A/N : This is my first long story fic, I know it sucks, but my sister is optimistic! Please review!
With love, Chloe
The Angel's Wrath
Chapter 1- Waking up
I opened my eyes, not knowing where I was. Let alone when it is. It took only a moment to take in my surroundings. Odd. I could have sworn I knew this place, but where it was located, was a mystery.
"Bella?" I knew that voice; again, I couldn't attach a name to the speaker identifying him.
"Bella?" the voice came again, more frantic this time.
A man walked in to the room, he was tall with reddish bronze hair, and golden eyed. For some unknown reason, his face turned down, caught up in some emotion. Was it anger? Sadness? Was it my reaction?
Is she under a trance? Why isn't she responding to me?
How interesting, he could speak without moving his lips.
He took a step and was suddenly at my side. He pulled me into a breath taking bear hug. I would have pushed him off from lack of air but when I lost my breathe, my head didn't spin. No reaction to not breathing.
"Umm, not trying to be rude but. Who are you?" I said once he released me.
"You don't remember." He said to himself more then to me. Away from me, he called out in a whisper "Carlisle." I wondered what he was doing. I was the one person in the room, no one else would hear him but myself. Remarkably, a gorgeous man appeared next to him in half a nano-second.
"Carlisle, she doesn't rember anything. What happened? Does it have anything to do with the accident?" the man with red hair was trembling. Then, slowly, the man called Carlisle came to me.
"Bella?" he said tenderly. Was that my name? Bella, it sounded familiar enough.
"Do you remember anything?" it was the second man, the one that now stood on the couch away from me.
"No." my reply was short and simple. Carlisle seemed upset.
"It must have something to do with the, well you know." His expression became dark.
Lets experiment with her memory, choose a CD she once knew.
How did he do that? Talking without moving his lips?
The red head walked behind me, I turned to see him reach up onto a large rack, filled with little disks in containers.
"Bella," he sounded nervous.
"Do you rember this" as he spoke he handed me a disk. Suddenly, the rotor blades in my head.
Clair de Lune, Debussy.
" Yes" memories started to flood in. A girl with long brown hair sitting on a bed listening to a CD. I supposed it was myself I remembered listening on the bed. Did I really have brown hair? I looked down, my hands were a pale white, I pulled something hanging next to it. It was definitely hair, silky and a deep brown color. This only brought a whole new round of questions.
Mmm, that seemed to work. Do something that might jog some more memories.
It was Carlisle this time that spoke without his lips.
"Bella?" it wasn't Carlisle this time, it was the red head. Red head, that was what I was would call him till I figured out his name.
"Bella, don't do anything rash. I'm going to try and help." Red head spoke quietly. He nodded in the general direction to where Carlisle was and he exited through the door. Red head placed his hand on what I believed was my neck. The coolness of his touch made me realize that my throat was raw, and burning me. He leaned in and put his lips delicately to mine. Something in my mind snapped, the missing piece to a jig saw puzzle that was my brain came home. I was on the floor in a matter of seconds. I was shaking out of my control, grasping at my head, pulling at the pain that now possessed me. For at the moment his lips were on mine, a billion memories broke through an unseen barrier. And straight into my mind.
A young girl, an airplane. The same girl crying in bed. A high school, 5 indescribably beautiful teenagers across a crowded cafeteria. Test tubes in a biology lab. A deep forest. Red head blocking a car from smashing the girl. Talking with an Indian boy at a beach. A dark alley, a restaurant. The next image slowed its entrance, it was a meadow, lovely as could be with red head holding the girl closely to him. I guess that is me. The next memories followed in suit. Red head kissing her, sleeping, with red head watching intently. Protective, almost. Driving through a misty wood, a beautiful old house. Cinderella & snow white mixed to make one woman. Carlisle. 2 other couples. A baseball game. Running from a dark man with red head. A ballet studio covered in blood, my broken body in the corner. A hospital room. A high school dance. Mindless sunlight, in the meadow again with red head. A library. Driving again in the woods.
The next image hung in the air. It was that of an old red pick-up truck, totaled, and upside down crashed into a tree. Broken windows, and blood. Lots, and lots of blood.
I was sobbing tearlessly.
"Bella!" red head was trying to pull me up to the couch. I allowed him that much. Then I rembered his name was Edward.
"Edward?" I asked, still confused. For the second time I looked around the room. I had been here before. That was simple. Edwards room. Hmmm, everything was coming back. Slowly , but coming back none the less.
"Yes Bella, its me." He replied. Relief washed over his face. Then sadness crept in place.
"Do you rember everything now?" his eyes were away from me, upset.
I hope she remembers she loved me, and I loved her. But not the bad stuff. Like the accident.
"I think so" I wasn't sure if I could hear myself. But Edward heard.
"We were in love?" my voice shook as I questioned him.
How do I explain this to her. ' yes we were in love!'. No that wouldn't go over very well, would it? She might not totally understand.
"Edward I understand. How else could you have put it?" he was shocked. Clearly not intending on to let me hear what he had just said.
Hmm, wow. How did she do that? Oh, no, it couldn't be a talent. Could it? I mean, I can. Wait. Lets try. Holy shit, I can read her. Its fuzzy, and complex. But still. Bella. Can you hear me?
"How are you speaking without your moving your lips? Also, yes I can hear you. What did you mean by talent? Last time I checked everyone can listen to some one talking. Well most people can, those who aren't de…" Edward cut me off and finished my sentence for me
"Those who aren't deaf" I was really confused now.
"Bella, you apparently can read my mind. Before the accident, I couldn't read yours, but now I can. But your mind isn't clear. Now I can read yours, its so... What's the word? Ohh strange. That's it." Edward was silent for a moment. Then, abruptly, he leaned in and kissed me.
This time I didn't fall. When our lips met, my hands instinctively flew to his face. (I didn't know were the instincts were from. Most likely my mysterious past.) My arms created a strangle hold that would choke a normal person around his neck. Edward put his hands on my shoulders and leaned back.
"So odd, every time you do that. I rember things more clearly." I was talking to myself now, for Edward had turned away. Saddened.
I'll have to get used to that, no warmth. Well it saved her. You can't regret that.
"Edward, I'm thirsty." The question popped out of my mouth. I was surprised by my sudden outburst of randomness.
"Ohh, Bella ! Do you rember what I am?" his eyes searched mine.
"Can I have a clue" my reply was swift, how could he ask that? I didn't even remember my last name!
"Bella, Bella. You are going to have a hard time believing this but, I am a vampire. And so are you know." Edward looked devastated now that he was finished.
Bella, if you are listening, I will show you what happened.
I nodded. I was very curious to know what the 'accident' meant.
You were driving in the woods, on your way to our meadow when a deer ran into the road, and you turned to sharp out of its way. Straight into a Red Wood. Bella, are you ok?
I realized that I was hyperventilating. I held my breathe, remembering vampires didn't need to breathe.
At least you remembered the breathing stuff. So Alice had a vision, of what was going to happen to you and called from the house to tell me you were going to crash. Emmett and I were hunting in 'Goats Rock Wilderness'. We came back as fast as we could to try and stop it from happening. We found you right after you turned into the Red Wood. Emmett helped me pull you out. You were definitely out. Glass & blood was everywhere. It was, so hard, not to lose control. Let my sense's take over. I thought you were leaving our world, and crossing to the next. Carlisle wasn't at the house. You were getting closer to death every second. But something in your ruined eyes made me confident. Emmett and Alice promised they would pull me off if I lost my control. Alice even said she would do it. But I did it. Carlisle got back about 10 minutes after your change started. He, Esme, Jasper and Rosalie were all shocked. Bella, you have been out since then, and 5 days extra to the change.
As I had been listening, the final bits of my memory returned. I was unconscious for 8 days! Normally one is only out for 3 for the change, but 5 more days had been tacked on to mine. That must mean something?
"Bella, sweat heart, are you ok? Are you going into shock?" Edward was now very concerned. He took hold of me and pressed me into his marble chest.
"I believe so." All this new information was still being sorted into the spaces in my head. The burning ache in my throat was becoming unbearable.
"Carlisle" my voice was like a whisper in the large room. But he came, and this time with a young girl. I knew her.
"Bella!" the girl ran to me, well if you could call it running. When she moved, she looked as though she were dancing. Alice.
"Ohh, is that Alice?" I asked Edward.
Edward is she ok? I saw her not knowing anything, was I right?
"I really can, can't I?" I spoke without thinking. I hadn't meant to say that aloud.
"Bella, what are you talking about?" Alice said, she was clearly confused. I looked up to Edward for an explanation.
"Alice, somewhere in the change, maybe during the extra 5 days, Bella developed a talent. She can read minds." Edward explained for Alice.
"Apparently, he couldn't read my mind before. But now that his venom has changed me, he can, well, I can't elaborate." My explanation was crude, wishing I knew how to explain.
Edward, how did it happen? My thoughts were clear, and rang in my ears. It must be different for him.
Bella, when my venom went through you, we became connected. It must have had something to do with the fact that we were already very close and had a strong bond. You were such a big part of my life that when I saved you, it grew and we can now be together. Sharing the same frequency. It is much too complicated for my likings.
"Umm, you two want to fill me in on what just happened?" Alice was frustrated.
That is going to take some getting used too.
I laughed, and it hurt my aching throat reminding me of my thirst. Edward heard me.
"Alice, I told Bella how since I changed her, we are connected. Finally on the same frequency."
"Edward." I pleaded, trying to get him to give me what I wanted. Blood. Carlisle at that moment popped his head in through the door, thank the lord who sent him.
"Edward, I imagine that you are a little thirsty. And I know that it must be killing Bella. Maybe we should go and talk in my office?" Carlisle said. It was more of an order then a request. Edward followed Carlisle out of the room, pulling me along with him. I gave a quick glance over to my left to see Alice dancing towards me. She was grinning, in on some unknown secret. I let my mind drift to Carlisle's mind.
Edward, I know she would follow our ways, but I just need to say it to her in person. Any ways, I rember how clearly she got sick at the smell of blood before.
I turned my thoughts away, wondering what he meant. Follow our ways, the key word. Hunting. Then I remembered Carlisle's family didn't hunt like others. They were 'vegetarians', they sustained on animals opposed to humans. He must think I don't remember. He was half right; I didn't until he reminded me with his thoughts.
We walked down the long stair case. I vaguely remembered the giant house. I knew enough to tell me we were nearing Carlisle's office. We stopped at the next staircase and turned into a large office. Carlisle & Edward walked in ahead of me, Carlisle taking a seat at the desk. Edward pulled me into his lap in a chair in front of the desk. All of the three walls in front of me were covered by a giant wrap around book case. I turned to see if the door way was covered in books. Instead, it was covered by hundreds of paintings. I tried to find something that bound the collection together, but their was nothing they shared in common. My eyes wandered to the largest and brightest of them all. The Volturi. I remembered that Edward had once told me the story of Carlisle's youth and how he spent some time in Italy with a group of civilized vampires called the Volturi. Aro, Caius & Marcus made up the three in charge of their secret city. Carlisle's voice broke through my remembering session.
"Bella, I take it you rember my family's hunting habit's?" he asked curiously.
"Yes, and Carlisle I will, of course follow your way of living. As you can remember, well I can't, but your thoughts reminded me that I was sick at the smell of blood. So I will have to try and change that. Maybe that will affect my need to hunt?" My response was chaotic at first, and I was wondering if they could possibly understand what I was saying but Carlisle, Edward and Alice all seemed fine with my answer.
"Alice, why don't you go and find Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Esme? I imagine their very anxious to see how Bella is faring." Carlisle said smoothly, already heading from his desk to the door in a matter of seconds. I hacked into his thoughts for a moment to understand what he was trying to secretly say to Edward.
Why don't you take her to Goat Rocks Wilderness, its one of the closest here, but still far from any humans? I know it may be painful, or you could take her here. It's up to you, but make your mind up soon. I can sense she is burning up.
"All right Carlisle, please just keep the rest away for a little while though. I need to finish explaining things to Bella in private." Edward said quietly. And I was on my feet, being half way dragged down the long hallway.
"Bella, lets find Alice or Rosalie to get you some clean clothes. Of course that is, if you want to walk around all day in blood stained cut up clothing?" Edward said playfully, but I could tell he was being serious.
"All right, who is Rosalie?" I said. Not knowing about my past was really starting to get on my nerves.
"Ohh, umm, well a, I'll get you a family picture. C'mon. We'll run" He said grabbing my hand, and we were off running down the hall and up the stairs into his room again. Here he sat me on his couch and raced to the shelf on his wall opposite me. He rifled through a collection of pictures until he found the one he was looking for. He came back to me.
"This is the family, the couple on the left are Rosalie & Emmett. The ones next to Rosalie is, as you know, Alice & Jasper. Then there is Carlisle & Esme, and of course you know me. As you can guess, I'm not the only one in my family without extra powers. Alice, she can 'see' into the future based on your decisions. Jasper can control the emotions of people around him. Carlisle has the power to be compassionate. Esme, to be able to love passionately. Emmett has extra strength, and Rosalie her, well I guess you could call it pig headedness. And that's the family for you." He said pointing at each one as he shot of the names. Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, Jasper, Carlisle, Esme, and Edward. Big family. Something occurred to me, what did Edward think of me? He said in his thoughts that we were in love, but what know? Could he possibly still love me? I knew three things if I knew anything,
1. Edward was a vampire, and I was too now.
2. Something, I don't know what, but something was on his mind, was bothering him.
3. I still loved Edward even though I barely remembered him.
I know the ending was a lot like Twilight, but I love! Please review!