Disclamer: Everything belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
We're just playing around with her characters and different scenarios in our imagination.

Chapter 1

-Wedding and Volturi-

Ten years. I can't believe it's been actually ten years since I officially became a Cullen. Ten years since my world was turned upside down by the Volturi. Ten years since I last saw my parents and since Jacob finally got his happy ending too.

Flashback (A/N: All flashbacks are going to be on italics. Thnx :p)

"And by the power invested in me by those online courses Edward made me take, I now pronounce you husband and wife." Emmett announced to our guests. "Good luck Bella, you'll be putting up with him for all eternity now." Emmett whispered so fast I could barely make out the words. The love of my life rolled his eyes. "You may now kiss the bride." he announced once more. And just like that, a kiss sealed our fate.

Thankfully my pixie-like sister had gotten me some flats after she witnessed the big mistake that was her first choice in my wedding shoes. I'd told her that me using stilettos was an accident waiting to happen but did she listen? Of course not. She went out and bought the most expensive high-heeled shoes she could find. It wasn't until she made me try them at home -because I had refused going to more shopping trips with her that day- when she realized her big mistake.

"I hate being blind… anyway, who actually invited the dogs?" she asked to no one in particular right after I took one step and fell right into Edward's cold arms.

"I did." I answered. "They're my friends."

"Oh well…"she said as she ran upstairs to get something else.

The wedding reception was perfect. And Alice being Alice made everything too overboard once more. Just like the wedding. I would never admit it to her, but she was right. I was thankful for it. It was just what I wanted.

All my wolf friends were here. All but one. Jake.

"Hey vampire girl!" Embry called from the crowd while all my friends came to greet me.

"Hi guys! How are you?" I greeted them with a huge smile on my face.

"Single." Quil answered with a smile.

"Congratulations on your marriage Bells." Seth told me after hugging me. He was just like a little brother to me, the only one of the pack to get along with any of the Cullens and actually have a friendship proving everyone wrong about werewolves and vampires not being friends. "Where's Edward? I want to congratulate him too."

"He's somewhere with Alice. They were discussing something about a vision she had." I shrugged. "Good luck finding him." I told him with a smile.

"Yeah Seth, I think we'll just stay here." Embry said.

"You go get the leech. We'll stay here while she's still human." Quil added. I rolled my eyes. Why couldn't they be a bit more like Seth?

"I don't understand you guys. They aren't evil or anything of that matter. They're like us." Seth said while walking away.

"Don't let Sam or Jake hear you say that Seth." Quil warned.

"Sure, sure." Seth retorted. If Jake's name didn't resurface any emotion from me, that sure did.

We stood there in silence.

"Any news from… you know." I couldn't say his name. I'd made my decision and was happy about how things had turned out up until now, but it still pained me to know he was broken hearted.

"Yeah… Umm well, he's back but I don't think you should call him or anything. He's in pretty bad shape right now. He came back because Sam asked him to." Embry replied.

"Oh… well, I just hope he's okay."

"Don't worry Bella, he will be." Quil said. "Anyways. We should go find the baby boy before it's too late. We really should get back home."

"Thanks for coming, guys. You have no idea how much that means to me."

"You're our friend too, Bella. We might not like your decision, but you're still our friend." Embry said while hugging me goodbye.

"I'll miss you all." I said fighting away the tears that were threatening to spill over.

"We'll miss you too." Quil said hugging me too. "Time for you to show up baby boy!"

"Sorry… It took longer than intended." he smiled weakly. Something was up.

"Is everything okay Seth?"

"Uh, yeah, sure." he answered absentmindedly. "See you around Bells." he said after hugging me.

"See ya, Seth."

That's when everything started changing.

That night I had been way too tired to convince Edward to give in to my demands -God, Alice does know how to make a party- so I fell asleep in his arms instead. It was midnight when I was awakened by some rather loud voices for a house full of vampires.

"Just give us a couple of days more, Aro. We were planning on changing her during this week." Carlisle said.

"The Volturi doesn't give second chances. We already broke that rule once. It's either now or she dies."

"Don't you dare touch my wife!" Edward snarled. I could picture him being restrained by Jasper and Emmett.

"She's awake." I heard Alice say.

A second later, Edward appeared next to me.

"I'm sorry if we wake you up, love." he said while holding me close. His face was emotionless but his eyes held all his worries, pain and sadness.

"Don't worry Edward." I kissed him trying to wash away all that troubled him but it didn't work. "So what are we going to do?"

"How much have you heard?"

"Only that I'm supposed to become a vampire tonight."

"Carlisle's trying to gain us more time. I want you to do all you wanted to do, to have all you wanted to have, to have every human experience at least once before you won't be a human anymore. I want you to be ready, love."

"I am ready." I smiled at him. His eyes were full of sadness now. I placed my hand on his cheek "Edward, nothing is worth anything if you're not by my side. I could do anything and everything, but if you are not next to me, if you are not the one I'm doing them with, it isn't worth it. I would trade everything I own to spend eternity with you."

"I don't want you to feel forced into this just because I'm a monster. You can still leave and live a normal life."

"Do you really want me to leave?"

"No, but -" I cut him off.

"Want it or not, you're stuck with me till the end of time." he smiled.

"You're the only one I'd ever want to be "stuck with" for all eternity."

He leaned in to kiss me with as much eagerness as he could. As if this would be the last time we'd be together.

"I'm not going anywhere." I told him once we broke the kiss so I could breathe.

"Good, because quite frankly I was wondering when your little chat over here would finally end." Aro said from the doorway. Edward was growling and I held his hand tracing circles with my thumb hoping that it would help him with his temper. He looked at me and smiled as if thanking me. "Bella dear, congratulations on your wedding." he told me as the rest of the Cullens poured into Edward's, cross that out, to our room.

"Thank you." I answered with as much politeness as I could muster but it still sounded a bit cold.

"Now, now, my dear, there's no need for that behavior. We just came here to see if you were finally one of us."

"I'm sorry Aro, but as you can clearly see, I'm still very much human."

"Yes… What a shame. What a shame. I'm afraid you have only one path to follow."

"I am aware of that. It was going to happen this week."

"Well, then! You won't argue for us to stay here until that day happens." so much for inviting himself to stay.

"Certainly…" Carlisle answered.

"The change will take place on Sunday. You'll have plenty of time to… adequate the house for a newborn." Aro stated.

"Actually, we were planning on leaving and performing the change elsewhere." Carlisle spoke once more.

"I guess your plans have just changed."

Edward was barely controlling his rage.

"I'm quite sorry to interrupt, but seeing as I'm still human I need my sleep. So if you'll excuse me, I should go back to bed."

"I apologize dear; it completely slipped out of our minds. Goodnight." Aro said.

"I'll show you where you'll be staying if you won't mind." Esme said.

"Of course... Thank you." Aro answered and all the Volturi followed behind both Aro and Esme.

"I'm sorry Bella. I didn't see it on time." Alice said sadly.

"It's not your fault Alice." Edward opened his mouth to speak but I beat him to it. "It's no one's fault. We all knew that this would happen sooner or later. We just have to rearrange our plans. There's nothing to worry about."

"Are you sure you are ready Bella?" Carlisle asked me.

"Yes." I answered doubtless.

"Good. I'll have everything ready by tomorrow and Sunday the transformation will take place. Do you still want Edward to be the one to do it?"

I looked at Edward before answering. "Yes."

"Okay. So as part of the preparations, Edward, Jasper and Emmett will be hunting tomorrow."

My two brothers and my husband nodded.

"Rosalie, Esme, Alice and I, will stay here fixing up the house to meet all the requirements. We will be hunting as soon as you boys come back home. We are not to leave Bella alone with any member of the Volturi at anytime. Understood?"

They all nodded.

"Well, goodnight Bella." he said as he left the room at human speed.

"Bye Bella." Jasper said as he walked past me.

"'Night clumsy little human." Emmett told me while giving me one of his famous bear hugs.

"Can't. Breathe." I choked.

Emmett laughed and he let me go.

"Enjoy it while you can." Rosalie told me before she left the room.

"Goodnight Bella." Alice hugged me. Strangely she wasn't hyper right now, but it was probably due to the Volturi's presence. "I'm really sorry."

"Don't worry about it sis." I told her making her smile slightly.

"That doesn't mean I'm not sorry." she mumbled.

"Really Alice, everything's going to be fine. Just be my psychic know-it-all sister you usually are and you'll see everything's going to turn out fine."

She froze and her face was blank. A posture I'd know anywhere. As soon as she came out of the trance, she smiled widely.

"You're right. Everything will be just fine." she smiled and hugged me again. "Enjoy your last hours of sleep, sis. You'll miss them eventually."

"I doubt that." I half smiled.

"Trust me. Bet on Alice." we both laughed and I was taken to bed by my husband right after she left closing the door behind her.

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

"As sure as I'll ever be." I smiled widely and kissed his lips sweetly.

"Goodnight my angel. Dream nothing but happy dreams. I'll be here with you forever. I'll take care of you. Nothing will ever harm you because I'll be there always to protect you."

"Goodnight Edward. I love you."

"Goodnight my love, I'll love you forever."

"Forever." I repeated.

He started humming my lullaby and I drifted off to sleep.

It was after my transformation when the hardest part began. Well, the hardest part before Tanya shows up. It was when I showed my powers when the real trouble with the Volturi began.

When I regained my consciousness after my three days in hell, the first thing I heard was Rosalie's voice.

"I can't believe she threw everything away. She threw away her chance to a perfect life just to be one of us. Her chance to have children of her own. To grow old next to someone who loves her. She threw it all away."

"How many times do I have to tell you Rose? I wouldn't want any of that if it wasn't with Edward." I said quietly. I barely recognized my voice. It was now beautiful like the Cullens' voices. I opened my eyes to see that I was alone with Edward in his room. My eyesight was a million times better and I scanned the room.

"Wow… I never thought she could be even more beautiful." if I could've blushed I would've. "I'm going to miss her blush and her brown eyes, but her golden eyes are just as beautiful." Edward said.

"Love… Rose isn't talking. She isn't even at the house. She's outside in the forest somewhere nearby." he continued.

"Then why am I hearing her? Wait. Did you say golden eyes? Are my eyes already golden?"

"Could it be her power? Could she honestly have the same power as me?"

"Could you please stop talking as if I weren't here?" I said finally looking at him. He was even more beautiful than I remembered.

"I'm not talking, Bella."

"Of course you aren't. I'm just suddenly hearing voices in my head all of a sudden." I said sarcastically but then I wondered if that could actually be my power. Edward's power. "Okay, wait. Think of something."

"Like what? A place? A phrase?"

"Think about the best day of your life in whatever form as you want." I looked at him and he was smiling.

"The best day of my life was when you finally became my wife." his voice said but his lips didn't move.

"That was mine too." I smiled lovingly at him. "And yes, I can read your mind." I said still smiling. Suddenly a flash of curiosity hit me. "Can you read my mind now?"

"No." he frowned. "Anyway, won't you like to see how you look like?"

I had forgotten all about that and as soon as he said that I jumped out of bed, grabbed his hand and ran as fast as I could to the bathroom to see myself in a mirror. And me being me, I tripped.

Edward barely got to catch me before I hit the ground. I pouted sitting on the floor with his arms around me.

"I wanted to be a graceful vampire." I whined.

"You're just a bit clumsy, love. Don't worry about it."

When we finally got to the bathroom I saw my reflection. All the imperfections were gone, my face was slightly more defined, I was slightly paler, my eyes were indeed golden, I had bags under my eyes and my lips were a bit purplish. But other than that, I was still Bella. I pouted.

"What's wrong, love?" Edward asked me while putting his arms around my waist and kissing the top of my head.

"I'm not beautiful like the rest of you." I said quietly. He laughed and turned me so I was facing him.

"You don't see yourself clearly." he smiled and leaned closer so that he could kiss me. All his boundaries were gone. But we were interrupted by a hyper little pixie. And I pouted at her.

"Bella!" she whined.

"Whatever it is, Alice, it could've waited for later."

"Nope. Fashion doesn't wait for anyone."

"I'm not going shopping right now or today for that matter. I could be a danger to all those humans."

"Have you seen your eyes? One of your many powers is to resist human blood."

"What other powers do I have, oh sweet pixie sister of mine?" she smiled.

"You can block other vampire powers from not only you, but anyone you want to block them from too; the repulsion from the human blood, Edward's power, and the last is kind of a surprise." she grinned wickedly.

"How so?"

"Let's just say that you're going to make Rose very, very happy."

"By doing what exactly?"

"I won't tell."

Both Edward and I tried to hear her mind but she was singing some Miley Cyrus song.

"You're worse than Emmett." Edward told her.

"Don't compare me to that brainless gorilla, Edward." she said in her mind.

"I heard that!" Emmett's booming voice was heard from downstairs.

"Whatever… The Volturi are waiting for you downstairs, Bella." Alice said as she left the room.

I looked at Edward with a frightened look in my face.

"Don't worry, love. I'll be here to protect you."

When we went downstairs, the Volturi and their guard were waiting for us.

"Bella dear, you look beautiful." Aro said while extending his hand towards me. I looked at Edward and he nodded. I took Aro's hand and he frowned. "I see your mind is still private, just like before."

I nodded.

"What else can you do?" he asked me. I shrugged. "Alice, could you please come here." Alice appeared next to him and he grabbed her hand. I wished there was a way I could stop him from seeing my powers. "I see that Bella can make other minds private too." he smiled wickedly. "Jane, dear, if you would like to play around…"

"No!" I screamed when I saw her staring at Edward. I stared at her and imagined her suffering from her own power. She started screaming in agony as she twisted and turned in the floor in pain. I let her go and she lay there dry sobbing.

"That was a new one." Alice said in her head. "Even I didn't see that one coming."

"I see you're quite powerful my dear Bella. Would you like to join us?" Aro asked me.

"No, but thanks for the offer."

"I'm afraid you don't have much of a choice here. It's either that or we'll just have to kill you."

I was about to answer with an 'I'd like to see you try.' but Esme surprised all of us by answering instead.

"Okay. That's it. First you come here and invite yourself inside. The second you're in, you start ordering everyone around. And then you invite yourself to stay in my house and start messing around with my children and threatening them. I'm sick of it. You are either going to act as the guests you are, or you'd better leave and leave my family alone."

"Esme, honey, please calm down." Carlisle told her. "Jasper…"

"I'm already trying Carlisle. She's livid. Nothing is working."

"Jasper... Dare messing with my emotions and forget about your motorcycle for a month."

"Yes Esme…" he mumbled defeated.

"As much as we'd love to see the rest of this family feud" Aro sneered. "We really should get going with Bella." he made a move to grab me but I was pulled back by Edward who placed me behind his back.

"Like I said before, don't you dare touch my wife."

"You can come with us too, Edward. We'd love to use your power."

"We are not going anywhere Aro." he answered.

"As you wish." he shrugged and Aro, Marcus and Caius went to the other side of the room and left us there with Alec, Demetri and Jane.

"What? They are going to fight us?" Emmett asked laughing. "Will it be fair?"

"Fair for whom?" Jane asked smiling widely.

"Uh… for you? After all, it doesn't look too good for you. We are… wait." he started counting in his head and I had a very hard time not laughing. "Eight against three." Emmett finished.

"All statistics say we're going to win. Are you sure you want to fight?" Jasper asked them.

"Yeah! Listen to the military dude! He's been in war several times." Emmett said.

"Are you afraid of us?" Jane said wickedly.

"Should we?" Alice countered. "We do have a controlled newborn our side, powers stronger than yours, and I've already seen how this is going to end."

Jane jumped on Alice but she dodged her gracefully and she hit the wall instead.

"Told you so." Alice sang smiling as she moved closer to her with Jasper ready to attack any second.

Demetri made a move for Emmett and jumped to attack him. Emmett grabbed him in the air and started tossing him around. He was enjoying himself.

Only Alec was left. He made a move to attack me but Edward got to him and started fighting him instead. I ran to help him but Carlisle and Esme were already helping him dismember him. Only Rose and I were standing there doing nothing. Barely seconds later three heaps of white pieces were tossed into the chimney and burned.

The Volturi stared wide-eyed at their defeated guard.

"Leave or you are next in line." Esme threatened.

"You killed our guard." Caius said quietly.

"So? You tried to kill us too. We just beat you to the punch." Emmett said flexing his muscles.

"Killing a Volturi member is a great offense." Aro stated.

"So is threatening anyone from my family." Carlisle responded.

"You do understand that we'll just have to kill you?" Aro continued.

"I'd like to see you try." I said. "After all, we already eliminated your guard. Emmett's right. Eight versus three doesn't look too good for you guys. Alice, how is this going to end?" she went into a trance and when she returned, she had a huge smile plastered on her face.

"They are going to leave willingly and they won't mess with our family anymore."

"I highly doubt that's going to happen, Alice dear." Aro said as if talking to a five year old.

"I've seen it already Aro. Isn't that right Marcus?" she smiled at him.

"She's right Aro. The outcome isn't looking anywhere in our favor. We should just leave them alone." Marcus spoke quietly for the first time that day.

"But they broke the rules!" Caius said quite upset.

"We have to take care of ourselves too. We won't make it out of here if we fight." Marcus said.

"What?! No! Don't listen to the saint!" Emmett said and all the Cullens and I glared at him. "What?! I want another fight. That guy Demetri was too easy!" he whined and we all rolled our eyes.

"Fine." Aro said. "We'll all leave willingly and never mess with your family again. For all we know, you don't exist." and then they were gone.

Days later I understood what my other power was. I could make everyone happy by fulfilling their most desired wish. Therefore Esme and Rose got pregnant. Esme had a baby girl, Lizzie, and Rose had twins, a baby girl, Lily, and a baby boy, Joey. Jasper and Alice got what they wanted too. Alice was easy. She wanted Jasper to be happy, and Jasper didn't want to be the weakest link in the family. He wanted to be able to resist human blood just like everyone else. Edward wanted me to have every human experience therefore I too got pregnant of a baby boy. Eddie.

Oh, how we discussed his name. Edward didn't want his son to be named after him for it could get quite confusing once he grew up. So I told him we'd just call him Eddie but he thought that our baby boy would suffer with that name. Eventually I won the argument. We actually call him by his middle name for, just like his father, he hated being called Eddie. We named him Edward Charles Cullen. Charlie.

It was after the birth when we went to Alaska but not before I introduced Charlie to his grandfather, his grandmother and Phil. That was the last time we spoke with them. They would eventually notice that we weren't aging so we had to fake our deaths. We "died" not before having Renee pregnant, Charlie remarried and Jake imprinting. I had to tie all loose ends so I could have my happy ending. But that didn't last for long. It was after the birth when Tanya appeared in the picture.

I want to thank Anne for giving me the original idea for this fanfic and for the title as well.
Thanks Anne. Without you this wouldn't exist. :D