Disclaimer: All the wonderful Twilight characters belong to Stephenie Meyer, however the story 'Goodbye, Former Miss. Swan' belongs to me.
In this chappie, Bella's little group is going to be developing, kay? I've gotten a lot of PMs and reviews asking if I'm going to have Edward and Veronica be together, same with Damien and Bella and the answer is hell no. Edward and Bella are destined to be together, and Veronica and Damien will just be good friends. Hopefully, this chapter will clear it up a little bit :D
Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter Four: Girl Posse
Bella POV
I walked into the throne room just as the sun started climbing into the sky. "Master?" Aro turned his head to look at me, his mouth turning up into a wide grin.
"Yes, Isabella?" I bowed my head respectfully before continuing.
"I've decided to accept your offer. I have thought about who I am going to choose, and I am prepared to start training them today." Aro's face brightened at my words, his face shining. "Good, good! Now tell me, who are the lucky few?"
"Myself, Kira, Desha, Sophia, and Ginger. I trust that five is an okay number?"
"Yes, it is perfectly fine! Just perfect!" He waved his hand towards the training room. "I will send them into the training room in a few moments. Why don't you go first to meet them."
"Yes, master, and thank you." I turned, pulling my cloak behind me towards the training room. Damien was inside, twirling something in his hand so fast it was blurring. I smiled.
"Hey Damien. How is your day?" Damien jerked his head up, not noticing me. He smiled, and laughed. "It's going well, thanks." The object in his hand didn't stop spinning. I pointed to it.
"What's that?" Damien didn't say anything, but a mischievous grin lit up on his face and he flung whatever it was. Acting on instinct, I jumped and avoided it by only a few inches. It shot into the wall, and I pulled it out. I examined it closely. It looked like a ninja star, but it was definitely sharper and more lethal.
"A ninja star?" I was confused, and I turned to look at Damien. "Close, but not exactly." He took it out of my hands, fiddling with it. "I've made a few minor adjustments. This," he held it up "is what I call a slayer star. It can pierce vampire skin." I looked at him, shocked.
"You made this?" He nodded. "I heard about Aro's offer to you, so I volunteered to make some weapons. Besides being a training master, I'm also good at creating weapons." I stuck my tongue out at him, and he laughed.
"Bella…" Damien looked straight at me, his gaze turning serious. "Hm?" I looked back at him, shocked by the intensity in his eyes. He hesitated.
"Bella, I-"
"BELLA!" Suddenly, two vampires had pounced on me, tackling me from behind. I screamed, startled, before I found that it was Kira and Desha. Ginger and Sophia were standing off to the side, smiling.
"Omigosh, this is like totally awesome! I can't believe we are together, we have to come up with a really awesome name, so awesome that no one can doubt our awesomeness, and you're our leader!!" Desha rambled off, babbling in my ear.
I laughed, pushing them off me. "Desha, Kira, chill! First off, you were rude. Damien was telling me something. What is it, Damien?" I looked at Damien, and he looked uncomfortable. "It's nothing, I'll tell you later. He gave me a half smile, and tossed the slayer star to me. He pointed towards a small black case near the entrance to the room. "The stars in the bag won't pierce your skin, they are just for practice. I'm going to bring by more weapons for you guys to practice on later, okay?" I smiled and gave him a quick hug. "Thanks, Damien. I truly appreciate it." He patted me on the back.
"I'll talk to you later, Bella."
He walked out of the room, and I gathered my friends around me. Desha and Ginger's eyes were slowly turning golden-They had volunteered to become animal drinkers along with Sophia and Kira. Upon request, Aro had given us red contacts to use when we went on missions.
"So…shall we talk first or train first?"
"Talk!" Desha and Kira yelled.
"Train." Said Sophia and Ginger.
I shook my heads. They were so predicable.
"We'll talk first. So, we need a name. Anyone have any ideas?" Ginger debated for a while, before opening her mouth.
"Listen to this-The Principessas!" I looked at her incredulously. "The princesses?" Desha nodded her head, agreeing with Ginger.
"Well, we're all girls, and we do live in the heart of vampire royalty. It would work perfectly!" I sighed. "Well, I guess so. I don't have any ideas myself, so the Principessas it is!"
We all cheered, and I laughed before I picked up the case filled with the fake slayer stars. I tossed a few to each of us, before I started lecturing them on how to use them.
It was fun training with all of them-it was definitely wonderful, laughing at each other and laughing at what we needed to better on. Desha was always the one that stood up for whoever I was cracking down on, Sophia was the mediator, and Ginger was the one that kept us from running off our schedule.
Throughout the day in different intervals, Damien would appear with a new weapon or tips. It was nice having Damien with us, and I found myself liking him more and more. He was like a brother to us, and I was glad that I had opened him up to everyone.
I also realized, with a jolt, that I hadn't even thought of Edward today, entirely.
I shook my head and turned back to look at my friends shooting the slayer stars. I smiled. I would reminisce in my own time. Right now, even stuck here, my life was pretty good.
The next days, we trained furiously. Aro had told us that something was going to be coming up, and we would need to be prepared. We were pushed to our limits, exceeding the normal expectations.
Little did I know, my world was going to be turned upside down, soon.
Edward POV
Edward, do you have it?-Emmett
I ran out from the bushes with the baseball in my hands, grinning wildly. Jasper groaned, cursing in his mind.
Dang it, Edward!-Jasper
All I did was laugh, tossing the ball back to Veronica. She grinned, giving me a thumbs up. Her pitching was one of the best I've ever seen-even Emmett missed it at times, with his strength.
Surprisingly, I was more at ease than I had been for the past century. I was smiling, laughing more, and I knew my family noticed it.
Partially, I think Veronica is the reason why. I had talked to her, and she was wonderful. She listened, just like Bella would whenever I would talk, and she seemed genuine. I truly did love her, in a sisterly way. She was always there for me, and I never had to be afraid of anything I would say.
Begin flashback
I knocked on Veronica's door quietly, trying to calm my nerves.
"The door's open, come on in." her voice drifted from her room, and I opened it quickly, shutting it quietly behind me. Veronica turned her head towards me, looking slightly shocked.
"Could I talk with you?" I asked, slightly nervous. I hadn't really opened up to anyone yet.
"Of course. Why don't you sit?" She patted the spot next to her on where she was sitting on her bed. I moved quickly over, sitting down besides her.
"Well…I just needed someone to talk to, to get my feelings off my chest."
"Go ahead."
I cleared my throat, swallowing. "It's like this. 150 years ago, I left the love of my life, Isabella Marie Swan. I left her because another vampire did something to her that made her lose all her memories of me and my family, and I couldn't take the pain. So that's why I left."
I sighed, glad I had it all out. Veronica patted my arm, smiling slightly. "Thanks for telling me-I know how hard it can be. But it does feel better when someone else knows, right?"
I smiled down at her, smiling. I gave her a quick hug, and went back towards the door to her room. Turning around, I saw that she was grinning.
"I'll see you later."
Closing the door quietly behind me, I turned and walked back to my room, flipping through my CD's.
End Flashback
"We have to stop, the storm will be passing a few minutes." We all groaned, but started heading back into the house. Veronica came besides me, smiling.
"Well, what did you think?" I laughed, looking at her. "It was a good game. You have a very nice pitch, by the way."
"Thank you." Her voice was quiet, muted. We let the others pass us into the house, walking slowly in.
Everyone was chatting and laughing when we got in, but a look of horror crossed Alice's face so quickly I couldn't even hear her thoughts or see what she saw.
"Alice?"
Alice looked directly at each one of us, her voice breaking.
"The Volturi. They will be coming soon."
Everyone gasped, and I saw a few of our eyes bug out.
Monique spoke up. "But how is that possible? The force field around our house is made so no one can find us."
Alice paused for a moment, her eyes searching.
"Then one of them must have a certain power to break it. All I can see is five members of the Volturi that belong to a special guard. All of them are female, and they have been training extensively. I can't see the outcome, however."
A deadly silence fell in the air.
"Alice, when are they coming?" Carlisle asked, his voice quiet.
Alice didn't look at any of us, only at Carlisle.
"Tommorow."
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