I'll leave my love between the stars

Chapter 8

I am so close I can almost feel it, revenge is sweet and soon it will be ours.

I glanced at the digital alarm clock; it was ten thirty if I was going to meet them at the school I would have to leave within the next thirty minutes.

I had met my dad outside the school and had expected him to read in my mind what had happened but he didn't he had asked me how my day had been and I had told him how science had been cancelled so I had studied in the library. The lie came out easily shocking me as I wasn't expecting it my dad had not even glanced up, I thought of the conversation in the café but not even an eyebrow was raised as we drove home.

The clock read 10:31; I stepped out of bed and still in my night clothes I crept into my parent's room. My parents, Alice and Jasper had gone hunting, Carlisle was on the night shift at the hospital and Esme was in the living room painting, Rosalie and Emmett were in the field out back, I could hear his booming laughter. I pulled on my mums jeans, long jacket and hat hoping to mask my scent with hers. I then crept down the back stairs pausing as I reached the bottom and approached the door to Jacobs basement room, his smell was still strong and I inhaled deeply enjoying it. Once out of the house I moved slowly, Rosalie and Emmett where sat with each other staring at the stars I watched them for a moment hoping they didn't hear my heartbeat but they where too wrapped up in each other, Rose was in his arms and he had his face nuzzled into her hair, I felt a stab of pain and was glad Jasper was not around as he would have sensed my emotion.

Ten minutes later, I came approached the main road unsure of what to do next. I could try running to the school but what if I was seen by someone, I could ring for a taxi but surely a responsible taxi driver would not take a young girl into the city alone at night. Then again perhaps this was just my small town ideology I took out my cell phone to call for a cab when some lights caught my attention on the road, the car slowed down and I took an involuntary step backwards.

It was a black Porsche 911 turbo cabriolet, I recognised it from one of Jakes car catalogues the tinted windows rolled down.

"Liv, thought you might need a lift" it was Leigh's voice that came out of the car, and I paused it was obvious she disliked me, so I couldn't fathom why she would be willing to give me a lift.

"Are you coming or not?" she growled.

I got into the car and offered a smile to Leigh, but she barely registered it and began speeding off driving almost as fast as my Dad, I watched the speedometer creep up to a hundred, and glanced at Leigh she was wearing a long robe, it was impossible to tell within the darkness of the car but it appeared to be red and orange. Her black hair was worn loose, waves framing her face; she noticed me looking and rolled her eyes before speeding up.

"Erm, Leigh, we'll be passing a police station soon" I warned her as we hit 120 mph, she laughed at this. The flashing blue lights of a police car shone in the back of the car, Leigh merely smiled and the police car did a u-turn and sped down the road in the opposite direction.

"Did you do that?" I asked

"My element is fire; I can control the will of another person." She replied her voice low and threatening "If I wanted that police car could have drove right into a wall, but I'm in a good mood today so they are just gonna have a donut break"

I watched her unsure if she was serious or not, but decided against making any further conversation with her, we pulled up outside the school in less than thirty minutes, not a single red light had stopped us on our way in and Leigh had managed to keep her speed without a single person noticing.

"I'll be back before twelve" Leigh said as we pulled up outside the school "Wait in the courtyard"

I got out of the car and watched her speed off into the night; I sat down on one of the steps in the courtyard and waited patiently. Millie was the first to arrive wearing a similar robe to Leigh's but in a mix of dark and light blue, she smiled at me but kept her distance choosing to sit alone with her arms wrapped around herself as if she was cold. Olivia and Morgan arrived together, Olivia in a robe of brown and green and Morgan's was white with yellow embroidery. With their blonde hair down and curls falling to their waists they both looked like the angel's you would place on top of the Christmas tree especially Morgan in her white robe.

"You came!" she screamed running to me and enveloping me in a hug, she handed me a plastic bag "I made you this, where roughly the same size so…"

I pulled out a robe identical to the others but in a dark purple with silver lining, I held it up feeling the silk in my hands.

"It's beautiful" I said "Thank you"

"Everything is set up" Leigh shouted from the top of the steps, Morgan grabbed my hand and I followed her into the school.

I had pulled the robe on over my jeans and it was a good fit my auburn hair was also loose falling in ringlets. I followed Morgan to the roof top of the school where the other three where waiting. The rooftop had been decorated with candles and drawn on the floor was a symbol I recognised from gothic paraphernalia shops it was a pentagram with a coloured candles at each point. The top of the pentagram had a purple candle behind that in the north east were a blue candle and the north west a white one making up the bottom of the pentagram was a green candle in the south west and a red candle in the south east.

"We normally stand in a circle and invoke the four elements, but with you we are stronger, we can invoke the fifth element, the Aether"

"I've never heard of a fifth element, only four earth, fire, water, air" I said as I glanced round recognising the significance of the coloured robes.

"The Aether is everything else, life, death, heaven, hell, reincarnation and spirituality. You are the Aether, half human half vampire, alive and dead, immortal. Earth is my element my personal gift is healing however your mum, Bella, is also earth I assume she has a defensive power. Leigh is ruled by fire she can control the mind and will of other people; people ruled by the fire element also have the power to inflict pain by using internal and external forces. Millie's element is water she can see the future in reflective surfaces, the water element is connected to emotions and intuition as well as precognitive abilities; your dad is influenced by the element of water. Morgan is air…"

"No jokes about being an air head" Morgan interrupted.

"…her element is linked to intelligence and movement, she can move objects with her mind. Of course that is just the element that runs strongest through our blood some witches can have dual elements influencing them, the blonde male in your family has both fire and water in equal strength giving him emotive powers as well as the ability to act upon someone's will, I assume"

"He can feel peoples emotions and change them" I said unsure as to why I was revealing this.

Leigh scoffed "He can manipulate emotions, that pathetic"

"What is your problem?" I shouted, my rage bubbling.

"I don't like vampires" she replied nonchalantly.

Olivia glanced at Leigh; they stared at each other for a moment a silent argument between them, Leigh turned away and stalked over to the unlit red candle holding it her palm eyes closed.

"Were running out of time" Millie said as she eyed the full moon, I followed her gaze but it looked as the full moon always did and I didn't understand her interest.

"We don't have time to discuss everything, now" Olivia said smiling reassuringly at me "We want you to join our coven, I know you have more questions but we have to do this now, surely you can feel within yourself that you belong with us. Join us Renesmee"

Olivia, Millie and Morgan walked over to their coloured candles holding them in their hands, I watched them as they closed their eyes the air seemed filled with static electricity.

Go home Nessie, please

It was the voice again so faint I was unsure if I even heard it properly. I approached the purple candle and held it in my hands as the others did, closing my eyes. Even with my eyes closed I could see almost like a second sight with even brighter colours then my enhanced vision I could see the four girls but it wasn't them but an aura of colour. I could immediately tell which one was Morgan she was such a bright white I went to shut my eyes before I realised that my eyes where already closed, she had streaks of pale yellow and gold shooting through it was beautiful. The other three all had darker aura's that where no less beautiful, I wondered what mine looked like but when I glanced at my arm I saw nothing other than my normal alabaster skin and the dark purple of the robe. Millie's candle was the first to light a bright blue flame, Leigh's candle lit next, followed by Olivia's and finally Morgan's. I could feel the energy flowing in to me, I could feel all four of the elements running through my body I burnt, I drowned, Wind rushed against and the ground seemed to shake. I couldn't breathe and the pain was so intense, I screamed and my candle burst into a bright purple flame.

I love you Nessie

As I fell to the floor I heard the voice for what I knew would be the final time, I could feel power rushing through my blood and the thoughts and feelings of my sisters where part of me they each had their own distinctive timbre and taste.

I felt like I would burst with the energy inside me, I glanced at the other's they where standing with some difficulty apart from Morgan who had also fallen, it was because she was a new initiate as well, it was uncommon to initiate someone under sixteen as their mind would suffer with power overload. I was unsure where this knowledge was coming from, but I suddenly understood everything, I lay there for what felt like hours listening to the power of the earth, the strength of fire, the intuition of water and the intellect of the air, and the fifth voice the Aether in its pure unyielding form.

I felt the change as the candles blew out and I was able to move freely again, the power inside me diminished slightly but I could still feel them all.

"Wow, that was amazing" It was Morgan's voice and I was shocked I ever found it raspy; her voice was like wind chimes "Are you ok, Renesmee?"

I nodded and sat up opening my eyes for the first time, their coloured aura's still surrounded them but I could also make out their features, even Leigh looked shocked.

"Is it always like that?" I asked stumbling on my head rush as I stood.

"No, buts that's because at the most normal covens have four witches and a representation for the Aether, we have all five, were very powerful" Olivia replied as she helped me to my feet, as her fingers brushed mine I felt energy flowing into my body immediately feeling more energised, Olivia smiled then turned to Morgan transferring energy into her younger sister. Olivia's aura was a mix of greens with an almost black overlay. Morgan's was a dazzling bright white with flecks of gold and silver.

"You're hurting my eyes" I giggled, shielding them.

"You can talk" she replied sticking her tongue out "I've never seen an aura so bright"

"You cant see your own Aura" Olivia said "You have a gold aura Renesmee, representing enlightenment and a spiritual mind, and it is brighter than Morgan's, your Aura is always bright when casting a spell and after a circle but it fades within a couple of hours, until you can only see it with your second sight. Like how you read the invocation in the café"

I glanced at Leigh and Millie, Millie's aura was made up of a bright royal blue and a dark blue, whereas Leigh's was only one colour a deep red. I wondered momentarily why Morgan's was so bright compared to the other three. Was your aura supposed to be bright; Leigh noticed my attention and narrowed her eyes at me.

"Another pure of heart hey Liv" She sneered, but Olivia ignored her.

"We better get going the night guard will be by in a minute" Millie said, looking at the moon again.

"I'll deal with him, if he comes" Leigh replied a bright red glint flashing in her eyes

"I think you better take Renesmee home, her parents are worried" Millie said grimacing.

"They know I'm gone" I said panicked "How am I going to explain this"

"I can make them forget" Leigh offered with a smirk, I shuddered not liking the idea of her playing with my parents minds.

"I don't think it would help, my dad is telepathic" I explained "Would it not be easier to tell them the truth"

"No" Olivia shouted, Leigh ran to me grabbing my shoulders and shaking her fingernails digging in.

"You can't tell them…monsters, anything" She snarled through gritted teeth.

Olivia pulled her off successfully, and Leigh turned and stalked away her heels clicking angrily on the ground.

Olivia looked tired and exasperated but still managed a small smile.

"Don't worry about your dad, all you need to do is close your eyes and imagine the night, you snuck out to watch a late night film with Laith…"

"What!" I cried, thinking of how hurt Jacob would be if he found out "I can't say that"

"You have to; it's the only believable excuse you would have to sneak out"

I nodded my consent hoping Jacob wouldn't find out.

"Leigh will work with Laith's mind; he'll remember a romantic comedy and a bit of hand holding. You have to think of the same and convince yourself that was what happened. Millie will drive you home, I'm going to go and find Leigh.

I did what Olivia had suggested as I sat in Millie's small mini cooper, I closed my eyes and imagined, sneaking out of the house Laith picked me up at the bottom of the drive and we talked on the way to the movie, the movie was funny but the acting was terrible and we made jokes as we went for ice cream and coffee. He held my hand but I pulled away thinking of Jacob and Laith bought me home. When I opened my eyes it was strange but the real memory seemed to be that of the date, the circle and the magic seemed a foggy dream.

I smiled at Amelia as we pulled up to the bottom of my drive "It worked, It feel's like I was on a date"

"It'll get easier and faster, to control your thoughts. It's important as we need our concentration when we are in a circle or cast spells, also protecting your mind is a talent you'll need. Leigh has no morals about who she manipulates and controls"

Her face was stoic but I felt there was more she wanted to tell me but couldn't.

"Thank you" I said stepping out of the car and jogging up the drive as she drove off.

I had barely got to the front of the warehouse when a huge shadow leapt from my right, pushing me to the ground it fangs bared in a growl. I did the only thing I could think off, I screamed.