Chap 8 - Set Free

BPOV

'Go home? I can't go back there…I won't.'

I felt Edward's grip on me tighten a little. Cielo stood a few feet away, her face void of all emotion except a smile.

"Why? What do you need her for?" Edward asked. I could hear the faint warning growl that came from deep in his chest and felt him tense.

"She can't stay in this world." She said looking at me.

I could feel the tears start to stream down my cheeks. She was here to take me back to a place that I considered Hell.

Edward tensed even more and moved to position his body in front of mine, his growls becoming louder and more threatening.

"At least not as a T.A." Cielo smiled.

I was shocked. Did I just hear her right? Did she really just say that I couldn't stay if I was a T.A.?

Luckily Edward was the one who spoke next. "What do you mean 'at least not as a T.A.?'?"

"Twilight Angels aren't allowed out of Reame. But because Illusion reversed the mind push and turned her half way back to human, we would only need to reverse some of her powers and clip her wings. By doing that she would still have her powers but they wouldn't be as strong. T.A.'s draw power in with their wings, even if they're not exposed. The power they draw in triples the original force of their powers. That 'boost' that the wings pull in is what makes the T.A.'s different from other creatures. Without them her powers would not reach the level that would be mandatory for a creature to reach to be considered a T.A." she explained.

"Then why did you take me in the first place. I was human. I didn't have any powers to begin with." I asked now becoming agitated.

"Yes, you were human. But you did have powers. The only for a human to get powers like a T.A.'s is by being part of a bloodline. It skips generations. Did you ever wonder why Edward couldn't read your mind? Or why you were immune to the Volturi's powers? It's because even as a human that T.A. blood that you carried muted all their powers. When you went to the cliff the day Edward was gone, I saw my chance to fully pull your powers out, turning you into a T.A. You would have died anyway. The edge you were standing on was going to break and you would have fallen. You T.A. blood would not have saved you."



Edward jumped into the conversation. "So you cut her up and let her bleed to death before you took her?!" he shouted.

"No I didn't. The blood you saw was from her wings. The only way to unlock a Twilight Angel's power is to expose their wings. When the wings released from her back they natural ripped the skin and muscle, but most of what you saw was the blood that had covered her wings. Think of it like a butterfly first hatching. Its wings are covered in blood and goo from being in its cocoon. The wings have a mind of their own at first. When they sprang they were covered in blood, so to try to dry themselves the shook. That's what caused the blood to go everywhere."

"So I can stay here with Edward instead of going back?" I asked. The question was bothering me. I needed an answer. Now.

"All you have to due is come back so we can clip your wings, then you are free to come back here forever." She smiled. "Edward is welcome to come with you of course. Because you will still have trace amounts of T.A. blood in your veins you won't age, and you will still have your powers, but they will not be as strong as they are now."

"Let's go." I said.

Edward looked shocked. Then smiled. "Alright. Let me go tell everyone." He said then disappeared.

"If you don't mind me asking why are you letting me go?" I asked.

She smiled and looked towards the water. "I was like you once. I fell in love with someone who I wanted to spend forever with, then had it all taken away from me. I know how it feels. I just wish someone had done this for me."

Edward returned. "Alright let's go." He picked me up as Cielo opened the portal. With a flash we were gone. That's all I remember.

EPOV

'I can't believe that I finally got her back. She is here. Sleeping and sore but she is here.' I thought looking down at her.

She had a shirt on that was open in the back. Just like the one she wore when I first saw her again. A pink line, about 4 inches long, ran in-between her spine and shoulder blade on both sides. Two permanent scares that would forever be a reminder of what she had been through.

After we had arrived in Reame Cielo had taken us into a tall palace like building. Cielo took Bella from my arms and took her down the long hallway.



She was sedated and her wings were clipped. Or in other words but taken out. They were attached to the undersides of her should blades so it took a while for them to pull them out and cut them. They disintegrated immediately. After she woke up they gave her some pain medication and sent us back to Hawaii.

Now here she was. Sleeping off the rest of the sedative. She would be just like a vampire but she would sleep. Granted it was only for about 4 hours a week but still, she was the same Bella I used to know. She would be with me forever now.

I remember calling her my 'angel'. I just didn't know how true that was, at least not until a few weeks ago.

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