Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

An Imperfect Life

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 41: All about Bella

(ChPOV)

“Hi Honey” Peter said as I approached carrying the limbs the Major removed for his stupidity.

“Peter. What the hell were you thinking provoking the Major like that? Your lucky he only ripped your limbs off and left. He could have burned them.”

“Sorry Darlin’. I don’t know what I was think’n. He just pissed me off insultin the lack of clarity I have with my gift around those two. I shouldn’t have insulted Bella, I think that is where I went too far.”

“Ya think”

“Char honey I didn’t mean it. Your not mad at me are ya?”

“Yes Peter I am. How dare you insult a lady like that. I thought your mother raised you better then that? It’s no wonder the Major took all four limbs. You know how he is when it comes to women.”

“Yea I know. I should be happy he didn’t scatter them all over the woods.”

“Yes you should. At least he had the decency to bring them back to me and tell me where he left you.”

“I apologize my love.”

“Oh no you don’t Peter David Whitlock. It is not I who you need to apologize too. You best apologize to our brother and sister when we get back to the house.”

“Yes ma’am”

“Alright now don’t move.”

“That’s not funny Char honey.”

“Oh my lover it is extremely funny being as I hold both you legs and arms!”

“Can we just put me back together please!”

“Fine sit still”

“Char”

I laughed my head off as I approached my husband to help him reattach his limbs. I started with his legs which of course led to him growling at me and me laughing even more. He is very lucky the Major was nice enough to return to the house with his limbs. Once I had him put together he went for a hunt to restore the fluids he leaked all over the forest. *chuckling* Idiot. I wonder what him and Simon spoke of when they were out here earlier? Not minutes later Peter returned and we started walking back to the house. I asked Peter what he and Simon talked about. I was so surprised when he told me that Simon was actually Dracula, and about his ability to have children with human women. The biggest shocker was that Bella was his last heir. I asked about that and he said that Simon had 6 children in total but that one killed herself once her mate had died. Two were lost to war in china. He told me of Carmen and Zapheria. I knew Carmen from our time in Alaska. She was a sweet woman. He told me that Bella was the last and the most special. When I question him he said that Simon would explain once we got back to the house. The house was eerily quiet as we approached. Peter told me that Simon and Bella were telepaths and could also project their thoughts to others, so they were most likely having a silent conversation with Jasper. I just looked at him with a shocked expression. I knew they could read thoughts but projecting was a whole new ball game for me. I had never heard or met another who could do it. I guess Simon and Bella where listening cause everyone started to laugh at my thoughts. Peter and I entered the house hand and hand.

“Nice to see you with all your parts Peter.” Jasper said with a smile.

Peter just grumbled and fell into one of the arm chairs closest to them. I settled myself into his lap and turned to our family.

“Okay so who is going to explain what the hell is going on?”

Simon looked to me and started speaking.

“I guess I will start. What has Peter told you so far?”

“Just what you told him about yourself earlier.”

“So you know about my children then?”

“Whoa Children?” Jasper looked shocked.

“I’m sorry Jasper let me fill you in quickly. Even though you know most of this already.”

“Yeah sure alright” he said.

They locked eyes for several minutes. I figured it was faster to do it telepathically then vocally. Bella looked at me and nodded. Wow that is going to take some getting used to. She smiled at me. I returned it. Then Simon and Jasper broke apart and looked at Bella. I’m pretty sure he was asking her if she knew. She nodded and smiled at him. His eyes lit up like a child’s on Christmas morning and smiled in return. Awe! Bella winked at me. Simon then turned to us again.

“Okay so now that everyone is up to speed. Bella is my child. She is like me in a lot of ways. She will have all my powers. However it appears that Bella will also have a few that I do not.”

“Wait you mean she will be more powerful then you? Peter asked.”

“Yes Peter. She will be a force unlike any other.”

“Wow” I stuttered.

“Yes now let me continue. She is already showing signs of having some of her abilities. It is early for her to be showing these gifts. The transformation usually doesn’t start until they turn 18. However Bella and I have discussed this and we figure that hers is going to be a rapid change. She will be full vampire by the time she reaches her 18th birthday in less then a week.”

“What?” Jasper seemed worried.

“Jasper there is nothing to worry about. Bella is a very special child. She is the only one of my children who have any special abilities at all.”

“You mean none of the others have gifts?” I asked.

“That is exactly what I’m saying Charlotte. That is why she is so special. Not just because she has one gift but all my gifts. Including one of her own.”

“One of her own?” Peter, Jasper, and I all said at the same time.

“I do not carry the gift of a shield. That is strictly a Bella special.”

“Wow” we again said in unison.

Bella of course chuckled, causing the Major to smile. This girl is extremely catching.

“Bella is also much stronger with her gifts then I.”

We all just looked dumbfounded again.

“The warm fuzzy feelings you and Peter feel when she smiles at you. That is her dazzling you as she likes to call it. It is a form of hypnotism. The only person it does not affect is Jasper, as he is her soul mate. He is immune to her affects if you will.” Simon said to me.

“So she really is one of a kind?” Jasper asked in a voice of awe as her gazed at Bella.

She of course blushed tomato red.

“Jasper has been raving about her since he got here, I just didn’t know how to shut him up.” Peter said. Earning a blazing glare from the Major.

He better watch himself. I am not gonna save his sorry ass again if he continues to instigate the Major this way. Simon and Bella chuckled silently at my thoughts. I gave them both a smile.

“Peter dear. Do you think it wise to push the Major. You have just got your limbs back a few hours ago.”

“Sorry dear.”

“Anyway. Simon you were saying.”

“There isn’t much else I can tell you. The rest is up to Bella if she feels it necessary to tell you all her story.”

I turned to Bella with a smile.

“Bella dear would you mind telling us all about you?” I asked truly curious about my new sister. She must have heard me cause she smiled brightly again.

“Sure thing Char. Then will you all tell me about yourselves? Jasper has only told me how you helped him. I don’t really know anything about you other then that.”

“Sure thing Bella dear.”

We sat for hours after that telling each other stories and whatnot about our lives. I was sad to hear that Bella had lost both her parents in a years time of each other. I had already met her brother Emmett. He seemed like an easy going guy. Which I later found out to be very true. Apparently he is also the family protector and jokester. This is getting to be a very interesting family. Simon told us some more stories of his worldly travels and experiences. It is truly amazing to actually be related to Dracula. Curiosity must have got the better of Peter and Jasper cause they both asked at the same time.

“What happen in Italy?”

Simon and Bella exchanged glances and then burst into uncontrollable laughter. The two boys just looked shocked. So I decided to help them out.

“Bella, Simon. Could you please tell us how your second meeting with the Vulturi went please?”

They sobered up enough to begin to tell us the tale of their meeting with the Vulturi brothers.

“Well the first meeting was intriguing and scary all at once. Like I had told Jasper on the phone. The one called Alec gave me the creeps, he kept staring at me.”

Jasper growled and Bella put her hand on his chest and he immediately calmed down.

“Anyway, I listened to all their thoughts while Simon made the introductions. We didn’t tell them that I was actually Simon’s daughter. Just that he was going to turn me. Aro seemed pleased with this seeing as how he saw in Simon’s thoughts that he couldn’t read my mind. Aro tried and couldn’t. Then he called to have that Alec guy and his sister Jane to come in.”

We all stiffened. Peter, Jasper and myself have had our run ins with the demon twins. Those two were born and raised in the pits of hell. They are just pure evil.

“Well Aro asked both of them to try and see if their powers would work on me.”

The three of us growled at this and Simon and Bella chuckled.

“My shield blocks all mental powers. They were pissed when their magic voodoo didn’t work on me.”

To say we were shocked was the understatement of the year. Bella was awesome.

She smiled at me. This telepathy thing could work to our advantage. She winked at me and Simon smiled so small you barely saw it.

“So what else happen?” I asked.

“Well then we went back to the hotel. Simon got our second appointment for a couple of days later. So we spent our time shopping and sight seeing.”

“that’s sounds like fun.”

“Oh not really. You could tell we were being followed. I knew Aro was curious about who Simon really was. Anywho, we waited those few days and then Simon decided it would be best if he told Aro who he really was at the meeting. I found it funny that Aro didn’t figure it out already. Come on how many full grown vampires can go outside in the middle of the day and not sparkle?”

“Wait one minute here. Simon you don’t sparkle?” Peter asked.

“No I don’t and neither will Bella. If you think about it neither does Carmen. At least not really. She glows a little but other then that she could go outside in the daylight hours and not even cause a commotion.”

“Well that just sux. How come we have to sparkle and you don’t?” Peter whined.

“I do not know the answer to that Peter. I believe it may be a mutated strain of the vampire DNA but I can’t be sure.” Simon replied coolly.

“Well I for one find the sparkling rather magnificent if you ask me.” Bella looked at Jasper with a dazzling smile on her face. He returned the smile and raised their intertwined hands to his lips. Kissing her hand and replied.

“Thank you Darlin’.”

His southern twang out and very prominent. Peter made a gagging noise behind me and I elbowed him.

“Ow. Honey what was that for?”

“As if you don’t know.”

“Back to the story?” Bella asked.

“Yes please continue.” I said.

“Well while we waited for the second meeting Simon had my portrait painted by the same man who painted his over 400 yrs ago. It now hangs in the lobby of the family hotel in Volterra. So then we went to meet them the second time. Aro seemed surprised to see us again but was still mildly curious about me. I listen to their thoughts again. Caius is war and blood hungry so nothing new there. Marcus was bored and depressed. He feels his brothers push it when it comes to leading. He wishes to leave them but he will not, Caius would certainly mark him as a traitor and he would be sentenced to death. And then our fearless leader Aro. Well to say he is persistent when he wants something is well understated. He again tried to convince me to stay with them but I again politely declined. Soon enough him and Simon were in a discussion on their past travels. It seems the brothers don’t get out much. I saw and heard the recognition on Marcus first. He knew exactly who Simon was. Aro must have sensed his discord and reached for his hand which Marcus refused to touch. This of course caused an argument between the brothers. Caius and Aro accused Marcus of hiding things from them. Marcus just shrugged his shoulders and sat back down. It is amazing how one being could be so bored.”

“So your telling me that Marcus is the only one who figured out that Simon is really Dracula?” I asked slightly amused at the stupidity of the brothers.

“That is exactly what I am saying. So continuing. Simon smiled and winked at Marcus causing him to flinch back into his seat, while the other two were busy raving about loyalty. If they only knew what loyalty really meant. So the meeting continued once things settled down some. They continued with stories of the battles they have seen and survived. Several minutes into an extremely old and bloody battle by the sounds of it, Caius started to piece things together. His eyes widened and looked between Simon, myself and Marcus. Marcus smiled at Caius and nodded his head. Caius looked to me and I smirked. The only one still in the dark was Aro.”

“They really are slow aren’t they?” I asked.

Simon and Bella started laughing.

“Well let’s just say we left with Aro still none the wiser and the other two scared out of minds. I think those two are going to be reining in Aro a lot more then before. So that leads us to where we are now.”

After that Simon and Bella headed off to bed. Jasper, Peter and myself went to go hunting. It was going to be a long day tomorrow. I’m not sure how I feel about going home to Bella’s. I just hope the others are more welcoming. I know Alice will be pissed when she finds Peter and I there and Edward, well we never really met him or Esme and Carlisle. We have only heard stories. But I have a feeling that Edward isn’t going to take to kindly to us either if he is anything like the pixie bitch. Jasper says not to worry about Carlisle and Esme. He said that they have enough love to fuel the whole world for centuries. I think I can believe that if they took him in with open arms after hearing all the things he has done in the past. Don’t get me wrong I am no angel but most vampires hear of the things we did or see our scars and run for the hills. Bella is going to be even more special then we first thought. I love that she is going to be my sister. The way she calmed the Major with just a touch was amazing. I will have to ask more about the stuff she can do. Maybe this family bonding won’t be such a bad thing.