Full Sum: There is a prophecy that claims that a child of a human and a cold one will posses so many powers that it will cause uproar with mythical creatures. Most of those creatures want one thing; power and they'll stop at nothing to get it. But the Cullen's are unaware of that prophecy and when a pregnant Renee shows up at their home, asking them to take her child, they agree.
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Esme
So much had changed in these last few weeks. The biggest change was that we acquired a new family member. None of us had seen this coming, not even Alice, but it was a gift from God himself.
When Renee first came to us asking us to take her baby, my first thought was I was going to be a mother again. I adored each one of my adopted kids but ever since my little boy died all those years ago, I wanted to raise a child.
When Carlisle changed me, I knew that it wasn't a possibility. I could never carry a child myself. Of course, I had thought of adoption but I've never looked into it too much. Renee literally fell into our hands and gave me something that I've been praying for, for years.
Isabella was everything I could ever want and more.
She wasn't a normal child. She was a vampire and a human half species. The very first of her kind so things were very touch and go for us.
We learn a little each day. Like she can only drink human blood. We attempted to give her animal blood on day one but she spit it up and screamed louder. When we gave her human blood, she guzzled it down like there was no tomorrow.
We also tried formula but that didn't sit well with her either. She could sleep. She woke up every four hours to be fed or changed but other than that she was a very calm baby. She rarely cried. The only time she did was when someone wasn't paying attention to her or hand managed to upset her by not giving her the bottle fast enough.
Speaking of feeding...
I dashed into the kitchen to get her a bottle and then fed it to her. She had a satisfied look on her face as she gulped down the bottle.
She's been with us for three days now and each day was a blessing. I loved watching her, even if she was doing nothing.
Once she finished eating, I burped her and carried her back into the living room.
I was home alone today. Though the other didn't want to leave Bella, we had to get back to our everyday routine to avoid suspicion. Carlisle went back to the hospital and my older kids went back to school.
I'm sure everyone was counting down the time until they could finally come home and be able to see Bella again.
I nuzzled my face into her neck and Bella cooed.
I pulled back and looked in her beautiful brown eyes.
"Hi, sweetie," I said, trailing my finger down her soft cheek.
Bella watched me intently as I continued to talk to her.
I heard them approaching before they knocked on the door. With wide eyes, I set Bella in her bouncer and rushed to the door.
The Denali's were back in town.
I forgot about them. To be honest, I had no clue what I was supposed to say to them. Do I just tell them everything or do I lie? Although, how can I possibly lie when just seeing Bella would arouse their suspicion.
I decided to tell the truth. After all, they were family to us. They would never do anything that could potentially harm us and so I knew Bella's existence would be kept a secret, even if they didn't approve of her.
"Esme!" Tanya greeted. "It's so great to see you. How is everything?"
"Everything is great," I said, ushering them in. "How about you? How was London?"
"It was amazing," Kate said.
"It was alright," Carmen said. "But I prefer Alaska over it."
I nodded.
"What's the sound?" Elzear inquired, cocking his head to the side.
"That would be the newest addition to our family," Alice said, appearing at my side. "I had a vision."
I nodded.
"You added a human to the family?" Irina asked.
"No, it's not quite human," Kate frowned. "The heartbeat is too fast."
"Werewolf?"
"Bella is special," Alice said. "She's a hybrid. A cross between a vampire and a human,"
"Is that even possible?" Elzear asked with wide eyes.
Carmen, though. Her reaction scared me, and I wasn't scared easily. She stared at us with wide eyes while she rambled on in Spanish about the prophecy child being born.
"What prophecy?" I asked.
"That child is not to be welcomed with open arms," Carmen hissed. "She is going to destroy everything we've built in the last thousands of years."
"How do you know she's the prophecy child?" Edward asked, appearing with Bella in his arms.
Carmen hissed and stepped back.
"The child in the prophecy was said to be a girl," Carmen explained, examining Bella with her eyes. "She's also said to be the daughter of a powerful leader. In my country, all knew the legend of her. She will bring great destruction to earth."
"We'll stop her from doing anything of the sort," Alice said.
"You don't understand, Alice," Carmen said. "It's not her that will be causing this directly. It's the people who find out about her. The prophecy says that she will have powers, not just one power but they say she will inherit all powers. She will be unstoppable if she chooses to side with the dark, rather than the light."
"We don't know that Bella is the child that you speak of," Edward said.
"Who is her father?"
"Aro,"
"But that doesn't mean a thing. How do you know that Marcus or Caius aren't the ones who father the child?"
"May I see the child?" Carmen asked. "I won't hurt her, I promise."
Edward studied her intently for a moment before stepping forward and placed Bella into her arms.
"She's harmless," Kate cooed, touching Bella's cheek. "And oh so cute! What's her name?"
"Bella," Edward said.
"If they raised her right, the prophecy won't come true, right?" Irina asked. "They'll teach her to be good and so that's all she'll ever know."
"I don't worry about her," Carmen said. "Because you're right. If she's raised good, she won't side with the dark. The only problem is that if anyone were to find out about her, and word started to spread, wars would break out. Even before they saw her they'd start fighting for her. All mythical beings would expose themselves to humans but humans wouldn't have the time to react or try to run us out because they'll be either killed or forced underground."
"Good time to be a vampire, eh?" Tanya joked. "I've heard of this prophecy dozens of times and while it does say earth will go through dark days, it also says that peace will be restored."
"But it doesn't say when."
"It could be a week after the wars break out or it could be a hundred years," Carmen said. "Or it could be more,"
"We don't even know if Bella is the child," Alice said. "It could be someone else entirely and as long as we keep Bella a secret, no one will be the wiser and earth and all its people will continue to live as we do now."
"Even if it wasn't Bella, that day will come," Carmen said. "My people are sure of it. We prepared for centuries."
"She's right," Tanya said. "While visiting Zafrina, I heard rumors that hybrids had been spotted in the area. Whoever making them must know about the prophecy."
"You think there are more like her?"
"It's hard to know what to believe," Tanya said. "But Zafrina says she's even met a few of them. Up until now, I was under the assumption that all hybrids had to be boys."
That meant that Bella most likely was the child in Carmen's legends. If the only hybrids in existences were boys and the legend called for a girl...
I let my thoughts trail off as I stared at my newest daughter.
What did this mean for her? For us?
Would they find out about her? How long could we keep her a secret?
"Are you sure?" Alice asked. "No girls have been born up until now?"
"Like I said, I don't know much. You'd have to talk to Zafrina," Tanya said. "She'd know more about this than I do."
"Do you know anything else about hybrids?" I wondered.
"No. I honestly don't even believe they exist. I think it's just another wise tall of hers. You know how she gets," Tanya said with a roll of her eyes. "But any information is good, right?"
"At this point, yes," I sighed. "Now, we need information more than ever."
"We're behind you," Kate said. "We'll help protect this little one no matter what."
"Is that really a good idea?" Elzear asked. "We could be killed for the child."
"She's family now," Tanya said. "We protect family."
"I will protect her," Carmen vowed. "If we can keep her out of the hands of the evil than we can continue living in peace."
"Elzear?"
"Very well," he didn't seem to like the idea. "I will protect this little one."
My head was swimming with new information by the time the Denali's decided to head home for the night. It was also swimming with many unanswered questions and I knew the only way we might have any hope was if we talked to Zafrina. She clearly knew more about hybrids than we did and so talking to her was high up on my list of things to do.
When the rest of my family got home, we explained what happened and what we learned in detail. The others were just as astonished, and worried, as I was but we all agreed that we needed to talk to Zafrina to see what she knows.
"Do you...Do you think Aro knew about this?" Emmett asked after we finished explaining what Carmen had said about Bella.
"He wouldn't have given her up if he did," Jasper said. "He wants power more than anything. If he knew, we wouldn't have her."
"Unless Caius and Marcus wanted to get rid of her," Edward said. "Marcus and Caius are strict when it comes to rules but Aro likes to bend them. The number one rule is we can't expose ourselves to humans and if this prophecy is true, that would happen. Marcus and Caius aren't the nicest people but they wouldn't allow that."
"They'd kill her before she even had a chance," Alice finished.
"So, this was a plan?"
"We don't know that," Carlisle said. "In all my years that I stayed with them, I never once heard of the prophecy. Not even when we studied the Immortal children together."
"Still," Emmett said. "I do find something fishy about this. Something doesn't add up."
"Maybe he genuinely has a 'heart'," Rose said. "And he knew that Caius and Marcus wouldn't allow Bella to live because as far as their probably concerned, there has never been a hybrid like Bella."
"I saw that in Renee's thoughts," Edward said. "And I'm with Emmett. Even though Renee bought the lie he was giving her, I saw something more written on his face."
"But it doesn't make sense," Jasper said. "He wouldn't give her up."
"He would if that meant saving his ass," Emmett said. "Marcus and Caius could easily deal with him if they knew he was responsible for Bella. So, while she grows up and inherits her powers, he'll play the waiting game."
"That doesn't seem like him," Carlisle said. "I was with him for a long time. He's not as evil as everyone makes him out to be. In fact, he's nicer than his brothers."
"Whether Aro knows about the prophecy or not is not the problem. We just need to focus on Bella right now. We need to make sure she's hidden at all times and we need to make sure that she knows right from wrong so if the time ever came, she'd side with the good." I spoke up.
"Aro is a problem," Edward sighed. "If he knows about her, what's stopping him from passing along the secret that the prophetic child has been born?"
He had a point there.
"Still, Esme is right," Carlisle sided with me. "We just need to focus on Bella and hope that Aro really does want to keep his only child safe."
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