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Chapter 4

We split up and went our separate ways. After I had a buck and a bear I went back to our meeting point. When I got there I was shocked to smell Rosalie's scent mixed with the smell of fresh human blood. I realized that it led in the direction of our current house so I took off following it. I was terrified that Rosalie lost control and killed a human, was ashamed and took off. When I got near the house I open my mind up to the minds of my family, so I could hear and see their thoughts and what they were seeing. I heard a man suffering and begging his angel to help him. It was obvious that Rosalie had found her mate. I was happy for her and maybe now it will help lift her spirits and get her to have a better attitude, was all that I thought.

Carlisle met me outside ready to defuse the situation if I felt like fighting this like I had with Rosalie's change. I was not going to fight it, I really didn't have a problem with it, though I didn't know the guy so maybe that was why. "Bella," he said with his hands up in front of him trying to ease me into what he was going to say, "There is a man changing into a vampire in the house right now."

"I know Carlisle, I followed Rosalie's scent that was mixed with human blood so I was listening on all of your thoughts as I got closer. I thought maybe she had killed a human but I see I was wrong." I said.

"She didn't even bite him. She smelt the blood and went to investigate, once she saw him she just knew he was the one, she carried him all the way here and asked me to change him for her and I complied. I don't think we will have to move since he wasn't from anywhere near here, we should be able to stay until we planned on leaving." He explained to me.

"That's all very nice Carlisle, I am happy she found her mate and that it was so soon after her own change, only six years, as opposed to how long you waited. But what about us and school? You need more than just Esme with him just in case. I saw him in your minds, he is huge so you know he is going to be stronger than most newborns. Plus Rosalie really is not going to want to leave his side, you were the same way with Esme to start." I said. I had to get that off my chest.

"I am sure if need be we can just have Rosalie drop out of school, she is not a fan of it anyhow so she probably wouldn't mind. It is typical for girls to drop out since it seems the education field still has equality issues. Esme and I were waiting for you to get here, we are running to the Denali's to see if some of them will come and stay with us for a little while so there will be more people at home. We should be back before he wakes up if we run without stopping, there is the slightest chance we would possibly get back after his first hunt but I don't think you two will have a problem with that if that is the case." He explained to me. Esme came out to stand next to him.

"I really wish that I could go with you Carlisle, I rather not stay here and you know that." I said in a sigh as I walked past him towards the house.

Esme grabbed my arm and spun me, making me look her in the eye. "We were going to have you go with him but then we decided with your mind reading it would be good to have you stay here. I am sorry Bella, I would stay and let you go but we need your ability here." Esme said.

"Plus, if things were to go wrong with the hunt you could use you physical shield to stop him, if he is indeed stronger than the average newborn." Carlisle said.

I nodded my head sadly knowing that they both had points and I couldn't argue them. I sulked the entire way to the house and went to my room. Carlisle and Esme took off right as I got to the front door. I sat in my room doing nothing, I sat completely still and listened to Rosalie trying to soothe the screaming man, I listened to both their thoughts to be on the safe side. I was so bored and did not want to stay in my room but I could not focus on anything in the house besides for Rosalie and the man that she had changing. I knew I couldn't really leave the house like how I wanted to, I had to stay close enough to know what was going on which really put a damper on all my ideas, so I stayed perfectly still in my room.

Carlisle and Esme did return before the man awoke, none of us knew his name yet since he didn't have any form of identification on him when Rosalie found him. Kate and Tanya came with Carlisle and Esme to help us with him if the need presented itself. I knew them well, they were our cousins. Every decade or so either we would go and visit them or they would come to visit us, though it was easier to visit them since they always stayed in Denali unless they were travelling to see someone. I loved Kate and got along with her very well, but Tanya bothered me for some reason. I dealt with Tanya and put on the nice act but once we were away from her I was always in a much better mood.

I went down to meet them. "Kate, Tanya, how nice to see you again." I said.

"Oh Bella, I have missed you. How have you been?" Kate asked as she came to give me a hug.

"And I have missed you. I have been well thank you. How have you been?" I asked her as we pulled away from each other.

"We have been well too." Tanya said as she hugged me. I hugged her back but it was harder to actually do compared to when I hugged Kate.

"So the boy should be waking in a minute, I hear his heart is speeding up, we should get up there." Carlisle said.

We all followed Carlisle up to Rosalie's room. We all stopped breathing, Rosalie was drawn between staying right next to him and coming to stand with the rest of us. She wound up coming to stand with us in hopes of not over whelming him right away or getting attacked.

When the boy was done with his transformation he sat up, saw us all standing there and quickly got in a defensive crouch. Carlisle being the leader of our family took this time to talk to him, "Hello, I am Carlisle. This is my wife Esme, my two daughters Bella and Rosalie, and our cousins Kate and Tanya. We wish you no harm. What is your name?" Once the boy looked to Rosalie he was lost, all he could do was stare at her.

"My name is Emmett McCarty. What happened to me? I remember being attacked by a bear and then I was burning but I heard this angelic voice the whole time so it really couldn't have been hell." He said when he finally took his eyes away from Rosalie.

"Well we are vampires and I found you when I was hunting. You were messed up rather badly. When I saw you I knew I had to save you, I couldn't let you die, so I brought you back here and begged Carlisle to change you." Rosalie said taking a step closer to him with her hands up to show she meant no harm.

"You are a vampire and you carried me without drinking my blood? How did you do that?" He asked in awe.

"We like to think of ourselves as vegetarians, we drink the blood of animals. By doing so we are more civil and can live among humans without any problems." Carlisle explained.

"I really didn't feel the need or want to drink your blood because I think you are my mate. Plus I held my breath to be on the safe side." Rosalie then said.

"Um, that's cool. But what is a mate?" Emmett then asked looking totally confused.

"A mate is a vampire's other half. You see vampires mate with only one person for eternity. It is there soul mate if you will. Once you find your mate you feel whole, if you are separated for a long period of time you suffer, and if your mate is killed for some reason you will want revenge and then to be killed yourself. You feel the need to protect your mate beyond all else, you usually do not think of yourself, or at least that is what I have heard." Rosalie explained to him and from his thoughts he understood completely and already felt some of those things for her.

"Is that why I have this unbelievable pull towards you? I think your voice is heavenly and that you are the prettiest one in this room." Emmett said to Rosalie.

Tanya huffed her annoyance since in her mind she is the best looking female ever while Rosalie's smile grew more. Emmett really is perfect for her, he tells her exactly what she wants to hear right off the bat.

"Yes, just like Rosalie thinks you are the handsomest. Esme and Carlisle feel the same way about each other as well." I said.

"Tell me, is your throat bothering you?" Esme asked him peering around Carlisle who was standing in front of her to protect her if the need be.

"Yes, it is worse than the flames that I was burning in before." Emmett said going bugged eyed.

"Come on, let's go hunting to ease your throat some." Rosalie said walking to him and taking his hand. They flashed out first with Carlisle and I right behind them and Kate, Tanya and Esme bringing up the rear.

Rosalie explained to Emmett how to hunt and we all watched in horror as Emmett wrestled with the bear before successfully draining it. It was rather ironic since it was a bear that nearly killed him in the first place. Emmett seemed to have fun, I think he is going to be one who likes to play with his food.

The rest of us hunted after he was done, he watched several of us but really focused on Rosalie. While he watched her he had a lot of lustful thoughts going through his head, I wanted to stop listening and watching his thoughts but knew better than to do so because in a split second something could happen and Emmett could take off without being in control, I had to stay on alert with him.

We all went back to the house, Carlisle and Esme went off to their room, Emmett and Rosalie went off to Rosalie's room, Kate and Tanya stayed down in the family room and played chess. They tried to get me to stay with them and play but I couldn't stay in the house with the couples doing their things. I grabbed my copy of Wuthering Heights and went out into the surrounding woods, far enough that I couldn't physically hear them but close enough that I could check in on his thoughts. I figured with what they were doing he wouldn't go off in search of a human. I checked in on Emmett's thoughts every half an hour and once I knew that they were done I went back to the house.

When I reached the house I heard everyone moving around upstairs so I went to see what they were all doing. I was shocked to see that there was one of Rosalie's walls destroyed and almost everything in the room as well. "Do I even want to know what happened?" I asked as I went to help clean up the mess.

"Uh, well, we got a little carried away last night." Rosalie said and Emmett was grinning like the cat who ate the canary.

"Oh, I see." I said.

Esme, looked at me with a look of sadness towards me. We finished cleaning up the mess and then we all split up to do our own thing.

I went into my room and Esme followed me. "Hey honey do you mind if we talk for a minute?" She asked me as I flopped down on my bed.

"Of course mom." I said as I sat up and motioned for her to join me on my bed. She sat down on the end of my bed and pulled me so I was lying with my head in her lap and she started playing with my hair.

"It must be hard for you being the only single one in the family again." She said to me.

"Yes it is a bit hard, I wouldn't mind finding my mate but I am happy that you all are finding your happiness." I said.

"You deserve to be happy too. I wish you got your happiness in the near future. It pains me to see you alone." She said.

"I am not alone though. I have you guys, you are my family and as of right now that is all that I need." I said as I sat up and looked her in the eyes. "Please stop worrying about me."

"Oh honey I cannot stop worrying about you, I love you too much and I just want you to be happy too." She said pulling me into a hug.

"Ok mom, I give up, I'll let you worry about me. And you know that I love you all too." I said.

"Ok honey. I'll let you be now." Esme said as she got up. She left me to me own in my room.

Rosalie and Emmett got married a year after. They went away on a honeymoon and I had a visitor at our house. There was a knock at the door one evening and Carlisle answered the door, it was Jane. "Hello Jane, nice to see you again. To what do we owe this pleasure?" He asked her as he moved aside giving her entrance to the house.

"Hello Carlisle, I was sent here to talk with Bella if that is ok." She said as she entered the house.

"Of course you can speak with me." I said as Esme and I walked into the foyer. "How about we go and talk in private in the woods." I said to her after I read her thoughts as to why she was here.

Jane followed me and I stopped once I knew that we were far enough away that Esme couldn't hear. I really didn't care if Carlisle heard, since he knew everything about me but since Esme still didn't know everything I thought it best to not let her hear.

"So what brings you here today? Why were you sent here, to me for?" I asked since I didn't get the full story from her.

"Caius sent Alec and I here to get you and take you down south. There are territory wars going on down there and they are getting really out of hand. Your fire power would really help us out in eliminating all of the newborns that are out of control." Jane said. Alec had come out and joined us.

"What if I say no, what if I do not want to help out?" I asked trying to keep myself in check.

"Listen Bella, we know you do not want to come back to Volterra just yet, everyone knows that, though I am not going to lie to you, everyone wants you back there. They really just need your help with this. You can burn a lot of the newborns while the rest of us take care of the others. They will not force you to go back to Volterra until you are ready to, they are too afraid of you killing them." Alec said with a chuckle.

"Ok, I will come and help. Let me just tell Carlisle and Esme. Wait for me here, Esme doesn't know about me being a Volturi yet and I would like to keep it that way for a little longer." I said.

"Alright." They both said at the same time.

I ran full speed back to the house and found Carlisle and Esme in the family room playing a game of cards. "Hey, I need to talk to you for a moment if that is ok." I said when I entered the room and they both looked up.

"Of course, what is it?" Carlisle asked.

"I would like to travel on my own for a little while." I said. Esme looked so hurt. "I will return I promise, I shouldn't even be gone a year, maybe a couple months. I just need a little time to myself." I added.

"Is it something I did?" Esme asked. "Is it because I said that I wished you could find your mate? Or is it because Rosalie found hers before you found yours?"

"Esme, mom, it is just that I need a little time to myself, I swear. It is not because of anything that anyone in our family has done." I said.

'Can you tell me outside?' Carlisle asked me through his thoughts. We had worked out a look a long time ago so I would read his thoughts when he wanted me to if he didn't want to say something out loud for others to hear. I nodded to him with a quick movement of my eyes. "I am just going to walk Bella out. I'll be right back dear." Carlisle said to Esme as he got up.

When we got to Alec and Jane I turned to him. "You need to help out the Volturi I am assuming." He said. Then he turned to Alec, "Oh and nice to see you again Alec. I hope all has been well in Volterra and with the two of you."

"Yes, and thank you Carlisle. You look well, Aro sends his best and congratulations about your wife and two new members to your coven, I mean family." Alec said shaking Carlisle's hand.

"Well send my thank you to him." Carlisle said.

"Yes Carlisle, I am going to help them contain the mess with the wars in the south. They seem to need my fire power. It should not take long at all. I will return when I am done I promise." I said. I went and gave him a hug which he returned.

When he finally let me go he held me at arm's length and said, "I know you will Bella but we will miss you and I will be worried about you. It is going to be hard to keep this from Esme you know."

"If you have to tell her then you can but please try not to, we can tell her when I come back if you can wait that long." I told him.

"Alright Bells. Please be safe and return as soon as you can." He said.

"I will, and I love you, tell Esme I love her too and I will return as soon as I can." I said as I took off with Alec and Jane trailing behind me. I put on my black cloak that Alec had brought for me as we ran.

We ran for two days straight and when we reached the brothers Aro looked to me with a huge smile on his face. "Ah, Bella, how nice of you to join us on this mission." He said as he came and gave me a hug. He then held my hand like he does with everyone else but I had my mental shield up like I always do so he saw nothing. He dropped my hand in frustration.

"Nice to see you too, sorry but you know I like my privacy, time has not changed that." I said to him. I then look to the other brothers, nodded and said, "Nice to see you two as well. Shall we get this over with so I can go home?" I asked.

"So you are finally coming home to us?" Aro asked.

"No, I am going back to be with Carlisle and my family. I am not ready to come and sit in that castle, I like my freedom." I said backing away from him and standing as tall as I could.

"But Bella you need to return, you have been away for much too long." Aro said.

"Aro, I will not be returning after this is over and if you don't let this alone I will just leave now and you can take care of the newborn armies without my fire power. The choice is yours." I said through clenched teeth with a growl at the end. I was getting so mad that my hands were balled in fists and the tree that was in between Aro and Caius caught fire.

"Everyone quickly backed away from it with wide eyes. "Isabella, stop this now!" Caius shouted.

The next tree that was too far away from the first one caught fire. I was losing control I was so furious with them and after having kept that gift in hiding and control for so long it felt good to use it. "Why? Did you not want me here for my fire power? Is that not what you wanted?" I asked stalking closer to them with a predators smile on my face. I was lighting trees in a circle on fire so no one had anywhere to run.

I had opened myself up to hear all of their thoughts once we got near so when I heard Marcus' thoughts, 'Bella, please do not do this to us. I know you don't like killing anyone and having you kill all these newborns is a lot to ask of you, but please, find it in yourself to stop this.'

I stopped short and the smile disappeared from my face as I put out all the fires that I started. Aro and Caius, along with everyone in the guard were visibly shaking with fear still. "O-ok. You…you can go… go back wi… with Carlisle when this is all do… done." Aro stuttered out.

"Alright then. Now let's get this done so I can go home." I said. I turned my focus to Caius since he always leads these kinds of missions. "How far away are we from our targets?"

"The first army that we know of is two miles away. We should be able to take out most of them. We can continue on down south along the east coast and then back up the west coast. A s much as we would like to eliminate them all we will be happy as long as we get most of them to get or message across. They all are being too careless and risking exposing our existence." Caius said.

The guard all got in their fight formation behind Aro, Caius, Marcus, and I. We ran in that formation all the way until we found the first army. It took us seven months to get through all the armies that we could find. We knew that we did not get them all but we also know that we got enough to scare the rest

I was so happy when I returned home and I could tell that Esme and Carlisle were too. I was even shocked when I saw that Rosalie and Emmett were back already as well.

"Where were you Bells? I missed you, I was shocked when we got back and you weren't here." Emmett said as I walked in.

Esme and Carlisle rushed up and hugged me and I saw Carlisle was searching for any sign of harm on me.

"I have missed you all so much and I am so happy to be back." I said to all of them and then I focused my attention to Carlisle. "Do not fret Carlisle, there was no harm done to me while I was away. So you can stop worrying."

"I am sorry Bella, I was just worried about you." Carlisle said looking down in shame.

"It is ok." I said to Carlisle and then I focused on Emmett. "I was down in the south. I was helping out the Volturi eliminate the newborn armies since they were getting out of hand."

"How did you help them? You are a shield and don't they already have shields?" Emmett asked, then he continued, "And the mind reading really isn't that helpful in that situation, is it?"

Esme and Rosalie were both looking at me in curiosity. "Well I have more gifts than you all know about, well except Carlisle. And there is also a part of my past that Carlisle and I have not told you about that I guess we, I mean, I should tell you. If we could go outside I think it would be better and easier to explain. I just want to say that what you are about to learn about me I want to stay between us and I do not want you to share it with anyone or treat me any differently." I said.

Everyone followed me outside into the back yard. When we were far enough away from the house so I didn't have to worry about damaging it I turned around and had them stop. "Ok well, the first thing that I should tell you is that there aren't three rulers, there are actually four." Everyone but Carlisle looked at me puzzled. "I am the fourth ruler."

"What? You can't be, you are here with us and not there. They wouldn't just let you go if you were a guard member or ruler." Rosalie said.

"I am Rosalie. And the reason why they gave me the freedom that I have is because of how powerful I am. You see I am also telekinetic and I can control fire. That is why they asked for my help in the south."

"No way! You really can do those things too?" Emmett exclaimed.

"Yes, see." I said as I lit a tree behind me on fire so they could see it. Just as quickly as I started it I put it out. I then lifted Emmett up and moved him to be standing on the opposite side of Rosalie with my telekinesis.

"Holy crap that is so cool!" Emmett exclaimed running towards me but since I did not feel like being crushed I put up my physical shield. "Ah, you're no fun." He said hanging his head and pouting as he walked back to Rosalie.

"Bella, why have you kept this from us?" Esme asked looking both a little hurt that she thought I didn't trust her and proud like any mother would be if they found out that their child was a genius or prodigy.

"It wasn't that I did not trust you guys, it is just that I did not want to be treated any differently. I wanted to be as normal as possible for the circumstances. Please treat me like you all have been, Carlisle has been able to treat me like I was just a normal person and I hope that you can all do the same. Just please, please do not tell anyone else." I said looking to all of them and they all nodded while looking at me awe struck.

"Bella, I will keep your secret as I am sure everyone else will, but I still cannot believe that you kept this from us. I mean I do understand why and that is why I will support you and keep it, it is just a surprise." Rosalie said finally breaking the somewhat awkward situation.

I nodded my thanks to her and walked closer to my family. "So what shall we do now that we are all back together again?" I asked and before anyone could even say anything I turned to Rosalie and Emmett. "How was the honeymoon? When did you two get back?"

"We got back two weeks ago. We got a welcome almost as good as the one you just received but now I understand why Carlisle was so edgy and Esme was too since he was." Rosalie said with a slight chuckle.

"And the honeymoon was awesome! Although there are a few less house's there now." Emmett said then he laughed his booming laugh. I just nodded, not really sure what to say. I was a bit more than I ever needed to know.

"I know, how about we go on a hunt. I already gave my notice at the hospital for us to move on. I was just waiting for you to come home before we did move." Carlisle said. Everyone agreed enthusiastically so we were off. We ran up into Canada and hunted big game. After we were done, when we got back to the house we packed the small stuff that we could carry and ran to Forks Washington. Carlisle and I had a house there already, this was our second time living there.