Chapter 5: Spontaneous Combustion

Previously...

"Do. You. Understand?" He repeated, menace emanating from his every pore...

They both nodded really fast as their breath left them so Jacob loosened his hold on them to let them speak, "You gonna say anything then?"

"Jacob, it's me," The one with the hair said, "Edward Cullen." Jacob almost jumped away in shock.

"Wait, what? Edward Cullen? As in Prince Edward Cullen? Son of the High King? No, I don't believe it… So wait," His gaze moved on to the big guy, "That means you must be Prince Emmett! I was a good friend of the family back then,you know! Why didn't you say anything when I came in,man?" He exclaimed, playfully clapping a smiling Edward on the back. Jacob's smile fell when he remembered Bella's face after the ordeal. "But," He said slowly, "That doesn't change the fact that you hurt her and because of you, Edward, she's been marked a year early!"

"I know; I saw it happen and I'm really sorry, that wasn't my intention! Emmett and I are part of the League now, and we've been posted in New York. So it's our job to take down anyone who doesn't belong in this world and when we felt all that power from her… we just knew we had to do something!" Edward exclaimed, running his hands through that awful thing on his head. "If we'd known she was a lost Almorean, we would never have hurt her that way. Honestly." His eyes filled with genuine concern.

Jacob sighed again and crossed his large arms over his chest; the feel of his arm muscles calming him down. "Alright, I believe you. But, you're gonna have to come and explain all that to her 'cause there's no way she'll believe me if I tell her."

"Yeah, okay." Edward walked up to Jacob but when he saw that Emmett was following him he turned around and said, "Hey Em, I need you to go to the team and fill them in on what happened whilst I go with Jacob."

"What? Nah man, you must be mad if you think I'm leaving you with a guy that just made us fly across the damn room!" Emmett argued angrily, making him seem even larger than he seemed to Jacob earlier.

Jacob watched Edward stare him down and chuckled as Edward said, "You are leaving me because I told you to leave. And that's an order!"

Emmett reluctantly stood up straight, put his fist over his heart as he bowed a little and said, "Yes, sir," before he brushed past Jacob and stormed out of the room.

Jacob smirked in amusement and said, "O-kay…" Stretching out the 'o'.

"So where are we going and how are we getting there?" Edward asked; looking more relaxed but still speaking in that firm tone.

"Well..."

End of flashback…

Bella's eyes raked over the green-eyed guy's body; his defined muscles evident through his torn silk shirt; his prominent, chiseled jaw line; lips so pink and divine it was blasphemous. He was the true definition of beauty. Bella recoiled at the sight of him; not because he was repulsive, no, he was far from that to her, but because he reminded her of the unknown, which was what her whole life seemed to be; a string of lies and secrets.

"Don't be afraid." He spoke; his voice a melodious symphony, "I'm not going to hurt you." He looked down, then said, "I apologise for what happened earlier, I didn't know who you were."

Bella laughed, "You didn't know who I was so you attacked me? Ha! Well, you know what? I don't know who I am either, and a simple, 'hello, what's your name?' would have freaking sufficed!" She roared maniacally.

The guy looked taken aback by her ferocity, then turned to Jacob and they spoke in hushed voices. "Oh, for God's sake! I'm honestly gonna spontaneously combust." They both stopped speaking then turned to look at her. "Oh, are you finished now? You wanna tell me why this dude's here, Jake? Wanna explain how this fucking tattoo got on my neck? `Cause if you do, I'm all ears." Bella hissed, steam practically coming out of her ears.

This time Jacob was the one who spoke, "His name is Edward, and I used to know him…Ah, I guess I just need to explain it all now don't I?"

Edward. That sounds like the name of someone from a freaking romance novel, she thought.

"Yeah, that'd be great!" Bella replied, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

The guy or Edward smirked at that then shifted his weight to the other foot as Jacob joined her on the bed.

"I'll start from the beginning then… Well, remember when you first saw me in the living room as Charles?"

"Who the heck is Charles? Oh, the green guy?"

Jacob chuckled, "Yeah, the green guy… anyway, when I told you that I wiped your memory, it was the truth; I had to do it so that you could live in this world without the memories of your past."

Bella scoffed, "What could have been so bad that you had to wipe my bloody memories?" She watched as Jacob and the guy shared a knowing look. "What is it, you guys?" She asked quietly, her voice a soft whisper.

The guy ran his fingers through those gorgeous bronze locks then looked to Jacob for permission to speak. "There was a war," He stated, his voice taking on a grave tone, "The most horrible war in Almorean history."

"Wait stop. What is Almorea?" Bella asked.

"Shit, you really did wipe her memory, Jake." Edward said.

Jacob shrugged, and then the guy continued, "There are many different realms in this universe and Almorea is one of them. Most of the famous people in this realm are not even human; they're travellers from other realms. So anyway, erm, Almoreans look just like humans only better. There are different castes such as fyre, water, aire, earth, moon and sun, and within those castes are families. Mine is from the aire caste. And yours is from fyre." He ended, gesturing towards Bella.

"You know my family?" Bella asked, not able to contain her excitement. "Where are they? Do they know where I am?"

His green orbs flickered over to Jacob again. "Dude! Would you guys stop doing that? It's doing my head in!"

Jacob spoke up, "So anyway, I'm not from those castes."

"So how are you Almorean?" Bella wondered.

Jacob chuckled, "Some would say I'm not but really I am. Werewolves, faeries, furies and all those other kinds of mythical creatures each have their own realms. But centuries ago, they came to Almorea and integrated with them and now consider themselves to be Almorean too so technically I am." He flashed one of his famous smiles, warming her heart as usual.

"Tell me more about the war," Bella said; yawning whilst speaking so it came out like, "Temee more bawar."

Edward and Jake both laughed. "I guess it's someone's bedtime, right Edward?" Jacob said.

"Yeah, I think it is." Edward agreed, his smile almost making her heart stop.

I should add that to the list now shouldn't I? She thought to herself; mentally noting it down.

"No!" Bella disagreed, "You never finished telling me about Almorea and the war!" Another yawn crept in, making them laugh again.

"We can do that some other time, Isabella. You've been through a lot today." Edward frowned, "Probably because of me, so I apologise. But still, get some sleep."

Jacob nodded in agreement then said, "Yeah, Bells. I'll come in the morning to grab some of Maria's pancakes anyway, so we'll go and you'd better get some sleep. I'll check up on you later and if you're not asleep I'll go 'say hello to my little friend'". He used his magic to turn his right hand into a water pistol. He shot a little at Bella, making her laugh.

She smiled at him, said sarcastically, "Okay, godfather!" then shooed them out of her room. With a 'POP', they were gone.

Bella sighed then went to the bathroom at the end of the landing. She took another look at her mark in the bathroom mirror and smiled. "Somehow, I feel more complete with this. Hopefully Maria doesn't see it."

"Maria doesn't see what?" Bella jumped at her carer's voice.

"Mama! How many times are you gonna scare me like that before I have a heart attack?" Bella exclaimed; her hand placed on her chest.

Maria laughed then said, "Many, many times."

They both started laughing then Bella hugged her and said, "Te amo, mama."

After they hugged, Bella went back into her room and changed into a navy camisole and white and black checkered shorts. Then she jumped into her bed, hugging one of her pillows to her chest as she usually did. She sighed long and deep as she thought about the day's events.

Considering she got attacked; found a tattoo on her neck; had her attacker in her bedroom and learnt about a 'realm' called Almorea, Bella wasn't the least bit overwhelmed. It didn't feel new or scary. Somehow it seemed normal and today of all days, she felt like she was getting closer to finding who she was. Isabella Swan.

A/N: I was actually thinking of dropping this story, which is usual for me, you know ? Like, every time I start a story I just stop 'cause I think its not good enough. && By the looks of how much reviews I have, obviously people dont like it enough to comment buh I thought I should follow through with what I'd started .

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