"Battle Scars"
Chapter 3: School Sucks
A/N #1: I am SO sorry for the really long delay but my semester is finally over and I can finally concentrate on writing again. Surprisingly, I finished writing this particular chapter last night (while I had no internet) and I think it had to do with the fact that Sam Winchester's birthday is today (and for this story, the anniversary of Dean's deal) because I was feeling all inspired!
A/N #2: I want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the readers/reviewers/alerters for taking the time to check this story out as well as all my other stories too. It really means a lot to me =D
A/N #3: So this chapter takes place a few weeks after where the previous chapter left off and I apologize if it's shorter than usual but it would have been shorter if I only had the one POV like I planned. So please ENJOY!
Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural or Twilight. They belong to their respective owners (I thank them for creating them in the first place).
Summary: Bella Winchester had accepted her destiny but when she looses what she cares about the most, will she fight back or is the pain too much for her to handle; pain that not even the Cullens could truly understand.
Angel Warriors: [this section will be updated as the story progresses as you learn more about it]
- Winchesters' destiny…Bella mentioned a coming war
- Winchesters received their shared powers on Bella's 13th birthday while they got their individual powers on their 18th birthday
- All three Winchesters' tattoo, that wrap around their right arm just below the shoulder (picture on photobucket account, link on profile and on LiveJournal Master List), appeared on Bella's 18th birthday – tattoo symbolizes the connection between the siblings
- Powers are stronger when they are together
Powers (so far discovered in the story):
Dean – Pyrokinesis (manipulate fire like X-Men's Pyro)
Sam – Empathy (feeling other's emotions)
Bella – Cyrokinesis (freeze things like X-Men's Iceman)
Shared/Together - Telepathy
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Bella's POV:
[September 8, 2008]
I hadn't realized how out of the game I was until I actually needed to make an effort. The case back in Idaho was an easy one otherwise Sam and I would have been in big trouble as our powers seem to be on the fritz. The intensity of them seemed to be as it was when we first received them with barely any control over them. I figured it had something to do with the tattoo discoloring because ever since Dean died, the connection has been weakened and in result, so have our individual powers.
I was a little worried at first that the case in Forks would require our powers but I think I'd take a case like that over what I have to do in this small town. According to Sam it's a researching job that will hopefully get us a step closer in saving Dean but it's not as simple as just going to the library and checking out their mythical folklore section, no, Sam is making me go back to high school! While Sam gets to check out the town's library and if necessary the next town's library (and possibly Seattle University's library as well), he is making me enrol into Fork's High School so that I could check out their library since the school seems to have a strong emphasize on folklore legend.
So that's where I was right now, sitting shotgun in the Impala which is parked just outside the main building of Forks High School, home of the Spartans. I groaned at the sight.
"Why am I doing this again Sammy? I'm too old for high school." I asked with a little whine in my tone.
Sam Winchester chuckled just under his breath before he spoke. "Well I certainly can't go and besides what if the answers we need are in those buildings? You're simply going to pass it up because you're too old?" Sam reasoned as he shifted through his papers.
"This is a ridiculous idea! No one is going to believe that I'm a senior." I pointed out as I avoided contact with any of the early students.
"Yes they will now here." He reassured me before handing me a few sheets of paper with the name Isabella Marie Swan on the top corners. I sighed as I took in my new identity that existed on these forged papers. While I'm in Forks, I'm posing as Charlie Swan's daughter while Sam poses as my cousin. The cover was easy since Charlie was an old hunter friend of our dad's and it helped that he was the chief of police so he could always give us a heads up while we were in town. When we called Charlie to give him a heads up that we were in town, he offered us to stay with him during our time in town and we couldn't pass up an offer like that. He's one of the few people that know what really happened to Dean but he's offered his assistance in any way that he can, which is always nice.
"I can't believe I'm doing this." I mumbled before I stuffed the papers into my bag and got out of the car. I walked around the front of the Impala and made a stop at Sam's rolled down window.
"Just remember why we're here and you'll be out before you know it." Sam said cheerfully but I wasn't buying it. He gets to spend his days in a library while I'm stuck being surrounded by ungrateful and unaware teens.
"If you say so. See you at three." I waved Sam goodbye as he drove the Impala out of the parking lot before I walked to the main building, in search for the office.
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It wasn't hard to locate the office but it was hard trying to avoid all the questioning stares from the early students, it's like they never saw a new student before. I was hoping that that was just it and it wasn't the fact that I look a bit older than a normal senior, I mean, I'm almost twenty-one, can you really blame me for not looking like a seventeen year old? At most, I maybe look like I'm nineteen but I didn't really have to worry because if I had problem, I could just use one of the powers that I have that still works the way it's supposed to. Thank God for that.
After I got my new schedule and a little welcome from the office I made my way to my first period class; government. The teacher, Mr. Jefferson, made me say hello to the class before allowing me to take my seat, which was thankfully at the back of the class. If it weren't for my first day and I had to keep appearances up, I would have asked to go to the library to catch up on the material I've missed (with the school being a week into the semester already) and I would have started on my research mission. I figured I could start that mission after a few classes so that it looks like I'm in class and eager to learn. I never took interest in government, particularly because I didn't care about who was running the country when I have a demonic uprising to take care of. I mean if people only realized what's truly going on outside in the world, their views on what's important will definitely shift.
Anyways, the same routine happened during the rest of my morning classes as I was asked to say hello before taking the empty seat in the back, which is where I would appear to be fascinated in whatever the subject was while instead I was trying to figure out how to approach the mission at hand. Even with my zoned out attitude, I still managed to have a few eyes following me, mainly from the guys as they would check me out or I would get glares from the girls for just being at their school. Either way I had fun with them either sending a glare right back or a little wink if I was really in for some fun.
There were a few brave teenagers that have attempted small talk with me and they have actually coaxed me into having lunch with them. There was Eric Yorkie who was really friendly with this need to help others even if they tell you they don't need it. He's the one that's volunteered his help to me when it came to finding my next class. Then there was Mike Newton, who gave me this lost puppy type of impression as he seemed to cling to me as if he'd do anything I asked of him no matter how bizarre it was. He's definitely a sweet jock but I get the impression that he wants to ask me out, which I definitely don't need. Now there is this one girl, Jessica Stanley, who just won't stop talking as if she says everything that comes to mind and although she seems like she wants to be my friend out of the goodness of her heart, she's not because she's hoping all the attention that I'm getting (just because I'm new) will rub off on her and I know this because I snuck a peak inside her mind using my telepathy when I was bored in Spanish, which was the second class I shared with her, the first being math. Lastly, the only person I possibly liked based on first impressions alone was Angela Weber because she's shy yet she could keep a comfortable conversation going and she genuinely wanted to get to know me and I felt bad that I couldn't even tell her half the stuff that made me, well me. If I had any questions about the school or the students, Angela would give me polite, direct answers as she didn't beat around the bush with long explanations like I knew Jessica would give me.
It was lunch time at this point and I still hadn't set foot in the library yet which irritated me even more since I wasn't there to attend school, I was there to find away to get Dean out of Hell. The group of students I was eating with continued their conversations as I listened for anything that was out of the ordinary but nothing was keeping my interest. I was so thankful when my phone vibrated but that quickly faded when it was only a text from Sam saying that he's had no luck at the Forks library and how he complained how small it was which wasn't a good thing.
I was about to pack my phone away and leave to go for a walk until the students at my table all of a sudden went silent. I didn't understand why until I felt the hairs on the back of my neck rise and my body was instantly on high alert. I scanned the room quickly until I came face to face with five students, who were just entering the cafeteria, who looked too perfect to be in a mere high school such as this one.
I quickly nudged Angela, making sure I didn't take my eyes off of the newcomers. "Hey Angela, who are they?"
Angela quickly turned to me before she followed my line of sight. She made a sound of recognition before she spoke. "Those are the Cullens. Dr. and Mrs. Cullen's adoptive children. They were the new students a few years ago. The first two are Emmett Cullen and Rosalie Hale." She explained and I could see that Emmett had dark hair with a very built body that instantly made me think wrestler or body builder while Rosalie had long blonde hair with a body that would make any girl jealous as she looked like a supermodel in the making. I wasn't expecting to find similarities between them since they were adopted but they both had golden eyes and very pale skin. That's odd. I couldn't help but think before Angela continued to talk.
"That is Alice Cullen and Rosalie's twin, Jasper Hale." She stated as I took in the very short girl with a pixie-like hairstyle and petite figure while Jasper was tall, perfectly sculpted and lean with blonde hair just like his twin. Like the two before them, Alice and Jasper had a pale complexion and golden eyes. I couldn't help but feel suspicious because it couldn't be a coincidence that four adoptive children had the same eyes, I could understand the twins but not for the other two. What was even more weird was that the pixie seemed to hesitate in her step when she glance towards my direction, as if she knew me from somewhere but that was impossible because I've never met her in my life. Something's off about her.
I moved my attention from the pair towards the last Cullen who was very tall with bronze colored hair and a brooding expression as he too had the golden eyes and pale skin that his adoptive siblings had. "Who's the last one?" I questioned before turning my head a bit towards Angela.
She gave a small smile. "That's Edward Cullen. He's skipped a grade so he's a senior like us, otherwise he'd be a junior with Alice and Emmett." She explained just as the Cullens reached their table on the far side of the cafeteria.
"And they are like together." Jessica interrupted before I could say anything towards Angela. I quirked an eyebrow at Jessica, causing her to stumble over her thoughts for a bit before she elaborated, which I thought was amusing. "I mean, besides Edward because he thinks no girl is good enough for him here but the rest are all paired up which is weird because you know, they live together." She stated in a bit of a judging manner causing me to roll my eyes. I was thrown off a bit by her comment on Edward, until I probed her brain to learn that she had been rejected by the guy and I instantly wanted to laugh at the way she was handling it…which she wasn't.
I crossed my arms over my chest and leaned back against my chair. "Don't couples eventually live together? I don't see what the problem is." I questioned her, acting as if I didn't know why her statement should be as scandalous as she thought.
Jessica's mouth gaped a few times before something finally came out. "But they-"
"-Aren't blood related so who cares?" I cut her off instantly causing her to huff in defeat. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Angela trying to hold in her giggles and before I turned my full attention towards her, I came face to face with Edward Cullen as he continued to stare at me with questioning eyes as well as a look that I'd seen on Alice's face moments ago. I subtly looked to the rest of his siblings and saw the same questioning expressions on their faces but they weren't look at me but amongst each other before Alice rose from her seat unexpectedly.
Before I could think anything of it, the bell rang. I felt a tap on my shoulder, causing my attention to go to Angela as she announced that we had biology with Mr. Banner now. I nodded in understanding, grabbed my things and followed Angela to my next class; a class I was hopefully going to slip out of halfway through…hopefully.
Alice's POV:
I had just seen her. It had to be her! The vision may have been blurry when I had it almost four months ago but I just knew it in my gut that it was the same brunette girl who had vowed to get the person who killed the blonde-haired man in my vision.
"You don't know that for sure Alice." Edward stated as he answered my mental question.
Well you don't know if it isn't Edward.
"The odds are against you Alice, I mean you had the one vision of her, that's it." Edward reasoned back (since I could never get a vision of the girl after the first one) at a level that only a vampire could hear as we were seated in our regular cafeteria table, causing the rest of our family to listen in as they tried to figure out what we were talking about.
"Quit with the mind conversations and tell us what you're talking about." Emmett quietly demanded in a huff as he was getting irritated on being out of the loop. I instantly felt a calming sensation wash over me and I couldn't help give Jasper a grateful smile for his actions to keep us all calm and rational.
Edward sighed. "Alice thinks the new girl, Bella, is the same girl from her vision a few months back." He explained before we got a few signs of recognition on our siblings' faces.
"The one that ended up being a live-feed?" Rosalie questioned, remembering how that particular vision had effected me.
Edward and I both nodded our heads but he's the one who spoke. "Yeah."
"Well is she?" Jasper questioned as he mainly looked to me for confirmation even though Edward saw the vision too.
"How are we supposed to know? There was practically no audio so we don't have a name to go by and it was too blurry to recognize the faces." Edward explained with a little irritation as I continued to watch Bella out of the corner of my eye. I could hear her brush off Jessica's comment about us dating within our family and I couldn't hep the small smile at the fact that she wasn't judging us without meeting us first.
As I turned my attention back to my family, Edward was giving me that look that told me not to get involved but I just shrugged my shoulders while telling him too bad in my mind.
"Why don't you just read her mind then Eddie?" Emmett suggested a few moments later, causing all of us to look at a frustrated Edward as he chanced a quick glance at Bella.
"I can't."
Rosalie gave Edward a suspicious look. "Can't or won't?" She challenged which caused him to growl loud enough for us to only hear it.
"No, I seriously can't get a read on her. It's as if I'm blocked from her mind somehow." Edward explained as he sent a glare towards Rosalie. I wasn't surprised that I felt another rush of calm wash over me as Jasper tried to ease everyone's tension, especially Edward's frustration.
"That's never happened before." Jasper stated more to himself but I knew that Edward was going to give him a snippy remark so I quickly jumped in as I stood up from my seat.
"Bell's about to ring." I announced as I pulled Jasper up from his seat. "See you guys later." I told my family as Jasper and I walked out of the cafeteria a few moments before the bell actually went off. As I made my way through the halls as Jasper walked me to my next class, I sent Edward a message to behave knowing he'd hear me because I had a feeling that if I was getting blurry visions involving Edward for the next hour, then Bella might be the cause of it all.
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A/N #4: So what do you guys think? I apologize if it seemed like I was writing in 3rd person at times but my recent stories are written like that while my earlier stories are written in 1st person pov. Did I capture the Cullens? Did I show Bella's hunter side a bit more as well as her resistance to even attend the school? Leave me a comment to let me know what you thought! I love to read the reviews (it brings me joy)!
A/N #5: Just in case if you're interested, below will be Bella's school schedule with the ordering of my choice but I kept the teachers' names as they were in the books.
1) Government (Mr. Jefferson)
2) Math (Mr. Varner)
3) Spanish (Mrs. Goff)
4) Lunch
5) Biology (Mr. Banner)
6) Gym (Coach Clapp)
7) English (Mr. Mason)
Originally Published: May 2, 2011