So this isn't what I expected to write but its what came out, if you guys don't like it let me know and I ll re-write the 5th chapter, but just give me feedback before I start on the 6th chapter. Thank you very much for reading, remember this is my first story and I would love any advice Thanks again, passionate86 Chapter 5 Impossible
"Where are they, what's going on?" Esme cried.
Edward had been home for a while now, and still no Carlisle, this was not like him, he wasn't even answering his cell for Esme, neither was Joshua, Rose, or Ryan for that fact. We had decided that we would not leave the house, they would be home soon, and maybe they had found Tara and were talking with her. I hoped they were ripping her into shreds and burning her, which was highly unlikely, but I still hoped.
Edward hadn't said a word since he wiped the teardrop from my face, and he paced the house non-stop, but by the look on his face, he was thinking and I didn't want to disturb him. At the same time I couldn't blame him, I think I may have been in shock still, vampires don't cry its not possible. I cried though, I shed a tear, and I was a vampire, that I was sure of. Every inch of me was complete power, beauty, and grace; I was no longer the straggly human klutz I used to be. Why did I shed a tear? Seeing Edward think about this so intently, just made me want to think more about it, I tried to come up with every explanation I could, without anything conclusive. It wasn't raining so I ruled that out, obviously I wasn't human, I wasn't even part human like Renesmee, so why, how could I cry? My mind started wandering more in depth and then I thought maybe something was wrong with me, as a vampire, was a freak within the immortal world?
"Edward, what's wrong with me?" I cried, it was all hitting me as if I had just come out of the shock.
"Bella, nothing is wrong with you, I, I just don't know how this is possible. I have never heard of anything like this before," he paused thinking for a moment. "I suppose that we can feel pain, angry, love, hurt, that we may be able to show the emotions as well," Edward pondered before speaking again, "I just don't have an answer for you love," he finally sighed.
My head was in a tornado of thoughts as I tried to take in everything he said, was it possible to show the emotions because we were able to feel them? Nothing made sense to me at that moment and I was so confused.
Emmett had seemed to latch himself at Esme's side now, he was very tense and every muscle in his body seemed to be tensing with each second that passed. "They are coming," he shouted nervously.
We all were gathered by the back door, just waiting for any faint vision of Carlisle and the others. We were amazed to see Tara with them as they broke the forest and entered the clearing heading towards the house. I let out a huge growl and Edward immediately grabbed me and pulled me away from the door and into the living room. Esme had run out to welcome them back, her and Carlisle were embraced in an embrace no one could break, and everyone was laughing, everyone except Tara. Joshua and Ryan were on each side of her holding her arms so she could not run, it had looked like there may have been a small scuffle, Ryan's shirt was torn, and Joshua had a bite mark on his hand. Tara looked worse off then the other two, her clothes were almost completely torn off, she reminded me of the way the Amazon Zafrina wore her clothes, jungle like. She was hissing and slightly pulling as they brought her into the house, her eyes never leaving Edward the whole time. I wanted to tear her to shreds right then and there, but Edward's hold was like a vice grip, and I was hopeless to get out.
"What is she doing here?" I growled.
"Bella, calm down we had no other choice, we wont let anyone else get hurt because she is on a rampage!" Joshua managed as Tara started to fight against him and Ryan as I spoke.
"You could have killed her, that's the only way!" I exclaimed gritting my teeth, and almost grinning at the thought of her purple smoke rising from an inferno.
"Why don't I just kill you Bella," Tara hissed while she was struggled to escape Joshua and Ryan's grasp.
"That's enough from the both of you, you hear me? This has gone far enough, innocent people have been hurt and we have put everyone at risk here!" Carlisle was angry now. " I need to make a phone call, please excuse me!" he said as he left with Esme out the back.
Before anyone could ask any questions they were out the door, everything was happening so fast I couldn't wrap my head around it, Joshua and Ryan ended taking Tara up to Carlisle's office, there were no windows to escape from and they could keep her there till Carlisle returned. Rose and Esme sat at the top of the stairs just in case she got past Joshua and Ryan. Edward took me outside to cool off a bit and we walked away from the house a short distance so I could focus more on the situation at hand, and talk more about my situation as well.
We didn't have time to talk to Carlisle or any of them when they returned about me, I knew that Carlisle might be able to shed some light on why I was actually able to cry. Edward picked my brain for answers, and asked what I was thinking at the exact moment it happened, was I angry, mad, upset, overjoyed, what I was doing before he came back, what were my thoughts when he was gone, he had a million questions and I didn't know where to begin.
"Edward slow down, please one question at a time love," I begged trying to think of all the answers to the questions he tried to ask me. "I was worried when you were gone that she was seducing you and you were, you know, with her," I swallowed hard just thinking about the images I had in my head before, when it came to me. "Edward, why don't I just show you," I said as I focused on lifting my shield so he could see everything for himself.
His eyes were locked on mine but he wasn't looking at me, it was like he was looking through me once I lifted the shield. Once I started to get into more details his eyes started to narrow and he would growl here and there and I would just ignore it, if he wanted questions, he was getting his answers whether or not he liked what was in my head. Once he saw everything, his eyes dropped from mine and he just stared at the ground as if ashamed.
"Bella, I'm sorry, I didn't mean for you to worry like that, that's not what I meant to happen," was all he said before I grabbed his chin pulling his face up to mine.
"Please don't say you're sorry, you did what you thought you had to do, and you came home to me love, to me! I completely understand Edward, you don't have to explain anything, we have other things that we need to deal with right now, lets not get into this please," I calmly said, assuring him it was okay.
As I leaned into kiss him, we were abruptly interrupted by Esme, "Edward, Bella can you please come back to the house we need to tell you guys what's going on now," she sounded worried now.
We walked back into the house where everyone was sitting in the living room; even Tara was there, this should be good I thought. We waited for Carlisle to come into the living room so we could find out what we were going to do about Tara, which I had a feeling it wasn't going to be what I wanted.
"So I made some calls and actually got farther than I thought I would, someone will be coming to get Tara tomorrow," he sighed pausing for a moment. "Please don't be mad at me, I had no other choice than to call this person, I didn't want to, trust me, but it's the only way to deal with this appropriately."
"Well who is it?" Edward barked out.
"Please don't be angry Edward, it was my only choice, but I had to call….Aro," he sighed almost ashamed.
"What, why would you do that, you know how he is, he wants to take Alice from us, and he wants me and Bella to join him, you're just asking for trouble Carlisle," Edward was more angry now than before.
"I had no other choice, he will be here in the morning, he knew about this before we did, Alice had called and once she got a hold of him, she told him about a vision she had and he agreed to come. So either way we would not have been able to avoid him, he is almost here and will arrive around dawn. I'm sorry, but if Alice called him you have to know she saw something else that was most likely not good, and she knew the only way to fix this was to try to get in contact with Aro," Carlisle said dissatisfied with the situation like the rest of us.
"Then I am taking Bella and we are leaving Carlisle," Edward's voice was almost in a panic now.
"No, that would not be a good idea, Aro wanted me to make sure that you and Bella would be here when he arrived, he wants to talk to you Bella, and I wouldn't doubt that he would be angry if he showed up and you were not here like I promised him you would be," Carlisle pretty much had us cornered into this now.
"What does he want with Bella, what did she do, he is not getting her?" Edward growled.
"I'm not sure he said something about tears, and he sounded excited," he mumbled confused.
I almost had forgotten about that, we still had not told Carlisle or the others about me crying; I hoped he would have some type of answers for me. Edward immediately grabbed Carlisle and dragged him to the couch where Ryan and Joshua were so they could here the story as well. I followed as he told them everything about what I was thinking which made me embarrassed that I was jealous, and how I had shed a tear once he told me that it was our love that overcame Tara's power of seduction, and how we cant figure out why it happened.
"Bella, you cried, with tears?" Rose asked confused. It had slipped my mind that she didn't know either, I figured Esme or Emmett would have surely mentioned it.
"I don't know how I did it, it just happened I couldn't control it and I didn't know I did till Edward wiped it from my cheek," I exclaimed. "What do you think about this Carlisle, have you ever know this to have happened to any other vampires," I questioned.
"Never have I heard about this Bella, I really don't know what to say either, I'm at a loss for words," Carlisle sounded like he got the wind knocked out of him.
"What exactly did Aro say about me on the phone then?" I asked confused on how Aro knew and why he cared.
"He was saying something about you crying and I really didn't pay attention to it because I didn't think it was anything, I'm sorry Bella, we will just wait and see what he wants I guess," it started to click for him now
The rest of the night seemed to have sped up, we were all chatting about Aro and what he would do with Tara, and we pondered if he didn't have specific reasons for coming for her. Did he want to add her to his collection of vampires with unique powers. I could see how she would be useful for him, she could use her seduction to lure "dinner" or just in case he needed her to keep vampires from running before he destroyed them, she would use her charm to keep them interested and focused on her, they wouldn't see what was coming. Everything seemed to race through my head, and before I knew it the sun was coming up and started to peer from behind the normal clouds. We all seemed to get anxious, even nervous as time passed, we knew Aro would be here soon and he never came alone, that's what worried us the most I think.
It was another hour till we all seemed to hear the same thing, there was a small group headed our direction and they were running, the fact that it sounded like a small group gave me some relief.
Aro slowed to a steady jog as he came into the clearing and we decided that it would be best if Carlisle Joshua and Emmett went to meet him halfway first. We watched as they both met and everything seemed to be fine, I didn't see Jane which was a relief for me, and actually I didn't recognize anyone in the group they were all new faces to me. I watched as Carlisle looked towards the house and pointed, we could hear them talking and heard that Carlisle told him it would be better to talk inside because he didn't want to risk Tara trying to escape.
Aro entered the house with two bodyguards, a shield, and three others, which made his group of seven, seem outnumbered and that didn't bother me. He said his hello's the everyone else except Edward, Tara, and I, and then made his way to the living room where Edward and I were sitting.
"Edward how are you, I'm glad we are able to meet again. Bella, you look more stunning now than you did when I first saw you those few months ago, I assume you have been busy with Renesmee? Aro's voice was friendlier than I had remembered.
"Yes, Renesmee keeps us busy, she is growing up so much, I wish she could have been here but she is with Alice and Jasper on vacation," I answered before Edward could, he was tense and I could see the worry in his eyes.
"That's a shame, I would have liked to see how she was doing, another time I guess. Well I suppose I should get down to business then, I have heard about this Tara giving you problems, and it may sound kind of strange but for Renesmee's sake, she needs to be dealt with. I see a lot of potential in her and would like to see what she becomes later down the road," he said sounding very concerned.
Edward seemed to loosen up a little bit, but I knew he was still feeling uneasy with Aro here, "She refuses to…"
"I know the whole situation, I saw everything when I shook Carlisle's hand, you don't have to explain Edward," he said grinning for some reason. "I will take care of her on my own time, and she will be coming with me, I'm not sure what I will do with her yet, I really have not had time to think about it, I can give her the option to join me, or use her for some training Jane. I think Jane would enjoy that very much," he said smugly.
"That sounds like a good idea," I chimed in.
"Bella, but you are the one I want to talk with, Alice mentioned on the phone that you cried, actually shed tears. I would like to know about that if you don't mind me asking," he said slowly as if he were trying not to offend me.
"Well if you like, I can show you," I said anxiously.
"Show me, you mean you can cry just like that?" he asked now a bit confused.
"No, I can lift my shield and when I do that if you touch my hand you will be able to see everything," I said not knowing if it was true. I knew it worked with Edward, and seeing Aro's gifts were very similar, I assumed it would work too.
I raised my hand to him and closed my eyes, once she touched my skin I lifted my shield and started to reveal the events from the previous week to him ending with Edward lifting the tear from my face. When I open my eyes I saw Aro's face and stepped back in fear. He looked angry and furious, I wasn't sure if he was angry with me or what he was angry with at all.
"My dear child!" he exclaimed. "This is something wonderful," he said his face starting to soften up. "I never thought I would see this in my time, Bella do you know what this means? You are the next in line, you have true blood, pure blood!" he sounded so excited.
"What?" I asked confused now.
"Well before my time, we had one coven that ruled everything, they ruled for thousands of years before they were all killed by the Romanians so long ago. They were thought to have been the very first vampires, no one know how they came to be or where they came from but because of them, we are all here. They were like the King and Queen of vampires, Genevieve and James were what they were called I believe. The one thing we do know is that they were true pure bloods, they were able to have their vampire abilities while also having human abilities as well, and that is why they were so unique. They had many children as well that were also pure bloods, but their children were careless, when they drank human blood, they got greedy and would hunt again right away without finishing off their victim. In return you got the vampires that we are today, we were not made from the pure blood they were, we were only created mistakenly. Once Genevieve and James found out what was happening it was too late to destroy what was already created and in return killed their children for it vowing not to have another child. So the two collected what they could of the half blood vampires and created a coven of their own. Thousands of years passed without any issues and many other covens started popping up and one coven became very powerful, the infamous Draco head the Romanians. He called himself the dark prince and he was intent on ruling the vampire world. Wars waged for years and Draco send one of his own to join Genevieve and James coven as a spy, and as it turned out they trusted him very much and he killed them in return. Draco eventually caused too much trouble and was eventually killed by others to protect our kind. Before Genevieve and James were killed they set forth guidelines to live by, which is what we try to follow, but one of the rules states that if for some reason, anything should happen to them, the next true pure blood would take their place and rule. So see Bella this is where you come into play, no other has had the powers like you do with keeping some of your human abilities, I assume that because you are almost a year old, you will still be finding that more and more you will acquire human abilities. So this means you are next in line to rule, and we are obligated to step down and let you rule as vampire queen," Aro had never been so enthusiastic before.
I didn't know what to say I was shocked, everyone started to whisper while Aro slowly touched my hand to see what I was thinking because I was honestly speechless for once.
"Its okay Bella, don't worry there isn't anything wrong with you, I promise," he assured me.
"What if I don't want this, I don't want to rule over anything or anyone, I am fine with life the way it is, cant we just keep this a secret please I don't want to be queen," I sounded weird referring to me being a queen, and didn't like it one bit. There was no way I wanted this, I wanted the life I had, the one with my Edward and Renesmee, Carlisle and the others, nothing else.
"I completely understand, I will keep this between us, for now Bella, but there is bound to be another pure blood eventually and that means you must take on that responsibility. But for now I think you wont have to worry about that, I'm not completely sure how you came into this Bella, Edward turned you and he isn't pure blood so it is still a mystery, I would like to do some more research into this before anything is decided, so you have plenty of time dear, don't worry we will figure this out, maybe we can find a loophole, if you honestly don't want this but I believe I should get back as soon as possible to find out what I can. Do you have any questions for me before I leave Bella?" he said now more eager to leave, and really I didn't have an issue with him leaving at all.
I held out my hand put a shield around us while lifting the shield from he so he could hear me, but no one else could. I asked him if he could make sure Tara would never bother us again, and that if he planned to kill her, make it quick, she had suffered enough. He looked at me and was shocked and agreed.
"I have never met anyone with as much compassion for others as you have, it's a wonderful gift Bella, its been a pleasure and I promise to keep in touch, I hope you know that you are safe, this is our secret and no one must find out," he promised.
Aro walked over to Tara and put a hand on her shoulder, and after a few seconds, he mumbled something about that was going to cost her big. He flagged over one of his bodyguards and they grabbed her and were all out the door in a flash, Aro stopped at the door and said his goodbyes to the others and like the rest he was out the door and gone in a flash.
"What does this mean?" Edward said nervously.
"I'm not sure but I don't think we need to worry about it anytime soon, but what I do know is that somewhere down the road we will have to be prepared," Carlisle said slowly.
I was devastated, I could not believe what had just happened, was I supposed to be the next vampire queen? I just wanted a normal life for Edward, Renesmee, and I, and then I started to wonder, what if this came to light before we were prepared. Aro said that I would be queen, so who would be king if Edward was not a pure blood like I was, I was not about to give him up ever, no matter the cost to me, what did the future hold?