Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Sins Of The Past

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 15:

Bella POV

I walked quietly to the door. Instead of knocking a simple “Master?” was said.

“We are decent Isabella. You may enter.”

I opened the door hiding a smile and saw the two of them were sitting in opposite chairs on opposite sides of the room. Sulpicia stood up first and wrapped me in her arms.

“Dear are you hungry? Heidi can go grab someone for you?”

“No Mistress. I mean I am but I can wait until dinner.”

Master Aro walked closely and attempted to hold Mistress Sulpicia’s hand. She continued to smile but slapped his hand away.

“I am glad to see you up and about my Bella. Where is Jane?” he asked.

“She said she needed to speak to Chelsea. I believe I have her worried.”

“We all worry dear but you will be fine.” Mistress told me.

“That’s the thing. I feel fine. I feel great. Why does everyone seem worried? Did I have a breakdown after I awoke that I cannot remember?”

“No dear. I suppose we were hoping more of your memories would be retained. That’s all. They may still return. Memories of your human life… before…” Mistress said softly.

“Before I was born?” I asked for clarification.

“Yes.” Master Aro answered.

“I’m sorry Master. Were they important?”

“No Bella. I mean we simply wanted you to retain memories of times before… you were born… of a happier time. Growing up, school friends, that sort of thing.”

“I could try if it matters to you Mistress.” It certainly didn’t matter to me.

She wrapped her arms around me and I laid my head on her shoulder, breathing in her delicious scent.

“No my darling. You don’t need to worry about a thing. I would like you to think about our upcoming trip to La Push.”

“Yes Mistress that is why I am here. How soon can we go?”

“I am thinking Christmas dear. Christmas day. The idio… My King gave them two weeks to surrender. Two weeks ends on Christmas day. We already have Saville, Magnus and Connor closely observing the Wolf Pack as we speak. They have killed two of the wolves who were not involved in your attack. I believe one was very young and the other was his father. He was called Sam.”

“Sam Uley?” I asked. I remembered him. He brought me back from New York. Someone was shot. Not me.

“Yes dear.”

“He is dead?”

“Yes.” Master Aro looked concerned.

“He had nothing to do with my attack?” Those lives belonged to me.

“No dear. Billy Black will not be killed. He was harmed by Saville but he will live. There was another wolf killed. An Embry Call?”

“Embry?” I remembered Embry.

“Yes. Apparently Connor has learned that Billy Black was also his father.” Master Aro explained. “We are learning much about them. Connor sat in the corner of their Pack meeting last night. They never had a clue that he was there.”

“He is truly gifted to fool those noses,” I smiled. The idiot dogs and their secret meetings. They have no idea. We can be everywhere. They are out of their league.

“Bella the dog Embry was killed by Dani. She shot him. In the head.” Master Aro said quietly.

“Dani? No! Dani was not supposed to… to… we talked about this! She would be a lawyer. Maybe a fashion designer. We would get her into Harvard! Maybe Paris. She is not supposed to be killing people!”

I shut my mouth at my sudden outburst and immediately felt embarrassed.

“I am so sorry Mas…”

“Do not apologize to me Isabella. You are my child. I love you and I agree with you. Dani was not supposed to be killing people. But she is changing in response to her situation. We can control her life no more than I could control yours. But I want you to think about the reaction you just had. You love her. You have a daughter Bella. She loves you as well.”

“When I turned I left my human life. That was the plan Master. I have no human life. Only unfinished business. That was our plan.” I stressed. I didn’t want a… she killed someone? How? I killed people. That was me. I was evil. Not her. But she was his. Still… she killed one of them? Why?

“Bella relax. Please relax.” Mistress Sulpicia said calmly, her arms around me.

It felt so good. I never felt pain in her arms.

No. I was not here to be comforted. I had been comforted too much. I needed to kill.

“You are hungry. Why not eat now and at dinner?” she asked me softly.

“Yes.” I admitted in a whisper. The prospect excited me more than I wanted to let on.

“We don’t want bloodlust to be a problem for you so we will keep you well fed. Heidi has two men in the dungeon. I will have her meet you in the throne room.”

“Yes Mistress… men? Are there any females…”

“No. You must learn to feed from human males without tearing them to pieces. I realize feeding is an intimate ordeal with another but you cannot think of them as male or female. They are food. Blood pumps through their hearts. They are not us. You don’t want Jane to get jealous do you?”

“Jealous?” I asked surprised.

“If you only show favoritism towards females she will believe you to be attracted to your food. We don’t want her jealous do we?”

“No Mistress.” Jane’s heart was fragile. Despite her hard exterior she was full of self-doubt. I wouldn’t give her any reason to feel jealous.

“Go to your food. Eat. Every time you are hungry in the slightest let Heidi or one of us know. For the first month I want you to feed every time the thought strikes you. Then we will start backing you off to a feeding schedule that matches ours. Understand dear?” Master Aro asked.

“Yes Master. Thank you. Two weeks?”

“A little less now. We will let you know. And Bella? We are not killing your daughter.” My Mistress told me firmly.

“And if I do? What am I supposed to do with her? She is one of them. By choice or not what sort of life is she supposed to have? Let her learn about the traditions of those people? Let her live on their land? Her people will be gone.”

“You are her people, Bella.”

“I am immortal. The Volturi are the only ones who matter to me.” I told him firmly.

“I…” Master Aro stopped speaking. He looked at his phone with a perplexed face.

“Isabella we haven’t had a lot of time to discuss past memories. Memories before La Push. Tell me dear, do you remember the Cullens?”

“Of course Master. They were a coven we visited because they violated the law.”

“Do you remember how you knew them?”

That was confusing.

“I knew them? No Master I am afraid I do not remember. I remember somehow discovering that they had exposed themselves to humans…” What was it? Why did I go before I was turned? I wanted to go. I knew them. Somehow in a past life I knew them. But who remembers past lives? This is the only one that counts. The rest do not matter. My mother Renee. She talked about past lives often it seems.

“Perhaps it will come back to you my dear. When it does I ask that you not attack them. I will understand of course if you cannot help yourself but I am interested in what they have to say.”

That’s ridiculous.

“Master I realize I am a newborn and I am a bit volatile at the moment but I will not break the rules of our decorum. I have studied them all my life in preparation for this. I promise, no screaming or ripping humans to pieces.” I told him firmly, with a wink.

Master Aro laughed.

“I have the upmost confidence in you dear. Now it is time. Major Whitlock and his new coven, formerly the Cullens, has requested an audience with the Volturi. It is time to take your place by Jane and Alec’s side. Renata will be behind me. You will be next to Jane. Mentally shield us all. If any attempt to step forward… don’t let them. Sound good?”

“Of course Master. It will not be a problem.” I was ready to take my place in this world where I belonged. I would be focused. Cold. I would be in complete control. I was also curious. How did I know these vampires?

I followed Master Aro into the throne room and saw Jane, Alec and Renata already there. Masters Caius and Marcus were seated. Santiago, Felix and Demetri were in the back. Chelsea was also there in the back and smiled at me. I lifted my hood and stood straight. Decorum. We were civilized in the Volturi.

Five vampires were escorted in by Heidi.

The one with shaggy blonde hair stepped up and I looked him in the eyes.

A paper cut. A fucking paper cut.

The memories hit me fast. Thrown into a glass table by Edward. Being left. The red head… Victoria. Left with Victoria after me. I became involved with the Pack. A fight. I cut myself. She was so close and that damn Jacob Black took her. That night I was born.

The blonde female. A sneer. I remembered a sneer. She always hated me. The short one. The bitch betrayed me. Left me in danger when I could not protect myself.

I heard a growl. A very loud growl. I was already on top of the blonde male… Jasper… when I realized it was me who was growling.

Caius POV

“Isa…” Aro started.

“No brother. Let her work this out. It’s therapeutic. Right Chelsea?”

I couldn’t hold the smile in. Bella was fighting the famous so called God of War. Actually she was attacking him and he was fighting for his life.

God of War. The only reason he has that name is because it was given him to by survivors of the armies he fought. When I fight there are no survivors. Hence no nickname. I didn’t care. Really I didn’t. Stupid nickname.

Every guard member in the room moved.

“Stay back. She has this.” I ordered.

They backed away hesitantly.

Jasper struck her in the face. A chorus of growls went up. Jasper hit the ground screaming.

“Jane! This is hers. She has this.”

Whitlock stood and was kicked in the testicles by Bella. He struck her again but she stood her ground and only growled.

“Isabella!”

She turned towards me. A look of fury on her face.

“Master?”

“We have talked about this. Hit and then protect. Do not allow them to touch you. Also go after all of them. Except perhaps the skinny blonde newborn who looks very frightened. She did not betray or abandon you to Victoria. The rest are yours.”

Isabella smiled and turned back towards the Major. He was concentrating very hard. The fool. He could not touch her as a human and he thinks his gift will affect her now.

I had wanted to start training Bella now that she had turned but was perplexed on who to have spar with her. Felix was really the only one strong enough to handle her newborn strength and I knew he would be hesitant about striking her even in sparring.

Isabella swung at Whitlock’s head. He ducked and returned a swing. His fist hit a wall a foot from her face. He shook his fist and then touched her shield. She dropped it and struck him in the jaw. A kick to his stomach and he flew towards the back. Felix stepped out of the way and allowed him to hit the wall.

The little one, Alice, moved towards her to defend her mate. Bella tried several times to contact her but the little bitch was too fast. She had been well trained. Still the problem with beating Isabella is eventually ducking and dodging will stop and you will have to hit her. That is not likely to happen. Alice struck Bella’s shield in the same manner as Whitlock, cracking her fist on it while Bella smiled the most seductively evil smile I have seen outside of Jane and Athenodora.

Then she did something that surprised us all.

She wrapped her hands around Alice’s head. Jasper jumped towards her and hit her shield once again. Bella understood. To trap a quicker opponent simply bring her in to a closer space and not let her out.

“My word, her control of her gift is amazing.” Marcus whispered.

“Of course it is. I taught her.” I responded, a bit offended at his surprised tone.

Alice’s neck began to crack.

“Isabella?”

She turned her head towards me, still growling.

“No killing today. Be nice.” That brought a frown to the infuriated newborns face. Still she let Alice go and walked away. Jasper ran to his wife.

Bella pointed to the blonde Rosalie.

“Emmett?” The Cullen girl whispered, backing up behind her large husband.

“Bella please calm down.” The large one tried before Bella was on him. She wrapped her legs around his waist and began hitting him in his face. He squeezed her in a bear hug, I suppose attempting to break her back or some such nonsense. Quite frankly I don’t know if he has a clue what he is doing. He did succeed in bringing her closer.

She bit his ear off and spit it on the ground. He screamed and she flipped off his waist and over his head, grabbing Rosalie and pressing her against the stone wall.

“What happened to you?” Rosalie gasped out throwing her hands up in surrender. She seemed to sincerely want to know in contrast to the sneer she had planted on her face when she arrived.

Still her words stopped Bella for a few seconds. She released Rosalie’s throat and turned.

Ahh there is Jasper, helping his little wife. He saw her smiling at him.

“Bella please. Hurt me if you have to. Leave them alone.” He offered. It appeared she would take him up on the offer.

Bella reached for his throat and then stopped. She saw something in his eyes. I’m not sure what, but she did not strike.

“You nearly killed me in a past life. But you saved me once as well…” Bella said, seemingly more to herself. I looked at Chelsea who immediately moved to Bella’s side.

“Bella? Where are we?”

Bella seemed confused but did back up.

“Home.”

“Yes we are. They are guests in our home for the moment. But until then we stand in court. Do you remember?”

“Yes.”

“Where do you belong?”

“At my Masters’ side, with my family.”

“Yes. So go to your Masters side. It’s okay” Chelsea told her softly.

“I made a mistake. I lost control.”

“It’s fine. No one is mad. We understand. They abandoned you and left you in danger. We will deal with it. Just relax. Are you okay?”

Bella nodded looking at the ground.

“Master may one of us take her to our chambers?” Jane asked quietly.

“No. She is fine. Aren’t you my Isabella?” Aro asked, not bothering to hide the smile on his face. I certainly wasn’t bothering to hide the one on mine. Jasper Whitlock had always been a problem. He could make vampires as gifted as Alec and Jane or even Saville and Connor relaxed enough to not use their gift. Relaxed enough to not fight.

We now had a vampire who was immune not only to his gift but his fighting prowess. He literally could not touch her. Now there were two vampires he could not defeat in a fight.

“I am sorry Master…”

“Nonsense. It is perfectly natural. You have only been awake two days. I have to thank you Major Whitlock. Other than the occasional random scream and mutilation of a human, Bella had been acting a bit too calm. Your unexpected arrival seems to have triggered memories of her past life and allowed her to release a bit of pent up rage.” Aro explained.

“Yes. Have fun thinking about how you will defeat her Major. In the meant time, what are you doing here?” I asked.

Bella walked with her head down to Jane’s side.

“Bella? Head up dear. You were splendid. Now Major?”

“Perhaps I should touch…”

“No! You can explain to the three of us what the hell you are doing here. We are very busy and have not yet summoned you to answer for your violations of the law. What do you want?”

Everyone wants to touch Aro and then stand back. Lazy and disrespectful.

Whitlock cleared his throat.

“After your last visit Aro, Edward Cullen refused to change the human who had knowledge of our kind. Emmett and I attacked him and my wife and Rosalie changed Dion as you can see. Despite being very young she has taken remarkably to our way of life as evidenced by her self-control, even in the presence of an aggressive vampire.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Self-control? That was not self-control. The girl looked like she would urinate in her undergarments if it were still possible. Also I would be very careful about any insinuations towards Isabella.” I told him meaningfully.

“I meant no such thing Caius. I was just a bit shocked to be attacked here without provocation.”

“Provocation? Have you considered perhaps she just doesn’t like you? Trust me it can happen. How much more provocation does she need?”

“As I was saying we were aware of Carlisle’s talks and ideas in regards to the Romanians and exposing our kind to humans. I believe by reading our thoughts, you will see we were not all in complete agreement with him but as our coven leader we followed his lead.”

“Is this going somewhere anytime soon Major? We really do have quite a lot on our plate right now.” Aro told him pleasantly.

“We have broken free of the Cullen Coven and have started a new coven with myself at the head. I do not want our past associations to be hanging over our heads. I request that we are tried now and our punishments passed out so we can move on with our lives.”

“You are assuming you will have lives to move on to afterward?” I asked amused.

Whitlock took a step forward.

And walked into an invisible stone wall.

“I apologize. May I approach?”

Aro looked at Bella and nodded. The shield must have dropped because Jasper took a hesitant step forward and reached out his hand to Aro. Aro touched his finger and took a deep breath.

“No.”

The single word spoken by Aro brought stillness to the room.

“No?” Whitlock finally asked.

“No. I see what all has gone on. But there is more to answer for than just the Romanians. You all committed crimes as a member of a coven. That coven will be tried together. All of you. I cannot spare Demetri to go find wherever Edward Cullen is hiding. Not at this time. In two weeks our current main order of business will be taken care of and we will summon your coven then. In the mean time you may stay here in our guests quarters. I may be calling on some of you to spar with Isabella to prepare her.”

“Perhaps we could assist you in your current main order of business?” Whitlock suggested. Looking for a fight or to curry favor. I wonder which? Probably a bit of both.

“No this is family business. Besides I doubt you would be interested in the systematic slaughter of a great number of humans. I see by your eyes you are still… vegetarians?” Aro asked. Marcus and I both chuckled.

“Why? What are you doing?” Alice asked alarmed. I answered the insolent little twit, simply for the pleasure of watching her face.

“Your husband may not have known but Carlisle certainly knew of a wolf pack in La Push. In two weeks there will not be a La Push any longer.” I told her gleefully. “Then we will deal with you and yours. It is probably best. We will be in a wonderful mood. It cannot hurt your chances.”

“Oh they knew Caius. They all knew of the Wolf Pack. Carlisle was not even aware of what all they knew.” Aro told me, gazing coldly at the Cullens.

Isabella growled. That reminded me.

“You should also know we have a rule in Volterra. Isabella is not to be touched by any man. If a man touches her it is immediate death. A few visitors have found over the years that we take this very seriously.”

“And if she attacks us?” Jasper asked.

“Good luck. I would suggest running as fast as possible in the other direction. Demetri please show them to their chambers.” Aro spoke once more before they left.

“Rosalie? Chelsea will be bringing you to my chambers a bit later. My wife and I wish to talk with you. Unrelated to the topics brought up today.”

This was strange. I looked at Rosalie who seemed a bit surprised and then looked towards Isabella. With a nod she left.

I turned to Aro when the chambers were clear.

“Well? Share with the rest of the class! What is going on in these idiot’s heads now?”

Jake POV

This was a fucking nightmare. My life was a nightmare. We were all gathered in the Tribal Center trying to hold a Pack meeting. I would say no one knew what to do but that was not true. The problem is everyone had very strong and different opinions on what we should do.

We all saw what had happened. At the gunshot we all phased. Dani phased human in front of my house and walked in not even bothering to go in through her window to avoid being seen nude. Her face was blank. No expression. Just Embry’s blood sprayed over it. I met her eyes and she finally smiled brightly showing me her teeth. They were red as well. Her smile was psychotic. I said nothing. Just turned around and walked away quickly.

My life was a nightmare.

My father was a monster. My former best friend and unknown brother plotted to have the girl I loved with my whole heart injured by my father so he could have her. My father took her himself. I had been so angry over the years at her. As angry as I was I still loved her.

Seeing inside my father’s head was the moment when my life ended. To see what he was… what he did to my sisters. What he did to my Bella.

I didn’t love Angela. I liked her. She was like Bella in ways but she was not close to being Bella. Now my Bella truly was dead. She was dead and she was coming to kill us all. My father, the monster that he was, was holding us hostage in La Push. As disgusted as I was with him we were in an impossible situation. An army was coming to not only destroy us, but my entire tribe. My father placed us in this position. It was up to me to save us. This was no newborn army after one girl. This was much worse and the bravado I had in my youth seemed to elude me now. I was scared. I was very scared.

“Where is the murderous bitch?” Paul asked, half drunk.

“She is at my place where she will stay.” I told him.

“Your Dad is going to fucking kill her.” He slurred in response.

No he wouldn’t. He was in bed moaning. I doubt he would be rising any time soon. But I knew one thing. Before anyone could touch that girl, the person who tried would be dead.

“No he isn’t. Neither are any of us.” Quil said.

“She fucking killed one of us! What about Pack justice?” Paul yelled.

“What about it?! In case you haven’t notice Billy Black is a fucking psycho! We need to be talking about taking a united stand against him. Jake you need to grow some balls and step up. If we are behind you, then you can become Alpha and end this!”

“We can’t just end this. You really think if we give them what they want Bella Swan is going to live and let live?” Jared asked. He didn’t look so well. Begging Kim to come back was not working. She had told him to go to hell.

“It’s worth a shot.” Seth mumbled.

“Where the fuck is Leah at?” Paul asked.

“Jake’s Dad made an agreement with my Mom. So long as Mom played ball Leah would never have to phase again.” Seth explained.

“And you trust him to follow through? Him? The fucking psycho rapist who was too scared to fight before?” Quil yelled.

It was a good point. I wanted to argue. How could I? I looked at the younger wolves. They were so scared, but none said a word.

“He has so far.” Seth said doubtfully.

“We aren’t giving up Black. Are we Jake? We fucking fight!”

“Of course you want to fight Paul. Your ass is dead anyway. You can’t turn on the lights in your house because the state police are looking for your ass for multiple murders, your wife and kids are gone and the big leech has pretty much said he is going to torture you right next to Billy Black. You’re fucked anyway.” Quil pointed out.

“Fuck that leech. I can phase now. Let him come.”

“Why don’t we just talk your Dad into letting Dani go Jake?” Luke Clearwater asked quietly.

“Fuck that. We are killing the bitch.” Paul spoke up once again.

“Shut the fuck up Paul! You saw what those leeches can do! They could be here right now listening and we wouldn’t know. One could be anyone of us.” Quil correctly pointed out.

“Nobody is hurting Dani.” I said firmly. For one Quil was right. I had a feeling if anyone did make a move towards her their heads will be lying next to Sam and his kid’s heads. We didn’t even know how to get a hold of Emily to tell her that her husband and oldest son were dead.

“Then we need to make a concerted effort to take the reins from Billy.” Jared pressed.

“You think I haven’t tried?!”

“We need to prepare these young men to defend our tribe.” Paul argued once more, sounding like a broken record. I had enough.

“Really Paul? Got a lot of tribal pride? This isn’t going to be a legendary battle. It’s not going down in the history of our tribe as a glorious moment in our Pack’s history. It’s a fucking horror movie! The kind where there are no survivors at the end. The monsters are coming. I can’t even sit here and tell you we are the good guys. You sure as fuck aren’t. My Dad isn’t. If I could I would blow his fucking head off myself! I’m glad Dani killed Embry. I wish it had been me.” I admitted.

Seth’s phones buzzed.

“Not keeping you from anything are we Seth?” I wondered out loud.

“Uh, we may be all fucked. That’s Leah. She hasn’t been doing good since Mom and now Sam…”

“So?”

“She is going to your house to get Dani.”

“To get her to do what?” I panicked. Please don’t hurt her. Her safety was the only hope our family, friends and neighbors had of surviving this.

“Don’t know. Just said she was going to get her and to let you know.”

Paul apparently found this humorous.

“Damn Seth. Sounds like you are about to lose a sister too.”