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Transitionals: New Moon

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Hey everyone, I am so sorry, but at the end of last chapter, in my author's note, I mentioned that the next chapter would be Halloween, it's not. I realized after posting the chapter that I messed up. The next four chapters will look like this, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec. This chapter is the rest of September that is important to the story. Next chapter will be Halloween. I'd skip this chapter but it is pretty important.

I'm sorry for the mistake, and I'll try to get the Halloween chapter out for you as soon as I can. Until then though, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 9

I had never liked celebrating my birthday. The parties my mom would throw for me, were never really me. So I was surprised at how much I had enjoyed the party. Everyone had done an excellent job to make it, as Alice called it, perfect.

Honestly, I felt like my birthday had gone well. I still had that package that Alice and Edward had found on my porch, to open, and there was the necklace that Mia had brought up to me. Edward still hadn't given it to me, since she had handed it to him.

I didn't think anything of those two things though, until Grandpa Ray showed up at the Cullen household the day after my birthday.

Edward, Alice, and I were on our way to their house after school.

Alice had been chatting happily in the backseat about a new store opening in some mall in the Seattle area. We had turned into the drive way and she had gone silent, and she and Edward had gone rigid.

"What's wrong?" I squeezed Edward's hand, trying to get some sort of reaction out of him.

He grimaced. "Grandpa Ray is here, he's come to talk about the traitor."

My gaze searched through the trees, for the first sight of the Cullen's white mansion. Once I was sure my voice wouldn't break, I voiced the question that I didn't know how I'd feel when it was answered. "Did he find him?"

The car picked up speed startling me. Edward clearly wanted to talk with Grandpa Ray.

"Well?" I asked when he answered me.

We jerked to a stop beside Rose's car in the garage. "No, but he has his suspicions."

The three of us hurried into the house through the back door. We passed Esme who was cooking.

Rose was sitting on the floor, playing with Anna and Cissy. Jasper and Emmett were talking with Grandpa Ray. I knew Rose and Esme were listening in too.

Grandpa Ray turned when he heard us enter the room. He smiled, but his eyes were tight with worry. As he stood he opened his arms wide for a hug.

I launched myself into his arms, using my shield to keep me at a human pace. "Grandpa Ray, have you found anything new?"

He knew what I was talking about. His face softened and the worry turned to sorrow. "Not yet Bella. If there's something to find though, you know I will." He gently pushed me away, to arm's length. "We need to talk."

I sat down on the couch beside him, while Edward sat on my other side.

"Grandpa Ray has been telling us about the Rebellion," Jasper said as he sent a wave of calm towards us. I welcomed it, letting his powers relax me.

Emmett grinned excitedly. "The Rebellion sounds so awesome. You guys are always seeing action."

Rose hissed at her husband.

"Not all of the Rebellion sees any action." I ran my hand over my ring. A good chunk of my family used to work in the teaching aspect of the Rebellion. They were prepared for action but hadn't seen any until that night.

"Isabella, I can't stay long, but it's important that we talk." Grandpa Ray's serious tone shook me from my thoughts. I met his gaze and nodded.

"I'm listening."

Grandpa Ray's next words surprised me. "Did you open the box that was sent to you?"

I had completely forgotten about the box. "No."

Jasper got up from his seat and returned a second later with the package in questioned. I raised an eyebrow, silently questioning him why it was here.

"Grandpa Ray asked me to go get it when he first arrived, hoping you hadn't opened it yet," he explained; handing me the box.

I gave Grandpa Ray a curious look. "Why ask if you knew I hadn't opened it?"

He gave me a gentle smile. "Just wanting to be sure this was the right package." He took the box from me. "Until we find out who betrayed your family, I would like you to be careful. May I?" His eyes darted down to the box and back to my eyes.

I nodded.

All eyes were on Grandpa Ray as he opened my gift. Esme stood in the door way from the kitchen. Even Cissy seemed to realize that what he was doing was important. Her eyes never left him as she sat in Rose's lap, playing with her hair.

Grandpa Ray discarded the mail box, revealing three small boxes with ribbons and bows. One was for me and the others were for the girls.

"Who are they from?" I reached for the mail box, but Grandpa Ray caught my arm.

"Do not move," he whispered.

I didn't understand why I couldn't grab the box, I had already touched it, but I listened to him without complaint.

"Megra sent these." He released my arm and quickly removed the wrapping paper.

Megra, while I really didn't know the woman, I found it hard for her to be the traitor. Of course that was really only because I was having a hard time believing any of the seven would betray Toby.

I wasn't sure whether I would ever be able to separate what I believed, with what I knew to be true. One or more of them did betray Toby; Anna had felt their betrayal, and from our recent event in Phoenix our list was narrowed down to seven of Toby's most trusted friends.

Grandpa Ray examined the computer chip that Megra had sent for me. He closed his eyes and focused his powers on the chip. When he opened his eyes they narrowed. "It's safe for you to put the chip in your computer, but it isn't very well protected. If someone knew you had this in your computer they could use its signal to find you."

"Megra was never one for security," I defended her. "She wouldn't have known how to secure it properly."

Grandpa Ray's lips turned up at the corners for a second and he shook his head. "Bella, you will find reason to defend every signal one of them, I need you to think more cautiously. Until we find the traitor, you must be more suspicious."

"I've known these people most of my life; it's difficult to retrain my brain." I hadn't meant to snap, but my words came out far harsher than they should have.

"Bella," Esme warned gently.

Grandpa Ray waved her words away. "It is quite alright Esme, Bella has a point." He turned away from Esme and back to me. "I understand Bella, just be careful with who you trust. I'm working on trying to figure this out, Jasper is helping Anna. Should there be a time when you have to deal with one of them, let someone who doesn't know them try to judge their trustworthiness. It will be easier for the Cullens to be suspicious of them."

I sighed and nodded. My mind knew that he was right, but my heart didn't want to listen. This was one of the times were I needed to listen to my head rather than my heart.

Grandpa Ray disappeared for a second, returning with a laptop and bag. He handed the computer to me, rummaging through the bag. "You can use this to view whatever is on the chip. It will block the signal the chip will give off." He handed me a small clear flash drive.

I put the flash drive in before adding the chip.

I window pulled up on the screen and second later a slideshow of pictures and music started.

I watched in absolute horror as pictures of me and different members of the Rebellion that I knew appeared on the screen. Most of them were me and kids my age or younger, and at least half of them were family.

Funny faces, and ridiculous poses turned my face into a tomato.

Edward and Esme were trying to politely stifle their laughter, while the rest of their family there laughed; just like the pictures were supposed to make them.

By the time it was over, I was thoroughly embarrassed.

"You were a really cute kid Bella." Emmett ruffled my hair playfully.

I buried my face in Edward's chest and groaned.

Grandpa Ray took his stuff back and handed my gift back to me. "Sorry Bella, we needed to check to make sure that was it.

"What about the girl's gifts?" Rose glanced at the two presents for Anna and Cissy.

Grandpa Ray nodded sadly. "We'll check those now." He unwrapped both packages to find chips much like mine.

Using his powers he found nothing wrong with them beside the lack of security, allowing them to be tracked. Both chips played similar slide shows to mine, except showing pictures of Anna and Cissy.

"There doesn't seem to be anything suspicious about the gifts."

Grandpa Ray patted my knee, making me feel like a small child. "That's true, but think carefully Bella, Megra isn't one for giving gifts. Why would she send you and the girls birthday presents, when she never has before?"

I didn't have an answer for that. "I could see where that would be suspicious, but would gift giving be enough to suspect her of being a traitor?"

"We need to look at the way people react now, Bella. If someone is behaving differently it could be a sign that they're not who we thought they were." Grandpa Ray gave me a small smile. "I know Bella, I too understand how hard this is going to be. I have trusted these people too."

I sighed, trying to focus my thoughts and be more suspicious of the people Toby had trusted. "Edward, where's that necklace Mia brought down for me?"

"What are you talking about?" Grandpa Ray's eyes widened and he glanced at me before turning to Edward.

Edward left but a returned a second later with a metal box. He handed it to Grandpa Ray.

"Mia showed up yesterday with this," I told him. "She said my mom wanted to give it to me."

Grandpa Ray opened the box, and lifted out the necklace. "I was with your mom when she picked it out. She had been waiting for five years to give it to you on your eighteenth birthday.

"Why would Mia have it?" Rose's eyes narrowed, glaring at the piece of jewelry.

Grandpa Ray closed his eyes, the necklace firmly in his hand. "Mia was one of the people who helped me clear out all of the houses before they state put them on the market. She must have found it while she cleared out your mother's house."

"Why were the other houses put on the market and not Toby's?" Jasper asked suddenly.

I knew the answer to that one. "Toby's house was paid for, Anna and Cissy own it."

He nodded his thanks and leaned back in his seat.

"Is anything wrong with the necklace?"

We all turned to the sound of my dad's voice. He and Carlisle were standing in the front entrance.

"It's fine, there's nothing but a necklace there." Grandpa Ray handed it to me.

Carlisle took a seat on the couch beside Esme. "Would it be considered odd for Mia to come all the way from Phoenix just to give Bella that gift?"

"I'd say so," Charlie spoke up. "But I can't say much, I don't know the people that Toby trusted the most. I just know of them."

"Mia is a very different person," I tried to explain. Toby kept me in the closest loop but I didn't know everything about his closest friends. "When she's with her friends, she's kind of crazy. Her family from my understand thinks she's a well behaved lady, and when she's amongst people she doesn't know she's shy."

"Shifting personalities like that seems rather suspicious to me." Emmett glanced around to see if anyone agreed with him.

Jasper shook his head. "That's not really to out of the ordinary for people. We're different around people based on how comfortable we are around them.

Emmett thought about that before nodding. "Right."

Carlisle rested his chin on his folded hands, his elbows resting on his knees. "We know whoever betrayed your family knew about Toby's safe house, correct?"

I nodded. "Including Toby, only thirteen people knew about it. His dad, and his wife and I were the only family members who knew. Then there's Grandpa Ray and Duke, who we know aren't the traitors."

Grandpa Ray took over for me, sensing correctly that I needed to stop. "The other seven are friends of Toby." He laid a picture of the person down on the coffee table when he said their names. "Carlos, who was not only his lawyer but also one of his two best friends. The second of the two best friends is Thomas. He and Toby have been friends since they were boys."

"What about those two girls, Megra and Mia?" Emmett asked. He had sat down on the floor beside Rose and Anna.

"Toby met Megra while he was working in Spain for the Rebellion." Grandpa Ray placed Megra's picture on the table beside Thomas'. "Mia was introduced to the Rebellion by Thomas, he then introduced her to Toby." Mia's picture ended up beside Megra.

Charlie looked between Grandpa Ray and me. "Did Turner know about the safe house?"

I shuddered. Turner, he was probably one I could see being the traitor if I could ever get over the fact that one of Toby's friends had to be one. Turner worked with a group of the Rebellion that most of the younger generations called clean up. Their job was to take care of any unstable problems. Most of those being risks of exposure.

"Turner frightens you," Jasper commented on my fear.

That made the other suspicious.

Grandpa Ray hurried to explain. "Turner's line of work for the Rebellion requires him to be harsher than normal. He's a large man and frankly his temper does make him rather scary." He set Turner's picture down and they all got to see what he meant. Turner was almost as large of Emmett, and he didn't really look friendly.

Grandpa Ray turned to my dad to answer his question. "Turner did know about the safe house. It was my understanding that Turner helped him pick out the location for it."

Charlie shook his head.

"The last two people on the list are Ruby, she was a high school friend, and Kian." I finished off the names on the list while Grandpa Ray set their pictures on the table.

"Taylor!" Anna sat up excitedly seeing Kian's picture. She loved spending time with Kian who had watch her whenever Toby would bring her with him to Ireland.

Emmett lifted Anna onto his lap. "Who's Taylor?"

"Taylor is Kian. He does spy work for the Rebellion, there's certain places in the world where we have to call him Taylor." My mind immediately started to think about Kian's job, a spy. It seemed cliché to point out how his work would put him at the top of the list.

A quick glance showed that everyone was thinking about the seven people on our list.

Jasper's face was emotionless and yet I could see him working through the limited information we had already given him. "Could you order them by how much they knew about Bella?" He asked.

Grandpa Ray had to think about that for a moment. "Thomas and Carlos would know the most. Then I figure it would go, Kian, Ruby, Turner, Mia, and then Megra."

"And who knew Toby the best?" I could see where Jasper was going with his line of questioning.

Grandpa Ray smiled, he knew too. "Thomas and Carlos knew him the best. Then it would be Turner, Ruby, Kian, Megra, and Mia."

"And who did Toby trust the most?" Jasper wasn't going to get anywhere with that one.

"Toby trusted them equally."

Grandpa Ray surprised me by creating a list. "Thomas would definitely before first. Then Carlos, Kian, Ruby, Turner, Mia, and Megra. Bella is right though, he trusted them all equally. That list is just based on their ability to help him with anything when asked. Thomas, no matter what it was, would drop anything to help Toby. I happen to know he's doing his own investigation trying to find the traitor."

"That could be just what he told you, if he is the traitor," Emmett grumbled.

Grandpa Ray nodded in agreement. "Carlos usually did what he could to help Toby, but he works with legal business in the Rebellion. That tends to keep him busy. Work also made it hard for Kian, Ruby, and Turner, to help much. Mia and Megra have responsibilities outside of the Rebellion limiting their time they could spend with it."

"And they were able to take time to send and bring gifts to Bella?" Alice's question caught me off guard. She had a point.

I sat up a bit and turned to Grandpa Ray, waiting for his response.

"That does seem rather odd."

Emmett snorted. "It seems more than odd."

"But nothing was wrong with the gifts," I reminded them.

Charlie, clutched his hands together. "Nothing had to be wrong with the gifts. Both incidents could be purely for surveillance. Mia, obviously with how she came up."

"And the chips can give away a location if the person knew to look for it," Jasper finished.

I couldn't help but agree, it made sense after all.

Rose spoke up then. "So Mia and Megra, are behaving peculiarly, and Thomas may or may not be having his own investigation, what about the others?"

We all turned to Grandpa Ray.

"Carlos has been incredibly busy. Since everyone we lost in the attack was part of the Rebellion he's had months' worth of paper work."

"He's also been helping me with Toby's companies," I added.

Grandpa Ray grimaced, he really didn't like me interacting with anyone on our suspect list. He was almost more protective than Edward. They may be tied. "Kian has been jumping continents. Working on one but moving on quickly. That may or may not be normal though. I can't tell if he's following someone."

"If he's not though, then his sudden desire to see every continent is most likely not for the Rebellion." Charlie's voice was tight. I could tell he was having a difficult time with this. Then again, what dad wants to talk about his daughter being in danger, especially from someone who the family trusted?

Grandpa Ray nodded. "Turner hasn't done anything that worries me, but his work gives him plenty of ability to move about without anyone knowing. He also gets more information than most members of the Rebellion. He would be a prime candidate for the Undermining.

"Ruby on the other hand works in a strict setting, she's monitored closely by the Rebellion."

"So if she were to try anything, the Rebellion would know?" Esme glanced down at Ruby's picture.

Grandpa Ray leaned back against his seat, crossing his arms over his chest; a habit he had started long before he had been changed. "You would think so, but I'm not going to underestimate any of these people. If they wanted to, they could find a way to get a hold of the Undermining.

"So who are your suspects?" I asked, wanting to get this conversation over with.

Grandpa Ray grimaced. "Turner and Kian would be at the top of the list, and after showing up here yesterday, Mia would be next." His phone went off then.

I watched carefully as he checked his phone then hit the end button. From where I was sitting I was able to see he called back the number he hadn't answered. Whenever he did that, it meant that the person on the other line was usually a leader of the Rebellion, and he was letting them know he couldn't answer. He would call them back when he could.

He got up and shook hands with all the men before giving Anna and I a hug. "I'm sorry to run off like this, but this is an important call. I'll call if I have anything else to add."

My dad followed him out of the house.

Emmett playfully ruffled Anna's curls. "Well what do you think Anna, do you want help us narrow down this list?"

Anna nodded. She climbed off of Emmett's lap and ran over to Jasper. She set her little hand against his cheek. "I'll show their feelings." She showed him the sensation that the people on the list gave off. With each one, Jasper would magnify the sensation allowing the rest of us to feel it too. That way we would all recognize the feelings and could separate them from the others.

Esme made food for Anna and me while I worked on homework. Alice, who had already finished with hers, was working on some documents I had to send to one of our security partners in Rome. There were three major companies in Rome, all dealing with security, and they were vital for all three of Toby's companies. Carlos had warned me more than once to make sure everything I did with those companies were set up exactly to the standards set by Toby and the heads of those three companies. We couldn't risk losing them.

Alice gave me the information before I left for my house. I would go over it while eating breakfast in the morning.

Edward drove us back to my house. While I took the girls inside through the front door, he climbed my tree and went in though my window. My dad might understand the fact we were mates, but he was still my dad. Though sometimes I wondered if he already knew that Edward watched me sleep.

I got the girls ready for bed, and once they were tucked in, I headed for my room.

Edward was stretched out on my bed, waiting for me.

"I'll be right there," I promised before grabbing my pajamas and heading into my bathroom.

I hurried to get ready for bed. I was tired; and frankly, I was ready to be held by my true love. Today had been emotionally draining for me.

When I exited the bathroom in my pajamas, Edward opened his arms wide, inviting me to join him, with a smile. I laughed softy and climbed into bed.

He pulled me into his arms and I rest my head against his shoulder.

We laid there in silence together. I didn't know what he was thinking about, probably the same thing I was; what we had discussed that day with the others. I was trying really hard to be more cautious, but like I had told Grandpa Ray, it is hard to retrain my brain.

"Bella, are you asleep?" Edward whispered in my ear.

"No, just thinking." I shifted so I was closer to him, laying my head on his chest now.

He wrapped his arms around me a little tighter. I felt his lips brush the back of my head barely. "Something has been bothering me, and I'd like to talk to you. I know it will be hard to hear, but I need you to please be open minded about this, for my sake."

Tilting my head back so I could look him in the eyes I nodded. "Okay, go ahead." I tried to hide my anxiety, even though I was sure my heart was giving me away."

He kissed me gently. "It's definitely not what your think Bella. I want to talk about the person who betrayed your family."

"Oh," I paused, "what exactly do you want to talk about." Hadn't that been discussed enough for one day?

He didn't say anything for a moment. His eyes were closed, he was thinking. "Grandpa Ray, and Duke for that matter, well…"

When he didn't go on, I urged him to continue.

"Bella, I know you trust them, but there isn't any proof that they didn't tell the Undermining."

Words failed me and Edward seemed to realize that. "Anna's powers proved that Duke wasn't in the safe house with us, but it didn't disprove the possibility of him being the traitor. And Grandpa Ray knows more about your family than even Thomas does, right?"

I forced myself to nod, to answer him. I wanted to scream, to yell at him for even suggesting it, but Grandpa Ray's words were running through my mind. 'Until we find the traitor, you must be more suspicious.' And, 'let someone who doesn't know them try to judge their trustworthiness. It will be easier for the Cullens to be suspicious of them.'

Edward was right, Duke, and Grandpa Ray were suspects too.

Author's Note

I hope you guys liked this chapter as much as I liked writing it.

So based on what we know now, who do you think is the traitor? Is there anyone out there who thinks it could possible by Grandpa Ray? Could there be more than one traitor in the group?

Any guess about who's going to figure it out first?

As promised Next chapter will be Halloween, and there will be a surprised guess showing up at the Cullen household, any guesses who it might be?

I was asked to specify what type of car Bella has, sadly, I don't speak car and driver. So much like how Stephenie Meyer made up the Mercedes Guardian, Bella's car is completely one hundred percent made up.

And another quick clarification, I've had a few people ask about the control issues so I thought I'd try to explain.

Transitional creatures all have different control issues. With each new aspect of the transition they have to gain control. So yes Bella had control, and she had control issues before the speed, the speed is now just a new control issue.

Until next time,

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