Demetri POV
"How is it you couldn't use your powers young ones?" asks Aro, all of us trying to figure out why none of us could use our powers, for none of them could. Jane and Alec couldn't use their powers to save themselves and apparently the people in the Cullen's coven couldn't either.
"One of the females must have been a shield master, able to project it to stop any of us from using our powers" says Felix.
I look over at the settee I laid Bella on, the same one she woke up to her new life on, she's still unconscious, none of us know if she'll wake up, all I can do is pray that she'll wake up soon, my dead heart is heavy with the fear that I may never see her eyes, hear her wondrous voice or have her in my arms in an embrace.
Alec and Jane are sat on the floor at her side holding her hand with despair on their faces, god their hearts will be broken if they lose her, she's been their mother for about a week and they've loved her so much in that time, its like she's their true biological mother.
We can't lose her.
"Carlisle" I finally say, knowing he knows about this kind of stuff and he may be the only one able to help her. From this he walks over to me in question,
"Could you please take a look at her? I want to know if...she'll ever wake up" I say, from this he nods and both of us walk over to where my mate and children are.
But as soon as Jane see's Carlisle she gives him a death glare,
"No Cullen comes near Mama" she says, standing in front of Bella defensively,
"Jane honey, Carlisle may know what's wrong with her and know how to wake her up" I say, looking at her calmly, from this she frowns,
"After everything they've done to her you'd let one of them come near her? How do you know she wont get worse because of him?" she asks, from this I nod,
"I don't, that's why I'm asking you and Alec to keep an eye on him" I say, from this she slightly straightens up and nods stiffly.
I walk over to her and bring her into a hug,
"I know your worried Jane, we all are, but we have to have faith in Carlisle" I say, from this she nods and I bring her in front of me at arms length,
"Watch over your mother" I say, from this both Jane and Alec nod and allow Carlisle to Bella.
I walk back over to the kings and high guard.
"Emm Demetri?" says Felix, now seeing him looking at me warily, from this I look at him confused,
"What is it?" I ask, but he only nods in a direction behind me, from this I look behind me to find Edward looking at Bella with...longing in his eyes. Shit he knows!
"Keep an eye on him Felix, don't let him near her" I say silently so he can't hear me, from this Felix nods and I walk over to the kings.
"My lords what is to be done? If...things lead astray…we'll have a lot of work to handle" I say, from this Caius looks at me with an understanding expression.
"Demetri, go to Bella. She'll want you to be there. Be with your mate and let us worry about all the other things" he says, from this I bow in thanks and walk back to Bella. Out of the corner of my eye I see Edward talking with the small pixie-like female from their coven.
I remain watching the process as Carlisle looks over Bella, standing at her feet while Jane is sitting beside the settee watching closely what Carlisle is doing as well as Alec though he is standing beside me.
Finally after some more minutes he stands up,
"It seems the fire didn't harm her physically, the fire seems to have gone into her mind. It may take a few hours for the venom to heal her mind" he says, from this I nod,
"Will there be any pain she'll go through after she wakes up or during?" I ask, looking at him questioningly,
"Alas I don't know. If I did I would of course tell you as her mate Demetri" from this I nod,
"He's not her mate!" yells a familiar voice, we all turn to see Emmett and Jasper holding Edward back from apparently running at me,
"Edward? What..?." but Carlisle's cut off by Edward,
"It's Bella! My Bella! Isabella Swan!" he shouts, from this the small pixie one walks in front of him,
"Edward you left her - remember! She's moved on - like you wanted her to" she says, looking at him angrily, its a bit obvious that Bella meant a lot to her and leaving had upset her a great deal.
"You knew?" he asks, looking at Alice with a death glare,
"Yes, but I couldn't tell you, otherwise you'd have ruined everything, Bella and Demetri are perfect for one another, they love one another, and their future is far too precious to change" she says, from this I look at her confused.
"Alice can see into the future Demetri" explains Carlisle, from this I nod in understanding.
"What do you see Alice?" asks Esme, from this Alice turns to look at me with a gentle smile,
"Something wonderful" she says. I have no idea what she is talking about but apparently its good.
"But she's mine!" yells Edward, looking at me furious, at this I glare at him darkly and begin to stalk towards him.
"You were just a passing interest. A curiosity to me. I couldn't read your mind so I thought I could after spending time with you. Your blood seemed different too and I was curious as to why. But not anymore" I say while mimicking his voice, saying exactly what he told Bella before he left her.
At this he looks at me shocked,
"And you know what Edward? Not two seconds after you left her on her own with a broken heart in that forest. Victoria came" I say, when I say this name he hiss'
"Victoria?" asks Emmett, from this I look at him in response, unable to look at this sad excuse of a vampire.
"She wanted to have revenge since Edward killed her mate...James I think was his name. But then she decided rather then killing Bella, she chose to make her live an eternity without her supposed mate. She bit her. But I pulled her off Bella and killed her. Then I brought Bella here. Because there was no way in hell I was leaving such an innocent and broken angel as Bella on her own whilst undergoing the change as well as afterwards" I say.
After I've said this Alice hurries over to me and unexpectedly hugs me,
"Thank you Demetri! Thank you for saving my sister" she says. From this I pat her back awkwardly; Bella definitely meant something to this one.
"We never wanted to leave Bella; she was and still is a wonderful and beautiful girl. But...Edward told us she didn't want to see us ever again" says Esme, from this I look up shocked,
"I was there the whole time through-out their conversation Esme, she never said anything like that, she was begging him to take her with you" I say, from this she hurries over to Bella with Alice at her ankle to stand or sit with my sleeping angel. She was clearly a much loved girl even when she was human.
"Edward, I can't believe you would do such a thing to her" says Carlisle, Jasper and Emmett already having let Edward go and leaving his side.
"It was for her safety! After her birthday with that incident I couldn't allow that to happen again. I couldn't put her life at risk" he says defensively.
"Maybe you should have thought a little bit less selfishly and thought about what Bella would have wanted" I say.
I know this has angered him and within a second he begins to run at me, but when he's merely inches away he's thrown to the side and hits the wall leaving a dent in the marble.
I am not looking forward to when we get someone to fix this place up afterwards, this place is a mess.
I look to Bella, knowing she's the only one who can make lightning streams, to then find her standing between Esme and Alice with her hand extended when she presumably sent the lightning at Edward, now only noticing Jane and Alec letting her lean on them.
I hurry to her and pull her weight on me, smiling at Alec and Jane as they do in turn.
"How are you?" I ask, looking at her worriedly,
"I'm good, feel a little light-headed for some unknown reason…but good" she smiles, from this I smile back.
"Bella"
From this we both look in the direction we know Edwards's voice came from to see him standing looking at her still with longing in his expression.
This look makes me growl in the back of my throat.
"I don't want anything to do with you Edward. You made my life difficult, but at the same time better. I'll actually thank you for doing what you did, because if you hadn't I wouldn't have met my true soul mate" she says, stroking my arm with her hand, from this I internally smile. That's my girl.
"Bella you can't seriously think that he's your soul mate. I am and always will be your true soul mate" he says,
"If you were Edward, you never would have thought about leaving me, you would have thought about any other option except that" she says, looking at him with a bored expression.
This is true; soul mates will do anything and everything to stay together no matter what. If I were in his shoes I'd have thought of anything to stay with her.
"Your not a part of my life anymore Edward, only in my past" she says. When she says this I see him look at her with surprise.
"Bella?" says Alice, who I see come up to us on Bella's side,
"Me and the others...we never wanted to leave I swear" she says, with this I see Bella make a genuine smile,
"I know Alice, I heard what you all said and I believe you. You're still my sister" she says.
God I love this woman, she has such a gentle and loving heart.
Suddenly without warning Bella sinks in my arms. Before she could fall I brought her up into my arms finding her unconscious now.
Thump...Thump...Thump...
I stare down at Bella in shock, she has a heart beat. But that's impossible.
But then I hear something completely impossible, she doesn't have one heart-beat...but two.