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Bella was nervous about the ritual. Elena agreed and donated blood so that Renee didn't have to shift every full moon. Damon was worried about the ritual too. It meant that Renee had to die and come back. He had stayed silent this entire time about it. He knew that it was painful for Renee to shift and that being a hybrid would be better for her. But it didn't stop him from worrying about anything that could possibly go wrong.
Bella crossed her arms, hugging herself as she stood nervously watching Klaus and her mom. They were at the manor for this ritual. Damon was standing next to Bella then Stefan and Elena were there along with Caroline. Caroline made a great vampire, she was adjusting well to being one and being in the inner circle of the supernatural now. Bonnie was there to support Bella. She wanted to be there as her friend, but also in case Renee needed a daylight ring at all. Kol was certain she didn't because Klaus didn't need his, but that was something they didn't want to chance. Klaus was a hybrid born of magic. Renee was being turned into a hybrid through blood.
Kol went to stand on the other side of Bella, his hand coming up and rubbing her back a little to ease the tension. "You're tensing up." He murmured in her ear.
"Well… this is… tense." Bella murmured back.
Klaus was focused on Renee. "Renee, we are highly certain that this is what we need to do. Are you ready?"
Renee nodded. "I know and if I don't come back… I have made my peace with everyone." She said, looking over to Damon and Bella. Damon looked back at her, his face showing the worry he was feeling right now. She looked back at Klaus. "Let's do this."
Klaus nodded and then his eyes changed, the black veins shifting under his eyes and his blue eyes replaced with gold as he bit into his wrist then offered Renee his blood.
Renee didn't hesitate. She took Klaus's wrist and brought it to her mouth. She drank. It was odd, drinking blood, but she would have to get used to that aspect once she was a hybrid. She pulled away after around ten seconds and looked at Klaus, her green eyes weren't nervous. They were ready, determined.
"This will hurt." Klaus warned her.
"I know." Renee said as she closed her eyes right before Klaus reached up and snapped her neck. He caught her body so she wouldn't fall to the ground.
Bella gasped, tears blinding her and she turned into Kol's body, his arms coming up to hold her. Damon closed his own eyes, clenching his jaw with anger and worry. He hated seeing Klaus kill his mate. Everything in him told him to fight Klaus, but he remained where he was. Elijah came into the parlor then seeing Kol holding Bella and Klaus holding Renee.
"I have prepared the room for her. She'll be comfortable while we wait for her to return to us." Elijah said and went towards Klaus, who handed Renee off to him. Elijah carried her out of the parlor. Damon followed him, not wanting to be apart from her.
Bella leaned away from Kol, wiping at her face. "I'm sorry, I got tears on your shirt."
"Quite alright." Kol said with a smile, but he steered her towards Klaus and Bella went to Klaus.
Klaus hugged Bella, kissing the top of her head. Killing used to be so easy for him and maybe if he hadn't known Renee then it wouldn't have been hard. But Renee was Bella's mother and it bothered him to have to kill her, even if she was supposed to come back. "Its going to be okay my love." He said gently.
Elijah and Damon returned after settling Renee in. Damon needed to see that Bella was okay. He should have made her wait outside instead of her watching her mother get killed.
Bella's phone dinged and she pulled away from Klaus slightly to look at her phone.
[Unknown] You belong to me.
Bella felt her heartrate spike. It was another message from the unknown number. She was certain it was Edward but it made her anxiety start to spiral out of control.
"What's wrong?" Klaus instantly felt her anxiety and he saw her demeanor change.
Bella shook her head. "Why can't I escape…"She murmured, the words light on her lips but the room full of vampires heard her. Tears gathered in her eyes and she shook her head to try to clear them. She shook as she thought about Edward and everything that he did to her. She was violated over and over again. He took something from her that she was desperately trying to get back. She was healing. She was becoming whole again. But everytime Edward sent her a message like this, it brought all that trauma and pain just pounding back in at her door.
"My love. Let me help. What's happened?" He reached for her but she backed away. Her mind was racing, memories of Edward kept flooding in and she couldn't stop it. Everything was so overwhelming. Her mom. Edward. Being mated to three original vampires. Having a father for a vampire. All of these things clashed together in her mind and she felt a sharp pain in her head like it would explode. She dropped her phone to grasp at her head. It was like a roaring train now, the pain, the noise. Static. What was happening to her?
Elijah tried to calm her, but when he touched her arm, he felt a jolt, like electricity shoot through him and it caused him to pull his hand back.
Kol had a look of seriousness on his face as he watched Bella struggle with the pain. Worried expressions covered everyone's faces, unsure of what was going on with Bella, but Kol saw it. She was fracturing. The magic that was holding her together was shattering and there was nothing to stop it now.
Everyone in the room felt a shot of pain in their head as images started flashing in their minds. Memories. Bella's memories. Every. Single. Memory.
[Trigger Warning Ahead]
"Where are you taking me?" Bella asked as she walked with Alice. They were in Port Angles now, walking down the sidewalk.
"To meet Edward at the hotel silly." Alice said, her voice light, airy.
Bella didn't know why they were going to a hotel. "Oh." Her voice was small, but she followed Alice. When they arrived at the hotel, Alice went straight to the room. Alice already had a key to the room. She closed the door behind her and Bella. "Um. What are we doing?"
"Many things. Don't fret Bella. Remember. I can see the future."
Bella just nodded and then she turned to see Edward standing there. "Edward."
"Good. Now we can have no interruptions." Edward said and he flashed forward, his cool hands ripping open her shirt. It was sudden and she gasped, but Alice's hands steadied her. Holding her in place while Edward took all her clothes off.
Bella shivered as the cool air touched her skin. Her marred body from repeated abuse glistened even in the low lit room. She learned a long time ago not to fight. Not to give Edward a hard time because it hurt more. She closed her eyes and a single tear rolled down her face. Edward's mouth went to her hip as he dropped to the floor on his knees. The searing, hot pain that followed was from him biting her. She clenched her teeth as she took the pain. Suddenly she felt the hot venom pierce her from her shoulder. Tears rolled down her face from the continued torture. Alice was biting her too and it was starting to become unbearable.
But then they both stopped and started sucking her blood, cleaning it of the venom. The high feeling was a welcomed relief. Edward pushed her over on the bed and she opened her eyes to see both Alice and Edward naked, together, on the bed with her.
"What-"
"You don't say a word." Edward said harshly, shutting her up. "You belong to me." He told her before she felt the sharp piercing of his cock ramming inside her. Alice smiled, pleasure on her face as she watched Edward fuck Bella hard.
The memories continued to shift, blasting through everyone as they had to bear witness to the horror that Bella endured.
Edward's hands closed around Bella's throat, choking her, watching her struggle to breathe as he lost his control while fucking her. Her hands clawed at his hands, but he was a vampire, he was stronger. When he felt his release, he released her throat and she wheezed in air and choked. His mouth went down to her bare breast, biting her, sending venom through her body as if she wasn't in pain already. She cried out, tears wetting her face, but Edward leaned up and started pumping his hips again. A second wind. The hot burning pain of the venom flowing through her body and the pain of his cock, was wrecked through her body. He paused to lean down over his bite mark and sucked her blood clean of the venom. He would always pull the venom out, leaving her high for just a few moments. He would never allow her to become a vampire like him. He always pulled the venom out in time. He resumed his thrusting, grunting a little a he slammed inside her. They were at the Cullen house for a change. No one was home. Just the two of them, and as long as she kept quiet, she wouldn't be punished.
But the door opened and it was Carlisle. He walked in to see Edward thrusting into Bella hard, saw the blood on the sheets and saw how broken Bella was.
"Esme will be home soon." Carlisle warned Edward.
Edward grunted as he thrust harder causing Bella to moan in pain.
Carlisle closed the door behind him as he stepped inside the room. "Did you get all the venom out?"
"Yes." Edward managed as he thrust. "Carlisle now is not the time." He was pushing for a second release.
"Well son, I want to be sure you don't accidentally turn her."
"I know what I'm doing." Edward said and he paused to look at him. "Did you want a go? If Esme is going to be home soon I would like to finish what I'm doing without interruption." He snapped and then thrust harder inside Bella.
Carlisle looked at his watch. "No. Just hurry." He said and then he stepped out of the room.
Edward grunted again, like a wild animal. He chased his release until he did, jolting his hips forward as he emptied out. He didn't take time to pause. He pulled out of Bella and threw her clothes at her. "Get dressed."
Bella felt like her body was broken, like she couldn't move, but she managed to sit. She pulled on her clothes, her hands shaky, but she managed to get it done. She combed her fingers through her hair to smooth it out before Edward led her out of his room and downstairs. He sat her on the couch then turned on the TV and sat next to her, his arm around her like a loving boyfriend when Esme walked in the house with Rosalie and Emmett behind her and Jasper not too far behind.
Edward smiled at Esme when she came over and kissed the top of his head like a mother would do. "How was shopping mother?"
"Wonderful. Oh Bella, I got you cute sweaters. I know you stay cold all the time and winter is coming up fast. I hope you will enjoy them."
Bella smiled, it was hard not to smile at Esme. "Thank you Esme, I'll love them."
Emmett came over and ruffled Bella's hair playfully like a big brother would do. "I got a new stereo for your old truck." He said. "I know you said no birthday presents this year, but I figured what the heck."
Bella smiled at Emmett. "Thanks Em. I appreciate it." She said and he looked over at Jasper, who looked like he was in pain all the time, but he stayed quiet. At least for now. He would talk to her when no one else was around, she thought that it was because he was new to the Cullen family and that he had a hard time with there being so many people around. Alice was overwhelming at times for him too she could tell and he steered clear of her most of the time. Her phone dinged and she looked at it. "Oh, it's my mom. I… I need to get back home."
Edward stood up and helped her off the couch. "I'll take-"
"Oh Edward, I need you to help me with something. Have Em and Rose drive her home." Esme said waving a hand.
Edward swallowed and nodded, looking at Bella. "Okay. I'll see you tomorrow." He said and kissed her cheek and followed Esme out of the room.
Emmett and Rosalie smiled at Bella. "Hey Jazz, wanna go for a ride?"
"Sure." Jasper said the word simply with a nod.
The memories faded into another one, one that Bella didn't even remember until now.
"People are becoming suspicious. We're going to have to move." Edward said the words coolly.
Bella shook her head. "Alright. I can come up with some story for my mom and dad. I-"
"You're not going with."
"W-w-what?"
"This has gone on long enough. I don't love you. I don't want you anymore. You're just… a human girl."
Bella started to panic. "Wait. Edward, I can be good. I can do anything you want, don't… don't leave me."
"You won't ever see me again. It'll be as if I never existed." Edward said and then he was gone.
Bella was confused and she felt pained. Why did he leave? Did she not give him enough of herself? Was she just a plaything?
[End Trigger Warning]
The memories kept trickling in, and it was like a trainwreck. You couldn't look away. The worse of the memories kept going on and on. Finally, Kol managed to break out of the memory cloud to go to her. He placed his hands on her shoulders firmly, ignoring the electricity that shot through him.
"Bella!" Kol said her name firm and loud.
Bella sucked in a breath, blinking several times to clear her vision. She was staring into the worried expression of Kol. "Kol." She murmured.
Everyone in the room finally were able to come to, the memories stopped flashing through their heads.
Bella looked around the room at the distraught and angry faces. "D… did everyone see?" She asked quietly.
Kol nodded. "Everyone saw…." He murmured. "Bella I-"
Bella stepped away from Kol. "I can't… I can't be here." She said and she ran out of the room.
Klaus felt immediate rage, his eyes ringing gold. "I want to kill them all."
Elijah shared in the immense anger. Witnessing the memories made him feel emotions he usually never felt and rage was not kind to Elijah. "I'll help."
Damon was at a loss for words. No father should have to ever see their daughter in that position. Any position. The repeated abuse that Edward did to her. Alice did to her. And the other Cullens did nothing. They acted as if everything was normal. Like Bella was just a human pet to them. He joined in on the murderous rage. "Let's grab the torches and burn them all." He spat out.
Kol was angry of course, seeing everything that Bella went through. He felt disgusted with people like Alice and Edward. He wanted them dead just like the others.
Caroline was crying, so was Bonnie and Elena. They had to witness that horror and there was no unseeing any of it. They didn't know how Bella was functioning. There were a lot of mixed emotions going on in the manor right now while Renee lay upstairs in the room, waiting to transition.
Bella looked at the garden in front of her. The rose garden that was outside the manor. She shivered at the cool air of the night. She thought about everything she had went through. Edward… Alice. They did horrible things to her. And Carlisle didn't stop any of it. He knew and he didn't stop anything from happening. She was starting to think that her love for the Cullens was all just their dazzling affect on people. Tears rolled down her face. The worse part of any of it, was that the memories were projected to everyone in the room. It was bad enough that Klaus had seen some of them, but she had projected every single one of her memories to everyone. Including Damon and she felt so embarrassed. She heard the sound of footsteps and she wiped her face.
"I'm sorry."
"Why are you sorry?" Kol asked.
Bella turned and looked at Kol. He was standing there in the garden with her. "It's you."
"My brothers are plotting the Cullen's murder along with your father and uncle. The girls are… well." Kol didn't want to say it out loud, but Elena, Caroline and Bonnie were traumatized.
Bella hugged her arms around her body. "I never wanted anyone to see that… to see me… like that." She said her voice choking up and more tears fell.
Kol went to her, his hands were firm on her arms. "You have nothing to apologize for. Edward and Alice, they did those things to you. They tortured you Bella." Kol shook his head. "You're strong and fierce. You can make it through this."
Bella shook her head. "I can't. I'm too broken. Nothing about me is strong."
"You may not see it now, but you truly are strong. "
"How can I be strong when I just shattered everyone in there? Klaus? Elijah? My dad?" She shook her head. "My mom is dead, waiting to transition into a hybrid. I have weird powers because of some witch magic performed almost two decades ago and I keep… I keep sending my memories into everyone or I hear everyone's thoughts all at once. It feels like I'm sinking in quicksand, I can't breathe and I-"
Kol kissed her, cutting her off. It wasn't just a light kiss either, it was a deep one. When he broke the kiss, he put his forehead to hers. "Stop. Take a breath."
Bella closed her eyes and took a deep breath like Kol commanded. "Now what."
"Concentrate." Kol said.
"On what?"
"Around you. The magic that was binding you shattered in there. It's how your memories were projected. You should be able to access your vampire self. Your true nature."
Bella opened her eyes to look at Kol when she could hear the voices from inside the manor. "I can hear them…" she murmured.
Kol nodded. "You are strong. You are a hybrid Bella. All you need is to awaken your wolf side."
"And I'll be like Klaus."
"And you'll be like Klaus." Kol said with a nod.
Bella shook her head and looked around. She focused more, seeing colors more vibrantly. The moon was getting high in the sky now and she wondered what day would bring. She frowned and looked at Kol. "I will need a daylight ring then."
"For now." Kol said and he took something from his pocket. A small ring box. He opened it and handed it to her.
Bella took the box and looked at the ring that set in the small black velvet box. The lapis lazuli was shaped like an oval and was in the center. Diamonds encrusted the lapis, and the band was silver. "It's beautiful." She murmured and she took the ring from the box. She slid it onto her right hand on her middle finger and it fit perfectly. "Kol… how did you know?"
"I know a lot of things Bella. I knew that your vampire side would emerge eventually. I made this ring… to ensure that you wouldn't struggle."
Bella looked at her hand and the ring. She caught a scent and she turned to look and she saw Jasper. "J… Jasper?!" She flashed over to him without thinking about how fast she was moving. Kol was right with her when they came to a stop.
"It is you." Jasper groaned out. He lifted a hand and cupped Bella's face. "You're not a dream."
"No it's really me. What happened to you?" Bella saw the blood on Jasper's shirt. His shoulder had a nasty infection and he was burning up for being a vampire.
Kol frowned. "Werewolf bite or at least, he's been infected with werewolf venom." He said quickly.
"Why are you in Mystic Falls?" Bella asked.
Jasper coughed a little. "To… to warn you." He said and wheezed.
"Kol he's dying. We have to get him inside. We have to do something!"
"Klaus's blood." Kol said then he took Jasper in his arms and hefted him with ease as him and Bella flashed towards the manor to bring Jasper inside.
