The wonderful literature known as the Twilight saga unfortunately does not belong to me
Recap: The mother walked towards us.
"Hello. My name is Isabella, but you can call me Bella." She greeted in a voice that put our sweetened enhanced voice to shame. It was dazzling.
This is no longer a normal day, even by our standards. I thought.
Chapter 2: Esme's POV
Carlisle was the first to regain his ability to speak, and as the monarch of our family spoke first to the dazzling beauty standing before us.
"We are the Cullens. I am Carlisle, this is my wife Esme. My three sons; the burly one is Emmett, the blonde one is Jasper, and the bronze haired one is Edward. Then these are my two lovely daughters; the blonde Rosalie and the pixie Alice. We are very sorry. We did not cause any harm to your son," he said in his soothing voice that always captured me.
Not the time to think about that Esme! I scolded myself, catching a small smirk from Edward before it disappeared like it was never there.
"We were afraid, because until a few minutes ago, we believed dragons only exited in myths and legends," Carlisle said trying to state our case to the she-dragon.
She gave us a small smile and then turned to her son.
"Halt. What did I tell you?" she asked the small child hiding behind her. The child, Halt, looked down at his shuffling feet, obliviously avoiding his mother's questioning gaze.
"Not to mess with the vampires."
They know what we are? Well course they would! I mean they are huge freaking reptiles! I thought to myself.
"If you knew not to, then why did you decide to disregard my rule?" she scolded lightly.
He looked up at her then at me, causing me to squeak and slightly hide behind Jasper who was standing next to me. I heard Emmett chuckle before a resounding slap. Halt looked back at.
"Well, I was bored because you were sleeping. So I went to see her," he said pointing to me, causing me to completely hide behind an amused Jasper. The she-dragon smiled at me. I timidly smiled back. Halt continued his story.
"She is really nice to animals and her garden is pretty,"
Awww how cute, I thought coming out slightly.
"When I came to her garden, there was this big bird! He was huge momma and very scary! And he was messing up her garden!" Halt told his momma with excitement.
He's trying to sound tough to her how cute, I thought.
"So I swooped down and defeated him because I will defend the pretty flowers and I am strong!" He puffed out his chest. His momma laughed. He continued.
"But all of sudden that big one snatched me up," He stopped. "No wait he caught me off guard because that will be the only way could catch me! He tried his hardest to put me in that cage."
Emmett laughed but was again slapped by Rosalie who was enjoying the cuteness of Halt. I came out from behind my son and smiled as the tiny dragon continued his big story.
"As soon as they put me the cage, I transmuted back into human form and told them to let me out. But they didn't,"
We didn't have enough time to, I thought.
"So I called you. And here we are." He took a deep breath, as if he was out of breath and smiled up at his momma. She just laughed and ruffled his hair. I took a step forward.
"Um… who are you?" I asked shyly.
"Well, I'm a dragon," Halt said.
"I kind of figured that out, squirt," boomed Emmett. Halt just huffed and crossed his arms. The mother laughed. I liked her laugh it sounded like twinkling bells on a white Christmas.
"As you already know, my name is Isabella, and I am the dragon of Earth, Goddess of growth, and the mother of fertility," she smiled as she patted her protruding belly.
Well then, I thought shocked.
"Wow…" gasped Edward.
"How far a long are you?" asked Rosalie as she gazed at Isabella's belly.
"Hmmm, almost nine years now. I will give birth any time now," she said wistfully.
"Nine years?!" gasped everyone. Isabell a laughed.
"Yes, for a full dragon baby the process is nine years instead of years. To dragons one year is like one month of growth for a human." She looked at halt.
"Halt is twenty years old. Until he reaches his full maturity, he will keep growing and then stop forever. Dragons are immortal." She explained. If Carlisle could, he would be taking notes of the information she just revealed.
No doubt he will later, I thought with a giggle.
"Almost Twenty one!" yelled Halt. Isabell shushed him and gave him a smile.
"Wow… so how old are you?" Alice asked. As Isabella was opening her mouth to answer, halt beat her to it.
"Momma is ten thousand years old!" he grinned as we all gasped.
"You're so old!" exclaimed Emmett, causing Rose to once again slap the back of his head.
"Idiot," she muttered." That is impolite." Isabella just laughed.
"Yes, I am."
"So, where is the father?" asked Edward. Isabella's face went dark and Halt frowned.
Daddy troubles? I thought.
"Father is dead. Mama killed him."
"What?" exclaimed Alice." Why?"
"Well, James abused the power given to him as my mate, and tried to overthrow my power, so he could be the strongest ever. He even tried to kill his own children. So, I killed him. He died ten years ago."
"How many children do you have, Isabella?" asked Jasper.
"Please call me Bella. And I have twenty darling children. Halt is the youngest until I give birth."
"Where are they?" I asked.
"Some are living with their own families, or as humans… or vampires," She said.
"How many vampire children do you have?" asked Carlisle, curious if he know them or not.
"One!" Yelled Halt, "But, he doesn't know, because another vampire wiped his memory and planted false memories. He went missing, making mama very mad, so she killed Mary." Halt said it as if it was the most common thing to say.
"Who?" Jasper whispered in shock. Everyone gaped at jasper and Isabella.
"Maybe we should go inside and sit down so we can find out more." Carlisle suggested, gesturing to the house. We all nodded and walked inside. After Isabella and Halt were inside, I closed the door and sat on Carlisle's lap in his recliner. Bella and Halt claimed the love seat, Halt in Bella's lap; he started to suck his thumb as he reached up with other hand and started to play with Bella's hair. My three sons sat on the couch with my two daughters sitting on their mates lap.
There was a moment of silence; before Alice broke it with the question everyone wanted to ask.
"So what did Halt say?" Bella took a deep breath.
"A southern vampire going by the name Mary found my son sleeping in his favorite spot by a waterfall, and bit him. She had the power of memory manipulation. She erased his present memories and replaced ones that could work in her favor. Because he forgot what he was, his dragon and his powers were suppressed." Bella explained with a frown.
"She was killed for her deeds," she growled.
Again silence.
"What… what was your son's … name?" Jasper asked nervously.
Bella's eyes turned pink and smiled a beautiful smile.
"My baby's name was Jasper. He was my nineteenth son and the dragon of war."
Holy shit! I exclaimed. Who wouldn't curse at that!