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I had no idea what was going on. This girl who I had just seen as a vampire now looked nothing like one and she was giving me a tour around the bed and breakfast, just like any human would. Maybe she is luring me to my death? I decided that if I was going to be killed then I was going to at least know what the hell was going on here. It's time for Bella Swan, private I. She led me around the house explaining about some of the more interesting looking antiques and explaining the history of the house without giving me a chance to ask her any questions. I was so skeptical of her but she reminded me so much of Esme. She obviously loved anything that had to do with decorating and she seemed so motherly. I was counting the time between her breaths and her blinks, they were all very convincing. If she was a vampire then she had the whole 'looking human' thing down to a T. After she showed me most of the house she led me to my room, before she had the chance to leave I took my chance.

"So it's just you, your sister…" if she exists, "Shaughn and Caden here?" I innocently questioned.

"Yes, my parents left the place to Falyn and me."

"So where are you parents?" I was getting a little bolder.

"They were killed almost three years ago." She said with a pained look on her face.

I wonder if she killed them. "Oh, I'm so sorry."

"It's ok; I've come to terms with it." She said sadly.

"Well, it must be so hard to take care of two little brothers and run a business. How do you find time to sleep?" I raised an eyebrow at her.

She just smiled and said "It was hard in the beginning but I don't know how I would have gotten through everything that happened with Falyn and my parents if I didn't have the boys."

Aha! I got her. So the vampire I saw wasn't her but it was her sister. "Oh, what happened to your sister? Is that why she ran away from me today?" I asked.

Aislinn's mouth plopped open at her realization that she must have said too much. "I'm sorry I have to go tend to some things, I'll be making dinner in a little while, and I'll call you down when it's ready." She said as she turned to walk out the door.

I grabbed her arm and pulled her back around; I now had no doubt that she wasn't a vampire. "Cut the shit, I know what your sister is. I've almost been lunch for too many vampires for me to stand by and wait for one to eat me. I'm trying to get away from the mess that one vampire left me back home and I'm not about to let another one screw up what is left of my life." I immediately started to regret what I just said. This girl was obviously related to a vampire who happened to live in the house I was now in and had no problem killing people. Edward was right, I have no instinct for self preservation. Ah, Edward, the reason I'm in this mess.

The look Aislinn was giving me snapped me back into reality. It was a mixture between disbelief, confusion, anger and fear. "I, I don't know what you are talking about." She spat out frantically.

Oh no, you are going to pin me as the crazy one. "I'm sorry for being so bold, I shouldn't have said it like that but honestly, I know what your sister is and I know that you aren't like her. I'm not in the mood to find out that this place is all a trap for your sister's dinner and I'm on the menu."

"This isn't any such thing. What my sister does is none…" she cut herself off from saying anymore. "You are completely insane; I have no idea what you are talking about." She was getting more frantic by the second. I'm sure her sister wasn't anywhere around or she would have busted in here by now and finished me off.

"Look, I'm not going to tell anyone what she is, if that is what you are worried about. I just don't want to be her lunch. I am slightly crazy due to a certain vampire but I am sane enough to know what I saw. Your sister should invest in some contacts or change her diet if she is going to be around humans."

The look on her face was of pure disbelief. The look on my face probably matched hers, I had no idea where my courage came from, and it definitely wasn't like me. I guess when the one thing you live for leaves you don't really care about what dangerous situations you get into.

She stared into my eyes for a few minutes before speaking again. "What do you mean 'change her diet'? What does that have to do with her eyes?"

"Well if she drank blood from animals her eyes wouldn't be red, they would be gold. Unless she needed to hunt, then they would be black."

"Really?" Her eyes were wide. Had she never thought of this? I just nodded at her. "I tried to get her to not hunt humans, it scares me but Osiris tells her that it would be unnatural for her to eat animals and that she wouldn't survive."

I rolled my eyes. "Well I don't know who Osiris is, but he's an idiot. I knew a coven of vampires that only hunted animals and they thrived. One was even a doctor and was around human blood all the time." I smiled as I thought of Carlisle and how truly remarkable he is.

"You knew a whole coven, who didn't drink human blood and they didn't kill you? Where you related to them?"

I laughed. "No, I wasn't related to them. They were like my family though. One of them was my, uh boyfriend for a while but he realized he didn't love me and left me."I started to cry, no one but Jake knew anything about that. No one knew that a vampire left me and took my heart with him.

Aislinn came over to me and pulled me down on to the bed with her. She stroked my head and sang to me, she was motherly. Before I knew it I was asleep, running toward Edward in my dreams.

I woke up gasping for air, my dreams of Edward quickly fading away as I remembered the day's events and that I was in a house occupied by a non-vegetarian vampire. It was dark in my room but I could see that it was daylight behind my curtains. I could see a pair of crimson eyes glowing across the room, staring at me. My heart beat picked up and I was silently cursing it for giving away my fear and probably wetting the appetite of the vampire that was only a few feet away from me.

"My sister told me that you know what I am. I'm not surprised, most people are somewhat shocked by my unusual appearance but you had a look of fear in your eyes that meant you must know." She sounded exactly like Aislinn but smoother and with a menacing twist.

"I hope she told you the part about me not telling anyone?" My heart was pounding and my voice was thick with fear. I hoped that Edward's velvety voice would come to me once more before I died.

Falyn just chuckled. "Yes, she did tell me that. Can you please calm down? I don't want to kill you but your heart is taunting me."

Then the door to my room cracked open and Aislinn whispered "Has she stopped screaming?" Oh crap I was screaming in my sleep?

Falyn got up and turned the light on. "She's awake now. We were just having a little chat." She smiled menacingly at me as Aislinn walked into the room and sat down next to me. Seeing them both in the same room was…interesting. It was like the devil and angel all in one room and looking freakishly similar. Compared to her sister Aislinn looked like an angel.

"Are you ok?" She asked me and gave me a sympathetic smile.

"Well, I'm still obviously not over the fact that my vampire ex-boyfriend left me so I decided I need to get away from the place that reminds me the most of him and then I show up to where I am supposed to be staying only to find out that there are more vampires. Not only are there more vampires but they eat people, not to mention the last time I ran into a red-headed vampire my ex-boyfriend had to kill her mate so she has been after me ever since. Other than that I'm just peachy." I said sarcastically.

Falyn rolled her eyes, looking almost exactly like Rosalie but with pin straight red hair and red eyes. Aislinn gave me an empathetic look and said "Your luck really isn't the best now, is it? You poor thing… It's ok though, Falyn isn't going to hurt you."

I looked over at Falyn, not really believing what her sister was saying. She rolled her eyes at me and Aislinn gave her a stern look. "Ok, ok, God. I'm not going to hurt you. Osiris and I are leaving for a few days to hunt anyways. So if you want to run you can at least get a head start." Oh great there is that evil smile again.

"Hush, Falyn. I don't want you scaring her, she's been through enough. She's been more than understanding with us, most people would have ran away screaming through the whole town that there are vampires living here. Besides, she already told me a lot of interesting things and I'd like to hear more if she would like to stay." Then she turned to me. "Bella, I'm sorry if my sister is a pain, you can leave if you wish but I would like for you to stay, you and I have something in common that not many living people do. You and I have the same look in our eyes, a look that says we've been through enough struggles to last a thousand lifetimes."

"Well, you don't really give me much of a choice. I can leave and probably never meet anyone that really knows what I am going through. The only person that knows about any of this is a werewolf so he isn't very understanding of the whole thing. Or I can stay and finally get to talk to someone who knows what I'm going through. I'd like to stay."

Falyn rushed over towards me to where she was a few inches from my face. "You've seen a werewolf and lived to tell about it?" Her eyes were blazing with fury.

"Uh, yeah." I stuttered. She may not 'want' to kill me but I doubt she would lose any sleep over it if she was able to sleep. "My best friend is a werewolf. Well, not a werewolf actually, just a shape shifter that takes the form of a wolf." The subject was obviously a touchy one for them both. Falyn let out a huff and jumped out of my window, while Aislinn looked on the verge of tears.

"I'm sorry, what did I say?"

She looked up at me and half smiled. "It's not your fault. The mention of werewolves is just hard for us to deal with. They are what killed our parents. Osiris killed them and has been sort of our protector ever since."

"Oh, Aislinn I'm so sorry. I won't bring up Jake anymore."

"No, it's fine. Shape shifters aren't bad, that is Falyn's power and if I can talk to anyone about this it is you. I think we are going to be great friends."

"I do too. It's kind of crazy how things work out." I said as my stomach growled.

"Oh, I'm so sorry; you haven't eaten since you got here. You must be starved! Let's get you something to eat. I need to feed the boys too."

We made our way down to the kitchen and told Aislinn my whole story, including the part about mythical creatures and receiving illegal stock tips, while she made breakfast. Aislinn made the boys eat in the dining room while we ate and talked in the living room.

"So why don't the boys know about Falyn and Osiris?" I asked while scooping a spoonful of oatmeal into my mouth.

"I don't want them to know until they are older. Any little boy will think it is cool and want to become a vampire. If they want to become one I won't stop them but I want them to make the decision when they are older and know all the consequences of it. I want them to have as normal of a life as possible until then."

"I wish you could meet Esme. You remind me of her so much. Some people are just born to be mothers. Is that why you haven't been changed, because you want to have children some day?" We had already decided that between the two of us no question would be off limits. We were to say whatever was on our mind.

"No. Well, I suppose that could be a part of it but it was really because of the boys. The night our parents were killed was the night we found out about vampires and werewolves. Aislinn and I were sharing a room and we heard screaming coming from my parents room." She paused and took a deep breath before starting again. " She and I got out of bed to go see what was happening when a man with red eyes came into our room holding our brothers and told us to hide with them because something bad was in our house. We hid in our closet but we could hear our parents screaming in pain and pleading for all of our lives." Now tears were streaming down her face and mine.

"Falyn and I were each holding one of the boys, covering their ears and rocking them. They were scared but they didn't hear all the horrible things that we did. After a few minutes the screams stopped and a few minutes after that the man came back into our room and told us it was ok now, that we could come out of the closet and we were safe. Then he put Shaughn and Caden in their room and came back to talk to us. He said that his name was Osiris and he was a vampire that had been chasing a couple of werewolves when he saw them come into our home. He said he had to hide us first then when he went into our parents room to kill the werewolves that our parents were already too close to death to be saved and by the time he had killed the wolves our parents were dead. Falyn and I were screaming and crying but he told us that he would protect us and that we had to be strong for our brothers."

I put my arm around her and rubbed her back, her eyes were full of such pain and it took her a few minutes to start speaking again.

"Eventually we stopped crying because we realized that we were responsible for our brothers. That night Falyn begged Osiris to change her; she was full of anger and wanted to be able to kill anything that tried to hurt our family again. He asked us how old we were and when we told him we were fifteen he said that he would change us both in a few years but we needed to grow up a little more first. Falyn didn't let up, she asked him every night for months to change her but he wouldn't do it. He always said 'Soon, my dear.' Osiris and I always had an unusual relationship. My sister and I were completely identical but he was obviously attracted to me. Now that you've told me about your relationship with Edward I feel like it is the same in a way except well…"

"You are the one that doesn't love him, instead of him not loving you." I said.

She gave me an apologetic look. "I'm sorry, Bella. I didn't mean it…"

"No," I interrupted her. "It's fine. I'd be lying to myself if I denied that it is just like that. Keep going, please." I needed to get back into her story before I lapsed back into my coma.

"Ok. Well Osiris told me all the time that he would give me anything that I want and one night I asked him if he would change me if I wanted, even though he thought I was too young and he said he would. Well, Falyn over heard that and she threw a fit. Our house was a war zone for days and after a week he finally gave in. He took her a couple hundred miles away and changed her but she was a wild newborn and she had to stay away from us for months and when she finally was able to come back to us she had to hunt right before or she couldn't stand it. After her newborn year was up she was better but it was still hard for her. That's when I decided that I couldn't do it. I can't bring myself to leave the boys and I couldn't be near them if I knew that I wanted to kill them."

"So what did Osiris say about that?"

"Well, he was really upset. He confessed that he had plans for us to spend eternity together. That was uncomforting to me. I couldn't help but think that maybe if he hadn't been so drawn to me that he might not have saved my siblings and me. I'm not against the thought of being immortal. It feels weird that my twin is and I'm not. As soon as she was changed I could tell, we have a very strong bond and it became weaker ever since she became a vampire. I think if I was changed our bond would be stronger but I won't be changed just because someone wants me to be around forever."

"So you two were identical before she was changed?"

"Yes. No one could tell us apart. I've felt incomplete since then and so has she. It's like we are both part one and right now the pieces aren't fitting together. We both agree that it is best for the boys if I stay human though."

"You are really remarkable, I'm glad I didn't run away screaming." I said, trying to lighten the mood.

"Yes, so am I. You're the best friend I've ever had besides my sister and I've only known you a day. I don't know what your beliefs are, but I believe that God has a plan for you and me."

(Present day conversation with Jacob)

"What it is with these creep-o-zoid leeches falling for humans? First you then this girl and now both of you are vampires. Like I needed anymore reasons to hate them."

"Jake, Edward only thought he was in love with me and what Osiris' sick self felt wasn't love, it was only a desire to have a trophy. He would do anything for that trophy including killing innocent people."

"You mean he took her life just for his selfishness?"

"No, Jake. He killed a lot of innocent people just so he could get closer to her but he wasn't the one who changed her."

"Who did he kill?"

"Well, he started with her parents…"

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I hope everyone liked it. I hate leaving cliffhangers but don't worry I've already started on the next chapter. It should be up tonight or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow because it will be super long and action packed. Thanks again for the amazing reviews!