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(Edit: This chapter's contents were updated 08-26-09)
Celeste's POV
I watched, wide-eyed, as the human had a mental breakdown in front of me. The Volturi had seemingly lost track of us in the confusion of the explosion, but I was still keeping my ears eyes and nose open.
We were safe, for now, and hiding out in a clearing a hundred miles north of Forks. I pulled my eyebrows together in confusion, trying to understand the girl's rant. This was the last time I would ask a human the simple question: "So, what's the story?"
From the incoherent babble sprouting from the petite girls lips, I'd managed to piece together most of it. She had a vampire boyfriend, who didn't feed on humans, and lived with a coven in Forks, Washington. Last Spring, they'd had a run in with the Volturi and the royal clan had given the family a certain amount of time to change Bella (the human) into a vampire.
Her boyfriend had procrastinated, because for some reason most vampire powers didn't work on her and so they'd assumed the Volturi wouldn't be able to find her. Alice, a psychic vampire in the coven, had seen the Volturi coming and so Bella had gone off on her own to hide, on the over all assumption that the goons wouldn't be able to find her.
So now, there was apparently an inter-species war hinging on the outcome of this entire situation. I rubbed my temples…when did werewolves come into this?
It was very, very confusing. This human was beyond nuts.
As I watch Bella pace back and forth in the clearing, I felt the familiar sensation of someone probing into my thoughts. I groaned. Parker…
I briefly calculated the chances he'd been watching the news in the last half hour. That gas station would be all over CNN.
"What?" I asked, hoping he was just wondering what was taking me so long.
"Don't what me. I just saw a gas station go up in flames on the news." He seemed irritated and cranky.
"So?" Maybe he was just testing me.
"So it's got your name written all over it." Or not, he knew.
I mentally sighed. I hated being caught, besides, what was the big deal? It's not like anyone died. "Fine, I blew up a gas station. Anything else?"
"Bring Bella here."
"How did you know-"?
"Your brother happened to be in Port Angles and saw me. Before I knew it, I was being dragged off to meet of coven of seven vampires. One of which seems to be missing a girlfriend."
Ah, so he'd run into Jasper. What a show that must have been. "Wow, small world. So, Alice saw our little escape in a vision?"
"How did you know-"?
"Bella started freaking out a little bit when I stopped to rest. It wasn't hard to piece certain things together, even if she is the weirdest human I've ever seen." Understatement of the century.
"Oh. So can you bring her here?"
"That depends. Where's 'here'?"
A picture of a house flooded my vision, I studied it for a few minutes, memorizing the surrounding woods, and making sure I could find it. My senses caught a whiff of Demetri somewhere up wind of me and I tensed.
"I'll be there in fifteen to twenty minutes." I said finally, "Though I warn you, the goons may be right on my heels."
"Gotcha, See you in a few."
"Later…wait, I have to ask. How did your reunion with your 'loving' brother-in-law go?" I snickered aloud, imagining the confrontation that must have taken place.
I felt Parker terminate the link as Demetri's scent was blown out of the clearing.
Grinning deviously I leapt up from the ground. Something exciting was about to happen; my entire body could feel it. I sauntered at a human pace over to Bella, who was now leaning up against a tree trying very hard to calm down. I truly felt sorry for her, it must be nerve wracking, being in her position.
I bent down to her eye level, silently drawing her attention. She looked at me expectantly. "We have to go." I told her, "I'm supposed to take you back to the house, Edward will be waiting there."
She eyed me suspiciously, not sure if she should trust me with the location of the house. She was still suspicious? Clearly she hadn't had good experiences with vampires outside of her coven. Speaking of which, the scents of certain Volturi guards wafted past my nose again, much closer now.
I grinned mischievously at her, "Don't worry, I all ready know where it is. I'll explain everything later, but right now we have Volturi goons that are closing in on our scent, and fast."
The last bit got her attention. She nodded and grasped my out stretched hand. I pulled her to her feet and was about to sling her onto my back when I noticed she was starring at my hand with a confused look on her face.
I cocked an eyebrow at her, questioningly. "What?"
Bella looked at me quizzically, "You're not cold."
My grin grew. I dropped her hand as I took a few steps back. "That's because of my power." I informed her as I felt familiar excitement and fury run through my veins.
I snapped my fingers and in milliseconds was holding a small, self-contained fireball in the palm of my hand. Bella looked like she was about to faint. I laughed. "Don't worry, I can control it. It's a complicated power, but like I said I'll explain later. Right now we seriously need to leave." I wasn't sure the Volturi had seen my demonstration or not.
"Right." Bella agreed whole-heartedly. I put out the fireball and slung her onto my back. We took off into the woods, excitement building inside me as the wind ripped around my body.
AN: Yeah, Celeste will do anything for a thrill.
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