"So, you're Alice..." Carlisle said aloud as we all sat around the dining room table and looked at the two new vampires in our home. The young female, well she looked young to me, had black short hair that seemed like it would spike on its own, but somehow it suited her. She looked so small and petite, yet very beautiful and fragile, wearing a beautiful floral dress and nice heels. She had a beautiful smile on her face, as if she knew of what she was and yet she had no care about it.

The male, however, was just as beautiful as she was yet was more reserved and had the look of fear in his golden eyes. He had golden honey colored hair, it was sticked out around him that fitted perfectly, and he was well toned muscle wise. But something that stuck out to me that scared me almost in a way, was the fact that I saw a few vampire scars on his wrist and three on his neck above the collar line. Only vampires who have scars on their skin have inner scars, a tragic past perhaps or even something rather worse.

"I don't know my last name, you see I woke up as a vampire in a mental hospital, and I have no recollection of where I can from or how I became a vampire." Alice explained in her light tone, almost as light as tinker bells that I would hear in churches. The boy next to her, Jasper is his name, was holding her hand gently on top of the table and having a serious look on his face, it was grave and like he was holding his own breath. Compared to Alice, he was rather cold and unreadable.

"I see, and how about you, Jasper?" Carlisle asked aloud, friendliness was in his voice as he looked over to Jasper. We all did, but in return Jasper only looked at Alice with somewhat a grave look on his face. Alice nodded her head, rubbing his hand in comfort and Jasper looked back to the both of us. Sam gently took my gloved hand, something we were both used to at this point, and we waited for his explanation.

"It's alright Jasper, they won't harm us." Alice said to him in such a loving tone it reminded me of Carlisle and Esme with their own conversations, and Jasper looked back to the rest of us and blinked once or twice.

"I was in the Confederate Army in Texas, the youngest major of the Texas Calvary. I was changed by a vampire named Maria and became second-in-command of her army during the Southern vampire wars." Jasper explained aloud, his accent was Southern like he was from Texas, and I saw Carlisle shift slightly in his seat, looking a bit distressed about it.

"I've heard about the Second Vampire Wars, many lives were claimed as I recall." Carlisle explained aloud. Jasper nodded his head and I saw Alice's hold on his hand tighten, silently showing her support.

"I was given the task of...deposing the newborns after their first year, Maria had the notion that they were no longer needed since their strength would of diminished by then." I cringed when he spoke of that, making me think of how horrid it would of been to be in his shoes and to do such a thing to poor vampires. I looked up and over at Edward, seeing his eyes on me and I could tell he read my thoughts, and was thinking of the same thing as well.

"I then met two other vampires, Charlotte and Peter, and they rang off find a way to be more...private as a vampire than Maria ever did. I joined them in hopes of being less of a savage and more collected, but it was never enough for me and I never felt sane. Memories of Maria and her vile ways of leading an army was still haunting my mind." Jasper explained aloud, his deep tone of voice, yet beautiful, sounded so grave and so sad.

"It wasn't until I met Alice in Philadelphia in a diner where I found some sense of hope and some sense of happiness." Alice smiled from his remark, rested her other hand on his arm as Jasper continued with his story, "We went on to feed off the blood of animals, and Alice had a vision of your and your family, so we can to find you here in Washington."

"A vision?" Edward asked in wonder, and as all then looked to Alice, who smiled from her spot. She had a vision? I have never heard of a vampire having visions, and I wanted to hear more.

"Calirvoyance." Alice explained aloud, that simple word sounded so foreign and so unusual, like it was from a distant land or even planet. I even saw Emmett and Rosalie look at each other in confusion.

"I can see the future, well mostly." Alice said to me seeing my face that was full of confusion. Now that statement put me more in shock and interest, thinking of how interesting that kind of ability was to harbor.

"So you saw our family?" Esme asked in wonder from her spot with Carlisle. Alice smiled from his remark and nodded her head, her black hair was moving with her head gracefully.

"At first I saw Jasper here at the diner, and then after a few days of traveling through New Orleans I saw your family here in Washington. It wasn't until we got into Northern California when I saw a vision of Emma and Sam in the woods, then I knew we were close." Alice said aloud and I saw her look over at me from mentioning myself and Sam, We both were shocked in our seats, and it somewhat explained that noise we heard in the forest.

"It was you that was in the forest." Sam said aloud from next to me in a matter-of-fact tone. Alice nodded her head from his explanation.

"I'm sorry we disturbed you." Jasper said aloud. I shook my head with a small smile on my face.

"It explains how you knew our names, and how you knew we were vegetarian." Emmett said aloud to the two of them.

"I can only see the future when a decision is already set in motion. If someone makes another decision, the future changes." Alice explained to me, and I could tell we all were thinking of how odd that was. But I looked over to Jasper, seeing that he was still serious and still a bit grave. He then looked over at me, and somehow he could sense my curiosity and my small fear of him, not knowing who he was or what he was capable of. Before I could say or do anything, I felt a large waves of relief over me like a ocean waves, rolling over my fear and my curiosity and I felt a breathy sigh escape me. I saw eyes on me, wondering what was going on with me as I didn't know what was happening.

"Emma?" I heard Sam asked, concern was in his tone of voice and fear. I looked over at him, and then I saw Jasper shift in his spot from across the table, as if he knew what happened to me. Did he know?

"Jasper has the ability to manipulate other people's emotions around them." I heard Edward say, and I looked over at him, seeing his eyes on Jasper. I knew he was reading his mind to figure him out and Jasper looked over at him slightly, but then back at me.

"You were harboring curiosity with a hint of fear towards me, I could sense of the fear when I spoke of my past and the curiosity when Alice spoke of her ability." Jasper explained in his southern accent. I was still silent, feeling as though I was exposed and brought into the open with my emotions.

"I think you scared Emma a little bit." Edward said cautiously to Jasper and I saw he was looking at me, some concern was in his tone of voice and in his eyes.

"Emma, from what I saw in my vision with you and Sam, I could be wrong though, but you harbor some sort of ability that involves physical contact with another being." Alice said to me with curiosity in her voice. I saw Edward, Emmett and ROsalie looking over at me, and I nodded my head at her. She was rather curious, and her smile filled the room from all of the awkwardness. It was as if she didn't know it was awkward in the room.

"I have Power Mimicry, meaning I can mimic an ability from another for a certain amount of time by simply touching them." I explained to her, seeing her rise up from her chair and walk over to me. The way she walked, it was like she was a ballerina, but even more achingly graceful and beautiful. As soon as she was close to me, she held out her petite and delicate hands to me, like she was waiting for an offering. But I silently knew she wanted to see what I can do, and somehow I wanted to show her. Alice didn't seem like she meant any harm.

"Is it aright?" She asked me, her tone was light and friendly. I smiled at her for a mere moment and then I went to get up when I felt Sam's hold on my hand tightened. I looked down at him, seeing that he was uneasy about me exposing my ability to another. But I squeezed his hand, reassuring him that I would be alright. He released me after a moment or two of hesitance, and smiled slightly.

"I'm only curious is all." Alice said to me in a grin and I felt the need to smile back at her. I felt placed my hands in hers, feeling the delicate granite texture of her hands in mine and I let my guard down with my ability. I breathed out, and in one instant my vision went black.

I saw flashes in my head, mostly of what I knew was going to be the future. I could Alice and Jasper with our family in one bit of it, looking like they were meant to be with us. Another bit was of our family, but we were in Canada somewhere, with the mountains high and above us. While seeing these images I felt like I was walking through a fog, like I could see some of it, but then it would fade away. My body was numb for a moment or two, like the tingling sensation of loosing blood circulation to my arms and legs, and like a mist was coming over my skin so lightly it was chilling and pleasing at the same time.

I snapped back to reality, and I saw Alice standing in front of me, having me looking down at her since she was small compared to my height. She had her head tilted to the side, and a small smile on her face as the rest of the room looked to me with anticipation in their eyes.

"Emma?" Carlisle asked aloud to me, some curiosity in his deep tone of voice. Sam stood up next to me, and I knew he was worried with what was going on in my head. I found my voice again, still having my mind occupied with what just happened and how it just happened.

"We're moving to Canada, and Alice and Jasper are coming with us." I said aloud, my tone of voice was almost like I was day dreaming and light as a feather. Esme looked over to Carlisle and Carlisle to me, a small evident look of surprise was on his face as Alice smiled widely.

"We're going to be best friends." Alice said aloud in a beaming tone. I looked back at her from being off in my own world.

"Really?" I asked, as if I didn't believe her. She only smiled at me as Sam wrapped a secure arm around me in almost a protective manner.

"Really."