Previously on OUAD:
Edward did a double-take and turned to look at Morticia who just shrugged and weakly replied, "huh...surprise?"
For a moment, Morticia was worried that he was going to faint. Could Vampires even faint?
"Fae? I thought they didn't exist? Carlisle said..." He kept muttering to himself as he lost himself in his thoughts.
'Did I break Edward Cullen? Is this really what does him in? Seriously?'
Eventually, he gathered his bearings, pacing the deserted street and muttered, "We need to call Carlisle. Now."
Morticia inwardly groaned, 'Oh shit, here we go again...another family meeting, yay! This one should be fun.'
Morticia pov:
The entire car ride was deadly silent. Neither Morticia or Fauna tried to strike up a conversation with Edward, which Morticia was thankful for. Fauna reminded her of Alice without a buffer and she didn't think Edward could handle any added annoyance at the moment. His hands were gripping the steering wheel with such intensity that it shocked her that it was still intact. His phone call with Carlisle had been very brief but she could tell he was restraining him self a lot.
She wanted desperately to ask him what he was thinking, how ironic. She was just as confused as he was! It was only mere hours ago that she found out about everything, so he couldn't hold secrecy against him.
Although, she will admit she had planned to keep it private- just until she could figure out if it was complete bullshit or not.
'I mean a fairy- really? DIsney could do better than that.'
Instead of inquiring, Morticia decided to lean her head against the cold glass window of the volvo like before and watch the passing scenery.
She noticed in the rearview mirror that Fauna was giving her an encouraging look and weirdly enough it didn't make Morticia more annoyed like she expected, instead it made her feel...comforted? It was almost like when her mom would make her bat shaped cookies with black frosting when she was having a bad day... it felt like home.
Morticia quickly shook herself out of that train of thought- thinking about her parents was just too painful at the moment.
Thankfully with Edward's love for breaking the speed limit, they were pulling onto the Cullen's property in no time.
She thought Edward would storm up to the house in a fit of rage but instead he calmly walked to her side and opened her door for her, holding out his hand.
'wow, even totally pissed off, he still acts like a gentleman...woah.'
As she heitantly took his hand, she took a glance at his eyes and saw they were a deep shade of onyx...
"Come on, everyone's waiting on us." He said in a deep but somber voice.
Morticia followed his lead and glanced back to make sure Fauna was still behind them.
The Brunette didn't seem phased at all by the notion of entering a house of vampires, but rather she looked like a kid about to enter a candy store- a bright ball of energy.
"Oh, this is going to be such fun." Fauna's accented voice tinkled like little bells once it reached Morticia's ears.
'Oh what hell this will be.' Morticia thought as she saw Carlisle and Esme standing at the door.
She had a brief flashback of when she had first been introduced to the Cullen family and the thought made her smile.
'It seems I'm always dropping some kind of bomb on them when I come to this house...now why is that?... Hm, I guess it all amounts to my outatanding personality,' She scoffed at herself mentally.
Carlisle greeted her with a gentle grin
"Always a pleasure to see you, Morticia," He told her softly in such a paternal manner that it made her throat tighten just a bit.
Taking a deep breath, Morticia smiled back gently before Edward had wisked them into the familiar living room with the rest of the family.
Rosalie and Jasper were in what looked like to be an intense argument which they abruptly ended as they approached.
Alice was standing off to the side near the window and her face held a look of confusion and worry.
'How the hell am I going to start this conversation? What words could explain this?'
Morticia was brought out of her thoughts by Esme's gentle hand on her back. Turning towards the Cullen matriarch, Morticia searched her motherly gaze but only found warmth.
"Whenever you're ready, dear." Her calming voice did little to ease Morticia's nerves.
Morticia sighed deeply and took a few steps further into the room then turned towards Fauna who was lurking beside Carlisle in the doorway.
"Wait, why the hell am I leading this little pow-wow. You're the resident genius on my weird family tree so why don't you get up here and tell everyone?!" She shot an annoyed gaze at the british(English?) fae woman.
Fauna perked up instantly, "Why Morticia, darling, I thought you'd never ask! Of course I'd love to have the attention of seven albeit vegetarian- vampires, the fae's natural eneemy! How wonderful!" Her sarcastic tone made Morticia smirk.
"Well you sure as hell weren't worried when you decided to drop the bomb on Edward. What's six more gonna do?," Morticia inquired with a raised eyebrow.
The fae in question popped her hands on her hips in irritation, "That was only because I was preventing a meaningless lover's quarrel. Besides, I could easily handle your telepath, the others are a different matter all together."
Deciding to let the matter go, Morticia found herself a spot on the couch and looked expectantly at Edward, silently apprasing him to see if he was still pissed.
To her delight it appeared that he was very much still pissed, but his eyes had softened and once they met hers he had already moved to her side. Once there, he gave her a questioning gaze as he settled himsef in beside her. Morticia knew he was silently asking her if she were still angry with him as well.
'Oh my Loverboy, how those eyes make me feel things that would ususally make me punch a fucking wall. How the hell could I ever stay mad at him- jesus any future fights are gonna be hard to win.'
Morticia said nothing, but instead grabbed Edward's hand closest to her, brought his arm over her shoulders and clasped their fingers together. It wasn't just an act of romance, but one of solidarity. She wasn't sure she even knew the full story but she did know that she wanted Edward by her side as Fauna told it.
As Fauna began her story, Morticia felt soft lips gently caress her temple. Without looking at him, she reached her hand up and gently caressed his jawline up to his cheek bone. She could feel his smile and the next thing she felt under her fingers were those familiar icy lips again. That made her turn her head to see him staring back at her, only this time his eyes were darker than before, but not with anger...
A loud cough broke the tension they had built up and they both turned to look at a very annoyed Fauna standing in front of them.
"If you both would cease your foreplay so that I may begin...thank you," Her tone was teasing but her body language said she meant business.
'Oh honey, you haven't seen foreplay, but thanks for cockblocking us, pixie.'
"Now that I may continue. I'm sure you're all very confused as to why I am here. Let me explain as best as I can...Hello, my name is Fauna Everwood and I am a fae or fairy as most cultures depict us. I was sent here to look after dear Morticia and make sure nobody harms a hair on my princesses head. I think that just about covers everything...oh, nope I totally forgot one important thing- Morticia here is a fae herself and a very powerful one at that since she comes from a royal bloodline."
The others in the room looked at the brunette woman in shock before turning to Morticia in confusion.
'well I have to give her credit- that was the sparksnotes version. Is it possible for vampires to go into shock? I certainly hope Carlisle can keep it together because I won't be able to handle seven catatonic Vampires on my own.'
"Hey, uh, Morticia is this some kind of joke? Cuz if it is, I gotta hand it to ya sis, this is pretty original- even for vampires," Emmett commented from his side of the room.
Morticia sighed, "I wish I could say that it is Em, but you all said that I don't really smell human and that my blood isn't as appealing...add in the weird fast healing."
Edward squeezed her hand gently as Fauna continued, "Oh come of it. I can prove it to you if you'd like. I'm sure Morticia has manifested enought magic by now to do even the simpilest of spells."
The brunette fae quickly ran outside and left the others to their thoughts. Jasper was the first to voice his, " I knew there was something making you get antsy all of a sudden."
"You have some random ass person tell you that you're some mystical princess and then come tell me how you feel, Jaz!"
The southern vampire chuckled and shook his head, "Why didn't ya tell us earlier we could-"
"Because I didn't find out until 12 hours ago! My entire life I thought I was just some weird girl who liked to dress in black and listen to my chemical romance in her room, but now I'm some long lost princess with magical powers and I'm in a relationship with a telepathic vampire...I'm not sure any amount of counseling can fix this Jasper."
Everyone was silent for a moment and it gave time for Morticia to study Carlisle's face. His was one of confusion and dread, which made Morticia's heart sink. She knew he was probably familiar with the volturi's fascination with fae creatures and it would give Aro the perfect opportunity to try to rip a part his family.
Alice had a look of worry on her face as well, but it was also mixed with an air of annoyance as well.
"Alice, please don't be mad..." Morticia pleaded as the tiny vampire's eyes shot to hers.
"Why would I be mad? I mean it's not like I see visions everyday or anything. I don;t know why you waited for some mystery woman to show up before telling me about your visions." Her hands shot to her mouth as she looked between Edward and Morticia.
'Shit. I hadn't told him about the visions yet.'
The arm behind her head tightened, "What visions, love?"
Morticia turned her head towards him slightly, "Well...uh, ever since I arrived here. I'e been having visions off and on again, almost like warnings."
Edward opened his mouth to question further but was interrupted when Fauna stepped back into the room, carrying a dead flower in her hands.
"Yes, they were warnings sent by me to try to trigger some of your powers I'd say it was rather successful since you survived your stint with the wolves easily enough."
Morticia couched uncomfortably, "Uh, atually I think that credit goes to Carlisle and Sue from the reservation. They did all the hard work."
Fauna raised an eyebrow, unimpressed, "Darling, it'll take a lot more than an overgrown dog to kill a fae. While I'm sure Dr. Cullen's skills are exceptional- you were never in any real danger. Now, speaking of Fae gifts, I think the proper way to convince everyone that I am not a complete and total loon would be to have Morticia here perform a healing incantation on this flower."
Morticia looked at Fauna in disbelief. She never had a green thumb in her life. Ask any of her friends in college, she killed any plant she brought into her room, but since she liked that type of decor- she usually kept the rotting plant corpses where they were.
"You can't be serious," She said as Fauna placed the pot in her lap.
The brunettte fae gave her an unamused look, " Darling would I have truged through acres of underbrush to find this if I was? Even I am not that invested."
Morticia sighed and stared down at the tiny wilted flower. "Now what?," she asked as she looked back at Fauna.
Fauna scoffed and rolled her eyes, "If there was a sure technique on how to perform magic I'm sure tons of people would be living out their Hogwarts dreams! Just do what feels natural."
If it were possible, the atmosphere in the room seemed to intensify even more. Every eye turned in her direction and Edward's hand moved in calming circles on her back.
Taking a deep breath, Morticia closed her eyes and cupped her hands gently around the tiny plant.
'How on earth do I do this?'
She wasn't planning on getting a response but some deep part of herself was telling herself to just... let go.
Stop overthinking everything. Just let yourself believe you can do it.
It was like Morticia was flying, it felt so freeing. She decided to take a quick peek at the plant in her hands and nearly screamed.
There was a bright purple glow around her fingertips encasing the plant and right before her eyes the tiny flower blossomed. Not only did the tiny bud blossom, it changed into one of Morticia's favorites...a Black Dahlia...
"Holy Shit," She murmured as she stared at the glistening flower in her hand.
Fauna was beaming so brightly that Morticia was worried that she might shoot off some magic herself.
"I knew you could do it! You really are the one the prophecy fortold..."
Morticia knew she should question further, but she was still solely focused on the flower in front of her. It was like she was frozen in time, even if she could hear what was going on around her.
'Fast healing is one thing. I could easily chalk that up to some amazing genes, but this? Creating something out of essentially dead material...what am I, Dr. Frankenstein? If this is true...then we really have ventured WAY out of the traditional Twilight plot...'
She was brought out of her thoughts by Edward's honey silk voice caressing her ears, "I always knew there was something different about you...and I wasn't just talking about your colorful personality."
Morticia laughed heartily before she turned towards him, "Oh yeah? The clothes and snarky personality weren't a dead giveaway that I was some reject from 'The Craft'? I'm pretty sure you might need to get your head checked, honey."
Before Edward could retort, Emmett chimed in from his seat. "Well if the clothes didn't tell him anything, your eyes will sure as hell do the trick now."
Morticia turned to Emmett with a confused look, "My eyes? Did you drink too much grizzly this last hunt Em that you're so blood high that you can't recognise the color blue?"
Jasper chose to add his two cents at this time, "Actually I have to go with Em on this one, Morticia. We both know Violet from blue- we aren't that old."
'Violet?! What the fuck.'
Morticia practically bolted from Edward's embrace nearly at vampire speed and rushed to the nearest mirror.
Sure enough her steele blue eyes had taken on a bright violent hue that nearly made her shriek when she saw them.
'WHAT THE EVER LOVING FUCK!'
She turned back to Fauna with a furious glare and her voice was so deadly calm that it made all the vampires in the room bristle slightly, "You better have an explanation for this one fairy..."