Chapter X: Isabella Marie Volturi
Alice came to the clearing where Caius and Isarie are waiting. Her body instinctively put up a defense mode as she stood before the ancient vampire and his daughter. The latter seemed disturbed a bit by the look on her frowned face. She tried to sniff her own scent to check if she was the reason for Isarie's scrunched up look.
"Greetings seeress." Caius greeted with a slight bow of his head.
Isarie merely snickered and grinned at her father's choice of title over Alice. She knew that the brutal Caius never address anyone by their names easily. Unless they are acknowledge by him.
Alice didn't know what to do your even say. It was overwhelming enough for Caius to be talking to her let alone greeting her with courtesy. Looking at Isarie who just smiled at her, she finally got the courage to speak to Caius. "Uhm, Hello sir Caius." She said with a bit of nervousness.
Sensing the fear over her father, Isarie sauntered near Alice and engulfed her in a hug. Grinning widely, she made sure her warm body was against Alice's cold one. "Relax Alice. If father asked you out here, alone, then it only means one thing." Her grin went wide as her eyes trailed to Caius' frowning face.
"Enough Bella-"
But Isarie cut him off. "Isarie. Father how many times should I tell you that bellissima and I are different."
Caius just growled a bit but gave in to his daughter. "Alright. Isarie then." He turns to Alice who was engulfed in a hug by Isarie. "As my daughter was saying, I only asked you here to apologize." He said with a small grimace in his face. He hated apologizing but he knew his previous action would cause him some anger management session with his daughter.
The apology took Alice by surprise. Of all the time she was with the Cullens and being brought to Volterra, not once did she hear Caius apologize. Even if he orders innocent vampires to their execution or drinking blood of women and children, not once did she hear an apology. "Err- a-apology?" she turned to Isarie who was grinning madly.
"It hurts his ego just to apologize, especially with someone else are around him. Thus the reason why he called you here." Isarie commented.
A snarl came out of Caius' lips and this made Isarie whine in fear. "Alice Cullen, I'm just apologizing for making this idiotic daughter of mine to attack you. I was-" he looked at how comfortable Isarie and Alice are in their hug. "Just testing her control. For that, I apologize."
The pixie vampire nodded her head. "Forgiven Sir Caius. I was surprised that Isarie is a shifter. Never expected her to be though." She said with a small smile etched on her face as she gaze into Isarie's now chocolate brown colored eyes. She stared at those chocolate pools with feelings of astonishment and desire.
When Voltouri royal heard Alice refer to Isarie as a shifter, he raised a questioning brow to Isarie. "Shifter? You have been called many names but shifter?" he asks.
Isarie merely grinned. "Well I do resemble those Quileute shifters just a tiny bit. Fur, snout and overly anger issue. Anyway, you done apologizing right?" Caius nodded his head and Isarie's grin went wider. Surprising Alice further, she took the petite vampire in her arms in a bridal style manner and jumped up to the nearest tree branch. "Last one back to Charlie's place will drink a bottle full of deer blood!" she shouted happily.
Caius smiled. Seeing how Isarie acting freely after a century brought relief to him. It was relaxing to see Isabella smiling truthfully. But his mind started to wonder. 'Alice Cullen. How would you take if you finally learned everything about my daughter? More than what she already showed you.' Shaking the ominous feeling, his eyes sharpened and readied himself to dash off. "You brat! You are centuries too young to be challenging me!" He shouted, running after Isarie who laughed at him.
Isabella huffed loudly as she entered the Swan household. She already knew she would lose but to the extent of being left a mile behind her father made her feel pathetic. "Stupid ancient vampire…" she grumbled.
The vampire in her arms giggled and placed a hand on Isarie's cheek. "Calm down Isarie. I still think you are fast." She said to Isarie. She moved up and gave Isarie a kiss on her cheek before she jumps off Isarie's arms and catwalk towards the living room.
The girl that had been kissed froze in place with a grin on her face. Her hand crept up to the spot where Alice kissed her and she walked towards the living area with a drug-like induced smile on her face.
When Isarie stepped foot at the living area, the dazed look on her face was broken when her ears heard a male snarl. She turned to the one who made the noise and smacked her forehead with her palm. "Why am I not surprised?" she mumbled.
Edward was once again angry at his little sibling for bold attempt. He was being held back by Emmet while Jasper kept on calming him down with his ability. Rosalie and Katalina are glaring at Edward. The Volturi are just watching them in amusement and Carlisle and Esme shook their head in dismay. Alice on the other hand somehow found the old floor boards more interesting than the fact that Edward snarling at her.
Isarie felt the pit of her stomach churn seeing how sad Alice is. Thinking of a way to back her up, her mind, more like Bella, thought of a way.
The brunette sighs and walked towards Alice and tucked her chin at Alice's head. Her face expressed a bored expression as she stares at Edward. "What's wrong now? Alice just left me for a second and you're already looking for your limbs to be ripped off again." Isarie said in a bored manner.
"Wait! Don't move!" Aro said cheerfully, taking out his phone. He fumbled a bit with the small device and pointed it at Isarie and Alice. Isarie immediately smiled while Alice looked at Aro with a confused look. There was a click sound and Aro looked back at his phone with a contented smile. He then noticed everyone, aside from his fellow volturi, to look at him. "For the missus and the others." He said, tucking back the phone on his pocket.
Shaking the unusual action of Aro, Alice wiggled her body a bit to find comfort within the closeness of Bella. "Edward's mad coz he read that I can now see your future, if you allow it that is, while he still can't read your mind." Alice said it a pout. Somehow being with Isarie gave her a boost of confidence.
Isarie grinned and moved her head from side to side. "Typical. Even uncle Aro hates it when I block him off." She grinned wider when Aro laughed and agreed to her. "But he doesn't growl at little 'ol me."
Aro nodded his head in agreement.
"She is thinking of vile things of you! My mate!" Edward said with his lips curled in a silent snarl.
Hearing this made Isarie's face to show a naughty glint in her eyes and a perverse grin. She craned her neck to the side of Alice's head and faced the small vampire with a few inches away from each other. "Oh? I'm flattered. I can't blame you though. I know I'm sexy-" she then leaned forward to Alice's ear. "And great in bed." She whispered low enough for only Alice to hear.
This made Alice's breath hitched and she push away from Isarie. If her heart was still beating, she can bet a year of no shopping that her heart rate is thumping like the max speed of her Porsche. Her mind immediately imagined on Isarie's bare body or any possible things Isarie can do to please her wild lustful desire. Her eyes turned black as she eyed the sexy body of Isarie.
"See! You can all feel her lust over my mate!" Edward shouted.
It was a fact that the arousal indeed spread throughout the room due to Jasper's emotional amplification abilities but the southern vampire immediately washed it over with calmness.
Chelsea watched with amusement. Her hand held a blood pack, human blood type A, and was drinking it with a straw as she watched the drama queen that is Isarie. Knowing the Volturi princess, she has a knack of teasing anyone with sexual innuendo. She turned to the witch twins known as Jane and Alec who was amused as well with the scene. Jane mostly grinning widely knowing her and Isabella had a thing when they tend to get bored.
This was heard by Edward as well and he turned to glare at Jane. The small vampire raised a brow, silently challenging Edward to spat at her.
"Dude you are being an ass here." Emmet commented, still holding Edward in place. He managed to secure his hold on Edward's body as soon as Alice stepped inside. "Let Alice think what she wants. I for one want some lesbian action!"
Rosalie finally took action and moved towards Alice and Isarie. She mumbled a quick apology before grabbing on Alice's collar and lifting her up like a doll. "This is getting insane." She said, walking back to her seat with Alice in tow.
Charlie snickered at the interactions of the vampires before him. If he was a normal human, he would be up to the ends of his hair and running for his life. But being affiliated with the Volturi, it was all normal to him. But his snicker earned him all the looks from the Cullen family. "Erm. Sorry." He said, looking away and drinking his beer to hide his smile.
Isarie happily skipped her way towards the Volturi twins and sat at Jane's lap, which the small Volturi vampire grinned and wrapped her arms around Isarie's waist. This earned her a chorus of growls from Alice and Edward with the former having a more death-sentence tone into it.
"Daughter, don't taunt the Cullens." Caius said in a bored manner.
"Fine." Isarie replied, sliding off Jane's lap and sitting between her and Alec.
The Volturi elder smiled impishly and clapped his hands once to gather everyone's attention. "Now that we all are here, I believe you need a more in-depth explanation?" he asks Carlisle who was watching Isarie with a curious look. The blonde doctor nodded his head and Aro snickered. "Ah the joys of curiosity. I have lost mine when that bundle of lightning joy suddenly appeared in Volterra." He lifted his pale finger and pointed at Isarie who was busy examining her nails. "Caius, care to give our dear friend an explanation? He was asking on our dear Isabella-"
Isarie cleared her throat and pointed herself with a grin. "Isarie." She corrected.
"Right, Isarie. I blame your uncle Marcus for that. So Caius, if you may?" Aro said with a smile.
Caius scowled at Aro. He never wanted anyone to know Isabella. He never wanted to have Isabella out of castle walls without any guards. But his brothers had to persuade him to let her see the world. Snarling a bit, he looked at Isarie who was looking at Alice with a wide smile. "Fine." He inhaled un-needed oxygen and exhaled.
"Isabella Marie Volturi, or here it's Isabella Marie V. Swan. She is my daughter. Biological daughter if you may." Caius said with a deadpanned look. He heard the Cullens gasp and saw Carlisle's mouth opening. "Before you speak Carlisle, yes it's biological. I am her birth father." He explained.
Alice frowned and remembered the age that Isarie told her. Calculating the numbers, it didn't match if Caius had Isabella during his human days. "Impossible." She said.
"Oh! It's possible!" Isarie chimed. "You see, male vampires can impregnate humans. Well female humans since male humans can't be impregnated and that thought is just a bit weird for me. Oh god I just imagined it!" Isarie whined, shaking her head to throw away the thought.
Emmet, Katalina, Jane and Alice laughed at Isarie's antics. Even the quiet Rosalie snickered at her joke.
"As my daughter was saying, vampires can indeed impregnate humans. But it's not advisable." Caius eyes turned to Rosalie who has a look of in-depth thinking. "Human mothers will die while bearing the half-blood." He added.
Carlisle rubbed his chin and imagined the whole explanation. But it was still vague. "So Isarie's mother died?" he asks.
"No." said the Volturi coven. All of them have different expressions on their faces.
The twins have a wide grin.
Chelsea was frowning.
Aro smiling childishly as usual.
Isarie and Caius both have the look of love. The latter was more stoic than Isarie's.
"But you said-"
Before Caius could explain, or even Edward who read Carlisle's thought, Alice spoke out in disbelief.
"Your mother is not human." Alice said.
Isarie grinned, showing her pearly white teeth. "Yep! Can you guess what my mother is little Alice?" Isarie asked with an Italian accent.
The seeress frowned and tried to think of what type of mythical being Isarie's mother is. Her thoughts then landed on her previous overwhelming encounter with Isarie. "Your mother is a shifter?" She guessed, not sure of her answer now. Shifters are supposed to be wolves. All fours and not bipedal or huge like Isarie was.
"Ha! As if! Those wanna-be's are so full of themselves. No dear Alice. Bellissima and I are different. We are far more dangerous than those puppies." Isarie grinned wider and turned to her father.
Caius sighs. "Isarie is half vampire which she inherited from me. And half Lycan, which came from her full blooded Lycan mother." He explained.
This made the Cullens look wide in shock. For all they know, Caius wiped out all the children of the moon. How he loathes them. But the thought of having Caius mate with one, or even cheat on his wife, was very much compared to bombing at Hiroshima.
"But you have called the hunting of the children of the moon! How-why? This is-" Carlisle stared to sputter, looking from Isarie who was grinning and Caius who was now scowling.
Katalina grinned and punched Alice at her shoulder. "Man! Ali-cat you are one awesome pixie! Not only did you nab the attention of the daughter of a royal but also a werewolf! Talk about lucky!" she told Alice who was looking at Caius then to Edward. Caius remained stoic, not minding Katalina's words while Edward growled.
"That is a talk for another time. As I was saying, yes the hunt for children of the moon, or werewolf, was conducted. A few are left in hiding or in a special care. But I never said my daughter is a werewolf." Caius continued, giving Alice a curious stare before turning to Isarie who was still grinning.
Isarie inhaled a bit. "Lycan." She spoke out with grief. "I'm a half Lycan." Isarie continued her father's story. "Bellissima, do you mind? You are the one who usually do this explanation thingy." she asks out loud, having no means of silently communicating with her other persona.
Upon hearing this, Chelsea grinned widely and Aro frowned. Chelsea loved the silent persona of Isabella. The way she tends to be calm and composed, above all else, this persona is scarier than the wilder one. Aro though disliked this persona. He thinks that Isabella needs to be outgoing, not like the one Marcus raised.
A mental click and Isarie was switched with Bella who has a calmed expression on her face. "Ah apologies. What did dear Isarie said? I wasn't listening." She asks with a relaxed expression. She eyed her surroundings a bit, calculating any means of escape if needed.
'You are still up in your guard even if the family is around?'Isarie spoke in Bella's mind mischievously.
Bella huffed and stopped her mental calculation, finding the hole in the wall as means of escape if another scuffle took place. "It's never too late to prepare. Unlike someone who was taken off-guard by father." She whispered.
'He was mad. What do you expect? I growl at him? And let me remind you that it was not me who decided to change and attack.'
Bella rolled her eyes in reaction to Isarie's whining. Isarie never did lose her touch with multiple reasoning. Her eyes looked again at the vampires plus human around her giving her a confounded look. "Ah I was talking to dear Isarie. Then, anyone would tell me why I was called?" she asks.
Esme saw the change and felt the difference. If most people tend to see the physical change of Isabella, she saw that there was a mental change as well. As if the wild child was replaced by someone that was raised in olden times. A woman with composure but alertness of a queen. "Oh! They were talking about Lycans." She answered.
Bella nodded her head. She knew now why was she called. "Lycans, or Lycanthropy, is a mutation of werewolf breed, just like a vampire-human hybrid. Lycans are bred not made unlike vampires but almost similar to vampire hybrids. But Lycans are different." She closed her eyes for a second and opened them, revealing her golden colored eyes. "Though a vampire hybrid does not change eye color, Lycans does. Gold is the state we show great emotions." She then closed her eyes again and opened them to show her chocolate brown eyes. "As a half Lycan, I retained my mother's bloodline, being able to phase into a wolf-like beast. But as the children of the moon, I am incapable of thought or reason. We kill what's in front of us, be it a friend or foe." She said grimly. Her hand shot up to her forehead, kneading it a bit to ease the now forming bolts of pain on her head. It was a sign of weakening state and it was not a good idea.
Alec felt the vibration in Bella's body and dashed away to the kitchen and fetched a sealed pitcher with red liquid. Blood. He placed it in front of Bella and held on her body tightly. He knew that Bella would be focusing on the blood more now than the current topic.
Aro smiled like a child upon seeing this. "I may suggest we continue this next time? I believe the Cullens would not like it if they are to smell the sweet aroma of human blood." He explained.
Jane scoffed, arms crossing at the back of her head. "More like they'll go ballistic. That is a special blood just for our dear Isabella." She said with a wicked grin.
"Jane, escort our dear friends back to their home?" Caius ordered. He stood up and placed a hand atop of Bella's head, gently rubbing it to ease her from what she was feeling.
With Caius' order, the Cullens moved and left the Volturi and Charlie. Alice, being the last one to leave, gave a few minutes of concerned look at Bella who was shaking at her seat. She noted in her mind to check on Bella.
"You can drink now my child." Caius said softly when the Cullens have left and out of scent radius and Charlie excusing himself to go to LA Push and informed the shifters of the new arrivals.
As if a trigger was pulled, Bella instantly grabbed the sealed pitcher and opened it forcibly. The scent of blood covered the area and immediately turned the younger vampires' eyes into black. Bella growled and instantly drank the contents of the pitcher.
"I envy her for having that blood." Jane mumbled, watching Bella with black eyes.
"Well be happy for that. We all know she can't drink normal blood like us." Chelsea commented dryly, feeling sorry for Isabella's predicament. It was unfortunate for Isabella to have a diet that's more special than the Denali or Cullens.
"Now, now let us leave our dear princess alone. We do need to check up on Charlie's report."Aro said with a childish smile. He turned to Alec who was more focused on the blood bag he was feeding on. "And Alec, be a dear and fix the wall that Caius and dear Isabella broke." He commanded in a playful manner.
With the orders given out, Caius and Bella are left alone in the living room. Bella, already emptied the pitcher, laid back in her seat with a contented look on her face. Caius was now seated beside his daughter and stared at how her daughter looked relieved.
"Why?" Caius asks, wondering why Bella was suppressing her own control.
A small smile decorated Bella's face as both of her eyes remaind closed. "Would you rather have them see who Isarie and myself really are father?" she asks but received no reply from Caius. She opened her eyes and revealed her golden colored irises.
"Sooner or later they will. It would be understandable if they knew beforehand. Especially that little Cullen." Caius explained.
Warm hands trailed at the cold hand of the Volturi elder and a gentle squeeze was applied on it. "Trust me father. They not knowing is better than me telling them. Isarie and I both know that we are capable of handling any situation without her help."
Caius held on his daughter's hand and pulled her into a hug. "Your mother would be proud to know you are safe and still alive. But she would be sad to see you in this state." He said softly.
"I believe so father. But Isarie and I both agree that mother would be celebrating for this miracle."
'And I bet mother dearest would be more proud if we find that blonde bastard and kill him as revenge.'
The next day, Isarie was awoken by a strange feeling that someone was staring at her while she sleeps. Sure there were instances in Volterra that her father and his mate whom she calls mommy A, was staring at her during the nights she slept. But the feeling of this intruder was enough for her to growl in instinct and snapped open her right eye.
"Morning!" a chirpy alluring voice of a certain petite Cullen vampire stirred the sleeping Isabella awake.
The sleeping figure grumbled and turned away from Alice, lying flat on her stomach and head buried under her pillow. There was a rustle on the bed and a sudden change in the weight. Dressed in only her tank top and shorts, Isabella was woken up by a loud gasp.
"What? What? Where's the fucking moron?!" Isarie said in surprise. Her left eye still closed and her right eye, now color red, glared around. Her fingers are spread widely, showing a predatory gesture. When no threat was within her radius, she looked down and saw the surprised figure of Alice. "Oh? Petite? What are you doing?" she asks, retracting the elongated nails back to normal and her right eye diluting the crimson color and turning back to brown.
"You have a tattoo on your back?! And scars?!" Alice asked out loud, surprised at Isarie's back being decorated with ink and scars.
Isarie yawned and scratched the back of her head. Her right eye glanced at the alarm clock beside her and saw the numbers. "Tsk, so early. Bellissima, as much as I love waking up seeing this cute vampire's face in the morning, I want to sleep." And an instant, the rough expression on Isabella's face was replaced by a sleepy one.
"So mean." Bella said, yawning politely.
Alice watched the whole switch. It was like watching a mask being replaced. "Uhm, Bella?" she asks, not sure if the current persona is Bella or Isarie.
Bella blinked a bit, both eyes now open, and offered a small smile to Alice. "Good morning Alice. Was it you who woke dear Isarie up?"
"Err yah. I was hoping if you want to have breakfast with me." Bella looked at her with a raised brow. She then realized that there was something wrong in what she said. "Err I mean if you want me to make you breakfast that is." She corrected. Her thought had lingered at the fact Isarie and Bella drink human blood. She mentally kicked herself for acting like a school girl in fornt of Bella. A vampire almost a century old being unsure in asking someone out is not a good way to strike an impression.
"Hm. That sounds wonderful. I do have some deer blood in stock if you want?" Bella offered.
This brightens Alice's face and nodded her head. "Ofcourse! I love deer blood!" she informed Bella. Bella smiled and she went out of her bed, towering Alice who was sitting atop of it. The happy expression on Alice's face froze and her once was golden eyes turned black, zeroing at Bella's right chest. The mark on her chest.
The gaze was caught on by Bella and followed it to her chest. The tattoo. "Ah you've noticed? I think I also heard you talking to Isarie about our back?" Bella asks, stretching her arms a bit to remove the stiffness. Isarie did like to sleep with their limbs twisted a bit. "Are you familiar with this crest?" she asks, pointing at the tattoo on her chest.
"Volturi…" Alice mumbled, finally deciphering the mark at Isabella's chest.
"That's right. It's my mark. Unlike the others, I cannot carry a trinket that bears this symbol. Hence a tattoo was placed." She moved away a bit from Alice since the closeness they have is making her head clouded. She was thankful that Isarie was sleeping, else the outgoing persona would be doing things inappropriately. "Apologies if I can't stay close to you."
"Aw! Why is that? I have you know that I prefer to be clingy." Alice giggled.
A small smile escaped Bella's lips. "That sounds nice. But I assure you, an inch closer and I may not be thinking straight yet again." She walked passed Alice and went to her dresser to look for a set of clothes.
"What does the tattoo at your back means?" Alice asks curiously. Without warning, Bella removed her tank top with her back facing Alice. This made Alice's eyes grow dark. The scars and the tattoo.
"Lessons I must say." Bella spoke out with a suave Italian accent. Even without facing Alice, she knew that the vampire is focusing on her back. "They are reminders while living in this world." A heavy sigh escaped her lips. "The tattoo symbolizes my whole being. Yin and yang. Dark and light. Bella and Isarie." She spoke out cryptically.
At the back of Alice's mind, she can't help but feel like there was something missing. That the symbol was more than the persona itself. Curiosity filling her mind, she moved towards Bella and touched the long scars at her back. "What about the scars?" she asks, pushing aside her curiosity with the yin yang sign.
A grin. Between the two personas, Bella rarely grins unless she's in her wolf-like state or practically high with blood. But the question about her scar by the petite vampire triggered her lips to grin. "I am no superhero. I have my weakness and such weakness is the result of each scar in my body." Twisting around to be faced with a dark-eyed vampire, Bella bent her head down to level with the smaller vampire."I may have a title of royalty within the walls of Volterra castle but I assure you dear Alice, I am capable of inflicting far more than scars to anyone who challenge my family." She said with a dangerous glint in her now golden eyes.
Watching those steel gold orbs and hearing the alluring yet dangerous voice of Bella sent shivers down to her spine. She was mesmerized by the intense gaze of Bella and didn't notice that both of them have been moving closer to each other.
Four inches.
Three inches.
Two inches.
Their lips are a few inches apart now while they still held on each others gaze. Both eyes showed clouded lust from each other. With only an inches apart and feeling each other's breaths at their lips, they felt anticipation in what would happen next.
Dun dun dun! is this the waited kissing scene of Isabella and Alice? I wonder If their kiss would be interrupted again or not. Well that's the cliffhanger, hope you guys enjoyed reading this. Oh and if you guys noticed, i took reference with the movie Underworld. :P