A/N 1/5/10 : First some information about my mages. Basic idea, mages are able to feel the energies in nature. They manipulate these energies allowing them to perform magic. But because of cities and pollution killing the earth they need tattoos to help them harness the energies. Their eyes focus on these energies when performing magic, causing their vision to blur, so they wear glasses.
At the bottom of this chapter I list down a few types of magic and energies I'm using in my story. More of it will be revealed as the story goes on, I know it's confusing. Have any question just ask. Reviews are always welcomed. Also I posted Nicole's tattoo on my profile.
Chapter Seven
Nicole walked into the medic room, first floor of the Vasvi Mansion. Olivier was already seated with Alexia and Nicolas already cutting off the bandages. Nicole glanced at the clock, a few minutes before 6.
"I stabled the arm to the torso when we found her like this." Alexia said. Her body shuddered slightly, the sight of a pale Olivier bleeding on the stairs with her chest cut clean open. She could still see the inside of her lungs if she closed her eyes long enough.
"When Nick came…" Alexia paused, her voice cracking and shaking. She took a deep breath. "When Nick came home he pulled it out and rearranged it so it's heal properly."
"Then what am I suppose to do?" Nicole asked, caring alcohol and sanitary rags to the medic bed. With the bandages off Nicole saw the wound, currently a red line from under Olivier's right breast up to the shoulder. Blood seeped out a little with each breath Olivier took.
"Nicolas tried to line up my lungs and bones correctly but I can feel it move." Olivier spoke up. Her face freely cringe in pain. Her yellow eyes had a shine of water, but she refused to let the tears go just yet. "I need you to crystallize key points so it'll heal correctly." Nicole thought about it. Her crystallization alchemy uses her energy to freeze objects.
"But will my crystallization melt in her body?" Nicole asked, glancing at her fellow mages. Alexia had a certain plea to her eyes, Nicolas on the other hand was just as curious as herself. "From previous test it takes at the least a month for the energy to disperse."
"If it doesn't disperse naturally you'll just have to do it manually." Nicolas said. With the alcohol damp rag he started to clean her back. Olivier hissed, body tensing and causing more blood to spill.
"Because you are still able to perform magic, both in your human and werewolf form, your body is still highly in tune with the natures energies. Therefore natures energies also run through werewolves. The warm energies will melt your crystallization." And through Nicolas's lecture Olivier slowly relaxed.
"Or the cold energy will spread through Olivier's body and slowly freeze her."
"What." Olivier's wide eyes locked onto Nicole. The mage only tilted her head, no emotion flowed through her mind during 'research mode' and it showed on her curious face. Olivier snarled, chest compressing. Pain flared through the depths of her body and blood gurgled up her throat but she kept on snarling.
"I'm not going to be a test subject! Abigail has not yet recovered!" With her good hand Olivier pointed to her right. There Abigail was in a trance. Silent with her eyes blank, the closes her body will get to sleeping when it didn't need it. When Olivier saw drool roll down Abigail's chin she snapped her head to Nicole. Nicole studied Abigail for a few seconds before finally returning the gaze.
"There are three possible results. Crystallization could have no effects on your body. Crystallization will melt in your body. Crystallization will freeze your body." Alexia spoke up, gently cleaning her front. Olivier looked at Alexia's face. Unlike Nicolas and Nicole she wasn't in research mode, her eyes far more worried. Alexia gently whipped the blood off Olivier's neck and under her chin. With her thumb Alexia just was gingerly whipped the blood off her chin.
"The possibility of your body freezing is 21%. The energy in Maui is very warm so the crystallization always melted. Here in Forks the energies are much colder so it could have a reverse effect." Alexia continued to speak softly. It kept on lingering on cracking and just being shaky. "But because of the hot energies your werewolf body gives off I believe it will counterbalance Fork's cold energies, a 47% possibility that crystallization will melt."
"And the other?"
"86% that crystallization will neither melt or freeze your body." Alexia pulled her hand away. Her eyes relaxing as realization slowly came to her. "Sorry. I know you don't die from blood lose but Beatrix was also an immortal. A mage and she just…" Olivier felt a chain reaction in the air. Her eyes swept over the other mages. The curiosity in their eyes were now gone and sorrow filled them if only slightly.
"I'm not Beatrix. I am no mage and I am very well alive!" Olivier growled, taking Alexia's hand and pulled it over her heart. Olivier felt her own heart beating, a bit weakly with less blood but still beating. She felt Alexia press back a bit harder, as the realization also brought a smile to her lips.
"If your still Ms. Idiotic Fearless then go with crystallization." Alexia challenged slightly. Olivier smirked, even thought Alexia's voice wasn't as light as it should have been. "Well? Ms. Idiotic Fearless?"
"I will go with crystallization." Olivier nodded, the high of her relief and happy numbing her torso. That or her mind had finally enough pain to numb it on it's own, like child birth. "If it does freeze my body it will do so slowly and Nicole will be able to catch it."
"Good but…" Nicole paused to take her shirt off. She turned around, showing her tattoo and the faint scar Olivier inflicted a few days ago. "I still can't do any transmutation with my tattoo like this." She turn back around, pulling her shirt on. Olivier suddenly didn't like that arrogant smirk on Nicole's face. "Talk about karma huh, Olivier?"
"Your humor is far from lightening. When will that heal?"
"2 or three days."
The image of the the Cullen house filled Jacob's mind. He watched a literal flashback.
"Wait. Wait. Wait!" Emmett stood up shaking his head. With a deep breath he looked back at Leah. "Let's back track here. Ray's friend is not a vampire but a witch with the rest of Nicole's family –How's you come up with that?"
"I didn't smell any vampires when I dropped Nicole off. They all have that odd forest sent." Leah explained, "As Nicole for a magic trick tomorrow. I'm sure your vampire eyes will be able to catch whatever trick Nicole is using."
"Fine." Rosalie sighed, "What if your right? What then? We just ask them and tell them we're vampire's and you're a 93 year old shapeshifting wolf?" She nearly yelled. "I still say we leave the area."
"They might need help Rosalie." Carlisle sighed, fingers rubbing the bridge of his noise. "If they are witches I'd like to ask them a few questions. I need to know if me and my father actually kill them." Rosalie's body relaxed, eyes cutting away from the guilty man.
"How do we know they won't be mad?"
"I still need to apologize."
The images froze and faded altogether when Renesmee pulled her hand away from Jacob's, "I take it you want to know why?"
"Yes." Jacob nodded. He glanced back at the school's parking entrance. Only another football player driving in. "I never really saw that look on Carlisle's face before."
"Carlisle…" Renesmee whispered, straining Jacob's enhanced hearing, "He was a pastor that hunted werewolves, vampires… and witches." Renesmee glanced at Jacob to find a stunned face, "This was before he was a vampire himself. That happen when he lead a raid against the real thing."
"Oh…" Jacob blinked. Renesmee smiled, hearing Jacob's heart falter from surprise. "Carlisle? A killer?"
"Aren't we all?" Rosalie asked. Hearing another car drive in she glanced at the entranced. Nicole's sea green jeep driving in. "Look who's here. I think Leah should talk to them." She smirked. Leah's scowl and angry eyes glaring at her. "She seems to know Nicole quite well."
"I think Rosalie should kiss Monica."
"She may be blond but she's not my type." Monica called over, parking the Jeep next to Leah's car. Monica smirked, at Rosalie's glaring face, then glanced at Emmett to see him smiling slightly. "Maybe I'll steal one for Emmett's birthday."
"What?!" Rosalie scowled, head snapping to her husband and her fist flying a bit faster to his stomach. It was enough to make Emmett flinch.
"Maybe you are Monica's type after all." Nicole laughed, walking around the truck. Her eyes were on Leah, and a smirk on her face. Leah glared in return. "My father's inviting you guys over for dinner this weekend, thanks for helping us find Abigail." The Cullens stiffen slightly, eyes glancing at each other.
"We'll just see what Carlisle says." Edward spoke up, the others nodding a bit too quickly.
Leah grit her teeth. Lead the Cullens to the Vasvi Mansion. Somehow Carlisle thought it'd be a good idea to go for dinner, when they don't eat. In her car was Renesmee and Jacob, the human-vampire taking a breath Leah thinks she doesn't need.
"Wow… It's huge."
"Too big for only nine people."
"Nine people?" Jacob asked. "Nicole told you?"
"She told a lot of stories." Leah reminded. She parked in front of the closed garage, getting out of her car and waiting. Leah growled while she still could. Because this Nicole couldn't come to her house and teach Leah more card trick for the presentation. They had already finished the paper, each doing their own perspective. Nicole then took both of them for a generalization, for a total of three separate essay papers.
Right now it's a good Saturday night, and she's stuck here. Not to mention she has three more days to learn card tricks for their presentation.
"And I thought our home was big. This is huge!!" Bella gasped, stepping out of their car. "But how are we suppose to eat at a dinner party?"
"They won't force us." Edward informed. His eyes were at the large house, intense as if they could look through it. "Two people here think in English. I can't read their mind clearly though." His eyes narrowed, trying harder if he could. "It's like… a waterfall."
"More coincidence." Leah scoffed, reluctantly following the vampire family to the front door. Carlisle rapped three times, Leah tapped her foot almost 40 times by the time someone opened the door. The ice blue eyes sparkled, it was surprise from the usual yellow eyes in the ragtag family.
"Hi. You must be the Cullens and their friends."
"Are you the maid?" The women's eyes widen, jaw slightly dropping before it tighten. Leah silently sneered at her expression, she almost laughed when Leah heard suppressed chuckling, the people almost choking themselves to keep silent.
"I'm sorry about my son Emmett." Esme said apologetically.
"And I'm sorry for whatever the pups cause tonight." Raven returned. Leah sighed, moving aside and letting the family in. "I'm Raven, Nicolas' second wife." She gestured to the living room. The family there and started a long unneeded introduction and a tour of the mansion.
The only information that stuck to Leah was; First floor, everything for a guest to feel like home with a personal bathroom and giant kitchen, plus a medic room. Something they seriously need considering the violent family. Second floor, a living room for the adults and their personal rooms. Third floor library, actually five studies. Olivier, Nicolas, Nicole and Alexia, then a public one.
Fourth floor, the kids 'Den'. Their living room was more like a game room, complete with large screen T.V. several game consoles. Two billiard tables, a foosball table, and air hockey. On the walls were a few posters of comic characters and movie characters as well as the actors. Everyone of them had holes. Currently the darts are on Scott Summers face and crotch. Odd how they could have all this stuff when Nicole said they were poor and barely afford their house.
The library smelled quite awkward and weird. Almost like the stories where they sell perfume, all of it mixing in the air though not worse. Just there. But everywhere the house smelled like the ocean and forest. Leah understood the forest scent, the house was fairly close to it. The fourth floor had the strongest forest sent. Leah didn't smell vampire anywhere, meaning Alice misunderstood her vision.
But the tour was worth it for the food. Leah almost groaned when she took a bit out of the loco moco. In front of her Nicole wouldn't stop smirking.
"What did you say about my food being poison?" Nicole coed.
"Alexia and your father stopped you from poisoning it." Leah smirked. Nicole tighten her jaw, she was pretty sure if the table wasn't so wide Nicole would have kicked her.
"Oh my god!" Renesmee exclaimed. She swallowed her food and wiped her mouth like how Edward taught her. "This is the best food I ever tasted!" She took another large bite, not even chewing, just swallowing. "Where did you guys learn to cook like this?!"
"We experiment a lot." Nicole smiled. "Cooking is a science, just try something and play around." Renesmee paused, just staring blankly at Nicole for a few seconds. "And Nicolas traveled the world before having me." Renesmee smiled and started to shove food into her mouth again.
"You said you guys are poor." Leah accused. She glared at Nicole who only gave a sly smile. This irritated Leah more,
"You'd be amazed at how cheap the materialize are and were you can find them."
Emmett smiled, playing vampire air hockey with Edward. His wife was teaching Bella how to play pool while kicking her pale granite ass at the same time.
"I heard that." Edward scowled for a second before flashing a smile. "I don't smell any vampires."
"Maybe Leah's right." Alice said. She bounced slightly in front of the foosball table. "Think they'll show us a magic trick!"
"They are rather nice once you get to know them." Bella said, "Raymundo is really funny and Xander is so sweet."
"And Monica is such a bitch." Rosalie scowled. She hit the cue ball a bit too hard and sit it flying off the rim. With her vampire speed she caught the ball before it was a feet away from the table.
"Then I guess every group needs a bitch." Bella seethed, eyes narrowing at Rosalie. "We do have you don't we?" Emmett laughed. He knew Rosalie well enough she's probably glaring at him and ready to throw the cue ball at his head. He continued laughing until Emmett scored a point. At this he smiled up at the mind reader who only wore a serious face.
"Their coming." Edward whispered in a vampire soft tone. Alice and Jasper immediately stopped playing vampire foosball and playing at an annoying human speed. Rosalie dropped the cue ball back onto the table. Emmett heard their footsteps only as they were at the door.
"I heard that Bells!" Raymundo laughed, walking into the Den. His eyes blazed playfully, "Man! Who knew you had sharp claws!" He smiled the others walking in behind him.
In a few minutes Monica was throwing darts at posters with Emmett and Leah. Alexia and Nicole challenged Rosalie and Bella to a game of pool. Renesmee and Jacob challenged Alice and Jasper at the foosball table. Edward and Xander took the second billiard table.
"Jack Sparrow." Leah challenged with a smile.
Thud.
"Ouch! Right in the eye!" Emmett laughed.
"How about his balls?" Monica asked with light laugh.
"What do you have against him?" Raymundo called out. "He's hot."
"No. Elizabeth Sawn is hot. Especially in the third movie. At World's End."
"I second that!" Nicole quickly said. A jerking a bit as she shot, so much the cue ball only spun in place. "Aw…"
"Jack Sparrow." Xander voted.
"Oh. Now that's a hard one." Alexia muttered. She glanced back at forth at Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Sawn. Both tied. "Are we only going on looks?"
"Yes."
"Umm…" Alexia glanced at the two posters while Rosalie took her shot. "Elizabeth Sawn. If Olivier heard me voting for a man she'll be mad."
"Hey Nicole." Emmett called over. "Are you a witch?"
Crack!
Everyone jerked from the sudden sound. The anger in the room prickled against Emmett's skin. He was soon staring into the raging eyes of Nicole. Her entire body shook, hands paling around the cue stick she broke. Emmett only seen a person that anger, it was on Jacob's face when he thought Bella died.
"Witch? Just because I'm a lesbian mean's I'm a witch?" She hissed. Emmett's jaw dropped, and Nicole continued. "Because my back is covered in tattoos means I'm a criminal –gangster!" She screamed. Emmett took a step back, Monica stepping forward.
"He didn't mean it like that-"
"That's what everyone else said after I sent them to the hospital!" She hissed in Monica's face. "Get out of my face before I break yours!"
A/N : And they were getting along so well... And now, here's the mage info for those that actually read this.
There are many types of magic but for now I'll only name three because these are the only ones I'm using. There are Elemental, Shapeshifting, Alchemy.
Shapeshifting: Based on Dragon Age. They study the creature they want to transform into and with their magic do so. I'll hardly go into this because none of my mages use this ability. Nicole did but lost the ability when her mind was permanently attached to the werewolf form when she was turned.
Elemental: I based this on Avatar the Last Airbender. My mages synch their energy up with the natural energy elements give off, giving them the ability to control it by physical movement. They are Water, Air, Lightning, Earth, Wood.
Alchemy: Based on my favorite and best manga, Fullmental Alchemist. It's the opposite of Elemental. In alchemy mages force their own energy into objects that don't give off energy and with their minds change their shape or combine it with other materialize to create something new.
Nicole's card trick was Alchemy, rearranging the ink in the cards to make them all the same picture. Fire is part of alchemy because it is a chemical reaction.
