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Chapter 7: Witch
School had droned on for weeks,
much the same as the first day. Due to Jasper's talent,
people avoided us in the lunchroom, and we were admired from a
distance.
"That's
how it should be. It's safer that way." Jasper had said.
Carol made a point to snap twice anytime we walked by. This was
lost on most of the other students. She was trying to insinuate
that we were the Adams Family. I found myself following suit with
Rosalie and rolling my eyes at her. Most of September passed
with no events. Even Renesmee's birthday was quiet. She
spent it in La Push. She had gone fishing with Charlie and her Uncle
Billy. Billy Black had made a comment about not being
comfortable with Renesmee on the boat. Charlie had replied that
he felt safer with Renesmee in the boat than Jacob. Even though
there was a permanent truce between the Quiliets and the Cullens,
some of the tribe members were not so trusting of us. Charlie
officially knew the truth about the Cullens. Billy had started
telling the story of the vampire stand off and the pack's
involvement. He also started telling of the love between a wolf
and a vampire. The story was, of course, unfinished. Charlie had
visited us with Jacob one week and touched my hand when he entered.
This was a strange thing for him to do. He usually
avoided my cold skin, for fear of asking a question he did not want
the answer to. This time he purposely touched my hand and
smiled.
"My
Bells, aren't you the Cold One?" He put special emphasis on
the words 'Cold one' I understood his statement at once.
"You have
no idea." I smiled. After that short conversation, Renesmee
had started giving pictures and memories to Charlie. This
helped him piece together the story. Renesmee had heard how
Edward and I met and our story so many times, she had the memories in
her mind, even though she was not there.
My birthday
was a perfectly bright and sunny day. So we stayed home from
school and drove to the mall in Seattle. We parked as close to
the door and moved as fast as we could, and still look human, to the
door. We spend the rest of the day inside. The only person
allowed outside in public was Renesmee. She would never know
how lucky she was that she could go out and just look like she had a
healthy glow. After the mall trip, we decided not to press our
luck and traveled down by Forks to hunt.
It was officially
the first week of October and Angela had us read the book, "The
Crucible." by Arthur Miller. She had told the class how the
witch hunts did not start in Salem. They actually started
during the Spanish Inquisition, a hundred years earlier. The
Inquisitions had stopped and suddenly, there were witch hunts in
Salem City and Salem town.
On this particular day, Renesmee
and I walked into class. We noticed that there was an envelope
on every desk. Angela had written a sign on the board. It
read, "DO NOT OPEN THE ENVELOPES!" Renesmee and I sat down
and watched the rest of the class come in. Angela was sitting
at her seat, reading a book. She looked up over the book and
winked at me. When the bell finally rang, she sat up and walked
to the front of the class.
"Today class, we are going to
have a real Witch hunt, Salem style." She looked at everyone. "I
put an envelope on everyone's desk. I gave each of you a
specific card, it will tell you whether you are a human, a wizard, a
witch or some other type of mythical creature." Her lips twitched
into a smile. I understood the joke. Surely she wouldn't
make me a vampire in front of the entire class, right? "Now, when I
tell you, I want you all to open and read them. Do not show them to
anyone. While we are going over the review, I want the witches
to give some of the citizens the evil eye." She was enjoying all of
the superstitions. "If you catch a witch or wizard giving the
evil eye, call them on it. We will have a trial and see if the person
you called out is really a witch or wizard." I looked over to
Renesmee, she looked excited for the class. I had to admit, if
one of my old teachers had done this in class, I would have paid more
attention.
"Ready
class?" She looked around, we all had our envelopes, ready to slash
them open and reveal our fate. "Now!" She called. We all tore
into them. I looked at my card, and with with relief, I was a
human. I did a quick glance at Renesmee's paper, she too, was
human. I sighed, now I had to take notes for the test, and wait for
the witch or wizard to start cursing people. Angela had just
started going over the test when Carol's scrawny arm shot up.
"Miss Weber! I got the evil eye! I caught the witch!"
She called. Angela smiled and motioned for Carol to come up to
the front.
"I want you to call the witch out, then
we can begin our trial. Who ever the witch is, you can not show us
your paper. You have to prove your innocence without it."
Carol was in front of the classroom. She was looking pained,
like Abigail, the girl from the Crucible. She was getting into
character and going overboard.
"Carol, who is the
witch or wizard?" Angela asked. Carol's lips turned into a
sneer.
"Bella Swan." The room gasped. I think I
gasped also.
"I was staring straight ahead!" I
protested.
"I know you were. You sent your little half
witch of a cousin to give me the curse." Carol was staring
pointedly at Renesmee. Renesmee's hands shot up.
"I'm
not a half anything!" She cried. Angela's face looked like
she was torn between letting the argument continue, and breaking it
up.
"If you're not a half witch, then you are a
witch." Carol accused. Renesmee shook her head.
"I'm
not a witch."
"Half- breed." Carol called, she had
noticed which word set Renesmee on end.
"I'm not a
half-breed." Renesmee balled her fist and hit the desk. It
gave a sickening thwap sound. Renesmee had cracked the desk. I
could see the line that had formed under her fist. Carol found
the one way to anger one of us and she was sticking with
it.
"Renesmee's a half-breed." She laughed. Renesmee's
face turned into a scowl, I noticed something rustle by the window in
the door. It must have been Alice and Edward. Alice knew
something was about to happen, but was stuck on the other side of the
door. Renesmee glared at Carol.
"Be quiet you filthy
mongrel." Renesmee growled. Carol looked shocked. I remembered the
word, 'filthy mongrel' is what Rosalie called Jacob when she
would get angry with him. That's the only place Renesmee could have
heard it.
"How…dare you." She sputtered. She
reared her hand back and flung it forward to smack Renesmee in the
face. In an instant, I had caught her wrist, I felt her hand
snap. She was going to have a sprained wrist, at very least. I let
out a low growl.
"Don't you even think about
hurting her." Everything happened so fast, Angela didn't have
time to react. Renesmee was shaking. I dropped Carol's
wrist. She winced in pain. Just then, a teacher walked
through the door.
"Mr. Price, I was just about to call
you. Will you watch the class for a moment?" Mr. Price looked
up, confused and then nodded. "Carol, to the office. Bella, I'll
help you get Renesmee to the bathroom to clean up." She followed
Renesmee and me into the bathroom. I caught a glimpse of myself
in the mirror. My eyes were black. I then noticed the
scorching flames in the back of my throat. I felt like my
throat was about to erupt into flames. I calmed it down and
tried to think of something else.
"I wanted to bite
her momma, not to change her, but to rip her to shreds." Renesmee
let the last part out in a growl. She was livid. Even angry,
Renesmee knew that she couldn't change someone. She had no
venom in her body. But she could shred Carol to bits.
"I
am so sorry, Renesmee, I didn't know it would get out of hand that
quickly." Angela apologized. Renesmee nodded.
"It's
all right, Mrs. Weber. "She said those things, not you."
Suddenly we heard a voice from out of nowhere.
"Maybe
it was too early to put you in school. You can always try again
the next time we go through school." It was Edward. He had
walked out of the stall he had been hiding in. Alice walked out
of a neighboring stall.
"Carol is going to go to the
hospital. She sprained her wrist. Bella, you need to beat
her there and tell Carlisle. He doesn't like surprises about
us. Especially if we've been in a fight." Renesmee started
putting her hands under the cold water and splashing her face. She
tried to breath in slowly and calmed down the wild thumping of her
heart. Angela looked over toward me.
"I'll write
you two a pass. You can head to the hospital from here." She
glanced at Edward and Alice, "Do you two need passes as well?"
Edward shook his head.
"I think Bella and Renesmee will be
fine." After Renesmee had calmed down and stopped shaking, we
walked out of the bathroom. Edward and Alice headed back to their
class, and Angela walked back to her class. We had gotten into my car
when the bell rang for lunch. Lunch was when Alice saw Carol
leave for the hospital. Due to my driving, we made it to the
hospital in record time. The St. Mark was a rather pathetic hospital,
not much larger than the one in Forks. I walked in and went
straight for Carlisle's office. He was sitting there,
obviously waiting for his lunch break to be over, when we walked in.
"Bella, Renesmee, what brings you here?" He
looked behind him, waiting to see if any one else was with us. "Is
everything all right?" I could tell from the concerned look
he was giving that he really wanted to ask if we had to move.
"Everything is fine." I assured him. "Carol Ogden
will be visiting you soon." He arched his eyebrow. "I think I
broke her wrist." I admitted.
"What happened?" He
asked, suddenly worried.
"She was picking on Renesmee, she
went to hit her and I caught her fist and the force of her swing made
her wrist pop. I don't think anyone will think anything strange of
it." Carlisle sighed.
"Act like her wrist is
sore. The impact should have injured you, not near as bad as it
probably hurt her, but still. Treat your wrist with care." I took
hold of my wrist, gingerly, and nodded. There was a knock on
Carlisle's door.
"Come in!" He called. Mr Ogden
walked in and looked at us, nervously
"I saw your girls
come in. Is anything wrong?" He looked at me holding my
wrist.
"Nothing's wrong. Bella sprained her
wrist keeping someone from hitting Renesmee, here. They came by
during lunch to have me look at it." Carlisle nodded toward my
wrist.
"Someone tried to hit Renesssie?" He
mispronounced Renesmee. "Who? I will make sure they are punished."
He looked angry. He was afraid that someone was going to scare
us away from Marks. I could hear Carol's car pulling into the lot.
I smiled.
"I'm afraid it was Carol. It
seems she will be in soon with a hurt wrist, from where Bella had
stopped her." Carlisle sighed. "Girls will be girls." He shook
his head. Mr Ogden looked like he was going to pop a vein. His
face started to turn a light shade of blue. I could hear Carol
walk in and rush to her dad's office. She found it empty and
walked toward Carlisle's office. I put my wrist to my chest and
Renesmee and I walked out of the office. We passed her as she
was walking in. She looked nervous seeing us pass her. She
must be wondering how we beat her to the hospital. She shut the
door behind her. Renesmee and I could hear the argument. Her
dad scolding her for fighting, her revealing that she has to spend a
week in the detention room, and Carlisle telling her that her wrist
is sprained, and even if the principal would let her cheer, he was
benching her from the team for at least three weeks. Renesmee
winced. Carol was going to make our lives miserable now. We
turned to walk to my car. I looked at the clock as we walked to
out of the hospital. There was still time for us to make it
back before lunch was over. My phone rang. It was Alice's
ring.
"Hi, Alice, we're on our way back." I
replied.
"That's great Bella, I saw that Carol's arm
is sprained." She sang.
"Yes, she'll be…"
"Out
from cheerleading for a while, I know. I saw try outs tomorrow for
the JV cheerleader spot and Renesmee gets it." She was giddy. I
stopped and looked at Renesmee who was all ready in the car waiting
for me. I smiled. Now Carol was really going to hate us.
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