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Okay so here's chapter 2, I forgot the disclaimer on the last chapter so here it is. SM owns these characters, not me, however I do own Dora (Pandora) and a few others and the nick name is in no way, shape or form affiliated with Dora the Explorer. Thought I should get that out there.

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Chapter 2- Aunt Dora

My aunt Dora was my mother's estranged sister. Her actual name was Pandora; apparently my grandmother was into Roman names. She was Renee's older sister but by how much I wasn't sure, she never looked a day older than 30 but her eyes it seemed were filled with wisdom. I would ask Renee why she never came around often to which my mom would tell me she didn't know. I bought that for a long time until I came home once while still living in Phoenix to find both of them in a very heated argument and my aunt walked out with a hurt expression on her face and kissed my forehead. I was 12 and I haven't seen her since. I always felt close to her even if I only saw her once a decade I would feel closer to her than anyone else. Maybe that was why I took to Esme… wince… so easily; she reminded me a lot of Dora.

She hated the nickname especially after that annoying little kid's show of the same name came on but truth be told I was the only one allowed to call her that. She was completely into the "craft" as she once had told me and Renee scoffed at her calling it a foolish bunch of hokum. I usually shook my head and the phrase "Pot calling the kettle black" came to mind.

Renee was as flighty as they get but when I told her about a book I found at the library all about Wicca, she paled and told me to take it back, that kinda of stuff was not allowed in her house. I was very upset; Aunt Dora had told me lovely tales of female warriors with magical powers and of lands that were cloaked in magic. I would listen to these stories with rapt attention that no small child should be able to give but she captivated me and always whispered that anyone can do magic if they believed in it, that it existed in all of us but there were those that were very special who just had it naturally. And as always my Mom would screw it up. I swear she had super human hearing. She would stop the story right there and remind my aunt that it was getting late. It was her polite way of saying

"GET OUT!"

I never understood what the problem was and honesty my life has felt a little empty without my aunt. Well more empty.

"There she is!" my aunt squealed.

"Oh Isa, you are even more beautiful than I could ever have imagined" she cooed in her thick Irish accent and I blushed with embarrassment.

"Aunt Dora, I missed you so much. Where have you been?" I asked as I hugged her tightly.

The name Isa was not lost on me but I let it go, she was the only one who was allowed to call me that. She always told me that would be my name in Gaelic. Apparently Renee's ancestors were Irish, going by the name O'Quinn and my aunt devoted her life to magic and our family history. Renee couldn't be bothered and when I had to do a project on our family Renee told me to call Charlie and get the measly little bit that existed on the Swans but her side of the family had no information. She said she didn't know it but I think she was hiding it. I tried to find out on my own but I could never find any information. It was like the other side of my family didn't exist and the only person who might have known hadn't been around or welcomed from what I could tell. I didn't even have a number to which to call her.

"Oh you know me, I've been around" I'm afraid I can't stay long but I was hoping that we could talk" she said and Charlie who I had forgot was there piped up

"Pandora" it was only one word but it held a warning and I glared at my father's rudeness.

"Now Charlie, I was kind enough to come to ya first and tell ya my reason for comin here and you knew long ago that this might be a possibility, so please don't be rude" Dora scolded him like a child while I glared at my father, why was he acting this way?

I know he didn't know my aunt that well, Renee's fault, but I felt that there was more to this story.

"Isa sweet heart, I know you have spring break coming up and I wanted to know if you would like to come with me for a few weeks, I already took the liberty of checking with the school because you will be missing a few days or so and your principal thought it would do you a world of good. I heard what happened and I'm so sorry little lass but let me assure you that everything will be alright" she cooed and wiped my tears away.

She wanted me to go with her, could I do that? Did I want to?

There was only one answer; Duh!

"Oh Aunt Dora, I don't know" I said in apprehension.

I did want to go; badly but what about Charlie and Jake, and then there was Renee; she would have a fit if she found out about this.

"Don't worry about it lassie, it'll be fine and you'll have so much fun. There is so much I need to tell you, so why don't you go on and pack a few things and then we can be on our way" she said while pushing me towards the stairs.

"Pandora I told you it was not happening" Charlie bellowed and I was feeling weird again.

The hurt I had been feeling from the hole in my chest was getting stronger and the pictures on the wall were shaking a bit. Was I causing that? Nah just my imagination.

"Isa, darling calm down and go upstairs to pack" my aunt said and I saw my father go to the phone.

Who the hell would he be calling?

Renee for sure but it's not like she could stop me from all the way in Florida. I was on my way up the stairs again trying to ignore the pictures shaking and the feeling that I was the cause of it when I heard Charlie on the phone.

"Good evening Phil may I speak to Renee please? Hey Renee, yes everything is fine; well mostly. Yes Renee I understand but… yes I know, okay can you… she's fine…it's your sister. She's here. You know why".

With that he hung up and came back out. He shook his head at me and I glared at him again. I was 18, he can't keep me here, and going on a trip would be a good thing. I needed to get out of Forks for a while, to take my mind off him, off them. I started to make my way up the stairs again when the room was illuminated by a bright light and once it faded all I could do was gasp.

There standing in the middle of the living room was my mom. I shook my head and closed my eyes. Clearly the last few months have made me crazy; yeah that's it, I finally lost my damn mind, I mean that's the only explanation to as why my mother was here when she should be on a plane.

I opened my eyes and she was still here and was coming towards me. I hugged her fiercely, I hadn't seen her since I went nuts and tore my room apart when she came to bring me back to Phoenix. I felt bad for that now. She hugged me quickly and then I watched as her face hardened as she stomped over to my aunt wagging her finger and saying something in a language I didn't know but could vaguely understand. They talked so fast I only picked up words like: "Pandora, how could you, told you years ago, it's not happening, relationship, things have already started, can't stop this, and forbid it"

Both of them were yelling at each other and my dad was just shaking his head and kept mumbling something about how he should have stayed home that night. That funny feeling came back and as the pictures on the walls shook harder I screamed

"THAT'S ENOUGH! ALL OF YOU STOP IT RIGHT NOW AND TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"

Then my aunt spoke in English and said

"Isa, sweetheart just calm down okay. Renee, that's enough. Now Isa is coming with me and that's final"

"Her name is Isabella, not Isa and she is not coming with you. We decided when she was born that it would end with us. End of discussion" Renee yelled.

My aunt got this creepy look in her eyes that I found oddly intriguing and she clapped her hands causing the house to shake and some unknown wind was blowing around.

"Renee don't make me do it" Dora said calmly.

My mother just glared at her but I could see her faltering

"Pandora, I forbid it. Bella is my daughter and I will not have you put her life in danger" Renee said strongly.

"Renee, n'er ye be telling me what to do. Ye leaves me with no choice lassie" Pandora said.

"Pandy no!" Renee screamed

I was so confused. What the Hell was going on?

"As the High Priestess of Danu and all those under her majesty, I Pandora O'Quinn order ye, Renee O'Quinn to do right by Danu who you have sworn allegiance, to protect this realm and keep the balance. What be yer choice?" Pandora said softly but with authority.

"Who or what the hell was a Danu? " I thought but listened intently and completely enthralled by my aunt.

She reminded me of a great warrior queen, the ones she told me about as a child. I could envision her riding a horse and brandishing a sword as she led her troops to battle, she would be revered by all but would rule with a fair but iron fist. Okay so I was officially losing my mind, seeing as I envisioned this my aunt seemed to take on that image before my eyes and I shook my head and the image disappeared but I saw my aunt smile.

"Pandy, please don't make me do this, you know my reasons" Renee pleaded.

"Aye, I do, but ye knows just as well as I that there was no choice in the matter the minute she was born" Pandora said.

Her skirts will still flying around and I was completely enthralled with the movement; the air was charged with so much energy and I felt the urge to join in. I watched as Renee shook her head and then sighed heavily and said softly

"Yes my priestess" she said and then turned to me and spoke so softly with tears in her eyes that my heart ached for her, I was upset with her for not letting me be with my aunt and even more so for keeping something from me.

"Bella I love you and I'm afraid I haven't been completely honest with you. Bella sweetheart, umm… how can I say this? Your aunt and I are witches. I won't go into too much detail, I'll let Pandora do that, but know that I never wanted this for you but it seems that it was destined to happen. I love ya honey so go with your aunt and call me when you have the whole story"

I was floored, witches. First vampires now this, what's next? Frigging werewolves and fairies? I needed to sit down. Wait was I witch?

"Renee, you can't be serious, we decided that when she was born that this wouldn't happen" Charlie bellowed.

"I have no choice Charlie, it was a possibility and you know I can't go back on my oath to the goddess" Renee told him.

"Oath, schmoth, I forbid my daughter from going anywhere near there, she could be hurt" my father yelled but I could see the fight going out of him.

"Aye she could be but highly unlikely and you took the oath as well Charles when ye married me sister and ye can`t renege it so what say you? Don't have me give the order Charlie" Pandora scolded him.

"CHRIST!" he bellowed.

"Fine, but I don`t like this and mark my words Pandora, if anything happens to her, I will… well I'll figure out something" he huffed; I've never seen my father so angry. What oath, were both my parents witches?

"Ye have my word that our little Isa will be safe and sound"

My aunt cooed and I watched as my mother faded into the light again softly whispering to be safe and Charlie grabbed a beer from the fridge and chugged it all. Did all that really happen? I was waiting to wake up but my aunt tapped my nose and laughed saying

"Git yer head out of the clouds lass and be off with ya, we're burning daylight. Come on now, get a move on"

I giggled which was something I haven't been able to do in a long time, and went to pack a bag while my aunt hollered that I won't need much just to throw some things together. I was still pondering over everything that just happened and I still thought I was dreaming even as my father kissed me goodbye and I went and drove off with my aunt in her black Cadillac.

We drove for a while and I was enjoying the comfortable silence when my aunt piped up and said

"So I'm besting ya got some questions for me lass"

"Yeah, you could say that" I replied softly as I watched the greenery pass by us in a blur.

"Alright, well let's get to it then"

What did you think? Should I keep going? Just in case anyone was wondering, Danu is the Celtic goddess of the earth so it goes with the whole pagan/wiccan thing of mother earth.

Okay I'm done, let me know what you think. Just want to say thanks to Jobeth (Oona4) and Gooseonline for pre-reading this for me. These ladies got some great stories so make sure to check em out.

Hoping to have chapter 3 up tomorrow, let me know what you think and I apologize for any errors, I beta this myself and it's really hard to get the Irish accent to come off in writing.

Enough from me see ya next time!