I do not own twilight.

But my imagination owns Arius-. (pronounced 'Ah-ree-us'). Guest star.

Chapter 3.

30 minutes later.

Forks.

Swan's Residence.

Her eyes burned literally. The last thing she remembered was a streak of fiery red hair in the distance, meeting a handsome man with amazing purple eyes who talked to her with his mind and saved her by teleporting her home. Wow that was some dream!

She heard the voices and felt the hot air from a blow dryer but she was not certain. Her dad Charlie, his voice was familiar but this other accent had a deep bass. Powerful. Wait a minute. This voice sounded exactly like the human that she meet earlier. So I guess this is not a dream.

Bella tried to open her eyes to see if it was true; however someone gently closed them back.

"Please try to keep your eyes closed. the voice instructed her. "The pain will end soon."

Charlie returned from the kitchen with an icepack. She sighed as her dad rested it on her eyelids. The burning sensation had eased, although her eyes were tightly closed; a very bright purple light still bothered her eyes.

"Arius… how did this happen." Charlie asked rhetorically. Thirty minutes ago, he had answered the door to welcome Arius to Forks but he was unfortunately greeted by the sight of his daughter soaking wet and dizzy from the teleportation while the man held her in his arms.

"The generation cannot be skipped twice in a row." stated Arius. His voice was strong.

"But only males have become dark hunters by birth."

"History is not set in stone Charles."

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Someone had ringed the doorbell but Charlie refused to answer. Whoever it was would not be coming inside this house anytime soon, especially with his daughter in her current state. They had managed to dry her hair and clothes with her blow dryer. When she woke up, Bella could change into drier and cleaner clothes. Plus Arius preferred not to meet human strangers.

The knocking continued, so he looked through the peephole only to see a tired Billy in his wheelchair and Jacob behind him. He looked worse.

Charlie went back to the living room and picked up the keys to the door. No way was he letting them inside. He went by the back door to lock it before moving to the front door. When he opened the door, Charlie quickly closed it with the key. "Billy… Jake." He acknowledged them both by their names.

"Charlie. I'm so sorry." said Billy.

"You've nothing to be sorry about." replied Charlie. He wondered if they had seen Ari in La Push.

"Bella's missing!" exclaimed Jacob.

"No she not Jake." After a few heartbeats he replied. "She's home."

"May I speak to her?" Jacob realized that he panicked for nothing.

"I don't think that's such a good idea right now." stated Charlie. Soon after a gasp followed by a string of curse words were heard.

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Bella had woken up. Her eyes felt so much better right now. Sitting in front of her in a chair, there was the most handsome male she had ever seen. This guy could rival Sam Uley's Gang. He oozed power all around him. At six feet four inches, Arius tried his best not to scare her. Again. Dark purple eyes watched her. Probably waiting for her to say something.

"You're real?... I mean Hi." Bella greeted shyly.

"Hello." replied Arius with a soft smile."And yes I am real." He ran his fingers through his thick wavy black hair that stop by the base of his neck as he picked up the small mirror that Charlie had placed on the coffee table. "Would you like to see your new self?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "Okay… I guess…"

When she looked in the mirror that Arius held she gasped. She was stunning! Her hair was a lush wave of deep red. So smooth like salon finish. While her eyes were intense pools of dark purple. She looked at him in shock. She had his eye colour. "So everything that happened was true?"

Arius nodded at her. Bella had previously fainted when Charlie and Arius explained her heritage of dark hunters and dark huntresses. She blushed in embarrassment at the thought of being weak. Arius chuckled as he saw her blush.

Before she could open her mouth to ask him another question a sharp pain surged through her spine. She let out a string of curse words as she felt as if millions of needles were puncturing her skin all at once.

It was a tattoo of a phoenix that would cover her entire back. All dark huntresses have the symbol of the phoenix. "The pain will end soon." She remembered Arius saying this to her when her eyes were closed. Yes, Bella is the first dark huntress from the line of descendants but there are others females who were changed by dark hunters.

Charlie came back to the living room (without Billy or Jacob). He wondered if his daughter would be okay after. He saw Bella holding Ari's hand in a tight grip and biting her lips to avoid screaming. He takes a seat next to her and waits patiently for the tattoo to complete. He knows that trying to ease her pain will not make it go away quicker. Arius' wife Ava had mentioned this to him years ago.

"I'm okay dad." Bella said after her pain ended. "I heard what you said. There was no way to know that I would change."

He felt as ease.

"Besides…" Bella continued "This is the Worst… Back pain… Ever!"

Charlie and Arius chuckled.