I'm spoiling ya aren't I LOL! Okay so this chapter was not meant to be out this quick. In fact while I was writing the last chapter I just kept going and the next thing I knew I had like 17 pages typed and I figured that it was just too long so this became the next chapter.
So you guys loved that last update, I'm just gotta says thanks to all those that review, fav or follow or both or all three, you rock.
Okay so I meant to mention this in the last update and it slipped my mind. I was chosen as fic of the week over at The Writer's Coffee Shop for the Week of Nov 2. You have no idea how excited I was to see that. Thanks for the support and whoever chose it. Mwah!
Okay so that's it for me for now, now on to the Denalis! "Rubs hand evilly" Have fun!
Oh and I don't own it, but the O'Quinns, SM owns the rest. All mistakes are mine!
Chapter 17
"Come on sweetheart, ya got this lass" my mother shouted and I huffed in a mix of annoyance and frustration.
"Mom, there has to be an easier way" I whined and she laughed at me while Alice huffed, pointing to her watch as we were supposed to be leaving soon to go back to the Cullens and the Denalis would be arriving soon but my Mom wanted to help out and I wanted to see her so she was here trying to help.
"Lassie, you're thinking about it too much" she said sternly while I grumbled
"Bella, it's heels not rocket science" Alice shouted and I shot a bolt of electricity to her shoes and laughed as she jumped. "BELLA!" she screamed, "These are Gucci"
"Yeah well shut it or the next time I turn em to ash" I snipped. I will admit that my balance had gotten better since I started doing magic but this whole wearing heels and walking was overrated and I couldn't do it and they couldn't make me.
"Ok lassie that's enough for today I think. I gotta head on back before Phil comes home and you have to go meet some family. Keep practicing lass, love you" my mom said as she kissed my cheek and then I watched as the light engulfed her and she disappeared.
Alice then grabbed my hand and we got in her car and drove off. I offered to get us there quicker but she said it would be best that maybe we didn't tell her cousins about me yet and if we suddenly just materialized out of thin air it might not be a smart move. I agreed and let her drive.
"We walked in the door and I was immediately scooped up by Edward as he placed kisses all over my face and lips "I missed you" he said softly "Mmm I missed you too" I moaned slightly as his tongue caressed mine.
"Enough you two, the Denalis will be here in like five minutes so can you two stop playing tonsil hockey for like two minutes?" Alice huffed and I pointed at her shoes and wiggled my finger but she flipped me off and walked towards the front door. I heard Edward laugh and he said "Well that's one way to get her to back off". "Heard that did ya?" I chuckled knowing that she was most likely thinking about my threat. He just nodded and then he stood up as I heard some car doors being closed.
I stood next to the couch as three stunning blonde women came through the door gushing about the house and then the three of them froze when they saw me. I tried to smile but it most likely came across as a grimace as I tried to figure out which one wanted Edward.
"Bella, this is Kate, Irina and Tanya, ladies, Bella" Carlisle began the introductions and I was engulfed by two of the blondes.
"Oh my god Bella, it's so nice to meet you, I'm Kate and this is Tanya" Kate said and I blushed as I made note that the one with strawberry blonde hair was the one wanting my soon to be husband.
"Nice to meet you" I said as I shook hands with them and immediately my fingers started to tingle. What now?
"So I assume this is for you?" Tanya asked as she held a garment bag which was immediately snatched up by Alice as she thanked them and then raced upstairs to put the dress away.
I chuckled and nodded as Edward came and wrapped an arm around my waist and we talked for a few minutes and then I was introduced to a tall man with dark hair and a beautiful woman with long brown hair, it reminded me of mocha and I could see hints of gold in her hair. She was stunning.
"My word" the one who introduced himself as Eleazar said as he shook my hand.
"Eleazar, what is it?" his mate Carmen asked and I saw Edward purse his lips together.
"It's just well…I've never seen anything like it. She, my god" he stammered and I was really confused.
"Bella, Eleazar can sense the gifts of others, he worked for the Volturi for decades, telling him which humans would be most valuable as vampires, if they had a strong gift" Edward explained and then I knew what his look was about. Was this man able to sense what I was? Did he know I was a witch?
"What do you mean my friend?" Carlisle asked and then turned to me with a wink.
"It's just...good lord I've never sensed anything like it. She's has a gift that much is for sure, a shield I would say, but there's more to it. I'm not sure what, but the power she could bring forth in immortality would be incredible" he said with awe.
"Whatever" we heard someone scoff and my eyes narrowed at the blonde who didn't come and introduce herself. I assumed she was Irina.
"Irina, I told you to behave" Kate scolded and Irina just huffed and crossed her arms.
"She's the reason my Laurent is gone" the woman said angrily and my eyes narrowed. Really?
"Ha!" I laughed "Wasn't me"
"He came here looking for you, Victoria told me. She said he came here to look out for you and you had him destroyed" she wailed, her eyes black.
"Okay first of all, he came here as a favor to Victoria to spy on me, make sure I was alone so she could kill me. Second of all, he wanted to kill me, not me wanting to kill him and third, he was killed by a pack of were wolves" I snarked.
"Wolves, why wolves kill him to protect you?" she sneered.
"He had red eyes, kills humans and the pack protects the town" I explained, not sure how to make it more clear.
"Sister, we told you he wouldn't take to our diet" Tanya said as she tried to comfort the poor woman but Irina just stood there seething. Her eyes were black and I had a bad feeling.
"No, she had him killed, she has this weird power over Edward and this family and she some how killed my Laurent" Irina wailed and crouched.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" I said as I put a hand in the air. I didn't want to do this but if she attacked she was gonna get burned.
She let out a blood curdling scream and lunged for me while my family and hers tried to stop her but I was quicker.
"Oh for the love of god" I shouted and let my fingers flare and threw a fireball at the floor and sealed her inside. I then made sure she was frozen to the floor and threatened her with setting her hair on fire.
"Oh lassie, I warned ya. Now, for the last time I didna kill the lad, he wanted to kill me and the pack killed him. They are friends of mine, hell I didna even know they existed till that day. So here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna put out the flames, let you up and that will be it. Got it lassie?" I said and she nodded, her face was a mixture of shock and fear.
Once she was up off the floor, she was wrapped up by her sisters and I was wrapped in Edward's arms.
"You okay love?" he asked, his eyes hard and I could feel a slight rumble in his body as he looked at his cousin. He was pissed and rightfully so. I nodded to say I was fine and then grabbed his hand as we walked back to the couch.
"Irina, I understand you are upset but if you came here to cause trouble then I suggest you leave" Esme said sternly, as she came and put a hand on my shoulder.
"How did she...what is she?" Tanya asked, all three sisters looking fearful.
"Carlisle, you can't let the Volturi find out about her. She's too powerful, Aro will take her, he will either turn her or destroy her" Eleazar exclaimed and I couldn't help it, I snorted.
"Surely you know about the Volturi child" Carmen said. "They have rules dear and we must abide by them. My friends, if they find out that a human know about us they will kill her and you. Yes she seems to have powers but she's human. It's forbidden" she shouted and the sisters were backing towards the door.
"Bah, the wee laddie and his little blonde terror would never try to cross us" I sneered thinking of Jane.
"Bella, you have no idea what you're dealing with" Tanya said and I scoffed again. I wasn't being an egomaniac, I knew damn well how much trouble I could be in but I also knew that Aro and the Volturi would never try to cross the O'Quinns, not if they wanted to live.
"Guys, you have nothing to worry about. The Volturi know all about her and everything is fine" Edward explained but I could see they still had doubts.
"Carlisle my friend, look I understand she has magic, it's been a long time since I saw anything like it, why even Pandora O'Quinn didn't have the power she has, not that I sensed anyways. You have to be careful" Eleazar said and I lost it with the mention of my aunt. He knew her, that's hilarious.
"Who's Pandora?" Kate asked and I could see my family desperately trying to hold it together as a conversation from not that long ago was about to repeated.
"A great and powerful witch" he said and their jaws dropped.
"Oh come now lassies, surely if vampires and werewolves exist so can a witch, ay" I exclaimed, my accent still rather thick.
"Yes indeed, they rule over all of us, the Volturi have dominion over the vampires but when needed, the O'Quinns have the last say and Aro answers to her. Pandora is so powerful that I saw the biggest, baddest vampires in the world cower at her feet" he exclaimed.
"I had no idea" Carmen gasped while the sisters stood there with their jaws on the floor.
"Hold on a sec, what does this have to do with Bella?" Kate asked and I smiled. Yes indeed.
"Well I have no idea but if the Volturi are coming then we may need to find them" Eleazar said and I fell off Edward's lap. I couldn't take it anymore, I needed to say something.
"Have you no respect?" Irina yelled and lunged but I was way ahead of her. I froze her in mid pose and sat back in a huff.
"Alright enough, by Danu, I swear I'm gonna start wearing a sign. Laddie, ye nar have nothing to worry about. I'll ask ye a question, you know Pandora, have you met any other witches?" I asked and he nodded, so I motioned for him to continue.
"It was a long time ago, there was a vampire running amok in Scotland, and he killed a witch in his blood lust. Pandora captured him and brought him before Aro. Aro was too cocky, he didn't believe in the existence of witches or the council and freed the vampire and tried to execute Pandora. She trapped him in a cage of fire but another vampire managed to get a hold of her, then another one showed up out of the blue. She had long dark hair and set the vampire that had a hold of Pandora on fire and then she set the entire room on fire. Aro was terrified of fire so he stood down. Pandora made sure he felt pain, according to Aro it was worse than changing into a vampire. He described it as pure fire raging through his veins while he convulsed on the floor. When she was done the other woman with her helped in putting all three brothers on the ceiling and then using them like yo-yos. It was as terrifying as it was funny. No one knew what to do, they were way too scared to try anything and when I saw the skirts flying with no air in sight, I fell to my knees and pledged my allegiance right then and there. That is the only reason why the Volturi let me leave. I became a protector of the goddess Danu and all her followers" he admitted and it was my turn to have my jaw drop.
"You're a protector of Danu?" I asked, completely shocked.
"Yes dear, and I found out after that day that the other woman was Pandora's sister Renee. The two of them were the most powerful witches of their time" he went on and I heard Emmett scoff and say "You haven't seen anything yet"
The Denalis looked confused again and pulled out my wallet and showed them a picture of me and my dad, it was actually a picture of the three of us but as the years passed it got folded and the part with my mom couldn't be seen. They all nodded and mentioned that it must be my dad. Then I flipped it around so they could see the other part, making sure to fold the flap that was folded back up. It was the perfect picture, me in the middle with my parents on either side and you could definitely tell that I looked like my mom.
"Well I'll be? That's her. That's the woman who was Pandora's sister. Wait" he said and looked at the picture and then at me, then back to the picture and suddenly he gasped.
"My god, you're her daughter. You're a member of the O'Quinns. Child do you have any idea what type of power you might have?" he asked and I snorted.
"Eleazar, my old friend. Our Bella here is Pandora's niece and from what we've been told she's the next heir to the throne. Our young Bella here will be crowned queen" Carlisle said, again with the gasps.
I could see Eleazar start to bow and I shot a electric bolt near him and pointed my finger "Please don't lad, I've had enough fussin and bowing to do me a lifetime. You're about to become my family and I'll be damned if I let me family start bowing to me"
They all chuckled and then someone asked about how Aro knew and we told them that we went to Italy and ran into some trouble, leaving out the part about Edward going to kill himself. Eleazar was extremely interested in the way I handled them and what my aunt did to Aro. The whole room chuckled with that story.
I saw Irina with her head hung low and I went and knelt before her and hoped that we could come to some understanding. She was about to become part of my family, I needed us to get along and she had to know that Laurent was not the best man for her.
"Hey, you okay" I asked as I knelt before her.
"Shouldn't I be doing that?" she asked as she motioned to my position on the floor and I laughed.
"Naw, my aunt hates it and so do I. If I ever see ya kneelin then I'll have to hurt you" I chuckled. "Look Irina, I meant what I said before, I had nothing to do with Laurent's death. He came here as a favor to Victoria, the woman was evil incarnate, only surpassed by her mate James. She wanted revenge for her mate's death and I understand that you thought Laurent was yours but I don't believe he was. Irina, you've been around a long time, you have to know that the connection is instant, life changing. Can you honestly say that's how it was for you when you met him" I asked hoping to make her see.
"At first, no. When Tanya told us what happened with that James guy and that one of the people who were travelling with him, wanted to try a new way of life, I was sorta against it. Once he arrived I thought he was egotistical and way too smooth. He irritated the hell out of me but once I got to know him I warmed up to him. It wasn't intense like how some couples describe it but we did seem attracted to each other and I just figured it was the same thing. He was passionate, all male if you know what I mean and he made me feel at least somewhat wanted. It wasn't quite what I expected but I accepted it. I had hope that my mate would want to be a vegetarian too and while he tried, he just didn't try hard enough and I felt terrible about it. I would try to understand, we would fight about it and he would just say that if I wasn't happy then he could leave. I would beg him to stay just because I didn't want to be without a mate but honestly, I know deep down he wasn't the one for me" she said sadly and my fingers sparked and took on a mind of their own.
"What in the world?" Irina and the others around us gasped.
It was just like I didn't have control over my own body anymore, I couldn't help it when I stood up completely straight and when my arms raised above my head and I started twirling while sparks of light rose from my hands and swirls of color radiated from my body. It was completely involuntary and I was just slightly scared and I heard a gasp and the images danced around the room, it was an image of everyone here but at a wedding, and at the altar was Irina as she kissed a man with long blonde hair, he was very handsome but a complete stranger and then it panned to an image of her sisters, both were on the arm of men themselves; Kate was with a man with dirty blonde hair and dressed as a soldier and Tanya was with a man who had short dark hair. They all looked so happy as their sister and the blonde man exchanged vows and kissed happily. And just like that, the images faded and I must have risen off the ground because I collapsed to the ground with a groan. That was nuts.
"HOLY HELL!" someone yelled
"BELLA!" Definitely Edward shouting "Love, are you okay" he asked as he scooped me in his arms.
"Aye, just needs a wee bit o rest" I waved him off and then I was out.
HA! Thought I was gonna have Tanya get her arse kicked didn't ya! Got ya!
Okay so some reviewers were all about Tanya getting her arse kicked and I'll be honest that was how it was supposed to be but when I started writing this is what happened. I hope it was to your expectations.
Not a long note for me this time, chapter 18 is already in the works, I do have some betaing to do for someone else so I will be working on that and the next chapter so hopefully it won't take long. We are gonna be winding down soon and then for those still with me, Blood Trails will be a main focus. The chapter for that is already in the works, keep an eye!
I'm out, see ya soon lassies!
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