Bloody Hell

Chapter 8: Nostalgia

3rd Person POV
Bella was hunting for blood, it had been awhile since she fed. So her throat started to itch because of that.

Finally she encountered a herd of deer, so she pounced for the weakest one that didn't look like it had a chance to survive. She sucked the blood out of the animal before sighing in relief. But not before sensing 2 more vampires headed her way.

Bella snarled in disdain before jumping into the shadows.

Now that the Cullens were back, she had her gift at full time high when she hunted, she wasn't ready yet, she wanted to find out if the Cullens were truly sorry that they left her. Now that she heard Edward's, it was time to hear the rests.

Esme and Alice blurred towards the clearing, stopping in front of the deer that she fed on.

"Woah Esme look at this." That was Alice and it took all the power in her to not pounce and hug her. She tried holding back. Her heart was wanting to forgive her but her mind refused to do so.

"I see, this is a familiar sight, see those this two holes on the neck." Esme spoke.

"Yeah, it looks likes there's another vampire in the area. Should we tell the mutts? So they won't blame us for something that we didn't do?"

Bella slightly growled at the way they were referred to her kind.

"I suppose so, but this one seems to be feeding on animals as well. Good for them at least."

This time Bella shifted, she wanted to mess with them a little. So she appeared behind them.

"Gah! Oh, Ella, it's just you...?" Esme literally sent a punch on her way but thankfully Bell ducked. Bella nodded her head and pointed her snout towards the deer carcass.

"Oh! That wasn't us, good timing, we were about to inform you there is another vampire on the premises, but they seem to be feeding on animals." Alice explained. Bella felt entranced by Alice's voice, she took a few steps towards Alice which made Alice do the same.

Esme stared in curiosity before Ella stopped and froze in place. She shook her head before huffing.

Esme and Alice looked at each other, communicating with each other with their eyes. 'How come they didn't sense Ella?'

Hold on, that reminded Bella of something, if she was part vampire, would the connection work on them?

She let down the shield towards Esme. 'Can you hear me?' Esme's eyes widened. "Yes.. Yes I can!" She replied. "Fascinating, I thought the mind connection only worked with your pack." Esme looked up at the fairly large wolf.

"What are you talking about?" Alice tilted her head. Esme looked at Alice with wonder. "She can talk to us! Isn't that right Ella?"

Bella nodded her head. Esme furrowed her brows. "Can you not talk to Alice?"

'I wish not to. I fear her gift.'

Bella wanted drama, and drama was what she was going to get. "You know of our gifts?" Esme was slightly shocked, not even the Quillets knew, so there was no chance that the Quillets told her.

Bella sat down on the meadow floor, urging the both of them to sit down too. Esme and Alice were equally confused but obliged.

'I knew you Cullens, way before. Through a woman named Isabella Swan.'

Esme gasped. "You knew Bella? Do you know what happened to her?" Alice felt a little left out but was still interested. 'Tell Alice to not use her gift on me before I open a connection.'

"Don't use your gift on her so she can speak to you." Esme said. She wondered why it was relevant but shrugged it off, more interested to know about Bella. Alice agreed, reluctantly with the nod of her head.

Bella opened the connection towards Alice. 'Now that you both can hear me. Let me tell you the story of how I met Isabella Marie Swan.' Alice perked up, oh, so that's what it was about.

'It was the year 2010, January, I moved to Forks as my family had inherited from my grandmother who passed and had property here, so we might as well stayed here. And I met Bella.'

Esme and Alice looked at each other, a few months after they left her.

'She was a mess. I had heard from Jacob she went through severe heartbreak and I was there to comfort her through it, nice girl, she was. One night, we were drinking and she poured her heart out to me, telling me about the vampire family that broke her heart.' Bella spoke coldly.

'You people broke her. Abandoned by the person she thought who would love and protect her as promised. It was sad. You were her second family. And you betrayed her.' Bella found herself growling slightly.

Esme looked guilty while Alice looked dead inside.

Bella took a deep breath to calm herself.

'You, Esme, the mother of the family, and your husband, Carlisle. Granted, you didn't have any gifts, but you both had the best self-control when it came to blood. You were the mother Bella didn't have.'

A pang of grief washed over Esme as she heard the words of the wolf.

'And you, Alice. You were her best friends, her ride or die, the type of girl to drag her for unnecessary shopping trips.'

Now it was Alice's turn to feel guilty.

'Jasper, the empath, she told me he has the ability to feel, send out, and manipulate emotions. Emmet, the strong one, unlike any vampire, he was gifted with great strength, Edward, the mind reader, self-explanatory, Rosalie, gifted with beauty that could challenge Aphrodite herself.'

Esme and Alice were slightly concerned, Ella knew many things about them, she might use it against them in the future.

"What happened to Bella..?" Esme asked. Finally popping the question.

'After the death of her father, Charlie Swan. She died soon after. But both were for the same reasons. They were killed by two vampires that fed on human. Their names were Victoria and James.' Bella spat. Her tone was annoyed and angry.

The world stopped for the two Cullens. They thought leaving would keep Bella safe. No. It did not.

'Poor girl, Jacob went to check on her and found the 2 vampires sucking her corpse dry.' Bella huffed with mock empathy.

"I..." Esme swallowed a lump in her throat. "I see, we must be going then." Bella closed the connection between them and she nodded her head, before running off into the woods.

Alice shook in anger and distress, she didn't know why she was this worked up. But soon, she snarled so loudly that it scared the herd that was miles away and she hunted it down, killing every single one.

Esme had better control. She took her anger at the trees, punching and tearing them down.

Both had the same thought process; It was Edward's fault.

While slight chaos ensued, Bella watched in the distance from the shadows. Bella had yet to receive an apology, but she could see how they truly felt through the display of reckage.

Bella could feel, that she might not be able to hide this for much longer.