Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

An Imperfect Life

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 24: The Grand Scheme of Things

(TPOV)

I just got back to the Cullen’s when I heard Edward and Kate talking about Edward and Bella’s fight. I stayed far enough away that Edward couldn’t hear my thoughts but I could hear what was being said. He planned on apologizing in a big way. Well I can’t let that happen now can I. Edward is mine, no imperfect mortal was going to have him. So I continued to listen. I would foil his plans to get Bella back and then broken hearted Edward will come running to me for comfort. Edward will be mine and Bella forever forgotten. Just the way it should be. Alice received a call from “Bella” the next day. So they all rushed over there. All as in everyone but me. No surprise there. I was pretty sure by now that they all dished that I was the wicked witch of the east. No biggie. They didn’t return that night either so I figured Alice roped them all into some form of girly thing. All was fine with me. That left me alone with Edward. Or so I thought.

Bella’s brother Emmett showed up and the guys all disappeared. I don’t see what they find so interesting in these humans. Sure it’s the first time Edward has shown an interest in anything or anyone in a long time but good god give me a break! They are just something to play with and then discard when we get bored. They don’t live long so it can’t last more then a decade right?

Half the day had passed and now I was getting bored. Esme was the only one around it seems. Carlisle was doing some kind of research in his study and we all know not to get in his way when he is on a mission. But I wonder what has got him in such a tizzy. Oh well best not to dwell. I think I will go find the guys and see what they are doing. I took off out of the house and following Edwards scent is as easy as breathing. Literally. I followed them for several miles before I came upon the three of them just sitting around talking. Of course Edward already knew I was there. If he knew then Jasper already knew too. Edward seemed to tense whenever I was near so Jasper would sense his discomfort. I don’t see why, I have shown nothing but love toward Edward and yet he seems reluctant to join with me. I heard Edward chuckle has he heard me.

“Well it’s true” I chided as I entered the clearing.

“Not anywhere close to the truth.” he added.

The other two just shook their heads. How much did Edward tell them about what he was hearing?

“Enough”

I was shocked when he answered me.

“Come on Tanya even Emmett here can feel the lust rolling off you and read your face.”

Emmett waved and smiled at me. I wasn’t sure whether to be annoyed or amused by this. So I went with the latter.

“Is that so” I said as I sauntered into their circle and placed myself right next to Edward.

Needless to say he moved away.

You know Edward you can’t run forever. One day you will realize that you and I belong together.

“No Tanya I don’t think I will.”

(EPOV)

Tanya came and found us on our boys trip. How I wish she would just give it up. I will never want her, or love her for that matter. I love Bella. Aahh Bella. My beautiful Bella. I hope she forgives me. I know Alice is with her, along with the others. I hope they be nice and don’t scare her off. I trust Kate and Alice, Irina I’m not sure but I think she is okay. I didn’t read any hostility towards either Bella or Emmet in her thoughts. Rose I have no worries there either. She loves Emmett. Even if she hasn’t said it yet. I must have been lost in my thoughts of Bella for a while cause soon Emmett was yelling at me.

“Yo Edward! Dude anyone in there?”

“What?”

“Where did you go?”

“Nowhere! Just lost in some thoughts.”

“Bella?”

“What?”

“Told you? You owe me $20”

I watched as Jazz handed over a bill.

“Wait where did Tanya go?”

I looked around and noticed we were short one.

“Oh she left a little while ago. She kept trying to get your attention and then got pissed off and left when you wouldn’t reply. It was funny actually. I made a bet with Jazz here that you were thinking about Bella, and he said you were just tuning the she-witch out. Looks like I won.”

A grin spread across my face at the fact the thinking of Bella also tunes out Tanya completely. Talk about killing two birds with one stone. I think I love Bella a little more now then I did two minutes ago if that is even possible.

“Edward your doing it again” Emmett’s voice boomed.

“Sorry”

“Not that I’m complaining that you love my sister that much to get lost in thought about her like that but come on we were in the middle of a discussion already concerning said sister before we were interrupted by the she-witch.”

“Yeah okay, where were we?”

“We were discussing how you were going to make up with my sister.”

“Right. Well Kate actually came up with the idea and it sounds great I just need help with it. The girls are a go, minus the she-witch, so now I just need you guys on the band wagon.”

“So what’s the plan?”

I began to regale the plan that Kate had come up with. Emmett said that Bella would love it. Jasper was in but was worried about Tanya interfering in this particular production. I agreed with him on that. We would have to keep an eye on her. We continued with our planning and soon it trailed into other topics. Emmett had mentioned something about a hunting trip. I looked at him like he was crazy, he just shrugged. He said that he wanted to go bear hunting and what better way to find a bear then have two vampires track him down some. He said it would be a good brother bonding experience since he didn’t have a real brother of his own, and we had become like family. He also said that Bella would feel safer about him going if she knew one of us would be there to either save him or protect him if need be. He shrugged at this also. Jasper and I laughed and decided it could be fun. We would work out the rest of the details after I apologize to Bella.

(CPOV)

I have been looking into Bella’s background for her like she asked but I haven’t come across anything out of the ordinary yet. Her mother’s side I can trace back for centuries. Nothing strange there. Her father’s side is a little more elusive though. I can go back several generations until it just mysteriously stops. I can find a great times however many grandmother but the grandfather is not listed. I find that rather strange. I have also been researching through vampire history and folklore and have come across several vampire families (or spawned from vampires) with similar traits that Bella possesses. One family line in particular jumps out at me. It’s the oldest living vampire line known to our kind. Also the most feared. This family line makes the Vulturi shiver. One word or whisper of this particular vampire would have everyone cowering. He hasn’t been seen in decades. Some say he was killed but I think he is out there somewhere. His name: Dracula. The oldest of the vampires. He was the beginning and will be the end of the vampire race should we ever provoke him. He is said to be able to blend in with humans because his eyes are not red like normal vampires or gold like ours. He sleeps or something similar to sleeping anyway. He has powers beyond most vampires wildest dreams. They say he can also impregnate human woman with out killing them. But no one knows for sure. No one has ever met or seen him in about three hundred years. I wonder. Would his offspring with the human be vampire or human? Would they have his powers? Would they one day turn vampire? So many questions with no real way to find the answers to them without trying to find Dracula himself. I wonder where he would be if he was anywhere? I know the lore around Transylvania is myth. A story put out there to scare off humans by Vlaude “The Impaler” Tepish. What a joke that guy was. Claiming to be the almighty vampire Dracula. Most of us still think Dracula is the one to come back and kill him but again no proof. Huh this is just so staggering. I don’t understand how it could be so hard to trace a human linage back. I will just have to keep looking. Bella will be happy with as much as I can find out. Maybe they still have family left.

(BPOV)

It’s been a couple of days since the argument with Edward. I know he is up to something I just don’t know what yet. I know it will be some sort of a outlandish production cause that is just how he is but hey who am I to stop him. Carlisle called and said he had some information for me. I know I asked him to look into my ancestry I just wasn’t sure if he would find anything worth wild. Maybe we have family somewhere we didn’t know we had. That would be nice to know that we aren’t alone.

Emmett came back from his boys trip ranting about some hunting trip him and the boys were taking. Oh great I can’t wait for that. At least Edward and Jasper will be there to keep him out of trouble. I hope. I know Emmett can be a lot of trouble when he wants to be. But then again he is going hunting with two vampires. Maybe I should worry a little more then I am. Nah he’ll be okay. Won’t he? Yeah he will be. They won’t let nothing happen to him. He is all I have left and they wouldn’t want me hurt in anyway. I just hope he is careful. I know they are vegetarian vamps but come on he is hunting their food source so if he spills the animal blood maybe they won’t be able to…no that is just silly. He will be perfectly safe.

(TPOV)

Edward and his lackeys’ are working on their plan to get Bella to forgive him. What a loser. Why go for someone like her when I’m more then willing to give him all of me right now. I just don’t understand him. I don’t see what he sees in that GIRL! I left them out in the field talking after Edward started to ignore me, he wouldn’t even respond to my thoughts. Its as if he was under some spell. Like a trance. Maybe she is a witch and has put a curse or jinx on him. That must be it. How could he possible choose her over me any other way.

(ESPOV)

Edward and the rest of the children have been working so hard on something. I’m pretty sure it has something to do with Bella. Edward has seemed out of it for a while, he hasn’t even come out of the music room in days. I wonder what they are up too. I also haven’t seen Tanya in sometime either. That scares me slightly, it can’t be a coincidence. She must be up to something. If that petty girl ruins Edwards happiness by interfering with Bella she will have to deal with me. I will not let my family be messed with just because she can’t get over herself.

(CPOV)

I’ve been wait for Bella to arrive here at the hospital. I didn’t want to do it at the house, Bella said she wanted to keep this private until we learned more. I can hear her coming now. A sudden whiff of her floral scent lets me know for sure that it is her.

“Come in Bella”

I call to her before she even gets the chance to knock.

“You asked to see me Carlisle”

“Yes I have found some interesting facts on  your fathers side”

“Like what?”

“Well I can only trace his male side back so far and then It draws a blank, a dead end per say”

“That’s not normal right?”

“No Bella it’s not. But I have also researched some Vampire legends and have found some similar traits in the blood-lines that are just like yours”

“Really”

“Yes, but it worries me. The vampire family you are most like is one of the oldest and dangerous ones known to our kind”

“The Vulturi?”

“No Bella, this vampire family even scares them. This is the oldest of the vampires, the beginning so to speak.”

“Who?”

“You have heard of the legend in some of your movies and books. The humans think of him as a myth. The vampire world believes him to be dead. I however believe he is simply resting somewhere.”

“Who Carlisle?”

“Dracula”

Bella seemed to go even whiter then what she was originally. I helped her to sit down and waited for the information I had just given her to sink in.

“Carlisle”

“Yes my dear?”

“Can you find him?”

“Find who”

“Dracula. You said you think he is out there somewhere. Do you think we could find him?”

“I can try but I’m not sure it’s a good idea”

“But Carlisle if I could be related to him, if he could be the missing piece to all this stuff going on with me then I have to find him! I have to know what is going to happen to me. If he is family then me and Emmett are not alone and never will be.”

“Your right Bella. I will do my best to try and locate where he may be. It could take awhile though.”

“That’s fine, I would still like to keep this between you and I though.”

“okay Bella. For now at least I can do that for you. But I think you should tell Emmett, he has a right to know this is his family too.”

“Yes Carlisle your right as always. I should talk this over with Emmett but not just yet. He is spending a lot of time with Edward right now and I don’t want him to slip around him.”

“Okay but do it soon”

“Yes thank you, I will talk to you again soon then.”

“Good bye Bella”

I watched as she exited the room. Now what? This could be the hardest task yet. I will have to be careful how I go about locating him. The slightest mistake could mean the lives of everyone I love.