Black as Night

The doors once again creaked open and all heads turned towards the back of the room. In came a group of thirty or forty of the best students and staff the other academies had to offer. They were dressed in all black looking extremely impressive and at the head of the group were Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, and Emmett.

"Whoa," Tyler whispered, "Bring in the Cullen reinforcements."

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The silence was penetrating as the students took in the sight, then all hell broke loose. People began sifting through the crowd to find friends. Students, still in hysterics, sought others to surround themselves with. And the Cullens fought their way over to Edward's table, luckily spotting him before the craziness broke out.

Edward stood up to greet his family giving each of them a warm, welcoming hug. When Edward finished and stood next to them, Bella couldn't help but notice that they were an impressive looking family.

"Did you see how quiet it was when we walked in?" said a deep booming voice. "They must have gotten a look at the guns I was packing." The muscular man then proceeded to flex his arms. Groans could be heard around the entire Cullen family.

"Leave it to Emmett to somehow make the situation about him," said an exasperated blonde.

"But that's why you love me so much babe," Emmett retorted as he tried to pull the resisting blonde in for a kiss.

"Settle down, both of you," Esme hushed. Edward walked away from his family towards Bella and offered his hand out to her. Bella took it and gracefully slid out of the seat. All Cullen eyes were on her. She stood and nervously started to straighten out the wrinkles in her clothing.

"There is someone I would like you to meet. Everyone, this is Princess Isabella Marie Swan. She is my royal." There was something about the way he said 'my royal' that made Bella shiver with delight but that still did not take the edge off of the situation. Heck she was meeting Edward's family!

"You have already heard from Emmett," Edward said as he gestured towards the tall, burly, curly, dark haired man. Bella stretched out her hand and Emmett reached to clasp her small one in both of his enormous ones. He gave her a goofy looking smile and was about to say hello when Edward continued, "And yes, he is as stupid as he sounds." The smile was wiped off of Emmett's face as he let go of Bella's hand.

"I don't want to kill you in front of your royal, but I will if I have to," Emmett growled. Bella laughed.

"We can proceed to your inevitable humiliation if such a fight were to occur after introductions are over. This is my sister, Rosalie, "he proceeded while indicating the blonde woman who spoke earlier," and unfortunately for her, she is also Emmett's wife."

The tall, statuesque, beautiful blonde woman eyed Bella was suspicion. She nodded her head in Bella's direction as one of hello but the misgivings never left her eyes.

"Hello," Bella muttered quietly as her intimidation by the gorgeous woman took over. Edward didn't seem to notice and was about to introduce another member when a petite and pixie-like woman sprang from her spot and enveloped Bella in a surprise hug.

"Hi Bella, I'm Alice! I can't wait for you to get to know me more!"

"Alice!" Carlisle reprimanded, "Don't address Princess Swan like that!"

"I know she won't mind, do you Bella? We are going to be great friends!" Bella usually would have been put off by this sort of thing, but Alice's personality was contagious and her confidence in her assertions strong. There was no way a person couldn't like Alice.

"I can't wait," Bella responded with a grin. Alice responded with a smile of her own and gently took Bella's hand and brought her front of tall, honey blonde haired man.

"I would like you to meet my husband Jasper. Don't worry, he isn't as scary as he seems." Bella reached out to shake Jasper's hand, but as he returned the gesture, Bella couldn't help but notice faint crescent marked scars down his hand and wrist into his shirt. Jasper followed Bella's gaze and quickly brought his hand back down to his side. Alice shook her head. "He grows on you."

Edward finished off the rest of the introductions between his friends and family. By the time it was finished, people were starting to leave to hall and head back to the dorms.

"Princess," Edward began as he was about to lead Bella back to the dorms, but once again Alice interjected.

"Don't worry! I'll escort her back. Bella was going to show me her room anyway."

"Alice…" Edward warned, obviously not happy that Bella was going to be out of his care.

"Honestly she was going to offer anyway!" Alice retorted. That was exactly what Bella was going to do. Alice was a really intuitive person.

"It's perfectly fine Guardian Cullen. I'm sure I'll be okay."

"Of course you'll be okay. I'm a great guardian too, you know! Rosalie, care to join us?" Alice asked. With obvious disinterest, Rosalie declined saying she needed blood and dragged Emmett off to find some. Alice gave Jasper a quick kiss on the check saying she would meet them back at their room later. Without so much of a backward glance to Edward, Alice whisked Bella away. Bella tried to give Edward a reassuring smile before leaving, but worry still framed his face.

Alice and Bella couldn't really carry any conversation because the chattering of the girls around them was so loud. Most of them were still scared about the recent events but there is nothing like a brand new bunch of hot guardians to put their fears to the back of their mind. A group of girls behind Alice and Bella was madly gabbing away.

"I still think Edward Cullen is the hottest but those other two Cullen boys…" one girl began.

"Let's just say we'd like to make a Cullen sandwich with Edward as the meat" a second girl finished. The rest of the group instantly agreed.

"But who were those two bimbos beside them? I would make a cuter girlfriend than any of those two especially the weird ass looking chick with the goth hair." The group started to laugh again but immediately stopped when Alice turned her head and glared at the girl behind her. The group quickly made some excuse and tottered away.

"Twilight girls are ridiculous. At least us New Moon girls have some class," Alice muttered.

"Hey, I'm a Twilight girl," Bella responded. Alice laughed and linked her arm through Bella's.

"I wasn't including you of course!"

"Of course," Bella reiterated with a smile. It was unusual for her to feel so comfortable around a complete stranger. But it felt right; like they were destined to be good friends.

Bella led Alice through the dorms up to her room.

"You are more than welcome to stay with me if you need some place to crash," Bella offered, "I have plenty of room."

"Don't worry about it. We have all been given places over where the professors are. And I know you have plenty of room."

"Have you seen the room before," asked Bella as she opened the door for them both to go in.

"Physically, no. But mentally, yes," Alice responded cryptically.

"Uhh, sorry but I don't get it."

"Oh I forgot Edward hasn't told you yet," Alice responded with confidence as she sat on the bed. Bella took a seat next to her, truly wondering what type of odd turn the conversation has taken.

"Told me what?" she wearily responded.

"That I can see the future and he can read minds," Alice absentmindedly stated while looking around at the room. Bella choked on air.

"You can do what? He can do WHAT?"

"Some members of our family were gifted with special powers at birth. I can see into the future, which is how I know we are going to be fantastic friends, and Edward can read minds." Bella's mind was spinning.

"So you mean this entire time at Twilight Academy, he has been reading into my every thought," Bella whispered incredibly. Her mind started going over highlights of thoughts she has had about Edward from the first moment she saw him in class to now. Her cheeks began to burn with embarrassment.

"Well see that's the unusual thing," Alice began, "he can't read your mind. Everyone else he can tap into just fine but for some unusual reason he can't tap into your mind. Guess that's why you two are so hot and heavy. The fact that he can't read you makes it exciting and different." Bella choked on air again.

"You can see those type of things too when you see the future," Bella asked now fully embarrassed. Every moment of them two of them together played like a reel in her head.

"Only if I want to see them. But most of the time, I try not to pry. But the way, Angela and Jessica are coming up the stairs." True to her word, seconds later Angela and Jessica came barreling through the door.

"Bella! Oh... Sorry we didn't know you had anyone with you," Angela directed towards Bella as she walked into the bedroom.

"Don't worry about it. Angy and Jess, I want you to meet Alice Cullen, Edward's sister." The girls exchanged greetings and started talking about the new restrictions and events going on at the Academy.

Suddenly, Bella remembered she hadn't told Jessica and Angela about her specialization.

"Hey girls, I have something to tell you." Jessica and Angela stopped talking and perked up. Bella looked at Alice and was met with a knowing smile. Alice tilted her head ever so slightly as if saying to continue telling them because she already knew everything was going to be fine. Bella took a deep breath.

"I specialized." The girls squealed with excitement.

"OMG, congrats Bella! Was it Earth? That way we can practice together! I always felt you might specialize in Earth!" Jessica yelled.

"Or was it water! You can be so fluid and collected just like Water!" Angela added. Both girls looked at her expectantly for an answer.

"Yes to Earth," Bella began as Jessica shouted with delight, "and yes to Water." Confusion formed on both of their faces.

"Wait...what?" Jessica responded.

"I specialized in Earth, Water, Air, Spirit, and Fire. I specialized in all five." There was silence for another few seconds before the girls bursted out in chatter.

"All five! How is that even possible?" Jessica exclaimed.

"I thought it was a myth. I can't believe that it's real," Angela said in awe.

"It's real. I don't know why its happened to be me. I still need a lot of practice with my elements. But because I don't know how to deal with this yet, we all need to keep it a secret." The girls nodded and swore to secrecy. Alice, Bella, Jessica, and Angela then began to discuss the meaning of Bella's powers for the next half hour.

As they were deep into their conversation, Bella's phone vibrated. She checked the screen and it was a text message from a number she didn't recognize.

'Meet me in the courtyard. With everything happening we need to go over a couple things.'

Bella assumed the text was from Edward. She never had time to get his number but he must have gotten hers from the Headmistress.

"Hey Edward is texting me to meet him. I will catch up with you all later." The girls decided to follow Bella out and continue their talk in the common room.

As she was walking through the dorms to the outside, Bella noticed how eerily quiet it was. With the restrictions in place, not to mention the fear, students were all inside the dorms or one of the school buildings. Usually the quiet of the night was a comforting friend to Bella but tonight it seemed ominous. Why would Edward want to meet her outside instead of inside where it was safe and warm?

The sky was black and cloudy, void of any stars. The usual reassuring sounds that accompany night such as the friendly chirp of crickets or the soft coo of an owl were all missing. Bella walked around the courtyard but could not see Edward. She tried walking along one of the paths hoping to find his golden hair. She wandered a little deeper into the courtyard, but she was met with nothing but silence and darkness. A chill began to creep it's way down her spine. She should have found him by now. She was about to turn back to the dorms when suddenly, she heard footsteps behind her.

'Finally Edward is here.' Bella gratefully thought. A hand rested itself on her shoulder. She turned around and was met with the lustful gaze of Jacob Black. Bella tried to take a step back, but his grip wouldn't allow her to move.

"Jacob, what are you doing here?" Bella said calmly but her head had alarms going off.

"Why I'm here to meet you baby," Jacob smirked darkly. Bella could hear creepy chuckles from behind Jacob. It was then she noticed Jacob's posse, about five guys, lurking in the darkness under the trees and near bushes.

"Jacob, this isn't a time to play around. Edward will be here any minute so I need to go." Bella tried to move around Jacob, but he mirrored her movements and held her shoulder even tighter. It was then that she was painfully aware of just how far she wandered into the courtyard. Especially with all the students and inhabitants of the academy inside the buildings, she didn't know if anyone would hear her if she screamed for help.

"What's your rush? I saw your guardian back in the dorms and it didn't look like he was coming out here anytime soon. Plus, you don't need him. You have me. And with me, there is always a little time to fool around." Jacob licked his lips in a sensual motion. Bella shuddered with disgust.

"Jacob, stop. Edward texted me. He is going to be here any minute. And with everything going on right now, we shouldn't even be outside. It's too dangerous. Let's just all go back to the dorms and we can talk more tomorrow."

"Oh silly Princess Isabella." Her named oozed off his lips like sludge in the sewer. "Edward didn't text you, I did. And you knew that, which is why you came running so quickly. Just can't get enough of the Black charm, right boys." Jacob's posse snickered at his comments. Bella couldn't help being reminded of the hyenas and Scar from the Lion King. "And the night isn't dangerous, just as long as you know which side to fight for when the time comes." Bella looked Jacob dead in the eye.

"What do you mean 'which side to fight for'"?

"Don't worry about that now baby, there is plenty of time to discuss future plans. But I want to talk about what we are going to do right here and now." His hand moved from her shoulder down her arm to her back. All the hair on Bella's body stood up on end. Before she could protest, he gave her butt a loud, hard smack.

Bella shoved Jacob away while he and his friends laughed with amusement. She could feel humiliation and anger course through her body. Her hands clenched at her side, while the power building up inside her began to churn the dirt near her feet.

"Don't you ever fucking touch me again Jacob," Bella cooly spat out at him.

"Don't be like that. We're only just starting." He lunged for her with both hands wide open to grab her body. Bella quickly reacted. She summoned the power in her body and forced in to her feet as she slammed her foot into the ground. Instantly, dirt flew up into his eyes. Jacob howled with pain. He scrambled to clear his vision.

"Someone grab her!" Jacob gritted through his teeth.

"I'm warning you all, stay the fuck away from me." But none of Jacob's posse headed her warning. One broke away from the group and used his vampire strength to charge her. Bella concentrated on her hands until a fireball formed in her palm. She quickly sidestepped the attack and launched a fireball at his chest. Her aim was still not great and the fireball ended up skimming the top of the guy's head lighting his hair on fire. He screamed and fell onto the ground as he tried to stamp out the fire with his hands.

Two more guys began their attack. Bella ran out of their reach while focusing on what she had around her. She looked up at the thick leaves of the trees above. She swept one hand high and the other hand low commanding all the liquid out of the leaves. A ball of water was instantly collected and the leaves withered. She threw the ball of water at the feet of her attackers and they instantly slipped and knocked their heads into the trees. But just as she finished dealing with the two men, one more came at her from right. In a quick motions, she waved her hands together from a high sweep above her head to cross her body and palms splayed out towards the direction of her attacker. A strong gust of wind followed her motion and knocked the attacker off his feet. And in another quick motion, she brought her hands up above her head and moved it straight down in a strike using the wind to knock his breath out of him.

It was at this time, Jacob finally cleared his sight and came from behind Bella and got her in a bear hug. She could feel as he jammed his body into hers, grinding his groin into her back. She struggled to get out of his grasp, twisting and turning her body as wildly as she could. He brought his mouth close to her ear and grunted.

"You're so feisty. It's annoying but such a turn on too." His tongue darted out and licked the bottom of her ear while he pushed his growing erection between her legs.

"LET ME GO!" Bella, infuriated and disgusted, commanded with as much power and spirit as she could. She felt Jacob's arms fall to his side. She turned to look in his eyes, but there was no life in them as they were glazed over with her command. Bella smiled smugly to herself. She counted out the bodies around her and realized a little too late that one person was missing. Just as she turned to find the last guy, she felt something extremely heavy hit her head, and Bella fell into darkness.

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It's been a long time. I know… But here is more of the story. I reworked the plot and I have a rough outline for the rest of the story. But I'm not sure if people still want it after this long. Let me know if you do. Thanks for reading!

Ms. S. Hisake