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Okay people. That was NOT my last chapter. I still have like five or so to go. I'm so sorry for having you guys to wait so long, PROM was last week. IT WAS AWESOME!!!!except for me getting yelled at. That ruined the whole evening. GRRRR. But anyways, I wrote a couple chapters in my freetime, which I didn't have much, with prom and map testing, it was a horrible week.
Anyways, now that i have somewhat time, I promise to finish the story after next week. And maybe--MAYBE--(that's a maybe by the way) start on the 'if' sequel. I still don't know for sure.
IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!in April!!!!!! Weird. Usually we have tornadoes and rain. Not big, huge, wet, snowballs falling from the sky. Seriously. These are like two inches in diameter. Jeez. It's weird.
Last Chapter
"Nope, next lie." He said simply.
"Hello, alpha male, I'm serious."
He towered over me, pinning me to the ground. "Show me." And I did. They were stunned, but as I looked into the forest as a wolf, I sensed something I didn't when I was in human form. Somebody was out there. And it wasn't werewolf.
Chapter 37 (Bella's POV)
I was surprised that the werewolves hadn't sensed the vampires yet. I had blocked my mind from them, not letting them know what I was thinking. I had learned to do this with Jake and the rest. I changed forms, getting ready to tell the alpha. And also for the people in the forest. I retied my clothes, making sure I was decent. (AN: HAH! I remembered!!)
"How-What-Why?" He kept changing his questions. The other wolves just sat on their hunches and stared at me.
"How about we take this somewhere else?" I asked not wanting anybody to get hurt. But I was too late.
The growls started and I saw the figures for the first time. The one who was in front of them, probably the one in charge of the coven, spoke, "Leave her alone." He looked at me, but spoke to someone else, "Take her, now."
Before I knew it, I was being grabbed by the coven. I resisted, "Let me go! LET ME—"
I shrugged away from them, standing in between the two groups. "Stop! You guys need to stop it! You can't just kill each other every time you meet some one of the other kind!!"
"Why not? It's our nature!!" The alpha werewolf yelled.
"Why can't you just live in peace?" I screamed back.
"Because," the wolf was calming down again, but still shaking. "they drink from humans. Like all of the rest of you."
"I don't." I said in a normal voice. Nobody said a thing, just looked at me. I went on, "A few other covens do. Are they killed for fighting their nature? They had a treaty with the wolves I lived with. Do they deserve to die? Do I?"
"No." One of the wolves changed forms to talk to me. "You don't." He looked at me, calm. "You lived with werewolves?"
"Yes." I answered.
"You lived with those mutts? What happened to the other coven you were with?" The vampire in charge asked, disgusted.
"They never…" I stopped realizing what he said. "I never said I was with another coven. I just said there was one."
His eyes widened, but everything else looked calm. His mouth didn't move, none of his features moved a sinch. Except his eyes. That's when I knew he had heard about me and knew me. "I just thought you were…someone I knew."
"You mean heard about." I said in a monotone.
"Yes. You're Isabella Swan, the one and only who got away from the Volturi. Aren't you?" He asked, looking intently at me.
"If I am, what are you going to do?" I was going to take a step back, but realized that the two who grabbed me early were still there.
"Have a talk. Thank you for saving my son. I am eternally grateful." I looked for a small figure that looked like the one earlier but didn't see any. He must have noticed my gaze. "He didn't want to come back , because of the dogs."
I nodded. I would be scared too. But I wasn't.
"A vampire, afraid of a few wolves. Ha!" One of the them laughed.
"Jeez, people! At least be civil to each other!!" They glared, but didn't say anything. I looked at the wolves, then at the vamp's. I wonder how he found out, I thought, staring at the red-eyed vampire.
"So, will you come with us? We're on our way to the Cullen's. We thought that you would be there." He said, catching my stare.
"Um. Sure." I said, uncertainly. It would get some answers.
"Will you be alright?" The alpha stepped in front of me. I gave him a dazzling smile, and told him yes. I gave him a kiss on his cheek and waved to the rest of them, good-bye.
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We walked for just a few minutes before he spoke, "My name is Darien Doralius. This is my coven. Perhaps you've heard of us?"
I was about to say no, when a thought came back to me. Didn't Caius say that the Doralius clan were friends with them? And the vamp grapevine had talk of them taking over the Volturi? I replied,"Yeah, Caius said you guys were close friends with each other. That's all I know."
"Yes, we are." I picked up on the present form are. Good, they're still friends. "Speaking of Caius, when we saw him, he has changed a lot because of you. Especially in the last five years."
He looked at me, in awe and also in disgust. "What do you mean?"
"He happened to change his diet after you left, destroying the Volturi. Everybody is quite impressed with you. We've all been looking for you, but no one could find a trace. Of course, Aro and Caius knew but wouldn't tell us. Marcus was like his usually self, but he did talk a lot more too. It seems that you made some drastic changes in Italy." He stopped walking and turned to face me. He lifted his hand up and traced my cheekbone with his fingertips. I stepped away from his cold touch, but not before he said, "Amazing, the warmth."
I took a look around me and saw my car in front of me, surrounded by black SUV's. One in front and one behind it. "What's this?"
"We're going to escort you to the Cullen's. If that's where you were going?" He looked questioningly at me. I nodded my head and said 'sure.'
He got into the driver side of my car, but soon got out. By me throwing him out. Hehehe. He didn't see that coming. He landed on the other side of the road, looking at me really pissed off. I just laughed and got in and said, "Comin?"
Darien opened the passenger door and sat without talking. We didn't talk. At all. Not until we stopped at a station to get gas. As I waited, he came out and leaned against the car with me. "What happened with the dogs you were staying with?"
"Why?" I said, after a moment's silence. I really didn't want to talk about this. Especially with him.
"Because, I'm curious." He looked at me. "Did they hurt you? Caius said they gave you scars, and that they lasted even after your transformation. I saw them in the forest." I didn't say anything, just waited for the gas tank to fill up. He spoke again, "The Volturi thought that you met up with the Cullen's and lived with them. Aro said he couldn't see you living with the wolves. I guess he was wrong."
"What point are you trying to make? What are you trying to do? Make me mad? Sad? Scared, that the Volturi are talking about me? What?" He was taken back. I guess I was talking pretty loud since the people around us were giving me weird looks.
"No, I was just curious. Aro is almost never wrong. And Caius and Marcus were acting unusual and I just-" He cut himself off, frustrated. "Forget it. Never mind."
He pulled the receipt after paying for it with his credit card. He got into the passenger side and I went to the driver's side. We didn't talk at all, for the rest of the ride. I was tempted to ask him a few things, but decided against it.
"We're here." I said, pulling up to a beautiful white mansion. It was covered with vines. I figured Esme must have done some work to it. We all got out of our vehicles, and listened.
Not a sound was heard, no breathing, no talking, nothing.
"I guess nobody's home?" I looked over to Darien. "They must be gone hunting."
I knew there were people inside the house. More importantly, vampires. And a lot of them. I tried sensing them and counting them. Edward told me of the Denali coven, five of them. And seven Cullen's. That's twelve, but why was I sensing fifteen altogether?