So. I think I know why I seem to favour Cat more… it's because she's with Jacob, and Jacob is much more involved in the twilight books then Embry. I don't know much about Embry and I feel kind of bad making up things about him cause he's someone else's character and all. So any input about Embry so that I can do more on Sophie and Embry would be much obliged.
Also. A big thank you to DJpaigeDJ, your reviews are so helpful. A lot of people have asked about the twins parents and, to perfectly honest, I hadn't thought about adding them to the supernatural world. But, DjpaigeDj's reviews gave me a huge lightbulb and now I know exactly what's going to happen! Get excited!
Another thing, I think one of the reasons I have updated so often in the last week (very proud of myself) is because I shouldn't be doing any writing at all over the next two weeks (note the word 'shouldn't', not 'wont'), so I guess I'm trying to make it up to you.
Right enough of my rambling : Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Twilight, only my own. Nor do I own the part in this chapter that I just copied and pasted from the book and then modified :D (which I might be doing a little more often cause it's getting more into the story)
Cat and Sophie were finishing some homework in Sophie's room when Embry came in through the door
"Hey" he greeted and turned Sophie's face to him so that he could plant a kiss on her lips.
"Where's Jake?" Cat wondered "I want to hear about his day with Bella", Embry frowned
"He wont want to talk about it" he sighed
"Why not?" Cat questioned
"It didn't go to well" Embry admitted "He got a little angry and accidentally said something he didn't mean"
"Like what?" Sophie asked
"Jake said that he would rather see Bella dead then as a vampire" Embry said. Cat looked at him surprised while Sophie frowned. They sat in silence before Cat got up and jumped out the glass door.
Cat's POV.
I knew Jacob would be near by, he had probably be on his way to our house when he stopped. He had to have phased with Embry or Embry wouldn't have known what happened between Jake and Bella. I felt his vibrations as I walked through the trees and headed straight for them. I found him, sitting on a stump, sulking. I stood there watching him for a few minutes before he finally smelt my scent and looked up at me, I smiled warmly at him but he didn't smile back. I walked towards him
"How'd you find me?" he finally spoke
"As long as you're touching the ground, I can always find you" I said softly. He didn't answer and silence fell again. I could tell by the sorry look on his face that he was truly regretting what he did
"You aren't going to ask?" he muttered
"Don't need to. Embry told me what happened" I answered truthfully, annoyance spread over his face "We asked him to tell us". This didn't help his expression
"You know, she will forgive you" I said "Bella isn't one for holding grudges, you of all people should know that"
"You didn't see the look on her face" Jacob disagreed
"But she will forgive you. You're her best friend, if you ask for forgiveness she's sure to give it to you eventually" I sighed
"Eventually meaning never" Jacob scoffed
"Didn't you hear me? She can't hold grudges or she'd still be mad at you for telling Charlie about that motorcycle" I reminded him, Jacob finally looked at me again. He studied my face before sighing
"I'm sorry. I guess I just…"
"Felt guilty? I understand. You hate vampires, so it just slipped out" I shrugged "But I also wonder if you hate them because you were told to, or, if you actually got to know them enough to judge them" Jacob looked at me annoyed
"I don't want to get to know them" he snapped
"Because you were told that's how it was supposed to be. All you know about the Cullens is they're vampires, a few have gifts and Bella's dating one. You don't even know it they're bad people" I scolded
"You hate them too" he thought
"No. I dislike Edward because I blame him for the misery I went through. Though technically I should be blaming you for that, fortunately for you I don't want to, which I why I blame Edward. I don't know him, so I don't have the right to hate him" I corrected, he huffed "I know you dislike them, and they dislike you because you're enemies but, I wonder, who decided you were enemies? And who decided that all vampires were bad?" I was actually curious about this. The pack had said that vampires were their greatest enemy, but why? Is this also the reason they smelt bad to one another? Someone had decided they were enemies so they naturally started hating everything about one another? I liked Alice, she was fun and hyper. Dad said Carlisle was nice, just pale. Esme sounded kind over the phone the other day. Bella had said Emmett was like a huge teddy bear, and I bet I'd love to have a match of some sort against him. Jasper was a little nervous because he was still getting used to things, i.e not drinking human blood. Rosalie was… unkind to Bella but nice to others, some of them anyway. I hadn't even met the later five, I'd only met Alice and Edward, the others I knew from Bella's descriptions. Jacob still hadn't spoken, a stump grew next to him and I sat on it before sighing
"Edward came down to my house today" I confessed, his head snapped in my direction "My house is on the boarder so it's accessible for everyone" I reminded him "He wanted me to come and get Bella from you. I declined and after a bit of me snapping and questioning him… he found out"
"He…" Jacob muttered
"That Sophie and I know about him, his family and you guys. He now knows you imprinted on me too, as well as Embry on Sophie." I sighed "He asked about what kept him out of our minds, and we admitted we knew why that was, but didn't want to explain everything unless it was to the whole family" I looked at him "We have to explain eventually. And we're not sure whether Alice knows because of her visions or not" Jacob breathed deeply
"He was in your house?"
"Trust me, I was just as surprised to see him as you are to find out about this" I nodded "Sorry if you, or if Sam, didn't want them to know, but we kept quiet for quite a while" I smiled, Jacob sighed and shook his head
"It's your secret, we don't mind" he confessed and looked away through the trees. I sighed
"Can you do me a favour?" I asked, he looked at me confused "Smile" I requested, he sighed but a grin spread across his face, I immediately smiled back "Much better", I guessed he felt much better, too, because he immediately leaned forwards and placed a kiss on my lips. We kissed until, I guessed, he needed to breath because when he pulled away he brushed his lips against mine, before placing little kisses along my jaw line. He moved my hair and kissed me under my ear lob before kissing down my neck. They were so soft and luscious, and when he reached my ear again he nibbled on my ear lob, I couldn't help but sigh, trying to suppress a moan. His lips reached mine again and were immediately engaging one another. He pulled me forwards, with no effort, so that I was sitting on his lap and he ran his fingers through my hair. Mine clutched his short hair and, although I yanked on it a few times, he seemed to like it. I suddenly remembered we were out in the middle of the forest and, very difficultly, I pulled away. He looked at me confused, panting a little, I was glad I didn't run out of air that quickly
"Don't you remember we're outside in the middle of know where?" I smiled "Plus my parents don't know I'm gone" he let out a small sigh and I stood up, taking him with me. Though before we headed anywhere he bent down and kissed me again.
"If this keeps happening we wont get anywhere" I muttered quietly
"Who said we had to? I'm sure you sister can create those illusions" he said softly, kissing my jaw line again
"That's not fair on her, she's with Embry, no way does she want to be concentrating on covering for me" I admitted, he sighed and looked at me, I raised an eyebrow and he took my hand, leading me towards my own house. I smiled, glad I'd gotten through to him, but not so happy about the end of our hot little moment. We walk back around to Sophie's still open door and Jacob picked me up, throwing me in through the door, I did a handstand and landed back on my feet before Jacob jumped in behind me.
"Glad to know you treat me like a ball" I muttered, he grinned and kissed me, this time short and sweet, though eager, he managed to restrain himself. It took a lot in me to do the same but I distracted myself by turning to the scene in front of me. It looked like Embry and Sophie had had a make out session too, they were on Sophie's bed and, although they looked casual, Embry's chest was heaving, I didn't see another reason why he'd be panting from lack of air while in Sophie's room, and still dressed. I couldn't help but grin, the day that happened would be a miracle, Sophie had always been so innocent and embarrassed to talk about her virginity or even about the thought of sex.
"What?" Sophie wondered, I shook my head and walked over to Sophie's desk, grabbing my homework and nodding my head to the door after glancing at Jake
"Night Soph" I winked, she rolled her eyes, but the second I left the room Embry took her chin in his hand again. I couldn't talk though, the second I had put my books down, Jacob had turned me around, picked me up and his lips were pressed on mine again. It was like I hadn't seen him for weeks and he'd only just got back. It didn't take long for my back to hit the bed, Jacob leaning over me
"Seems you have a little desire" I muttered when he let my lips go, he didn't for long though
"One only you can satisfy" he mumbled taking a deep breath
"Glad to here that" I grinned before I placed light kisses first on his collar bone, then up his neck to his ear, he released a small growl and I couldn't help but grin, who knew this would turn out animalistic.
Sophie's POV.
I rolled my eyes when Cat said goodnight, I knew by that grin that she was wishing my some kind of luck, I didn't really understand how her mind worked, even after being in it so often. She sometimes, most of the time, seemed innocent, but there were certain moments when she could have a really dirty mind, when that happened, it wasn't good for those around her. Though I rolled my eyes at my sisters assumptions I couldn't stop when Embry turned my face towards him again, and plant a kiss of my lips. At first I thought it was meant to be a short sweet one, but I guess he changed his mind cause it lasted a lot longer and he deepened the kiss. I didn't mind, I loved the feeling his lips made when they moved with mine, the feeling of his hot hands on my body, or through my hair. The feel of his bare chest under my finger tips. I really did have it lucky, some people went through life never meeting their other half, and yet I move to a different state and find mine without even thinking about it. It really was amazing, to think this perfect boy was all mine, and I could never loose him, even if I wanted to, which, by the way, I never will. Not only that but, I didn't need to hide anything from him, I didn't need to lie or make up excuses anymore. Plus he wasn't normal either, he could run, he was strong, he healed fast, I didn't need to worry about him as much as other people might. Having his tongue in my mouth and his muscly body pressed up against mine usually made me forget how to think. This boy gave me butterflies and made my breath hitch in my throat just by smiling, that was obviously a dangerous amount of control over someone who controls tsunamis and tornados. What was I going to do with him?
"How about nothing" I grinned as his lips reached mine again after nibbling on the crook of my neck.
"Cat" I thought, my head was in the crook of Embry's neck, his arms around me, holding me to him. No way was I going to move unless absolutely necessary.
"Cat" I mumbled again, calling out to my sister
"Go away" I heard a mumble back
"We need to tell the Cullens" I reminded her, my eyes were still closed as I didn't want to open them and ruin the moment I was currently in.
"We can tell them later" she sighed
"We should get it over and done with now"
"Can't we do it after 1 o'clock?" she whined
"Do you even know what time it is?" I wondered
"No" she confessed, I let out a small sigh. I couldn't really argue with her when I also didn't want to move. Unfortunately I knew that at some point one of our parents might show up, either that or the boys would need to go on patrol. I was surprised they got most night shifts off now.
"Come to think of it, I wonder if Jared does too. That would only leave Leah, Seth, Paul and Quil to do night shifts, seeing as Quil can't really spend the night with Claire without it being awkwardly creepy" I realised. I snuggled closer to Embry just before I heard a howl. I glared even though my eyes were still shut
"Jinxed myself" I muttered
"Thanks a lot" Cat complained, hearing my thoughts. Embry's arms tightened around me, I was glad I wasn't normal, or he might have been crushing me. I finally opened my eyes and moved my head, I guess my movement alerted him a little cause he opened his eyes and looked down at me.
"Morning" he smiled
"Morning" I smiled back. I understood how Cat could do this every morning, this was the best wake up call ever. Embry had been staying with me over night for a while now, and I don't know how it felt to sleep alone anymore.
"It's time for your patrol" I muttered, ruining the moment
"It's a good thing your house is on the boarder then" he smiled and leaned down to kiss me.
"That just means you can start at my house, not that you can stay" I said when we broke apart
"Jake can begin without me" he smiled
"Unfortunately, Jacob also probably doesn't want to leave. He's with my sister remember" I smiled, Embry sighed
"If you two don't hurry something might slip through your fingers and over the line…" I heard Cat say, she spoke a little louder so that Embry was sure to hear it.
"She's right" I agreed. Embry sighed, but he kissed me again before getting up. I sat up and yawned, ruffling my hair before looking out the window. It was a grey day today, no sun light peaked through the clouds
"Which means Cat's gonna be more difficult to persuade, to go and explain to the Cullens" I muttered, I was brought out of my thoughts by Embry kissing me again, I grinned and he pulled away
"If you keep doing that you'll never leave" I grinned
"I don't want to" he smiled
"To bad, you have a job to do. And I need to do something today anyway" I confessed
"Like what?" he asked softly, kissing my neck
"I'll tell you after I've done it. I have to get Cat on board first" I decided
"Good luck" he smirked
"Yeah, I'll need it" I smiled and kissed his lips again
"I heard that" Cat muttered causing Embry to chuckle. I stood up and walked over to my glass door, like Cat's it was never closed anymore. I pulled Embry with me and kissed him passionately for a few minutes before pushing him out the door. He looked stunned as he fell but landed on his feet and scowled up at me, I grinned and waved before blowing him a kiss and leaving the room. I walked into Cat's room, she was, typically, making out with Jacob, I grabbed Jakes arm and pulled him away from her, dragging him towards her open door
"I know it's difficult to leave but you have patrol to do" I reminded him
"Sophie" Cat whined
"I had to leave mine so so do you" I said and pushed Jacob out the door
"You didn't even let me say bye" Cat complained
"Cause it would have taken a million years" I said my hands on my hips, she crossed her arms and sulked. I looked out the door and waved, Jacob rolled his eyes and went to join Embry at the edge of the forest, I blew him another kiss which he pretended to catch, I grinned and the two disappeared into the trees. I turned to my sister
"Now. We have to tell the Cullens or Edward will be on our back for the rest of our lives… literally. We might as well get it over and done with, and seeing as you're already up" I convinced. She glared at me for while before sighing
"Fine. But only if we get to run"
"If we took the cars they'd hear us coming long before we got there. I don't really want them standing around waiting for us" I admitted
"They will be anyway if Alice sees this decision" she reminded me, I shrugged and left her room, getting dressed and ready to leave. Cat was eating breakfast when I walked into the kitchen, I was surprised she got dressed so quickly but didn't question it as I got myself a box of cereal from the pantry.
"Do we have to do this?" Cat asked before placing her spoon in her mouth
"Yes. And if we don't do it now, we wont get around to it" I said firmly, she sighed "Come on, don't you want to finally meet Emmett, and Jasper, and Carlisle and Esme?" I wondered
"What about Rosalie?" she asked, I shrugged, all I knew about Rosalie was that she kind of put the bitch in blonde. Bella said Rosalie didn't like her very much, but she looked so beautiful and kind when she was with Emmett.
"I'll judge her when I meet her" I decided. We quickly finished our breakfast before leaving the house out the back door and running in the direction of the Cullens. We'd never been there before but Cat was using her earth abilities to find it, plus Edward's scent was, although very faint, still traceable.
Bella's POV.
I pulled the door open with a big smile on my face. Edward's golden eyes were wide, his nostrils flared, his lips pulled back over his teeth.
"Edward?" My voice was sharp with shock as I read his expression. "What —?". He put his finger to my lips.
"Give me two seconds," he whispered. "Don't move." I stood frozen on the doorstep and he . . . disappeared. He moved so quickly that Charlie wouldn't even have seen him pass.
Before I could compose myself enough to count to two, he was back. He put his arm around my waist and pulled me swiftly toward the kitchen. His eyes darted around the room, and he held me against his body as if he were shielding me from something. I threw a glance toward Charlie on the couch, but he was studiously ignoring us.
"Someone's been here," he murmured in my ear after he pulled me to the back of the kitchen. His voice was strained; it was difficult to hear him over the thumping of the washing machine.
"I swear that no werewolves —" I started to say.
"Not one of them," he interrupted me quickly, shaking his head. "One of us." His tone made it clear that he didn't mean a member of his family. I felt the blood empty from my face. "Victoria?" I choked.
"It's not a scent I recognise."
"One of the Volturi," I guessed.
"Probably."
"When?"
"That's why I think it must have been them — it wasn't long ago, early this morning while Charlie was sleeping. And whoever it was didn't touch him, so there must have been another purpose."
"Looking for me." He didn't answer. His body was frozen, a statue.
"What are you two hissing about in here?" Charlie asked suspiciously, rounding the corner with an empty popcorn bowl in his hands. I felt green. A vampire had been in the house looking for me while Charlie slept. Panic overwhelmed me, closed my throat. I couldn't answer, I just stared at him in horror. Charlie's expression changed. Abruptly, he was grinning.
"If you two are having a fight . . . well, don't let me interrupt." Still grinning, he put his bowl in the sink and sauntered out of the room.
"Let's go," Edward said in a low hard voice.
"But Charlie!" The fear was squeezing my chest, making it hard to breathe. He deliberated for a short second, and then his phone was in his hand.
"Emmett," he muttered into the receiver. He began talking so fast that I couldn't understand the words. It was over in half a minute. He started pulling me toward the door.
"Emmett and Jasper are on their way," he whispered when he felt my resistance. "They'll sweep the woods. Charlie is fine." I let him drag me along then, too panicked to think clearly. Charlie met my frightened eyes with a smug grin, which suddenly turned to confusion. Edward had me out the door before Charlie could say anything.
"Where are we going?" I couldn't stop whispering, even after we were in the car.
"We're going to talk to Alice," he told me, his volume normal but his voice bleak.
"You think maybe she saw something?" He stared at the road through narrowed eyes.
"Maybe."
They were waiting for us, on alert after Edward's call. It was like walking into a museum, everyone still as statues in various poses of stress.
"What happened?" Edward demanded as soon as we were through the door. I was shocked to see that he was glowering at Alice, his hands fisted in anger. Alice stood with her arms folded tight across her chest. Only her lips moved.
"I have no idea. I didn't see anything."
"How is that possible ?" he hissed.
"Edward," I said, a quiet reproof. I didn't like him talking to Alice this way. Carlisle interrupted in a calming voice.
"It's not an exact science, Edward."
"He was in her room, Alice. He could have still been there — waiting for her."
"I would have seen that." Edward threw his hands up in exasperation.
"Really? You're sure?". Alice's voice was cold when she answered.
"You've already got me watching the Volturis' decisions, watching for Victoria's return, watching Bella's every step. You want to add another? Do I just have to watch Charlie, or Bella's room, or the house, or the whole street, too? Edward, if I try to do too much, things are going to start slipping through the cracks."
"It looks like they already are," Edward snapped.
"She was never in any danger. There was nothing to see."
"If you're watching Italy, why didn't you see them send —"
"I don't think it's them," Alice insisted. "I would have seen that."
"Who else would leave Charlie alive?" I shuddered.
"I don't know," Alice said.
"Helpful."
"Stop it, Edward," I whispered. He turned on me, his face still livid, his teeth clenched together. He glared at me for half a second, and then, suddenly, he exhaled. His eyes widened and his jaw relaxed.
"You're right, Bella. I'm sorry." He looked at Alice. "Forgive me, Alice. I shouldn't be taking this out on you. That was inexcusable."
"I understand," Alice assured him. "I'm not happy about it, either." Edward took a deep breath.
"Okay, let's look at this logically. What are the possibilities?" Everyone seemed to thaw out at once. Alice relaxed and leaned against the back of the couch. Carlisle walked slowly toward her, his eyes far away. Esme sat on the sofa in front of Alice, curling her legs up on the seat. Only Rosalie remained unmoving, her back to us, staring out the glass wall.
Edward pulled me to the sofa and I sat next to Esme, who shifted to put her arm around me. He held one of my hands tightly in both of his.
"Victoria?" Carlisle asked. Edward shook his head.
"No. I didn't know the scent. He might have been from the Volturi, someone I've never met. . . ." Alice shook her head.
"Aro hasn't asked anyone to look for her yet. I will see that. I'm waiting for it." Edward's head snapped up.
"You're watching for an official command."
"You think someone's acting on their own? Why?"
"Caius's idea," Edward suggested, his face tightening again.
"Or Jane's . . . ," Alice said.
"They both have the resources to send an unfamiliar face. . . ." Edward scowled. "And the motivation."
"It doesn't make sense, though," Esme said. "If whoever it was meant to wait for Bella, Alice would have seen that. He — or she — had no intention of hurting Bella. Or Charlie, for that matter." I cringed at my father's name.
"It's going to be fine, Bella," Esme murmured, smoothing my hair.
"But what was the point then?" Carlisle mused.
"Checking to see if I'm still human?" I guessed.
"Possible," Carlisle said. Rosalie breathed out a sigh, loud enough for me to hear. She'd unfrozen, and her face was turned expectantly toward the kitchen. Edward, on the other hand, looked discouraged. Emmett burst through the kitchen door, Jasper right behind him.
"Long gone, hours ago," Emmett announced, disappointed. "The trail went East, then South, and disappeared on a side road. Had a car waiting."
"That's bad luck," Edward muttered. "If he'd gone west . . . well, it would be nice for those dogs to make themselves useful." I winced, and Esme rubbed my shoulder.
"That's not very nice" my head turned to the door along with everyone else's, standing in the door way, was Cat, her arms crossed over her chest and Sophie next to her
"It's not their fault you all got in one another's way" Sophie added
"Cat… Sophie?" I muttered. I began to worry, what had they heard? How had Edward and the others not hear them come in
"What are you two doing here?" Alice wondered confused
"Didn't you see us coming?" Sophie wondered, See them coming? How did they know about that? Alice shook her head
"Guess that answers that question" Cat said to Sophie, who nodded
"How did you get here?" Edward wondered
"We decided we needed some excursive" Cat shrugged
"You walked?" Alice asked
"Ran" Sophie corrected. Everyone was looked both confused and worried. The twins looked at one another confused, before looking at Edward
"Didn't you tell them?" Sophie wondered, everyone looked at Edward, I saw realisation spread over his face
"I'd take that as a no" Cat said softly "See, we didn't have to come today" I looked back at them in time to see Sophie roll her eyes
"What's going on, Edward?" Carlisle asked calmly
"This is Cat and Sophie Mitchell" Edward introduced pointing at each
"The twins?" Esme asked, Edward and Alice nodded
"They know" Edward said simply. I looked confused, what did they- they knew about the Cullens? I looked at them surprised
"Know…?" Rosalie began
"Everything" Edward nodded
"We thought you would have told them already" Sophie seemed to be apologising "Sorry for barging in"
"But how…" Alice wondered
"The pack" Edward answered, everyone looked at them. It took me a second to realise that Jacob had told them everything.
"You know about Jake?" I asked, they both nodded
"How long?" Carlisle asked
"I've known since you all came back from your holiday or what ever" Cat answered "Sophie found out a while later"
"Why didn't you tell us?" Alice questioned
"You never asked" Cat shrugged
"You've known all this time?" I asked, they nodded
"We promised we would explain a few things. So we came to explain" Sophie explained
"Explain what?" Emmett finally spoke
"Why Edward can't read our minds. And probably why Alice didn't see us decide to come tell you" Cat admitted
"You have an explanation?" I asked
"Not for you. Sorry" Sophie said
"But what's this about blaming the pack? What have they done now?" Cat wondered
"Nothing. And that's the problem" Edward said annoyed
"Could they do anything?" Cat questioned. Edward didn't say anything "So you're blaming them, when they couldn't even do anything to be blamed for?" Cat continued "Well you're nice aren't you"
"What's wrong anyway?" Sophie asked a little kinder
"Someone came and visited me" I said when know one else did
"Visited?" Cat asked confused, she walked into the room and sat on the arm of the couch I was sitting on
"A vampire was in my room this morning, while Charlie was still sleeping" I nodded
"Why?" Sophie questioned, I shrugged
"Do you know who?" Cat asked, everyone shook their heads.
"That's kind of perfect timing, isn't it?" Sophie thought, I looked up at her, just that little confused "I'm guessing they didn't hang around right?" she continued, I nodded, along with a few others "And Charlie wasn't hurt?" she continued, another nod went around
"Well, isn't the timing a little convenient? They come to Bella's house, while Charlie's asleep, no one would be able to spot them or stop them. They didn't harm Charlie and they didn't wait for Bella to return, it sounds like they were after something else, to do with Bella" Sophie finished
"That came out a lot more confusing then you meant it to, didn't it?" Cat asked, Sophie sighed and nodded
"So you think they were after something else? To do with Bella but not Bella herself?" Esme asked, Sophie nodded
"I'm pretty sure a passer by wouldn't leave Charlie behind" she admitted
"And if they wanted Bella, why come while she wasn't there?" Cat added. Everyone was silent while they pondered these thoughts. She was right though, did this mean someone would come after me later? Was this the beginning of something completely knew? Was I causing more trouble for everyone?
"I'm guessing by all the tension in this room none of you knew who it was then?" Cat finally sighed, Edward, Emmett and Jasper shook their heads. Jasper looked at Carlisle.
"Neither of us recognised him. But here." He held out something green and crumpled. Carlisle took it from him and held it to his face. I saw, as it exchanged hands, that it was a broken fern frond. "Maybe you know the scent."
"No," Carlisle said. "Not familiar. No one I've ever met."
"Perhaps we're looking at this the wrong way. Maybe it's a coincidence . . . ," Esme began, but stopped when she saw everyone else's incredulous expressions. "I don't mean a coincidence that a stranger happened to pick Bella's house to visit at random. I meant that maybe someone was just curious. Our scent is all around her. Was he wondering what draws us there?"
"Why wouldn't he just come here then? If he was curious?" Emmett demanded.
"You would," Esme said with a sudden, fond smile. "The rest of us aren't always so direct. Our family is very large — he or she might be frightened. But Charlie wasn't harmed. This doesn't have to be an enemy." Just curious. Like James and Victoria had been curious, in the beginning? The thought of Victoria made me tremble, though the one thing they seemed certain of was that it had not been her. Not this time. She would stick to her obsessed pattern. This was just someone else, a stranger. I was slowly realising that vampires were much bigger participants in this world than I'd once thought. How many times did the average human cross paths with them, completely unaware? How many deaths, obliviously reported as crimes and accidents, were really due to their thirst? How crowded would this new world be when I finally joined it? The shrouded future sent a shiver down my spine. The Cullens pondered Esme's words with varying expressions. I could see that Edward did not accept her theory, and that Carlisle very much wanted to.
Alice pursed her lips.
"I don't think so. The timing of it was too perfect. . . . Like Sophie said. This visitor was so careful to make no contact. Almost like he or she knew that I would see. . . ." she thought
"He could have other reasons for not making contact," Esme reminded her.
"Does it really matter who it was?" I asked. "Just the chance that someone was looking for me . . . isn't that reason enough? We shouldn't wait for graduation." I glanced at the twins, they didn't have a confused look, so I guessed that Jacob had told them about my future plans as well. Though unlike the pack, they didn't have a sour look on their face by the upbringing of the topic.
"No, Bella," Edward said quickly. "It's not that bad. If you're really in danger, we'll know." "Think of Charlie," Carlisle reminded me. "Think of how it would hurt him if you disappeared."
"I am thinking of Charlie! He's the one I'm worried about! What if my little guest had happened to be thirsty last night? As long as I'm around Charlie, he's a target, too. If anything happened to him, it would be all my fault!"
"Hardly, Bella," Esme said, patting my hair again. "And nothing will happen to Charlie. We're just going to have to be more careful."
"More careful?" I repeated in disbelief.
"It's all going to be fine, Bella," Alice promised; Edward squeezed my hand. And I could see, looking at all of their beautiful faces one by one, that nothing I could say was going to change their minds.
"Maybe I could help" Cat suddenly said. Everyone looked at her confused "You'll understand if you let us explain" she admitted
"But you all need to listen and be patient" Sophie said
"Cause we've only explained twice" Cat said "And it was to the same people"
"So I'm guessing those pups know about it" Emmett wondered, Cat sent him a glare
"Yeah, but they haven't known for long" Sophie said glancing at her twin
"Well what is it?" Carlisle asked, the twins shared a glance
"Edward can't read our minds because, we're blocking him out" they chorused
"How?" Jasper said, after a few minutes of silence
"Mental shields. It keeps things, like Edward, out of our heads" Sophie said
"How are you able to do that?" Alice questioned
"Well, we're not one hundred percent as to why, but we aren't human" Cat said awkwardly
"Well, if we are, then we're super gifted humans" Sophie said to Cat, who shrugged in agreement
"What do you mean?" Edward questioned
"We're Elementals" they confessed simply.
"Elementals?" Carlisle thought for a while
"We can control the elements" Sophie said further
"You know, fire, wind, earth, water, those elements" Cat said
"How?" they asked again, the girls only shrugged
"Does anyone else know about this?" Carlisle wondered
"Only the pack, and Emily, and Kim" Cat remembered
"What about your parents?" Esme questioned
"They don't know anything" Sophie sighed
"So can you control all four?" Alice wondered, the girls shook their heads
"I can control water and wind. While Cat controls fire and earth" Sophie said. I was completely bewildered, I had no idea there would be more myths living, vampires, werewolves, and now elementals? How many of the worlds myths were actually real?
"How long have you been able to do this?" Carlisle interrogated
"Since we turned thirteen"
"Is there anything else you can do?" Emmett questioned grinning
"Well we have extensions from the two elements" Cat shrugged
"Like what?" Alice wondered
"I can use lightning as an extension of fire. And I control nature as an extension of earth" Cat answered
"While I can control ice and gravity as an extension" Sophie added
"And together we can control the weather" Cat finished
"That's a lot" Alice muttered
"You'd be surprised, anything that can be connected to one of the elements allows us to use it" Sophie informed them.
"Like what?" Esme wondered
"We can understand animals. Sophie understands birds and sea creatures while I can hear land animals" I saw a guilty look slip into Esme's expression from that information. I couldn't blame her, Cat could understand the animals they ate. Neither one of the twins seemed to notice though.
"What does any of this have to do with your mental shields?" Edward questioned
"Well, we can hear each others thoughts. So we have the shields to block one another out, guess it works against you too" Sophie explained
"So you have to take it down if you want to mentally talk to one another, and put it up again so that they can't hear everything?" Emmett wondered
"No" the twins answered in sync
"If we have the shields up and we want to tell one another something, privately, then…" Cat paused and thought, bitting her lip
"It's like we push the thought into one another's heads" Sophie took over "So instead of hearing every thought that crosses her mind, I can only hear what Cat wants me to, when her shields are up"
"Otherwise it's like Edward's mind reading, we just heat everything that crosses one another's minds" Cat nodded
"That's confusing" Emmett admitted
"We know" the twins nodded. I was blown away, I thought I had finally found some normal friends, well other then Angela, and yet they weren't normal at all. Though, they were different and I could tell them anything now. This thought comforted me a little. After that everyone began to throw questions at the twins, they answered them all. It wasn't until they brought up a certain subject that I tuned back in again
"Why did the pack tell you anyway?" Alice had asked
"They only told me" Sophie admitted "Cat found out"
"How?"
"I was attacked by some rogue vampire" Cat waved the thought away as though it was nothing, which to her, it probably was. "They had been chasing it and they 'saved' me"
"They were going to tell you anyway though?" Edward said
"Eventually" they sighed with a nod
"Why?" I wondered
"Well, they told me, because Embry imprinted on me" Sophie said. I was surprised. Jake had never said anything about Embry imprinting. Sophie then looked at Cat, as did Edward, Cat seemed to be avoiding both their eyes
"Did one of them imprint on you too?" I asked her, I saw her bit her lip
"Yeah" she nodded
"Who?" I wondered
"Um…" she seemed hesitant "Jake" I didn't react at first, but after the words sunk in I finally grasped what she'd said. I wasn't upset, if I was it was that Jacob hadn't told me he'd found his soul mate, in one of my closest friends that is.
"When?" I finally said
"After you spoke to him, and he turned you motorbike in to Charlie" Cat answered, I thought
"Was that one of the reasons he wasn't talking to me?" I wondered, she shrugged
"I don't know, I asked many times but something either distracted him or he didn't answer. He did say once that he was upset about the 'future' you'd chosen" she used quotation marks when she said the word 'future'. I took a deep breath in.
"If I was the reason, then I'm sorry" she looked sincere while saying it too
"That's alright, it wasn't your fault" I remembered Jacob telling me that it was uncontrollable so I didn't really understand why she was apologising.
"Before…" Edward remembered "You said you might be able to help look after Bella?" Cat nodded
"I can feel vibrations through the ground. So everything that touches the earth, sends vibrations through it. I can use that and just keep an eye out around Bella's house" she shrugged
"But…?" I began
"It's not even difficult" she cut me off "I practiced a lot and the furthest I could reach was from Miami to Washington DC"
"That's really far" Alice admitted
"Yeah, pretty proud" Cat grinned "So just keeping a eye on your house Bella, isn't much of a worry" she smiled at me
"How will we know?" Edward asked, looking at every angle and making sure it got covered before agreeing
"I'm a pretty good runner" Cat shrugged, Edward sighed
"Don't sigh Edward, you don't know how fast she is" Sophie warned
"How fast?" Emmett asked
"Speed of light" Cat answered, everyone was silent for a minute
"As in…"
"I can actually run at the speed of light. And, as far as I know, that's faster then any of you" she bragged, Sophie nudged her and gave her a look. I saw Cat roll her eyes in response.
"How come?" Alice wondered
"Well, fire is made up of heat and light, that's all it is. Because of that, I can control light, of all sorts. Including it's speed" Cat said simply
"So she will either call you or come to you, if something goes wrong around Bella's house" Sophie assured them. I actually felt better knowing this.
"Will you watch her ever move?" Edward asked, Cat looked at him as though he was crazy
"Why would I need to do that? Any minute she's not at home she's with you" she said "And even then she's still with you". Edward sighed "But I will keep an eye on her if she's in LaPush, even though she'd be perfectly fine, cause she'd probably be with Jake", Edward's expression didn't change at this, I did see Cat glance at him when she said it though.
"Bella's our friend too. We'll do what we can to help" Sophie grinned
"Do they know you're here?" Alice suddenly piped up, the girls thought about it
"Don't think so"
"Why not?"
"We didn't tell them" Cat shrugged
"Why not?" Alice repeated
"We didn't think we had to" Sophie admitted, "We don't exactly need their permission you know" that kind of shut her up for a second.
Sophie's POV.
We left the Cullens not long after, Bella was driven home by Edward, he had said very strongly that he was not going to leave her alone.
"I don't blame him this time" Cat suddenly spoke, she jumped off a fallen log as we walked home, I knew she was thinking the same thing, about Edward, as I was.
"Before he was just, over reacting, but know… Bella's actually in danger" she continued, I nodded, agreeing
"Don't you think it's a little strange? Some random vampire turns up, scours around in Bella's room, leaves Charlie untouched and leaves before anyone has the chance to spot them?" I rambled
"It's a little suspicious" Cat agreed
"Don't you think we should tell the boys?" I thought
"We should. Jake would be heart broken if something happened to Bells" she muttered
"Doesn't that worry you?" I asked
"What?" she said, a confused look on her face
"That Jake cares so much about Bella" I explained, she sighed
"It should worry me, shouldn't it" she muttered "But it just… doesn't." Cat shrugged "I guess it's cause of the imprinting. He imprinted on me, so we're connected. I guess the fact that he can't see anyone else but me, kind of… prevents me from worrying" she explained, I understood what she meant. I didn't worry about Embry liking anyone else, come to think about it, I hadn't thought about it till just now.
"I guess" I replied "Does this mean we're going to Jacob's house? I'm pretty sure the patrols would have swopped by now"
"Sounds fun" she grinned, she jumped and shot off into the trees, swinging around on a branch before landing on another. I rolled my eyes at her display. She just had to show off.
"Shut up" I heard. I rolled my eyes again and launched into the air, flying after her. We approached the house, even from so far off I still heard the phone ring in Jacob's house. Cat landed on the grass and pranced up to the door happily, I followed after as she walked straight into the house.
"A truce, I think. Hey, do me a favour," Jacob suggested. "Try to convince your bloodsucker that the safest place for you to be — especially when he leaves — is on the reservation. We're well able to handle anything."
"Is that what you were trying to sell him?"
"Yes. It makes sense. Charlie's probably better off here, too. As much as possible."
"Get Billy on it," Bella said on the other line. We walked into the kitchen to find Jacob leaning against the kitchen bench on the phone. "What else?"
"Just rearranging some boundaries, so we can catch anyone who gets too near Forks. I'm not sure if Sam will go for it, but until he comes around, I'll keep an eye on things." Jacob said into the receiver
"What do you mean by 'keep an eye on things'?" Bella wondered
"I mean that if you see a wolf running around your house, don't shoot at it." Jake grinned
"Of course not. You really shouldn't do anything . . . risky, though." Bella sounded hesitant. Jacob snorted
"Don't be stupid. I can take care of myself.", there was a sigh on the other end of the phone "I also tried to convince him to let you visit. He's prejudiced, so don't let him give you any crap about safety. He knows as well as I do that you'd be safe here." he continued.
"I'll keep that in mind." Bella said
"See you in a few," Jacob said.
"You're coming up?" Bella questioned
"Yeah. I'm going to get the scent of your visitor so we can track him if he comes back."
"Are you going to visit Bella? Can I come? Please? I haven't been to Bella's house before" Cat finally spoke up. I looked at her surprised. I hadn't expected her to jump at the opportunity to go to Bella's house. Cat suddenly had the phone in her hands and was sitting on the counter next to Jacob, Jacob looked at his hand were the phone had been, confused. It took him a few seconds to find it in Cat's hand and realise what had happened.
"Bella" she said
"Cat?" Bella asked
"Yeah, so I was wondering if I could come too? I've never seen your house, and everyone else has. And it might help if I actually knew were you lived" she rambled on, Jacob reached for the phone but Cat moved with her light powers and was on the other side of the counter before he could even blink. Even Jacob's keen eyes couldn't watch her as she moved
"I-I don't see why not" Bella answered
"Yay! Plus it would be awesome for me to get a smell, too" Cat admitted, thinking about the scent
"What do you mean?' Bella wondered
"Well, mine and Sophie's senses are incredibly heightened, like their better then Edward's and Jacob's and all of them. So…"
"So you'd be able to smell the scent too" Bella ended her sentence
"Yep" Cat grinned
"Alright. But I have one question" Bella said
"What?"
"Are you ageing?". Cat laughed
"That's an excellent question. And the excellent answer is; I don't know" Cat admitted
"What do you mean?" Bella questioned confused
"Well, it's a long story so I'll explain when I get there, how about that?" Cat offered
"Alright. Done deal" Bella agreed. Cat handed the phone back to Jacob who couldn't help but roll his eyes at her. Watching them made me realise how they weren't just a couple, the perfect couple, but they were like best friends too. I smiled as Jacob put the phone to his ear
"See you in a few" he said
"Jake, I really don't like the idea of you tracking —"
"Oh please, Bella," he interrupted. Jacob laughed, and then hung up. I rolled my eyes at his reaction
"I guess being around vampires more then werewolves, you can't really blame her by being skeptical" I shrugged
"She worries to much" Jake shrugged
"She's not the only one" Cat smirked, he rolled his eyes before his face turned serious
"You told her about your senses" he remembered.
"Oh that" Cat muttered "Yeah we were just there, at the Cullens" she confessed
"Why?"
"We had some explaining to do" I said, he looked at me before realising
"They know? About you two?" he asked
"They do now" we chorused
"And so does Bella" Cat nodded
"It feels great to get it all out finally, trust me." I agreed
"Now, we'd better hurry, or we'll be later then ten minutes" Cat said "Would you like to come, Soph?" she asked
"Narr, I'll leave you two happy couples alone. Jake do you know were Embry is?" I wondered
"Have you tried his house?" he suggested, I shook my head "Try there, but be careful, Embry's mother doesn't actually know anything"
"Why not?" I wondered
"Long story" Jacob said, he then held his hand out to Cat, who gratefully took it and the two left the house. I took a deep breath in, Embry had met my parents, wasn't it time I met his? Unless he hadn't told her anything about me, then we were in trouble.
"Well, we'd better proceed with caution" I muttered to myself before leaving the red house. It took me a second o realise I didn't even know were Embry lived
"That's never a good thing" I breathed.