Book 8: Sisters & Witches
Song: Everything You Want By: Vertical Horizon
A/N: In this story Lexi was not killed.
"Somewhere there's speaking
It's already coming in
Oh and it's rising at the back of your mind
You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now you're here and you don't know why/
You're waiting for someone
To put you together
You're waiting for someone to push you away
There's always another wound to discover
There's always something more you wish he'd say/
I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don't know why
And I don't know why
Why
I don't know"
2 Weeks Earlier: Forks, Washington
Bella POV:
Dear Diary,
I keep getting all these odd dreams. I keep feeling like I'm supposed to do something or remember something. It's odd. I mean I'm happy. It's been an amazing few months with Edward and his family even if Rosalie doesn't like me. Alice and I have gotten really close too, except for her 'Bella Barbie Moments' though something still feels off. Plus, Alice can't seem to understand that her type of outfits are not what I like to wear. Though I've had the sudden urge to wear dresses lately. Not fancy dresses like Alice has but more vintage dresses that I can wear ribbons with. I guess I'm channeling my ancestors as Mike joked, haha. It feels almost like many different things or personalities are melding together or joining. I feel like some things coming, like something big is going to happen soon. I can't really explain it but I just know it and feel it. Edward has been worried about me because of my dreams. Usually I dream about him and say his name but recently Edward's told me that I haven't been saying anything. But I know that I'm dreaming, it's just that my dreams have felt more like memories then dreams. I don't know what to make of it. Anyway, today I'm going to play baseball, well at least watch vampires play baseball. Bye for now.
Sincerely,
Isabella Wat
Bella Swan
"wow that was odd, why'd I write that." –Bella
"write what love?"- Edward
"Oh my god! Edward you scared me, I didn't know you were here. And it's nothing." –Bella
"alright love, I just wanted to tell you good morning and to tell you that I'll be here to pick you up at 2pm." –Edward
"alright, I'll see you then, I have a few things to do anyway." –Bella
An Hour Later:
I had finished all my chores remarkably fast. It must have been because I was trying to pass the time until I get to see Edward again. I decided to take a walk in the forest near my house, it usually helped to clear my head. I had actually found an area of the forest that must of belonged to some of the original properties of the area from like the late 1800s or something like that. The foundations were still there but the home was no more. The hedge from a maze was still there too. It had grown quite tall over the years without someone to take care of it (think similar to the maze in the end of Harry Potter 'HP4' and yes I know R.I.P. Cedric, we all love you). It was my spot, I often let my girly side come out and ran through it to find the middle that I would sit in and draw. I never told Edward about it because I just wanted it to be my spot. I was content there. When I left my house that morning I was wearing a light blue knee length dress with a pink ribbon. I ran through the maze laughing. Something about running through a maze like this seemed so familiar, so right. It was the most comfortable I've felt in a long time, it just felt like home. When I got to the center I saw a flash of white and I knew none of the Cullen's knew about this place so I did the first thing that popped into my head. I screamed.
Unknown POV:
I was getting out of my car to visit a witch friend of mine named Angela when I had the overwhelming urge to go for a walk through the forest first. After a while I heard a girl's scream and ran toward it.
I found what looked to be the old foundations of the homes from the first settlements of this area and a tall hedge that was a maze I knew that the girl must be inside so I ran through it. I was not prepared for the sight I found.
I could see the back of girl in a blue dress with a pink ribbon backing up from a cold one with dark skin and hair. The first thing I thought when I saw the girl and realized what the situation was I knew what to do: "Not Again, I wouldn't let this happen again."
"Leave her alone and you won't be hurt. I'm 10 times stronger then you and I will not hesitate to kill you or contact the Volturi and tell them that someone's being a bit sloppy, all these 'animal attacks' in one small town, they may want to be involved."
"Hmm, I don't want any trouble. If you are here I'll inform my coven and leave." The man said.
"Good."
As soon as he was gone I spotted a sketch- pad and was shocked at what I saw. It was me. I looked over to look at the girl and gasped.
"you're her."
"Amanda." I said and caught her just as she fainted.
Bella POV:
I saw the girl that I drew in front of me she had just saved me from being killed by vampires. I was in shock. How could I draw someone I've never seen before and then they appear? But somehow when I saw her something clicked, something felt right, like somehow I knew her, that I could trust her. I said "you're her" and that's when I was overwhelmed with flashes of memories. Memories of this girl. Of Lexi. Of Esme, Edward's "mother" but somehow my mother. Of a boy named John. Of my mother telling me the story of the Petrova line. Of me but not me. Of a whole life. And then an extremely vivid memory:
My father and John were laying on the ground. Two monsters were drinking their blood from their necks. Another one looked at me and smirked. I looked behind me to see Lexi. I knew what was to come. Just as John tried to save me before he died I was going to try to save my sister.
"Lexi Run!"
"Amanda, no!
And then I died and I shot up awake.
"Calm down, stay calm. You're ok." –Lexi
"Lexi." –Bella
"How? How is this possible?" –Lexi
"I don't know, I just had these flood of memories."- Bella (A/N: just to be clear she's only had four lives, first as Juliet, then as Amanda, then Isabella Watson, and finally Bella. [same for Damon: Romeo, John, Damon (so 3)] It's not more because since I'm following the idea that her soul was in the Underworld in between until the Fate's decided to give them another chance in life [going with Greek Myths remember]).
"Amanda, I've missed you." – Lexi
"I've missed you too. Some things are starting to make a little sense. I'm Amanda, but I'm not. I've been having all these flashes of memories of dreams. I think they must be past lives or something. I know it doesn't make sense but I remember my life as Amanda, but still have my whole current life as Bella. Does that make sense?" –Bella
"It's confusing but I guess it does. I'm so happy I have you back." –Lexi
"Wait, how are you alive? They turned you didn't they?"- Bella
"Yes." –Lexi
"But you aren't pale and cold to the touch. You still have your blue eyes."- Bella
"I'm not a cold one. How do you know of them?" –Lexi
"I'm dating one. Oh my God that mean Esme is.."- Bella
"Esme Petrova? You mean our mother?" –Lexi
"She's here, she's a cold one, she is my boyfriend's step mother and her last name is Cullen now."-Bella
"She's alive I have to see her." –Lexi
Just then we both heard movement to our left. Lexi moved in front of me. We both relaxed when we saw who was there. It was Esme, our mother.
"Mother." –Both Lexi and I said.
Esme POV (20min Earlier):
I was with Alice. We had just pulled into the driveway when she got a vision of Bella in trouble. She described the place but she couldn't figure out were it was. Then she said a name that she couldn't of known. She said 'Petrova'.(A/N: to be clear Alice only got the name from the vision, she didn't see the whole conversation) There's no way she could of known my maiden name, I never even told Carlisle. I told her to go tell the rest of the family what she saw and that I would start looking for her. I knew that she'd have to call Edward and wait for him to come back before she could start looking.
As soon as Alice was in the house I took off toward the old foundations of the house we (Cullen's) lived in when we first came to Forks. It was an old house from the first settlements in the area. Unfortunately the years took their toll and the house burnt down before we returned here and it happened before Alice joined our family.
When I got there I could hear talking so I ran through the maze and gasped at what I saw. It was my two children. Or at least one of them and Bella. My mind was going a mile a minute. And then I heard them both say:
"Mother."
Bella POV:
We explained to mother (Esme) about what had happened and that I remembered my life as Amanda. At first she was in shock and confused just as Lexi was. But as soon as we all hugged and had that contact again it didn't matter how crazy everything seemed. We were together and that's all that mattered. As we started to walk back through the forest Lexi told Esme of how she's a different type of vampire and a little about her life. She told us both how she came to see her friend Angela who she was shocked to find out was also my friend. We then both realized who the "friend" that Angela wanted each of us to meet was and laughed. It appeared that fate would have us meet again whether it was her saving me from cold ones or through Angela. After a little while both Lexi and Esme froze.
"Someone's coming. A vampire." –Lexi
"It's most likely the rest of my family, of our family." –Esme
"It might be the cold one coming back with his coven. We don't know how many there are or who, we need to be careful. Amanda, sorry Bella, stand by me." –Lexi
I stood next to and somewhat behind Lexi with our mother a few feet away from us trying to locate where the vampires were coming from.
All in an instant everything changed:
I heard a growl and saw a flash of white. I was thrown to the ground by something cold as Lexi was thrown at a tree. I screamed in both fright for Lexi and pain.
"No!"
Esme was trying to get to whoever was attacking Lexi. There was a bunch of blurs and as soon as it started it ended. I was grabbed by cold hands which I realized were Edward's and held behind him. He was saying:
"It's ok. It's ok, you're safe now."
And Esme was screaming. I looked around and saw Lexi on the ground with a piece of wood sticking out of her chest. When Edward tackled her he must of pushed her into a stray piece of wood. I screamed:
"Lexi! Lexi! No!"
Just as Esme threw Edward back toward a tree. I took my chance and ran toward Lexi crying. I didn't care if I was hurt in that moment I just cared about making sure Lexi was ok. I pulled the stick from her getting blood all over my dress. I gave her my arm.
"Lexi drink! You need to drink! Please, You need to be ok, please drink!"
Her face changed and I felt her fangs go into my arm and start sucking my blood. I thought it would hurt but it didn't.
"Get away from her!" –Edward screamed.
"I swear to God Edward if you come near me right now or even touch Lexi again, I will find a way to kill you." –I screamed a bit taken aback by the ease in which I threatened him.
"Bella, what-" –Edward
And then the rest of his family arrived and realization hit him as he heard my mother's thoughts.
"Oh my God. Bella. I'm sorry, I didn't know, I thought she was going to attack you." –Edward
"That's it though you didn't think, you just reacted." –Bella
I looked at the rest of the family and saw shock on everyone's faces except Rosalie and Emmett. That shocked me. I made a mental note to ask them about it later. I could tell that they were shocked because I would usually never talk to Edward like that but remembering things was also affecting my personality. Just as I thought that I started to feel weak.
"Lexi, enough." –Bella
"Thank you Amanda, I mean Bella. I can feel your blood healing me. You got hurt when you fell, here take some of my blood, I'm still going to be weak but you need it. I'll get more blood after I get you home." -Lexi
And so I drank a little of her blood and my wound healed. I told Edward that I just couldn't be around him then and Esme went back with the Cullen's to explain about Lexi and what I remembered.
When Lexi and I got to my house I invited her in and when Charlie saw me covered in blood and being supported by Lexi he screamed and went a little crazy. Luckily I discovered another advantage to Lexi's type of vampire. She compelled Charlie to forget what he saw and that she is my best friend who decided to come live with us for awhile. He repeated everything she said and went back to watching the baseball game.
"Sleep. You're weak after the blood I took. You need sleep. I'll be back soon." –Lexi
"You don't have to kill anyone right?"- Bella
"Aside from maybe your boyfriend, no. I can drink without killing. I usually go for a blood bag diet but I'm still weak and I don't have that option right now. I'll be back soon." –Lexi
"Ok. And Lexi close the window, I don't feel like seeing Edward right now." – Bella
"Wait, why would your window being open have anything to do with him?" –Lexi
"Well, he um.. let's just say he has always liked to watch me sleep.. even before we were together." –Bella said mumbling the last part.
"ok… sounds a bit creepy to me but whatever, sleep well Ama- Bella."- Lexi
"I want you to call me Isabella not Bella. But just you and mom."-Bella
"Ok."- Lexi
Lexi POV:
I changed into one of Bella's outfits. I left my sister's house in search of some one I could drink from. I wasn't going to tell Bella, but Edward's attack took a lot out of me. I mean I know that we are stronger then Cold Ones in most ways, but the price of that is that if someone could get close to us with wood, we can be killed, unlike their super hard skin. I walked down the street and saw a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes walking toward the park. I followed him and he looked at me and smiled. I compelled him to come with me toward the woods a little and then let my face change. I compelled him to not be afraid and drink from him. When I was done I compelled him to forget what happened and that the wound was from a fall he had while walking in the woods and sent him home.
I heard a twig snap near me and turned to see none other then Edward.
"You drank from a human." –Edward
"So? At least I don't have to kill them like you would. The bloodlust isn't the same for me. I'm an original." – Lexi
"I'm sorry for what I did. I wasn't thinking." –Edward
"No you weren't. But I get it. But you need to be more careful. Isabella was really hurt when you pushed her away from me." –Lexi
"She likes to be called Bella. And she was hurt?" –Edward
"She wants me to call her Isabella, and You didn't smell her blood? I mean I admit that I didn't realize she was hurt until after I started drinking from her but still. That's one of the reasons I gave her some of my blood even though I was weak." –Lexi
"No I didn't."- Edward
"I'll be staying with Bella, I compelled Charlie to think I'm her best friend that will be living with them for the time being."- Lexi
"Compelled?"- Edward
"It's a type of mind control."- Lexi
"I see." –Edward
"I'm going to go see Angela and then go back to Bella's house." –Lexi
"Angela? As in Angela Weber?" –Edward
"Yes, she's a witch and yes she knows that I'm a vampire. I'd be surprised if she didn't know you were one too."- Lexi
"That's why she's so nice to us."- Edward said quietly.
"Yeah most likely."- Lexi
"I'll go stay with Bella while you go see her." –Edward
"No, she asked me to close her window, she doesn't want to see you right now. Give her time. Besides it's just a little creepy that you come in through her window and stare at her all night. But whatever." –Lexi
And just like that he left and I went to tell Angela what happened.
A Few Days Later:
Bella POV:
I was at school and things with Edward were still shaky. I was talking to him again but there was still a feeling of unease. Lexi compelled the school guards to let her in during lunch time. Over the last few days I've gotten to see a whole other side of Angela too since now I knew about her being a witch. Even Rosalie started to become a little nicer toward me. Though she also brought it upon herself to have secret conversations with Angela that neither of them would tell me about. Even Edward didn't know, apparently Angela was blocking him from reading both Rosalie and her thoughts. I was also getting annoyed with Edward treating me like a fragile little doll that he could brake. I mean in a way he could but still. He was just starting to become a little too distant. I was happy anyway though because I had my mother or Amanda's mother back. It was odd to wrap my head around that one sometimes. I mean I have my mother Renee but then Esme is also my mother. Carlisle was definitely attempting to resolve all of this; him being religious and a scientist, then having all this thrown on his lap was quite the brain twister.
Today it was an interesting group of us sitting together. There was me and Lexi. Edward was sitting on my other side. Rosalie opted to sit next to Angela, it was almost as if they were having a silent conversation. And then the rest of my human friends. When I looked at Mike who had just sat down I started to laugh and everyone just looked at me.
"Sorry, I just thought of something funny." -Bella
"Of all the people you could choose Lexi, you chose him. Somehow it just figures." – I whispered to Lexi and she laughed.
"What are you talking about love?" –Edward whispered to me.
"Look at Mike's neck."- I whispered back and Edward frowned clearly not thinking it was funny.
"oh lighten up!" –both Lexi and I said which earned a soft chuckle from Rosalie. Edward glared at her.
Just then Lexi got a call and excused herself. I got a little worried so I followed her outside and overheard her talking.
"Alright, no, it's fine Stefan. I'll be there. And of course I'll let you meet Ama.. oh I keep forgetting, I mean Isabella. I need about a few days before I can leave. Ok, see you soon, bye."
"Lexi? Where are you going?" –Bella
"Bella, I have to go for awhile to help a friend. There's apparently been some major drama happening in Mystic Falls, where he is right now. He's worried about something happening and about his brother Damon doing something stupid again." –Lexi
Argh, why do those names sound so familiar? I didn't even notice that Rosalie had joined us until she spoke.
"Did you say Stefan and Damon? As in Salvatore? And in Mystic Falls?" –Rosalie
"Yes, why?" –Lexi
"I'm going to kill her for lying to me. I'm coming with you."- Rosalie
"Salvatore?" –I said just as I fainted.
It was raining and I was looking for something but I couldn't find it. Suddenly I bumped into something hard and cold and fell to the ground. It was Edward. He reached out for me but I pulled away and ran. I heard someone (not Edward) call my name: "Isa." "Isabella." It was like the voice was pulling me toward it. It was so different then Edward's voice. I kept running. I knew that Edward was gaining on me but I had to get to the source of the voice. I saw a raven- haired man out of the corner of my eye. He seemed so familiar. And then he ran and I followed. Then I came to a door. I opened it and saw the raven- haired man standing in front of two cribs. Then Edward was about to attack him. I screamed.
"No! Edward Stop! No!" I jumped in front of the raven- haired boy just in time to save him from being killed and yelled
"Damon!"
I woke up to see that I was in my own room at home and both Lexi and Rosalie looking at me confused.
"What?" I asked.
"You just screamed the name Damon." –Lexi
"It's impossible. There's no way." –Rosalie
"What? It was just a dream."- I asked.
"I think she needs to come with us to Mystic Falls. But only her, not Edward. We need to find a way to keep him from following." -Rosalie
"What? Why?" –I asked
"Because I think a few things are starting to make at least a little sense. I don't know how but it is."- Rosalie
"I don't want to put her in any danger but I agree."- Lexi
"If it's important I'll go." –I said.
"Rosalie can you use magic to give us at least a head start?"- Lexi
"Yes. I'll block Alice from getting visions about us and have Emmett run interference. We'll have to leave in a few days like you told Stefan. I've got to work with Angela to get a few spells ready. It's been a long time since I could freely use my magic. And most importantly we need to all act normal."- Rosalie
"Magic?"- Bella
"I'm a witch too Bella, but please you can't tell anyone else about that."- Rosalie
"Alright and I'm a little confused but I'll go along with you both to this Mystic Falls place and I agree we shouldn't tell Edward."- Bella
"You know I would of thought you would have more of a problem with the whole 'lying to Edward and running away with your sister and his sister thing'." –Rosalie
"If all this happened a week ago or even a month ago then yes I would, but something is telling me that this needs to happen. Honestly I've been confused lately and things are finally starting to feel right, like I'm on the right track. I love Edward, but something has always felt off. I can't really explain it. It's like there is a connection with him but it's like I keep feeling this stronger pull to somewhere else, if any of that makes sense."- Bella
"It does, kind of. Ok let's do this then."-Rosalie
"Why do I feel like all hell's about to break loose?" –Lexi
"Because it most likely will."- Rosalie
