Everything's Not As It Seems Ch.7

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Chapter 7

(Peter POV!)

This is some really fucked up shit!

Bella, Riley, and Ryan all look ready to kill, and that was exactly their intentions when they all lunged at Charlie.

They didn't get far before I grabbed Bella as Kevin grabbed Riley, and Maria grabbed Ryan and a woman appeared in front of Charlie.

"Who the fuck are you?" Bella asked, struggling to get out of my hold without hurting me.

"I'm your mother." The woman said; she did look like Bella. They had the exact same eyes and hair.

"You have to earn that title. I need your actual fucking name." Bella said through clenched teeth.

"That's no way to speak to your mother, Isabella, and her name is Miranda." Charlie said in warning.

"Well, Miranda can go back to where she's been for the last 18 years!" Riley yelled.

"Why don't we all go back in the house and talk?"

God bless Char for her suggestions!

Isa shoved herself out of my arms and silently marched into the house with her brothers following.

"Shit is about to go down." I whispered to everyone, having one of my 'Yoda' moments.

We all silently went into the house and Bella, Riley, and Ryan were all sitting on one couch, as Charlie and Miranda sat on the other couch facing their three children. The others and I stood around the room for moral support. We were all waiting for someone to say something. The silence was suffocating.

Finally, Ryan broke it. "Are we going to sit here and look pretty or are you two going to fucking start talking?"

Charlie and Miranda looked taken back by his question and Charlie stuttered out, "We... Uh..." He sighed "We gave you up, because we wanted you to have a normal life."

Bella scoffed at this, but Ryan, surprisingly, is the one that exploded.

He stood up and growled, "A normal life?! You wanted us to have a normal life?! On what planet did you think that we would have a normal life?! You want to know about our normal life? Well, I'm going to tell you how normal our life was-" He was yelling the whole time, but Riley stood up and put his hand over his mouth to stop him.

"Bro, calm down and think of Iz. She needs us right now, because she might not make it without a breakdown."

Riley's words seem to have the desired effect, because Ryan calmed down enough to take a seat next to Bella and let Riley take control.

Riley took a deep breath, since all attention was on him, and he started the story. "It was horrible. We were all beaten from the age of 2 until we were 13. It started off with little smack when we did something Renee considered 'wrong'. The only thing she didn't care about was Bella drawing, but that was the only thing that Bella got lucky with. Then at age 3, she just hit us whenever she wanted to, or whenever she was drunk, which was 80% of the time. As time went on, our beatings became more frequent."

He paused. We were all on the edge of our seats. Almost everyone was control their anger.

Charlie and Miranda both had an angry gleam in their eyes. Kevin looked more vicious than he did when I was watching him destroy the demons earlier. Maria looked angrier than when my sister, Char and I helped the Major escape. My family and I were all furious, but aside from me, Rose was the worst.

Bella and Ryan had faces void of emotion, and Riley told the story in a monotone.

"By the time we were 5, we were getting daily beatings. There was never a reason, Renee said she didn't need one and that her hatred for us was reason enough. We always endured it. Of course, we felt like she was our mother, that we didn't have a choice. She always beat Bella the most; she hated her the most. She beat Ryan the least; she liked him the most. That's why we called him a 'Mommas Boy' at school the other day."

Riley sighed. "The beatings continued for years. We didn't tell dad, because she said if we told him, she would kill him. Of course, we didn't know he was indestructible back then"

He snarled and shot a look at Charlie.

"Then, Bella's 12th birthday happened. I've never wanted to kill anyone more than I wanted to kill Renee that day." Riley growled out.

"What happened?" Emmett asked when Riley didn't continue.

Riley, Bella, Ryan all shared a look, "Bella, will you be okay?" Riley asked her.

"I will never be okay with what happened to me." Bella said, her voice sounding a little choked up and tears slowly began to stream down her face.

"Should she really be in here to listen to this?" Ryan asked Riley.

We were all quiet, wondering what could be so bad that would cause the fearless Bella we all loved to cry.

I really wanted to go to my mate, but 'Yoda' said now was not the right time.

"I'll be fine staying right here." Bella said.

"I won't go into detail, okay, Bella?" He asked hesitantly.

She nodded.

"Okay," Riley turned back to us. "On the night of Bella's 12th birthday, Renee paid two men 500 dollars each to rape Bella."

Riley stopped, because he was cut off by all the murderous growls echoing throughout the house.

"I'm still gonna kill that bitch!" Ryan growled out.

"I'm helping!" Everyone else responded with growls and snarls of agreement.

After everyone destroyed a good portion of the forest to let out our anger, we all resembled in the Swan family room to hear the end of the story.

"We didn't know what happened on Bella's birthday, but when she came back, she wouldn't hang out with us, hug us, talk to us… she wouldn't even look at us. This lasted for months until Ryan and I decided it was time for an intervention."

"One day, Bella was in her dance room and didn't hear us come in. Ryan tried to grab her and she freaked. She screamed and hit us, then she just broke down and cried, like really cried."

"Why is her crying so important?" Edward asked confused, but not trying to be rude.

"Because that is the first time Bella had ever cried, besides when she was a baby, of course." Riley said seriously.

"How?" Alice asked.

"I'm really good at hiding my emotions. I'm not saying things don't emotionally affect me, I'm just saying the one emotion I don't like to show is sadness. It takes a lot for me to cry. This is only the second time in my life that I have cried." Bella said the last part with a small chuckle.

We were all in shock that she could function like that, except her parents and brothers; they looked proud.

"How do you control when you cry?" Jasper asked.

"I don't control when I cry, but it takes a lot for me to feel the need to shed tears. So far, the only thing that has made me cry is talking about my rape." She said gravely and Riley continued.

"When we were 14, things got a lot better, as far as I could tell, because we had freedom. We saw dad a lot more, began actually building a relationship with him. We visited him. We started discovering ourselves, which is how Bella discovered her passion for what Ryan and I call her 'Four Addictions', they are dancing, cars, shopping and art, but art has been her passion since she was 3. Renee actually started backing off, she still didn't give a shit about us, but she left us alone. Then when she married Phil, dad got full custody of us and brought us to Forks." Riley finished the end of the story.

Miranda was crying softly as she looked at her children. "I'm so sorry, we didn't want it to happen like this." She sobbed.

"Regardless, of if you wanted it to or not, it did, and nothing can take it back." With those parting words, Bella walked up the stairs and a few seconds later, you could hear a door slam.

Charlie sighed and held Miranda as she cried into his chest.

"Have you guys ever considered counseling?" Rose asked the twins.

"We know, we need it and we are all willing to do it, but Renee didn't care if we lived or died, let alone cared enough to get us help." Ryan said.

"What if I knew where you all could get help for free?" Rose asked, then Jasper interjected before the twins could respond.

"What Rose is trying to say is, I have a degree in Psychology and I have counseled her before, so I could counsel you." Jasper said and he's right; he gave Rosalie sessions for years before she finally started to heal and I knew he would love to help Bella and the twins.

"You'd really do that?" Riley asked.

"Yes, you're family." Was Jasper's answer.

"Okay cool, but I think we should do individual sessions too. We have and honor a 'No Secret' Policy between the three of us, so I don't think we have problems as a group" Riley said.

"Not to mention that I have a lot of issues that they might not have like anger issues, trust issues, newly developed abandonment issues... I can go on but I will stop right there." Bella said coming down the stairs and ended her little speech by sitting on my lap.

"I agree to individual sessions, and Bella, I believe we will battle all your demons." Jasper said.

"Riley, Ryan, Isabella." Miranda called softly to get their attention and I tightened my arms on Bella's waist.

They all looked at her, "We just want to say that we are very sorry that we gave you away and we hope you can forgive us."

The twins sighed and Bella spoke, "You have to realize that saying 'I'm sorry' doesn't make everything okay, but I think I speak for all three of us when I say that it's going to take time to forgive you. We've never had a parent to guide us. Renee wasn't shit and we barely ever saw dad until recently, so we practically raised ourselves, but we are not going to be bitter and hold grudges. It's just going to take time." She said and the twins nodded in agreement.

"Okay, we can accept that." Miranda said with a smile.

Bella and the twins just nodded.

Pretty soon, we were all laughing and talking with each other like a family.

A few hours later, only Charlie, Miranda, the twins, Kevin, Bella and I were still at the Swan residence. My family left for the rest of the night and Maria went hunting in Seattle.

Everyone was in their own rooms for the night.

"Peter?" Isa's voice brought me out of my thoughts.

"Yes, Isa?"

"What are you thinking about?" She asked, playing with my hair since my face was in her neck, with me holding her in my arms.

"Nothing much, but can I ask you a question and you can tell me if it makes you uncomfortable?" I was a little afraid of how she would react to my question.

She pulled back a little to look at me, "What's up, Cowboy?"

"Have you had sex since your rape?" I asked softly.

"Yes, I have Peter."

I looked at her, "And you're okay with having sex?" I was pushing her buttons, I could see it in her eyes; she was getting annoyed.

"Not exactly." She replied and by the tone of her voice, I knew she really didn't want to have this discussion.

"Okay, it's late, have you eaten anything since breakfast at my house this morning?" I asked to change the subject.

"Would you be mad if I said no?"

"So, you mean to tell me that you've trained for three hours, went on a mission to destroy demons, had a very emotional family discussion for hours, and you haven't eaten since early this morning? Isa, you need to eat." I said to her sternly.

"If I knew that you were going to try and be the boss of me, I wouldn't have accepted you as my mate." She said moving out of my arms and to the farthest corner of the bed.

"I didn't mean it like that, I just want to make sure you're alright." I told her.

"I know you mean well, but I've just been busy."

"How about we go downstairs and talk while you eat?" I suggested.

"Sure." She grabbed my hand and we walked downstairs together.

She made herself a sandwich, some chips, and some juice, then she sat at the breakfast counter as I sat across from her.

"Peter, were you disgusted when you heard the story of my life?" Isa looked straight at me as she asked the question.

"Yes, but not at you or the twins. I was disgusted with Renee."

"Oh." She said.

I walked over to her and pulled her into my lap, "I don't care about your past; I care about our present and future." I put my face in her neck.

She kissed my cheek and went to the sink to wash out her dishes as I watched her.

When we went back upstairs, we put a movie in and laid in the bed.

"Are you going to sleep tonight?" I asked Isa.

"Yeah, I'm emotionally drained. Sorry, I can't stay up."

"It's fine, I'll just hold you until you open your eyes."

She turned on her side, facing me and caressed my face with her hand, "Night Peter."

She closed her eyes and I whispered, "Goodnight Isa." Into her ear.

(Bella POV!)

I woke up in the morning to Riley saying "Wake up, sis, there's a group of angry supernatural beings downstairs and they need you to put them in their place."

I groaned and opened my eyes. I could hear Maria, Peter, Jasper, and Charlotte all arguing downstairs.

I got up and went downstairs to the living room. They were still arguing and the rest of the Cullen's (including Carlisle and Esme), Dad, Miranda, Kevin, and Ryan were just watching.

"Have any of you tried to stop this?" I gestured to the four that were still arguing and hadn't noticed my arrival.

"We all have, they won't stop." Kevin said.

I sighed and walked over to the arguing group. I stood right in the middle of them for five minutes before I got annoyed and screamed, "SHUT THE FUCK UP! YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF!"

Everything in the room got silent and Peter, Maria, Jasper and Char all looked at me, dumbfounded.

"Now, all of you sit and listen." The four of them quickly sat.

"Alright now, I'm not going to have my family fighting all the fucking time. The past is the past. Get the fuck over it and move on." I said with a little growl.

I turned to Peter, Jasper, and Charlotte "I know what you three have been through, but you need to realize that Maria was a victim, as well."

Jasper went to interrupt me, but I held up my hand, "Let me finish before you comment."

I continued my speech, "Now, since you won't listen to Maria, you're going to listen to me tell her story." I paused then continued. "Maria's sire had a very useful power; her sire had the power of mind control. Maria had been controlled since she awoke from her change. Her sire had used Maria's mind and body to do all the dirty work. Maria knew everything her sire was doing, but she couldn't fight, her sire's power was too strong. Maria was stuck in her mind for centuries. The only way to break the spell and free Maria was to kill her sire, but anyone who tried was also controlled. Two years ago, I met Maria and I could tell something was off the moment I looked into her eyes. There was an internal battle going on in them. Then, I smelled another scent and a figure tried to attack me; it was her sire. I killed her sire and looked at Maria and saw that she looked grateful and relieved, like a weight had been lifted off of her. We started talking and she told me her whole story and the things her sire made her do. Then, she started to become her own person again and we became sisters." I finished the story, looking at Peter, Jasper, and Char.

Char looked guilty, Jasper looked like he was trying to see if Maria and I were telling the truth, and Peter looked like he was still very angry.

I walked over to him and grabbed his hand and walked to the front door.

"Make sure they work it out! We'll be back!" I called out to everyone, while walking out the door.

I ran with him to a log in the woods and we both sat down.

"Peter, what's wrong?"

"I just think you were choosing her side over mine." He looked at me.

"Are you serious? There are no sides, I was just trying to get you to understand her point of view. I would do that for anyone if I feel they deserve it." I replied.

"I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions." He sighed.

"Its fine, I could see where you're coming from, believe me, I know, it's hard to let go of the past."

"Yeah it's really hard." He agreed.

I got up and curled up into his lap and looked up at him, tracing some of his exposed scars on his arms, "How about we let go of our pasts together?" I suggested.

He smiled, "I'd like that Isa."

He kissed me softly, slowly moving his lips with mine. He traced my bottom lip with his tongue and I opened for him as my hands reached up and tangled themselves in his hair.

I twisted in his lap, facing him as his tongue stroked mine.

We broke apart after a few minutes and smiled at each other.

"Wow."

"I know." I agreed, getting up and pulling him with me, "Come on Cowboy, Riley woke me up and I haven't ate yet."

We ran back to my house and I looked at Jasper, Char, and Maria as we walked into the family room.

"They all agreed to take the necessary steps to build a friendship." Edward said.

"Good." I stated.

"Yeah, that sounds good to me." Peter gave Maria a small smile.

Esme came into the family room and smiled when she saw me, "Breakfast is ready; the twins, Kevin, Charlie, and Miranda already ate."

"Okay." I walked over to her and to the kitchen with her, "You know, you didn't have to make me breakfast." I said as she gave me a plate and some orange juice.

"Nonsense, you just eat, it's in my nature to take care." She smiled gently and went over to the sink to wash the used dishes as Miranda walked into the kitchen.

"Good Morning, Bella."

"Morning Miranda." I gave her a small smile.

She returned the smile and sat down next to me with a cup of coffee.

"So does the Dycan world know about its Queen? And that the Royal family is complete?" I asked her.

"Yes they do, they been knew about it and I'm really sorry that you and the twins were the last to know." She looked sad and sincere in her apology.

I shrugged, "It hurt, but I'm working on forgiving you."

"Thanks, by the way, your father was talking about training again today and everyone agreed to come."

"You coming too?" I asked.

"Yes, I'm going to be in all your lives a lot more, I'm not letting you go again." I looked at her as she spoke.

"At this rate if you follow through with that promise that it won't take long to forgive you." I squeezed her shoulder and walked upstairs to my room to get ready for the day.

I showered and put on a gray sports bar and light blue dance shorts with some light gray tennis shoes.

"Bells! Come on! Time to go train!" Charlie yelled up the stairs, although he really didn't have to, because I would have heard him even if he whispered.

I tied my hair in a ponytail and ran downstairs "Geez, do you have to yell? I can hear you perfectly fine. I'm a Dycan duh." I said as I walked down.

"Oh yeah, um sorry." He apologized and everyone chuckled.

"It's fine I still love you, daddy."

We all went to the clearing that I used the day before to train.

We all trained, even the Cullen's. We did many variations of different types of training.

After we trained for about five hours, we all decided to have a family cookout, even for those who don't eat.

I was impressed, by the end of the day Jasper, Char, and Peter were interacting nicely with Maria and the twins and I were working on our relationship with Miranda.

Then, late at night, the Cullen's went home, all except Peter.

When I asked him why he didn't go home with our family at night, he said that he liked spending nights with me and I left it at that.

At about midnight, I fell asleep in Peter's arms with a smile on my face.

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