Twilight Fan fiction
Transitionals
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Chapter 15 Part B
Rose's POV
This wasn't our morning. Cissy woke just after five and was fussy. She didn't want her bottle or anything else we tried to give her. We had all tried to hold her, but she just wouldn't calm down.
I've gone over the list of taking care of a fussy baby hundreds of times my head and have tried everything I could think of.
Then Anna woke up to find Cissy upset, and her auntie Bella still asleep. That had been disastrous. Not even Carmen, who was her new friend, could get her to eat breakfast. She had immediately climbed onto Edward's lap and has remained there.
Her growling stomach was upsetting us though. Carlisle was currently trying to coax her to eat, with Jasper and Alice's help.
I had given up trying to help and was rocking Cissy in my arms, worried that she'd get worked up again.
Esme walked into the room with a plate of mini pancakes which spelled out Anna's name. If anything could get her to it, it was hopefully that.
She sat beside Edward and held the plate out for Anna.
Thankfully Anna didn't argue. Edward took the plate and held it for her while she ate.
I sighed, glad for that problem to be over.
"Her energy level is still normal," Eleazar muttered to himself. "And her percentage… I don't understand any of this."
None of us really understood what was going on. It was why this was so difficult for all of us to handle. I glanced at my poor brother who was determined not to leave Bella's side.
"Did you get enough?" Esme asked once Anna had finished her breakfast.
Anna nodded and settled back into Edward's embrace.
The silence was really getting on my nerves.
"What are we going to do about Bella's shields?" Kate finally asked.
Carlisle shook his head, his hand holding his forehead. "I don't know what we can do, especially without knowing exactly what happened."
"But we need to have some way to help Bella with her mental shield." Kate reminded us even though she didn't need to. We all know that Bella needs to work on her shield.
"Hey," Emmett's voice boomed loudly and nervously. "What happens if Bella's control over her physical shield slips while she works on her mental one?"
That would make things so much harder on Bella and she would feel even worse about herself.
"There's got to be some way for Bella to train her shields without causing problems with the other one," Tanya muttered thoughtfully.
Irina glanced at Bella. "Maybe it would be wise to have this conversation with Bella. We don't know that she'll have problems with her control of her different shields so why worry about something that might not even be a problem."
I watched as Edward nodded his head thoughtfully. Anna watched her auntie Bella from where she sat on his lap. Her little face was plastered with worry.
Maybe she would relax if you played something for her.
Edward let out a hardly audible sigh before he got up, pulling Anna into his arms.
"No!" She cried as soon as he walked away from Bella and the couch. He turned back around and passed Anna to Emmett before heading to the piano.
At first he played some simple melodies, nothing very interesting, and it was obvious he didn't want to play. But then a flash of an idea crossed his face and he started playing the lullaby he wrote for Bella. I suppose he thought it might help her wake. I don't see how since it always puts her to sleep. He played the other songs he composed but they all ended up with a somber sound.
Write a song for Anna. The thought had only been fleeting and I hadn't really meant to silently send it to him. After all composing a song wasn't always as easy as it had been when he wrote Bella's lullaby.
To my surprise and everyone else's Edward started on a new piece. He was doing his best to make it sound happy and somewhat lively. After all, any song for Anna couldn't be sad.
I smiled when I saw Anna climb off Emmett's lap and the couch. She walked over to the piano and laid underneath it, beside the pedals and Edward's feet.
I handed Cissy to Carmen who took her eagerly and was about to join Anna under the piano. Irina beat me to it though.
She carefully ducked under the instrument and laid beside Anna. "Does the music sound better down here?"
Anna shrugged. "Daddy said he played better when I laid under the piano."
Irina smiled softly. "Did it really make him play better?"
Anna shrugged again. "It helped him make it up."
"Your dad wrote music too?"
Anna turned so she was facing Irina. "He always wrote music."
Irina pulled Anna into her arms and held her while she cried. For a second a flare of jealousy hit me before Jasper replaced it with love. The love Anna had for me.
I couldn't explain it but Anna loved me almost as much as she loved Bella. She still didn't know me very well and yet she truly loves me.
I sat beside Emmett and rested my head on his shoulder; listening to Edward's playing, while Carlisle and Eleazar talked quietly about ideas to help Bella, plans they can set in place as soon as we learn what happened.
Anna eventually calmed down, her crying had tired her out but she clearly had too much energy to sleep. She crawled out from under the piano and made her way back to Bella.
I hadn't thought about her passing her energy to Bella again, especially after we had told her it might not be a good idea. So I was surprised when Edward's playing was cut off sharply and he had dashed over to Anna. He pulled her into his arms and away from Bella.
"Anna we told you not to give Bella any more energy." He told her sternly.
That didn't sit well with the three-year-old. Anna had managed to pass quite a bit of her excess energy to Bella in the few seconds she had before Edward got her.
"Come here, Anna." I reached out to her and she willingly came to me. She snuggled close and remained by my side all through the rest of the morning.
Edward's POV
I was ready to rip out my hair. It was nearing the twenty-four-hour mark since this whole fiasco had started and Bella still wasn't awake.
Then there was the fact that Anna was being a little pill. We had told her over and over again that she needed to stop giving energy to Bella, but she was determined to ignore us. She was behaving more and more like a normal human toddler, and it was becoming increasingly difficult for me to hold my temper with her. I was worried sick about Bella, and we had no way of knowing if all this extra energy was doing anything to Bella. According to her information box, she was fine, the energy wasn't affecting her, but it also wasn't helping to wake her.
It really was pointless for Anna to waste all her energy by giving it to Bella. All it was doing was making her more difficult.
Rose lifted her into her arms again to attempt to move her away from Bella but it only resulted in another bought of tears.
Thankfully Cissy wasn't being too difficult. There had been an incident this morning but since then she was a little angel. We weren't having any more trouble with getting her to eat, and she let us lay her on her back for some floor time. She had especially liked it when we had let her lay on her stomach. She enjoyed tummy time as Rose called it.
She was currently enjoying her afternoon nap.
I silently counted in my head, any attempt to keep myself from yelling at Anna. There was no reason good enough for me to ever yell at her, but if things didn't change soon, who knows what would happen.
Poor Jasper was really struggling with the room, he was still feeling guilty; that on top of everyone else's emotions was really eating at him.
Just when I thought I wouldn't be able to handle anymore I saw Bella's hand twitch.
Anna was out of Rose's arms before she could stop her. She patted her auntie's cheeks gently but excited all the same.
We were all glad to see some sort of movement from Bella.
"Wake up, Auntie Bella. Not time to sleep."
Bella's eyes fluttered but they didn't open. I watched as she really tried to pry open her eyes.
Anna finally couldn't take it anymore. "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"
"Someone needs a nap," Tanya said tiredly. We were all mentally exhausted after this ordeal, trying to handle Anna when she was behaving like this was even worse.
"She already had a nap today," Bella mumbled. Her words were heavily groggy but I didn't care, she had spoken.
I sighed loudly with relief. Bella would be okay. I was absolutely certain of it when I saw her big chocolate eyes open. All my worries vanished and I could really relax.
"You need to stop doing that to Edward. All that anxiety isn't good for Jasper." Emmett teased, point over his shoulder at Jasper.
Bella glanced over at Jasper. His thoughts were worried sick about Bella being upset with him, but I knew she wouldn't blame him. She studied him for a moment before glancing around the room. "Why is it, I tend to wake up on your couch and can't remember how I got there?" She asked suddenly.
Emmett laughed loudly. I didn't bother with him though. I was too concerned about Bella's comment. She didn't remember what happened yesterday. If she didn't remember, how were we supposed to figure out what caused all of this? We need to make sure it never happened again.
"What's wrong Anna?"
I glanced at Anna after hearing the tone of Bella's voice.
Anna's thoughts were clouded with exhaustion, she wasn't able to really form a coherent sentence. It didn't help that she was so scared for her auntie that she was angry.
Rose picked up Anna and kept her from yelling at Bella by humming the song I wrote for her. Thankfully it seemed that it might finally put her to sleep.
"Anna gave you her extra energy. She's not a very happy three-year-old right now." I explained to Bella, softly. I brushed her hair back and let her see how worried I had been. "Are you alright?"
She smiled tiredly. "I'm fine, just tired. What happened anyway?"
I didn't like this, it really seemed like she couldn't remember. But why couldn't she? Was something suppressing her memory of the event? "What do you remember?"
Bella tried to sit up, but I didn't want to chance that something might be really wrong with her. It was best if she just remained laying down. She rolled her eyes at me and reached her hand out. I knew what she was wanting and handed over an information box.
I watched her carefully as she looked over all the information. I could see all the different emotions flicker across her eyes.
"Bella, sweetie, do you remember anything that happened?" Esme knelt beside me and reached out to pat Bella's knee comfortingly.
Bella leaned up on her elbows suddenly. "I remember everything. All the emotions caused my physical shield to react and my two shields together," she paused shaking her head. "I didn't know that my shields could react that way. Trap me inside myself."
Panic flooded me as Bella forced herself to her feet. "That's what happened? That's why we couldn't get you to respond?"
Oh, poor Bella. Carmen.
That's horrible. Irina.
Bella can't ever use her shields together if it's only going to trap her like that in her mind. Emmett.
What good is having both shields if using them together is only going to cause that to happen? Kate.
We are going to have to be even more careful with Bella's shields from now on. Carlisle warned.
Why does someone as precious as Bella have to deal with all these dangers. Esme
Charlie wasn't kidding about how their magic has limitations. This clearly is one for Bella. Eleazar.
There's got to be a way for us to help Bella. Rose.
That poor kid has enough to worry about, she doesn't need to deal with this. Tanya.
I can't believe I caused this. Jasper.
This is going to make training Bella's shield a whole lot harder. Alice.
My arms went around her. The need to protect her was so great, and yet at the same time I knew we needed to figure out what to do about her shields.
"I'm fine." Bella tried to reassure me, before trying to change the subject. "I should check my percentage and energy level."
Silence descended on the room, but my mind filled with a roar with everyone's worries.
Oh dear, how are we supposed to explain this to Bella? Charlie didn't even know what was going on, I doubt Bella will either, and this is just going to add to all of her stress. Esme.
Maybe we should wait on this. Tanya.
I wish we knew what was going on with her percentage and energy level. Bella could use some good news. Irina.
Maybe it would be best if there weren't so many people in the room. It might make it easier to discuss this if there weren't so many people listening in. Carmen.
Well time to confuse Bella even more. Emmett.
Perhaps this would be easier if Charlie was here to help explain. It's not like any of us really know what's going on. Carlisle.
Could things get any worse for her? Kate.
I'm glad I don't have to deal with this, but I feel hopeless that we don't know how to help Bella. Rose.
We need to be careful how we explain this. Who knows, if she gets too stressed out could her shields react again like before. Could Alice be right, surely not. We've seen Bella upset before and this has never happened.
We needed to find the trigger and quickly, we couldn't let this happen again. If it was just the way her emotions reacted then Jasper would most likely be able to help, but if there was something besides that or in addition to it… I couldn't finish the thought.
The longer we wait to tell her the more upset she'll be. Eleazar warned.
I didn't get a chance to acknowledge his warning though. Jasper had warned me about Bella's growing nervousness. He had started to calm her, before remembering his own panic.
I need to be more careful when messing with Bella's emotions.
I turned to Jasper, noticing that Bella was glancing thoughtfully at him. She was putting the pieces together.
Jasper smiled slightly, an apologetic look settling on his face.
"It wasn't your fault Jasper," Bella spoke the words I had known she was going to. It would seem everyone but Jasper believed that she wouldn't blame him.
He shook his head. "I was the one influencing your powers. I shouldn't have done that emotion. I should have known that that was a bad idea. Of course you'd start thinking about your family."
"I never said I thought about my family," Bella interrupted.
"You didn't need to, there was only one logical reason for that much pain," he replied softly.
It was true, we all knew what had been going on through her mind when we couldn't get through to her.
"It still wasn't your fault," Bella offered again. "Testing to see which emotions affect my shield was a good idea, we didn't know that it would cause my physical shield to react, but I should of. I know my shield…"
Enough of this. Alice hissed. "Don't. You. Dare. We could sit around playing the blame game for hours but that doesn't help us. Bella's fine, we're all fine, it's over with. Besides, we have other things to worry about." Alice shot a look at the both of them, effectively ending the pointless argument.
Bella's nervous shot back up, and I was grateful that Jasper trusted himself to help her this time.
I handed Bella the information box, which was already showing the percentage. She was just barely under fifty percent. Forty-nine point nine.
Bella's voice was quiet, and filled with worry. "When was the last time it increased?"
"Yesterday, just after you passed out," Carlisle answered calmly.
Bella's head shot up to glance at the clock. Her panic was rising as was her confusion.
Alice spoke up before Bella could ask the questions we all knew she would want to ask. "That's not the only weird thing." Bella met her gaze and she continued. "Your energy levels are normal. What's going on Bella, this doesn't make any sense? Not based on what you've told us."
Bella's head shook from side to side, and we could see that Bella was struggling to comprehend what we were telling her.
She turned to face Carlisle. "I need to know what happened after my physical shield reacted, once I had both shields up."
After sharing a glance with each of us briefly, before he started to explain. "We couldn't get you to respond to us. It was like you couldn't hear us. I was monitoring everything that was happening, using the information box. Your mind couldn't handle the pressure of using both shields at once." Concern filled his eyes. "It was trying to shut down."
Bella nodded thoughtfully, and I desperately wished I could hear the explanations she was coming up with.
Carlisle nodded towards Jasper, Alice, and I and continued. "The three of them were trying to get through to you, but nothing worked until Anna suggested your ring. She was able to use her powers to get through once you had the ring on.
"Your energy levels were dropping while your percentage was increasing steadily until you stopped shielding. After you passed out your percentage increased one final time, then your energy level stabilized."
"It's impossible. A percentage doesn't just stop increasing like that." Bella muttered.
"And the Energy levels?" Eleazar prompted.
Bella shrugged. "Stabilizing energy levels the way you described is possible with healing energy."
We all puzzled over her explanation. All of us curious about this new bit of magic.
"Rosalie, I need to know what Anna's been sensing lately," Bella said suddenly. She reached out for Anna.
Rose immediately handed her to Bella; doing her best to not wake her.
I had no idea if Bella had the strength to hold Anna, after waking not too long ago from this fiasco. Placing my arms around her. I made sure I was supporting most of Anna's weight in one arm, allowing me a free hand to rest it on Anna's cheek so I could better understand.
All I felt was the danger sensation from Tanya and her sisters. I bit back a chuckle at that, and focused on the other feeling. It was what she had shown us at school. Surely that had nothing to do with what had happened to Bella, if she was still feeling it. Unless it was a warning, and Anna was sensing that it was going to happen again.
Thankfully I didn't have to worry about that thought for long.
"What is the other sensation?" Jasper asked, breaking me from my horrid thoughts.
Bella didn't answer him. Let us all know how deep in thought she was.
Jasper asked again, four other times before Bella snapped out of her thoughts. His voice becoming slightly louder each time.
Bella blushed deeply when she realized Jasper had been trying to get her attention for some time. She chuckled softly clearly embarrassed. "It's change. Something is changing in one or more of our lives."
"Well, you're constantly changing," Emmett pointed out.
Bella shook her head. "Transitional creatures can't give off a sense of change until after they've completed the transition."
Kate carefully took a step closer to us. "Can you find out what the change is about by doing what you did before, to figure out our danger sensations?" Gesturing to her and her sister.
"Anna has to be awake for that, but it won't work for this sensation. Sensing change is difficult, and she's too young to register the sensation the way the adults with her powers can. She'll need to touch the person to match them to the change sensation." Bella handed Anna back to Rose, who glanced sadly down at Anna.
"Should we wake her then?"
"Is this really important?" Carmen interrupted quickly. The little one is so exhausted, surely this can wait.
We all moved so we could face her.
When no one answered her, she continued. "Isn't the mystery of Bella's energy and percentage, more important?"
Rose latched onto the idea immediately, not wanting to have to wake Anna either. "Carmen's right isn't she? Bella, isn't that more important?"
We all turned our focus back to her.
"There is too much information that we're missing," she admitted.
"Well, let's talk it out." Rose took a seat on the couch, leaving no room for anyone to argue. "You can start by explaining what healing energy is."
We all were curious about that.
We took our seats and Bella rested her head against my shoulder. "Healing energy is rare, it's rarer than psychics. People with that power can use energy to heal, for all different health reason. From stubbing your toe to stabilizing energy levels."
Bella started rubbing her head which worried me. Before I could ask if she was alright, she continued.
"I only mentioned the healing energy because that's the only thing that could stabilize energy that way, besides a family connection."
"Family connection?" Rose prompted.
Bella clearly couldn't see that Rose was going to feign interest in any topic she broached as long as it meant Anna got to sleep longer. Though, if I was being honest she did seem to be somewhat interested.
Bella realized her mistake too late. "Another type of power is called connectors. People with these powers can connect themselves to different things. They connect their power to a block of cement and now they're as hard as cement, making them strong. Connect to bird and they can fly. You get the picture."
"So what happens when they connect their powers to a family member?" Tanya was quick to ask.
"Connectors are automatically connected to family, and they're connected to all of their family." Bella's voice added the last part sharply.
"Why the added emphasis there, Bella?" Emmett interrupted.
Bella turned thoughtfully to him. It was clear that she felt deeply about this. "A lot of people underestimate the strength of family ties. That old saying, 'you can't choose your family' it's wrong. Of course I know what it's really saying, you can't choose what family you're born into. But you can choose your family."
She gestured to all of us. "Look at all of you guys. You choose to be a family. You've adopted each other."
"So even adopted family members are connected to a connector?" Eleazar asked to clarify. His thoughts were intrigued with this new ability.
Bella nodded. "Every family member is. Whether they were born into the family, married into it, or were adopted. They're all connected. Since all family is already connected, connectors can create a family connection.
"A family connections is a defensive connection. It protects the group connected from a dangerous situation."
Such a gift would have changed Maria's opinion on the bonds between families. Jasper cleared his throat gathering all of our attentions. "So there's defensive connections and offensive connections?"
Bella smirked. "Naturally, it depends on what the connector has connected to, and how they use the connection though."
Jasper nodded, his thoughts circled over a few ideas for each connection. "I think it's time to wake Anna." He said suddenly.
Rose glared but he ignored her sharp look. From his thoughts I knew he was helping Bella; making it so Rose couldn't keep her off the topic he and Bella believed was of the most importance. "We don't know what caused Bella's percentage to stop increasing, and what stabilized her energy levels. We know what can stabilize energy now, but we have no guarantee that one of them is what helped Bella. But what if whatever Anna is feeling is important."
"Jasper has a point," Carlisle said firmly, so Rose wouldn't argue. "We've come to a halt with whatever happened to Bella. We can only guess at the moment. Anna though has information that we could possibly be needing."
Rose sighed, giving in. Gently she woke Anna. "Come on Sweetie, you need to wake up."
Anna's little hands fisted and she rubbed her eyes. She tried to turn in Rose's arms to go back to sleep. But Emmett pulled her out of Rose's grasp.
"Nap time is over Kid."
Rose hissed lowly at him. "Careful with her."
Thankfully Anna didn't seem to be hurt by Emmett's sudden actions. She giggled loudly.
Emmett kissed her cheek, before giving her a slightly serious look that vanished almost instantly. "Hey squirt, we need your help."
This excited her. "I love to help."
"Good we need you to figure out what is changing?" Emmett attempted to hand her off to Esme, but Anna stopped him by shaking her head.
"It's not your mommy."
Rosalie snatched Anna from Emmett. "It's not?"
"No. Not you or you or you…" Anna pointed to each of us letting us know it wasn't any of our family. She glanced at Bella. "It can't be Auntie Bella." Finally she glanced at the Denalis. "Maybe them."
She slid from Rose's arms and cautiously moved to Tanya's side. Her thoughts were precious. She knew Tanya and her sisters weren't dangerous to her, but she was puzzling over why the three of them had a dangerous sense but the rest of us didn't. It really confused her since the other vegetarian vampire she knew, Grandpa Ray, had a danger sensation about him too.
Tanya offered her a smile and extended her hand out for her to take.
Anna grasped Tanya's hand in hers without hesitation and closed her eyes. Nope. She moved on and took Irina's hand. Shaking her head she moved to Kate.
Bella's heart stuttered, and she shook slightly.
She's worried, Jasper warned me silently.
I squeezed Bella's hand comfortingly. "Kate won't hurt her."
"I know, but I don't know what will trigger what happened before." Bella buried her face against my chest. "Could the knowledge of what she can do trigger an emotional reaction from me?" She whispered fearfully.
This isn't how I expected this visit would go, but she has a point. Maybe me being here isn't such a good idea for Bella. Kate.
Bella could very well be right. The way her shields reacted before, could very well be affected by the knowledge of what Kate's gift is. Perhaps Bella shouldn't be in the room while Anna tests Kate. Eleazar.
I don't know how much more I can take of this. Esme.
All of this anxiety isn't good for Bella. Jasper.
Bella has to know that Kate wouldn't hurt Anna, but, then again none of us know what will trigger Bella's shields. Tanya.
This trip shouldn't have been so stressful on any of us. Irina.
Bella has far too much to worry about, without having to worry about her own powers. Carmen.
Maybe we shouldn't have even worried about this. Rose.
Worrying about all of this isn't going to do anything but cause undue stress, and confuse Anna. The poor thing doesn't know what to do. She knows she needs to check to see if the change is coming from Kate, but with everybody worrying about it, she doesn't know if she should. Emmett.
I highly doubt that Bella's powers would react, just because she knows what he can do. Otherwise, they would've reacted after Bella had first learned of Kate's powers. When she had learned of Kate's powers her physical shield reacted, but not the mental one. Carlisle.
I focused on Carlisle's thoughts, he had a point, and one that made sense.
It'll be all right if Anna touches Kate, I don't see anything bad happening. Alice.
I brushed a hand soothingly over Bella's hair. "Nothing's going to happen."
After a moment Bella nodded, though she did not move from her position.
"Not Kate."
Bella moved slowly so she was facing the group began, she glanced apologetically at Katie, who naturally dismissed her concern with a wave.
Anna continued by taking Eleazar's hand, it wasn't him.
Carmen helped Anna onto her lap, carefully so she didn't start Cissy.
Anna settled her hand on Carmen's cheek, but it was clear it wasn't her. "Not her, Auntie."
A collective sigh went around the room.
"We'll check Charlie tonight," Bella suggested.
"Not Uncle Charlie," Anna answered glumly. Who is it?
Bella waited for Anna to explain, but when she didn't she turned me.
Charlie's warning flashed in my mind for a brief moment. "We called Charlie yesterday. He came but he didn't know what was going on. He couldn't explain it."
"How did that go?" Bella asked warily backspace.
Esme answered before any of the rest of us could. "Your dad was worried about you. He was really surprised about your percentage. When he couldn't explain it he called someone he thought would know?"
"He never said his name, just a code word," Emmett grasped his chin playfully, pretending to stroke an imaginary beard. "I wonder why." His playful nature played off.
Anna giggled happily. "He called Grandpa Ray."
All of us vampires in the room gazed at Anna in surprise. That short conversation Charlie had, had been with Grandpa Ray?
Tanya finally managed to voice the question we all were wanting clarified. "That was the famous Grandpa Ray, we were told about?"
"What did Grandpa Ray say?" Bella asked, not bothering to answer the obvious question.
Again I thought of Charlie's call with Gi. We needed to get off the topic of the phone conversations Charlie had.
"He didn't have any idea." I grasped a strand of Bella's hair, rubbing it between my fingers, hoping I didn't seem interested in what I was saying. Hopefully that would keep Bella from asking any questions that could lead us to the off-limits topic. "He also said he'd try to come up this way, but he didn't know when he'd be able to."
"Uncle Carlos no help either," Anna added. I silently grimaced, Bella was liable to ask who else her dad talked to her, and while we could easily dodge the question, I hated having to lie to her.
Bella gave her attention to Anna. "What do you mean?"
"Uncle Charlie called Uncle Carlos," Anna explained easily.
Rose quickly added, "he didn't know anything either."
Before I could worry about Bella asking if that was all who her dad had talked to, Anna yawned. I had thought it was the perfect distraction, until she ran her hand lovingly over her sister's cheek and she froze briefly.
Bella's heart accelerated and we all worriedly waited for Anna to explain what she was feeling. Thankfully she relaxed after a moment. She glared playfully at Cissy. "So you're the one messing with me."
I didn't know why, but I felt Bella stiffen ever so slightly and then Jasper warned me to her emotional state.
Something about Anna's comment really upset her.
I nodded slightly so none of the others would notice. I knew Bella didn't want everyone here to witness a breakdown should she have one.
"What do you mean Anna? Is Cissy the one who's giving off the change sensation?" Rose got up and lifted Anna into her arms.
Anna nodded and Bella stood. "Now that we know who it's about, let's see what it's about?"
Jasper stood too. "Just like before?"
Bella nodded and turned to Carmen. "We'll need Cissy though."
Once Bella had Cissy situated in her arms she sat beside Rose. I resisted the urge to go stand beside her.
Anna took Bella's hand and rested her other hand against Cissy's cheek. We all watched silently as Anna worked on focusing the sensations, with Jasper's help.
Bella and Anna relaxed, each of them taking a deep breath and sighing. Anna leaned against Rose while Bella shook her head, her face appearing slightly amused, a bit relieved, but mostly exhausted.
"Cissy powers are coming in," Bella explained.
What? Could Cissy really have powers when she was only four months old, what could she possibly do with a gift, being so young?
Already, but she is so young. Was Anna that young when her powers came in? Carmen.
How can such a young baby handle powers? Esme.
Absolutely incredible. A baby not even half a year yet with a gift. Eleazar.
Taking care of that baby is going to be harder now.
Poor Cissy, if taking care of her power is anything like working with Bella's… Rose shuddered at the thought.
How on earth are we going to be able to help a baby with her gift if we can't even help Bella? Irina
We are going to have to be even more careful with Cissy now. Whenever she is out amongst the humans we'll have to make sure her powers don't expose her. Carlisle.
Anna seems relieved to know about Cissy's powers but Bella is clearly worried about this. Jasper.
Now there's another gift we are going to help train. I wonder what her gift will be. Alice.
I wonder if Cissy will have the same gift as Anna, or if she'll get an entirely different one. Tanya.
With the importance of needing to train Bella's Shields, how much trouble is Cissy's power going to cause her and the rest of us? Kate.
Sweet. Emmett laughed excitedly. "Great, what are her powers?"
Bella shrugged. "We won't know until they start making themselves known." She smiled lovingly at Anna. "She was about five months when her powers started coming in."
Five Months? Echoed in all of our thoughts. None of us could understand why a baby of that age could possibly need or even use their gifts.
Carlisle glanced between Anna and Cissy. "And Anna and Cissy's powers can come sooner than the others in your family because they're part of the legacy line right?" Of course we had already gotten the answer from Charlie, but Carlisle hoped that Bella might elaborate more on the legacy line. Particularly on what Charlie hadn't wanted to tell us.
She didn't. "That's right." Bella's gaze dropped to Cissy and I watched as a multitude of emotions flashed in her eyes. Not many of them were positive and silently promised to help with whatever she needed. Anything to get all those negative emotions to leave her alone.
Author's note
I would just like to thank you all once again for your patience with this story, and again, I'll try to keep up with this new updating plan.
So what did you think of the second half of Chapter 15? Did it live up to expectations? Was it worth the wait?
What did you think about the Denalis' thoughts? And for that matter, how do you think I'm doing with the Denali family's characters?
Until next Wednesday, hopefully,
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