A/N – Ohh questions are answered. Woot!
I mentioned a guy named Damon Salvatore in the last chapter and I just want to say that the Damon in this book is not the one from L.J. Smith's Vampire Diaries. I did get the idea for his name from that series but that is where all similarities end, sorry if I confused anyone. I want to change it but this name fits perfectly (feel free to give me another name, if you have a good one floating around)
Disclaimer - I do not own any characters that are in the Twilight Series.
Bella POV
I stared at Alice, waiting for the questions to come and she just stared back at me, like she was trying to figure something out.
I raised my eyebrows at her, "Well, Alice?"
"What?" She replied, oh so innocent.
"Didn't you have some questions you wanted me to answer?"
"Oh, right!" She said, acting way more surprised than the occasion warranted. But she still didn't say anything, just sat there looking at me, an idiotic grin on face. It was actually getting a little scary.
I pulled out my iPod. "I'm going to listen to some music so if you ever decide to ask me those questions, just tap my shoulder." I put the headphones in and the distracting sounds of Linkin Park made its way to my brain. Alice turned and started whispering to Jasper. Carlisle was in conversation with Adam. Kade was in the cockpit; probably trying to convince the pilot to give him flying lessons (god forbid if the pilot agreed) and Edward was staring out the window, giving me the perfect opportunity to think the situation over.
I wasn't really sure if I could handle Edward being here.
I hadn't gotten over the fact that he had left. He had been the love of my life, my soul mate, how were you supposed to get over something like that? I was also fairly certain that I was still in love with him, which was stupid and idiotic but I couldn't help the way I felt.
Just seeing him made the holes in my chest go ragged around the edges. Small shards of pain were slicing through my heart. Kade and Adam had helped heal me a bit but I was never the same.
I turned my mind to the other Cullen's, Carlisle seemed the same and so did Jasper but there was something different about Alice, she wasn't the bouncy and cheerful Alice I had once known.
I was looking forward to seeing the rest of the Cullen's. Even Rosalie, which surprised me.
I felt a hand touch me on the shoulder and my eyelids snapped up. I didn't even know I had shut them. Alice was standing there and I noticed that everyone else was looking at me. I pulled my headphones out and turned off the iPod, time for the questions.
"What do you want to know, Alice?"
"How come the guard couldn't attack you?"
I jerked my head at Kade and Adam. "These two helped, they're both telekinetic and half-brothers. The blond is Adam and the other one is Kade."
"Have they been with you for long?"
"About three years."
She looked satisfied. "How did you get Aro to answer your questions?"
I looked at her through my sunglasses. With a sigh I took them off and pointed at my eyes. "Do you see anything different?"
She blinked. "No, they look exactly the same, except for maybe a hint of gold around the edges."
"Do they want to make you do anything?"
She shook her head. "Not really."
I tilted my head towards the emergency exit. "Go jump out of the plane." She stood up and started backing towards the door. She was less than a meter away from jumping when I decided to break eye contact. She shook her head, clearing her thoughts then looked at me. She walked back towards her seat and sat down.
"What did you feel when I told you to jump?" I asked.
"Like had no choice, like it was the only thing that mattered." She looked at me in wonder. "How did you do that?"
"Hypnotism." Was my one word answer..
"But I didn't feel anything when I was asking you questions."
I smiled. "I wasn't giving you an order or trying to control you. If I asked you to bring a cup of coffee it wouldn't affect you as strongly but you would still want to get it for me. But with an order you have no choice but to do what I say, until I break eye contact."
"It can get really annoying." Kade added.
"What are you Bella?"
I replied honestly, well kind of. "Human." Mostly, I added silently in my head.
"If you're human how did you take down Felix?" Jasper demanded.
"I can't tell you that, not right now anyway." Frustrated looks all around, minus my guys, they already know everything. I wanted to tell the Cullen's, I really did, but there are some things best kept hidden.
"Who's Quinn?"
"My sometimes boss, I do small favors for him when no one else can handle them. (A/N - For those out there who think the 'jobs' are sexual, you should be ashamed of yourself).
I looked at my watch. "Are there anymore questions? We're going to land in approximately 30 minutes and I have some stuff to sort out."
"I have one." He said. God, his voice was still perfect and made me want to cry my eyes out.
"Shoot." I silently thanked God, or whoever rules, for making my voice sound calm, not squeaky and panicky.
"Who's Damon Salvatore?"
Ah, the question I had been waiting for.
"Damon's the prince of a small country in Europe, near Italy. He's vampire and as far as I'm concerned, the devil incarnate. He's basically pure evil. He's also what I like to call an ancient."
"Ancient?" The curiosity in Carlisle's voice was strong.
"He's old. I mean old for a vampire not old for a human. He is so much older than any of the Volturi; in fact he's actually one of the original vampires. He's been around since this world began. He's also pretty much the ruler of vampire."
"That's impossible, the Volturi are the royalty of the vampire world."
I looked at Carlisle, he looked so confused. I would have laughed if the situation wasn't so serious. "If the Volturi are royalty than the Salvatore's are gods."
"So what has this Salvatore guy got to do with you?"
"I was, um, engaged to him." I said, somewhat reluctantly.
Alice's eyes were bugging so far out of their sockets; I was surprised they hadn't fallen out. "It wasn't like I wanted to," I said defensively, "It turns out when you're rich and powerful you can get ministers to marry an unwilling woman to the prince of evil. I didn't end up marrying him, of course but he's kind of angry that I ran away and left the west wing of his castle blown up." I made an 'oops' face. "So now he's looking for me and I need to find a way to kill him so I can get on with my life."
They didn't say anything so I assumed question and answer time was over. I turned my head to look out the window and they all moved back to their seats.
Edward POV
I stared at Bella from my seat. Her head was turned away, facing the window. I couldn't read any of the emotions that were probably flashing across her face. I needed to think about what she had just told us but I didn't know which part of the information I should start with. I mean, she could control people with her eyes, could kill a vampire (I still hadn't figured that one out yet) and, oh yeah, had been engaged. I felt a snarl start in my chest and pushed it down, I felt like snapping Salvatore's neck, I was that jealous. I had no right feeling like this, Bella wasn't mine anymore as much as I wish I could turn back the clock and change that.
The plane started descending and I looked out the window, staring at the forests and hills of Bella's home. The minute the plane touched the ground and the door opened, I was out of there.
"How are we getting to your place?" I asked Bella.
"We have a couple of cars at the airport."
"Oh." All that I was capable of.
Bella and her telekinetic guys lead us to the cars and I was pleased to see they were the type of cars I approved of. One was a silver jaguar XJR and the other was a red 430 Scuderia Ferrari. (A/N – Loooove these cars)
Bella made her way towards the Ferrari so we headed for the Jag. We followed them to a very grand, old Victorian manor that was hidden deep within the woods. The rest of my family were standing outside the house, there cars almost filling the driveway.
Esme's eyes widened a fraction. "Bella, is that you?"
Bella gave a tight smile. "That's me."
"Alright," Rosalie's angry voice called, "What the hell is going on? I want some answers." She wasn't the only one.
She continued glaring and I sighed, this was going to take a lot of explaining.
A/N – I'm sure there's many more questions to answer. :)
I have a question for everyone - Should Bella have found out about the La Push pack. I intend for her to know about werewolves but I'm not sure whether she should have found out about it like she did in New Moon or whether she found out in her own way, after she left forks. So please, review and tell me.
