Running, its something I have learned to love. Blurring past the trees, the unsuspecting animals, and the occasional hiker. There is very little better than flying past a herd of deer, or leaping over a ten foot wide river on your own two feet, well besides doing it on four of course. It beats doing it in some ones arms or on their back any day.
Perhaps I should explain, I Isabella Santiago, former Swan, am an Elemental Were. Yes that Isabella, the one who was dumped on the forest floor by my vampire ex-boyfriend 170 years ago. But I have gotten over it, mostly. I have a new family that I love and that loves me. So as I was saying, I'm an Elemental Were, with two beasts inside of me, a white wolf with light blue swirling through my fur, and a snow leopard with the same blue markings. Now what element to I possess you ask? Water, if the blue wasn't enough of a hint, water and all forms of it, including my favorite, ice. The weird and awesome colors through our fur aren't the only difference between us and say, the shifters of la push, were much larger, that and we actually have the beasts inside of us, the spirit while they simply use borrowed magic to take the form of a wolf. My animals aren't the only thing different about me, my human form has changed over the years as well. I'm taller now and stand at 5'10 without heels, I'm also way more toned and graceful. My long chocolate waves are long gone and replaced by blue and white curls. My eyes are an ocean blue, and most noticeable, my favorite, the tattoos that cover my skin. Swirls of blues and white cover just about all of my body, even my face, a pain to cover up for school all the time. They also like to move around now and then. I'm also, not to sound conceited, but I'm beautiful, we all are.
I don't go by Bella anymore either by the way, the only person who calls me it anymore is my dad, or my brother when he thinks he's being funny calling me baby Bella. Mostly cause I'm the newest to this life and family, well besides my dad. I go by Isabella, Izz or Izzy. We are currently living in Surrey, England, and right now I'm standing at the edge of a beautiful lake swirling the water around masking small whirlpools and just tossing them around. I was in the middle of bringing a tornado of water into the air when I was tackled from behind. A tangled mess of limbs we both rolled down the little bank and into the cold water as my tornado fell with a splash. Once I sat up water covering to my chest I'm greeted by the booming laughter of my brother Justin. He reminds me a lot of Emmett, the giant-ness, the constant jokes and pranks. He must have just gotten home from football practice because his cover up was washing away revealing his bright green swirls on his face, he never bothered covering the ones wrapping around his muscular arms. His white shirk soaked through showing his defined chest also covered in multiple tattoos, is mop of blonde and forest green hair dripping down covering half of his face. Unlike most of us, he only has one beast, a huge snow white wolf like mine but bigger with green and brown paws and a green chest. His element is the earth, he can manipulate from rocks and the ground to trees and bushes.
"Is there a reason my dear brother you are out here." I say, it took me quite some time to get use to the seductive purr of my voice, or the bell like sound my laughter now had, or even the husky chuckle that seemed to affect both men and women alike. "why yes my dear sister there is" he replied faking an English accent, which was hard considering her is from New Zealand. "Oh pray do tell." I replied playing along. "well our dear mother has sent me out here to fetch you, father will be home shortly and you just must clean up for supper." As soon as he finished we both burst out laughing. "alright alright I'm going to run off some more energy and I'll meet you home." With that he takes off dripping water with every step. I took off in the other direction shaking the water off as I began to sing 100 years by 5 for fighting. Something I have taken up to help with my control and stay calm, my sister taught it to me.
Alice POV
Great, another country, another town to feel completely broken in. another decade passing as I wish for my death, as if I deserve to be out of my misery. What makes it even worse? He's with us again, the cause of my pain, my torture. My dear brother, the golden boy, Edward has returned. I don't bother trying to hide my thoughts from him, I don't bother trying to hide my anger, my hatred from Jasper. Or even my disgust as Carlisle and Esme dote and hover over him. Making sure he's ok, as if his heart was ripped form his chest. As if he wasn't the reason our family was broken. It gets better, he isn't alone. No apparently he has found his mate, in another man, a human man he had no trouble turning. After all of his arguments over her mortality, her soul. Irina has also joined us, she needed a little break from her family. eHH
We were currently running through the trees searching for our new house in England and I was ignoring the pitying looks he was sending my way. I suddenly stopped, I had to as the beautiful angelic voice reached my ears. It echoed through-out the forest, I couldn't pinpoint it. "15 there's still time for you, time to buy and time to lose. 15 there's never a wish better than this when you've only got 100 years to live."
"do you all hear that?"
"yes it's beautiful"
"what is it?" I took off running searching for the owner of this voice. It grew louder slightly as I sped up frantically looking left ad right, I had to find the owner the voice drew me in. my family followed right behind me. That was when we collided, a pained grunt left the figure as we hit, than another when I landed on top of her. Vampire fast I was off of her and 3 feet away looking down at the figure clad in a long snow white cape and hood. "oh my god I so sorry" I rambled off as my family joined my side. "I was just following the voice singing I didn't hear or see you I'm so sorry." The figure sat up with a groan, her hood falling back to reveal a beautiful sight. Pure snow white and blue curls framed an angelic tattooed face. Bright blue eyes widen as they take us in a snarl forming in her pale lips. "I apologize for my daughter, she got excited and wasn't watching where she was going and meant no harm. Are you alright, hurt at all?" a musical and cruel laugh leaves her mouth before spitting out "physically you can hardly damage me Cullen."
"how do you know our name?" I asked the angel before me as she gracefully rises making a vampire look clumsy. "What's wrong Alice? Don't recognize your pet, your dress up doll? No I don't suppose you would after all this time, I mean I was just there to keep your brother occupied anyways." My eyes widen drastically as I take in the familiar features, as I feel the pull in heart, as one face, one name flies through my head, I finally utter it in shock, "Bella?" My family gasps as the figure before us begins to clap her hands slowly. "Brava Alice, I really didn't expect you to recognize me. I'm not exactly the same pathetic pet you left behind."