A/N: Guess what!!! I'm a vampire!! No really, I feed off of reviews only! So feed me!!! lol. Okay anyways, now that I got that out of my system, Enjoy!!!
Black Nebula
Chapter 2
The snow glistened in the sunlight as I sped down the road. I didn't have to worry about anyone peeking through the windows at my sparkling skin because the windows of the Altima were already tinted black.
I didn't know much about the Denali clan, only that Tanya used to have a thing for my Edward. Sorry, Edward. It was strange that even after all this time, I still considered him mine. And yet he wanted nothing to do with me.
I was somewhere in the right area, so I got out of the car and took a look around. The snow looked even more tranquil and radiant now that I wasn't speeding along. I tilted my head to the side as I caught the whiff of a vampire. I guess I was hiking from here. I grabbed my bags from the trunk and started my way along the trail.
I ran seemingly on top of the snow, barely leaving a visible footprint. The scent was getting stronger and I could now distinguish that there were three different scents intertwined with the original one I smelled earlier. I hid behind some trees when I came to a valley and saw four figures in the middle. They were having a snowball fight, complete with forts and a huge stockpile of snowballs. I could tell the snowballs were being thrown at insanely high speeds that no human could ever throw, or even follow for that matter. I looked closer and saw that I recognized two of them.
I was about to come out of hiding and walk towards the vampires when all of a sudden I heard Alice exclaim, "She's here, she's here!" Before I knew it the little pixie was standing in front of me, giving me a huge hug. "Oh Bella, I've missed you so much! And you're more beautiful than I even imagined."
Jasper was next to follow behind Alice. He was a little more cautious than she was. "Bella. I'm extremely sorry for what I did to you. What I tried to do to you."
"Jasper, it's okay, I know you didn't mean it. I never blamed you for any of it." In that instant I knew what I was saying was true. I had already forgiven all of the Cullen's for leaving me. Well at least most of them. "Who's here?"
Catching the true meaning of my question, Alice answered me first. "It's just me and Jasper. We had planned on going to South America with Edward but I had a vision that you would turn up here, so we stayed. I started to tell Edward but had said to all of us before we left that we weren't allowed to meddle in your business. That you were to move on without us. He didn't even want me to look in on you. But I couldn't resist Bella. And when I got the vision that you were changed, it was too late, I wasn't looking for you at that moment, let alone for Laurent. So I figured I'd do the next best thing and that was wait for you here. I started to block my mind from Edward by translating the Holy Bible into Scandinavian. I didn't even want anyone else to slip up and accidently know about you, so they don't know. Only Jasper knows." I know she didn't need to, but it was just weird to hear someone speak without breathing. "I swear my brother can be so stubborn sometimes."
"Yeah, I only wish he could have listened to his own advice." Alice and Jasper looked at me with confused looks. "He concocted some cockamamie story and scholarship and put money into my account." I couldn't genuinely be too angry with him for that because I did use the money for my car. But dangit, I needed a new car, and it's the principal that matters.
"Bella, how are you so in control?" Jasper asked me. I remembered everyone telling me that as a newborn, I'd be blood thirsty, but to be honest the one mountain lion that I fed on has so far sustained me. Until now, I hadn't even thought of the thirst. And I wasn't even a day old yet.
"I don't know. I was wondering that too. The only thing that I could think of is that this was something that I've wanted since I met your family. Maybe coming into this with knowing what to expect, allowed me to be in better control?"
Jasper replayed my answer in his head, and accepted it without any more questions. Alice and Jasper started walking towards the house where I noticed the other two vampires had run off to moments before. "Alice, umm, Irina, is she going to be mad at me because of Laurent? It wasn't my fault there were these huge wolves that came out of nowhere."
She gave a slight chuckle at my question, which confused me. "Bella, Bella, Bella. It's just so funny that even though it wasn't your fault you still feel guilty and concerned over something you couldn't control. I already spoke to Irina, in fact she was the first person I spoke to when we arrived. She has no ill-will towards you. I let her know that he was there to kill you and if any of us had been there with you, we would have killed him just the same as any wolf could have done. She was mad at first, but she understood eventually. You'll be fine."
We walked into the neat house that was almost as big as the Cullen's home back in Forks, and there were five vampires waiting to greet me. Alice made all of the introductions, and everyone seemed pleasant enough. Tanya kept eyeing me up and down though. I knew it was because she knew that Edward hadn't fallen in love with her, but with me, and while I was a human, at that. Edward once told me of the advances she used to make while his family was staying with them. Her stares were making me a little uncomfortable, or maybe it was the thirst that I was beginning to feel.
For a few hours, I discussed my gift with Eleazar. His gifting was being able to sense the gifts of other vampires, and in me he saw me as having a mental shield. When I told him that explained why Edward wasn't able to read my thoughts, he was astonished that someone was able to manifest their gift so strongly as a human. He started going off on a tangent on the possibilities of such a gift. I sensed that he was much like Carlisle in the respect that any new possibility that was discovered, needed to be researched and tested thoroughly. I quietly slipped out of Eleazar's office at that point.
I went back downstairs to find Alice and Jasper getting ready to leave. "You guys are leaving?"
"No, well yes. But we'll be back. We just have to go pick up something for you." Just then Alice had a vision and then she started smiling. "And now, you're coming with us!" Alice started jumping up and down with excitement. I knew that happy dance, and knew she saw shopping in her vision. I resolved that if she was going to use her visions against me, there was no use fighting it. I grabbed my coat even though I wouldn't feel the cold wind. It's Alaska, people don't walk around without being bundled up here.
"First we have to make a stop in Seattle." Jasper explained. "We have some business that needs to be taken care of." I nodded my head since I didn't know what possible business they would have in Seattle.
I climbed in the backseat of a Black Escalade EXT, and looked out the window as Jasper sped through the snowy wilderness. Alice and I continued so many conversations about how things were after they left. I told her how bad it had gotten for me, and she looked like she would have cried if she could. She told me that if she had known it had gotten that bad, she would have come back, forgetting what Edward had said. Before long, we pulled up to a restaurant in downtown Seattle. I hadn't even noticed when we crossed over the border, let alone when the snow tapered off.
Alice and Jasper jumped out of the car, so I followed suit. I had no idea what we were doing at a restaurant since we obviously couldn't eat human food. I noticed Jasper hold his hand over the flame of a candle to warm it up. I figured we were meeting someone, a human, but since I was wearing gloves, I would just keep them on.
The hostess led us to a secluded booth where a man crawled out of to greet us. "Ahh, Mr. Cullen, it's a pleasure seeing you again." Turning to Alice he said, "And you must be Mrs. Cullen? It is most definitely a pleasure meeting you." He stopped to look at me, " Miss Isabella Anthony. The newest addition to the Cullen clan I presume?" I turned to look at Alice who was smiling from ear to ear, and Jasper just simply looked angry.
"Jenks. I believe it to be rude to speak on presumptions. Let's just continue our business as usual so that I may be on my way." I looked back at Jasper, as I've never heard him speak in such an authoritative tone. The man Jenks, looked scared and was eager to hurry Jasper and his female companions as far away from him as possible.
"Of course, sir." Jenks fumbled in the leather briefcase that he had laid out beside him in the booth. Pulling out a manila envelope, he handed it quickly over to Jasper, who in turn handed him a stack of bills. "The documents you requested. It was a pleasure doing business for you sir." Jenks was definitely scared, he kept his hand down, and didn't even count the money that Jasper slipped to him. It wasn't truly a pleasure for him. I followed Jasper and Alice back out to the truck and hopped in.
Jasper handed me the envelope, and told me they were mine. I looked in, and dumped the contents out on the backseat. There was a license, passport, birth certificate, high school transcript, everything I could possibly need to live a normal life. "What is all this stuff?" The address on most of the items were for a place in Portland, Oregon.
"It's your new life! Welcome to the witness protection program." Alice chuckled at her little joke. "You like the last name?" Alice said as she peered above the seat looking back at me. Anthony was Edward's middle name. If only she knew that thinking of him broke my non-existent heart still.
"Yeah, it's okay." I knew there was no way I could go by my last name, if Charlie had the connections, he would have probably tried to call the F.B.I. or the C.I.A. or some other initial bureau to try to find me. "But why do I need all this stuff?"
"You have to finish high school Bella. Your transcripts have already been sent to your new high school. They are expecting you next Monday. The address on your license is an apartment. Your cover story is that you were emancipated from your parents, and due to the lawsuit you had against them, you were able to get your own place. Don't worry it's not flashy, you'll like the place. I'm sorry the story is all I could come up with on short notice." Jasper parked the car, and again we got out, but I immediately wanted to crawl back in. I forgot I agreed to go shopping with Alice. Jasper started walking in the direction of the bookstore and I tried desperately to follow, but Alice wasn't hearing it. "Nope, Bella we're going this way."
"Wait a second, Alice. I have to suffer my senior year by myself?" I wanted to panic, why wasn't I having a panic attack? Alice led me into a store and shoved me into a dressing room with about twenty different outfits in a matter of minutes.
"No, silly, Jasper and I will be with you, but we're going to be arriving in a couple of weeks. We have a few loose ends to tie up. Bella, I'm not leaving you ever again. I promise."
