Disclaimer No, I don't own Twilight or any of the characters in this story so far.
AN This chapter is a bit short, there is going to be one more chapter from Bella's POV and then one or two from Edward's. Then comes the fun part
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After a few minutes of standing alone in the snow, Edward walked out of the house and pulled me into his arms, kissing my head gently. At the second he touched me, I could hear the worried thoughts of him, Alice, and Jasper. Edward, of course, was the most concerned, and Alice the most excited.
For the first time I wished he could hear my thoughts and see what was going on in my head right now. Maybe that way everyone could figure out what was going on, because I couldn't describe that in actual words. The thoughts were confusing enough, but it was the image of the weather that confused me most… I let my thoughts trail off as Edward kissed me.
Suddenly, Edward paused and looked at me, startled. What had I done now?
He was still looking at me, now just confused. Still in his arms, I began to hear my own thoughts echo along with Edward's. Suddenly his eyes lit up
I can hear Bella! After so long I can finally hear my Bella! But why is she so worried about it? This is wonderful –
I pulled away from him then.
"Bella, honey, what's wrong? We can both hear each others thoughts now. Isn't that wonderful?" Edward asked, not seeing any problem with the situation at all. I wondered why he could, so suddenly, read my mind. I focused on blocking my thoughts.
"I can only read minds when I am touching you" I mused, realizing this for the first time. "So when I saw the weather… that was a … vision… Alice was touching me…" I was just now putting the day's events together.
Edward smiled at me gently. "The Volturi," he began, "wanted you so badly as a vampire because they expected great things from you." His eyes were searching my face carefully.
"But I can't hear you anymore" he added, seeming frustrated.
"Because I didn't want you to. I wanted you to hear my thoughts… and you could… but then I changed my mind… and you can't now" I was speaking slowly for a vampire, pausing as I pieced more and more of this together.
Edward seemed curious and excited, and he glided across the small house's front yard, picking me up in his arms.
"I want to try something," he said, carrying me into the house.
The rest of the night was full of my family testing my abilities and gifts. We discovered that when I was in physical contact with another vampire, I could use their power as if it were my own.
Alice took to calling me Sponge, and soon Edward and Jazz also picked up on it. Within minutes, Carlisle, Esme, and Emmett were on the phone, calling me Sponge too. Everyone seemed overly excited at my gift.
By the next morning, we had also discovered the other aspect of my powers. I could block (or in my case, open up) someone's mind from a power. If Alice didn't want Edward reading her mind, I could block it and Edward would come upon a blank.
Alice came up with all sorts of interesting things I could do with my powers, and Jazz taught me how I could manipulate everyone's mood. I had fun with that one, causing Edward to go from angry, to happy, to sad, and to calm and back again. After about an hour of having his emotions detected and manipulated, a frustrated Edward walked out of the room, leaving Jazz and I laughing.
I let go of Jasper's hand and followed Edward to our room. Perching on his knee I could hear Edward clearly. I opened up my mind, so we could communicate silently. Alice and Jasper went to their room; Edward and I respectfully blocked their thoughts from our minds and turned our entire attention to each other.