Chapter 8

"Carina are you okay?" Alice asked cautiously.

"Yeah why do you ask?" Carina was perfectly normal, seeming to have no memory of what had just happened.

"No reason other than the fact that you just about ready to attack me." Edward said casually.

"No way." Carina sounded truly shocked.

"Yeah. And then you called me Carlos." Pain crossed Carina's face.

"I called you what?" Pain wove through her voice.

"Um Carina let's get you home." Alice said as she wrapped her arm around Carina. They ran back, Edward ran a little slower.

"Alice what happened?" Jasper asked as soon as they appeared.

"I don't know one second she's hunting, then she's going to attack Edward, then she's normal, now she's this."

"Carina, come on." Jasper took Alice's place. He calmed her down.

The next thing Carina knew they were all in her apartment.

She wasn't looking at anyone or anything. She was remembering.

^^^^FLASH BACK^^^^

The sun was going down; she paused for a second to stare at the sun set. She could already see the moon, it was full. Then it grabbed her with one of its strong, pale, hard arms. The other had a hand over her mouth. She struggled as much as she could. But she quickly realized that this thing wasn't human and there was no way she was going to win. Then the ground was gone it was a blur until they reached a house. A pale arm reached out and opened the door. Leti found herself wondering why the door wasn't locked.

Once inside the creature opened another door. The room itself was beautiful but the room was nothing compared to the woman standing in the middle of it. The thing put her down.

"Hola mi hija. ¿Qué te llaman?" The woman asked in a melodious voice.

"Me llaman Leti." Leti said in a shy voice.

"Leti, mi nombre es Estelle. Bienvenido a mi familia. Llevarla al cuarto." Then it picked her up again, this time Leti didn't bother doing anything. Down a long hallway was a door. There was a single bed in the moon. Half the room was cloaked in a mysterious darkness. The other side was only lit by the full moon outside.

"Todo tuyo." A male's voice said from behind her. All Leti saw was his incredibly curly light brown hair which was illuminated by the moon's light. A hand came out of the darkness and caressed her neck.

"Todo estará bien, lo prometo." The voice said sweetly. He suddenly, without warning, bit into her neck. The fire started there and traveled down the rest of her body. She was going to be strong. During what she thought were her final hours, she knew her parents wouldn't want her to suffer, so she tried not to move, not to speak. The pain was horrible, nothing to compare it to. Felt like it was never going to end, felt like years had passed. Whenever she felt like screaming, she thought of her sister and her parents.

That couldn't be right after all of that her heart should be out of control. She sat up as quickly as the idea came to her. That wasn't right either, after the amount of time she spent on that bed, she should be dizzy.

"Estás despierto." Came a voice from the dark side of the room. Leti hunched down and growled at the stranger as he came closer. Leti thought in the back of her head how weird it was that she was growling. She leaped off the bed. He stopped and smiled at her. She was so that she stopped in mid-growl. "Mi nombre es Carlos. No voy haserte daño, lo prometo."

"¿Dónde estoy?" Leti was surprised by her own voice.

"Inicio. Vamos a conocer el resto de la familia." Carlos held out his hand. Leti looked at it for a second, and then she looked at Carlos.

"No tan rápido, señior. Tendrá que ganarse el derecho a tener mi mano." Leti said. Carlos smirked back.

"Muy bien. Vamos." Carlos led the way.

**Next Flashback Years later**

"Leti, ¿estás bien, mi amor?" Carlos asked while they were cuddled on the couch with their hands intertwined.

"Sì, estoy bien. You know being in Texas we need to work on your English." Leti said.

"Sorry, you know I hate English, too many rules and exceptions." Carlos said laughing.

"I love you. Te amo con todo mi corazón."

"I love you too. Para siempre y nunca lo olvides." She kissed him one final time.

Later that night she left looking back with every step she took.

^^^^End FLASH BACK^^^^

Edward didn't want to believe that 'Leti' was Carina. He knew that if he admitted it, he would have to admit Carina loved someone. When Edward came back to reality, Carina was shaking. Carlisle was holding her, stroking her hair. "Sweetie, are you okay?"  It was Rosalie who spoke first. Everyone stared at her, Rosalie wasn't exactly known for her sweetness. So they were shocked at her acceptance of Carina. "Not really Rose." Carina gave her a watery smile.

"If you want I could give you a hug." Emmett offered.

"Would you?" Carina asked.

"Sure come here." Carina smiled and went to him. He hugged her as hard as he could. "Are you ready?" He asked when he put her down.

"Thanks Em. My birth name is actually Leticia Maria Bucio. The ones close to me called me Leti. My best friend in that coven was Vanessa."

"Didn't you say that there were two?" Alice asked.

"Carlos was my boyfriend." When Carina said that she felt Edward's feelings but ignored them. "I don't know what happened to them. I tried so hard to forget them. To forget everything in my past. Of course I had to learn the hard way today that, that will never happen. The harder you try, the easier something will trigger it."

"How did I remind you of Carlos? I don't even look like him." Edward asked.

"He used to stand back and watch me hunt. He said I was amusing. There were countless times where I almost killed him and he always did it on purpose." Carina said with a small smile.

"What should we do?" Emmett asked.

"Carina would it be okay if we stayed?" Esme asked with nothing but concern in her eyes.

"Please." Carina said. Esme took her to the couch. Esme sat down, Carina laid down with her head on Esme's lap.

"Would you guys mind if I talk to Edward alone?" Carina asked after some time. "Of course, come on everyone." Carlisle said

"Edward just because I can feel what you're feeling doesn't mean I understand why."

"What if I don't like what I'm feeling?"

"Jealousy is a natural emotion."

"So is hurt. These are not emotions people normally like to feel."

"Doesn't mean they don't show up."

"I don't want to feel jealous about a person that I don't even know?"

"Why would you feel jealous about Carlos?" She just wanted him to say what he was feeling.

"He has what I want." Carina didn't answer. "You. Does he still have you?" Edward asked looking her in the eyes. Carina looked directly back.

"I don't know. I don't think so. It's been more that a decade since I've seen him. I don't know why but now he just feels like a ghost. You know what they say; your first love always stays on your mind in one way or another. "

"Yeah they do." Edward said.

"Who was your's?"

"Cassandra Moore. She did have me until she thought me to unworthy for her. She lost me a long time ago. Carina do I have you?"

"I think you're getting there. I really do like you." Carina said smiling up at him. He seemed shocked at her answer. His mind, to Carina, went blank. She did the only thing that she knew to do at a time like this. She shrugged and slapped him. "Edward!" He shook his head.

"You like me?" Edward asked disbelieving.

"Yes that's what I said before you went brain dead." Carina said in a bored tone.

"Sorry, shocked."

"It's okay." Carina said shrugging.

"What do we do now?"

"Give it a shot." Carina suggested.

"If you want to."

"I can hear Alice squealing form here." Carina said laughing.

"Carina could you explain your flashbacks?"

"Let's see. One night l was walking home from a friend's house. Carlos told me that Estelle was watching me for a while and thought that I would be a great addition to her family. He was the one that brought me to the 'changing' room. That's where they took all that were going to be transformed.

"Carlos was there during my change. He said that he never met anyone with as much strength as me. We became friends. We were the type of friends who play flirted all the time. Then Vanessa came, I never knew why she wanted to become friends with me. But she was great and I was glad she did. Soon, about a decade or so, Carlos and I started dating. We dated for about fifty, sixty years. I guess we both thought that we had forever.

"Toward the end, death started to affect me. I don't know if it was my family's deaths or just people in general. But their faces just started blocking my vision. I started to take longer breaks with out feeding. Everyone noticed and began to worry.

"The last memory you saw was the night I ran away. I took everything that belonged to me or had to do with me. The piano, pictures, letters everything. Once I was out of the house I put a field around it so I would have a warning. Everyone that night had gone out to do something and I stayed behind.

"The reason Carlos didn't suspect me to leave was because I always said 'I love you' at random times. Never knew it would come in handy like that. I did it when it was quiet to make others laugh. I would sneak up behind someone and stage whisper 'Te amo'.

"A month after I met Debbie we moved to England…" She paused.

"Why did you move to England?" Edward asked because he didn't know if he would ever get this much out of her again.

"We went to England as a favor to me; I wanted to see over my godson."

"What do you mean 'godson'?"

"I mean a friend of mine made me godmother of her son. He was her only son."

"Did she know what you were?"

"Yeah I told her. She was so adorable. So was her husband. He didn't know he had a godmother. I told anyone who knew that I was his godmother not to tell him. His life was complicated enough without him having a vampire godmother." Carina saw and felt Edward's confusion. "His mother, and father died when he was one year old. His godfather was sent to prison because he was accused of killing them. Since no one knew about me he had to be sent to his nearest living relative. Since his aunt hated his mother, she also hated him. He didn't need me complicating his life anymore than it had to be. Me and Debbie came to the states because his godfather was set free so he didn't need me there. You know the rest."

"Wow your life was all over the place, sounded like a rollercoaster."

"Yeah but all of that took me to where I am today. I don't regret a second of it." Carina smiled, it lit up her entire face. Edward saw that light around her again. He knew she was back to normal.

"How did you look before?"

"My eyes were blue. Unfortunately my height was the same. Well my hair was the same except a little more wild and longer I think. That was actually the reason I went I Lilia's house, I wanted to cut my hair."

"Don't tell Alice that or I won't ever see you again."

"I'm sure she already knows."

"How old is your godson?"

"Twenty. He's married."

"He's so young."

"Yeah but he grew up fast. He had a double wedding. My friend Hermione got married along side him. She just happened to be one of his best friends the other was her husband."

"She knows too." Edward stated.

"He visited his parent's old house and found a lot of pictures of me with his godfather and parents. She put two and two together. It was a beautiful wedding. It was actually this year."

"Are you ever going to tell him?"

"Maybe someday. Most likely not, he's so happy now. I don't want to bring him to his past. I never saw him happier than at his wedding."

"You are really caring aren't you?"

"For those I love and care about I will protect mentally, physically, and emotionally at all cost. He doesn't know it but he's very important to me. I'm the closest thing to a loving relative he has."

"What about his godfather?"

"He died too."

"What was his name?"

"Sirius Black."

"I went to England the week I was gone."

"Really did you meet anyone there?"

"I met this woman, I was innocently talking to her and then her husband tried to kill me."

"How could he try to kill you, which would scare you?"

"Okay, believe me or not, he and his wife were wizards." Edward waited for her to start laughing, like his family did when he told them.

"Cool I thought that I was the only one who knew about wizards." Carina said happily.

"You believe me?"

"Yeah all of my friends in England are wizards."

"I was in this place called the Leaky Caldron."

"Did you actually go into Diagon Alley?"

"No we talked inside."

"What was her name?"

"Ginny."

"Ginny Weasley?" Carina asked calmly, but in truth she was shocked.

"No Ginny Potter."

"So her husband had the strange idea that we planned to meet there."

"How did her husband look?" It couldn't be…

"Black, messy hair, tall, thin…"

"Green eyes, round glasses?"

"How did you know?"

"He's really famous in England."

"Really, well we both know a Ginny."

"Your Ginny seemed nice."

"She was, after I said I was a vampire she was even more interested in what I was saying. You know I'm not so sure all wizards like vampires. When I said what I was a lot of people turned towards me and hated me. I was kind of uncomfortable. Besides Ginny I don't really like wizards. I saw this book where they were really cruel to vampires."

"Did you tell her husband you were a vampire?" Carina didn't let it show how much that hurt her.

"Didn't get a chance. He was pointing his wand at me. He was doing it in a secret way so only I could see it. I didn't know the effect of their magic on me so I made and excuse and left. After I left I heard people whisper 'Was that Harry Potter?'"

"He is very famous."

"How he barely looked old enough to drive."

"He defeated the most evil wizard at the age of seventeen."

"No way."

"Yes he did. Voldemort made him an orphan. There was a prophecy that was made that a boy whose parents had defied the dark lord trice was destined to defeat him. Harry killed him."

"You know I can practically hear Alice calling us, should we go?"

"Sure, but I'm driving?"

"Don't you trust me?"

"Of course I do. But I would like to drive."

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"Congratulations." Esme said she was the first to greet them.

"Thanks Esme." Carina smiled. Edward knew that he would never get tired of that light.

"So does Alice have a party inside?" Edward asked.

"No." Esme said innocently.

"Brace yourself." Edward whispered in Carina's ear. They walked in, it seemed normal. They weren't convinced. Alice would use any excuse to throw a party. They continued cautiously. Good thing they did, there was a large banner saying 'CONGRATULATIONS!!! ' Carina and Edward looked at each other 'Alice' they said in their minds.

"Hey you two, how was your 'talk'?" Emmett asked air quotes around talk.

"It was fine thanks Em." Carina said, "Did you get your costume?"

"I almost forgot." Rosalie said.

"Thanks Carina." Emmett mumbled.

"En cualquier momento, hermano." Carina said winking at him.

"Come on, Emmett." Rosalie called from the garage.

"Coming." Emmett grumbled walking to the garage.

"Edward you're next so I wouldn't be laughing." Carina threatened when Edward laughed. Edward stopped immediately.

"Hit me with your best shot." Edward said sounding more confident that he felt.

"Are you sure you feel that way?" Carina asked raising an eyebrow. Edward gulped unnecessarily before saying,

"Yes."

"Okay, you won't like it." Carina warned.

"Just do it." Alice said laughing.

"That's not good." Jasper whispered.

"You'll see it tomorrow." Carina winked at Alice.

"You won't show me any mercy, will you?"

"No. I show no one mercy. That's been my motto for years and not even you can change it."

"Carina we hired that photographer." Alice said.

"Great." Carina said happily.

"What photographer?" Edward asked.

"The one that is going to take the pictures." Alice said slowly.

"You can't back down now. I will put you on lock down if I have to."

"I wasn't going to try anything I swear." Edward said quickly.

"Edward what was that you told me before you left?" Alice sang.

"I hate when you say 'I told you so'." Edward groaned.

"I know." Alice said.

"What did he say?" Carina asked.

"His exact words were 'No woman has me under her thumb nor will she ever'." Jasper said smiling.

"Really?" Carina asked amused. "Eddie do you believe that now?"

"Not since I met you."

"Glad I can prove you wrong. You know if you think about it all the men in this family, excluding Carlisle, seem to be controlled by a woman."

"I agree." Jasper said.

"Alice, want to go somewhere?" Carina asked out of the blue.

"Where?" Alice asked.

"Just out."

"Okay, bye Jasper." Alice kissed Jasper's cheek.

"Jasper your wife will be home by midnight." Carina said looping her arms with Alice and they left.

"So Edward you got yourself a girlfriend." Jasper teased.

"Shut up." Edward said he went to his room.

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"Was there any reason behind this unexpected fieldtrip?" Alice asked.

"Just so I could talk away from vampire ears."

"Talk about what?"

"Did Edward ever tell you that he met wizards in England?" Carina asked as they paused at a red light.

"Yeah he did. We laughed so long. I mean seriously wizards he couldn't think of anything more believable?"

"He was telling the truth."  Carina said facing the road.

"Carina, there are no such things as wizards."

"Alice how many times have you heard 'There is no such thing as vampires'?" Carina countered.

"Are wizards real?"

"Oh yes, they're everywhere living among the muggles."

"'Muggles'?"

"What my friends call non magical people."

"How many wizards do you know?"

"Quite a few. All of them live in England. I still write to a few of them. They're crazy. Remember you asked about my color combinations?"

"Yeah you acted really weird."

"Sorry about that, I wasn't sure if I should tell you. So there's a school that all wizards go to at the age of eleven, to start their magical training. They have four houses, each of which is named after one of the founders of the school." Carina proceeded to explain about the founders.

"How do they know which house they belong in?" Alice asked. She was finding this very interesting

"The sorting hat. It can read your mind and decide which house would be more suited for you."

"How long did they go to school for?"

"Seven years from eleven to seventeen. In their world you're an adult at seventeen."

"How did you even come in contact with anyone in England?"

"I was a pen pal with a witch. We became friends. I met her and that night she told me that she was going to make me her son's, Harry's, godmother."

"So she knew."

"Yeah she always found the good people. I was glad that she gave me that honor."

"Was there a godfather?"

"Yes Sirius was nuts. Very outgoing y muy atrevido."

"Is he dead?"

"Yes died a few weeks after Debbie."

"I'm sorry."

"My godson had no parents or godparents."

"But you're his godmother."

"Lily, his mother, and James, his father, were murdered. The wizard that killed them was Voldemort; he was a wizard that defined evil. So Sirius being Sirius went after the guy that sold out Lily and James. Then got himself chucked into Azkaban. If we go to my place I can show you, hell I can show you wizards exist."

"How can you show that with pictures?"

"You'll see," Carina did a u-turn and continued, "So he was in prison for twelve years. Only James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, another friend of theirs, and then Albus, their headmaster, knew that I was Harry's godmother. All of them are dead. First James, then Lily, then Sirius, then Albus and finally Remus died a few years ago. So with me invisible to the world Harry was left in the care of an aunt that hated him."

"That was a sad story."

"Yeah he's strong." Carina said proudly.

Carina turned off the car. Both of them got out of the car and went to Carina's apartment. Alice went to Carina's room and sat on the edge of the bed. While Carina went to her closet, pulled out a suit case and put it on the bed next to Alice. Carina opened it up, for a moment forgot who was there and where she was. Carina smiled back at the photo, and then she remembered Alice. She gave the picture one look before she gave it to Alice.

"Holy crow they're moving!" Alice exclaimed after seeing the people in the picture waving at her.

"Yeah that's how you can tell that wizards are real."

"How old is this picture?"

"Twenty years old. It was taken when I first went to England to meet Lily and James. She neglected to tell me she had a son. Then told me that they wanted me to his godmother. The picture was taken right after I met Remus."

"Who's who?"

"On the left is James, then Lily. Then me, then Remus. Sirius is the one in the back acting like the dork he was."

"He seems so full of life. Remus looks kind of sick. Is he alright? I mean he's smiling and all but he looks sort of tired."

"The week I got there was the week before a full moon. Remus was a werewolf. The kind that transform at a full moon."

"Really a werewolf, wizards? Did you meet any elves or fairies or mermaids while you were in England?" Alice asked sarcastically.

"Yes I did. I also met goblins, centaurs and a phoenix."

"Wow really. I didn't even know that they exist."

"Not many vampires from here know that they exist. But they are everywhere; just more live in England because it isn't so modernized. Over there, there are a lot of places in which they can roam."

"So the wizard that killed Harry's parents, how bad was he?" Carina took a deep breath before telling Alice the story of Voldemort. Alice only interrupted a few times with questions. Carina told her about Horcruxes. Which led to a few more questions on Alice's behalf. Carina finally finished and Alice continued to looked through the pictures.

"Um Carina? Why are you kissing Sirius?" Alice held out a picture of Carina kissing Sirius on the cheek.

"Oh James dared me." Carina said offhandedly.

"Ah, let's keep this away from Edward."

"Why would he care about what happened twenty years ago?"

"Edward can be easily jealous. Remember when you asked why Edward would care if Adam put his arm around you? Then I said it was because you didn't have someone to protect you from the guys. Well I lied he was just jealous."

"Well I don't really care how jealous he is. I'll just knock some sense in to him."

"Don't knock too hard he is my favorite brother." Alice said looking through more pictures. "They were so young." Alice whispered when she looked at a picture of Lily and James smiling.

"They were only twenty-one when they were murdered."

"That is a lot to go through at such a young age. How did Sirius know who did it?" Carina told the story of the night the Potter's died.

"No one should loose two people they care about then find out someone they trusted had betrayed them."

"Peter had been a very good friend of theirs. I never trusted him. I always thought that he was too twitchy and skittish. I never even had a chance to tell him that I was a vampire. I would have killed him if I would've known. Esa rata maldita, si yo sabía lo que iba a hacer."

"Why do you call him a rat?"

"He was one. James, Sirius and Peter all changed into an animal so they could keep Remus company when he transformed. Sirius changed into a dog, James into a stag and Peter into a rat.

"Gryffindors really are brave."

"Yeah my stupid, brave Gryffindors." Carina sighed.

"How did Sirius and Remus die."

"Sirius died fighting. He was hit by a killing curse sent by his cousin."

"His cousin?"

"Sirius might have been a true Gryffindor but the rest of his family was all Slytherin. So to them Sirius was no longer family."

"So James was his only family."

"They may as well have been brothers. Now Remus' death was a bit sadder. He was also fighting but it the main war, the one were Harry defeated Voldemort. It was sadder because his wife died in the same day."

"Oh." Alice gasped.

"They left behind their only son Teddy Remus Lupin. He was a beautiful baby he had the skills of his mother. She could change her appearance at will. She was so full of spirit, very eccentric to say the least. So much fun to be around, randomly changing her appearance to make whoever she was talking to laugh."

"She sounds like you."

Then the both of them gasped and widened their eyes.

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"No way." Carina gasped as she and Alice came to the present.

"Well I understand why you feel mad. You are accustomed to leaving when you please, now you have a family to wait for. Hey this also means you're moving in soon."

"Alice my baby is having a baby."

"Carina can I come please, please, please." Alice begged.

"I don't know Alice."

"But I want to see the baby, I want to meet wizards, I want to go. Pretty please with a bear on top." Carina laughed at this.

"I have to call her."

"Why would she send you an owl if she can call you?"

"Two reasons. One she thinks I'm still moving so it's easier to send letters than remember phone numbers. Two she was most likely too excited and forgot that she had a phone." Carina explained as she called Hermione.

It took a few minutes of negotiating before Hermione and Carina agreed on the details.

"Alice we are not telling Edward about this."

"Why not?"

"He had a not so good encounter with Harry the week he was gone. He doesn't know it's my Harry. That's partly why I didn't show Edward the pictures."

"Fine, but you're going to have to explain sooner or later."

"And I choose later."

"What did Hermione mean she could change my appearance?"

"They can change our appearances. It's sort of like a mask, that way I could see Harry and he wouldn't be able to compare my face to any pictures he finds."

"You have to tell him when we get there."

"I know." Carina gave Alice a picture. "Harry is on the left then Ginny, then Hermione the Ron."

"Harry looks like James."

"But he has Lily's eyes."

"I love Hermione's hair."

"Yeah look at this one." She gave Alice another. "It's from their wedding."

"They look beautiful."

"Thank you."

"You did this?" Alice asked surprised.

"Yes indeed Ms. Clark."

"You're good. Ron and Harry are beaming."

"Hermione's the greatest. She invited me to the wedding because she knew I would love to be there. Then she made me the maid of honor so I could be around Harry."

"I can't wait to meet her."

"Alice how long has it been since you've been away from Jasper?"

"I don't usually go long but I haven't been around children in so long. I'm willing to leave."

"I just realized that if I have to explain to Harry then I have to explain to all the Weasley's."

"Is that a lot?"

"Let's see there are Molly, Arthur, Bill, Fleur, Fred, George, Ginny and Ron. Maybe Mrs. Tonks, Charlie and Percy."

"Are Ginny and Ron brother and sister?"

"Yes Ginny is Ron's little sister."

"So basically they are all related by either blood or marriage."

"Yep, and a good thing too. Harry needs a loving family and I wouldn't be able to think of anyone different than the Weasley's. I couldn't be there; I knew this from when Lily said I was going to be his godmother."

"You can't blame yourself for not being there."

"I know, but Harry can."

"I think Harry will understand."

"You 'think'"

"I haven't had a vision yet so I can't say for certain."

"Remember not a word. When we have to tell them I am only visiting a friend and you begged to come along."

"But if I'm going wouldn't Edward want to come too?"

"Yes but there is only room for two without it getting suspicious."

"You're good. This is yet another reason I stopped having visions about you."

"What do you mean?"

"I told you that being unpredictable gives me a headache."

"Sorry I've always been like that. Alice do you ever get a feeling without a vision?"

"No my visions tell me everything. Carina who's this?" Alice pointed at an old man with Carina.

"That's Albus Dumbledore. He was the greatest wizard of his time. This is Minerva McGonagall." Carina handed her a picture of a witch.

"That's a nice name."

"She is a tough person but she's very kind. I stayed with her a while back."

"Carina why aren't you in this picture?" Alice showed here a picture of a bunch of witches and wizards.

"That is the original Order of the Phoenix. They were a group against Voldemort. Everyone in that photo is dead except Alice and Frank Longbottom." Carina pointed at a round faced couple.

"Where are they now?"

"St. Mungo's, it's a wizards hospital. Bellatrix tortured them to insanity. Neville is a good kid, his parents were great people."

They lapsed into silence. Occasionally Alice would ask a question but other than that they were quiet.

"Alice I gotta get you home, it's almost twelve." Carina said.

"But I just started Lily's letters." Alice whined.

"You'll be able to see them again. Come on before Jasper forms a search party for you."

"Fine." Alice grumbled as she put everything away.

When they arrived Edward and Jasper were playing chess.

"That's not fair." Carina said loudly, causing them to freeze. "Sorry boys I didn't mean to scare ya."

"You didn't scare us." Jasper said. Carina looked amused. "Maybe a little." Jasper mumbled. He got up and kissed Alice.

"Why did you say that it was unfair?" Edward asked.

"I said that it wasn't fair because you can read his mind and cheat."

"I do not cheat."

"Reading people's minds is cheating, Eddie-pie."

"Didn't you say you would stop calling me 'Eddie'?"

"Yes I did, but I didn't say anything about variations of the name did I?"

"No."

"I always leave loopholes of everything I say, remember that."

"Why don't you play against him?" Jasper asked.

"Two reasons. One I would beat him too easily. Two I would be bored."

"Are you always so confident?" Edward asked stepping closer to her.

"Only when I know I'm going to win?" Carina said stepping to him.

"Prove it." Now they were virtually nose to nose.

"Don't say I didn't warn you." Carina took Jasper's seat. She set up the board. "Black or white?"

"White."

"Cool."

The game started out slowly. Then it started to pick up speed. Soon Edward only had four ponds, both rooks and his king. Carina had her bishops, knights, a queen, three ponds and her king."

"Queen." Carina said when her pond reached the other side.

"Damn."

A few minutes later …

"Check mate." Carina said. Edward stared at the board. "Dude you rely on your powers too much."

"I guess so."

"You know this means I'm superior to you mentally and physically."

"She's been here for a few months and she's beaten all of our records." Jasper said.

"No I haven't beaten Emmett's record in his games."

"No way, am I allowing you anywhere near my video games. I am proud of my scores and I don't want you ruining them." Emmett said coming down the stairs.

"Whatever makes you happy bro. Do you want to be my little or big brother?"

"Little brother. There is less shame in losing."

"Smart boy."

********************************* Next Day

"What are you going as?" Edward asked from the bathroom. He was changing into his ridiculous costume. He was going as a frog.

"Dark empress, I think it suits me." Carina said with a smile in her voice. Edward came out. The costume covered him from neck to toe. There was a separate part for the head. It had an opening for Edward's head.

"These are the times I wish I were human, so I could say I was sick." Edward mumbled looking at his now webbed feet.

"What do you think?" Carina asked. Edward looked up from his feet and was speechless. Carina had on a very fitted, black with strange red designed dress. She had a small tiara on that had red and purple web design on it. The dress had slits on both sides that went to the middle of her thigh. Carina walked up to Edward slowly. "Edward close your mouth, you might catch flies. Unless you're hungry." Carina said laughing at her own joke.

"Sorry, you look beautiful."

"Thank you. Now come on the party is in half an hour." Carina grabbed his wrist and dragged him to her car.

When they arrived only Alice was there.

"Come on." Carina turned off her car and Edward followed her inside. "Hey Alice."

"Hey Carina. Wow you look hot."

"Thank you, thank you." Carina curtsied.

"Edward you look ridiculously cute."

"Thanks Alice I knew I could rely on you." Edward said sarcastically.

"Carina helped me with the details."

It looked like something out of a horror movie when they were through.

"Nice job." Jasper said wrapping his arms around Alice.

"I don't get a hug? I worked hard too." Carina pouted.

"Sorry how inexcusable of me." Jasper said chuckling and he hugger her too.

"Jasper, are you wearing tights?" Edward asked.

"I wouldn't be talking Mr. Toad. I'd wear tights versus that any day."

"First of all I'm a frog. And touché."

"Where are Emmett and Rosalie?" Carina asked.

"Right here." Emmett said.

"Well hey there, Frankenstein." Carina said with a smile.

"Hello Empress Carina." Emmett said in his best monster voice while bowing.

"Rose you got to be the hottest bride of Frankenstein I've ever seen."

"Thank you." Rosalie said.

"Whoa this place looks great." Emmett said looking around.

"Yes Alice and I are very awesome." Carina said. She heard cars pull up. "I'll be right back." She went to the parking lot.

"Carina I'm sorry word got out. It's only ten more people." Jen said.

"Jennifer calm down. Me, Edward, Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie all didn't invite anyone so there is still enough food."

"Okay I'm sorry."

"It's okay. Come in." Carina called everyone else to follow. The group gasped when they entered. "So food is over there and the dance floor is here. Go have fun."

"Dang Carina this place looks great. Might I add you do too?" Adam said.

"Thank you officer, you don't look half bad either."

"Of course I look good. Scratch that I look hot."

"Of course you do." Carina said laughing.

"Would you like to dance your highness?"

"Alright." Carina took hold of his hand. He led her to the dance floor. Everyone that was dancing swayed in time with the music.

"Nice moves." Carina said smiling

"Thank you." Adam said smiling too.

Edward looked everywhere, but he couldn't find Carina anywhere.

"Have you seen Carina?" Edward asked tapping Jen's shoulder.

"Edward? Wow Carina wasn't kidding was she?"

"No she wasn't, luck you got away."

"Thanks to Brittany." Jen was dressed as Velma from Scooby-Doo.

"Have you seen Carina?"

"Yes, she's dancing with Adam." Jen said pointing at the dance floor.

"Thanks."

"Edward, don't do anything stupid." Jen said before she left. Edward stood there for a second, shocked.

"Mind if I cut in?" Edward tapped Adam on his shoulder.

"You scared me." Adam said.

"Carina, come on."

"Adam I'll see you later." When she was away from Adam she asked. "So what's on your mind?"

"Nothing, it's Adam's mind that's driving crazy."

"He's seventeen years old; he is having thoughts that are usual for his age."

"That doesn't make it any less disgusting."

"Well you're going to have to deal with it." Carina said pushing herself away from him and leaving. "Sorry about that Adam." Carina said as she started dancing with Adam again.

"It's alright." Adam said with a smile. "What's with him?"

"I really don't know. We just started dating."

"Really when?"

"Yesterday."

"Good for you."

"Thanks." Carina said smiling up at him.

Edward stood across the room staring at Carina. Staring at her with Adam. Staring at her with Adam and laughing. Starting at them laughing and dancing together. He didn't understand how she could dance with a pervert like him.

"Everyone I'm sorry to say that it's almost midnight and this is the last dance." Rosalie said form the front. Edward went to Carina.

"Would you like to dance?"

"Sure." Carina said. It was a slow dance. "Edward I'm going to tell you now before things get out of hand. I will act normal; I will talk to my guy friends like I always do and I will not even give you an inkling of an idea that you can control me."

"I know."

"Good. I'm not like these other girls Edward. My life doesn't revolve around you, and it never will. It revolves around everyone around me."

"Alright."

"Just keep that in mind." With that the dance ended. Carina and Alice went to the door to say goodbye to everyone.

Once everyone else had gone, they began the clean up. They were done in a few minutes.

************************* Wed. December 20^th

"I am planning another party this one is on Christmas Eve. This time it's just us. That means only me, Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, Adam, Brittany, Ashley, Chuck, Larry and Jen."

"Why specific?" Adam asked.

"I'm doing secret Santa."

"Are we drawing today?" Ashley asked.

"Yup I have the hat." She took a hat off of Larry's head. When he opened his mouth to protest she said, "We are inside; you shouldn't have this on anyways." Carina put the slips containing the names in the hat.

"I want to go first." Alice said.

"Go ahead." Carina put the hat in Alice's direction. Alice plunged her hand inside and took out one slip. Then one by one everyone else went. "Okay now you can't tell anyone who you got. We'll open presents a quarter to eleven."

"Why so early?" Jen asked.

"You guys have families to be with on Christmas Eve."

"What about you?"

"My dear mother and father are actually showing up this year."

"Then we'll make the party even better." Adam said.

"Thanks."

After school Carina, Rosalie, Alice, Edward, Emmett and Jasper piled into Carina's and Rosalie's car.

"Edward just to be fair, you can't read anyone's mind."

"For how long?"

"After we leave."

"Is this going to happen often?"

"Yes. Edward you really have to learn to work without your powers."

"Well before you came along I didn't have to."

"De cualquier manera, now that I am here I will teach you. Even if it takes a decade."

"It won't take that long."

"Whatever you say, pero I know that you can't even beat Esme without your powers." This comment sent Jasper howling in the back seat.

"I know how to fight without my powers."

"I believe you honey." Carina patted his cheek.

************************* December 24^th 10:00

"Niños y niñas bienvenido." Carina said opening the door. Everyone filed in. "So we have about twenty minutes before we open presents. Now you have a choice to open it here or open it tomorrow. Now you can reveal yourself to the person you chose after New Years. The Secret Santa can tell others just not their person."

"Yes ma'am." Adam saluted her.

"Good now put the presents under the tree." Carina said. All the presents had the same wrapping paper but varied in size.

Many jokes, laughs and twenty minutes later…

"It's time." Alice squealed.

"Okay calm down." Carina went to the tree and grabbed a present. "Jen."

Jen came forward grabbed the present and went back. Carina continues until everyone had a present. "Now who wants to open it now?" Adam, Chuck and Larry raised their hands. "Well go ahead."

"You got to be kidding me." Adam said opening his present.

"What did you get?" Chuck asked.

"Grand Theft Auto III."

"It's not even out yet. It's supposed to come out next year." Larry said.

"I know." Adam said in shock. Chuck and Larry opened their presents at the same time.

"Um Carina, what if we know who our Secret Santa is without asking?" Larry asked.

"What do you mean?" Carina asked.

"Chuck is my Secret Santa."

"And Larry's mine." The twins held out their presents. Each had a baseball gloves.

"Sorry people that concludes our party for tonight. Go home to your families and try not to kill them." The group groaned.

"Carina you wouldn't be throwing a New Years party too?" Adam asked.

"Sorry vacation with the folks."

"See you around." Jen said hugging her.

"Yeah. Bye, drive safe."

"What do you guys think of a shopping trip?"

"I'm in." Alice said not caring why they were going shopping.

"Why?" Edward asked.

"To get a present for Carlisle and Esme."

"Great idea." All of them piled into Carina's car.

"So we all agree on one present?" Jasper asked when they arrived.

"Yeah, we buy the gift then we go to my place to wrap it."

"Who do we shop for first?" Alice asked.

"Esme." Rosalie said.

"What should we get for her?" Emmett asked.

"Something from an antique shop?" Jasper suggested.

"Great let's go." Carina said. Carina, Alice and Rosalie led the way, weaving through the last minute shoppers.

"What about this lamp?" Alice asked.

"It doesn't seem right." Rosalie said. They went on for a while. They were almost in the back of the shop.

"I think I found it." Carina said. Everyone gathered around her. It was a table with very elegant carvings etched into the sides. Everyone agreed.

"It's wonderful." Alice said.

"May I help you?" An employee walked to them.

"Yes we'll take it." Rosalie said.

"Excellent choice."

"Can we pick it up later?"

"Before one a.m."

"Thank you sir." Carina and Jasper went to go pay.

"Carlisle next." Jasper said when he and Carina returned.

"Hmm Carlisle might be harder." Carina said. "Edward what do you think?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well we are Christmas shopping and we were wondering what you think we should get Carlisle." Carina said rolling her eyes.

"Yes, thank you I got that part. I meant why are you asking me?"

"You have known him longer." Carina said in a 'duh' tone.

"I don't know."

"Rose what do you think?" Carina said giving up on Edward.

"Since we are in an antique shop, we should try to find something from the 1600's from London?"

"Good idea." Carina said nodding. "Excuse me." Carina called the clerk over.

"How may I help you?"

"Do you have something from the 1600's?"

"Yes we do. If you would follow me." He led him to a corner opposite from where they had found the table.

"All of these are beautiful, are any from London?"

"Yes this orb here. All doctors in the 1600's had one of these in their offices. It was said that when lit, it could tell the doctor what was wrong with the patient."

"Could you give us a moment?"

"Of course, come find me when you have made your choice." The man returned to the counter.

"So what do you think?"

It couldn't be anymore perfect." Alice said.

"How about the rest of you?" All of them nodded. "Great." She grabbed the orb and when to the clerk.

"Are you purchasing it?"

"Yes please."

"Are you taking the table as well?"

"Yes. Do you think you could put this in a box with bubble wrap?"

"Of course." He disappeared into the back room.

After she paid she went back to the group and said,

"Edward, Emmett, Japer go get the table."

"Why all of us?" Emmett asked.

"Think people will think its weird if only one of you is caring a table that size by themselves. Of course that's only my opinion."

"You know sometimes sarcasm hurts." Emmett said.

"Just hurry up." She linked arms with Alice and Rosalie and left.

"Carina, you got rope?" Emmett asked.

"In the trunk on the left." Carina said opening the trunk.

"Okay." Emmett said. He grabbed the rope and threw it to Jasper on the other side. Emmett gently put the table upside down on the car.

"Get in and hurry up." Carina said turning on the car. Edward got into the passenger's seat. Rosalie, Alice, Emmett and Jasper got into the backseat.

"Carina do you have a box big enough for this?" Jasper

"Yeah I'll be right back." Carina disappeared for a second and came back. She threw the box at Jasper.

"So Carina, are you excited about going to Alaska?" Alice asked.

"I guess so. I want to ask a favor, don't tell them of my powers."

"But Carina they are family." Rosalie said.

"I understand that. But I'll just feel better, if my power was kept on a need to know level and we will see them like every decade or so, so please."

"If it would make you uncomfortable then we won't say a word." Jasper said.

"What about Eleazar?" Emmett asked.

"If we tell them that she only creates fields and reads minds then he won't look any farther." Edward said.

"It's one in the morning; we should get this under the tree." Carina said.

"Alright but we will have to carry it because we can't tie it to the roof." Alice said.

"I'll do it." Emmett said.

"If there is one scratch on that present when I see it again I will beat you up. You got it?" Carina said.

"Will do." Emmett said.

"Everyone one else in the car." Carina said. Emmett grabbed the table and ran out.

They drove to the Clark house and parked very far away.

"These are the times I'm happy I'm a vampire." Carina whispered as she silently opened the back door with a silent 'click'.

"Carina this isn't a regular thing with you is it?" Rosalie asked. Carina didn't answer but Rosalie didn't miss the smirk on her face.

"Where are they?" Emmett hissed.

"Give me a second." Carina said. She closed her eyes. She stopped breathing for a second then said, "They're in Carlisle's study."

"How did you do that?" Jasper asked.

"Something I pick up along the way." Carina said as Emmett placed the table under the tree. Alice did the same with the orb.

"What do we do now?" Emmett asked. Everyone started to think. They were so wrapped up in their thoughts that they didn't see Carina slip out.

"So where's Carina?" Alice asked.

"She needed some time to think alone."

"You know I will never ever look for her future ever again." Alice whispered dramatically.

"Why?"

"She's too unpredictable. If I did look for her future my head would be killing me." Alice explained.

Carina knew that she needed to stop disappearing but she was so used to the quiet when she needed to really think about something. Right now she didn't really know why she was feeling guilty. Ever since she tried out Jasper's power, she's been more in touch with what she was feeling. She stopped by an old tree and sat down. Why do I feel guilty? What did I do? When did it start? To that Carina had an answer. It started when she said she would give Edward a shot.

"Of course." Carina said out loud. That explains it she felt guilty that she's going out with Edward and she never truly broke up with Carlos. "I need to stop thinking like this." Carina said out loud.

"No, what you need to do is stop talking to yourself; it is the first sign of insanity you know." A man said. She was ready to attack in and instant.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Carina asked still growling.

"Easy now I come in peace." The man came forward; he put the alien peace sign on both hands. He didn't look dangerous. But Carina knew never to trust looks especially when it came to vampires.

"I asked you a question now answer." Carina said still crouching down.

"My name is Victor, I came to warn you and for you to warn your family." Victor said seriously.

"What do you mean?" Carina said. She was suddenly worried; under her nothing will ever happen to her family.

"My power is to sense oncoming life or death dangers. As I was walking I found a path and I followed it to you. I can not tell you what the danger is but I can give a rough estimate about the time it will occur."

"Interesting power. Is that all you can do?" Carina asked curiously. Now that she knew that she copies others powers, she didn't want to accidentally hurt someone.

"I can teleport and create electricity balls."

"Can you show me?"

"Sure." He smiled. Then the edges of him started to fade until he disappeared. He then popped in front of Carina.

"And the electricity balls?" He smiled at the enthusiasm in her voice. He held out his hand like he was holding a pool of water. Then a speck appeared it grew. It continued to grow until it was the size of tennis ball. "That's amazing. Victor how much time do I have?" Carina stared into his red eyes.

"Eight to twelve years."

"Alright then thanks."

"No problem…"

"Carina."

"Carina pleasure to meet you. I hope you get through your danger safely."

"Bye."

"Good day." He shimmered away. The sun was almost up. She closed her eyes and imagined herself in the living room with the rest of her family. She felt a chill run up her spine. Then she heard gasps surrounding her. She opened her eyes and she was standing by the table. Everyone stared at her.

"Well I see you all waited for me." Carina said casually.

"What was that?" Emmett exclaimed.

"Teleporting I guess." Carina shrugged.

"How did you do it, you never mentioned it before?" Jasper asked.

"I went to the forest to think and I was thinking out loud and Victor found me."

"Who the heck is Victor?" Edward asked. Carina could hear the anger in his voice so that made her angry because she never liked anyone yelling at her for no reason.

"Cool it Edward." All of them could hear the anger in her voice. "He's a vampire that followed a trail that I left behind. His powers are teleporting and creating electricity balls. We talked and he left." Carina said.

"So now you can really teleport?" Jasper asked smiling.

"Yeah it's so cool."

"Carlisle, Esme." Carina called. They flew down the stairs.

"Yes?" Carlisle asked he was holding Esme's hand.

"Merry Christmas!" They exclaimed. Emmett took advantage of the momentary shock and put Santa hats on Carlisle and Esme's heads.

"Carina you want one too?" Emmett asked.

"Yeah." Carina grabbed the hat from Emmett.

"Carlisle, Esme we want you to open your gifts now." Alice said.

"Esme the big one is yours." Rosalie said.

"Carlisle this one is yours." Jasper gave the little box to him. Carlisle and Esme stood there.

"Come on." Carina pushed Esme to the bigger box. Esme snapped out of it first she tore at the wrapping. She tugged at one side of the box causing all the sides to fall. Esme gasped. She walked around the table gently touching the carvings.

"It's beautiful." Esme said lovingly. They took turns tell her the facts. "Come here." Esme gave everyone a hug.

"Go on Carlisle." Edward said. Carlisle opened the little box. He stared at the orb, inspecting it in his hands. They told him the back ground.

"This is incredible." Carlisle whispered.

"Thank you so much." Esme said.

"It was Carina's idea." Jasper said.

"I would have never thought of these gifts if it weren't for everyone else." Carina said quickly. "Emmett, I got another copy of GTA III."

"Really?" Emmett asked excitedly.

"Want to play?"

"Hell yeah. Sorry." He added when Esme gave him a look.

"Where's your Play Station?"

"In my room. Let's go to your place to get it."

"No need." Carina pulled the game out of the pocket of her jacket.

"Come on." Emmett said sounding like a little kid.

"No picture first." Alice said.

"Aw, come on Alice." Carina and Emmett whined.

"One picture won't kill you." Carina and Emmett shared a look and both fell to the ground. "Very funny. One quick picture." Carina and Emmett got up. Alice went to her room got her camera. She went downstairs and set it up. "Get ready." Everyone had a hat and stood next to their partner. SNAP! Then Emmett and Carina were nowhere to be seen.

"Ever notice how perfectly she fits into this family?" Jasper asked.

"She's the missing piece that connects us all." Rosalie said. Carina ran down stairs gave Rosalie a hug and ran back upstairs.

Everyone was ready to leave for Alaska the next day.