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Oh, yes, just want to say the "little legend" you're about to read is completely created by me. Which means it doesn't belongs to any of the legends in the world. If you think you know where you've read this before, tell me. Haha! ENJOY! This is the longest chapter in this story!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT!
Chapter 25: SURPRISE!
Special Chapter: EDWARD's POV
"Light,"
"Checked,"
"Gas?"
"Checked,"
"Stove?"
"Checked,"
"Underwear?"
That was NOT me. I glared at Emmett, who smiled in his old mischievous way and gave me thumbs up. I had to laugh, and ignore him.
"Right. Edward, have you got the gifts? Jasper, the bags are ready? Emmett, you got your apron?" We all nodded to Carlisle, who, like the rest of us, had this dopey, crazy grin on his face. "All right! We are ready to go home!"
We cheered and walked out of the house that had been our confinement for the past three months. We are free! Yes, we had repented and been forgiven!
Our ticket to freedom came in another letter-in-the-glass:
Dear boys,
Tomorrow at 8.00am a boat will dock in Isle Esme to take you home. The captain will hand the flight tickets to you once you board the boat. I advise you to stay calm in all occasions.
See you in twenty hours!
Love, Esme.
PS. The girls sent their love.
We almost cry over the letter. We really did. Finally. Our hard work paid off! We are going home!
"Hey, Emmett," Jasper muttered.
"Yeah?"
"Did you cover up the Hole?"
"What hole?"
"The HOLE, dumbass," Jasper said, rolling his eyes.
"Ah! The hole. Yeah, I did," said Emmett proudly.
"Really?"
"Have some faith, man!" said Emmett. He was looking out to the sea, and we all looked to. The sound reached us first before the boat was even in sight. We ran to the edge of the water as a yacht sailed right to the island. At the side of the yacht was the name: Sail of the Moon.
"Why does it sounds like Sailor Moon?" said Emmett as they boarded up the yacht. I rolled my eyes and muttered, "You insensitive wacko,"
The captain, a Brazilian greeted us and led us to the deck. On the deck was a basket. The captain told us it was from "Senora Cullen", and said we are sailing to mainland right away.
Carlisle thanked him and picked up the basket curiously. The yacht sailed away. In the basket was a single letter with four air tickets.
Dear boys,
Soon you will be home to us. Do not spoil the yacht or you would have to swim back to us. While you are sailing, remember the virtue of patience and the story of "Sail of the Moon".
Love, Esme.
PS. The girls sent their love.
I can see the pattern in these letters. They are the letters to guide us home. I smiled, and looked at Carlisle. He smiled, too.
"What is the story of Sailor Moon?" asked Emmett as we settled down and let the wind blew our faces. It was like washing all the bad experiences away, tearing the bad part of our soul and become whole and clean again.
"It is an old legend," said Carlisle, his face tranquil. "There was once a pair of lovers who lived in the mountains. By day they praise the sun, and by night they sing for the moon. However, one day the woman was fatally wounded by a poisonous plant while she was gathering herbs. The man couldn't believe that his love and life had died, he journeyed to the edge of the world, where he met the sun and the moon as they were criss-crossing each other in the sky. He demanded to have his lover back by his side, or he said he will shoot both the sun and the moon. The Sun was angry at his impertinence, but the Moon pitied him and said he can sail the Moon to reach to the heavenly place to find his lover,"
"But under one condition," I murmured. Carlisle smiled at me and nodded.
"Yes, but under one condition. Once he board on the Moon he can never get down again. He must sail on the Moon forever. The man agreed and jumped on the Moon. He went to the heavenly place and saw his lover. But bound by his promise, he could not get down. The woman cried and begged the Moon to let her embrace her husband once. The Moon agreed, saying that the lovers can meet behind her glowing body once a month. But for the rest of the time, the man must sail on the Moon to pull up her sails until they were all fully opened. Only then he can enjoy his reward of meeting his lover behind the sail once a month. From then the journey was called the sail of the Moon, where the man pulled up the sails and set them down again so the Moon is able to travel through the heavenly sky,"
Carlisle finished with a smile. "Did you boys understand?"
Jasper nodded, and I rolled my eyes but smiled too. We looked at Emmett.
"So this is the moon and we are sailing back to our lovers?" Emmett said. Carlisle smiled and nodded. "Exactly. Esme loved this story, which also explained why the moon is full or wane at times. It's a beautiful little legend,"
"And now we are living the legend," said Jasper.
We reached the mainland dock as Jasper said that. When we got down, a taxi was already waiting for us to take us to the airport. On the seat of the taxi was another letter that said: Dear boys, buckle your seat belts as the car drive down the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Don't miss the lights. Love, Esme. PS. The girls sent their love.
"What light?" asked Jasper. Carlisle asked the taxi driver if there's any celebration, and the driver answered today was the great samba celebration was today.
We scanned our necks and caught, with our vampire senses, music and people with vivid costumes dancing about the street and cheering the celebration. We smiled at each other, getting more and more excited. Evey step took us closer and closer to home, closer and closer to the heart of our mother, Esme.
Our plan was about to fly when we ran to the check-in. We rushed to the aircraft and got to our seats, where at each of our place was a letter. Before we could read it we were asked to sit down and buckle our seat belts. It was when the plane steadied we opened our letter. This is what mine said:
Dear Edward,
It's me. Bella. Oh, my gosh! I'm so glad you are coming home! I missed you sooooooooo much! But I'm glad, too, that you have a valuable time there. I am here waiting for you and the rest of them to cook something edible for me to judge. When you are back, beware of the dark! That's all I can say, for Alice will pinch me if I reveal anymore. See you in a couple of hours!
Love, Bella
I smiled as I read Bella's clumsy scrawl on the scented parchment. But the warning made me uneasy. Alice. There's two person in the world which you DO NOT want to here the sentence: "I've got an idea!" The first is Emmett, the second is Alice. What's with the "dark"? Darkness don't bother us vampires anymore. We can see perfectly even in the darkest of night.
Finally after long hours sitting in the plane we got down. Surprisingly, Carlisle's black Mercedes was parked in front of the airport entrance. We walked excitedly to the car, thinking that the girls had come. But the car was unlocked and the key was in the engine. None of the girls were in sight.
"I am starting to get frightened," said Emmett as we pile into the car and Carlisle drove us home.
When we reached the house in flat ten minutes, to our surprise the house was as quiet and as dark as a tomb. Nobody was in sight, even when I used my mind-reading ability or when Jasper tried to feel the girls. We stopped at the door for a moment.
"Alright. We are home and the girls are out?" said Emmett. He was getting tired of all the games.
"They still haven't forgive us," said Jasper sadly.
"They have a trick up against their sleeves," I said grimly.
"Well, there's only one way to know it," said Carlisle. He opened the front door.
Carlisle stood paused at the door for a moment. Then, eerie music started to play. The music was so low it was piercing to our sensitive ears. Suddenly, Carlisle gave a low cry and we whipped our head up, just in time to see a large cake flying towards our face.
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you...
Hahaha! Smack right in the face!
Stay tuned for tomorrow! Hahahaaaa!