Dreams... (A Twilight Fanfic)

Chapter 8

Okay everyone, this chapter is from Carlisle's point of view of his trip overseas to find answers.

Chapter Eight

Carlisle’s trip

Edward’s story set me on Code Red. This was kind of the missing link – still, I was not

really willing to think about this, but the facts were there:

1) Bella talked in her dreams about Aro – that’s what Edward explained in our first

talk. OK – that might be someone else yet highly doubtful.

2) Edward was changed while Bella was killed – too strange to simply be a kind a

co-incidence.

3) Bella herself explained the strangest things; the different era’s she had lived in

her dreams. All with the same outcome; her death.

I wondered why Edward had not thought about what I was thinking now – was Aro behind this? Aro, our ‘old friend’ that I met quite a while ago, as I was a young guy, traveling throughout Europe ? Aro – keeper of the

vampire rules?

Still, I was not sure about this. But nevertheless – this was the reason why I wanted Edward to bring Bella home. As he started to show her the house, he would have shown her as well my room – with all the paintings of my past, with the one painting showing me and the Italian Royalty of our kind, me and Aro at the balcony. Sure, I was curious whether she would recognize the face, but at this point in time, I was still thinking that we could avoid telling her about us – which would be

impossible seeing me at the same age in the painting.

Now, having Bella and Edward’s stories in mind, I was focused on keeping her safe, to avoid any further killing of Bella or Edward. Even when this meant cutting ties with the Volturi and possibly visiting Aro with the likely outcome of getting killed

myself. That was another reason to go alone. The other was that, with Alice or Emmett or anyone else on my side, it was more likely that Aro would accidently be informed about Bella. IF he was the threat this would give him evidence, even show him where the target was.

So, I went alone. I just stopped at the house, informed Esme briefly about the latest status and that Edward would come soon, that they should consider staying with Bella for a while. I just grabbed a few clothes, my passport, some money, and

went to the airport. My purring Mercedes gave me some peace back.

If I go to Aro and he is the threat, he would very likely kill me and would go after Bella, even Edward and my family. But – he was not the only one I could ask! By way of Edward and Bella, the killings have been going on for almost two hundred

years. What if there is someone else I could talk to first? Aro was always eager to collect things – stuff like gold and adamants, people with special skills, like Jane and Alex, and knowledge. Aro wanted knowledge about the other mystical creatures that coexists with us.

He once showed me a rare old book, written on the old skin of giants, filled with myths. Myths about the vampire’s world. Myths he believed and tried to figure out how to get advantages out of this. At this time, he briefly mentioned that this

book was one of just only 2 others. The story told of gaining and losing power over millenniums. It was written by ancients that are unknown meanwhile, collected by people that were called registrars. And I knew one of them.