Long ago, mythical creatures lived in peace and harmony. The werewolves,mermaids, vampires and fairies were the leaders and got along the best.
They co-ruled the earth and many realms within it.
The mermaids ruled the water but could transform so they had human like legs and bodies.
The vampires had super speed,agility and beauty. They ruled the humans with a strong hand and 'ate' anyone who disobeyed.
The werewolves ruled the animals and could also transform to look like a human.
Fairies ruled the Earth itself and all the plants, helping them grow and prosper for everybody else besides the vampires.
There was a royal family for every species.
The Cullens, as the vampires liked to be called, had the king and queen, Carlisle and Esme. Then came the 3 princes, Jasper (the youngest), Edward and Emmett (the oldest). Edward was in the middle and was known all around for being a lady charmer and player. Jasper was skilled in military things and Emmett was just an all around good guy. Nobody knew how the king and queen had conceived children because they were immortal and didn't grow. Witchcraft was rumored but no one dared mention it in front of them. Vampires were kind but when provoked, were almost as dangerous as werewolves.
The Blacks, werewolves, were strange creatures seeing as the lived off in forests and didn't like to show themselves to the light of day. Billy was the king, his wife having died years ago to childbirth. His sons Jacob, Sam, Quill and Embry were said to be tall dark and handsome. Jacob was the oldest, frozen at 16 and the others were all a year behind each other. When werewolves started shifting, they became immortal as long as they shifted forever. Billy had stopped shifting after his beloved queen had died and was growing older and weaker every year. His sons had started going to all the council meetings with the other rulers of the Earth.
The Fairies didn't go by last names. They were mysterious creatures that looked human except for their extreme beauty and wings. Very few spoke the fairy language so they learned English and translated their names. The queen Anna and king Andrew had one daughter, Alice. She was kind and beautiful and had exceptional powers that many were envious and fearful of at the same time.
The mermaids were truly spectacular creatures. They ruled the water and lived on the ocean floor for all the seasons. The water never got too cold or too hot. King Charles and queen Renee had two girls, Rosalie and Bella. Both were beautiful of course, but many humans that happened to steal a glance at Rosalie said she was a little piece of sunshine. Bella loved to read and swim the most and didn't really care about her appearance as much as her sister. When they were in their human forms Bella was stunning as they said. Her long hair and legs suited her perfectly. Like the others, mermaids were immortal and could choose when they would stop aging. Bella had stopped at 17 and Rosalie 19.
They were truly the jewels of the sea.
About 200 hundred years after the alliance of all the leaders, Esme and Carlisle decided that their sons would all rule their territory but first needed mates.
They wanted grandchildren and wouldn't give the throne up until they had them. Vampires hadn't always been on good terms with the mermaids and Esme thought that the mermaid princess' would make perfect wives for Edward and Emmett. Jasper was still too young to wed and had expressed no interest in marriage.
Esme contacted Renee and they wrote to each other for months, trying to decide who was best for who.
It was decided that Edward would marry Bella and Rosalie would marry Emmett.
The adults were delighted at the thought of another, thicker alliance that would have children involved.
The only problem was that Edward, Emmett, Rosalie and Bella didn't know a thing about the agreement.
Carlisle told his sons about the arranged marriage and gave them both portraits of the young ladies they would be meeting and marrying within months. Emmett and Edward were excited to meet Bella and Rosalie.
They went to private tutors and learned about mermaids and their customs. The boys knew that they wouldn't be happy to leave the ocean forever so several pools filled with salt and freshwater were built all around the castle.
When Charles and Renee told their daughters that they would be married by then end of the year, they were horrified. Bella and Rosalie didn't want to give up their lives just yet. They wanted to travel all over and see everything there was to see, in every realm and area.
Bella and Rose didn't want to be married to men that they weren't in love with.
In the end, they agreed because they knew that if they didn't many innocents would die.
The Cullens would take revenge and mortals and mermaids would be slaughtered, cut down like bread.
Esme knew how un-happy the girls were about the whole deal so she agreed that her family would come to the mermaids and not the other way around. They didn't have to breathe so the underwater castle wouldn't be a problem.
For the arrival, Bella and Rosalie were dressed in the best shells, hair and tails brushed and polished. They then sat in the thrones to the right and left side of their parents.
The Cullens came up to the edge of the ocean and a portal opened up so that the clothes they were wearing wouldn't get wet. The castle had enchantments so that nobody who wore clothes got soaked. The mermaids of course didn't care. As long as they had water, all was good.
Within seconds of stepping into the portal, the royal family was deposited outside the throne room, in a watertight area. Esme fixed her hair then stepped inside the magnificent throne room of the sea king and his family.
Having seen the doors opening, Renee had snapped her fingers and the water in the room started draining itself away from the vampires. When all the water in the room was gone, the thrones rested in a huge basin of water about 20 feet deep. There were stairs for the royals to greet guests.
That was the scene Edward and Emmett saw as they strode into the palace that would soon be all for them. When they were right near the edge of the basin, Charles and Renee dove into the water and swam to the steps at the edge of the 'pool'. Transforming quickly, clothes appeared upon their bodies as they walked out of the water.
Everybody shook hands as Renee and Esme hugged with huge grins apparent on both of their faces.
After introductions were done, Charles turned to his daughters and motioned for them to come forward off the thrones they lounged on. Bella and Rosalie dove into the water immediately and swam to the side, not getting out.
It would be against custom if they got out of the water in front of their fiancé's on the first meeting. The first time Edward and Emmett would see the girls human legs would be at their wedding ceremony and night. No sooner, no later.
They were expecting that so Edward and Emmett went to their girl's sides and kissed their awaiting hands.
Bella gasped as Edward's cold lips touched her warm hand. It felt as if she had been shocked and as she looked over at her sister, it was apparent that she felt the same way.
She looked up at Edward, bowed her head and quietly said, "My lord, it is a pleasure to meet you. If you need anything during your stay, please feel free to ask me." She looked around his crouching figure to see that her parents were smiling at her.
"Isabella, the pleasure is all mine. Please call me Edward, love" Was the quick and quiet reply.
Bella blushed at his pale, handsome face and knew at that moment she could love Edward Cullen with all her heart.
"Bella. Please call me Bella. I hate the name Isabella, it sounds so formal and stuffy. So please call me Bella." The brown eyed beauty gushed. He smiled softly then nodded.
"Bella it is then." He smiled crookedly and his eyes were dancing with joy.
"Bella! Please show Edward to the room you both will be sharing, Rosalie, please do the same with Emmett. We will see all four of you at dinner!" Renee told the girls gleefully.
Her daughters nodded at her then grinned at each-other. Then almost as fast as a vampire, the two of them pulled Edward and Emmett into the water with them.
The boys were surprised but came up laughing from the bottom of the pool. Before they could do anything else, Rosalie and Bella took off down a shallow lane behind the thrones.
Edward and Emmett saw that they should follow and swam off after their beautiful mermaid princess'.
Bella and Rosalie stopped for a moment to let them catch up then sped forward again into a small hallway. There was a door directly ahead that they opened and went into. It was a potions room and had many concoctions bottled up.
Bella swam up to a pair of small blue bottles and tossed one to Rosalie just as the boys arrived in the room.
"Rosie? What are you doing? Aren't we supposed to be going to your room?" Emmett asked, confused.
"We will but you and your brother have to drink this first. Our rooms are deep in the castle and you can't swim there with legs. This potion will give you a tail until you go onto land again." Rosalie replied, trying not to look at Bella's reaction to 'Rosie'.
She passed the bottle to Emmett who caught it and downed all of it in seconds. He cringed at the taste then arched his back as his legs were covered in a bright light. There was a sound of ripping cloth then the light disappeared and there was Emmett, grinning like an idiot with a merman's tail.
Along with his suit and tie, his ripped pants were on the floor.
Edward went through the same process then they swam off into the sunset and lived happily ever after.
Not.
Bella's P.O.V.
I closed my diary after reading what I had written and looked around my apartment in Los Angles. It was mostly filled with boxes and furniture packed up. Half of the room was my stuff, the other, Rosalie's. When she got back from work at 3 pm, we had plans to unpack until I went for my shift at the bar.
I looked at the clock, 2:30.
Might as well start..
I knew Rose would want to do her room by herself and we would do everything else together so I picked up a box marked ,'Bella's crap' and walked toward the room that would be mine until we moved again.
The night before, we had moved our beds in but otherwise the rooms were bare. My bed was hand made out of wood and had waves, pearls and coral carved into it.
It wasn't a very good reminder of home but that was the best I could do. It wasn't safe to go home anymore so I had to dream about it at night.
Because home wasn't safe, I hadn't seen my parents for years. 500 to be exact. When Rose and I emerged from our Earth into this one, it was 1509.
Now, 500 years later, it was 2009. I had seem some truly amazing and horrifying things. But it was all better than what I would have seen and done for all eternity if we had stayed.
I resisted the urge to slap myself, that was just like me to take what I had for granted.
Then again, it was still in me. The pampered, pretty mermaid princess that never wanted to lift a finger or do something that might have involved chipping a scale.
I had changed so much in 500 years. Of course, Rosalie had too I thought as I got out some blue sheets and started putting them on the bed.
She wasn't the pretty blond mermaid that would sit on a rock and comb her hair.
No, Rose was tough now and she knew her way around a sticky situation. Because of her beauty, Rose was a well paid model. She had signed a contract that let her keep almost all the clothes she wore for shoots.
That was really useful because almost no money was spent on her clothes, just mine. We had more than enough to last but just needed to stay under the radar.
They had many people watching and looking for us and we were lucky to have stayed under the radar for one year much less 500. It was amazing.
They were Vampires for gods sake! They didn't have to sleep or anything!
Again, taking advantage of my freedom.
I just couldn't stop could I?
All of a sudden, my neck started burning, as is someone was putting fire on it. I touched the scar on the back of my neck and fell down on the bed, tears streaming down my face.
No...
I opened my eyes to see Rose leaning above me looking worried.
"Was it-" I nodded, knowing what she meant.
"He must be close. We need to go. As soon as possible. " I tried to sit up but Rose held me down.
"Bella, calm down. Somebody's probably just near the portal. Theres no reason to freak out. If they were here, we would have been found. Nobody is going to find us!" Both of us were losing our calm demeanors. I lost it.
"NO! I don't have to calm down! That was the worst it has EVER been! 20 years of not feeling it and then all of a sudden its BURNING! I don't want them to find us! You and I both can guess where mom and dad are right now and what happens to them everyday! We cannot go through that! They told us to run and never come back! 20 years of me feeling nothing from his mark and then all of a sudden in L.A. I feel it! So DO NOT TELL ME TO CALM DOWN" I screamed, fuming.
The anger left my system as I saw Rosalie's eyes fill with tears.
"Rose, don't be that way, I'm sorry I-" she held her hand up shaking her head as she walked back towards me seeing as she had moved away when I was screaming at her.
"No Bella, your right. That is a sign and we should leave. I guess that I didn't want to admit it,but one of them has to be close. We'll leave in the morning. Just get everything you unpacked together. I planned ahead for this. Just shout if it hurts again." She patted my hand then left the room.
I unsteadily stood up and walked towards the bathroom. The tub was big enough for 3 people and that was why we had bought the place. I turned the faucet on and let it fill to the top. Then I slid in and felt my legs be replaced my tail.
So what do you think? This took me a long time to write but don't worry, I'm not abandoning broken Guns and Broken Hearts!
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P.S. I really need a beta!
