Chapter 4
Bella:
Yesterday was terrifying. I mean, I flew in the air and then fell in a bunch of thorn bushes! My body healed itself in under five minutes! After that I couldn't wait to get home! I couldn't be in this school another second knowing that could happen again.
When I woke up this morning, I walked down the stairs quietly, and heard my dad talking to Billy. At first, I thought it was just a normal conversation between the two, but as it turned out, it wasn't. They said something about somthing coming out of the shadows or something.
"What was that about?" I wondered, walking into the kitchen.
"Oh, its just that Billy's electricity went out." He replied, handing up the house phone.
"Are you sure? To me it sounded like you said something about the shadows." I remarked, grabbing the box of cereal.
"No I didn't!" my dad avowed, trying to convince me I didn't hear what he said on the phone.
"Dad, I'm not stupid!" I exclaimed, pouring cereal into a bowl.
He stared into my eyes realizing I wasn't giving up on this conversation.
"Fine, I'll tell you." He said, waiting for me to finish making my cereal.
He began telling me a story about how he got powers in high school. Then he proceeded to tell me about the Shadow Man and how he, mom, and their friends beat the Shadow Man. Soon he added in about how him and mom fell in love, but I couldn't even pay attention to any of that. I was still confused about him and mom having powers! Could this be hereditary?
"Bella, what's wrong?" he asked, watching me set my empty bowl of cereal down onto the coffee table.
"What's happening to me?" I proclaimed, after telling him about my eventful day yesterday.
I watched my dad get up and grab the house phone.
"I'm going to make a few calls. Go upstairs and get dressed. You're not going to school today." He asserted, leaving the room.
Two hours later...
I came downstairs after hearing loud chatter from the living room. I didn't understand why all of these people came over to my house. I even saw Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, Emmett, Edward, and Jacob, who attended school with me. I continued wondering why they were here as my parents came downstairs. I watched him walk around the room and greet the teens and their parents.
"Why are all these people here?" I whispered, taking a seat beside him.
"The time is right for you all to know the truth." He answered, walking to take a stand beside the other parents.
That answer didn't help one bit. What was he talking about? 'The time is right for you all to know the truth!' What truth could he be talking about? I heard him tell the adults that Jacob and I already know the truth, but the others should know. So, now I'm guessing the truth has something to do with what he told me this morning. Could they possibly have powers too? Are their parents the people my dad fought with back then? I watched my dad and the rest of the adults go into the kitchen to cook lunch, while leaving us in the living room to talk.
"Hi! You're Bella right?" Alice asked, approaching me.
"Yeah, hi." I replied, timidly.
"Sooo, does anyone know why we are here?" Rosalie asked, looking around at each of us.
"I don't know." I sighed, completely oblivious that it may have something to do with powers.
"We're at this damn house for no reason, when I could be trying to get my damn car back from that bitch Tanya." Edward yelled, causing Rosalie to quickly look at him.
"Calm down, Edward! As much as I would really like you to beat the crap out of Tanya, you can't." Rosalie asserted, as I stared attractively into Edward's eyes.
Soon our parents came back into the room and sat down beside each of us. "Has anything weird happened to any of you lately?" Carlisle asked, looking at each of us, separately.
OMG! Did my dad tell him what I said? How could he tell him about my freakish behaviour yesterday? That was suppose to be between me and him!
"Don't be afraid. Be truthful." Esme encouraged, resting her hand on Edward's shoulder.
"Yes!" we all answered, in unison.
We all took turns telling them about what happened to us at school yesterday. I couldn't believe some of these stories, I mean Rosalie can freeze time and can move objects with her hands. Then Emmett told us about his super strength and x-ray vision and I thought that was a hell of a power. When everybody was done, it was my turn to tell my story. After I told my story the adults went back in the kitchen to finish talking and cooking.
"Can you really turn invisible?" I wondered, as he turned invisible for proof.
"Yeah." he answered, before reappearing.
"Can I see your power?" I asked, approaching Rosalie.
Rosalie took a deep breath, pulled her hand out and caused the pillow to uncontrollably fly and hit the vase. Rose's eyes went big as the vase headed for the ground. She jerked her hands in fear of it breaking and the vase froze in the air.
"Now, that's cool!" I exclaimed, grabbing the vase.
After grabbing the vase I set it down in its spot.
I looked over at Alice and saw her staring at Jasper. Jasper was currently trying to stick his hand through the coffee table.
"Alice, can you show me your powers?" I asked, excitedly.
"I can't see the future when I want to, but I can do my other power!" she exclaimed, extending her arm to tap Jasper on the back.
Jasper jumped in fright and caused him to fall through the table and onto the floor. I heard a loud outburst of laughter and noticed Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward cracking up.
"Can you show me yours?" I wondered, taking a seat beside Edward.
I waited patiently for Edward to show me his powers. I watched Alice help Jasper with coming back through the table and thought it was funny every time he bumped into the table.
"You're thinking about how funny it is that Jasper can't make it back through the table again." Edward mentioned, as my eyes grew in surprise.
"What about your super speed?" I questioned, impatiently, bouncing in my seat.
In a blink of an eye, Edward ran up the stairs and back. He continued to run circles around me, but suddenly ran into the wall. He fell back onto his butt and caused everyone to laugh.
"Emmett, your powers seem interesting! Show us!" Jacob pushed on, taking a seat on the couch.
Emmett stared at Rosalie, and by stare I mean he stared hard. I wondered what he was doing. Rosalie stood up and watched him, intriguely. Jasper was the first one who realized what Emmett was doing. He quickly hopped up and stood in front of Rosalie. Emmett almost immediately turned away.
"Don't do that again!" Jasper growled, as him and Rose took a seat on the couch.
"What about your strength?" Alice asked, excitedly.
"Okay, what do you want me to pick up?" Emmett asked, pacing back and forth in front of us.
"The couch with all of us on it." Jacob answered, excitedly.
"Really? Okay." Emmett sighed, stooping down in front of the couch.
Emmett gripped the bottom of the couch before taking a deep breath. He closed his eyes and lifted it up in the air. I felt my feet that was once touching the ground, dangle in the air. I watched Rosalie bite down onto her bottom lip, as she looked at Emmett seductively. I felt the ground once again under my feet and I knew Emmett must have sat us back down.
Our parents once again came back out and took seats around the living room.
"Billy called, Shadow Man is arising, and we need a team.!" Aro proclaimed, pacing back and forth, while staring at the six of us.
"Aren't you all kind of old to still be fighting?" Alice wondered, tilting her head to the side.
"That's what we need you guys to take on our tradition." Jane replied, rubbing Rosalie's back.
I felt my mouth drop and looked around to see theirs drop as well.
"I'm in!" I heard Jacob shout, while throwing his hand in the middle.
"I guess I can do it too." Rose whispered, placing her hand on top of Jacob's.
"Since Rose is doing it, I have to do it. Who's going to protect her from the big bad guys?" Jasper joked, throwing his hand on top of Rose's.
"Who's going to look out for you? If I want Rose to be okay, I have to join because I can't put her entire safety in your hands!" Emmett laughed, throwing his hand in.
"Do we get cute outfits?" Alice asked, clapping her hands.
"Sweetheart, you really don't need outfits to fight crime, but you can make some type of mask." Cynthia guaranteed, rubbing her daughter's back.
"Oh, then I'm definitley in.!" Alice chirped, throwing her hand in.
"Sure...I guess." Edward whispered, placing his hand in, hesitantly.
"Are powers aren't right? You all had your powers for years and you barely could fight Shadow Man, how do you think we will?" I asked, causing everyone to pull their hand out.
"She's right!" Rose agreed, crossing her arms.
"We'll teach you everything we know! We have time before Shadow Man fully escapes from the Shadow Dimension." Marcus stated, causing them to put their hands back.
"Come on Bella! I'll keep you safe!" Edward assured, winking at me.
I looked into Edward's eyes and knew I could trust him. How could someone not trust him? I closed my eyes before placing my hand on the top.
"Ahh, it's great to get the team back together!" my dad proclaimed, pecking my forehead, before we headed into the dining room to eat lunch.
