Chapter 9 :
Alice was in the car with Emmett, Rosalie and Edward, driving toward Mystic Falls while the others were in the other car. Her phone vibrated:
"Bella and Damon are over… He cheated on her while she was finding the body… She's really hurt… Kat."
"Good. Have you been hurt?" Alice was concerned, she truly cared about Katherine.
"I lost the amulet but nothing else. I'm fine. See you soon."
Alice smiled. Everything went according to her plans…
Glancing to the side, she could see Edward was getting excited at the idea of seeing Bella again. Whenever she could get him alone, she used the opportunity to tell him that everything would be fine, that Bella belonged with him and that nothing would be able to stand in his way. That the only way Bella could be safe and happy was with him… He bought it all… he was very malleable and she loved it.
It had been a couple of days since Charlie went back to Forks and Bella had decided to give Damon a chance to be her friends and she had been seen by few people since. She had looked through her grandmother's things and gave a lot of her cloths to charity, sold her grandmother's car cheap to Matt who absolutely needed one and refused to have if for free and read a lot of the diaries she yet had to read. Now, she was at the Grill and after assuring most people that she was fine and thanking them for their concern, she got her phone out.
"Hello Bella."
"Hello Elijah, Am I disturbing you?" She asked?
"Not at all, I was looking through old books. What can I do for you?"
"Funny, I need to talk to you about old books…"
"Old books?" Elijah sounded slightly confuse now.
"DO you think you could meet me at the Grill?"
"Sure, when?"
"How about now?" Bella asked him.
"I'll be there in less than 5 minutes." He promised before hanging up with a smile.
"What do you need from Elijah?" Bella heard Damon ask her from behind her. She turned around.
"Hello Bella, how are you doing since I broke your heart? Oh Hello Damon, I'm fine, what about you?" Bella said while rolling her eyes.
"So? Are you going to answer me?" Damon asked. Bella noticed the bimbo like girl waiting at the bar, her eyes dead set on Damon.
"You date is waiting for you… Next time you want some answered ask the question politely." Bella said. Damon growled angrily and turned around, grabbed the bimbo and left the Grill as Elijah pulled up with his car.
The original was wondering what Bella wanted to see him for but was always happy to have the opportunity to spend some time with her. When he entered the Grill, he immediately spotted her. The sun shone on her hair, showing the red she had in them. She looked even more beautiful than usual.
"Hello Bella… So, what can I do for you today?" he asked her.
"Thanks for coming Elijah. Please sit down. I was wondering if you meant it when you proposed to help me with my project of publishing Bianca Swan's diary…" Bella asked him shyly.
"Of course I did. Why?"
"Because I've been thinking a lot about it and was wondering how to proceed…" she told him.
"Well, first, you need to rewrite it the way you want it published…"
"I started already… It's going to take a while but Okay… What then?"
Matt came by and they ordered some pie.
"When you have a few chapters done, I can take you to a friend of mine who's an editor. He will decide if he wants to publish it or not. If he does, things like contract and number of pages will be discussed. Of course I will be there and help you along every step if you want me to be." By the time he was done explaining, Matt came back with their pies.
"That's very nice of you… I will probably need your help a few times… I've never done this before…" Bella said.
"I did a few times… I'll be there as long as you need me Bella, you have my word." Elijah promised her, looking at her right in the eyes.
Bella blushed. She could feel something intense in his stare and it made her wonder if it would be right of her to date someone so old… Shaking her head, she took a piece of pie in her mouth and they began talking about the book and what she was thinking of doing with it.
The Cullen's arrived in Mystic Falls in the middle of the day and the sun was bright.
"We can't stay in the car all day until she comes home and we can't wait outside… It's too sunny…" Carlisle said.
"We just have to go inside and wait." Alice said.
"No! We can't do that, it would just be rude!" Esmee protested.
"Bella would hate us for this!" Jasper replied, agreeing with Esmee.
"Well, what do we do then?" Rose asked.
"We could run real fast and wait in her back yard." Emmett suggested.
They all agreed and in super speed left their cars and went to Bella's back yard to wait on the porch for her to come back home.
Bella didn't see time pass by her but by the time they were done, she drove home only to find two fancy looking cars parked in front of her house.
Two cars she recognized…
Two cars she didn't want to see…
Two cars that had brought with them 7 people she didn't want to see so soon… certainly not after what Alice dared do to her grandmother.
She was angry and before she did anything rash, she got her cell phone out and texted Stefan, Caroline, Anna and Elijah:
"Cullen cars are at my house… Come help before I stop thinking and kill them all!"
She didn't even sign, she just sent it and took a deep breath before she drove past the two empty cars and drove her car in her driveway.
She was surprised to see the two cars empty and wondered where they could be when a bad feeling came over her… They wouldn't have dared coming inside a witch's house without being invited in first right? Seething with anger and power, she walked to the front door and opened it with her key. Apparently, they hadn't broken in this way.
As soon as she had the front door closed behind her, she heard a big knock on the back door. Sighting she considered walking in her room and pretend they weren't there but she knew they would only keep knocking before coming in uninvited.
She let her anger out and walked to the back door, opening it with a big sudden swing and using her powers to push everyone away from her and the house. Just like she thought, they were all here, spread across the yard, getting up after being pushed. They all looked surprised and Bella had conflicted feelings.
"Bella…" Edward said but didn't say anything else when he saw Bella's glare.
"I missed you so much Bella… I swear I didn't want to leave!" Alice said, trying her best to sound innocent.
However, Bella knew what to do:
"Let Alice, quick as freeze, stop this snit and quickly freeze!" Bella said it and immediately Alice stopped moving. Since she was supernatural, she could still move her eyes and hear everything, she was just frozen in place and unable to speak.
"How dare you come here Alice? The other I can understand and even allow on my property but you?" Bella said angrily.
"I don't understand Bella, what did Alice do?" Edward asked.
"What didn't she do? She sent Victoria here to kill my grandmother. I found and killed Victoria but obviously Alice sent someone else to do the dirty job… I want to know who it is and make them both pay!" Bella snapped back as Elijah, Damon, Stefan, Caroline and Anna arrived.
"Bella are you okay?" Elijah, Stefan and Damon asked in one voice. Bella nodded.
"So they are the Cullen?" Caroline asked. Again, Bella nodded.
"Who's Assward?" Anna asked. Edward took an offended look on his face and Bella pointed toward him.
"Do I know you?" Carlisle asked Elijah.
"I'm Elijah Mickealson… I helped your father find and kill bad vampires when you were just a little boy… Had I known you changed into a Cold one I would have come to try and help you Carlisle…" Elijah replied to the Doctor who looked like he remembered suddenly.
"Bella get away from these people… That man has very bad thoughts about you!" Edward said, nodding Damon's way.
"Bad thought? In what world?" Damon replied.
"You're thinking of way to win Bella over, you're thinking about her being naked…" Edward said like it justified his accusations.
"You two shut it right now before I freeze you like I did Alice!" Bella snapped. She was angry and Damon knew better than to anger her further. Apparently, Edward herd the warning too and stayed quiet.
"Bella I…" Jasper started.
"Not now… Jasper, Rosalie, you two are welcome to step on the porch until I can see you inside. The others, you better have a good explanation." Bella said.
Jasper and Rosalie went behind Bella and on the porch.
"What is it you accuse Alice of doing exactly Bella?" Edward asked her like she was crazy.
"Do you have proofs?" Esmee asked.
"You want proof? Fine, I've been thinking about this day ever since I buried my grandmother and I know exactly how to show you who really is Alice." Bella said before she recited "For those who want the truth revealed, opened hearts and secrets unsealed. From now until it's now again, after which this spell ends. I who live in this house will hear the truth from Alice's mouth." As she finished saying the words, lights appeared and settled on Alice.
Bella smirked.
"So Alice, looks like Esmee and everyone else need proof… Lets give it to them right?" As she said this, Alice's mouth unfroze.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Alice said quickly.
"Really? Let's see… Did you order Victoria to kill my grandmother?" Bella asked.
"Yes." Alice replied, shocking everyone.
"Why did you want my grandmother dead so badly?" Bella asked, tears in her eyes as she was reminded of her pain.
"Because it would bring you pain, I would have come back and comforted you in your time of need. Then you would have been my little pet when I get to the top." Alice said.
"What top?" Carlisle asked.
"What do you mean when you get to the top?" Bella asked, knowing only she could bring the truth out of Alice.
"I'm going to be the Queen of all supernatural." Alice said simply.
"How do you plan to do that?" Damon said as he rolled his eyes.
"Who did you get to kill my grandmother?" Bella asked.
"My new best friend…my sister…We were meant to meet…" Alice replied. Bella sighted. She needed to be more specific.
"What is the name of the person you asked to kill my grandmother?" Bella asked again this time.
"You know her I've heard… You two friends here definitely know her… They both used to be her pets… Katherine…" Alice replied and it was obvious she had been trying to resist.
Everyone was shocked and a lot of the vampires who knew Katherine were growling.
Out of nowhere and surprising everyone, Katherine appeared.
"Don't worry Alice, I've got your back." The bitchy vampire said before she grabbed the still frozen Cold one and ran off.
Out of rage, Bella blasted a tree behind Edward who jumped near Carlisle and Esmee.
"How come we didn't see it coming?" Emmett said angrily.
"She probably had more abilities than she told us… I wouldn't be surprised if she had been planning everything since she woke up as a Cold one." Carlisle said in a sorry tone.
"Bella Love…" Edward started to say as he walked toward her only to be stopped by Elijah and Damon.
"Don't you dare call me Love Edward! You don't love me! If you did you wouldn't have left me all alone in the woods! I don't want to have to deal with you right now Edward! I can't… I want you to leave!" Bella said very seriously.
"Maybe you should take one of the cars and drive to our hotel Edward… Try to remain out of the sun." Carlisle told his eldest son.
"Maybe I can help you with that… Let's see…Let the object of objection become but a dream as I cause the seen to be unseen. Stop the present Cullen's from sparkling so they can live their lives without worrying."
Immediately, the Cullen present in Bella's back yard stopped sparkling.
"Go now dear." Esmee softly told Edward who left, looking down.
"I'll go and make sure he doesn't cause trouble in town. See you later Bella." Caroline said as Anna nodded too and followed the blond vampire. They would both keep an eye out for Edward, Alice and Katherine.
"Maybe you should go with them Damon… We don't know who else is around… Someone like Rose might still be around town looking for trouble!" Bella said harshly his way.
"Fine… as you wish" Damon said reluctantly before following the two vampires out.
Now, Jasper and Rosalie were standing on the back porch, then was Bella with Stefan on her right and Elijah on her left. Facing her were Emmett, Carlisle and Esmee. As much as she didn't want to talk with them and listen to what they had to say, Bella knew it was something she had to go through.
"How didn't Edward see anything coming?" Rosalie asked.
"Either Alice has the power to control the thoughts she lets him hear or he is too distracted to notice…" Carlisle guessed.
"Okay, as much as I want to be deep in my bubble bath right now, I know that I need to be the better person and listen to what you have to say." Bella said. Esmee still looked sad over the discovery of Alice's betrayal and manipulations… Even if everything still wasn't very clear and they didn't know why they were needed in her plan, at least they were warned.
"Bella… I can't tell you how sorry I am about what you had to go through because of us… We didn't want to leave this way but when Alice told us it was for the best… That you would get gravely injured if we stayed any longer… We did what we thought was best for you and went against our better judgment… We missed you dearly…" Carlisle said.
"Yes, it seams that Alice got everyone fooled…" Bella said.
"I swear I fought to stay Bella. And then when it was clear that I couldn't I fought to at least tell you goodbye… I didn't went to leave… You were my baby sister and I missed you so much… I fought with everyone, even with Rosalie…" Emmett said.
"It's true, he got mad at us and didn't speak with anyone for a while…" Rosalie added.
"We were stupid to listen so blindly to what Alice told us… We never wanted to leave you… we really thought it was for the best…" Esmee said.
"I can understand how you were manipulated by Alice and I can forgive it… But I need time to be able to be your friend again…" Bella said.
"We understand." Carlisle said.
"Right now, I need to speak with jasper, Rosalie and Emmett. It would be best if you and Esmee left Carlisle. Maybe… Stefan, you should spend some time with them… Carlisle is on your diet after all… I think you will get along with him really well…" Bella told the vampire she loved like an uncle.
"Good idea Bella… I'm sure we have a lot to speak about. Why don't you follow me to my house?" Stefan suggested. The couple nodded and followed him out of the property. Soon, a car was started and they were gone.
"Do you need me to stay Bella?" Elijah asked her. She could see concern in his eyes along with something else she couldn't identify.
"No, I'll be fine… I can defend myself really… I just needed you all here to stop me before I use the spell I used on Victoria and killed them all." Bella explained with a smile.
"Very well then… I'll go to the Boarding house and spend some time with Carlisle… I wonder how much like his father he is…" Elijah said before leaving.
Once she was alone with the three Cullen's, Bella grew a little nervous.
"We should move this inside. Follow me…" Bella said as she showed them the way to the living room.
"You really destroyed Victoria on your own?" Emmett asked with surprise. He sounded impressed.
"Yep… I was pretty angry… But then again, you saw what I did to your garage… Victoria was even easier… A spell strong enough can destroy anyone…" Bella explained.
"Even me?" Emmett asked.
"Of course… but I'm a good witch… I use destroying or banishing spell only on people who deserve it." She explained as they all sat down.
"Bella, I want to thank you now for the option you're about to give me…" Rosalie said.
"You're welcome…" Bella replied.
"I would offer you something to drink but I don't have animal blood…" she added.
"You have human blood here?" Jasper asked her with surprise.
"My family has had vampire friends for a very long time… A good host always has what it takes to please her guests… My grandmother always told me that!" Bella replied and added "we usually have animal blood… Stefan doesn't need to drink much… Small animals are enough… Sometimes he hunts bigger animals like deer and drains them so we have blood in the fridge. He keeps some too…".
"Well, we'll go hunting soon, we can certainly bring you some…" Emmett suggested.
"Thank you… Maybe you could take Stefan… He's a bit lonely in his hunting trips… Damon tried what he calls the 'bunny diet' but he doesn't like it much…"
"Sure, could be fun…" Emmett said.
"Why does Damon feel so much regret when he looks at you?" Jasper asked Bella.
"Because we dated and he screwed up… I forgave him but told him we were never getting back together… He'll move on." Bella replied.
"He seamed determine to get you back…" Jasper insisted.
"Well, it's probably the soldier in him talking…he was in the confederate army before he was changed." Bella said.
"Really? Me too… I'll go and talk to him later, maybe we had friends in common…" Jasper suggested.
"He wasn't in it for long but why not… Damon needs friends right now…" Bella said thoughtfully.
"You seam to be doing fine Bella… I'm sorry for your loss…" Rosalie said.
"Thanks… I do my best to get by without her…I know she watching over me and when we're both ready, we'll be able to talk again…"
"With magic?" Rosalie asked her.
"Yes… I can contact people that passed away… Sometimes it helps bringing closure to the one that were left behind." Bella explained.
"And you're positive you can use your magic to help the two of us?" Rosalie asked Bella, pointing to Jasper and herself.
"Yes… I've done a few researches… I can do the spell on jasper right now but for you it's going to take some time Rosalie… I suggest we take care of Jasper now then I'll explain to you and Emmett the options you have." The young witch explained.
"Sure, thanks." The three of you answered.
"Come, follow me." Bella said as she stood up.
"We're not staying here? Where are we going to do this?" Emmett asked, surprised.
"I have everything I need in a special room upstairs. Come." She said as she showed them the way.
Once in front of the door, she opened it and went straight to the book where a piece of paper stuck out.
"That's one very big book!" Emmett explained.
"Don't touch it or it will shock you!" Bella warned them with a smile.
"It's all spells?" Rosalie asked softly.
"Yes… Information about different supernatural species and spells that have been used by my family before… I added the one I used to destroy Victoria… And if the one I created to help Jasper works I'll add it too." Bella explained as she took the piece of paper out of the book and unfold it.
Bella looked over it for a while and decided it was good enough.
"Okay, Let's see, Jasper, I need you to stand in front of me. Here we go: Hear these words, hear my rhymes, I need this done for all times. With no limits, don't count the hours and let me call upon the higher power. Free Jasper from the heavy part of his empathy, other's thirst he won't feel and he will be free."
After she said her spell, a little red light went out of Jasper and disappeared. The blond man's expression immediately softened, like he was free of pain for the first time ever.
"How do you feel?" Rosalie asked Jasper with concern.
"Relieved… It's hard to explain… I know the thirst is there for Emmett and you but I don't feel it…not really… And as for your sorrow…It's the same… I know it's there but I can't feel it as my own anymore… I feel… free… Thank you so much Bella… I owe you now…" He looked truly happy for the first time in a long time and hugged Bella close to him before he kissed her cheeks.
"You're welcome…" Bella replied with a deep blush on her face while the other two Cold Ones in the room chuckled happily.
I think I'm going to leave the three of you alone for now… It's a private subject…" Jasper said.
"Where are you going, do you know?" Bella asked him.
"We have rooms in the hotel… I guess I'll just go there…" He said.
"You could go find Carlisle and Esmee at the Salvatore Boarding house." Bella suggested.
When Jasper agreed, Bella called Damon, asking him to come and pick up Jasper to show him where the Boarding house was. He agreed and a few minutes later, Bella was alone with Emmett and Rosalie again.
"Why don't we go back down to the living room for this, it will be more comfortable." Bella suggested.
The couple nodded and, hand in hand, followed Bella to the living room downstairs.
"It was nice of you to do that spell on us so we don't sparkle anymore…" Emmett mentioned while passing a window.
"This way life will be easier on you." Bella replied.
"It will take some time to get used to this." Emmett said happily as he sat on one of the couches with Rosalie by his side.
"I've thought a lot about it and even asked my ancestor's opinions about this… I can give you three options Rosalie." Bella started.
"I'm ready to hear them…" She beautiful blond said softly.
"The first one is the most obvious… You stay a Cold one and adopt a child… I know you've probably already thought about it and left it aside because a human child brought into the supernatural doesn't seem fair to you but I can do a spell to track a supernatural child who needs a family… There has to be one somewhere in the world…" Bella stopped, giving them a second to think about it before she kept going:
"The second option is also to most definitive one…and the hardest… I can change you back into a human without any limits of time but you wouldn't be able to be changed back again… You would have to live your life as a human and die an old woman… I can only use it on females… it wouldn't work on Emmett so you would be without him…"
"Why wouldn't it work on him?" Rosalie asked in a small voice.
"Because the powers I can use are those of women who try to help other women the best they can… It's a very powerful ritual and I need to call on my ancestors to do it… They will only do such a radical thing if it's to help a fellow woman have children…not a male… They are all pretty stubborn and it's no use trying to convince them otherwise…" Bella explained. She saw Rosalie and Emmett exchange a look.
"What is the third option?" Emmett asked.
"It is possible for human female and Cold one males to have children together… I copied from the Book of Shadow all the information I have on the pregnancy and the babies that end up being half-humans and half- Cold ones… I could make Rosalie a human temporarily… Long enough for you to get pregnant and deliver… That kind of pregnancy lasts only about a month… It's very dangerous and you would have to go through the change all over again after it's done…"
"The baby will be immortal too?" Emmett asked.
"According to what my family found out, he or she would reach maturity after 7 years of fast developing. After that the aging stops…"Bella told them what she remembered reading in the book.
"What would you do if you were in my position?" Rosalie asked her.
"I don't know… Either the first or the third… If you use the third you can always come back for the first in a few years… but there is something you need to know… In order for you to become human you need another human girl who is willing to welcome you in her family and do donate a few drops of blood for the potion you will drink…" Bella said.
"It's a lot to think about…" Rosalie said.
"I know… You should take your time to consider every option together… Come back when you're ready. Here, I copied everything my family know about the third option… I think you should talk about it with Carlisle… You would definitely need his help for the third option…"
"About that option… How long would I be able to wait until I get pregnant?" Rosalie asked the young witch.
"No more than 6 months… I know taking the time to relish in being human is tempting but you really should work on getting pregnant right away. Waiting would be too dangerous… This is a once in a lifetime possibility…" Bella warned her.
"Thank you… We will think about it." Rosalie said as she stood up.
"Maybe we should go to the hotel and talk about it calmly while the others aren't there yet…" Emmett suggested. Rosalie nodded.
Bella walked them to the door and as Emmett walked to the remaining car Bella called Rosalie back and said:
"If you choose the third option, I will gladly welcome you in my family and give you my blood." Bella said.
"Wouldn't that make you like… my mother?" Rosalie asked with a smile.
"Probably… I prefer sister though… It would probably give you powers too… Powers you would keep when you return to being a Cold one… If you accept my blood that is." Bella said.
"if I choose that option I will gladly accept your proposition Bella. Being part of your family will be an honour." Rosalie said before she kissed Bella on the cheek and joined Emmett in the car.
As soon as Katherine had taken Alice far enough, Alice unfroze and was able to run by herself. They both went to Katherine's room in Miss Flower's Boarding house.
"I can believe she used magic on me… I don't understand why it didn't work like I wanted it to…" Alice raged.
"Victoria must have sold you out… That truth spell was pretty strong I think…" The vampire Petrova answered.
"I'm not giving up on my plan…" Alice warned her friend.
"Good… I think I know of someone who could help us… She doesn't like me much but she probably wants revenge on Bella right now… Her name is Rosemarie but she goes by Rose…" Katherine explained the current situation to her friend and together, they decided that including Rose was a good idea.
"Maybe she'll even be able to help us keep Edward on our side… He is pretty lost right now… He doesn't want to believe what I said under Bella's spell… I can get him back on our side…" Alice said excitedly.
"That's great…" Katherine replied before they decided to do each other's nails until it was night and they could go out.
Bella was now free and decided to take the long bubble bath she so desperately wanted since she got home earlier. She took her time and when she finally got out, she was completely relaxed. She had received a message from Stefan saying he would be going hunting with the Cullen's that night and another from Damon informing her he really liked Jasper.
The young witch put on a nightgown and went downstairs to make herself some dinner. She felt like she was being watched but ignored it… Alice wasn't stupid enough to come back this soon to challenge her and the rest of the Cullen's went hunting with Stefan.
Rose was pissed. She had to drink 3 whole humans to heal completely from the injuries Bella had done to her… A pathetic little human had hurt her… Bella didn't even deserve to be with someone like Damon… Rose knew it… He was made only for her and she must have bewitched him to get his attention. She was cut out of her thoughts when Katherine arrived with someone she didn't know.
"What do you want Katherine? I don't want to talk to you!" Rose snapped and growled.
"Now, now… It's not nice to snap at someone who comes to make a deal… My name is Alice and we have a common enemy…"
"Who?" Rose asked, still glaring at the two women.
"Bella of course… She took my family away from me… She took Damon away from you… We should talk… I have a plan to fix everything…" Alice told Rose in a soothing voice and made the vampire drop her defences and looked like she trusted Alice.
"What do you want me to do?" Rose asked, completely under Alice's charm. Katherine knew her new sister's gift would work perfectly on the weak woman that Rose was.
"I need you to be sorry… I want you to go to Bella when my family is with her, to apologize for what you did and beg her to give you a second chance… I want you to make Carlisle want to take you in the help you… I want you to get closer to Edward… I'm going to talk to him and have him trust you… I need him to believe you are his mate…" Alice said.
"How do you know it will work?" Rose asked.
"Because I'm just that good." Alice replied simply with a smile.
"I feel like I can trust you… Your plan looks good enough but what is your ultimate goal?" Rose asked her curiously.
"You don't need to know that right now… Bella will suffer and you will have the opportunity to see her in pain… My goal is none of your problem… Just know that Katherine and I are working together and we will reach our goal, no matter what… We can very well do it without you, you know…But Katherine mentioned that you had to be on the run for a long time because of her and including you is our way of making up for it…" Alice said again in the soothing voice she knew always worked.
The day after the Cullen's arrival in town, Bella met with Carlisle and Esmee and got talking about her new life, the loos of her grandmother and everything she went through since they left her. They were both happy of the way she had grown and she knew in that moment that she had forgiven them… They were her family, even if she wasn't with Edward. They both seamed to understand that and looked fine with it.
"I'm glad you took Stefan with you to hunt… Even if his hunting trips are shorter, I think he's happier when he has company… Caroline, Anna and Damon go with him sometimes but they really don't like this diet… They only go when they lost a bet or did something wrong and need to be punished for it…" Bella said with a smile.
"It was our pleasure… Stefan is a really nice young man." Esmee said.
"He once told me he wanted to be a doctor when he was human but now… he's afraid he won't be able to handle it…" Bella said.
"Yes, he told us of his ripper period…" Esmee said in a sorry tone.
"It still haunts him what he did… I told him he should work on his control… Drink a little bit of human blood every day and work on increasing his intake everyday…" Bella said.
"It could be a good idea… With blood bags he wouldn't hurt everyone and I could procure him with contacts to buy the blood…What did he say?" Carlisle asked.
"He's thinking about it but I think he's afraid of the results… Afraid he'll go out of control and nobody will be able to stop him…" Bella informed them.
"I'm sure we could help him…" Carlisle started.
"He won't leave Mystic Falls for a while… He has Elena here… For the first time he has a semblance of the human life he would have liked to have…
"And you're not comfortable with us staying here." Esmee said in understanding.
"It's not that… You two, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie I'm fine with… Edward I can't deal with… And we all know that he needs you right now… He looks kind of out of it…" Bella explained, reassuring Esmee and making her smile.
"I know Jasper doesn't feel right coming back to Forks with us…" Esmee started.
"He needs to be on his own for a while, see other things to learn who he is without Alice…" Bella guessed. Carlisle nodded.
"Yes, and Damon told him he was welcome to stay with them if he wanted to stay… I think he really wants to." The doctor said.
"That's great… He'll be able to help Stefan and Damon both!" Bella said happily.
"Yes… It would be a good thing…" Carlisle agreed.
They talked for a long time and Bella liked it. It felt right.
"Carlisle, I was wandering if you could do me a favour…" Bella started.
"Sure, anything Bella." He relied with a soft smile.
"I don't know if Stefan told you but we, founding families, have a council in town that takes the role of protectors of the town against the supernatural… We have a doctor in it. She's pretty young and I was wandering if you'd like to come with me to the next meeting this afternoon and let me introduce you to everyone and then to her… It would help them all understand that supernatural creatures aren't all bad…" Bella explained shyly.
"It would be my pleasure Bella. When do you need me here?" he replied.
"You could come back around 4 and I'll drive you there." Bella replied as he stood with Esmee to leave.
"I'll be there Bella." He said before they hugged goodbye.
Bella spent the rest of her day working on schoolwork and after lunch she decided to work on the version of Bianca's journal she wanted the Editor to see. When 4 came around, she was ready to go to the founder's council.
"Do you need a ride?" Damon texted her.
"I'm fine. I'm taking Carlisle with me." She replied.
A few minutes later, Carlisle was here and she drove them both to the Lockwood house where the meeting was taking place. She had warned Richard and Carole that she would bring a Doctor that was also a Cold one and everyone was nervous.
When they entered the room, all eyes were on Carlisle and Bella introduced him to everyone. The Doctor then told them the short version of his history. They were all surprised and Bella could see that the women were not impervious to his charms.
"So you use your blood lust to save lives?" One of the council's members asked him.
"I don't really have a blood lust anymore… But my heightened senses help me find what is wrong with patients a lot…like smelling internal bleeding when it can't be detected until it's too late…" Carlisle replied.
"It must be amazing…" Meredith Fell said.
"I use what God gave me to help people as much as I can… Surely in a town were vampires come often you use their blood to heal gravely injured patients…" Carlisle asked her.
"Sometimes… but only when it's the only way to save the person… And I always make sure not to leave them alone until the blood is out of their systems…" Meredith admitted.
The questions for Carlisle flew and the good doctor answered them with a smile on his face. He was always happy to help and he even promised Meredith to meet with her at the hospital and give her a few pointers he picked up over the years.
In the end, Carlisle decided to go to the hospital immediately with Meredith and help her as much as he could. He even proposed to take a shift or two since they were understaffed.
"Thank you for this Bella… Meeting Doctor Cullen was very interesting… he worked so hard to be good…" Carole said.
"Yes… He's trying to make up for something that was never his fault…" Bella said.
"It must have been hard… I mean he was raised basically like me... like us… his father was a vampire hunter and a priest…Like me…" Pastor Young said thoughtfully.
"Yes, He still has his father's cross…" Bella said. The reunion was over and they were slowly walking to their cars. Bella was happy to see that she got them all to think.
Bella drove home satisfied with her day and found the front door broken. Quickly, she got her phone out and texted "Someone broke in my house." And she sent it to Elijah, Stefan and Jasper (All the Cullen's had given her their cell phone numbers).
Not wanting to wait for them, she walked inside. As soon as she stepped in the hall, something cold and as hard as stone grabbed her and pinned her on the floor, against the carpet.
It was Edward and his eyes couldn't stay fixed on one spot, they kept looking around the place like a crazy man.
"My sweet Bella, I knew you'd come for me… I knew Alice was saying the truth…" He said as he caressed the skin of her stomach with one hand while the other held her hands above her head. She couldn't blast him without her hands being free and she was having a hard time pushing him off her with her power.
"Alice is evil Edward." Bella managed to say as she tried to escape the kiss he was trying to put on her lips.
"Of course not Love… she's trying to help us but your powers are getting to your head because you miss me too much. Once we unite you will be fine." He was going higher with his hand and soon he was stroking her breasts.
"What do you mean by unite?" Bella asked, panicked.
"Making love of course… Alice told me it would solve everything and make you all happy with me again." Edward said in a very serious voice that scared Bella even more.
She was trying to fight him but now he had managed to press his lips against hers and a whole new battle started for her to keep her lips closed when he tried to open them without hurting her too much. She would get bruised, she knew it. Bella panicked even more when the hand on her left breast disappeared right before she heard his zipper going down… A few more seconds of fighting and she knew he had his pants down. She assembled all her anger and fear and managed to push him away far away enough so she could free her hands and used her blasting power.
She didn't stop to think and blasted the one thing he was going to use to hurt her…
At the same moment, Elijah, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Stefan, Damon, Carlisle and Esmee came in.
Rosalie immediately went next to a shaking Bella along with Esmee as Emmett and Jasper held Edward down.
"Bella, what did he do?" Carlisle asked.
The shaking witch did her best to explain everything.
"I probably won't have more than a few bruises tomorrow…" Bella said.
"Here…" Elijah said as he came back with a bit of his blood in a glass. Bella drank it thankfully while all the Cullen automatically looked at Jasper only to remember that he was perfectly fine now.
"What did you do to him? Why is he on the floor like that? And why can't he stop sobbing?" Emmett asked Bella.
"Hum… I had to get him to stop hurting me…so I blasted the thing he was going to hurt me with…" Bella explain with a blush on her face.
It took a few minutes for her to see the other males understand because as soon as they did, they all brought a caring hand to their own members. From the corner of her eyes Bella saw Rosalie smirking.
"You blasted his PENIS?" Emmett exclaimed in horror.
"It was the first thing I could thing of!" Bella defended herself.
"But… it… It's going to grow back right?" Damon asked Carlisle with a terrified look on his face.
"I… I don't really know…I guess we'll have to see…" Carlisle replied in a hesitant and small voice.
"I think I saw a piece go this way…" Bella said, pointing to the stairs…
Still checking their own member, the males that weren't holding Edward down were looking for every pieces of the blasted member. After a good 30 minute search, they believed to have it all…
"What of we're missing a piece?" Stefan asked.
"I'm sure I'll be able to make it grow back…" Carlisle said quietly.
"Remind me never to contradict you Bella!" Emmett said gravely with a seriously afraid look on his face.
"You remind me of Sage sometimes… She would love that move." Damon told Bella before she glared at him for enjoying the situation. Feeling her anger, he stopped talking.
Carlisle was about to say something when another vampire, female this time, appeared on the front porch of the house. She couldn't get in.
"Rose! Get out of here before I kill you!" Bella raged.
"I just came to say I was sorry Bella… I never wanted all of this to happen… I didn't know what I was doing… When I saw Trevor die… I lost everything…even my mind…" Rose truly looked sorry and Bella seamed to be the only one who wasn't buying it.
"I really want to change… I'm even going to try the animal blood diet…" Rose added.
"Am I supposed to believe you?" Bella replied while Elijah now stood right next to her in a protective manner.
"Yes… I truly want to change Bella… I just never wanted to be alone anymore…" Rose said.
"I don't buy it Rosemarie." Elijah said harshly. Damon stayed in the back, knowing he shouldn't say anything right now.
"I'm not helping you with anything and if I cross you again after today I won't hesitate to kill you!" Bella said.
"Bella… We have to take Edward home so Carlisle can treat him… Maybe we could take Rose with us… Help her adjust and find her place in the world…" Esmee suggested.
Bella told them they were free to do as they pleased but she also warned them that she wouldn't allow them back in this town as long as they had Rose with them. She knew she was overreacting but she couldn't help it, she had a bad feeling about this girl and knew it was a supernatural warning.
In the end, Carlisle and Esmee left with a still sobbing Edward and Rose while Jasper told them he would stay in Mystic Falls for a few more months. Emmett and Rosalie would follow them in a few days, after they had a talk with Bella about the option they chose and it was done.
After it calmed down a bit, Elijah left with Stefan, Damon and Jasper, leaving Bella alone with Emmett and Rosalie.
"Are you sure you're okay Bella?" Rosalie asked her again.
"Yeah, don't worry… Elijah's blood healed everything…" The young woman replied softly.
"What's the deal with him anyway? I get that you dated Damon and broke up when he ended up sleeping with that Rose but are you with Elijah already?" Emmett asked her.
"We're just friends…" Bella told him.
"Are you sure he knows it? I've see the way he looks at you, trust me Bells, he likes you more than a friend!" Emmett said as Rosalie nodded.
"Anyway… I'm guessing you made a decision…" Bella changed the subject.
"Yes… We talked about it with Carlisle and he said he would do anything in his power to help if we chose the third option… He took the copy you made to study it at home." Rosalie said.
"So you're choosing the third option? You're both okay with this?" Bella asked.
"Yes, we're willing to take the risk…" Emmett said.
"Do you have another human in mind or do you agree to become part of my family?"
"I would be honored to become a member of your family Bella…" Rosalie answered softly.
"You understand that it means your baby will also be a member of my family? If it's a girl she will be a witch… If it's a boy then that won't matter much but…" Bella explained.
"I know… We're okay with this… We're sure we can handle it." Emmett said.
"I can always give you the spell to bind the baby's power if needed… Actually, you will probably need to copy some spells of the Book of Shadow…" Bella thought out loud.
"Will it shock me if I do it while you two do the ritual?" Emmett asked her.
"Actually no… it's a good idea… I know what I have to do by heart… here you go." Bella gave him the Book along with a big empty journal he could use. He went downstairs to begin his task, leaving the two women upstairs.
Bella took a silver bowl, big white candles, some herbs… She began mixing. At some point she asked Rosalie to put some of her venom in the bowl with the rest. After that, she poured a few drops of her own blood. She began mixing, counter clock wise and counter clock wise stirring. Rosalie stayed quiet next to her.
After a while, Bella rose and went to get a chair from the corner of the room.
"You light want to seat down… The difference might shock you otherwise." She warned her future sister who listened to her and sat down.
"I'm going to do the spell now… Isabelle, Maria, Belinda, Patricia, Angela, Bianca, Veronica, Elizabeth and Gabrielle, Swan witches stand along beside me. With this blood help Rosalie in her quest, Help her be a mother, it's my request." Bella gave Rosalie the bowl to drink about the middle of the spell and now, Rosalie was illuminated by lights all around her. She could see spirits of the Swan witches behind Bella and they were all blessing her.
Suddenly, a movement Rosalie always thought she would never feel ever again started in her chest…a beating heart. Tears of joy appeared on her face. She jumped in Bella's arms, repeating over and over again "thank you".
Hearing the new sound in the house, Emmett came back in with the Book.
"I'm done…" He said, his eyes fixated on his now human wife.
"So are we!" Bella replied.
"Maybe it would be best if you went to pick up your things and you two stayed here for the next couple of day before you leave… It will give me the chance to help Rosalie adjust to her new condition and help her with her powers." Bella said. Emmett nodded, slowly approached Rosalie to press a soft kiss on her cheek without hurting her before he ran off to get their things.
While Emmett was gone, Bella helped her new family member to the kitchen where she made her some dinner as she explained the main rules of being a witch. She even got Rosalie to try a spell. Rosalie tried the Vanishing spell on an empty bottle of water and jumped when she made it disappear.
"I don't know what you personal power will be yet…I guess we'll have to see what starts it…" Bella said.
When Emmett rushed back in, surprising Rosalie, he found himself frozen mid step, mouth open and arms full of bags.
"I guess your power is to freeze time!" Bella said.
"Why aren't you frozen then?" Rosalie asked.
"Because I'm a witch from your blood… or the other way around…" Bella replied…
After that, the next couple of days were spent helping Rosalie control her power and learn a few useful spells. Emmett, too, managed to adjust to how he needed to move around his wife. He learned to be more gentle but in case there was an accident, Damon had given them a bottle of his blood.
Before they went home, Bella gave Rosalie a list of things she would need to perform simple spells and reminded her to call her as soon as she needed anything.
After Rosalie and Emmett finally left and Jasper was the only Cold one left behind, Damon went to see Bella to try and ask her out. She turned him down again, reminding him they were friends and nothing but friends.
Alice and Katherine decided to follow the Cullen's from afar and went on their way to Seattle. They wanted to be close enough so they could control Rose and Edward but far enough that they couldn't be spotted.
In Mystic Falls, a new resident was entering his room in Miss Flower's Boarding house. He had a witch and a warlock with him and a project: Breaking the curse his mother hatefully placed on him so long ago…
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