Disclaimers: I do NOT own The short second life of Bree Tanner, Eclipse or any other book written by Stephenie Meyer, this is just fanmade.
Chapter 7: A new special mystery
Months had passed and Diego and I were starting to fit in. At first it was strange to have this new family but we were appreciated by everyone. The first who welcomed us was Charlie Swan, Bella's father. The man clearly didn't know everything about our kind, I don't think he even knows what we are, but when he saw me playing with Nessie he welcomed us with kindness.
The next one was Sue, his soon to be wife. Bella had told me that after the divorce of her parents, her father never found new love. But when Harry Clearwater, Seth and Leah's father had died, the two found comfort in each other.
Seth already liked us from the start but his sister Leah was a different story. From time to time I heard her growl when we came to near her but she did that with the others too so I didn't mind.
Embry and Quil, the other members of Jacob's pack were two good friends of mine. Daily we used to run as fast as we could and I was faster than them, probably because I had gained a bit of their powers. I had earned a lot of money because of them and their bets which I always won of course. Edward told me that if I touched the other werewolves it wouldn't matter, I already had obtained a werewolf power.
We had to go to Sam, the leader of the other wolf pack too so he wouldn't see us as danger when we were running through the forest. He was surprised when Carlisle told him we weren't thirsty and he shook our hands. Jacob had been right, like he had gotten used to our ice cold skin I got used to their boiling hot skin.
One night we were at Seattle, it had been a while since we last were here and we decided to do some shopping because Alice had told us too. We could freely use their money and at first we refused. But Alice reassured us that there wasn't a problem at all. After all these centuries they had enough money to feed a whole country.
"I want to give you something but I want to keep it a surprise, so would you please stay here?" I nodded as Diego gave me a kiss on the forehead and walked into the mall. I wondered around the streets, he would find me as soon as he was ready, because of my scent, and even if he didn't he could always ask me telepathically.
I took a deep breath. It was strange to walk around town, with all those human scents of blood in the air and not wanting to kill them.
"Hey there beautiful."
I turned around and saw two drunk men walking towards me. I could feel the tension in the air, they wanted to hurt me. But they didn't know that they couldn't. I decided to not pay attention to them and walked away at a human pace. They came closer and I let them, what were they going to do?
One of them took me by my arm and a shiver ran down his spine. It was almost June, it was impossible for a human to be this cold, maybe if I had been standing in a snow storm then it would be possible.
"Where are you going?" The man was probably too drunk to see I was dangerous, my skin would've told him that, any other human would have backed away.
"None of your business." I took the man's hand and told myself to be very careful, I didn't want to break his arm. But of course, my slight touch had hurt the men, it was as if a human was pinching in his hand at full strength.
"What was that for?" he screamed and his partner gave me an evil glare.
"You're going to pay for this," he said.
-Bree, where are you?- Diego was out of the store and he was now looking for me, if he saw this two men he would get mad and I didn't think it was a good idea to kill these humans but I would learn them a lesson.
-Just wait in front of the store, I have to do something.-
He agreed and I looked at the two men in front of me.
"I am going to pay for what? Tell me, how many woman have you two hit on already in these dark alleys?" They could both see the danger now, they saw it in my pitch black eyes. I laughed and I ran as fast as I could to the other side of the alley.
"What the?"
"Looking for me?" The two men turned around and saw me standing there. In the blink of an eye I took one of them and dragged him out of the alley.
"If you ever do this again, to any other woman, I will find you."
The other scared man was now alone in the alley, screaming and running. Less than a second later I held him in a light grip, so I wouldn't break the man's ribs.
"I'm going to tell you the same as I told your friend. If you ever do this again, I'll find you and I'll personally kill you."
The man didn't respond and was struggling to get out of my grip.
"Now run," I whispered. Two seconds later I was already standing in another street, since I was faster than most vampires and werewolves due to my werewolf skills. Humans couldn't even see the blur when I disappeared, it was like I was at one place at first and then at another just in the blink of an eye.
-Bree? What's taking you so long?-
-I just had to make something clear, Diego.-
Twenty seconds later I sat next to him on the bench across the mall.
"So what did you buy?"
He was a bit nervous but his voice was calm. "I'll show you, one day."
"You know, I can always make you show me now." I took his neck in my hands and he smirked at me. "Now, tell me." He shook his head and I leaned closer, biting his neck a little and giving him a little kiss. "Fine then."
He laughed and pulled out the key of his car. Yes, his car. Edward had bought him exactly the same red Ferrari he had in the other world. After he stood up, I just sat down, I didn't want to miss this.
"Aren't you coming?" he asked.
"Go on."
-Bree?-
-Just wait and see.-
He gave me a questioning look and started to walk over to his car when suddenly a bunch of girls came out of the mall. They had noticed him and one of them walked up to him. She was a beautiful human, dark hair and deep brown eyes. I had sensed her excitement from in the store and I felt it was pointed towards him, she must've seen him shopping. When she came closer I recognized the girl, she had been following us almost all day long.
-Bree, come up here.- He was keeping his calm, unlocking his car and I could see a smile on the girl's face. She must've liked the car, she must've liked the fact that he was probably rich.
-No, this will be quit amusing,- I answered.
The girl finally stood next to Diego and she looked up into his dark eyes, starting to blush immediately.
"Uhm excuse me, I saw you in the mall and I was wondering if you would like to go out with me sometime." She had a nice voice too.
A part of me was mad, watching how the girl asked my boyfriend out, and now I was imprinted on him I had more difficulty to control it. But another part of me was amused to see the human. To me Diego was beautiful and I wondered what he would be to human eyes, probably even more beautiful.
"I'm sorry, I have a girlfriend," he said to the girl. I could feel jealousy hanging in the air.
"But she doesn't have to know about our date," she winked at him. This girl certainly had some nerve, but probably she was a cocky human, always getting what she wanted.
My mad part took over and I walked over to Diego.
"Honey, there you are!" I shouted when I was only a few meters from him. I gave him a quick peck on the cheek and turned to the girl in front of me.
The girls eyes widened and jealousy and disbelieve filled the air around me. "I guess I should go now," she shook her head and walked back to her friends.
"Serves her right, following you like a dog all day long," I murmured.
"I didn't mind," Diego said with a smirk on his face.
I rolled my eyes as he stepped into the car and took a seat behind the wheel. A cracking sound caught my attention when I opened the door. I turned my head towards one of the trees behind the bench we had been sitting on minutes ago.
"Bree?" Diego said with an unsure voice.
"Didn't you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
Another cracking sound caught my attention, I could feel disbelieve and fright filling the air.
"That."
Diego stepped out of the car again, he had heard the sound too.
"There's no one there Bree."
"There is, I can feel it. It's scared of us."
"Hey man! Are you going to leave!" We turned around and an impatient man was waving his arm at us, he wanted to take our parking spot.
I turned my head back to the bench and I could only feel annoyance of the man behind me and Diego. Who ever had been there was now gone.
"Hurry up will you!" The man was pushing his horn.
Diego walked to the door, smiled friendly at the man and told me to get into the car. As soon as we left the driver was already taking our place.
~
"What did you feel exactly?" Edward, Jasper and Alice were sitting in front of us. Bella was at Billy's home together with her father, Renesmee and Jacob. (A/N: For the people who don't know this, Billy is Jacob's father.)
"I felt disbelieve, as if it felt caught and was surprised by it and I also felt fear, to be unmasked. Someone was out there, and not by accident, it had a purpose," I answered.
"Can you see anything Alice?" Jasper asked while holding her hand. She was shifting through different images in her head and Edward was looking to. They didn't find anything.
"Maybe it was just a coincidence, you can't control your powers yet. Maybe you felt feelings from different persons at the same time," Edward said.
I shook my head, I was capable of feeling emotions now, just the visions were still a blur and I couldn't really look forward into time like Alice could, my visions just came by when someone touched me or I touched something. But she had assured me that I would be able to control them, after a few years.
"We both heard a sound, maybe it wasn't a coincidence, the person was there for us."
"Nothing," Alice murmured.
Jasper looked over to Edward, they were having another silent conversation. Edward frowned.
"What is it?" Diego asked.
"Jasper thinks that it may be the Volturi, but they don't have a vampire in the guard who can become invisible… Like you said, you didn't see anyone."
The Volturi? After all that Nessie had showed me and the stories I had heard from Carlisle and Edward I was scared of them. And of course, after they killed me, they would be surprised to see I was still alive.
I laid my head upon Diego's shoulder, hoping it would be something else.
~
A few days later in Volterra:
"Master." Gianna bowed before Aro.
"My loyal servant," he said rubbing his hands.
He put out his hand and she took it in hers. (A/N: Since there may be some people who don't know what I'm talking about, Aro has the ability to read every single thought someone ever had when touching them.)
After a few minutes he let go and she bowed again.
"Very strange indeed," the Volturi leader murmured.
He had seen the girl, jumping even higher than he had imagined, and she certainly wasn't Edward's child. Then he had seen her, crossing town with a boy, a vampire boy. Their eyes were pitch black and yet they didn't have the urge to kill the humans around them, they were shopping like any normal couple would've. When she was toying with the two humans he thought she would've killed them and drank their blood. But she didn't, she just treathened them and she was very fast, even too fast for his eyes to follow. Gianna had killed the humans after that, she had been thirsty. The bodies were now somewhere at the bay, he had learnt his servants how to clean their mess. When she saw the girl and the boy again somehow the girl had noticed she was there, she said she could feel it, that Gianna was scared of her.
"I don't know why my power didn't work, master."
"It seems that it has nothing to do with mindreading, young one. She could feel your emotions, like Jasper Cullen can…"
Aro got interrupted by Jane, walking inside. "Master, Heidi has brought a snack," she said while she bowed.
He smiled and put a hand on Jane's shoulder, she was pleased when her master did that, she wanted his approval, she wanted to be the best. Although she was competing with Demetri, he also had the urge to be so.
~
"Does any of you know these vampires?" Aro held a paper in his hand, it was a drawing of Bree and Diego. He had drawn it himself, after all these centuries, not to say millennia he was a great artist.
"Yes, she's dead," Felix answered.
"Since when?" Aro asked, scared that he maybe had lost a precious gift.
"A year ago, master."
"That isn't possible," Aro said. "Gianna saw her a few days ago in Seattle."
"Master, Felix is speaking the truth," Jane said. She put out her hand and bowed.
He could see Felix killing the girl and throwing her into the fire. They all watched until there was nothing left of the girl, she was dead indeed, or at least she should've been.
"Interesting," he murmured.
"Demetri, can you track her for me?"
A vampire with brown, short hair stepped forward and looked at the drawing. (A/N: I know, it doesn't fit with the books but it does with the movie and I think it's easier to give them the appearance of the movies.)
"Nothing sir, it's like she's shielded," he answered.
"Interessting, interesting…" Aro murmured. He loved mysteries, and this was a special one. He had never seen anyone raise from the death. What if this girl had a special power? He could use it perfectly. And what about the boy? Maybe he had a special ability too. This was one of the times he regretted Eleazar for leaving.
"Gianna, you can go back to Forks if you want too. And remember, if you do so, no hunting there, you might get some attention."
"Yes master," she bowed again and jealousy was in Jane's eyes. She wanted to be the best for her master, not this newborn who was gifted with a mental power that was probably as important as hers.
~
June 15th 2007:
A shiver ran down my spine when I stood looking at the open field. This was where I had died, where all of us had died, except for Diego.
-Bree, you don't have to think about that anymore.- Diego folded his arms around me and I rested my head upon one of his arms.
I was pressed against his chest with my back and we stood there for about an hour, just looking. So much had changed during the last year, Diego had lost his newborn powers for sure now and mine were gone too but you didn't notice because of my werewolf powers.
"Let's go back home," he whispered into my ear.
He took my hand and we started running towards the house until something stopped me. I could hear Jasper and Alice approaching us, they were going on a hunting trip but it wasn't them that had stopped me.
I could feel something, it was excitement, curiosity and a bit of thirst. It had been long since I felt thirst but it wasn't mine so it didn't really bother me.
Alice appeared through the trees and stopped to say something. Jasper showed up a second later and frowned, he felt what I felt too.
"Bree can you sense it?" he asked.
I nodded and we both turned around, surprised to see there was no one there.
"Something is out there," I said and when I took a step forward I could feel the fear filling the air.
Although I didn't hear it run, I could feel the feeling going away from us. (A/N: Invisible also means that no one is able to hear or smell your scent, else it would be pretty dumb 'cause any vampires can hear you when you come too close :p)
Jasper looked at me and I nodded, sprinting through the forest. I was getting closer, I could feel it because the fear was growing. I leaped into the air and I could feel that I hit something. As soon as I hit it, I saw I held a woman with long brown hair and red eyes in my arms. Jasper, Diego and Alice stood next to me two seconds later and Alice gasped.
"You're the secretary from the Volturi," she said.
