New chapter
Bella's point of view
I just watched as Syd started yelling at the vampire in front of us. It looked like she knows this vampire. We all just watched in shock. I could just barely make out what she is saying.
"What the hell, you were supposed to be with Austin!!" Syd screamed. So, she knows this vampire? Who is Austin?
"Well, he sent me to find you!!" The unknown vampire screamed back.
"Why would he need me?" She said quieter this time,
"He wants to see you." The vampire said quieter too.
"Why?" She asked in a hushed tone.
"He needs help with someone." He whispered.
"Who?" Syd asked.
"A women who claims to be with the Volturi." He stated.
"Jane, right?" Syd asked.
"Yes." He whispered.
"What does she want?" She asked.
"They need you," He whispered so low I almost missed it.
"Get Austin down here." Syd said as she finally took notice of the girl on the ground.
"Carlisle!" She shouted.
"Yes?" Carlisle asked while stepping in front of us.
"She needs help." She stated.
"Yes." Carlisle said as he knelt next to the girl on the ground. She had her eyes shut tight and her mouth closed, as she held down her lip. Her hands are clenched into fists. We watched, as Carlisle looked her over. We could see the bite on her neck.
"What the hell Jason!! Why did you bite her? She is a human!!! You don't hunt humans remember?!?!?" She screamed.
"Well she smelled too good and I haven't hunted in months!!" Jason screamed.
"Why?" Syd asked quieter again.
"The animals don't appeal to me." He stated simply.
"If you hunt humans, then you are dead to me, and to Austin!!! Do you know how hard we work to maintain our status? We have gone over 50 years without human blood, all of us!! Austin has trouble but he still has never had human blood!!! You need to control yourself!! What would Jesse think?" Syd asked.
"She would be disappointed." Jason said with his head down.
"Yes, and we don't disappoint her, ever! Do you know the consequences?" Syd whispered so we wouldn't hear, but we still did.
"Death." He stated as quietly as Syd.
"Yes, you can't hunt humans." Syd stated. We all just sat and watched in awe as Syd took control. She seems to know all these people. But I looked down to
Carlisle as he watched them, they are a good 20 feet away on the cliffs edge.
"Carlisle, can you save her?" Syd asked while staring at Jason.
"No, she is to far in the change." Carlisle stated. Syd just sighed and shot daggers at Jason.
"Please, don't tell Jesse." Jason begged.
"I won't, but you have to cover up, say you found her as a nomad for something, make her you mate, Jesse would never know the difference in your lies." Syd explained to Jason. "Edward what is her name?"
"Selina, her name is Selina." Edward stated.
"Remember that." Syd said to Jason. She finally looked at us and got a sheepish expression.
"Start from the begging." Edward said.
"Well, after I escaped the newborn wars, I found a nomad coven. This is Jason, he is part of it. There is my friend Austin, Jason, myself or at least there was me, and our leader Jesse. Jesse has very specific rules, and if we travel with her, we must abide by them. We cannot feed off humans, and if we do then we die, plain and simple. She maintains leader of the group seeing as though she is the oldest. She has gone over 589 years without human blood, and she has no desire to break it. I do not travel with them, so the rules don't apply to me, but I do try to stay strong to abide them, if I wish to return to her. She always welcomes me back with open arms, I was second in command. And now Austin has taken my rank, and still Jason is last, as of now, you will try to make up for what you did!" Syd explained. We all starred at her in awe. She is in such control with them.
"Will you be joining them?" Carlisle asked.
"I don't know." Syd said while looking down. She seemed ashamed and it only took me seconds to realize that she has had human blood recently. She must know that she broke the rules, and is ashamed.
"When is this Austin person coming?" Rosalie asked.
"I don't know." Syd stated.
"They can be here in a minute if you want." I said with a shrug, everyone just looked at me. "I can teleport."
"Bella come here." Syd stated. So, I walked over and she looked at Jason. I saw Jason put a hand on Syd's shoulder, and she got a focused look on her face, like she is talking to him. I opened my mind. I started hearing the conversation.
"Jason, it is done now. We need to think of something fast. I know if I say no to her she will know that something is up. Jesse will know you bit the human. We need to think of something and fast." Syd thought to Jason.
"I know." Jason said ashamed. I could see that Edward is listening to their thoughts. I just don't know how they are talking in their thoughts? I missed some of the conversation and looked back into her mind.
"I will say that I bit her. Jesse will be understanding of me, but she trained you. Well, she took special pride on you. She knew it didn't make a big impact on you. She trained you special. She knew she couldn't help me. If you say you did it she will be disappointed. She will accept it if I say I did it. So, I did it. This is what we will say to her, Got it?!" Syd thought.
"Got it, thank you. I know now what Austin saw in you." Jason joked.
"We are friends, that was only for a short time. It meant nothing. So what if we kissed a couple of times. I was lonely and so was he." Syd thought seriously.
"You did more than kiss." Jason laughed in his mind.
"You say nothing to no one. It is between Austin and I, not you or Jesse. And defiantly not them. They don't even know us. they won't accept us if they find out what we have done." Syd thought.
"So what, we killed a couple of vampires and we drank some humans. Bid deal! It is not like it was our fault. We were in war. We needed to do it!!!" Jason thought.
"We still did it, we could have not done it." Syd said. They stopped talking in their mind. It only took them a second or less to say all that so no one but Edward and I heard it. They grabbed my shoulder.
"Where are they?" Syd asked him.
"In the Amazon, in our cave." Jason showed me a picture in his mind and I teleported Syd and I to the Amazon. We appeared in a cave and I saw two golden eyes in the back of the cave.
"What do you need Austin?" She said with an annoyed expression.
"Jane has been looking for you, she need help with her newborns." Austin explained.
"Tell her to expect me tomorrow." Syd said. "Now, come here I need you two to come with me."
"Where?" The female I took as Jesse said.
"To America, you need to meet some people." Syd explained.
"Fine." Jesse said. She came over to use and they both put a hand on my shoulder. So I teleported them back. When we appeared everyone turned to us. I saw the two flinch and step back.
"Jesse, Austin, these are the covens I met, they are like us." Syd said with a smile, while looking at Jasper. No one seemed to notice, they all looked at Jesse, except Jasper. Jasper just looked at Syd.
"Hello." Austin and Jesse said. I saw Alice looking at Austin and a smile appeared on her face. I saw him checking her out. And I worked really hard to suppress a laugh.
"Hello, I'm Carlisle, this is my family. This is Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, Edward, Bella, Jessica, Angela, Mike, Ben, Jamie, Lindsay, Charlie, Emma, Lizzie, Esme, and Anna." Carlisle said formally.
"Hello, this is my coven, this is Austin, my second in command. This is Jason, as you know, this is Syd, and I am Jesse." Jesse said just as formally.
"It is nice to meet you. Would you like to come to our home, and we can discuss things." Carlisle asked.
"Of course." Jesse said.
I watched as Carlisle picked Selina up bridal style and took off as the others followed. I just stayed right behind the others, even though I could beat all of them. I watched as they all filled in. I saw Austin and Jesse take the two chairs, Carlisle, Esme, and Charlie took the couch, but Carlisle carefully put Selina up in my room. Anna, Mike, Ben, Angela, Jessica, Jamie, Lindsay, and Emmett sat at the kitchen table, and Rosalie sat on Emmett's lap. Syd and Jason sat in the middle of Jesse and Austin; they sat in front of the fireplace. Jasper stood behind the couch, and Alice sat next to Edward and I on the windowsill on the right. And lastly Emma and Lizzie sat on Edward and my laps. I finally took in the covens' appearances. Jesse has long straight brunette hair that goes down to her waist. She has the lightest golden eyes I have ever seen. She is about 5'4. She looks barely 20, let alone 24. Jason has long straight blonde hair to his chin that curls inward, and has a black shade with a slight red in his eyes, which is because of the human blood he recently drank. Lastly Austin has straight brunette hair to his chin, and dark golden eyes. He is about 5'9, the same height as Jason.
"There is a human here?" Jesse asked. "Do you think that is safe?"
"Yes, she is perfectly safe here, Bella made her scent completely invisible for us." Carlisle explained.
"Oh, convenient." Austin muttered.
"So, does your coven have any powers?" Emmett asked quickly.
"Yes we all do, Austin can control nature, and Syd can appear as a newborn, and we are still trying to experiment with it. The Volturi think that she may be able to turn newborns into older vampires. Like almost like she can eliminate the newborn years. It is only a theory. Jason's is very hard to explain. He has a couple, which I have never really encountered in all my years. He can see the future, but it is certain to happen, no ifs or buts. He can also see into the past to see why the outcome turned out that way. And the last is that he can manipulate the future, he can basically chose any outcome he wants. But he cannot choose the details in the decision. Like if he wanted to fight Austin, he can make sure he wins, but he can't see if either will come out alive, or hurt. Like that." Jesse explained.
"What about yourself?" Carlisle asked.
"I can manipulate powers, I can take them away, or I can use them myself, or if I choose I can turn them off temporarily." We all just stood stunned. So, her power is almost like mine?
"So, you can basically absorb powers?" I asked.
"Well, not entirely. I cannot make the powers better. And I cannot entirely take them. It is like I am splitting them in half. So, it works only half as good." She explained easily. I only nodded while everyone stood shocked. It is like sharing in a way.
"So, will the person whose powers you took only have half the effectiveness?" Carlisle asked.
"Yes, at first it will feel like a tickling, then for about a minute it will burn, then you will hardly notice it. My friends in the Amazon think that if I practice more that I will be able to make my powers better, but it is only a suggestion." Jesse explained.
"What powers do you have?" I asked.
"Well, I have Aro's power, of course that is my strongest power, since his power is very advanced, but he doesn't even know I took it." She laughed.
"How advanced is yours?" Edward asked.
"Well, I can see all memories, but I can't see many thoughts, like how Aro can see every thought you have ever thought, well I can only see about 60 years worth." She answered.
"What else?" Emmett asked.
"Well, I can teleport, turn invisible, and my favorite is to use all five elements." Jesse said excitingly.
"Five elements?" Rosalie asked,
"Yes, there are Earth, Fire, water, Wind, and Spirit. The spirit is very uncommon for anyone to have. Even some Wicca's and witches can't tap into the fifth element. It was one of my original gifts." She explained further.
"Wicca and witches?" Alice said with a skeptical smile.
"Yes, a lot of humans think it is smart to experiment in the dark arts. Although I have come across some natural witches, and each natural witch I have met was not practicing dark magic. They did white magic. When I traveled in the Amazon in my earlier years, I came across some interesting Wicca's, they taught me advanced spells, and they introduced me to a new goddess in which they call their leader. The goddess Nyx (I know that is from Marked but I can't stop reading those books, so I thought it would be cool to add it in.) They call themselves a new breed of vampire, and I learned to respect their views, and ended up worshiping their goddess for some time. And as I studied her I learned that she values all of earth's creatures as her children. Even our breed of vampires. Of course, I was her first vampire to worship her, and she has gifted me. She gave me the gift to control the elements, and which spirit is her. She is a leader that wants peace in this earth, and stands against violence, and I value that. And so to this day I still respect her as a great leader." Jesse said strongly.
"As we respect her too." Carlisle said with a smile. Jesse just nodded her head and sat there.
"How do you four speak in your heads?" Edward asked.
"We have such a strong bond that we have our minds linked. It was a subconscious thing. We didn't try to make it happen, but it happened and is convenient at times." Jesse explained.
"So, what about all of you?" Jason asked.
"Well, I can see the future." Alice said proudly.
"I can control emotions." Jasper said simply.
"I can read minds." Edward said simply.
"Well, I can absorb powers, from humans and vampires, it is like I can clone them. Ben can control the elements, Then Angela has a unique power, by touching someone she can talk to someone in their mind. Mike can turn invisible, and Jessica has two powers, she can stop time for any amount of time and by touching someone she can unfreeze them to, and can shape shift and can let anyone use her power while using it herself." I explained each power while pointing to the person who has it. I never really learned Lindsay's powers; I know that after the war that I ended, she was tired of fighting, so she came to live with us. She changed her name shortly after. I never really knew why she changed her name. It just kind of happened and I didn't question it. And Jamie was only the newborn I met in Italy, where the war was held. She was supposed to stay there, but she came with us, and now she is happier.
"I can levitate." Jamie said.
"I have mind control." Lindsay said easily.
"Interesting." Jason said simply.
"So, what's your story?" Jasper asked them. I saw Syd nod to Jason.
"Well, I was born on October 7, 1890. I was 17 when I was turned. I was walking home from the store, and I got attacked. I knew it was something dangerous, he had red eyes. He bit me and somehow he was attacked and he was pulled off me. I stayed quiet until I finished my change. I stayed hidden from society until I was ready to come out. I was forced into war not long after. I was second in command in a newborn army. I tried escaping but it was near impossible. I met Syd in the war, she was more trained, skilled, older, and able to handle herself better in the situation. She was determined to stay and win no matter what happened, she was able to kill with no mercy, or at least that is what she let on about, I saw her technique and she taught me everything she knew, She was a very…thorough fighter. She killed with no mercy, and I saw that, but she wanted to leave, she told me so, but she thought it was a bad idea. She thought if she killed all of the people that was a threat then it would end and she could leave. But it really caused her to fight more. Then, when her leader died she refused to leave, but I convinced her to leave, that is was best, and after that we escaped silently during the worst war in our time. We traveled for a while and later on we found Jesse, She let us join her coven. I have stayed with her since, but occasionally left when Jesse needed a job to be done. Syd left when I was on a…mission. We didn't think anything of it, she left a lot. She said she had to find someone. She knew this person was alive or something. So, we let her be. I don't think she ever found him. She said she missed him. She claimed she had to protect him. We always joked saying she lost the only property she had left in her human life. But that is what is was like. Like she a lost a valuable possession. She wanted it back, not for value but for love. We never saw her after that. And I just found her as you can see." Jason explained. We all knew who he was talking about, Syd ducked her head and looked embarrassed and broken. I saw Syd nod in Austin's direction and he looked happy. But it changed to sympathy and then to anger. I couldn't get a hold on their minds.
"I was born in 1739, and when I turned 17 I was changed. I was involved with a female vampire, and the Volturi found out about a human knowing about vampires, so they killed her and changed me, I stayed with them for a while. But I decided to travel; I was Jesse's first coven mate. So, now I travel with her as her second in command." Austin said. Austin's was a lot shorter than Jason's. But in a way Jason was explaining two stories at once.
"All I know is that I was turned at 24, and I was changed in 1389." Jesse admitted. We all looked at her sympathetically. I saw there was something she wasn't telling us. She has something shy about her, I could see it. I saw her lips move, but I couldn't make out what she is saying.
"What is with the human you brought here? She was changing." Austin asked.
"Well, I hadn't hunted and she was walking by when I was hunting, my instincts took over and I bit her. I stopped myself before she was about to die." Syd lied effortlessly. It seemed so natural, like it was the truth. I saw Jesse get a sympathetic look on her face, and nodded. I saw something change about her, like she was scared. I saw everyone looking at Syd knowing she was lying but they didn't say anything. Alice saw her expression change and she changed the subject.
"Will you be staying with us?" Alice asked hopefully.
"Um…sure. We would love to stay, as long as we are not imposing." Austin said.
"Of course not." Esme said happily.
"We would love to then," Jason said happily. "But we will be sharing a room."
"Sure, Mike go get a room ready." Jess said,
"Okay, first, we have to do something about these outfits, I mean. Tisk-tisk." Alice said with a laugh. I saw her running through shopping ideas. But I saw between every thought she was thinking of Austin. I could see in her mind that she saw something she liked in him, I think.
"Well it has been about 20 years since we shopped, we don't feel the need to be 'fashionable' as you young kids put it." Jesse said with a laugh.
"Okay we are going on an emergency shopping spree as soon as possible." Alice said while jumping up and down. I just laughed; at least she has a reason to shop.
"Alice, why don't you show them to their room." Jesse suggested.
"Sure." Alice said while jumping up and running to stand next to them, well mostly Austin. I just watched as his eyes sneakily looked over her body and he smiled. I noticed how Jasper was watching Syd, and was completely oblivious to the fact that Alice was leaving. He just watched Syd as she was watching her coven walk up the stairs. I laughed as Alice directed them up stairs, when she has only been up there once.
"I think Jasper made his choice." I whispered so only Edward could hear me. He nodded and watched Jasper stare at Syd. I laughed. Everyone split up and moved around the house and the back yard. I saw Syd walk out the back door and go to the poolside. She sighed and sat down. I saw Jasper walk out there too.
POV: Jasper
I saw Syd walk outside. I walked out after her at human speed. I kept replaying what Jason said in my head.
"I met Syd in the war, she was more trained, skilled, older, and able to handle herself better in the situation. She was determined to stay and win no matter what happened, she was able to kill with no mercy, or at least that is what she let on about, I saw her technique and she taught me everything she knew, She was a very…thorough fighter. She killed with no mercy."
I just wish I knew why she was so brutal in the war, and how she can be so confident and normal now. It is like she got over it so easily. But I can still see the fighter in her. Her eyes hold fear, hurt, and anger. She has a very mature feel to her, and she always has a little bit of happiness on her, but she has one prominent feature to her. She holds self-loathing. I know that is a permanent emotion. I could see it amplify when Jason described her. But even with hearing that, I can still say she is the same. She has the same smile. Her lips are slightly bigger than normal, but you have to look close to see it. Her eyes are still big, and her smile is still radiant. Even as a human no one could camper to her beauty, and now not even Rosalie can compare. I just see love in her features. I felt so bad that she had to go through everything she did, and she wasted her whole vampire life searching for me. Saying she needed to protect me. I feel like dirt. She could have found love if she wasn't trying to protect me.
"Syd?" I called. I realized this is the first time I called her Syd and not Ducky.
"Hi Jasper." She looked back at me. I felt her pain when she said my name.
"Can I sit with you, we need to talk?" I asked.
"Fine, but not here, let's go somewhere where there isn't a house full of nosy vampires listening to every word we say." Syd tried to laugh but it came out broken. I nodded and we took off into the forest.