BELLA
It has been 18,250 days since Edward left me in the forest. Despite his intentions of leaving me to live a normal, human life, I have had quite the run. You can do a lot in 50 years. I have traveled the world over with Jen. At first we were more mentor and student, but as I grew into my magic the dynamic changed to that of friends. Sure Jen can be kind of intense, but thanks to her I learned more about my magic in the last 50 years than most witches who have had their power for over a century.
The biggest change is that I am now a hunter. Okay, Jen and I hunt as a team. We also train new witches together. We hunt down the truly dark mythical beings that terrorize the humans and threaten to expose our existence to them. There are more things that go bump in the night than witches and vampires. No one gets the results that Jen and I do. The other hunters we cross paths with and the Council all say that we are the top hunters in the world. The key is probably that we enjoy our work. Our results ensure that mythical beings stay mythical to the humans. That is the way it should stay. It's the safest way for both the humans and mythical creatures as the humans can't seem to take the truth very well. Our anonymity is our greatest quality.
Sure, I still have a hole in my life that aches. That wound will never fully heal, but I have learned how to push the pain to where it is only throbbing in the background. At least I haven't seen him since that day in the forest. It would be way harder to function if I had to see him everyday, or even just occasionally.
"We don't have to do this particular hunt you know," Jen interrupts my musings.
"I will be fine, really. Besides the Council asked us to take care of it because 'we are the best' and no one else has the suicidal tendencies we have," I assure my friend.
Jen looks skeptical, but keeps any comments to herself. This hunt will drudge up some memories, so she has a valid concern. We are going up against the most irritating group to date. They are dangerous too, but the danger level does not even come close to how much they piss me off. We are going to go against the Volturi. They have been pushing their luck for awhile now. Oh sure, the Volturi claim that they keep the vampire population under hidden. However, their so called behind the scenes schemes are not subtle. The power displays are becoming more and more obvious to the general population. That is the main reason that they are going down.
Okay, I admit the Volturi have been a royal pain in the ass for a very long time. But recently the Elite Guard has been more blatant with their maneuvers. Several humans have died in rather contained locations. All of those locations are in cities. Humans may believe what they want to, but when presented with enough evidence they will pursue an answer. That was dangerous for all mythical business.
They should know better, and yet they still act out in the open. That means, now they are our problem. Lucky them. I almost hope that the Cullens are visiting when we take care of the matter. Not that I want them to get hurt, but I do want them to see what a mistake it was to decide that I was not worth their time and effort.
"I think we need to try a new method with this hunt," Jen interrupts my thoughts once more.
"What kind of method?" I want to know.
"Well, I know the Volturi and their Elite Guard annoy you. They piss me off too. I just think maybe since they toy with their own people, we should mess with them," she seems to be gauging my reactions.
"I'm in, what do you have in mind?" I can feel the wicked smile spread across my face.
"I want to pick them off one at a time at a time, starting with the Guard and ending with the three in charge," Jen is mirroring my expression.
"I like it. That way they know we are coming and that there is nothing that they can do to stop us," I like the idea more and more as I consider the possibilities.
"Exactly," Jen's smirk widens.
We iron out a general plan, along with a sizable number of contingency plans. We always have a plan, no matter what happens. There have been a few times we needed to come up with a plan on the spot. I mean, you can't plan for every single possibility. However we have learned that on the spot plans only work with a very few people as most people panic and become useless. I am slightly giddy about the fact that the vampire world will know that we can deal with the Volturi. The fact of the matter is that we can take the entire vampire world at once. But this way we can give them a taste of the fear that they love to inspire in others. Yeah, I am looking forward to this hunt, a lot. This hunt is going to be fun.
A/N: That's it for at least tonight. We'll see how things go later in the week. Let me know what you think please. I will upload more at a time if more reviews happen. That's just the way things are.