ENDLESS

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Summary:

With the death of Angel, the raising of two flags from both sides of the immortals, what's next for Edward and Bella's existence? Bella finds a note from Angel containing only seven words – Can an immortal become a mortal again? Angel's last gift to Bella was a clue to unlocking a secret kept from the wrong hands. The fountain of youth thrives. It is said that when a mortal drinks of the cup of life, he will gain immortal life. But what if an immortal drinks from the cup of life?

Synopsis of the first two parts of this saga both of which are complete so just check my profile. You can opt not to read them as this part can stand alone and I'll just give the summary of both stories here so you won't get lost. But if you're curious then go ahead and read them first. =)

First part. In White Lilies they met before when they were mortals then they met again as immortals by chance. Edward and Bella grew closer as he delved deeper into her hard past and in the end, they fell in love. Bella used to be Edward's bedside nurse back in 1918 when he was sick with the Influenza. She witnessed Carlisle turn Edward and left frightened only to be turned violently as well. She wandered the earth alone, deciding to make a life out of her permanent state and ventured into becoming a nurse that one day, she applied for a job in Forks General Hospital only to meet Carlisle again and thus she was reintroduced to Edward's life. They learn things about each other and spend time enjoying the rainy summer. Bella told her sad story of losing her parents at a young age only to know that they have been hunted by the same kind as she was – vampires. Then she lost her brother Angel to war. She watched as her old aunt was killed in front of her by an unknown vampire who turned her. Then after a day with Jasper, she had one painful spell that brought her to her knees. Unexplainable, they decided to play it by ear all the while trying to enjoy the rest of summer. Edward then musters enough courage to tell Bella his feelings for her and in the end he got Bella's answer of yes. All in Edward's POV.

Second part. In Silent Reverie they got married but even before Bella kept falling under excruciating pain spells only to find out that her past has caught up with her. The appearance of her supposed to be dead brother Angel entailed a lot more than a happy reunion. Her brother was an immortal too – a vampire as well but of a more lethal kind – he doesn't sparkle under the sun, he turns to stone. He can't enter a house uninvited or he burns. They don't have red or gold eyes – they retain their color. Blood flows on his veins but it's cold. A true cold blooded predator, their kind is not that easy to detect as they're almost human. They're not dead. They're undead. They change from taking blood from their kind – not from venom and they were ruled by immortals that've walked the earth even before the Volturi and they were called Elders. He was turned by an immortal prince from their side named Apollo. Apollo has a twin named Xerxes who was also a vampire. They were turned from a taboo union from both kinds of vampires - Marcus from the Volturi and his second wife Pandora from the Elders. They each turned the twins and when that happened, they were found out and were forced to separate.

His appearance was due to the fact that both sides made a truce so no war would erupt and he was now free to make contact with Bella. But then they find out that it wasn't Angel who came to their lives but an impostor who switched bodies with the true Angel. They find out from the true Angel himself that the body he switched with was the body of the vampire who turned Bella – Xerxes. Bella then has to train under the true Angel because both sides wanted her. Yes there was a truce but both sides were still rallying the most powerful to be on their sides should the truce be broken. Bella has been betrayed twice already and that changed her. Edward noticed that. Then Bella leaves Edward – to join Xerxes.

Why? Xerxes told her that she could end the war by going straight to the source. He told Bella that Marcus and Pandora were planning on revenge for the injustice done to them and had created a monster that was truly the vilest among them and that it was only Bella who could subdue the beast. The beast was fifty years old in the body a nine-year old that was turned into a vampire through Marcus' venom and Pandora's blood. She feeds on the blood of vampires and would not be satiated by anything else. Borne from both sides – she possessed a power so great but was still staggering. The couple would unleash her to the conference of both sides that would kill all the royals.

Bella allied with Xerxes and the Elder Romulus while Edward, the rest of the Cullens and Angel sought help from Apollo. The moment they all met with the beast – Iris they knew they were all betrayed by one Elder who wished to rule all - Romulus.

Bella was able to kill Iris in the most gruesome way borne of hate and stopped chaos from breaking but at a price. Angel died while taking a bullet for Edward.

Bella returned to Edward's welcome arms and they lost themselves to each other once more while all grieved over losses and all settled down for an agreement from both sides. But they both knew it was far from over. The majority is in Edward's POV but some in Bella's and Angel gets one chapter for himself.

Now we come to the last part of the three-part saga entitled ENDLESS. (All in Bella's POV)

Prologue

I dusted off as gingerly as I could the yellowed out dusty parchments that were hundred almost thousands of years old. It was amazing they survived that long. I believe that if a mortal's warm moist hands touch this, this would crumble. What amazed me more is that there was already a civilization as advanced as this before that they could make such detailed chronicles.

Here I was in the middle of the tower of history in foreign territory, zooming past hundreds and hundreds of parchments and maps with only the solace of the bright full moon. Candles or any light source in here would dry up the ancient papers.

I had to rely on my sharp vision and the moonlight, the only light source allowed. Daylight was out of the question. I was also alone. Minimal almost zero contact was needed for the preservation of the documents.

It's futile. I was ready to quit when I saw inserted in the bindings of an old book a tiny slip of paper that read:

"It has been spoken that he, a mortal that drinketh from the fountain of life shall be granted immortality,

Yet it has not been spoken nor has it not been not spoken that she, an immortal that drinketh from the fountain of life shall be granted mortality."

I flipped the back of the paper and started committing the codes and tiny map to memory. Then I breathed on the paper and it turned icy cold and I walked over near the door and dropped the ice slate and watched it shatter. I instantly wiped the melting ice before it hit any other paper.

And with a final fleeting look at the tower, I bowed my head and made my way out and closed my eyes.

No one can ever see that slip of paper ever again.