"So you can control all of the...elements?" Edward was still trying to get his head around the idea of having fares exist.
It's been two days since the trackers found us, and the Cullen's have been more then welcoming. Edward has not left my side, witch i liked. He made me feel something i hadn't felt in a while-love. He told me all about his strange life; about his family being vampires and how my blood called to him. For some reason it sounded OK to me, after all we are all out casts by society. Anthrax and Emmett were getting along really well-i hoped Emmett wasn't a bad influence. Shula hanged out with jasper, each telling one another how there powers to influence the feelings of other people worked. Sage was with Alice most of the time-witch surprised me. And Tanner hung around Carlisle, sharing stories of our past.
"Yes. It gets a bit tiring after awhile of holding on to the elements." We were walking along the wide river in the back yard. Edward had asked me yesterday whether i had feeling for him-and i said yes. Today he had slowly slipped his hand into mine, carefully making sure this is what i wanted. I nodded.
"Do you think you could call them now?" After i didn't answer he became anxious, but still curious. "You don't have to. It's your choice."
"NO, no. It's fine." Laughing, i lightly stood on my toes to kiss his cheek. He laughed as well. "What would you like to see?"
He thought for a while, then he pointed at the river. "Can you make the water move?"
I snorted. To easy! Raising my hand, i called to the water, asking it to lift from the flowing river. I waited till the water was in a ball, floating a meter above the the river before i looked up at Edward. He was staring in amazement at the large ball of water. I smiled. Flicking my hand to the side, i made the water split into two balls. It felt grate using the elements.
"That's amazing," Edward whispered.
Before i could respond, my throat felt like it was on fire and i coughed violently. My body heaved and i started to fall, but Edward caught me.
"Are you OK, Bella?" He sounded worried.
Disspit myself, i started laughing. "Don't worry"-cough-"i just haven't finished healing yet."
He looked relived. "Let's not push your luck," he laughed, walking towards the back door.
"You can let me down."
"I'm fine carrying yo-." He suddenly cut off, whipping his head towards the second story window. Before i could ask what was wrong, we were running-he was running-inside the house. It took all of five seconds to get to the second story, where Alice stood frozen. Sage was staring in horror. When Edward set me down, Sage took my hand and i told him to go find Anthrax, Tanner and Shula. This could not be good, and i didn't want my brothers out of my sight until i know whats going on.
"No," Edward suddenly whispered, glancing at me.
"I'm afraid so," Alice mumbled.
"What the hell are you's talking about?" My frustration showed in my tone.
"You don't need to worry," Edward assured me.
Oh yes it was! If this was something that could harm my brothers, i wanted to know. "Edward, tell me. Now!" Fire was brought to me from all my rage, burning my arms and sending little balls of fire into my palms.
"Alice just saw something about Jasper. Now please don't hurt yourself."
At the moment, i really didn't care that i liked Edward. This was not the time for him to be over protective. "Stop lying to me! If this is something that will harm my brothers, i want to know. Alice, tell me the truth," i demanded, staring Edward dead in the eye-daring him to stop her.
"She has a right to know, Edward." He nodded and she continued. "I saw twenty people with big sword made of fire running in the forest, two miles from here-in our direction."
Big sword of fire? Oh, God. "It can't be," i whispered. They were the high councils guards, the most fierce. The only reason they use them is to protect the royal families-or hunt people down. When they are used in hunting they get told to find- and to kill. There was no way out.
"What?" Edward gripped my arms.
"The red guards."
"What are 'the red guards'?"
"The guards of the royal families. Their only instructions are to find and to...kill."
Rage crossed Edwards face. "You are not fighting these people!"
"You aren't the boss of me!" We were so close to each other, trying to prove our points. "Anyway, you wouldn't know how to fight them-they aren't humans!"
"We can look after ourselves," he said, standing taller.
"And so can we. This isn't your fight."
"And im not going to let you go near them, so there is no reason for this conversation."
"Fine. When do you want u to leave?" I felt bad, because i know how much he did care for me. But at the moment, i was doing what was right for my family.
"You are going no where!"
"Edward," Alice butted in, touching his arm. "This is something she and her family have to face."
Edward shrugged away from her touch and walked passed me, saying: "Do whatever you want, but if you get into trouble, don't came crying to me."
"Edward..." But he was already gone. Anthrax, Shula, Sage and Tanner came up the stairs two seconds later, looking confused as hell.
"Bella, why was Edward in such a rush?" Shula asked, staring down the stairs.
"You don't need to worry. Shula, could you please go tell Carlisle i need to see him?" He nodded and left without a word. "Sage, Tanner, go out to the woods and see if you can find which way is best for us to travel."
"Are we going somewhere?" Sage asked.
"Yes." They left without another word, trusting completely in me. "Anthrax, i need you to come with me."
"What is going on? Where are we going?"
"I don't know where we are going, but we can't stay here."
"Why?"
"The Red guards are on their way." I waited until his expression was under control. "We're on our own. I am not bringing them here."
"Bella, we can help you," Alice said, taking hold of my arm. "Don't listen to what my brother said."
"I need to do this on my own, Alice."
Anthrax caught on to what i wasn't telling him. "Your going to fight them alone!" He asked.
"I am not putting you's in the middle of this."
"You are not going alone, Bella. We're in this together-we've always been in this together."
Looking into his eyes, all i could see was love-for me. What was i thinking? I couldn't leave them behind. Sighing, i agreed to the fact that we had to do this together. After talking to Carlisle and discussing us leaving because of the red guards, Esme all but threw a tantrum. Carlisle agreed with Esme that we should stay here and fight together. I reluctantly agreed-after all i would be safer for my brothers to have the shelter of the house. Edward still hadn't come back, even after five hours. Alice said the red guards are going to wait till the following day to attack.
We started preparing the night before the attack. Shula asked the trees to make a wall and keep watch for any movement made by the red guards-they complied. Anthrax and Tanner combined their powers to make a wall of ice behind the trees. Sage lit the ground up-Esme almost had a heart attack at this one, but i knew Sage had control over it. Me? I just told them what to do, keep them in line. When it comes down to the fight, i would be the most strongest.
The Cullen's sat on the veranda all night. My brothers slept in the lounge room while i stayed outside. I didn't know what i stayed awake for-the red guards or Edward. When the sun came up, my hopes that he would come back to help us vanished. The tree's told Shula and i that they were on there way, about five minutes from attacking.
"Stay together and watch each others backs!" My voice rang across the field. As soon as i spoke a arrow shot through the air and landed at my feet. If they wanted to fight dirty, so could I. A long bent shape of fire formed in my hand-like a bow-and a long straight stick shape in my other hand-an arrow. I shot it where the other arrow came from and watched as a guard fell from a tree. They charged us all at once, slashing at the walls. When they got through, the Cullen's charged them head on. I stayed where i was, flicking my wrist and watching as my arrows shot them through the head. Sage had made her own sword of fire and was fighting on of them. Tanner trapped four in a ball of water, waiting until they lost all air. Anthrax was floating above the house, wind whipping. And Shula was half way up a tree, bending the branches and whipping people with them. I thought we were winning, but i was wrong. Alice was wrong. There wasn't twenty of them, there were hundreds. They all dropped from the trees, snatching my brothers from the arms, so they couldn't use there powers. The Cullen's reacted by charging them, but as strong as they might be, they can not stand the power of the elements. Alice was trapped with jasper in a cage of fire-as was the rest of them.
"Leave them alone!" I thrashed against the hold on my arms and the girl that had me pulled tighter. "Ahhh," i yelled in pain. Tears streamed down my face.
"Bella!" Some one called, but i was already being hauled off into the forest. Edward.
"Help them, Edward! Help them!"
I was woken up by metal sliding against metal. My chains rattled as i tried to sit straight. It's been two days since the red guard captured me from the Cullen's house. Edward had listened to me-my brothers were safe. I was the only one they took.
"Time for trial," laughed Alex. We were friends back when we were little, but as soon as he got this job-warden of the jail-we broke apart.
"You discus me," i spat.
Ignoring me, he reached down and unlocked my wrists from the chains. "Be grateful you even have a trial, Bella. Most people die straight away for the things that you have done."
He walked me out of the prison and into the building next to it that held the trial. They didn't even give me time to change, so i was still in the black jeans and green singlet that Alice had gave me. The six inch heels felt uncomfortable to walk in. I didn't even try to break free or fight my way out with my elements. This wasn't the human world anymore and i would be taken down in a heart beat.
The leaders of the high council were present, seated on a long table at the front of the room. One single chair stood before them-my chair. Rows and rows of people sat behind my chair, staring as i walked in. I kept my head high, looking them directly in the eye. Their were eight council leaders, five i knew because they were family friends and the rest i had no idea who they were. After everyone rose and bowed to the council, the trial began.
"Bella, you know why you are here," a red head girl i didn't know stated.
"Yes."
"And you know that you have broken several of our rules?"
"Yes."
She nodded and let some one else take over. Tom i realized. He was a good friend of my mothers. "Would you be able to tell us where Anthrax, Shula, Sage and Tanner are?"
"No." I was not ratting them out.
"You do realize that there is a high possibility that you could be given the death sentence?"
"Yes," i said without fear in my voice.
He sat back in his chair and watched my face. In my peripheral vision i saw Amy smile. We have been friends for a long time and me being a traitor hadn't changed that. "Would you please tell the council why you ran in the first place?"
"Because i believe all fares have the right to use the powers they were born with, and i wasn't the only one who thought the same."
"You know why we can't use our powers," Tom said.
"Yes."
"If the human world found out about us we would die."
That is so not true. "Yes." I paused, unable to stop what i said next. "But the way i see it, is that the fares have grown week. We need to fight back!"
"And how are we meant to do that?" This came from Amy. She smiled at me and nodded-she knew what i was planning to do.
"Like this." And a ball of flame shot from my hand and levitated in the air above Toms head. People yelled and dropped to the floor, the guards jumped up on me and put me in hand cuffs. "Stop fearing what you can control! Fight back!"
I was lead back into the jail and thrown in my cell. I was so screwed.
