Chapter 7

BPOV:

As I walked back to the house I was thinking about my new power. I had control of the elements. I thought about what this would mean for me. I will take any advantage I can over Aro. This is in fact an advantage, but, it is also a set back. Just because I had the power to control the elements, doesn't mean I have control over that power. This means I need more practice, more time to learn. With no teacher this was not going to be easy. What did the Goddesses mean when they said that the piece of me that was missing was right in front of me? That question alone is nagging at me. I feel like the answer was so simple, I just cant figure it out. I walked through the Cullen's back door and the weight of the last few days pressed harder on my mind and body. I felt so exhausted. One thing that I enjoy about not being full vampire is that I have the ability to sleep, and sleep sounded so good. Before I can sleep I need to discuss the new abilities I just acquired. I turned toward the family room, where it sounded like the whole family was at and walked in.

I was about to say something when I noticed the black square on the table. Before it was all black, but, now it had people in it. I sat staring at it. What is this? I thought. I was about to ask when Edward spoke, " Bella, what's wrong?"

I slowly turned my head toward the sound of his voice, my eyes still glued to the thing, " What is that?" I asked in a whisper. " What is what Bella?" He asked sounding really confused. I finally looked at him and pointed at the thing, " that, what is that?" I asked a little louder this time. He looked at me as if I were insane, " have you never seen television before," he asked as if the idea of it were asinine. I shrugged my shoulders and looked around, this now had caught everyone's attention. They were all staring at me until Emmet broke the silence, " wait a minute, let me get this straight, you have never seen TV before?" He asked. " No I cant say I have, what is this thing you call television," I asked not quite understanding why this was such a big deal.

" Well, its kind of hard to explain, when you were a child did you ever play pretend?" Edward asked. " Yeah, I think every child plays pretend," I said rolling my eyes at him. " Its kind of like that, see the people in the TV are actors, they play pretend for their jobs, and it is broadcasted like a signal to peoples televisions in their homes," he explained. " Okay, what is the purpose of this," I asked still not understanding. "Its for entertainment," Edward answered. I still didn't get it, but shrugged it off, the concept of this thing is not important right now, my new power is.

" Alright, whatever, I need to talk to you all about something that just happened to me in the woods," I said sitting down in one of the comfortable white chairs. They turned the television off and turned towards me. " What happened Bella, are you alright?" Edward asked looking me over to see any signs of pain or injury. " Well yes and no," I said. I told them about the Goddesses visit to me, their guidance that really didn't give me many answers and the powers they gave me along with the new marks.

"Can we see them?" Emmet asked a little to excited. I nodded as swept the cape I wore off of my shoulders and revealed my forearms to them. They all looked at them for a while before Emmet broke the silence again, "that looks like it freaking hurts!" I looked down at my arms and winced. It did hurt, a lot. The marks where black as the midnight sky, the skin around the marks were red and swollen.

" Well, it isn't pleasant that's for sure," I said smiling at him. I couldn't help but smile at Emmet, he was like a little kid. He was HUGE, but on the inside he was like a small child. " What does this mean for everything going on right now?" Carlisle asked me. That was Carlisle, always thinking ahead.

" Well, now I most defiantly need to practice my magic. I need to learn how to control these new powers, if I could get control of them fast enough I could use it to our advantage. If I cant get the control I need, I could be more of a danger to you then a help," I said bringing my worry for this family to the front of my mind again.

" What do you mean it could be dangerous?" Esme asked me.

I was quiet for a while, trying to figure out the best way to explain something to them that is sometimes hard for me to understand myself. I finally came up with the best explanation I could and said," magic is like a wild horse, you cant just jump on a random horse and expect it to automatically know what to do, you have to train it. If you don't then the horse will be likely to buck you off and hurt you, If I don't learn how to control this then I can misfire something and end up hurting you. I am not willing to take the risk. I need to practice at a safe distance from your family and your home," I explained. The press of exhaustion was starting to weigh me down to much to discuss things that are so important. I yawned closing my eyes and stretching my tired muscles out. " You must be tired Bella, go to sleep, we will discuss this in more detail when you have rested," Carlisle said to me.

" You can sleep Bella?" Edward asked in amazement.

" Yeah, being only half vampire has its perks," I said smiling sleepily at him. "Where can I lay down for the night?" I asked. "There is a couch in my room, you can sleep their until we have better arrangements," Edward said standing up and walking over to me. He offered his hand to me to help me stand and the second I grasped his hand with mine an electric shock shot through me and into him. "Oh my Gods and Goddesses, this is what they were talking about!" I thought, "he is my soul mate!" That is the sign of when you meet your soul mate. First the two feel completely taken with each other, and when the two touch the shock happens. He looked up at me, his eyes where wide and his mouth was formed in an "o". I couldn't speak, I just returned the look. He shook his head and turned with my hand still enclosed in his and lead me up the stairs.

He opened the last door to the left on the third floor of the house. "This is my room, that is the couch you can sleep on," he said pointing towards a black couch, "and this is the bathroom, feel free to take a shower if you want," he said. His room was a decent size, one wall of the room was big windows, I could see the night sky with the twinkle of stars above us. On another wall there were shelves that held dozens of thin little squares of all different colors and a big silver thing with two smaller silver things beside it. I walked towards them, inspecting them. There were so many things about this world that is so strange to me. As I was trying to figure out what these things where I felt Edward walk up next to me.

" I am guessing you don't know what this is either," he said to me.

"We didn't have things like this in Faylinn, what is it?" I asked him.

"They are called CD's," he said picking out one of the many small squares and opening it to reveal a small circular shiny thing with a small hole in the middle of it.

" What do they do?" I asked him in awe.

"They have music on them," he explained. I was so confused. Music, what did he mean music? I didn't hear anything coming from them, and I told him that. He just chuckled at me and took the CD out of the square and pushed a button on the big silver thing. It groaned and spit out a kind of shelf and he set the CD inside it and pushed the button again. It sucked the shelf back in and a few seconds later music started to play. I stared at Edward, this was the most glorious thing I have ever seen!

"You put the CD in this thing, its called a stereo, it reads the music that is stored on the CD and plays it out of the speakers," he explained to me. I nodded listening to the delicate notes of this beautiful music. "Its wonderful," I said to him. "You like it?" He asked shooting me a dazzling smile that made me forget how to speak for a second.

"Like it? I love it, you have so many interesting things in this world," I said looking back at the stereo. He just chuckled again and squeezed my hand.

After listening to music for a while longer Edward showed me how to work the shower and toilet. Indoor plumbing he called it. It was like a form of magic all on its own. I was not used to this. In Faylinn we heated our water over fire and poured the hot water into a wash basin, this is so much easier. I was really starting to see the benefits of living in the human world. I stepped out of my dirty clothes and put them in a pile by the door. I turned on the shower and watched as the water sprayed out of the spout. I put my hand under the water like Edward instructed to check the temperature, when it felt right I stepped into the water and closed the curtain. The hot water pounded down my back in the most glorious of ways. My aching muscles started to loosen and relax. I used the soap Alice had given me before I got in. It smelled delicious, like ripe strawberries. Eventually I decided it would be good for me to get out of the shower and when I stepped out there were clean clothes waiting for me on the counter. There was a note on top of them that read, Bella, saw that you needed some clean clothes, they are Edwards, but they should be comfortable. Your Welcome-Alice. I looked at the clothes, there were short pants and a long short sleeved shirt.

After I put on the clothes I wondered out of the bathroom and made my way over to the couch. There was a pillow and a blanket sitting on top of it. I unfolded the blanket and laid down, covered myself and fell into a quick deep sleep.