Twilight Saga: Side Story
My life was a puzzle, yet to be solved… I was the odd puzzle piece that had no matching pieces, until…
My life in Forks is very… wet. I didn't like the weather here at first but you grow to love it.
"EDWARD!" as I called out to him, I flung my arms around him in total bliss. "Ouch… Bella… don't forget, you're still a bit stronger than I am. Your hugs are a bit… breath-taking if you know what I mean…"
This is Edward Cullen… My, Edward Cullen, the love of my existence and my… "husband". The wedding was great but I could've done without a few decorations but in the end, I couldn't outwit Alice…
Alice never did get back to me for that "I'll owe you for a century"… well I'll have to nag it out of her later…
"Mommy!" Renesmee almost rocketed herself into my arms and immediately replayed her entire day through her "powers".
Renesmee was my biological daughter… I noticed that she grew again since the last time and was about the size of a 10 year old even though she's only 2 years old… Renesmee is a cross-breed between a vampire (my Edward) and myself (while I was still human). Those were my greatest and most painful moments… (refer to the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn).
That's right… After the conflict with the Volturi, it's been about 2 years…
After the conflict, all of Carlisle friends from the other covens all returned to their daily lives except Garrett who now joined the Denali clan and is now very well acquainted with Kate. Jacob returned to school since he was still a student but he was persistent. Edward and I already graduated and spent most of our lives together or with Renesmee visitng various covens (Renesmee persuaded us to visit the Romanians but thankfully, we couldn't find them.) Besides this fact, everything has returned to the way it was… until the day "he" arrived.
A strange man appeared in front of my house the day I visited Charlie. He didn't seem to be any different from any other human but there I had a feeling that he was different. He seemed to be young and healthy. He looked not too old from me and Edward (well… Technically Edward was almost a century old but he stopped aging at 17 hehe).
"Hello. Um… I'm here to see… Isabella Cullen?" I saw Charlie twitch at the change.
"Um… yes that's me. I prefer it if you just called me Bella."
"Oh yes… well. I have a favour to ask of you and Edward."
"Who's this?" and before I noticed; Edward was beside me.
"Oh… please excuse my frail manners. My name is Ricardo Gavaro and I work for the Volturi." at the mention of the name, I could hear Edward growl and hiss.
"What does the Volturi want with my wife?" I always resented that word since I never really got over the entire get married concept and Alice throwing the biggest and most extravagant wedding didn't help at all when it came to getting over it…
"I would like to request the help of Bella and your coven and any others that you may be able to scout. We have a major crisis on our hands." Ricardo seemed really troubled and he didn't seem to be lying so we decided to listen.
"Not too long ago… a small coven of 3 adult vampires recruited a newborn not that old that rumoured to have incredible powers. Aro was interested in this newborn and sent the usual scouts to retrieve this newborn." Ricardo suddenly looked terrified as if he saw a ghost or a monster (no pun intended towards Bella and Edward).
"What happened to the scouts?" Edward answered. He must've peeked an interest somewhere within the conversation.
Before Ricardo answered; his face seemed grim with despair.
"The scout members consisted of Alec, Jane and Demetri with a few other guards. Only Demetri returned; unsuccessful in his hunt and missing an arm and severe damage to his lower abdomen." My jaw was hanging down in shock and it took me all my strength as a vampire to put it back up. I looked at Edward and his facial expression mirrored mine.
"Does this mean that Jane and Alec are dead?!?"
"We are unsure of their demise since it happened so quickly but yes… with the damage that Demetri came back with, we can safely assume that they are dead."
My mind was racing as I heard this information. "Jane and Alec are dead? But… how?! The evil twins with the power that counter-acts each other. The 2 people in the Volturi most feared by all vampires around the world. Alec and Jane.
"What did Demetri have to report? Was there any information of what kind of power this newborn possesses?" Edward was anxious now that he heard that the twins were dead.
"Well… there was one information that was found to be extraordinary." This made me think… Extraordinary for vampires? What could it possibly be?
"We found high traces of ammonium oxalate on Demetri's arm or what was left of it anyways… and he said that while Jane and Alec were negotiating with the coven; they suddenly disappeared… He also says that he didn't feel any pain but the next second, his arm disappeared as well…"
I have seen vampire powers where they can track people a continent away, a power to predict the future, but a power to make someone disappear in a matter of seconds is non-sense…
Edward seemed to be deep in thought as if he were trying to decipher a by-numeric code forged in stone by ancient Aztec priests or something like that.
Ricardo seemed to have told us all he knew and now it was up to us to come up with a decision.
"Very well Ricardo, I shall get back to you after we consult Carlisle but in the meantime; would you like to join us for some tea?" This seemed to ease the tension around this situation.
I knew that my peaceful days with my family are over… This was not just a problem for the Volturi but for the entire vampire/human race. If this newborn were to fully utilize it's power… There would be no one who could stand up to fight… That would mean the end of Charlie, my family, my friends and most importantly; my Edward.