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"Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden..." -Unknown

Secrets

Chapter 6- Things Have Changed

-Bella Jackson POV-

I found myself walking with my little brother's girlfriend, not to mention one of my best friends too- Annabeth Chase.

Chiron let us out of the camp, but I could just tell that Percy and/or Annabeth told him about what happened. I could also see how he has been extra careful with me, not pushing me so far in training. But that's what I need… something to take my thoughts away from him.

"Bella, here's the plan," Annabeth started, clutching her purse, "We need more jeans, since all of mine have been close to shredded lately. You might want some extra's too… then after we can look for some nice shirts or something, because it just so happens I have a date with Percy on Saturday." I laughed at Annabeth's craziness.

Soon later I found myself walking into Macy's… and it was HUGE. I've never been there before, only to the one in Seattle, so you must guess that was a big change for me. Annabeth, though, has before so she lead me to the jeans.

I ended up getting some boot cuts and Annabeth ended getting the same, plus some skinny's. I laughed when Annabeth saw the bill, so I paid. I didn't think Annabeth liked that, but all in all it was pretty funny.

I never thought her face could get so flushed… that was my job, remember?

"We do need to get some ice cream, Bella." Annabeth stated while we were walking towards my mother's home. It was so far away… but Annabeth and I did NOT want to pay more for a taxi.

"I know Annabeth- I wasn't thinking so far away from those lines…" I said, looking off for a nearby vendor that sold some GOOD ice cream.

oOoOoOoOo

Let's just say after awhile we found some ice cream and ended up smashing it in each other's faces. I mean, I had to go ahead and wash our faces with some water in an alley.

"Thanks, Bella. Gods, I haven't had this much fun in a long time." Annabeth said, then looked shocked for a moment, "But don't tell Percy."

I laughed along with her, and smiled. Annabeth is one of a kind. "Don't worry, I wont." I said honestly, and Annabeth just laughed more.

"What?" I asked, after a minute of her laughing. The good thing about New Yorkers, it takes so much just to get them to look at you funny. Back in Forks, if you laughed this long, there'd be a nice little crowed.

"Well, you just looked so noble when you said that. I've never seen you do that before." Annabeth laughed, and I frowned.

"So you're saying I act stupid." I said, emotionless. Annabeth's laughing stopped immediately, and she put an arm around my shoulders.

"You're not stupid at all. No one could have predicted that to happen." Annabeth said, now being the noble one. I sighed, knowing she was right.

"Thanks." I said, smiling again. Annabeth gave a little chuckle at my quick bounce-back. But that's when I heard the growl.

-Alice Cullen POV-

Rose and I were walking ahead of the family when we were in the streets of New York. Carlisle and Esme ended up staying at home, considering how busy the hospital and Esme's business got.

"Let's go check out Buckle first." Rose said, and I frowned. She knew it wasn't my favorite store! The boys laughed and I shrugged.

As we were about to enter Buckle, I smelled an all-too familiar scent. Bella.

We all stopped, taking in the familiar scent. We all looked at each other and began walking extremely fast toward the scent's base.

That's when I saw her. She looked so frail, so much like Edward has been. I gasped, seeing her eyes. They weren't the regular brown light and fragile color that we've gotten so used to. Rather they where the color of the ocean… and so much more enticing than ever before.

The girl next to her had golden curls, framing an almost as perfect face as us- the vampires. Her eyes where a startling stormy grey and my eyes got wide. That's an unusual set-up.

I heard a growl coming from down an alley, deeper than they were at the time. They heard it too, as their heads snapped towards the sound. I krept closer to the sound, and gasped at the sight. It was an overgrown dog with razor sharp teeth and humongous paws with also razor sharp nails.

Jasper and Emmet stepped in front of Rose and I, but I could tell they were scared also. I've never seen anything like this in my life. But Bella and that one girl didn't run.

"BELLA!" I yelled, trying to fight to get around Jasper. He wouldn't budge. "JAZZY! MOVE!" Jasper held on to me harder and shook his head in disagreement.

I saw Bella's head swivel, seeing us for the first time. Her eyes widened, and she closed her eyes, trying to focus. Then she turned towards the other girl and spoke in some sort of weird language that I had no clue what it was- what so ever.

The girl pulled out a dagger and I gasped. But when Bella pulled out her necklace, that got me thinking.

How was she going to fight that, with a freaking necklace?

But then she pushed a button, turning the necklace into a sword.

Oh.

The monster charged and I screamed for Bella, but she didn't run. No, she held her ground and fought.

Bella and that one girl made fighting look easy, doing back flips and front flips… anything to get into the monster's defensive lines. It was almost as if they were doing a complicated dance, showing death at each movement.

That's when the monster took an offensive move, slicing Bella in the shoulder. She cried out and fell. The other girl took one look at her and grimaced. Then got back to fighting.

"Bella! Use your abilities!" The girl grunted, and Bella put her palms up, facing the beast. All of the water from the streets wallowed up together and struck the monster forming a hole. The beast cried out and turned to a black dust.

Then Bella passed out.

"Bella!" We all exclaimed, besides the girl who was at her side immediately.

We ran to her side too, and saw the girl feeding Bella some kind of gold food, then taking a jar from her purse and poured the gold substance on Bella's wound. The smell that radiated off of it was almost as enticing as Bella's blood- so we could handle it.

"Who are you?" I asked, looking at the girl intently. She closed her eyes, as if to regain some composure and smiled a bit.

"I'm Annabeth Chase. Fellow friend of Bella. I assume you must be the Cullens." Annabeth said, almost in disgust.

I frowned and looked at her, trying to read her actions. "You assumed correct. Now, what just happened?" Rosalie snapped and Annabeth just gave her a wicked smile.

"Look, I don't care if you're vampires, but if you talk to me like that, I will not hesitate to kill you." She snarled, and got back to caring for Bella. Wow. Rose has met her match.

Emmet growled and got into pouncing position. But that's when Bella decided to wake up. Annabeth propped her up, giving her water. As soon as Bella got the water, she unscrewed the cap, but didn't drink it. She poured it on her wound- and it immediately cleared up.

"What just happened Bella?" Jazzy asked, very calmly. Annabeth smiled, as did Bella.

"I told you guys not to come looking for me… but now, I guess I have no choice. We have to bring them to the camp." Bella said more to herself than anyone else.

"We should. But we also have to warn Chiron." Annabeth said, giving Bella a pointer. Bella nodded at that and looked at us.

"I want you to go to your home, and I will come to get you three days. Be ready." Bella said, and she looked at Annabeth then they nodded to each other.

Mist from the water rose up, enveloping the two, and a bright light flashed. When the mist faded, they were gone. What just happened?

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