Chapter 10: More than One

Bella POV

Flame and I immediately got off of the bed and followed Nixie down the stairs. Once we got there, I let out a breath that I had been holding. It wasn't the Cullens, but it smelled of werewolves. I skipped the last step and landed gracefully. Yup, I got rid of my clumsiness during the change. Both Jake and Sam were here.

"Wow…. Bella?" I heard Jake ask.

"Uhh, hey Jake," I replied nervously.

"Come on hurry up and tell us what you need to say," Nixie tapped her foot impatiently.

"Calm down Nix," Zephyra soothed.

"What do you boys want?" Damien asked calmly.

"We came here for two things actually," Sam replied.

"One: to see what happened to Bella. We can see that she's one of you now," Jacob added. I'm so grateful that he doesn't sound resentful at all. Thank god….

"And two: we wanted to warn you that we have been catching faint trails of a leech and it seems to be always trailing around Charlie's house and…." Sam trailed off.

"Where?!" I demanded.

"Here," Jacob whispered.

"Have you caught sight of the leech?" Angel asked.

"We've seen her before, but she was too far away. The only thing that we can tell you is that she has fiery red hair. We can identify her for miles away because of it," Jacob answered.

Fiery. Red. Oh god!! It's Victoria. She's finally decided to come back and kill me herself. I started taking deep breaths and I was panting.

"Bella. Bella!! Are you okay?!" Flame asked as he began stroking my face in worry.

"Do you know the leech?" Sam asked.

"Yes," I whispered.

"Is she a friend of the Cullens? Cuz if she is we can – " I cut Jacob off.

"NO!!!...... I mean, she's not…." I couldn't finish my sentences.

Suddenly, a bubble of anger was building inside of me. She was trailing around my dad's house?!?! There's no way in hell that she's bringing Charlie into this.

"Are you okay Bella?? – Whoa!! You're hands are on fire!!" Jake shouted.

"Damn it," Flame cursed. "Bells, hey look at me," he tilted my chin to make me look at him. "Take deep breaths. In. Out. In. Out," he said lovingly. I immediately took deep breaths and I was instantly calm again. "Good," he whispered as he kissed my lips.

"Ahem…… so uhh, what do you know about her?" Ritchie asked.

"Edward killed her mate," I answered.

"So what? It's not like the bitch can't tell that you and Edweirdo are done and over with… right?" Dimitri asked. Flame growled at the mention of Edward's name.

"Actually….." I trailed off.

"You guys are still together?!?!" Nyte burst out.

"God NO!! What the hell?!" I spat at him.

"Oh yeah, I forgot. Sorry," he grinned sheepishly.

"Idiot," I muttered. "What I meant was," I gave Nyte a glare before going on again, "she wants it to be mate for mate. As far as she knows, Edward and I are still together." Flame gritted his teeth together and I could tell that he was seriously trying so hard to keep his temper in control.

"That doesn't make sense," Sam sighed.

"Even if Edward and I aren't together anymore, she thinks that killing me would be getting revenge for her mate," I explained.

"What are we going to do about this?" Terra asked.

"That's kinda what we came here to talk to you about," Sam reminded us.

"If a vampire is here to threaten one of our family members, then we'll deal with it," Xenon said fiercely.

"Yeah no one messes with our Bellsy!!" Nyte boomed.

"Hell yeah!" Dimitri, Angel, and Ritchie yelled out.

"We'd greatly appreciate if, you'd help…….?" Jenny asked hopefully.

"We will," Jake assured.

"Thanks Jake," I gave him a wholehearted smile.

"No problem Bells. I'm just glad that you're not one of those bloodsuckers," he smiled showing off all of his teeth.

"You're the best!" I ran over to him and gave him a tight hug. He hugged me back eagerly but let go as soon as he heard Flame growl. I laughed but went back to Flame's side immediately.

"We'll contact you if we have any more details," Sam said. Damien nodded.

"See you soon Bella," Jake grinned.

"Bye Jake," I waved goodbye.

They walked out of the door and I heard them strip before phasing.

"We're going to need you to practice as much as you can," Zephyra sighed.

"Should we start today?" I asked.

"If you'd like," she smiled. I nodded.

"Well this sucks," Flame grumbled.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because you've already mastered your fire element. I won't have time to have you all for myself," he grabbed my waist and pulled me to him. I laughed and kissed his nose.

"We have all the nights to ourselves," I whispered in his ear.

"My ears!!" Nyte covered his ears and pretended to be hurt.

I grabbed a vase and threw it at his head. "Shut up!" I laughed.

"Yeah, we didn't need to know that," Angel and Ritchie slipped out of the room.

"So…. who's first?!" I exclaimed.

"Me!!" Nixie grinned.

"Hey!! I thought I was first?!" Nyte shouted.

"We went over this last night Nyte," she hissed.

"Right," he gulped. Wow, what did she do to him?

"Let's go out in the pool," she suggested.

I followed her out into the backyard with Flame trailing right behind me. He interlocked our fingers as I grabbed his hand.

"We'll start with something easy," she began taking off her sandals and then sat at the of the edge of the pool with her feet in the water. "Come on," she patted the seat next to her.

"I'll watch from over there," Flame said.

"Alright, I'm here," I sighed as I followed Nix's footsteps.

"We can start with controlling the water with our hands," she said. She raised her hand and made a circling motion. From the pool, she pulled out a ball of water then began making shapes out of it. "Your turn," she instructed.

"But, how?" I asked.

"You can do it Bella. I know you can. Just pull the power out of your inner water Elemental," she smiled at me kindly.

I took a deep breath and concentrated strongly on the water in front of me. I raised my hands and imagined taking a ball of water out of the pool. After a few seconds, the water raised up.

"Awesome!" I squeaked.

"Now, try moving and making shapes out of it," Nixie instructed.

For some reason, my mind began wandering back to Flame's face. Suddenly, I heard Flame shout.

"Holy hell!! Is that – " Nix cut him off.

"Oh yeah, that's you," she said with awe also in her voice.

I was confused at first but then I looked at the used-to-be water ball in front of me. It looked like a detailed water sculpture of Flame's face.

"Wow," I breathed.

"This is really great Bella! You're learning quickly," she grinned.

By the end of that day, I had already mastered my water element. Don't ask me how I did, because I have no idea either. Nixie was very giddy that she was able to help me master it very quickly. She admitted that it took her countless days before she fully even mastered it.

"You did great," Flame said as he wrapped his arm around my waist.

"Two down, six to go," I sighed.

"I'm sure you can handle it," he assured me with a kiss.

A week has passed by and I've already mastered all of the elements. Every element only took me a day to master, well, except earth. I had to make two days worth of earth elemental training because I learned from both Dimitri and Terra. Sam and Jake are coming over today. Apparently, they have bad news for us.

"What time are those mongrels going to be here?" Nixie groaned in an aggravated voice.

"What's up with you hating on the wolves Nix?" Terra asked.

"Yeah Nixie, they seem pretty cool," Dimitri agreed.

"That's because you guys are like animal lovers," she answered.

"You guys are nature freaks," Nyte joked. Terra didn't seem to take that very well because she pulled roots up to trip him on the floor. Before hitting the ground, his head bumped into a kitchen counter.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" he shouted in pain.

"Call me a nature freak again and I'll kill you," she glared. I heard Nyte whimper. I let out a laugh.

"What time are Flame and Ritchie going to be home?" I asked.

"They're having some guy to guy bonding time," Angel teased.

"Shut up Angel," I groaned.

"What? Can't take the fact that you might have married someone gay?" he laughed.

I smirked and put his shirt on fire.

"Damn it Bella!! Nixie put it out!!" he was trying to put away the fire.

"Sorry but I'm enjoying this way too much," Nix just grunted and laughed.

"Say sorry," I demanded.

"Hell no!" he disagreed.

I did nothing to put out the fire. A minute later, Sam and Jake walked through the front door.

"Hey Bel - Whoa man," Jake backed up from Angel.

"FINE!! I'm sorry now – AHH!!" Angel yelled.

"Since you said sorry," I smiled sweetly and put out the fire.

"ARGH!! That was my favorite shirt!" he stomped up the stairs to get a new shirt.

"I'm not going to ask," Sam shook his head.

"Do you guys mind waiting for Flame and Ritchie? They just went out to go buy some food," Zephy said.

"Food?" Jake asked.

"Oh yeah, haven't I told you that we can eat?" I asked him. He shook his head. "Well, we can and oh! We can sleep too," I grinned at him.

"That's great Bells! You're better off this way," he said to me.

"What do you mean?" Xenon asked.

"You must know about Edward right?" he asked them. They all nodded. "I'd rather have her be with you that someone who could have killed her at any minute."

"That means a lot Jake. I'm glad I still have you," I went over to him to give him a hug.

"I'm always here," he smiled at me.

"See Nix? He's not that bad," Dimitri said.

"I guess not," she sighed.

Flame and Ritchie came inside the house bumping each other. They were both carrying bags and bags of food from In and Out.

"Hey they're here!" Ritz exclaimed.

"I told you we were going to be late," Flame glared at him.

"It's not my fault okay? The car was just too gorgeous to give up!" Ritz defended. "Besides I need a new car after Nyte blew up my car!" he glared at Nyte.

"It was for an experiment!!" Nyte groaned. "Sue me for being curious," he mumbled.

"Anyways…." Flame said as he tried to change the topic. "Food?" he asked the wolves. They nodded eagerly and Flame gave them a bag of food each.

"Hey," I said softly as I patted the seat next to me.

"Missed me?" he asked and I nodded. He laughed and plopped next to me. "By the way – wait, where's Angel?" he asked looking around for his missing brother.

"Bella put his shirt on fire cuz he called you gay," Nyte answered with his mouth full of food.

"That's my girl," he grinned as he gave me a kiss on the lips. He grabbed two bags of food and gave one to me and one for himself.

"We have something really important to tell you," Sam finally said as he finished his food.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Please don't tell us that the leech is back?" Zephyra groaned.

"No actually, she's been out of our radar for the past week," Jake answered.

"What's wrong then?" Angel asked as he finally came back down.

"It seems as if we're going to have more than just one vampire to worry about now," Sam said seriously.

"Is she bringing reinforcements? Cuz god help me I will – " Nixie was cut off my Xen's glare.

"Go on," she urged the wolves.

"The Cullens," Jake added.

"What about them?" I asked worriedly. Flame's grip on my tightened and I began holding on to him like I never wanted to let go.

"They're back," Sam hissed.

Thank you guys so much!! I started getting my usual number of reviews again!! Let's keep that up!! Anyways, was this chapter any good?? I've finally decided to bring the Cullens into the picture. Let me tell you now, their appearance won't bring any good to Bella and Flame's life. All I can say is that Edward is going to turn into the bastard that he is and Alice will be his helper. Stupid leeches!! LOL.... Anyways, please REVIEW!! And have you guys read my new story yet?? It's called I'll Catch You and it's a Bella/Jacob pairing. Please read it!!

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