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Crazier Than it Seems

A/N: This may or may not be the title of the story, it hasn't been decided yet! This story is written as a collaboration by both Xo BellaItalia oX and casey21791. If you have any questions or comments, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note at the bottom of the chapter! We hope that you enjoy the story and look forward to reading your reviews. - Bella'Xo

Chapter 5
(Emma's POV)

I watched an Bella crept out her front door with a surprised look on her face and made her way carefully down the icy steps at the same time that I made my way out of my car. I noticed that Charlie's cruiser was already gone as she looked over at me and smiled happily, throwing a wave in my direction before refocusing her attention on the rather attractive man leaning up against the silver Volvo. I hadn't seen his face yet, but from his side profile, I admired his features.

He was pale and I mean even paler than both myself and Bella. His copper penny colored hair was in a messy disarray on top of his head and yet it looked like it was made to stand that way in the 'just rolled out of bed' look. He stood at about 5'10 and his lanky body was slightly muscled, completely suiting his style of name brand clothing. It was obvious that he had money.

"Edward, what are you doing here?" Bella asked him somewhat anxiously in surprise as she made it in front of him.

He smiled down at her tenderly. "I came to give you a ride to school. Is that okay?" The way that he said it made it seem that it was something that was blatantly obvious.

She sighed and looked over at me as I finally drew his attention and he realized that I wasn't just a neighbor parking my car in between the spaced out houses. His eyebrows shot up and he looked back at her in confusion. I figured that now would be as good of a time as any to make my official entrance and introduce myself to this guy who seemed to have caught my sister's attention.

Almost like he could hear the word 'sister' resound in my thoughts, his expression changed to encompass one of shock and surprise as he looked between Bella and I, but he seemed to keep quiet.

"Edward, this is my sister – or half sister – Emma. She came by yesterday and is staying with us from now on. I was actually going to take her to school with me today and get her enrolled to finish out her senior year. Then, I was going to show her around the town." She explained to him in such a way that it wouldn't reveal my privacy and I deeply appreciated that.

I figured that now would be as good of a time as any to introduce myself as I held out my hand to him in greeting. "Hi, it's nice to meet you, Edward, right?"

He looked down at my hand, still in obvious shock and reached forward to grasp my hand in his. "It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, as well." He said in such a way that made me think of the Victorian days at the beginning of the nineteen hundreds.

But that wasn't the first thing that I noticed about him as he shook my hand. No, the first thing I noticed was the way that his hand felt like cold marble. As I gasped at that, snapping my attention to his face, the second thing that I noticed was the color of his liquid gold eyes that looked as though they were encompassed in amber.

I gulped as I realized what all of these features about him meant as I flashed back to one of my last foster homes before I ended up with Janet and Micheal.

...Flashback...

I was ten years old and staying with a couple called Seamus (A/N: Irish name pronounced Shay-mus) and Margaret. They were a nice young couple and it was one of their first times at having foster kids come and stay with them. They had agreed to do this as a trial run before they decided to have children of their own. They were a traditional Irish family, Maggie with flaming red hair and Seamus with brown, but the both of them had the brightest blue eyes that you'd ever see on a couple.

I had been staying with Maggie and Seamus for about three months when one night changed everything that I ever thought was true. It was late at night when I heard the noises coming from the living room, waking me up out of my sleep.

I slipped out of bed and crept down the hall before peering around the corner. There, in the living room were two red eyed beings, a male and a female, and they were latched onto the necks of a struggling Maggie and Seamus. Their eyes were wide as they struggled to get free and I could see blood dripping down on to the floor as the couple literally held them up off of the ground.

My eyes widened and I held back a gasp in favor of remaining quiet, but they somehow heard me and whipped their head around in my direction, dropping the dead bodies of Seamus and Margaret to the ground with a 'thump'.

"Well... what do we have here, Olivia?" The man seemed to purr out.

She looked over at me with a sadistic smirk on her face. "It looks to be a little girl up past her bed time. What do you think we should do with her, Ethan?"

They both slowly began to approach me with a hungry look in their eyes.

"W-What are you?" I stuttered out.

The exchanged a glance before looking back towards me. "We're the things that nightmares are made of. You can call us vampires."

I took off towards the front door, ripping it open and thrusting myself into the night. I continued to run as fast as I could down the street before slipping down an alley in an attempt to loose them. I should have known that it would be a fruitless effort, but it didn't stop me from trying.

Suddenly, the both of them appeared, cornering me against the wall.

I screamed. "W-What do you want w-with me?"

"Oh, you'll find out soon enough." Ethan grinned as they closed in on me.

A blond man suddenly appeared in front of me, snarling at the two vampires in front of me. I heard a buzzing sound amongst them before the two vampires were suddenly gone. (Yes, the buzzing sound was the vampires talking amongst themselves at vampire speed.)

The blond man suddenly turned toward me. I immediately noticed his golden eyes as he looked me over with worry. "Are you alright?" He asked.

I nodded, shivering. "Do you want t-to eat me too?" I asked.

He looked at me shocked. "Did those two tell you what they were?"

"Y-Yes," I murmured.

He looked troubled for a moment before he looked back at me once again. "What's your name, lil darlin'?"

"E-Emma," I hiccuped.

"Well, Emma," He began. "I'm going to need you to keep everything about what really happened tonight a secret for me. Can you do that?"

I nodded frantically. "Yes. But your not going to eat me?"

"No," he promised. "You can see by my gold eyes that I only eat animals. I don't have red eyes like the other two scary people."

He helped clean me up and tuck me back in to bed before staging the living room where Maggie and Seamus lie dead. I woke up when the police came the next morning and took me back into social services. I never saw the blond man again after that.

...End Flashback...

I came back to the present only to see Edward looking at me with wide frantic eyes.

"You know what I am." It was not a question. He somehow had known this and I could only nod my confirmation as I pondered this possibility.

"What do you mean?" Bella asked him as she looked between the two of us.

"I mean, she knows that I'm a vampire." He clarified for her only serving to startle me at my sister's knowledge of the supernatural.

"How did you know?" I asked him.

"I have a gift." He answered. "I can read the thoughts of others."

My eyebrows shot up in surprise. "I didn't know that you vampires had a super power too."

He chuckled. "Well, not all of us. Only a select few of us who bring a certain quality with us over from our change that get's enhanced during the transformation."

"Wait a minute." Bella interrupted completely frazzled as she turned towards me. "Emma, how did you know that he was..." she gestured to him up and down, "...what he is."

I bit my lip, unsure if I would be able to recount everything out loud for her.

Thankfully, Edward realized this and answered for me. "She had a run in with two of our kind and they killed one of her foster parents." He studied me for a minute, but it surprised me that he didn't mention my savior, though he seemed to know something as he pondered whatever it was in his head.

Bella gasped at this piece of information as we all continued to stand an exchange uncomfortable glance.

I'll tell you one thing, this is not what I thought would be happening when I got up this morning...

A/N: So, what does everyone think? Any ideas on what will be happening in the future chapters or who the golden eyed vampire who saved her from Ethan and Olivia was? What will the rest of the Cullen's think when they find out the Bella not only has a sister, but one who knows about what they are? Review!

If you have any questions or comments, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note!

catgrl: Ahhhh, that was a good chapter... Can't wait for the next update.. So i'm thinking Emma is Edward's mate and Bella is Jasper's true mate?

Actually, it will be Emma and Jasper while Bella and Edward stay together. Thanks for the review though! Keep reading!

Lalina92: ok so emma is older good creepy edward lol... will you be doing a lot of bella/eddie pov like in Dhampir?

Yeah, there will be Bella and Edward's POV in there as well like in Dhampir, but I don't know how much as of yet! Thanks for the review and keep reading!

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