A/N I'm on a roll! My hands are going so fast it is a little scary! And I keep mistyping words, that's what caffeine does to you…. There were tons of mistakes in the last chapter but I'm going to wait until I've finished the story before going through the whole thing and correcting it. I promise to re read before I upload from now on. I swear!
EDIT!: Ok, I'm writing this whilst I'm halfway through the chapter. After I finish this edit I will have to go into hiding. By the time you've finished the chapter, and consequently the story, I hope to be in Mexico, underground. In a missile proof bunker. You'll get it very shortly. Oh God, am I really going to do this, yes, yes I am. I must be suicidal. THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL!!! Please don't hurt me!
My search for Twilight is still in vain!
Bella's P.O.V
That. Was. AWFUL! I am never having so much time of school again and then coming back. No way! All the whispers and stares, ugh. Never again. I don't care who needs me to save the world. Oh who am I kidding I just can't say no…
"See, that wasn't so bad was it?" Asked Edward as we got into his car. I just glared at him. "Are you not talking to me?" He was finding this way to funny. I waited five minutes before answering him.
"We should have just turned around and gone home." I sulked.
"I'm sorry. Do you forgive me?" Another five minutes silence and we were nearly back at the Cullen place.
"Only coz I love you. And you are a real romantic."
"Thank you. Let's go and find out what Jasper has come up with." I agreed and we got out and started to look for Jasper.
"Bella. Now I know this looks like a lot of work but, it won't be so bad, ok?" Jasper looked, and felt, nervous. Therefore the whole house was on edge and waiting for my reaction to the list of well over two hundred different emotions.
"We best get started." I said. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and I looked at the first emotion on the list. Greed. Let the good times roll.
For the next two weeks I tried to get at least five different emotions down a day. I was sleeping less and training more. After a month passed I was doing nearly ten emotions a day. Apart from when I came up against a really tough one. Take Malice for example. Who knew it was that hard to be malicious. I managed after three days of tantrums and stamping feet when I got anger or rage, even jealousy popped up at some point.
Then we were done. I had all the emotions Jasper had ever encountered in my arsenal and the Cullens and Stefan and Vladimir were charged on animal blood and trained up to the nines. Now all we had to was wait for the scroll to be worked out.
So far we had a few words and parts of words worked out but it was such an old and complicated language that changed and twisted all the time.
I was fighting with Alice one Saturday. My bones were not as breakable and they healed much quicker. It was becoming more and more obvious that I wasn't human.
"Right. Now lift some boulders. You know that drill, as many as you can for as long as you can." We were in the clearing that we played baseball in, the one with the waterfall. It helped to cover the noise when I couldn't hold the rocks anymore and they crashed to the ground. Plus there was tons of boulders. All very heavy I might add.
I got to ninety before a few started to tremble and shake slightly.
"Come on Bella, you can keep them up. Don't lift anymore, just concentrate on the ones you have up." I nodded and took quick, panting breaths. Five more seconds. I thought, then five more and five more. Finally after twenty minutes of internal struggle I let them fall to the ground with a cash.
"You did well Bella! Ten more than yesterday and for longer too!" Alice cried as she hugged me.
Alice's phone went off and she flipped it open.
"Alice! You and Bella need to get back here, NOW! We've cracked the code. We know what we need to do and we need to get re planning." Said Jasper, speaking faster than I have heard any of the vampires speaking. I could hear the excitement buzzing in his voice.
"Oh thank God! We'll be there in a few. Love you Jazz."
"Love you too Ali." Alice hung up and the two of us ran home.
"So where are we at?" I asked as soon as we got through the door.
"We have good news." Stared Jasper. Edward came over to me and wrapped his arms around me from the back, I leant into him.
"The good news is that we have cracked the code of that damn language. The legend states that you will defeat the Volturi and win the freedom of the humans and the other mythical creatures of the world. It's all very secretive. One thing we do know is that you can't do it alone, or should I say we can't do it alone. We're going to go on a little trip around the world. We should find some vampire back up as well." Finished Carlisle. I nodded slowly. Anything sounded better than me having to take on the Volturi on my own.
"Ok, where to first? And when, I need to fake my death for Charlie." I was going to miss Charlie like crazy but I could see it was the only way to keep him and the world safe.
"According to the scroll, we just have to travel around really. You are like a magnet for them, trouble too. We should go to remote places. Deserts, forests, that sort of thing. We shouldn't wait too long to leave but… take your time with Charlie. Your 'death' will hurt him deep so give him some happy memories to remember you by." Jasper tried to be gentle about my dad but it didn't help. I could feel the slight sting of tears gathering behind my eyes but managed to stop them from sliding down my cheeks. I don't know how because I was essentially losing my farther. Forever.
"Don't worry about him too much Bella. I can see him. He'll miss you like mad but he's going to find love in Sue Clearwater. She'll make him happy, he will be in good hands Bella, I can see it now." Alice gave me a reassuring smile before going to decide what to take with us on our journey, our adventure.
"Me and Stefan shall go and compose a list of vampires who may be willing to stand with us in the end." Vladimir bowed slightly along with Stefan before leaving for the study.
"I think I'm going to go home. Can we arrange my death tomorrow please?" I asked the others. I was suddenly very sleepy and wanted to see Charlie before I passed out. I needed as many memories as I could get my hands on.
"Want me to come with you? I can go hunt with Jasper and Emmett if you want some time with Charlie though, up to you." Edward said into my ear. He couldn't really tell what I wanted him to do. Which was fair enough really seen as I didn't know myself.
"I'll be fine." I kissed him before setting off home.
Charlie car was in the drive and I smiled as I thought of his predictable routine that he and I both loved so much.
"Hey Dad! I'm home!" I yelled as I whipped my feet on the mat.
"Oh hey Bells, I didn't expect you back this early!" He poked his head through the doorway to the kitchen and grinned at me. "I just ordered pizza if you want some." I thanked him but declined. I poured myself a drink instead and sat down on the sofa next to Charlie. He was watching some sport game that I didn't understand.
I asked a few questions and Charlie was so excited when he was explaining the different plays and techniques used in the game. We carried on like that till the end of the game, stopping a little way through when the pizza arrived.
"Night dad. Love you." I said from the doorway as I headed up to bed.
"Night kiddo, love you too."
I undressed and pulled on my favourite long shirt, slipping a pair of shorts on underneath. I heard the window open behind me and smiled.
"Hey, I wondered…" I was cut off by a hand being put over my mouth. I froze. That wasn't Edward.
"Hello there little girl." The voice was low and husky, but not in a good way, at all.
I tried to struggle out of his grasp but couldn't. I was pulled out of the window and carried at vampire speed into the woods. I tried to focus, to call on my powers.
"Are you trying to hurt me? Well that isn't very polite is it?" This guy obviously knew a lot about me and that thought scared me.
We were in the middle of the forest and the vampire felt it was safe to take his hand off my mouth. As soon as he did I turned to face him.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Me? I'm here to kill you. Your powers won't work on me. I'm immune." He was so proud of that.
I called forth my anger and tried to kill him. He stood there, all cocky with this smug grin on his face. Bastard.
"Told you so." His voice was really starting to grate on me.
"You were sent by the Volturi weren't you? We're on to you, we know what you're planning to do. " I was sure of this. So sure.
"No. The Volturi are old news. Well, they will be soon. It's all about the French now. A little coven called the Crainte. That means fear by the way. My masters are so much stronger than the Volturi, so much smarter. Younger too. They came together after that little scroll of yours was written." I could hear my heart beating in my chest. He wasn't lying, I could see that much in his eyes. They were red. Blood red.
"You going to tell me all your plans then? Isn't that what the bad guy is supposed to do before they attempt to kill the good guy?" I asked in a mocking tone. On the outside I had this calm, collected and a little bit smug façade, on the inside though I was crying, screaming. I was truly scared.
"Again, no. I did tell you we were smarter than the Volturi."
"How do you plan to kill the Volturi? You do know they are preparing an army right? You have no hope of stopping them. Only I do." My plan was to make myself sound better than I actually was, take a leaf out of Laurens book you could say. See? I was hysterical on the inside, thinking of Lauren at a time like this.
"We have our methods. Back to you though. You are a very important player in this game Isabella Swan, very important indeed. You are a myth. A legend. Yet here you stand before me. Unfortunately, you are one of these few people who cannot be convinced to join the dark side, so to speak. Therefore you will go and warn all your little mythical creature friends that we are looking for them. That cannot happen. So, you cannot live.
Those idiot Volturi are trying to kill you and so are we, that is where our similarities end though. We are simply going to rule the human race, not just use them as cattle. For that to happen we need to be the only magical." He snorted at the word. "creatures out there. You get in the way of that on so many levels."
I looked around, praying for Edward to find us.
"Your precious Cullens will not come to your aid this time, they are… Otherwise engaged." He laughed cruelly as the blood drained from my face. I felt cold and numb all over.
"You leave them alone." I snarled.
"And what are you going to do about it? Use your little powers to stop me?" He laughed again. "You already tried that!"
"I don't need powers to kill you, I have strength and am mighty pissed at you! That is all I need." The colour in my eyes were a surging rainbow, it didn't really help me now but it showed just how mad I was. For the first time yet I saw a hint of fear in his eyes.
I took advantage of that and took a step towards him. That made that tiny spec of fear lodge itself into his cold, un beating heart. It was all I needed.
"I need no mythical power to help me tear you limb from limb." I held out my hand to a tree and watched it burst into flames. "Say hello to the devil when you get to hell for me." My voice sounded foreign to my own ears and the malicious grin on my face was strange to me. But is felt good, empowering. That's what happens when you involve my family.
I launched myself at him but he ducked just in time. I rolled into a low fighting crouch, waiting for his next move. It didn't come though, he was shocked. I ran to him, pushing him against a tree. The tree strained then snapped under the force. He fell to the ground and I straddled his hips, hands firmly planted on his chest.
I grabbed his head in both hands and pulled with my new found strength. With a sickening sound his head came off in my hands. The last look of horror still on his features. I threw the head into the flames, then the rest of him, making sure to pull him apart first. I didn't want to take any chances.
I watched for a few moments as he burned. Then I set off the Cullen mansion.
Bella Swan had taken a back seat in my mind long ago. Now it was Isabella Swan, mythical creature and pissed off woman who was in the driving seat.
I was about five miles from my final destination when the stench of smoke filled my senses, stinging my over sensitive eyes and nose. I sped up and came to a skidding stop when I entered the clearing.
The house was on fire. It was surrounded by vampires, most with red eyes. The Cullens stood in a circle, facing out, backs together for protection. I could only watch my own actions.
"STOP!" I roared in this new, cold voice that was my own.
Everything stopped and everyone turned to face me. Red eyes filled with fear and gold filled with joy. They must of thought me to be dead. I didn't have time to dwell before I was talking again.
"YOU DARE TO COME HERE AND MAKE WAR ON ME AND MY FAMILY?! ARE YO BRAVE OR FOOLS. Maybe you're both. Whatever you are you are dead!" I felt myself float into the air and look down on the vampires.
"Enough talk! Kill them!" Yelled the obvious leader of the red eyes. The vampires surged forward to the Cullens. More came out of the trees, joining the fight already taking place beneath me. I held my hand out and lifted twenty of the evil vampires into the air then threw them into the fire that was already waiting to aid my victory.
I dropped back to the ground and was immediately attacked by a group of the red eyes. I killed them quickly and strode to the Cullens who were holding their own. I killed all that got in my way without taking my eyes off Edward who was trying to make his way to me.
"BELLA!" He called to me.
"Edward!" I yelled back to him. I was slowly taking over from the harsh Isabella from before. As she went away, the fear came back.
I fought as hard as I could. Not one vampire got close to me. That couldn't last forever though and as I saw my family begin to tire because of the onslaught and make mistakes. It took a lot of effort to keep myself safe but help my family as well. I did it though.
The red eyed vampires pulled back suddenly. They didn't say a word. Not one. Their eyes were glazed. They turned as one and ran away.
We were silent, not a word was said.
"What. The. Hell?!?" Roared Emmett. He punched the ground with such force it shook beneath me. I ran to Edward and he wrapped his arms around me. My body shook with sobs. My eyes were shut tight. I couldn't move from my spot in his arms. I had made a decision. There was no other way.
"Edward, I love you. So much. You fixed me, I'm almost whole again." Then I pulled away and started to back away from them and the still burning house. "I'm sorry, so sorry. I love you all! You made my life worth living when I thought I couldn't go on. Goodbye." Then I ran. Faster than I ever had before.
"Bella!" I heard him call my name on the wind. Tears streamed down my cheeks but I wouldn't stop. I couldn't stop.
A lot had happened in the last few months. I hadn't been lying when I said all those things to Edward and the other Cullens. I was almost whole again. The only way I could repay them was to keep them safe. If I was alive by the end, I would return to them. That was unlikely though.
Still not whole, still…
Ever So Slightly Broken.
A/N I am already in hiding so don't even bother to hire a hit man to kill me. A sequel is on its way. Give me a few weeks, maybe till after Christmas.
Thank you everyone who has stuck with me from the start, through all the writers blocks and all the other stuff that happened. I love you all so much!
I have to upload this now before I chicken out and delete it all and carry on with what I was going to do. So, did you like the twist?
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Love Always,
Sammy ^^
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