BELLA POV
(a week before Cass tells Sam & Dean they have a sister)
Bella was scared. Not for herself but for everyone else. Victoria wanted HER, not the others yet they were all going to go to war to protect her. She wasn't worth them all getting hurt. If even one of them died than she would have wished she died instead.
The Cullen's and the pack both were going to fight against Victoria's new born army but the red head had more on her side than we did. There was no way everyone was going to make it out alive. She wasn't as oblivious as everyone seemed to think she was.
Alice kept trying to stop her from worrying saying everything would be alright but Bella knew she couldn't truly see anything with the wolves involved. After Edward dropped her off at home, Bella ran inside and threw herself on her bed. There had to be something she could do. Nobody could die for her. Her life wasn't worth more than anyone else's! What's one life compared to a dozen others.
Charlie wasn't home yet and wouldn't be until late, pulling herself up Bella decided to do some cleaning to distract herself. She put Charlie's clothes to wash while she cleaned the kitchen and living room. When the washer dinged she moved them to the dryer and cleaned their bathroom. Bella actually loved this little house the only problem she had with it was that it had a single bathroom. Next was her room and just as she finished it the dryer dinged. She carried the clothes into her fathers' room, usually just leaving it on the bed for him to put away. Her mind was still running over all the lives at stake that she didn't even realize she had started hanging up his clothes to. When she grabbed more clothes and began walking back to the closet her usual clumsiness came in suddenly causing her to trip and fly into the closet. Her shoulder slammed against the back wall behind the clothes hanging up. She braced her hand on the wall and went to push herself up when the wood cracked and her hand went through it instead. Bella pulled her hand back and sat on her knees. She moved the clothes sliding them to the end of the closet. What she thought was a wall was actually a small hidden door deep in the closet.
Bella moved the broken board out of the way than opened the door. She had to pull so hard that she fell backwards. It clearly hadn't been opened in a long time. Dust flew around her causing her to cough as she reached for her phone to use it as a flashlight.
The door couldn't be taller than three feet forcing Bella to crawl through it. She felt like Alice in Wonderland, that thought caused her to snort. After she made it into a hidden room there was enough room once again to stand up. Her head bumped into a light bulb, turning her phone around she found a switch. Finally the room was bathed in light and she put her phone away.
It looked like some weird apothecary and library. There were shelves filled with books and vials and bottles. In the corner was a desk with a box on top. Bella walked over to it and opened the box. The movement causing years' worth of dust to float in the air choking her. She quickly waved her hands in front of her face trying to blow it away from her face so she could see and breath once again. Inside the box was a journal and some letters. She sat in the old chair by the desk and grabbed everything inside the chest. One after another she opened each letter and read it, tears gathering in her eyes. Bella couldn't believe it, she wanted to be angry to be lied to for so long but after everything she learned in these letters….. She couldn't be angry. It would make her a hypocrite. Charlie had lied to her since she was born. Each envelope revealing more and more secrets. Bella wasn't Isabella Marie Swan…. She was Bella Mary Winchester. No wonder she always preferred Bella over Isabella. It was her ACTUAL name. A man named John was her father and he was a hunter. Everything made so much sense now…
Charlie was this man's best friend. They hunted supernatural creatures together. John's wife was killed by a demon he still hunted to this day she assumed because none of the letters ever mentioned him finding it and killing it. These papers telling everything. The whole story. John hunting with Charlie. Him going on a hunt and getting close to finding the monster that killed his wife, only for it to turn into a dead end. John drowning his sorrows in a bar where he met a woman whose life he had saved a few years before. She was being haunted by a very violent ghost. Her name was Amelia and she took John home to sober him up and dress a wound that he himself hadn't even realized he had, to numb from the whiskey to feel anything. John stayed with her for a while, one thing leading to another till he cared for her and found out she was pregnant with Bella. As she read her tears continued to fall.
Dear Charlie,
I know you quit the hunting game and I'm sorry to ask a favor of you but there is no one that I trust more with this. It's nothing supernatural I assure you. In fact I want it to stay as far away from this life as possible. Easier said than done I know.
I have a daughter…. She was just born. I ran into that woman Amelia; you may remember her. We saved her from a ghost several years back before you 'retired'. Anyways I'll tell you all about it later but the point is we had a daughter her name's Bella. Unfortunately Amelia died giving birth. I'm begging you Charlie. Please. You know I can't keep her. God I want to. How I want to but I'm too tied up in this life and I won't quit till I find the demon that killed Mary. I want you to raise her, love her and take care of her. She's the most beautiful thing I've ever had in my life but for her own safety… I can't keep her. It's ripping me apart. My boys don't know about her and its better that way you know it is. If they found out they would never leave her. Sam and Dean…. They are becoming better men than me and I'm so proud of them. They value family above all else but we can't keep her safe and keep hunting. You can though. I know you still have my number some where so call and let me know what you decide. Please Charlie don't make me leave my little girl in some damn orphanage.
P.S. Congratulations on your marriage to that Renee woman. I know this request couldn't come at a worse time and I apologize for that.
-John Winchester-
Dear Charlie,
I'm so sorry about Renee leaving you and Bella. If I'd known that this would have caused so much strain on your marriage I would have figured something else out. You two seemed so in love I can't believe she left just because she didn't want to take care of a child. I'm glad you have the help of Billy, Harry and Sue though. That was smart to live next to a pack of spirit warriors. If they begin shifting you'll be warned of other super naturals in the area and the tribe can protect you and our girl. Yea OUR girl. I may be her biological father and love her with all my heart but you're the one raising her. You will always be more her father than I am. Thank you for sending me pictures of her. She sure is a beautiful girl, you may have to beat the boys away with a bat. I don't envy you that. Or the 'girl' talk. Yea I'm laughing my ass off about that. You poor bastard. Better you than me. I'd just shoot any and all the boys that even looked her way. Lock her in a damn tower. I like the name change by the way. Thank you for incorporating my name for her in with the name you gave her. It makes me smile how determined she is to be called Bella though. That's our girl. Stubborn. I know being a single father is hard. Damn do I understand it Charlie… but there is no one better suited to it than you. You're a saint compared to me. I'm a monster and I know it. I'm damned, there will be nothing good left in me by the time this is all over. Sometimes you have to become a monster to destroy one but at least I can die a happy man knowing my princess is happy and safe. I can never thank you enough. You will always be a brother to me.
-John Winchester-
Bella brought her knees to her chest trying to catch her breath. The tears refusing to subside the more she read. Demons? Ghosts? Wendigos? No wonder he left her behind, it was to keep her safe. Charlie not telling her she was basically adopted was for her safety. She wasn't mad, after all not telling Charlie about the Cullen's and Victoria was for the same reason. She just wanted him to be safe. Maybe….. Maybe it was time for the lies to stop.
