A/N: Hi everyone, I know that I have been switching from one story to another but as you know Why Did I Get Married is postponed for now, and Unexptected Holiday is being finished by my sister. I really hope you all enjoy this, and the pictures will be either on my profile or my homepage. The only picture on my profile for this chapter is their house. It's gorgeous so check it out! Enjoy!
P.S. The twilight characters are not mine :(
APOV
I watched from the roof of a building as a couple yelled at each other over trivial things. Who was supposed to lock the front door? Who was supposed to walk the dog this morning?
I shook my head. I had worked so hard to open up their hearts and here they are closing it again in front of my very eyes. My heart broke and I restrained from crying.
It will be over soon, Alicia, now you must go.
Yes, I know.
I got up and jumped down from the building into the alley. I had a job to do; I would fix that relationship later.
My name is Alicia, and I am the Angel of Love and Body. Anything that has to do with love, lust, beauty and seduction is of my doing. I have two other sisters who are also angels who are going to meet me at our destination. Well, at least I'll be meeting one of my sisters; the other one can be difficult at times.
She will come; she knows it's her duty amongst her calling.
I sighed and gave my trust in James. He was my mate after all, my other half. James is the Angel of Hate. He is the reason for violence and bloodlust, jealousy and murder. Ironically, we balance out each other and that is why we are soul mates.
There are only seven head Angels and we are all mated to our other half, except one. It has been that way since the beginning of time, and no matter how many times I try to find her mate, I haven't been able to match her with anyone. It breaks my heart when we come together and she is the only one who isn't paired, but she never seems to mind it.
I focused on where I had to go and set off. There was something that was coming, something that could ruin the very balance of the world, and if that is disrupted, then there will be no more human existence.
CPOV
I took a deep breath and slowed the wind around me. The earth is not happy, but I thankfully could calm it down.
I am Celina, the Angel of Wisdom, but known to humans as Mother Nature.
I am the angel that controls the balance between earth and humanity. Hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and anything else is what I control. I am called the Angel of Wisdom, because it I knows when humanity is in danger of the elements. They bend to my will and are connected to my emotions.
Celina, it's time.
My mate, Ethan, interrupted me from my musings.
I'm on my way.
Ethan is the Angel of War. We are balanced out, because though I calm the earth, he destroys it. Not many know of the atmosphere where earth knows when it is being abused. When war breaks out, earth's vibe is disrupted, sending it into a dangerous disarray, and it is my duty to prevent it's retaliations from destroying its very land.
But lately, earth has been unbalanced by a force that is making it very difficult from being controlled, and because of that, Haiti has suffered a great deal of damage. I tried my hardest to prevent it, but it seems as though the earth wants humanity to pay for its discomfort.
I don't know what's out there, but in the research that we've found, we know where it's heading.
Forks, Washington.
BPOV
As I rose from the pit within the earth, I wiped my brow and looked around. Looking at the humans around me, I suppressed a sneer. Not all of them got on my nerves, but many of them did with their desires and crap.
I felt the pull in my heart that has been happening lately. I knew of my job, and I would get there. Eventually…
No, now!
I sighed, hating the fact that, because Ethan was the leader of us top Angels, he could communicate with all of us through our minds. Other than him, mates are the only ones that could do that.
I'll get there!
I all but growled at him. He knew of my little patience. Ethan better be lucky that I love him and that he was my sister's mate or we both would knock heads more than we usually did. And I am one person you do not want a confrontation with.
I am Bella, the Angel of Death, plain and simple. I either take you to Heaven, or I drag your ass to hell.
You have until the count of three to start running to Forks, or I will come find you!
Jeez, Ethan, calm down, I'm on my way.
I huffed and began to run to Washington from Montana. It would take me almost two days to get there, but whatever.
I hated the fact that we have to be guard angels for a while, until we figure out what this thing is. Stupid Volturi.
They are the ones that noticed who this thing is targeting. Vampires with gifts, and because there is a coven with powerful and useful gifts, we have to protect them! If they are so worried about their precious coven, then they should send some of their own to protect them! Now I have to be the Angel of Death and a guard dog!
"This sucks." I grumbled and broke out into a full run when I reached far enough into the forest where no hikers or any other humans would be able to see me.
Being an angel you would think that I had wings, right? Well I don't, so get over it. Yes, I can levitate, but it doesn't make me go any faster, though I wish it did.
The only thing that I was remotely excited for was to see my sisters, Celina and Alicia again. It has been a while, since I had seen them, but I wish it was under less stressful circumstances.
Celina is the oldest sister. She had long brown hair that stopped to the middle of her back. Standing at 5' 6'', she was tall and skinny, but is basically both Alicia and I's mother.
Alicia is the middle sister. She had long blonde hair that also stopped to the middle of her back. At 5'4'', she was of average size, but had a body to die for. She had curves in all the right places, and as the woman who controlled the very love and lust lives of humanity, she was the ultimate seductress.
Then there was me. Isabella, but I prefer Bella, the youngest sister. I have long mahogany hair that flows to my waist. I am the shortest at 5'1'', and have an average body. There was nothing special about me, and I doubt that there ever will be.
I am the only Angel without a mate, and that is perfectly fine by me. I have always been by myself, since the beginning of time, and it will probably be that way at the end of time as well. Having a mate has never interested me, and I wish my darling sisters would realize that.
The most noticeable thing about all of us angels is our eyes. I eye color corresponds to what our jobs are. Celina's is a beautiful shade of dark green. Alicia's are a shade of silver, while my eyes are violet, but when I have to drag someone to hell, they are pitch black with a rim of red. Or at least that's what Ethan says, I've never actually paid attention to them when they change. There are no mirrors in hell.
You made the right choice; I thought I would have to haul your butt to Forks myself.
Whatever Ethan, just the rest of you get there when you can.
I had a job to do, and I wasn't going to let this coven disrupt that. Without death, there is no life, and I was not about to deal with the repercussions from my dear cousin, Halia, Angel of Life.
I sped up when I arrived in Seattle, knowing that in half an hour, I would be able to see my sisters again. I had missed them very much. We always tried to see each other, but our callings never permitted us to. It's unfair that this would be the situation that we would come together!
Why could the assistant Angels be this coven's guards? Guardian Angels and Muse Angels were assistant angels. There were a vast number of them, as every human had a muse and a guardian angel, so they could help out, instead of making us do it.
The assistant angels aren't doing it, because the humans need their angels! Ethan growled in my head.
Well, if you weren't eavesdropping on my thoughts, then you wouldn't have a reason to be angry. I said haughtily.
I wanted to make sure that you weren't taking any detours as you seem to love to do when I give you a direct order.
I huffed and rolled my eyes. I had nothing else to say to him. We had a bone to pick with each other anyway, and I want him in front of me when I nail his ass to the wall for making me do this.
I had finally arrived at the spot in the forest that our house was supposed to be at. I looked up at the three aligned stars and chanted the password in my head.
Abra. This means 'open' in Portuguese.
Soon, a thick fog started to roll in. When it dissipated, a mansion sat in front of me. I walked down the side walk and through the front door.
Fim. I thought, meaning 'close' in the same language, so that it would be hidden again, and no one would be able to find it unless you were one of the seven angels.
The mansion was absolutely beautiful and enormous. I took to looking around, since I didn't hear anyone else in the house. That means first come first served, but I wouldn't take the biggest room anyway, since it would just be me in it.
There was a movie room, and a game room, a pool and a Jacuzzi, so I know when the boys got here, they would absolutely love it here.
"Hello, anyone here?" I heard a voice yell. I ran down stairs to the front door to see Celina standing there in all her glory.
"Celina!" I yelled.
"Bella!" she embraced me and all but cried as she took a look at me. "How are you, sweetheart?" she asked in a motherly tone. I couldn't help, but smile.
"I am doing fine, CeCe, how are you?" I asked.
"I am fine as well. Come, let me look at you." she spun me around. "You are absolutely gorgeous." She sighed.
I rolled my eyes, "Sure, sure. As gorgeous as I'll ever be." I mumbled.
She gave me a pointed look, "None of that. You know as well as I do that you are absolutely beautiful and nothing less."
I chuckled and nodded anyway.
"Well, it seems that the love fest has started without me." Alicia feigned sadness.
"Ali!" we screamed and crashed into her. Giggling, she slipped from our arms and gave us each a hug.
"I have missed you, my sister." She sighed. We agreed wholeheartedly and went to the living to catch up.
We talked about everything that we have been doing, which is pretty much our jobs, and about all the places we've been. We all have been around the world, but as man creates new sites, we visit them. How else are we supposed to entertain ourselves when we have been here, since the beginning, and will be here long after?
"When are the rest joining us?" I asked. Ethan really didn't tell me anything, except about the threat and what we were supposed to be doing. I didn't even know the names of the people in the coven.
"Halia should be here in a few hours and the rest will be here in a week's time, two weeks at the most. I know that Ethan hasn't told you anything, but he has told me, so I will explain to you what is going on." Celina said. "There is a threat out there, something beyond the Volturi can control, because it is not vampires who are causing this. It is some type of dark spirit that has been feeding off of the extra aura of evilness that is around, and has now taken on a form. We do not know what this form looks like, but it loves power and it gets it from the gifts of vampires, destroying the vampire in the process. There has been a pattern that the Volturi has seen."
She paused to take in our expressions and nodded when she didn't see anything that looked like we were freaking out before continuing.
"The pattern, it seems, is that the form is collecting gifts that have to do with the earth, body, and mind. It has started off all the way from Europe and is now moving to the states. There are vampires in the states that have to do with these categories, but it seems that it is making a bee line to here for the Olympic coven. There are only two vampires who have survived the form's attack, but as it collects more gifts it will get stronger and it will go after those vampires again. We do not know why it is doing this or where it has come from, but we will find out when it gets here." Celina finished with a heavy sigh.
"So, who are the members of the coven." I asked.
"It's Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, Edward Cullen, Emmett Cullen, Alice Cullen, Rosalie Hale, and Jasper Hale." Alicia recited with a smirk, "They can thank me later when they find out that I am the reason why they are together."
I chuckled and shook my head, "Yeah, well, they are just another burden for me. A few, twice in a lifetime." I mumbled. Both my sisters looked at me curiously, but I just shook my head, not feeling like explaining it to them.
Shrugging, Celina continued, "They do not know the danger they are in just yet. Our orders are to observe for a day or two first, then we approach them and tell them what is going on and why we are here." She gave a pointed look to me.
I rolled my eyes and scoffed with resignation. She knew I was more of the go getter type, but if I have to sit back and watch, then I will.
"We start Forks High School tomorrow." CeCe finished.
"Well, let's get settled in. There are plenty of rooms, so go have your pick." Alicia said.
"I would rather you all stay on this wing and I on the other, so I don't have to listen to your…nightly escapades." I said.
"Bells, we are not letting you stay on a whole other wing by yourself." Celina said. "You are not going to be alone here." She finished with a hard look.
I got up and stalked away. I liked being alone, that's how I have been living for many a millennia and that's how I like it to be. I chose a room on the opposite wing and hoped that they would stay over there, but the wish was futile as I heard a door near me close.
Sighing, I layed on my bed and rested my mind.
I wasn't scared of what this new threat was. Being one of the angels that fought against Satan and his followers when he tried to take over Heaven, nothing scared me. That and I'm the freakin' Angel of Death!
I knew that whatever this was, it was the reason for why I've been taking more souls to hell then I have to Heaven lately. There has been more deaths than life lately, and if Halia and I didn't get this balanced again, there were going to be some serious problems. Something that makes me shudder just thinking about it. It's not bad yet, but if it continues the way it's going, then we'll have to figure out what to do.
"Halia!" I heard my sisters yell. I got up and rushed to the front door. There stood our cousin, Halia, hugging both my sisters.
She looked up at me with a smile, "Well, don't just stand there, come give me a hug, Bella!" she laughed.
I ran up to Halia and gave her a huge hug. Though I and my sisters were the closest anyone could get, Halia and I had a connection. Where she was so full of life, no pun intended, I was surrounded by death, and just being around her lifted my mood. She was the only one who could calm me down.
"Halia, how are you, cousin?" I asked when we released each other.
"I am doing well, and how are you, gorgeous?" she giggled.
I sighed, they were always trying to boost my confidence, "I am fine." I never had a confidence problem; I just know how I look and the reality of how I looked. I am average, and I am perfectly fine with that.
Gazing at Halia, I swear she glowed brighter than her halo, hypothetically anyway. Her platinum blonde curls flowed down to her waist and her sky blue eyes shined like her radiant smile. At 5'2'', she was absolutely gorgeous.
We all sat in the living room and caught up with her and explained everything along with the members of the coven.
"Hmm, I was really sad when they were turned. Every time a human is turned, I cry a little. I didn't give them life, so that they could walk the earth frozen in time." She sighed.
I hummed, "I could always…"
"I don't think so, Bella. They are now 'immortal', it is not their time yet." She said. Well, when it is their time, I will be there like always.
"Go on and get settled, Halia." Celina advised.
"Where are you sleeping, Bells?" my cousin asked.
I groaned, "On the second wing." I really did not like to hear them, but if I couldn't help it then Que sera, sera.
I went back into my room and decided to stay there for the rest of the night. It was getting late and apparently, I would be starting school tomorrow. I chuckled to myself, I had never attended school, but I knew everything there is to know. Not one teacher could teach me anything, but I guess it would be funny to see how much of their information was wrong.
I changed into my pajamas after taking a shower, and crawled into bed, immediately falling into another dreamless sleep.
Beep…Beep…Beep…Beep…
I set my alarm clock on fire and listened, gleefully, as the beeps started to malfunction and slow down until there was nothing but a silver plastic puddle on my nightstand.
"It seems we are going to have to get you another alarm clock." I heard Celina say, "Now, get up before we are late." I stayed put, "Or I could make it rain only on your bed!" she threatened.
I groaned, but got up, not wanting to get an involuntary cold shower from my sister. I got dressed in black skinny jeans, and a sleeveless halter top covered in golden dragons that I got from China. It was absolutely beautiful.
I curled my hair and clicked half of it back before putting on a little makeup and gloss.
I put on my high heeled, gold Jimmy Choo sandals before grabbing my leather, black biker jacket and walked out of the room.
"Okay, let's go!" Ali called. We walked to the garage and got into our new white, 2010 Land Rover. Grabbing the keys, I jumped into the driver's seat and peeled out as soon as the last door closed.
Chanting the password, the thick fog rolled in and out, the road to school appearing right in front of us, so that we didn't have to maneuver the car through the forest.
In less than ten minutes, we pulled into the parking lot of Forks High. I parked by a grungy looking van and got out, glaring at the humans who gaped at us.
"Ease up on the glares, Bella; it is in their nature to stare at something unfamiliar." Ali mumbled quietly.
Sighing heavily, I started to walk towards the building that said 'Office', so we could get our schedules.
"Oh, man, they are so hot."
"Look at the one in the leather jacket, I bet you I can bang her by the end of the week."
"They are total whores."
"Look at the one with silver eyes. She's more beautiful than Rosalie!"
"They better stay away from Eric."
"They are so beautiful, like the Cullen's."
Gritting my teeth, I walked into the office and up to the lady behind the desk. A middle aged woman with curly brown hair looked up and shrank back when she saw me. I softened my eyes and offered an apologetic smile, or something that I hoped resembled one.
"Hello, we are the new students Isabella Swan, Alicia Swan, Celina Swan, and Halia Dwyer." I greeted her.
She gasped, "Yes, the new students! Your uncle Ethan already called and said that you would be going here and per his request Isabella and Halia have all the same classes as well as Alicia and Celina." She handed us our schedules, "You must get your teachers to sign them and give them back to me at the end of the day." She smiled.
"Thank you." we walked out of the office and back into the student body.
"Do you see them?" Halia whispered quietly. We all looked around for the vampires, but could not find them.
"There!" CeCe said and nodded towards the five golden eyed, gorgeous siblings that stood by a silver Volvo.
"Alright, we've spotted them, now we'll have to keep a close eye on them." I said and sat on the bench.
We discreetly watched the Cullen's, acting as if we were reading a book, talking, or whatever our choice. The siblings talked to each other as they hung around their car, seeming perfectly normal. Well, except for one, Jasper, who seemed to be struggling with his bloodlust.
The bell for school rang, and we waited until the Cullen's entered the building before following. Alicia and Celina followed Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper upstairs, as they all were acting as seniors, while Halia and I followed Edward and Alice.
Edward separated from Alice with a parting nod and I internally groaned when I saw that we wouldn't be able to watch them both at the same time. Alice shared Math with my cousin and me for first period, so after we got our slips signed, we sat all the way in the back to watch her.
Not once did she seem uncomfortable amongst the humans, but I could tell that she was one of the vampires with a gift as she continued to faze in and out. From my understanding, there was an empath, a mind reader, and a psychic in the coven. I believe Alice to be the psychic, since every time she came back from her daze she either wore a smile or frowned.
I looked over to Halia to see if she noticed. Nodding her head in confirmation, I turned back to finish this class hour. The next period, we had both siblings in, and I gladly watched them.
I saw Edward discreetly nod his head or move his eyes as he looked at Alice. He had to be the mind reader, answering any questions that were in her mind.
For the rest of the day, up until the lunch period, we observed the two siblings and got a better understanding of who they were and how strong their gift was. I could see why the form would go after these two, their gift would be very useful in whatever it was planning.
When the lunch bell rang, Halia and I discussed our observations quietly and found that we pretty much caught all of the same things that were going on between the two of them. Walking through the cafeteria, we found my other two sisters at a table that was all the way on the other side of the room, but still had a good view of the vampires.
"What did you observe?" Celina asked, getting right down to business. Halia and I divulged our observations and listened eagerly to what they had to say about the other three.
"Well, Jasper is definitely the empath. We had a class with only Rosalie and Jasper, and when Rosalie got angry at what a student whispered about her, a calm aura filled the air and she immediately relaxed. Emmett, obviously has a lot of strength, if the form isn't only going for gifts, it could really use that, and Rosalie…is, um, strong willed." CeCe cleared her throat and looked at Alicia.
"I think we should approach them, tonight." I decided.
"I don't know, maybe we should just observe them one more day…"
"For what?" I interrupted CeCe, "They're going to do the same thing tomorrow." I huffed.
"I agree with Bells, we should get right to it." Halia agreed.
"I don't know." CeCe still was hesitant.
"Look, Celina, we have to start on this now, and figure out a game plan, because we don't have a lot of time. Whatever this is will be here before we know it, and if we're dancing around the edges, it's going to push us right over." I explained my reasoning.
"Plus, Bella and I are imbalanced, and we need to start working on that as soon as possible before chaos ensues." Halia finished.
CeCe furrowed her eyes brows and thought about the best way to go at this. Finally, she looked at us with resolve.
"Okay, we'll approach them tonight and tell them everything." She nodded. When the bell rung for the end of lunch, we got up and separated. Halia and I went to biology, while my siblings went upstairs again.
"What are we going to do to rebalance ourselves?" I asked.
"I have no idea, but whatever we do, we have to do it quick." We ceased our talking when we walked into the classroom.
"Hello, I am Bella Swan and this is my cousin Halia Dwyer, we're your new students." I greeted Mr. Banner, the biology teacher, who like all the other teachers took a moment to get over the shock of my eyes before speaking.
"Hello, Bella and Halia, it's nice to meet you. Halia you can sit there and Bella, you can sit right there." Mr. Banner said as he signed our slips and pointed to our seats.
Halia was assigned to sit by a baby faced boy with blue eyes and spiky blonde hair, who looked all too eager, while I had to sit by…Edward Cullen.
Taking my seat, I watched from the corner of my eye, as Edward breathed in my scent. His eyes seemed to widen when he realized that my scent would indeed smell appetizing, but would not give him that burn in his throat like humans and animals did.
I watched in amusement as he continuously breathed in and out. He unknowingly was leaning closer to me, and though I may have tolerated this job of babysitting the vampires, I didn't necessarily want one all up in my George Forman.
I looked over at him with a peculiar face, feigning innocence, and watched as he smiled sheepishly and leant away from me. I turned back to the teacher and listened to him drone on and on about crap that a) he was getting wrong and b) I already knew.
When the bell ring, I gathered my stuff and waited for Halia to finish. She threw me a pleading look as baby face kept talking about whatever, so I smirked and walked over to her.
"Halia, we have to go and get to our next class. The faster the day ends, the faster we can get to our Christian abstinence class!" I said excitedly. I saw spiky hair's face deflate as I said this. I'm sure he was looking forward to trying to 'tap that ass', but one, I knew that would never happen, and two, Halia's mate would kill him instantly.
Halia giggled as I dragged her away from the boy who looked like I just told him the sun would never shine again to our last class, PE. The coach made us sit on the bleachers, so we watched with amusement, as kids got hit on the head with the big red balls during dodge ball.
When the final bell rang, Halia and I were out of there and back in the car before the parking lot was even full. As soon as the rest of us was in the car, I peeled out and back to our house.
We walked straight into the living room and sat there quietly, processing the day we had.
"Well," I broke the silence as I took off my sandals and leant back into the chair, "That was boring."
"What did you expect to be fun?" Ali asked.
"I don't know, but I thought high school was supposed to be enjoyable for the humans." I scoffed, "A lot of the crap the History teacher was spewing was wrong anyway, so what's the point in them going?" I shook my head.
CeCe shrugged, "It doesn't matter, we did what we had to do and now we should call Ethan." She said as she pulled out her cell.
"Hello, my love." Ethan answered on the second ring.
"Hello, honey, how are you?"
"I am fine, and you?" he answered.
"I am fine as well. We observed the Cullen's today?" CeCe informed him.
"And what did you see?" he asked eagerly.
CeCe told him everything.
"Hmm, interesting."
"We will be approaching them tonight."
"Very well then, tell me how it goes tomorrow, please." He requested. I held in my laughter, Celina was the only person the Angel of War would ask politely.
"Hey, here's a question, slacker, what are you going to be doing when you get here? Are you planning on going to school with us, because that would need quite the explanation? I know he looks to be thirty Mr. Green, but I guarantee you, he is eighteen years old. " I acted as if I was speaking to the principal.
He sighed, "Hello, to you too Bella, and no the boys and I will not be joining you. I will protect Esme, while James and Darius protect Carlisle."
I hummed, "And did you find out anything more?" I asked.
"No, but I'm trying to track it. It's going pretty slow, like it's searching for something. I'm just always behind, but I'll try to catch up to it. I'll give it a week, if I cannot, then I will join you all there."
"Okay, sweetheart, I will talk to you later." Celina bid her mate a goodbye and hung up. Sighing, she turned back to us, "Well, when do you suppose we go over there?"
"I say we go over there around eight, it'll give them enough time to wonder and talk about us." I chuckled. Vampires are too paranoid when they are thrust towards something they do not know. I bet they are talking about us now.
Ali shook her head with quiet laughter, "Well, call me when we go. I'm going to go call James." She got up and left.
"And I Darius." Halia followed her leaving Celina and I alone. I watched with amusement as Celina fidgeted with her phone as she stared out the window.
"Go call him." I chuckled.
She jumped up, "Okay, but I'll be right back." She assured me before running to her room. I got up and grabbed my iPod out of my bag. Walking outside to relax on the patio, I stuck my headphones in and turned the music on high, so I could give them privacy.
I took my jacket off and layed it on the table before laying back and closing my eyes. I could feel myself slipping into a slumber as 'Adore' by paramour lulled me to sleep.
"Bella…" someone shook my shoulder
"Bella…" they continued and I groaned.
"Isabella, wake up!" Halia yelled in my ear, causing me to scream and tumble out of my chair. I yanked my headphones out and glared at my sisters and cousin as they laughed.
"You have two seconds before you die!" I growled. Halia yelped and ran for it. I got up and summoned my chain to yank her back to me when Celina's arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me back.
"We have no time for this, it's time to go approach the Cullen's" she explained. I then noticed that it was indeed dark outside. I hadn't planned on sleeping the whole time, but it worked out perfectly for me. It would have been boring waiting for the time to come alone.
"Let's go." Ali said. I walked back into the house and put back on my sandals, wrapping my chain over my shoulder and around my waist before following the others out. We decided that it would be faster to run to their house instead of driving.
"Bella, close the house." CeCe instructed when we walked out. I chanted the password quickly, before taking off.
"They'll probably feel that we are dangerous, so do not feel offended if they are rude towards us at first." Alicia instructed as the house came into view. We walked up the porch steps and knocked on the door.
A lady, I assumed to be Esme, opened the door with a surprised face.
"Hello, how may I help you girls?" she smiled softly. This medium height, caramel haired, woman reminded me of a motherly figure and I was surprisingly smiling back. What the hell was up with that?
"Hello, yes, if you do not mind, we would like to talk with you and your family." Celina requested.
"Okay…" Esme stepped back to allow us in. We walked in and waited until Esme escorted us into the living room. All of the siblings were there along with a honey blonde haired man, who was very handsome. He would have to be Carlisle Cullen.
"Hello, I am Carlisle, and this is my wife Esme." He introduced them both with a polite smile.
"Hello, I am Celina, and these are my sisters Alicia and Bella, and our cousin Halia." she smiled.
"I assume you know our children, Edward, Alice, Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper?" Esme said. They all nodded with guarded eyes, except for Rosalie who openly glared at us.
"Well, I suppose we should get right down to business. We know that you are vampires…"
"WHAT!" the Cullen siblings jumped up. While Jasper and Rosalie hissed in low defensive crouches, Emmett looked ready to pounce along with Edward who glared. Alice was the only one who didn't look like she was about to attack, but she wore a frustrated face.
"Calm down. Rosalie and Jasper, get out of your crouch." Carlisle said with authority. They both begrudgingly got up, but Jasper stepped in front of Alice as Emmett stepped in front of Rosalie.
"There is no need for such an overreaction, we are about to explain ourselves, if you will allow us." Alicia held up her hands as a show that we were no threat to them…for right now.
"Of course, please take a seat." Esme offered. The Cullen's sat back down with Alicia and Halia sitting next to Edward on the couch. Carlisle grabbed a chair from the dining room table for me to sit in, while Celina sat on the La Z-boy chair.
"Okay, if you will explain." Carlisle looked at Celina.
"We know of vampires, because we are not humans ourselves. I am Celina Swan, the oldest sister, that is Alicia Swan, the middle sister, and she is Isabella Swan, the youngest sister. That is our cousin, Halia Dwyer, and we are…"
"Angels." Carlisle interrupted Celina in a dazed voice.
Halia smiled, "So you have heard of our legend."
"Yes, but I…I always thought of it as just that, a legend. Aro claimed that there was no proof yet that you existed at the time that I was living with him." Carlisle explained.
"Well, he did find proof a few hundred years ago. He learned the hard way that we are not collectables." Alicia's face darkened.
"He tried to collect you?" Esme gasped as she held her hand to her heart.
"Not us, but my mate, Ethan. He let his guard down and didn't realize that a vampire was watching him. That vampire called some more, and they overpowered him, and drug him to the castle. Let's just say, when Ethan gets angry, no one gets mercy of his wrath." Celina left it at that. I know CeCe would not tell them of the details from the past as it was complicated and quite…sadistic.
"I'm still at the Angels part." Emmett raised his hand. I held in my laughter, of course he was still at that part.
"Emmett, you are looking at four of the great seven Angels. Celina Swan, Angel of Wisdom, is mated to Ethan, Angel of War. Alicia Swan, Angel of Love, the ultimate seductress herself, is mated to James, Angel of Hate. Halia Dwyer, Angel of Life, is mated with Darius, the Angel of Desire. Then there is the baby of all seven Angels," I held in my scoff at baby, "Isabella Swan is the Angel of Death. You all are looking at the women who keep this world balanced."
I waited for an applause for that over exuberant explanation that he gave them about us, but, disappointingly, there was nothing but silence. The Cullen kids and Esme just looked at us with wide eyes before looking at Carlisle again.
"Um, thank you for that introduction, Carlisle." Celina continued, "Now, that you know who we are, do you have any questions before we move onto the rest of what we have to talk to you about."
Emmett raised his hand, "What exactly do you do?" I rolled my eyes at his idiocy.
"Well, I am the Angel of Love. I am the reason all of you are together. I guided you to each other and I opened up your hearts. I would say that when vampires meet their mates, that is my greatest work, but it's not really. Werewolves are my greatest." Alicia began.
Alice crinkled her nose, "Why would they be your greatest work?" she asked in total disbelief.
"Because, when werewolves imprint, their whole meaning for life is changed. That special person is their reason for breathing, they are they're reason for anything. And as I am sure you all are thinking that it's the same for vampires, it is not. This is a stronger connection. A werewolf will be anything for their imprint. They will be their best friend, their brother, or if the person wants it, the werewolf will not be in their lives at all. For a vampire, when they find their mate, it's to give their hearts to each other as lovers." Ali explained in greater detail. The vampires nodded in understanding, but I still knew that they believed their love is greater than a werewolf's.
"As the Angel of Wisdom, or Mother Nature as the humans refer to me, I control the earth's…vibe, I should say. When my mate, Ethan, begins his calling, I balance him out by keeping the earth calm. You do not know just how alive this land is. When it is disrupted or it feels uncomfortable, it creates disasters to show that it is not pleased. I control those, and keep it from causing too much chaos. I am, essentially, balance." Celina said with a proud smile.
Halia continued, "I am the Angel of Life. That doesn't only necessarily mean when babies are born, it also means when a new flower blooms, or when a tree begins to grow. I breathe life into it, so that it will survive. I am the reason why you took your first breath as babies." Halia giggled, "I remember all of your births, by the way. You were very beautiful children, but I have to say that the most astonishing birth had to be you, Edward." She turned to him.
His eyes widened, "Why me?"
"Because, you had these emerald green eyes that were absolutely beautiful! When I first saw you, I could not believe what I was seeing. I had never seen a baby with such a pair of eyes as yours. You would think that someone in your family would have it, but no, it was a mixture of your father's green and your mother's bright blue eyes that made them. They were very unique." Alicia sighed, "But they are gone now. I cried when each of you were turned. I gave you life, but it was taken away from you."
Carlisle hung his head, "I'm sorry, that would be my fault. I know I should have let them…but, I couldn't."
"I am not blaming you, Carlisle, and I was not referring to you anyway. It was not their time to die yet, but you saved them. Well, four out of six anyway." She reassured him with a smile.
They rest looked at me, and I raised an eye brow, "Do I seriously have to explain my line of work to you? I take you to heaven or I take you to hell, badabing." I clapped my hands once and crossed my legs.
"Why do you have a chain wrapped around you? That blouse is way too cute to have that bulky thing covering it." Alice looked absolutely appalled, and my faced joined hers when she called my chain a 'bulky thing'.
"This is surely not a 'bulky thing', Alice, this is something far more than that." I shook my head.
"It's a chain." Rosalie pronounced each word slowly as if I was special or something. I narrowed my eyes at her, and was about to show her just what this chain could do.
My hand twitched towards it, "I don't think so, Isabella." Celina warned me darkly.
"Yes, I would be very happy if you did not use that on Rosalie." Carlisle asked pleadingly. I cast a glance at her once more before nodding, "Thank you."
"Well, what's so special about it then?" Emmett was getting frustrated. I smiled wickedly and watched as he shrank a little. Celina cleared her throat and I immediately got the message. Kill Joy.
"That chain," Carlisle began, "Is something you never want wrapped around you. Bella seems to have downplayed her role in the balance, but she is indeed very dangerous. One of the most if you ask me."
"Let me put it this way." I got up and walked over to Rosalie and Emmett slowly before squatting in front of them. "If this chain is wrapped around you, no screaming, struggling, biting, yanking, kicking, or any other weapon you can use will get you out of it. Once this is wrapped around you, you can be sure that I'm dragging your ass to Hell whether you like or not." My face darkened as my voice lowered. I got up and walked back to my seat as the room remained silent.
I chuckled, "But there's no worries for that, I only use my chain for the most notorious souls that struggle." The room's tension seemed to ease a little as I said this.
"Like who?" Jasper asked curiously.
"Like Hitler." I left it at that. They should be smart enough to understand throughout history, just who I would have to drag off.
"Do you know if we were meant for Heaven or Hell?" Edward finally spoke more than two words.
I looked over at him, "No, I would have no knowledge of that. If my job was to bring every single soul in the world to Heaven or hell, then I'd be running around everywhere. What happens is, I have a list. On that list are names of souls that are struggling to know where they belong. That's where I come in, I guide them. But then there are the people who are destined to die on a certain day, but they have evaded it somehow. For example, a doctor saves them or they jump away from a moving vehicle just in time. I have a list of those people, and my job then is to take their soul right out of their body. It's a dirty job, but they don't call me the Soul Reaper for nothing." I sat back as I explained just how I work.
"Can I see the list?" Carlisle asked eagerly.
"Not if you don't want your very body to be engulfed by flames of hell." I said easily, "No one's eyes are to look at my list, except for me."
He sighed dejectedly, and chuckled a little. He was just too curious for his own good. I looked over to see Rosalie looking at me with…longing? That's weird.
Wait, she must want to know if I…
"Yes, I did." I nodded to Rosalie. Everyone looked between Rosalie and I with curiosity, "She wanted to know if I took Royce to hell." I sighed.
"You did?" Emmett asked and I nodded in confirmation, "Good." his face hardened.
"For you all, I guess." I mumbled.
"What? How could you not want to take a bastard like that to hell?" Emmett asked outraged.
I remained calm, I understood his anger, "I never said that I didn't want to Emmett. But what Rosalie did interfered with my list, and I greatly hate it when that happens."
Everyone, except my siblings and Halia looked confused.
"Royce, like the slippery snake he is, evaded me, and he was on another list of mine."
"How many lists do you have?" Carlisle asked in wonder.
"Three. Two of them I have already explained, while the third deals with people with bad intentions. Rapist, serial killers, etcetera, are on that list. I take them out by another little special way that I will not explain." That way is a little more…gruesome.
"As long as he got what he deserved." Emmett mumbled as he wrapped his arm around Rosalie.
"Why don't you like your list being interrupted?" Edward asked, "They all go one way or another."
My eyes hardened as I looked at him, "It is a process that I don't like broken. Keeping up with three lists is hectic enough, but when you add in vampires who love to interrupt it, it gets aggravating. You are a species that continues to get under my skin. And two of you caused a lot of damage, in their time, for my lists." Edward and Jasper had the decency to look guilty as I continued, "You, who seemed to like to play God, kept my third lists switching from one name to another so much that I almost took you out." I gave him a pointed look before turning to Jasper, "And you very well know what you did. You are another that kept my first list changing from one name to another, worse than Edward did." I huffed.
I sighed and breathed in to calm myself down, "When I cannot keep up with my list like that, names start to build and it gets harder for me to catch up. Each soul has to be found in order, or they are doomed to wander the earth. Then the balance of life and death becomes disrupted. Though you two are not the most notorious of people that kept my list changing, you were two very memorable characters."
The room fell silent as I finished my rant. I got up and walked towards the windows and looked out into the night.
"Now, how about we get down to what we are really doing here."
A/N: Well, do you like it? Love it? Hate it? Want me to stop, because it sucked so bad that it was literally melting your eyes? I would love your reviews and feedback, please. Until next time!
