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I was prepared to fight the three vampires is the room. I assumed it would be a free for all. Well, mostly. Aaron of course, would be trying to protect me.

So I was beyond shocked, when he dipped his head in a polite bow towards them.

One of the guys-the leader I presumed- rolled his eyes and walked over to Aaron.

I backed up out of reached as he approached. I didn't miss the quick flash of this guy's eyes in my direction. But, his eyes didn't hold confusion for having a human here as any vampire that visited should have. No, his eyes held knowledge and expectance.

He knew.

I tore my gaze off of him to look at the others. Looking into their eyes, I realized they all knew.

Not that I was human-that was rather obvious.

No, they knew I was powerful even though I was sure I had never seen them before.

The boy walked up to Aaron and drew him into a hug. "It's good to see you Aaron."

Aaron sighed. Apparently, he didn't agree.

"You too, Scott. I just wished it was under better circumstances."

Scott looked confused. "What circumstances?"

"I know why you guys are here."

The girl spoke up. "It's not a curse, Aaron. It's a gift."

Aaron's eyes narrowed at the girl. "It's a hugged responsibility Allison. She's a human girl. A human child. She's only 8-years-old and you want to put this on her already?"

The girl looked unfazed. "It's destined."

He reached back as if to shield me from them. "I don't care. She-" He broke off as he realized I wasn't at his side anymore.

He turned around and his eyes passed over me as if I wasn't standing right there just a few steps out of reach.

"Bella?" he asked, searching-seemingly-blindly. "Where'd you go?"

My brows furrowed. I hadn't gone anywhere.

"She's still here," the second boy said. "She just kind of…well, dissolved."

"WHAT?!?!"

WHACK!

"OW! Aly!"

"You could have explained that way better. He doesn't understand that, remember? What Alex means is that basically she turned into air. Thus making her invisible and untouchable except by an air element."

I was beyond confused. "But I'm right here."

They all turned to look at me-or apparently where my voice had come from.

Aly spoke up. "Honey, what were you thinking before?"

"Um, that I didn't want to be here."

"And now you're not. Not really. To come back and be seeable and solid again, concentrate on being here."

It was hard to do what she said-because I felt like I was already here.

Eventually, though, I was able to 'come back.'

The only reason I knew I had succeeded is that everyone's eyes focused on me when it finally worked.

Aly smiled warmly at me. "See Aaron? She's a natural"

"She can't control it Allison." He snapped at her. "She's just a kid." There was a growl rumbling in his chest. I moved back up next to him and wrapped my arms around his waist.

The growl lessened in ferocity, but continued just the same

There was beat of silence until Scott spoke up again.

"Maybe we should talk about this on the couch."

Aaron nodded stiffly and led us all back into the room. I hadn't noticed we had stepped out of it…

Aaron took the chair-placing me on his lap-while the three others took the couch.

Now that I wasn't panicking-as much-I took time to actually look at them and how they were acting.

Scott seemed to be the assumed leader and yet they all treated each other as equals as if they didn't actually have a leader.

Scott was a lean brunette, with toffee colored skin, with short hair. He may be lean, but he still had a set of muscles on him. He just wasn't bulky. His eyes held a strange orange tint to them mixed in with his topaz eyes. He wore a black tight fitted tee with blue jeans and black shoes.

Alex was a blonde bombshell with the same body build as Scott. His eyes were a deep dark brown. Like earth brown with just a hint of gold around the edges. Barley noticeable if you didn't know what to look for. His skin was pale even for a vampire. He also blue jeans, black shoes, and a tight fitted brown tee.

Allison-or Aly-was stunning to look at. I'd rival her to the goddess in Aaron's photo album. She held herself in such a way that her entire being spoke with amazing grace even in stillness. She had straight blonde hair to almost the middle of her back. She wore jeans and a white spaghetti strap with a sleeveless black undershirt-cami with white shoes that had blue stripes. Her eyes were a bright cerulean blue.

Scott leaned forward slightly to address me.

"Bella," he began. I was a bit surprised when he addressed me by name, but I was starting to understand to not have any expectation when it came to vampires.

Especially ones Aaron had contact with.

"As I'm sure you have figured out, my name is Scott and these are Allison and Alex."

"Hi." I murmured softly. Was it crazy to feel a deep sense of friendship with them already?

"I go by Aly, by the way," Allison piped up before Scott could speak again. She offered me an enthusiastic warm smile, which I returned…not so enthusiastically.

"Anyways…"Scott drew the word out. "Earlier when you were outside, did you feel anything? Either of you?" They looked at Aaron first.

I felt Aaron shake his head and all eyes turned to me.

I nodded slowly. "It was fleeting and barley there, but yes."

He smiled. "That was us."

I frowned. "How did the presence leave then if you're still here?"

Alex spoke up. "We can hide our presence from others, whether they be vampire, human, or…uh…" he obviously didn't know how much I knew. I helped him out

"Or werewolves?" I supplied.

He smiled in relief. "Exactly. In time with practice you'll be able to do the same. And the only reason you caught that glimpse is because you're one of us."

Aaron tensed under me at that last part and I frowned.

"And what are you exactly?"

"Elementals."

I stilled as a conversation flew back into my mind from several months ago.

"You said four elements and four people. What about air?" I asked.

Leslie smiled. "The one who excelled in air and could bend all four elements recently died. The other three are now looking for the newest fourth member."

I was dimly aware of Aaron rubbing my arms up and down and that Aly had moved closer and had one hand resting on my knee.

My mind was going a thousand miles per minute as little things started to fall in place.

There was no way I could be right but the facts were adding up against me and telling me otherwise. Even while I denied it.

1) The three elementals were looking for their newest member.

There were three elementals here to see me.

2) You could become a member of the four by suddenly receiving the power when one died.

The power had come to me suddenly and one of the four was dead.

3) The knew who I was without me or Aaron saying.

4) One is the leader, but all are treated as equals.

Scott was leader, but they all included me in this 'equal treatment.'

5) Their eyes flashed with their main power.

Scott's eyes were tinted orange signifying fire. Alex's were deep brown, signifying earth, Aly's were bright blue signifying water, and Aaron said sometimes mine flashed translucent signifying air.

6) Only one of their own could tell when the others of their group were near.

I had felt them when Aaron had not.

7) Aaron was tense, defensive, and angry.

How many times had I heard him talking to Leslie about 'not all the signs were there'? How many times had he tried to shield me from something he said was too big for me?

How was it even possible that I was-using Aly's word-destined to among some of the most powerful creatures that walked this earth? That I was to be treated as their equal? That I was to help rule-in a way- and keep control over the supernatural that threatened to expose them for what they really were?

That I was now considered part of 'them'?

I had to make sure.

When I finally found my voice, it came out raspy. "As in four elementals?"

They all relaxed when I finally spoke about 10 minutes since I had stilled.

Aly patted my knee reassuringly. "Yes, honey."

I shook my head, trying to clear it. "I'm only eight. How can I possibly be among the most powerful creatures on earth?"

Scott joined Aly at me knees in a flash. It didn't faze me, as it would have about, oh say, 10 minutes ago.

"We're not trying nor do we want to push this on you Bella. And at the risk of sounding horribly cliché, it's fate. We aren't asking you to join us and travel the world this very second. But human as you may be, you are our fourth member. One day, at least 10 years in the future so don't give me that look Aaron, we will take you to Volterra and introduce you as the fourth member."

"What's in Volterra? Where is Volterra?"

Alex smiled at me as he joined the others. "Volterra is in Italy and assuming Aaron has told you about them, Volterra is where the volturi make their home."

"Oh."

They all smiled gently and went back to the couch.

"Well," Scott said." Now that you've mostly gotten over the shock I'll start with the in depth introductions. Obviously, I'm Scott, known to some as Scott Fire. I'm the fire element hence the last name. Later on you and I will probably work together a lot just because of the way our powers work together. I'm the oldest of the four and have watched many members of the four come and go. I was born-and later changed on the same date-on May 13, 1570. Making me 425 years old. I'm sure you can see the orange in my eyes. That's from the fire that I always have just under the surface of my skin. Since you're human and it would be suspicious we'll teach you how to keep the color out of your eyes when it comes up. I think that about covers me. Aly?"

"Did you ever meet Carlisle?" Aaron spoke up before she could start.

"Cullen? No, unfortunately. But someday I would like to. It took me a while to be able to abstain from human blood even though my powers existed to protect the humans. I would like to meet him someday though. A vampire that has been able to never taste human blood without a gift like yours and able to work at a hospital would be a great honor."

Aaron nodded and Aly started.

"I'm Aly obviously. I'm the water element and as such can be known as Allison-or Aly- Water. I'm originally from Ireland and was born-and also later changed- on July 12, 1745 making me 250. Scott here, by the way, is from Scotland but had a Hispanic which why his skin is darker than white but lighter than Hispanic. Anyways, I am the second oldest of the four and I joined about 135 years after Scott. I am always deeply in tune with the water around me-it can be as helpful as air sometimes when looking for threats and other things like that-causing my eyes to be a deep blue. And apparently according to knucklehead #1 and #2, I demand respect simply because of my beauty. I say otherwise, but you know. We were all turned at 20 by the way. That covers me. Alex?"

"I'm Alex. I was born in Normandy on April 3, 1875 making me 120. I was also turned on my 20th birthday. I'm the earth element and can be known as Alex Earth. I am always deeply in contact wit the earth making my eyes a deep dark brown. Much darker than yours, but then yours are prettier so you win there. I think that's about it. Questions?"

"Would that make me Bella Air?"

"Yes."

"Also, shouldn't my eyes be clear then? Cause I feel things and movements around me without concentrating on what's going on. If I lose myself in it, it can be overwhelming."

They all looked at me in shock.
Really? Without trying?"

I nodded.

"And how long have you had these powers?"

"Less than a year."

Alex let out a low whistle.

"Do you mind if we um..."

"Test it? Sure. Just let me relax and begin whenever."

I relaxed against Aaron as the three moved around and I told them each movement they made.

"Aly moved left," "Alex jumped," "Scott shifted," and other things like that.

They were shocked but summed it up to me being the air element. Also that it would help me out a lot since I wouldn't have to consciously look for things with my extra sense.

Scott gave me a few pointers for fire bending and was actually relieved that I usually cried when I was mad.

If I let the tears come forward, I could keep the orange out of my eyes.

They gave me cell numbers just in case.

When it was time for them to leave, I called out to them as a thought occurred to me.

"Wait!"

"Don't worry, Bella. We'll be around. You probably won't see us but we'll be there."

"I know…"

"Yes?" Aly asked kindly.

I bit my lip. I almost didn't want to know the answer but I pressed on.

"What am I?"

Aaron's reply from behind me was sharp. "Human."

The others smiled indulgently at him. They understood his need to protect me.

Alex nodded. "Yes. Human."

Aly locked eyes with me.

"With enhancements."

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