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Previously:
Alice retorted, "You aren't getting any older either. Bella will tell us when she is ready." She looked at me and smiled. I felt a rush of affection for my sister-in-law.
I took a deep breath and prepared to tell my story.
Another Story
"Well, Jasper, after you left, I was beyond upset." I met Jasper's honey eyes as I spoke. "Father immediately tried to set me up with more suitors, hoping I would agree to marry one. Each one was worst than the next, they only wanted to marry me for our father's money. Eventually, he told me that I had to choose someone before I turned seventeen or he would choose for me."
I laughed without humor. "Two hundred years later and I still haven't turned seventeen, looks like our father's plan backfired." Jasper's face showed the guilt he felt for leaving me.
"I never should have left you to deal with that." He said sadly.
I hugged him lightly, "Never blame yourself, its in the past. Plus he would have made me decide eventually, whether you were there or not."
"Well, that's probably true." He responded.
"Alright, well now that has been established. Could you please continue?" Emmett asked impatiently as he rolled his eyes.
Carlisle spoke up, "Emmett its been two hundred years since they saw each other. They have a lot of time to make up for."
Emmett spoke again, "Well sometime in this century would be nice."
I smiled at him. "Sorry." He nodded and I continued with my story. "Anyway, about four months after you left for the war, I had been sitting on the rock by the stream.."
"The one we used to go to when we were younger?" Jasper interrupted me. A large grin was plastered to his face at the old memory.
"Yes, the very one." I told him. "Well, after you left, I started spending the afternoons there. On one particular day, a Calvary messenger arrived to town." I recalled with dread the day I had received that fateful message.
"In short, I learned that you had gone MIA at Bull Run." I met Jasper's golden eyes again. After living two hundred years without seeing him, I was finding it hard to look away for long. Again, his expression was that of sadness.
"I couldn't bear the thought that you were gone. Filled with grief, I had run into the woods that day, alone." The pair of eyes I was looking at widened in amazement. He had warned me to never go into the woods alone, though for different reasons than rouge vampires.
"There I had met a lone figure with burgundy eyes, named Envenline. I think you can guess what she did." I told them softly. Like Jasper, I didn't go into the details of my change.
"Three days later, I had woken up to see the same figure lying next to the tree, with her eyes on me. After a while, she explained what I was, and why she had created me." I stopped there, hesitating.
I didn't know if I should tell my brother, because that would mean admitting I had been created to join a newborn army. He would go ballistic at the very thought of me fighting. He always had been over protective.
I met my father's eyes; he of course already knew what had happened "Tell him, Bella. He needs to know." He told me softly.
I nodded at him solemnly, "I had been created to join her, along with an army of newborns."
Jasper's eyes widened in realization, "WHAT!!" He exclaimed loudly, my hypothesis had been correct. He had jumped off the couch at my words. I pulled him back down, trying to get him to calm himself.
After taking a few deep breaths, his eyes pierced mine as he spoke again. "It was the army in Houston, wasn't it?" I saw a flash of anger across his face, though he was desperately trying to control his temper.
Though he didn't require an answer I nodded my head in affirmation anyway.
"Then how did you get away?" He continued, his voice simmering with furry contained barely below the surface of his emotions.
"My power." I told him simply.
His curiosity overwhelmed his anger now, "You never did elaborate about your power. What exactly can you do?" He questioned me.
I was at loathe to tell him the power I held. It was dangerous, and more than any one person should have. Though many vampires wanted it, the power was no more than a burden to me. Because of it, I had been hunted for years. Constantly, I was on the run, attempting to avoid the Volturi. Every moment, I had to watch myself, making sure my tracks were thoroughly covered. My power was my living nightmare.
Also, I knew that if the Volturi found my brother, they would torture him to find out everything about me that they could. He would be an instrument to get to me. Shock coursed through me as I came to that realization.
For some reason, I had not thought about the risks of Jasper being my brother until now. At the mention of my power, I finally understood what a danger I put him in. Still, I knew he deserved the truth, and knowing my brother, he wouldn't rest until he knew everything.
I fiddled with my thumbs as I spoke. "My power is very complex. I suppose the best way to start would be with the surface parts of it." I chanced a glance at Carlisle, who was smiling at me, reassuringly. "I can control objects, elements, the weather. To put it simply, anything that could be controlled, I can command." Determinedly, not looking at anyone, I continued softly, "Including minds and actions."
I heard a collective intake of breath as I spoke.
"It terrifies me sometimes." I revealed softly, "To be able to do anything I want; to make other people do whatever I want them to."
Jasper grabbed me into a hug at that moment, "You never have to be afraid Bella. You are the most selfless person I have ever met. If anyone could be trusted with so must power, it would be you." He let go of me and smiled, just like old times.
"You said there was more to your power.." Jasper said after a moment, leaving the sentence for me to continue.
"I think Carlisle would be the best to explain that," I said. "If you don't mind." I tacked on, speaking to my vampire father this time.
"Of course not, Bella." He said kindly. "When I first met Bella, she only knew of the powers she has already told you about. I had never meant any other person with such a power and was immediately curious." He spoke to the entire room, though he looked only at me. "I traveled with her for a while, and we delved into her powers. With some practice, we determined the full extent of her abilities." He stopped short there. "Though, since then, I have thought of other things that she might be possible of doing."
I looked at him curiously, I wondered what he could possibly have thought of that we hadn't already tried.
"Over time, we learned she could control even molecules, and with that knowledge we delved into manipulating them in ways that have never been done." Everyone was sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting for more, listing enthralled to the enrapturing story that was my life.
Carlisle's next statement answered their unspoken question, "She could use teleportation. She could move objects, herself, and even other people long distances. Though, never over long spaces of water."
"WHAT!!" Emmett cried. To be honest, I was surprised he hadn't interrupted sooner. "But how?!"
"It was just part of her power." Carlisle responded calmly.
Emmett looked flabbergasted. Apparently, this was too much for him.
"Anyway," I continued, anxious to get off the subject of my power, "After I was changed, I went to Russia. I don't exactly know why, but I wanted to get away from the vampire wars, and I had always wanted to see Russia."
Jasper nodded, he had known that. Then, it seemed he thought of something, "Wait, what about your bloodlust?" He asked curiously. Though he tried to disguise it, I knew my brother far too well. Fear was apparent in his expression.
As it was, I shrugged at his question. "Another part of my ability, I could control my bloodlust. As long as I had some blood in me, my powers kept me from the wild instincts of newborns."
Jasper nodded happily, and I went on with my story. "For ten years, I lived in peace. Moving all over Asia and Europe, until regrettably, I moved to Italy."
"Oh no." Alice whispered, fearfully. It seemed the entire family had guessed the truth at once.
"The Volturi." Jasper stated, horrified at what his words meant.
I nodded in confirmation. "I had a little run in with the all-powerful rulers of the vampire race. Needless to say, it didn't end well." I bit my lip, and decided to leave Demetri's advances out of my story. Not even Carlisle knew, and I wanted to keep it that way.
"For the next ten years, I lived in the Northern part of the U.S., until I arrived in New York City in 1903. There, one of the best things in my vampire life happened: I met Carlisle, who took me in immediately."
Here, I nodded at Carlisle to pick up the story. He got the message and continued from where I had left off, "I was shocked when I met Bella, for never had I come across another vampire who shared my hunting habits, or a vampire that had so much power. I accepted her quickly. Bella and I traveled through New York and Pennsylvania for the next thirteen years, free from the Volturi once she realized she could control her scent. During that time, she became my daughter, in every way but blood, and my closest companion."
He spoke with such care in his voice, I would have cried if I could. His eyes gazed at me with love as he told the story. He turned the story over to me again at that point.
"It was 1916 when we moved to Chicago when it happened. We had been hunting in the woods when I forgot to cover my scent. Not long after, the Volturi found us. I had caught the trail of Jane in town, and immediately warned Carlisle. He wanted us to leave, and lay low again, but I couldn't do it. I didn't want him to have to remain in hiding, he didn't deserve to bear my burden. In the end, I used my power to let me go. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do; He was my father, and I was leaving him." My voice cracked as I whispered the last sentence.
After I had calmed myself somewhat, I continued, "Before I left, I used my power on him, with his permission of course. What I did, was make it to where Carlisle could never tell anyone about me. You see, at the time, Aro had a minion that could force people to tell the truth. My power made it to where Carlisle could not tell the vampire about me, so it kept the Volturi from finding out, and most importantly, it kept him safe. That is why, you all never knew about me, well at least not until I lifted the command. Which, as you all have probably figured out, I did as soon as I saw him today."
"After Chicago, I traveled around the world. I went to every continent, though I avoided any vampires I came across. I remained vigilant, always hiding my scent. However, every once in a while, I would forget to erase my scent completely, and that led into a few run-ins with the royal family. In fact, that is what led me here. But overall, I have been happy, though I missed both of the the members of my family terribly."
At this I looked at Jasper and Carlisle; it would be a long time before the truth would sink in. I couldn't believe I had truly found them again, both of them. I was no longer alone.
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