PREVIOUSLY: He-Major-gently stroked my hair, and I sighed. "Izzy, I, uh, have something for you." I sat up and looked at him expectantly. He reached into his pocket, and pulled out a small pool of silver, and blue-grey.
He unfurled it, revealing a slender, barely there silver chain which supported a bluish-grey crystal that sparkled at every angle. My breath caught. "It's beautiful." I murmured. Major smiled, his eyes brightening, then turned bashful. "This was the color of my eyes when I was human. I looked for one to match yours, but none of the gems I could find quite matched yours. So, I guess I thought the next best thing was my color, and if you don't like it, I could take it back, but-" I cut him off. "Major, two things. One, you're rambling. Two, do not even think about taking it away." he smiled, and kissed me, hard. I smiled against his soft lips, and pulled away. Major rubbed my cheek with his callused fingers, and I leaned into his palm. I asked him to put the necklace on me, and he complied. I was content to lean against my boyfriend for a while.
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I loved spending time with Major, but it was times like these that made me feel so, so guilty. Everyone had secrets, and mine had slipped my mind since I'd been with the Cullen's. But it had come back in full force, and was bearing down heavily on my conscience. But no one could know, and the only reason Char and Pete knew was because they'd been with me when it had happened.
After a few hours, I kissed Major's cheek, and slid off the roof. I landed softly, and ran toward Port Angelus. Part of the reason I was going crazy was because I had regular sparring matches with Char and Pete, and the Cullen's were to passive for me, even Emmet. I could fight Major, but I don't control myself as much in a fight, and I didn't want to hurt him.
My goal for going into Port Angeles was to recreate the night when Edward saved me from the men. Except this time, I was saving myself. I wandered down the streets I had been on that night, waiting, wanting, for someone to target me. It didn't take long-soon, there were several men following me. I allowed them to herd me-they were copycats of the first men, I think-then turned to face them. "Hi, baby." one of the men said. I did my best to look super frightened. "You wanna be our little whore tonight?" I shook my head.
"Come on. At this point, you have two options. First, you can come with us, and be our chick at the place where we're staying. Two, we can get it on in this alley." I pretended to consider, then said, "Neither." "Sorry, I'm afraid that wasn't an option." the man, obviously the leader, said, and walked toward me. I darted away from his grab, and he chuckled. "Fast, huh? We like that." the men leered and nodded. He came for me again, and I shot a single hand out. He ran into my stone arm, and flipped on his back. "Look here, chick. Come with us now, if you want to live past tonight." one of the men said. "No." "Signing your own death warrant." the guy pretended to be disappointed, and I raised my eyebrows as he held up a gun, pointing it at me.
"Go ahead, shoot." I said tauntingly. "Thanks for permission." the guy snarled. He cocked it and squeezed the trigger. I felt the bullet hit me, directly over my dead heart, but it felt like I'd been touched by a feather. I laughed at his astonished expression. "More." I said. The guy shot, again and again, into the gun clicked empty. "Whoops. Out of bullets." "How are you not dead?" He screamed. "Trade secret." I replied. I put a finger through a hole in my shirt. "I doubt I'll kill you, even if you did ruin my clothes. You're not worth my time. But I'll tell you what I will do-I'll give you a personal escort over to the police station. Sound good with you?" I didn't wait for his answer, instead going over and slinging him over my shoulder, and picking up the other one as I exited the alley. I walked steadily along, and suddenly, I felt a touch on my lower back.
I ignored it, but the very faint pressure added, and moved down my butt. I peeked over my shoulder, seeing the guy with his hands down my pants. One hand gripped my butt, the other slid down, onto my inner thigh. Then, I felt another faint pressure on my shoulder, right where the guy's dick was located. I flung him down on the ground. "Oh no. you are not going to touch me like that, and you definitely wont be getting a boner from it. Got it?" he sneered. "You didn't stop me for a while there, honey." I got down in his face, and said, "I said I wouldn't kill you. However, I know how to stop. Just. Short." I bit off the last two words, and he rolled his eyes. His hand darted out, touching my boobs, and without thinking, I clamped down on his arm with my teeth.
He screamed and wrenched back. I stared at him, and sighed. "Great. Now I have to save your sorry ass life." I grabbed his arm, and pulled it toward me. I quickly sucked the venom out, and spat out the blood with a huge force of will. "What-what are you?" "Your worst nightmare." I said, then bit my lip to keep from smiling. The man cowered on the ground, and I picked him up, applying pressure on his skull, just enough for unconsciousness.
I ran, then, to the police station, and threw the men inside, then ran back to the Cullen's. I made sure no one could see me, and spied Major sitting in the recliner, his family scattered around, talking about something. I blew past them, and sat on Major's lap, then dropped my powers, so everyone could see me. Major's arms wrapped around my waist, and the family smiled at us. "Hello there, Izzy." Carlisle greeted. "Hi." I smiled, instantly at ease now that I was close to Major. Edward looked at me, pain in his eyes, though he tried desperately to hide it. Major lightly kissed my lips, then returned his gaze to the family. "Izzy, Alice has had a…rather troubling vision." he said in my ear, just loud enough for only me to hear.
"What about?" I whispered in his ear. He shivered a little, and I bit my lip, mentally going 'oops.' "Volturi." was all he said. Immediately, I shrank against his chest. Despite my hard attitude, the Volturi were the only thing in the world that really and truly terrified me. I knew they were real, and merciless. Any sane vampire was scared of them. Major held me tighter, and I relaxed again. "What are we going to do?" I asked the entire family. "We don't know yet. Her vision isn't solid-it looks like the Volturi will be here in Forks, but their surroundings are blurry." "Are her visions usually concrete?" "No, but what worries us is the problem of them being in Forks."
"Are there still werewolves here?" "Yes, the mutts are still here." Rosalie said. "Good. If Jake is still alive," Carlisle nodded, "I'll see if I can talk to him." "No, wait-" Alice said, then broke off. "Damn it. The entire future just went blank." "Oh. Sorry. Anyway, I'll be back." I attempted to lunge off Major's lap, and his long arms held me tighter. I didn't use my strength to burst out, only laughed and relaxed against him. "Come on, let me up." I pleaded. He pretended to consider, and shook his head, nose against my neck. I shivered a little, Major only noticing because he was holding me. I leapt up again, Major following me. He held me close, and I chuckled. "You know, jealousy doesn't exactly become you. But still, it's sweet." he kissed me hard, and let me go.
I smiled, and ran out the door. I drew my cloaking powers over me, and ran toward the La Push border. I hesitated just before I crossed, but lightly put a toe over the border. I glanced booth ways, pulled my powers into a tighter ball around me, and ran. My nose twitched, the smell of wet dog overpowering. I stopped, and sniffed again, sorting through the scents to find Jake's-I just knew which was his. I followed the scent, and soon arrived at Jake's old house. I hesitated, then swiftly and silently swung the door open. There was a female's human scent mixed with Jake's dog scent. I grimaced, and followed the smell to Jake and his female's room. Empty. I went back into the hall, considering where they might be. I knew the rest of the house was empty, and instead went to the woods. I closed my eyes, and listened. There it was-the softest sound of padded feet touching soft earth. I followed the sound, and soon arrived at a small clearing. In the clearing was a circle of twelve wolves. I walked up, silently, to a russet red wolf. Jacob Black. I lightly touched his head, and his eyes widened, and he snarled. Lowly, just in his ear, I said, "Jake. It's me. If I show myself, can you promise me I wont be attacked?" Jake's eyes widened even more, and he nodded.
I let myself be seen, but threw up a barrier, just to be sure of my safety. A snarl ripped itself from the throats of eleven werewolves, and I could practically hear them saying, "Vampire!" Jake phased, and I blinked. In the millisecond my eyes were closed, he pulled his shorts on. "Bella!" he cried happily. He reached out to hug me, but his hands ran into my barrier. His face fell, and I refused to let the look get to me. "Sorry, Jake. It's Izzy, anyway." "Izzy. I haven't seen you in a century and a half. What's been happening with you?" "I will tell you later, but I didn't come for casual chatting. Although, I do have to say that the Cullen's did not break the treaty. I met up with them two days ago, and haven't seen them otherwise since the last time. Some old friends of Majors changed me." "Major?" "Jasper." "Oh. What are you here for?" "The Volturi are coming."
"Volturi?" "You mean you haven't heard of the Volturi?" "Um, no?" "Oh my fucking god, how have you survived this long? The Volturi are the kings of vampires. Yes, kings. There are three-Aro, Marcus, and Caius. Aro is the head. The Volturi is the largest coven of vampires in the world." I didn't lie, necessarily, but I certainly wasn't going to tell him the truth about my secret. "But I thought you said there were three." "There are. Three leaders. There is also a guard. Many guards, actually, but no one knows their true numbers. There are also the wives, but no one ever sees them." "Wonderful. Just what we need. When are they coming, and why?" I hesitated. "I don't know. I wanted to know if you would help us when they come. Fight against them, if needed." "Yes, we will join you." "Perfect." I said, sighing in thanks.
Jake moved his hand, and the rest of the pack melted into the trees. "So, Izzy, what has been happening with you?" "You got a month?" Jake laughed, and took my hand. He lead me to the beach that had been our special place, and we sat on the skeleton of a tree, that was barely strong enough to support us. "So, what happened after Kaylee came?" Jake asked me. Kaylee was Jake's imprint. I shifted uncomfortably, and said, "How is Kaylee doing?" "She's four months pregnant, with our second." "Good for you two." I said. Jake furrowed his brow, and looked hard at me. "Are you still not over me imprinting?" he asked.
I snarled, and tackled him. "Look, Jake. I couldn't care less about your love life." "Izzy, get off of me!" "Then don't insinuate that I still somehow care about you." Jake froze, and stared at me. I got off him, and stared right back. After a moment, I said lowly, "Obviously, this was a mistake." I turned, struggling against the urge to run, and my hand was caught in a much hotter, much larger one. "Bella, I'm sorry." I shoved my hand forward in his grip, lashing out at his belly. My hand slammed into his abs, not as hard as I'd intended (he'd stopped my momentum somewhat), and then yanked my hand back just as fast in the same motion.
"My name is not Bella. Not anymore, Jake. And I'm sorry if it seems like I'm still hurt by you imprinting on someone other than me. I loved you, and I thought you loved me. Finding out your boyfriend has a true love that's not you can hurt, just a little." "I told you, Izzy, that it was completely out of my power." "Whatever, Jake. After you imprinted, I left Forks, as you know. I went to Michigan, and found Charlotte and Peter." "Charlotte and Peter?" "Major's-Jasper's-old coven, who hunts humans. Any way, I convinced them to change me-" "You got human hunting vampires to change you? You could've been killed!" "I'm not your responsibility anymore, Jake. It was my decision, and I don't care what you say, especially now. I met yet another guy who I thought loved me, but found his true mate in someone else." "Oh, Izzy."
"Stop it. I don't need your sympathy. Any way, I am now back in Forks, obviously." "I swear, Izzy, if I didn't know you before, I'd be afraid you'd kill me now." "I grew a spine, dude." I grimaced, and Jake smiled a little. "You're the leader of the pack now?" "Yes." "What happened to Sam?" "He left." "Ah." I added without thinking, "And now I know how Leah felt." Leah was a member of the pack, a female, who had been Sam's girlfriend, before Sam imprinted on Emily. Jake winced, and I shrugged. "Do you want go see Kaylee?" "Not particularly." "Come on. Please?" "I really should be getting back. Major's probably having a heart attack." "Why do you keep calling the leech-" I glared at him, lips peeling back from my teeth, and Jake coughed, "the vampire Major?" "I've lived with Char and Pete for the past century and a half. They only call him Major, not by his given name." "And why would Jasper be having a heart attack?" I gave him a look. "Why are you interested?" "Because I still consider you my best friend." "Major and I are dating." I said after a moment. Jake's face closed off, and I grinded my teeth. "So it's okay for you to find someone that's right for you, but I'm not even allowed to date?" "I didn't say anything, Izzy!" "No, but it was the look." "I'm very happy for you and Jasper." "Thanks." I said. "So, will you come see her?" "Maybe another time." "Alright. don't be a stranger, Izzy." I nodded, stood, and ran.
I crossed the border line, and ran to the Cullen's house. When I arrived, however, I was nearly bowled over with surprise.
Because, waiting for me there, was Charlotte and Pete.
When I skidded to a stop, the two turned to me, Charlotte's eyes soft and welcoming, Pete's revealing his happiness to see me, but there was also a fire in them. I knew that look-I was in deep shit.
How'd you like it? I know it was short, and I apologize. I was reading your reviews, and I wanted to incorporate one of my reviewers (000janedoe000)'s ideas into my story. I deleted like half the chapter to change it. Sorry. I'll make up for it soon, I promise. Love you all! Thanks for all the A-M-A-Z-I-N-G reviews.