Author's Note: Long AN note at the bottom, sorry, but I feel necessary.

Chapter Two: Dinner and Surprises

I breathed deeply as a wonderful smell reached my nose. Something delicious was almost ready. I forgot my nerves as my stomach reminded me that I hadn't ate much that day. Carlisle had greeted us at the door and had taken Charlie into their living room. Edward and I were going upstairs. I smiled as Alice came forward, but it quickly disappeared at the expression on her face. Edward's arms tightened around my waist once again. "When are you going to tell me who this person is, and why is she so important?" Alice eyed him shrewdly.

"You haven't told her yet?" Edward glared.

"Her dad came while I was talking to Carlisle; I haven't had time to tell her yet, and we don't have time to now either. Dinner's ready, and Rose will kill us if we don't get down there now. She and Esme made the dinner," he added to me as we descended the stairs.

"Are you really going to tell me who No-"

"Don't say her name, not now. It will… it won't be good." I blinked, startled. It wasn't a good thing to simply say her name? What kind of person, or thing, could she be? I nodded mutely, frightened by his reaction.

"When are you going to tell me who she is?"

"Soon," he promised, but we had to stop the conversation as we sat down at the table. My dad and Carlisle were still talking about baseball of course. What else in the world was there to talk about? Everyone knew baseball was the most important thing in the world. Rose smiled tightly at me, but I detected no animosity in her eyes. I had a feeling it came from the news about this Noxtual person coming in a couple of weeks. I wished dinner could've waited just a few minutes. If my dad wasn't there we, or they, would've been discussing her.

Why were we both here then? Surely they wanted to talk about her, but that was impossible with my dad here. Why would Carlisle invite us both over for dinner knowing this? Did they not believe Jacob that she was coming in two weeks? Was she coming sooner? Or had Alice seen something that contradicted Jacob's information? She couldn't harm me from miles away could she?

Dinner felt relaxed, but I had a feeling Jasper had a hand in that. I knew he did when Edward finally relaxed his hand on my knee under the table and laughed at something Emmett had said. I couldn't forget his reaction to my first uttering of her name. Right as dinner was about to end Carlisle got up to answer the phone. I could tell something as wrong by the tone of his voice. I wasn't the only one.

"Dear, is something wrong? Was that the hospital?"

"There was a really bad wreck, multiple traumas. I'm going to have to leave. They said it out of town and some of the roads are blocked, but they thought I could get there. I don't know if you'll be able to get home for a little while, Charlie. The ways to your house are completely blocked." I heard Edward exhale and turned to him questionably. He smiled my favorite half smirk. It was odd that I still hadn't got used to that beautiful smile. I looked over at my dad, pleased that I would have more time with Edward. Maybe we could even get away from him so I could find out about Noxtual Rim.

"Maybe I should go and see if they need any help with the scene. Wait, I can't; I don't have my car. Edward drove us."

"I can give you a ride there," Carlisle offered, but Charlie shook his head.

"It's fine. They would've called if they needed me. I'll just wait an hour or so before we head home. Give them time to clear the streets." Carlisle nodded, kissed Esme, and then left. Dinner was finished quickly and we went separate ways. Charlie, Esme, Rose, and Emmett went into the living room while Edward, Jasper, Alice, and I headed back upstairs to Edward's room. Jasper spoke immediately as the door closed.

"She's coming now, isn't she? The werewolf was wrong?" The question was posed to Alice who had folded herself on the floor. She nodded.

"She's going to come into Forks and go to Bella's." Her eyes flickered quickly to me. "She's going to wreck the house if they're not here." I swallowed. This was just great. I had another psycho person after me. I was too wonderful, nice, and popular for them to stay away.

"And if they're there?" Edward's voice was furious, but I detected something else there, but I didn't know what.

Alice's gaze fixed on me, sitting on Edward's lap on his couch.

"She'll kill Charlie and take Bella with her."

"With her where? Where would she take her?" I knew what was in his voice: fear. Edward was afraid, but it didn't surprise me much. We were talking about me getting taken somewhere, Edward loosing me, which made perfect sense to me for him to be scared.

"I'm not sure where Bella would be taken. She's considering Italy, Austria, and Spain." Edward's arms tightened around me as Jasper's eyes grew wide.

"She's take her to Austria?" Alice turned to him, nodding.

"It's her first choice. She won't come here though. She can't sense Bella. Once she realized that Bella isn't at her house she'll… I don't know what she'll do beyond burning down the house. She knows we're here, but isn't planning on coming here or blowing out cover. She's been advised to leave us alone." I sighed lightly, still in the dark, a million questions running through my mind.

"Am I ever going to be told who she is?" I looked up at Edward's worried face. He smiled lightly, running a finger along my jaw sending shivers down my spine.

"If it was anyone but you, it wouldn't be believed. You already know about vampires and werewolves why not add a witch into the mix?"

"A witch? She's a witch?"

"Not like you're imagining, not like anything that's been in human books. A witch is simply the closest thing to which I could compare her for you to comprehend. She doesn't ride a broom, or have a wand, and no warts. She does, however, have powers."

"Like the powers you all have?" I looked around the room as they all shook their heads.

"We brought our, powers if you wish, with us when we changed." I frowned lightly at this. Edward had no powers as a human, but I understand what he was saying so I stayed quiet. "Noxtual is the most powerful Aishva. Each Aishva has a number of different powers and skills. Noxtual can sense a person by simply getting their scent off another person. She can't sense you though. You are once again immune to someone's powers. I'm not sure how she got your father's scent, but she did. She can sense a person up to a hundred miles away. She can move almost anything with a simple word said aloud. She could move a forest of trees and only use a third of her energy. She can make air move. She could move it to suffocate you and only feel tired for a few minutes."

"Okay," I said, processing all this. None of that was good, but it still didn't explain why her name had made Edward tremble. "What other things can she do?"

"If she looks into your eyes, she can control your mind. She could make you kill yourself, or someone else. She could make you h- she could make you do anything." His eyes were haunted, terrified. He had obviously been victim to this power. The question was what she had made him do. "She can also kill you with five words from half a mile away. She only need your scent and to have seen you once. So you dad is safe as long as Noxtual doesn't see him, or he stays with one of us." I nodded, now sacred. I didn't want anything to happen to my dad. I didn't think I could live if anything horrible happened to him because someone was after me.

"Why is he safer with one of you? Do you have some sort of protection against her?" Jasper began speaking, which surprised me.

"We have a very strong scent to Aishva, the strongest one there is. Our scent overpowers any other scent. She cannot sense your dad here because our scent is making his. One of us is going to need to stay with him at all times. School won't be a problem, because we're there and as far as we know she can't sense you, but you job could be a problem." He raised his eyes from the floor and looked at me. His eyes shifted to Edward. "You could wait outside somewhere out of sight." I didn't like that idea.

"I don't work that much. Will it really be that big a deal for one you not to be with me at al times?" Alice opened her mouth to answer, but didn't say anything as I recognized the signs of a vision. Jasper was in front of her in the same pose he had taken when this had happened when we were in the hotel room in Phoenix.

"Alice, what do you see?"

"She's coming. Someone has told her to come now."

"Come where?" Alice's gaze snapped to him as the vision ended.

"Here. She's already on her way, running. We have to hide Bella and Charlie." Before I could say anything Edward had lifted me into his arms, and we were running. I could here them yelling to Esme and Carlisle, but couldn't understand anything that was said. Edward sat me on the floor.

"Bella, please stay here. Noxtual is extremely dangerous. You have to stay here. Promise me you'll stay." His was to agonized, pleading and his eyes to scared for me to object.

"I promise, but-" My heart stopped as our lips met. I would never get used to his kisses. "Edward, what's happening? I-" My dad came into the room, immediately kneeling at my side.

"Bella, are you okay? What's going on?" Charlie had been followed closely by a worried Carlisle. I only saw Edward's face for a fraction of a second longer before he turned to his father.

"I'm not staying here. You can't make me! I have to go with you! I can read her mind; you need me. I-" Today was the day for being cut off by parents. Carlisle had grasped both sides of Edward's face, which shut him up and immobilized him. "I-" Carlisle shook his head, and I could tell Edward was reading his thoughts. After a minute or so Edward nodded, eyes downcast. Carlisle quickly hugged him and planted a kiss on his forehead before going out of the room. Edward sank to the ground and buried his face in his hands. I immediately moved to his side, never having stood up from the floor. "She's outside fighting them, and I'm-" He sighed. "It's better if I do stay in here. He was right." I knew he was talking more to himself than me.

"Why is better if you stay in here? Where exactly are we?" Edward focused on me now looking slightly surprised to see me so close.

"We're under the house. Only Carlisle and Esme can open the door. It reads only their fingerprints. We made it when we moved in case anyone or anything tried to attack us. Us "kids" were supposed to stay down here if that happened. We never imagined she would come though. And it's- it's just better for them if I stay down here. I guess you figured out I've been under her powers before?" I nodded. "Well, once she's had you once it's almost effortless for her to do it a second time. If I'm not up there they can focus on getting rid of her; they won't have to worry about my mind being taken control of." He still looked miserable and worried. I did the only thing I could think of which was to hug him.

"Bella, Edward," I flinched at my father's stern tone, "tell me what is going on. You're talking about powers and mind control! What in the world is happening?" I looked to Edward. It was his secret and story to tell.

"We have to tell him. Carlisle told me to tell him. It's the best way to keep him safe."

"Do we have to tell him everything? About your family too?" Edward nodded, face resigned. This probably wasn't going to go well. I doubted my dad would take kindly to my boyfriend and his family being vampire and the most powers Aishva being after us.

"Carlisle and the others will probably come back before I'm done explaining everything, but I need to start now." I nodded and settled against him. I knew Charlie was going to have questions for me, but I doubted that would be a little while once everything started to sink in. My mind drifted as Edward began telling Charlie about him being a vampire. Everyone else was fighting Noxtual. If she could really do everything Edward said she could I couldn't logically see how the others stood a chance against her.

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