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Chapter 12: Gifts
I got dressed and went looking for food. Human food. I really was still mad at him. Not my fault if I just can't resist him anyway. I found the kitchen and made myself some cereal. I was munching on it when I heard Caius come in. "I'm . . . I'm - I'm . . .sor-sorry." I kept munching not even looking at him. "That sounded painful." I was being sarcastic. Sort of. "It was." He murmured in my ear. I nearly had a heart attack. I did not realise he was that close! I spilt my cereal everywhere. Caius jumped back as I tried to calm my breathing down. "NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!" I screamed at him. "S-sorry." I looked at him dumbfounded. Twice in 2 minutes? What the hell was going on! "Caius?" He looked relieved. "Yes Bella?" "We have a lot of talking to do." his face looked grave.
"Yes we do."
We sat down in the library. "So. Why don't you want to change me?" he smiled, pleased that I was being reasonable about this now. "I was changed at 24. I will eternally look 24. You however are 18. If I changed you right now, you would always look 18. I think it would be best if we wait until you are closer to my age to change you. It will just make it more acceptable when we have dealings with the humans is all." Huh. I could see the logic in that. I nodded slowly. "I can see how that could help. I understand. Shall we agree on 21?" His smile brightened at my answer and he agreed to change me at 21.
"Bella, baby, we need to talk about that night." I started trembling. "No. No! I don't want too." He just pulled me in close and rocked back and forth. "Baby, I just want to talk about your amazing gift. I know you can't control it yet, but if we begin to help you control it as a human, you will be all the more powerful as an immortal." I thought it over. "Okaay . . ." He smiled in relief. "Now, first things first. How did you feel before you started using the power? Sometimes gifts can be connected to emotions." I thought back to when Felix came in. " I felt . . . mad. Violated, like he was touching me and I didn't want him too. Actually . . . It reminded me of when Edward would hit me. He would always make me take off my clothes first. I always felt dirty. He had violated me, just like Edward had." Caius's continuous growl rolled through the library.
I put my hand on his cheek. "Hey! its ok. You killed him. He's gone now. Remember?" He hugged me close, as if reminding himself I was there, with him, in his arms. He took a deep breath and continued with the interrogation. "Ok. So you were mad and violated. Maybe it's an instinct we have just woken up. An instinct to protect yourself and others." I snorted. "Thats always been there." He smiled, "Ok so maybe it just a little extra bit to this instinct. So, when Felix came in you felt violated and mad, and your protective instinct kicked in, and in doing that, it woke up this previously dormant power. Now, my worry is that you became sadistic and evil. You caused someone pain, and you liked it. That doesn't sound like something that you normally would do. You sounded animal." I shuddered. He was right. That didn't sound like me at all.
"Now, how did you feel when you started to use your power?" I wrinkled my nose up and tried to remember. "It felt like something rushed out of my body, not a bad feeling, but it was like something left me." He tapped his chin, thinking on this. "Ah hah! That must have been the shield!" The shield? What shield? "When I ran towards you, I was encased in something, I was imprisoned. I couldn't move at all, and trust me, I tried to. I used all my strength, and didn't budge a millimeter." Huh. That sounded strange. "I think you used it on Felix as well. He's the strongest vampire we have ever come across, stronger even than newborns, and he couldn't move either." He nodded along as he thought. "Tell me, when I came running at you, and then, just as or just before I stopped, did you feel anything?" I screwed my eyes shut considering it.
"I did feel something. But it felt natural, embedded in my DNA, like blinking or breathing" "Natural instinct to use gift . . . that's rare, very rare. In fact . . . That makes you a Natural!" He began muttering to himself at vampire speed an expression of great concentration on his face. A natural? Whats that? "Caius?" "Hmm?" He looked up at me an expression of awe on his face. "What's a Natural?" A smile lit up his face. "A Natural, baby, is something that Aro found a long, long time ago and since I am in charge of the guard here at the castle, he has had me searching for them ever since." I rolled my eyes. "Thanks for that lovely story. Now would you explain to me what the fuck a Natural is already!?" He chuckled and finally answered my question.
"A Natural is a very special human. They are made to be vampires, created for this immortal life. There are several noticeable characteristics, if you know what you are looking for. They have beauty that could rival a vampires. That, of course, means that they are exceptionally beautiful after the change. They are immensely powerful as humans, so they have power beyond what we can imagine when turned. They are the ultimate human, and then the ultimate vampire. The Volturi have come across exactly two in all our centuries. One, that Aro chanced across, and then sent us on a worldwide search for these amazing creatures. And now, two, because we have you." He smiled at me fondly.
I was just sitting there, mouth hanging open as I tried to process all this information at once. Then I grew suspicious. "Whats the catch?" There must be a catch. He hesitated. "A Natural has one quality that can be very dangerous if not kept in check." I was impatient. "Well? What is it?" He had his head down so the words were slightly muffled. "You have experienced this already. They seem to have split personalities." I gaped for a second. "WHAT! EXPLAIN. DETAILS. NOW." He seemed scared. I took a deep breath. "Please." He calmed down and started talking again. "You felt it. You went from someone who couldn't hurt a fly to someone who loved Felix's pain so much you seemed happy when he screamed and played games with him to make him scream more. It's the other side of you. You are so kind and loving all the time, that it's all bottled up, so you end up having another person in there. that's why you are so dangerous, especially if you are on the run alone. That's one of the reasons Aro wants the Naturals. They are very dangerous if not taught what they are, and what they can do. Naturals are controlled by emotions, so when you felt mad and violated, that instinct kicked in and other you came out to play."
This is all so strange. Seriously! A year ago, I was in Forks, hating it and hoping I could make friends, worrying about my calculus paper. Now, I have to worry about the fact that I'm mated to a Vampire king, and the fact that I am born to be a vampire and that One part of me like's causing people pain! HOW WEIRD CAN MY LIFE GET! And I'm in italy. With the equivalent of Vampire Royalty. Can't for get those. Caius was muttering again. "Caius?" "Yes Bella?" "Do you think I can contact her?" He looked confused. "Contact who?" I raised my eyebrows. "The other me. The one that wants to hurt people." He seemed surprised that I would ask such a thing. "I'm not sure. We have never had enough contact with Naturals to know much more than what I've already told you. Would you like to try?" I shrugged. "Okay." "I think that we might have to do this somewhere else though. We might need reinforcements as well." I was confused, my eyebrows scrunching together. "Why?" Caius looked uncomfortable. "Well, if she takes over. . . we want to be safe." What? Oh. OH! I get it now! I nodded at him and he stood, taking me with him. He set me on my feet and we headed off to the training room hand and hand.
"Hi guys!" "Bella? What are you doing here?" Felix's face looked comical as he stopped his fight with Demetri to stare at me. He looked like if he could have been blushing he would. He would be as red as me. "Felix! I - uh, I just wanted to say sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." He was so adorable as he looked at me with a bright smile. "Thats ok Bella! No harm done! I'm all good now! But, would you mind explaining what happened? I'm so confused." His face twisted up adorably. "Actually, thats kinda why we're here."
"Huh?" Felix and Demetri got up and walked towards us. "Master" they both said, inclining their head toward Caius. He nodded at them both and returned his attention to me. I looked up at him. "How much do they know?" "They know everything about them, but no one else know that you are one. Aro may have worked it out though." I nodded and turned back to the guards in front of me. I nudged Caius softly. "Can you get everyone's attention?" He smiled at me and then cleared his throat only slightly louder than a human would. Everyone turned to look at him, murmuring "Master." This time he nudged me. I looked up at him in terror. I didn't know what to say! HE chuckled and addressed them for me. "We need your assistance with a matter of great importance. We are going to try something and it could go very badly. Everybody here could die. Except for Isabella, that is." Everyone just looked confused. "Why would Bella live?" Felix was curious, of course. "She is a Natural, and we are going to try to contact her other side."
Murmurs ran through the crowd again. "A Natural!?" Demetri gasped. "Yes a Natural." he clapped his hands. "Lets get started!" Demetri just stood there for a second. "Huh?" I sighed. "I'm a natural, and I want to try to contact the other part of me. Ya know, the sadistic, bloodthirsty part?" They still looked confused. "Felix. You've met her. Tell them." Felix just looked adorably confused for a second, then realisation dawned on his face. "Oh! You mean her! Uh, with all respect Master, I do not think that this is in anyway a good idea. with that bubble thing you can do Bella, no matter how many vamps we have here, Bella will win. And she won't stop at subduing us then running off. She will want to cause us as much pain as possible. I say no." I just looked at Felix. "I am not going to let her take control. I'm just going to speak with her, that is all. This is just a precaution."
Felix still looked worried but I gave him a reassuring smile and went to Caius's side where he was coordinating. "Ba-" Caius began to say baby, which I had noticed was his nickname for me, but then he obviously realised where we were. I had to stifle a laugh as he started again. "Bella, could you come sit here for me? We need to have you in a central position." He sounded all commander-like now. It was sorta hot. I sat in the middle of the room as the guard spread themselves out in a circle like shape around me. Caius lifted me up and sat me on his lap, wrapping his legs around mine and his arms around my waist, pinning my forearms to my stomach. I turned her head and looked at him with a confused and surprised expression on my face. "So that you can't get away if she does take over." Felix and Demetri as their strongest and best fighters were closest to me and were slowly prowling around us in a small circle.
I smiled up at Caius and he nodded down at me. I closed my eyes and began to search for something. Anything.
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