Chapter 10:
Explanations
They just stayed frozen. Isn't that the answer they wanted? Hello? Are they dead or something . . . well they are but that's not what I meant.
"Are they okay, Will, maybe you should help them" Alex suggested.
"With pleasure" Will said as he walked up to them.
"Will, don't" I called.
"Sorry Isabelle" he said. He kept walking towards them. He wouldn't. I pulled him back to the couch.
"No" I said sternly.
"Well they deserve it" he murmured.
We waited for almost five minutes.
"Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Isn't that the answer they wanted" Nessie said confused.
"Please Bella, please can I bring them back" Will plead.
"What did you just call her" said Edward. Oh Crap! Nice job Will. "Belle, why" he said.
"No, you said Bella" he said. At the sound of that name, everyone woke up.
Oh man. They totally know too much. I can't . . .this . . .why . . . this can't be happening. She looked so tense she could pass off as a dead person.
"Bella" Alice called. I resisted the urge to turn. Alice. Always so bright.
"Come on Bells, cut it out, we know it's you" Emmet yelled getting annoyed. I almost smiled.
"Bella?" Edward asked as he walked toward me.
No! I can't. Not yet. I extended my shield so once again he slammed into it. I . . .he . . . doesn't love me . . . have some nerve. . . I . . .
"Get Back!" Will warned as he stood in front of me, ready to shock Edward to the door.
"Thank you "I whispered so low only he could hear.
Edward got the idea. He gave me one sad look before he went back to his family.
"I know it's her. They look so much alike, she smells the same though not in an appetizing way, but. . . she hates me" he whispered as he sank to the couch. I was about to collapse.
"Sophie" I heard Nessie call. Suddenly, I felt calm.
I need to thank Sophie for that one. Carlisle finally found his voice. He got up and walked towards us. I just stared at him while Nessie dragged me to the couch. I sat down and the sat and stood around me.
"What did you mean when you said we had it backwards Isabelle" Carlisle asked. I struggled but couldn't find my voice.
"She meant that if it came down to a fight, we wouldn't be the ones that got hurt" Nessie replied for me.
I heard Emmet and Rosalie growl.
"Oh be quiet" she muttered under her breath. Just like Edward, such a temper. They both charged at her.
"Nessie!" Everyone yelled but she stayed put. They hit my shield and were sent flying back to the couch. I tried to hold back my laughter while Nessie snickered.
"Interesting, looks like there is much to learn about each other. May the leader please step forward.
Nessie tensed up next to me. I rubbed her hand as I got up. Sophie walked next to me.
'I just want to see their faces' she said. I giggled a bit. We both stopped 2 feet from Carlisle. He chuckled once.
"I meant the leader if this coven" he clarified.
Nessie walked up to me.
'Can you do this mom' Nessie asked.
'Are you ready Bella' Sophie asked
I squeezed both their hands and they both took 3 steps back. Everyone but Carlisle gasped.
"Very well, now would you mind introducing us to your family" he said though I knew there was a another question he wanted to ask an I didn't want to answer.
"Guys" I called. They all came up behind me.
"They can introduce themselves" I said as I stepped back.
Melinda stepped forward.
"I'm Melinda, and to show you what I can do, I would rather be outside" she said. I followed her outside along with everyone else. This was going to be good. She scanned the Cullen family until her eyes landed on Edward.
"Ah, perfect" She said as she looked at him, and evil glint in her eyes. She closed her eyes in concentration. When she opened them, they were multicolored. She moved her hands and the ground shock and a crack appeared from under Edward. Everyone steeped back. She made water shot out. Then she froze it. She melted it with fire and then put it out with wind. Edward looked totally battered.
"I control the 4 elements. She said as she walked back to me.
"Nice job" I muttered.
"I'm Will and you probably already guessed what I do" he said as he walked toward them. Everyone looked at him like he was crazy.
"Okay demonstration time" he said happily as he looked at Edward. Suddenly, Edward was shocked with a lot of electricity. He flew back and slammed into a tree. When he walked back, he was twitching.
"That's why we froze" Emmet muttered as Edward walked back.
Suddenly, this huge jaguar sprang from behind Edward. He knocked Edward down and then totally disappeared. Mud flew out of nowhere and pelted Rosalie.
"Hey!" she yelled as Alex reappeared next to me. "I can be any animal and be immortal, be a vampire ,or be nothing at all" he said as he laughed.
"I mostly see emotions as colors and can give anybody any emotion please" Sophie said.
"I can show people anything I want but touching them" Nessie added
Everyone turned to me.
"I have a physical and mental shield, telekinesis and I can cause illusions" Just to prove my point, I gave everyone their regular eye color back but I made Nessie's golden so we would match.
"That's why you looked so different. We're you guys actually eating all those snacks" Alice asked.
"No" I laughed. "We'd pick them up and put them back down but it looked like we were eating them" I admitted.
"Well, Jasper controls emotions, Alice sees the future and Edward reads minds" Carlisle explained.
"Ah" we all said though we already knew.
"Why did you try to hide what you were" Emmet asked.
Another tough question.
"Because there was already one coven here and we didn't want to cause more trouble and have to make us related" I answered in an unconvincing tone.
"You're lying, that's not the real reason" Jasper contradicted. He felt our emotions since my shield was down but I was too upset to have the strength to put it back up.
"You were trying to protect someone" Edward said reading their minds. Crap.
"No!" They all answered. That just gave it away.
"Who were you trying to protect" he asked. I sucked in my strength and put up a mental shield to keep their minds safe.
"Who" he asked again.
"Me" I answered.
"Wait, what is your name" Carlisle asked.
I hesitated before I answered. "Isabelle Carly Masen" I said.
"Your real name, not you cover-up name" he clarified.
That threw me for a minute. Should I tell him? Can I do this?
"Bella" he asked. I made the mistake of looking in his eyes. They was hope and longing. I sucked in a deep breath and answered.
"Isabella Marie Swan" I said. Everyone gasped.
"Bella" various voices called.
"Bella" Carlisle said with a sigh of relief. He was going to embrace me but I stepped back. I felt like I would be crying my eyes out if I could.
"I'm sorry, but I can't" I said as I slowly walked back to the house.
"Bella, please listen, what I said was a lie" I heard Edward call.
I couldn't take it anymore. I walked faster aiming for my room. Suddenly, I felt something hard and cold pick me up.
"EMMET!!!!" I heard everyone yell.
Emmet ran off with me in his arms. Lightning flashed in front of us. The ground shook behind us and water shot next to us.
"Emmet, if you value your life, put me down" I threatened as I struggled to get out of his firm grasp.
"Okay" he said as he set me down and ran off.
"Emmet" I yelled annoyed. I was about to chase him when someone caught my wrist.
"Bella, wait" called the musical voice of Edward Cullen.