Please don't be mad at me, if your were confused before, I'm about to blow your mind... lol. I'm not Ms. Meyer, and all that...
Chapter Four
Major's POV
*Two Days Prior*
"Are you serious?" I asked Peter. He rarely ever called, but when he did, it was always for a good reason.
"Of course, you know I wouldn't joke around about something so serious." Peter is almost never serious, this is a first.
"How's Charlotte?" I asked conversationally. Peter always been so annoyingly cryptic, and this time was no different. He gave me the most information he could provide. And still all I got were two names, and address and an order, protect the girl. Oh Joy, this is not going to be fun.
"Char's fine, mostly she's worried about you, but otherwise she's as happy as ever." Peter's voice took on a new tone. He loved her, we all knew that. I couldn't help but feel... No, I can't. It's been a long time since I left the south, I'm not about to take a trip down memory lane. No way, no how.
Peter sighed. "I know you so well, stop stressing, everything will be fine, I know it."
"Is that your gift talking Peter?" I snapped at him. Peter had a way of knowing things, though he vehemently refused to believe that he was gifted in that aspect.
"Please, for me, just try not to fly off the handle, or do something girl, well she means something to me and Char, I cant explain it right now, but she's important to us..." He trailed off, pleading with me.
"Brother, you know as well as I do that I'll try my best, I can't make any promises. I didn't get to where I am today with kitten's and rainbows. It would be nice if you could possibly come visit, maybe help me out a little. I promise I'll make the rest of the Cullen's behave...?" I trailed off leaving the suggestion open.
"I can't now, Me and Char have a lot of work to do, I'll send Vicky up north, she could use a break."
My niece Victoria, well I guess that's the best offer I'm going to get.
"Send her and as many of the 'newbies' as she can stomach." I ordered, no longer talking to Peter as his brother, but as the Major, and as his superior.
"Will do Major, she's picked up some tricks since you last saw her. I'll send her and some of her pets up north, and please for the love of all that's holy, don't try to make her drink animal blood, she's volatile enough without curbing her appetite."
I'd been thinking of switching back to human blood anyway...
Bella's POV
Moving away from the compound was hard enough for me, but the reminders of my mother are everywhere in this house. When I was young she had painted all the cabinets in the kitchen yellow, in an attempt to bring more cheer to the house.
The plants growing in the garden, even after all this time, all my mothers precious flowers and herbs that she grew when she was here last are still here, alive, and thriving.
I miss my mom so much, nothing is the same without her.
Charlie, my Dad, doesn't seem to know how to interact with me, he always was a man of very few words, but he seems to be even more distant in some ways, I suspect that he never really got over my mom.
I feel so bad for him, in a lot of ways, this must be so hard on him, he's always lived alone, apart from the brief periods of time, about two weeks every summer, that I stayed with him, and for the year he was married to my mom.
I don't mind being alone, Charlie is always working anyway
Sometimes I just want to curl up in a ball and cry, I can't escape the memories of the night I met my sister, and the night I lost my mother.
*Flashback*
I laid in bed staring at my alarm clock trying desperately to fall asleep
2:36 the clocks glowing red letters glared back at me.
"What the - WHY?" I heard someone exclaim into the night. My heart began to speed up, thrumming along at its' own demented pace.
My body knew instantly what my mind did not yet comprehend. Someone is in my house, and my life is in danger.
With that realization, I became paralyzed with fear, and adrenaline began to course through my veins.
My panic and fear began to fill my thoughts, and I started to hyperventilate. "Thud, thud, thud..." Footsteps up the stairs filled me with dread.
"Come out, come out, where ever you are... I can smell your fear little one, you can't hide for long, I will find you..." A high pitched, child-like voice rang out.
The footsteps came closer, and I started to sob. "Aha, I told you I would find you!" The voice said, much softer, and much closer than she had been before.
My door creaked as she opened it. She was small and pale, but the two most astounding things about the woman were her fiery red hair and her bright red eyes.
She smiled widely, showing all her teeth. "I have searched for you for a very long time Isabella, why do you cower in fear princess?" She sneered.
She stalked toward me, crouched down like a cat, ready to pounce at any moment. I held out both my hands. palms facing her, swallowed down my fear, and spoke in a loud voice.
"Immobilous"
The woman froze.
"You little bitch!" She hissed through clenched teeth.
I decided rather than leaving, I would interrogate her first.
I reached out and grabbed her jaw. "Speak!" My voice rang with authority as I unfroze her face.
"Your name?" I asked.
"V-victoria" She whimpered lowly.
"Good, now why are you here?" I asked again, narrowing my eyes.
"Because my sire James was given the task to kill your family. He's an assassin." She tried vainly not to make eye contact.
I grabbed her jaw again and made her look into my eyes. "You WILL tell me everything that I need and want to know, and nothing but the truth! Am I clear?" I growled at her.
Her eyes widened as mine changed colors, I hated to influence people but this is an emergency, if an assassin is after me, I need to know everything.
"Yes, yes, of course, anything you say!" She shrieked, looking terrified, I tended to have that effect on people... but now's not the time to feel guilty.
"I will ask you questions, you will answer them, and If I have even a shadow of doubt that you're lying, you don't want to know what will happen..." I trailed off. She bit back a gasp, as my eyes changed color yet again. I could feel her fear, and that drove me on.
"How did you find me?" I asked, I pronounced each word carefully, hoping to scare her into answering with out lying.
"We have our ways..." she trailed off. I narrowed my eyes, eliciting a shrill whimper from her, if scaring her was my goal, I had most definitely succeeded in that aspect.
"Remember your agreement to answer truthfully?" I said patronizingly. She paled, and back tracked quickly.
"I... ummmm, James found out where you lived, he just sent me to collect you." She spoke with a slight tremor in her voice. I knew instinctively that she spoke the truth.
I sighed. What to do now... I needed no more information from her. I sighed again. This is actually kind of boring.
"Another question. What are you? I can't feel a life force from you, and your aura is so muddled, it's hard to get a read on your emotions. And your eyes are red..."
I was truly confused, but I wasn't going to let her know that.
She sighed. "I can't tell you." She replied in a small voice.
I gave her a pointed look. "Okay. Just know I'm telling the truth... I'm a vampire."
I shrugged. "That makes sense. Your strong. Anyone less would've died of fright by now. Tell me more about you?" I asked.
"I'm Victoria, as I said before. I was born in 1834 in Massachusetts, I was married in 1850, and turned in 1853. I was nineteen years old when James found me. I was mourning both the death of my first two children and the death of my husband..." She trailed off looking like she was going to cry.
My heart went out to this woman, Vampire or not, she felt pain, just the same as the rest of us.
"If I let you go will you try to escape or kill me? I would really like to talk to you like a civilized person." I asked carefully.
She took a deep breath. "Of course I'll speak with you. I promise not to try to hurt you. I will stay until its time for me to leave." She spoke with sincerity, I could feel it with every fiber of my being. There was no deception in her.
"Move" I placed my palm inches away from her face. She thawed out instantly. "Thank you" She whispered almost incoherently.
"Tell me more about Vampires please?"
"Sure, what do you want to know?" She asked with a guarded expression. I could feel in her emotions that she was being cautious. I decided to start with the obvious question. "Why are you so cautious, is there a reason you can't tell me more about you?"
She got a scared expression on her face. "The Volturi" She said. I knew that name. It was familiar, but why would I know that name? I wonder...
"They are kind of like our royal family. They are made up of the three brothers Aro, Marcus and Caius. They along with their guard make up a sort of vampire police force, if you will." She said the last part politely but with an ironic smile.
"Secrecy, is what the brother's value most, they enjoy the secrecy aspect of it. It's almost as if we are their secret weapon that the "enemy" don't know about." She smiled again.
"I think I understand... I take it James is not here?" I asked.
"He left." She said, looking down. I could feel her shame.
"Where are you going to go now?" I asked her.
"I have some relatives, Peter and Charlotte. I think I'll go there..." SHe trailed off, seeming unsure.
"Can I go with you? I have nowhere else to go. I have no family." I almost sobbed, but my grandma's words echoed in my mind, "Petrev's never cry..."
"Sure Darlin', I'm so sorry for hurting your family, I hope you understand I didn't want to. I have to follow orders... I'm so, so, so, sorry." She dry sobbed at the end.
"Aww Vicky." I wrapped my arms around her.
*End Flashback*
I need to call Vicky. This coven is huge. I could use her help. I miss my sister so much. I can't risk that Maria could find me. I already spent enough time in that Cunt's army, I won't go back, EVER.
I can survive on my own.
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