Three days after the Cullen family threw me a birthday party I suppose they became distant. I don't blame them the incident where I started bleeding in front of seven vampires must of been extremely off putting to say the least. Edward hasn't been to school nor have I spoken to Alice. I started to worry...really I mean what if they were angry at me? they started to become my family, I never wanted anything to happen to them especially not be the reason that one of them slipped up from their 'vegetarian lifestyle' .
I sighed for the fourth time in one minute, I had just come out of school and Charlie's been worried about my lack of presence not that there was much to begin with.
I sat in the small living room of my fathers house trying to concentrate on my homework, lost in my own thoughts I stared at the front door willing there to be a knock a sign or something. ' sigh I'm pathetic maybe I should just go over there....' I mused.
Before my thoughts could go further there was a knock on the door bringing me out of my thoughts. I jumped up in the process knocked my knee against the table and dropped my pencil, standing up from my place on the old worn out leather couch that was in the living room, I made my way over to the door not knowing what exactly to expect or who to expect. Since Charlie wasn't home , though he never did get much visits aside from Billy black and Jacob his son. I awkwardly shuffled to the door, nearly tripping over my two left feet in my haste. Once I arrived I turned to handle letting off a creak , showing the age of the red door. ' we should really get someone to look at that' I thought idly to myself.
"Bella" I heard as I opened up to see my boyfriend, pale topaz eye colored vampire boyfriend.The dark circles under his eyes looked more pronounced somehow, like he hadn't slept for a thousands of years. His voice sounded strained and tired but still held that velvety, smooth quality I loved. Before I could return his greeting he spoke once more.
"Walk with me?" though the question was stated like a statement more than a question. And some part of me questioned why the hell he even bothered to pose it like a question but I digress.
I grabbed my green windbreaker and followed Edward outside, we didn't talk, the only sound around us was the crunching of the forest floor beneath our shoes. We walked into the backwoods behind Charlie's house I never really traipsed around the woods much especially when you have a cop for a dad giving you all the grief about walking through the forest alone, and never mind my clumsy nature it definitely wouldn't make for a pretty picture.
I nearly stumbled into Edwards back when he stopped abruptly, his features gave nothing away, no indication as to why he brought me out in the woods to talk, why he had been absent for most of the week and most of all why he hadn't spoken to me since he dropped me off from the disastrous party Alice threw me.
"Edward-" he cut me off with a shake of his head.
"We're leaving Bella" was all he said and though some part of me knew I wasn't included in that we, I naturally ignored it before my heart raced into a mild panic.
"Okay I just need to talk to Charlie-"
"No Bella, my family and I are leaving, the hospital has been noticing Carlisle age" he paused and my mind said 'bullshit' but I didn't dare call him out on it. "But that's not all it's not safe for you, I'm not safe for you"
"If this is about the party , then I'm sorry but I'm fine it was an accident no one -" he cut me off again and frankly, my nerves were shot, my heart raced even faster. Tears started pooling in my eyes as I clenched my fists in frustration, anger, regret and probably a hundred other emotions that I don't care to mention.
'Let him go, he's not the one' a voice whispered near my ear, it was familiar like the one I heard from my recent dreams. I never saw a face but it kept giving me cryptic messages, I shook my head clear of the errant thoughts floating around my mind and returned to the conversation I was having with my boyfriend .. ex-boyfriend?
"Edward stop ... just stop" I pleaded , his eyes turned hard as he stared at me , no compassion, no love just a husk of the eternal teenager I fell in love with.
"You were a mistake, a bad call on my part." He chuckled dryly " I never loved you ..and frankly we're tired of playing human" he said with sneer, the first emotion he had shown the entire afternoon was disgust at my apparent humanity. My breath caught in my throat as I swallowed the comment. The people I saw as a family albeit a vampire vampire one, saw me as nothing but a mascot , a pet used for their amusement and entertainment... the thought sickened me .
My thoughts spiraled and I didn't even hear the remainder of Edwards speech.I felt his cold lips press against my forehead as he parted but before he left I grabbed his wrist.
"Edwar-" I don't know what happened maybe he was tired of my incessant objections, or maybe just tired of the pathetic human that trailed after him like a lost puppy but he pushed me back and didn't hold back his strength, I felt my ribs crack on impact as I was flung through the air like a rag doll. ' not the first time' my mind commented unhelpfully. I felt a piercing,burning stab through my chest. A scream bubbled up in my thought, but I couldn't scream .. blood pooled in my mouth and I knew within minutes.. no seconds I would be dead.
At the same time, I heard footsteps pounding against the forest floor, Emmet came flying through the woods and knocked down a tree in the process as he pinned his now feral looking brother to the ground.
Alice looked on at the scene with horror stricken expression , Esme held in a gasp and a sob. Carlisle attempted help me but before he could take another step towards my now crumbled, bleeding body Rosalie threw him backwards with a snarl.
She came closer inspecting my wounds, my mind felt fuzzy, as I drifted in and out of consciousness. I felt cold, even colder than when Edward would press his body against mine. Colder than Alice when she launched at me with her abrupt hugs and even colder than when Rosalie gave me her ice queen glares.
"Bella-"" her voice broke, I have no idea why but my soul longed to comfort her .. she shouldn't look like that, that heartbroken expression doesn't suit her. I tried to lift my hand but it fell limply to my side, blood loss I assumed ..
"It...it's so cold rose" I whispered brokenly, my throat ached every part of my body ached with unending pain.
"Just .. just hold on Carlisle will save you" she whispered cupping my cheeks between her hands. I tried to smile but it came off as a grimace instead. I wanted to tell her it was to late. My heart itself was ruptured on impact, my body was going into shock and I'm no doctor but I'm pretty sure that means permanent death.
I closed my eyes, releasing my last breath wistfully, a very cliche thing happened, the moment I closed my eyes I was pulled into a white room. " I guess this is where we go to get sorted" I mumbled under my breath, I looked down to my clothes, the blood was gone, I was standing in a loose white pants and long sleeve white shirt. My feet bare on the white linoleum floors.
"Not quite darling" I heard the same voice from my dreams, the whispers that would give me cryptic and vague messages. I turned so fast and I was surprised that I didn't break my neck.
"Careful" she said lovingly, I shook my head this woman was a stranger to me .. was god a woman? Well power to us I guess. She must've read my thoughts or something because she let out a boisterous laugh.
"Oh my Isabella I'm not god or a god" she said between laughs, and my mind or death brain got even fuzzier.
"Then who are you?" I asked tilting my head to the side as I examined the woman before me. She was gorgeous, same color hair as me but the red or mahogany streaks were even brighter. She stood at 6.0' feet I guess, her features were natural, a beauty ' well rose is still prettier' my mind supplied unhelpfully. I continued to survey the woman before me , I noticed we shared some features.. the eyes.. and definitely the same nose.I couldn't shake the feeling that she looked familiar ... like I had seen her before.
"You know who I am" she said vaguely, I sighed in frustration .. I just died I really don't need all these cryptic messages right now.
"Look lady I just died.." my voice cracked a bit as I thought of Charlie, Jacob .. my traitorous mind flashed to the heart broken expression that was on Rosalie's face. I shook the reminder away
"Hmm" she hummed and stepped closer to me , I felt safe, comforted so I didn't take a step back. Maybe Rose was right I really do lack normal instincts.
I heard her whisper something underneath her breath "what was forgotten will now be found" I felt a light tap to my forehead.My mind raced with every memory I had when I was a child, playing in the backwoods of my fathers home, with the same women watching me carefully, as she explained the powers of our family, how we created things out of nothing.. magic ..
"I'm a witch?" I gasped at the memories
"Not any witch, you're the last enchanted witch in our bloodline" she said softly , her hands cupped my cheeks..
"How?... why ..?" I questioned not understanding why I could never use it , why I had forgotten all those memories.
"Your mother took you away, so I needed to bind your magic." She paused and kissed my forehead like my grandmother used to. " Isabella you are meant for so much more"
I was about to question that but she continued " only one enchanted witch will walk the earth at a time, the powers we had was a gift from the gods, though it's never been all good. There are light witch and dark witches neither is good or evil but the dark witches had an affinity to cause chaos" she sighed and made a motion for us to sit down. I sat down and listened to her tell the history about the enchanted witches.
"Thousands of years ago a dark witch, bit off more she could chew and created what you call today cold ones or vampires...idiot if you ask me but she didn't anticipate their blood lust and so she perished at the hand of her own creation, the first one she created is the strongest and cannot be killed or has not" she took a breath and continued " a light witch saw the damage the cold ones was doing to the humans, and decided to create a counter part so to speak, she created children of the moon... or werewolves unfortunately they were wiped out because they couldn't control their shifts and caused even more problems... somehow down the line.. a watered down version was created one that wasn't bound to the moon instead bound to emotions, strong ones like anger and hatred, shifters were born from magic , they would be born naturally and cannot be bitten to change. Their gene is carried through generations when a vampire or many is in a area for specific are for amount of time they would activate their gene, though it presents like an illness" she looked to me to see whether I was following along. I was enraptured by the story,surprisingly calm for someone who had just died minutes ago.
" these shifters can take many forms, cats wolves or bears .. I know of one tribe who shifts into wolves" she said with a glint in her eyes, and looked down to me expectantly.. my mind ran rampant with everything, where I heard the story or the cold ones, Jake told me and about his tribe but I dismissed them turning into large wolves well simply because it there wasn't any proof or 'maybe you were just too enamored by the sparkling vampires to pay attention' once again my mind seemed spiteful.
"The Quileute's ?" I questioned, the woman gave me a bright smile.
"That's right Isabella" she cooed and pinched my cheeks, I flushed red from embarrassment.
"Well I love a good story but I really don't know why You're telling me this ... if you haven't noticed I'm kinda not in the land of the living anymore" I said softly..
" well my great great okay many great times grand daughter" she chuckled at her own joke and I laughed slightly along, still in awe that she was related to me but I guess it made sense since it only ran in the swan line. " I'm telling you this because you have a choice" she said softly.
" I do ?" She nodded " but before I tell you your options I want to show you something" I nodded and she waved her hand. I assume she owned this space since she looked in control of everything.
I saw the scene where my body was lodged against or through a tree rather, Carlisle was pulling rose away from my corpse as he attempted to whisper reassurances.
"Don't you dare Carlisle!" her voice was hard, as she stared at the blonde haired doctor. " you have Esme and Jasper has Alice. I had to watch my mate in the arms of someone else!" She screamed and pushed the man away.
"I had to watch her being lied to because you felt that Edward deserved having someone to love more than me.." I gasped at the words, more tears started rolling down my cheeks as I watched Rosalie speak , her clothes were stained in my blood, but she didn't look affected , her eyes had turned liquid black I assumed from anger and grief. But the moment she uttered those words I felt my heart shatter.
"You can be sure that I'll be going to the Volturi and ask for death and I'll take Edward down with me.. because I can't live without her ... and it'll be your fault" she whispered brokenly and turned back to my corpse.. I saw her place a soft kiss on my lips. "I'm so sorry Isabella... so sorry I never .." she broke off and choked back her sobs "I don't know whether vampires have a hell or heaven but I'll be sure to see you soon.." she said kissing my cold dead lips one more time before she sped away from her family.
" Rose!!" I stood up and screamed at the screen, where she disappeared from, I felt my soul being torn apart. I hated it .. I hated being lied to ... I hated that she felt she couldn't live without me ... I hated that I couldn't be there to comfort her.. all the time I thought she hated me ..I felt arms slip around my waist holding..
"Breath Isabella .. breath" I tried taking in raggedy breaths, as I calmed down.. I hated Edward .. I hated him for what he had done, what he said why he thought he was more worthy of having a mate than Rose did.
"Would you like to hear the options now?" I nodded silently, I tried to clear my mind from the images, words I had just seen .. but it seemed an impossible task.
"I'm a light witch" she said and I guessed I was going to be a dark one given the amount of hatred I felt.
"I'm a dark one?" I chuckled without amusement. I was turned around and looked into my four times over grandmothers face.
"No, you are not" she said before I could open my mouth to question it.
"You're neutral, neither light or dark.. as the last enchanted witch that will ever walk the earth" she said and I knew what she meant, my mate was a vampire meaning I would live as long as she did.
"But .. but if I became a vampire wouldn't I lose my magic?" She shook her head with a smile.
"I told you darling you are meant for much more... if I send you back now..there will be a lot of heartache and battles in the future." She paused taking in my expression, I had made up my mind ... I wanted to save Rose... no I needed to save Rose.
"Rose-"she cut me off with a knowing smile.
"She's the perfect mate for you, she has seen the dark of humanity and vampires.. I will not tell you her story but I will say this if you accept to go back their will be a few changes" she said with a bit of grin, I narrowed my eyes at the grin.
"What will these changes be?" I asked curiously.
"Well for one you'll grow taller, about my height, your features will look sharper, and you'll lose most of your baby fat but the reason is because you'll have enhanced speed,hearing and eyesight" she said and I nodded and smiled ..
"Okay that's sounds good too me though why do I feel like there's a but coming?" I asked apprehensively, considering the grin she gave me that came off as a bit of a grimace.
"Well..." she drawled and turned around letting me face her back, I was getting somewhat impatient and I didn't really care for anything else really.
"Okay ...okay look do what you need to before you send me back" I said huffing slightly.
I heard a giggle and raised an eyebrow at my grandmother, she looked positively tickled at my consent. " you'll have the ability to carry on the swan line" she paused giving me time to process what she said.
"I'll be a boy?" That was the only thing that came to mind really, but it seemed like I was wrong because she shook her head.
"No .." giggle " not a boy you'll be like me" I furrowed my eyebrows confused but she not so discreetly pointed down to the bulge I hadn't even noticed before. I thought she was a woman, I mean she had ample sized breasts so I was pretty confused by this entire conversation.
"What?!" I wasn't disgusted, no not at all I knew that in the world there were different types of people but I worried about what my mother and dad would feel.. how they would treat me ...
"You'll have the appendage darling but you'll be mostly female.." she paused stepping closer to me, I shut my eyes tightly as my mind processed everything. I never felt comfortable being human, this was an opportunity To protect the people I cared for.. my dad .. my mom and Rose .. oh Rose I wonder what she would think.
"You have no need to worry your mother well she'll tolerate you.. your father will love you as he always has and well let's just say Rosalie will be pretty happy with the addition" she commented with a lewd grin.. god my grandmother was a pervert. She clapped her hands ..effectively taking me out of my thoughts.
I shook my head and laughed at my situation " okay I'm ready" I said and steeled my resolve.
"Well this is the last time I'll see you little one" she paused smiling sadly and kissed my forehead " you have grown up to be a beautiful girl, no woman.. one day you'll have the world at your feet.. but never lose yourself" she said seriously .. I could feel the weight of the comment and nodded " okay then I'll explain I'll send you back to Phoenix before you decided to live with your father... I need you to get into contact with Johnson .. he'll find you .. I'll let him know" she said vaguely but I was still stuck on Phoenix.
"I'm going back in time?" I asked she nodded sadly " Your mate has already given herself over to the volturi.. she's gone .. we cannot save her in this timeline but I have enough magic to send you about 5 months before you came to forks. It's imperative that you train your body Isabella even with the enhancements it's useless if you cannot use it." I nodded once again.
"When you say book of light or book of darkness it will appear... no one but you will be able to read it but do not reveal your true nature to those you cannot trust."
"Okay .."
"Well it's time little one, I will miss you but I'll continue watching you from the other side... remember love is strength" she murmured and gave me a tight hug with a watery smile, I returned it as much as I could before she whispered words and waved her hand, wrapping me in a blinding light.My eyes shut instinctively from the bright light, I held my breath as I felt my consciousness fade.
A/N alright so I love the rose and Bella pairing, a bit of time travel. Some will be canon... also like no disrespect to any gender, it's just a story.
Yeah so let me know what y'all think?
Also I kinda had a bit of a block in the Naruto series god my brain nearly died but I will be updating pretty soon so keep that in mind