Hey everyone, I'm back! Sorry it's a been a while, RL sucks and I've been really busy lately. I wanna thank my pre-readers, you ladies rock and to all those who have favorited this and those that are following it, means a lot so thanks again.
I had this done a while ago but I thought it needed more so I've been working on that and here it is.
Again SM owns this, not me I'm just gonna play with it.
Chapter 8- You've Got to be Kidding Me
"Okay so you'll call me when you get home?" Jake asked
We were standing by my truck saying goodbye as I had to get home and cook something for dinner. I promised him I would and headed off. Halfway home I started thinking about the day and I shook my head at the events that happened and then had to pull over as the giggles struck me and the tears in my eyes were making it hard to see.
Jake took the news about my being a witch far better that I thought and it felt good to talk about our supernatural weirdness. Jacob made good on his word and ripped Paul a new one for getting his ass kicked by me. Paul grumbled but I simply said that I hadn't kicked his ass; I just simply took it off the ground and let it hang there.
The pack had a good laugh out of that while I blushed like a tomato. They asked me about the accent and I told them I honestly didn't know that maybe it was just something that happened when an O'Quinn practiced magic. Thankfully they didn't ask any further questions.
The most interesting part of the day was when I met Sam's fiancée Emily. She had this huge scar on one side of her face but she was still a beautiful woman. I watched as she laughed and took care of the boys in her house. She cooked for them and had no problem smacking them in the back of the head when they said something crude or unfit.
I felt some sort of kinship with her, I'm not sure why. I just knew that she was a special person and that she didn't deserve what had happened to her. Jake told me the story; Sam had phased not long after they got together and she was too close. It wasn't her fault or his and I just wished I could do something to help.
Then the weirdest thing happened; my fingers tingled again and I could feel the air change around me. I saw that the pack felt it too and that they had stood up ready to defend but stopped when they saw it was me. I could feel my hair sway in the wind that was now inside this tiny kitchen as my feet brought me closer to Emily.
She looked horrified and I saw Sam lurch towards me, a growl in his chest but Jake held him back.
"Come lassie, we can fix that right up" I said bringing my hand to her cheek
She flinched at first but then she knelt to the floor and I felt like my hand was a heating pad. It was soothing and made me giddy all over. It travelled through my fingers and out the tips to touch Emily's face. She looked at me with wide eyes as her entire body seemed to glow.
Just as quick as it started it stopped and she collapsed to the ground and I fell to my knees next to her saying her name.
I could hear Sam screaming for her and then I heard sobbing and I felt Emily move next to me.
"Emily, can you hear me? Emily I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me, please for…." I didn't finish as soon as she looked at me I was speechless
"Bella, what's wrong? You didn't hurt me I swear" she said as she stood up
There was a collective gasp all over the room and jaws were on the floor, including my own.
"What? Was is it?" Emily asked with a bit of fright in her voice
None of could speak and just watched as Emily made her way to the living room. All of us of course followed her in and watched as she looked in the mirror above the little fireplace. She gasped as her hands caressed her face. She moved closer to look at the place my hand had touched, to see the scars that once marred her beauty only to find that they were gone.
Did I do that? Did I possess the power to heal someone?
"How can this be?" Emily said softly
"Em…Oof" I started but the breath was knocked out of me as Emily flew at me and wrapped me a tight embrace
"OH MY GOD Bella. Thank you so much" she sobbed
"But I..I mean I didn't…did I?" I stuttered
"You did Bells, now quit analyzing it and enjoy it. I mean look at her" Jake said softly as he wrapped an arm around my shoulders and I watched as Sam grabbed her, making sure she was okay and then I watched as he placed kisses all over her face and the two of them cried. Both of them thanked me profusely but I waved it off and told Jake I was going for a walk. I needed to think, to figure out what happened and well I really didn't want to be around the happy couple while they kissed and hugged, it just reminded me too much of what I had lost.
The rest of the day was spent hanging out with the pack and by the time evening rolled around I was more than ready to go home.
I was laying in bed thinking about the day again and wondering how the hell I did that for Emily. Aunt Dora never mentioned anything like that and she sure as hell didn't show me. So how was I able to do it? I closed my eyes and just whispered Aunt Dora's name and I saw a bright light and when I opened them by aunt was in my room.
"Aunt Dora? How did you? Oh never mind. What are you doing here?" I whispered
"You called lassie" she told me
"What? No I didn't. I mean I said your name" I huffed
"Exactly dear. Now what can I do for ya?" she asked sitting on my bed and pulled me close so my head was in her lap
"Oh…umm…well I found out my best friend Jacob is a werewolf and well he knows about me and when were visiting the leader of the pack's house I healed his girlfriend. Well she had these scars on her face, apparently Sam done it when he phased. Anyways I don't know how it happened but I somehow healed her and I smacked Paul in the face, had my assed almost mauled by a wolf and then levitated said wolf in the air, I find out a pissed off she vamp named Victoria is after me and I swear I didn't tell Jake about our family. He guessed" I spilled out so quickly that I don't know if my aunt understood
"There, there dear. Aww lass, you got no worries about Jake. I've known about him for years. It's in his genes dear; it was bound to happen, we were waitin for it. Oh and he's not a werewolf, he's a shape shifter who just takes the form of a wolf. Werewolves are nasty buggers, lucky there isn't many left in the world. As for telling him or him guessing, don't worry, it's just mortals that can't know, save for yer da. Now the healing thing. It's rare I'll give ya that. I can't do it, yer Ma can't and our mother certainly couldn't. Hmm, the last O'Quinn known to have that power was your great, great, great Gran, Elizabeth" They say she could heal someone even if they were on the brink of death" my aunt explained
"You're more like her than you realize lass" she added and I kept quiet not exactly sure what to say about that
"Umm…okay. One other thing, the accent. Why is it that when I do anything magical I start talking like I'm Irish?" I asked. I didn't care really but I it would be nice to know
"Hmm, don't know lass. Our family has always been Irish, yer Ma lost most of her accent when she started seeing your Pa. She claimed it was a way for her to fit in. Blarney if ask me but I left her be. The only thing I can think of dear is that it's your O'Quinn side showing through. Deep down you carry the bloodline of some of the greatest witches in history and the accent could be your blood's way of telling ya to let loose. That maybe it's time you embraced that side and see exactly what ya can do. I think you've done alright on your own without being taught much. Your Ma and I had to learn everything but we started when were mere babes. You seem to possess it naturally, again very similar to Elizabeth" she said softly as her fingers combed through my hair
"You still gotta a lot to learn lass but I think you're doing just fine on your own Izzy. Now I best be going. Your cousin was teaching little Becky some spells. Now she maybe his daughter and Adrain my son, but if I don't get back and supervise he'll have her pranking the entire castle with magic. Remember dear I'm just a word away okay. You let me know if ya need me" my aunt said as she kissed my cheek and stood in the middle of my bedroom
"Wait Aunt Dora!" I cried
"Yes lass" she replied
"Umm, do you think that maybe, you know when I know how to do more, that I could go and find, well could magic help me find" I couldn't finish it. I was stupid to ask
"Izzy, I promise it will all work out. Don't go looking for trouble where there isn't any. Right now you need to be here. The red headed she devil will be wreaking havoc her e and you may have to stop her. Just keep practicing and go with your instincts okay? I love ya Izzy" she said softly and then faded into the light
"Love you too Aunt Dora" I whispered softly into the dark
The next few days were spent practicing my magic and hanging with Jake. I went with the pack once to track Victoria and I have to say that riding on Jake's back while he ran through the woods was almost just as exhilarating as riding on Edw…well a vampire's back.
We tracked her all afternoon but lost her scent at a river going towards Canada. We tried a few other trails but came up empty and went back to Forks. Emily had been so grateful for what I had done that she made me a batch of blueberry muffins. Apparently there were famous on the reservation as I had to practically turn the pack to stone to keep them to myself. Even my dad was drooling when he heard who made them. It was weird but when I finally got the chance to taste one I practically gobbled what was there like the cookie monster from Sesame Street.
As happy as I was, well maybe the best term was less miserable, I still didn't feel right. It felt like something bad was just lurking around the corner and I found myself missing Ed…him more and more. I hadn't heard his voice in a while, not when Paul came at me, not when we tracked Victoria or even the last time I rode the motorcycle that Jake and I rebuilt. I missed it but didn't really know how to recreate it.
My head was starting to pound so I decided to stop thinking about everything and just get some sleep.
It was a vain wish that I would sleep. I woke up screaming as that day in the forest happened all over again only to change and this time it was Victoria killing the wolves and then she had me watch while she killed Edward and the last thing I saw before she killed me was all my family and friends beaten and dismembered on the ground before me. My dad, my mom, Mike, Jess, Angela and Ben and the Cullens were all dead at my feet. I woke up in a cold sweat with my dad there trying to soothe me
"Hey Bells, shhh, hey its okay, just a dream" he said softly and for the first time since I was a child I crawled into my daddy's lap and cried
"Hey now, it was just a dream pumpkin. Just calm down okay. Everything will be alright, daddy's here" he cooed and I sniffled and snorted finally calming down
I pulled back realizing what I child I had turned into and apologized to my dad as I climbed off his lap.
"Hey, don't worry about it. You use to have nightmares when you were a kid and I was always the one you came to. I missed it, I don't care that you're 18, you're still my baby girl so I don't care. Listen Bella, I know that the last few months have been well rough but everything will be fine. Okay kiddo!" he said softly as I sniffled and nodded
"Alright, well I'm gonna go back to bed, gotta be up early, me and some of the guys from the rez are heading out into the woods to see if we can find this thing that's terrorizing the state" he told me and I paled
"Dad umm well you know about well my family. Umm what if what's in the woods isn't what you think it is?" I tried to convey that it could be dangerous
"I know Bells, why do you think Sam and Paul are going. Harry Clearwater will be going to and some others. No one can sniff things out like those boys" he winked and my jaw dropped
"Give yer old man a little credit Bella. I had to know when I was with your Mom and well Billy and Harry can be quite chatty after a few beers. Just don't tell the fellas I know okay" he stated and I agreed that I would keep my mouth shut
He winked one more time and shut my door and I sighed heavily as I lay back in bed. I knew getting back to sleep would be futile. Not only would I be worried about the nightmares but now I was worried about my dad, he knew about the pack which means he knew about the Cullens. Did he know what Ed…ouch, was when we were together?
I forced myself to calm down before I had a panic attack just thinking about the danger my father was in; first there was the pack itself and if the Volturi found out that my dad may know about vampires, they would kill him.
After sitting there for nearly an hour thinking over all the things that could go wrong I decided that enough was enough. I had to stop this line of thinking before it drove me mad. I got out of bed, showered and headed downstairs. It was still too early to head to the rez; ever since the pack found out what Victoria was looking for they insisted that I stay there. I knew that a member of the pack was staked out at my house at night and I spent most of my days at the rez and hunted with them, well when they said I could and I knew with Sam and Paul being with my dad that they would take me with them to hunt her down. The pack could take her down but I would be the one to finish her off. How that would happen, I had no idea, but I was going to end her one way or the other.
I was too nervous to eat so I washed the few dishes in the sink, prepared dinner for that evening and put it in the fridge to cook later. I couldn't sit still any longer so I said to hell with it and drove to the rez.
I arrived at Jake's house just as he was coming out the door.
"Yo Bella, I was just coming to your place, listen I know that we agreed that you could come with us on patrol today if Sam said so" he started but I stopped him
"Yeah I know, Sam and Paul are going with my dad so I'd be happy to come along to help"
"Well, see here's the thing" he said as he brushed a hand through his hair and my heart sank
"Yes, Sam and Paul we'll be with Charlie and a few other men but Sam wants the rest of the pack to come along and he feels that us watching out for the humans that will be there is enough rather than having you included too" he repeated and I felt my temper flare
"Seriously? I'm not human Jake remember? I could help. You have to take me with you, please" I was so pissed but I would beg if I had too
"Yeah Bells I know but Sam said no and I can't disobey the Alpha" he said sadly and I huffed in annoyance
"Fine then, have fun" I said dismissively and walked back to my truck
"Wait Bells. Look, you can't go with us but I would feel a lot better if you stayed here on the rez. There's a few younger guys exhibiting signs of the change and I asked them to hang out here and keep an eye on things" he told me and I baulked
"Oh great, I get to freaking babysit" yeah I was rude but I was pissed
"Oh come on Bella, it's not babysitting, they won't even be in the house, they'll most likely hang out in my garage and tinker with their bikes. I just want em close just in case. They will smell her coming a mile away and either phase which sucks just FYI or run to warn you and you can take care of it. I can't see the bitch being so stupid as to come here but just in case" he explained and I begrudgingly agreed
"Fine Jake, but if one of em starts bugging me or following me around then he's gonna be neutered" I told him and he clutched himself
"Nice Bells. Alright I'm outta here, I gotta meet the pack at the lake where my dad and them will be fishing" he gave me a quick hug and jogged off while I pouted and went in the house.
"What the hell am I gonna do all day?" I thought to myself and decided to just sit on the couch and watch tv. I was flicking through channels when there was a knock on the door and I opened it to find two young guys on the porch, they were maybe 13 or 14 years old and I figured they were the ones Jake talked about since I could see that they were definitely more muscular than most boys and I could feel it, somehow. Witch intuition maybe but I knew they would be part of the pack very soon.
"Hey guys, can I help you?" I asked as I tried to be polite
"Isabella right?" one of them asked and I nodded
"Cool, Jake said you were hanging out here so I just wanted to let you know we were in the garage so you didn't freak out if you hear a noise. Feel free to come hang out if ya want" he offered and I could see he was attempting to flirt and I resisted rolling my eyes and thanked them as I closed the door
Bored again I got comfy on the couch and it wasn't long before I fell asleep and of course my dreams were plagued with images of him, his family and then it changed to one of a cliff and the feeling of floating.
I woke with a start and I looked out the window and saw the cliffs at a distance. I knew the pack went cliff diving and Jake had promised to take me but maybe I could go by myself. Could witches float? Could we walk on air? Was there some sort of spell that summoned the air that held us up? I had to find out so I took off like a shot to my truck and toward the cliffs.
I was crazy, I had to be, it was the only thing to explain why I was up here on the highest peak in LaPush with the wind howling and I could feel the spray from the waves on the air even from up here.
I took a look over the edge and shivered as the cold air tore through me and I turned back but the overwhelming urge to float was just too much and I took another step to the edge and peered down into the dark depths below and then that voice, his voice was there.
My eyes closed as he pleaded "Bella, please don't do this"
I was crazy, there was no doubt since I argued back and said "You left, you wanted me to be human so now you're going to get your wish"
And with that I shrugged off my coat and hurled myself off the cliff muttering something about wind and air and float your humble servant and in an instant I felt it; that familiar electricity surrounded me and then I was floating.
I put my arms out to the side and felt as the air rushed through my fingers yet I was going slowly. It was amazing and mesmerizing and I giggled at the sensation and lost focus. "Oh shit" I thought as I lost the feeling and plummeted into the water
Damn it was cold but as I rose to the surface I couldn't help but laugh as I saw the peak and I was in disbelief that I did it. I wanted to do it again but the water had other plans.
All too soon I was dragged under and I could not swim back up, I was thrashing against the current and my air supply was getting low. Oh great, this was how I was going to die, not a wolf or vampire but the freaking water.
I could feel my lungs burn and I saw his face before me as things went black. I wanted to see him again and I begged Danu to help me, to let me see him just once, not some figment of my imagination, not just his voice, but him before I died. Then everything went black.
Whatcha think? I was gonna add more but this is how it went, sorry for the cliffie but as you know this is NM based so we all know what happens next. Someone asked me if Edward and the Cullens will be in this fic, I promise it's coming soon, be patient with me, it will be well worth it.
Okay gotta rec this one, Friends with Benefits by Tufano, holy hot hell. If you ain't reading it then I highly recommend you haul ass over to it. Girl is one pervy little minx but it's oh so good.
Okay enough for me for now, keep an eye out for my new fic being posted soon "Blood Trails"
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