DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS. THOSE RIGHTS FULLY BELONG TO STEPHANIE MEYER.
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Chapter 8: Vampire Baseball
"I didn't know vampire played baseball." I said.
"Yea, you know it's the American pass time," He said with a crooked smile. "Don't you ever play baseball?"
"No, I've never played or watched baseball before," I said.
"Well then we are just going to have to teach you how to play." said Emmett way over excited about playing.
"Come on girls we have to change into our uniforms. Boys yours are in my room, girls ours are in Bella's room." Alice said while snatching Rose and my hands and running up the stairs to her room.
When we got up there she threw a blue jersey at me and a pair of dark blue jeans, "Hurry and change." Alice yelled, although I don't know why because I would have heard her if she would have whispered.
When I got dressed I through my hair up into a messy ponytail. I looked in the mirror and noticed that the back of my jersey said 'Masen.' It was Edward's last name when he was human. When I walked out I looked at what Alice and Rosalie was wearing. Alice had on a pink jersey that said 'Whitlock' on the back of it with dark blue jeans on. Rosalie had on a black jersey that said 'McCarthy' on the back with dark blue jeans, we all had on black low top converse because you can't play baseball in heels.
"Okay girls let's go." Rosalie said with a smile that knocked my confidence down a couple of notches. I swear any model would kill just to have that smile. When we were all down stairs I noticed that the guys jerseys were all white with their last names on them to match our own. Esme was wearing a red jersey and had 'Cullen' on the back of it matching Carlisle's.
"Come on let's go." Carlisle said leading out to the cars. Carlisle, Esme, Alice and Jasper all got into a bright yellow jeep while Rosalie, Emmett, Edward, and myself all got into a shinny red Jeep.
"Where exactly are we going?" I asked.
"There's a big open field a little farther away from Forks. Its deep in the woods so that no one will be able to see us play and its less likely that anyone would hear us even over the thunder." said Edward.
When we got to the field the boys started running around setting up the game and the bases. "Who's on who's team?" Edward screamed from across the field. We all turn to look at Alice since it will just save us a little time.
"Boys against girls." Alice said.
"What are the rules?" I asked.
"There normally are no rules but to be fair you can only use three of your powers." Carlisle said.
"Okay that sounds like a good rule." I said. "Now how do we play?"
"Baseball is an easy sport. You hit the ball and try to run all the bases without getting out. Three outs then you change teams." Edward explained.
"Sounds easy enough," I said.
"Boys up first to show her how to play. Bella you can be the catcher. Stand behind home base and catch any balls that go by the hitter." Alice said.
Baseball was an extremely boring game to me. I saw no point, you swing a bat as hard as you can to hit a little ball, then when you do hit the ball you have to try to run around the bases before the ball catches up with you. About 30 minutes into the game Alice froze and screamed, "Stop!" Everyone ran over to her just as she was coming out of the vision.
"When will they be here Alice?" Edward asked.
"I don't know its still very fuzzy. I thought they were leaving, they heard us playing and wanted to join in." Alice said.
"We don't know who, they are nomads from the looks of it." Edward said. "We've never met them before."
"They are here," Alice said as she turned to look at a certain spot in the forest. We all followed her to look as three figures stepped out of the forest.
"Vikki!" I yelled and ran to giver her a hug. "What are you doing here. And who are these two with you?"
"Bella, these two are new, Laurent you may not remember him but he made you and James here is a tracker. Your father and uncles sent us to look for you because you haven't checked in with them in a while." Victoria said. At first look Victoria looked wild, she had flaming red hair and bright red glowing eyes. Laurent was the most beautiful of the two men, his skin is an olive- toned color and he had glossy black hair. He was a medium build, hard-muscled, but nothing next to Emmett's brawn. James had light brown hair and regular features both nondescript. His eyes were completely still, but somehow the most vigilant of the three. I did not trust him.
"Your highness." James and Laurent said bowing their heads as a sign of respect.
"Stop that." I said when someone behind me cleared their throats. I turned around looked back at the Cullens who were all very confused. "Cullens this is Victoria, Laurent, and James. Victoria is my best friend and like a sister to me at home."
"Hello, I'm Carlisle, this is my wife Esme and our children." He said very politely. "I must ask that you refrain from hunting in the area."
"Don't worry we hunted in Oregan. Didn't want to cause any problems for Bella." Victoria said.
"Thanks Vikki now why was my father so worried about me, it must be bad if he sent you three." I asked nervously I didn't want to tell the Cullens yet about my family but soon it wouldn't matter.
"Princess Bella," Laurent started, "maybe we should talk about this matter in private."
"No, its fine. They were bound to figure out sooner or later. I mean Daddy isn't going to stay away." I said.
"Bella what on Earth is he talking about? And why did he call you princess?" Edward asked.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want my family to affect your opinion of me. Nothing I told you was a lie. My human name was Swan. My vampire name is Isabella Volturi. My father is Aro." I said looking him in the eyes trying to will him to understand.
"Your Volturi?" This came from an aweful looking Alice. She looked like she had just lost her best friend and then been slapped. "We all trusted you."
"I'm sorry, I didnt want you to hate me because of my family. Please understand." I begged looking at Edward and Alice, when they both stepped away from me. I felt like someone had just slapped me.
"How can we trust you. Your the Volturi. How do we know you weren't just a spy come to kill us." Jasper spat.
"Because I love all of you. I consider you all family." I looked at each one finally resting on Edward. "I love you, you know me. I never lied to you."
"No but you didn't tell me the whole truth either. Come on guys lets go home. Princess you can come get your stuff tomorrow." Alice said trying to sound angry but still had a hint of saddness in her tone. With that they all turned around and walked away leaving me there batted and bruised. My heart had just shattered and they had all stomped on it as they walked away. The last thing I remember was my knees giving out and collapsing to the ground.
What had I just done?