15. Heartbreak
Edward has been acting funny the last few days since Bella's disastrous birthday party. Even worse Emmett hasn't been returning my phone calls or text messages. I have an overwhelming sense of dread but I'm trying to ignore it. I hope that whatever is wrong with them will eventually pass. I've gone over countless senarios in my head on how differently things could've gone.
'Did Alice not forsee this? How is it that a simple paper cut made Jazz lose control?'
These are the main two questions that was in constant rotation in my mind. Along with why Emmett all of a sudden decided to avoid me like the Plague. All my phone calls went straight to voicemail and my text messages were unread.
Bella pulled in behind my mustang and turned the car off. I got out of the truck and was headed toward the house when I heard my name being called. I turned around and standing next to the pathway was Edward.
"Penny, you should come too." Edward.
"Come where and why?"
"Come take a walk with Bella and I. What I have to say you need to hear as well."
"Ummm okay."
The three of us walked in silence down the pathway into the forest. We'd gone only a few steps into the treees when Edward stopped. We were barely on the trail. The house is still in my line of vision. I rolled my eyes and snorted.
'Some walk.'
"Okay. Let's talk." Bella said. She sounded really brave but I can tell it's front.
Edward took an unnecessary deep breath and focused his gaze on the both of us.
"We're leaving."
Bella inhaled again whilst a stone cold fury was filling me up.
"Why now? Another year..."
"Bella, it's time. How much longer could we stay in Forks, after all? Carlisle can barely pass for thirty, and he's claiming thirty-three now. We'd have to start over soon regardless."
It took me thirty seconds to realize the meaning behind his words
"BULLSHIT!"
Edward looked at me with an arched eyebrow.
"Excuse me?!"
I looked over at Bella and it finally dawned on her what he was really trying to say.
"When you say we..." she whispered
"I mean my family and myself." Edward responded distantly.
I exploded
"BULLSHIT. That's a bullshit ass excuse and you know it. No one in this town is focused on Carlisle's age. 80% of the women in this patheic ass town is more focused on trying to get him to leave his wife. The people of Forks are completely clueless to what's right in front of them."
"Penny, you don't understand." Edward
"No, you don't understand. This is all your fault to begin with. If you had just let Jasper get to know and be around Bella a little more this wouldn't have happened. God, do you think so little of him that he would just kill Bella and savor her blood the second your back is turned. I've spend a lot of time with Jasper over the summer and not once was he tempted by my blood."
"It's not that simple. I'm tired of pretending to be something I'm not. We're not human. The fact that Emmett and myself let this relationship get this far is astonding." Edward replied
"So, your excuse for breaking up with Bella is to lie to her and feed her bullshit about Carlisle's non-aging." I looked at him and came to the startling realization of his last statement.
"OH HELL NO! YOU ARE NOT BREAKING UP WITH ME ON EMMETT'S BEHALF. IF THAT BASTARD WANTS TO END THINGS WITH ME THEN HE'S GOING TO BE A FUCKING MAN AND DO IT HIMSELF."
"It's better this way, Penny. Everyone is already gone. I'm the last to leave" Edward said
"Alice..." Bella whispered
"Gone to Denali with Jasper." Edward replied
"OF FUCKING COURSE THEY'RE GONE. EDWARD THE CONTROL FREAK HAS TO HAVE THE LAST WORD. EDWARD'S WORD IS LAW. NO ONE CAN SAY OR DO ANYTHING WITHOUT EDWARD'S SAY SO. FUCK YOU AND FUCK THAT I DO NOT ACCEPT THIS."
I stormed off with the intention of getting to the bottom of this whole mess. I got into my car and drove off. I pulled out my phone again and dialed Emmett's number. It rang four times before-..
'we're sorry but the number you've reached has been disconnected. Please hang up and try again.'
I screamed in pure frustration as I drove along the highway with one destination in mind.
'This can not be happening. He promised. He fucking promised me. I can't believe that they all just left without a fight. Rose especially. She saw exactly how Emmett and I reacted after I foolishly cut off all communication and contact for 15 days. If that was just 15 days just imagine what forever will do.'
I felt a sharp pain rip through my chest at the thought of losing Emmett forever. It was like a red hot knife piercing through me. I had trouble maintaing the steering wheel. I sped up pushing Jesse to max to get to where I need to be. I exited the highway and drove for another 45 minutes before spotting the turn off into the Cullen's driveway.
I drove straight up to the front door like I always do and got out. I walked to the front door and banged on the door.
"EMMETT DALE McCARTY CULLEN. YOU BRING YOUR COWARDLY ASS OUT AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN."
No one came to the door. I turned the handle only to find it unlocked. I stormed through the house looking for Emmett or anyone. I froze once I got into the living room. The paintings were gone and all the furniture including Edward's piano was covered in sheets.
"No, no, no, no, nooooooo"
I ran throughout the house checking each and every one of their rooms. All their personal items were gone. I ran down to Emmett's room. I stood in front of his bedroom door for a full five minutes before I worked up the courage to open the door. I recieved the second shock of the day when I stepped into his room. Everything. Was. Gone. His clothes, shoes, the tv, his xbox. Everything. I collasped on his bed. I crawled up on his bed and curled into a ball. It still smelled of him. It finally hit me, he's gone. Hot tears rolled down my face and hit the comforter.
'he's gone. he left me. every promise. all our plans...just gone.'
~~~6 hours later~~~
I must have stayed there for hours before finally getting up and leaving. I walked to my car in a zombie-like state.
'Funny isn't it. I'm acting like a zombie over a vampire.'
I backed out of the driveway leaving the house and hopefully all the pain as well. I drove on autopilot all the way back home.
When I pulled up there was people scattered everywhere. I quickly hopped out the car and made my way over to Charlie.
"Charlie what's happened? What's going on?"
He turned and looked at me. He then pulled me into a fierce hug. Billy wheeled around and shouted
"PENNY HAS RETURNED, I REPEAT PENNY HAS RETURNED!" he bellowed
After releasing me from his death grip. I looked up at him.
"What happpened? Why'd you think I was missing? What's going on?"
"When I got off work. I found this note."
He then proceeded to pull out a heavily abused piece of paper out of his back pocket and hand it to me. I unfolded it and smoothed it out. The handwriting was messy and resembled Bella's but I could tell the difference. Fuckward wrote this.
"Going for a walk with Edward, up the path, it said. Be back soon, B."
I snorted and gave the note back. Bella wouldn't sign it with just her intial. She'd write just Bella
"That's true, she did go for a "walk" with Cullen. I was with them until Cullen said something that pissed me off so I stormed off leaving them there and went for a drive to calm my nerves. Is Bella not back?"
"No, Penny she's missing and has been for 5 going on 6 hours." Charlie said
"Wow, it's been that long?" I was just about to join the search for her.
'I bet Bella, in her infinate wisdom, tried to follow Fuckward.'
"Yes, I have the boys down from the reservation looking through the forest. They know this forest like the back of their hands. Charlie has the police and various townsfolks in groups going over the outer forest as well as looking at any of the normal spots you teenagers like to hangout at." Billy stated
'Boys, there is nothing boyish about Sam's ass. Of course they know this forest. They most likely run through it on a regular.'
I realized he said boys...meaning more than one.
"Wait, Billy when you said boys... you mean..."
"Sam, Jared and Paul." He replied
'Shit! I really do not want to see Paul right now. Especially if he knows about my relationship with Em...Cullen.'
As I stood there trying to come up with a legitimate reason as for not helping with the search without looking like a heartless, uncaring bitch. When a voice bellowed through the forest
"I'VE GOT HER!" I recongnized the voice of Sam Uley. As soon as he broke through the clearing Charlie ran toward him and I ran into the house and up the stairs.
'Wow! That was an extremely close call.' I grabbed my toiletries bag and headed toward the bathroom. I needed a hot shower.
~~~~30 minutes later~~~~
"Penny?!" Charlie yelled up the stairs
"Yes?!"
"Can you please come down here."
"Why?!"
"I need you to come, please. It's Bella." He whispered that last part but I was standing at the top of the stairs so I heard it. I walked down the stairs into the kitchen.
"Where'd you go?"
"In the living room." He responded
I peaked around the corner and seen a few people. I managed to spot Paul. He was standing in between Sam and Jared. Luckily everyone was focused on Bella and not me.
'Okay Rosas, get it together. The last thing you need is for Paul to see you distraught over Emmett. He doesn't need to know that you're falling apart inside. Time to put on a Oscar worthy performance.'
I took a huge deep breath and exhaled. I walked around and noticed that Mike and his father was here along with Mr. Weber.
"Yes," Bella whispered. " I got lost"
I snorted. That got everyones attention. I could feel Paul's eyes on me but I kept my eyes on Bella
"Hello Penny. " Dr. Gerandy said as his fingers prodded against the glands under Bella's jaw. Charlie's face hardened.
"Hey, Dr. G."
"Bella, Do you feel tired?" Dr. Gerandy asked
Bella nodded and closed her eyes.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with her." Dr. G muttered to Charlie
I snorted again. "Of course there's nothing wrong with her. Well at least physically. Emotionally not so much."
"Oh really, what's your prognosis Dr. Rosas?" Dr. G said
"Dr. Rosas?! Ohhh, I like the sound of that. I think that might be my future." The occupants in the room chuckled.
"Dr. G, Bella is suffering from what everyone in this room has suffered from at least once in their lives." Some of the people tried to deny it.
"I'm talking about heartbreak people. Her first boyfriend just broke up with her. Everyone has either suffered from it or eventually will suffer from it. It is unavoidable. Well, it actually can be avoidable but what kind of life is that. Anyway, I prescribe a pint or two of her favorite ice cream, 50 boxes of kleenex and two or three of her favorite movies and she'll be fine. If she's anything like Renee she'll be fine."
"How do you know that." Charlie asked
"Charlie, I've watched Renee. Whenever she goes through a rough break up she'll eat two pints of Ben and Jerry's Rocky Road and watch Titanic of all movies."
"What's wrong with Titanic?" Mike asked
"Don't get me started on that damn movie. Please." I replied deadpanned
The people chuckled at my response as they started to leave one by one. Charlie got up and started walking to the door whilst thanking them for their help. Once the living room cleared out. Sam, Paul and Jared were some of the last to leave. I grabbed the quilt and laid it on top of Bella while removing her shoes.
As I was leaving the room I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned and it was Sam. Jared and Paul were behind him.
"Penny?"
"Not now Sam, Please." My voice broke.
He dropped his hand from my shoulder and I walked toward the stairs back to my room. I overhead Charlie say "Is it true?" "Did they leave?" I knew who "they" were. I closed my room door. I didn't want to hear the bullshit ass lie Dr. Cullen gave the hospital.
'Well, if becoming a doctor is too much I know I can make it as an actress. That was one hell of a performance. I'm just glad no one thought to ask me how I'm holding up. I don't think I could've kept it togther if I was under the same scrutiny as Bella.'
I walked over to my bed and collasped face first. The pain overtook me. It became unbearable. I eventually lost consciousness. It was welcoming...until the first nightmare hit...
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OCTOBER
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."Why?! Was it all a lie? Was he just using me for sex?"
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December 5th, 2005 4:30pm
There was a loud knock at the door.
"Hey girls, come on in" Charlie said opening the door wider
Leah, Tiffany and Chelsea walked in and stood in the kitchen. Charlie plopped down in the kitchen chair and tiredly rubbed his face.
"I honestly don't know what to do? Renee is calling me every hour and Dr. Grenady thinks I should check them both into a mental institution."
"Well, a mental institution isn't going to help. They need to come out of this on their own." Cheslea stated
"Yea, all the mental hospital will do is keep them both medicated. That's not good for either of them." Tiffany stated while glancing at the stairs
"How long has it been since...?" Leah asked
"Well, they left around the 16th of September. It has been almost three months. Bella stares out her window like he's going to come back. Penny..is alright, at least I think she is. Her mood shifts from day to day." Charlie replied
"OK, That's it. She's only been with this guy for 7 months. No way she should be acting like this. I'm going to get her to snap out of this." Leah said whilst heading for the stairs
"Leah...Leah, what are you going to do?" Cheslea asked following her up the stairs
Leah marched up the stairs and into the conjoined bathroom. She spotted Penny's little Harley Quinn pail that houses her hair accessories annd dumped them on the counter and filled the pail with cold water.
"Leah, what are you doing?" Chels asked
"What do you think? I'm going to get her to snap out of it." Leah responded
"Okay, when she spazzes on you. Remember this moment and ask yourself was this really a good idea." Chels said
"Well, hitting her with her pillow didn't work so this is the next step up." Leah said
"Alright, it's your funeral. I'm going back downstairs. I don't want to be a witness to your murder. Close the door, please." Chels said while heading back downstairs.
"Fine, I will." Leah took a deep breath and walked toward Penny's room
'Alright Clearwater, you can do this. She needs to snap out of it. She helped me through the pain of my break up and now it's time to return the favor.'
Leah stopped in front of the door and took one last deep breath. She then kicked open Penny's room door.
"ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT!" She then threw the water onto Penny and slam the door closed with her foot.
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"ALRIGHT THAT'S IT!" I heard followed by cold water being thrown on me.
"HOLY FUCKING CHRIST" I bellowed. I turned and glared at Leah
"WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR DEAL?" I growled
"Well, you were in here moping about that leech and I wanted you to snap out of it. I want my best friend back." She glared right back
"I'm entitled to be a little depressed okay." I said
"Yes, you get one week for every month you two were together. It's been longer than seven weeks. Time to snap out of it."
"Don't you think I've tried. Hell, I've even considered coming down to La Push to mess with Paul but I can't all I can think about is him. His face, His smile, His smell..." I shouted bursting into tears.
Suddenly I felt a rage I never felt before build up inside me and I snapped...
"I...I HATE HIM...I HATE HIM! IT FEELS...IT FEELS LIKE I'LL NEVER BE HAPPY AGAIN, AND EVERYDAY IT GETS WORSE AND EVERY TIME I CLOSE MY EYES; HE IS ALL I SEE. I CAN'T MISS HIM ANYMORE. I CAN'T, I DON'T WANT TOO."
I felt something break inside me and I suddenly my felt as if my body was out of control.
Leah gasped, "You're on fire. Literally."
I looked down and sure enough I was on fire. Strangely enough, I didn't have that burning alive feeling. I turned toward the floor length mirror in the corner...Shock was the first thing that registered in my brain. Not only was I literally on fire, but my hair was cycling through a variety of colors and my eyes were glowing.
"It's about time. I was begining to worry about you" Amelia's disembodied voice said.
The rest of her body materilized out of nowhere. She wasn't the only one.
"I thought we were going to do this together, darling." Johnny's voice was heard next.
"How...How are you two here in my room?"
"Honey, before we get to that I need for you to calm down. Breath in and out."
I followed her instruction and the flames went out and my hair and eyes stopped what they were doing as well.
"What...what are you people?" Leah said afer finding her voice
"Oh poo, we'll have to wipe her memories." Amelia said
"You were such in a hurry you didn't even check to see if she was alone." Johnny replied. Johnny moved toward Leah
"No, don't." I said
"Sweetheart, mortals can't know of our existence." Amelia said
"She's not mortal. She's a member of the Quileute tribe. They are descendents from shape-shifting wolves. She technically counts as an immortal. The gene just hasn't been triggered yet."
Leah nodded unable to speak again.
"Can you phase?" Amelia asked
Leah shook her head no.
"Will you phase?" Johnny asked
"Most Likely." I said, "The gene runs on both sides of her family."
"Well, I'll let it slide this time. Only because of your ancestry. Any other person wouldn't be so lucky." Amelia said
"So, I'm calm now. Are you going to tell me what the hell you are or what I am for that matter." I asked
"Now, this may be hard to believe..." Johnny said
"Try me?" I replied
"Well, Penny. You're a witch." Johnny said
I started laughing and couldn't stop. It was so ridiculous
'If it's so ridiculous then explain what just happened to you.'
I stopped laughing after that thought. I stood up straight.
"Okay, soooo...I'm a witch. Let me guess. You're one too Amelia." I said
"Yes, sweetheart. I am." She replied
"Right. Next you'll tell me that Syd, Benji, Johnny, Mom and Dad were witches too." I said chuckling
"Warlock." Johnny said
"Excuse me?!" I responded
"The male equivelent to a witch is a warlock." Johnny replied
"So like Harry Potter?" I asked
"No, more like Bewitched." Amelia said
"Wait, so you're all magical beings?" I asked
"So are you sweetie. Your powers were just blocked until a specific event in your life happened that would cause the blocks to break."
Suddenly I remembered something
*Flashback*
"Look up Emmett Dale McCarty" Em stated.
I looked over at him confused. 'Duh! Penny he was adopted by Dr Cullen so he took on his last name. Of course he had a different last name before the adoption.' I nodded and typed it into the search engine. Only a couple hundred results popped up. I scrolled down and found a newspaper article.
"The Gatlinburg Gazette." I clicked the link and read the article. "It says here Emmett McCarty died by bear mauling in 1935 at the young age of 20."
"Yea, and it sucks. Stupid bear" Em said pouting.
"What does that have to do with you."
"Keep scrolling down." he replied. I did as he said. I scrolled to the bottom of the article. There was a picture. It was...Emmett, but that's not possible.
"Oh my gosh?" I continued reading the article. His body was never recovered. Maybe he was found by someone, they nursed him back to health so he'd survived and I'm falling in love with his great-grandson. I shook my head back and forth.
This doesn't make any sense. If this is true and this Emmett and my Emmett are the same man that would mean one: He's ninety years old, Two: He's found the fountian of youth and Carlisle is also a excellent plastic surgeon. I zoomed in closer on the picture. I looked back and forth between the picture and Emmett.
"Please tell me that this article is about your great-grandfather and you bore a strong identical resemblence to him" He shook his head no. Alice perked up.
"She going to get it in about a minute and a half." I remember the Quileutes tribal stories about the cold ones. Vampire. No, that's not possible vampire's don't exist, but that would explain a lot. I looked at each of their faces. I heard my heartbeating in my ears. I turned toward Carlisle.
"Can I borrow your stethoscope? I want to try something."
"Of course." He walked out of the room and a few seconds later came back with the stethoscope. I place it in my ears and put it on my chest. I heard my heart beating clear as day. I moved over to Emmett and put the stethoscope where his heart is. Silence is all I heard. Okay, so vampires are real, so that means that the Quileute men really turn into giant wolves. What the hell type of world have I been dropped into?
"Oh wow." I returned the stethoscope to Carlisle. I was shocked when I realized I wasn't surprised or scared. There was this annoying inkling in the back of my mind. It was a little uncomfortable. I do believe in the supernatural, so why not believe vampires, who are supernatural beings themselves, really exist.
*End Flashback*
"Wtf?!" I whispered, "I always felt something nagging me in the back of my mind."
"That was the block on your magic." Johnny said
"So what was the specific event that cause the blocks to be removed" I asked
"Your first heartbreak." Amelia said matter of factly
"What kind of twisted person would block my magic until that happened" I asked
"You're father." Johnny asked
"My dad did this? Why?" I asked
"That's the evidence you asked for. Proof that your father wasn't cheating on your mother." Johnny said
I was thoroughly confused
"What?" I said
"Perhaps we should start from the begining." Amelia said
"Please." I said
"Well, honey like we stated before mother and father were also a witch and a warlock. Roz and Amelia were apart of the same coven. Javier and I were a part of a different coven. Your mother was meant for me but I fell in love with Ameila and Roz fell in love Javier. As you can guess our respected coven leaders were not happy." Johnny said
"Wait, are you two immortal too?" I asked
"Yes, we don't age...wait what did you meant by "too" have you met another immortal?" Amelia asked
I started to squirm under Amelia's and Johnny's glare.
"Umm...Welll...ummm you see my boyfriend...well ex now but...You remember Em...Emmett?"
"The extremly large fellow who you were bursting into tears over at the drop of a hat." Johnny said
"Yea, well he's a...um...he's a..."
"Oh for god sakes, He is a Vampire." Leah said exasperated
Both Johnny and Amelia looked at me long and hard.
"A vampire...In Forks?" Amelia
"Honey, the constant rain and the fact that the sun is non existant here means they can come out in the daytime." Johnny said
"Oh, You know that makes a lot of sense. I noticed there was something off about that young man. His skin was wayyy too pale. Those golden eyes weren't normal either. Also the name Emmett hasnt been used since the early to mid 1900's." Amelia responded. "Hmmm?! This is a first. A young witch and a vampire."
"Honey, I don't think this Emmett fellow knows our little Pennyapple is a witch." Johnny said
"Pennyapple?!" Leah snorted
"If that nickname leaves this room I'll skin you alive Clearwater." I said glaring at her, "Also there is no more us. The bastard had his annoying ass little brother break up with me. The fucken coward."
"Language, young lady." Amelia said
I rolled my eyes.
"Okay, back to the story. My father didn't cheat on my mother and he locked my magical powers until I experienced my first heartbreak. What else happened?"
"Well, Erica some how found out about your father's magical abilities..." Johnny started
"Probably Javier being careless." Amelia interupted
"Can we please get a move on before Charlie comes up here. Wait, Leah did you come by yourself." I asked
"No, I came with Chelsea and Tiffany. I see why you like those girls. They're pretty cool for a bunch of high school seniors." Leah said
"I'm a Senior too."
"Yea, well you don't act like it sometimes." Leah replied
"Oh shut up." I childish stuck my tongue out at her
"Ladies, did you want me to finish or not. Also no one will come in. I froze time. Charlie, Tiffany and Cheslea are sitting at the kitchen table and Bella is still staring off into space in her room." Johnny said
"Oh, that's cool. Will I be able to do that?" I said
"Of course, you've had your abilities locked for so long you'll need a little training. After this we'll start your training. Don't worry it won't take long." Amelia said
"Now, where was I...Ah yes. Erica found out about your father's magical abilities and she was envious. She was a very vain woman who wanted to remain young forever and she found her ticket to acheive her goals..." Johnny said
"She started by flirting with your father thinking she'd get him to sleep with her and blackmail him into making her immortal in exchange for her silence. Well for obvious reasons that didn't work. Months went by and she got no where so she decided that coming after you and your mother would get him to give her what she wanted..." Amelia continued
"Well, the day your parents were killed started out like any other day. Rozalyn stayed home with you whilst Javier went to work. Your mother wasn't aware that Erica knew their secret. At around 12 that afternoon Erica broke her way into the house with a gun. For the record, guns don't work on us. Rozalyn saw Erica and the gun before she spotted Roz. Roz ran into your room and sat you in the closet. She then..." Johnny said
I cried out in pain as grasped my head. It felt like a band was snapping...
Flashback Memory
"Mommy, mommy what's wrong. Why are you crying?"
"Baby, mommy's going to do something. It may feel a little uncomfortable at first but I promise the pain will go away."
I watched my mommy touch my head with her hands and talk in a funny language. She started to glow a bright white. I felt my head hurt.
"Mommy, stop it hurts. Mommy please."
The hurting went away like mommy said. She then left the room and locked it behind her. I tried to get out but I couldn't open the door. I crawled back to my closet and sat there and waited for mommy to come get me. I fell asleep after a long time and was awoken to the pain from before again. I opened my eyes and it was my daddy.
"Daddy, what are you doing? Daddy stop it."
The pain went away again and my daddy opened his eyes.
"I love you, babygirl. Don't ever forget that. Your mother and I love you very very much. I'm sorry."
"Why you sorry daddy?"
"This may hurt Pennyapple but just know I'm doing this because I love you."
He started talking in the funny language again and I began hurting all over. I blacked out from the pain.
The next time I was awoken was when Johnny had picked me up.
"Johnny?" I rubbed my eyes sleepily.
"Come on sweetheart, let get out of here."
"Where's mommy and daddy?"
"I'll tell you later, okay."
"Okay." I fell back asleep
I came out of the memory and I realized I was on my knees with Johnny, Amelia and Leah surrounding me.
"Penny, are you alright?" Johnny asked
"Yea, I just had a flashback. You talking about that day triggered the memory. Dad must have locked it deep in my subconscience."
"Ahh, makes sense." Amelia said
"What was my mom and dad doing? They whispered in a strange language and there was a blinding white light."
"Sweetheart, that was a power transfer. Javier and Rozalyn transferred their magic to you. That's why Erica killed them. After your mother transferred her powers to you and locked you in your bedroom. She called your father who rushed home. He came in with Erica having the gun to Roz' head. Erica demanded that Javier transfer his, Roz' and your magic to her. She wanted all three of ya'll combined magical abilities. He said he would and told her he was coming to get you to do the transfer but he had decided to transfer his magic to you. He came into the kitchen to find Roz already dead. Apparently your mother tried to fight Erica and wrestle the gun from her..." Johnny said
"After finding Roz dead Javier just lost it. His soulmate was gone and he powerless. He told Erica that she'll never get what she wanted because he no longer has his abilities and that she'll never find you. Erica flew into a rage shooting your father five times. After she saw what she did. She tried to escape but Johnathan was already there. He subdued her and called the police. After her trial and conviction. I pulled her from her prison cell and left a golem in her place that was charmed to "kill itself" come morning. Our covenmates had so much fun torturing her for her crimes." Amelia finished with a smile
"Damn, and here I thought I had drama with my ex and family." Leah said
"She's dead?" I asked
"Yes, honey. In the most painful way possible." Amelia said still smiling
"So you see Penny. Your father wasn't cheating. He was just a little careless with hiding our existence from Mortals." Johnny said
"And you needed the blocks to break to tell the full truth."
"Yes." Johnny replied
"I still don't understand why I had to experience a broken heart to unblock my magical abilities. Wouldn't have made more since to just block them until I turned 16. Like in Sabrina The Teenaged Witch."
"You know, I forgot about that show and it's odd because Sydney loves that show. She even asked for a black cat." Amelia said
"Sweetheart, while you do have a point. We'll never understand why Javier did it that way." Johnny said
"Wait, why didn't it unblock when Paul broke my heart two years ago?"
"That's because he never had your heart to begin with. What you had with that boy was infatuation. Or Puppy Love?" Johnny said
I snorted a laugh.
''Puppy Love. Literally.'
"Well, shit. I did not expect that at all, but I am glad my father wasn't a cheater. I can't believe my parents sacrificed their magic and lives for me."
"I know sweetie. Now let's get you into training." Amelia said
Amelia and Johnny each linked their arms with mine.
"Wait, what about me? Do I just stay here? Will you unfreeze time?" Leah said
"No, we'll leave time frozen. Where we're going time is infinite. It'll feel like roughly two hours or more have gone by." Amelia said
"You're welcome to stay in my room and watch some movies until I get back."
"Alright." Leah said. She kicked off her shoes and climbed onto my bed with my laptop.
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4 HOURS LATER
Leah was laying on her stomach watching The Corpse Bride on Netflix.
"I've been meaning to watch that but never got around. Is it good?"
"AHHHH SHIT!" Leah jumped up
I finished materializing and laughed my ass off.
"What the fuck? That's not funny." Leah said glaring
"Yea it was." I responded laughing
"Whatever. How was your training?" Leah asked
"It was literal hell. It's a bootcamp for witches who are coming of age. There was a bootcamp across from mine where the warlocks were. All I know is that was a hard 18 months."
"Wait...What? A year and a half. I've watched three movies in the time you were gone."
"Oh really? Huh?! Remember Amelia did say that time doesn't matter where we were going."
"Yea I remember but I didn't think she meant that literally." Leah replied
"Well, she did."
"Hey, check out what I can do?" I morphed into a clone of Leah
"What the hell?!" Leah said. She walked around me checking herself out. "This is freaky weird."
"Nah...This is what you'd be looking at if you had a twin." I morphed back into myself. I changed my hair from bright blue and spiky to long and bubblegum pink.
"Cool, huh?"
"What are you?" Leah asked
"I'm a generational or hereditary witch. I'm also a metamorphmagus."
"I can never have normal friends, can I?" She said face palming
"Says the girl whose family is a descendant from wolves." I smirked, "Let's go downstairs. Remember you can't tell anyone about me being a witch."
Leah nodded, "Obviously, then I'd have to tell on myself. Did you meet any cute warlocks while away?"
"I saw a few during my training in co-ed classes but we couldn't socialize."
We walked out of my room.
Leah stopped, "Wait, did you unfreeze time?"
I was peaking into Bella's room and she still hasn't moved.
"Oh yea, I almost forgot about that." I snapped my fingers. Leah continued down the stairs while shaking her head. I looked into Bella's room again.
'Seriously, still no change.' I continued down the stairs.
I reached the kitchen when I was engulfed in a hug by Chelsea and Tiffany
"OMG! Penny it's good to see you up and moving around" Chels said
"Yea girlie, you had us worried as hell." Tiff replied
"I know, I'm sorry girls. I can thank Leah for snapping me out of it. I'm glad I have friends like you three."
They released me from their grip only for me to be pulled into Charlie's grip.
"I'm so sorry Charlie. I know this can't have been easy for you."
"What matters is you are on a road to getting better."
"True that. I'll try to help Bella but Charlie I think this is where she's more like you than you care to admit."
"What do you mean?" Charlie asked
I just walked into the living room and grabbed his wedding picture.
"I think considering she's remarried that it's time to let this go. Give it to Bella or put it in the back of a photo album."
Charlie grabbed the photo from me and he took one last look at it and handed it back to me.
"You're right. I can't help Bells move if I'm still clinging to the past." Charlie said
"That's the first step. I'm not saying go out and get remarried. I'm saying it's time to knowledge that's she's happier without you and that part of your life is over. It's not a bad thing Charlie. You were her first love and Phil is her current love."
"Yea, you're right. The best thing that happened in our relationship was Bella." Charlie replied
"That's right. You also know now what to do and what not to do. What to say and what not to say. Consider this a new phase in your life."
Charlie sat on the sofa and turned on the TV.
"We're going to the diner to catch up? Did you want anything?"
"Berry Cobbler." Charlie replied
"What did you want for dinner?"
"There's still some leftover beef stew you made yesterday." Charlie said
"Oh yea, I made stew."
Leah, Chels, Tiff and I piled into Chelsea's Dodge Neon and left for the diner.
We got to the diner and it was slightly packed. We had to wait for 20 minutes for a table.
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Chelsea and Tiffany caught me up on what's going on at Fork's High.
"Bella sits at the table the Cullen's used to sit at last year and just stare at door they use to walk through." Tiffany said
"Seriously?!"
"Yea." Cheslea confirmed. "Charlie aslo told us that Bella constantly tries to call their cell phones and emails Alice"
"If their phones are disconnected then what the hell made her think that their emails wouldn't be active either."
The three of them shrugged their shoulders.
"Jessica and Mike broke up and so did Lauren and Tyler." Tiffany said
"Don't care. How's Angela and Ben?"
"Why don't you ask them yourself?" Leah said
"What?"
"They just walked in." Leah replied
We turned around and sure enough Ben and Angela were walking through the doors. I waved them over to join us at our table.
"Hey Penny. It's good to see you up and socializing." Angela said
I got up to hug her.
"Yea, it feels good to be back to myself again."
"I am happy for you. How's Bella?" Angela said
"She's still a little depressed but I plan on getting her to come out of it."
"Well, I hope she does soon." Angela said
"Have you narrowed down your college choices yet?" I asked
"No, I still haven't decided if I want to stay close to home or go out of state." Angela said
"How about you Ben?" Tiffany said pulling him into the conversation
"I've narrowed it down to either Washington State, Brown and Stanford." Ben replied
"Three good schools." Tiffany said
"Leah, have you thought of taking a few classes for yourself?" Chels asked
"Not really, I don't know what I want to do?" Leah replied
"There are so many options to choose." Angela said
"Yea, you can go into the Medical Field, Law Enforcement Field, Art Field, or Education." Chels said.
"We first have to narrow down what draws your attention." I said
For the remainder of lunch with talked about all the different career fields you can go into. What the job growth was and the annual salary.
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Chels dropped me back off at home and left. I went inside and handed Charlie who was at the table his cobbler.
"Thanks Penny." He replied
"You're welcome. Any change in Bella?"
"No, not really." He said
"Well, I'll give her one more day. Only because I'm just now starting to function once again."
"Okay." He said staring at the stairs once more.
We bid each other a good night and went our separate ways. I showered and sat cross-legged on my bed and begin to meditate...
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3:45am
I was awaken by a blood curdling scream coming from Bella's room. I grabbed my baseball bat and ran across the hall. I kicked in her door thinking someone was attacking her. I looked around and I see Bella thrashing around in her bed. She was screaming bloody murder.
I walked over to her bed and shook the crap out of her to wake her up.
"BELLA!"
She woke with a start.
"Penny?!" She asked confused
"Yea, what the hell was that?"
"I had a nightmare." She asked
"You want to talk about it?"
She chewed on her bottom lip and hesitated on answering me.
I got up and looked down to see if Charlie was around. He wasn't.
'Where is he? I know he heard that...'
I closed her door.
"Come on Bella, out with it. I'm the only one who can relate to what you're going through, remember."
"I know, but you usually don't come in here when I scream." She replied
"Wait, this has happened before?"
"Yea, every since Ed...they left." She replied
"Damn, have I really been stuck in my own head that I didn't hear you scream bloody murder from across the hall?"
'Huh, no wonder Charlie didn't run in here with his gun in his hand. He's been through it.'
"I guess so. You also didn't really flinch when Tiffany and Leah hit you in the face with your pillows." She said
"They did...THEY DID WHAT?"
"Yea." She said
"Well, I'll pay them back for that later. Now dish. What was your nightmare about?"
She retold me what she remembered from her nightmare. It started out when Fuckward broke up with her and she ran after him and tripped and fell somewhere deep in the forest.
'Okay, so basically her subconscience is making her relive her break up'
She then proceeds to tell me while she's laying in a fetal position in the woods she hears a deep growling and notices a pair of yellow eyes. She finds a hollow tree to crawl into to hide from whatever animal that was. She peaks out the other end and see flaming red hair and red eyes. That's when she starts to scream. She'd rather be mauled by the large animal than face the red eyed and red haired demon.
"Holy shit. Victoria. She's been popping up in your dreams...well nightmares."
The realization sped across Bella's face.
"She's still hunting me." She whispered
"Damn it. They left us unproctected with her still alive."
"Ed...He said that she'll come after him and leave me alone." She said
"That another bullshit lie he fed you."
"What do you mean?"She asked
"Victoria is not going to come after him. Not only is he protected by seven vampire one of whom was trained to fight vampires and another who lives for the fight. No, no no."
I got up and I crept up to her window. I moved her curtains a little and peered out into the yard. Satisfied that I didn't see a streak of red moving in the darkness I moved back to the bed.
"Penny, what did you mean Victoria won't go after Edward." Bella asked
"Victoria won't go after Edward. Although Edward may have killed James but he didn't do it by himself. It was a combined effort of Edward, Alice, Jasper and Emmett. James got himself killed trying to go after you."
She looked at me confused. I contined...
"Victoria thinks that going after Edward would be suicide to her and won't make much of an impact. She, like most vampires, see humans as forgetful prey. Remember what Edward said. He waited for more than 80 years to find his mate. Killing you would cause Edward more pain then her killing Edward. She thinks that as a human, you'll forget Edward and move on with your life. Edward will be a distant memory to you. Edward will always remember you. He'll have to live with the guilt and pain of your death for an eternity. Unless he goes to the Volturi and begs for death himself."
"I'll never forget Ed...Edwa...Him." She said
"Yea, you will."
"NO! I won't" she said
I raised my hands in surrender. No sense in arguing with her. Well at least not while I was sleep deprived. I bid her a goodnight and went back into my room. I looked out of my window and checked to see if there was anything there.
'I doubt she'll come for me...but if she does. She'll be in for a surprise.'
I collaspsed back onto my bed and fell quickly back to sleep.
AN: ANNNNNDDDD SCENE! THAT WRAPS UP THIS CHAPTER PEOPLE...
I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE HOPING OR THINKING PENNY WAS A SECOND GENERATION SHAPE-SHIFTING WOLF...NAH. SHE'S A WITCH. I DECIDED TO THROW WITCHES INTO MIX. I'M THINKING ABOUT HAVING JACOB IMPRINT AS SOON AS HE PHASES. WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULD I MAKE HIS IMPRINT?
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