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Bella POV:
Elena looked at me and back to Esther confused "Let me explain, after I was awoken I brought back my husband. I need his help, and Bella's. He sired Bella and she refused to help until I brought him back" Esther said. Elena looked at Mikael "I thought you hated what you where, why would you turn someone?" Elena asked curious. He looked thoughtful "I don't hate being a vampire but I do hate the monster that my family has become. As for Bella she was needed for a prophecy foretold long before her birth. When I found her she was half dead and couldn't be healed" he said.
I looked at Elena "It was 1668 and I was 22, the yellow fever had just broken out and I was one of the first to check it, my mother was a witch who worked for Mikael and he happened to be see me on my deathbed. My mother had begged him to turn me, so I would be safe and he did. The prophecy was about a witch turning her back on nature and only another mother witch desperate enough to make the same choice could bore the daughter to create the balance again. Mikael knew it was me after I completed the change and still had my powers" I told her.
"So you're a hybrid?" Elena asked me, I nodded "I'm a vampire but also still a witch" Esther cleared her throat "We don't have much time, the toast will start soon" she said, she held her hand out for Elena's "I just need a drop of blood" she said. Elena nodded and placed her hand in Esther's, Esther pricked her finger and held it over a goblet of water. Esther started chanting in Latin and Mikael moved to hug me. I hugged him back "Be careful, my daughter" he said releasing me; I nodded swallowing the lump in my throat.
Esther held her hand out to me and I took it and started chanting with her. When we were done she handed me the goblet and I drank it before I felt like I was being sucked backwards. After a few seconds I landed on the ground with a thud. I looked around and smiled, it had to have worked as a medieval looking Esther and Mikael stood a few feet away looking at me. Mikael over the years taught me in native language which I was thankful for "Hello, did your future self warn you of my arrival?" I asked Esther as I stood up brushing off my dress.
She nodded "Yes the spirits told me, Isabella?" she asked "That's me" I said smiling, she held out a dress for me "They said you would need this as well" she said handing it to me. "Thank you, did they tell you if I would be human again?" I asked her. "Yes as my family is still human so are you" she said. I nodded and looked at Mikael grinning "It's so odd to see you as a long haired human" I mused tilting my head slightly.
His brows furrowed, eyes narrowing slightly "What do you mean?" he asked, "Well in my time you're defiantly not human and as I recall in the 1960's you almost had a fit because of all the men having long hair called them heathens" I said giggling. "Well were they?" he asked "Most of them, yes. Oh by the way, you're the one who turned me, in 1668. You saved me, thank you for that" I said smiling warmly. He nodded and I turned back to Esther "You're children, they mustn't know about where I'm from" I said.
"Of course, you'll be staying with us, you'll be staying with our daughter Rebekah" she said. After that Mikael left so I could change and Esther helped me figure out how to get it on. "Women never wear their hair down, it's improper, you must keep it braided. Here let me" she said moving behind me to braid my waist length black hair. "Thank you, Esther" I said quietly, no one had did this for me since my mother. She had died a few weeks after I was turned, she too got the yellow fever but she wanted to join my father. She said she knew Mikael would keep me safe and she could let go with no regrets. Mikael had been a great mentor and father figure but he wasn't good with emotions, I couldn't ask him about what herds worked best with which spells or what I should wearing to a ball.
When she finished she tied it with a blue ribbon and patted my shoulder "Thank you for agreeing to this. I didn't tell Mikael this but I know what you had to give up to come here, so thank you" she said. "Mikael asked me to, after everything he's done for me I would gladly agree to help him regain his family" I told her.
We walked to her family's hut that was on the edge of the village, to the side a man was chopping word. Even though he was bent over you could tell he was tall, he had shoulder length brown hair. He looked up as we approached and I gasped quietly, his eyes were a pretty hazel color. He was handsome, very much so in fact, when he stood up straight he was at least 6'4. He had a muscular build; then again if your survival required manual labor and hunting you'd probably be very muscular as well.
"Isabella this is my second eldest Finn, my other sons are hunting and my daughter should be picking vegetables" Esther said, Finn walked over and smiled at me before turning to Esther "Father left a few minutes ago to check up with the others, though they should be back soon" Esther nodded "Can you show Isabella around the village please? I need to talk to Ayanna" she said, he nodded "Of course mother, hello" he said turning to me as Esther walked to the hut next to her's. "Hello" I said looking up at him, with him standing in front of me it was easy to see that he completely towered over my own 5'3. "So you're my mother's new witch?" he asked, "Yes I am, she needs help with a particular spell" I say looking at him.
He held out his arm for me "Shall we go see the village then?" he asked with a handsome smile, I smiled back and linked my arm through his. He showed me the market and the falls as well as the pastures where wild horses were roaming around. I gasped and let go of his arm to move forward a few steps memorized, Finn came to stand next to me "So you like horses" he stated. I looked at him for a second before letting my eyes slide back to the horses a soft smile tugging at my lips "Yes, they're beautiful, and free. What about you, do you like horses?" I asked looking at him "Yes I normally spend my free time riding my horse Vild" he said. "Wild" I whispered and he smiled down at me.
