A/N: This was a challenge given to me by Aunt Bell so this is dedicated to her and her weird mind for wanting this :P
Disclaimer: I do not own anything twilight related.
Previously,
Zafrina smiles before pulling Bella to her side, leading her to her sisters. Looking over her shoulder she cast me a long look before baring her teeth at Maysun.
"My sisters and I will help you, I fear that there is more to worry about that that monster that fathered you."
And with that she, Bella and her sisters were gone. Leaving myself and my aunt to deal with my sister.
Zafrina POV
When Huilen had come to us for help I knew something was coming, something that would shall we say – change things.
When she said Nahuel – our little warrior – had found a mate and in a human at that shocked us to the core. But the true surprise was meeting the little white bird; she was small only standing at 5 foot 5.
Bella, she had a pure soul, one of burning ferocity, kindness and all things humble. She was a true warrior, she had the passion, the need to protect those she loves. She had proven that when she had attacked that… that… there was no word to describe that woman who had hurt her and then feeling sorry and remorse for what she has done.
"Shh little one, it is all okay." I tell her when we had reached the little waterfall.
"I still feel bad, I seriously hurt her; well deserved but still." She tells us, her shoulders sagged.
"Ah, that is true, but you acted like a warrior. You did it out of protection for your mate, knowing or not." Senna states, sitting cross-legged on the ground.
"Tell us how you knew of our kind, it has made us curious." Kachiri demands as she gestures for her to sit.
"I uh knew of your kind because I was with a coven, I had fallen in love with the only single male in the coven. I was told he was my mate and I his… he ended up breaking me, telling me I was worthless, I was just a pet and a distraction. He and his family left me alone, they left me with a vampire hunting me." She tells us wincing. I was appalled at such thing, no mate would ever utter a word like that to his or her supposed mate, but then again she wasn't his mate.
"What coven do you speak of?" I demand, I needed to know.
"The Cullen Coven." The name was spat out like a bad taste, her chest heaving with unneeded air.
I stood to my full height, unraveled. Disbelief filling my very core, I knew Carlisle Cullen and he was a man that would never do such a thing, but I knew this small woman was telling the truth it wasn't in her nature to lie.
"I am friends with Carlisle, I know what he is like and for him and his family to do something like that… something so morally wrong is disturbing and I can't believe I fell for his good natured spirit. It seems his diet makes our kind do horrible things." I hissed out, furiously.
"She isn't mad at you, nor does she not believe you." Senna states to Bella, drawing my attention back to the frightened girl.
"Oh no child, I am merely furious and disgusted at his family." I tell her.
"There are so many flaws in his family, I see that now. But because of them, my life is in danger, not only with Nahuel's father but with that vengeful vampire. They had killed her mate." She sighs out, her fingers now fidgeting with little pebbles in the ground, crushing them into powder.
Looking at my sisters I could see their horror and determination flash through their eyes. They already liked this small vampire and to hear such things were shocking.
"We will help you, both with that monster, the coven and the rouge." I state, causing her to frown.
"The coven, do you mean the Cullen's? No I cannot face them again." She says, shaking her head quickly.
"Sweet girl, you need to face the pain from the past to move forward in the future. You are Nahuel's mate, to truly open your heart to him you must let go of all those who hurt you." Senna tells her wisely, it was the truth and only she – with the support from everyone here – can she move on.
"Okay…" Bella says unsure before looking up at me "Okay!" she states more firmly.
"Now we promised to teach you. You have been very lucky to not have crushed everything you have touched, like Nahuel and that sister of his is lucky you did not crush her to death. You will suffer from emotional unbalance, rage, fear and everything of the sort till your newborn year is over if lucky." I tell her.
"Meditation is good, at least an hour a day to sort through your mind." Kachiri states, I couldn't help but nod in agreement, it was what I told her when she was changed.
"I can do that, I use to do that when I was younger with my mom." She tells us smiling softly, sadly.
"I am curious, my gift does not work on you… are you gifted?" I ask her, her being immune to my gift was a rare thing amongst our kind – the ones I have met so far.
"Carlisle… I remember him saying I might be a shield…" she trails off in a frown. My brows raised high, a shield? A shield was mighty; they were protective and fierce, loyal. I only know of one other, she was taken though by the so called kinds of our race. She had the same traits, sacrificing her freedom for her coven.
"A shield is rare in our kind. It is not very often one has that gift, or a gift at all." I tell her amazed.
"I guess it is fitting, all my life I wished to help people. Then when times of danger, I wish I was strong enough to protect them." She tells us, her voice slightly higher than normal; her hand rubbing her chest.
"Nahuel is fine little one; he is speaking to Huilen and his sister." Senna tells her softly, patting her hand comfortingly.
"I am curious, this is off topic as you would call it… but is Bella your name?" Kachiri asks, cocking her head to the side.
Giggling she answered, "Isabella is my full name, Isabella Swan."
"Well Little Swan, welcome to our little tribe."
A/N: this was a difficult chapter to write in the eyes of Zafrina.
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