Bella's Pov:
They stood in silence for what felt like hours, just waiting for Esme to come back down with imposter Alice. Rosalie was snarling at Bella and Emmet looked deep in thought and though Bella didn't have a very high opinion of any of them at the moment, she thought that maybe she and Emmet could get along.
After three minutes, Bella checked, Esme came down the staircase with another vampire but, it wasn't Alice. It was another man, he looked about as old as Rosalie and he had hair the color of a shiny penny. If this is Alice, Xanti is fired. Bella turned toward Evanthius and raised her eyebrow.
"I don't know boss. Don't look at me." She said.
She turned back toward Esme and asked:
"Who is this?"
"He is another of my sons; Alice refused to leave Nessie so Edward came down instead."
"The baby is not yours. She will be coming back with us to our realm, she will die here."
"What the hell are you guys anyway? What the hell are you talking about? And what the hell do you mean by 'realm'?" Emmet burst out angrily. Bella couldn't decide if he was serious or not. Did they really not know about the fey or is this just a plot to keep the baby?
"Where is Aeryn? We need her." Bella asked Elliot, general of the third district in the fairy realm.
"I don't know. I haven't seen her since she messaged you." Elliot said.
"I'm right here." Everyone turned around to see Aeryn standing in the doorway. "I was looking up their data in the archive."
"And? Can they be trusted?" Bella asked impatiently.
"Yes, I believe so. They have nothing on their record that implies they are not trustworthy." She said. Bella nodded once then turned back to the Cullens.
"Please sit down; this is going to take a while to explain." Everyone stared at each other for a minute before hesitantly taking a seat on the couches and chairs. Rosalie and Emmet took the loveseat by the windows, while Esme, Carlisle, jasper, and, Edward squeezed onto the couch. Elliot, Evanthius, Aeryn sat on the floor while Bella and Xanti sat in the remaining two chairs.
"As you all know," Bella began, "we are not exactly human. We are fearies."
"Whoa, you mean those things actually exist?" Emmet yelled.
"Yes and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't interrupt me." Bella glared. "As I was saying, we are fearies. The fey do not live in the mortal realm as you do. We have our own realm separate from yours. I'm kinda surprised that you don't know about us considering you are powerful vampires after all but yet I'm not surprised because we are a very private people. We don't fraternize with the humans, vampires or lycans and so not many of them know about us. Your Volturi know about us, and you being the second most powerful clan I just assumed that you knew about us too. My apologies, it was a mistake. Any questions so far?" She looked pointedly at Emmet. To her surprise it as not Emmet that had a question but the oldest blonde male whose name she didn't know.
"Yes…uh. What's your name?" she asked.
"It's Carlisle. About the transformation, how does one become a fearie?"
She knew one of them would ask this question so she had tried to prepare her answer to make it as simple as possible. She took a deep breath and tried to get her thoughts in order. Then she spoke.
"The fey are like vampires in some ways and different in others of course. We don't sleep at all just like you but, we do eat and drink, although it can only be food from the fearie realm. We cannot have children though there are the rare but not impossible cases of babies turning into fearies. In these cases the child will age until the age of eight-teen then stop." She stopped and looked at Carlisle.
"But you did not answer my question. How does someone turn into a fearie?" he asked again. She sighed; she had been hoping her answer would placate him but apparently not. Hadn't he ever heard of the saying "curiosity killed the cat"?
"To become a fearie you have to go through an unbearable amount of pain. Whether it be emotional or physical. For example, in Brandi's case, she went through immense physical pain. Her parents had abused her, they broke her arms and legs, burned her with cigarettes, and stuck nails into her skin. Her tiny body could not take this and she turned into a fearie. In an emotional case, one is so broken that they cannot bare to live but are to; well, broken to do anything about it so they are transformed." She looked toward Carlisle hoping his thirst for knowledge was quenched for a minute.
"How could they do that? How could they treat a baby like that? How? Babies are miracles and their lucky enough to be given one and they mistreat her! How the hell is this happening?" Rosalie was quivering in anger by the time she finished and Bella thought that if she were human she be entirely red.
"I don't know but, unfortunately this is happening a lot in the mortal realm." Bella said she didn't wish to provoke Rosalie any further; she just wanted to tell the truth.
"Its alright babe, lets just listen to the rest of the story and calm down." Emmet said, he grabbed her and pulled her down onto his lap and started stroking her hair gently. Bella's opinion of him just increased in that moment. "Please continue."
"The fearie realm is divided into two parts, my kingdom and the Kingdom of Odania. Our kingdom and theirs has been fighting for over a thousand years and the war shows no sign of ending. My kingdom is split into the palace and the four surrounding districts, or cities as you call them. Each district has a general that I have appointed; the generals are like the mayors but in a much more complicated way. All the generals are here today actually." Bella gestured to Elliot, Evanthius, Xanti, and Aeryn, then went on.
"Elliot is in charge of the second district, she is the weapons master. The weapon storage is also in district two. Elliot and her workers make all the weapons that we use." Elliot is about 5'6; she has white-blonde hair and bright blue eyes.
"Aeryn (pronounced Erin) is in charge of the fourth district, she is the peacekeeper. She punishes those who disturb the peace and she is our motivator of sort. She's the one that gives us pep talks and encouraging words of advice during battle." Aeryn was a bit on the short side, around 5'2; she has black hair and hazel eyes.
"Evanthius (pronounced Eee-van-thi-us), who we usually call Evan, is the fighter and martial arts master. She trains the army in several fighting styles and makes sure they know how to defend themselves. She is also general of the first district." Evanthius was tall, about 5'11, and she has bright red hair and vivid green eyes.
"And last but not least is Xanti (pronounced Zan-Tee) who is in charge of the third district. He is a master in the dark arts and our primary source of magical enchantments and runes. He keeps the shield surrounding our kingdom strong and he also teaches basic magic to our army. It's very important we have him because not many fearies can use magic, only a select few." Bella didn't want to be rude but all she wanted to do was take brandiline and go home.
"Any questions?" She asked
"Yes. Can fearies hav-"Rosalie was cut off by a loud wailing that seemed to be coming from upstairs. Before any of them could react Bella was already on her feet and halfway up the staircase. They quickly got up to follow her.
AN: Okay i just want to say, please dont get used to having updates everyday cause that will most likely not happen. I have absolutly no clue where this is going, im just going with the flow right no. I have a basic outline and a slight idea of what i want from the plot but getting it all organized in my head is going to take time. Other than that i really hope you enjoyed:)
