"Battle Scars"

Chapter 5: Can I Have The Cliff Notes Version?

A/N #1: Happy Canada Day or Happy Independence Day everyone! It's been two weeks since I updated and it just so happens to be on the long weekend! =D

A/N #2: Thank you so much to everyone who's still reading this story after that hiatus I had during the school year but I assure you, I already have Ch. 6 waiting to be posted (2 weeks time) and Ch. 7 is in the works. But anyways, thank you so much for all the hits, reviews and new alerts for this story. It really means the world to me so thank you! Without further adieu, enjoy the chapter! (BTW: Powers' section was updated)

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural or Twilight. They belong to their respective owners (I thank them for creating them in the first place).

Summary: Bella Winchester had accepted her destiny but when she looses what she cares about the most, will she fight back or is the pain too much for her to handle; pain that not even the Cullens could truly understand.

Angel Warriors: [this section will be updated as the story progresses as you learn more about it]

- Winchesters' destiny…Bella mentioned a coming war

- Winchesters received their shared powers on Bella's 13th birthday while they got their individual powers on their 18th birthday

- All three Winchesters' tattoo, that wrap around their right arm just below the shoulder (picture on photobucket account, link on profile and on LiveJournal Master List), appeared on Bella's 18th birthday – tattoo symbolizes the connection between the siblings

- Powers are stronger when they are together

Powers (so far discovered in the story):

Dean – Pyrokinesis (manipulate fire like X-Men's Pyro)

Sam – Empathy (feeling other's emotions)

Bella – Cyrokinesis (freeze things like X-Men's Iceman)

Shared/Together – Telepathy, Compulsion

NOTE #1: From this point forward, there are two vampire types and two werewolf types.

NOTE #2: Dialogue in italics are telepathic thoughts while other forms of italic words are individual thoughts.

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Bella's POV:

[September 8, 2008]

Sam remained quiet as that was the exact moment that he pulled up to the Swan Residence, our current home. I impatiently waited but he didn't say anything until after he turned the engine off. "Well, I did get directed to an old bookstore and apparently this is where an ancient legend was created a few centuries ago." He stated before he reached behind his seat to grab a plastic bag, fill with what I assume to be some books, prior to leaving the car.

I quickly followed his example as I slung my bag over my shoulder with one hand while the other still had a tight grip on my beer. "A legend about what?" I asked as I made my way around the Impala and to the front porch while Sam locked Dean's car before he joined me at the door.

"Well, have you ever heard of the Quileute tribe?"

I gave Sam a quizzical look as I searched for the house key in my backpack, which was difficult with my opened beer in my other hand. "Am I supposed to?"

"Bella." He said in a disappointed tone and I could see out of the corner of my eye his head shake in a disappointed manner.

I stopped my search for the keys as I gave him a scowl. "What? I'm not the bookworm Sam, that's your thing." I huffed before I rummaged through my bag once again.

Sam rolled his eyes.

"I really don't get how you and Dean could've successfully completed a hunt while I was away if you don't like research." I could hear him project his thought to me, which only made me scowl even more.

"I heard that." I growled.

Sam smirked. "You were supposed to." He retorted back as he looked around us to see if anyone was watching us before he waved his hand in front of the door's lock and it was only a few moments later I heard the telltale signs of the door unlocking. Sam made a grab for the handle before he turned towards me with a smug smirk on his face before he crossed over the threshold. I gave a frustrated groan before I followed him inside. I hate it when he does that.

I made a beeline for the kitchen while I took another gulp of my beer. Sam was already rummaging through the fridge when I arrived but I quickly took a seat since I knew our conversation wasn't over yet. I watched as my brother got out the few necessary ingredients needed to make a sandwich but before he could start making his snack, I cleared my throat which thankfully grabbed his attention.

He placed the ingredients on the counter before he went straight for the bag that he brought in with him as he searched for a specific book. It was a few seconds later that he placed a certain book in front of me. "Here." He stated before he went back to making his sandwich. I took a closer look at the book and I could already see that its main focus was on the Quileute tribe. "According to that book, there are three stories that dictate the tribe's history but all three of them revolve around the same legend." Sam started to explain as he started to butter a few pieces of bread and I was happy to see that he was making one for me too.

"Which is?" I questioned as I thumbed through the book.

"It was believed that the chiefs of the Quileute tribe hold the ability to transform into wolves." Sam continued on before the pages of the book started to magically turn themselves. I looked to Sam and saw that his focus was on the book and I figured he was using his telekinetic ability once again to turn to the pages that he wanted me to focus on. I didn't take my focus off of him until he stopped flipping the pages which seemed to be on the first legend; the Spirit Warriors.

I scanned through the section before it came to a picture that had a man turning into a wolf. I looked up at Sam to see that he was watching me. "Like werewolves?" I questioned before I turned my attention back to the picture.

"No. Apparently their transformation is independent of the lunar cycle. They could change at will." Sam explained and at this point I knew that he was back to making the sandwiches as my sensitive hearing could pick up the silverware's noise when it came into contact with something.

"So they're shapeshifters?"

"In a way yes but they only possess the ability to transform into a wolf in order to protect their tribe." I could feel my face scrunched up out of confusion. Why does Sam care then?

"So if they are protecting people, we don't go after them. End of discussion." I told Sam just as he finished up making the sandwiches.

"I don't want to go after them, I want to go talk to them." Sam clarified as he handed a sandwich to me before he took the seat across from me.

"Why?" I asked him before I took a bite out my sandwich while Sam took a sip from his newly opened beer.

"Why? Bella this tribe has had the ability to protect their people for many centuries, what if they know something about us or better yet, what if they know how to get Dean out of Hell." He explained before he took a bite from his own sandwich.

I mulled over his words as I ate and I made sure I swallowed my food before I spoke. "But we aren't supposed to expose ourselves Sam. We promised Dad that we never would and the only people who know about us are Bobby, Missouri and Charlie." I pointed out as I made a grab for my beer.

Sam shrugged with his sandwich in his hands. "What choice do we have Bella? If it means getting Dean back, I'm willing to risk it." He reasoned before he took another bite out of his sandwich.

"And if you're wrong?" I questioned before I finished off my beer.

"I'm not. Think about it Bells; if they were created to protect, that means they, too, have to keep their secret so why can't we ask them for help?"

I shook my head. "I'm not openly going to expose us Sam and Dean wouldn't want us to do that either."

"Well Dean also doesn't want us to find a way to get him out of Hell yet here we are doing just that." Sam argued back before he gave me a fierce stare that I knew meant that he was questioning why I was against something like this and I, too, was wondering that.

For the past few months, I would jump at the chance to tackle any lead that would help Dean but none of those leads meant exposing who we are. No one was supposed to know the identities of the prophesized Angel Warriors and there has been no one who knew of the ideas and lived to spread the news around...we've always made sure of that. Besides Bobby, Missouri and Charlie, the only people exposed to our powers were the creatures we hunted because as far as they knew...the Angel Warriors were just a myth, an old wives' tale to scare them but if it ever got out who we truly were and what we were capable of, we'd be hunted down to a point that we couldn't do what destiny had wanted us to do, we wouldn't be able to protect humanity from the upcoming war; a war we knew nothing about at this point.

I groaned when I realized that there was no real reason against Sam's plan. "Fine but if I go with this, does that mean I'm done at the high school?"

Sam was putting his now empty plate into the sink before he watched back towards his beer. "Nope."

"Oh c'mon Sam!" I protested since I really didn't want to go back to Forks High School.

An amused chuckled escaped through his mouth. "You haven't even set foot in the library yet Bella so quit complaining." He stated before he took a few gulps of his beer.

"But the place creeps me out." I shuddered to make a point, causing Sam to raise an eyebrow at me.

"Since when?"

"Since I came across this family that makes my skin crawl." I explained as I took the last bite out of my sandwich.

"So stay away from them then." He took the final swig of his beer before chucking the bottle into the garbage.

I glared at my brother. "It's not that easy Sam and you know it."

Before Sam could protest, Charlie entered the kitchen. "What's not easy?" He curiously asked while I threw my empty beet bottle away before placing my empty plate into the sink.

Sam smiled to the police chief. "Nothing. How was your day Charlie?" My brother questioned as he handed Charlie the extra sandwich that he had made earlier.

Charlie gave him an appreciative smile before he accepted the plate. "Fine. How was the research going?" He questioned as he took Sam's original seat at the table.

Sam shrugged as he leaned against the kitchen counter. "It could have gone better." He stated as I made my way to the fridge to grab Charlie a beer.

"Oh well...how was school Bella?" Charlie questioned before taking a bite out of his sandwich.

I took a seat in my chair before I handed Charlie his beer. "It sucks the second time around." I stated with a defeated sigh as I placed my hands onto of the book.

Charlie took a swig of his beer to wash down his food before he spoke. "Hang in there kiddo, it will be worth it if it leads you back to Dean, right?"

I nodded my head. "Right."

"What's that you got there?" Charlie questioned before taking another bite of his sandwich. I followed his line of sight to the book underneath my hands.

I shrugged my shoulders before I leaned back into my seat. "Just some research material."

"On what?"

"The Quileute Tribe." Sam answered as he was still against the kitchen counter.

"Oh...why are you researching about them?" Charlie questioned as he looked between Sam and I but I only shrugged as my answer.

"I originally wasn't. The guy at the bookstore thought it might help me out." Sam explained as he gave me a quizzical look.

"Well you won't get everything you need from a book." The police chief stated before taking another bite of his sandwich.

I tilted my head to the side. "What do you mean?"

Charlie swallowed before he answered me. "If you want information about the tribe, you should ask my friend Billy Black, down at the reservation near First Beach."

I saw Sam's eyes widen and a shot him a quizzical look. "Billy Black?" I questioned out loud and fortunately for us, Charlie was too busy eating to notice the intense silent conversation I was having with Sam.

"Who is he?" I telepathically asked Sam while Charlie devoured his next bite.

"One of the chiefs to the tribe belonged to the Black family." Sam telepathically answered back just before Charlie spoke once again.

"Yeah, he's a very good friend of mine. I could call him up for you guys if you want." Charlie suggested before taking another swig of his beer.

"Sure, that'd be great." I told him with a smile.

"Great I – wait a minute." Charlie stopped what he was doing before he looked between Sam and me with wide eyes. "You don't think he's...Billy's a good man and I will not have you..."

Sam quickly cut Charlie off before he went hysterical. "Charlie we just want to talk to him, that's it." Those words seemed to calm the police chief down and when he seemed to be breathing normally, Sam continued. "From what I gathered, his family might have collected information that could help us with Dean."

Charlie nodded his head in understanding. "Alright, as long as that's all you're doing when you go visit."

"That's all, we promise." I reassured him as he took the last bite of his sandwich. I slowly got out of my seat to retrieve the empty plate so that I could pass it along to Sam.

"Well I better go call Billy then for you." Charlie stated as he grabbed his beer bottle and headed for the family room to make the call.

"Thanks Charlie!" I called out to him while I remained standing right beside Sam, who was getting ready to wash the dishes. "Well, I can't say that I saw that coming." I quipped as I saw the sink fill up with soapy water. "Need any help?"

Sam shook his head. "I got it. Why don't you get a head start on reading that book." He suggested as he tilted his head towards the book that was still out on the kitchen table.

"Can't you just give me the cliff notes version?" I suggested but the look on his face told me that he didn't find it funny and that it wasn't an option. I sighed. "Guess not." I said under my breath as I went to grab the book before heading off to my room.

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I was about half way through the book when Sam came to join me in our joint bedroom (Charlie only had two bedrooms and one bathroom in his house but Sam and I didn't complained as we have lived in smaller quarters before). He told me that Charlie had called his friend and that Billy Black would be expecting our visit the very next day. I immediately jumped at the chance of possibly skipping school but then Sam burst my bubble and told him that he was expecting us after school.

I huffed before I instantly went back to reading while Sam continued his own research. I had to admit, to myself at least, that the history of the Quileute tribe was quite interesting as it touched based on how the chief became a spirit warrior in the first place and how it ultimately led to his union with the wolf, creating the powerful protector that the tribe has had for many centuries.

It also discussed some feud between two of the shifters as one of them wanted to gain more power. I didn't really pay attention to that one (I knew Sam would know it to the letter) as the third and final story really caught my attention as it dealt with someone known as the third wife. It explained how the third wife had sacrificed herself to save the tribe when it was under attack by their enemy; a cold being that was out for blood. When I read a bit more about that particular story, it mentioned that the being had blood red eyes with a thirst for blood and an indestructible skin that no human could tear through and that only a wolf of the tribe or another creature of its kind could kill it.

I stopped reading after I read that sentence over a few times.

'A creature with cold, indestructible skin with a thirst for blood.'

My thoughts instantly went to vampire but that didn't sit right with me since we've killed many vampires over the years and they didn't have indestructible skin or blood red eyes. In fact, we've taken vampires down by either using the Colt, beheading them, shooting them up with dead man's blood to paralyze them before beheading them or Dean used his pyrokinesis to torch them to ash. Indestructible skin and blood red eyes seem to be dead give-a-ways to being abnormal which wasn't the case for the vampires we've dealt with. My only other possible theory would be that there are two vampire types out there but that was impossible...right?

"Hey Sam?" I called out before I looked up to see him across the room at the desk.

"Yeah." He answered without taking his attention off his laptop.

"Have you come across the tribe's enemies yet?"

His typing on the keyboard never wavered. "You mean the cold, blood thirty creatures?"

I rolled my eyes but he didn't see me do that. "Yeah them." Sam only made a sound of recognition as his attention was still glued to the screen. "And?" I pushed for him to continue which got him to stop whatever it was that he was doing on the computer as he lifted his head to look at me.

"And according to a few sites, they are supposed to be vampires."

My face scrunched up out of confusion. "But we've dealt with vampires before."

Sam sighed. "I know but if you think about it, we've also dealt with werewolves too and yet here we have the shapeshifting wolves down at La Push." He reasoned before he started to rub at his temples, a move I knew very well to mean that he was frustrated with the situation.

I waited a few moments before I knew that he was a bit more cooperative. "Do we ask Billy Black about these vampires as well or did you find more about them?"

"It's the same stuff applying to the other vampires so Mr. Black is our best option."

That was all that was said on the conversation since that's when Charlie interrupted by calling us down for a late dinner, which happened to be pizza and more beer. He kept the conversation light as we ate before Sam and I retired to our rooms for more research before we stopped for the night.

While I was getting ready for bed, Sam went to demon proof the house by salting all the entries into Charlie's house and when it was his turn to get ready, I went to double check his work, just like we always do when staying in a new environment. Once that was done, I climbed into bed and I couldn't believe how exhausted I felt so it was no surprised that I would be asleep in a few moments after my head hit the pillow.

All I remember before I slipped away into dreamland was that I had a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that told me that we needed Dean and his power now more than ever.

Alice's POV:

Everyone was a bit on edge after we got home from school as we waited for Carlisle to finish his shift at the hospital. Even with the known fact that he'd walk through the door any minute, everyone was still on edge and it all had to do with Isabella Swan.

I never got anymore visions of her but the blurry visions I did get consisted of Edward talking to her in one and then Jasper talking to her in another, which kind of surprised me that he would initiate their conversation since out of all of us, he's the one that would stray away from any human contact due to him being the newest member to our animal diet. I don't really blame my mate; it's pretty tough for him having to deal with his bloodlust as well as the rest of the family's.

Just like before, I wasn't able to hear anything out of the vision and Edward and Jasper were keeping it to themselves which irritated me because I was even starting to get impatient.

"So what is this about an emergency?" Carlisle questioned as he entered the family room where the rest of the family was waiting for him. He quickly made a beeline towards Esme, to give her a hello kiss before he looked towards the rest of us.

"I still don't see what the big deal is." Emmett interjected with a shrug as he sat on the love seat with Rosalie with his arm on the back of the couch.

Edward shook his head, probably from something Emmett thought, before he turned to Carlisle. "You remember that vision Alice had about four months ago."

"You mean the one with that poor man dying?" Esme sadly questioned while Carlisle gave a nod of recognition.

I only nodded while Edward continued to explain. "Well the girl in the vision is Isabella Swan."

Both Carlisle and Esme gave Edward quizzical looks. "How'd you-"

"She's a new student at school and I know it's the same girl from my vision." I piped in before Esme could finish her question.

"Swan?" Carlisle repeated which got him a bunch of nods from the rest of us. "Well I did hear around the hospital how the police chief's daughter was coming to town." Carlisle elaborated as he wrapped an arm around Esme's waist.

Esme nodded along before she looked at Edward. "So what's the problem then?" She softly questioned but that didn't stop the small growl that came from Rosalie.

"She's the problem." Rosalie stated with so much venom that it would make any vampire cringe.

"Rosalie that hardly seems fair." Carlisle chided her.

"But Edward can't read her!" Rosalie protested back which caused Carlisle to focus his attention to my mind-reading brother.

"Edward is this true?"

Edward nodded his head. "Yes. I can't read her thoughts and every time I try, it's like I'm being blocked. I won't know if she's even in a room unless I see her or if someone else thinks about her." He explains as he exhaled an unnecessary breath out of frustration as he sank down into an unoccupied chair.

I could already see the wheels turning in Carlisle's as a bunch of his theories kept popping in my visions as he attempted to test them but like all the others containing Bella, they were blurry and with no audio.

"Interesting, so both yours and Alice's abilities don't work properly around her." I nodded my head in agreement when Carlisle looked towards me, just he had with Edward, before he focused his attention onto Jasper. "What about you Jasper? Have you come into contact with Isabella?"

"She likes to go by Bella." I happily interjected.

Esme smiled. "How lovely."

"My ability still works on her…to a point." I noticed that Jasper hesitated a bit, as if he wasn't sure how to say it and by the looks on Edward's face, Jasper was blocking his thoughts from him.

Carlisle gave my mate a quizzical expression. "What do you mean?"

Jasper groaned. "I can't manipulate her emotions, I can only feel them."

Emmett tilted his head to the side as he was clearly confused about something. "Why'd you try to change her emotions?"

Jasper shrugged. "I was hoping it would distract her but it didn't work."

"Distract her from what dear?" Esme questioned as she took a seat on the empty couch with Carlisle taking a seat on the arm rest right beside her.

Jasper didn't say anything except look at Edward. After a few moments, to what we all assumed Jasper was rethinking his time with Bella to Edward, Edward's eyes widened.

"That's impossible." Edward protested.

Jasper rolled his eyes as he made his way towards me as he took the seat beside me. "Apparently not." He rebutted as I linked my arm around his.

"What's impossible?" Emmett impatiently asked as he looked between his two brothers. "Hey, quit it with the silent talk!"

Edward groaned. "Bella saw one of Jasper's battle scars."

Mine, along with everyone else's, eyes widened. It wasn't a secret that Jasper had many newborn bite marks all over his body due to his time in the South when he was a part of the newborn army that Maria (his creator) was creating to gain power but to have a human recognize the marks, that's going to cause trouble for all of us as its an exposure risk.

"Did you do anything to draw attention to them?" Carlisle curiously asked as he tried to figure out the next move for us and he seemed to have plenty as more visions kept popping into my head.

Jasper shook his head from side to side. "No, it was as if she caught sight of some regular scar and she wanted to learn more, you know the usual curiosity humans have, but she was surprised to see it."

Rosalie's face scrunched up due to her confusion. "I thought no human eye could detect a Cold One's bite so easily."

"They aren't supposed to. It's so faint that only a human would need to have attention drawn to the bite in order to really see it." Carlisle explained and by the look on his face, you could tell that he was both intrigued and worried about this new information.

"But Bella saw it." Emmett whispered mainly to himself but we all still heard him.

"That's got to mean she's not human then." Rosalie interjected with a scowl on her face.

"She has a heartbeat and blood running through her veins." Edward quickly countered.

"And she's warm, just like all the other humans." Jasper added in.

As I look in everyone's expressions, I could say that they were indecisive about what to make of the situation. "I still don't think she's a threat." I piped in with as much conviction as I could.

"How is someone that you can't see in your visions not a threat?" Rosalie growled at me and I knew that if I hadn't been exposed to her rapid mood swings over the decades, then I would have flinched.

"Rosie." Emmett brushed his hand up and down his mate's arm as he tried to calm her down.

Rosalie crossed her arms over her chest as Emmett's efforts didn't seem to be helping much. "No, I wanna know."

I shrugged my shoulders. "I just think that I got that first vision for a reason and I'm still sticking by that." That's all that I said as my response because I really didn't know what to say to convince them of it but I had a really good feeling that Isabella Swan wasn't going to pose a threat to us. I just hoped that everyone else would open up and see the same realization that I've come to accept about the new girl.

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A/N #3: How was it? Did it reveal too much, too little or just the right amount for the moment? Let me know in a review! I apologize for the lack of Dean in this chapter...I didn't fully realize that until I started the editing process. *sigh* I miss Dean.

A/N #4: Like I mentioned before, Ch. 6 is already written and will be posted in 2 weeks and I'm hoping to get Ch. 7 written and updated before I leave for my vacation (which I'm extremely excited for). So Ch. 6 mini-spoiler...our heroes meet Billy Black!

NEW POWER #1: Sam has the power of telekinesis (like on the show which was first shown in episode 1x14).

NEW POWER #2: Bella has enhanced/sensitive hearing and sight in comparison to humans but it's not up to the same standards as vampires or werewolves. This is another of the abilities that all the Winchester siblings share.

NEW POWER #3: Bella has the ability to shield herself from all abilities that deal with the mind, the only ones allowed instead her mind are her brothers and vice versa. This ability is connected with the Winchester siblings' shared telepathic ability as they could carry conversations between each other while no one else could have access to it. For example, if the Winchesters were to take down a whole vampire coven, they could communicate between each other telepathically while tapping into the vampires' minds to see what they planned to do next when it all came down to a fight.

Originally Published: July 1, 2011 (Happy long weekend and don't forget to review!)