Bella McLeod
Healer
This is my first Twilight fic, and it is a femlash, featuring Bella and Rosalie as a couple. So, if you don't like, please head somewhere else.
As an introduction, you may want to read "Snape McLeod" since the Bella that trained Tobias there is the same one here, only a decade later. It's not a requirement for you to read it, especially since I will try and untangle things as the story progresses. I altered the timeline to fit my needs, so… she met Snape in 1997, they parted ways in 2000 and it is now 2011, when she moves to Forks with Charlie.
Bare in mind that I do not own Twilight, nor its characters, so if you recognize any of them, THEY'RE NOT MINE. I only own the idea of making Bella Swan part of Clan McLeod.
I also not own the Highlander series, characters and concepts.
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Bella McLeod
Chapter 23
Healer
I ran faster than ever before, the fear for my mate's life consumed my every thought. I felt her strengthen her hold around my neck and I could not even dare to guess if it was out of fear of hurting herself by falling down if she let go, or in a vain attempt to comfort me even when she didn't even know what was going on. I turned my head to look at her, while still running toward my family, what I saw then made me falter for a second before regaining my footing and kept running. She had a confused expression on her face, but still filled with worry and love, it was simply amazing.
Finally we reached our destination. I let her climb of my back before gesturing for her to get inside, all the while with me looking around for any threat to my mate, I had promised not to interfere if a challenge was issued, but that did not stop me from preventing such things to actually be issued in the first place. And if Raoul appeared again, or anyone like him that would attack without issuing a challenge, then I would certainly keep Bella out of harm's way and make sure that said attacker was truly gone after experiencing a lot of pain.
"Well, that was interesting" said Bella taking deep breaths bringing me back out of my dark thoughts "Better than any roller coaster I've rode in my life" she added walking to the front door of what was my home, but stumbled after a step
"Bella!" I rushed to her, worried about her dizziness.
"I think I need to lie down" she gasped "On second thought, this might be worse than Tobias' preferred method of transportation" she sat on the floor and placed her head between her knees. I held her for a second before deciding to lift her bridal style inside the house, where she would be safer. "Rose!" She deadpanned
"You can lie down inside. It's not safe outside at the moment" I told her in a serious tone, which in turn made her looked confused at me, her dizziness now forgotten
"Thank God you're here" said Esme rushing to us as soon as we passed the threshold "What happened?" she asked worried looking at Bella's pale face
"Just got dizzy from the speed and all" Said Bella trying to get off me, but I kept a firm hold on her as Esme and I walked to the dining room where everyone else was gathered. She gave up as soon as I sat down and brought her on my lap, keeping a secure hold around her.
"How do you feel?" Asked Alice offering her a glass of water
"Confused" stated Bella glancing around the room.
"So is my family" said Edward gritting his teeth "Why don't you tell us why there's someone wanting to behead you" I felt Bella immediately stiffen in my arms
"You have no right to do this Edward!" I snarled and growled at him. The only reason I did not jump him was that my Bella was over me and I had no wish to hurt her or leave her side whatsoever.
Bella sighed and looked around the room again, Edward and I kept growling at each other and now Jasper was growling at me too, which in turn made me growl louder. That was until I heard and felt Bella chuckling. Jasper was the first to stop and reluctantly Edward and I followed suit.
"Do you find your demise amusing?" asked Edward snarling at Bella. She stiffened again which prompted another round of growling from my part.
"Rose" she said in a stern voice "Please stop that. No girlfriend of mine is to be growling like a rabid dog at her siblings, no matter the reason" I stopped immediately feeling confused at her words, then I was upset, it's not like I wanted to be like the mutts, but mating instincts made it difficult to control the need to protect our mate from everything. "And stop pouting, even when it's cute it will not explain me why we left the truck in the woods and why Edward is…" she trailed off, gesturing at him in general.
There was dead silence for a whole minute before Emmett's booming laughter snapped us all out of it. "This has to be the first time that a coven of vampires is left speechless by a confused human"
"I do believe you are correct" said Carlisle chuckling and gesturing for everyone to take a seat. "Let us explain first Bella, then you can explain yourself" Carlisle took Bella's silence as acceptance, which for the moment was enough. "Alice had a vision of you fumbling with your keys by your truck, trying to get inside. However before you could manage, the guy in her vision cut your head off with a sword"
Understanding dawned on my mate's face with each of his words "That's why she called you, to stop us from going there" she asked me, but it was more a statement than anything else. I nodded once. "Thank you" she said looking at Alice.
"No prob-" started Alice but she stopped abruptly, when I looked at her I understood why.
"Are you okay?" Asked Bella concerned for my sister, upon realizing that Alice gaze was glassed over.
"She's having another vision" I murmured in her ear, holding her closer to me again.
As soon as Alice gaze returned to normal, Bella's mobile phone rang. "It's Angela Webber" she declared "She wants to let you know that a friend of yours is looking for you at the dance" she told Bella, who frowned before answering the call
"Hey Angela"
"Hi Bella, how's your date going?" asked the girl on the other line
"I'd say pretty good" said Bella smiling at me
"Are you at your place yet?"
"No, I'm still with Rosalie" replied Bella "Why?
"It's just that there's a guy around school asking about you" explained Angela "He stated he's a friend of yours"
"Really? Did he give you his name?" Asked Bella a little nervous now
"Patrick?" Mumbled Angela in question, not sure about the name or the guy itself. Bella blanched upon hearing the name, which worried me even more than I already was.
"Thanks Angela" said hastily Bella "If you see him again tell him I'm on a date, and most likely will stay overnight out of town" She added, she then cut the line with Angela and dialed someone "Come on, come on" she said while hearing the ringing beeps. I could sense her body tensing more and more with each passing second which in turn prompted me to lean back with her still cradled on my lap, and make soothing patterns on her stomach and thigh.
"Bella! Good to hear from you. How was your date?" Asked Duncan after a few more rings on the other end of the line.
"Patrick's in town" she said somberly.
"Do you know who did it?" asked Duncan after a whole minute of silence
"No" said Bella truthfully, now shaking in my arms "But I should have known before it came to him" added Bella "There's been a whole lot of unannounced visits lately" she told him
"Where are you?" Asked Duncan, now concern evident on his voice "Can you get to Holy Ground?"
"Safe for now" stated Bella "Unarmed" she added after a moment "Don't think I can go to La Push and there are very few options in Forks other than that, might have to if it is my only option though"
"Why are you unarmed?" asked Duncan now upset "Did you…?"
"Of course not!" Said Bella outraged interrupting whatever he was going to ask. "I was on my date with Rose. I was called by a friend from school letting me know about Patrick looking for me at the school dance"
Duncan sighed and muttered something between his teeth that even I was unable to understand "Does Charlie know about these visitors?"
"Yes"
"Why didn't he tell me?" asked Duncan raising his voice
"Why would he?" retorted Bella "It's not his job to report to you, not even to Joe himself" said Bella still shaking, I could tell now it was a combination of fear and being upset
"Put Charlie on the line" demanded Duncan
"I'm not at the house" said Bella in a firm and steady voice "I'm at Rosalie's"
Revised A/N (November 2022): I know I know, why so short? Why you tease us like that? Only answer is because that was where I originally stopped when I wrote it first, next chapter is already been revised and edited. So it will be up before Christmas time, YAY!
A/N: Ok guys…. Good news is as you can see, I'm still alive. I'm deeply sorry for the waiting I had to put you through between updates. As I previously told you, I've been obsessed with another fandom, and evil me dedicated all my free time there all this time. But, I intend to change that, I will really do my best in order to alternate updates between each fic.
Hope you liked this chapter, even (especially) when it was as short as this was. I'm thankful for all your support and the lovely (and not so subtle) comments you've all left in the form of reviews, PMs, alerts and faves, prompting me to continue with this little fic. I'll try to update again this one before May comes to an end, and I'll definitely try to make it longer and worthy of the waiting I've put you through.
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