Holy Crap! Again I wanna say thanks so much to all of you have favorite this and are following it. Thanks again. Okay so here's chapter 6, hope ya like it and again I don't own it except the O'Quinn's they're all mine. No copyright infringement on the name Dora, so not based on Dora The Explorer.
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Chapter 6-
We were back at the castle in no time thanks to my aunt's magic, and not for the first time and I'm sure it wouldn't be the last, did I think if I would ever be able to do the same.
"Come on Isa" she said softly as she practically dragged me up a set of stairs
We came to a huge wall with a tapestry of a meadow with a fountain in the middle. It was filled with wild flowers and rays of sunlight were filtering in through trees and my heart clenched. It was identical to our meadow, but it couldn't be, I mean it was a painting yet I could practically smell the flowers and feel the warmth from the sun on my arms. I closed my eyes at the sensation and when I opened them I was no longer in the castle or in front of the tapestry. I looked around and my heart lurched. It was our meadow, it had to be, there was no mistaking it and I felt the cracks in my chest throb as they broke apart and my arms wound around me. I looked for my aunt but she was nowhere to be found.
"AUNT DORA" I yelled but heard nothing but the sound of the birds
I knelt to the ground and felt the grass between my fingers and I could feel the memories flooding my mind. How many times had we come here? How many times had his gently kissed me on the grass or put wild flowers in my hair while we talked about everything and nothing? I fell apart on the ground as I tucked my knees into my chest.
How could he leave me like that? How he could just walk away from what we had, what I thought we had?
I stayed there on the ground shattered by my memories, I don't know how long I stayed there, but I did notice that it had become very quiet; the sounds of birds and crickets were no longer around and I felt someone was staring at me. I looked up and at a distance I saw a dark figure standing there and then he was a mere 10 feet from me. Noting could move that fast but them. It was then I recognized him. The dark hair vampire from when that psycho James was after me. Laurent was his name I think.
I said his name and he told me he had been to the Cullens and no one was there and he called me their pet and I snorted in anger. I was no pet, but I wasn't a member of their family either. Sometimes I wasn't sure if they even existed. I was nothing to them, they just up and left. He left. I gave him my heart and he left me. In my anger I could feel the electricity pulsing through my fingers and I noticed the sky getting darker again and the voice in my head, his voice telling me to lie, to do whatever I could to get away from the vampire before me.
I noticed his eyes were a dark burgundy, he was drinking from animals but cheated it seemed. "Dangerous" my mind shouted and I could see my "shield" just on the edge of my vision and the electricity pulsed through my veins. I should have got rid of him but I didn't know how, I didn't know if I was strong enough to do it.
I made sure to tell him that I would tell the Cullens that he stopped by when they came back but I could see he didn't believe me, in fact he moved closer. Again the voice telling me to lie so I told him that I shouldn't tell Edward about his visit and I heard my breath leave me as I choked on his name.
He told me then about what Victoria wanted, what she planned to do to me. A mate for a mate. I tried threatening him that the Cullens would know but he didn't buy it. He started to tell me how he was so thirsty and that I smelled so good and that he would make it quick. For a split second I was ready to die but then I saw his face, heard him tell me to fight and not do anything stupid. I watched as Laurent brought his hand back, no doubt to knock me unconscious and then drink me dry.
"Not today lad" I yelled as my hands shot out and I watched as Laurent flew through the air only to land on his feet. I could see him cock his head to the side as if wondering what happened. He regarded me again for another minute and then came at me again, fast. I was surprised my eyes could follow but I was ready for him. I shot both of my hands out and he stopped in mid air. "Holy Shit" was my first thought "Did I really do that?"
"What is this?" Laurent screamed
"WITCH" he yelled again and I felt the smile creep on my face and my hair blow through the air. I could see that he was scared and I couldn't help but be a little smug with the fact that I freaked a vampire out.
"Aye Laddie, and ya best be going, I don't wanna hurt ya Laurent, you helped me, don't make me light your ass on fire" I threatened but not really knowing if I could do it
I let him go and he backed away, I could see that he still wanted to attack me but was thinking better of it. He lurched again but then something stopped him. I heard him faintly mutter something about "it can't be" but I wasn't sure.
All of a sudden several huge wolves busted through the trees and chased Laurent away. The reddish wolf stopped and looked at me; I could have sworn his eyes looked human, and very familiar. I felt the electricity surge again, I was surrounded by vamps and wolves and I needed to be prepared.
Just as my hands were gearing up to shove this familiar wolf back to the mountains, he ran off at the sound of a loud howl and I ran back towards the fountain screaming for my aunt. Suddenly the meadow melted away and I was standing in a room made of stone with the fountain in the middle. The place looked like the ruins of an old castle but they seemed to be maintained very well. The sun shone through the holes in the ceiling and there was green moss surrounding the walls. I'm sure at one time it had been beautiful but I couldn't look at it. I wanted back in that meadow, my meadow, our meadow. I could die there with my memories of him and be happy. Hell I'd take my chances with the oversized puppies. I just wanted to go back.
"Shhh lassie, come on Isa, its okay" I heard my aunt coo and I realized I was screaming
I looked up at her and saw love and devotion and I broke down. I hadn't really sobbed or cried fitfully since they left and here I was breaking down in front of the strongest woman I knew.
"There, there dear" she said softly as she rocked me in her arms
"NOOOOOOOOO" I wailed "How could he do it Aunt Dora, how could they just leave like that? How could he leave me, why did he leave me? I wasn't good enough, maybe if I had just let James kill me or kept Edward from sucking the venom out then I could be like him and he wouldn't have left" I sobbed into her arms as she held me tight and rubbed my back trying to soothe my cries
"Isa, I promise ya, everything will work out" my aunt said softly as she helped me off the ground
"How could he leave me Aunt Dora? I don't understand" I sniffed my voice hoarse from screaming
"I don't know dear but remember that things always happen for a reason lass" she said once more and I wanted to believe her but I knew the difference. He was gone and nothing would be alright. Screw reason, I wanted them back. I wanted him back even for only a moment
"Okay Aunt Dora, I'll try" I sniffed again as I tried to calm down
"So where are we exactly, I saw the tapestry of the meadow and then I was there and now we're here. What happened? Where did you go?" I asked and Dora walked halfway around the fountain and then stood next to it and motioned for me to come over.
"Isa, sweetheart, the tapestry you saw was enchanted. It is an entrance to this room and use to look like what you see before ya, but your great, great, great gran put a spell on it that whoever should cross it would be in the place they most desire and this fountain here would be useless to anyone but and O'Quinn" she explained and I was confused
"Wait, what do you mean? What's up with this fountain?" I asked
"Nothing lass, it's a fountain. What's inside is another matter" she explained and I made my way closer and looked inside
All I saw was water, plain ole water. Nothing special about it really, save for a few Lillie pads and a frog, but other than that, there was nothing magical about it. I looked at my aunt with a "What the Fuck" look and she laughed at me.
"Oh Isa, lassie, you gotta look harder girl, stop thinking rationally and look more closely" she told me and I looked at the water again trying to see beyond the water but the frog was all I could see
I heard a huff and then she shooed the frog away and took the lilies out of the fountain and pointed at the water again and I shrugged not really knowing what the hell I was supposed to be seeing.
My eyes strained trying to see what was so special about the clear liquid and I could feel the headache coming. I stood up and huffed ready to tell me aunt that there was nothing there and that I was no witch just some girl with a freaky power.
I opened my mouth to argue but she just pointed at the water again with a glare that told me shut the hell up and stop thinking.
"Okay looking at the water, this is so stupid. It's freaking water not some portal or mirror to another wor…what the fuck?" I thought as the water took on a new form
It shimmered and turned cloudy and then seemed to move in waves as cloudy images appeared for me.
"HOLY SHIT" I screamed and I heard Dora chuckle
"Aye lass, you got it now" she laughed
"But what…I mean how did…did I…what the hell is it?" I stuttered shocked and not believing my eyes
"Tis the mirror of Danu" she explained
"Legend has it that Danu created this special mirror so she could see all her children on earth. When her children became too many she enlisted the help of her greatest servants and gave them pieces of the mirror so they could check on others. Our ancestors were said to receive the biggest piece of all as Danu's main servants and greatest protectors of the worlds. Legend has it that enemies of Danu knew about the mirror and tried to steal the pieces that she gave so they could use it to destroy her. It is said that if the pieces were stuck back together then the veil between worlds would be opened always and all souls good or bad would be able to travel back and forth and it could upset the balance of life, dead or otherwise. The O'Quinns heard of this plan and enlisted the help of a great sorceress who turned the mirror into a fountain so that Danu's enemies would never find it and they never did. Danu was so thankful to the O'Quinns that she entrusted our family with the whole mirror except one little piece which is said to be safely hidden in the earth. This is Danu's mirror lassie. When word got around that we had this, was when your great gran put it in this part of the castle with all the enchantments and it's been safe here for eternity.
Many a great battle has been fought over this mirror Isa and our family has always kept it safe. We use it to keep an eye on the supernatural trouble makers of the world, the mortal ones too and our family. I've had my eye on ya since you were a wee babe lass. I know you felt like I wasn't around but I was. I've been watching sweet heart but I couldn't do anything. I was forbidden by your Mom and I had to wait and see if you would be as powerful as I always thought you would be. I will admit that as the years went by I wasn't sure and that maybe you out grew the power you displayed as a wee babe. Isa, when you started seeing Edw..I mean that boy, I think it started something. I was scared outta my wits when that devil James came after ya and I almost stepped in but I had a vision of what was to be and I had to leave it be. I'm sorry I couldn't stop what happened but it will work out dear" she finished and I was floored
"Wait, are you saying that this mirror can show me my family, friends and well others?" I asked to afraid to admit that I was wanted to see Edward but I wasn't ready for that yet
"Yes lassie, if you wish" she stated and I held my breath
"What do I do?" Just wave your hand over the water and whisper the name of the one you want to see
I did as she instructed and decided to play it safe and had it show me Charlie who was safe in the station and looking at a picture of me on his desk and I smiled not sure where I would be without him.
Next I had it show me Renee who was pacing back and forth in her living room and then she turned and looked right at me and blew me a kiss. I looked at my aunt in shock and she laughed
"That be the O'Quinns lass, we always know when someone is watching and she's your mother dear, she can sense ya a mile away. I blushed and kept looking. I peaked in on Angela and Ben, Jessica, Mike but I will never do that again. He was on his bed in his boxers and his hand inside it panting my name and I shuddered and almost threw up. I even looked in on Lauren and then I asked it to show me Jacob but all it showed me was that damn wolf from the woods. I stood up and sighed and tried again. Same thing happened. Why was it showing me a wolf? "Show me Jacob" I yelled at it only to get the same thing. I figured that maybe I was drained and that it was time to stop.
"Very good lass. You're doing so well Bella and in such a small period of time. I'm proud of ya" my aunt praised as she hugged me making me blush again
"Thanks Aunt Dora" I said softly hugging her tightly
"Now lass I think it's about time you went back to your Da" she said and I shook in fear
Did she not want me here anymore? Did I do something?
"Now hush little one. It's just that you're doing so well and I would love to have ya stay but your dad needs ya and Jacob is going through some things and you need to be there" she told me and I was confused again but I knew she must be right so I sighed and went to pack
Once I was all packed. I looked around the room once more and then followed my Aunt of the castle where my family was waiting to see me off. Adrian and Becky were the first ones to hug me and Adrian whispered in my ear "Dunna worry Isa, it'll work out and kick some ass" I laughed a little nervously and sighed once more as I looked at the castle. I waved to everyone and closed my eyes. I'm not sure how it happened but the next thing I knew I was back in my room and my aunt just kissed my nose and left in a ball of light.
Wasn't worth the headache to try and figure it out so I chalked it up to a witch thing again and went to sleep as the last week had finally caught up to me.
Okay so what did ya think. I've had a few people ask when the Cullens will make an appearance and this is NM based so towards the end, remember what happens in the book? I will be basing this story around that but never fear Edward will be in this just not yet. Still some important stuff to get through.
The holidays are coming up and I have some time off so I'm hoping to get a couple more chapters done over the holidays so stayed tuned and please review so I know that I'm doing something right. Thanks again for reading!
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