Moonbeams Don't Make You Sparkle
Chapter 12: Salem (Part 1)
"What do you mean by that?" Jacob glared at them.
"They know," Bella sighed.
"You told them?" He glared at her, a bit hurt.
"No! I would never!"
"We are Twin Soul Witches," Frank and Luna smirked, jumping out of the truck's bed. "We have better senses than you."
"I've never heard of Twin Soul Witches before." Jacob gave Bella a skeptical look.
"Well," Luna batted her eyes sweetly.
"You have now," Frank smiled timidly.
"The Cullens told me that they are the most power kind of Witches..." Bella said.
"You just love danger, don't you?" Jacob asked her, a slight anger in his voice. He started for the shed. Bella followed him, sighing. Frank and Luna smirked at each other and followed them.
"Jake, don't be mad at me."
"They are involved with those blood drinkers."
"No," Luna said defiantly.
"We aren't involved with anyone, really." Frank added.
"We are Isabella's friends..."
"We had nothing better to do."
"So we wanted to come meet her best friend."
"We really aren't involved with any other,"
"Type of super human being."
"Witches of all kinds are loners," they finished.
"So... You aren't allied with the Cullens?" Jacob gave them a probing look.
"Nope," Frank said.
"They actually seem to dislike us." Luna sighed.
"Great! Any enemy of the Cullens' is a friend of mine!" Jacob smiled at them. Bella sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Something weird happened last night..." Jacob said thoughtfully.
"What was it?" Bella asked, interested. Luna and Frank smirked at each other.
"I felt... a cold shiver run through my body..."
"You? Felt cold?" Bella gave him a skeptical look. Frank and Luna laughed.
"No, really, I did..." Jacob said defensively.
"Oh we know," Frank said, smirking.
"It was our spell." Luna explained.
"That's how you sensed it."
"Your...spell...?" Jacob looked at Bella curiously.
"Oh, they spent the night with Alice and Angela, and Angela wanted them to do a crystal ball reading for her..." Bella said hesitantly. "That must have been the spell that made you feel...cold..."
"They spent the night? They... as in, both?" Jacob seemed a bit uncomfortable.
"We're a bit..." Luna said sheepishly.
"Inseparable..." Frank finished timidly.
"They spent the night in my dad's room. They weren't even around me." Bella reassured him. He sighed in relief.
"We would have had a peaceful night, too," Frank sighed.
"If Jelly-boy hadn't interrupted us..." Luna sighed.
"Jelly-boy?" Jacob glanced curiously at Bella.
"Edward Cullen," the twins informed him, smirking. Jacob burst into laughter. Bella frowned.
"Come on, Bella, it's hilarious!" Jacob shoved her gently. "Calling a blood drinker 'Jelly-boy'! The boys'll get a kick out of that one!"
"We patent that term!" Frank and Luna said quickly. "8 dollars, please." They smirked. Jacob's face fell for a moment, and then he laughed.
"I'm glad you brought them, Bella! They're hilarious." Jacob smiled happily at them. They smirked to each other.
"I didn't really have a choice..." Bella muttered. Frank and Luna tilted their heads at her curiously.
"We thought we were your friends..." They said sadly. Their eyes drifted downward as they tightened their hold on each other's hand.
"That's not what I meant!" Bella said quickly. Jacob backed away, a bit uncomfortably.
"We know!" The twins smiled sneakily, sticking their tongues out at Bella, laughing and running outside. Jacob sighed, wrapping an arm around Bella.
"They really are like little kids..." Jacob observed.
"They share a soul." Bella said plainly, just relaying information.
"What?" Jacob looked at her curiously.
"They share a soul. A human soul that was sacrificed to make them Soul Witches."
"Hm... That's why they're so close..."
"You know how twins are connected emotionally and mentally?"
"Yeah."
"Well, they have that, times a hundred, and they are connected magically like that, too."
"Oh..."
"And the reason you can't smell them is because their soul acts like a barrier of some sort. Alice couldn't see their future. Edward couldn't read their minds."
"Heh. You think I can learn that trick from them?" Jacob said lightly. Bella rolled her eyes, smiling.
"But they do keep saying that if they need to be alone, we should leave them alone." Bella pondered this.
"Well, they said that Witches are loners... So why would they want to have friends?"
"Edward thinks they are here for a reason, but they insisted that they are just here. Jake, do you know anything at all about Witches?"
"All I know is the stuff we learn in school. You know, Salem Witch trials. That sort of thing."
"Hm, so there aren't any legends or anything that have to do with Witches?"
"No, I don't think so. Why?"
"Hm, just wondering. They don't really open up... I just kind of want to know more about them."
"They are intriguing little things, aren't they?" Jacob laughed.
"Ha, you don't know the half of it..."
"So, what did they see in your future?"
"What?" Bella looked at him, shocked, her face draining of color. "They, they didn't see anything... They only looked at Angela's..."
"Hm. I was hoping they would have looked into your future..." Jacob's words trailed off. Bella sighed, catching her breath.
"Hey," Jacob turned to her, excitement coloring his face. "Why don't we take them to Emily's and they can meet the whole pack?"
"They won't want to be used as informants." Bella said, smirking.
"That's not the only reason..." Jacob smiled, caught in his alternate meaning.
"Fine, but you ask them." Bella laughed lightly.
"Only if there will be good food," Frank and Luna walked back into the shed, smirking.
"Oh yeah," Bella said. "they're very picky eaters..."
Jacob led the way through the trees and everything else on the way to Emily's house. Frank and Luna maintained a distance from Bella and Jacob. Bella explained how they only eat organic, natural food.
When they arrived, it seemed the other boys had already known to meet there, because Jacob was the last to arrive.
"Guys," Jacob said, a bit nervously. "These are Bella's new friends... Frank and Luna. I know you can't smell them. That's because they are Twin Soul Witches, and they annoy the blood drinkers." Jacob smiled. Sam, Paul, Jared, Embry, and Quil welcomed them warmly after the introduction Jacob gave.
"Was that last part necessary?" Bella asked, a bit annoyed.
"Hey, they are accepting them, aren't they?" Jacob said pointedly.
"What's a Soul Witch?" Quil asked, looking them up and down.
"You can't expect us," Frank began.
"To tell that kind of tale," Luna continued.
"Without proper surroundings."
"It wouldn't feel right."
"We need a campfire."
"And snacks."
"And an attentive audience."
"Or we can't tell you anything."
"About our heritage," they finished.
"That was cool!" Embry said, staring at them.
"How'd you do that?" Quil asked eagerly.
"You wouldn't understand," they replied. "It's a twin thing."
Embry and Quil stared at them admirably. Sam approached them, examining them.
"You're skeptical." They said, smirking.
"Well, you would be, in my position."
"We mean you no harm," Frank smiled warmly.
"We are friends of Isabella," Luna added, smiling sweetly.
"And we want you to know of our history." They concluded.
"Come on, Sam!" Paul seemed excited to hear their story.
"Yeah," Jared added. "They annoy those blood drinkers, too. They can't be all bad."
"They call Edward 'Jelly-boy'," Jacob smirked. The whole pack burst into laughter. Luna and Frank smirked at each other and Bella sighed.
"Actually," Luna said.
"We called him," Frank continued.
"Spicy Marmalade," They said.
"But that was too." Luna added.
"Long to use in."
"Casual conversation." They finished. Quil and Embry shook with admiration for the twins as they smirked at each other. Bella hung her head, and the werewolves howled in laughter.
"So," Sam said, recovering from his laughter. "What kind of snacks would you like?"
"We only eat natural food." They stated simply. Sam sighed and went inside.
"Now," Paul said. "For that campfire."
"Right!" Quil and Embry said.
"If you just gather the wood," Luna said.
"We'll light it." Frank said. They smirked at each other.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Bella asked them as the boys ran off to get the twigs and what not.
"Why not?" Luna asked innocently.
"Won't they be effected by a spell being cast?"
"So...?" Frank seemed a bit confused.
"They'll get that cold shiver..." Bella looked concerned.
"They won't be hurt!" Frank and Luna defended their actions.
"Sorry, I didn't think you'd hurt them on purpose..." Bella blushed slightly.