Chapter Two: Witches, Vampires, Wolves…Really?
Her days were filled with grandma Marie teaching her all about spells, potions, their bloodline and other supernatural beings that exist in the world. She shouldn't have been surprised by it but Man! was she. It had been knowledgeable and insightful.
She had been told many important secrets. One's she would be wise to keep it to herself.
She wished her father had been forthcoming about it. She couldn't help but think she could have tried to save him. Maybe even her mother and Phil.
Bella had always been a quick learner. She had fun learning magic. Her gran taught her a lot. There were lot of grimoire's passed on by generations.
But few short months of living with her gran, Marie Swan had passed away due to old age. Bella would always be thankful for the days she got to spend with her and for teaching her everything she could to protect herself.
Her gran had left everything to her, which included her house and shit load of money. She had also sold her fathers house before leaving Forks. Plus his insurance money and whatever he had saved was also transferred to her. She didn't have to worry about money now.
She was never materialistic but it didn't hurt to have money.
She never wanted to give up school and had planned on going back as soon as she was confident enough to take care of herself should Victoria or Cullen's make an appearance. Plus it wasn't as if she wasn't doing anything. She had so much magic to learn. Her grandma had given her the means now all she had to do was keep going on.
After weeks of learning and teaching herself she had decided it was time. She couldn't just keep postponing it.
She had undone the spells her grandma had done to keep her hidden from Victoria. Though she kept the spell, which prevented Alice to keep seeing her future. She had special plans for the Cullen's and now was not the time she wanted to see them.
Bella had decided that after she was done with Victoria she would go on a road trip. The house was big and beautiful. And in the past few months she had it redone with the help of her grandma. It was more modernized now. She didn't want to settle here yet. So she waited and went on her with her life. She knew Victoria would find her sooner or later.
And she did. After a month or so Victoria had cornered Bella, when the latter was returning home from some grocery shopping. Bella had quickly put Victoria to sleep with a spell and had dumped the red headed bitch in her car. Surely she was heavy, but with some help of magic she was able to drag the bitch in her home.
She kept Victoria in the basement for days. Experimenting with spells she could use to cause pain. Bella had put a silencing spell on the house, which kept the neighbors blissfully unaware of what was happening in the house. She took great pleasure in torturing Victoria. Her screams acted like a soothing balm on her wounds.
It surprised Bella that she had a dark side. She had always been antiviolence. But that old Bella was dead now. The Cullen's and Victoria had killed her ruthlessly.
With the help of her grandma she had been able to look at how the Cullen's had treated her clearly. They had never informed her about other supernatural beings in the world. Always keeping her in dark. They had to know with 3 gifted cold ones in the family that Victoria could be a problem in the future. She wondered why they chose to ignore it.
God, how she hated them now. She knows exactly why she got attached to them so quickly. As she came from a broken home she was more than happy when they included her in their so-called family. They had tried to mould her into something she was not. But she foolishly took that as them taking care of her. She saw that now. They were controlling her. What she should wear, what she should eat, how she should talk and carry herself?
How had she accepted all of this as their love? Well, there's no point getting angry now. When the time comes she will get her revenge on them and they will pay for everything she had to go through.
After two weeks of torture she had finally killed the bitch. She put some spells on the house and especially on the grimoire's. She couldn't have someone breaking in and finding them. With that she locked up the house and got on the road.
She was all alone now. No family, no friends. That was why she got herself a puppy. A Rottweiler. He was sitting in a corner away from other puppies. But as soon as he saw her, he jumped on her. The owner was surprised and told Bella that he was the most unfriendly of the lot. She decided to get him.
She named him Yoda. She didn't know what made her name him that. But it just called to her and to him also it seemed as he took his name like a champ. He was a stubborn one. She wasn't surprised when the pet farm owner's warnings had come true. He never allowed strangers near her. Always growling and barring his teeth at them. Trying to scare them away. His actions should have been taken as a warning for that was what he was trying to convey but he was just a pup and many found it rather amusing and cute. But stayed away when he tried to take a bite out of them.
In some ways Bella found it working for her as she wasn't a people's person and didn't know what to say. She didn't like the attention.
She researched on her laptop on how to train this breed. And had started some of his training already. Potty training being the first. She didn't want him to shit in her car or whatever place she was planning on staying.
It was as if he could sense her moods and likes. Cuddling to her when she left alone and trying to stay away from doing things she didn't like. She loved him already.
Even being on the road he never complained. Along with the training she also pampered him.
Giving him proper dog food, regular baths. He loved playing in water. Always splashing and jumping in. He was always high on energy and would love to play around.
Whenever he learned something new or did exactly what she had taught him he always looked up to her. Expecting her to react. Which she did. Encouraging him and giving him hugs which he never seemed to get enough. He wasn't very high maintenance and always seemed content.
She didn't know what made he stop in Denver. She just had feeling she should stay here. She checked out for rented apartments that would allow pets. She checked for a fully furnished one. She liked one particularly and as money wasn't an issue so she got herself quickly settled in. She had carried a few grimoire's and some items with herself which seemed very important as her grandma had told her to keep them safe no matter what. She had locked away most of the stuff at her house but was carrying some she thought might be useful. You never know when it might be needed.
She had a safe in this new apartment in which she had locked some money and the items she had carried with a spell.
She had decided it was time she at least attempted to get her dog to get accustomed to people around.
She had walked a block down from her new apartment to the park her building doorman had suggested.
It was a sunny day. It felt nice just lazing around. There were students around playing in the batting cages practicing baseball or just hanging around. Looking at them she sometimes wondered what her life would have been if she hadn't met the Cullen's. Somehow she knew even then she wouldn't be living like this. She was a loner. Its not that she liked being alone. She just never met anyone who understood her.
This was how she found herself thinking about the past. Yoda was obviously not even attempting to play around with other dogs in the park. So Bella indulged him and after getting tired they both hung around just laying on the lush green grass.
It was then that her pup started slowly growling. When she followed his gaze, curious to find out what had him angry this time. She watched three people talking near the batting cages and a fourth tall brown haired man approaching them. She watched when the brown haired man hit the raven-haired with a wooden baseball bat and went to get another one from the stand nearby. With the force he had hit, any normal human should have died but the raven-haired one had managed to get up. The other two were trying to stop them from fighting.
She watched horrified when the raven-haired one staked the tall man. It was just as he started graying that he turned towards her and their eyes locked and he collapsed on the floor. It was as if something snapped within Bella.
She waited for the trio to leave before going over. She looked around to check if someone had seen them, but luckily for her no one was around. She dragged him into a secluded corner. She didn't know why she was panicking.
He was a vampire. And he was staked so he must be dead right? But something felt off about the situation. Plus she had no clue why she was feeling like this. What does it matter if he is dead? He isn't even someone she knows! But she couldn't get herself to leave. Leave him, she corrected. She removed the offending stake from his chest and kept pacing.
She didn't know how much time had passed. Yoda was sitting next to body silently as he kept watching them both. She turned her head around and watched wide eyed as she saw him wakeup gasping for air. It was as if she could breathe again. As he looked at her she couldn't help but stare back. She had studied him when he was supposedly dead. But now that he was alive….
He was an extremely handsome man. He looked not much older than her. May be 20 or so, she guessed. Untamed short brown hair that many people would call sex hair. Though she wouldn't know anything about that, being inexperienced. He was wearing a long sleeved grey t-shirt with sleeves rolled up and dark jeans. His body was lithe. She blushed when she saw he caught her shamelessly checking him out.
