Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

An Imperfect Life

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 36: The Brothers Three

(BPOV)

I sat silently while Simon conversed with the brothers. I found out that the man who welcomed us was Aro. The other more silent of the three was Marcus. Marcus seemed sad or bored. I focused on his thoughts while sitting across from him. He really was bored. He didn’t want to be here. He thought his brothers to be overbearing and pompous. I chuckled lightly to myself.

I turned my focus to Caius, he on the other hand just wanted to kill us and move on. Okay so two of the brothers are polar opposites.

Now Aro, he was interesting. So many things running through his head. He was so sure he recognized Simon but he couldn’t put his finger on where. He also knew that I was human! This he was not happy about. Several possibilities ran through his mind, killing Simon, killing me, turning me…etc., etc. Yeah I would like to see them try it. Simon looked at me out the corner of his eye. He must have been listening to my thoughts also. I rolled my eyes mentally. No reason to give the brothers a prompt to kill me. I brought myself back to the vocal world and listened to the conversation between Simon and Aro.

“So what brings you to meet with us?”

“Well we were in the area, and felt it rude to not visit. That and I need to introduce you to Isabella. She will be one of us soon and I thought it appropriate if she met our rulers first hand so when I re-explain all this after her change she will have some recollection of who you are.”

“I see. That is one way to go about things. Now for introductions.”

“Yes sorry where are my manners. Isabella this is Aro, Caius, and Marcus Vulturi. Gentlemen this is Miss Isabella Swan.”

“The pleasure is ours I’m sure.”

“Isabella?”

“Oh yes sorry. Hello.”

“She is a rare beauty isn’t she. Now who are you?”

“Again I’m sorry. I am Simon.”

“Well Simon it is a pleasure to meet you.”

I watched as Simon shook hands with Aro. Aro closed his eyes and it looked like he was seeing something. When he pulled his hand away he had a smile.

“Miss Isabella it seems you are destined to be in our world. Kidnapped and then rescued both by vampires.”

“Yes Aro. I plan to remain in your world. It seems I can’t escape my destiny.”

“Isabella would you be of so kind as to allow me to see your view of these events?”

I looked at Simon and he seemed worried. I decided to use our connection to ask.

Should I Simon?

I’m not sure Bella, I can’t tell what is going to happen.

Well I can’t very well deny him. He is looking for a reason to destroy us.

Do what your gut tells you Bella. You instincts are never wrong.

So I went with my gut. I placed my hand into Aro’s. Again his eyes closed and he tried to look into my thoughts. Suddenly his eyes snapped open and a grimace graced his face.

“Well Isabella it seems that I cannot see your thoughts.”

Simon looked surprised.

“I’m sorry. Is there something wrong with me?”

“No. No my dear. I believe you my possibly be a shield. Your power will be great once you are a vampire, if it is already this powerful while you are still human. I wonder if any of the others abilities will work on you?”

He seemed to muse for a moment. Then he walked to a table in the corner of the room. He spoke quickly into the phone, I shouldn’t have been able to understand what he was saying in vampire speed but I heard every word. He asked Gianna to please send up Alec and Jane. At the names mentioned Simon ruffled in his seat. I read into Aro’s thoughts and found that Jane and Alec are twins that he found in Romania. They were turned when they were eighteen. Alec was the antidote to Jane. Jane could cause immense pain and Alec could cut off all of your senses. Oh I hope my supposed shield works against these two. Soon enough there was a knock on the door that we had entered through.

“Please come in Jane dear, Alec.”

When the two entered I know I shouldn’t be surprised by the inhuman beauty they all possessed but these two were above and beyond the norm. both stood around 6 foot. Jane had waist length strawberry blond hair, mixed with red highlights. Alec had short hair in what looked like a military style cut. Same color as his sister except his highlights that peppered his hair looked more like auburn then red. He was also the one who led us to the room. They looked like they just stepped of a fashion magazine. Jane could even give Rosalie a run for her money. I listened to their thoughts it seems they almost think exactly the same or with one brain. They didn’t want to be here. They found Aro’s games to be boring and over used. They wished to leave but would never do so because they felt they owed their existence to Aro.

“Jane dear, Isabella here seems to be a shield and I can not get a read on her thoughts. I was hoping you would oblige me and see if your gift would work on her.”

Jane smiled and nodded to Aro before turning to me. With a smile on her lips she stared straight at me for several minutes until her smile turned into a grimace. Apparently what ever she thought would happen didn’t. I guess I’m immune to her too. Then she turned to Alec. He stiffened and began to breath heavily. I could see a silvery mist start to drift toward me over the carpeted floor. As it reached me it just swirled at my feet. Looking at Alec I could tell he was getting frustrated. Aro began chuckling and clapped his hands together.

“Excellent. It appears Miss Isabella is immune to our gifts. Delightful.”

“Well done Isabella” Simon said to me.

“Dearest Isabella. I would like to extend an invitation for you to join us here in Volterra as one of our guard once you have been changed.”

“Thank you for the offer Aro but I believe I will decline. I wish to stay with Simon.”

And Jasper I added mentally.

“Very well. If you should change your mind you know where to find us.”

“Yes I believe I do.”

Again Aro chuckled.

“You are surely an entertaining child.”

“Thank you.”

“I believe it is time for us to graciously make our exit Isabella. It is getting late and you still need your sleep. You will need to be well rested if you wish to continue our tour of this beautiful country.”

“Yes very well Simon. Aro, Caius, Marcus good evening to you all and it was a pleasure to make your acquaintance.”

“To you the same young one. I hope you will come to visit us once again when your change is complete I would love to see how this life suits you.”

“I am sure we will meet again Aro. Until then farewell. Simon?”

“Yes farewell.”

With that we left the castle and made our way back to the hotel. Once settled into our room Simon came and sat next to me.

“Bella.”

“Yes Simon”

“Bella how did you block Aro?”

“I don’t know. I just knew that I didn’t what him to know my thoughts or anything about the others back home. I was worried it would get them all killed.”

“Bella do you realize that I myself don’t even have a shield?”

“You don’t”

“No Bella I don’t. I have a mental block I can use to block certain things I don’t wish others to know but I cannot shield all my thoughts like you seem to be able to. Did you know you could do that?”

“Well I know that Edward couldn’t read my thoughts. Ever. I just figured I was defective or something”

“Bella you are not defective you my child are extremely rare and special.”

“Special. Yeah right. Now I think you might be defective.”

“I’m being serious Bella. You are the last decedent in a gene pool started with a male vampire. And not just any vampire but the very first vampire. You can do things no other human or vampire I have ever come across can do. You except the strange things that go bump in the night as if they have always been there and apart of your life.”

“Okay now you make me sound like some kind of circus freak.”

“Bella!”

“What you did. Okay so I’m special and rare. Huh. Now I sound like some mythical creature that no one has ever heard of until now and realized that I am an endangered species.”

“Okay when you put it that way it does sound wrong.”

“See Simon”

“Bella, it’s okay really you are somewhat an endangered species. I only have two other children left in the world and I don’t plan on creating anymore. So you are it.”

“So you are seriously going to look for your soul mate?”

“Yes I guess I should settle down now that I have family to look after and take care of. You and Emmett are all I have left except for Carmen and Zapheria.”

“Wait I have more vampire family out there?”

“Well yes. You already knew about Carmen though. She is from the Denali coven in Alaska and Zapheria is in the Amazon.”

“Will I get to meet her too?”

“Yes I guess you will if you want to go. Speaking of family and mates, Bella. What are you going to do about Emmett and Jasper?”

“I was hoping you wouldn’t bring them up?”

“We can’t put this off any longer.”

“I know Simon. How about we talk about the easy on first.”

“Easy one?”

“Emmett”

“Ah. I see.”

“Well I know he and Rose have hit it off really well I know that she won’t change him till he is one hundred percent ready to join her but it is something that can’t be avoided. I know he loves her and wants to spend eternity with her. But I also know he is going to wait and see what I do.”

“You two are really close aren’t you?”

“Yes we are. We thought we only had each other left. Sure the Cullen’s are like family but they aren’t blood.”

“I understand.”

“So Emmett will be joining us in immortality.”

“Yes”

“So now how about Jasper? Will he be apart of our eternity?”

“I don’t know Simon. Honestly I’m not sure what is up with him. You said we were soul mates, and yet the second he sees Alice with hers he flips and takes off.”

“Bella do you know why Jasper took off from the house?”

“Yes Simon.”

“How?”

“I saw it in a dream. Jasper walked in on Alice and Davey and then took off out the window. He seemed so pissed off.”

“Wow you did see it then. But not all of it.”

“Huh”

“Before Jasper went upstairs he had a conversation with me. He was planning on leaving Alice to pursue his connection with you. The only reason he got pissed and took off is because it was a total surprise to him. He felt betrayed by Alice. He wouldn’t believe that she would just not call him or even tell him that they were over and she found someone else. The way it looked to him was that she had cheated on him. Sure he knows that he kissed you but that was it. We both know that Alice and Davey were doing more then just kissing.”

“Oh. I guess that would explain being pissed. But why did he run? He could have come to me.”

“Bella, you know about Jaspers past correct.”

“Yes. I know all about the battles, and fighting , the scars and the hell he escaped from.”

“Well Jasper has locked away that anger and hatred. His monster so to speak. But when he saw Alice with Davey his monster broke free. His rage was all consuming. He could have killed both of them in seconds. But instead of doing something that would hurt everyone he chose to run. He didn’t come to you because he was afraid of hurting you. He also didn’t want you to see that side of himself.”

“Alright. I understand now why he left. The Major can be a serious dick. But I haven’t heard anything from him since then. Not a phone call or text.”

“Bella. I spoke with Jasper. He knows you are with me and that we are going to be gone for a unknown amount of time.”

“Oh. Did he go back home? Did he get the letter I left for him?”

“Bella child, calm down. Jasper is a rational being, I’m sure once he calmed down he went home to speak with Carlisle. Wait do you know where he went?”

“Yes I saw that he would run into his brother Peter. He will be staying with them while we are gone.”

“Bella! You can’t keep this stuff from me. I thought we told each other everything?”

“Sorry Simon.”

“yeah yeah whatever. I hate that you keep things from me. Which reminds me, who is this Major everyone keeps mentioning.”

“Well Simon that would be Jasper’s monster as you refer to it. He was a Major in the confederate army during the civil war. On a mission for the army he stumbled across his creator. He thought she was a damsel in distress. She turned him that night. When he awoke he realized his gift and so did she. She used him to lead her armies in the southern Vampire wars. In the southern states he is known as the God of War. To those closest to him during the war called him Major. When he left her some 100 years after he was reborn his brother Peter and his mate Charlotte saved him. He was later found by Alice who brought him to live with the Cullen’s and he learned to control his anger and blood lust.”

“Oh. He has been to hell and back hasn’t he.”

“Yes and if when I’m a vampire I ever come across the vampire bitch that turned him and made him into that monster I will kill her.”

“Violent Much?”

“Sorry it just makes me so angry to know that someone could hurt him like that.”

“Ah. That would be the protection instinct kicking in.”

“huh”

“Well true mates have a protection instinct that kicks in when they feel their mate is being threatened or in danger in any way.”

“Oh. Okay. I think I need to give Jasper a call and let him know that everything is okay over here.”

“That could be a good idea. I don’t think he will completely calm until he hears from you.”

“Thanks Simon”