I know it's a short one but again it's information we all know really, just some background on the Cullens.

I stared back at the pale faces staring straight back at me before giving Carlisle my undivided attention.

"I want to start by telling you we are not like your movie vampires; there are a lot of differences. So no coffins, no stake through heart and no garlic. The one thing we do have in common though is that we feast on blood. But me and my family we don't feast on human blood, we eat animal blood. Something along the lines of vegetarian vampires." All of the others laughed and Carlisle carried on.

"I have been a vampire myself for over 300 years, vampires are immortal. You'll be 17 forever." He informed me.

I smiled slightly. That wasn't exactly a bad thing.

"I was on my own for a very long time and I found that I could quench my thirst for human blood by eating animals. In 1918, I met Edward here who was dying from Spanish Influenza. As I was a doctor in the hospital, I looked after Edward and his mother as they were both suffering from the disease. She begged me to save her son and I admit I did it out of loneliness. Edward became my first adopted son."

"In 1921, I met Esme who was in hospital after a failed suicide attempt after her baby son died. I felt compelled to save Esme to give her a chance at life. I fell in love with Esme and we later married."

"Rosalie I found lying in the gutter in Rochester after her horrible, drunk fiancé left her to die. She became my first adopted daughter. She came across Emmett after he was mauled by a bear and she brought him to me so I could change him. And that's how Emmett became my son."

"Alice, alas, I did not transform myself. Instead Alice found us and we took her in as one of our own. Alice's history is sadly very vague."

"And finally Jasper…" Carlisle started.

I raised my hand for him to stop, which he did.

"I don't mean to interrupt but that I don't want to hear form you. Jasper himself must tell me this." I said.

I saw Carlisle look at Jasper, who still hadn't moved, before looking back at me and nodding.

"I wanted you to know, Hermione, that I did not change these people because I was selfish but to rescue them from dying. And is why we allowed you to become one of use, because you were also dying."

"Being a vampire you will discover that you are a completely new person. Your skin is as pale as ours and will feel like marble to anyone who is not a vampire. You will find that you are faster than you have ever been before, stronger than you ever could have imagined and your eyesight will be quite simply amazing. Even your hearing will be superhuman as will your sense of smell. Vampires do not need to eat or sleep and we do not cry or sweat." Carlisle finally stopped and the room was silent.

I nodded taking everything in.

"I want to put it to the test." I said, again my voice sounding unlike my own.

"Excuse me?" Carlisle said.

"I want to see how fast I am, how strong I am and how resilient to human blood I am." I said, sitting up straight.

"You are a newborn vampire; your quest for human blood will be at its highest peak." Carlisle said.

I nodded and chewed over this information.

"I still want to put it to the test." I said.

Carlisle smiled.

"In that case, Edward will take you hunting."