My head smashed off the wall and i swayed a little, world tilting, before moving towards Rosalie and Bell, rage boiling over. Aleera growled, the sound reverberating through my mind and escaping my own lips. I noticed Edward tell her to let go and he moved for them as well.
It never occurred to me that whenever Isa was in danger, that i didn't see all that clearly. For example, in the five seconds the fight broke out, my sole focus was on Bell, instead of the pixie vampire.
Alice, grabbed me again, spinning me around to hit me, and i caught her fist, barely in time. i twisted her arm, not caring at the gasp of pain and shoved her against the wall, with her hand still twisted behind painfully. I grabbed the back of her head, smashing it against the wall so hard it fell apart under the impact. Aleera howled in my mind, pleased with my non-existant hesitance. She always whined and picked at my mind when i hesitated, she didn't like that very much.
She collapsed, and i turned just in time to see Bell stand up from where she'd been thrown and the blonde, Rosalie, rushed her again. What happened next made us all freeze in unexpected shock. I swear i could've heard Vierra howling somewhere in the background, that or another wolf, because Aleera didn't have the same sounding howl.
Isabel punched her hard, getting her in the nose, Rosalie growled catching her balance against a desk. She rushed her again, moving to hit Bell even harder. But Isabel was undeterred, she only looked concentrated, but she didn't look hurt, even from the fall against the ledge of the door frame from the beginning of the fight. Much to my relief.
Before Rosalie could get close enough to hit her, Bell lifted up a lamp, still plugged in. Sparks fell around her, in a sort of snowfall, which was odd in itself. She brought the lamp across the right side of Rosalie's head, and she hit the ground. She moved to stand back up and Bell sucker pucnhed her, she hit the ground again.
"I fucking dare you, try that again, and it'll be the last mistake you ever make," she threatened, very real. I should've moved, in fact, i'm sure all of us would've moved, if it weren't for the fact that we were all shocked. Even the pixie just sat there. No one moved.
"Holy shit Isabel," i said, not covering up the surprise at all. She blushed. I went towards her, eyes wide. I didn't bother to say anything else, just grabbed her hand and practically ran from the house. Aleera huffed in the back ground, probably thinking Isabel and i could take all of the. I seriously doubted that at the moment.
Once they got their bearings, i assumed they'd come after us. We got into the car, and i flew out of the driveway, not bothering to wait and see what happened.
She looked so out of it that i was wondering if she really had gotten hurt. "What was that?" she breathed, finally coming to her senses.
"I was hoping you could tell me," i said, just as confused.
"Do you think i can get Vierra back, if you got Aleera? I wasn't that strong before two days ago," she said, excitedly. "I totally kicked ass."
I started laughing, "yeah, you did."
"Are you hurt or anything?" i asked, reaching over to inspect her knuckles. They were swelling a little, but she didn't have any cuts or anything. I glanced back at the road, then back at her hand again. I frowned, seeing something unusual. i pulled over.
I flipped her palm over to see better, and we both shared a look. There in the center of her palm was a sun. It looked like it could be in red ink or something. I frowned, having never seen anything like that before. It wasn't just a usual shape though, it had the circle, and then the swerving triangles. There were a few symbols in the sun and around it though. All on the inside of her hand.
"Have you seen anything like that before?" i asked, a little worried.
"No," she whispered, fearfully. I raised my gaze to hers, lifting her chin to meet my eyes. I felt mine widen. Her eyes were similar to my own now. Instead of her usual brown ones, she had green eyes, a vibrant bright green, glowing almost, and around it, a ring of gold. The longer i stared, the more i saw the swirling colors, as it were a moving tide of green. Where hers were green and gold, mine were sapphire and silver.
"What?" she said, waiting anxiously. She pulled away, flipping open the mirror above her. She let out a surprised gasp, and i just stared mutely out the car window.
If this was some kind of curse or something, i wouldn't have been all that worried. It was just me, as far as i could tell. But now, with Isabel? Now, i needed to figure out exactly what was happening to both of us and stop it. First i had to figure out what exactly was happening to us.
"Our eyes are kind of the same," she commented, thoughtfully, "i'm going to run tonight."
I eyed her a moment, "yeah, i'll go with you," i said, giving her a smile. "It'll be nice to run with my baby sister again." She looked thrilled.
We got back to the house, and surprise, surprise, Sam and his band of merry men were there. I sighed, putting two and two together. Someone must've told Sam. I got out, preparing for yet another interrogation by Sam the Almighty. God, i really do hate this guy, dont i? Maybe i'm just getting territorial, after all, he was the alpha, not to mention he was the only one who seemed to have a problem with us, or even just me, being here.
"We need to talk," he said, calmly, but anger filling his eyes and posture.
"So i gathered," i responded dryly. "Go eat Isabel, we'll fill the guys in later."
She moved past me, casting a glance at me. Before she got a foot away, Sam had grabbed her in an iron grip. "You too."
"Let go of me," Bell said, voice heated.
"You attacked the Cullen's," he said coldly, shoving her towards me. I caught her, almost losing my balance. Bell looked as surprised as i did. I moved to attack him, Aleera growling for retribution. I took a step and Bell grabbed me, a pleading look to calm down and hear him out, that this was our doing.
Aleera had always been over protective of Isabel, but never so much to try and take over me without my consent. It was an unusual feeling, wrestling with Aleera for control. Normally i just handed it over if i didn't think i could handle the situation on my own. Which also meant wolfing out and doing whatever she felt was good enough to satisfy her need for revenge. The look in Isabel's eyes, calmed us both down some.
"Got it wrong Sam-I-Am," i said, trying to relax enough to have a civil conversation. Aleera noted my resolve to be calm, and went to sleep.
"So you didn't insult them then?" he shot at us, annoyed.
"No, they insulted me first, they shouln't be surprised that i defended myself," Bell said angrily.
"That's not all that im angry about. You attacked the blonde and somehow came out unharmed, i ask you one more time, and if you lie, consider it war. Can you turn?" Sam asked, voice full of acid. What a dick, i thought in disdain.
"I wasn't that strong this morning, i dont know what changed, but i just got so fed up with them insulting me," she said honestly. Then glanced at me, i gave her a nod, "we dont know if i can shift though, we were going to find out tonight."
He stared at us wordlessly, and i nodded at the house. Isabel went inside, closing the door behind her. "We need to make some rules if you plan on staying here."
I eyed him for a moment, "i dont have to you Sam, and i dont have to do a single thing you say."
"You will if you want to live," i quirked an eyebrow, unimpressed with his threatening tone.
"Your the only with a problem, and if you think you can order your pack into a war against their will, then all i have to do is take you out of the game, and all orders cease to exist," he gave me a furious look, knowing i was right.
"If you think you can just show up here and try to take over La Push, you have another thing coming," his voice was filled with venom and i felt Aleera poke her head up curiously.
"I dont want La Push, i couldn't care less, we aren't hurting anyone, and unless you've gone and marked a bunch of bushes to put your name on it, then you dont own it. Stay out my way, and i'll stay out of yours."
"This isn't over," he said coldly, brushing past me. I rolled my eyes, what a cliche, i thought going inside.
I was in my bedroom reading, it was pretty late, but i was restless. Paul hadn't come back yet, and the idea was to go with one of the members from the La Push pack to try for Isabel's shift. We were worried someone would deem her a threat, Paul or Jake or whoever would be there to confirm who we were.
In the corner of my eye something moved. I sat up, staring at my desk. The drawer had opened on it's own. Or that's how it looked, as if an invisible hand had moved it. "What the hell," i muttered, staring wide eyed. I stood, Aleera stood up, watching just as wearily as i was.
I knelt down, taking the Hidden books out. I sat indian style, and flipped the cover open. A huge gust of wind flew through the room. The pages flipped around, coming to a center page. Suddenly, the lanugage began to form. i was entirely sure how i was able to read it out of nowhere, but everything made sense. I had no idea what the language was, but i could read it as clearly as if it were english.
"Holy fuck," i said wide eyed, flipping through the pages, fully engrossed with the readings. It wasn't long before i found a glamour similar to the one we needed for the Samhain Celebration.
The glamour could form around four people, each with a specific necklace linking one another. A bit of blood from each of us, and a simple enough ritual. The ingredient list was short too, just needed someone powerful enough. We'd stick with plan A then, i would the spell and if the spell failed, we could go with plan B. Everything seemed to falling into place.
The door flew open and i let out a yelp, staring at Bell and Paul eyes wide. "Jesus, you dont knock?" i asked, heart racing.
"What are you doing? Why you on the floor?" Isabel asked, unable to conceal her excitement.
"I can read the book, and i found the spell we need," i said grinning.
"You can read that mumbo jumbo?" she asked incredulously.
I looked back down, closing the books and putting them back in the drawer, closing it. "Apparently, come on, it's now or never," i said seeing her nervous and excited look. She nodded, a little shakily.
I never realized how strange it was that those books showed themselves to me in the first place, let alone let me read them.