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The Chronicles of the Fallen

A/N: This story is written as a collaboration by both Xo BellaItalia oX and dramaqueen1917. We hope that you enjoy the story and look forward to reading your reviews.

Chapter 4
(Isabella's POV)

I touched my feet down on to the ground in front of a large house, or should I say mansion. I don't know what I expected, but it certainly wasn't this. The house was timeless, graceful, and probably a hundred human years old. It was painted a soft, faded white, three stories tall- not including the basement- rectangular and well proportioned. The windows were either part of the original structure or a perfect restoration. Some of the walls were even completely made of glass, making it easy to see directly into the whole room. There were no cars in sight, so I figured that they were probably all parked in the detached garaged across the driveway. I could hear the river close by, hidden in the obscurity of the forest.

"You live in a very beautiful home," I told Jasper bringing my eyes to him and I noticed that he was still eyeing my wings.

"Thank you," he smiled bringing his focus back over to my face. "Esme will be pleased that you like it. She designed it from the ground up." He informed me before returning his focus to my specific angelic features.

I had my mental shield part way down where I always have it unless I strengthen it or drop it, so I knew that he could easily feel me with his gift as I smirked at him in amusement at the utter awe still on his face.

"Uh, sorry," he apologized sheepishly. "It's just that… you're…" he gestured at my wings and halo unsure of what to say.

"I know," I smiled somewhat shyly. "There are very few beings out there who know of the existence of Angels among other creatures. I don't blame you for staring." I sighed inwardly at this though, thinking about how painful it was for me to see my mate like this; not knowing who I am or who he really is. Or even what we are together.

"Is something wrong?" He asked in concern as he stepped forward looking as if he wanted to reach out and touch me, but was restraining himself.

"Oh, no," I shook my head sending him reassurance. "I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" He pressed. "I didn't even ask you why you were crying earlier. I apologize for forgetting myself. It's just that I was a little…"

"Sidetracked?" I finished for him quirking my brow.

"Yeah," he answered reaching up his hand and rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly.

It was then that I noticed the Cullen men cautiously stepping out of the front door in astonishment while three women were peeking out the windows curiously with utter awe plastered all over their immortal faces.

"Oh, uh…," Jas per fumbled before grabbing my hand in preparation to pull me toward the large porch, but stopped abruptly as he felt the electrical sensations of the mating bond. Well, I knew what it was. He just stared down at our joined hands in confusion and shock, clearly startled by it.

I sighed sadly causing his gaze to snap up towards my face and release my hand as if I had shocked him.

"S-sorry," he stuttered and then paused, slightly surprised that he had startled in the first place. It was not something that vampires were known to do at all.

He shook himself out of it quickly though before placing a gentle hand on my lower back below my wings and guiding me toward the house as he had originally planned.

"Guys, this is Isabella Swan." He introduced me before turning his attention to the older blond haired vampire that was in the center of the other two males. He was clearly the coven leader and was looking on at me with adamant interest. "She's new at our school." He told him.

The three vampires stepped fully out of the door and traveled down the six porch steps as the three women flitted out behind them, obviously not wanting to miss out on whatever this was.

I was beginning to feel slightly uncomfortable under their gazes until I felt a burst of reassurance and confidence shoot out at me through Jasper's gift. I normally would have smiled at him appreciatively, but I didn't want to raise too many questions regarding how I knew about his gift, so I just reacted as anyone else who would randomly start to feel those emotions and smiled up at the coven.

"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet all of you." I nodded respectfully. I didn't want to startle them. Even though they weren't aware, I could easily wipe out the entire coven easily, but I would never do that without provocation. However, too many vampires with too many powerful gifts could subdue me, but never kill me.

I shook these thoughts from my head, not wanting to think about that. To be brief, let's just say that I had a run in with the Volturi and drew in the attention of the ever popular Aro Volturi and when I wouldn't comply with his wishes… let's just say that I wasn't just joking earlier when I spoke of escaping from a basement. That is after all where the dungeons are located.

"It's an honor to meet you as well, Isabella." Carlisle smiled. "My name is Carlisle and this is my family. You've clearly already met Jasper, but this is Emmett." he said gesturing to the large brown curly haired vampire who reminded me of a body builder with an adorable set of dimples.

"Hello," I smiled at him feeling completely comfortable in his presence. He reminded me of a large teddy bear or an over protective big brother.

Emmett walked right up to me and it looked as if he was about to hug me, but paused half way before readjusting himself to try a different way, but stopped again.

"Uh, I would hug you, but…" he trailed off and motioned toward my wings.

I just giggled at his antics. "I can fix that," I winked before taking in a deep breath and cloaking my wings and halo, appearing as the immortally beautiful girl that they had seen earlier today at school.

"Whoa!" He gasped along with several of the other vampires. "That's fucking awesome!" He grinned.

"Emmett! Language!" A caramel haired woman scolded him before stepping up to Carlisle's side and wrapping their arms around each other.

"Sorry," Emmett murmured causing me to giggle. He had obviously heard this and smirked before lifting me off of my feet and swinging me around. "We are going to get along great!"

"Alright, Emmett," Jasper chuckled somewhat nervously as he approached us. "Put the poor girl down."

After I was placed on my feet, Carlisle brought my attention back to him as he introduced the lovely woman on his arm as his wife and mate, Esme.

"It's very nice to know you dear," she smiled in a very motherly fashion. It made my heart bleed in a very homesick manner as I thought about my own human mother before I passed and was selected to become an Angel.

"It's nice to meet you, as well." I swallowed thickly causing Jasper to look at me in concern. I only smiled at him as a polite way to wave him off before bringing my attention to the copper haired boy who was walking toward me.

"Hello, I'm Edward Cullen," he formally introduced himself and held out his hand.

I studied his hand for a moment before placing my hand delicately in his. "It's a pleasure," I smiled politely as he brought it to his lips and placed a gentle kiss on it.

Jasper growled at this exchange causing everyone to snap their attention in his direction in confusion and shock. I don't even think that he understood why he reacted in that fashion by the look on his face.

"I'm sorry," he apologized and unnecessarily cleared his throat. "I don't know where that came from."

"Anyway," Edward narrowed his eyes at him suspiciously before looking back at me. "This is Emmett's wife and mate, Rosalie," he gestured to a very beautiful blond vampire who only gave me a small smile and a wave while she was tucked under Emmett's arm. "And this is Jasper's wife, Alice," he gestured over at the black haired pixie vampire that Jasper was kissing earlier.

I noticed that he didn't say mate and was relieved that he knew the truth about that at least, but the fact that she was his wife hurt just as much. I made sure to shield my emotions from him, causing him to snap his head in my direction in startled confusion laced with panic.

I ignored him while Alice danced over to me and wrapped her arms around me momentarily startling me. She pulled back with a large grin on her face. "Oh, we will all be such great friends! I can already see it!" She gushed.

I quirked a brow in confusion causing Carlisle to answer as he approached the three of us. "Alice can see visions of the future based on your decisions."

"But I can't always see you and I think I've figured out why. I can't see you at all in your true form, but in this form I can see you just fine." She explained.

"Oh," I nodded, "Yeah, I think that's because of my shields." I rationalized.

"Your shields?" Jasper asked immediately. "Is that why your emotions just cut themselves off from me?" He pressed almost urgently.

"Um, yeah," I nodded and bit my lip. "I have two shields; a physical one and a mental shield. My mental shield is always at least half way up which shields most mental assaults aside from very strong Angelic gifts. If this is the case, I have to throw it up all the way and strengthen it so that no mental attacks will leak through. My physical shield blocks physical attacks and when that one is up, you will see it. It is a bright golden color and can keep anyone inside of the shield from escaping and anyone from the outside from getting in."

"Is that why I can't hear your thoughts?" Edward asked.

I nodded. "I believe so."

"Awe! You're lucky!" Emmett pouted resulting in Rosalie to playfully smack him in the chest. "Ouch, babe! What was that for?"

"Because that wasn't very nice to Edward," she answered.

"It's alright, Rose," Edward waved her off. "I appreciate you sticking up for me, but it's no secret that most of you hate my gift at times."

Everyone chuckled at this until Jasper interrupted. "But if that is the case, then why does my gift work?" He asked. "I can feel and manipulate emotions and I can always feel you except for a few minutes ago when you were suddenly cut off from me."

'Shit, I've said too much,' I thought to myself. "Um, I don't know why that is," I shrugged making sure that my shield was all the way up so that he would not detect the lie in my emotions. He studied me for a moment before seemingly dismissing it.

"Shall we go inside and you can tell us about yourself?" Carlisle asked. "I would love to learn about your species."

"Carlisle thrives on knowledge," Edward informed me. "Especially information on new topics and we had no idea that your kind existed until we saw you outside."

I looked at Carlisle and smiled politely. "It would be my pleasure." I said. "In my opinion, more supernatural creatures should know about our existence. After all, most humans suspect that we exist. There was an entire book written with us within it!" I sighed as we made our way inside.

(Jasper's POV)

We all entered the living room and scattered around and taking a seat on the furniture. Carlisle sat on a chair with Esme on the arm, Rosalie sat on the couch with Edward and Alice while Bella and I sat on the loveseat.

I know that normally I would sit next to Alice, but for some reason I couldn't help but gravitate towards Bella like I couldn't be close enough to her. I had to restrain myself from touching her and it was maddening! I don't understand any of this!

Bella delicately folded her hands across her lap as she began to speak. "First things first, I need to inform you all of something before I tell you my story and then I will answer your questions about Angels in general and our enemies. I am not an ordinary Angel who resides in Heaven with God. No, I am one of the Fallen. You may know them better as Fallen Angels."

My eyes widened and I suddenly flashed back to that memory or whatever it was of me falling while in excruciating pain.

Bella began speaking again breaking me out of my flashback. "I was born long ago before the time of Christ in what is now known as Italy. I was human just as you were before you were changed into what you are now. However, I was very different from girls in my time and for that, God had favored me. I won't go into detail about my human life, because that isn't where my story truly begins. I died at the age that you see me now for people did not live as long as they do today.

"When I made it to the Gates of Heaven to be judged before God, he spoke to me and told me that he had a special plan for me. He said that my next step would be to become an Angel, which is a very rare honor that God bestows on those he deems worthy. He told me that I was to become the mate of his most prized warrior. He called this Angel, Ares. You may have heard of him from the Greeks who crowned him the God of War. He had a human name like all of the angels once did, just as mine is Isabella Maria, though I don't remember what my maiden name was before I became Ares's mate. God called me Aphrodite, who as you know is the wife and mate to Ares. The Greeks got a lot of their god's from us Angels as we helped them out throughout the years."

'Wow, I can definitely see why she was chosen by the Greeks to be named as the Goddess of of love, desire, beauty, fertility, the sea, and vegetation. She is beyond what I had imagined her to look like.'

I noticed Edward's emotions shift as he heard these thoughts causing him to narrow his eyes at me. 'What's his problem?'

I brushed him off and began to focus back on the beauty next to me as I listened to her rehash her story.

"Now, just as God exists, so does Lucifer. As you know he was the first Angel who went against God and fell from Heaven and as punishment for his crimes - which are still the worst that have ever been recorded – he was sentenced to take care of the souls who were not deemed worthy to walk in the Kingdom of Heaven.

"But the thing is…Lucifer did not act alone, though he was the ring leader of the bunch. He had seven followers that were sentenced to fall with him. They were only to become a part of the Fallen, as I am. The Fallen are those that were kicked out of Heaven and fell down to Earth doomed to walk amongst the mortals for the rest of time. But Lucifer did not give up on his mission. He rallied up all thirteen followers and they became the first Demonic Angels. You will know them as Incubus's or Succubus's. They are made from Fallen Angels and are the most powerful of Lucifer's familiars. The first seven were in put in charge of each of the seven circles of Hell; one for Lust, one for Greed…and so forth.

"Throughout time, he also created other familiars. One that you may be familiar with is the Kappa. They were made from vampires who pledged themselves to Lucifer and his familiars. The way that you can tell the difference between Lucifer's vampiric demons and yourselves is because the Kappa has green skin. (A/N: Yes, this is all fact.) They also cannot be burned by first like you can. The same thing goes for the Jinn. But they are made from shape shifters like your wolf pack over on the reservation. But they prefer heat more than areas like this. You will find them in large packs in the Middle East. The way you can tell the difference between the shape shifters and the Jinn are by their eyes. Their eyes will be bright red, just like a newborn vampire's."

"Holy shit, are you serious?" Emmett asked in astonishment, though everyone was in some sort of shocked state. "This is all crazy!"

"Yes," Bella nodded. "But there are far crazier familiars than that. Those are just the ones that you need to be aware of for now since they are so similar to the supernatural creatures that you may have come across." She paused for a moment and began to play with her necklace. It was a beautiful pendant of a pair of gold wings and a halo on a gold chain.

"Anyway," she sighed. "As I was saying, Lucifer tends to collect the Fallen Angels because of how powerful they are. It's hard to dodge him once he catches your scent. He will sick his hounds of Hell on you and they will drag you down beneath the surface."

"How is that possible?" Carlisle asked intrigued.

"There are many entrances to Hell that are hidden on Earth. The closest one to here is in one of the deep caverns in the mountains. It is hard to find if you don't know what you're looking for, so it is rare for a human to stumble upon one."

"Can I ask how it is possible that you have a gift?" Edward asked obviously interested in the fact that he is not able to read her mind. Though, I didn't like how he was a little too overly interested in her and I could tell that it wasn't just because of those facts and more to do with her as a person or Angel.

"All Angels are given one supernatural gift from God. I was given my shields. Not all gifts are as powerful as mine. The gift can be as small as being able to detect a lie or as powerful as controlling the elements. It all varies and no gift is exactly the same as another." He nodded clearly intrigued.

"How did you become a Fallen Angel?" Rosalie asked.

She smirked half-heartedly. "That is a very dangerous question to ask any member of the Fallen. But my deed is far less terrifying than many of the others." She swallowed thickly, bracing herself for whatever tale lie ahead. It was evidently not going to be a very happy story and I could feel the pain and heartache that was coming from her as she gathered her thoughts.

"My mate was very popular with God as well as many of the other Angels. He was strong, handsome, gifted and a viscous warrior. To this day, he's never lost a battle." She looked right into my eyes as she said this, but turned away as she continued. "We were unbeatable together and had done a lot of good throughout our existence as Angels. We were head over heels in love and our mating bond only strengthened what was already there. But having everything that we did and being who we were, it was only a matter of time before we made enemies; Ares more so than I."

As she told her story, and I could tell that she was only giving a brief overview for some reason, I couldn't help but to think that I had heard this story before, though I knew that that wasn't possible. She seemed so familiar, yet she was a complete stranger all at the same time. Not to mention, the thought of her with another man was making me feel anger and jealousy as I held back my growls. She was making me feel things that I had no right to feel towards her.

' My God, everything with this girl only brings me more questions than answers!'

"We knew that it was coming before it happened, though we weren't sure exactly what was going to be done. An Angel named Julius was insanely envious of everything that my mate stood for and had accomplished. He was also jealous that he was given me as a mate and protested greatly when this was revealed.

"He set my mate up to be a traitor and there was nothing that we could do to disprove his accusations."

Her eyes began coating with tears as she tried to hold back her sobs that were catching in her throat. I reached over and took her hand in mine, feeling that electrical sensation once again as I sent her comfort and courage. She smiled gratefully and startled me by sending me her appreciation and affection.

'How did she know to do that?'

I didn't have time to think more on it as she continued her story. "He was blaming Ares for his crimes. I don't know how he did it, but after deliberation, my mate was thrown from Heaven and fell to earth. I had to watch as he fell and it was the most painful, heart wrenching moment of my existence. I tried to tell them that it wasn't true and I fought against them to no avail. From there I was accused to be an accomplice and thrown out of Heaven.

"The fall to Earth was the most painful experience I could ever imagine. But unfortunately, my mate and I didn't fall to the same place and by the time I hit Earth, both the mating bond and the pull was gone. I have no idea where my mate is and I've combed the world for him without finding neither hide nor hair of his existence. That was around 150 years ago."

Silence filled the room as we digested her story. So many thoughts were bouncing around in my head that it was almost making me, a vampire, dizzy. Why did this all sound so familiar to me? Why could I almost picture everything that she spoke of? Why did I feel such possessiveness towards this angel?

Finally, Esme spoke up breaking me out of my thoughts. "I'm so very sorry to hear about your mate," she whispered.

"Thank you," Bella nodded politely while giving her a small smile. "It has been tough, but I have faith that our love will be enough to bring us together once again."

"So, how did you end up here in Forks?" I asked anxious to move on from the topic of her mate. Seeing the love in her eyes as she spoke of his was damn near painful.

"I was pointed in this direction by two friends of mine in hopes of finding my Ares," she answered. "But when I reached the outskirts of Forks, I found Charlie Swan answering a call about a break in. But the burglar wasn't human and he was going to die if I didn't step in and save his life, killing the vampire who was wreaking havoc in the area. He knew there was something different about me, but he didn't say a word about it. He only thanked me and offered me a place to stay for the time being. I accepted and a week later I started school at Forks High School." She told us ending her story and waiting for the questions that we all knew would come.

A/N: So, what did everyone think about the chapter? All of the demons mentioned are researched, so all of the information is accurate. I would love to hear what everyone thinks about what will happen next! Read and Review!

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Take a look at a few of my Twilight stories posted on my FF page! (Xo BellaItalia oX)

One's called 'The Major':

Jasper never left Maria & decades after Jasper allowed Peter & Char to escape, they finally come back to get him. They bring him to their ranch where he meets Isabella Swan whom Peter rescued in Washington from Laurent after the Cullen's left town. Love blossoms but what happens when both of their pasts come back to haunt them? Maria wants her Major back at any cost! Jasper/Bella

Another story is called 'Never What It Seems'

What Jasper Whitlock remembers from his time in the Southern Wars isn't what happened at all. After unknowingly leaving his mate, Marie, to the hands of her power hungry sisters, he continues on with his immortal life. After 90 yrs with no word about what happened to her Major, Marie is rescued & reunited with him only to find that what he remembers of her is nothing but brutality. Jasper/Maria Peter/Charlotte Bella/Edward

The other has been adopted from I-Have-A-Dark-Side called 'You Promised Me Forever

Edward left resolving in Bella falling into Jakes arms. However, he broke his promise of forever when he imprinted. A certain southern gentleman suddenly reappears in her life causing her to be thrust back into another love story within the supernatural world where both the past and present threaten everything they've built! Jasper/Bella

And this last one is called 'Other Worldly Beauty'

After the Cullen's left, Bella is at the height of her depression. Jayden comes to town and turns Bella's world upside down bringing her back into the world of the supernatural where she learns that vampires aren't the only mythical creatures out there. Jayden has to face her past in ways that she hadn't imagined while finding the love of her life. Jasper/Jayden Bella/Edward

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'Attempting to Covet'
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'Far Fetched Realities'
'Mirror Image'
'Other Worldly Beauty'
'Dhampir: Broken Moonlight' (SEQUEL)
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'Unimaginable Outcomes'
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