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Chapter 3 Reunion

"Bella?" He asks with confusion on his face. I stare back at him with equal confusion. Who is Bella? Suddenly he rushes forward. Startled, I throw up my physical shield. The vampire slams into it, and is thrown backwards. He ploughs into the ground, shooting dirt everywhere. He hops back up and laughs a huge booming laugh. I cock an eyebrow. I was expecting rage, snarls, anything. But laughter? "That was awesome Bella!" The burly vampire booms, and I growl. He stops laughing immediately. "Bella? what's wrong?" Suddenly there are three more vampires in the clearing. They all gasp when they see me. I look them over. One of them is a pixie like girl with short black hair, and she looks like shes about to explode with excitement. The male next to her is a honey blond, with thousand of bite marks littering his skin. I'm shocked, how many have tried to kill this vampire. I decide if it comes to a fight he'll be my first priority. The last is the "oldest" of the group. He has blond slicked back hair, and looks curious, happy, and concerned, all at once. Only now did I notice though, that they all had the same golden eyes. This immediately puts me at ease. I heard rumours among the guard that the "animal drinkers" were very peaceable. "Oh. you must be the Vegetarian coven." I say quickly, they all look confused when I say this. We all stand in awkward silence for a moment before the tall blond speaks "Bella, don't you recognize us?" Why does he keep calling me Bella? "I don't know who you think I am, but my name isn't Bella." I state confidently. Shock is plain on their features. "What is your name then?" The honey blond asks, with a slight southern drawl. I answer quickly "I don't know, but vampires call me Lucia." The big burly one shouts, causing me to jump. "What do you mean you don't know!" I growl, I didn't like being shouted at. His face becomes apologetic. "Sorry." He whispers. Awww! He looks just like a big teddy bear. I smile. "That's okay. Anyway I don't Know because when I woke up from my transformation, I didn't remember any of my human life, so my maker named me Lucia." They all stand silent with shocked expressions. After a while the tall blond speaks "Um..Lucia, would you be willing to come to my home and speak with my family." I shrug "Okay, but I cant stay long. I...um have a tight schedule." Arrrg! I'm a terrible liar! The blond nods, not looking convinced "Alright, follow us." and we take off running. We run in loud silence. Finally we stop in front of a beautiful white house, it has a look about it that makes it timeless. I continue to admire it as we walk through the door. "Edward, Esme, Rosalie." The blond calls. The a breathtakingly beautiful blond vampire comes down the stairs, followed by a Carmel haired motherly looking female. As soon as they see me they both gasp. "Bella?" Before I can respond a bronze haired vampire flies down the stairs towards me. Once again I throw up my shield, and once again a vampire slams into it. The bronze haired vampire I assume to be named Edward, gets thrown back into the wall by my shield, punching a hole in it. I huff. I hope no one gets mad at me for the wall. "Geezz! do you guys attack everyone who comes for a visit." I mutter annoyed. They all chuckle lightly. Edward jumps up again and walks up to me. He grabs my hand, and suddenly I'm hearing everyone's thoughts. 'Please remember, I've gone to long without her already.' Edward thinks. 'When I find the vampire who took her, I'll tear him to pieces.' the burly one growls in his head. The honey haired ones thoughts are about the same. Only he went into more detail. I turn off the mind reading, I did not want to hear the details. I yank my hand out of Edward's, and his face falls. I ignore it. "I do believe we haven't been introduced properly, My name is Lucia, and you are?" Edward looks perplexed and opens his mouth, but the tall blond interrupts. "Hello I am Carlisle, and this is Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward." He points and names everyone, then gestures for me to sit in the living room. I sit down on the white couch, and the family moves to sit around me. Edward takes the seat net to me, and doesn't take his eyes off me. I'm about to tell him to quit staring when Carlisle speaks. "Would you mind answering some questions for us Bell...Lucia" I shrug. "Who created you?" Wow, he just dives right in. "Aro of the Volturi" I say bluntly. Gasps erupt around me, I roll my eyes. "You guys gasp a lot Next question." Carlisle runs a hand through his hair. "How were you changed?" he asks. "Well...I'm not sure. Like I said I remember none of my human life, but Aro told me that I was brought in with a group of humans to be feed upon, but decided to change me instead because he found me interesting." I shrugged "And Aro just let you go?" Jasper asks shocked. I bite my lip. "No, I escaped." I mutter. Awe and shock is all over their faces. "Don't worry." I say quickly. "The Volturi will never be able to track me to you. Demetri's power doesn't work on me, and there is no scent to follow. So you are in no danger at all." I finish. "Oh, no Bel..Lucia, we aren't concerned for our safety. Just astonished you were able to escape Volterra. No one has ever done that before." Jasper finishes, looking at me in awe. I'm about to respond when Esme cuts in. "Where are you going dear? Do you somewhere you're going to stay?" I frown "No, Homeless at the moment." Alice jumps up causing me to flinch. "Can you stay with us! Please! Please! Please!" She begs. I shake my head. "If the Volturi found me.." Alice cuts me off, grabbing my hand. I don't hear what shes saying, because I'm suddenly hit with a vision. Its me and the rest of the Cullen family, laughing in the living room. But outside its winter" Then the vision ends. I refocus on the room and everyone is looking at me concerned, and Edwards hand is practically crushing mine. "Sorry." I mutter. "That's just part of my power." Carlisle eyes are blazing with curiosity, but he keeps his voice calm. "And what is your power." I shake my head. "I cant tell you." Rosalie glares at me and Edward snarls lightly, but Rosalie ignores him. "And why cant you tell us. How do we know that the Volturi didn't send you to kill us, and your just hiding your power to catch us off guard later." Everyone in the room snarls at her, and I jump up from my seat angrily. "You want to know how you know." I yell as I rush in front of her. She doesn't flinch. "This is how." I snarl. I fill all their minds with my memories of being tortured by the Volturi.

~Memory~

I'm tackled to the ground by several guard members, just as I smash through another wall. I hiss and snarl as they drag me to a metal room. Aro is waiting there, visibly fuming. "Punish her for trying to escape." He hisses. "And get her to feed, by any means necessary." He growls, before stalking out of the room. Aram stalks forward, two other guard members restrain me by my shoulders and force me down to my knees. A low growl starts building in my chest, and Aram clutches one of my arms. Aram pauses and looks at me with a smug smile. "Do you have anything to say for yourself dear?" He coo's. "Nope." I chirp, before I spit in his face. He roars and tears my arm off. I grit my teeth, and manage to only make a squeak of pain. "Apologize." Aram demands. "No chance in hell." I gasp as my other arm is torn from my body. This goes on until I'm nothing but a head and torso. Aram licks the ends of my limbs, and moves to replace them. I brace myself. Aram's gift is having venom that is extremely painful. The only thing more painful is the transformation process. Aram replaces my limbs, and I burst into flames. I shriek and clamp my mouth closed. It would take a good 5 minutes to come back together, and I wasn't going to give Aram the joy of hearing my screams. The door to the room opens to reveal Felix with a struggling human. "NO!" I shriek, unable to move. They ignore me. "How long till she can move again?" Felix asks, pulling out a knife. Aram smiles darkly. "Another four minutes." Felix nods and moves to stand over me. He kneels down placing the humans neck right over my mouth, and in one quick motion. Slits the humans throat. The sweet nectar falls onto my face, but I refuse to give it entrance to my mouth. Felix sighs "Aram." Before I can even think I feel Aram's teeth embedding themselves into my leg. When my mouth opens in a shriek, it allows the blood entrance. The desire to avoid the blood disappears as soon as it touches my tongue, and I drink it eagerly. When I regain use of my arms I latch onto the human above me, sink my teeth into his soft neck, and suck him dry. When the bloods stops flowing I regain my wits, and with horror, realize what I've done. The boy was young probably only 16, and now that life was ended. I lay the boys mangled body gently on the floor and sob, while Aram and Felix laugh.

~End Memory~

I finish showing them the memory. Rosalie looks shocked, Alice and Esme are sobbing, Jasper and Emmett look enraged, Carlisle looks like he's questioning everything hes ever known, and Edward just has his face in his hands, looking completely heartbreakingly defeated. I feel and urge to go and comfort the stranger, but I shove it away since hes just that, a stranger. "I hope you can see now, that I hold no loyalty to the Volturi." I mutter angrily. Rosalie looks down at her hands and mutters an, "I'm sorry." I sigh. "No, I'm sorry. I should not have lost my temper, but the Volturi are a touchy subject for me...As I'm sure you can all understand." Carlisle looks up at me. "Why did the Volturi torture you?" I pinch the bridge of my nose. "Because I tried to escape." "Why." Jasper asks in a strained voice. I bite my lip. "I...I didn't want to kill anyone. But the Volturi wouldn't hear of it. They said I was too valuable, even with them not knowing the half of my powers." Carlisle's head perks up "What about your powers didn't the Volturi know?" He asks with undimmed curiosity. I sigh. "I want to tell you, but I worry it may put you in danger from the Volturi...Though I suppose that ship sailed when I showed you my memories." I mutter defeated. I go and sit back down by Edward and he doesn't look at me. He's probably disgusted with my murdering an innocent child. I sigh an resume talking. "When I awoke from the transformation...Aro touched my hand and I copied his power." They all gasp, but I ignore them. "The same thing happened when Jane tried to use her power on me. I discovered that I could absorb the powers of people I touch, or If the use their powers on me, or if I have them under my shield." "Shield?" Jasper interrupts. I smile. "I have two main powers. One of course, being able to copy other powers for myself, and the other is a physical/mental shield. The Volturi only know I'm a mental shield, I kept the rest from them." "Why didn't you keep your mental shield secret as well?" Carlisle asks, his brow furrowing in confusion. "Because they already knew, since Jane, Aro's, and Alec's power's were useless on me." "Amazing!" Jasper exclaims. "You could probably destroy the entire Volturi." He says looking at me in awe. I shrug. "Maybe. But evil as they are, the Volturi are necessary to maintain order." All the Cullen's nod, understanding. "What happens when you absorb a power?" Alice asks curiously. I bite my lip "Well, when I absorb a power it manifests into a more powerful form." How so?" I sigh. "For example with Jane's power I can affect a group, where Jane can only affect a single person." They gasp. "Amazing." Carlisle exclaims. I nod and look outside through the large window, and see its getting dark. "I need to be going." I state plainly. As I get up Edward grabs my hand, stopping me from moving. I glare at Edward, but he doesn't loosen his grip. I consider throwing him through a wall again, but I figure that would probably upset whoever would have to fix it. "Where are you going?" He demands. "Haven't decided." I state plainly, and Edward's brow furrows. Carlisle clears his throat to gain my attention. "Well...Lucia, you could stay with my family. It would be no trouble, and Alice seems to have taken a shine to you." Before I can respond, Alice jumps up. "YES! Oh please stay! We could decorate you room! and go shopping! And.." I cut her off. "Do the rest of you want me to stay?" All of them say something to the affirmative. Even Rosalie gives a nod of approval. I smile. "Alright, I'll stay."

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