Hi guys! I am really sorry that I didn't update soon, but... time flies for me since the beginning of the school year, I don't know why, and I didn't realize it was already so late... Sorry again!
Stupid, stupid, stupid, but I still don't own Twilight!
I know, I hate it too...
Previously:
There were applause from all over the castle when Aro came in my room.
„It's wonderful, darling, but you have to get ready" he said. „Eleazar will be here in five minutes, and his family is coming with him"
Here goes nothing...
Now:
I was really nervous about meeting Eleazar and his family... But why was I, I would never understand. I mean, their opinion meant nothing to me. But still... I don't know what got over me.
I pulled on some skinny jeans and a T-shirt. Jane was going to kill me when she saw me like that – she was as much the fashion freak as Alice was.
And there it was – the pain in my chest whenever I thought about the Cullens. I didn't break down, like I used to, but it still hurt. Badly.
But I had promised myself not to think about them, and I planned on keeping that promise.
I went down the stairs to the throne room. Aro, Caius, Marcus, Jane, Nick and all the others were already there.
„They're in the town, should be here in a few" Jane answered before I could ask, without looking at me. And boy was she mad when she finally did... „WHY ARE YOU WEARING THIS???" she screamed. „I told you to not wear things like that! You're coming with me right now!" The others just laughed.
„But Jane, they'll be here any min-" I tried to protest, but she cut me off.
„No way in hell are you going to wear this, especially in front of guests" she hissed. I gave up with a huff.
She literally dragged me back to my room and started going through my wardrobe. She started throwing things around at a hundred miles an hour before stopping in front of me with a gorgeous dress I didn't even know I had.
„Jane, when did you get that?" She just glared at me, waiting. „You know I hate dresses"
„You love this particular one, so move" she retorted. „I have some awesome ankle boots that would go perfectly with it"
I looked at the dress again. It was short and reached only the middle of thighs. I slipped it on quickly, before Jane could come in shouting for me to hurry up.
She came in a second later with not only boots, but earrings, a ring, a necklace and a bracelet.
The boots had very high heels, and thank God for immortality, or I would've been dead by now. The earrings, the necklace and the ring all had butterflies on them. (A/N: Picture on my profile)
I put them on and went downstairs again. The boys all whistled when they saw me. „Oh shut up!" I said. That's when the double doors opened and a man came through them, followed by four women. And, behind them, was walking a man, who I thought I would never see again in my life.
„Eleazar, my dear friend" sang Aro happily. „It's been so long!"
„Yes, it has, Aro" said Eleazar, smiling. „And this is the newborn you wanted me to come for?" he asked, his golden eyes boring into mine.
„Yes, that's her" answered Aro. „And I don't believe I know your...um, friend over there" he said, nodding towards Laurent.
„That's..." I started. They all looked at me curiously. „Laurent" I finished. Laurent was looking at me, comfused. And then I almost heard the lights turn on in his head.
„Bella?!?" he asked, his voice full of disbelief.
„Yeah, it's me" I answered evenly.
„But... H-how are you here?" he stuttered a little. „I thought that Edward was never going to turn you. Where is he, by the way?" He looked around curiously.
I cringed a little at the mention of his name, but otherwise stayed calm. „He... He's not here. He didn't turn me, Laurent. They did" I explained, motioning to my family.
„But... Why? Edward would've never let that happen"
„He... left. He went somewhere else, I guess he got bored with me or something..."
Nick put his arm around my shoulders. „He was an asshole to let you go. Don't think about it like that, it wasn't your fault." He soothed me.
„Okay then, since you already seem to know Laurent, then..." started Aro. „Eleazar, Carmen, Kate, Irina, Tanya, meet Bella"
Then something came across Tanya's face. „Bella? Carmen, this is the stupid bitch that took Edward away from me!" she screamed then started running towards me.
„He's all yours" I whispered and she stopped a metre away from me.
„What do you mean?" she asked.
„I mean that he's not with me anymore. I was just a distraction. So go for it, I can't stop you and I won't even try"
„That stupid asshole!" she whispered.
„What? I thought you were into him" I mused.
„Well, I am, but what if he does the same thing with me?"
„Don't worry, he won't. I was just a human. " Fragile, little, pathetic human, I thought.
„And that makes him an even bigger asshole. How could he do this to you? For everything, know we're on your side." She hugged me. She hugged me.
„Thanks" I hugged her back.
„Oh, and how do you know Laurent?" she asked, her golden eyes curious.
„Um, well..." I looked around the room to see that almost everyone had expressions, mirroring hers. Almost. Except two.
Laurent was looking at me knowingly, and Irina was glaring at me. Damn, did she look jealous...
„When I was still human, he was in a coven with two other vampires – James and Victoria" Jane growled at the sound of their names. „He was more friendly and left them. Well after that they tried to kill me, but that's another story"
„You tried to kill her?" said Eleazar incredulously.
„No, he didn't. I told you, he left James and Victoria when they started stalking me. It's not his fault anymore. And, as I see, he's now doing the right thing" I answered, looking at Laurent's dark golden eyes.
„Yeah, it's been hard, but I took the vegetarian diet after all" he said.
„Yes, he has, so can we get to the point now?" asked Aro, looking quite eager. I imagined him bouncing in his place like Jane would do and bursted out laughing.
The others looked at me like I was crazy, so I decided to explain. „Well, I saw Aro looking so eager and imagined him bouncing his place. It was the funniest thing I've seen in a while"
Everyone was silent for a moment, imagining Aro, and suddenly they started laughing. Everyone. Even Caius did and when we heard him, we all fell silent and looked at him.
„What?" he said.
„My dear brother" started Aro. „I haven't heard you laugh in almost a century." Then he turned to me. „Thank you, Bella"
„For what?" I was genuinely confused.
„For bringing him back to us" he answered. I just nodded a little. „Okay, so now can we start?"
„Yes, of course" Eleazar looked into my eyes and I felt uncapable to escape his gaze. It was like I couldn't move.
After a few minutes of us staring at each other, he gave out an exasperated sigh and looked away.
„What is it?" asked Aro.
„I can't read her. She's a shield and she's blocking me without even knowing she is"
„So we know: She's a shield" exclaimed Aro triumphantly. I almost laughed at him.
„There's more to that" said Eleazar. „I can feel that she has another power, but I can't see it. If she could just let me in for a few seconds..." he trailed off.
„How can I let you in?" I asked.
„You have to try and... I don't know... take the shield off your head or something..." Great, that was really helpful.
I closed my mind and focused my thoughts on the so-called 'shield'. After a few minutes of silent standing, I felt it. It felt like an elastic band around my head, keeping my thoughts there, where no one could reach them.
Then I tried taking it off, but it wouldn't move. I tried again and I felt it slightly loosen up around my head. I was pushing it with all my might and then it suddenly came off, but it was difficult to hold it there. My instincts were going up against me. I felt strangely vulnerable without it.
Someone gasped as soon as I heard all the voices in my head.
'That's not possible' Eleazar's voice.
'Wonder what her gift is' and Aro's.
And... Nick's 'She looks so fragile, so vulnerable right now...'
I snapped back into reality, my shield returning in its place. Damn, I'll have to go through it again...
„I... I can read minds" I said.
Everyone looked at me. „But... I thought it was Edward's gift..." trailed off Tanya.
„It is" Eleazar confirmed. „That's her gift. She can copy other vampires'gifts"
„But... I don't see the future like Alice, or feel people's emotions like Jasper" I opposed.
„You're going to. You just need time. The powers that have been used on you the most will come up first." Hmmm, I guess Edward really wanted to read my mind...
„But, with the shield on, I can't" I complained.
„Time, my dear, time" said Aro.
„Fine" I grumbled.
They started talking about something, I'm not exactly sure. I wasn't paying attention.
Then, suddenly, everything changed, though nobody else noticed the difference.
I could hear them. All of them.
'When are we going to head back to Alaska, I want Laurent all to myself now...' Eww, I did not want to see that, so I tunad out Irina until she was just a humming in the back of my head.
'Mmmm, Irina in that sexy lingerie she wore last week...' Damn, were all of them thinking about sex all the time? I tuned out Laurent, too, and ignored the others.
Then I started bouncing in place.
„I can hear you, I can hear you!" I bounced around the room, repeating this over and over again, while the others just laughed at me. And then I stopped dead in my tracks.
I saw something that wasn't there a moment ago. It was like I wasn't in the room with the others, though I could feel their gazes on me.
I was on a road. There was a car, and in it... It was Alice. She was alone, even Jasper wasn't with her. She was driving down an unfamiliar road.
Then she was on a different place. She was around some forest.
And in that moment she flew by a road sign so fast that I almost missed it. And I gasped when I read what was written on it.
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