(Disclaimer – I don't own Twilight, New Moon, or any of its characters. Stephenie Meyer does. However, I do sorta own the three new characters introduced in this chapter…)
(A/N: okay so someone pointed out to me "if they were supposed to be "hiding" at Rose and Emmett's house why was Bella at the other house?" Alright, I didn't explain that so I'm sorry. They were there because they were grabbing any last remains to bring over to Rose and Emmett's house – Bella couldn't be left at Rosalie and Emmett's so they brought her. Sorry, hope that makes it more coherent.)
"I think we should find out what my power is."
"Why?" Rosalie protested, not out of interest, but purely spite. I could tell she hadn't gotten over her dislike of me.
"Maybe my powers can help." I informed them, ignoring Rosalie's scowl.
"Bella, I don't think that's a good idea. We should be worrying about the war, not your powers. Besides, you usually can't control when your powers become present. We don't even know if you will have an active power like Edward or Alice." Carlisle said. I could not believe he was actually siding with Rosalie, and on top of that, he had practically insulted me.
I restrained myself from growling at Carlisle and Rosalie. Had it only been Rosalie, I would have gladly roared at her, but I had too much respect for Carlisle. Edward seemed to sense my slight anger, and I could tell he was a bit agitated too. "She will have a power." He spoke through clenched teeth. I think he felt that I was too special to not have an active power and was angry that they thought otherwise. He sounded so sure of himself I was positive even Rosalie was convinced.
Carlisle sighed in defeat, which surprised me. I knew that Edward had always been Carlisle's favorite, but I didn't think that he followed his own son's commands. "Fine."
"So what do we do?" I asked, completely clueless. I was focusing on my powers too hard to be embarrassed at my ignorance.
"I'm not really sure." Carlisle's brow furrowed in frustration and deep thought. He seemed like he was focusing too hard to be embarrassed as well. "I suppose we'll just have to wing it."
"Okay. So, I still don't know what to do."
"I suppose you should concentrate. On power. Don't think of any particular power, just power itself. Strength." Carlisle suggested.
The vampires around me hushed, and I couldn't pick up a single sound, even with my newly heightened hearing.
I felt Edward grab hold of my hand as I closed my eyes. This was going to be difficult. I couldn't remember ever once in my life feeling powerful.
I let everything I had ever felt go. I made my mind go completely blank, and then centered my attention on power. I knew I couldn't just invent my own feeling of power – it is something that has to be experienced. When had I ever felt powerful?
Then it hit me. The time I had felt most powerful was the same time I had felt the most free. I was in control of my own life, which it had rarely ever been. It had been when I had jumped off of the cliff.
I concentrated hard on the power, the freedom, the high. I let it take over me, until I was completely unaware of my surroundings. Then, instead of the blackness I had been seeing under my eyelids, a vivid vision flashed in my head. Three women were outside fighting a pack of massive wolves. I shuddered. There was no way that three vampires could take on a group of five or six werewolves.
The women were all dressed in assortments of leather pieces and all looked ready to kill, without the slightest hint of fear. Then they attacked the wolves – and killed each and every one of them effortlessly.
I was ripped from my vision and gasped. Edward had his hands on me and was shaking me back and fourth. "Bella, wake up!" he repeated over and over again.
I snapped out of my dream-like state and looked up to see the worried faces of the vampires surrounding me.
"Bella, what happened?" Asked Edward and Carlisle in unison.
"I don't really know." I began truthfully. "I saw these three women. They killed an entire pack of werewolves without a problem." I explained as best I could.
Carlisle's jaw dropped in shock. "What?" I asked.
Carlisle's jaw didn't move for quite sometime, but he stopped ogling to speak. "Bella, you must try your other powers. Now." He instructed.
"What do you mean 'other powers'?"
"Bella, just trust
me."
"Well, I don't know how I'm supposed to harness
these 'other powers'. Why are you so anxious?" The last
sentence slipped out before I could realize what I was saying. It
wasn't Carlisle's expression that had given away him away, I had
felt that he was anxious, like something Jasper would do. Did
she just feel my anxiety? I heard Carlisle think in bewilderment.
"Carlisle what's going on? I just felt your anxiety and read your mind!" Amazing. Is she really is the Divinus Unus? I heard Carlisle thinking again.
"What the hell is the Divinus Unus?" I asked, completely dumbfound, and too confused to care that the rest of the family was even more confused than I was.
"Bella, you are the most powerful vampire that has ever, and will ever walk the earth. Divinus Unus is Latin for The Divine or Sacred One" Carlisle spoke slowly, to show the full importance of the words he was speaking.
"What?" The entire family asked together, with the exception of Carlisle.
"No – No. I'm not – " I began denying it, there wasn't even a possibility that what he was saying was true. I was just boring Bella, nothing more, nothing less. I wasn't the most powerful vampire to ever exist.
Carlisle cut me off. "Bella, Bella, stop. We don't have time for you to deny it. With your powers, we might be able to defeat the werewolves. If we start training you as soon as possible, we might win."
Emmett scoffed. "Carlisle, you do realize that it's eight against five, right?"
Carlisle's expression darkened. "No. Quil Ateara has joined them. Not only that, but their leader has connections with other tribes of wolves. We will be greatly outnumbered."
Everyone was silent. I could feel the uneasiness flowing throughout the room
I decided that now was the best time to start training. "What do I need to do?"
"Okay Bella. I guess it would be best to explain everything now. If you really are the Divinus Unus than I already have a guess as to what your powers are. So first I will explain everything, and your powers. It should be easier for you to retrieve your powers if you understand what they are." Carlisle then went on to explain everything to me and the family.
I was Divinus Unus, a god amongst the vampires. Bestowed upon me were the powers of the three most powerful vampires in existence (before me). They had all been sisters and were called the Divinus Tria, The Divine Three. (Yes, I am basing them on the show Charmed. I changed them a little, so technically I'm not copying, but I just wanted to say that, so all you Charmed fans (and creators of Charmed) wouldn't think that I was taking credit for an idea that wasn't entirely mine.) The youngest sisters' name was Ardelle, which means "warmth and enthusiasm." She had the ability to see the future, like Alice, and also gained a vampires power when she touched them. The middle sister was Marcia, which means "warlike." She could freeze time. The oldest sister was Carol, which means "strong and womanly." She had the ability to move things with her mind. (A/N: All of these names are actual Latin-origin names, and those are their actual meaning.)
It was prophecy that 500 years after the death of the Divinus Tria that a new strength would rise, and would have bequeathed to her the powers of the divinities before her. It was said that I would conquer the werewolves, and rule over the vampires. I would be queen.
"Wow." I heard Alice mutter in astonishment.
"No. This isn't possible. I can't just be some random vampire queen. They can't just hand me the world on a silver plate. It can't be that easy."
I could tell Carlisle was hiding something from me. I resorted to reading his mind, which I had gotten from Edward's presence. (I had figured that I only needed to be around a vampire to get their power, because I clearly had Jasper's.) Should I tell her? I heard Carlisle ask himself.
"Tell me what? Just say it Carlisle."
He sighed heavily, and almost looked frightened. "Bella, you're right. It isn't quite so simple. It's believed that with the change of the Divinus Unus, the Divinus Tria will rise again. Bella, you either defeat them, or you die. If you lose, they will rule over the vampires again."
I knew that my face was probably showed all the fear I felt. There was no way I could defeat werewolves, and become ruler of the vampires. On top of that, I was expected to kill three of the most powerful, well-trained vampires in existence. I was a new vampire, with absolutely no training or skill. Why were they asking so much of me.
"Bella, calm down." Jasper instructed, sensing my anxiety.
"Yes, yes." Carlisle agreed. "No need to worry our selves with that just yet. Let's focus on the werewolves for now."
(A/N: okay, so I had wanted this to be longer, but it's not… aww well… okay so now you know what Bella's powers are… sorta. They aren't exactly like the powers of the Divinus Unus (like the whole power gaining thingy that I mentioned briefly). Oh and I thought I would say that the Divinus Unus aren't the unexpected new players in the war… I actually hadn't come up with them until minutes before I wrote this chapter, so if you thought that they were the "Unexpected players." They aren't. So I guess you're going to have to wait to find out who they are. PLEASE UPDATE. I WANT TO REACH FIFTY WITH THIS…THOUGH IT PROBABLY WONT HAPPED. I WOULD LIKE IT TO THOUGH!!)
