Chapter 10:
My eyelids fluttered open and they immediately closed at the bright light shining in my face.
I groaned.
"Izzy!" I heard someone yell. It sounded like mom.
"Mommy?" I asked. I felt her sit on the bed next to me.
"I'm here, pumpkin. What hurts, sweetie?" she replied softly, while pulling away my hair from my forehead.
"Throat… need… water…" I croaked.
I felt a straw at my lips and greedily sucked down the tasteless liquid. I sighed as it soothed my dry throat.
"Better?" Mom giggled.
I smiled and tried to open my eyes again. This time, I was successful.
The first thing I saw was mom's face right above mine.
"Much better," I replied. She smiled and kissed my forehead.
I looked around and saw that I was in my bedroom again. The bright light was from the sun that was peeking through the curtains over the window.
"How long have I been out?" I asked, refocusing on my mother's face.
"Two days. Tom was freaking out, as well as Draco."
I raised an eyebrow. "Dad was freaking out? Draco, I can understand, but Dad? Nuh uh."
She laughed. "I know. That was my first reaction, because he had no clue what to do. But then I understood, because I was feeling the same way."
I smiled. "Where is everyone?" I asked curiously.
"Well, Tom had to do some business, so he and a few others are taking care of that. And no I don't know what that business is. Draco, I convinced to go to his room and get some rest. He has been by your side the whole time. Peter and Charlotte are hunting right now. Emmett, Jasper, and Rosalie are in the library waiting for you to wake up, I believe. And I'm right here," she finished with a smile.
"And where is Lisa?" I asked. She didn't answer, her face becoming grave. "Mom, she is my sister. I deserve to know where she is," I said forcefully.
She sighed, knowing that I was right. "Lisa is not here. Your father kicked her out after finding out that she was working with Dumbledore. She was spying on us."
I looked at her with disbelief. "No. That can't be true. She would never do that to us. To me."
"If you don't believe me, ask your father," she replied sadly. She got up. "I'm going to get some food for you and see if your father is back yet. While I'm gone, take a shower. You're starting smell," she said, joking. I gave a small smile. Then she left.
I pealed the covers off of me and got up slowly. When I was fully upright, I grabbed the bedpost when a wave of dizziness rushed over me. When it passed, I started walking slowly to my closet to grab a change of clothes and then to the bathroom.
I set my clothes down and slowly looked up in the mirror. What I saw brought tears of anger to my eyes.
There on my neck was a violent mixed shade of black, yellow, blue, and purple in the shape of two hands choking me.
I'm going to kill that motherfucker.
Ii touched it gingerly and winced. It was very tender. I kept my fingers there as I accessed my Spirit power. I felt a rush of warmth on my neck as I watched it fade slowly away.
I smiled as I touched it harder and felt no pain.
I stripped my clothes off and stepped into the shower. I stood there for a minute, letting the water warm me. Tears fell from my eyes as I thought about Lisa.
Lisa was my twin sister, but I was the oldest by five minutes. We looked nothing alike and she looked nothing like our parents. Whereas I had black hair, ice blue eyes, and had my black rose tattoo on my left shoulder, Lisa had red hair, green eyes, and had a tattoo that was a wand surrounded my vines in the middle of her back. We have had these since birth. We could never figure out why. When she was younger, she always wore a white crown on her head and I wore a black crown. I still wear my black crown occasionally. Mom always joked that because we were so different, we were like the Light side and the Dark. Because we were twins, we both had powers. I am the more powerful one. Lisa could move things with her mind and could bend water and lightning. She couldn't use her telekinesis on me due to my shields, but she always did try. Even though we argued from left to right, we still loved each other. Or so I thought.
Is it true? What she did? Did she really betray us? Betray me?
Suddenly, warm arms encircled my waist. I started, but relaxed when I recognized whose they belonged to.
"Is it true? About Lisa?" I asked, quietly.
"Yes," Draco said, just as quiet. My tears fell even harder.
"Why? Why did she do it? I loved her. I trusted her."
"I don't know," he said truthfully.
I turned to face him and he reached down to wipe away my tears. I leaned into his palm and kissed it.
He leaned down and kissed me softly, long and sweet.
We were silent as we cleaned each other, kissing whenever we wanted. When we were finished, I dried off and got dressed in black skinny jeans, silver off one shoulder top, and black high heeled boots. I stuck my wand in its slot. I made my hair go from the platinum blonde from earlier to pitch black and bone straight. Black smoky eye shadow and lots of eye liner circled my now purple eyes. My lips, as usual, were the color of fresh blood. This was one of my favorite looks, my other two being the Malfoy look and my original look.
I looked at Draco and it took all of my willpower to not jump him right then and there.
He had changed into a tight white shirt that outlined his abs, black jeans, and black shoes. God, he looks sexy as hell.
"Do you know how hard it is trying not to jump you right now?" We said at the same time.
"Yes, I do," We then said together again.
We laughed and then I said, "Come on. I'm hungry." I grabbed his hand and walked down to the main hall. About mid-way, I paused. Draco looked at me confused.
"Draco, who caught me when I fell?"
He thought for a moment. "Well, I would love to say it was me, but it wasn't and I'm not going to lie to you. I didn't get to you in time. Fenir Greyback caught you."
I smiled. "He always did love like a little sister."
"That he did." We resumed walking and soon reached the main room doors. He opened one for me saying, "Ladies first."
I did a small curtsy and said teasingly, "Why thank you, kind sir." I entered the room.
As soon I did, someone hurled themselves at me.
"Isabella! You're okay!" Dad yelled.
My eyes widened in surprise. I caught mom's eye and she mouthed, "Told you so."
"Hey, dad. Love the look," I said, taking in his 'human' appearance, when he pulled away.
I heard 3 gasps behind me. I turned and saw Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett looking at me with shock. I froze.
"Shit."
