A/N: Wolves can imprint on each other, but you know, they have to find the right one. This rarely happens that two wolves imprint on each other. There is a reason for everything. :) Alice's visions were being attacked by possibly a first-born witch. In other words, all her visions that she's seen weren't real. Emmett and Bella are... hehehe you have to read to find out about that part. :P
Isabella's POV
We weren't sure if Brutus was alive or not. If he was, then we were screwed, in other words. He would want to kill the Council, for taking over his throne. Was it possible he was working with Victoria, yes. But how was he alive again? I sighed, and took off my robe. It was getting very hot in here, especially with all this thinking.
"How is this possible? Brutus has been killed and put off to sea." Orin said.
"It's not possible for a first-born to be awakened again. Well it is, but a witch will die bringing one back to life." Gary said.
"So, what are we going to do?" I asked.
"We need to go to the sea. His body was placed in a coffin, if he's still there, then we have no idea who is it." Penelope said.
"And if he's not in there..."
"Then the Council might as well be dead." Katherine said. I sighed, and stood up. We needed to do this as soon as possible.
"What beach was he set off at?" I asked.
"The one in Sycase." Vincent said.
"Well let's go. We can't wait anymore." I said. We stood up and we all arrived in Sycase in seconds. Emmett, Jasper, Felix, and Eleazar went to go fetch Brutus's coffin. It was deep, deep down in the ocean. A witch never really goes far. But not only was it deep, it was under tons of sand. After ten minutes, I started to become a little worried. Yes they were vampires, and they didn't need to breathe, but still. It was taking longer than I thought. But finally, they popped up, dragging the coffin with them. I waddled over to them quickly. Darius and Claus started to open the coffin. The six of us ordered everyone back. We didn't want to get them hurt if something odd was going on.
Once Darius and Claus got the locks off, Gary slid the lid off. Then I gasped. He was in there. Brutus was in there. But it didn't look like he's been in water for over 300 years. He looked like he's been alive. With that, Penelope told me once they died, they didn't desiccate. So I relaxed. I noticed there was a golden and silver chain around his neck. It was a cross, but not only was it a cross, it looked like there was blood inside.
"What's this?" I asked.
"It's to keep him dead. If that were ever to be taken off of him, he would come back alive. That specific cross is rarely found, and can only kill a first-born. Well that's what we think. That's the only one we've ever had. All the other first-borns were killing each other. That's why they don't exist anymore. A first-born witch war. Scary isn't it?" Katherine said.
"Very." I said.
"Now that we know he's dead. It means someone else is doing this. Maybe another first-born. But I can't think of anybody that hated the Council other than Brutus." Vincent said. I sighed, and laid my hand on my stomach.
"I'm afraid to find out who it is." Penelope said. "Alice, we need to take that power back. Now that we know someone is counteracting towards you, we don't want you fully involved in this."
"Thank you." Jasper mouthed towards me. I nodded. It was easy to take back that power from Alice. She needed to watch Victoria closely now. And I needed to give back Ryan his powers.
"Don't abuse it." I said to him.
"Thank you Isabella." Ryan said. He kissed my hand. You weren't really allowed to touch a Council Member, but I allowed it, for like a second.
"I know this seems completely wrong to say. But Rosalie I think we may have to switch the baby furniture." Alice frowned. We laughed. She would worry about that right now... I looked back at the coffin, seeing Brutus. He didn't look like a mean person. He had brown hair, pale skin. His hair reminded me of Emmett. Brown and curly. I saw sort of a replica.
"Hello Bella." Miranda said.
"Hey, when did you get here?" I asked.
"Just a while ago." she said. Then I saw it. I saw where Brutus may have came from.
"Why do you look like Brutus?" I whispered. Her smiled faded, and she looked at him.
"He's your uncle Isabella. My brother." Miranda said. I gasped.
Darius and Claus carried the coffin into the basement. We didn't want to risk someone coming to get Brutus. Even if there wasn't another witch involved. Brutus was my uncle. I was so curious, I wanted to know. I wanted to know everything. But I know we needed to focus on something else. I sat on the throne again. Emmett came over to me, and sat in between my legs on the floor. I didn't say much to him when we started talking. I was still mad at him:
Flashback
"You should change your clothes." I told him.
"I'm fine..." he whispered. I knew he wasn't fine at all
"We should talk about this Emmett." I said. I wanted to talk to him about it. He needed to know how I felt, and I needed to know whether he was still in love with Emmett or not.
"Okay." he said, and sat down on the bed. I was going to have to change those sheets. Well, not me. There was a maid here.
"Do you still love her?" I asked.
"Yes, well no. I don't know for sure. I still care about her. But not as much as I care about you."
"I can't see how that's true Emmett." I said. "Last night was the best time of my life with you. But then again, you told me what you did, and it turned out to be the worst nights. I do think it's my fault. I should've waited until I knew you were ready. I went in for it too early. I was selfish."
"Bella, don't blame yourself for it. It's not your fault. It's not, trust me." he said. "I love you. I do. You were always the one to be there even when I wasn't upset. If you can't forgive me Bella, I understand. But I don't want to loose you. I love you. Very much." He came over to me, and put his arms around me.
"Why are you covered in dirt?" I asked.
"I don't know. Honestly. I was just so mad at myself. I guess I got up and left in the middle of the night." he said. "Do you forgive me?"
"I don't know yet. Maybe we should just hold it off for a while, Em. I need to think. Can we just be friends right now?" I asked. He didn't like the idea, but I knew he couldn't say no.
"Sure." he said.
I sighed, I couldn't do this. "Okay, maybe close friends with a lot of benefits? Take a bath with me." He had a small smile on his face.
"Of course."
End of Flashback
Emmett was massaging my foot while we were in the room talking to each other. It was going to be hard to figure out what the hell was going on. There was a big chance another witch was in this. It could possibly be a first-born only because it was able to overpower the Council and myself. I jumped up a little once Emmett tickled my foot a little bit.
"Sorry love." he said.
"It's fine." I said.
"What should we do about this? Are we going back to the other dimension?" Aro asked.
"Possibly. There's nothing we can do here. We will leave tomorrow. And arrive back in Volterra." Penelope said.
"We will leave the humans here. They will be safe. Town will watch over them." Gary said.
"Sam, I've heard that you are not taking all of your wolves. Who will you be leaving?"
"I will not be taking Seth, Anna, Cain, Lucy, and Red." Sam said. I can understand why. The five of them were so young.
"Alright." Katherine said.
"Miranda, Leslie, and Ryan will be joining us in this." Orin said. Leslie... I haven't seen that girl in a while. She was always so busy. Everyone left so we could get ready for our departure tomorrow. I had a lot of time, but so little to do. I went to the bedroom, to get some things ready. After I was done, I wanted to talk to Miranda, about my family's history. I walked up to her bedroom, and knocked on the door.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Can we talk?" I asked.
"Of course. What do you need to know?" she asked as I stepped into her room.
"I want to know my family's history." I said.
"Oh." she said. "Why don't you have a seat dear?" I sat down on the couch. Miranda told Darius to go get some tea. I didn't want to drink anything. I wanted to know the truth.
"What would you like to know?" she asked.
"Everything. Start from the beginning." I said.
"Alright. Well, see my parents, your grandparents, were human. Everybody in the family was human. The Hart family, that's your real last name. Isabella Marie Hart. Anyways, one day, my brother, Brutus was getting very ill. We thought he would all die. But he didn't. One night he was dying, and then the next day he was perfectly fine. It was odd. Then he disappeared. No one knew where he was. For days I tried finding him. But I succeeded, and found him. I followed him, very closely. He was with 36 other people. Then they caught me when I saw them using their powers. I ran as hard as I could, to get away from these people. I didn't know what they were, or what they were doing." she said. "But they caught me. And kept me with them at all times. It didn't take me a long time to figure out what they were. And once I found out. I was astonished. Anyways, Brutus was becoming blind by abusing his powers. And then one day, one of the first-borns hurt me. On purpose. Brutus was so upset, and killed him. After that, he's been so over protective of me. He wanted to see if I was able to become like him, and it worked. He changed me. After he changed me, the others started to change others randomly, out of boredom. That's how a war broke out. Some witches didn't want randoms to be made, but it happened. And once the war broke out, Brutus started to become more powerful. And that's how he got the lead. Once the war was over, most of the first-borns were dead. There were five left. Brutus, a woman named Uni, Francis, Sierra, and Xavier. But those other four first-borns left this dimension, not wanting to be under the ruler of Brutus. Anyways, you know how Brutus turned all evil and what not. We don't know why it happened. He was obsessed with power, and it got the better of him. So we had to kill him. As much as I didn't want to, we had to. He was killing for no reason. I miss him. I do. But I don't ever want to be put in a situation like that again."
"How does this involve me though?" I asked.
"Well. Before Brutus was killed, I was pregnant with you. He wanted to see you so badly. He wanted to see niece so badly. And since we both are related to him, the reign went into whoever was next in the family line. Our family had already died. So it was my turn. But I didn't want that. So when Vincent and Gary ruled in officially, they added Orin, Penelope, and Katherine. It was the best way. Then they said once you were born, you would have a choice of becoming part of the Council Members. I didn't want that for you. I wanted you to have a normal life. But you found your way here, and sure enough. You become part of the Council. It's not that their bad people, but I prefer to leave that past behind. It's always been so hard." Miranda said. "I've always wanted to see the looked on Brutus's face once he saw you. But that's impossible now. Really, I think the only person able to figure out everything was Brutus. He may be a cruel guy, but he was very smart as well. I do miss him."
"I'm sorry." I said.
"It's alright." Miranda said. "Some people will always betray you. You can't trust everyone Bella. I've learned that the hard way."
"I understand." I said. "Thank you. I will see you tomorrow morning."
"Of course. Bye love." she said. I walked out the room, trying to gather my thoughts. I walked through the hallways, having nothing to do. I was important, since I was part of the first-born rein. I told Darius and Claus to go get me some cookies and tea. Once they both left, I transported myself into the basement. I didn't know if I wanted to do this or not. But I knew I needed to. I stopped just before Brutus's coffin, and looked inside. I sighed, and looked around. I put a shield up, so he wouldn't leave, and so no one would come in as well. I hesitatingly took off the cross that was on Brutus. Now I needed him to wake up. I didn't know how long it would take, so I sat in a chair, next to the coffin.
After ten minutes of waiting I heard him gasp, and he sat up. I grabbed his arm, and told him it was okay.
"Miranda?" he whispered.
"No. My name is Isabella. I'm Miranda's daughter, and your niece." I said.
"Isabella..." he mumbled my name. "What happened?"
"You were killed." I said. "And I need your help."
"Killed? What year is this?" he asked.
"2012. Hey, listen. I need your help or I will kill you again." I said. I waved the cross in his face. He backed up a little for it.
"What do you want?" he asked.
"Someone is trying to kill me." I lied. Well, I think I'm lying. I wasn't sure. "Another witch is involved, and it may be a first-born. We have no first-borns on our side. I need to know if I can trust you."
"Where's Miranda?"
"She's alive. But I will not take you out of here unless you agree with me." I said.
"You are very rude."
"How? I'm the one who brought you back to life, aren't I?"
"Fine. But I would like to see Miranda. You look a lot like her. Not like your father. It's positively amazing."
"Thank you." I said. "Now let's go." I grabbed his arm, and helped him out. I threatened him a couple of times to kill him if he would do anything stupid. I didn't know what the others would think about this. But we needed help, and he was my only choice.
Emmett's POV
Darius, Claus, and I were walking around trying to find Bella. She walked off somewhere, and just left. It was their fault, they were supposed to stay with her at all times. Especially now, everything was going crazy. I walked into the Council Room, and asked the others where Bella was. They shrugged, and then gasped. I turned around to see Isabella standing next to him. Brutus... Was she crazy or what? And how would the Council take this?
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