Rise of Power Chapter 4:

I turned around, ever so slowly as everyone else growled menacingly and the sky started to thunder and lightning. Figures. It's Maria. "Well, well, well. If it isn't Ms. Bitch. Look Jasper. How long has it been since we've been in the presence of the high and mighty queen herself?" I growled out.

"HOW DARE YOU?!" she shrieked and lunged at me, effectively starting the battle.

"Well, you see, it's quite simple. I have words, in my mind that form these things called sentences. And then my mouth forms those words and sentences, while my voice projects them. If you weren't stupid then I'm sure you would know that by now. It's the art of great comebacks and jokes. Bitch," I told her. "Have you regretted changing me yet?" I asked her.

"Yes, I have. And soon, you're going to be dead," she growled, lunging and missing again.

"Really? It doesn't seem like it. Your fighting always was horrible. Would you like me to help you learn how to fight better?" I asked her. She lunged again, not keeping eye contact. "Lesson number one: ALWAYS keep eye contact." She lunged again and this time she kept eye contact, but as she was trying to punch me, I grabbed her fist and twisted it behind her back. "Lesson number two: NEVER go into a fight that you can NEVER win." I yanked her arm off, listening happily as she yelled out in pain. She kicked at me, trying to get away. "Must we go back to Lesson one? I guess so. Lesson number one: ALWAYS keep eye contact," as I ripped of a leg. "Now, are you going to behave and let me rip you to shreds so I don't have to look at you anymore? Or are you going to fight a losing battle? You know, Lesson number two: NEVER go into a fight that you can NEVER win. And bitch, you can't win this fight." She tried to yank at my hair.

I let her get back to her foot, before letting her insult me. "YOU BITCH! I'VE TAUGHT YOU EVERYTHING YOU KNOW!"

I cackled evilly. I saw Alec in a fight a little ways away. "Hey, Alec!" I yelled. "Turn off all of their senses except for sight. They should see the way that their 'Master' dies." Soon enough they were all immobilized. "Now, Maria. What are we going to do with you, hm?" I asked her. "Shall we slowly rip you to shreds, and give you the most painful death ever. Or shall we rip you to shreds quickly and give you the easiest death ever? I think we shall go with the first one. And you never taught me anything. It was all my brother who you stole from my parents and me. And you won't ever get away with that. When you die and go to hell, be sure to rot extra," I told her, sneering the entire time. "Someone start a fire. This bitch needs to burn," I said to someone standing behind me.

I felt the flames before Felix told me that the fire was lit. I grabbed the arm and leg that I had already ripped from her body and tossed them in the fire before looking back to Maria. "Remember. Lesson number one: ALWAYS keep eye contact. Look at me you little bitch. Watch as I slowly rip your fingers away from your hand, and then your hand from your wrist, your wrist from your elbow, and your upper arm from your shoulder. Shout out in pain so your filthy newborns know what's coming for them," I told her before I slowly did as I said. "Lesson number two: NEVER go into a fight that you can NEVER win. You shouldn't have picked this fight Maria. You should have stopped the warring for territory a long time ago. It's a shame that you won't be able to see the rest of your pathetic army fall," I said ripping off her leg and throwing that into the fire. "Shall we go onto lesson three?" I asked.

"You little demonized bitch," Maria said, spitting at me.

"I'll take that as a yes. Lesson number three: NEVER insult the person that is slowly torturing you to death. Lets go onto lesson four. Lesson number four: NEVER spit in my damn face. I don't want your venom anywhere near me. Not anymore than it has to be. Bitch," I said ripping her head off, throwing that and then her torso into the fire. I wiped my face off before telling Alec that he could release the newborns so we could finish.

For two hours, we took out newborn-by-newborn, occasionally teaming up, or just taking them down one by one, but the job got done. When it was done, everyone slightly steered clear of me. I calmed my breathing and the sky cleared some, and Jasper came up and hugged me. "Well, that certainly was not my lil sis, but damn. Who taught you to be so menacing?" he asked me.

"Not sure. Must come naturally with being a vampire," I told him. "Or maybe it's the 'demonized bitch' in me," I said laughing, as the sun came out. I turned to face the guard, the Cullens, Peter, Charlotte, the wives, and the three kings. Everyone looked scared as hell, and I couldn't help it, I just laughed. "What?" I asked innocently.

"That…was…hot," Alec muttered before looking down.

"That it? Cause you all look like you want to say something," I said.

"How much anger did you have held against her? That was one of the most amazing things ever. At least now we know not to get on your mad side. That was scary," Aro said.

I bowed my head, trying not to laugh. "Let's just saw a lot of anger. But I feel so much lighter now," I said. "Jasper, shall we go to the grave yard? So you can say good bye to mother and father?" I turned, asking him. He nodded his head, and I grabbed his hand before sprinting off to find the church. Once there, I led Jasper to where he was buried, where I was buried, and where our parents were buried. All in a row.

***

We sat there for hours, until it was nightfall. We slowly made our way back to the plane, where the rest where waiting. "Sorry that took so long," I said, glumly. They all nodded their heads in understanding, and we started to board the plane. As we took our seats, and waited for take off, everyone was in some sort of subdued conversation, and occasionally someone would glance at me. I was starting to get pissed about it, so I did something about that problem. "Seriously? You're going to talk about me as if I'm not here, and you're going to stare at me when you think I can't feel it? Jeez. Grow up, grow some balls, and stop being pussies from a small town that has a gossip queen," I said, very calmly which scared the shit out of everyone because it's the same way that I was talking to Maria as I slowly dismembered her. Needless to say, the conversations changed course and I breathed a sigh of relief.

"That was wonderful. Seeing you rip her a new one like that," Alec told me. I looked at him as if he'd grown a second head.

"Excuse me?" I asked, slightly worried for his health.

"That was wonderful. The fight, the way you ripped her a new one, and basically told her off as you were slowly killing her. I wish I could have done that to her instead of you," he said, lowly mumbling the last part of it.

"Why do you wish that it was you killing her instead of me?" I asked him, actually curious.

"Well, do you remember how when we got Peter, Jasper, and Charlotte the first time? When we were on the plane back to Italy?" he asked me. When I nodded, he asked me another question. "Do you know what we were talking about before you had to play mother and get Jasper and Peter to stop fighting?"

"No, what does that have to do with anything?" I asked him.

"Getting to it. We were talking about you," he told me. If I knew that he wasn't being serious, then I probably would have laughed at him.

"I'm…confused," I admitted. "Why were you talking about me?" I asked him.

"Well…you see…. well because they've known you since you were born into this world…and well…" he said, stuttering over his words.

"Dude, just spit it out already," Peter said. Figures he'd be eaves dropping.

I raised an eyebrow at Alec before glaring at Peter. "You were saying?" I asked.

"Well, I ah…" Alec went on stuttering again.

"Oh, for Carlisle's sake. Izbell, he likes you. A lot. And Izbell, you like him. A lot. Don't try to deny it. I can feel what you feel, and I've known you since you were born. Y'all like each other," Jasper said.

"Yeah, that…wait you like me?" Alec said.

I couldn't form any words because I was embarrassed, so I nodded my head. Jasper, catching onto my feelings started to laugh. "Oh my. I remember the last time that you were this embarrassed. You were so red you resembled a tomato growing in mothers garden," Jasper said. I looked up at him, and glared.

"You wouldn't," I growled.

"Oh, I would. Peter, remember when I told you about my long lost sister, who whenever embarrassed, would turn bright red?" Jasper said.

"You didn't!" I screeched, while Peter and Jasper nodded their heads. "Oh, fuck this. You're tongue is coming out again. So is yours Peter," I said while getting up and disembodying their tongues from their mouths. "You are so not getting these back this time," I muttered darkly while glaring at them.

ALEC POV:

"You didn't!" Isabella screeched while Peter and Jasper nodded their heads. "Oh fuck this. You're tongue is coming out again. So is yours Peter," she said while getting up and disembodying their tongues from their mouths. "You are so not getting these back this time," she muttered darkly, glaring at them.

"This time?" Felix asked. He never did listen, Charlotte and Bella had started to talk about this earlier, and even then Felix wasn't listening.

"Yes Felix, this time. As in it's happened before. Weren't you listening on the way back to Volterra when Charlotte and I were talking?" Isabella asked him.

"No, he never listens. He's one of the best resident pranksters there is," I told her. She just started to smirk ruthlessly, and Peter looked scared. "What?" I asked him.

"Th-that look. It's frightening. She either does that when she's thinking of a really good prank…or…or if she's remembering one that she did that was really, really good and well played. You should all be running for your lives," Peter told us through mumbles and half formed words, but Charlotte translated.

"Felix, was there ever a prank that you know you didn't do, but everyone blamed it on you?" Isabella asked him, smiling sweetly.

"Uhm…yeah, there was this one prank, about 10 years ago. There was an old senile man wearing a get up like James Bond, but he had fake fangs and he had gotten into the castle somehow and he was going around saying that he was going to suck everyone's blood. It was funny, but then, when he saw me, he started to bow and say things like, 'Master, I have reached you…AT LAST!' or 'PRESIDENT LINCOLN IS STILL ALIVE' before he'd go back to saying he would suck everyone's blood. And that's about the time that Aro had shown up. The old senile guy saw Aro and thought that he would be an excellent meal, and then he proceeded to try and bite Aro's neck with plastic fangs. Needless to say, Aro thought that it was me that brought the senile man into the castle, and he made me drink the old guy and he tasted HORRID!" Felix said.

"Oh yeah. I remember that. I couldn't stop laughing at you. But didn't he say something about you being his mother ship?" I asked him, laughing at the memory.

"Yes, and it was scary," Felix yelled, while Isabella started to laugh madly.

"Everyone…thought that…that was you…and oh my gosh…it was so easy to make it look like you did that. I am so glad I picked that senile old man for that prank," Isabella said.

"That…that was you?" Felix asked, humor and shock evident in his voice.

Isabella couldn't do anything more than nod her head and laugh. I just stared at her, not exactly in shock or awe like everyone else…but in love.

I just realized that I am in LOVE with Isabella Marie Swan. And I know nothing about her except what she's told me and what Peter and Jasper told me, but I'm not sure if it's all true. I guess I'll have to ask Isabella about it later. Ah, thinking of Isabella, she turned towards me, briefly and smiled before she looked down. I smiled ever so slightly and felt my sister's eyes on me. She had a faint smile on her face and she was looking from Isabella to me. I guess that means she approves.

BELLA POV:

I was laughing at Felix that was one of my best pranks yet. After a while of laughing, I turned briefly towards Alec and I smiled at him before shyly looking down. I'm not sure what happened after that though, because I kind of excluded myself from all other types of conversations. I had my knee's drawn to my chest, and I was holding them there with my arms while I had my face buried in my knee's and just acted like I was sleeping.

During my sweet sleep, I had had an epiphany. I was in love with Alec Volturi. I stayed like that, the rest of the plane ride. I know that Jasper felt my love and shock, but I also know that he has no idea as to what it's for, he shouldn't bother me too much. "Bella?" I heard him ask. Or not, I thought. I pretended like I didn't hear him and that I was still off in my own world, acting like I didn't hear anything that was going on around me, and after a while, I was zoned out completely and had absolutely no idea what was going on around me.

After what felt like an eternity, I felt someone put a hand on my back, and I knew that it wasn't just anyone. It was a certain someone. That someone was Jane. Yeah, I know, you thought I was going to say that it was Alec right? Right? Well, you're wrong. It was Jane and I was slightly scared.

"Isabella," she said, very calmly. I knew her power didn't work on me, but she's still a terrifying vampire.

"Jane," I muttered quietly, barely looking up. "Is there something that I can do for you?" I asked her.

"Yes, there is. I've seen the way that my brother looks at you, the way that he smiles at you. He's finally happy again. I haven't seen him like this since we were humans and our mother was alive," Jane told me.

"Why exactly are you telling me this?" I asked her.

"Because, you have made him happy whether you know it or not. Remember, when we were in the throne room, on judgment day?" she asked, not waiting for an answer, "when Aro asked me to try to make you feel pain? Well, I was standing next to Alec, and I felt him tense up, like he was about to pounce on me if anything happened to him. But I don't want my brother to be hurt, and I don't think you will intentionally if at all. I see the way that you look at him, the love that shines through your eyes, the slight bounce in your step, even the far away look when it's easy to tell what you're thinking about when no one can read you. Isabella, whether you know it or not, you and Alec are soul mates," Jane said before getting up and walking away. I sat there, on the plane for about another hour before I finally made my way into the castle.

I skipped going to the throne room, and instead I walked off to mine. I just sat there, lying on my bed, staring at nothing. I heard a knock at my door, and said 'enter' and in came Edward. "What do you want?" I growled at him.

"You," he said, smirking at me. "I've seen the way that you look at me, the love that's expressed so clearly on your face. And now, I'm going to take you, and show the world and that precious Alec of yours just who you belong to," he told me, while slowly stalking towards me.

Think Izzy, think. Whose rooms are next to yours? Jane said that it was hers and Alec's right? That Edward freak left the door open, so I know for a fact that if I screamed then someone would hear me…right?

"You. Are. Fucking. Psychotic." I growled at him as he pounced on me. He tried to kiss me, but it didn't work out so well seeing as I kneed him in the dick with a hard on. "GET THE FUCK OFF OF ME YOU CREEP!" I yelled, and right after, Peter, Jasper, Alec, Aro, Marcus, Demetri, and Felix came running into my room. Peter and Jasper were furious, as was Marcus. Alec took away Edwards senses as Felix and Demetri got him off of me.

Peter, Jasper, and Marcus all ran towards me, but before they got to the bed, they bounced backwards. If I wasn't as scared as I was, I'm sure that that site would have been comical, but I was shook up and crying. I heard Aro mutter something about Felix and Demetri following him with the senseless Edward, but I realized that no one else was following them. Jasper and Peter looked from each other, to me, to Marcus, to Alec, and back again, while Marcus was just standing there with a look of deep thought on his face, and after he had found the right train of thought, he leaned down and whispered something in Alec's ear that I couldn't hear.

Alec took one look at him before nodding. Marcus grabbed Jasper and Peter by the arms and guided them out of my room. For a while it was just me sitting on my bed, and Alec standing beside my bed, and staring at me with what looked like worry in his eyes. "Isabella, I'm so sorry," he said, slowly inching towards the bed. I just sat there; sobbing into my knees while my mind goes back towards what just happened. "Isabella, can you calm down some? Il mio angelo. My angel, calm down some for me, please?" he begged me. After a few minutes of him standing there, I slowly started to calm down. "It's okay, I won't hurt you, I promise. You can trust me il mio angelo. May I?" he asked, while pointing to the bed. I nodded my head just a little bit before I felt him hesitantly sit on the edge of the bed. "Isabella, do you trust me?" he asked me. I bit my lip and nodded my head slightly before I started to whimper a little bit. "I'm going to hold you now, is that okay with you?" he asked me, ever so sweetly.

"I…I think so," I said, ever so quietly. Alec hesitantly sat back against the headboard of my bed and gathered me into his arms. I curled up into a ball, and just wished that I could go to sleep. Alec gently rocked me back and forth, while whispering soothing words that slowly made me stop sobbing. "Thank you," I muttered to him.

"For what?" he asked me, seemingly confused and still rocking me back and forth.

"For helping them get that prick off of me, for calming me down, for everything," I muttered back to him.

"Ah, Isabella," he said. "I would do anything to help you. Never doubt that. If you ever need my help, just scream," he told me. I heard something at the door, and a light knock. I started to cower into Alec's side, trying to hide behind him. "Who is it?" Alec asked, while stroking my hair.

"Marcus and Jane," Marcus told us.

"Enter," Alec said, not stopping his movements.

"How are you Isabella?" Jane asked me softly. As I was about to answer, I heard a growl come from behind her.

"She's mine, get your hands off of her," Edward growled menacingly. I started to sob some more and cower into Alec some more. "Didn't you hear me?" Edward yelled. "Get your hands off of my mate!"

"Alec, stay there, protect her. Jane, you're with me," Marcus said. They double-teamed him while Jane used her power on him, and they dragged him out of my room where there were shocked vampires just standing there. I heard another growl and cowered even more into Alec, and he had doubled his efforts of keeping me calm.

"Shh, it's okay Isabella. I've got you now, don't worry, nothing will hurt you, I promise," Alec muttered to me.

We stayed that way for about a day without anyone coming to check on us. Then there was a knock on the door…again. "Who is it?" Alec asked again.

"Carlisle," said the man at the door. "May I come in?" he asked. Alec looked down at me, and I nodded my head just a fraction before my unnecessary breathing was slowly starting to become faster than necessary.

"Yes, just…be cautious," Alec said, still staring down at me. I wasn't staring at anything, but when Carlisle slowly opened the door, I cringed into Alec. "Shh, I've got you," Alec told me, just barely loud enough for Carlisle to hear.

"I'd like to apologize for that sick, and twisted bastard of an ex-son that I had the unpleasant surprise of creating. I know that it's not my fault that this happened, but he was a part of my family for the longest time. He was my first companion, my first son, but I don't know where I went wrong. But I'm sorry for what happened. To both of you," he said before walking back out the door slowly.

"How are you?" Alec asked me.

"Do I really have to answer that?" I asked him, quietly.

"No, I guess not," he told me.