Moonlight
Ruby and Jade
BellaPOV
" How old are you all?" Jade asked softly. I was beginning to think that Ruby was the older twin.
" I am 300, Edward is 110, Rosalie is 100, Esme is 105, Alice is 90, Emmett is 17, Jasper is 15 and Bella is 13," Carlisle answered.
" Human mates?" Ruby asked.
" Yes, but if we have it our way, not for long," Emmett said and Jasper and I smiled.
" Hmm, are you related? You sort of look alike. Especially Jasper and Bella," Ruby asked.
" Yea, we are related," Jasper replied.
" Are you finished?" Carlisle asked. The twins nodded in sync.
" Well then, how old are you?" Esme asked.
" We are 4 years old," Ruby answered. I stared at her.
" No way," I gasped.
" Yes but we grow quickly and age differently to humans. After 7 years we will have finished growing and will look 17-18," Ruby answered.
" I have one more question. Do you have any gifts?" Jade asked eagerly.
" Yes. Alice is a psychic, Edward is a mind-reader and I can change the way people see things," Carlisle answered, " We also believe Bella may have a gift when she changes as she can shield mind attacks, such as Edward's mind-reading and my gift,"
" That gift is potent even as a human?" Ruby asked surprise. I nodded shyly. The twins looked impressed.
" We have gifts," Ruby gushed, " We copy other people's gifts, but after a period of time away from the gifted vampire, it disappears. However it takes two weeks for us to copy the gift. At the moment we have a mind shield, we can manipulate people's decisions, we have telepathy and we can change our appearances. We lost a great gift just last week. Hypnotism. It was great,"
" So after two weeks you could pick up Alice, Carlisle and my gifts?" Edward asked curiously.
" That's right, but not Bella's. One, because we already have it, two, because she is and human and three, shields are the hardest to copy as it goes against the purpose of the gift. They exist to shield the person's mind. It takes more than five weeks to copy. And it takes a lot out of us to copy but it was worth it because it is the one gift that stays forever," Ruby replied.
" It is a convenient gift," Jade said quietly. I smiled.
" Do you sleep?" I asked.
" Yes," Ruby answered.
" Wow, just like a human?" Rose asked.
" Yes, we have a heartbeat, we circulate blood, we sleep and we do have to breathe but we can hold it for longer than humans can. We have the same skin as a vampire and we can only be killed the same way as a vampire," Ruby replied, " and we can run almost as fast as a vampire. Buy hybrids can run faster, but us girls run smoother and more gracefully than the boys,"
" Interesting," Esme murmured.
" Why are you here?" Emmett asked suddenly, speaking for the first time. As he spoke I saw him give Jasper and I a sidelong glance. He was worried about us after all.
" We got into a spot of bother back where we were staying in London. And you all know that a vampire can hold a grudge for many, many years. We had to get away," Ruby answered.
" What happened?" Emmett asked.
" We would prefer if you didn't know," Ruby replied cautiously.
" Well then, who is after you?" Jasper asked.
" No one is after us, we just had to get away. And seeing as we are 4 we were wondering if we could stay with you?" Jade asked softly and hesitantly.
" Of course you can. We have plenty of beds," Esme answered in her motherly tone. She was so selfless.
" Thank-you so very much. We are forever in your debt," Ruby and Jade gushed. Identical, breathtaking smiles erupted on their identical, breathtaking faces.
" Never," Esme smiled.
And with that the Cullens grew from 5 to 7.
A/N: Okay i have realised i have a lot of twins in this story... I promise no more... LOL... PLease keep reading... Promise it will get interesting soon...