We're back on track, Bella is going to learn a little bit more about herself, she will also be experiencing a change… remember that human part of her, that she got from Isobel, well, that 'human' part of her is going to be gone…soon.
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- ELENA POV ;
I woke up this morning with a groan. I didn't get much sleep because I had too many nightmares. I kept waking up either panting, or waking up wishing I never fell asleep in the first place. Between dreaming about Stefan and my worries, I had a few dreams about Damon and Bella. Just thinking about those dreams about them two makes me shiver.
Even in a dream, walking in on them having sex was horrific. Please God, if you can hear me, don't ever let me really walk in on them, I don't think I'll survive it.
I walked over to the bag Bella brought me the other night, and started getting clothes out to wear. I wasn't planning on going to school today, I need to talk to Stefan and make sure he was okay. Not only that but I didn't feel right leaving him here at the Boarding House alone with Damon. No doubt Bella was going to school, she already missed enough school when she was away.
So nobody else would be here to save Stefan from Damon's torment, if there was any. Then again this is Damon we're talking about.
I walked down stairs getting the rest of my stuff in my bag, and ran into Damon. I was surprised Bella wasn't with him. Last night was weird. He was standing with his back towards me messing with some small pocket watch looking thing. An object that Pearl, one of the tomb vampires and the girl's mom who pretty much kidnapped my brother, had given him.
" Did you ever figure out what that is?" I asked him while I stuffed some things away to make them fit.
" Nope. Whatever it is, doesn't work." He told me still messing with the stupid thing in his hands
" Pearl didn't say anything about it?" I asked him
He was looking closely at it, as if almost trying to figure it out, or willing it work.
" She thought she was stealing his vampire compass, turns out she stole a pocket watch. But Jonathan Gilbert was a crazy scientist." He said sarcastically and paused I watched as he looked up almost over his shoulder. " Have you spoken to your uncle lately? When I asked Bella she said she'd rather die then be around him " He asked but chuckled at the end
Ugh, of all the people in the world. ,
" I've been avoiding him, actually. That and we've been staying here most nights." I explained
" So you two will be here again tonight?" He asked me in a curious tone.
His question made me think back to my nightmare of walking in on him and Bella having sex, I shivered again.
" That a problem?" I asked, knowing he wouldn't have a problem with her staying the night.
" Yes." He replied sounding almost serious, " You're a complete nuisance." He said turning around to look at me with a smirk on his face.
I snorted at his comment.
" Just me? Or Bella as well?" I asked him giving him a smirk.
" No, she's sexy and keeps my bed warm." He told me while giving me a straight face.
" Where is Bella anyways?" I asked him.
" She left early this morning, said she had to shower and get ready for school. I offered to let her use my shower, even help clean her off, but she wasn't having it." He replied while waggling his eye brows at me.
Ew, gross.
Rolling my eyes and putting my bag over my shoulder I told him I'd see him later.
- SHORTLY AFTER ELENA LEAVES & BASEMENT CELLAR -
Damon left the house shortly after Elena, only to go into the woods. He needed to help his brother get over his blood lust and giving him human blood was obviously out of the question. He grimaced in disgust as he caught the animal and broke its neck, then he proceeded to bite into the animals skin and drain the blood from its body into a large container. Shaking his head, he couldn't understand how Stefan did it. To Damon, animal blood smelt and taste disgusting, he could never live off this diet.
He repeated the process enough times to fill the container all the way. Once that was finished he ran back to the house. Damon took the blood and got out empty plastic water bottles and a funnel. He took his time putting blood in each bottle, filling it to the top. When he was finished he stored the rest of the blood away, rinsed out the container and grabbed a bottle of the animal blood.
He walked down the Basement carrying the bottle of blood. His mind wasn't just on his brother, but on Isabella as well. He wished she didn't have to go to school today, he'd be bored with out having her around. It's always boring without her around. He also knew that he'd have trouble with his brother, and he knew that Isabella would be able to handle Stefan and Elena.
Shaking his head, he got rid of the thoughts. He didn't want to think of Bella having to handle Stefan. It made him not only feel a spurt of rage at the thought of Stefan man handling her, but he also felt a small amount of amusement picturing Bella beating Stefan into shape. Either way, he wasn't really voting for either one.
He tried unsuccessfully to get Stefan to eat, but Stefan ignored him and refused. Damon decided to leave his brother there.
If he wants to starve, fine. Damon thought to himself as he went back up stairs.
- - DURING SCHOOL WITH BELLA - -
Bella sat in her mid-day class, she couldn't wait to get out of school. Her head ad been throbbing for the past hour and she kept fighting with herself from either backing out, or screaming in rage at the nagging it was doing to her.
She kept the side of her face buried in the palm of her hand, slowing massaging her scalp with her fingers. It ministrations weren't working and the pain was getting worse.
Finally having enough she jumped up from her desk, startling the class and her teacher who had been in the middle of a lesson. Bella didn't care, she paid no mind to anybody. She gathered her things as fast as humanly possible and booked it out of there. She stopped at her locker depositing her things in there carelessly and headed out to her car.
Once her car she let out a screeching sob and decided to go to the only place where it would be quiet and she wouldn't be bothered by anybody.
The storage unite.
Bella knew she couldn't go to her house. Aunt Jenna would be there and would try to figure out was wrong. She also didn't want to go there, worried John would around. She didn't want to be any where near him, he rubbed her the wrong way and was way to nosey for his own good. She knew she would either attack him and kill him, which wouldn't be good. She and Damon were much to interested in what he really was doing back in Mystic Falls.
The Boarding House was out of the question. She didn't need to bother Elena with anything. Elena was worried enough, her mumblings during the night that could be heard were enough to let Bella know, Elena had enough on her plate. She also didn't want to go there because Damon would pester her, when he should be focusing on Stefan and making sure Elena was alright being there.
The storage unite she bought for her things was the only safe place to go. Nobody would be there, at least to bother her. Nobody knew about it besides her, for now it was her only haven for peace and quiet. No matter how creepy it seemed.
Bella reached her destination and went as fast as she could inside the dark quiet place. She hurried to lock the door from the inside and ran to the futon up against the wall. Once she laid down, she stopped fighting the painful throbbing like a headache, and just welcomed it.
" Your very strong child, holding on for so long. I'm sure had it been anybody else, they would have given into the pain along time ago." A soft voice said beside her.
Bella pealed her eyes open and spotted the voice, or person. Startled she tried to sit up but the person some how held her down with out even touching her.
The person, was a woman. Long wavy light brown hair with bright eyes. She was beautiful, though her clothes were from a different time. Possibly another place seeing as the woman's voice held an accent.
" Who are you?" Isabella whispered as she winced from the pain coming from her head.
The woman came closer and held Bella's face between her hands. The woman's eyes were soft, and Bella could have sworn she held love in her eyes.
" I am your grandmother, dear child." The woman whispered to her as she stroked Bella's cheeks with her fingers.
Bella gasped and shook her head wildly.
This has to be a dream. I've gone insane, yes a dream. This woman cant be my grandmother, my grandmother's are dead.
" Your not insane, and this is no dream. I am dead, I've been dead for over a thousand years." The lady told her gently.
Before Bella could say anything, the woman shushed her and told her to stay quiet.
" I am your grandmother. My name is Esther, I am the original witch. I must go into to much detail, you shall have to find out everything on your own in time. Or else things will be changed. Now listen to me. The pain you are feeling, is because you are fighting my power. I am able to give over my power to a family member of my choice after my death. I've been waiting for you. I know now you are ready. But you must accept this gift willingly." Esther said urgently
Bella looked confused and didn't know if she should trust this…Esther woman.
" You must accept it. You are already greatly powerful, but in order to protect those around you, that you care about you shall need this. I see your potential. I know you wouldn't abuse your power, which is why I wish to pass it on to you. The only downfall is you will no longer be human. You will not have a human part of your soul left if you so accept this from me. Though you shall have your humanity in your actions." She whispered to her.
Bella felt torn. She knew she wished to accept this gift, but she also didn't. She feared for her soul, she feared of not having a human part of her left.
" Will I kill those around me who I care about?" Bella asked through her teeth as she felt the pain grow harsher.
Esther frowned at the grand-daughter and shook her head in the negative.
" You shall protect them. You will do greatly on your own with out my power, but with it you will be better prepared and stronger for what is to come in the future." Esther responded.
Bella thought about it for a moment and nodded her head in acceptance. She knew that she needed answers but the woman said she would figure it out in time. She wasn't worried too much about information, she just wanted to know she would be able to protect the people she loved.
Esther smiled softly and whispered her love to Isabella and told her to relax. She also told her that once she was finished, she wouldn't see her again. That she had been waiting around for this moment and once it was finished, it would be her time to finally move on.
Moving her hands, so her palms were resting against Bella's temples, she chanted the transfer spell. With every second that went by Bella's eyes stayed on Esther's. She couldn't look away because focusing on the woman helped the pain that she was going through. Soon the pain started to decrease and her body started to slightly glow from whatever her body was receiving. She also could have sworn that the human side of her could be felt leaving her body as the power entered.
She wasn't sure how long she laid there, but when she came around she realized she must have blacked out. She could feel the difference in herself, and she honestly didn't mind it.
She rummaged through her purse and found her powder compact. Opening the thing she looked at her face to see if anything had changed, because she sure felt like something had changed.
Gasping, she noticed her eyes. One blue, one green. Grumbling she closed the compact and put it back where she pulled it from. She silently wondered how she could have the power from this Original Witch, yet she knew not of how to control it or how to do anything with it.
" You have to wish for it to happen for it to come true. When the time comes to use it, then it shall happen." Esther's voice whispered almost silently in the air.
Bella nodded, and then rolled her eyes. She felt ridiculous at the motion, because Esther was no longer around. Shaking her head she gathered her things and made way to go back to the Boarding House.
Once she was inside her car, she noticed her phone had been lit up. She picked it up and noticed all the calls and text messages from Damon and a few from Elena.
Give the guy my number and he blows my phone up. Stalker, she thought to herself jokingly.
She didn't bother with a reply. She just made her way to the Boarding House.
- - BOARDING HOUSE - -
Isabella got out of her car and sighed at the sight before her.
Damon was lounging against side house with his arm's crossed over his chest. She didn't miss the slight glare that he wore on his features, or the way he seemed tense.
" Something wrong? Or do you just need a nap?" Bella questioned him
He huffed and glared more harshly towards her.
" I've been trying to get a hold of you for hours. Where have you been?" He practically demanded from her
She glared her own glare towards him and walked up to him jabbing his chest with her pointer and middle finger.
" Listen here Grumpy. I've had a long ass day, and you have no right to question me where I have been. For your information, I was passed out in my car from a killer headache. So watch it. Also, watch how you speak to me, and stop pouting like a child, it makes you look constipated!" Bella said through her teeth.
So I lied a little, sue me. She thought.
Damon wasn't at al phased by her little rant. If anything he found it entirety sexy and adorable. He liked the way her eye brows pinched together and her nose flared slightly in anger.
He almost wanted to tell her himself that she looked like a little kitten, but he knew better.
He just flicked her hand away from his body, and yanked her there instead. Her body against his body tightly.
" I was bored, and you weren't here. My new friend Alaric and I got some information to day regarding Dear Uncle John. Also, it seems Elena got Stefan to eat. He sure pushed his brooding to the extreme, told her about how we became vampires. Fun stuff, you didn't miss much." He murmured against her forehead.
She nodded not bothering with words. She knew he would explain better later, she just wanted to go inside and relax.
" Isabella?" Damon muttered against her forehead
" Hmm?" She hummed in return
" What happened to her eyes now?" He asked her
She giggled, pulled away and stuck her tongue out at him. He glared mockingly and right before he went to grab her again, she ran in to the house leaving him trailing after her.
The past Stefan and Elena, who nearly got knocked over but was grabbed at the last minute by Stefan. Elena shivered hearing Bella's giggles before a door was heard being slammed shut followed by a thump.
" Is it as weird for you as it is for me?" Elena whispered looking up at Stefan
He nodded then his eyes went wide, and grasped Elena and ran out of the house with her.
I'm not even going to bother asking, Elena thought to herself.
- - A/N ;
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