A/N: I told you the next chapter would be faster!
DISCLAIMER: Me no own Twilight
I sighed as I leaned back into Emmett's arms where we sat on the couch listening to Carlisle speak about the upcoming threat.
"Okay Bella, let's go over this once more. You'll need to really show off to them, show them as much as your power you can. You need to scare them, or they will not back down, not that they could ever win a battle against you, let's be safer than sorry. With this comes, absorbing all of their powers, which you have already done over the week. Really our everything is resting on you showing them who's really in charge. Of course your instincts will already want to, because you know that they are the most powerful ruling and the power in you will not like anyone but you in charge. Now. Are you sure you don't want to practice your powers?" He asked. I immediately shook my head.
"Carlisle I'm not going to put any of you in intentional pain. I couldn't do that. I have faith in my power, to know that the powers are there." I replied immediately. The first day we had the vision, Carlisle asked me to absorb all of the Volturi's powers,guard, brothers and all. Which included Jane's and I refused to test that out on any of them. From what they told me about her power the pain she made you feel was worst than the vampiric change itself. I would never test that power on them, no matter how much they told me it was okay. He sighed and nodded at me with a small smile and I knew that no matter how much he tried to persuade me that he would be okay letting me try the power out quickly, that he was glad none of his family nor himself had to endure it. I turned to Emmett and he tightened his arms around me as I sat curled into his side, but then out of no where my eyes glazed over and my body went rigid as the onslaught of forms took over my brain. This had become a regular occurrence through out the past two weeks since I saw them coming, because the volturi changed their minds rapidly.
I opened my eyes with a shaky sigh. Emmett immediately knew that I was upset and tightened his grip on my waist and pulled me to his lap.
"Bella, Baby what's wrong? What did you see?" He asked quiet and worriedly.
"Yeah Bella, I didn't see anything, yours only come when mine don't when it is more dependent on yourself. What happened to you?" She asked scared. I shook my head and looked down, letting my hair cascade down the sides of my face, curtaining it.
"Nothing happened to me. I saw them coming, now. The only reason I can think of that only I had the vision is because the outcome will depend on if I can handle it enough to pull through on the plan or that they are coming for me. I just don't want to let you down." I admitted. Almost as soon as i had stopped speaking my chin was being thrashed up, held tightly between Emmett's fingers, forcing me to look into his deep fierce eyes.
"Isabella you could never let us down. I don't want you to feel like you are alone out there because you're not. We'll be there, by your side ready to protect you just like you would do us. So just stop. You tell me if it's too much and we'll work out another plan. We're here for you Bells." He said whole heartedly as the others nodded their agreements. Before I could say anything Carlisle was speaking again.
"He's right Bella. We're all here for you. I am sorry if I made you feel that way, but please understand that I did not intend to. Yes it would be great if we followed through with the plan but as Emmett said, we can always converse another plan. Please understand Bella." He pled sincerely. I smiled softly at him.
"You have nothing to apologize for, my problem lays completely within myself." I turned to Emmett and smiled. "I can do it Em. You made me realize that I have each of you, and for you guys I would do anything for you. No need for a plan B." I smiled confidently at him and he returned it. I stood up and nodded, suddenly very serious.
"On that note, they'll be here in about thirty minuets." I smiled at all of their bewildered expressions. I shook my head, grabbed Emmett's hand and dragged him out of his shock by dragging him out of the back door, heading to the field Alice and I had seen them coming in. Brothers, guard, wives in all. It took us fifteen minutes to get the clearing seeing as it was very far away. The rest of the family was right behind us. When they arrived about five seconds later, we all stood together in a perfect line formation. Emmett and I in the middle with Carlisle and Esme, Jasper and Alice on either side of us. It just kind of felt natural the way we stood, we often stood like this whenever we were standing.
Carlisle turned to me with a tiny smirk. "Um, Bella, before they arrive, I should probably tell you something." He said. I quirked an eyebrow, showing him that I wanted him to continue and he did. "I do not know if they will elaborate on it but I doubt they won't. I know that Marcus will feel the bonds and positions of our coven and he will see something. He will see that I am no longer the leader of our coven, but you are." He told me smiling. We all gaped at him and I tried, I really tried to say something but I just couldn't. Emmett did though thank God.
"What? How?" He whispered.
"Bella's everything is centered around leading. Any position in which she has power she is already. I felt it the moment she changed completely, but did not understand until the day Rosalie came back." He said. I immediately felt guilty for taking something like that from Carlisle, even if I did do it unconsciously.
"Carlisle I'm sorry. I didn't kn-" I began but he chuckled and shook his head cutting me off.
"Bella, being a Coven leader is not important to me, do not be sorry. I never wanted to be a coven leader, all I ever wanted was a family and I have that. I never truly felt like I belonged with that title and I now know why. It was meant for you to have. I am truly not upset in the slightest Bella." He told me whole-heartedly and smiled. I smiled too, but before I could say anything back, all of our heads whipped to the north side of the field where we could all hear the slightest of slight foot steps making their way towards us. We each took our stances, raised our shoulders, straightening up. Carlisle whispered so low I could barley hear: "You can do this Bella, we're all here." As Emmett squeezed my hand. Then, they emerged. The three brothers in front, side by side Black cloaks flowing to the ground, hoods low over their foreheads. Rosalie's smirking form beside them in regular clothing as about twenty other darkly tinted red cloaked vampires behind them. As they continued to emerge, I could just barley see the cloaked wives as they were being guarded. The three brothers slowly in unison lifted their pale hands up and slipped their hoods off. Aro, smiling broadly. I did not smile back, no one did.
"Ahhhhhh, Cullen's. Long time no see I should say." He said waiting for us to say hello. For a second they looked taken aback by that but he continued with his perky mood. "Well Cullens, your dear Rosalie has come to us showing us some very interesting things. I see you Isabella have taken to our world very keenly, and quite odd features I might add looking at your eyes, which we must elaborate later, but more importantly with a very interesting gift I saw." He smirked. Carlisle wasn't kidding. Part of my power could practically feel the power from other vampires and I could feel the power soaring off of all three of them and I did not like it. Looks like the plan is initiated. I smirked at him also and nodded.
"Yes, I have. Would you like a preview?" I asked politely. He beamed at that and couldn't respond quick enough.
"Of course." He smiled. The rest looked genuinely curious. I knew they only thought that I could influence the elements so that's all I showed them. I stepped forward (still smiling) and raised my arms. I lifted them and the earth darted up right to the sky. I pushed my arms down and the earth plummeted. When it landed I parted it with a giant grumbling crack and rose my hands settling fire in it's pits. Th flames reaching out looking as if it was reaching for the sky and destroying anything in it's way, sparks flying across the grass as every single vampire watched astonished. I then focused on the clouds. Raising my arms to the sky,still smirking I swirled the air, clouds and all around, making the all ready grey sky darken and lighting striked the pit, causing the flames to flair, sparks to increase and water to spill from the clouds. Just before any drop could drop, I swirled every drop into one as I created a growing bubble of water and literally splashed it into the pit. Along with a gust of wind that ruffled everything within a twenty mile radius, and further extinguishing the flames. I pulled the earth back into place, throwing a thick patch of grass of over it, making the field seemingly untouched while I unwired the growing funnel cloud, lightening the sky back to grey. I smirked and let my arms fall to my sides. Each and everyone of them, including Rosalie looked beyond astonished, mouths touching the floor. I turned my mind reading on and focused on Aro as planned.
I must have it. She must join us. She will. I will stop anyone who tries to stop me, and if that is not enough, if I can't have her, no one can. But what a waste it would be to kill such a talented creature. I wanted to laugh out loud, but I stopped myself. I turned it off for now.
"Dear Bella, that was amazing. Nothing short." He said. I just smirked at him. Then Marcus butted in.
"Yes, it was. But your ties, your positions..." He said with a curious voice. I smiled at him.
"Elaborate?" I asked, not commanded.
"Although it was a very weak tie to the position, Carlisle Cullen has always been the coven leader, but your bond lays to that position, no longer him. Why?" He asked suspicious. I smiled.
"Your guess is better than mine Marcus, it was not a conscious decision." I said. He still looked suspicious, not that I cared, I was only toying with them. I turned my mind reading on just in time to hear him think about giving the signal to Chelsea to wither our bonds. I immediately put my mental shield up around everyone as I saw Marcus flinch his finger. It was time.
I glared at him as I felt the tugs at my shield. "Don't you fight fair Marcus? Our bonds are not going anywhere. Your signal to Chelsea was unnecessary." I growled. Plan in act. They all looked at me bewildered for one, knowing that, and two talking to a brother that way. Then Caius growled and stepped forward.
"You will have respect to your Royalty newborn." He growled. I glared at him and put my physical shield up just in case.
"You are no Royalty of mine Caius. If anything I am above you, and you will appoint me as Miss. Isabella, and nothing else." I snarled out, setting my hands a flame, letting the anger that I felt from them not acknowledging my power flare, but sticking to the plan. They stared at me wide eyed and then at my hands.
"You will regret you said that." He snarled back. I smirked evilly at him.
"Oh really?" I sneered.
"Yes." He sneered back. Then smirked "Jane." I smirked too as Jane stepped forward and smirked at me as well just before I felt stabs all over my mental shield. She looked bewildered as did everyone else as she grunted in frustration.
"Oh Jane please don't do that, it's rude." I smiled. She snarled at me and I felt the stabbing very hard directed at me. I smiled sweetly at her.
"I asked you not to do that." I said, and for the first time since I willed it to myself, I used her power. On her. She flew to the ground digging at the earth around her, screaming at the top of her lungs, her voice filled with pain. Even if she was evil, I still did not like doing what I was but I stuck it out for my family and continued to let her burn in her power that she had inflicted on so many. She gasped for air in between screams and she started to claw at her neck when I stopped. Everyone was starring at her a gape, unable to move. Her twin brother Alec beside her trying to understand what was happening. When I stopped, she staid on the ground still hurting from just the memory of the pain. She looked at me terrified.
"I asked you not to do that. Disobedience always results in punishment, now doesn't it?" I asked her. There was an eruption of growls through everyone over there and Alec stood and crouched down.
"Do not test her." Jasper tried to warn him. He snarled at him then stood straight throwing his hands out letting the mist of his power simmer towards us.
"You were warned." Alice said shaking her head.
"Alec, why don't you stop now." I suggested kindly. He glared and kept his mist going. I growled at his disobedience and threw out the mist that I had actually tried out and I knew that my mist was much faster than Alec's. They all gasped as they saw it oozing from my hands and as it engulfed Alec as he went limp.
"Not used to your own gift hun Alec?" I growled and let the earth sink into a whole in the middle of the field and set fire to it, swirling air around Alec's body and sending him flying until he was dangling above the hole as everyone gasped and yelled. I pulled the mist back and Alec came to. He looked around and down and yelled bloody freaking murder. Emmett chuckled besides me.
"Pussy." He muttered, at which Jasper chuckled at too, despite the circumstances.
"Put him down!" Aro screamed angry now. Oh he did not like it when someone possed a threat against his most valuble guard members. Not at all. I smirked inwardly and spread a layer of my physical shield above the fire hole and sent Alec in the air.
"As you wish." I smiled as he came plummeting from the sky heading straight for the fire whole. He screamed again and so did a few others and Jane. No one knew I had put my shield down including my family and as he went plummeting they all gasped.
"Bella!" Esme warned. I did nothing. They all braced themselves for when he was about the hit the flames when BAM! He hits my physical shield. Esme yelped in surprise and so did a few others but I just closed the earth whole and let my shield down, crashing him to the earth. I pointed a finger at him and whipped it towards the line of the guard and he went flying into a few of them. They all looked scared now but I had only just began.
"When will you all learn to listen?" I asked casually. "Now umm, whose fault was it that Alec and Jane had to suffer?" I asked, pretending to be pondering and pretending to have an epiphany. "Oh! That's right. Caius." I said flatly and he looked like he wanted to shit his pants. I wanted to laugh but I held it back and stuck with the show off plan. "Now Caius. Come here. Now." I snarled. Immediately, he did as I said, so fast that none of the Volturi noticed until he was in front of me. They all let out gasps and Aro and Marcus said in the same fearful, disbelieving voice "Caius?" In unison. He didn't even acknowledge them he just starred at me scarred. I felt a mental sheild go over him and I snarled and looked back at Chelsea who was concentrating on Caius. I again turned my levitating power in and moved my hand to the right, causing her to knock right into a tree, splintering it. She looked at me scared beyond belief and I felt so bad for hurting her knowing she was only doing what she had been told. But she really wasn't even hurt and I had to stick to the plan. Everyone screamed out as she hit the tree and all looked back at me as I glared at her.
"I am done being tested. Do. Not. Mess with me." I snarled, and she nodded feverishly. I turned back to Caius and smiled again.
"Now Caius."
"Miss. Isabella?" He asked. Everyone, even the Cullens gasped. I on the other hand felt like I was on cloud nine.
"Very good Caius, now because you caused so much trouble, it would only be right for you to apologize correct?" I asked trying not use my power.
"I do not want to aplo-"
"Apologize." I said as my hands flamed. I think he actually started shaking.
"I am sorry for the trouble I caused Miss. Isabella. I will not do it again." He pled, for what seemed like his life, only me and the Cullens knew I would never kill any of them unless it was inevitable. I heard murmurs through the guard and gasps along it as Aro and Marcus looked astonished as they starred at us a gape.
"Very good, now go apologize to Jane and Alec for getting them into it." I told him, and without the command he did it. He went to where they were standing, both looking scared and angry.
"I am sorry for involving you two." He said quickly and went to stand next to the other two brothers. Aro looked defeated yet unbelieving.
"It seems you chose the wrong person to pursue on Aro." Carlisle said calmly. His head whipped to Carlisle then me. He gaped like a fish out of water for a few seconds and finally settled on "How?" He said. I smiled and walked a little ways up. Emmett looked concerned but I shot him a reassuring smile, and began to pace in the middle of the field, my left arm wrapped over my middle and my left bent so that I could rub my chin with my thumb and index finger. If I were any other vampire they could have easily ripped me apart before anyone could help me, but I was not any other vampire.
"You see, I am a very different vampire. Different indeed. I used to be the shy, under spoken girl who secretly took lead in things and always doubted herself but I am glad to say I'm a changed woman." I said winking at Emmett, who sent me smile back. "I could easily sentence you to immediate death with the slip of my tongue or the snap of my finger or just plain thinking, I could send you up in flames before you had time to realize it, make you feel as if you could never live another day, or make you feel every pain you have ever experienced, mortal and immortal all pulled together in one second. To continue, we would be here all day and night but the point is, I choose not to. For that you should be thanking whatever God you believe in... " I stopped pacing and looked straight into the eyes of a very stunned Aro. "What I'm getting at is that your hunt...ended too soon. You should have never lost fait in the legend Volterra." I said. Everyone looked confused, all but the three brothers who looked three times as scared as Alec, Jane, and Caius put together when recognition hit. What happened next not even Carlisle had foreseen. All three of them dropped to their knees and bowed their heads.
"Please forgive us Miss. Isabella." Aro said. Even I was stunned. I guess now that they knew I knew about myself and that they could do nothing, they decided to worship me instead. I did not want to be worshiped.
"Get up." I said. They all did at once. "Do not worship me, Respect me. Know that I will know everything you do and I strive for greatness. Anything and everything you do, I will know about and in the eyes of me, if you are doing wrong, I will end you. All of you. Single handedly. Let it be known that you are not the most powerful but you abide it. Let it be known that it is not to be messed with. Let it be known that Isabella swan, is not to be messed with. Nor the Olympic coven. If you return to me with trouble, no matter who you gather no one can ever defeat me so do not try. Oh, and Rosalie." I said making her trembling form tremble even more.
"Y-y-y-yes?" She whispered.
"Stay in Volterra. If you decide to come back, it'll be the last trip you make in your life." I said calmly. She nodded and backed up. I sighed and walked back over to Emmett and he grabbed my waist, pulling me to him. I looked back at the brothers and smiled.
"Nice of you to visit. Now leave." I ordered. With a quick bow in unison they were gone.
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