"What is in the crate, Carlisle?" Came a sweet tinkling voice.
"I have no clue, but knowing Aro, it's probably some poor creature that has been treated horribly." The man from before answered.
"Shall we open it?" The tinkling voice asked.
"Yes, but stand at the ready." He warned.
Nova, slunk to the back of the crate as the front was opened. She huddled trembling in the corner, her head down shackled hands covering her face.
"Oh how horrible. Get a blanket." The first man stated and reached his hand in palm up. "It's alright, we won't hurt you. Come on, we need to clean you up." The man stated in a kind tone. Nova looked up and saw to her amazement golden eyes, not crimson. Golden, why were his eyes golden? She asked herself.
The man stood completely still holding out his hand, he did not move, not even an inch.
"Come on, it's alright, you're safe here." Nova looked into the face of the golden eyed vampire and then put her trembling hand on his. He grasped hers gently and guided her out. As she exited the crate she tried to stand, but her legs were to used to being bent. After several minutes she was able to straighten them and stood in front of the small crowd. All having golden eyes, except one little one. She had dark brown eyes, yet she smelled like the vampires.
"Carlisle, her back." The tinkling voice stated, coming from a pretty little pixie girl.
The man called Carlisle turned Nova and examined her back. "Ghastly, ghastly the Volturi have tortured her." Carlisle stated to the others.
"You poor child." Another female stated, she was standing looking sadly, her eyes were gentle and nurturing. Nova thought she looked like a mother should.
"Edward, Emmett, Jasper get the hospital ready, Alice get out bandages and medicine, Esme come with me, Rosalie and Bella make up the guest room for the child." Carlisle ordered in a soft, but authoritive tone.
"What can I do, I want to help." A sweet voice stated.
"Of course Nessie, call Jacob and tell him to come over, we may need his help." Carlisle stated to the pretty teen that stood at his side.
"Will she be alright?" The teen asked.
"I think so dear, now go call your Jacob." Carlisle stated and continued to guide Nova up the stairs. He took her to a room that was very white and smelled of metals and medicines. Nova began to tremble, the Volturi had one of these rooms, but it wasn't to help. It was to experiment on the unfortunate humans and other supernaturals that found themselves the prisoners of blood thirsty vampires.
"It's okay, I just want to clean your wounds and doctor them, I promise that I will not hurt you." Carlisle stated and Nova tried to stop trembling.
"The poor dear, she probably hasn't had even one kind word, let alone a kind touch." Esme stated and stroked her hand down Nova's face and smoothed her filthy hair.
"What is she? She's filthy, she smells worse then those damn wolves." Rosalie stated in disgust.
"Don't be so unfeeling Rosie, can't you see she's terrified." A big muscular man stated, and smiled kindly at Nova. She tentatively reached her hand out and touched one of his dimpled cheeks.
"Does, does it hurt?" Nova asked slowly.
"Does what hurt, dear?" Esme asked smiling at Nova.
"The holes in his face, do they hurt?" Nova asked and touched the handsome man's face again.
"Your dimples Emmett, she must have never seen dimples before." The little pixie girl stated in her tinkling voice.
"No, they don't hurt." Emmett stated and smiled wider at Nova. "What's your name?" Emmett asked in a soft sweet voice.
"The red eyed vampire, with the black hair called me Moon Child. But my mother called me Nova." Nova stated and cringed as she remembered Aro's touch, it had never been kind.
"Well Nova, I'm Emmett, the feisty blond beside you is my wife Rosalie, this cute little button is Alice." He stated pointing to the two pretty women.
"This is Esme, our mother and Jasper is Alice's husband. You've met Carlisle he's our father and a doctor, the pretty brunette is Bella and the tall sandy haired guy is Edward, Bella's husband." Emmett continued.
"Don't forget me!" The teen girl came running up to them, Emmett picked her up and cuddled her to him.
"This is Renesmee, she is Edward and Bella's biological daughter. Her boy friend well be here soon, his name is Jacob." Emmett stated then smiled sweetly again.
"It's nice to meet you all." Nova stated still staying very close to Carlisle. She felt he could be trusted.
"Alright dear, let's get you cleaned up and see if we can help your wounds to heel a bit better." Carlisle stated and lifted Nova on to the metal table.
"The scars will always be there, they used a silver tipped razor whip on me." Nova stated to Carlisle.
"Oh you poor child." Esme stated and stroked Nova's face. "You're safe now, don't you worry."
"This may sting a bit, but I must disinfect the wounds, hold on to Esme and Emmett, they can take it." Carlisle stated and began to poor disinfectant on Nova's mangled back. Her arms jerked out and she grabbed Emmett's hand in both of hers, Esme pulled Nova to her and stroked her head. "Shhh, it will be over soon. Don't worry, it will feel better soon." Esme cooed to Nova.
"The scar tissue is layered, one group of scars on another and another, for I don't know how many layers. That child has been tortured continually for months maybe years." Carlisle stated.
"Aro had better not come around here, I'll sick Jake and the pack on him." Renesmee stated. "How could anyone be so cruel, she's such a nice girl."
"The Volturi have no kindness to give." Bella stated and stroked Renesmee's shoulder. Nova lay on the examination table cringing and gritting her teeth, trying not to scream out in pain. Emmett held her hands and Esme cradled her head, stroking her hair and arms. A loud bang came from down stairs, Alice, Jasper and Renesmee went to investigate. There were muffled talking and then four new people came into the Hospital room.
They crossed the room to the Carlisle and stood in dazed shock, watching as he slowly removed dead tissue from the back of a petite young woman.
"What happened and who is she?" Jacob asked.
"Her name is Nova and the Volturi dropped her off, She has been their entertainment for a long time. Carlisle is trying to heel her back. The evil bastards whipped her with a razor whip, we don't know how many times.
She seems sweet and I am sure she is , but she is also a werewolf, not like you and your pack, but a real werewolf. She changes on the full moon." Jasper stated to Jacob.
"A werewolf, why isn't she healing?" Another of Jacob's pack asked.
"They used silver tips on the whip, so she would keep the scars, kind of like a trophy to show what they were able to inflict on her." Carlisle told the boy.
"That is just plain evil." A third of the pack stated, Nova looked up when she heard his voice and looked at his face. Her eyes grew wide and she let go of Emmett's hands and reached for the teenager. The boy stared at her and stepped forward with out even blinking and took her outstretched hand. Emmett stepped to the side and allowed him to get closer.
"My name's Seth, it's nice to meet you." Seth smiled widely and Nova touched his handsome face.
"You have holes in your face just like Emmett." Nova stated and touched Seth's dimples. "But yours aren't as deep."
She cringed, then what followed made Seth feel like he was dying inside. Nova began to scream in pain, Carlisle had removed the filthy dead skin of the top two layers of skin and found the third layer to be healthy although scarred. He was now pouring on more disinfectant and a antiseptic cleaner. Nova felt as though her back was being burnt off.
"It's almost over, dear." Carlisle stated. "Then Esme and Alice will take you and help you clean up in the bath, then we will apply ointment and bandage your back.
Nova nodded, then screamed again. Grasping Seth's hands tighter.
"Do you need me to take over?" Emmett asked Seth.
"No, it's okay, I want to be here." Seth stated.
"Embry, Collin go back and report to Sam, telling him there might be Volturi around. Take a good look at the girl, so Sam will be able to see what they did to her." Embry and Collin stepped forward, they looked at the mangled back of the petite teenage girl. Seth held her hands, their eyes on one another. Embry and Collin knew that Seth had imprinted on the pretty werewolf. Embry looked at her face and his heart lurched, it was a strange feeling. Nothing he had ever felt before, he wanted to protect this fragile female. Seth looked over at his friend and shook his head. "No you can't imprint on her, I already did." Seth stated feeling angry at his friend.
"It's okay Seth, I didn't imprint on her. I can't explain it, I just want to protect her, nothing else." Embry stated truthfully.
After Nova's back was clean, Esme and Alice took her to the bathroom and ran the water in the tub, then undressed her and let her slip into the hot water. The water hurt her back at first, then it began to ease. After nearly two hours, they had finished and wrapped a towel around her and took her back to Carlisle to bandage her back. Then Alice took her to a big room that was mostly closet. Alice opened the large doors and began looking for clothes that would look good on Nova. After choosing a pretty backless halter dress and a pair of slip on flats, Alice admired her work. Then she sat Nova down and began put a light amount of make up on her. Then when she was satisfied she took Nova by the hand and led her down the stairs and then stopped her on the bottom step. "Wait here." She smiled, Nova nodded.
"Are you all ready, Ta Dah.!" Alice called and moved so everyone could see Nova, she was radiant, pale skinned, with long flowing brown hair that hung down her back in shimmering waves. Her blue eyes were still sad, but with a hint of peace in them. Seth nearly fell off the couch, he had never seen anyone as beautiful. He stepped forward and took her hand then kissed her pale cheek. Nova looked up into his eyes and they both swayed.
"Come and sit, before you fall." Carlisle stated to them. They did as they were told not letting their eyes leave one another, even for a second.
