So if you remember from last chapter I said I was going to do everyone's POV on their missions with their different creatures. This is Nina's mission first. I hope you like it! :)

P.S. the title "Ventus" is Latin for wind.

Chapter 27 Ventus

Nina's POV

The rest of the night was uneventful with the Cullen's all locked up in their rooms with their mates and us getting ready for our… trip? Saying trip makes it sound too fun or that we are excited about this. We all love the creatures we create (for the exception of the vampire) but this is a mission. We could die if we say the wrong thing to the wrong creature and some of them could be spies for the Leaders. We don't really know what to expect and it doesn't help that we will be alone, even if we do have our pendants with us.

Alice has been helping me pick out clothes that everyone will wear these couple of days while we are away because like we both said, "If we die, we die in style." It is really fun to hang out with my little sister again and if it weren't for Bella we both wouldn't have her back.

"Perfect! I finished all of Bella's outfits." Alice said clapping her hands. I got up off the floor next to the bed and walk to the other side of the room next to the window were Alice was, and next to her was Bella's outfits for these three days.

"They're amazing Alice. Thanks for helping out." I said as I looked over to make sure everything is correct and ready.

"No problem, you know I love doing this."

"At least I have one sister with good fashion sense." I rolled my eyes when I thought of Bella always wearing her simple clothing. But of course we picked out clothes that are comfortable and easy to wear considering we are going to be flying, running, swimming, digging. I looked at my perfect manicured nails and frowned at the thought of them ruined.

Alice laughed getting up off the floor. "Yeah, do you need help on anything else?"

"If you could help me put everyone's stuff in this backpacks but leave one set of clothes out so they have something to wear in the morning." The next five minutes we worked in silence as we gathered up everything and cleaned the room back to how it was before.

"Thanks again Alice." I whispered to her from the hallway as she went upstairs to her own room.

"No problem, see you tomorrow I have to get back to Jasper." She smiled and ran up stairs to her husband. I felt ashamed for having kept Alice away from her mate when she hadn't seen him in over a month. But I also had a husband to go back to.

I went back in the room and closed the door quietly behind me. I changed quickly into my pajamas in the bathroom and laughed silently when I heard Peter's faint snoring from the bedroom. I slipped into bed next to him and closed my eyes listening to the soft breeze that whispered from outside.

"Nina. Babe, wake up. We have to leave in 30 minutes." I ground and pulled the pillow over my head to muffle his voice. I felt the bed move and footsteps moving around the room.

"Get changed, I'll be in the bathroom getting ready." I slowly stretched my muscles and got off the bed.

I pulled on my black leggings that look like jeans and my baby pink button down shirt with my black healed boots. I pinned my brown hair in a bun and sat on the bed tying the laces of my boots.

"I wish fairies could drink coffee." I said to Peter from the other side of the door.

"Or instead of staying up till 1am putting outfits together you could have been sleeping peacefully like me." He said while opening the door and putting on his moss green jacket on.

I stuck my tongue out at him while he laughed.

"You should go check on everyone else. I'm going to go upstairs and talk to the Cullen's." He kissed the top of my head before exciting the room.

I got up and did my makeup quickly and went to Bella's room.

"Bella! Are you ready?" I knocked on the door a few times but there was no answer.

"She better be awake." I muttered under my breath. I opened the door to find it empty. The bed was made and the room was perfectly clean except for the backpack that was on the floor. Bella must have woken up early but forget to get her backpack. I picked it up off the floor and closed the door to her room and moved on the Jacinda's room.

Jacinda was sitting in front of her door with her arms rapped around her knees.

"Are you okay Jacinda?"

She jumped at the sound of my voice and scattered off the floor quickly. "Yeah, just tired." She said nonchalantly. She was wearing a plain black tank top with white skinny jeans and her black converse. She wanted to pick out her own clothes for today but she let me pick what she could take in her backpack. Her hair was to short to pull up in a ponytail, so she left it be.

"O-kay. Have you seen Bella or Gale?"

"I saw Gale with his backpack heading upstairs to meet with the Cullen's before leaving."

"How about Bella?"

"I don't know." she said quietly.

Before I could ask anything else she took my hand and led me upstairs. "Come on, don't you want to say bye to your boy toy?" She said with a smirk. I've been worried about Jacinda these last few weeks. She's become more distant and seems to be gone a lot. But I could worry about her now.

I tried to smile the best I can. "Definitely."

Peter leaned down to kiss me for the umpteenth time since I had first said goodbye. It was hard for us to be apart but we have been apart many times before, but it was still just as hard.

"Stay safe." He said while he gently placed his hand over my pendant. I smiled at him and caressed his cheek with my hand.

"I'm going to miss you so much."

We hugged one last time. "I love you." I said as we embraced.

We pulled apart and he returned the message. "I love you too."

I had finally spotted Bella talking to Edward quietly away from the rest of us. They were so close but far enough so they weren't touching. I strained my ears to try and hear what they are saying but with no luck.

They separated and I watched as Bella went towards Gale and Edward watching her go. It reminded me of one of those romance movies when the girl walks away slowly from her love while the guy stands there in the rain wanting to run after the girl but couldn't.

"See you in a few days Jacinda." I said while hugging her tightly. "See you." She smiled back.

I went over to Gale who was now talking to Peter and Bella.

"Don't work to hard, Gale." I teased. He laughed and pulled me in for a hug.

"Don't stay gossiping for to long, Nina." He shot back. I laughed and moved on to Bella.

"Be safe." I said hugging her. It was always hard to see your little sister go away even if its just a few hours or a year, it always scares me to think that someday she might not come back. She hugged me back and said, "Don't worry and be safe also."

Alice quickly joined the hug. "Have a great mission, we are all going to miss you."

"Thanks we are going to miss you too."

"We will be here when you get back." Carlisle said to all of us. I could tell he was upset that we couldn't bring him with us, but it was much too risky to even consider.

We all said bye one last time and left. Bella ran to the west to where the beach was and Jacinda teleported to wherever she was going. Gale ran to the east, to the other side of the forest and Peter turned into a cheetah and ran towards the north to Canada. I used one of my gifts to turn invisible and fly up towards the sky.

We could go anywhere in the world, choose from hundreds of different creatures to visit. The question we are all thinking is: where should I start?

I breathed in the salty ocean air as I flew past the Pacific Ocean. The sun was high up in the air, warming my skin and making the water from below sparkle.

My first stop was going to be in Awana bay, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. Might as well get the dragons out of the way first. I thought to myself. There are hundreds of different types of dragons but I narrowed it down to only two. The first dragon I was going to visit was called Culebre. These dragons are huge and mostly live in caves, were they keep their treasure. They are immortal so over the length of time they keep things that are valuable to them, their treasure they say. Although they are immortal, they grow old as the time goes by and their scales become thick and impenetrable, and flag wings grow in their bodies. When they are not in their caves they are out searching for food and to enjoy the wind just like any wind creature. The Culebre's are independent and like to live alone. Because of their long time on earth these creatures are very smart, but can come off as rude and arrogant at times.

I lowered myself once I got to Awana Bay. The beach was covered in boulders, seaweed and of course, sand. I glared at the scenery and then at my black healed boots. I was starting to envy Jacinda's choice of wearing converse.

I looked around and sighed in frustration and started walking towards the huge cliffs on the east side of the beach.

I could smell the presence of a male Culebre in a cave inside one of the cliffs. I flew up with my wings looking around for a cave entrance. (Picture of cave on my profile page.) After a few minutes I found it and slowly flew towards it. It would not be good to scare the dragon or make it think that it is in danger.

I walked through the cave wary until I found the huge dragon sleeping on the floor. His scaly skin was a dull gold color his tail was rapped around is big leg and every time he breathed you could see a small specs of smoke. I was running through ideas on how to wake him up without making him mad.

I picked up a good sized rock and hurled it to the opposite wall. It hit the wall with a clash and broke into a million pieces. The dragon slowly opened his eyes and immediately focused them on me.

I stood perfectly still starring back at him. He snarled at me and advanced towards me.

"Stop. What do you smell?" I said before he could rip my head off.

He did as I said and sniffed the air. A look of realization hit him and backed away from me but still looked at me with guarded eyes.

"I am not here to take your treasure, Culebre."

"Wind fairy, how am I suppose to know that?" He said with a raspy voice.

"You can trust me and like you said I'm a wind fairy."

He grunted and laid back down but never took his eyes off me. "What do you want Ms…"

"Brandon. But my first name is Nina."

Something in his eyes changed when I said my name but he quickly closed his eyes before I could make out what it was.

"Have you heard of anything from the Leaders or other people from Zenonia?" I bit my lip waiting for his answer.

"Like what?"

"I don't know, just interesting things that they are planning in the near future." My palms were starting to sweat slightly.

"Why don't you go and see for yourself?" He was being stubborn and I was loosing my patience.

"Please, I need to know." My voice echoed in the cave. The Culebre stayed quiet and I was starting to think he had fallen asleep again.

I sighed and started to walk out of the cave. Right before I was going to jump out he said, "I don't know what you did to get yourself into trouble Nina Brandon, but if I were you I wouldn't go anywhere near Zenonia or Faylinn." I stood still questioning his words to myself. Could it be that dangerous to go to Zenonia? What if he is a spy?

"Do you promise not to tell people I was here?" He didn't say anything. The only sound in the cave was his deep breathing and the flutter of my wings as I left the cave.

I didn't get any answers form the Culebre, but a warning. Not the best way to start but it made me think realistically. How many creatures are we really going to get answers from?

I don't think I was going to get anything from my next dragon. The Eastern dragons are quite small like the size of a squirrel. Their bodies are long and rough, scaly skin. The wings are long and clear, from a distance they look like they are floating rather then flying. And their soft breath is said to form clouds. They don't roar; instead they make the sounds of beating gongs and jingling bells.

I flew trough the forest of the Island of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada listening to see if there was any dragons near by. After about 15 minutes of looking I came by a waterfall (Picture on my profile) and heard the sound of gongs and bells near by. Finally. I thought, as I was tired of flying around everywhere. I landed by the waterfall and giggled at the small dragons playing around in the water. How nice it would feel to just jump in and play with them. But I had a job to do and I was on a time crunch. It was probably already around 6 o'clock, but it was hard to tell with different time Zones. Wow how time flies when you're flying around the world.

I cleared my voice to get the attention of the two adult dragons that were watching their young play in the water.

Suddenly 3 other male adult birds got in front of me, blocking my way.

"I say we have her for dinner!" The one on the right side said.

The one in the middle hit the one on the right with his wing. "She's a fairy, Skeeter. We can't eat her!"

"Why did you have to bring him, Berk?" The one on the left said to Berk, the one in the middle.

"What is that suppose to mean, Rangle?" Skeeter said.

"Hey sorry for causing trouble but I am in a hurry so if you could answer a couple of answers for me that would be amazing." I said cutting in into the never ending conversation.

"Yeah sure, but you are a fairy right?" Berk the leader said.

"Of course. I'm a wind fairy."

"A wind fairy! You should have started with that!" Rangle said going down on his knees and bowing down in front of me.

"Yummy, even better." I heard the chubby Skeeter say softly to himself.

"Rangle! Skeeter! Get out of here and get back with your family." Berk demanded.

"But- " Both dragons said together.

Berk roared his strange bell like roar. Scaring both dragons causing their long blue body's running away.

"Thanks." I breathed in a sigh of relief. At least the leader seemed to be normal. As normal as a Eastern dragon can be, anyways.

"Now what are you going here Lady…?"

I had decided I wasn't going to tell him my real name, afraid that he might react the same as the Culebre did. "Venta." I made up right on the spot.

"What brings you here Lady Venta?"

"I haven't been to Zenonia in years because of my long mission I am on. I was wondering if there has been any interesting things that have happened in Zenonia lately." I was taking a completely different approach to the situation then with the other dragon.

"Beth!" Berk yelled. A female dragon flew to Berk's side. I'm guessing that is his mate.

"Anything big that is happening in Zenonia?" Berk asked her.

The female dragon thought for a while before answering her mate. "Well I did hear from some form other's that a coven exposed themselves to vampires. The Leaders don't know what to do yet but I heard this a few days ago. You know how fast the Leaders work, the probably already have a plan."

"Do you know what that plan is?" I asked.

"Nope. Berk here doesn't want to take care of the kids so I don't have time to be with the girls."

"I told you I'm too busy to take care of them!" He said as if they've had this conversation before.

"Going out with the guys does not count." She walked away from us back to her children by the waterfall.

"Woman." Berk whispered to himself.

"Well thank you for your time but I should get going." I said already turning around to leave.

"Are you sure you don't want to stay for dinner, Venta?" Berk said.

"Or be the dinner." I heard Skeeter whisper to a female dragon.

"Umm, not thanks. Maybe next time." I waved bye slightly before I turned invisible and flew up and away from the waterfall and the weird Eastern dragons.

It was nightfall by the time I was out of the Island and flying through the air again. I was tired, hungry and thirsty from today's traveling. It was time for me to settle in for the night. And from what I heard today it wasn't the best idea to sleep in a forest or deserted area.

Once I got to Quebec, Canada I quickly found a hotel to stay at for a night.

The woman behind the desk gave me my key saying, "Room C6. Its on the second floor to your right."

"Thanks." I said and took the key and walked to the elevator. Every step I took, took away a part of my energy. My backpack got heavier by the minute. Once I had finally made it in the elevator I felt like I was just going to fall asleep right here on the floor of the elevator but the sound of the elevator doors opening gave me one ounce of energy to get to my room.

I walked past every white door looking for C6, once I found it I opened the door and threw my backpack on the bed and got changed in my pajamas, brushed my teeth and my hair and got in bed all in a daze. Once my head hit the soft white pillow I was already fast asleep.

I woke up around 9 in the morning. Took a quick shower, brushed my straight brown hair and put on a pair of washed out jean capris with a purple V-neck shirt and black flats. I wasn't going to do the mistake of wearing heals again.

I sat down at the table in the corner of my suite and called Peter. It went to voicemail. "Hey baby I just wanted to tell you that yesterday went okay and I'm getting ready to leave to go out again. I hope your doing good to. Love you." I left the message and decided to call Bella while I finish my salad.

It ringed a few times before she picked up.

"Hello?" She said.

"Hey sis, what's up?"

"Nina?"

"Yes. Are you okay?"

"Oh, sorry I'm just still tired from yesterday."

"How did it go?"

"Fine. I'll see you in two days I got to go."

"Okay bye."

"Bye."

We both hung up and I put my phone back in my backpack. I got all my stuff together and left my suite and gave my key back to the person at the desk. I ran to the back of the hotel so no one could see me fly up into the air. My first stop of the day: South America, Guyana.

Today I had decided to visit Annysia, which in fairy language means 'little angel'. She was one of the first wind fairy's to ever exist. And she is a very important figure in our society and a major role model to all wind fairies. But her spirit has never left The Black forest in Guyana and with those that have bad intentions in entering the forest she kills them. No one knows how but she does. I have never personally talked to her, and frankly I was kind of nervous.

I slowly lowered myself to the ground not knowing what to expect. The trees were taller then any building in the world. The ground was pitch black with bright green leaves scattered around the ground. There were a few boulders here and there but the thing that got my most attention was the silence. (Picture of forest on my profile) No birds flying through the air and cawing, no pounding of animal paws on the ground and their roars. Nothing at all. I walked around in no particular direction until I heard a slight breeze go past me. It wasn't like any regular breeze, it brought chills to my skin and it felt like the wind was carrying something… or someone.

There leaning on the tree trunk was Annysia. Her skin was completely white and her black hair had silver tints in it. Her wings were out but were perfectly still. She was bare foot and wearing a simple white tattered dress. It would have been gorgeous if it weren't for the dirt and rips in it. She looked to be only around her early twenties. But I almost gasped when I saw her eyes completely black no pupils, no color of any kind just pitch black.

"What do you need Nina Brandon?" She said in a calm voice.

"How do you know that I need something?"

"Why other would a wind fairy enter into my home looking around?" She said Calmly. "Well do you need something?" she asked.

"How do you know my name?" Was the first thing that came out of my mouth.

She sighed annoyed with my response. "Because I know every fairy. I know you're sister Bella and your mate Peter and your friends Jacinda and Gale and your other sister that died long ago, her name was Alice. Now can we please get on with this I have things to do." she said still in that strange soothing voice.

How can she say Alice is dead! She's perfectly fine. But to everyone else she doesn't exist… to everyone else I only have Bella. "You're a spirit, what things do you have to do in this empty forest?" I said bitterly.

"Things." She said cocking her head to the right. "Do you want to talk about why you are here or I can leave you here alone?"

"What do you know about what the Leaders are planning to do with me and my coven?" I didn't lie, I didn't tell half the truth. I told it all, without a second thought.

"Ahh so that is why you are here. You're mate Peter was here yesterday to visit some creature of the earth."

"Did you talk to him?"

"No, no I didn't. And I didn't eavesdrop on him either, for your comfort."

"Thanks." I mumbled.

"Back to your question from earlier. Yes, the Leaders were thinking up some plans a few days ago."

"What were they about?" I said anxiously.

"I wouldn't know." Her voice was a whisper now.

"What do you mean, you don't know." I said angrily.

"A few days ago the Leaders came to visit me. They asked if I could bring your coven back to Zenonia. You know, do the dirty work for them but I said no."

"Is it because you never leave your home here in the forest?" I said.

"Well partly. I also didn't want to be part of their murder plan." My blood ran cold but Annysia kept talking. "The Leaders can be stubborn when it comes to change. They think it is their job to keep things the same, and it is but the way they do it can be cruel at times. Injustice as the humans would say. But as wrong as they may seem at times, I couldn't picture anybody else being the leaders of all supernatural creatures."

I thought of her words for a long time. She waited patiently through it all.

"So what you're saying is we should give up in what we are fighting for?"

"No. I'm saying they are not the bad guys, they are scared of all of you and of the possibility of changing something in our society."

"Are you scared?" I sad quietly, studying her pale face.

"No." She smiled at me and I could tell she didn't have teeth or a tongue. "I am scared that they will win. I have never seen any group of fairies fight for change against the Leaders obligations since the group that discovered earth and other planets worth living on. What would have happened if they stuck to the Leaders side like everyone else? Sometimes change is necessary."

"Can you help us?" I asked.

"No."

"Why not?" I asked dumbfounded. She seemed to be on our side.

"I have given everything you need to know to keep going strong. Maybe not physically but mentally. You are a strong girl, Nina but your sister Bella has changed a lot more then you think."

"What do you mean?"

"Just have an open mind. And don't ever give up." Her silhouette was becoming blurry and I could see through her dress to the other side of the forest behind her.

"No! Don't leave!" I said extending my hands to her but they only grabbed empty air. I couldn't see her at all now but I could somehow feel her presents leave the spot by the tree.

"It was nice talking to you Nina Brandon. Very nice indeed." Her voice echoed in the forest and I knew she was gone.

I slumped down on the ground not caring if my jean capris got muddy. And for the next hour or two I thought of my conversation with Annysia over and over again.

I walked through Black forest still completely silent around me. The silence was starting to feel good and I wondered if I would miss it when I got to my next wind creature. Jarita. It means 'a bird fiercely protective'. They get their name because they are so protective of their young and the other Jarita's that live in a community. Jarita's are black birds with two bright red beaks, one in the front and another in the back. Their feathers are very pointy at the end and their claws look like human hands but the nails are made out of the same thing as vampire skin is.

As dangerous as these creatures are, they are gossip crazy. They remind me of a dozen paparazzi's with cameras. This is a perfect opportunity for me to find out some more details on the Leaders.

I heard the familiar ear wrenching screech of a group of Jarita's near by. I looked up and I found a group of 3 female Jarita's flying in circles way up in the trees. (Picture on my profile)

"Excuse me! Can I talk to you three for a minute?"

The three birds froze and looked down at me. They flew slowly until the landed on a branch near my face.

"And who are you?" One of the birds says looking at me up and down suspiciously.

"I'm Venta, a wind fairy."

"We have done nothing wrong." The bird in the middle said.

"Nothing wrong at all." The bird on the left added.

"Oh you are not in trouble I just came here to ask you three a couple of questions."

"Go right ahead!" All three said at once.

"What do you know about what is happening in Zenonia these last couple of days?"

"You don't know, dear?" The one on the right said.

"My, my. I guess we have some story tellin' to do." the one on the left said cawing and stretching her wings out.

"I have been on a long mission and haven't been informed." That wasn't necessarily a lie.

"Well I heard from some fairies the other day that a coven had exposed themselves to vampires! The Leaders were very mad from the looks of it and they have had difficulty with finding a good plan on how to fix this." The one on the left said.

"I also heard that they are keeping all fairies in Zenonia until further notice."

"Why aren't you their now?" The one in the middle said suspiciously.

Oh shit. What was I going to say to them? "Umm the Leaders had told me I can stay on earth for a few more days but then I had to go, but they never told me why.
The one in the middle still didn't seem convinced but the other two seemed to buy it.

"Do you know what the plans were?" I asked changing the subject.

"No. Nobody does, except for the Leaders themselves and maybe a few others."

"But whoever this coven is, they better start hiding."

"Not like that would do any good, Clare." The one in the middle said to the one on the left.

"So that's all you know?" I asked in my last attempt to get information.

"I did hear that the Leaders will be leaving Zenonia in about a week." Clare said.

"Well thanks." I said flying up into the trees and out of the Black forest.

"Run along now."

"Stay safe."

"Bye!" They all said together.

I was done. I had done everything I could for my family. I had gotten interesting results these last two days.

The Culebre gave me a warning not to go anywhere near Zenonia or any other fairy. The Eastern dragons told me the Leaders possibly already have a plan in motion. Annysia told me to keep fighting for what I believed in and have an open mind when it comes to Bella. What could have Bella done that is so drastic that she didn't tell me? And finally the Jarita's told me that the coven is in serious danger but no one knows what the Leaders will exactly do.

I put on my pajamas in my hotel room in Brazil and fell asleep knowing I will be home soon.

Long chapter wasn't it! I hope you liked it I had a lot of fun writing all of this and let me know which wind creature you liked best :)

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