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
"Stay inside," Mom said, sternly. "Keep the doors locked, don't answer the phone, Don't..."
"Mom," I groaned. "I know."
I didn't need to add that none of that would matter if any supernatural's found us.
"I've got it under control, Esme," Cassie said as she balanced Chris on her hip.
Mom smiled, "Okay. I know. I'm just being..."
"A mom," Cassie laughed. "I understand."
"We've got to go, Esme," Alice said. "They're getting closer."
Last night, Alice had a vision of nomads wandering into the area in search of my dad. Before they could get too close to the house, my family was going to meet them to see what they wanted.
Amy, Cassie, Chris, and I had to stay behind.
I tried to beg to go but they just wouldn't budge. I honestly didn't see what the big deal was. It's not as if I was a secret anymore.
"We've got it under control, Es," Amy promised.
Mom nodded and kissed me on the head, "Behave."
I rolled my eyes, "I always behave."
"Except for when you're at school," Mom reminded me.
"It wasn't my fault," I groaned. "Selena is a bully mom. She was picking on Anna and I couldn't just stand by and let that happen."
So, I may have gotten in trouble two more times since Monday. It wasn't my fault though, I swear. I don't like bullies and since Selena, a fifth grader I met on my first day, likes to do just that, I feel like I have to constantly put her in her place.
Unfortunately, this time around she was able to catch me off guard and shove me so I fell. It didn't hurt but it did make me angry.
So, I may have stood up at vampire speed and gave her a hard enough shove to send her flying back a couple of feet.
Thankfully, no one witnessed my powerful shove.
But Selena cried, like always, and ran to my teacher and Mrs. Keller believed her so I was sent home with a slip.
"We will continue this when I get back," Mom said, seriously. "You will be punished for hurting that poor girl."
"She deserved it," I grumbled under my breath.
"Alright, let's get this over with," Rose said. "We'll be back in an hour or two."
"Okay."
And then we were alone.
It wasn't often when the house was this empty. My family tended to smother me nowadays. It was kind of annoying. Okay, it was really annoying but I didn't say anything because I knew they only wanted to protect me.
"Yes, we're alone!" I cheered. "What should we do first?"
"Did you finish your homework?" Cassie asked.
"Duh," I laughed.
"Can we go outside?" Chris asked. "I want to play in the snow."
"Esme specifically said to stay inside," Amy said. "And so inside we shall remain."
I groaned, "But..."
"No buts."
Both Chris and I pouted.
"I have homework to do," Cassie said.
"And so do I," Amy said. "So, why don't you two go watch a movie in the living room, okay?"
"Okay," Chris readily agreed. "Can we watch Toy story 3, Bella?"
"Sure, why not," I said.
Chris and I raced into the front room and I popped the movie in. Chris's attention was instantly on the TV while mine was focused out the window.
It was nearly the end of January but we still had snow. I loved it. Winter was my favorite season, hands down. But unfortunately, I didn't go outside much because of my overprotective family.
As I stared at the falling snow, I couldn't help but pout. I really wanted to go outside.
I put my hand on Chris's shoulder and shook it. He frowned and looked over at me.
"What?"
"Want to play in my room?" I asked.
"But Toy Story is on," he said.
"We can watch it later," I said. "I want to have a tea party."
Chris groaned as I dragged him to the stairs.
"We'll be upstairs," I yelled as I flew up the steps.
"Okay," Cassie yelled back.
When I got to my bedroom, I threw my window open. Chris looked at me with a frown but it slowly turned into a smile as I gracefully leaped out the window.
Chris was next.
"Yay! We're outside," Chris yelled, excitedly. I was going to shush him but it was too late.
"Breaking rules, eh?" Amy stood on the deck with her hands on her hips.
"Run!" I yelled, grabbing Chris's hand.
Chris laughed as we flew through the forest, Amy hot on our trails.
"You are in so much trouble when I catch you."
I laughed and changed directions.
"Chris this way," Chris changed directions and ran after me.
"Okay, guys, this is too far," Amy called to us. "Turn around."
I sighed and slowed down to a human jog.
"Why'd you stop?" Chris asked.
"She's right this is too far," I told him.
"Esme is going to have a panic attack if she knew you went outside without her home." Amy said. "You know that."
"But the house is sooo boring," I whined. "I've been locked in the house since Aro sent that necklace to me."
The only place I was allowed to go was School and that was it. My mom was worried that Aro might try to snatch me now that he knew I was the one.
I knew that Aro didn't need me.
Sure, He'd like to have me but his brothers wouldn't allow that and since he doesn't want to be ripped to shreds himself for unleashing a hybrid, he'd leave me alone.
"I know, bells," Amy sighed as we made our way back to the house. "And I wish I could help but you're going to be grounded."
"What? Why?"
"For pushing that girl at school," Amy said as we got back inside. "You could've seriously hurt her."
I groaned. "She pushed me first."
"But you can do serious damage to her," Amy said again.
"Yeah, well she deserves it,"
"Who deserves what?" Cassie asks.
"Selena deserves to have some serious damage done to her," I said, stubbornly.
"She's human, Bella," Amy said. "You've sworn to protect her."
"I know," I sighed.
I knew I was just mad about what happened earlier this morning and so I was saying things I didn't mean.
"It's just frustrating."
"You only have to be with her a little while longer," Cassie said. "We're leaving for Washington in a couple months."
Washington would be my newest home in about three months. We would be moving to a small town named after silverware. It was called Forks, Washington and just so happened to be the rainiest place in the United States.
My family lived there once but that was a long time ago so we'd be okay to go back. I was excited, too. Edward says there are real werewolves roaming around on the reservation.
I was hoping to meet one but Edward also said that I wasn't allowed on the reservation because I was a cold one.
We'll see how long that rule stays in effect. Since I was half-human maybe the wolves would be more accepting of me.
"I'll try to let it go," I told Amy.
"Good," she said. "Now go to your room. You're grounded until the rents get home."
"But..."
"You broke the rules," Amy said. "So march your cute butt up those stairs."
I grumbled how unfair she was being before I trudged up to my bedroom.
My room wasn't the worst place to be but I didn't like wasting a hole day away in my bedroom.
"This is unfair," I said loud enough for Amy to hear before I threw myself on my bed. The bed skidded back a bit and slammed into the wall, sending dust scattering around me.
"Don't break anything." Amy warned.
"I won't." I hopped up from my bed and pulled it out of the wall. I grimaced. Mom isn't going to be happy about this. My bed had managed to make a nice imprint in the wall.
This time, instead of throwing myself onto my bed with force, I gingerly sat down before laying back.
The house started to shake just as my back touched the mattress.
"Bella!" Amy yelled.
"It's not me." I called back as the house continued to shake.
The house continued to rattle as I tried to get out of my bedroom.
"What's going on?" Chris cried as he hid under Edward's piano.
"Chris, get out from under there," I grabbed his hand and hauled him to his feet.
"I think we're experiencing an earthquake," Cassie yelled over the shattering glass.
"It's not an earthquake," Amy said, stunned.
"What is it?" I asked as I passed Chris to Cassie.
"A Giant," she sputtered.
"What?"
I joined Amy at the backdoor and my eyes widened as I took in two very big feet that had planted themselves in our backyard.
"Wow," I looked up but I couldn't see the giant's face.
"The humans are going to freak if they see this," Amy said as I stepped out onto the back porch. "Bella, get back in here."
"Hello?" I asked, ignoring her.
The giant looked down at me before dropping to its knee in front of me. I barely managed to stay upright as the ground shook violently.
"Hi," the giant bellowed.
The giants breath knocked me on my back. And that's not because it smelled. It's because it had the force of a strong wind.
A giant hand reached out and plucked me up by my vest before setting me back on my feet.
"Sorry."
"It's okay," I laughed.
"Warren!" I heard a very familiar voice yell. "I told you to wait for me." Amanda huffed as she stared up at the giant. "You could've freaked them out."
"Amanda!"
"Hi, Bella," Amanda said, smiling. "Wow, you've grown quite a bit since I last saw you."
"About six inches," I boasted.
"Wow." Amanda said, impressed. "Hi, Chris! Remember me?"
"A little," he said.
"Well, I'll have to change that," she said. "I'll be around a lot more often."
"Cool," Chris said, shyly.
"So, where's the rest of the family?"
"Alice had a vision of nomads wandering into the area," Cassie explained. "So, they wanted to meet with them away from the house."
"I see," Amanda frowned.
"What?" Amy asked.
"I'm just hoping that no one from south Agartha found you yet," Amanda said, worried.
"Are things bad down there?"
"That would be an understatement, little one." Amanda sighed. "Haven't you heard of the several vicious attack in Rio de Janeiro?"
"No,"
"The creatures are getting careless," Amanda said. "Just yesterday they brought down four humans who they thought helped you. Those poor humans didn't know a thing but they were..." she trailed off.
"They killed them."
"Yes," Amanda sighed.
"I can't believe I don't have my powers yet! I'm supposed to protect these people and I can't."
"Hey, don't beat yourself up," Amy said, wrapping her arm around me.
"I can't help it," I said. "I should be able to help but I can't."
"You will, in time," Amanda said. "The best you can do is hide for now."
"But if I continue to hide, more humans will be slaughtered."
"We can't save everyone," Warren, the giant, boomed. "There will be causalities in this war."
"How are things under...uh, what do you call the world under the united states?"
"Either North Agartha or Nearon," Amanda says. "Things in Nearon are much better than South Agartha. The mayor is weeding out the haters as we speak."
"My haters or humanities haters?"
"Both," Warren bellowed.
"Can I go down there yet?"
"Not yet," Amanda said. "In a couple months, maybe."
I pouted.
"No pouting," Amanda laughed. "You'll be able to go down eventually. It's just not safe right now. There are so many liars hiding amongst the good still. We need time,"
"Okay," I said. "But do you promise to tell me when it's safe?"
"I promise." she said. "And mermaids don't go back on their promises."
"I'm going to hold you to that."
We sat outside for a very long time. I would've invited Amanda and Warren into the house but since Warren would not fit, only Amanda would be able to come in.
"Hey, warren,"
"Yes." he asked, leaning his face closer.
"Why can't you shrink?" I asked. "A lot of the mythicals I met can shrink to smaller sizes."
"I'm a guardian of the forest," he said. "I take the form of a tree when I'm not needed, so I stay tall."
"Don't people notice a tree as big as you?" I asked.
"I hid in the deepest parts of Alaska, parts where humans don't dwell," he said.
"Oh, that makes sense."
"Hey, warren," Chris called.
"Yes?"
"Can you pick me up? I wanna see what you see," Chris said, bouncing excitedly.
"Ooh, me too," I begged.
"Sure." He held out his palm, which was easily the size of our deck, and we climbed on.
Chris and I squealed as Warren stood to his full height.
"Whoa," Chris gasped as we took in the view from Warren's height.
We could see everything from up here. It was amazing.
"It's beautiful," I breathed out.
"Yes, it is," Warren agreed. "I never tire of this sight."
"It's easy to see why." I smiled, brightly. I turned my head to look at Chris but noticed him walking up Warren's arm. "Chris! What are you doing?"
"I want to get a better view."
"You can't just climb on someone without permission," I said. "It's rude."
"It's alright," Warren chuckled. Warren plucked Chris up and placed him on top of his head.
"Awesome! This is a cooler view, Bella," Chris said.
"I'm good here," I said. "Just hold on. I don't want to explain to mom why you suddenly became a Chris pancake."
He laughed but grasped Warren's dark raven hair in his little hands.
I enjoyed the view from Warren's height a little longer before I heard our family approaching.
"Mom!" I yelled, excitedly as I jumped on Warren's hand.
The moment they noticed me, I could see panic on all their faces.
"No, its okay, he's friendly," I assured them. "His name's warren!"
"You have a big coven," Warren said. "All vampires?"
"A few of them are hybrids, like me," I said. "They're all very friendly though. They believe in helping humans."
Warren nodded and lowered Chris and I until we were hovering just a few feet from the deck.
"Hi, Momma," I said, happily. "Isn't he amazing? He's a giant."
"We can see that," Mom laughed. "Nice to meet you, Warren."
"The pleasure is all mine, ma'am," Warren said, bowing his head.
Chris didn't have a good hold on Warren's hair so he fell forward. Thanks to my quick thinking, I jumped and grabbed him before he could fall to the ground. It wouldn't hurt us but I didn't want to be mean and just let him fall.
"Thank you, Bella."
"No problem."
"My apologies," Warren said. "I forgot the little guy was on my head."
"It's okay."
"So, what did the nomads want?" I asked as I placed Chris on his feet.
"They just wanted to talk about our lifestyle," Edward explained. "Emmett and Rose went with Dad and the others to the Denali house."
"Do you know if they're good, yet?"
"I didn't hear anything about you in their thoughts," Edward said. "So either they're clueless or they're very good hiders,"
"They're probably clueless," I said.
"Probably," Edward chuckled.
"I should probably head back," Amanda said. "I'll drop by again tomorrow."
"Promise?"
"I promise." Amanda said, smiling. "Warren here is going to be staying, just to watch over things."
I watched Warren back up a couple feet before he knelt down and in his place rose a tree.
"Since things are up in the air, I don't want any supernatural's sneaking up on you. Warren will catch them,"
"Thank you," Esme said.
"No problem."
Amanda smiled at us one last time before she disappeared into the forest.
"Mom, Giants are insanely awesome," I said as we walked back into the house. "They have an amazing view of everything."
"I bet they do," Mom laughed. "Did you break the windows?"
"Um, no, Warren did but on accident." I bit my lip. "I did however, put a small indentation in the wall in my room."
"How did this happen?" Mom asked as she planted her hands on her hips.
"I threw myself back on my bed." I said. "It was an accident."
"Mhm," Amy said. "She was mad because I brought her back inside."
"Back inside?"
"Mom, it's boring in the house," I whined. "I just wanted to play in the snow for a little bit. You wouldn't have even known so...Chris and I jumped out my window."
"And..." Amy urged.
"And we ran when Amy came outside." I admitted, looking down at my boots. "But she gave me a grounding already so it's all good."
"A grounding that didn't come through because we got visitors,"
I looked up at my mom and gave her my best pout. It worked on everyone in my family and so I was hoping it would get me out of trouble. "I'm sorry, momma. I won't do it again, I promise."
Mom sighed, "Do you promise?"
"I promise," I said, trying to hide my triumphant smile.
"I believe you," she said. "But no TV for a week,"
"Fair enough."
"Speaking of TV's, Amanda mentioned something about attacks in Rio. I think we should see if it's escalated anymore."
The 'grown ups' went into the front room to check the news while Chris and I stayed in the dining room.
Chris was yawning and could barely keep his eyes open.
"I guess we have to go to bed."
"I'm not tired," he yawned.
"Yes, you are," Rose said, scooping him up. "Bedtime for both of you,"
"Ed..." he was by my side holding his hand out before I had finished calling his name.
I smiled and took his hand.
He led me upstairs and promised he'd be in to read me a story after Rose got me into my pajamas.
After I changed into my pink pajamas, I climbed into bed. Rose gave me a kiss on the head before wishing me a goodnight and going back downstairs.
Edward came in a few moments later.
"What would you like me to read tonight?" he asked.
"This," I pulled the tablet Antonio I had given me out. "I believe we were in the F's."
Edward laughed and took the tablet. "Why do you want to look at all the creepy creatures before bed?"
"They aren't that creepy," I said. "Okay, some of them are that creepy but I want to be prepared."
Edward sighed and turned the tablet on. "You did know why we keep you in the house so much, right?" he asked, looking up from the tablet.
"For my safety," I said.
"Exactly," he said. "We don't want anyone to hurt you."
"I'm invincible, Edward." I said, showing him my birthmark. "This mark says so."
"But if Aro were around here..."
"You'd hear him,"
"Not necessarily," Edward said. "If James is still on his side, or if Hector decides to help out."
"You and I both know that Hector wouldn't help," I said. "He wants power and he sure won't get it with the Volturi breathing down his neck."
"You know what they say," Edward said. "Keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer."
"Do you think he'd do that?" I asked, frowning.
"Anything is possible," Edward sighed.
"The total number of people reported missing in Rio de Janeiro has rocketed up to twenty," I heard from downstairs. "Most of them were tourist but a few locals have been reported missing. There have been no signs of a struggle, no blood, nothing. It's like they just vanished in thin air."
I shuttered, "I wish I could help."
"You're helping by staying hidden," Edward said.
"Just wait until I get my powers," I said, sleepily. "Imma show all the bad that I don't like humans being messed with."
Edward laughed and reached over to turn my lamp off.
"I like your attitude,"
I smiled as I closed my eyes.
"I don't think you'll need a book tonight," Edward said, setting the tablet down. "Sweet dreams, Bella."
"Night, Edward."
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