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Okay, sorry for the delay, believe it or not I actually do have a life... sometimes anyway... I was busy yesterday, piano lessons, and a shit load of homework...that I couldn't even finish all of, and then today I had to go to a concert, like band, I'M A BAND GEEK GO FLUTES!!! Oh by the way, I just had a fucking epiphany, Blue Bloods, is based off the Bible. God I feel stupid, thank you TJinx for helping he realize the obvious. I'm not Christian by the way, that's my brother's name. Oh I actually did some research for this chapter too. :P
Anyway enough of my pathetic excuses, here's chapter 6.
6. Twenty Questions: Bella Edition
Previously . . .
Carlisle seemed to snap out of his revere first,
"May we ask you some questions?" He said hesitantly, though not disgusted.
Here we go with the interrogation... Bella thought. She didn't like talking about herself.
"Of course," She said nervously, waiting for the worst, Bella was slightly pessimistic.
She tucked her wings back in, she had a feeling that it would be easier for them to talk to her.
"Does heaven really exist then?" Carlisle asked. When Carlisle was human, he and his father would follow in the act of god. They were very religious, he still had an ancient cross on the wall of their new home.
"Surprisingly enough yes." Bella answered with a frown. Heaven didn't suit her, she was always interested in earth.
"Have you been....?" Carlisle trailed off, though she had everyone in the family's attention. As if that helped the nerves.
"Actually I was exiled from heaven, a couple thousand years ago," Bella said wistfully. It hurt, losing the use of your wings hurts like hell, ignore the pun.
"Wait, does hell exist too?" Rosalie asked.
"Yup." Bella said, popping the 'p'.
"Have you ever been there?" Emmett asked.
"Don't ask her that, you moron!" Edward said leaning over to punch Emmett in the side of his head.
"Boys!" Esme said glaring at the two.
"Sorry," they muttered.
Bella smiled, they were like a human family. But what she said next surprised them.
"I have been there actually, you know that saying, 'burn in hell' yeah, that's a load of crap because it is freezing cold down there." Bella said seriously, though smiling at the memory. They had first sent her to hell for what she did, but then thought it to cruel and made her live on earth for eternity. To bad Bella doesn't care...
Edward looked stunned, how could an angel like her, -literally and figuratively speaking- have gone to hell?
"But, shouldn't you be in heaven?" Edward asked.
Bella bit her lip, looking nervous.
Well here goes everything, She though grimly. She decided to start from the beginning.
"Um, every angel born controls a certain element or something along those lines-" She was cut off my Emmett.
"There are more of your kind? What do they control?" He asked intrigued. He looked somewhat adult, except for the child like look in his eyes.
"Um, well there's Azrael, the Angel of Death, she can be conceited, there's my mother, Seraphiel, the Angel of Song, er there's, Raziel, the Angel of Mystery, oh and Abaddon, the Angel of Destruction, and trust me he lives up to his name, Hurricane Katrina was a disaster..." Bella trailed off at the memory, Abaddon got into deep shit for that mess. He is extremely short tempered and not to be messed with.
"What are you the angel of?" Edward asked truly curious.
Bella bit her lip. Ah the golden question.
"Iduna, Angel of Immortality..." She said softly, nonchalantly. (A/N: I hope to god that's right, I couldn't find anything...)
Everyone now looked at her stunned.
"So your name is Iduna?" Alice asked wide-eyed.
"No, that's just the name for the actual angel, my birth name is Isabella," Bella corrected, the explanation did not make any sense to her. But the Cullens seemed to understand, she thought.
"So what were you saying before Emmett rudely interrupted you...?" Esme said giving Emmett 'the look', you know that 'look' that scares kids shitless, yeah that look. Emmett smiled sheepishly.
"Well, there really isn't anyway to sugar coat it, no matter how hard I tried," she rolled her eyes upward. "Ah, I was exiled for creating the vampire race." She said quickly.
If the Cullens didn't looked surprised before, they sure as hell did now.
"But, but how?" Jasper asked.
"I'm venomous..." Bella said. Her toes had all of a sudden become extremely interesting.
"So, you bit the first human, created the first vampire?" Carlisle asked, absolutely dumbfounded.
"Er, yeah about" She squinted one eye, remembering. "6578 years ago." She said, then nodding at her assessment.
"How old are you?" Edward asked softly. He couldn't believe it. This angel created the vampire race, and was punished for it? Why?
"Um, 6595..." Bella trailed off. For some odd reason, that sounded better in her head.
"You created our kind, at 17, over 6000 years ago, shouldn't you be... well...?" Esme trailed off.
"Angels stop aging at 18, since I was exiled at the age 17, I'm forever 17..." Bella said, now looking out the window. It was dark out. How long had they been here? It had to be at least 10:00pm by now.
They still looked dumbfounded, but Rosalie looked almost angry.
She created the vampire race, it's HER fault we all live half-lives now! Rosalie growled in her head. Edward glared at her, one of those glares that made him look like a vampire. She glared at Bella, though she seemed unfazed by her murderous gaze, she was used to it, she never did get along with Azrael.
Bella had honestly no idea what to expect, it was going better than what she had thought was going to happen. She shuddered at the thought.
Jasper raised an eyebrow at her. Her emotions were worse than PMSing teenager.
Edward laughed silently at that, most of the Cullens seemed slaphappy now. He decided that now would be a good time to ask a question that has been nagging him since day one.
"Why can't I read your mind, I recall you saying there was a reason for it?" Edward asked looking intently at her.
"Yeah... about that... my power, it's like a shield that blocks vampires and angels from using powers that work on the mind. Uh I can expand it to other people to, I can lift it off myself too, though it took 167 years of practice to master it." Bella said looking up shyly.
"Angels have powers?!" Emmett asked exuberantly.
"Yeah, the Angel of Time can well stop time, the Angel of Sight has premonitions, that he passed down to humans, it's rare though, only a statistic of 1 in 2 000 000.
Carlisle suddenly thought of Alice. She had brought her visions from her human life.
"Alice, she gets visions also, brought from her human life, could that mean...?" Carlisle trailed off.
Bella smiled, her turn to look intrigued.
"Really? That's awesome, congratulations, you're that 1 in 2 000 000," Bella said looking at the pixie like vampire.
Alice clapped her hands as Jasper carelessly through and arm around her.
"Do any of you have abilities?" Bella asked looking around.
"Well, Edward reads minds, and you know now that Alice see's the future and Jasper can feel and manipulate emotions." Carlisle said.
"Like an empath?" Bella asked. It was her turn to be intrigued.
Jasper nodded.
"Wait, wait how did you know Carlisle?" Alice asked, remembering their previous conversation.
"Oh thaaaat, I was living in London around the same time Carlisle was, I was there when he was attacked, I had to hide him, vampires may be indestructible, but the transition from human to vampire, is your weakest point. Plus I knew that Carlisle was going to be a great man." Bella said, frowning, them smiling at the memory. She had been correct.
"Is there anything else?" Esme asked.
"Er, well I carry most vampiric traits, I see, smell and hear as well as you do, I'm almost as fast and strong as most vampires.-" She was cut off by Alice.
"But, how are you as fast? No offence Bella but you're really clumsy, and what do mean almost as strong?" Alice asked smiling sheepishly, she meant nothing cruel.
"Well, it's really weird actually, the faster I move, the less klutzy I get, so human speed epically sucks, and are you as strong as Emmett?" Bella asked gently, smiling at Alice.
Emmett pumped his fist in the air, as Alice nodded in understanding, then scowled at Emmett for being an idiot.
This earned an appreciative chuckle from the Cullens. Well except for Rosalie, but that's besides the point.
"Bella where do vampires go if they've been killed?" Edward asked.
Bella had to think about that.
"Well, they can't go to hell for killing people, it's how you survive, I know that for fact, but I... don't... really... know..." Bella said. She furrowed her brow together.
"Hmm" Edward hummed.
Maybe be really do have souls... Edward trailed off, then internally laughed at the absurdity of that statement.
"Bella why did you create our race?" Carlisle asked.
"Ah well, I can't explain it, angels usually have an excellent intuition and are taught to follow it, it's kind of like, you just know when you have to do something, no matter what the consequences."
That was the last straw for Rosalie. She was angry, and Jasper couldn't do anything about it. She flew out of there like a bat out of hell, nearly ripping the door of its hinges in the process.
Everyone stared wide eyed, except for Edward and Alice. They knew what was coming.
"Rose..." Emmett said getting up to go after her. Edward put a hand on his shoulder. It was amazing how Emmett could go from a toddler trapped in a grown man's body, to a somber concerned vampire looking for his mate.
"Stop Emmett, give her time she wants to be alone." Edward said softly.
"D-did I do something wrong?" Bella asked, her slightly voice shaking.
Esme turned to her.
"Oh no dear, it's just that, Rosalie deals the hardest with what we are..." She trailed off.
Bella understood immediately. She looked down. It would be hard to meet the person that created what you are, especially, if you weren't exactly happy with what you were.
For some reason, Edward felt a tug at his heart at seeing her hurt. He put a hand on her shoulder soothingly.
"Don't worry Bella, she'll get over it..." He said softly, though Bella couldn't help but feel guilty. She could of gone anywhere else in the world, but instead she came to Forks, and disrupted this family like coven.
Alice, Esme and Carlisle were grinning. Had Edward finally found someone to be with?
Emmett was still worrying about his wife, staring at the door longingly.
Jasper just surveyed the emotions around him.
"We should go now, we'll see you soon Bella" Carlisle said sincerely. Bella smiled, and nodded, leading them to the door.
"It was wonderful meeting you Bella, you have a beautiful home." Esme said, just as sincerely.
"Thank you Mrs. Cullen," Bella said smiling.
"Dear, call me Esme." Esme said.
Bella smiled and nodded.
Alice came up and hugged Bella, once again kissing her on her cheek.
"Bye Bella! See you in gym tomorrow!" She said happily.
Bella laughed. "You too Alice!" She said just as happily, hugging her back. It was impossible not to be upset around her. She could see herself being friends with Alice. Rosalie, she wasn't so sure about but it was leaning toward a big fat 'No'.
"Good bye Bella," Jasper said smiling. He wasn't having a hard time being around her. She didn't smell edible.
"Bye Jasper," Bella said, that smile still on her face.
Edward looked at her intently, something burning with intensity in his golden eyes. Bella couldn't look away.
"Good bye Bella," He said softly, though with the same intensity as his eyes.
"Bye Edward," Bella whispered.
And with that the Cullens left.
Bella leaned her head on the door. She had decided what she was going to do now.
She was going to find, and talk to Rosalie.
Review.
Okay, I'm pretty happy with that chapter. I came back from the Christmas concert at around "So your name is Iduna?" and yeah, just to say, we fucked up so bad during the second song, 12 flutists and only one played for 2 whole lines, and I can proudly say it wasn't me. it was TJinx...
Can we say fuck up?
Anyway until next time,
Peace.