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Chapter Twenty: Leanaí an Gealach

I need to get out of here.

Since there was no one holding on to me, I quickly turned on my heel and headed towards the door.

"Felix," Aro called and almost immediately I felt a pair of huge arms wrap around my waist, pulling me down onto the floor.

"Fuck," I cursed as the huge vampire that gave Emmett a run for his money grabbed my arms and put them behind my back.

"Get up," he ordered, getting to his feet. I stood up as he did, glaring at the smiling Aro.

Aro sighed before he turned to the Cullen children, chuckling. "This young one has been causing you so much trouble? There are six of you against her, I'm sure you could've held your ground."

"She's sneaky," Rosalie said, crossing her arms. "And it's hard to guess her next move."

"Bite me, Blondie," I said as I glared in her direction. Felix tightened his hold on me and I had to keep myself from groaning. This guy was strong.

"From your observations about her, I have a very good feeling as to what she is," Aro said as he took a step closer to me, eyeing me with a certain spark of want in his eyes. Surely he didn't want me like that. "Tell me, young one, where it is."

Where what i—Right. The vampires that were in charge of the cinedhíothú knew about the tattoo. Fuck. "I don't know what you're talking about," I told him.

He chuckled before he walked closer to me, close enough so that he could place his hand on my chin, forcing me to look him in the eye. "I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about."

"Nope. No clue."

Aro sighed, shaking his head as he turned to the Cullen family. "Esme, I know how you feel about torture, but I see no other way to get this girl to talk. You may leave, if you don't want to witness what I'm about to do."

Yippee! He's going to torture me! Why did they have to do this on the new moon? If they did it on the full moon I could knock some sense into their thick skulls.

Esme looked at me with a slight frown. "I'm sorry," she whispered before she walked out of the kitchen just as Jacob walked in the house.

"The pack is surrounding the house in case she tries to escape," he said as he turned to look at me.

Aro nodded. "Now, are any of you opposed to me torturing this girl?"

Jane stared at her nails, it was obvious she didn't care. Emmett and Jasper exchanged a look with one another before they sighed and shook their head.

"This bitch deserves it," Rosalie muttered as she glared in my direction.

"She needs a taste of her own medicine," Jacob nodded in agreement.

"I agree with Jake," Edward said, placing his hand on Jacob's shoulder.

Of course you do.

Alice remained quiet, no response coming from her what-so-ever, so Aro nodded and turned to the two other men at the door. "Demetri, please, come here."

The one with the light brown colored hair nodded before he walked forward.

"Every time she answers the question incorrectly, I want you to inflict pain upon her," Aro said. When Demetri nodded again, Aro turned to face me with another smile. "Tell me your name."

Well, it wouldn't hurt to tell him that, would it? "Bella," I answered.

"Which clan are you from?"

Jesus Christ. How'd he know that? "What do you mean by clan?" I lied.

Demetri sent a fist towards my stomach, and I grimaced slightly. Damn that hurt.

"Tell me where it is then," Aro demanded, crossing his arms behind his back as he looked at me expectantly.

"Where what is?"

Another fist flew, but this time it connected with my jaw, making an audible snap as it broke the bone. It had already begun healing when Demetri turned to look at Aro once more, the bone marrow filling in the gap in my jaw.

"Stop this!" Alice called as she stepped forward, staring at Aro pleadingly. "Isn't there any other way to get the answers from her without hurting the poor girl?"

"Oh, Jesus Christ," Edward muttered, shaking his head as he looked at the ground.

Aro looked at Alice's expression, one that reminded me of a dog begging for food, and he sighed. "Yes. We can get the answer we want without torture. Jacob, I need you to fetch me a set of Rosalie's or Esme's clothes."

Jacob's jaw tightened as his eyes started to narrow into slits, but Edward grabbed Jacob's shoulder and shook his head. In response, Jacob sighed and did as he was told.

"If you don't answer me this time, I'll be forced to remove your clothes," Aro warned as he turned to me once more. "Where is it?"

"Is it wrong of me to have no clue what you're talking about?" I asked with a small smile, obviously being snide. He was planning on removing my clothing anyway, what with sending Jacob to get clothes for me, so why not bide my time.

"Demetri, discard her clothing but leave her undergarments. I'm sure we'll be able to see it even if she is wearing minimal clothing."

Demetri nodded and turned to face me, grabbing my shirt and tearing it off before he moved to the pants. Just as he grabbed the denim, however, Felix let out an "I see it", causing Demetri to stop.

Felix threw me to the ground, exposing my back to the vampires behind me.

"I'm surprised that Jane didn't come to think of this as an option for what she is," Aro said, turning to Jane.

Jane stared at my back as I got to my knees, crossing my arms as I waited for a shirt to come by. "I thought they went extinct. I never imagined running across one again."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are 'they'?" Emmett asked, air-quoting the they of his question.

"Leanaí an Gealach," I answered for Aro as Jacob walked in with a shirt. He tossed it to me, but not before I noticed his eyes zeroing in on my bra. Pervert.

Fortunately, Edward caught Jacob staring at my breasts and smacked him at the back of his head when he took his spot next to him.

"Leanaí an Gealach?" Alice asked, cocking her head to the side. "Is that…Irish?"

I nodded. "It is."

"I'm surprised you know the Irish translation," Aro said as he eyed me. "You don't look older than eighteen."

"I'm turning seventeen tomorrow," I told him as I put on the shirt. It looked like it would be one of Esme's, thankfully, and it fit me perfectly. "My grandfather was born in the late seventeen hundreds, though, so he knows a lot of the Irish translations. Especially cinedhíothú."

Aro chuckled. "Genocide. I can see why you would want to know that one."

"Am I the only one confused as to what a Leanaí an…whatever is?" Jacob asked. "And what does it have to do with her tattoo?"

"Much like you, Jacob," Aro said, "the Leanaí an Gealach kind use tattoos to identify their kind. Tell me, what do you think she is, judging by the tattoo?"

Jacob pursed his lips. "Uh…another breed of werewolf?"

"We're the only breed of werewolf," I muttered under my breath.

"No, you aren't! I'm a werewolf! I know this!" Jacob growled as he took a step forward.

"Werewolves are affected by the moon. Are you affected by the moon? I don't think so, which means you aren't a werewolf," I said as I got to my feet, glaring at him. "I'm a Child of the Moon, that's the English translation. Right now I'm at my weakest because it's the new moon, but on the full moon, I could easily take on four vampires and walk away unscathed." Well, maybe not unscathed, but I wouldn't have that many injuries on me.

"I thought that Caius had killed them all," Jane started as she turned to face Aro. "Why are they still alive?"

"It's true, that my brother had a vendetta against the Leanaí an Gealach, mainly because they were competition. They used to eat humans, back in the late eighteenth century, and that's what caused the genocide," Aro said before he sighed and turned to me. "I am sorry about that. I don't know what good it does now, but I noticed that the Children of the Moon were becoming smart and learning how to feed from animals. I shared this news with my brother and we agreed to let people think that we had killed them off, when it actuality, they were very much alive."

Rosalie never let up her glare, though, as she stared at me. "I always knew you were a bitch."

I rolled my eyes. "Like I hadn't heard that one before."

"What does that make me, then?" Jacob asked before he pointed a finger in my direction. "You called me a shifter."

I nodded. "You're a shape shifter that can turn into a wolf. I can see where you can get confused from being a werewolf, but you aren't."

"Hang on," a voice called from outside the house and Leah walked in, eyeing me. "I've got a question. Your dad, is he a werewolf too?"

"Yeah, he is," I said, stuffing my hands in my pockets. I couldn't really hide it now, considering that my secret was out in the open. It was probably for the best if I remained truthful, especially since I was in the presence of the guy who called off the cinedhíothú.

Leah nodded to herself before she left out of the house in a hurry.

No doubt to tell Sue, I thought to myself. Sorry, Charlie.

"Why are you here, though, Aro?" Jane asked, turning to him. "I am surprised to see you so far from Volterra."

"Ah, Jane," Aro said with a smile. "I came to see you, my dear. There seems to be some evidence in Kansas that show a creation of a newborn army and I need you, along with the other members of the guard, to take care of the problem. I will stay here until you return, mainly because I need the members of the guard to escort me back to Volterra."

Jane nodded. "As you wish." She turned to face the three cloaked men and they nodded at her before they left the house.

So Jane was a member of the Volturi? Or is she still one? Either way, she had some serious connections and I shouldn't mess with her anymore.

"I hope you don't mind, though, Carlisle," Aro said as he turned to the vampire in question, "if I can stay here."

"None at all, old friend," Carlisle said, placing his hand on Aro's shoulder.

"May I…go?" I asked. They weren't talking to me anymore, it seemed, so hopefully I would be free to leave.

"You may," Aro said with a nod.

I ran out of there fast. I stopped when I reached a lake, the same lake I saw a week ago, and looked at my reflection. I looked like a mess. My hair was tangled with grass, dirt and leaves, and my jaw had a large bruise on it.

"Hopefully that'll go away in the morning," I told myself as I rubbed my jaw. "Damn," I said as I felt the crack that was already healing under my skin. "I didn't deserve that."

Yes you did, Bella.

I sighed as I nodded to myself. "I did deserve it."

I deserved it because I was jerk to them for no apparent reason. True, Jacob did deserve the punch to his jaw, but the Cullens didn't deserve my attitude towards them.

Still…that gave them no right to kidnap me. It wasn't like I was going to go ahead with my threat of throwing Edward into the sunlight. I knew better than that, and they should've known that I knew better than that.

I sat on a nearby rock and laid my head in my hands. "I probably screwed things up for Charlie. He's probably going to hate me now."

Better he hear it from you than Sue, I thought.

With a nod I turned around only to find Esme watching me. "Oh, uh…hi," I said, not sure what else to say.

"I'm sorry if they hurt you too much," she said as she took a step closer. "Sometimes it seems that my children were raised by a pack of wolves, some more so than usual, and I wanted to apologize if they harmed you."

I shook my head. "I deserved it."

"No one deserves torture," she said, shaking her head. "No matter what they have done, they don't deserve torture."

"I appreciate your…concern, but I'm fine. My kind heals at a rapid rate."

She nodded before a smile tugged at the corner of her lips. "I just want to let you know that you shouldn't be too angry at Emmett or Alice. They didn't agree to this…plan to kidnap you. They also talk fondly of you and wish to become your friend."

"Yeah," I said as I scratched the back of my neck. "We're sort of friends as it is, Alice and I, that is."

"You don't know how much she cherishes your friendship. Don't be too angry with her," she said before she disappeared.

I pursed my lips before I shook my head with a sigh. "I should be mad at Alice. She should've told me what was going to happen."

She stopped Aro from torturing you more. He probably wouldn't have stopped until you started to bleed.

Shaking my head once more, I turned around and headed home, glad that Charlie was actually there. I was surprised to see my bike in the driveway, and as I walked up to the porch, I could see my backpack waiting for me in the bushes outside of the house.

Snatching the backpack from the bush, I walked inside to find Charlie watching some guys talking about sports.

I sighed as I dropped my backpack, causing Charlie to look at me. "I have something to tell you."

"Where have you been and why do you look roughed up?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"The Cullens…they sort of kidnapped me and then I ran into Aro of the Volturi and…they know what we are."

"We?" Charlie asked, sitting up.

I nodded. "Yeah…Leah went to tell Sue."

Charlie looked at me for a second, trying to make sense of my words, when realization dawned on his face.

"SHIT!"

My thoughts exactly.

A/N: A lot of you seem to think that I'm evil. Why thank you! I love being evil!

The Cullens didn't call Aro, Aro had just shown up. It was very, very bad luck working against Bella. No. she's not going to be as mad at them as you'd think, but she will be angry towards those that really deserve it; i.e. Rose, Jane, Ed and Jake.

Next chapter: Bella tries to cheer Charlie up, he gives her a birthday present, and someone comes by!