Chapter 18
Me: Hey guys, sorry I didn't post on Monday but I only got four reviews, considering almost 80 people read the chapter, that's not much
Fang: she's being harsh
Me: oh shut up you
Fang: psh fine
Me: okay, now for a small moment of seriousness
Fang: is seriousness a word?
Me: Fang! you ruined the mood
Fang: sorry
Me: anyway, guys if you could scour your bookshelves for me, your actual bookshelves; not FanFiction, and find the top one or two most popular publishers I would really appreciate it if you put the names in your reviews or PM them or even inbox them to me on Facebook I would be eternally grateful
Fang: She's halfway through her novel and she's pissy because she wont finish in time to be the youngest Australian novelist, before she had a year or so to finish now she has three months
Me: Dude, there is a girl at school younger than me who published, I'm just mad I now have two competitors
Fang: you are such a sore loser
Me: yes I am, thank you very much. Anyway, I do really want to at least look into publishing my books; I'm writing a trilogy, and yeah, sending me the names will give me a starting point
Fang: onto lighter matters, READ ON!
"How are we supposed to attack the army without killing her? Aro will skewer me if she's hurt." Dimitri demanded of Carlisle. We left the shack when Carlisle came to us with the leader of the Greenland coven, with questions of what happened to his phone.
"I don't know, but you forget we have to bet both Alec and Isabella out without them being harmed, it's not that much different to before" Carlisle tried to calm the raging guard, to no effect.
"We had to fight Alec before, he was never going to just come with us willingly, now we have to find a way to fight him and keep Isabella out of harm." Dimitri refused to back down, his anger at its peak.
"That's what Mavric was, and is, for; he can talk Alec out." Carlisle pointed out, cutting off any more arguments from Dimitri. Esme sat between my brother and I, one hand on my left knee and her other hand on Chris' right knee, trying to comfort us. Jasper was standing behind Carlisle, deep in thought as to what angles we could go from to ensure mother's and father's safety.
"What happens when he uses her for leverage, to get us to leave; we don't know who he is right now." Dimitri's eyes were almost glowing a deep red in anger, he loved mother like a sister and would go to the ends of the earth to protect her.
"We'll deal with it when the time comes, now quit your yapping, Isabella knows how to fight, you and Felix trained her, she will be fine and we will get Alec, now help me with the newborn battle plan." Jasper snapped. I don't think I had ever heard him say so much at any one time, then again, I haven't seen him in almost fifty years. Dimitri and Carlisle stood down and shuffled to the seats beside the coffee table where Jasper joined them and they worked on the battle plan.
"Well there goes that entertainment." I sighed to Chris, Esme left not long ago when Jasper stepped in, muttering something about the weather being horrible for gardening. Chris sighed as well and leaned on the wall.
"We're such a jinx for our parents; we're born and dad gets nabbed, we see mother and she gets taken, by dad" I laughed a little at Chris' horrible joke and resorted to my favourite pastime of annoying the crap out of my brother. I heightened all of his senses and messed with his ears, lowering them slowly then rapidly heightening them, making them pop. "Stop it" Chris didn't even bother looking up from the ground where he was making dirt tracks with his filthy shoe.
"I'm bored" Chris looked up at me quickly before he looked back down and his little anti-shield bubble expanded. I pulled in the fog quickly before the shield got to me and huffed. "What do you suggest I do? Esme won't let us even go near the foyer so I can't go outside and Emmett is hogging the TV; there's nothing else to do." I sunk into the sofa and sulked, I may be fifty in years but I am still physically and mentally sixteen years old.
"You can clean the house with Carmen." Eleazar offered when he came into the room. He sat next to me and shifted awkwardly.
"What was that?" Vampires don't shift. Ever. It just doesn't happen.
"Your abilities are like a kick in the face when you combine them, you can do so much with them it's a little worrisome." I looked down at Chris who had angled himself towards Eleazar.
"Fog that heightens senses and a bubble that dampens shields. Sure they're pretty useful together but they can't do much more than help us eavesdrop on people" I could hear the question in his words; what on earth are you talking about?
"I wasn't talking about those abilities" and then we were left with our scrunched eyebrows and high levels of confusion to ponder what he meant.
"Thanks for the activity!" I called after Eleazar. I was still bored as all hell but I at least had something to think about now. I knew Eleazar's ability was to sense abilities, even if they are dormant ones. We had never shown any sign of new abilities or any other kinds of abilities except for my fog and Chris' anti-shield. I gave up on working out Eleazar's little puzzle and decided I would corner him about it later, so it was off in search for entertainment I went. I found Carlisle engaged in a game of chess with Jasper and thought I would try and watch. Jasper was the master of the house in regards to chess; he was the ultimate strategist. Carlisle wasn't too bad but he wasn't the best either and it barely took Jasper three minutes to corner him into a checkmate.
"That's eight to three now isn't it?" Carlisle laughed.
"Mind if I but in?" Carlisle gave me his seat and I got to work planning my strategies. I moved my right centre pawn forward two spaces to start the game and Jasper moved his centre right pawn, keep in mind this is from my right and left. I moved my left knight to the space in line with my left rook. Jasper moved his right bishop three spaces in the left diagonal. I had never played Jasper before and didn't know his strategies, making this harder than I anticipated. I moved my centre left pawn forward one space, which jasper countered by moving his queen four spaces in the right diagonal. I was growing worried and in my haste I moved my right knight in line with my right bishop. Jasper moved his queen to take my second to centre right pawn, putting me into a checkmate.
"Nice try bud" Jasper was smirking; he knew he would win from the moment I stepped in the room. I shook his hand and shuffled over to Carlisle who was watching the game Jasper started with Tanya. "How badly did I do?" I asked quietly.
"That was the most general four move checkmate he knows, he could have done a three move win but he was going soft on you" Carlisle was smiling in silent laughter. I rolled my eyes and bid the inhabitants of the room farewell before searching for some entertainment that didn't injure my pride. I could see Eleazar talking to Anek and Dentri outside, the first and second in command of the Alaskans. Esme saw me from the kitchen and told me not to go outside, so I waited until she turned her back and walked out.
"Anek" I greeted the Alaskan.
"Half breed one" I wasn't sure is I was to be offended by his use of half breed or glad I was number one.
"Care for a rematch?" I pulled a knife out of my boot and spun it a few times. I thought considering I had lost a lot of my pride in the past two days, this was the easiest way to get some back; easier than rematching Jasper anyway.
"You're on pipsqueak." Let the games begin.
Me: hope you liked it XD
Fang: it took you all of three seconds to be in a better mood...
Me: leave me alone
Fang: fine, do your assignment yourself
Me: NO come back, I love you Fang D:
Fang: you have a month, you can get it done yourself anyway
Me: but I don't wanna D:
Fang: Oh well
Me: *sigh* whatever, bye guys, happy holidays for whoever is on holidays! haha
~ Vamp