Hey everyone.
woo the next chapter is here.
and it took me ages to write.
I kept on getting distracted by the television.
This isnt one of the best chapters I've written, but it had to be done.
Its going to be in BPOV most of the story from now on.
Hope you enjoy.
I DO NOT own Twilight. All rights belong to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 6: EPOV
When that unexpected Freesia scent hit us, we looked at each other shocked, but didn't stop running.
Is that..?Nah, it couldn't be. – Emmett.
Freesia? Must be a coincidence. – Rosalie.
Oh that scent, it reminds me of Bella so much, but it's impossible, Bella's gone. – Esme.
Argh, all these emotions are going to drive me crazy, everyone's so shocked that I feel like I'm on an emotional rollercoaster. – Jasper.
I miss Bella so much. This scent of this Volturi vampire is bringing back so many memories. – Alice.
I stopped listening to the thoughts of my family at that point. Just because some vampire has a similar scent to Bella doesn't mean a thing. No matter how much I miss Bella, I know it can't be her. Alice knows because she saw Bella die through a vision. If Bella was alive, Alice would have seen.
We all picked up pace to meet the vampire. I could tell that they all didn't want to go, even Carlisle. The scent reminded us of Bella to much.
It was only seconds later when we saw her. We immediately stopped and no one said a word, nor did they think anything. Because in front of us stood a female with mahogany coloured hair. Must the God's torture me so much?
We all watched her carefully as her gaze moved along the line, lingering slightly longer on me.
Edward, what is she thinking? Carlisle said through his thoughts. I could tell he was just as shocked as everyone else, but he hid it well.
Without acknowledging Carlisle, I didn't want to catch her attention, I focused on her thoughts.
Nothing.
I stopped breathing, something my family noticed straight away.
Why can't I read her thoughts? I focused harder, and an annoying ringing stated in my ears. The ringing got louder and louder as I focused harder so I stopped, which instantly stopped the ringing. Was this her power?
Immediately, she took a step backwards, as if she had found a threat.
Carlisle raised his hands in a non threatening gesture. I fought the urge to roll my eyes. I doubt a member of the Volturi needed to be reassured.
"Please don't panic miss, we won't hurt you." Carlisle said softly.
She cracked a smile and laughed an alluring laugh, and for some reason I found myself drawn to it. I mentally smacked myself in the head. There's only one persons laugh that I found so captivating, no one else's.
"I'm sure you won't, I just wasn't expecting seven vampires to jump out at me. If my heart was beating, that little stunt surely would have given me a heart attack." She said confidently. Her face became gentler and she smiled kindly, her golden eyes bright.
Wait, Golden?
My family noticed at the same time and their eyes widen, mine included.
"You're a Vegetarian?" Jasper asked shocked. Her eyebrows pulled together slightly as confusion flitted across her face.
"Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be?" She asked, her head tilting to the side.
"But you're apart of the Volturi. I've never heard of member of the guard that doesn't drink human blood." Carlisle stated. I could tell through his mind that that her was slightly intrigued by the idea of a vegetarian member of the guard. He hadn't heard of a vegetarian in the Volturi since he was there, and that was hundreds of years ago.
She looked at us all again, the crease in her forehead more prominent. Her gaze fell on me again and I felt extremely frustrated. Not being able to read her mind was risky, her being a member of the Volturi. She may have looked fragile, but who knew. Alice looked fragile too, but at the worst of times, she is like a ticking time bomb ready to blow; lethal.
"Don't you know who I am?" She asked, taking a slow step forward.
"Well of course we do. You're a member of the Volturi." Emmett said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Her face fell as we nodded in agreement. I let my gaze fall to the floor, wasn't really interested anymore.
I was caught of guard by Jaspers thoughts, but I didn't look at him. He could sense that the girl was feeling immense pain and he had grabbed Alice's hand for support. Alice had always calmed the emotions he received down slightly. They didn't lessen; Alice just took his mind of them. But he was extremely curious as to what had caused her pain.
I heard Carlisle clear his throat so I lifted my gaze to look at him.
"As you are obviously from the Volturi, I assume you are here because the coven of newborn vampires?" Carlisle asked.
I saw her nod her head not saying anything, so Carlisle continued.
"They are currently 15 miles north of here. They have been causing much trouble for our family. They have risked exposure many times. It was a good thing my family covered their tracks from the humans, other wise our kind would have been found out by now."
She took a deep breath and looked straight at Carlisle. Her face became hard, her eyes unreadable. "I see." She said, her voice held no emotion. She had become one of the Volturi guards we all knew; hard faced, not giving anything away.
"I don't mean to be rude," Carlisle continued again. "But would you not linger on our lands. The humans are already suspicious of us, and we wouldn't want to give them anything more to gossip about. I'm sure you understand."
She nodded her head again, and without saying anything, ran in the direction Carlisle had pointed her in. We all stood still for a moment all wound up in our own thoughts. The thoughts that I noticed most were Jasper's. He was still so confused, and the relief from the pain she was feeling was almost a blessing for him. His thoughts kept on crossing over to thoughts of Bella and I almost growled. Of course he sensed my anger and looked at me.
"I know you're angry at the direction of my thoughts, but I can't help it, the similarities between them were so close." Jasper said gravely.
Our family instantly caught up to the conversation and nodded their heads.
"They were rather similar, she and Be..." Esme said but I interrupted.
"NO! That couldn't be her. We know she died. Alice had that vision." She and I both cringed as the memory of it flashed in both our heads again, but I continued. "And besides, Bella would never be a member of the Volturi. We told her the stories of them, and we all could tell that she was afraid of them. If she was a vampire; then she wouldn't be with the Volturi, she would be with us. We all know she would, regardless of what happened."
They nodded theirs heads in agreement.
"Anyway, Alice would have seen it if Bella became a vampire." Everyone nodded their heads, but Alice looked doubtful.
"Come on, let's go hunting." Esme said, placing a hand on my shoulder. I nodded my head, not looking at her. Everyone looked at me sadly then run of in different directions, each with their respected mate.
I sighed and lifted my head to smell the air. Immediately, I found the scent of a couple of mountain lions. Allowing the animal instinct to take over, I ran, finding them quickly. Once I had finished with my meals, I ran home. Two would be enough to last me, and besides, I could tell the family would be home by now. The presence of that Volturi guard had rattled us all, and by everyone's thoughts, they were only planning to feed only a little. We wanted each others presence.
I made it home in 10 minutes and noticed that everyone was home except for Alice and Jasper.
I looked around the living room. It was an exact replica of the one in forks. The whole house was.
I ran too my room, the memories of mine and Bella's time together were flowing, triggered by the familiarity of the house, and by that Volturi member. I sat down and put my head in my hands. Oh Bella. How I missed her so much. Why did this have to happen to her? She deserved a long happy life. I guess fate finally caught up to her. It always did seem like the world was against her. That incident with Tyler Crowley's Van, those men down at Port Angeles, James; I growled as I remembered that particular incident, she had any near death experiences. I was a fool to believe that my leaving did her any good, but then again, I was the biggest danger out there to her. The way her blood smelled, just remembering it sent my throat into flames.
Alice and Jasper still aren't back yet. I'm starting to get a little worried. What if something happened?
Esme's thoughts worried me. They weren't back yet? They were only planning on a quick hunt. What could be taking them so long?
"Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett and Edward, can you come down here for a moment." Alice's quirky voice called from down stairs. I sighed silently in relief. Esme is going to be mad about what took them so long.
We each made our way down the stairs to see a very happy looking Alice, and a cheerful Jasper. It was weird, we hadn't seen Alice that happy since... well since.
"Alice! Jasper! Where have you been, we have been worried sick about you." Esme scolded them.
"I'm sorry Esme, but we had something important we had to do." Alice told her.
"And what would be so important that would make you disappear without even telling us what you were doing?" Carlisle asked.
"This." Alice said confidently. She suddenly reached behind Jasper and pulled out the Volturi member we ran into. The force Alice had pulled her caused the girls dark grew cloak to blow behind her.
She looked at us shyly. "Hello."
"Hello. You're the Volturi member we ran into. I assume your business is taken care of." Carlisle stated.
She nodded her head. "Yes. If it wasn't for you son here, I would not have made it out alive." she smiled at Jasper. So that was what they were doing.
"Oh, well I'm glad to see that you are okay, both of you." Carlisle said looking at Jasper. "I don't usually condone on killing other creatures, but they were reckless, risking exposure. I'm a bit shocked to see that the Volturi took so long to take action."
She shrugged her shoulders. "I only received my orders yesterday. I should apologize for my rudeness earlier." Alice lifted a hand and placed it reassuringly on the girls shoulder. She ignored it. "I was in quite a rush to complete the mission. Thank you for pointing my in the right direction, I would never have found them so easily if it weren't for you." She turned her head and smiled at Alice and Jasper.
That's when I noticed I couldn't read their thoughts. I looked at the Volturi member suspiciously before looking at Alice and Jasper.
"Alice, Jasper, why can't I read your thoughts?" I asked them. I've never not been able to hear their thoughts. It was very weird. I didn't like it. I instantly felt slightly bad; it was like I didn't want them to have privacy. I did, it was just uncomfortable not being able to hear what they were thinking.
The girl cleared her throat and I looked at her.
"That would be by doing. I'm sorry. I hadn't realized it would frustrate you." My eyes narrowed as a looked at her. Jasper was right; there were quite a few similarities between them. I instantly found myself hoping that maybe, Alice's vision was wrong. But I swallowed the hope down. Alice's visions were never wrong.
"How are you doing it?" I asked her. I was amazed that my voice sounded normal.
"I'm a strong mental shield. I can place a replica of my own shield into other peoples mind and protect them from many powers; mind reading for example." She said, a very small smile playing on her lips.
"I can see why you are so valuable to the Volturi." Carlisle said, gesturing to the colour of her cloak. "I'm sorry; I've yet to introduce you to my family. My name is Carlisle; this is Esme, my wife." He said gesturing to her. "And these are our adoptive children Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Jasper." He said pointing to each of us.
"I have heard many things about you and your family by Aro. He often would comment about our shared lifestyles. He often said that my own self control could rival yours, but I doubt it very much." She told him.
"Interesting, do you mind telling me how long you've been a vampire for?" Carlisle asked curiously. He was curious as to see why Aro would think this girl's self control could rival his own.
"The Volturi found and changed me 5 years ago."
WHAT? The five minds of my family I could hear shouted in their heads, including my own.
Five years ago? Is everything just a coincidence?
"That is very young for a vampire. Have you been with the Volturi that entire time?" Carlisle asked again.
"Yes, and never once in my 5 years of being a vampire have I tasted human blood." She said proudly. We all gapped at her. She's practically a newborn.
"How is that possible? Surely the Volturi would have told you to feed from the humans." Carlisle stated.
"Yes, that's true. They did try to get me to drink human blood but I resisted, even when they forced me into the feeding chamber and watch them slaughter all those innocent people, it was extremely hard to resist but I did, even when I was a newborn. I would never harm a human." She clenched her fists hard and I instantly felt anger bottle inside of me. What a low thing for the Volturi to do. Not to mention she was just a newborn when they did it.
"WHAT?!" Alice shouted furious, causing everyone to jump. "They did that to you?"
She nodded her head. Alice looked so mad. Not that I don't understand why she's made. The Volturi practically tortured her, forcing her to watch them feed. The burn in her throat must have been terrible. Jasper had to put a calming hand on Alice's shoulder. It only worked a little, he was almost as mad.
"That is a lot of restraint for someone so young. Were you even able to resist when the blood was spilt?" Carlisle asked.
"Yes, it was extremely hard to do. The burn in my throat was almost unbearable, but I just thought of the happier times in my life to get my mind off of the pain. It worked and I managed to resist. I had refused to drink the blood for months, insisting that I would only drink animal blood or nothing else. Finally, Aro conceded and allowed me to drink from animals." She told him. She seemed to cringe slightly from a memory and I had the familiar urge to go and comfort urge. The same urge I always had with Bella. What is with this girl? She looks like her slightly, she smells like her slightly; could she be my Bella? Everyone wasn't even sure anymore.
"Amazing, I can see why Aro would say that your self control could rival my own. When I first became a vampire, I was repulsed by what I was. I ran away from civilisation and refused to drink human blood. It had taken months for me to discover animal blood was the other alternative, but unlike me, you even managed to endure watching the Volturi feed, the temptation must have been so great." Carlisle said, amazement clear on his face, along with everyone else.
She just shrugged her shoulders, as if it wasn't that big of a deal. She didn't like the attention, just like Bella.
"So how did you know about the 'vegetarian' diet from the beginning?" Rosalie asked her curiously.
"I knew about vampires when I was human." She said.
"Really?" Carlisle asked shocked. We were all shocked. What are the chances of another girl knowing about vampires? Not to mention she was changed around the time Bella died.
"How did you know about vampires when you were human?" I asked cautiously. I could feel the hope rising up in me and knew that if I didn't get the answer I wanted, it would most likely break me. But what was the answer I wanted. More than anything I wanted this person to be my Bella, but on the other hand I had left her to save her from this fate. Which answer would hurt me more? The whole family was hoping it as Bella now. They were all shouting it in their heads.
She looked me dead in the eye, seeing the hope in my eyes. I could see something in her eyes too; sadness, desperation and love.
"It was you who told me about vampires in the first place." She said, not looking away from me.
A sad cry escaped my lips. "B-bella? Is it really you?" I whispered. My breathing became hitched and I realised that I did want it to be Bella. It had to be her. I only every told one person about vampires, and she was there standing in front of me. I'd never felt so stupid in all of my entire life. When we first saw us, she asked if we knew her and we basically told her no.
A sob escaped from Bella's lips. "Oh Edward." She cried before flinging herself at me, sobbing uncontrollably. Her arms wound around my neck.
I couldn't contain it anymore. I started crying. I wrapped my arms around my waist and started sobbing.
"Bella! Bella! Bella!" I said between sobs. I inhaled through my nose, taking in the beautiful scent I had loved so much when she was human. The only difference now was that she had no blood for me to crave, there was no temptation.
I could hear my family slowly breaking down into sobs, including Alice and Jasper who must have found out it was her, why else would they bring her here.
Slowly, Bella placed her hands on either sided of my face, as if she was rememorizing it all over again. I did the same, tilting her head back slightly so I could look into her beautiful topaz eyes.
"It is really you, isn't it? You're not going to disappear are you?" I asked doubtfully.
She laughed. It was a carefree laugh. "No Edward, never again will we be apart. I'm not going to let you leave again."
I had to laugh, but in agreement. "Never."
I couldn't hold back now, I needed to feel the softness of her lips against my own. So I brought my mouth down to meet hers. Of course, Emmett had other idea's and had to interrupt just as our lips were about to touch. We both turned to face our family and the first person I saw was Esme.
Her body was shaking uncontrollably. "Bella?" she asked.
Bella smiled, still in my arms. "Yes Esme, it really is me." She reassured her.
Esme was in front of Bella in a second and wrapped her arms her. She lent forward and whispered in Bella's ear. "Oh Bella, your home."
At this, everyone else was instantly around us in a big group hug. It might have looked a bit weird to someone on the outside, but to us, it was the happiest moment we had had in 5 years. We had Bella back home and there was nothing that was going to take her away from me again.
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