Broken Love

by: JMFanficQueen

Preface:

The smell hit me the second I entered. I turned to see a pair of golden eyes staring at me quizzically. I knew those eyes. My mom was going to die when she found out.

Chapter 1:

The Past is the Past

It's been 50 years and no sight of him. Every time I moved to a new place, I thought about him. But I moved on now. I had a family, Nessie (short for Renesmee. I named her after Esme and Renee) Thinking about Renee put a hole in my chest. I left her, only keeping contact through e-mail. Some daughter I was. I was a vampire now. My gift is that I can project a mental and physical shield and I can hear the thoughts of the people inside my shield, but most times, I try not to hear to give them privacy. I can also cause illusions, and if I concentrate, I can move things with my mind. Mostly, I have overall control of mind.

Nessie is my daughter. She is a half human half vampire and has the power to show people images by touching them. Then there was Melinda. I found her when I was hunting with Nessie one day in Alaska with a bleeding gash from a head wound and her lips were turning purple. We raced her home and tried to warm her but it was no use. I ended up making the choice to change her. She barely moved an inch.

I guess since she was in hypothermia, the fire felt warm. She awoke and we explained.

She said she was Melinda and was 18. She was hiking and fell against a rock. She agreed and joined us. She struggled with the diet a bit but that was as far as it went. We spent about 2 more years in Alaska. Then came William. Melinda found him dying from a bear attack. She carried him to me and I bit him. He had the loudest transformation in history but Melinda never left his bedside. He woke and it was love at first sight.

Sophia and her mate Alexander also joined us soon after. They had been in a car crash. Both of them were the only ones alive. They were barely breathing so I changed them both. They also had a loud transformation but William's still beat them by far. At first, they hardly talked to each other. Finally, they figured out they secretly loved each other. If only it had been like that for me. Between all them and I, we raised Nessie and practically became her siblings in the true sense of the word.

Soon, their powers came. Melinda's was that she could control all the elements. Hers was painful. She was upset one day and I was near her. The ground shook and winds at about 100 mph came at me. Then, out of nowhere, it started raining.

"Stop Melinda, calm down" I pleaded. She needed to be calm. Finding your powers was frightening and possibly dangerous.

She was so freaked out; she froze me and then burned me. By then, William came and she calmed down. By then, I was poofed. Now, she has control but those first few months were treacherous. William's power coming wasn't too great either. He stole Sophia's favorite shirt and they were running everywhere. I went to separate them but he shot out his hand and said "wait" at the same time, I flew across the room. That's how he knew he had the power of electricity. Alexander had the power to change forms. He could be a vampire, any animal he desired, or nothing at all (invisible). He figured that out when we were watching TV Alex was excited and said "yes" and suddenly, there was a cheetah in our living room.

Then, it disappeared. It took hours to find Alex and calm him down so he could be visible again. With the help of a little flour, it was made possible. Last but not least, came Sophia. Hers was no big production. She came to me one day saying everyone suddenly had a color attached to them. After a few trials, we discovered Sophia could see emotions as colors around a person. Luckily, she could decide if she wanted to see them or not. When she concentrates enough, she can give a person a certain aurora as she calls it. Like Jasper's but more subtle. Now we are one big family. And I'm the leader. Me . . .

We had just purchased a 2-story house in Helena, Montana. On the bottom floor was a big living room. Then it branched off into the kitchen, the dining room, and a bathroom. Not that we need any of it.

The upper floor was bigger than the bottom room. It was practically one hallway that branched off into all the rooms. My room came first. It was pretty big with a bathroom and a walk in closet. It gave me a beautiful view of the Rockies and a lake. It was like a picture in a movie. My room was wood themed. I had murals and fake trees and exploring outfits and it all matched my view. My office was connected to my room.

I thought it was ridiculous to have one, but my family insisted since I was the head vampire. Leader of the Swan Coven. Next door was Nessie's room. She had her decorated with all the things she liked and all her collections and pictures. Next to her room, was Mel's and Will's room. It was more of a warm room with browns and reds and that.

Then there was Sophie's and Alex's room. Sophie's had lots of pictures of cars and she had drawings all over her desk. Alex on the other hand, liked architecture so he had a couple of architectural books and a bunch of blueprints scattered on his desk. The room came together at the huge bed which they didn't use for sleeping so . . . we decided all the rooms needed to be sound proof. We didn't need to hear what was going on.

Anyway, then came the library, the study, the bathroom, the art room, and finally it branched out into a 3 guest rooms. We weren't sure what to do with them yet so we left them as storage rooms or secondary rooms.

I heard a faint knock .

"Bella" Melinda said as I she peered inside. "Can I come in"

Melinda was an average sized girl. She had brown hair and it was pretty wavy. Her eyes were gold just like about everyone. She was slender but perfectly proportioned. She also had a crease on the forehead, which she gets when she's worried.

"Of course" I said as I laughed. "I was just finishing unpacking my stuff"

She came in laughing as well. She was always timid and very shy but her laugh was nervous.

"Is something wrong" I asked worried. I motioned for her to sit with me. She hesitated and then followed . . . not a good sign.

"What is it Mel?" I asked.

"Well, we were all talking and since we were going to finally start school this fall-" but she stopped.

"Yes" I urged her to continue.

"Well, we wanted to get our stories straight and we were wondering about your past" she said quickly.

Now I was really confused. I must have missed something.

"You guys know the story we are all -" but she stopped me.

"Not that past, your past, in general" she said quietly.

"Oh" I said. Now I understood. Nobody knew mine except Nessie, and she only knew a few people and that was it. I guess they never had the courage to ask since they probably guessed it was a sensitive subject. I turned to stone.

"We were hoping you could tell us but you don't have to if you don't want to" she amended quickly.

"All of you" I raised my eyebrows.

"Well, not Nessie. She knows but she won't tell us. She says it's not her story to tell" she explained, her face slipping into a pout.

I took an unnecessary deep breath. I had to get this over with. "I'll have to thank her for that one, but let's go" I said as I got up.

I heard a chorus of "Yes" downstairs.

"Really" she said smiling brightly and getting a twinkle in her eyes. She reminded me of Alice when someone said they to go shopping. Alice . . .

"Yeah, I guess I should have talked about this earlier. Just slipped my mind" I said as we headed for the stairs. Slipped wasn't exactly true. Avoided was more like it.

As I went down, I was suddenly tackled by Nessie.

"I'm sorry mom. I didn't mean too but they tricked me" she said.

"About what, it's okay" I soothed her as I got up.

She showed me how they tricked her at the same time Alex asked "Who's Edward Bells"

Ah. Nessie threw me an apologetic glare. Only she knew and not fully. I stiffened but quickly regained composure.

"Part of a long, sad story" I said. "Come on, I have some explaining to do" I said as I sat on a rocking chair with Renesmee on my lap.

Sophie and Alex were already on one couch. Sophie resembled Rosalie so much it was weird. They both had the blond hair and beyond gorgeous. She was also good with cars. Of course, Sophie was a lot nicer and understanding. Alex had muscle but not to the extent of Emmet. He had black hair and wore it all tousled like a certain someone. Will was on the other couch so Melinda simply sat down next to him and laid her head on his shoulder. He was slim but protective. His hair was honey-blond and curly.

"Well, here goes nothing, so . . ."

I told them all about my 1st year in Forks and Edward and all that. Then came my 18th birthday.

"I got a paper cut and Jasper attacked me. Edward was beating himself up for days. Finally, he took me to the woods and told me they were leaving. . . not including me" I said. I left out the I don't love you anymore part.

Everyone gasped.

"Mom" Nessie exclaimed. She didn't know that much.

I motioned with my finger to let me continue.