Chapter 2

Epov

Those screams, they were terrible. It felt like knifes going right through my body.
I tried to calm her down. However, when I touched her shoulder, it only made it worse.
The girl started screaming louder and tried to run away. But she tripped over a root of a tree. The girl curled herself up again and buried her face under her crossed arms. She was so scared of me.

"Edward, what's happening?" I heard Alice thinking.
Alice had found Emmett and Rosalie and they were coming towards us. She had heard the screams as well.

"Edward, what the f*ck is that noise?" Rosalie yelled in her mind.

"He's probably playing with his prey. He's found himself a sissy mountain lion."

Emmett always had the stupidest ideas.
A few minutes later, my brothers and sisters arrived. Their eyes fell immediately on the sobbing girl. They were transfixed.

"Who is that?"
"What is that?"
"What is a human doing here?"
"What have you done to her?"

All their thoughts were running through my mind. And It started to give me a headache.

"Hey, can you all just shut up. Please!"
Alice came standing beside me.

"Who is she, Edward ? Why is she crying?"

"I don't know who she is. She was already crying before I found her. I heard her crying and I came, seeing if she needed help."
Alice stared at me, raising her eyebrows.

"What do you mean? You don't know who she is? Can't you read her mind?"

I stared at her. I was so shocked by the reaction of the girl that I didn't notice her thoughts. I looked at the girl, trying to steal a quick look into her thoughts. But it was blank. I tried again. It wasn't possible that she wasn't thinking of something at the moment. But again, I couldn't see a thing. This never had happened to me. Turning my head, I looked at Alice.

"You can't hear her thoughts, he?"

"No, everything is blank."

"I didn't see her coming either. I don't understand."

The girl had calmed down but was still weeping in her hands.
Suddenly Emmett stepped out of the group and approached the girl. I wanted to hold him back but it was already too late.

"Come on, why are you crying? Edward isn't going to hurt you. He is the most passive guy I ever met. It's just boring." Emmett said while he took one of her arms in his hands.

The minute his skin touched hers, she started screaming again. She pushed every bit of air out of her lungs. It really had to be painful to shriek like that all the time. Emmett quickly jumped away, terrified of her reaction.

"I didn't do anything! Really, it was nothing."

"It clearly was something! Why did you touch her?" I screamed.
I didn't know why I was acting like this, so protective. I never met this girl before. So why did I care?

"I just wanted to calm her. Trying to relax her. I didn't know she would freak out like that."

"Well, she doesn't like to be touch!"

Jasper came standing between us, sending calming waves.

"There's no need to yell at each other. Emmett didn't know. But I suggested that you keep your voices down. She is horrified, terrified to death. If you start yelling again, it will not help her." Jasper said.
Of course all what he said, was true. But I couldn't believe that Emmett could be so ignorant.

"Maybe I can calm her down." Alice said.
She looked at me, pleading with her famous puppy eyes.

"She reacted like that when Emmett and you touched her. Maybe she will be more relaxed when I approach her."

Maybe this could work. Perhaps she would be more at ease with girls around her. I nodded and stepped away, making room for her.
Alice took a deep breath and walked little by little towards the girl. When she was close enough, Alice kneeled down and lightly touched the girls shoulder. No screams, no yelling. Only sobbing. Very slowly, the girl lifted her head up.

This was the first time that I saw her face. It was also covered with mud and dirt. But I only could stare into her eyes. They were golden brown. Not as golden as our eyes. There was a little more dark brown in them. They were beautiful. But that also meant that she was a…

"She's a vampire!" Emmett shouted in my mind.
Everybody was surprised.

"She's not just any vampire. She's one like us. Look at her eyes, Edward" Jasper thought.

"If she's a vampire, why is she crying?" Rosalie said bolt.

We all stared at the little girl. This couldn't be real. A vampire that was able to cry? How was that even possible? Alice relaxed her face and smiled at her.
"Hey, my name is Alice. These are my brothers and sister. What's your name?"

The girl didn't answer, she just stared at Alice. Maybe she couldn't speak. Carefully Alice took the girls hands in hers. She was shaking terribly but at least she wasn't yelling anymore. Her eyes kept switching between Alice and us; her focus especially on me and Emmett.

"You don't have to be afraid of my brothers. They will not harm you. You can trust us. Where do you come from?" Still no answer.

"Edward, she is too afraid. We can't just leave her. We need to take her back home."

"What about Carlisle and Esme?"

"They will not make a problem about it. Esme will welcome her with open arms and treat her like a royal princess. You know her. Just look at her Edward. We can't just walk away and let her stay here."

Alice turned her attention back to the girl.
"We don't live not very far from her. Will you come with us to our home?"

The girls eyes spread open and she started shaking her head uncontrollably no.
"You don't have to be afraid. We just want to help you. Why don't you want to come?"

She immediately looked at Emmett, Jasper and finally me. Alice got the clue.
"You don't have to worry about my brothers. They will stay away from you. Me and my sister Rosalie will take care of that."

Alice gestured Rosalie to come a little bit closer. The thoughts of Rosalie told me that she wasn't too happy with our new visitor. But she tried to smile lightly at her, not wanting to make her scream again.

"Hallo, I'm Rosalie. Don't you worry about a thing. If Emmett irritates you again, I will take care of that. Just yell."

I groaned. That wasn't very subtle. Alice and Rosalie helped the girl stand up and Alice took her then in her arms.
And they quickly disappeared through the trees, back home.

Just to be clear, everything in bold, are thoughts.
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