"Isabelle is that you? How many times have I said not to sneak around in my garden?" Isabelle laughed as she ran out of Mrs. Durby's garden and into the forest. Mrs. Durby was known for having the best strawberries and Isabelle just had to have some. She stopped running and took a stroll through the forest when she heard wood chopping. Being curious, she went to investigate and saw s boy cutting wood.
She watched as his blonde hair blew with the wind and his blue eyes were filled with determination as he cut the wood. "Why are you watching me?" The boy asked, staring right at her.
Isabelle stepped out, flushed with embarrassment. "I'm sorry. I was passing by when I heard the noise."
The boy looked at her with surprise. He was from her village and recognized her as the Chief's daughter. "It is dangerous out here. One like yourself should not be out here."
She glared. "I am not a weakling, I can take care of myself." He chuckled. "Of course you can Isabelle." She looked at him, confused. "How do you know my name?"
"I am from your village, a lower class, my name is Delix." Isabelle felt guilty for not knowing him but smiled back. "Nice to meet you, Delix."
"Delix was his name. In Isabelle's village there were the strong and the weak. Delix was looked as someone who was weak but inside he was the strongest person there ever were. Only Isabelle saw him for who he was but she was the daughter of the village's chief and could never be with him. So instead she met secretly with Delix in the forest they first met in. They fell in love instantly and made plans to run away together but luck was not on her side. There was a man in the village, Rufus, who desperately wanted Isabelle's love, and he found out about the two's secret affair. He told Isabelle's father who then had Delix arrested for throwing himself on Isabelle and was in prison for three months.
When he was let out he then discovered that Isabelle was pregnant with his child. The two had no choice but to tell Isabelle's father who, after much fighting and begging, allowed their union to happen. As the time grew closer for the child to be born, a mysterious woman appeared before the happy family and said their child's life was filled with bad luck. It shook Delix and Isabelle and they began to fear for their child's life until the day she was born. A beautiful baby girl with small brown locks and her mother's eyes and father's nose. The child was perfect but just as the woman said, bad luck came with her.
The first year of the child's life the village was plagued with famine. The second year the village was plagued with drought. The third year was when a deadly plague was among their village. Half the villagers died. It was during the fourth year that Isabelle's father knew of the child's curse and wanted the girl killed but the two refused. Delix died protecting the girl and Isabelle fled the village. Even though he was dead Isabelle felt her one true love was with her at her side at all times." Heather finished as a tear rolled down her eye. "Delix was Isabelle's true mate, the one she fought for with all her might." And yet, things still did not turn out so great at the end.
"That is such a sad, sweet story." Anabell whispered. "What happened to Isabelle and her daughter?"
"Isabelle did not like to go into detail but everyone already knows that when the child was 18 she killed her and then killed herself. After she was sent to the Devil and thus began the Originals."
"Why did she kill her daughter?" I could never understand how Isabelle could do such a thing. Maybe the girl was bad luck but would she be so heartless and kill her?
"No one knows why and Isabelle kept it secret. I guess something in her head just snapped. Her daughter was the definition of bad luck. Her death could just have been another part of the curse." It seemed like there was so much missing. Isabelle kept it secret for so long, even from Heather. So what really happened? "What was her daughter like? What was her name?" Anabell asked.
"Isabella." What? "When Isabelle chose a name for you she chose the name of her daughter as a type of memorial." My name came from Isabelle's dead daughter? "That is all for tonight, Bella you need to get some sleep for tomorrow or else Alice will have a fit if you look tired." I chuckled and we laid down on the covers.
"Tomorrow we will all officially be a Cullen." Anabell whispered.
I nodded and kissed her forehead. "Goodnight." Closing my eyes I slowly fell asleep.
"It is not her end, but only her beginning." I opened my eyes to see fire all around me. It inched closer to the point I could feel parts of my skin burning yet I felt no pain. Sitting up I looked to be in a sort of barn that was close to collapsing because of the fire. It reminded me of when I had that dream when I first saw Isabelle; the one when I was in a burning building with the dead man next to me. "Isabella." Turning I saw two bodies laying next to each other, burning.
The bodies were torched; the only thing showing they were two girls was the small bumps were their breasts would be. I stood up and walked over and could not help cry as they were holding hands. Who were they?
"Rubio lied." I turned quickly to see one of the burning bodies standing up, staring at me with brown eyes. Then slowly the burned body grew a white dress and pale skin with long brown hair. I gasped; it was me! "Rubio lied." Rubio? The priest who I saw?
"What do you mean?"
I watched myself circle me. "There are still things you do not know about your history. Secrets that could change everything there is to know about Originals." Secrets?
"Who are you?"
She smiled. "Isabella." Was this Isabelle's daughter? "Be careful Bella, even you cannot handle these secrets." And then there was a noise coming from a distance. A crying noise that seemed to be one of baby. "Find her body." I then noticed as I was turned away that now there was only one scorching body lying in the hay. "Find her body." I turned back to Isabella only to be staring into blood red eyes.
