Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, I do own a Jeep that I am currently being quizzed on. Random I know.
A/N: Ok so I remembered what I want to ask you guys like two weeks ago and I really hope people read this. I want you to recommend stories that have really well written fight scenes because mine are currently lacking and one is about to come up. Thank you! Okay, so longest chapter so far and I'm pretty happy with it. Let me know what you think of it...Enjoy!
PS- Clumsy moment of they day: I managed to get ketchup on my nose while eating dinner, my sister-in-law saw and we burst out laughing while everyone else watched us like we were crazy.
9. You Think That I Won't Fight:
We walked into the grand hall to meet the new members of our family. As the doors opened I saw my Daddy Marcus and ran to him. He picked me up and twirled me around before I heard the screams. I turned around to see my sister crumpled on the floor and Jane looking at her evilly. I quickly put my mental shield around her to stop her suffering as I attacked Jane. Her brother Alec tried to use his power on me in order to help his sister, but when it did nothing to me he screamed out in frustration.
"Ahhh! Why don't our powers work on you!?" He yelled.
"Because I'm here to make you finally realize that you're not better than everyone else." I explained with venom dripping in my voice.
"Maybe you should rethink that little plan of yours." Jane said with an evil glint in her eyes.
"Maybe you shouldn't go around attacking anyone and everyone!" I spat back.
"We will do whatever the hell we please!" Jane screamed squirming under me.
"Oh no you won't, not anymore." I stood up and quickly put my mental shield on everyone, but the witch twins. I really wanted to nickname them another name that rhymes with witch, but the Dads get mad when I swear at such a 'young' age. Please I'm over 250 years old by now.
"Try it now. Either of you try your 'amazing' powers on anyone in the room." I challenged. They did and shrieked in fury when they found out they couldn't.
"What did you do to us freak!? Did you steal our powers?" Jane asked.
"Try it on your brother and find out." I sweetly suggested. I never thought she would hurt her brother like that, but never underestimate a b-witch. Alec writhed in pain as Jane used her power on him.
"How? Are you a shield?" He whispered.
"Yes, I am in fact." I quipped, turning away from him and towards my three fathers. "Oh and Dads I can do a few other things..."
I had finally decided to give in and let Aro train me, letting my full abilities come through. I had known for a while that I could learn other people's powers, but it always took me a while to figure out how to control them. Eleazar had taken about 5 years to teach me exactly how to control his power. I told Aro exactly how he had done it so that he could help me learn faster. I first had to let them through my shield, then the other person would have to use their power on me and then once I had it, use it with me so that I could fully control it. My shield was never fully down, but I could selectively let people in if I wanted. Seeing as how Aro was very protective of his own power, he started with someone else, someone with a more common power.
Her name was Heidi and she was the most beautiful vampire I had ever seen. She was 5'11" with long, straight golden brown hair and legs that I swore were taller than me. She had been the head 'hunter' back when the Volturi drank predominantly human blood. Now, I was not naïve, I knew there were still some who did. Looking at Heidi's amber-colored eyes, she was one of those that had trouble with the diet. However, they no longer brought them into the 'Banquet Hall' to be slaughtered. Heidi's gift was that she could draw people to her and make them feel safe in her presence, very helpful when your job is to lure people to their deaths. Aro instructed her as to what to do and she nodded her head, turning to smile at me. I let her power in and instantly felt at ease and began to walk towards her.
"See, Bella, it really does work. Now try it with me." She said still smiling. I put my shield around her and linked myself to her.
"Okay Aro, do you have someone for me to try it out on?" I asked, not using the power on him, I knew that would not be well received. He motioned towards someone in the doorway and in walked in one of the guard. A man named Demetri. Using Eleazar's power I could tell that he had a useful power too. Maybe I could learn his next. I looked into Heidi's mind as she used her power on him. She made it work by thinking that the person in front of her needed to come to her and trust her completely, it was so simple.
"Okay Heidi, I think I see how to use it. Could I try on my own?" I asked timidly, putting my shield back up.
"Of course, dear, he's all yours." Her faith in me was encouraging and I knew exactly what I had to do. I turned to Demetri to test myself. You will come to me and trust me with your life. Instantly he locked eyes with me and began to walk towards me like he was being pulled to me by an invisible string that was impossible to break. I giggled like the little nine year old I appeared to be and stopped using Heidi's power on him.
"Bella, that was fantastic!" Heidi yelled as she swept me up into a hug.
"Thanks Heidi…and sorry Demetri, I promise to never use that on you again." I said blushing.
"Bella, never apologize for your power, it is truly magnificent." Aro said beaming. There had been tension between us in the past and I was happy to do something that earned such praise from him. "Okay, Demetri, your next."
For months it went on like this, I had learned everyone's power in the castle. Everyone excluding Aro, Jane and Alec. He claimed that their powers were too dangerous to learn. I had to agree, I didn't want to give either of them the chance to get inside my shield. Aro, on the other hand, just did not want to share. I was too busy practicing with all of my new abilities to worry about why he wouldn't share. I had training every day with Alice. Her power was the most difficult to control and I had to practice often. We would have mock fights, trying to predict what the other would do before they would do it. I was actually quite good at it, not as good as her, but I had other motivations for being with her every day. Jane had developed a habit of torturing her whenever we were apart. I kept her close by so that I could constantly shield her. Jane became frustrated and things got much worse.
For years after we returned home, things were tense with Jane. She was mad that, for the first time since she was changed, she couldn't control every vampire in Voltera. She was staring to get vindictive and using others to get back at me. She began to torture people during the few hours that I slept each day and whenever I was far enough away that my shield couldn't cover someone. Papa Caius began training me every day on how to extend and strengthen my mental shield as well as helping me control my teleporting, physical shield and my many other physical shields. Papa Aro had become bored with the powers I already had and started to search for new vampires and new powers.
I was worn out and Jane was hunting, she still hunted humans with Papa Aro whenever she was allowed. I needed a break so I went to find Jayden. I always visited him when I needed a break from the intensive training…at least while Jane was out. We had found this picturesque waterfall the second time I went to visit him and were swimming in the pool of water at the bottom when I heard the voice of Papa Caius screaming in my mind.
He was begging for death. I could not think of anything that would be so bad that it would make a vampire beg for death. I quickly ported back to the castle only to find him writhing on the floor with Jane standing above him. I looked to Aro who was sitting calmly watching the scene before him with an unexplainable look of pleasure on his face. I was confused, but I knew I was the only one in this room keen on helping Caius.
"Jane!" I screamed as I covered Caius with my shield. "Why do you do this every time I leave? And to Caius! He is your elder and one of the fathers of our kind."
"Because you are his favorite and I HATE you!" She growled.
"Why do you hate me so much?"
"Because you are the only one who I can never beat and you kept secrets from me!"
"What secret Jane? I don't know what you're talking about." There was no way Aro told her about their parents. No one could be that cruel.
"You know what secret you lying bitch!" I looked to Aro and he just shrugged saying 'so what?'.
"Jane I'm so sorry! I just thought you wouldn't want to know. Please tell me how to make it up to you." I would do anything. No one should have to learn something like that and then know that others knew before her.
"I want you to feel the pain that I felt when I found out. I want everyone to feel my pain." Well that explains some things. Ugh, I can't believe I'm doing this.
"Okay Jane," I said calmly. "What if I let you use your power on me?"
"You just want to steal my power from me you stupid little copy cat." She sneered.
"I won't I promise, you'll feel it if I even try. No tricks…okay take your best shot." I said as I pulled back my mental shield. I waited as Jane composed herself, and then I felt it. It was the most excruciating pain I had ever felt. I had to use all of my strength to keep my shield off myself. As suddenly as it began, it stopped.
"Bella!?" Jane yelled as she rushed over to me. "Bella, are you okay? Why would you let me do that?"
"I'm fine Jane and I did it to make you happy, to give you what you really wanted and to keep you from doing it to others just to get to me." I explained
"Oh, I promise I'll never do it again unless I really, really have to. I'm so sorry!"
"I'm fine Jane, but you have to know that I only kept that secret from you to protect you. It was wrong, but you were like my little sister back then and I would have done anything to keep you from the pain of finding out." I said honestly, quickly shooting Aro a look of disapproval.
"I understand, Bella. Truce?" She asked shyly, motioning Alec to come apologize.
"Ya, sorry Bella." Alec said, not able to meet my eyes. "Truce?"
"Haha! Of course!" I crushed them into a group hug, my fingernails turning bright pink.
That day, Jane stopped torturing Voltera and drinking human blood. That day I gained a little sister. That day I gained a new, more dangerous enemy.
Okay, okay I know a lot of you liked Jane as the villain, but I promise mine will be much, much better than and cranky little 13 year old vampire. ;) Please Review!