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 25
Healer
"Rosalie" Whispered Esme entering my room, not wanting to disturb my sleeping mate. "You should go hunting" she suggested tentatively
I sighed "I know, I just don't want to leave her side" I told her looking at Bella's sleeping form, who had snuggled against me.
"If you're both like this now, I'm afraid to think how it'll be once you consummate your mating" she said chuckling and taking a seat by the desk I had against the wall. "I'll watch over her, if you hurry, you'll be back before she wakes"
I glanced at the clock and noticed that sunrise would come soon. I pondered for a moment her offer knowing she was right and it was an acceptable deal, the only issue being the fact that I had to be away from Bella. "Alright" I conceded placing a kiss on Bella's temple.
I left the house and was lucky enough to find deer close by. I wondered then if I would ever change my mind about showing this part of myself to Bella. She had proven to be understanding and I knew she wouldn't feel repulsed by the sight. Though it was slightly annoying she kept berating me when I couldn't control the growling. I knew I'd have to ponder deeper about this, since what actually worried me wasn't her leaving me for this reason, but for me losing control with her around.
I returned to the house in time to see my sleeping mate returning from dreamland. And I knew that as long as she was able to sleep, this would be one of the most precious sights I'd ever get to see. "Morning love" I whispered in her ears before placing a chaste kiss on her lips. She smirked against my lips. "What is it?" I asked her playfully.
"I'm glad you went out and fed" she smirked wider then. I frowned realizing I hadn't cleaned myself yet. "Hey! Don't. Don't close off." She said cupping my face "I don't mind" she said seriously "In fact, you know I'm curious about it, right?" she added as an afterthought.
"Don't mock me" I told her half heartily
"Oh, I wouldn't dare" she said playfully closing the distance between us and kissing me fully on the lips before heading to the bathroom and closing the door behind her. Ten minutes later she came out showered and dressed with clothes that I'm guessing Alice left there sometime while I was gone.
"How are you feeling?" I asked her. Not a moment later her stomach made itself known. I quirked an eyebrow at her when she blushed. "It seems it is time to feed my human" I said placing my forehead against hers while keeping her in my arms
"Who's mocking who now Rose?" She said playfully
"Come on, I can smell that Esme cooked breakfast for you" I told her leading her downstairs.
Bella faltered as soon as we entered the kitchen. The only ones missing now were Jasper and Edward and I knew they were not at home. Carlisle looked as if he was studying a weird specimen while he looked at Bella, which in part I think he was doing, annoying me again. Alice was her smirking usual self while Emmett looked like he could barely contain himself from jumping up and down like a child. Esme on the other hand had really outdone herself, and was still setting up plates of food on the table, it was like a buffet had invaded our home.
"Wow. You really take feeding the human to another level" said Bella taking a seat near the counter "Are you sure you're not trying to feed me just to eat me later on, like cannibals would?" she asked looking us all around while stuffing her plate with Esme's creations.
"Silly Bella" said Alice taking the seat right in front of my mate "If that was so, we would feed you just salads"
"Because they are healthy and you don't like cholesterol on the blood you drink?" asked Bella pondering about that while taking her first bite "This is delicious Esme, thank you" she added before stuffing her mouth again.
"No silly" added Alice picking up on her banter with Bella "Because we are vegetarians" she explained as if that was the most obvious conclusion.
"Riiiight, you're right, silly me" said Bella continuing her breakfast and winking at me. I chuckled at my sister's antics then. "Alright, who's first?" asked Bella looking around
"First?" I asked her finally taking a seat at her side.
"You all have questions" she stated knowingly "And it's better to get them out of the way with a pleasant meal, err breakfast in this case, than have them hanging around like the proverbial big elephant in the room"
"Can you teach me to sword fight?" asked Emmett beating everyone else, earning incredulous glances from everyone else.
"You really are an odd family" said Bella chuckling
"So says the odd human" retorted Alice
"Fair enough" concluded Bella still chuckling "Sure Emmett, why not? We have lots of free time in our hands now anyway. I'll just need my truck and the spares I have at home…" said Bella taking another bite "unless you happen to have swords around here" she asked looking at Carlisle for confirmation, whom shook his head "Right, so my spares should do, just try not to break them at the first clash, my kind, we are not stronger than your average regular human" she added smirking
"Would you mind giving me a blood sample for me to run a few tests?" asked Carlisle as eager as Emmett had made his request.
"Bella's not a guinea pig!" I growled at him and was about to pounce on him, but Bella placed her hand on my chest, stopping any further movements to attack Carlisle
"What's with the growling this time?" she asked amused before placing a soft kiss on my lips, thus ending my growling, again. "Yesterday I get it, you were protecting me from the threat your brothers posed, now I don't see where it is coming from. Carlisle just made an honest and understandable request Rose, especially considering he's a doctor" she added "However I don't know how wise that would be Carlisle" she said facing him now and taking my hand in hers.
"Whatever tests I do I'll let you know as well as the results; and all of them would be conducted here in my private lab, nowhere near other humans or vampires" he hastily promised
Bella frowned and gently squeezed my hand. "I'll think about it"
"Where are you from?" asked Alice then, effectively ending that line of conversation and changing subject.
"Here actually" said Bella "Duncan said I was born here in Forks. He raised me because he knew my mother and instantly knew I had the seed of Immortality in me" she added
"What happened to your family" asked then Esme
"Don't know much about it. Never cared to ask Duncan. The only thing I know is that Mom's family kinda disinherited and banned her when they learned about her pregnancy, and then she was attacked by wolves around here, when she went into labor. Duncan helped deliver me after getting her away from the wolves, she died because of that attack and Duncan left town with me after promising on her last breath he we would look after me. At least, that is all Duncan has ever told me. And as I said, I didn't really ask too much."
My family stayed silent and looked at each other, I know they were thinking the same I did when Bella told me about it. The mutts in La Push for some reason had attacked Bella's mother, probably sensing that something was different and therefore dangerous with the unborn child. The question then was when had that happened? Why hadn't the mutts attacked her now? Was Bella older than even Carlisle? Did Duncan meet the wolves before Ephrain Black? According to Carlisle, he had been the most open minded of the alphas he'd met.
"Don't worry about it" said Bella noticing the uncomfortable silence that had set. "It was a long time ago, and I've had a really good life. I was happy with him as my dad. Am happy. He is a good man, and a good father. Duncan's actually a great dad, even if a little overbearing sometimes"
"Don't you want to know more about what happened? Your relatives?" asked Esme
"Nah" dismissed Bella "They didn't want to know about me in the first place, me being conceived was the reason she was banned from her home; and even if my blood line still lives in this area, what would I accomplish?"
"If you change your mind, let us know and we'll help you track them down" said Carlisle
"No need to, but thanks." Said Bella smiling
"Are you sure?" I asked her concerned
"Certainly. After all, I have you now." she said smiling
"What else would you need?" I added cockily
"Smartass" she said playfully giving me a chaste kiss "Ok, since you are taking too long, it's my turn now" she added after a long pause. I chuckled remembering she pulled a similar stunt with me when I was too shocked to ask anything else "Rose told me a little bit of how you became a family, but I'm curious about your lives as humans. Was it difficult or just plainly weird to adapt to this new life of yours?"
Carlisle jumped to answer the question. He told Bella how he was turned and how he ended up with the Volturi and later on found Edward. He also told Bella about his self imposed rule not to change anyone who was not in the brick of death, which Bella commended, and how he later on met us all.
"So, what about you Alice? How was your life as a human?" she asked after she learned exactly how Alice and Jasper joined our coven.
"That is a mystery." Said Alice "I don't really remember my human life at all, and I don't know who created me. Whoever made me walked away" she added
"If she hadn't had that other sense, if she hadn't seen Jasper and Carlisle and known that she would someday become one of us, she probably would have turned into a total savage." Said Esme displeased by the idea of my sister being alone
"Doesn't that bother you?" asked Bella "Don't you want to know more about your life?"
"What would I accomplish?" asked Alice smirking at Bella, knowing she had said just the same thing about her own past
"Touché" added Bella
When Edward came back home, he did so without Jasper but with Bella's truck, for which she was grateful, however the bliss of that was short lived.
"You were followed back, they're close by" said Jasper arriving just then from the back
"By whom?" I asked worried about Edwards's hesitation
"The person who was stalking the truck, I guess ready to ambush Bella" He added, not in the slightest remorseful about it
"You may be right" said Bella stiffening at the same time as a car pulled out from the road into my family property.
"You led them here?" I snarled and was about to attack Edward when Bella took my hand in hers
Less than a minute later the human inside got off the vehicle and scanned around finally fixing his eyes on my Mate.
Revised A/N (January 2023): Sooo… another year comes. And we are still here. Thank you for your continued support. I really appreciate it.
We are coming closer to the point I originally chose to start revising this story, bear with me a little bit more.
A/N: I'm deeply sorry for the time it's been since the last update, nothing I say will make up for that, I know. I just want to thank you all for sticking around and hope you also forgive me for the shortness of this post. I'm working on the next part already, hopefully it'll be ready in no more than two weeks. Then the next update will surely take longer because of my obsession to B5.
Once again, I want you all to know that I'm thankful for all your support and the lovely comments you've all left in the form of reviews, PMs, alerts and faves, prompting me not to give up on this fic even when I felt like it a time or two in the past.
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