A/N: For those who are kind and left me some reviews, i really love it :) I know i'm slow with the Bellice, but after this would be a possible start for them.
So did anyone guess who are the 2 new comer? Well you can find out now when you read it. Without further more stalling, i give you chapter 8 of Behind the rain and clouds.
CHAPTER VIII: Kneel before me
Stepping out of the shadows, one of the two figures was now visible in the light of the lamppost. Bearing black cropped hair and wearing a white shirt and denim pants, Paul Lahote beamed a grim smile at the two women. Beside him was a younger looking male which is also well-built as him, smiling at Bella and Alice as well. Both stood taller than Bella and Alice and looked down on them like they are some insects.
"Play? My apologies but we are a bit in a tight schedule today." Bella told the two shifters. She had to hold the urge to scrunch her nose with the strong defiling smell of the two males. She grabbed on Alice's hand and tried to walk pass the two shapeshifters but was stopped by Paul's friend by placing a hand on her left shoulder.
"Whoa! We just want to play. No need to be rude. The name's Jack Summers. I'm new on the Uley pack." He introduced himself to Bella. Bella looked at the shifter and noticed that he looked young for a shifter.
"May you please remove your hand on my shoulder?" Bella asks politely. Polite she may ask for Jack's hand to be removed from her shoulder, a low involuntary growl echoed from her throat. Isarie's warning growl. Along with the growl, a pair of golden eyes glared at the offending hand.
'Before I rip it from his body that is. Nobody touches bellissima without my approval!' Isarie was never the one to let anyone touch Bella easily. Even if they mean no harm.
Jack moved his hand away from Bella's shoulder as he felt the low vibration on Bella's shoulder. The vibration from the low growl was enough to strike to him that he was in danger. And add up the murderous glare from Alice. "Alright! Alright! I'm sorry. Sheesh!"
Alice moved closer to Bella and looked up at Paul. Unlike Bella, she didn't hide her disgust over the wetdog smell of the shifters. She pinched her nose and stopped her breathing to avoid smelling their scent. "State your business here mutt, we haven't got all night." She said with venom laced on her tone.
"Know your place leech! And as for you, tainted blood, I don't know what you did to make Sam and Jake believes your stories but I'll make sure you'll regret staying here in Forks." Paul warned Bella, puffing his chest to make him look stronger.
Bella knew that when a shifter is just newly found out their gifts or not yet a decade of controlling their tempers, they tend to be hot headed and anger clouding their judgment. "Little boy I am asking nicely now. Move aside."
"You heard her mutt! Move!" Alice growled a bit louder.
Jack watched at how his senior was standing fearless infornt of Alice and Bella. Being a new wolf, he only knew that they are born to kill vampires. His senior smirked and approached the brunette who was now looking rather annoyed at him. Jack, being new to the pack, may be just a pup but he has a keen sense of gut feeling. And right now, his gut feeling is telling him that the brunette screams danger. "Uhm Paul, I think we should listen to them. That girl somehow means serious." He spoke out.
Bella turned to Jack, her left chocolate colored eye is now bright gold. The way she examined the young shifter, she can tell that he can sense they would be in danger if they stayed far too long to stall them. "The young one has a sharp sense than you are shifter. Step away and we'll leave you unscathed. I am begging you." She warned the rowdy shifter. This time her voice was more of a pleading one. Not that it meant she was pleading for their lives, more of pleading for his life.
Hearing Bella's voice sounded like a plea, Paul smirked visibly. "Oh how wonderful. Pleading eh? No one orders me around aside from my alpha, crazy bitch. Now let me teach you a lesson on who bosses who." Paul said smugly, thinking that he was intimidating enough for Bella to resort to pleading.
Bella stood quietly as she turned to Paul who was grinning like a loon. Both his arms are crossed, enhancing the look of his muscular arms. Beside her, Alice was snarling at Paul, warning him to back off. "Is that right young shifter? Did you forget on what I have told you before?"
'Switch now! He's just a kid bellissima.' Isarie shouted in Bella's mind but was quickly shunned and shut up. As if she was gagged forcibly.
Paul looked closer at Bella. She was standing perfectly still, looking at him with a calm demeanor and a smile on her face while both her eyes closed. The smile somehow made his smirk fall and his body rigid. Seeing how Bella smile made him feel scared.
Alice saw the change of heart beat. From the calm confident beats to the fast paced ones. Jack's heart was already beating fast since they set their eyes on them. While Bella… Bella's heart was slowly beating, slow enough that the beats are beating softly to the point of almost no heartbeat at all. Facing her current date, her eyes shot wide open to see the minor change in Bella.
Bella's mid-back long hair seemed longer than before, reaching down her waist. Few streaks of whitish silver color were hastily turning up along her hair. Her clothes seemed to be looking tight for her unlike a few seconds ago. And her scent somehow smelled like blended lavender and fresh forest.
"Bella-" she stop her words when Bella's eyes open and revealed the golden colored eyes. Steel gold that shows authority and danger. She stood with an aura of superiority over the two shifters, a trait that she only saw with Sam or Carlisle.
An aura of a leader.
"Kneel before me Paul Lahote!" Bella said in a voice that was low and commanding. She stared at Paul with no expression on her face and a straight posture.
In an instant, Paul fell down to his knees and with his both palms on the ground. His face was pure shock and cold beads of sweat ran down from his forehead. "Wha-what?!" he stuttered in shock. He tried to stand up but a forceful weight was keeping him on the ground.
Bella eyed Paul with her eyes full of taunting mirth. Watching the angry shifter down on his knees was laughable. "Stay down until the moon reaches its peak Paul Lahote." She commanded. Then Bella looked at Jack who was surprised as well. "Jack Summers go back to your pack and tell how your senior packmate was rude to women. Whether a human or a vampire, a woman is still a woman." She commanded the younger wolf who nodded silently; face still looked surprised, and ran towards the woods. Bella then turned to Paul who was trying so hard to stand up. "Puppies should know who to bow down to." she said to Paul who has a mix of surprise and scared expression. She let her left hand hugged her own waist and her right hand massaged her forehead. Her body felt heavy and she then realized her sudden loss of control. "Dear Isarie are you there? I deeply apologize for my loss of control. But I still can't let you out." She said in a tired manner. She knew Isarie will not reply to her knowing on what had happen.
Bella then side stepped to face Alice who was only flabbergasted at the sudden events. She took a deep breath and calmed down. Slowly, her eyes reverted back to chocolate brown and her intimidating aura thinned down to a calmer one. "I must guess you have more questions yes?" Alice nodded her head.
"How did you do that? What did you just do to Paul and his lackey? And why is your hair suddenly has white highlights?! Not that I mind the highlights, it suits you." Alice said fanatically. Her mind was filled with questions regarding Bella and answers were all she needs to stop it. Bella's ability to move gracefully, emit fearful presence, stare as equal as Rosalie and even inhuman maneuverability. "Please Bella, tell me. This 'what are you' questions is killing me." She pleaded.
Bella dropped her hands on the side and mused if she would tell Alice everything. As she looked at Alice's pained face made her heart twitch. "Alice… You must give me your utmost pledge that you are not to tell anyone, even your family, what I'm going to tell you." Bella said pleadingly. Her eyes looked at Alice's golden ones, thinking on how the saying of windows to the soul can be true.
"Bella I promise. I'm not sure about my brother but I promise."
"Alice I'm…"
Before Bella can say what she is, Alice suddenly gasped and stared blankly at Bella.
/Alice's Vision/
"Look at what we have here. Little Alice Cullen." A childish voice cut their conversation. Bella didn't move at all while two cloaked figures blurred before Alice. The two stood beside Bella, eyes gleaming of red and the one who spoke smiled at Alice. "It seems you have befriended such an interesting person." The smaller one said not to Alice but to Bella instead. "Sorry to cut your date short, but we have to take this one here to the lords."
/End of vision/
Alice shot out of her vision and turned to look at Bella's side to find the oncoming threat. "Bella we should go to your place and continue there. I don't think my parents would mind me staying with you." Alice offered. She looked around for any signs of hooded figures around Bella to avoid what she saw in her vision. The Volturi would not get their hands on Bella.
Bella cocked her head a bit and looked at Alice's alarmed state. She can assume that Alice had a vision and somehow she looked worried or cautious. Then she felt it. "Ah. Again we are disturbed by some visitors." She just looked at Alice with a smile on her face.
"Visitors?" This seemed to snap Alice out of her sudden protective state and gave Bella a questioning expression. It seems that each passing hours, Bella's mystery keeps adding up. Her mind ran on the possibility of Bella knowing the coming figures. "You know who they are?" she questions.
And then Alice's vision came true.
"Look at what we have here. Little Alice Cullen." A childish voice cut their conversation. Bella didn't move at all while two cloaked figures blurred before Alice. The two stood beside Bella, eyes gleaming of red and the one who spoke smiled at Alice. "It seems you have befriended such an interesting person." The smaller one said not to Alice but to Bella instead. "Sorry to cut your date short, but we have to take this one here to the lords."
"Jane..." Alice said the pale blonde haired guard. She had to hold back the hiss at saying the Volturi guard's name. Beside the blonde guard is her twin brother. "And Alec. To what honor does this small town of Forks gained the Volturi guards visit?" she asks, eying Jane who was now taking hold of Bella's right arm. She growled seeing the gesture which the brunette didn't even mind.
Jane smirked and leaned closer to Bella. She made sure that the way she was close to her was affectionate enough to look like they are romantically involved. "Picking up this fine specimen. Her blood does call to you so easily." Then Jane's blood red eyes turned to the kneeling shifter near them. A Cheshire grin appeared on her face. "Oh? What do we have here? The wanna-be children of the moon?" she asks, eyeing Paul who was still struggling to get up.
Paul only whined and still tried to move but by an unknown force still kept him kneeling on the ground.
"Let him be dear Jane. He deserves such punishment." Bella said in a cold tone. Not minding the closeness of the small blonde vampire, she turned to Alec and gave him a short nod of greeting. This was reciprocated by the dark haired male vampire and then turned to face Alice. "Shall we go and take these bags to your house? I believe dear Isarie wouldn't be coming out tonight and escort you home."
Jane pouted and held on to Bella's arm tightly. "But Isabella, we are ordered to escort you to master. And you know how he is when he waits." Jane told Bella while rolling her eyes.
A sigh escaped Bella's lips and she offered Alice a small smile. She knew that Alice was pouting at how Jane was being clingy to her. Jane is a master in annoying vampires and people alike. Unlike her twin which usually stay quiet and act when needed. "Alright. Alec, will you be so kind and escort dear Alice to their home? I believe Jane here would tear my limbs just to finish her mission." She requested from the blonde twin who nodded his head.
Alec took the bags from Bella and turned to his twin sister. "Anything for you Isabella. Jane be nice alright? No ripped clothes if possible." He reminded his sister. Last time his sister went alone with Bella, she ended up her clothes nearly impossible to wear.
"Oh dear brother, we all know how Isabella's the one who does all the ripping." Jane said with a sly smirked toward Alice who suddenly growled at them. She was glad that it was not Edward who was with them, making all the teasing worthwhile.
Bella shook her head. Jane and Alec always loved making innuendo on her nature and people or vampires often mistake it as a perverted one. She shrugged a bit and made herself accustomed to Jane's hold by raising her arm in a 45 degree angle. The gesture made them look like a couple in the olden times. "Please shall we go? I would prefer to have Charlie in a worry free environment. Knowing father, he tends to be sadistic if I'm not present if needed." She then gave Alice an apologetic smile. "Pardon me Alice, it seems that there are far more important things that I must attend to. I can assure you that Alec will not put you any harm." She told Alice who was glaring at Jane. She quirked a curious brow and wondered why Alice was giving Jane such look. But she brushed it off, assuming that Jane must've used her powers on Alice. Such thought made herself growl as well.
The pixie-like vampire nodded her head, knowing she too have some important things to attend to. "Alright Bella. Same goes to you Jane. Don't you dare hurt Bella or else." She warned the Volturi guard. She still has some questions regarding Bella but having Aro within the Cullen household can be dangerous for her family.
With both parties agreeing, Alec took the bike of Bella and informed Alice to hop on. Being vampires, carrying several bags of clothes as well as driving a bike are not a problem. With the two out of sight, Bella then stared at the shifter who was still trying to move.
"Do treat this as your second warning young shifter. If you ever treat me or Alice again without respect, I'll make sure you would never move and find yourself in a place you wish you never were." She told Paul with a cold glare. Jane laughed at how Paul whimpered in fear and nodded his head that is now sweating. "Listen to her you sewer smelling dog. Trust me; you'll never be any happier if you are on her good side." Jane added with a taunting smirk.
"Paul Lahote, you can now go. Leave my sight." Bella commanded.
Within that instant, Paul fell on the ground as if a ton of weight was taken away from him. He immediately scampered away from the two as soon as he was able to fully move his limbs.
The blonde vampire laughed at how Paul ran away. For a big man to run away from women was something she found as hilarious. 'Well that woman is us that is. The Volturi guard and THE Isabella Marie.' She thought of, smirking.
"Shall we Jane? I would prefer to hurry and have some meal before my dear Isarie decided to set out and rampage."
Jane dislodged herself from Bella and nodded her head. "Again with the naming? Ugh! Anyway, that man in your house should've gotten the recent blood supply." She informed Bella who she can assess that is worried if she still has any means of blood feeding.
"That's nice. Shall we go then dear Jane?"
"Sure. You know, I still can't believe how you talk like a vampire yet be who you are."
"Nobody does dear Jane, nobody does."
And the two just laughed and ran towards the Swan household.
[Cullen Residence, living room area]
Alice came home with Alec and instructed the Volturi guard to leave the bike outside. The guard agreed and followed Alice inside the house where his lord and Chelsea are supposed to be at. When they both stood before the area that is full of vampires, Alice had to stop herself from laughing at the sight.
Edward was now pinned face first to the ground by Katalina while Chelsea was a few feet away from him.
"Should I ask what happen here?" she inquired with a grin on her face. Seeing Edward on the ground with Katalina's ice covering his feet is a sight to be laughed at. Everyone turned to her and welcomed her home, mostly the Cullens aside from Edward.
Aro turned to Alice and childishly smiled at her. "Ah! Little Alice. It's nice of you to join us. How was your date?" he asks with enthusiasm.
The pixie bowed before Aro and greeted him respectfully. "It was amusing. May I ask on why are you here Lord Aro?"
"Ah I assume you already know. You do have a valuable gift."
"I'm sorry mi'lord. I was in a place where my visions are rather not working." She hummed and thinks of her date, only to be cut short when Edward growled at her.
Edward sneered at Alice as he heard the thought of his little sister. How happy she was with Bella and how Bella was happy with her. "Alice, I'm warning you. Leave my mate alone." He growled. But his face hit the wooden floor after his head was hit by Katalina.
Aro smiled and asked if he can read Alice's mind. The pixie hesitated thinking about Bella's vague identity should be hidden from Aro. She looked around the room to see her family and visitor's expression. Rosalie was glaring at Chelsea who the latter looked like she was having fun with Edward. Emmet was beside Rosalie, muscles tensed a bit in ready if a fight was to break out. Esme was looking at Edward with concern in her eyes as Katalina froze the bronze-haired vampire down to the ground, Jasper asking his wife to stop harassing Edward and Carlise was just looked at Aro with a confused expression.
"I deeply understand dear Alice. I know the feeling." Aro told Alice with an impish grin. He then turned around to Carlisle who was still looking at him with confusion. "Carlisle, I must say that your family is losing its touches when it comes to their gifts." He snickered.
"How come your mind has blank spaces when you think of why we are having troubles with our powers?" It was Edward who spoke. He was still on the floor with his wrists and feet covered with a thick layer of ice when he suddenly notice that there were some silent parts within the minds of Volturi.
The three Volturi within the Cullen household turned to Edward with a grin on their faces. They all know why the mind reader was having the trouble of reading their minds. It was something normal to them for the past 2 centuries and a few years. "Ah that we cannot say why dear Edward. Although we have an idea on why." Aro mused, looking at Alec who was smirking and Chelsea who was now squat down before Edward and showing him a taunting smirk. "Chelsea, please stop provoking dear Edward. It would do much relief with dear Jasper."
On cue, Chelsea sighed and nodded her head to obey Aro's command. As she stood up, Katalina suddenly let out a heavy sigh and blinked a few times, confusion etched on her face. Then the Spanish bred vampire realized that Edward was below her and she quickly jumped off the brooding vampire. She may have been away from Edward, but the ice that covered his limbs is still there, holding him down.
"Whoa! I would never challenge you again senorita! Your gift is scary!" she whined.
Chelsea laughed. "It was fun though. I always liked making that guy as an experimental subject." She smirked tauntingly, thinking of how Edward was like a laboratory rat Marcus usually use for experiments. Ofcourse she knew that Edward would hear her thoughts and ignored the growl from him.
"So anyway, Aro, you we're saying that you need to find Caius?" Carlisle intervened, hoping to avoid any violence from his family and the Volturi.
A small frown etched on the elder vampire's face upon being reminded of the reason they are in the Cullen household. "Sadly yes. We got separated when Caius smelled a scent familiar to us and decided to skip on ahead. He may not be gifted like us but his speed is outstanding." He said with a bit of amazement at Caius speed.
The older Cullen nodded his head and wondered on where Caius can be. Then the thought of the shifter's safety followed his train of thoughts. "I am unsure to where he can be but the shifters may know. Though I fear for their safety if Caius is out there in the open."
"Oh I'm not worried. Caius already knows the difference."
Then at the right moment, Alec approached Aro with the news he got from his twin via text message. He offered the white colored iphone to Aro, showing the message upfront. "Apologies to disturb your conversation my lord but I believe my sister already knows the whereabouts of Lord Caius." He informed the dark haired elder. The text read:
[Master Caius is here. You can follow my scent after an hour. She's currently feeding with him right now.]
Aro read the message from the celluar device, knowing he doesn't do well with electronics, and faced the blonde elder Cullen. "Carlisle my friend, would it be alright if we stay longer a bit? It seems that Caius found what he was looking for and want some alone time." He asks Carlisle which immediately agreed to him.
When all of them decided to settle back to their respective seats, Cullens mostly have their guards up in case, Chelsea remembered that they have something that Caius should've carried. It was the box they have left in the front porch of the Cullen house. "Oh shit! Her deathly weapon is here along with her leash!" Thinking aloud, everyone turned to her and she sheepishly smiled. "Sorry, thinking out loud." She apologized.
"I believe she'll be fine. Jane is there." Alec assured. This made Chelsea relzed a bit and Aro to laugh.
"You worry too much dear Chelsea. We all know she has great control." Aro chimed.
Edward tried to peer inside the Volturi visitors' minds and somehow got a glimpse of Bella. At the same time, Alice zoned out, having a vision. The vision lasted a full minute until Edward wailed in surprise and Jasper groaned when he felt how Edward suddenly felt an overwhelming shock.
"No Edward!" Alice warned.
But Edward didn't listen and jumped off his seat and dashed out of the house. Everyone was dumbfounded and all turned to Alice who was the only one that knows why Edward suddenly bolted outside.
But Alice too was shocked as well as scared. "Jasper help! He's going to Chief Swan's house! He thinks Bella's in danger!" she pleaded her nimble brother.
"Why Ali-cat? what's wrong with that hottie Isabella?" Katalina asks, feeling confused and lost on the whole situation.
"Yah Ali. What happen to that badass? You and Eddie are doing this annoying mental talk thing again." Emment asked as well.
Alice faced the occupants of the room and took a deep calming sigh. "It's Bella. I saw her within the hands of Lord Caius." She told them with fear.
The Cullens gasped and prepared to move while the Volturi visitors just sat there, composed and not affected at all. Carlisle ordered everyone in his coven to move and catch up with Edward, but also be stealthy that no humans would find them.
Aro on the other hand just watched them with a gleeful look. "Please be on your way. Though I would fear for young Edward's life more than the person he decided to rescue." He chuckled as well as his guards. This confused both Esme and Carlise as they are the ones left in the house while their family is out trying to stop Edward. This time, Esme faced Aro and asked on what he meant. The elder vampire just smiled and placed a pale white index finger over his lips. "Let's just watch and see dear Esme. This should be fun. Though I wonder what dear little Alice see in her future sight."
As the teenage looking vampires ran through the trees, Alice was the most worried of them all. Not for Edward, but for Bella. 'Please be safe Bella!' Alice's mind screamed in anxiety as she led her siblings to follow Edward. She wanted to rush ahead before Edward but in her vision, there was something odd. Something that stopped her from rushing before Edward did. It was the way Caius spoke to Bella. She closed her eyes and remembered her vision.
/Alice's vision/
Caius' long fingers held on Bella's neck as the brunette lay buried on the ground. His blood red eyes bore onto Bella's own which was not visible due to the strands of hair and pearl white teeth is visible on his curled red lips. "What do you have to say for yourself Isabella?" He said with a snarl. But Bella stayed quiet, unmoving in the spot he put her in. "Do you honestly think I'll let this go?" he sneered. He planned on tightening his hold on her neck, to cut the oxygen from her as his fingers slowly curled tighter on Bella's neck.
Then it all went black. No sounds, no sights. Just pure darkness.
/End of vision/
When they all neared the Swan residence, they all heard the somewhat girlish scream from Edward and a loud hollowed howl followed after it. Fearing for their brother might be in more danger than he already is, they all ran at the back of the house, near the forest entrance. When all of them arrived at the source of the howling sound, their gold colored eyes couldn't comprehend what they are seeing.
Caius, smirking by the tree branch of a high tree as his blood red eyes watched the beings below him. Beside him, Charlie swan sat on the branch with his legs hanging down and his facial expression bordering between surprise and contentment.
Edward, back buried on a human-shape crater which fits his whole body, has his left arm separated from his body. His eyes are wide open and his mouth stayed open as well, looking like he's screaming an inaudible pain.
Lastly, a huge huddled figure atop of Edward's half body held on his missing limb. The figure is like the wolves from La Push but instead on all fours, it was bipedal. With fur as white as snow with tips of black color. Its wolfish facial feature is all contorted, snarling at Edward and showing its razor sharp canines. A long tail swished in a maniac manner, thumping heavily at the ground while its left leg was stepping on Edward's chest while its right hand held on Edward's left arm. Crimson eyes were glaring at the body beneath it, as if it wanted to tear Edward limb from limb and throw him in the furnace.
"What the hell is that?!" Rosalie shouted in shock.
Emmet, not thinking on the consequence, took action and ran toward the huge being to tackle it. But only to run all the way to a thick tree, stepping on Edward along the way as well. He crashed into the tree and looked back only to see the white wolfish being, snarling at him. "Damn! He's fast!" he commented with a mixture of amusement and worry.
Katalina tried to encase the being in an ice coffin, big enough to conceal it, but only to have it destroyed by the monster's fisted white paws. "Dang! That thing is strong! Those ice are meters thick!" she turned to her husband and saw him kneeling down on the ground with his hands over his head. "Jasper?! What's wrong cowboy?!" she asks in worry.
Jasper's eyes are now pitch black and his nails dug into his head. "Too-much-anger! Too-much-fear! Make it stop!" he said in pain.
All are worried and angered at the white furred being before them. Its features are now visible seeing it all standing with its prideful stance. Strong legs that are hugged by black denim pants, only showing its paws that are clawed on the ground beneath its feet, its body hugged by a sleeveless turtle neck shirt that constricted its massive body. The being itself resembled a wolf but also standing with likes of a bear. With Edward was still lying on the ground, motionless, as the huge being stood with full seven feet in height, it threw Edward's arm infront of the tree where Caius stood.
It was about to attack Emmet as it sees him as a threat when its massive body was somewhat tackled to the ground. It grabbed on the figure that tackled its body when its red eyes came staring at melted golden colored ones. It snarled warningly at the vampire on its abdomen but only to whimper back when its pointed ears heard the tackler's angelic voice.
Alice Cullen's Voice.
finally done! so anyone can now guess what and who is Isabella Marie V Swan? or should you all wait for further chapters? :) I wold love to hear your questions with regards to Bella. If i find some nice questions, i can include it in the next chapter :D so for now, time to rest and hope you guys enjoy this.
