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Year: 2010

Date: October 24

Time: 8:09 p.m.

Day: Wednesday

My family threw me a "Birthday Party" to celebrate my 400 years I have been alive. Is it really a cause to celebrate? No, it is not; at least I don't think so. My daughter Alice has been bored lately since her visions have gone askew, bothering her more than she lets on. I suppose she needs to do something to get it off her mind; maybe that is why she actually joined some clubs at the high school she attends. I didn't want to make a huge fuss about this, but no one can rein in Alice, not even Jasper her husband; sometimes I don't know how he handles Alice. I didn't want a lavish party with all my friends here tonight; I just wanted my family present. Well I was short one family member. I can barely remember the last time I saw her, or heard from her.

She was my daughter in all ways but biological; my first daughter. We lived together for almost a 91 years. She was the first vampire that I came across that drank from the blood of animals and retained her humanity; we immediately connected with each other. I taught her everything I knew since she was still fairly a young vampire at the time and her maker had abandoned her. We moved from city to city, country to country until the Volturi learned of her existence. They feared her power; feared that one day she would get power hungry. She can copy anyone's power and has gained so many powers, powers that I have only dreamt about. Shields, mind reading, control of the elements, shocking, invisibility, telekinesis, you name it she has that power. She doesn't use her powers in a bad way, quite the opposite actually; but the Volturi, they think she is a threat.

In 1917 we were living in Chicago, I was posing as a physician at the local hospital and she as my daughter. She did not look a thing like me except for the golden eyes, but people believed us, she has the appearance of a very beautiful 17 year old; but inside is where she is the most beautiful, she is kind and gentle, loving and caring very similar to Esme. She is not tempered, does not curse, virtuous, smart, self sacrificing and an overall good person.

The guards of Volturi came and demanded her; always self sacrificing person that she is, asked them not to harm me and she would go willingly with them. I begged her not to; thinking once they had her she would be dead. I could not bear to lose her, surely that would have been the death of me. She was gone for a day and returned at nightfall saying that she killed the guards; we were prepared to move but her self-sacrificing side came back and told me to go on as planned and she would go into hiding and one day rejoin me when the Volturi would stop hunting her. It took her hours to persuade me but somehow she did.

I have not seen her since September 1, 1918 and today is October 24, 2010. Ninety two years it has been and not a day goes by that I do not think of her. After about 5 years I went looking for her but never found her, I didn't think she was dead because about a year later I received a letter from her. I do occasionally receive a letter from her every now and then, normally it is very vague letting me know she is alive and as well as can be and the letter is burnt the second I am done reading it so there is no trace of it. Very rarely do I receive a phone call from her. If I do it is no longer than 5 minutes, and when that happens we talk at vampire speed to get in everything we need to say. The last phone call I had was in 1972. The last letter was in 1999. I cannot help to often wander if she is still alive, but deep down in my heart I know she is out there fighting, waiting for the precise moment to take down the Volturi. We both know to take them down you have to carefully plan; a plan is necessary to wipe them out.

So here I am at my "Birthday Party" opening "presents" in which I'm sure Alice gave them a list of what to get me but it is till thoughtful none the less.

"Here, this was in the mailbox today. No return address though" Alice said and I immediately froze in my spot. No return address, I knew it was from her.

"Carlisle?" Esme asked placing a hand on my arm. Light brown envelope, I have seen that color somewhere before but it has been so long I cannot remember. I snatched the envelope out of Alice's hands and inspected the handwriting, it was her. 11 years it has been since I have had any news of her and now a letter, I tore it open reading the contents silently.

Dearest Father,

I am safe and as well as I can be. I have been in hiding for the past 11 years, completely cut off from civilization in a mountain range that I cannot name. I find that the days blur into one and cannot wait to see you; hopefully that day is not far off. I trust you are doing well. I heard a while back that you have a family and a wife now. I offer my congratulations to you and I am so happy for you. Hopefully I will be fortunate enough to meet her one day along with your children. I have been planning and gathering resources to help me, soon father I will be home.

I love you.

Your daughter,

B

P.S. Burn this

I was rejoicing in my mind, wait my mind! Edward, please forget what you have read in my mind, it is very important that you erase it. Hopefully one day I will be able to tell you why. Please son. I sent to him and saw him slightly nod.

"Whose it from?" Rose asked

"An old friend wishing me happy birthday" I replied and started burning the letter and the envelope on one of the lit candles that were on the coffee table. They all stared at me questioningly but after a few seconds Alice handed me a present and all was forgotten; for them at least. I tried to block it out, her face, her smile, her laugh and it was starting to get more harder by the second. I excused myself and took off running into the forest to get some fresh air and think clearly for a minute or two. She was alive! Alive! I can't be mad at her for not contacting me for 11 years but all that time I was worried sick thinking she was dead or captured or who knows, I am a father prone to worry over his first daughter who I would die for. Gathering resources, planning, will be, soon, hopefully, not far off, I was hanging onto every word in that letter. And one question came to mind over and over, when?

Year: 2010

Date: December 24

Time: 7:51 p.m.

Day: Christmas Eve

My house was covered in Christmas decorations, no doubt by Alice and a little bit of Esme. Christmas music was playing through the stereo while everyone was decorating the tree, even Rosalie was getting in the festive spirit. I sat on the couch looking at my children who were laughing, smiling, joking with each other; I couldn't help but the feel joy of it and a little bit of a sting knowing that she wasn't here, participating in all of this. She deserved to, she had a rightful spot in this family and I knew Esme would take her with open arms. I not only couldn't wait for Esme to meet her but the others as well. They would all get along great; even Rosalie and her would, because she went through the same thing that Rosalie has been going through for almost a hundred years at not accepting what she truly is and that she will never have children. She accepted the idea of what she is but never got over that she couldn't have kids. She was there all right for a lot less of time than Rose has, I would say 10 years until I blatantly yelled at her telling she would never have kids and it is time to move on and she did, albeit slowly, but she did. I tried this with Rose but it didn't end well, I just knew in some way she would be able to help Rose. I was so caught up in thinking that I barely noticed that Esme sat on my lap.

"Honey, what has been bothering you?" she asked with concern deep in her golden eyes.

"Nothing has been bothering me" I said wrapping my arms around her waist holding her tighter. I couldn't let her know, not until the day I heard the Volturi were destroyed or she was at my doorstep.

"Something has, you have been out of it since after your birthday. I know you, Carlisle; and whatever is bothering you, you can tell me."

"I know Esme. Not yet, but I promise you I will, I don't know when but I will because I want nothing more than to tell you"

"You're a little confusing you know that?" she asked chuckling and kissed me but broke the kiss off rather quickly when glass shattered and yelling erupted in the house. Esme was out of my lap yelling at Emmett for destroying a priceless antique; Rose hit him upside the head, Alice was taking Esme's side at yelling, Jasper was trying to mediate, and Edward just shook his head and walked over to his piano and started playing. My family, I love them, and wherever she is, she is in my heart.

Year: 2011

Date: May 21

Time: 3:16 p.m.

Day: Friday

Everyone was home from the school day, not much longer and they were out for the summer. Emmett and Jasper were playing video games, Alice was in the garage sitting on a stool looking over fashion magazines talking to Rose while Rose was tinkering her car, and Edward was composing. He was working on something that was rather sweet but couldn't finish it for some particular reason, it sounded like a lullaby. Normally he was a very good composer and composed easily but this one was tricky for him. Esme was returning from the mail box flipping through letters when I saw the light brown envelope. It has to be her, please let it be her! I mentally shouted and Edward looked at me with raised eyebrows silently questioning me. I'm sure he thinks it is a letter from a past lover and Edward chuckled at my thought. Quite the opposite Edward. Same thing for this letter please, it's important that you do this remember? I sent him as Esme approached.

"You have a letter" she said handing me the envelope and I opened it unfolding the piece of parchment. One word was written in the middle of the page that made my heart soar

Soon

Soon, soon, soon! I couldn't help but rejoice and repeat that one special word in my head. Soon, soon I would have my daughter back and my life complete, my family complete, she would be back. She would be back, my god that sounded wonderful! I was smiling like a fool and Esme looked at me with questions in her eyes. I was so cheerful and happy I hugged esme and gave her an Eskimo kiss and finished it with a soft tender kiss. She just laughed at me.

"I won't ask, but I still hold you to your promise" she said with authority in her voice and I chuckled at her.

"I'm a man of honor Esme of course I will keep my promise; did I tell you how much I love you?" I asked kissing her chastely, it wouldn't have been chase but my phone rang. I took it out of my pants pocket and looked at the caller id, it was Eleazar. I immediately took the call.

"Hello Eleazar how are you?" I asked, Eleazar was an old friend that lived in Alaska with a coven that also fed off of animals.

"Very well thank you, yourself?"

"Good, very good. To what do I owe this honor of your call?" I asked making myself sound formal and in control of my emotions.

"I have some rather interesting news that I thought you would like to hear"

"Then speak it"

"Some of the Volturi guards have disappeared" he spoke and my mind was blank for a second.

"Disappeared?" I asked and my family looked at me but I ignored them.

"Yes, a couple of the guards have gone missing and they found their ashes"

"Really? When did this happen?"

"3 days ago"

"Hmm, no doubt they are panicking"

"Of course since it was Alex, Felix and Jane's ash piles. His most precious guards gone, leaving them vulnerable."

"Do they have any idea who? Or how many are doing this?"

"None at all, they were taken right in front of their eyes, paralyzed and dragged out. They are thinking a large number of people forming together and asked my assistance. Of course I politely declined."

"Sounds very unusual, thank you for letting me know and if you hear anything else please do the same"

"Of course Carlisle, same to you. Goodbye"

"Goodbye" I hung up the phone and was faced with my family staring at me waiting for myself to go into a panic I suppose.

"Aren't you worried?" Edward asked

"Nope" I responded slipping my phone back in my pocket and grabbed the letter and envelope starting to head up the stairs to my office.

"You know whose doing this to them" Jasper insinuated

"No I don't and if I did I would not turn them in"

"What happens after the Volturi are brought down? What will happen to the sadistic of our kind?" he asked trying to get me to care about all of this.

"I'm sure who ever is doing this has a plan Jasper. When it comes to the Volturi you must always have a plan, otherwise, you will fail" I said dashing up the stairs. I knew she had a plan; she wasn't stupid to kill off the Volturi and leave the vampire world without a leader of some sort so our world wouldn't end up in chaos. No, she was too smart for that.

Year: 2011

Date: June 1

Time: 1:26 p.m.

Day: Sunday

I found myself in a similar family situation as it always seemed to be. Jasper and Emmett playing some type of game, today it was chess. Yesterday it was wrestling, they almost destroyed the house, Esme won't speak to them and they are banned from wrestling for a month. Alice and Rose poring over fashion magazine after fashion magazine, they could be such girls sometimes, and Edward was still working on that one piano piece that sounds like a lullaby, he has gotten nowhere with it. Esme was flipping through books looking for new designs for a cottage she found in the woods not far from our house. School was officially over for the summer and ever since I received that second letter I have been on cloud nine, especially since the good news kept on coming. Everyone was on alert about the Volturi disappearances, worried at what was to come. I wasn't.

All I could think about was her and not too long ago I heard that the Volturi were destroyed, dead, and that was two days ago. She was on her way home to me and I couldn't help but smile about it. The family wanted to leave to go on vacation somewhere today but I wasn't going anywhere until I saw her again. Everyone knew something was up with me, these letters, phone calls, and my aloofness of the Volturi being brought down. I didn't care what happened to our world as long as I got my baby girl back. I was preparing to go up to my office when I heard it, a car pulling down our driveway.

Everyone stopped what they were doing to see the car and possibly who was inside it. We never had visitors over; I knew deep down it was her. A flashy silver car pulled into view but the sun was reflecting on the windshield and I couldn't see who until the car was stopped and the driver was getting out of the car. I was already out of the living room, out of the front door, onto the porch and in front of the car in a blink of an eye almost falling on my knees at the sight of her. She was shining with the sun framing her body, she looked like an angle. I immediately pulled her into a hug clutching her so hard because I was so afraid of letting go in fear that she would be gone again. We were both crying, desperately trying to hug tighter with all our strength.

I ignored my family's whispers and focused on her. Ninety three years it has been, and I was not going to waste a second longer with her. I pulled back my head to take in her face, of course it hasn't changed but emotionally it has. She was still as beautiful as ever, she still had golden eyes, she still had her huge smile that was infectious, I ran my hands over her face smiling like an idiot and she laughed. God how I missed her laugh, I missed how much joy it brought to my life. I laughed with her and picked her up swinging her around and we were laughing like idiots. But I didn't care, because she was finally home, finally in her rightful place, on my side as my daughter. We were in our own little bubble enjoying our reunion, but I should have known that Rosalie's impatient side got the best of her.

"What the hell is going on?" Rose asked and I looked over at my family. Esme was crying I knew she could sense the father daughter bond. Alice was smiling, Emmett look confused, Rose was pissed, Jasper was on emotional overload, and Edward looking back and forth between us. I set her down linking my arm around her shoulders while she did the same and we started walking slowly towards my, our family.

"This is my daughter, my first daughter Bella" I spoke and everyone erupted in gasps. I turned to her wanting to first introduce her to Esme. "I want you to meet my wife, Esme" I said pointing to her, Esme stepped off the porch but Bella already met her there pulling her into a hug. A hug that was shared between mothers and daughters; I was so happy of Bella accepting Esme. I knew she would but I had little fears she wouldn't.

"It is such a pleasure to meet you, I have dreamt of this day so many times to meet the woman who has captured my father's heart" Bella said sweetly and Esme sobbed pulling her into another hug. Then she pulled back giving me daggers through her eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me you had a daughter?" she asked I opened my mouth to speak but I was cut off from Bella.

"I apologize that was my fault. I will explain everything to you I promise" she said and Esme's face softened and smiled at Bella. Alice rushed up to Bella and hugged her tightly.

"I have a feeling we are going to be best friends" Alice said with a lot of energy.

"Alice can see the future" I said to Bella and she nodded.

"Unfortunately, my visions have gone a bit haywire lately but my 'feelings' of something are almost as good as a vision"

"Well, I think we can fix them"

"Really? You know how?"

"I have a few methods that may work" she replied and I knew it had something to do with one of her many powers she has.

"Wow, you really are Carlisle's daughter" Jasper said approaching them. "I'm Jasper, Alice's wife, pleasure to meet you Bella" Jasper said shaking her hand.

"Pleasure's all mine Jasper"

"This is Emmett" I said motioning her to him and he enveloped her in one of his bear hugs.

"Now I'm not the youngest anymore!" he said

"You still are, technically I'm his first child, therefore the oldest" she said and his face fell "but in appearances I'm the youngest" she added quickly and he smiled.

"Either way I'm sure as hell glad that you're here, welcome to the family, this is my wife Rose"

"Pleasure" Rose said with distaste not really caring about Bella, but I knew Isabella and she won't take Rose's attitude for long.

"Likewise" she said smiling

"This is Edward; I changed him not long after you left in Chicago"

"It's very nice to meet you Edward" she said politely and he shook her hand

"And you as well Bella" he said I saw the looks in their eyes, their exchange was flirtatious. I didn't have to be a psychic to know that something great was going to happen between them. They were perfect for each other in every way.

"So what happened? How did you guys get separated?" Jasper asked

"It's a long story" I said

"It is, but of course we will tell it" Bella said

Esme put her arm around Bella's shoulders and ushered her inside, Edward walked on her other side and while they walked they stared at each other with a small smile on their lips. I couldn't help but rejoice at the feeling of the two of them already bonding. I felt at peace, my daughter was back, and my family was complete at last.