Chapter Thirteen: Past

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Bella's POV:

I haven't seen Darien and his family for a couple of years but when he did visit, it was usually when Marie did. I would watch Marie and Darien wrestle and they were evenly matched. I sat on the sidelines and played referee because they sometimes got carried away and play dirty. I sort of reminded me of when Esme said the guys tended to cheat so she had to referee. I was excited to see Darien and Vera and maybe even see Marie wrestle with her brother.

Edward put me down in the kitchen where breakfast was already made. I could hear laughter and conversation coming from the living room. I gathered the food I wanted and Edward and I went to the living room. We sat on the floor in front of the coffee table so that I had a table to put my plate on. I didn't notice that Darien wasn't in any of the seats when I sat down, so when he grabbed me from behind and lifted me up. I squealed loudly as my family laughed. As soon as he set me on my feet and let me go, I turned around to face him. Darien had his arms out wide, expecting me to hug him.

"Are you expecting me to hug you after that?" I asked him with my hands on my hips.

"Well, yeah, come on, Bella," Darien whined.

"No," I said as I walked over to where Vera and Henry were sitting. "I think I'd rather hug them."

Vera and Henry jumped up and rushed to hug me.

"It's wonderful that you know everything, dear cousin," Vera told me as she pulled away from me, holding my shoulders. "The family has been worried sick about you but don't worry, we'll fine away to get your memory back and powers," Vera said in a promising voice as she held my face.

She kissed both my cheeks and pulled me back into a hug.

"Yeah, we'll get it back alright…as soon as I kill Maria. That bitch will not get away with what she did. That is the lowest and darkest black magic ever. She will die and I'll be the one to kill her," Marie growled standing up.

Marie was ticked off. Everyone watched as she stood and walked behind the couch Jasper and Alice were sitting in. Their eyes followed her movement but I couldn't so well; she seemed to moving faster than a human pace. Occasionally, she would look over at Alice and Jasper and a strange sadness came over her. Edward seemed surprised by her thoughts as she gazed at Alice and Jasper. Marie seemed to get angrier as she paced the floor.

"Marie, don't you dare. I've already seen how that plan will end and you die," Alice told her sadly.

"I can't let that monster live after what she has done to my family and friends. I won't allow her to live another moment," Marie screamed as tears began to fall down her face.

Vera gazed at her worriedly as she crumpled to the floor and began to cry behind the couch. Jasper stood and walked around the couch. I watched him bend over and lift Marie cradled in his arms. He sat her between him and Alice. I've never seen Marie like this, torn like this. She looked so vulnerable and crumpled. It scared me to see her tough exterior fall apart before me. Even Darien became worried.

"Everything will be fine. We will find a way to kill her, just let us help you," Alice said, comforting her.

"There's a reason I want to just do it," Marie told her. "I didn't want to talk about this with all that's going on with the whole crazed vampire hunting Bella but I need to, I guess," Marie continued.

"What is it?" Alice asked.

"I have a very long past. When I say that Maria has caused trouble with my family and friends, I was speaking of Bella, Charlotte, my little sister, Peter, and my best friend who was like another brother to me," Marie began to tell us. "I lived in Texas in the 1860's for a little because Charlotte lived there. I found that I loved it there; the people were very hospitable. I had made a few friends, but none of them I had gotten as close to as I did with the Whitlock's."

That threw me off guard. She had quite a past, but how much of it was I apart of that I don't remember? I noticed how Jasper seemed to freeze and take Alice by surprise as well. The family drew nearer to Marie to listen to her story.

"I was looking for a little peace in my chaotic life. Bella and I had gone our separate ways for a little and I came to visit my sister while Bella went to see Renee. While I was in Texas, my niece Lynda was there while Charlotte was in Georgia. So Lynda and I went to Houston to stay for a little while. I didn't know I would become friends with the most popular family in town; the Whitlock's. Lynda and I soon met the family and I became great friends with Jasper and his brother, Jonathan. Over a couple of years, I was part of the family and had a new brother. But the war had started and when Jasper came to me wanting my help to join the war. I wouldn't help him; I've seen what war could do to people and with weapons becoming more advanced and it scared me. So when he left, we parted on a bad note. Then he disappears without explanation. I became real upset.

"I soon left and went to search for Charlotte and on my travel to see her I met Peter. Soon after meeting him, he disappeared and later my sister. I knew their disappearances were connected and that's when I began my hunt for Maria but I didn't know who or what I was hunting. I mainly went by word of mouth of the disappearances. I got lucky and ran into a vampire who told me about Maria. So that's where my hunt began," Marie finished.

By the end of Marie's story, the Cullen's except Emmett were gathered around in wonder and Jasper and Alice were comforting her. I could hear Jasper softly apologizing to her about what had happened between them when he was human. My life gets more and more bizarre as it goes on but I've always been a part of the mythical world whether Edward liked it or not. Emmett though looked unsurprised and uninterested in what just took place.

"Hey, Marie, now that Bella knows everything, can I quit acting like I knew nothing of this?" Emmett asked.

Everyone turned to look at him as if he had lost his mind. Rosalie looked really confused by his question.

"Yes, Emmett, if you like you can tell him the truth about yourself," Marie told him with a grin as he got excited.

"Thanks, Aunt Marie, I was getting a little annoyed," Emmett said and everyone gasped.

"What?"

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