I do not own Twilight.- Midnight Chaser
~*~ means new point of view, place, or time
Chapter 2- Bella's Past
"Bella?" Emmett asked so low only vampires could hear.
"Yes?" I looked at him and I got hit with another wave of painful visions and I gasped then Laurent hissed with Oliver when Jasper reached out and grabbed my arm and after a few seconds I let a breath out and relaxed.
"What happened?" Jasper asked.
"Are you alright?" Emmett asked still looking in my eyes.
"Yes but maybe I should let everyone hear this." I smiled.
"What?" Jasper asked confused.
"One of my powers is to talk telepathically with any other vampire of my choice. All they have to do is have met me. I'm a telepath." Jasper looked at me stunned.
"How does that work?" Emmett asked and I giggled.
"Just listen." I concentrated on all the faces of the vampires in the school and tapped into their mind to talk.
'Calling Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, Edward, Oliver, Laurent, Ellis, Dallas, Sicily, Scarlet, Thomas, Valeria, and new vampire with Cullens. Nobody freak. It's Bella and I'm a telepath. Every vampire in the school can now hear your thoughts like we are one. So talk.'….me
'The new guy is Jackson.'…a wind chime voice thought
'Hello Jackson. The name is Bella.'…me
'Bella!'…Alice
'Hi.'…me
'How are you alive?'…Rose
'Are you sure it's alright to talk to them Ice Angel?'…Oliver
'Yes Oliver.'…me
'Who is Oliver?'…Edward
'A member of my coven and Sicily's mate.'…me
'Who is Sicily?'….Emmett
'That would be me.'…Sicily
'Introduce yourselves guys.'…me
'But?'…they started
'Now!'…they all rushed to tell them their names while the Cullens snickered in their thoughts
'Valeria and my mate is Thomas and I'm an empath.'…Valeria
'Thomas. I'm able to turn my body into steel.'…Thomas
'Oliver. My mate is Sicily and I can go through things like they aren't there.'….Oliver
'Sicily. I can see bonds between people.'…Sicily
'Laurent. I can see other vampire's powers.'…Laurent
'Scarlet and my mate is Dallas. I can teleport.'…Scarlet
'Dallas. I can transfer memories and show you what I've seen and show you what others have seen by touching them. I can also erase memories of humans. '….Dallas
'Ellis is my name and I have the power to see the past of my coven members only by touching them and then see the future of my coven members only.'…Ellis
'And then there is the two vampires posing as our parents. Conner can control iron and his mate is Cassia who can create illusions. They already know all of you and your powers besides Jackson.'….me
'How?'….Jasper
'Ellis saw my past and then Dallas saw my past through her and showed everyone else.'….me
'Well my name is Jackson and I have the power to know when other vampires are coming and I'm a tracker.'….Jackson
'Why doesn't anyone remember us? I read their minds and I only get names of the Connors and Dales that resemble us and then when we go to you we see you with a new form but the same name. Why?'…..Edward
'I had Dallas erase the memories of us from the human mind besides people of La Push and then I had Cassie make illusions of us with new names and faces so we could move back.'….me
'So that's why the principal came over to the house and didn't freak when he saw us. He didn't even know us.'…Emmett
'Who changed you Bells?'…Alice
'Unimportant.'…me
'But-'….Alice
'Bell is going to ring. Bye.'… me
'Wait!'…all the Cullens called
'Before I go I have a message form my sister Victoria.'…me
'Sister?'…Alice
'Yes. She said if I ever saw the Cullens again to tell them, 'Not even my fire of hate could melt the ice of bleeding and broken heart of the human'. Goodbye Cullens.'…I said as they all yelled but I already broke the connection
"Are you ready to go?" Oliver and Ellis asked in front of me.
"Yes." Jasper reached to touch me but was shocked by an ice wave that I was generating around my body through my power.
"Goodbye." I said coldly and I walked out the door leaving Emmett and Jasper sitting there shocked.
"Where are you going next?" Laurent asked.
"I will be going to Trigonometry with Ellis and Oliver. See you at lunch." I walked by and all the humans gasped as I swayed through the crowd.
"Hello. I'm Isabella Ice and this is Oliver Ice and Ellis Brandon." I smiled to Mr. Varner who gasped.
"Well yes. Oliver and Ellis can sit in the second row at the empty table. Isabella please sit with Rosalie Hale. Raise your hand." I took my seat beside Rose who stared at me.
"Why are you still alive?" Rose hissed so low only vampires could hear.
"I'm not alive. I am among the walking dead but I died along time ago. 20 years and a few days to be exact." I looked into her eyes and saw past memories of her as a human and then her most painful memories as a vampire and I locked my teeth together as I saw how much pain and betrayal she felt as a human.
"Bella?" Rose hissed frantically.
"I'm fine." I breathed.
"Why do you keep doing that? You did that with Alice and Emmett told me you did the same thing with him and now me. Why?" Rose asked.
"One of my powers is to see the darkest and most painful memories of others by looking in their eyes. I received this power because of the painful, numb, blank, and cold state I was in when I was turned." her face looked shocked as I turned my attention back to the board and I could feel Rose's eyes on my face the whole time until the bell rang and she grabbed my hand but was shocked back like Jasper but stood her ground.
"Bella I'm sorry for seeming rude. But I was wondering if we could walk to class together? Alice told me that we had the next class together and I wanted to ask you something." Rose said pleadingly.
"Is she bothering you?" Oliver growled from behind me.
"No. You two go to Government. I'll catch up in a moment." I ordered and Ellis dragged Oliver out of the class.
"Ready?" I asked Rose as she stood staring at me.
"Thanks. Why are your eyes blue?" Rose asked.
"I'm not certain but my coven and I believe it is because my power over ice so my eyes look like ice but the gold in them comes from my diet." I answered.
"You control ice?" she asked as we closed in on the classroom.
"Yes. It is one of my powers." I smiled.
"Hello. My name is Isabella Ice and I'm new here." I smiled to Mr. Cole.
"Yes well have a seat beside Rosalie Hale." he ordered as he tried to control his breathing.
The rest of the class Rose didn't talk because Oliver was sitting in front of me and kept growling every time she tried.
"Ready for lunch? I heard that we are having spaghetti." Oliver wrapped his arm around my shoulder and walked off to the lunch room with Ellis on my heels.
"So what did she want to know?" Oliver snarled.
"My eyes." he nodded.
"Everyone else is already in the cafeteria. Are you ready?" he eyed me carefully and I gave him a reassuring smile.
Am I ready? I don't want them back in my life. They left like I was useless. I wish they wouldn't have come here. Why did they? They wouldn't have because it has only been 20 years since they were last here. They would have known people would have recognized them. The only way they would have come is if they knew that Dallas erased the memories of me and the Cullens from everyone in Forks besides the people of La Push and that Cassia put allusions of what I would have looked like and the Cullens became the Connors and the Hales became the Dales and we all had new faces. But there is no way they knew that. So why?
"Here we go." Oliver wrapped his arm around me in a brotherly gesture and opened the door to let me in as we walked through the cafeteria and I noticed that my coven had took a table directly in front of the Cullens and scooted it over so they were connected and I saw Edward look at me with confusion on his face.
What does he wan?
~*~
When the bell rang for lunch I had to struggle to keep up a human pace while going to the cafeteria.
"Edward over here." Alice pointed to the table we were going to sit at.
"Has anyone talked to Bella?" I asked.
"I did when I asked her why her eyes were blue. She said 'I'm not certain but my coven and I believe it is because my power over ice so my eyes look like ice but the golden in them comes from my diet' and then I asked her why she seemed to be in pain when she looked in mine, Emmett's, and Alice's eyes and she said 'One of my powers is to see the darkest and most painful memories of others by looking in their eyes. I received this power because of the painful, numb, blank, and cold state I was in when I was turned'. And that's pretty much it because Oliver kept growling at me." Rose hissed as we all gasped.
"I talked to her too. I tried to grab her hand to get her to listen in class and I was shocked by an ice wave generating off her body. I wanted to know why I couldn't feel her emotions." Jasper said.
"You can't feel her emotions?" I asked shocked.
"Of course he can't because her heart is frozen to nothing." a voice that sounded like Valeria from our telepath talk said and I looked up to see Bella's coven minus Bella and Oliver in front of the table we were at and they pulled a table to smack into the front of ours so it looked like we had a table for 16 people since each table held 8.
"What do you want?" Rose hissed as we all moved our chairs to the back side of the table while they moved their chairs around the table.
"You have questions and we have answers. We will wait for Bella though." Valeria said as they all took a seat in front of us.
I sat in the middle of the table with Alice, Jasper, and Jackson to my left and Rose and Emmett to my right. Scarlet sat beside Sicily on the left end of the table and Thomas on the right end leaving an empty seat by him. Laurent sat beside Dallas and then their was an empty seat and then Ellis was beside the empty seat followed by Valeria.
"Where is Bella?" Dallas asked Ellis as her eyes got glassy.
"She is talking to Oliver and he is worried while Bella is trying to convince him she is fine. They will be in here in 1 minute and 23 seconds." Ellis said and they all nodded.
"Excuse me, but why did you call my wife Aunt Alice?" Jasper asked.
"Because she is our great-aunt. Our grandmother was her younger sister and she had a daughter who had us. We are twins." Dallas said never taking is eyes off the door behind him.
"You're my great niece and nephew?" Alice sang.
"Unfortunately." Dallas growled at her and Jasper snarled back.
"We should at least hear their side before you decide to hate them for leaving Bella for dead." Ellis said as she looked pleadingly at her twin.
"I saw Bella's past and her pain. I've seen every memory and I held back on what I showed all of you but I know the whole truth. Even what you couldn't see." Dallas growled.
"What does that mean?" Alice asked.
"Ellis can see Bella's past but only certain flickers of it. What she does see she shows me. One day I asked Bella to let her mind shield down so I could see what she has seen and she did so. What I saw was an unforgivable thing in my eyes however Bella is more gentle of heart than myself. I know every moment of my mother's existence and you are the reason she has always suffered." Dallas snarled when the table was suddenly hit with a wave of calm but stronger than before.
"I forgot that he was an empath as well." Valeria said as she eyed Dallas and he sighed.
What does he mean by that? The pain we caused. We left so she wouldn't suffer.
The door opened and I was hit hard with the vampires thoughts that were thinking one word, 'Bella'.
She glided over to the table with Oliver who glared at my family and I before taking a seat beside Thomas and Bella took a seat in between Dallas and Ellis in front of Alice and I.
"What would you like to know?" Bella said as Ellis leaned over so her head was on Bella's shoulder and Dallas slid over close enough to place his hand on top of hers.
'They have all calmed down Edward. The second she spoke everyone became like a calming ocean.'….Jasper
'She seems so sad. I wonder what happened?'…Jackson
'She is so beautiful but sad.'…Rose
'Who hurt my baby sister so bad? I'll kill them!'…Emmett
'She looks so hurt. What happened?'…Alice
"Who turned you Bella?" Alice asked.
"Victoria but she is dead." Bella frowned.
"How?" Jasper asked.
"She was killed by my friend Jacob from La Push and his friends." Bella answered.
"What?" Jasper asked.
"They were werewolves. More like shape shifters in my opinion. I saw them transform when they came to kill Victoria but I had already been bitten then Lauren came and helped me." Bella smiled at Laurent.
"You didn't need my help leader. You are the first vampire I know that hates the smell of human blood because it stinks. You even ran from the smell as a newborn." Laurent laughed.
"What?!" Jasper asked shocked and the coven growled.
"Enough." Bella said and they were all silenced.
"The smell repulses me to the point of making me sick. I think that is one of my human traits that I brought over." Bella answered.
"Why do you have so many scars? You have more than Jasper it looks like." Emmett laughed.
"I was bitten 100 times for my transformation and then I have one scar from James and the rest are from the other vampires I have fought." Bella answered as we all gasped.
'Being bit one time hurts like hell!'…Rose
'Holy fuck! Is she some kind of super vampire?!'….Jackson
'How did she survive?'…Alice
'100! Holy shit!.'…Emmett
'That is impossible! How can she still be alive? 100 bites!'….Jasper
"You must have been in a lot of pain." Jackson said.
"Actually she didn't scream once. She even was able to stand up and she tried to walk but I wouldn't let her." Laurent said.
"Wow." Jackson said in amazement.
"So you stayed with her for the 3 days of transformation?" Alice asked and then Bella started laughing along with Laurent and her coven.
"It didn't take Bella 3 days to turn." Laurent laughed.
"Not even close." Ellis giggled.
"She was in a transformation for 7 days." Dallas chuckled.
'What?! Seven days? Edward!'….everyone yelled at me
"Why seven?" Jasper asked after he recovered from shock.
"Well we have a two theories. One is the extent of my injuries. Two is because I have seven powers." Bella answered.
"You have seven powers?" I asked in amazement and she turned her head to look in my eyes and her eyes got wide and her jaw locked and she rested her head on her arm against the table.
"Bella? Who?" Laurent said.
"Edward." Bella said through gasps and that's when I remembered her power and I tried to reach for her to help her up but I was hit with an ice wave that shocked me back.
"Shouldn't have tried that. We told you." Rose snarled at me.
"Just relax and let it pass through you." Rose said as Bella breathed a sigh of relief and looked back off the table and her eyes looked weary.
"I'm fine." she said as her coven began to fidget and then they all let out their held breath.
'They all love her.'….Jasper
"What are your powers?" Alice asked.
"You already know I'm a telepath and I can see others most painful memories and past. I'm sure you were told that I'm a shield against mind powers as well. And I believe Rose told you that I said I could control ice. To be more specific I can control snow, ice, rain, water, and the precipitation in the air. When I use this power my fingernails glow an icy blue. I am also telekinetic. When I use this power my nails glow a snow white. Another power is a healing power. I can heal injuries and pain. My nails glow a watery blue when I do this. My last power is a lullaby. When I sing I can either soothe someone or put them in a coma like daze. I have been working with this power to see if there is any other way I can use it and I have discovered that if I sing in an angry tone everyone gets angry and when I sing sadly everyone becomes sad and cries or dry sobs if you are a vampire. Laurent and I believe that the tone of my voice effects moods so when I sing a calm emotionless way that is when they go into a coma like state. That's pretty much it." Bella said as we all looked at her in 'awe'.
"I think you froze their faces." Ellis laughed and that brought us back.
"Who turned all of you? Well besides Laurent." Alice asked.
"Bella." they all answered and we all gasped.
'She turned them.'…Rose
'Why did she do that?'…Emmett
'How did she manage that?'…Jackson
'Amazing. I've never seen such an amazing vampire. She's a natural.'…Jasper
'Did she turn them to replace us? She turned my niece and nephew!'…Alice
"Bella why did you do that?" Alice asked angrily.
"What?" Bella asked confused.
"Why did you turn all them? If you missed us you could have found us. You didn't have to turn all these people. Honestly what were you thinking? My Bella would have never done something so selfish. You let all these people spend three days in pain for your own reasons." Alice said as Bella's face turned from confusion to shock, betrayal, pain, hurt, anger, sadness, and finally turned to complete pain stricken.
"I'm sorry for disappointing you. I guess I'm just a selfish bitch." Bella said with no emotion as she stood up.
"I have to leave guys. I'll see you at the house. No fighting no matter what they say about me." she ordered her coven.
"Wait Bella." Alice pleaded and Bella turned to face us while her blue eyes blazed a deep ocean blue while it looked like rain was clouding in them and then in started pouring outside and her fingernails turned a icy blue.
"Sorry I couldn't live up to your standards and I'm sorry I met you and thought of you as family. I'm sorry that I ever thought you all loved me and I'm sorry that I fell into your web of lies that made me think you were my family. I know you all don't want me and that I am a continuous burden to all of you. There is nothing more to say than that I should have died 20 years ago. Maybe then my coven could be in heaven and they would have never had to have met me. Goodbye. I don't know if I will be back." Bella said as she turned and the rain and lightning crashed hard outside while thunder echoed over her words.
"Bella?!" Alice said in shock as she went to get her but stopped when a vicious growl reached her ears and we turned to see her entire coven growling at us.
"I'll go with her before she lets her emotions destroy the entire town." Laurent said as he stood up and left.
"How could you say that to my mother? I thought you loved her Aunt Alice!" Ellis sobbed as Dallas held her close.
"What?" Alice asked shocked.
"You may be physic but you still don't know a damn thing! You had no right to say that when you didn't even have a clue about what happened. Bella didn't turn us because she wanted to! She did it because we asked and there was no other choice! You want to know what happened! Then I'll show you because we weren't in pain for three days! Bella was! She used her power of healing and kept it up until we awoke so the only thing we felt was a deep sleep and felt a little sore but that was it while she suffered from exhaustion! This is what really happened!" Dallas growled as his hand glowed a faint white and then my mind along with everyone else's at the table went blank as new memories flooded us from Bella and her coven.
The memories of all their transformations were shown to us and how Bella asked them what to do and how she saved all their lives. It showed how she used her power to heal on them and a few seconds before they awoke she released it and collapsed but held herself up while Laurent helped and then she stood tall with no sign of pain when the rest of her coven came in when Bella called them. We watched as she explained the rules and how she showed them how to hunt. We saw how she collapsed on the ground and her eyes turned pitch black from her exhaustion and Laurent sat by her side until she could get the strength to move again and go feed. We saw how she fought off vampires that tried to attack them and how she wouldn't allow anyone else to fight. We tensed when we saw the memory of her meeting Aro and the Volturi's interest in her. We saw how she was still selfless and did everything for her coven. We saw how a bunch of newborns attacked one day and Valeria received a small cut from where she tried to help Bella and then Bella's eyes blazed blue and she roared while the ground shook and she flung her hand in the air and she used telekinesis to rip all the newborns apart and then she punched a crater in the ground when she noticed Valeria had a small cut and she ran to heal her as she left her own body torn and injured. We watched every battle Bella ever fought and every moment where Bella stood tall through the pain and then we saw how her coven made a necklace that was their symbol and that it represented their love for her and how she is the heart of the coven.
"You see that she saved us and she suffered. Not us." Valeria sad sadly.
"I…didn't…know." Alice sobbed uncontrollably into Jasper.
"You have seen her life after the transformation. Now I'll show you her life as a human and her own transformation. I was ordered to never show anyone this by Bella, however I believe it has become necessary for your own safety against our anger. When Bella let me see her past thoughts that she wouldn't even show Ellis I had promised never to show them to anyone, but you will hear her thoughts and see what she saw as a human. You will also feel everything she felt. Not even my coven has seen this so I ask you all to be patient. This will take around 5 minutes to show everything and sort the thoughts out so they come clearly." Dallas said as his hand glowed a faint white again and more memories were showed to us and before they appeared Bella's musical voice echoed through our minds before the visions started.
'I'd never given much thought to how I would die, though if I could choose, to die in the place of someone else, someone I loved, would be a good way to go.'- Bella
First was her first day of school with us and how Jessica told her about us and what she thought about all of us. We could hear Bella's thoughts in her human voice as she thought and how she pitied us but was relieved that she wasn't alone. We heard how she defended us without ever meeting us. Next was how I reacted when I first smelt her and her confused and terrified thoughts and reaction. The next memory was of me speeding off out of the classroom and Bella looked so angry and we could hear how she was angry with me because she didn't do anything. We saw how she saw right through everything when I was trying to get my schedule changed and how she blamed herself and worried for my absence. We heard all of her silent questions that I could never hear when she was human and blocked me. We saw her memories as days passed by and of the first time we talked in the lab and how amused I was and shocked by her on target observations and answers along with her own expressions and unspoken words. We were all amazed at how Bella's mind caught on every detail and saw everything and feared nothing. Days of her life passed and we heard her thoughts about everything and we all laughed slightly when she fell down from the ice and greeted it in her mind. Next was how she was at the school and noticed that their were chains on her tires and she was overwhelmed by her father's unannounced concerns. We saw through Bella's mind of what happened with the car and how she caught every movement of mine and then how she was so angry with me when I said that she might have a concussion and how bad she felt about making everyone worry. We watched and listened to her thoughts as she realized that Carlisle knew. We watched as days passed with her thoughts and conversations. We saw how I ignored her until Mike asked her out and I couldn't ignore her anymore and the anger and frustration she had on that day with guys asking her to the dance and how she wanted to hit my car. We saw how she thought about hitting me or something when I told her that I was giving Tyler a chance to ask her out, which made Emmett laugh and then how she referred to me as a stupid, shiny Volvo owner, making us all laugh. We watched everything from when she ate lunch with me, to fainting at the smell of blood which the repulsive smell that was stuck in her mind made us scrunch our own noses, to going to la Push and finding out the stories. We saw her being attacked by the group of men and me saving her, to us going out to eat and her telling me that I dazzle people, and then to her knowing what I was and how she said it didn't matter. We all laughed at how she yelled at me for driving fast and said I was crabby when I was hungry. They were all shocked when they heard how she was going to fight off her attackers. Next was of me dropping her off and a thought rang loud and clear.
'About three things I was absolutely positive. Fist, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and I didn't know how potent that part might be-that thirsted my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him'- Bella
Next was when I drove her to school with the never ending twenty questions and then the meadow along with her worry for me, and with me spending the night with her which made Emmett and Jasper whistle. We watched as her time with us passed by and my family saw our every touch, kiss, movement, looks, and they all heard how Bella admired all of us when she met us for the first time and how she felt guilty for hurting Rose and Emmett which made Rose smack herself in the head and Emmett shake is head and groan. We heard how she felt bad for causing Jasper pain and having me give him a hard time when she really didn't fear him, which made Jasper feel guilty which made us all feel guilty. We watched how she enjoyed Alice being natural in front of her and not trying to act human, which made Alice smile wildly. We saw how much she thought of Esme as a mother and said she was like Snow White and Carlisle as a father in her eyes. We saw the memories of every moment in the house and how Bella and I got into a play fight and she sarcastically said I was scary. Next was of me meeting Charlie and how he thought she was seeing Emmett and he disapproved which made Emmett laugh. Then going to the baseball game and how she felt happy we were all having fun. Next was when the other vampires showed up and Bella feared for us. Then it showed us in the car and arguing while Bella tried to break Emmett's grip and how she yelled frantically and panic and worry was screaming in her thoughts and feelings because she knew what would happen if she disappeared and she didn't want us to be in trouble or have to hide while a thought screamed out above all others.
'Not over me, you don't! You're not ruining everything over me!'-Bella yelled
Next was our fighting in the car and when Bella realized that James would go after Charlie and she started to thrash violently against the harness she was in and her mind was roaring with rage and worry so loud and deadly that we all shivered including her coven. Then we saw how Bella's mind processed everything and worked almost as fast as a vampires and she had a plan laid out before we could think.
'You take me back. I tell my dad I want to go home to Phoenix. I pack my bags. We wait till this tracker is watching, and then we run. He'll follow us and leave Charlie alone. Charlie won't call the FBI on your family. Then you can take me any damned place you want.'-Bella
Then we saw how we took her plan and worked it to fit with all of us and then when we tried to figure out who was going with who Bella's thought and voice roared above all around our conversation.
'Listen, Charlie's not an imbecile. If you're not in town tomorrow, he's going to get suspicious. Then what about this tracker? He saw the way you acted tonight. He's going to think you're with me, wherever you are.'- Bella
We watched as I argued not wanting to leave her alone and leave her with Alice and Jasper when her words roared like thunder again.
'Hang out there for a week-a few days. Let Charlie see you haven't kidnapped me, and lead this James on a wild-goose chase. Make sure he's completely off my trail. Then come and meet me. Take a roundabout route, of course, and then Jasper and Alice can go home.'- Bella
Everyone saw how I was considering it and then when she said I would meet her in Phoenix and I panicked saying that James would know that's where she was going and Bella's thoughts and words echoed through our heads like thunder.
'And you'll make it look like that's a ruse, obviously. He'll know that we'll know that he's listening. He'll never believe I'm actually going where I say I am going.'- Bella
The memory that came next made me want to cry with my family at how much pain and suffering Bella was in and the determination to protect him. She was screaming in her mind at how sorry she was and Alice let out a dry sob at the amount of pain Bella was in. Looking at the memory you couldn't tell she was hurting that bad, but feeling it from her own memory was torture and we were all shocked that a human could bear so much pain. Next was when we drove her to my house and she was screaming at herself saying that it was all her fault and then Rose dry sobbed when Bella took everything Rose said to heart and wished she could just die or had never put them in this danger. We felt how Bella felt and heard her anguish cries in her mind as tears fell down and she struggled to keep herself together as she stood in a pool of worry and fear for us but not her own life. We saw how Jasper felt her feelings and how she thought it was all a waist and she wasn't worth it as he tried to comfort her and her words echoed over like a dead wind.
'I'm not. If anything happens to them, it will be for nothing.' Bella
Next was Alice and Jasper with Bella as she struggled to stay awake and her mind raced as she was flooded with recent memories. Then they were in the hotel and Alice was doing her best to help Bella and Jasper was thrown with her emotions of worry and despair. We saw how Bella noticed all the little details that they didn't predict she would see which made Alice and Jasper curse themselves for not paying better attention. We heard how she saw through every lie and the way she knew when something wasn't right. We saw as Bella began to panic with fear for us and how Jasper didn't understand why she was frightened until she explained it was over us. Her thoughts were on target and direct about everything as her mind worked over time and she reminded herself not to trust her feelings with Jasper around. We watched as the day passed and her thoughts and emotions went wild and not even Jasper could feel the true emotions she was feeling from where she hid them from him. Then it was of Bella and Alice and how she got Alice to explain how to become a vampire and the conversation they held. Next was Alice's vision and Bella's confusion with the relief of hearing my voice. Next was Alice drawing out the vision she saw and how Bella recognized it and Jasper and Alice looked panicked and worried. Then there was Bella using the phone to leave her mother a message. Afterwards was Bella awakening and going to Jasper to see if Alice saw anything new and saw her sketching her house. Then Alice called us and we saw her start panicking over her mother and words flew from her mouth and they echoed like bells.
'I can't win, Alice. You can't guard everyone I know forever. Don't you see what he's doing? He's not tracking me at all. He'll find someone, he'll hurt someone I love….Alice, I can't. And what if you get hurt, Alice? Do you think that's okay with me? Do you think it's only my human family he can hurt me with?'- Bella
We watched as Bella stormed out of the room and stared blankly at the wall ahead while her mind went over every option and they all ended with her dead. Next was a phone call for Bella and it ended up being James. After we heard the conversation and helplessness of Bella's voice and the look on her face, we all heard her thoughts and felt emotions hit us like a brick wall, despair, fear, hopelessness, pain, determination, anger, terror, and anguish. All these emotions hit us hard as Bella's mind worked double time and went over plan after plan and how her mind screamed she had to try and it would only end with her death that she was willing to accept. She then hid her emotions and locked them away as she put on a mask of no emotion and a dead look. We saw her ask if she could write a letter to give to her mom and her thoughts rang as she wrote.
'Edward, I love you. I m so sorry. He has my mom, and I have to try. I know it may not work. I am so very, very sorry. Don't be angry with Alice and Jasper. If I get away from them it will be a miracle. Tell them thank you for me. Alice especially, please. And please, please don't come after him. That's what he wants, I think. I can't bear it if anyone has to be hurt because of me, especially you. Please, this is the only thing I can ask you now. For me. I love you. Forgive me. Bella.'- Bella
My family gasped because none of them knew what the letter had said and Alice dry sobbed and then we heard a silent thought.
'I hope he understands and will listen to me just this once, this last time. Now, I have sealed away my heart.'- Bella
Next we couldn't feel Bella's emotions hardly at all and then she saw Alice having a vision and Jasper came in and was confused by Bella's tone and her non-emotions. We saw how Bella excepted Jasper's influence this time and used it to her advantage and she noticed how Alice seemed to feel like she needed to talk to Jasper when her thoughts broke free again.
'I could feel Alice's wild desperation to have me out of the room to be alone with Jasper. So she could tell him that they were doing something wrong, that they were going to fail.'- Bella
When they left for the airport Bella noticed all the glances that were being directed to her and she kept her tone and mood light so she wouldn't seem suspicious. At the airport we could all see how Bella knew that Alice and Jasper watched her and every time she fidgeted their would be a quick glance out of the corner of their eyes. Next was Bella saying she was gong to get something to eat and then she found the bathroom that she had planned on getting away from him in. She went in and ran. She was running and screaming in her head to go fast, then she got a ride, then a cab, then she ran to her house to talk to James on the phone, then ran to the ballet studio while she kept yelling at herself that she couldn't break yet and that she couldn't cry. We saw that she reached the studio and found out that her mother wasn't here and then the conversation with James. We watched as she felt relief for everyone was safe and then despair when she noticed the digital video camera. We saw how her thoughts were all about her family and us and that we were safe. We saw how every hit she took she only worried about us. We watched the whole thing until finally everything went black and then she awoke with the burning pain and me sucking the venom out before she fell asleep and then she appeared in the hospital and her last thought made Alice smile.
'I'm betting on Alice.'- Bella
"Just a warning before I show you her last memories as a human, you will not like it. At all." Dallas said gravely with a shudder as his hands glowed white again and memories flooded our mind, except these were the memories of the time we left.
We saw through Bella's eyes of how she was so happy that we were all having fun with her birthday and then how she was being attacked by Jasper and how she felt guilty for causing him and the family discomfort and how bad she felt for having made Jasper feel guilty and how she worried for him. We saw as the life started to leave her eyes as the family and myself grew more distant from her. We all saw our goodbye and then we felt the agony Bella was in at first and then nothing but complete numbness and ice. It felt like her heart was no longer there. We heard as her thoughts were filled with betrayal and broken trust. We could feel a cold ice coming over ourselves as Bella numbly walked forward as she was cut and bruised by vines, branches, and rocks and how she didn't even feel the pain from it. We watched as she stumbled and stayed down and then how Victoria and Laurent showed up and then when Laurent left and how Bella's words made Victoria flinch. I could feel the pain radiating off my family when a thought came through Bella's cold state.
'I'm already dead. I lived for them and now I have died for them. I may still breathe, but no life is left in me. If they wish me to be gone, then I'll grant their last request to repay them for the suffering I have caused and to escape the darkness of their lies and trickery of my own now dead heart. Stupid fool. How could you ever expect them to care for a worthless, replaceable human. No matter if they apologize or take it all back, it's too late. I'm already gone and they already left me here. There is nothing left, so I have nothing left to live for, but something left to die for. So I will die and end this. For good.'- Bella
We all held back sobs as Bella's thought passed and we watched angrily as Bella was tortured and then we noticed how she showed no sign of pain as the days passed. No matter what happened we all could see that Bella had no life in her eyes no matter what. They were dead, cold, and uncaring. We watched as Victoria told Bella that she was going to change her and then we could feel the pain of the 100 bites, but none of that registered because ice suddenly took over us in a numbing state. We saw how the werewolves tore Victoria to shreds and then how Laurent showed up and we gasped when Bella stood up and tried to walk but Laurent stopped her. Once he laid her on a bed and her eyes closed for the last time as a human we heard Bella's final thought before we were all surrounded by darkness.
'So I suppose I'll become a vampire now. That means I won't be able to grant their wish for my death and to get rid of me. I truly am a monster. I wonder though, since I guess I'll live forever, what will I do? When you live forever, what do you live for, and what will you die for?'- Bella
We all looked at each other in shock at the memories of Bella's past before Ellis spoke.
"So Aunt Alice. What do you think about my mother now?" Ellis asked.
"I'm so sorry. I should have known. I need to apologize. Where is she? I don't see her in the school for the rest of the day. Oh no! Did she really leave?!" Alice yelled as Dallas's phone went off and he flipped it opened.
"Hey mom." Dallas smiled and then Ellis put it on speaker as Dallas tried to stop her.
"Hey Dallas. I was calling to tell you that we will be going hunting today. Also because of the tension of today we will be having the Cullens over at Carlisle's request. I'm sure Ellis made you put me on speaker so they are probably staring at the phone in shock. Anyways Carlisle will be calling in a moment to tell you the news. Alright?" Bella said.
"Alright." Dallas said.
"Oh and Dallas?" Bella said with a hint of a growl.
"Somebody is in trouble!" Valeria laughed.
"Yeah?" Dallas gulped as his family laughed.
"I know what you did. I told you not to show anyone my past. We'll talk later. Bye. Watch your back my son." Bella giggled as the line went dead and her coven laughed.
"You are soooo dead!" Oliver laughed.
"Don't worry. She won't kill you." Scarlet smiled at him.
"I still see your future so you are safe." Ellis smiled then Alice's phone rang and she put it on speaker.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hello everyone. Bella told me she already called and informed you and I was calling to let you know that we are going to be at Bella's house at 8 o'clock. I was surprised to see her here. She explained everything though. Also don't tell your mother. It is going to be a surprise." Carlisle said over the phone.
"When did you see her?" I asked.
"Just moments ago. You'll know why later but right now I have to go. My new assistant needs my help." Carlisle said as he hung the phone up.
"New assistant?" we all said and looked at each other confused as the bell went off.
"We'll go to go. See you all tonight!" Ellis smiled before leaving with her coven to go to class as I hurried to mine to wait for the time to come to go to Bella's.
~*~
"Bella wait!" Laurent yelled after me as I walked through the rain hurt and confused.
"It'll be alright. I promise. You need to calm down. I know they hurt your feelings and this is hard. I hate to see you like this." Laurent gave me a hug.
"I'll be fine. I have to go to the hospital. Watch them for me?" I smiled.
"Right. You are going for a job there. I'll watch them. I'll call you two minutes before the bell rings." Laurent smiled as I nodded and gave him a kiss on the cheek before disappearing into the forest running home.
As I edged the area near the end of the forest that is close to La Push I decided I would stop and talk to Jacob since I had one hour until I had to go and get ready. I sat down right in front of the border line and let my scent get sent to them through the wind. It didn't take long until a couple of huge dogs showed up in front of me and I noticed Jacob right away and smiled as I stood on my side of the line.
"I told you I would come back." I giggled as he barked happily and then all the wolves ran to the trees and came back as a group of older men.
"It's been so long! I can't believe it! Your eyes are blue." Jake mused as he stepped to the border line and embraced me in a hug as we both kept our feet on the edge of our border.
"You don't look your age." I laughed at him since he looked about 27.
"We don't age unless we stop changing into a wolf." a boy I recognized as Seth smiled.
"Hey Seth!" I sang as he came over and gave me a huge hug.
"You remembered! I bet you don't remember Quil and Embry. Oh shoot! I told you there names." Seth laughed along with everyone else.
"Of course! So what? No hug?" I smiled as they both came over and hugged me.
"So how have you all been?" I asked as we sat on our side of the border.
"Great. We are all married now with kids. You should see Jacob's squirt, he is huge. Not fat though. I mean he got his muscle and height from his daddy." Seth laughed.
"Still joking like always." I laughed.
"I'm glad you kept in touch. Even if they were just letters, phone calls, and pictures. We also loved all your gifts you sent." Jacob smiled.
"I said I'd come back and I knew it would be awhile so I sent part of me back in letters and pictures while you heard my voice on the phone. How is Emily though? I heard she was pregnant again. That makes for her fourth." I smiled.
"Yep. Almost seven months now." Embry smiled.
"And Sam?" I asked.
"He is doing great. You should have seen his face when he got your birthday present from you. It was priceless! He was freaking out and then he got mad because you bought him a car. When he read the card though he laughed. I never thought you'd use the 'kid card' on him. Honestly when he told us about how it said 'don't even think about saying no to this gift because your kids need a ride to where they want to go and I will not have you carrying them on your back running around like a wild dog'! We all laughed so hard that we cried!" Seth laughed.
"Well it is the truth." I laughed.
"So what about your coven? How are they?" Quil asked.
"They are all great. Although a little angry right now." I smiled.
"Why?" Jacob asked.
"They met the Cullens today. I didn't know they were here and my Coven was ready to tear them apart." I laughed along with them.
"They deserved it!" Quil smiled.
"But she wouldn't let that happen." Embry smiled as I laughed.
"So what are you going to do?" Jacob asked.
"Well right now I am going to the hospital to get a job. I'll be back later tonight. Do you mind if I come to the border with my coven so you can meet them? Ask Sam first though. I don't want to make him worried with Emily and the baby." I smiled and they nodded.
"You got it honey. See you later." Jacob said as they all gave me a quick hug and I ran towards my house as I heard them gasp from my speed and I laughed while they chuckled.
"Hello sweetie. How was your first day?" Cassie asked as she went over designs for the house that I picked out.
"Perfect. Everything went just the wrong way." I smiled and then Conner appeared in the doorway carrying my piano.
"What happened?" he asked nervously.
"The Cullens showed up and everyone didn't take it to well. I stopped it before a fight could break out though." I smiled as they sighed.
"What would we do without you?" Cassie smiled.
"Probably be slaves." Conner shrugged as I laughed at his forwardness.
"You never change." I smiled as I walked up the stairs.
"Can't. I am forever the same age." he laughed.
I quickly changed into light, skinny blue jeans and an elbow length clinging baby blue shirt that had a hood on the back with the inside of the hood a silky white and a silky white undershirt that came just below the over shirt. I slid on blue shoes that matched my shirt and headed downstairs.
"I'm leaving now!" I sang as they both appeared in front of me with smiling and loving faces.
"Are you going to be taking your baby?" Conner laughed.
I called my tricked out Royal Red 2009 Ford Super Duty my baby. It was so funny the day I drove it home and I jumped out of the truck and my family laughed because it was funny to see something so little coming out of such a big truck.
"Nope. I am taking my Lincoln MKX." I smiled as they nodded and giggled.
I ran to our huge garage and went to my section. There was 6 sections and then the sixth one was my own personal place for cars. Everyone had two cars, but I had three since my 'baby' is hardly ever drove. Everyone had four cars to a section since everyone shared a spot with their mate, but Laurent and Ellis shared one as well. As I got into my Dark Blue Ink Lincoln MKX and pulled out of the garage I smiled in the mirror and sped off to the hospital. I reached the hospital in no time at all and grabbed my purse and paperwork as I walked in to talk to the nurse.
"Hello." I smiled and then her breathing pretty much just stopped.
"Are you alright, Miss?" I asked as I let my concern for her show brightly in my eyes so she would relax, which she did.
"Oh yes and it's Ms. Vine. Just a little startled. How may I help you?" Ms. Vine smiled.
"Well I am here to apply for an assistant. I talked to you over email I believe." I smiled.
"Oh! You are Isabella Ice. I'm sorry. Right, um, I'll have your doctor come in and see you in just a moment." she smiled as she gave me directions to Dr. Carlisle's room, oh great.
I walked to his office and opened the door as I took a seat and waited for him to come. When the door finally opened I could sense how tense he was.
"It's not a trap and you aren't in danger so relax. I am actually here for a job. Also the smell of blood repulses me so you don't have to worry about me attacking your patients." I said at vampire speed before he even stepped through the door and I sat facing the desk out of his sight as the door closed and he walked towards the seat.
"Am I really to believe you won't attack? How do I know you won't?" Carlisle asked from behind me as he approached cautiously since he still hadn't seen me.
"Well I hated the smell of blood when I was human and it would always make me faint. Now the smell of human blood smells absolutely repulsive. That's why I drink animal blood. Also, when I was human I met a vampire that left an impression on me and helped me make the decision of staying with animal blood as a sign of respect for him." I said honestly and a bit sadly.
"Really? Who was this respected vampire?" Carlisle asked curiously as I stood up and I felt Carlisle tense thinking I was going to attack.
"You." I sighed as I turned to where he could see my face and he gasped.
"Bella?" he asked in astonishment.
"Yes Carlisle?" he smiled wildly as he ran to me and brought me into a iron grip hug and I held back my power not to shock him since I still had respect for him and Esme for helping me so much.
"How?" he asked astonished as I took a seat on the couch and he sat beside of me.
"After Edward said goodbye and left me in the woods I started walking blindly and was cut up and bruised by braches, vines, and rocks. I was muddy and my clothes were torn. Eventually I fell down as I walked blindly through the forest and I stayed there unable to move. I am not sure how much later but not to long after Victoria and Laurent showed up. Laurent refused to take any part in killing me since I was already half dead and so he left. Victoria decided to torture me for days until finally deciding to kill me however she changed her mind and turned me instead and then the werewolves showed up and killed her and Laurent took me in like a sister. I told the wolves to make sure Charlie knew I loved him and then I found out after I was transformed that they found my blood and clothing pieces in the woods and took it as a bear attack." I explained as I watched his face turn from pain, guilt, pity, love, hurt, and then settled on mask of sadness and he dropped his head but before he could speak I got down on my knees so my face was leveled with his.
"Carlisle don't you dare feel guilty and don't you dare blame yourself. Do you hear me? I said no." I growled and he looked at me with shock before smiling and helping me back on the couch beside him and giving me a hug.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there for your transformation." Carlisle mumbled in my hair.
"I had Laurent and I wasn't even in pain." I smiled.
"I doubt that. Those three days are torture and you can't tell me they aren't." Carlisle said.
"I can and I will. I didn't feel the pain. And I wasn't in a transformation for 3 days, I was in it for 7 days." I said as he gasped.
"7 days?" he said in shock.
"Yeah." I smiled.
"How did-" I cut him off.
"Maybe I should just show you my life since Edward said goodbye?" I offered.
"How?" he asked.
"One of my powers is that I'm a shield. That is why Edward could never read my mind. Also I can bend my shield to combine with others' minds and show them what I have seen. So?" I asked and he smiled.
"How does it work?" he asked.
"I just need to be touching you. Give me your hands." I smiled as he placed his hands in mine and I closed my eyes and let our thoughts become one as my shield pushed itself off of me to let him in and then I started to think of my past and he saw all my memories and what had happened up until I took his hands just a second ago.
"Amazing." he smiled then frowned and I made the mistake of looking at his sad expression and into his eyes as his pain flooded my mind and I gasped as he panicked.
"Bella? Bella what's wrong? Did something happen?" he asked as he held me up and looked over me for some injury and then I relaxed and sighed.
"One of my powers is to see people's past pains remember." I smiled and then he understood.
"Then I apologize. I'm sorry for what Alice said." he said thoughtfully.
"It's fine." I smiled and he chuckled.
"So stubborn and strong like always. So about this job?" he asked.
"Well I have always practiced in the medical field wherever I went. So I came to join here as well. Here are my files. Although you have seen my past so I don't think you need them." I laughed along with him.
"That's true. I am so glad you are here Bella. Esme will be overjoyed to see you." Carlisle smiled.
"I miss her so much." I said sadly because nothing could ever make me have anger towards her, but I can still be angry with her children, but not her or Carlisle.
"I can see that. How about we have a coven gathering?" he asked as I smiled.
"That would be nice. I truly want my coven to meet you and Esme. They are always wondering if the things I have said about you were true." I laughed.
"Hopefully they were good things." Carlisle laughed.
"Of course. And that is what fascinates them. They actually decided to test my respect for you and Esme one day by offending you. Let's just say they have never spoken jokingly of you again." I laughed.
"What?" he chuckled.
"I threw them out of a three story window that was over a cliff and they fell into the lake below." I laughed as he stared at me stunned and amused.
"You always were a fighter." he shook his head.
"How about you come over at 8 o'clock tonight. Don't tell Esme it's me that you are seeing though. I want to surprise her." I smiled.
"Now that is a lovely idea. I'll say that there is a new coven here and they requested a meeting." Carlisle smiled.
"Alright." I answered as my phone rang.
"Hello Laurent." I sang.
"Hey sis. I was calling to let you know that nobody is dead and that Dallas showed everyone your past. I mean all of it. What he wasn't supposed to let anyone see." Laurent said.
"What? Well I will deal with that. The Cullens will be coming over tonight at 8 o' clock. We will go hunting first though." I sang as he chuckled.
"Alright. I am going to head to class now. See you when you get home." he said as the tone sounded and Carlisle was watching me.
"Want to hear something funny?" I asked as I dialed a number and put it on speaker.
"Hey mom." Dallas sang and I could here Ellis put it on speaker as Dallas tried to stop her and I smiled to myself.
"Hey Dallas. I was calling to tell you that we will be going hunting today. Also because of the tension of today, we will be having the Cullens over at Carlisle's request. I'm sure Ellis made you put me on speaker so they are probably staring at the phone in shock. Anyways Carlisle will be calling in a moment to tell you the news. Alright?" I said.
"Alright." Dallas said.
"Oh and Dallas?" I said with a hint of a growl.
"Somebody is in trouble!" Valeria laughed.
"Yeah?" Dallas gulped as our family laughed.
"I know what you did. I told you not to show anyone my past. We'll talk later. Bye, watch your back my son." I giggled as the line went dead.
"You are mean." Carlisle teased.
"Yep. Now you should call and tell them." I smiled as he got his cell and dialed a number.
"Hello?" Alice asked.
"Hello everyone. Bella told me she already called and informed you and I was calling to let you know that we are going to be at Bella's house at 8 o'clock. I was surprised to see her here. She explained everything though. Also don't tell your mother. It is going to be s surprise." Carlisle said over the phone.
"When did you see her?" Edward asked.
"Just moments ago. You'll know why later but right now I have to go. My new assistant needs my help." Carlisle said as he hung the phone up and I giggled.
"So I got the job?" I asked.
"Of course. Nobody will ever be more qualified with your healing powers. Not to mention you are like a personal ice pack." he laughed.
"Well of course." I laughed as he reached for my arm.
"Shall I show you around then?" he asked and I smiled.
"Of course." I sang as I hopped up and walked off with him.
~*~
"I'm home!" I walked into my house and was tackled by Ellis, Scarlet, and Sicily as Valeria stood behind me holding me up.
"You know those three remind me of Alice." Valeria whispered and I laughed.
"And you are like Rosalie!" Scarlet growled as she hugged me.
"Who's ready to hunt?" I called through giggles and everyone appeared above the steps.
"Ready." Ellis chimed and we all ran out the back door that lead straight to the woods.
After we finished our hunt we came back to get ready. I had just changed into a blue silk corset top that came down to mid thigh and a pair of ripped skinny light blue jeans and blue heels that matched my top. I then let my hair curl behind my back in gentle waves. I looked at the clock and it said 7:55 so I knew they would be here soon. I thought about what I would say to Esme and how I would keep the peace in the house and then I heard a knock on the door which Ellis answered. I listened carefully as I walked slowly out of my office and downstairs towards the living room where everyone was sitting. Laurent, Oliver, and Thomas were blocking me from sight as I came down the stairs so Esme wouldn't see me. I heard how they made introductions and Esme seemed happy and then I heard the question I was waiting for.
"So who is the coven leader?" Esme asked gently and then the guys stepped out of the way so I was standing directly behind Esme.
"That would be me, Esme." I smiled as she turned and gasped.
"Bella?" she asked quietly as if I were a dream.
"Hey mom. I missed you." I smiled as her face turned to complete happiness before tackling me in her iron grip motherly embrace.
"Bella! Oh my Bella! You are alive and you are safe! I thought you were dead! I missed you so much! What happened?" she asked and then my shield wavered and I saw the pleading look in her eyes and my past was revealed to her as she gasped.
"Oh my." she whispered after it was over.
"One of my powers." I shrugged.
"We have a lot to talk about." Esme smiled as she guided me to the couch and had me sit beside her never wanting to let me go.
"I suppose we do. So who wants to play 'Probe the Bella' ?" I laughed as my thoughts raced with what was going to happen.
This is going to be a long night.
