Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

The Differences Between Us Make Us Special

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 09: Look out Forks the Dastardly Duo has arrived.

It has been two weeks since Edward and Isabella have arrived in Forks for the summer months. They have spent the majority of their time with Granma Mason or Aunt Renee. Grandpa Mason spent most of his time at the hospital. While Charlie has spent most of his time of late tryin to track down the hoodlums who have started a spree of vandalism and mischief. Unbeknownst to the adults surrounding them the hoodlums that Charlie is looking for are none other than Edward and Isabella.

You see after a week of being cooped up in the house they started to feel rather restless. They didn’t know any of the local kids and being related to the chief of police didn’t earn you any brownie points with them. So the two had to find a way to keep themselves entertained.

At first it started out rather simple. Soaping windows of cars at the local market. Writing ‘WASH ME’ in the residue. Then as the week progressed so did the level of angst put into their pranks. One time it was blank parking tickets on car widows from a pad they “borrowed” from Charlie’s cruiser. The next it was getting gummy bears and sour patch kids to stick to the screen at the local movie theater.

The more bored the two became the more pranks they pulled. The one that really caught the Chief’s attention was when they put paper machete on all the windows of the school, and hung the Spartan mascot from the flag pole.

The whole next week the dastardly duo decided to dye the local pool.  Every day a different color. No one even suspected the pair. They figured two handicapped kids would never do such things. They were too well behaved to have done such evil things. The local kids were starting to take the brunt of the punishments for what the pair were up to. So Edward and Isabella decided to take a break on the mischief for a while, let things cool down. No one had any ideas of who could have pulled the pranks that happened or why they just suddenly stopped.

(E&B)

The duo were on their way to La Push for a impromptu fishing trip with Charlie’s friend Billy. Now both Edward and Isabella had met Billy on several occasions when he would come to Charlie’s house to watch a game or play poker (which happen every Friday night). Going to La Push was not something they did often. They had been to the beach once with Granma and Grandpa Masen for a picnic but that was it. They didn’t know anyone from down there and were a little nervous to be going somewhere so foreign. This was not a typical thing with them they usually found themselves relaxed around new people but for some reason they just felt completely out of sorts.

“Edward do you feel that?”

“Yes Bells I do. But I don’t understand why?”

“Neither do I? It feels as if we are entering shark infested waters with a bloody steak wrapped around our necks.”

“I guess that is one way of putting it.”

“Eddie I’m serious I don’t like it down here; it feels off.”

“Well we can’t just bail on Charlie we told him we’d go fishing with him so we should do just that.”

“Okay but if this feeling gets worse I am so throwing a fit just so we can leave.”

“And oh quiet one how do you plan on doing that?”

“I have my ways…”

“You wouldn’t?”

“I would and you know it.”

“Come on Bells not the water works, Charlie will feel guilty for the rest of our stay and I will hear it in his thoughts until we leave.”

“A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.”

“Well let’s just hope that you ain’t gotta do it.”

Soon they were pulling up outside of a small red wood house that looked more like a hunting cabin then a home. A tall man with dark hair and eyes was standing sentinel on the porch looking at the car.

“Edward why is he staring at us like that?”

“He is confused about us. Something about Cold Ones but having heartbeats? I have no idea what to make of it.”

“Cold Ones! I have read about those in the folk story books Granma gave me that day that you spent with Charlie down at the station. The Tribe down here believe in the Cold Ones, or Vampires to us, they also believe that once the young men of the tribe reach man hood at around 16 they have the power of the spirit warrior to change into wolves to combat these Cold Ones.”

“HUH”

“Okay I’ll dumb it down for ya..Vampire vs. Werewolf. Do you understand now?”

“Ah yeah sure.”

“Okay sure you do. Anyway what does that have to do with us?”

“From his thoughts he believes that we are these Cold Ones. But he doesn’t understand how we can have heartbeats as Cold ones are actually dead and heartless.”

“How does he know they are heartless? I have read many stories that say that vampires mate for life. That the loss of the mate could be devastating to the remaining mate. So how could anyone or anything that can feel that kind of love so deeply be heartless?”

“I don’t know Bella. But what I do know is that he thinks we are these supposed Cold Ones.”

“Well obviously we are not.”

“Duh.”

Following Charlie out of the vehicle and up to the porch the man continued to watch Edward and Isabella. Once they got closer to the house Charlie stopped and talked with the man.

“Hey Sam. Where’s the Chief?” Charlie chuckled.

“Well Chief I believe he is waiting for you down at the docks with the boat.”

“Thank you Sam. Oh before I go I’d like to introduce you to my niece and nephew. This is Edward and Isabella Masen. They are the Doc’s grandkids from his son.”

“Nice to meet you.”

“Edward, Isabella, this is Sam Uley he is part of the Police force here on the reservation.”

“Hello” Edward said, while Isabella simply nodded.

“Does she not speak?” Sam asked in question. He wasn’t judging just questioning.

“No she doesn’t. Edward and Isabella are very special Sam. Edward here is deaf and Isabella is mute. They work effectively as a team and most of the time you cannot tell they have these disabilities.” Charlie answered.

Sam looked even more puzzled at this. His thoughts told Edward the same as his face.

“How can they be Cold Ones if they are defective and have heart beats? Something is amiss here and I aim to find out.”

“Well Sam it was nice talking to ya. Catch ya round.” Charlie said getting Sam’s attention.

“Same to you Charlie” he said looking away from Edward and Isabella and back at Charlie.

Charlie started to lead them away from the house.

“Eddie what is wrong with this guy?”

“I have no clue Bells but I say we try and steer clear of him at all costs.”

“I have to agree with you on that one. This is far too crazy.”

Edward pulled Isabella closer to him as they followed Charlie past the old house and into the trees that surrounded the property. They followed a small path leading toward what they assumed was the aforementioned dock. Upon entering a clearing of sorts they spotted Billy on a dock standing next to a decent sized pontoon boat. It was big enough to hold at least 12 people.

“Hey Billy” Charlie called.

“Well it’s about time. I was gonna leave without ya.” Billy called back as the two embraced in one of those one arm half hug man things. “And I see you brought the twins with you.” Billy chuckled.

It was something that Billy started calling them once he had spent a day with them. He said they acted like twins. So that is what he started calling them. Soon as he said this though three teens emerged from the boat. Including a set of twin girls.

“I see you brought your own set.” Charlie chuckled.

“Yeah they said they would rather be out on the boat with me then stuck at the house with Sam the grouch.” Billy and Charlie both chuckled.

“Surely Sam isn’t that bad?” Charlie asked.

“Uncle Charlie you have no idea how bad he is. I swear the only time he smiles is when Emily is around otherwise he is just an old grump. He makes the Grinch actually seem like Santa Clause.” one of the two girls spoke. Charlie broke down into fits of laughter while Billy stood shaking his head.

“Well since Charlie here can’t seem to stop laughing long enough to remember his manners I will introduce you. Edward, Isabella these are my children. The twins, Rachel and Rebeka. Then of course that over there is Jake. Guys this is Edward and Isabella Masen.”

As Billy said his name an extremely tall boy came out of the bows of the boat. He was extremely tall. Much like that man Sam they had been introduced to earlier. What was it about the reservation that made the boys or men here seem to grow so tall.

“Hi” Edward said.

“Hey how’s it going?” Jake asked.

“Good.”

“How did Uncle Charlie rope you into coming?”

“Said it was time we spent some quality time with him and man up instead of spending all the time with the woman.”

“Sounds like Charlie.” Jake mused.

They all got onto the boat and soon they were all laughing and having a good time. Edward and Isabella found out that Charlie is part Indian and is related to Billy. That answered the question for Edward as to why Jake had called him Uncle Charlie. As daylight faded and the temperature began to chill they group headed back to shore with their catch. While out that day the group had a boy verses girl fishing match, whoever got the least amount of fish would have to do the others chores for a week. The boys figured two against three was fair seeing as how the girls weren’t much of the fishing type. After all fishing was a man’s sport. Ha. If only they had known.

Isabella was a rather good fisher woman. (Vicky and her often went fishing together while off on their girls only day out. Isabella of course never shared this with Edward  saying that what they did on girls only day was just that girls only, so Edward wouldn’t pry.) The girls of course won the bet. The boys couldn’t figure out how they did it. They must have cheated somehow. Billy and Charlie both laughed at the expressions and tactics the boys were using to try to weasel their way out of the bet. Which turned into a water battle of epic proportions.

But eventually the boys did concede that the girls won and they would do the chores. Billy asked all to stay for the bonfire that night, saying it would be better if they were all dry before going home. All agreed it would be a great idea.

Sitting around the bonfire was a wonderful experience. Edward was listening with both his mind and Isabella’s as the stories were told by the council of Elders. These were the stories of the tribe. The ones that Isabella had spoken of in the car. It was a different experience hearing them from the tribe, then hearing the edited version from a book that Isabella had read. Even she thought that the book was lacking in detail as the stories ended.

They all gathered around a long table afterwards and ate the fish they had all caught that day, along with hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and various fruits and vegetables that were grown on or around the reservation. Emily and the other wives had made deserts. Cupcakes, pies, and muffins were passed around.

It was around this same table that Edward heard the thoughts of the other two officers on the reservation police force. Two other man built much like Sam who was also present.

“I see what Sam meant by they are different.”

“How can they be ‘Cold Ones’ if they have heartbeats?”

“I wonder if they know what they are.” Sam’s thought was what caught Edwards’s attention the most.

From what Edward could tell the officers believed that He and Isabella were these ‘Cold Ones’ that the stories of earlier had foretold about. However there were many differences between the ‘Cold Ones’, himself and Isabella. He is not even sure if it is possible to be born a ‘Cold One’. The stories said one must be bitten to become one and neither he nor Isabella had ever been bitten by anything other than a mosquito. Can a mosquito turn you into a vampire? Surely not. Edward thought.

“No Eddie they cannot.” Isabella answered his thoughts.

“I know that, it was just something that crossed my mind.”

“I know but you seem so lost in thought I figured I would perhaps help to ease your mind.”

“Thank you.”

Isabella leaned in closer to Edward and placed her head on his shoulder before yawning.

“Are you tired Bells?”

“Exhausted. I never thought that fishing could wear a person out so much.”

“Well I think it was more the fresh air and sunlight that does it but who am I to question the laws of nature.”

“True. Perhaps it is time we head home.”

“Yes Bells I think it is time to retire for the night. I will tell Charlie.”

Isabella nodded and leaned further into his side as they rose and walked closer to the head of the table where Charlie was seated and talking with Billy.

“Uncle Charlie, Isabella is getting rather tired and feels that we should be on our way.”

Charlie looked up at Isabella seeing her half asleep leaning against Edwards’s side and then peered at his watch. It was almost midnight.

“Gee willikers would you look at the time. Of course Edward you are right, we should have been home hours ago. Renee is gonna skin my hide for having you out so late. That is if Granma doesn’t catch me first.”

The three chuckled together slightly. Granma was downright scary when she was angry.

“Well Charlie it was good of you and the kids to come down and spend the day with us, we shall do this again soon?”

“Most certainly Billy.” Charlie said with a smile.

“Good night Children” Billy called as Charlie lead Edward and Isabella back to the car.

“Night Billy” Edward called. Followed by a wave from Isabella.

The three sat in the car in silence on the way home. Charlie enjoying having spent the day with his best friend and his nieces and nephews, Edward lost in his thoughts with all he had learned and heard today, and Isabella was snoring softly in the back seat having lost her fight with sleep. It was a good day by any means.