A/N: So…I feel very, very bad about that little…you know….unintentional lie I told you. And I give you all permission to throw any muffin you want…at my face. But to make up for it, I have two chapters to post AND once I'm done updating this and DH….I'm writing. And I have time because it's seven in the morning. No, I didn't go to sleep last night..

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Twilight…Don't remind me

Midnight Moons Chapter 9: The Elemental of Surprise!

BPOV

"Where's El?" I asked. Riashi was sitting on the steps in front of me, cursing himself for letting this happen.

"They took her." Edward replied in a low voice I knew all too well. This was bad.

"Riashi, why don't we go inside and talk about this before we do anything….rash." Esme said. Riashi nodded and stood up, walking into the house with a defeated expression. We all sat on the couches in the living room to hear Riashi's tale.

"Riashi," Carlisle started, "who were those men? Why did they want El?" He was very calm about this, like a line rehearsed and delivered too many times to count.

"Those…men were-this is going to sound creepy-members of a cult that believes heavily in Elementals." Riashi stated.

"Elementals?" I asked, completely lost.

"We can control certain elements. I can control water and El can control fire."

"Why haven't these powers shown themselves before?" Emmett asked, referring to the fight.

"We can only control it if it's already there. We can't generate the elements "

"Oh." Emmett said.

"So why do these cultists want El? Why do they want just El?" Alice asked.

"I already gave them what they need from me. El is next."

"Care to elaborate?" Rose asked, sneering.

"These people believe that if they gather blood from all four elementals, they'd be able to control the elements, allowing them to control the earth."

"So…they're power-mad wack-jobs?" Emmett asked, blunt as always.

"Power-mad, yes. But there is truth to their madness. The legend is true. It has been since we were born." Riashi answered.

"It's been true for 20 years?" Edward asked, sizing Riashi up. "That's not very significant."

"Please." Riashi scoffed. "I'm older than you."

"You're older than 107?" Edward asked, quirking a very beautiful eyebrow.

"I'm 2,000 years old." A collective gasp filled the room. "El is five years older than me. You don't have to act so surprised."

"You just seem so…so human. It's amazing." Esme whispered.

"Don't vampires appear human? I am human. I'm just able to turn a calm ocean into a hurricane and back. My heart pumps blood, my organs do whatever it is they do and so on. I am human, just special." Riashi said. We took a moment to process this.

El and Riashi were humans who were being chased by a power-mad cult. They're 2,000 years old and able to control elements. Fire and Water. How cliché. And there were more of them.

"Who are the others?" I asked.

"Excuse me?" Riashi asked, turning his gaze to me.

"There are four elements. So that means there are two more of your kind. Who are they?"

"Ilriza and Altharum. Earth and air. They are lucky. No matter where they are or what happens, they can use their powers. They don't need to generate what's always there. Anyways, they are hiding. If I'm right, the cult hasn't found them yet." He replied.

"Okay," Alice said, "We need to find these people, get El, stop the bad guys, and get the hell out of there." I smiled at her determination.

"But how?" Rosalie asked. She was being uncharacteristically social tonight.

"Do you know how to find the others?" Alice asked Riashi.

"Yeah. It's very simple." He assured us.

"Okay. Great. You get them here, then we will make a real plan." Alice said. I figured that we were done when something popped into my brain.

"Not to sound rude or anything, but why did you tell us everything? I mean, we certainly didn't start off at a good point what with you pissing El first thing. Then being quickly followed by the bad guys who took El." I asked. He, along with my family, stared at me for a moment.

"She trusts you. You see, Elriata does not trust easily. Especially after first meetings. But I could feel it. See it, even. She trusts you all. And since I love her more than all the water on this earth, I need to regain her trust. I think you can help me, too. Without even trying." He voice was quiet and calm when he said this.

"One last question." Rosalie said, straightening in Emmett's arms. "What did you do to make El hate you so much?"

"I gave into the cult's demands willingly. And even thought I regret it with every single fiber in my being, nothing can change the past. El hasn't forgiven me. I haven't forgiven me. And I don't think we ever will"

A/N: So that's today's first post. And after that little bad spell of nothing for…awhile, this next news may irk you. This Saturday, I'm leaving for another five day trip. But don't worry, I will try my hardest to update again before I leave! If I don't, I will have someone smack me, because it would be really unfair to do that again.

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