HAH! I bet you all thought the next update wouldn't be up for a while... well... neither did i... to be quite truthful i had a total burst of inspiration last night, but i was super sleep as i think i said, so i went to bed, and then i wrote this all this morning... YAY! haha... anywhosies... yeah... I like this one... the story is beginning to take another twist.. OH NO! I've said to much already! I have to flee! Just read already!!!!! -Mooch
....Oops... I'm backk... Forgot to mention that i don't own Twilight, and i only own my characters, which if you are reading this chapter you should know who they are... okay... now i really gotta go! HAVE FUN WITH THIS ONE!
-Mooch
I Should Have Seen This Coming
The rest of the day went by very slow, and everyone seemed to be ignoring Seth and I as we sat, very close, on the couch with the other girls all spread out around on the floor. I could smell the cake baking in the kitchen and it had only taken a full hour for all of the vampire couples to come out of their hiding place.... wherever that had been.
But I wasn't really thinking about that anymore, I was still trying to get over the fact that Seth had finally kissed me. And how in that small fraction of a second, it had felt like everything was aligned in the universe. I was in the exact right place in the right time. I knew that it meant that I was supposed to belong to Seth, and that he belonged to me. It felt like a tone of bricks had hit me in the face as I faced the realization that it was my destiny to be with Seth.
I know that destiny is a really cheesy word to be using in the same context as the person that you are going out with. But this wasn't just some stupid high school crush, this was real deal love. And I could not ignore it anymore. Not just because it wasn't going away, but also because I didn't want to ignore it. Because of my lack of a loving figure in my life besides my sisters, I really wanted Seth to love me. And maybe that sounded selfish to other people, but to me, it sounded just right.
"Jetta? Can I talk with you for a moment?" I heard a wind chime voice ask me. I looked up from my spot comfortably nestled beside Seth's warm body to see Bella smiling at me. I nodded and got up slowly then followed her out the door.
"We won't go very far, but Edward overheard what you were thinking—"
"I think overheard implies that he couldn't hear me before..." I cut her off slowly and she smiled.
"True, but he heard what you were thinking and told me." She said. I froze in my spot on the porch on the front of the Diamond's house.
"Am I in trouble?" I asked her, thinking back to my previous thoughts about me figuring out that I loved Seth. Bella just laughed.
"Of course not, no. I just want to tell you my story." She said to me, and while I relaxed and started walking with her again, my insides clenched. We were a little ways inside the forest and I felt a sudden tugging on my heart. And it was painful.
I yelled out and dropped to my knees.
"Jetta? Are you okay?" Bella was at my side in a fraction of a second, looking over me anxiously. I looked up at her and nodded.
"It's Seth. I can't go very far from him, physically, that is." I said to her and she nodded then helped me up and started walking back towards the house. Within only five feet the pain receded and I sighed.
"I think I'm fine now." I told her and she nodded and sat down on the grass below then patted the place next to her. I sat down next to her and lay down on my back looking up at the branches above me that twisted together like the pieces of a spider web.
"So.... What's your story?" I asked her as I closed my eyes.
"Four years ago I was a human, living in Forks. I met Edward Cullen, and basically fell in love with him. It was after a few months with him that another small cult of vampires came to Forks, one of them, James, was a tracker, and I became the target. The Cullens all tried to protect me, but I got a call from the tracker and he said that he had my mother. So I went looking for him. Turned out, he didn't have my mother, and in that small span of time when we were alone and when the Cullens found me, James had broken my leg, and bitten me. Do you know what happens when a human is bitten by a vampire?" She asked me. I shook my head slowly, I could feel the dazed expression on my face as I opened my eyes and looked at her beautiful face.
"Well, the venom spreads through your body and after three days, you become one of them. But Edward had the strength to suck the venom back out of me. That was the second time he saved my life." She said.
"You were in a life threatening situation before?" I asked her with disbelief, thinking it was another vampire attack.
"I was almost crushed by a van, and he stopped it with his bare hands." She told me with another smile.
"Oh... That's... Well not cool... but you know what I mean." I said, and I immediately felt like an idiot for saying it. But she still laughed.
"Yes, I was a danger magnet as a human." She smiled fondly, but her eyes were distant, as if she was looking over a memory. Then her gaze went back at me. "Then my eighteenth birthday rolled around. And let's just say that I got a paper cut at the Cullen's house."
I shivered at the thought.
"After that, the Cullens left Forks. So did Edward. And I found my refuge with Jake, he was my best friend and he helped me through those times. But then he got 'sick' and I figured it out later that he was a werewolf. And a vampire named Victoria, who was in James's cult was looking for me again. The pack ended up killing her other friend Laurent, who almost killed me as well." She sighed.
"God, you're fate must be horrible over in that town..." I said absentmindedly.
"Yep... So one day I went cliff diving and I almost drowned, but Jake saved me. And that night Alice came back to Forks, saying she had seen me die. Soon after Edward called but my father was at a funeral, and Jake had picked up the phone and told him that he was at the funeral. So Edward being the stupid guy that I love so much, went to Italy to the Volturi." She cast a look over at me.
"Who in hell are they?" I asked he slowly.
"Basically the royal family of the vampire world. And they can kill other vampires very easily. So Edward went to them to have them kill him because he thought I was dead. Alice and I went all the way to Italy, and were almost to late. But we found him and saved him. But it wasn't good enough because we had to go underground and meet with the leader of the Volturi. That was where we promised that I would become a vampire." She said.
"How long does this story go on for? It sounds more like a saga to me." I sighed into my hands and she laughed.
"Yeah, it does to me to. I think it could become a book series, don't you think?" She asked and I nodded, then she continued.
"We got back to Forks, and soon after, Victoria was back, but this time she was with an army of newborns. Now, newborn vampire are very strong and bloodthirsty. The perfect match for the Cullens and wolves. And this was all over trying to kill me. Can you imagine?" She asked.
No... I really couldn't....
"Well, the Cullens and wolves killed them all when the day came and I was at a camp with Edward and Seth," She said his name and my heart picked up speed, "They worked together and killed Victoria. And after the little battle was over the Volturi showed up again. And saw me human... But I knew that my date was set. Right after I married Edward and had our honeymoon." She said.
"Is that even.... Possible?" I choked out and looked at her with a horrified expression, but she began to laugh hysterically.
"You sounded exactly like Jake when I told him at my wedding." She laughed.
"And that's a good thing?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow.
"No... I suppose not. But I guess you can see that I got pregnant. And after the birth of Renesmee, I was changed into a vampire. So it all worked out." She said.
"How old is she now?" I asked her.
"Physically she is about eight, but really, she's only three and a half. She's very smart for her age." She said fondly. She sounded just like any other parent in the world. Flaunting their child to everyone who would listen.
"Wow... that's kind of freaky." I said.
"It took some getting used to her. But we all love her." She smiled.
"Yeah... I can see that to."I sighed.
"And then the Volturi came back." She told me.
"AGAIN? I though we were done with those creepers!" I exclaimed angrily. And she chuckled.
"Me too. But they were falsely informed that Nessie was a vampire child, but she's only half vampire. So that whole debate started another little war thing and we almost had to fight, when Alice appeared with another half vampire child. And explained how Renesmee wasn't a threat. We haven't heard from them since. That was two years ago. That is my story." She finished finally.
"Holy Shit. You make my life look like nothing." I said to her.
"I don't think so. You probably will have a story to tell your kids. Just give it more time. WE can't all be danger magnets like me." She smiled and stood up. I just sat there.
"Are you coming back to the house?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'll be there in a few minutes, I just have to think." I said as I stood up and began walking away from her to my right. I wandered around the edge of the field, far enough into the forest not to see the house, but close enough to Seth where it wouldn't hurt.
So Bella had a crappy life. I wasn't really alone. But she had people that had loved her through the whole thing. Something that had not happened to me. I was happy to escape from that, but I hadn't been able to help... I couldn't even think the name as it ripped through my heart. I sank to the ground and wrapped my arms around my knees, almost ready to cry.
But then there came the snap of a branch from behind me. I turned my head around, but saw nothing in the brush. Slowly, I stood up again and looked into the dense forest leading away from the Diamond's property.
"Hello?" I called into the forest and started walking forward.
"Seth? If this is you, it's not funny." I said to the dark forest. Another snap echoed around me and I turned to my left to look at the fallen branches and the leaves everywhere.
"Girls... come on... Get out of there, I'm not kidding." I said forcefully as I squinted into the forest. But that was when a small, pale girl came into view. She looked much younger than me, and she wore a dark cloak around her shoulders.
"Are you lost?" I asked her slowly. And she just looked at me through dark eyes. No... Not dark eyes... Red eyes...
"Holy Shit." I said as I stumbled backwards, but the girl started to advance on me.
"Leave me alone!" I yelled at her as she smiled evilly at me. I tried to find my state of mind where I could phase, but I seemed to be paralyzed. I couldn't do anything as the girl smiled maliciously at me.
I was about to start running, when an earsplitting roar echoed around me. I jumped a mile, and was just able to see a sandy wolf shoot out from my left and jump at the girl, then pin her down and snarl impressively in her face.
Soon, Seth was joined with a russet wolf, a gray wolf, a chocolate brown wolf and a light brown one his pack. And suddenly my pack was there too, fanned out in front of me protectively.
There was a pair of cold arms around me, as I watched all the wolves help to pin down the vampire girl. Then suddenly Carlisle came into view with Emmett and Trace. The wolves got off the girl and Emmett and Trace both got her standing again, but restrained. The cold arms let go of me and I quickly went over to Seth. Who was still snarling under his breath at the vampire girl. I put a hand on his large, muscled shoulder and his big head turned towards me. His black eyes were full of apology as he started at me.
"It's okay.. I'm fine." I soothed him slowly and ran my hand through his fur. The tip of his nose nudged me in the hip bone and I closed my eyes.
"Are you sure you are okay Jetta?" A beautiful voice asked. I turned and looked at Gemma Diamond. I was totally taken by surprise that she was being nice to me... She smiled a little bit, seeming to understand what I was thinking about... but not in an Edward way.
"Yeah... just a little freaked out." I sighed slowly. I felt a nudge in my back from Seth. I nodded at him and walked back towards the house with Gemma and the girls behind me.
"You guys can go phase back." I told them and they went back into the forest on the other side of the house.
As I watched them go and Emmett and Trace take the vampire girl into the house, a sudden pair of warm arms were around me, hugging me tightly. I turned around and looked up at Seth's pained face. I put my arms around him and hugged him back tightly, and felt his face bury itself in my neck.
"It's okay... I'm alright." I tried to tell him. And his lips brushed their way up my neck to my jaw bone.
"Don't ever go into those woods without me again. Do you understand?" He told me forcefully. I nodded, feeling unable to do anything else. I wondered if that's what it felt like to the girls when I gave them an order that they couldn't ignore. But I didn't think about it for to long as Seth put his forehead against mine and looked into my eyes. My insides started burning and my heart began to go into overdrive.
"Would you still kiss me even if I don't have cake on me?" I asked him quietly. I saw a smirk flit across his face.
"I don't know... Let's see if you taste just as good." He smiled at me, and then put his lips on mine. I followed the pattern of his, opening my lips with the same rhythm as him. Just like before, it seemed like the whole world was perfect. Our heart beats were in total sync like our lips and my mind was completely taken over with heat. He finally pulled away from me and smiled down at me.
"Actually, I think that you taste better without the cake." He smiled at me.
"Well that's good... but don't get used to it." I said to him with a playful glare.
"Are you guys done out here?" The girls asked as they came closer from the forest and went into the Diamond's house.
"Just about." I called after them, and let my hand slide down to Seth's which was planted firmly on my hip. I entwined them then started into the house again. I could hear voices coming from the living room, but they were angry.
As we walked in, everyone looked up at us while I stared at the vampire girl, who looked to be on the verge of insanity.
"Who are you?" Carlisle asked, rubbing a hand over his face.
"Someone that you should worry about." She said back to him.
"Why are you here?" He asked with an edge to his voice. The girl's eyes bored into my face and she raised a hand to point at me. But then her hand swung back and forth between Seth and me.
"Us?" I asked her slowly, and Seth wrapped an arm protectively around my front, and stepped in front of me a little. As if to push me out of the way if the girl was going to attack. I rolled my eyes at this, noting that Trace, Jasper and Emmett were all restraining the girl that was 3 times smaller than them.
"Why do you want them?" Carlisle asked the girl. She took a deep breath, and then sighed.
"I will say only one thing. And no more." She told us, and we all waited. "Their children are the carriers." She said these words while looking at Seth and me with something hidden behind her eyes. Could it be fear? But it didn't matter anymore because on the spot, the girl seemed to be writhing in pain.
"She's burning herself!" Edward yelled out and we all looked at the girl totally horrified. But the girl suddenly burst into flames, and started screeching. The flames grew higher, and I felt Seth push me backwards then land on top of me. I lost all of my breath with his weight and the screeching grew to the point where I thought my ears were going to start bleeding. I looked into Seth's worried face as I clasped my hands over my ears. He kissed my forehead once, and then there was a very loud exploding noise. I felt a strong wave of heat wash over me, and then it was quiet. Completely silent.
I took my hands off of my ears and Seth looked over his shoulder, as if to check if it was safe or not. He nodded once, and got up, then helped me up. I looked around the room. There were no burn marks anywhere, but on the ground in a small pile was a bit of ashes. I saw the other pack members and the girls come out of their hiding spots and the vampires came out of theirs as well.
"What the hell was that about?" I asked slowly as I looked at the pile.
"I don't know." Carlisle said in a sad voice.
"So what does that mean?" Gemma asked quietly.
"It means that we now have a problem on our hands." Alice said with a very distant expression. "The Volturi has been alerted. They are planning something..." She said with the same dazed expression on her face.
"Why? What are they planning Alice?" Esme asked with fear in her voice Alice's vision focused in, and her gaze immediately went to Seth and me.
"To kill them." She said in a bleak voice.
My heart froze mid-beat, and I felt dizzy and confused.
"Hey Bella? I guess I'm going to finally understand what you meant." I said to her in a faint voice, then my whole world went black around me. And the last thing I felt was Seth's warm arms catch me before I hit the ground.
ooooooh! so many questions! Who was that girll??? hmmm??? what did she mean!?!? Idk either... but we'll find out soon!!! haha... okay i gotta go eat strawberry shortcake.. mmm yummers! okay... please REVIEW! and i shall write more soon as well! Peace out all my homies! Oh, and gracias for all of the previous reviews, they made me very happy. =) Oky doky.... I'm gonna go for realz... toodles! =P -Mooch