Alys , could you go after Hector , and y'know make sure he doesn't set the school on fire or any other stupid thing ." Alyssa nodded and walks soundlessly out the double doors .
Charlotte meanwhile has her wide violet eyes fixed on their table as they watched the whole argument she nudges her brother " We're being watched brother ,dear ." she whispered ,Lucca snaps his head around and eyes each of them darkly ,then grabs his sister's arm and India's steering them out the door muttering something along the lines of " Damm bloody experiments ! "
Once outside the small group dash over to Hector and Alyssa who's in the middle of trying to reason with him and persuade him setting fire to Forks high-school isn't the best nor only option , and he should instead talk about his problems and or feelings with his mate-with Charlotte , as that's what a couple does to help each other resolve problems . Hector growls at her " And you would know this oh so wise and useful tidbit of information how , Alys ? You don't even have a mate ! " Alyssa snarled " So , its common sense Hector ! Don't set the school on fire you dolt , you'll regret it afterwards , you know you will ! " she said calmly not a trace of anger in her voice .
" See I don't think I will , little sister ," he said his voice growing darker ,colder as he raises his hands upwards and splays them , small live flickering flames glowing a deep orangey-red crackle and hiss on the tips of his lean thin pale fingers as he speaks.
A new voice rings out from the thick shadows of the trees surrounding them , the voice is soft filled with authority and silky smooth , making them all feel the need to submit to this person " Hector, No." Thane said striding over to him and placing his hands firmly on Hector's shoulders , his obsidian black eyes ,drilling into Hector's bright ice blue ones. Hector growls lowly trying to avoid Thane's eerily calm and cool gaze .
But Thane grabs his chin and looks him straight in the eyes , the rest of the family gasp as no one's ever seen Thane ,use his gift of another vampire before , until now .
Hector suddenly feels weightless and like his body's been sucked into a black hole , 'Am I dead ? ' Hector thinks " No," comes the dry soft voice . Hector spins around seeing nothing but a sea of endless darkness . " Well where am I , and who the hell are you ?" he demands angrily . The voice chuckles and Thane slithers out of the folds of darkness a thick shadow of darkness appears stuck to his back , but Hector realizes on closer inspection the shadow is actually a pair of thick feathery glossy black six foot wings .
Hector's eyes widen of their own accord " Your ,I-you … you have wings?" is the first thing that pops out of his mouth . Thane rolls his glowing black eyes " How very observant of you ." Hector frowns 'did you just insult me?' " Yes ." Thane replied dryly again , " Stay out of my head ! " Hector roars upset " Thane shrugs unperturbed and says
"We're in your head ." Hector stares at him in disbelief " I-wat? We're in my head ?" Thane sighed and conjures a seat from the billows of thick smoky shadows curling around him and gracefully slumps into it .
" Yes , I said that already ," he said softly . Hector snaps his mouth shut " But-then how , why?" is this even real? " he asked frowning . " Thane raises an eyebrow " Just because this is happening inside your head Hector , why on earth should it mean this isn't real ? as for why well you were just about to set the school on fire with the students still inside , and as much as I would have morbid pleasure of seeing that monstrously ugly building burn , people would get very suspicion when you the rest of our family and the Cullen's came out alive and couldn't go back to save any other students , thus exposing vampires to the human world and them hunting and killing us all ." he explained in a dry bored tone .
" Fair point." Hector hummed nodding slightly , " Yes I thought so , that is why I said it ," he answered .
Hector murmurs " How my sister can stand you , is beyond me ." Thane just stares at him " The answer is simple , we balance each other out , just like you and Charlotte ."
He nodded slowly "right," then in the blink of eye he's on the ground and feels pain flaring up his arm , its bend and twisted at an odd angle from where he must have fallen on it .
" HECTOR! " he hears Charlotte shout and fly to his side ,helping him sit up while glaring at Thane , who's leaning relaxed and calmly against a tree.
He blinks and stares up at her ," Lot, hun I'm sorry I yelled at you , could you tell me why I'm on the ground please ."
Charlotte smiled down at him kissing his head softly then staring into his eyes " Your forgiven , as for what happened well you and Thane sort of had a bit of a staring contest for a few minutes then you keeled over onto the ground whimpering to pain it was quite frighting to watch actually , you passed out soon after that for a few more minutes , and you just woke up now ."
Hector is about to respond when his twin looking unusually angry which is highly out of character for her storms out of the forest and up to Thane ,smacking his shoulder , he blinks barely flinching and stares down at her , his lips curled up in faint amusement . " Never do that again ! " she hissed her anger quickly fading, lightening fast he wraps one of his hands around her wrists then other cups her face , everyone can feel a strong wall of calmness hit them and Harmony , immediately relaxes humming softly " You'll pay for that ! " Thane's face flickers with a sly grin for barely a second before going blank and unreadable again ." Can't wait ," he whispered back .
Hector's eyes stay glued on Charlotte , and he gets fluidly to his feet and wraps her in a hug .Walking over to Lucca and India both of them staring lovingly at each other . And Alyssa who's staring at the clouds .
" Alys I'm sorry for snapping at you , am I forgiven ?" Alyssa gives him a sideways glance then suddenly whacks him very hard in the shoulder he winces staggering backwards a few steps " OW! " and rubs it . She grinned " Now your forgiven , brother dearest ," then continues staring at the clouds .
Charlotte laughs at his expression and suddenly stops when he looks at her " I'm sorry love , but you did deserve that ," she then hugs him tightly kissing his cheek .
Alice watches the Velvet's leave , 'Think we should follow them Edward ?' Edward shrugs slightly as if to say why not.
Alice smiles and glides up out of her seat , Jasper following her curious about her sudden feeling of excitement , Edward , Emmett and a bored Rosalie follow them .
Quickly flittering outside the family duck into a thick patch of shade and listen to Alysa argue with her brother Hector about setting the school on fire! She doesn't want him to ,but he want's too .
Then a tall thin pale teenage strides gracefully out of the forest , his black eyes fixed on Hector . " That's the one called Thane ." Edward murmured to his siblings , and then tries to see if he can read Thane's thoughts, and comes up against an invisible wall , suddenly white-hot bright light blooms behind his closed eyelids , and then fades into pitch black darkness . And a chilly, cool soft voice echos in his brain " I would strongly advise not trying to read my thoughts , Mr . Masen , most people don't like what they find there ." the voice sends chills racing down his spine , and he swears he can hear the faint thrum of his heart beat , and his skin growing icy cold like he's dying from the its Spanish flu all over again . his eyes pop open slowly his vision becomes blurred and turns into two long tunnels and he swears a dark shape is rushing at him two feathery black raven wings protruding from its back as it comes closer and closer , then his eyes snap shut .
" Edward! " he hears Alice's frighted voice calling him as she roughly shakes him , groggily he slowly blinks his eyes open , one side of his face is pressed against the damp wet earth , and his clothing is slowly becoming soaked with rain water , then he feels the searing pain bubble up in his head , he groans and clutches at his head with his hands , his fingertips pressing against his skull , digging sharply into his flesh .
" Ed, what the hell ." Emmett muttered hauling him up right , he can feel his body shaking uncontrollably , and he still feels icy cold ,like someone threw a bucket of freezing cold water at him , then boiling hot , as if the person then set him on fire . He can't speak as his too busy trying to figure out where that insistent clattering noise is coming from then he realizes it's his teeth chattering together .
It hurts to move , every step sends pain racing up his body ,so he grits his teeth to stop the screams of agony from pouring out of his mouth , he can see the blurry shapes of his family exchanging looks of alarm with each other . ' Edward?' Alice thinks that one word sears his brain which feels like it's being fried on a grill already and is now slowly liquifying into a puddle of meaningless half-forgotten fading images and memories , colors ,sounds , words and this constant buzzing noise looping around his brain like an angry bee , quickly driving him mad .
Jasper's watching him intensely his gaze never wavering for more than a second , " No one think anything , keep your minds as blank as you can . You guys have no idea how much pain is flowing off him right now ,we need to get him home and have Carlisle check him over ," he said in a clear voice filled with authority . "Emmett stay with him , remember keep your mind blank, and stop him if he tries to run off , use all your strength if necessary . I'll write up a forged note from Esme , Rosalie come with me to the office I'll need your help persuading the staff to let us go home . Alice ring Carlisle tell him what's happened and get him to meet us at home , then ring Esme and tell her to set up the hospital equipment in Carlisle's office ."
Everyone nods and does as they're told , Jasper along with Rosalie flies off to the office , Alice grabs her sliver cellphone from her pocket and dials Carlisle's number and then rapidly blurts out what just happened .
While Emmett has Edward locked tightly in a strong iron hold , at first he watches Edward struggle against him , then quickly Edward's strength seems to wane and he goes limp .
A minute later Jasper and Rosalie fly back , and Alice ends her second call to Esme . " Done , " she said Rosalie and Jasper nod also showing them both the forged note ,which Jasper shoves into his pocket .
" Guys , I think he's getting worst !" Emmett shouted , Edward's limp in his arms and doesn't appear to be able to even pretend to breath , Jasper flitters to his side and looks up at Rosalie taking something out of Edward's pocket and throwing it to her and she nods and shoots off , seconds later Edward's Volvo can be heard roaring to life and flying screaming out of the school-car-park the speedometer flashing one hundred and twenty mph.
" Emmett , keep a hold of him incase he wakes up and tries to struggle , Alice I need you to keep a constant look out for anything dangerous while we run , and I try to keep his emotions stable . Right everyone move out ! " Jasper ordered and Emmett carrying Edward's limp body flashes off Alice and Jasper zooming with him .
Running as fast as they can , their minds blank so as not to cause Edward anymore pain , they flash through the forest " Stop." Alice's voice suddenly rings out , Emmett and Jasper instantly freeze ." Alice ?" Jasper's voice is tense and cautious.
" Someone's coming , the image is fuzzy, I'm 89% sure It's two males and a female ." Alice hummed, her gaze flickering between the two of them and Edward's unconscious body .
" Are they of any danger to us , Alice ? " Jasper asked his tone the same as before .
She frowns her eyes glazing over for a spilt second ." I, don't know they don't appear to be — wait,that's strange. "Alice whispered .
" What ,is ? Emmett asked his voice unusually serious and hard .
" Well, They're running , very fast , I mean faster than Edward can run , but they — they look human! " she whispered again staring at them both ,still frowning .
A lazy male voice suddenly replied " You should never judge a book by its cover Lovely ."
Jasper glowers and flickers his eyes around the area , a low growl rumbling and building up in his chest . " Easy , there . I didn't mean to offend your lady ," the voice said silky and a tall dark-haired handsome man in a black leather jacket drops from the tree above them his clear blue eyes sweeping over them all with mild interest , " so you burying a body , huh ," the man asked still sounding only mildly interested as he waves his hand at Edward's limp body in Emmett's arms .
" No," Jasper answered keeping his temper calm for now , " our brother is sick ," the man nodded " I see , well you do all realize the hospital is in the opposite direction don't you," he said .
" Yes , but our father's a doctor , so we're taking him home ." Emmett added, flexing his bulging muscles sightly .
The man shrugs not perturbed by Emmett's bear-like size , then turns slightly so his body is angled slightly away from them and stares up at the trees around them " eavesdropping isn't very sporting of you Caroline , get out of the tree."
A pale blond-haired female climbs down from the nearby ash tree and glares darkly at the man , who doesn't take any notice " How'd you know it was me ,in the tree?" she asked annoyed.
The man rolls his eyes murmuring " Your loud breathing , learn to control it better ," the woman-Caroline huffs muttering " Jerk," " Mature, Caroline ," the man hummed back " Bite me Damon! " Caroline hissed glaring at him .
Damon's attention however stays on Emmett, Edward , Jasper and Alice ," already did , sweetheart." Caroline shoots him a disgusted look " Prat." Damon ignores her in flavor of staring at something behind the small knot of people in front of him " Why , Hello Brother , finally caught up there," a second man comes bounding through the trees and stops beside Caroline his moss green eyes staring cooly at Damon" Damon, Caroline."
"Stefan , are they still following us ?" Caroline asked the strain and fear plain in her voice .
" I don't think so ,we need to get back ." then he notices Emmett, Alice , Edward and Jasper. " Oh , Hello . i'm Stefan Salvatore "
Jasper and Emmett nod sharply , Alice just eyes them curiously her attention torn between them and Edward.
" Stefan , less talking and more running brother ." Damon hissed sharply and vanishes , Caroline hot on his heels. Stefan glances after them " Sorry I need to go , be careful in this forest , there's a large pack of wolves running loose in it " then he also disappears.
" Okay…" Emmett mutters five-seconds later , " That was ,weird . Who were those people ?" he asked .
Neither Jasper or Alice reply , and just keep running , " Come on ,Emmett . Edward's getting worst . we need to get him to Carlisle ! " Alice said after few seconds dragging him along through the woods
Smiling faintly Lucca flickers his gaze from India , to Harmony and Thane " So , what happened too the two of you ?"
Thane shrugs and rolls up the right sleeve of his top , his arm is blanketed with thick crisscrossing bite marks . " I went for a walk in the forest to clear my head , Harmony found me and we talked , then suddenly a pair of Daywalker's tried to attack us , obviously mistaking us for a pair of human hikers . they got a couple of good bites out of me but for some reason they died instantly , we buried them and continued walking , not realizing the entire coven was now trailing us .
Of course I knew the two of us could fight them all off easily ,but I wasn't about to risk Harmony getting hurt , when Wolves the size of horses converged around us , and quickly killed every single Daywalker that was after us. "
he stopped and adjusts his position against the tree . " the wolves , turned into men and said they where from the La Push reservation , Quileutes , and kindly invited us back to their home , Harmony managed to worm their tribal legends out of them while we there , and they're quite interesting …" Thane then re-tells them the tribal legends of how the Quileutes become Wolves and their history with the cold ones . and nothing about Original vampires ever being mentioned . " It seems they only know of the one group of Vampires and for now it would be good to keep them in the dark , as to the fact they let two Original vampires onto their land willingly ."
Everyone else nodded " Well we may as well , leave school and head home to tell Anna and Driscoll the good news ." Alyssa said warmly and races over to Harmony and hands her, her spare set of car keys . " I'll run home ," then she darts off through the trees . Hector and Charlotte walk over to Hector's bike and hop on then fly off down the road , Lucca and India follow , with Thane and Harmony close behind them , in Harmony's viper.
Emmett , Alice and Jasper , speed through the open door and straight into Carlisle's office , when Carlisle's waiting for them Esme and Rosalie by his side.
Gently Emmett places Edward's body on the gurney in the centre of the room , and stands back .
Carlisle gives Edward a check-up and explains physically he's fine mentally however it seems someone tampered with his mind to keep him from discovering their secrets , and in doing so forced him to relive the most painful and horrific moment of his life ,probably the night he died , over and over again until he ends up losing his mind.
Esme gasps , her golden eyes wide . " Is there something we can do , to help him Carlisle ?" she asked softly .
Carlisle sighed and runs a hand through his hair , distractedly as he stares out the window thinking , "I don't know dear , just hope that he's strong enough to fight it on his own ."
Just then a light knock on the front door interrupts everyone's train of thought , Serenity then called out softly "Hello , Edward ? Alice? Someone?"
Alice dances out of the room , to the front door and , everyone in Carlisle's office suddenly stops breathing waiting anxiously for Alice to speak " Bella ! Edward's just gone out hunting you missed him by a second , and Rose asked me to come shopping in Seattle with her , maybe drop by again later , and try then? " Alice said lying smoothly a smile on her face . Serenity blinks faking a perfect confused , slight upset expression " Oh , well could you tell him I dropped by then , thank's Alice ," she said softly again then turns around and jogs down the stairs to her Car , she hops in and zooms off.
Edward's eyes flutter slightly upon hearing Bella's voice , and by the time Alice flies back into the office Edward's sitting up and wide awake on the gurney , being hugged tightly by Esme .
Carlisle's immediately at his side asking him question after question , most importantly if he remembers anything that could help them find out who did this too him .
Edward sighs thinking for a moment "Well I vaguely remember the voice it was a chilly, cool soft voice that echoed in my brain and said ' I would strongly advise not trying to read my thoughts , Mr Masen , most people don't like what they find there .' the thing I found unnerving was the person or what ever it was used my used human surname , as if to prove the point they knew I wasn't human anymore , and were trying to psych me out ."
Jasper who's busy staring at the bookshelves behind Edward's head mummered quietly " I think , it was one of those Velvet kids , more specifically the one called 'Thane ' his whole state of emotionally being was weird , and did you see his eyes ? they looked like in black holes, he didn't even have a pupil they were just completely black . and his scent all the rest of his siblings have very nice scents , but his it was like rotting flesh , iron and blood — death-like ."
" Jazz , I don't think it was one of the new kids , that would mean they have to be supernatural like us and that just doesn't seems possible they look just like every other human teenager at Forks High School ." Alice argued , dismissing her previous assumption of them being supernatural in favor of worrying about Edward's well being. " Maybe that's the point , Alice . So they can blend in ." Jasper retorted .
" I agree with Jasper , those new kids are very weird ." Rosalie hummed and then gets up from where she was sitting on the edge of Carlisle's desk and glided out the door, Emmett walking after her patting Edward on the back as he goes passed.
" In that case , we should keep an eye on them , " Carlisle added taking Esme's hand and breezing out of the room to go hunting , Alice huffs and plops down in Carlisle's office chair her legs dangling over one side of the armchair and her head resting on the other , Jasper kisses her on the head and grabs a civil war history book off the shelf and wanders out the door and up the staircase , to his and Alice's bedroom , ' Edward?…' Alice thinks hesitantly " yes , Alice." he replied hopping fluidly off the gurney ,onto the floor , he lets his finger's tap a beat on the spines of Carlisle's medical text books . ' Do you think I'm wrong and Jasper's right about those Velvet kids?' she asked , " I'm not sure Alice." Edward answered " What do your instincts tell you," ' that I should , trust his judgement . He's my mate he would never lie to me ,' she hummed thoughtfully " there you go, you have your answer ." he said .
Alice nodded then blinks her expression faraway and distant , and her eyes glassy and for once her vision is perfectly clear for the first time this month.
Visions starts.
The Cullen's plus Bella are at the baseball field for game of baseball the weather is perfect with a storm brewing above their heads , but remarkably it stay's dry . Three nomads are running through the area , Alice sees them passing by the game and not causing any trouble , everyone has a great time and enjoys themselves .
Vision ends .
Alice grinned and bounced out of the room singing " We're playing baseball this saturday ." Edward chuckled and just stares thoughtfully out the window , then blinked his eyes narrowing he swore a small brown haired girl with amber colored eyes had been watching and listening in on them from the large oak tree next too the house , his eyes zero in on her in an instant and she too looks at him surprised then darts away through the trees back towards town . the strange thing was he's positive he's seen her before , what was her name Alys yes — he was sure he just saw Alys Silver spying on him and his family , but the question is why ?…
