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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Bella
I woke up in yet another different room. This room was bright, cheery, and full of color. But it still was an unfamiliar room. I sat up and felt my head start to spin.
I groaned and held my head in my hands. Where was I? What happened to my family?
Slowly my memories came back. I had been taken by Joham and I escaped him. The last thing I remember was a guy helping me. Was I still with him? Was this home?
I pushed the covers off myself and climbed off the bed. I went to the window and pushed the bright pink curtain out of my way.
I looked out the window and saw more forest, about twenty or so feet away was a small swamp. However, this forest didn't look like the one I had been running through this morning.
Or yesterday...What day was it?
"Oh, good, you're up."
I shut the curtain and turned around.
I didn't see anyone but I could hear the flapping of wings. It kind of sounded like my heartbeat but not quite.
"Over here."
I looked at the foot of the bed and found a small man floating above the white bedpost. My eyes widened as I rushed over to him.
"Whoa, what are you?"
"I'm a fairy," he said.
"They're real?" I asked, surprised.
"Very much so," he said, nodding. "I thought I'd put myself in this form so it would scare you less. I'm sure you're very confused about where you are."
I nodded, "Yes."
"You're in South Agartha," He said. "And I'm Antonio, by the way. I saved you earlier."
"I'm Bella," I told him. "It's nice to meet you." I held out my hand but then blushed. My hand was bigger. How was he going to shake it? He grinned and shook my pinky.
"Nice to meet you, Bella,"
"Do you...know what I am?"
"Oh, yes," he said. "It's not hard to guess."
"I know," I said, taking a seat on the bed. "If my heartbeat wasn't a giveaway, the symbol on my wrist is. That's how people have been identifying me."
"How many people have found out of your existence so far?" he asked, perching next to me.
"Only a handful of people," I said. "My half siblings, they're hybrids too, and a few other vampires but I trust them. Well, all except Hector and Joham."
"You have every right not to trust them," Antonio said. "They're scum. They only want one thing. Joham was stupid enough to believe that he may be able to make the hybrid child so he's been trying for years."
"You know them?"
"They're friends of a friend," Antonio explained. "I only hang out with them by accident on most occasions."
"I see." I said, fingering the clean nightgown that I had been changed into. "How long have I been here?"
"Seven hours," he said.
"And Christopher..."
"Is perfectly fine," Antonio promised, floating away from the bed. Before my very eyes, he transformed into the man that had saved me this morning. "I'll bring you too him."
I took his hand and he led me out of the bedroom.
"Now, Bella, I don't want you to be scared but there are other creatures in this house. They won't harm you, though. We all stand for the same thing in this household."
I nodded, "Okay."
"Some of the people you meet in a while will look frightening but don't let that fool you, alright?"
I nodded, slowly.
We finally made it to the bottom of the stairs. There were four people waiting for us. I instantly knew what Antonio said when he told me that some people might appear scary because there was a monster that had green skin, pointy ears, and even pointier teeth that stuck out of his mouth.
I bit back my scream and hid behind Antonio.
"Fear not, child," Antonio said. "Daniel is a gentle giant."
I watched the beast, Daniel, kneel before me and bow his head. "I'm at your service, Bella. I will bring you no harm."
I slowly stepped from behind Antonio's legs and examined Daniel more closely.
I hesitantly reached my hand out and touched the top of his head. It felt rough, almost like sandpaper.
"What are you?" I asked.
"I'm an Orc," he said as he slowly rose to his feet.
I looked up at him, still a bit wary of him because of his scary appearance. "I'm Bella. I'm a...well, you know."
"Yes, we do," Daniel said. "Welcome to Agartha."
"Thank you," I said.
My eyes wandered to the girl next to Daniel who was holding Christopher. She had long red hair, dark blue eyes, and a pale complexion. She reminded me of Alice with the way she was beaming and bouncing in place.
"I'm Amanda," she spoke. "I'm a mermaid."
"A mermaid?" I asked, shocked.
"Yep," she said.
"Wow," I said. "How can you be on land? I thought you could only be in the ocean. You know, like Ariel."
"Humans tend to get mythical creatures wrong," Amanda said, rolling her eyes. "I have a human form as well."
I nodded.
"And I'm Helen," A dark skinned woman with long brown hair and matching brown eyes stepped forward with a warm smile on her face. "It's nice to finally meet you, Bella. I've only heard about you for a thousand years."
I giggled, "Nice to meet you too."
"Are you thirsty, dear? Antonio told us that you fed that little one," she said, nodding to Chris.
"Yeah, I'm thirsty," I said, feeling the ache in my throat.
"Come with me," I took her hand and she led me to the kitchen. She then proceeded to type something into what appeared to be a fridge. When she opened it, a glass of blood was the only thing nestled inside it. "Here you are." She handed me the blood.
It felt warm, despite being in the fridge.
I gulped down the blood in one shot. I hadn't realized I was that thirsty. Helen, already anticipating that I would want more, got me another glass.
"I thought the fridge was empty," I said when she produced another glass.
"Oh, this here is an advanced fridge. It's much better than anything the humans have come up with. You simply type what you'd like in here and you've got it."
"That's neat," I told her as I took my time sipping my next glass of blood.
"We have a lot of neat stuff down here," Daniel appeared next to me, nearly making me jump in fright. "Sorry."
"It's okay," I said, eyeing him as I took another drink. "What other things do you make down here?" I asked.
"This," Daniel produced an Ipad. It looked exactly like the ones the humans had made only a couple years ago. I even had one at home.
"I have one of those."
"Ah, but ours are different," he tapped the screen and the Ipad came to life. He was right. It was completely different. Instead of staring down at the screen like you had to with normal tablets, his screen appeared right in front of him.
It was being projected. Humans had definitely not mastered that yet.
"Whoa," I abandoned my empty cup and went to get a closer look. "What does it do?"
"Anything and Everything," Daniel said. "Mines a bit advanced because I work for the Military. It has a list of every mythical creature that has ever existed, it shows criminal backgrounds, locations, it shows the weapons we've made, it shows plans for future weapons...the list is endless.
"Can I see it?"
He passed it to me and the screen appeared in front of my face.
"How do I search for someone?" I asked.
"Just say the name."
"Edward Cullen." I told it
"Edward Cullen. Born in Chicago on June 18th, 1901 to Elizabeth and Edward Masen. He was changed in 1918 after contracting the Spanish influenza. His creator is Carlisle Cullen. He has no known mate."
"Location?" I questioned.
The screen transformed into a map and the words 'searching' appeared above it. I waited patiently.
"Location unknown."
I frowned as did Daniel.
"That's never happened before," he took it from me. "I think the darn things broken."
"Who is Edward Cullen?" Helen asked.
"He's my best friend," I said. "He's out there with my family, looking for me."
"You're vampire family, I presume?" Antonio guessed.
"And my hybrid family," I told him. "They must be worried sick about me. I have to go to him." I ran toward the front door but Antonio grabbed me around the waist.
"You can't step outside down here, Bella," He said. "They'll know what you are right away."
"But..."
"I'll go," Amanda said. "And I'll bring them all to you, Okay, sweetie?"
"Thank you," I told her. "They'll be on an Island, at least I hope they are." I gave Amanda the coordinates to Isle Esme. "If they aren't there, they're searching for me."
"I'll find them," Amanda said, confidently.
"Thank you," I said, again.
She nodded and headed toward the door.
"Wait, Edward can read your mind so just show him the truth. It'll be easier." I told her.
"Got it," she said before disappearing outside.
"Are you sure we can trust them?" Daniel asked.
"Of course," I said without hesitation. "They only have my best interest in mind."
"If she trusts them, then so will we," Antonio said. "Not everyone is the same, Daniel."
"Just wait until you meet them," I said. "You'll see."
Daniel nodded.
"How about we get you dressed and play some games to pass the time?" Helen suggested. "It might be a little while until Amanda returns."
"I don't have anything else," I said.
"I've got some things," Helen took my hands and led me back to the room I woke up in.
She passed me a pair of jean shorts, a red top, and a pair of matching sandals before leaving me to change. I changed into the outfit and then met her back downstairs. She brushed through my tangled hair and put them in pigtails, she even added bows.
"Thank you," I said.
"You're welcome," she told me.
"Now, How about we play some games?" Antonio suggested.
"Sure! What kind of games?"
The games the people underground had would make Emmett pass out in excitement. They were virtual games. You were literally in the game! I know it sounds weird but it's actually very cool. The sunglasses I had on transformed Helen's home into a racetrack.
I actually felt like I was driving a car and racing Antonio and Daniel.
"I win, again!" I told them as I pulled of my glasses. "I'm just that good."
"Rematch," Daniel said.
Daniel was very competitive. He reminded me a lot of Emmett. Only he was more terrifying then Emmett ever could be.
"M..." I heard loud thumps. "Someone's coming," I said, suddenly.
Helen dashed to the window.
"The messengers," Helen said. "Quick hide her."
"Won't they be able to hear my heart?"
"Ogres don't have the best hearing," She explained. "Hide."
I rushed down the hall and dove into the first door on my left. Unfortunately, it wasn't a bedroom, it was the basement so I took a tumble down the stairs and landed flat on my back.
I stood up and dust the dirt of my shorts as I listened to them talk.
"Meeting at town hall in two hours," I heard a rough voice say. "It's mandatory."
"What's it about this time?"
"Hell if I know," The voice growled. "But I was told that everyone must attend."
"We'll be there." Helen said. "Thank you, Luis."
"No problem, Helen," he responded. "You have a nice day now."
"You too."
The heavy footfalls faded in the distance and I let out a breath.
"What are you doing in my room?" I heard someone hiss to my left.
I turned slowly only to come face to face with a...Oh, wow. He was clearly around my age but he was half human...and half spider. Yeah, you heard me right. His top half was human but his bottom half was all spider.
"I...uh...I was trying to hide."
"And you thought my room was the appropriate place?" he demanded, placing his hands on his hips.
"Be nice, Lio," Helen said, wrapping her arm around my shoulders. "She didn't know."
"Why are you so rude?" I asked, bluntly. "I didn't do anything to you."
"You nearly crushed me when you fell down the stairs."
"What? No I didn't. You weren't even down here." I argued.
"I was too."
"Bella, Lio here is a hybrid, like you. Only he's half spider, instead of half vampire. He has the ability to shrink himself so you wouldn't have heard or seen him."
"Oh, I'm sorry," I said. "I didn't know creatures like you existed."
"I'm not a creature, I'm a person," he snapped.
"I'm sorry, I didn't..."
"Sure you didn't." he walked away from us and I couldn't help but stare at his legs, all eight of them. "Will you stop staring at me like I'm some kind of freak?"
"Lio!" Helen growled.
"What? Mom, she's being rude too,"
"Apologize this instant, young man." Helen demanded.
Lio sighed, "I'm sorry."
"I am too," I said. "I didn't mean to fall on you or to even call you a creature."
"As long as it doesn't happen again, we can be friends," Lio held his hand out to me.
I smiled, "That'd be cool."
"Can she play with you now?" Helen asked. "Or do you still not want anything to do with her?"
Lio looked at me sheepishly, "Mom! Look, I'm sorry about that. I just know that we aren't supposed to be friendly with you. It's taught in school."
"Well, I taught you differently." Helen huffed.
"It's okay," I said. "I was told not to be friends with spiders too."
Lio laughed a bit, "I guess we're both breaking the rules, eh?"
"Yep."
I heard Christopher cry and Helen dashed upstairs, "Play nice." she called back.
"You act like I'm going to eat her," Lio rolled his eyes and walked over to his bed, which was actually just a spider web. "I promise I won't eat you."
"Thanks," I said, following him. "So, they really teach supernatural's not to be friendly with me?"
"Yeah," he said. "That's not everywhere though. Only in South Agartha. They want us to be trained to hate you so that when the time rises, they have more troops on their side."
"I see." I sighed. "Are you on the good side or the bad side?"
"I'm Neutral," Lio said. "I like humans but I'd love to be up on the surface. I want to see real rain, real snow...You know?"
I nodded, "I get your side, I really do but I can't satisfy both sides. One side will always hate the outcome."
But I knew I couldn't. Humans didn't know about the supernaturals and I'm sure if they did, they would freak out and try to start a war that they don't know is impossible to win.
"I don't think that's possible, either." Lio said as he popped something into his mouth.
"What are you eating?" I asked as I sniffed the air.
"Human," he said. "Want some?"
I grimaced as he produced a finger.
"No."
"More for me," he popped it into his mouth and I resisted the urge to throw up.
"That's gross."
"You drink human blood, what's so different?"
"I don't actually eat the parts," I said.
"That's what my people eat."
"Everyone down here?" I questioned.
"Not really," he said. "Only spider people like me need it to survive."
"I see." I tried to hide my grimace. "And you like people?"
"I'll have you know that I have human friends," Lio said. "Plus, the stuff I eat is only the dead humans. It's not like I snatch people off the street."
"Do some spider people do that?" I wondered.
"Yeah." he said as he finished eating. "Hey, do you want to play a game?"
"Like the video games upstairs?" I asked, excited.
"No, like tag or something," he said, sounding hopeful.
"Sure, how do you play?" I asked.
"You've never played tag?" he asked, surprised.
"Well, I'm only four months old," I said. "And I don't get out much so no."
"And I thought I was a loner," he shook his head and opened up one of his bedroom windows. "Come on."
"I can't go outside. They'll find me," I told him as I ducked away from the window.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot about that." He sighed. "We can always play in the house."
"Sure."
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