Chapter 2: Disguises

"What in the world?" Bella cried, jumping out of her seat.

"Calm down, dear, you'll startle Maria."Spoke the creature nonchalantly.

Bella's expression became even more wary as she backed away from him. "Okay, I don't know who or what you are, how you got in here or how you know Maria's name. But you need to leave or I'll, I'll…" Her deep brown orbs darted back and forth frantically, until they settled on the poker stand beside the fireplace. She grabbed one swiftly and pointed the sharp edge in his direction. "I'll hurt you with this…spear!" The expression on her face was one of total determination as she threatened the creature.

He laughed haughtily and as a glass of wine magically appeared in its small hands, it said, "Oh Bella darling, put that down before you hurt yourself and come and have a chat with me."

She hesitated but eventually returned to her seat, still gripping the weapon. He tutted, "Honestly Isabella, you and I both know that you'll do more damage to the poor poker than it'd do to me!"

Bella's confusion increased as she thought, 'I'd do more damage? What's that supposed to mean?' Her mind took her back to the bathroom and recounted how when she'd got in the water, it wasn't that warm, but then suddenly, fire sprouted from her palms and heated up the water immensely. She shook it out of her head then slowly lowered the poker and let it rest on the floor beside her; making sure it was still in her reach. The thing smiled widely and said, "That's better, love. So, the only reason I came here was to check on you and see if Maria had found you like I'd hoped. There was no need for all that hostility!"

"Check on me? But, why?" Bella asked, her need for remembrance and reasons getting the best of her. "What do you know about me?"

It smiled devilishly. "Well, Isabella, the answers to those questions will come soon. But for now…" The creature's form became blurred and misshapen; a myriad of colours and shapes appearing and disappearing until there was a squeaky 'POP!'

Sitting there in a navy silk shirt and black slacks was a startlingly handsome young man. His skin was a flawless bronze and his build was not unlike that of a Roman gladiator. But Bella's virginal 10 year old mind was not focusing on his beauty and allure; she was just gaping at the transformation in awe.

"H-How the hell did you do that?" She exclaimed, reaching for the poker again.

His eyes followed her hand and said, "Nah-ah-ah!" teasingly. In a split second the poker she was reaching for was now in his hand, but not for long as in one squeeze, it turned into a pile of iron dust. "What did I tell you before? And catch up Bella, I'm a shape shifter warlock. I know, ha, its a magical mix of species eh? I mean, its quite obvious right? My brilliance just radiates from me." He smirked smugly and returned to drinking the wine he conjured before. "And my name's Jacobin, but you can call me Jacob."

Bella continued to gape at him, wondering how his voice had went from middle-aged Englishman, to young, husky and American. "Goodness, I must be seeing things because I have a horrid headache right now. Ugh, maybe I hit my head somewhere." She squeezed her eyes shut and laid her head on the back of the cushioned seat. She slowly opened one eye a little, to see if he'd gone but…

"Nope, I'm still here!" He smiled broadly. "And you might've hit your head somewhere, but it's probably a side -affect of the memory spell I put on you."

Bella's eyes widened. "It was you! You did this to me! You little…" Her rampage was interrupted by Maria's voice at the door.

"Isabella, what all this noise is? You okay?" Maria expression was one of genuine concern as she stood at the doorway.

Bella's face looked panic-stricken; she didn't want her to find out about the fool sitting opposite her incase he endangered her. Bella put on a smile and said, "Everything's fine Maria, I was just … singing!"

Jacob snickered at her poor excuse and said, "Nice one, Bells(!)". Maria walked towards Bella while she silently prayed that Jacob 'poof-ed' off somewhere. But obviously, he hadn't. He still sat there with that stupid grin on his face.

Maria stood right in between Jacob and Bella and said, "Are you sure, querida?" It was as if she couldn't even see him. And that's when Bella realized that she probably couldn't see him. Figures, he's a 'shape-shifter warlock' for God's sake, Bella thought, he probably turned himself into a cushion or something. Weirdo.

She just smiled at her and with all the innocence she could muster she said, "Of course, Maria, everything's fine." She didn't look satisfied with Bella's answer but she accepted it and returned to the kitchen down the hall.

As soon as she was out of sight, Bella said, "You know, for a guy who can do magic or whatever, you sorta suck."

Jacob was so shocked; it was as if someone had slapped him. "Fine then, I'll just leave shall I?" He bluffed, wanting to get a reaction out of her.

"The door's over there, Jacobin." Bella spoke, smiling all the while.

January 4th 2010: Bella is 17 years old

Bella was in her small bedroom, on the first floor of Maria Gonzales' semi-detached house in Queens, when that familiar 'POP' that she'd been hearing for the past 7 years sounded from behind her. Knowing who it was she carried on packing her schoolbag as quickly as she could, stuffing her iPod into the side pocket when she finished.

"What? No hello?"

She turned around to find him lying on her bed in nothing but tight boxers; as if he was posing for a Calvin Klein underwear campaign or something. Her deep brown orbs trailed down his herculean body, his perfectly formed abs and pecs looking as if they were sculpted by Zeus himself. She put the image of the little green goblin thing he likes to become into her head and his allure had immediately dissipated. Bella just laughed at him and said, "Nah-ah Jake, this sex god thing is not working out for you."

He scoffed and rubbed his abs, "Whatever Bells, you know I'm hot."

Bella bent over and squealed with laughter, "You are not serious! Hot flew out of the window the moment you showed up looking like something out of Lord Of The Rings!"

Another 'POP' sounded and now he was clothed in a white Lacoste polo and dark jeans. "I don't know why you like to bully me so much. I saved your life remember?" He said, real hurt evident on his face.

"Aww, poor wittle warlock can't take a jokey wokey?" Bella said teasingly, whilst doing up her gorgeous chocolate brown locks in a messy bun and straightening her sweeping bangs. "And you're always saying that you saved me from something but you never tell me what it was, so, that doesn't really count now, does it?" She lined her eyes with dark kohl eyeliner and put on a coat of her favourite nude lipstick before turning back around to face Jacob.

He sat with his arms crossed and his brows furrowed in deep thought. "Jake?" She spoke, walking up to where he was and putting a hand on his shoulder. "What's up?"

Jacob looked up at her as if he'd had some grave news, then as if he'd just realized she was there, he put on his famous smile and said, "Oh, nothing. Go on, or you'll be late for school dude." She wasn't happy with his answer but she ruffled his black hair with her fingers and just smiled before picking up her bag off the floor and heading downstairs.

She crossed the hallway and entered the kitchen, where Maria sat reading a newspaper whilst eating toast. "Morning, Maria!" Bella said whilst grabbing a piece of toast off Maria's plate.

"Hey! Go make your own, Isabella! And what you doing still home? You late, mija. Leave!" She urged, her bad grammar and Spanish accent leaking in with every word.

"Alright, alright, I'm going." And with that Bella left her house and walked a few blocks until she saw the beautiful dark blue Audi TT that Jake had gotten her for her 17th birthday. Obviously, Maria couldn't know or she'd start asking questions which would lead to her knowing things that she shouldn't. She 'beep-ed' it open and jumped in before driving as fast as she could to William Evans High. She parked her car a block away and ran swiftly to the car park where Angela was waiting for her.

"What took you so long Bella? I've been waiting for ages! But anyways, it's a good thing you look cute today because I just saw the new guys and they are freaking sexy!" Angela exclaimed, fanning herself with her biology folder.

"Dude! What happened to your crush on Ben?" Bella asked, hurrying to get into school before the bell went, "And what new guys?" …

… 10 minutes earlier…

Lauren was sitting on the hood of her car applying her lipgloss whilst looking in her compact when something caught her eye. She turned around and her eyes almost jumped out of their sockets when she saw two of the hottest guys she'd ever seen. One of them was extremely tall and muscular juxtaposing his sweet and childish face. He had a head of curly brown hair and deep grey eyes that seemed to make her heart skip a beat. But he had nothing on the intense beauty that walked beside him.

Everything about this guy just screamed badass! He donned a black shirt, dark grey jeans and a look on his face that said, 'don't mess with me'. The mess of bronze and auburn perfection on his head was simply gorgeous; coupled with his bright emerald green eyes and you just knew that he was heaven on a plate. But what stood out the most was the snippet of a tattoo on his chest that could be seen from where he'd left a couple of buttons open; it made Lauren feel tingles in the pit of her stomach. Her eyes hungrily studied the way it swirled across his left pec and how intricate the little symbols were that surrounded it. Oh how she wished she could strip his body and revel in the rest of his god-given gloriousness.

As he walked closer to her, her heart started hammering even more; threatening to jump out of her chest with each step. But her excitement was deflated when he gave her a dirty look as he walked by; as if he could read her mind and was disgusted with her perverse thoughts. But she just tried to amp up her own sex appeal even more by leaning back on her car and sticking out her breasts in his direction. However, all she got was a huge guffaw from the big one and a raised eyebrow from the other. That's it, Lauren thought, I'm gonna have that hotty if it's the last thing I do…

… Edward and Emmett Cullen retrieved their schedules and were now seated in their homeroom.

"Did you see that girl? That was crazy!" Emmett bellowed, "Are they all like that around here do you think?"

Edward just smirked a little then whispered, "Come on, brother, we need to be focusing on trying to locate the intense energy Alice sensed yesterday."

"Yeah, you're right; we need to find her somehow… Wait, Eddie? Can you feel that? Shit, that's strong! Can you tell where it's coming from?" Emmett asked quietly, his brain now in warrior mode.

Edward closed his eyes and focused his mind; trying to separate all the different thoughts and voices he was hearing, until his mind took a mental beat down when he tried to enter a certain mind. All he could feel from the person was mind-blowing power, and what was worse, it was undiscovered power that hadn't been released yet. He linked his own mind with Emmett's and spoke to him through his thoughts.

For the love of all that is holy! Em, do you feel that? I can't get into their head but I can sense that the energy's getting closer to us by the minute. Be on your guard. Edward warned.

Yes, sir. Emmett replied to his commanding officer, reaching down to grip his stake that was slipped into the waistband of his jeans. I'll be ready for whatever comes.

A/N: Hey guyss, I finally wrote a worthy chapter that I'm quite proud of! LOL! It's sorta long aswell so hopefully it'll satisfy you until next week. I have my last exam on Friday and after that, you'll be getting more and more chapters!

Hope you like how I put Jacob in there for all you jake fanatics! xD

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