Disclaimer…I only own the Vargas Coven… Sigh… how much I wish I could own Twilight.
Chapter 11 ShapeshiftingWe were on the first step, when we heard a howl in the distance.
Everyone gathered on the front porch. Edward sighed. I stood ahead of everyone. The Vargas family was to the back and to the side. Edward stood just besides me. Emmet , Jasper and Carlisle , were flanking Edward and I . Rosalie , Esme, and Alice stood a bit behind them.
I heard the rustling of leaves in the distance. Next it stopped. I heard the crunch of Jacob phasing., and he ran the rest of the way. He came out of the tree line . I ran towards him, surprisingly not falling.
I hugged him, although he tensed up for a moment. A few seconds later , he relaxed and hugged me back.
"Jake! Jake! Jake!" I yelled. I pulled away and slapped his arm. " Don't ever run away like that again" He looked at me the way I loved, the way my Jacob would look at me . He looked down at my stomach and sighed defeated. His face took on a doleful and anguished expression.
"Jake what's wrong now? What's so horrible that I'm pregnant?"
"Bells, I love you so much. This 'baby' what if it hurts you , it might be stronger than you. I would go crazy if I lost you." Jake said sadly. He looked down to his bare feet and started kicking the dirt . He looked shocked when I laughed.
"Oh Jake" I exclaimed as I hugged him again. " Don't worry . I'll be fine. There is someone else who this has happened to. She's coming right now. Her family is here." I giggled a little again before pulling away and remembered something.
"Oh Jake, I'm sorry, I haven't introduced you to our guests. ' I turned to Stela and I nodded reassuringly. "Jake , this is the family I was talking about."
"everyone came forward but Samantha stayed closer to Maria, actually blushing, I quickly looked towards Edward , he only shook his head.
"Jake, this is Stela, the leader of the Vargas family. This is her cousin Jose , her brothers Christopher and Christian. This is her cousin Maria. And finally Jose's sister in law Samantha."
When Jake and Samantha's gazes met, I absorbed Edward's gift and watched as my best friend Jacob imprinted on the hybrid vampire of the family
"She's beautiful . Her silky black hair, her rosy cheeks, her tiny stature She looks so innocent. She's beautiful." Jake thought. His world had stopped turning, then returned to it's regular motion, around Samantha.
" He's gorgeous . He looks so sweet. I wonder if he has a girlfriend. Stop. He probably does, but you don't even know him!" I listened intently to Samantha scolding herself. Stela snickered and nudged Samantha's rib. She was obviously listening also. Samantha was taken out of her trance and blushed looking down sheepishly, knowing more than two people heard her thoughts.
Jacob walked up to Samantha and stuck out his hand to her, saying "Hi I'm Jacob, Jacob Black." She returned the greeting with a small smile , a blush , and a whisper of her name.
"Samantha, It fits her perfectly. She has such a beautiful voice!" Jacob thought. I noticed Jose , Christian, and Christopher , were close behind her. Just in case. They had never been close to other mythical creatures, so they were instinctively protective. Stela noticed the same thing as I, and told them quietly to back off. Stela sighed. I read her thoughts. Her thought was so quick that I almost didn't understand it. Although, I knew what she had thought.
' Great, now only three of us need mates.' She thought it very sarcastically.
Slowly everyone dispersed into the house.
Only Edward, Stela, Samantha, Jacob and I were outside. I cleared my throat, to break them out of their gazes. They both looked towards me, and blushed. I had to fight off the urge to say awww but in the end I lost. I had never seen Jacob blush.
"Yea … Sooo… I'm going to go hunt… Give you love birds some time to talk… " Jacobs head snapped up at her horrified, until he noticed her golden eyes. He visibly relaxed.
"Okay…" Sam trailed off. She was very busy gazing intently into Jake's eyes
" Yea . Yea. " She ran off muttering something that sounded closely to Stupid Hybrid.
Samantha shouted back to her " You know you love me!"
In the distance I heard a tinkling laugh. Jake and Sam sat on the porch swing . Edward and I took that as our cue to go inside. Edward and I walked upstairs hand in hand. I walked to the bed , and flopped onto it, taking my shoes off in the process. Edward laid down next to me and I snuggled to his cool body.
I didn't realize I had fallen asleep until I heard Edward murmur to someone that I was asleep. My eyes fluttered open and was met with a very excited Alice.
"Bellaaaa! Guess what?"
"What?" I answered softly, groggily and lazily. I was exhausted. It had been a long day. Add in a pregnancy and I think we have a sleep problem. On top of that I was hungry.
This thought was voice , by my stomach rumbled. I blushed, as Esme came in, tray in hand with a fruit salad, water and a sandwich. I sat up on the bed.
"Thank you, Esme. You didn't have to do that." I said to her.
"She just waved it off. "darling, it was my pleasure. Plus, I want my grandbabies to be healthy, and happy."
"So Alice what is it?"
"I JUST REALZED I HAVE TWO OTHER PEOPLE TO SHOP FOR !!!!" She screamed. I had to cover my still human ears.
I giggled. I ate my lunch quickly. I laid down next to Edward , now more energized then before. He rested his hands on my lower abdomen , and one of the babies kicked.
"Well. That's early. " I said casually. He looked at me questioningly. "The baby kicked but I'm only twelve weeks." I shrugged. Edward smiled at me and bent down to kiss the tip of my nose, my eyelids, my cheeks, and my neck. Finally, he got to my lips. At first the kiss was sweet and innocent. Progressively it got hotter and more longing.
We had lots of fun that afternoon. I woke up at around four, to an empty bed. Just as the thought came to my mind, I saw him prance through the door . I watched as he sat next to me and pulled me into his lap. I laughed as I realized I was still naked. I got off of him and headed towards his huge closet. I grabbed a simple T-shirt and Jeans. I walked back out and headed to the kitchen. Edward caught up to me and took my hand. I vaguely wondered where Jacob And Samantha were, but then decided to forget it.
I heard a car pull up in the driveway, and everyone made their way outside. I didn't fail to notice that Jacob and Sam were holding hands. I resisted the urge to aww. In the driveway there was a black Mitsubishi Challenger . A stunning woman with straight silken hair, a pair of black skinny jeans, a yellow tube top, a black jacket and Yellow heels stepped out. On the other side , an equally striking woman stepped out. She was wearing white cut off shorts, a blue plaid shirt, light blue sneakers, a blue beanie, and a blue purse.(*)
Sam and Jose went up to greet them. Sam went up to the one with the yellow shirt and hugged her. Jose simply nodded at her and walked over to the woman in blue. It was then that I noticed her wide beige eyes. Jose wrapped his arms around her and gave her a kiss. He opened the other side of the car and reached in. He pulled out a beautiful baby boy who looked one. Then Stela, ran over to the other side and grabbed the little girl. She through her up in the air . She caught the giggling one year old. The girl was wearing a little sundress with a black cardigan and black baby vans. The little boy, was wearing a grey 'The Beatles' shirt, jeans, and black vans with guitars on them.
The women walked up to us.
"Hello ! My name is Michelle!" The girl with straight black hair said. Michelle seemed a lot like Alice, hyper to the extreme.
"I'm Anabel. You must be Bella. " She said with a musical voice. It sounded like the playing of harps. She seemed a lot like Esme. Stern but sweet, like a perfect mom.
"Yes, I am. Your babies are adorable. What are their names?"
"Adalyn Elizabeth Vargas, and Anthony Elijah Vargas."
"Those names suit them well."
"Well, I see you're just entering your second trimester. Would you like to know more?"
"Yes, please. But, umm.. may I ? " I asked pointing to Anthony. She nodded her head and smiled.
She went over to Jose and plucked Anthony from his arms. Everyone laughed when Jose's face fell.
" Eli, say hi to the nice lady. Don't worry she won't hurt you. She's just like mommy." He slowly turned his head from the crook of her neck and peeked at me. I held my arms out to him and he happily stretched to me.
" He's the shy one. Addy is the one who is social. "
I nodded my head the little boy in my arms had his tiny hands on my stomach. He looked up at me through a thick array of lashes and blushed. It may as well have been the most adorably cute ting in the world. He looked up at me and smiled with four little milk teeth.
"You are going to be a little heart breaker when you grow up aren't you." He giggled and smiled wider at me. Stela came up to me and I looked at the frustrated baby In her arms. Sam took Anthony while Stela passed me Adalyn.
"Hello sweetie. You are so cute." I cooed to the sweet little girl in my arms. She giggled a sweet little laugh in a high soprano. I looked at Edward and he had a grin that rivaled the cat who ate the canary. I couldn't help but feel impatient for another six months to pass so we could hold our angels.
He seemed to be thinking the same. He came up to Addy and held his arms out to her. She squirmed and reached to Edward. He took her in his arms expertly. I always knew he would be a great father.
Everyone was gathered around the babies. I walked up to Anabel and asked her to tell me more about her pregnancy..
She told me that in the first trimester, I would get advanced senses and more equilibrium. That would explain why I haven't fallen in the last three days. She also told me that in the second trimester I would change in appearance I would be paler, things in my body would even out, like my lips, eyes etcetera , etcetera, and I would have to eat a lot more. She then told me that in the last trimester I would need blood. Lots and lots of it. The last thing she told me was that in the birthing process , venom would stay in my body and fully transform me.
Everybody was now converged in the living room . Everyone was talking in small groups.
"So…" Emmet said in his usual booming voice." Do you think you guys can show us what you can do?"
Everyone laughed at his childish and eager ways. The Vargas family nodded. We all made our way to the back yard.
" I can't promise anything with the kids. They're one , so don't underestimate them. " Stela said. We nodded .
"So what do you want me to do?" Bel asked rubbing her hands together.
" Show us what you can do!" Em said way ,way too excited. Anabel focused on a boulder that looked maybe two hundred pounds and lifted it with her mind. At the same time she lifted a stream of water around it and wind. The wind was moving so fast. All of a sudden there was a rain cloud above Emmet. He had yet to notice it. It started to pour on Emmet, and he yelled, he still didn't notice that it was only raining on him. Anabel stopped doing everything because she was laughing so hard. Emmet was soaked and he looked like someone just drowned him . Anabel felt bad , so she sent a very powerful gust of wind his way. She laughed harder when Emmet looked like the scientist from Back To The Future.
"Okay no that everyone is done laughing at me I want to see some shapeshifting!"
"Emmet you've seen me do that plenty of times" Jake said jokingly. Emmet stuck his tongue out at Jacob.
"oh you know what I mean. "
Jose and Anabel set down the babies. They wobbled a bit but caught balance with each others help.
"Okay , Eli, Addy,Show 'em what you got." She said with a slight accent .
There was no noise as the two kids looked at each other, seemingly coordinating. They held each others tiny hands , closed their eyes, and slowly turned into another living creature. I slowly began to realize what they were. We were all in hysterics by the time they finished.
Addy and Eli had transformed into puppies . I wanted to pet them so badly. They were just to cute. They were in the form of huskies. All of a sudden, they changed back into their normal forms and started shifting again. This time they actually turned into bea cubs, the only difference was that Eli was almost black completely, and Addy was a hot pink. Addy went over to Emmet and started pawing at his pants. It looked like she wanted him to pick her up. Everyone laughed at the stupidity of that. Who would have thought, Emmet lives to feed on bears, and he is completely entranced in a one year old.
They both changed back into their forms and laughed adorable little laughs.
" You should have seen the first time it happened. I was changing her diaper, and I turn around and next thing I know there is a squirrel sitting in the changing counter. I screamed, until I saw her with sheer panic written across her face. When she saw me laughing she laughed too. " Anabel sighed.
"They are very smart. And talented. " Carlisle commented thoughtfully.
"Well Michelle , show them what you can do." Stela said.
"Well I need a volunteer. I'm warning now, my power is far more powerful than Jane Volturi's . " We all nodded. We waited a few seconds until Jasper raised his hands timidly. He seemed nervous and wary. Edward and Alice shook their heads knowingly. Jasper stood a few feet in front of Michelle . She removed the opaque sunglasses and looked at Jasper. He fell to his knees in sheer agony.
"ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!" Jasper let out a blood curling scream. His skin started to turn pink as if he were human , and stood to long under a hot shower. His skin turned red, then as soon as that happened it stopped.
"That was awesome!" Emmet boomed. Michelle put her glasses back on and everyone laughed.