Bella walked into the living room and noted all of the other Cullen's were standing at the perimeter of the room. It seemed that they wanted to make her feel trapped. She found this to be amusing especially since she could leave whenever she wanted. So she moved to the couch to sit down. Then she waited. Bella was going to have them start and decide what they want to know. Even though Dumbledore wanted to her to be more affable to them and their situation; also give them some answers. Yet, she knew it would be bad if they got too much. So she was going to have to play this by but be truthful. Yet she was betting it would be Alice that would jump the gun and she didn't disappoint.
"So Bella, last time we saw each other I accused you of obstructing our gifts. How?"
Bella just looked at Alice, then Jasper, and finally Edward then she smiled. "Yes Alice, I obstructed your gifts. Bound them actually. How, well I made it so." Just at that time Carlisle came downstairs. "Bella dear, you have a compound fracture. I am surprised that the bone didn't break skin. I actually need to perform surgery on your arm to reset the bone." Bella took a moment to think about what Carlisle said and was really worried about what he was talking about. So she was just going to have to get to the point and find out, "Carlisle what are you saying. I don't understand."
The expression on Carlisle's face was unusual. "Bella, do you know what surgery is?" "No Carlisle I don't. So could you please explain." Carlisle just looked flabbergasted at this information. "Bella how is it that you don't know about general medical terms?" Bella was started to get irritated. This punishment was becoming extremely difficult. So she decided to take a different route, "Carlisle, just fix it enough for today and later I will have Charlie bring me in then you can do what you need to. Seriously I don't have all day for these ridiculous questions." Again it seemed that Carlisle wanted to protest, but he just realized that with all of his questions that he wasn't getting anywhere. Also Carlisle knew Bella would do what she said, so he went about setting her arm as much as possible then cover it in plaster. "Bella I am going to go ahead and cover your arm for protection, but you need to come in immediately and have your arm set appropriately."
Just then Jasper jumped in, "Bella where did you grow up?" She just smiled at Jasper, because he was taking a different route to get information from her. "Jasper, I grew up in England. Lastly I lived in London, if you must know." Carlisle and every other Cullen just frowned at this information. Probably because in their mind Bella thought she should know normal muggle things. Oops…
Yet it seemed that wasn't important to Alice as she completely changed the subject, "Bella you really didn't answer the last part of my question. How?"
"Actually Alice, I did answer your question, but what you want is a more developed answer. That answer isn't really something I can give you. Can you tell me how your gift actually worked?"
This time it seemed that Rosalie was tired of being silent, "Bella what are you here for?"
Bella just looked at Rosalie. Bella like how up front and different her view point was of all this, "Well Rosalie, I am here because of this family and the threat that you potentially pose to the world." That got the Cullen's attention. They all were flabbergasted at what was just said. Even Carlisle quit working on putting wet disgusting stuff on her arm. "Bella," Carlisle started, "What do you mean the threat we pose. Are you talking about what we are, or what my children can do?"
Bella took a good look at them and realized that they truly didn't understand what they were or the gifts that they possessed.
"It's about what the other members in this coven can do, not what you are. Besides, you all have weird eating habits that I just can't even begin to comprehend."
After they all just looked at her like she was weird, Edward decided it was his turn to speak. "Bella what about our gifts can be threatening when we are the ones who decide what to do with them?" Bella just looked at Edward and she couldn't help it, she started laughing. Also she was grateful that Carlisle seemed done with whatever he was doing because he removing the extra stuff from in front of Bella.
After her fit of laughter she took a good look at all of them and started, "None of you have an idea of the danger that you are in, or that you represent a way to hurt others around you. Just because you're supernatural with this over developed since of morality that you can ultimately control what happens in your world. The Volturi are not the biggest threat that you face and they don't even know about the gifts that reside in this coven. Each of you in your own way strive for control in your environment. Alice is the worst of you with her ability to see the future and then manipulate you if she doesn't like it. Her visions are subjective but she can see what the different decisions would lead to. Jasper with your ability to feel and manipulate the emotions around you can easily bring people under his control. Edward you hear what people think and then in turn could say what needs to be said to ease, anger, or turn the situation to your advantage. Carlisle and Esme being the parents of this coven, you strive to control and discipline them into your way of life. Rosalie has the biggest emotional struggle with control, because it seems she despises change. Also people need to stay at an emotional distance. Emmett feels that he is stronger so no one can overpower him."
It seemed that the Cullen's really didn't know how to respond, but it was Edward that started again, "you said that we have an over developed since of morality and that you don't understand our eating habits. How could you not since you are human."
Bella just took a moment to try and get this right, yet she doubted that she would for them, "Look, I don't know how this morality begun, but you are what you are. You are meant to be a predator to the human race. Blood is your food source. Do you feel that other predators should be punished for eating their food source? Now I'm not saying that human beings killing other human beings are right, I'm just saying that every creature has a right to survival. Now who says that you don't deserve to exist? Clearly your kind is meant to exist. Now if you don't want to kill people I believe there are ways to accomplish that but you don't have to go around eating animals to do it."
Edward just started shaking his head and replied, "What about God and the teachings that we are demons, abominations without souls?"
Bella just looked at him and was clearly confused, "I know nothing about God or whatever some people teach. I also don't believe in demons, and you want to say that you are an abomination that doesn't have a soul. Well I must say that is the most ludicrous thing in the world. You are a living being. You have an energy to who you are, so I guess that means you have a soul. Whoever spouted off those ideas just needs to be shot. Things in this world are created and if I understand what you meant in the idea of God, then if he is so important how could he want to punish his creation?"
Edward really didn't speak after that but Carlisle started again, "Bella you said that we were a threat? I assume that means that someone wants us under there control or at least side with them. How would that be possible?"
"Carlisle, I will try to answer that question when you could understand it better." Just then Jasper interrupted, "Bella you aren't giving us good answers. I don't think you can leave without us letting you. Also how did you arm get broken?"
Bella just smiled, and stated, "penance." Then Bella apparated out of the house to show them that she could leave whenever she pleased. That just because she was "human" that she wasn't under their control either. Also she needed to get to the airport in Port Angeles. Charlie would be picking her up soon.
Also now that she had the muggle form of treatment and it was irritating her that she was just going to fix her arm. No way was she going to do a surgery. Because whatever that was sounded horrible. So as she walked through the airport, she went to a bathroom and fixed her broken arm and removed the hardened plaster on her arm.
Now it was time to see Charlie and explain in detail just a bit more to him.
