Once Upon A Broken Dream
Twilight and House of Night Crossover
Chapter 6: The Difference Between Friends & Family
I seriously shopped 'til I dropped. I sat heavily on the bench in the center of the mall, resting my knees--- this was not gonna be good for my arthritis. I rubbed my pained knees and waited for Emmy to come get me. I decided to look through my bags to see what I wanted to show Ally or Rose first.
I went inside Wet Seal; Hot Topic; Pac Sun; Journey's; American Eagle Outfitter's; and Victoria's Secret. It was so fun to let go and just spend money. With the help of my vampire speed, I calculated the total amount of money that will be charged to my Credit--- A grand total of $3461.71!! It felt good to be able to spend as much as I pleased to. Renee never let me buy anything over $100 unless it was for her, need less to say I never got her anything. I still had about $1538.29 left… I could run into Pyramid Collection really quick… They have the best Vampire and Witchcraft stuff. Last year, I got a special cape that I used for casting magickal circles.
"Oh, you didn't get much?" I looked up to see Ally holding a tiny bag--- probably for one pair of earrings--- and Emmy right behind her, barely visible. I laughed at Emmy. He was a big guy so it was hard to cover him up. Well it would be hard for someone else to do so, this happens almost every Mall Crawl.
"I got some I guess. But I'm getting kinda hungry… Ready to go home?" I got up hanging onto my 30 bags.
"OOH!! I'm hungry too, let's go." Ally grabbed as much of my bags as possible and we walked to Emmett's jeep that luckily fit 200 shopping bags alone… We had to take Ally's BWM to be able to get to and back from the mall without be crammed.
"Oh, what a shopping trip. Iz literally shopped 'til she dropped right on that bench." Rose giggled and looked back at me from the front seat. I smiled back at her. This was going to be the beginning of a good friendship.
"And what did you buy Rose?" I asked politely, slightly messing with her.
"Uh, just about everything in Forever 21. You could of at least left some cute things for me…" Ally trailed off on her sentence. She frowned at Rose, probably because Rose got all the cute stuff. I laughed at them.
"Well you should've told me you wanted something… If you want, you can pick one outfit out of the things I bought." Rose and Ally were in their own little fantasy when it came to shopping. "And you, Iz, can take any outfit you want from me." I was taken by surprise… I'm sure my eyes widened before I smiled brightly at Rose.
"And you can do the same ma'am." I was still smiling at Rose. We seriously were going to be the mean girls' clique in Forks' High School. We could so easily rule all the girls…
The rest of the car ride was full of chatter and gossip about the cutest local guys (weird how Rose is engaged and still talks boys… Same with Ally, she's dating Jazz, who is as sweet as can be.) and talk about my room makeover, Forks, the clothes we just bought, and music.
Emmy and Eddie--- and now probably Jazz--- have always considered me one of the guys. I loved fixing up cars, new or old. I could seriously fix just about any broke down car. Plus I just got a couple new perks to my car--- tool kit, flashlight, one of those rolling boards to get under the car, and a car jack. I was satisfied with myself, being the family mechanic. But that's not the only reason I got along so well with the guys. I loved watching UFC Ultimate Fighting, when I got bored I freestyle rapped with Emmett. (I am champ!) I play tackle football, and no-foul basketball. I slept like a rock (before I was Marked) and I stayed up past Dead Time every night, then waking up at 2:30 in the afternoon everyday. I couldn't blame them, wanting me around them constantly. I was one of the guys. I didn't care about belching or passing gas. It's human…
But though, I am one of the guys, I loved being able to become a girl again. Having girl time is just what I needed to perk me up.
Emmy parked near the front porch in the lawn on the Kellan's private landscape. Jazz and Eddie came out to help with the bags… I only glanced at Eddie and he looked uncomfortable & apologetic. I rolled my eyes and grabbed whatever bags I could. I watched Jazz's eyes widen at the site of about 300 shopping bags. Rose and I giggles at Emmy as he pranced inside.
"You feel like talking later?" I was startled my the sound of Eddie's voice right behind me. How did he always do that?
"You wanna talk--- lets talk." I went back outside for a second trip of bag collecting.
"Ok, when you're done we can go up to my room…"
"Why don't you just talk to me now. I'm right here, Eddie."
"I wanted to talk to you in private." Eddie stopped in his tracks and was now glaring at me. I almost smiled at the thought of my next comment…
"Oh, what about?" I was playing stupid… I knew that telling him about me was a mistake, so I wanted to act like it never happened.
"I think you know what it is…"
"Mm? I was done with that subject earlier… I say we have a new conversation. How's the subject about you moving to Forks with me?" I raised my eyebrows, no longer retrieving shopping. His face was shocked and hurt. "Who's idea was that Eddie?" I crossed my arms over my chest, waiting for my answer.
"I'm sorry Bella… C'mon, let's talk about this up in my room, please?" Eddie was pleading to me. I couldn't turn him down, I nodded at him as he grabbed my wrist.
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"What?" I asked coldly. Eddie was looking down playing with my hands.
"I'm okay with everything… And it was Emmy's idea to go to Forks with you. Bella, I want you to trust me. You can trust me. I will listen, and try to understand the best I can. I want you to be comfortable and I still want my favorite little sister around." He looked up and smirked at his last comment. "So if you wanna talk, we can talk."
"I do trust you, Eddie. I just think it was too much to explain why I was gone for 2 years on my first day back home."
"I think it's a good thing you told me. I can trust you to tell me the truth, I always have." I laughed once and looked down at our hands.
I talked after a moment or two of silence. "I can't entirely prove that I escaped the entire change, but I won't be associating with them at all any time soon… Neferet was Tulsa's House of Night High Priestess. And she was also my magickal mentor. You are dead on--- she is evil with a bullshit mask. Only Aphrodite and I know that--- Aphrodite is one of my best friends there." I looked up into his eyes and his stare was intense and sincere. "Aphrodite was the only one I could trust with everything. The adult vamps can read minds, sorta. Well they can get inside your head and know everything. No adult vamp can get into my head nor Aphrodite's. She is the only person who knows my true identity…. When you get Marked, you get the option to change everything about yourself. I was Rian Baits. I practically had the school in the palms of my hand. I was the cool one, until the battle. About a year and a half ago, Neferet called War between us and the humans. The day of the battle, the Volturi Guard--- the royal vampires of the vampire realm--- came to stop us. Aro---their leader--- wanted to compromise. But Neferet didn't. She tried to concur the Guard and Aphrodite was helping her… Jane--- one of the most evil vampires of the Volturi Guard--- tried to jump Aphrodite. Protecting my best friend, I jumped in front of her. Jane bit me, causing excruciating pain… that venom burns like fucking hell. I clinically died for 20 minutes, but then I was recovered. Neferet makes dead minions out of dead fledgings. But Nyx brought me back to life, like real life instead of a minion like the other dead fledgings. Except, when I woke up from my death, I had this new Mark."
"Wow… how many vampires do we associate with everyday?"
"More than you think, but really I can't even estimate. There are so many like us… But there are others out there, just like the Volturi. They are evil creatures who don't give a shit about anything. They're monsters!!!"
"So, anyone at school could be a vampire?"
"Mm? Not exactly… when a human is Marked, there has to be an adult vampire present with them until they make the change. And the House of Night was born!!" Eddie nodded his head as he tried to understand.
"Isabella? Are you ready to help draw rough drafts of your room?" Aimee called for me behind the door. I looked at Eddie right away… what if she wanted to ask me this earlier, but heard Eddie and I talking? She couldn't know yet…
Eddie nodded at me and gestured his hands towards the door, telling me to go.
"Sure!" I yelled back and hopped off the couch.
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I was now looking at about 30 different design books. 10 were Aimee's designs packed with swatches, 10 were Ally's designs, and 10 were Rose's designs. Rose really was a great designer.
"Rose? Of all the catalogs I have looked at, I don't think I have ever seen any of these pieces of furniture…" Aimee was confused and now skimming through 3 catalogs at a time.
Rose smiled politely, "I know. These are my furniture designs. I am going to college for interior design after senior year. I know a lot of resources that can make my designs for me for free…" I couldn't help but drop my jaw.
"You are an amazing designer. I would love to work with you to help make this room perfect." I was excited about working with Rose. And so were Ally and Aimee… Ally was being Ally--- jumping up and down, squealing. Aimee was doing her 'happy dance' which looked a lot like the Macarena.
"Cool! Do you wanna work on things tonight or tomorrow?" I could totally tell that Rose was excited too.
"Definitely tonight." Before I could finish the shortest sentence ever, Rose grabbed my wrist and pulled my out into the hallway, towing me to her room.
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Rose's room was awesome! The walls were a dark yet mysterious shade of purple with inspirational messages in ivory, almost ancient white color, written all over the main wall of the room. [example: one row could be Joy written over and over again, then the next would be Peace repeating itself in the next row.] The floor was a deep shade of espresso chocolate wood--- real wood, with an ivory shaggy rug on top. Her bed was a California King sized bed with a brown and ivory zebra print comforter on it. The throw pillows on her chocolate suede couch were metallic purple silk covers and silver silk covers. The room was amazing. Since it was night time, the wall of window--- as I called it--- had the room glowing from the stars and moon light.
"Rose? Your room is incredible! Did you design it??" I was shocked… her sketches were amazing, but her real work showed how much potential one being could have. Rose nodded at me and gestured for me to follow her towards the window.
There was a doorway that I didn't notice that lead to the right of the north-view window. In this cozy room was suede chaise--- similar to the one couch in the bedroom's lounging area--- and a grant fireplace that was grey and white brick mix. Right above the fireplace mantel was a painting…
"This was my inspiration. This is Goddess Nyx. I painted this myself when I first started developing an interest into White Magick Witchcraft. She spoke to me in a dream… she is an amazing, brave, independent women."
"Yes, she is quite a great influence, isn't she?" The painting of her was beautiful and very practical. Nyx was sitting gracefully on a boulder sized stone, looking out into the moonlight. Her hair was so light in the moonlight, it almost looked silver. The way her natural waves fell down her midnight blue dress, was so traditionally herself. The waves of the sea in the background tied the picture together…
"When did she visit you??" I was so curious about Rose. She was much like me in so many ways. The House of Night always performed general and traditional magickal circles--- which I soon found out were Wicca practice. Everything at the House of Night was Wicca. The Spells; The Circles; The Lord and The Lady; and oh great Goddess Nyx were all apart of the Wiccan Religion. (I thought it was always funny--- vampires performing witchcraft. So technically I am a vampire, and a witch.)
"I was 14. My cousin, Tess, got me into the Tarot Card readings. Which led to spell craft and Wicca. I casted a magickal circle asking for Nyx's advice. I wanted any sign of her presence… I never got one until that night. The dream started just as this painting appears. Then she spoke to me, like I requested. I felt the need to paint this the next day, for a memory of the first time Nyx visited me. I found this when I moved into this house with Emmett. It gave me the perfect inspiration of my newest room. A perfect balance of what I loved doing, and who I loved living for." When Rose spoke, she kept her eyes on the painting, never looking at me.
"I started worshipping Nyx's ways right when I moved in with my mother, two years ago. I never have told anyone this, but Renee is a bitter, cold hearted, drunken old lady. And in failure to find better words, a horrible mother. I turned to White Magick and Goddess Nyx for help… for a new start. I try to practice as much as I can, but it'll be hard to do so, since now you're the first person to know I am a witch." Rose smiled at me gently once I was done speaking.
"I'm sorry about your mother… But maybe her choice of life was the mysterious way that Nyx had you discover the magickal realms of Witches and Wizards, Witchcraft, and such. They say she works in the most mysterious ways… I believe it." I smiled back at Rose…
"Yeah, she sure is pretty amazing…" I trailed off in my sentence and gazed at the glorious painting of Nyx. I got lost in the perfectly full moon, and the gentle waves of the current.
"I'll be right back. I'm just gonna step into my bedroom to get more designs ready for ya." Rose spoke nervously and stepped out of the room for a moment. I sat cautiously onto the big chaise's edge, not wanting to mess-up the perfection of the room, waiting for Rose. I was in for a long night…
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Rose finally called it a night with me at 11:48. We chose the perfect color scheme: a relaxing Yellow; A Chocolate Brown (everyone likes the color brown for some reason…); and a deep but bright shade of Aqua Blue. It was perfect. I loved the beach--- though I couldn't be in the sun without the physical pain it caused my body--- so the colors fit the cool and calmness of the beach. The blue stood for the water, the yellow stood for the positive energies the sun gave, and the chocolate brown stood for the warmth the beach had in so many different meanings.
For texture in fabric, we decided that silk was a good choice. It's modern, it's soft, it stays cool in temperature, plus it looked good. The silk was going to be accent fabric… such as the drapes, throw pillows, the sheets, etc.
For the floor, I was planning on having a light shade of wood, like a light maple, ivory color almost.
I wanted lots of woodwork in the room… I was in desperate need of storage. I needed my ritual candles; incense; books; essential oil; etc. to have it's own spot in the room without making it obvious that I was studying the White Magick of Witchcraft. So the bookcases and storage units were going to be wooden (that's a symbol of Earth) with an espresso stain to match the color scheme.
Everything was falling together perfectly, and this was going to be a great room.
"Goodnight Rose! Thank you so much for working with me on this project." I smiled at her and walked towards the door.
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I smiled back at Bella before she turned around and left the room. I was in complete calmness, staring back at the painting I created after Nyx visited me in dream…
FLASHBACK
Tess came over. We were going to explore the forest again. We loved doing this every time she visited.
"Are you ready?" Tess smiled at me in a generous way. I nodded and Tess and followed her into the forest that was surrounding a street that came to a dead end. We had many of those in Illinois.
Wondering the forest aimlessly was quite scary at times, but it was 10:30 in the morning. No fear followed us and I could feel our guardian angels beside us along with the Lord and the Lady.
Tess stopped walking after we found a small stream that ran down a small hill.
"You know, what they tell you in church isn't the entire story…" Tess spoke after a few moments of silence. What could she possibly mean?
"What? What're you talking about?" I was curious yet quiet.
Tess was always a bright teenager. Tess was my cousin and 4 years older than I was. She was a beautiful 18 year old blonde at the time. She was the star of the volleyball team, she always got good grades, she hung out with the cool kids, she was dating the best guy ever, and she was going to a good college for the start of her career in Law Enforcement. She was perfect…
"There isn't a Hell that you go to when you die… It's a big lie to scare you. This is the closest 'Hell' you'll ever get to." Her words were wise as they were sincere. I nodded at her as she gazed into the forest.
"I can see how that is…" was all I could say.
"Those cards I gave you, they aren't just fun and games. They're real… A lot of Witches use them. I think you're ready for more." My eyes widened as she reached into her leather sling-over bag, and pulled out a book of Witchcraft.
That is how I started my interest in White Magick.
ENDFLASHBACK
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