A/n- Thank you to everyone who reviewed the first installment of this story. This is the second story, the first one being Don't Underestimate Me. I am very sorry for taking so long to put up this story. This chapter took me over 3 days alone. This chapter was very fun to write and I hope everyone who reads this will see how hard I worked to make this story better than the last. Everyone knows in the first one, it was mostly about Bella and her new life and her new family, and this one includes every family member's life as it goes on and includes many subplots. The main character of this story is Mainly Mandy and Jake. It shows how their life together will either grow or end, it also goes over Mandy's journey of getting her sister back safe and sound away from the thieves who took her. It also goes over Bella's journey with her new baby twins Angel and Renesmee. This story will include a lot of the Volturi and their many different personalities. I hope you enjoy this story. I am planning on making two after this one, and I am thinking about re writing Don't Underestimate Me! Thank you, and enjoy!
Chapter 1
Mandy's point of view
This can't be happening. I was sitting with Jake in my room when I felt a stinging in my mind. It only happened when Jess was hurt. I immediately tensed and jumped up. Jake seemed shocked but I didn't have time for that. I ran over to her room. Every thought was running through my mind. Is she okay? What is wrong? Hoe can I help her? Does she want my help? And as I ran with all my strength everything seemed to be fading. I smashed open the door and let out a blood curdling scream. The scene was horrible. The window was smashed and the glass was spread everywhere. I saw a little blood smeared on the window and I knew it was Jessica's. Before I could take a step mom stepped in front of me and looked in the room. She growled loudly. I looked around her and growled myself. On the broken glass, was one piece of black fabric. I immediately ran over and pulled it between my fingers. I felt the anger build inside of me. I turned to see my whole family standing before me. I clenched my teeth and pinched the bridge of my nose. I need to find her, I need to find her. I had just talked to her ten minutes ago!
"The Volturi, they took her!" I said as I felt my eyes turn completely black. I growled loudly and stalked over to my room. I grabbed a random bag and threw everything I would need in the bag. I heard everyone follow me. "I have to get her back!"
"You're not going alone, young lady!" Mom shouted at me. I turned to her. They all gasped. I couldn't even feel my body anymore. I felt my lips coil back. I had only felt this once before, and I never thought I could feel it again. I felt a growl build in my chest, like a full growl.
"You can't tell me what to do! She is my sister, and I won't leave her alone." I hissed. I turned back to my stuff and clenched the strap in my hand.
"Let me go with you….please…" Jake begged. I heard the familiar voice, but nothing mattered anymore. I felt the anger only get worse. I felt my whole being take off and the monster I tried to lock away resurface. I felt venom pool in my mouth and the horrible burning ripped through me. The raw scars from the precious day still stung at my face. They were long and jagged. They covered the area from my ear to my eye and they went from my hairline to my lips. But that only fueled the fire.
"No one is coming with me!" I said through clenched teeth. My vision was cloudy, and I could barely make out the shape of the people in the room. It felt like everything was changing, that I was slowly loosing the little bit of sense I had, and my monster was coming higher until it took control of my body. Right now my logical sense was slipping away and the anger that I have been building up took control. Before anyone could fight with me I jumped right through the bedroom window. I let the anger I felt propel me further as I ran as fast as I could. Of course my logical side was telling me teleport, but something wouldn't let me, as if I couldn't. All I knew was I needed to get there, and fast. As I ran I felt the shame pull at me. The Volturi came, and I didn't even know. I didn't smell them, I didn't hear them, and I didn't even sense them. I don't get it.
The woods around me became thicker as I traveled further into the forest. This forest reminded me of my child hood home.
Flash back
"Daddy, please, can we go to school?" My younger self begged. I had only been 6 months, but yet I looked like I was 4. The aging process with me was weird, I had stopped aging at least 4 times, and then my rapid aging began. And as I begged and begged, dad would never let me out of the woods. It had become our home after mom left. I wanted her to come back, but I accepted being alone with my sisters and my father. The woods were the same as any, the trees high and fun to climb, the ground hard and muddy, but yet it had some grass. We fed off the animals that came around.
"You know you can't, people would notice we are different." Daddy had said. It had been the same routine. I had asked, and he had said the same thing. I never got my hopes up, because I knew it was the same answer. My sister was content with staying in the woods. Since she is half vampire like me. But of course dad went around getting food for our normal sisters.
"Come on Mandy, let's go explore!" Jess had said. I never really knew her for the quiet one; she was always the outdoorsy type. I was the quiet one who read. But I always played with my sister. I remembered this day the most. I got my first power. And as we traveled through the endless woods, I stopped short. I pushed Jess behind me. I could smell vampire, but it wasn't a familiar one. I felt a sudden jolt of pain go through me, but as it left I felt…powerful. And as the vampire came to face us, he had a grin on his face. He cupped his hands and threw the blazing fireball at us. I starred at it for only at moment in amazement, and then my nature took over. I pulled Jess with me as I dodged the ball of fire. I cupped my own hands and threw my own fireball at him faster, and hotter. He yelped in pain as the fire consumed him. I smiled slyly and walked over to the pile over ashes. It was the first time I felt…in control. And after that moment I never was the same.
"We have to go tell Daddy!" Jess had yelled as she ran for dad. I just stayed watching the ashes.
End
I felt the same sadistic smile pull on my lips. It was exactly what I was going to do to the Volturi. I didn't care what the cost was. Jessica is my responsibility and I won't let anyone touch her again. No one will even go near her! But why didn't she fight? Why didn't she scream, do anything to show she was struggling? Did she want to go? No she couldn't have I mean there was blood, and the window was broken. If they wanted to get it they wouldn't have smashed the window. And how didn't we hear that?
How is it possible that we are that blind? We shouldn't have missed that; we are vampires for pudding sake. We have heightened senses, we are trained for this! We are trained for the kill! I knew that every trace of my old self was gone, I was a new person, and I wasn't Mandy anymore. I was the evil soul that had consumed me the first day I had my kill. I loved killing, of course no one knew that about me. I had always kept that sort of stuff to myself. I knew my family wouldn't like my real self. No one would accept that I am a killer. Of course we are natural born killers, we are born just for that, we were created just for that, killing. In that instant I realized I was actually like the Volturi in that way. They knew we were killers, they embraced it. They didn't try to change that. But my anger and fury didn't decrease. They took my sister; they took her without her permission. They kidnapped her and made her bleed!
I felt the venom seethe through my mouth, and my lips suddenly stung with the familiar burning the venom caused, but I liked it. I always liked the feeling of the burning venom seething through my mouth into my victims wound. It was sickening, but it was true. I liked being a killer. I knew I should be shunned for being what I am, and I knew if the wolves heard me talking like this they would kill me on the spot, but I couldn't stop. Suddenly my mind filled with thoughts of being what I am, a killer. I wanted the kill again. In my mind, suddenly Jake appeared. He looked disappointed. But I saw myself attack him, and my venom filled his body and I watched in awe as he convulsed on the ground in pain. I saw him take his last breath as his chest stopped its automatic movements. But it changed, I saw him convulse again, but in agony as he screamed from the burning fire in his veins. And as his endless cries for help, he stopped breathing.
My mind filled with the beautiful picture of a Jake, but it was changed, and he could be mistaken for an angel. I felt my body running automatically to Volterra with only my memory of the way as my mind and body was consumed with the beautiful picture of my angel. He was the most gorgeous beauty I had ever seen. His wolf genes were enhanced as the venom had changed him into a part vampire. His eyes rang red as he pounced on innocent humans. To say I wasn't completely consumed with the mindless hope was a lie. I wanted this Jake. A Jake that could relate to me, a killer. A demonized angel roaming the earth as a half living goddess as he pounced on his prey with a child like grace. I knew it was selfish thought, but I knew if I asked this of Jake he would die before he made his decision.
He was a wolf, he couldn't change that, and it would be betrayal. But I was his imprint, and what I want I get. I let my mind wonder on the hopeless thoughts of innocent angel turning into a guiltless killer like me. A pretty angel like beauty that could seduce my kill without a second thought. I wanted to be this me, the real me, but my dad wouldn't allow it. He wanted me to be like he wanted me. He wanted me perfect, to be his little angel and to never hurt a fly, but that wasn't me. And I knew I wanted to make my family happy, but I needed to make me happy. I only just realized that now, I wanted to be like that, but would Jake allow it? Would he be willing to live and love a killer? The possible murder of his helpless and innocent little humans he loved so much? Would that be me? Would I allow myself to be that? A true Volturi? Almost like a baby Jane? I had heard the stories of Jane from Edward's mind. She was an ever sweet killer who had the power of pain. She was what I would be like. A hopeless lonely killer who fed off humans for fun?
I felt my mind wondering back to Jake. I always needed his approval, and if he didn't want me, I would die. I had become dependant on him. I needed him to survive. And if he regretted being with me, I wouldn't live. I would have the Volturi take my life the second he turned his back. I saw a familiar ocean coming up and I dropped the bag I had carried with me on the ground as I dived into the freezing water and began to swim. My orignal angel's face showed in my mind. I didn't want him to have to change for me, I love him the way he is, but he doesn't understand. Every second I'm with him I get thirsty, his scent drives me crazy and it hurts to be around him. It is like a drug, slow and endless, impossible to stop. I want to snap his throat every second.
I wanted him here with me; I wanted my angel to be by my side. I wanted his sweet taunting scent around me every second. It surprised me how much I really need him. And I laugh every time I thought of myself as a self conscious 11 year old with my old glasses on my nose and a book in my arms that was afraid that Jake would actually notice a little thing like me. I feel older now, almost an adult, and with that I can make my own choices. I already made this one. I am going to take out the Volturi, no matter who else I have to kill to do that.
Jake's point of view
I had exhausted my list of possible escapes. The Cullens haven't let me leave their sight since Mandy left. She hasn't made a call, hasn't even sent Alice a vision. The second she jumped out the window, I tried to run after her, but I couldn't. They wouldn't let me. They said it's too dangerous. But she is my imprint, and I need to get to her. I need her, and I need to find a way to get her. I thought I knew her, though. I thought she wasn't a rash person. But the second we heard her scream, she wasn't herself. Her eyes had been completely black, but not like normal vampires. Her whole eye was pitched black; there was no trace of there even being anything but pupil, or even the white in your eyes. She had been something different. Her hands held fire and her hair was slightly tasseled. She looked like a demon mixed with an angel. My angel.
As I paced back and forth through her room, Alice sat on the bed and looked for in her visions. She had said everything about the Volturi disappeared. That even Mandy's future was gone, even Jessica's. And as I kept pacing my mind raced. I needed to know she was safe until I can get to her. I need to get to her, and soon. I don't think I can have her gone for much longer before I go crazy. I had just gotten her back. Although, Edward said the second Mandy saw that Jessica was gone, her soul was gone. She had turned into some thing different, and she wasn't Mandy anymore. He didn't know if Mandy was even still alive. She was something completely driven on the kill. Her thoughts had rung the pure fury she felt and the only thing she could think of was killing the Volturi.
"Mandy, No!!!" Alice suddenly shouted as she sobbed silently to herself. Before I could blink Jasper was holding Alice in his arms. He rubbed her back as she yelled Mandy's name as she was stuck in a senseless vision. She suddenly sat up straight and turned to me. Her expression scared me. It made my heart sink. It was like she was disgusted and disappointed.
"What did you see Alice?" I managed to squeak out. It was as if my whole world sank. She looked like she saw a ghost and I couldn't understand why.
"Mandy…she killed a human…for fun….she just…and the human….Mandy….she can't be…and then she….she just killed her and sat and laughed. The vision disappeared. Mandy and the human…they were….after she…Jake….Mandy…it can't be her. It can't be Mandy. Jake she isn't going to stop until she kills them all, all of the Volturi who had seen her sister. She wants Jess back, and she doesn't care who she hurts. She won't stop, we have to stop her." Alice dry sobbed. My heart felt like it was shattered. I couldn't…I couldn't believe she would…
Edward's point of view
Everyone was in chaos about Mandy. Her thoughts had scared me. Such evil for such young a girl. It wasn't her anymore; it was like a demon took over her body. I had never felt such evil from such a small being. I have heard Mandy's thoughts many times, and I was always surprises…and scared to have her around and to think what she does. She is very…sadistic. She is like the Volturi almost. I can see it in her mind. I hear her true thoughts. She wants to be like them, to be able to kill and do what she wants and be who she wants without guilt. She replays the same memory over and over, her first kill.
She had felt…whole. She wanted to be a killer, to drink human blood and to kill without the thought of disappointing everyone. She is only still here to make her family happy, but she is not who she says she is. She loves being the monster we try not to be. She likes feeling human blood drain into her throat. I had heard the senseless things she had done before she came. She would sneak off during the night and drink humans. She had been two people while only showing one, and now I am scared that the more dominant one will show. The true Mandy is not a good one, but I don't think it is Mandy. When she is with Jake that is the real Mandy. Or at least that is what I want to believe.
When Jake is around…she thinks of being a mother, of raising little kids with Jake being her knight in shinning armor. She wants the fairy tale life, but then when he is gone, she wants her old life back, but with Jake. She dreams of having Jake like her, of him being a vampire…not a werewolf. She wants him to be a 'killer' like she is. Like she believes she is. She wants everyone to be okay with her killing without reason. But that can't be Mandy. When I see into her mind, it's almost like something is thinking that for her, it is trying to make her be like that. Like something is controlling her, but it still cares about what she cares about, like she is still in there.
But that thought flew when I felt a pressure on my mind. I was frozen in fear as I saw Alice's vision. I saw Mandy, her eyes were died completely pitch black with spots of red. But she was different. She looked older, like she aged 6 years in one night. She looked 18. Like she was new. She ran up to a small human form. I saw the old Mandy take recognition. She suddenly hugged the form to her body, and she sunk her teeth into the little neck of the young teenage girl. She dropped the girl carefully to the ground. Before anything else could happen, the vision stopped and I could hear Alice dry sobbing downstairs. It surprised me to see Mandy be that…different. But something told me we were missing something in the vision, like we needed to see the end to see what really happens. I didn't want anyone to get hurt because Mandy's revenge trip, but what can I do?
"You know it's easy to tell when you're deep in thought." I heard Asha's scratchy voice as it was coated with sleep. I turned from the window to my new angel. Asha is…well she certainly isn't Bella. She has dead straight brunette hair and almost glowing white eyes. She has perfect porcelain like skin and full round lips. Her smile could light up a room. She is my own personal goddess. And her blood is almost unnoticeable, but she is getting frailer, and she won't be able to hold on much longer. Maybe a couple of weeks on tops two months. I didn't want her to suffer, but she insisted on staying human as long as she can.
"Mandy took off." I whispered. I watched my angel as she nodded silently. She could see the distress in the family, and she didn't like it. She always knew that Mandy was different, that she wanted a different way of life than we wanted. She has expressed her interest in trying Mandy's way of life. She has become the closest to Mandy since living here. No one seems to want to get close to her until she becomes a vampire, their afraid they'll hurt her. Well everyone, but Emmett. He constantly annoys me with his antics. Although Asha assures me that she loves having him come up and comfort her. She loves having them come to see her, any time Carlisle comes in she gets in the best mood. The family treat her like an infection. She tries to show it doesn't bother her, and with Esme constantly checking on her, it comes easily. But Bella's family…they try to stay away. They usually come in once in a while and say hi, and say how much they want her to be changed, but they don't show it.
"I could feel her energy." She whispered frailly back. Asha always surprises me. She says things like that, that she can feel people's energies, and she can feel when they are coming. Of course I completely can believe her because she constantly gives me evidence. Carlisle says that might carry on to her vampire life. Everyone thinks that her power will be hiding, mainly her scent and sounds and movements and stuff. I couldn't agree more.
"Does she ever…well does Mandy ever express an interest in trying to change Jake when she comes to see you?" I asked seriously. I saw how suddenly her features ran cold and her body went rigid. I could tell she was having a battle with herself. She didn't know whether to tell me or not. And as I tried to read her mind, I could tell she was blocking me as she sang Flyleaf songs in her head. I could tell that was a yes, she just didn't want to betray Mandy.
"I cannot tell you, I am sorry." She said formally as she starred absentmindedly at the wall. She fiddled with her thumbs and she bit her lip. I tried to walk over to sit down, but the second I made a movement, she heaved herself off the bed and ran for the bathroom. This had become a constant lately. As her illness slowly sucked the life out of her. She wanted to act tough, to try to be tough for her family, but it wasn't working. I held her hair back and rubbed her back as she heaved the only thing she had eaten for days in the toilet. I didn't like seeing my angel suffering, but every time I tried to do something she would tell me she was fine. For a second I was completely okay with changing her, so maybe she wouldn't go through this. But it made no difference, because just shoes me away after a make a suggestion. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay, angel. I am here no matter what. Don't be sorry for something you can't control." I said quietly as I pulled her gently into my arms and rocked her back and forth as she cried into my shoulder. For moments I saw her true thoughts. She missed Mandy, she felt disappointed in herself, and she wanted to be with me. But not like this. Every time that thought passed her mind she scowled her self. I could never get a good feel on what she was truly trying to say by that. It seemed like she meant by being sick, but that wasn't what I kept seeing. I saw…humans…and death. And it took me too long to figure out what was really wrong. She wanted what Mandy wanted, but she didn't want to loose me. She thought I would hate her. I would never hate her. "Shh, Angel, it's okay."
"No, Edward it's not. I need to tell you something, but you can't be mad, okay?" She asked as she kept her eyes low and she ducked her head. She looked vulnerable, and sad. I nodded my head and motioned for her to go on. "Edward…I love you, which surprised myself since it hasn't even been that long since we met, but I want to be like Mandy. Or I want what Mandy wants…I know it seems…wrong, but I to try every way of vampire life before I decide my diet when I am changed. But at the same time I know you are committed to being like Carlisle, and I know you would never harm another human, and I would like to know your view on this."
"Asha…if being with you while you experiment different aspects of vampire life is what I have to do to be with you I will do it. Of course, I can't join you…Carlisle would be very disappointed…but I am willing to leave for while…while you try your new life style trails." I worded my answer carefully. She threw her arms around my waist and shouted in glee. I had never seen her this happy. It made me all fuzzy inside.
Bella's point of view
It's been 3 hours since Mandy left. Livi has been on edge, Mattie has been attached to my hip and all the kids have been in the basement oblivious to what happened. I never thought this would happen. I never really thought the Volturi were real. I thought it was just some myth that Edward made up to scare me. But now as Mandy ran to save her stolen sister from the Volturi and we all just sat back and waited, it made me...furious. But as I looked down at my sweet babies Renesmee and Angel. Angel's eyes were still something everyone talked about. The unnatural beautiful rainbow color made her look like a true angel. And Renesmee's beautiful chocolate brown eyes made her look like a goddess sent to earth. Everyone says she looked like me…but I say she looked like Mattie. His beautiful human blue eyes would have been something to look at.
"Bella, come on, we feed the babies." Mattie whispered into my ear. Even though Renesmee and Angel looked as if they were 4 months, we still called them our babies, because they are. Renesmee's gift is amazing. She can project her memories into people's mind by touch, and Angel…well Angel is like Jane…she can inflict pain on people with only one thought…but she can hurt more than one person at a time. We have tried to teach her to control it, but sometimes she slips, and we all forgive her. She isn't like Renesmee. Renesmee is quieter, and prefers to use her gift to talk; Angel shows her feeling with speech. They already have everyone wrapped around their little fingers. Especially Asha. One night I caught them crawling into her room and when they woke her up, she only laughed and scooped them up in her arms and they fell fast asleep. Usually they try to sneak in there every night. And we usually don't catch them, but Asha sometimes brings them back to their cribs. Sometimes she'll just let them lay with her and Edward. My family had added onto our old home to fit everyone comfortably. Although they still have their Forks home, we try to stay in Vancouver.
And now with the whole Mandy think today, everyone has been in total auto pilot. I can still hear Alice dry sobbing with Jake in Mandy's room as they try to figure out why she had hurt the human. Something in me says that she really didn't hurt the human, but tried to save her. I had been trying to convince them, but no one seems to care. They just want to get to the bottom of it. Mattie hasn't stopped worrying, any minute I swear he is going to jump through the window and follow the small scent that is left of her. Or whatever what was left of Mandy. I had seen her before she left. It wasn't…her. It had to be something else, something different. She had never showed so much hatred for one being before. She usually has a blank expression. Jake says she is good with hiding her emotions. I try to just go along with him, but I can see something has his logical sense. He is fighting himself. He wants to follow her, but he also knows we would catch him before he could.
"Mattie, do you think Mandy will be okay?" He stood frozen as I asked him that. He has tried to stay away from that subject. He wants her to come back, but he also wants Jess back. He wants to be able to see both of them happy and well.
"Bella, I think…in time she will fine, and we can continue the way we were supposed to." He said as he took Renesmee in his arms and started feeding her. She smiled up at him as she yawned and rubbed her little fists to her eyes and rubbed off sleep. I could see her beautiful eyes through her lashes as she looked up at her father. I could see the father and daughter bond they had, and usually they are attached. She clings to his legs as he walks around the house, and when he hunts, she goes with him. He usually doesn't feed them at home, he takes them hunting. But I can see he doesn't trust whoever took Jessica. It almost made me want to cry that he seems so…protective over Jessica too. It's like he is everyone's father.
Charlie and Mattie had gotten along great. Never once had I seen them show a bad look to each other, or ever said anything less than family like. Charlie excepts Mattie as a part of the family and he accepts being a vampire. Ang isn't bad either. She loves it, although she sometimes slips away at night to see Ben again. It's sad to see her hurt so much over a lost lover. She seems better with us, though. She loves being how she is. We usually hear her in the trees above the house as she tests her speed and strength. It is kinda funny. She makes little kid noises as she runs around the meadow in the back of the house. Every seems to gravitate to the back meadow, too. Like it's the new place to just…relax. I usually take the kids out there to play. It isn't very far. It is just through the back yard, through the woods, and you're there. It is very big and great for baseball when we decide to play. Which is whenever Alice has a vision that shows a thunderstorm.
"Mattie, she…when she left, she wasn't…Mandy anymore. I mean she was…something…evil, almost. I wish I knew what was wrong." I said quietly. He turned swiftly and I could see the venom pooling in his eyes, as tears that will never fall. I felt bad for him, my mate was suffering a great deal of pain because of one little girl, his little girl. No matter how much Livi denied it, Mattie was the true father to Mandy. He was the one who looked after her, and Mandy accepted that. She knew Livi was busy with the other kids, and she had to be strong. She had to show everyone that she was okay with being the eldest and most responsible. And somehow she was, she was the mature one in the small family. We had all watched as she matured and grew faster than her sister. It was like she was a new species of vampire, different from what Jessica was. And Carlisle has said that many times that he believes Mandy is much more advanced in vampire ways.
He thinks that when Mandy and Jessica were in the womb, Mandy had gotten more of the vampire gene than Jessica had received. Jessica is only about 45% vampire, but Mandy is almost 65% vampire. Edward had…described some of the things he had heard in Mandy's mind. He said she knew more about the way vampires really were, and she had done things she wasn't proud of, and things she was proud of. I had tried to talk to her about it, but she would always change the subject. I couldn't blame her, I mean who would want to talk about things that were supposed to be privately in her head.
"Bella, when Mandy comes back, we will discuss it. If something is wrong with her, we will figure it out later, but as of right now…she is just Mandy…" He said sadly as he set a now sleeping Renesmee back in her crib. I sighed as I continued to feed Angel. She looked up at me and smiled as she hungrily drank her donated blood. Usually Sammy or Samantha will sneak in and just feed them their own blood, but I shooed them away. I guess Renesmee and Angel just like either one.
"What's wrong, momma?" Little angel asked as she stroked my cheek. I just smiled as kissed her on the top of her head.
"Nothing, baby, nothing." I said quietly as her eyes shut silently and I heard her soft little even breathes. I carefully lowered her into her crib and shut the door after me. I could still heard Mattie pacing in our room as he went over plans to get Mandy back, but I knew, it won't work.
Carlisle's point of view
I went over the evidence countless times, and as I sat in my chair in my new study, it wouldn't fit. Johnny has been going over anything that could help find an answer. We tried to find anything that could tell us why Mandy did that, how she did that. It was almost like her body was being taken over, like she was not…well Mandy anymore. Steph and Esme have come up to try to persuade us to go hunting, but we refuse. Our goal is to help Jacob, and by doing that we must find out what caused Mandy to react like that.
"Maybe it was her vampire side coming out, when we get hungry or angry, it's like a monster takes over our bodies, right, so maybe it was her monster, mixed with her humanity. I mean, she is a new species, and she is almost completely different from Renesmee, Angel, and Jessica. She is more vampire than human, so maybe it is the toxins in her body mixed with the venom, causing some kind of personality change." Johnny tried endlessly to put the pieces together, but it just doesn't fit. I mean his statement is possible, but not completely plausible.
"True, but would a human's gene's change like that, would a human even possibly be able to have those drastic changes happen to their bodies so fast? Did you see her eyes? A vampire has never had that happen, even a human has never had that happen. No one's eyes can just completely turn black as if there was an oil spill. It had to be something demonic. I am not an expert on…possession, but it is possible. Something evil must have taken over her, she would never have acted like that. Especially not to young Jacob. I have seen the relationship between imprints, and no one can just ignore it like that. I have never seen that happen. It just isn't…possible. It was…." I tried to explain.
"But would an entity be able to take over a half vampire, half human so easily and so…drastically. There must be…something she hasn't told us, something no one knows about her that would cause such a thing…" Johnny said quietly. He makes a point. No vampire has ever been…possessed. Our species is basically dead. We cannot just get our minds taken away by a non living spirit, and there just isn't enough human in her for that to happen. So she must be hiding something, Maybe a hidden thought or mood or attitude somewhere in her subconscious. Something that could cause that change to happen so quickly. "I mean maybe we are over thinking this, maybe it is simpler than this."
"Maybe…" I trailed off. I thought of anything that could of caused such a thing to happen to such a sweet girl. If only Mandy was here to explain…CRASH! Suddenly Johnny and I ran from the room to find what happened. We saw Olivia, on the ground dry sobbing, yelling 'my baby' over and over. I felt sorry for the lost mother, two of her children are gone and she can't do anything.
"I am going to find her, we must find her." Jacob said aggressively as he ran up the stairs to retrieve his things. I was thinking in over drive now. We cannot just let Jacob leave to go find his missing imprint, but how can we make him stay here? It must be killing him to be away from her. I could see the hidden bond they had when she was here. It was like a secret that only they knew. They would smile to each other like they won the lottery. But when she left to save Charlie and Angela with Bella and Alice, she came back…different…a different person. Oh My! That's it. It must have been something that happened when they were gone, something that would have caused her to change so drastically so quickly! Now to figure that out…
Unknown Point of view
What a beautiful day! As the sun was shinning and the clouds were only coming back, I felt…sad. But as I ran around in the woods behind my house, I felt the mood change. Suddenly, everything was in slow motion, and everything seemed to be…sad….or angry…like a scary movie. I didn't like the feeling, I thought coming outside for the second time in two years would feel…great…but I guess not. Two years ago I had been running around my yard and I had been attacked by something…I don't really remember what it was…but it hurt me. I had slipped into a coma after I had been slammed into something and I had hit my head so hard it completely knocked me out. Although, after waking up I still wasn't…me. I can't really talk anymore…it comes out as stuttered speech and it doesn't make any sense, so most just consider me mute.
I don't like the feeling…I feel…useless. And it's all because of that thing. I don't really remember what it was…I can barely remember anything anymore. My mother left to go get my brother from school and she left me home alone, she locked all the doors, but I snuck out my window. She doesn't trust me alone anymore. And I didn't trust myself.
As I sighed and shoved my hands in my pockets, I walked deeper into the woods, but suddenly something hit me from the side. I felt a jolting pain go through my hand as I broke the fall with my wrists. I looked up to see a big fire around me. But as I let out a choked scream, that sounded more like a whimper, I felt someone put a hand under my chin. When I opened my then closed eyes I saw an Angel from heaven. He had beautiful blonde hair pulled into a pony tail. He had some stubble on his face, and a sinister smile. His eyes pure blood red, but they didn't scare me.
"Hold on, I want to keep this one." The angel said as he suddenly bit down on my wrist. It sent a fire into my veins and I was only able to let out one scream before I was completely immersed in fire and my head went into darkness.
Mandy's point of view
As I swam deep in the ocean, I felt the familiar burn in my throat that told me I needed to feed. Being around Jake has it's disadvantages. It can be painful, and before I left I had been closer to him than I ever had been. We were like one being sharing a soul, sharing one mind and body. I don't really remember much about Jake at this moment. My whole mind and being was consumed with thoughts of killing the guiltless bastards that had hurt my sister. That was all I could focus on, and with my fury and anger still in complete tack, and with the terrorizing monster still feeding off the raw energy in my body, I felt…new. I felt like I was actually living for once. I felt like me.
And I knew as long as the Volturi are still alive and my sister is in their possession, I must stay like this. But as I swam deep in the ocean, I knew, I couldn't hunt yet. I must wait to get to Volterra, then I will hunt, and it won't be long. I am almost to the shore where the front gates to city are only a couple of hundred miles away. It won't be long before I can rip their defenseless bodies apart with my bare hands and burn them one by one as they scream for me to stop hurting them and to just leave. It made me almost laugh every time I thought of it. Here I am, barely 12 years old but yet I am the most powerful being to walk the earth. As long as my powers are in tack, I have no weakness, except Jake.
It was almost unbearable to be away from him. But I knew I would have already taken his life if I was around him like this. I am not stable to be around anyone breakable right now. I could rip someone's throat out without even meaning too. And Jake may, be a werewolf, but he is weak. He isn't bullet proof like vampires, he isn't a vampire, that's the problem. The first night I gave myself to him I was still learning about myself, about being a vampire with all this power. And I knew I couldn't really hurt him as bad as I could now. I am deadly to be around, and anyone who upsets me, winds up dead. It isn't right for him to be able to love me, but yet he does. He accept my power, my strength. Although I wonder if he ever realizes, that one day, he will die. He is still half human…sort of. He can still get hurt, and can still catch diseases and stuff. One day, he will die, even if it is an accident. But me, I am more vampire than human. I can take on an army of a billion and still come out alive without a scratch.
That is the problem. I want him to be like me, to be able to not get hurt and to be able to do anything without worry. But am I willing to take his soul, his life, his everything away for my selfish needs and wants? No. I am not willing. Only if he is completely okay with everything I am. Everything that I will be. But that is the thing, if I change him, he might not even be a real vampire, he might be like I am. I am not even half human. And I have tried to heal humans with my venom, they sometimes don't become a full vampire. They become a messed up, vulnerable version of one. And sooner or later, I will be changed into a full vampire. Not some screwed up half like I am now. I am not even like my sister. She is the perfect half. She is a true hybrid. She can be whichever she wants. She can come across as full human, I can't.
People know I am different, like my family. I never realized that until I met Jake. I wanted to be able to be normal for him, to be a normal human imprint like the other wolves supposedly have. To be able to…drink and eat human food…to have normal human kids. I can't do that. I am not what he deserves. He deserves better, and I knew that from the start. But he just doesn't realize it. One day, I think he will, but I am afraid for that day. If he does, I won't be able to live without him, without our love. I'm worried that if I do loose him, I don't really know what I will do. I am guessing I will try to get myself killed, like Edward was going to do. I had heard his thoughts back when I first met him, and they weren't pretty.
As I walked onto the shore of Italy…I felt powerful. I felt like I had made it, and I know now I am going to save my sister…no matter what. I will do whatever it takes. I need her back, she is my other half. My power balances hers. And if she isn't there to balance it, I can't be held responsible. I still have the raw fear in my heart that they might have already hurt her, even killed her. I won't let that happen, but if it did I will burn every human in Volterra alive! She is not to be messed with.
"What if she wants to be in Volterra, to be a Volturi?" My conscience asked silently in my mind, I had been hearing the same voice every second in my head. But I haven't been able to answer anything it asks. What if she does want to be there? I would have never even thought of that. She never even wants to hurt bugs, she never hunts, even when she has too. That is why her power is so weak, because she has no way or balancing it with her diet. She doesn't hunt like I do. I hunt both human and animal. At night I still sneak off and take blood, even when I am not supposed to. She never even hunts animals. She feels it will be a crime against nature. And the Volturi kill and hurt people daily. They are the people who kill the rogue vampires that hunt conspicuously. She would never go to the one place where lives are most likely taken every second. She knows what they do.
But why didn't she make any noise. Jeesh, I am going to drive myself crazy with all these unanswered questions. I smiled as I started running on the road that would lead to Volterra. And as I ran, my soul felt like it was ripping apart. And suddenly my vision was taken away and I was somewhere else, mentally. A vision, like Alice's?
I saw Alice looking for my future. She was rocking back and forth as she tried to look for some way to see me. I always knew she couldn't see my future, and I used it to my advantage. I tried to stay hidden as well as possible. I needed to stay hidden. No matter what. But suddenly she screamed and she gripped onto Jasper as he whispered soothing words into her ear.
"Mandy's future is gone! It's usually just fuzzy, but now it's gone, when I saw her last…she was with someone, he looked like Jake…but he was a vampire…I could tell. I mean you were almost identical…but he had glowing red eyes! Unless…"She trailed off. I could see her eyes register what it most likely meant. I was going to change him… but I promised myself I wouldn't!
"Alice, was anyone else with them?" Jasper asked as Jake stood frozen staring at Alice. Alice suddenly held a sketching pencil and a pad of paper. Her hands moved magically over the paper. I could see a little figure bundled up in a blanket…like a baby…it couldn't be…I would never…I mean I did…with Jake…but…
"She's pregnant, and the baby changed Jake…maybe?" Jasper said quietly to himself as Jake stood frozen. I could see it almost made him cry.
"You mean…I'm gonna be a dad?" He said quietly to himself. Suddenly his face had the happiest smile I had seen. It almost made me cry. But I would never have a baby, I had sworn to myself I wouldn't! I would not let myself. No! Alice Change the vision now! I am not going to have a baby!
Suddenly I was thrown out of the vision when a car stopped on the road next to me. It was a man…maybe 23 or 24. He smiled down at me. His car was a silver Porsche that had black flames drawn all over the back. He smiled seductively at me as he raised an eye brow. I only now registered that I am sitting on the ground, with my head in my hands as my mind replayed the vision.
"Need a lift, babe?" He asked as he tried to make himself look tougher as he held out a hand. I just smiled slyly. I need to hunt, now I can hunt. I quietly got off the ground and slid into the car. I slammed the door behind me. He didn't start the car back up though, he slid over and put his hand high on my leg. I just felt my eyes get darker if that were possible. He shut his eyes as he leaned over and tried to kiss me. I just laughed silently and suddenly my teeth dug into his neck. He let out a little whimper as I sucked the sweet liquid from his neck. He made no move to push me off as I slowly drank the liquid. He only held still and breathed evenly. I only drank enough to quench my thirst, when I was done, I left his now sleeping(thanks to my power) body leaning on the window as I opened the door and started running. I was glad it was now pitch black out. I felt my body regain the missing power I lost with my thirst. My power felt new and my eyes tinted a lighter black.
I felt recharged as my now well fed body ran with all its strength. I kept replaying the vision in my head, and it scared me so much. Jake wanted to be a dad, but I am not having kids, I will not. I can not even trust myself around anything living let alone a little baby. What if I accidently forget to feed and then I suck the baby dry? What if I loose my temper and I crush the baby with my bare hands? I will resent myself forever, and so would Jake. It just isn't a possibility. I can't just have a baby; I would kill it in less than one second. But as I kept running, I was pulled into another vision, but this time, I didn't stop. My body kept running.
I saw Alice and Jasper on the bed, they were dry sobbing together. And I could see Bella in the back round, saying how much she thinks it's her fault. I couldn't hear what they were saying completely, but as I kept listening, it got louder.
"Bella, it's not your fault, no one knew she would join the Volturi." Mattie said as he came up behind Aunt Bella. I could see the despair in his eyes, and the betrayal as he hugged Aunt Bella to him. Nothing seemed to make any sense, I mean where is Jake? Is he there, or is he just…eating maybe? No…is he even alive?
"But we could have stopped Jake from going after her, and now….she killed him…."Aunt Bella trailed off as suddenly her eyes filled with the venom that would never come. I could hear Renesmee and Angel in the back round playing and shouting happily as they ran up to Aunt Bella and Uncle Mattie. I couldn't help but smile subconsciously. I was happy they were able to be happy at such a time. I mean I can understand what's happened, I'm not dumb. I…joined the Volturi…and I killed Jake.
"Bella, he isn't dead…he just…he isn't Jake anymore. I mean he didn't die when she changed him. And she did save Jessica, give her credit for that." Alice tried to argue as she held onto Jasper with everything she had. Jasper nodded silently as he stroked Alice's cheek. So, didn't kill him, I changed him? That makes no sense; I promised myself I would never harm him. And how could I join the Volturi? They…they took Jessica!
"The Volturi probably brain washed her. She would never join them. She…she would never hurt anyone." Jasper tried to stick up for me, and how wrong he will be. It seems no one knows anything about. They just assume I am a complete angel, but I am the opposite. I am a vampire, and I don't hide it, I don't try to change it. I embrace it. I will never hide my true nature. And I think that is problem. Maybe…the vision was a sign. Maybe when I get Jess out of there, I should…stay there. I mean I belong there. I am not a true Cullen, or even the new Mendes from how Aunt Bella puts it.
I would never hurt Jake, though. I have enough self control to keep him alive, and just as he is. I would never change him. Now I need to figure out why I changed him? I mean he would never want to be changed, would he? I wouldn't think he would, I mean he loves being a werewolf…not a vampire. We are his natural born enemies…I am his natural born enemy. And I am exactly the type of vampire he kills, the ones he enjoys killing. And I will always be that one type of vampire, and I won't change that.
I know what I have to do, but can I do it? Will I be strong enough to get my sister out of there and not kill the Volturi and too live with them? It seems almost impossible for me. But how can I kill them, when they are really my only way of leaving the family that held me dear for so long? But they also don't know me. They don't understand the things I have done, the things I want to do.
I snapped out of the vision faster than before. And I could still feel myself running forward. It feels like it will take me years to get to Volterra. I mean I am only half vampire. If I was full I would have already been there. I guess it is pretty good I am not there faster. It will give me more time to think. And this is a tough choice. Do I just leave my family and go to the Volturi, the people who took my sister? The people who hurt her and took her away from a family that loves and adores her? But if I go back to my family, will I be able to? Will I be able to hide my true self from my family?
Will I be able to hide it from Jake? The one person who I feel will accept me no matter what I do and who I hurt? Sooner or later, he will wake up during the night and find that I am not there. He will follow my scent and find me hunting. He will figure it out sooner or later. And after that he won't want me anymore. It reminded me of what Vara said the day Jake and I….well, you know. "You should keep him, and don't loose him."
That night I had thought I would never loose him, that it wasn't even possible…but I could, and I can loose him. I could loose him forever, and never get him back. If he ever found out that…that I had killed people…he would never even want to see me again. I would loose him forever. He would have to leave me; the pack wouldn't allow him to stay with me. Who would ever want to stay with me after that? Jessica was the only who ever knew I hunted humans, and she promised to never say anything. To never even think about it because of Edward now. I hope she kept that promise. But…if she didn't Edward would have heard her…he would have said something by now….wouldn't he? I mean he should have.
It would have the logical thing to do, if he knew that I was betraying his family, that I was betraying my own family. Unless he does know, and he just never said anything. But why would he? I never did anything for him? Thinking about Edward made me miss Asha. It had only been about a week, but I had grown close to her. She was like Jessica to me, a close person I could tell everything too. Asha always used to give me blood when I was thirsty and I needed the strength. Aunt Bella thought it was Renesmee and Angel taking blood at night, sometimes they would take some too, but not a lot.
Although I tried to just hunt, because Asha was already so weak. She was so close to death that she could sometimes not even move for hours at a time. I usually carried her everywhere so she wouldn't be cooped up in the house. She always loved when I would take her out running when Edward was showering or out hunting. It was quite fun for me, too. Her laugh was like bells and she looked so happy when she was running. She didn't seem so sick when I was taking her out. She seemed…alive almost. Like someone who was just enjoying a day out, not someone who was dying of cancer like everyone treated her.
Of course, she loved everyone no matter what, but it aggravated her. It was always so funny to see her groan and throw pillows over her head when someone treated her like a baby. She would always turn to me and thank me for treating her like a human being. My 'reward' was when she sang to me. I always felt so…light when she sang; like I was just the little kid I was supposed to be. I could just be care free and enjoy something so simple and loving like her. Her voice was amazing, it sounded like thousands of angels singing their souls. She sang all of her favorite songs to me. They were mostly sorrowful, like death and heart break, but some where soft and loving. She sang one song I would never forget. It was soft, and quiet, but the lyrics were burned into my mind. It was about how she was the luckiest person in the world, it was her original. She considered her life to be gold, something she was proud of. She loved being apart of our family, to be able to live forever with us. At first, she hated us. She hated every vampire on the planet. But now she sees that…well she thinks we are good people, that we would never hurt anyone on purpose. Whenever she tried to say how good of a person I was, I would just nod and agree. I didn't want her to know how I really am. What I really do.
But she always said the same thing. She believed vampires were horrible beings, but not us. We are worth living. I don't think I even deserve to be thought of as living. But yet my family still love me, they still consider me family. I don't deserve their love; I don't deserve anything I have. I deserve to be alone…I deserve to be dead. And maybe that is one thing that will happen, but not until Jessica is safe and sound in the place she needs to be, home. But right now, she is probably being fed off of by horrible evil vampires that don't give two shits about her. She is just the pawn to them, a pawn to my family…why else would they take her, and hurt her. It made me sick to my stomach just thinking about it. I wanted to kill them, even more than before if that were possible.
I wanted them to rot in hell where they should be, and I will make sure that is where they end up, forever.
Jessica's point of view
Where am I? It's cold…and dark. I feel weak…and hungry. I can feel my eyes completely turning black as the hunger consumed my every thought. I wanted Mandy. I need her. She is the one who always protects me…but where is she? Where am I? All I remember…is being at home, I was writing in my journal…and someone came through my window. They smashed it…and they did something to me…oww my head! I felt behind my head and it was sticky and it smells like rust and salt. I tried calling to Mandy, it had always worked when we were kids. I focused my thoughts on Mandy, on finding her. But just as I was about to break through my barrier to my mind, a sudden light appeared and someone walked through the door.
"Hey beautiful, lunch time." An angel said as the light shined on his skin and made him sparkle. His eyes completely blood red and his hair was long to his ears. His smile was beautiful and his teeth are razor sharp…my angel. Suddenly as I tried to stand up, he grabbed something from outside and threw it in. It was a man, about 25. His eyes were brown…almost like Sammy's. His hair was covered in blood and his smile was crooked. His smell was amazing, but not the best…but he's human. "Eat up."
"No." I mustered the strength to say. The angel looked surprised at first…but then he smiled. He slowly came down to my level, and kneeled in front of me. He smelled like mint as the wind from outside blew in. I tried to be able to get up, to make a run for it, but I am so weak. I can barely move. Suddenly the angel made a grab for the man, and he…he…he killed him. He ripped his throat out and brought it out to me. He smiled and put a little on his finger, as if I am child.
"Eat." He commanded. I shook my head as I turned my head away and stopped breathing. The smell was so intoxicating; I almost made a dash for the now dead man. I was having a mental debate with myself as the angel brought the man's mangled throat to my lips and forced me to drink…I almost didn't…but I'm so thirsty…and he is already dead…one sip won't hurt. But I didn't just sip; I drank the man dry and looked over at my angel for more. I felt my eyes slowly turn a light red…where as my then turned blue eyes were gone. My angel laughed and soon a little girl was thrown in front of me. Her eyes were solid white and her lips blue. I gasped in horror.
"She's…so little." I felt my lips mutter. I shook my head and curled into the farthest corner. I could see the room slightly clearer. The cement floors were cold and damp and the air was moist and smelled like delicious blood. There were chains hanging from the walls and everything is dark. The room could be one from a horror torture movie, where the killer makes the innocent victims go through tests to see if they'll live. I wish I was back home, with my family…my real family. I want mom, and Sammy, and Aunt Zoe and Uncle Emmett. I wish I had grandma Steph and Grandpa Johnny here.
"She was dead when she got here, come on beautiful, drink up…she'll build your strength." The angel said as he brought the little still body over to me and cut the base of her throat. It almost made me attack him, I wanted, no needed the blood. I felt like I could barely move…but she's so small…so dead. I couldn't…it just wouldn't be right…and Grandpa Carlisle would be so disappointed.
"Drink with me?" I asked quietly. The angel smiled slyly and bit into her arm. I brought my lips to her neck…it tasted…so amazing. And I suddenly felt strong, my eyes turning completely blood red. My body felt recharged. And the blood slid down my throat and quenched the dying parched feeling. It spread like wild fire in my veins and I felt like a new person. Maybe this is why Mandy drinks human blood. Because…I can't even describe it. It's like getting air for the first time…like looking down at a new born baby…absolutely addicting. Will I ever get to drink animal blood again? Can I? Will I be satisfied with it?
"Feeling better, beautiful?" The angel asked as he threw the carcass to the side where the now dead man's body lied. I nodded furiously. He smiled and walked over. He layed a hand on my cheek. I could feel his breath on my face, and it was almost unbearable not to breath it in. He smells…differently than my family…like…sweeter. And he doesn't have that musty smell like Jacob does. He could truly be an angel.
End of chapter 1/ A.n-
Hey everyone, I know, it's sad. The end of chapter one! I wanted this chapter to be a hell of a lot longer, but I didn't want the whole story to be done in just the first chapter. I will have the next chapter done by next week!