This is now my first one-shot and my sixth fic! Cool. I got this idea while I was shopping. I know that Halloween's over, and I'm too late. Oh well. The reason I put this here is because I haven't seen any other fic with a similar idea, and I thought it was worth trying.
They're all vamps here, OK? This is set after Breaking Dawn, so even Bella is a vampire.
Hope you like! This is dedicated to JOANNA! Happy Birthday!!!
Halloween Bash
Bella's POV:
"Edward!" I yelled. "Alice, Rosalie, bring out Renesmee, Jasper and Emmett!"
"Bella, you look beautiful. As always," a smooth and velvet voice coming from behind me caught me by surprise.
"So do you," I smiled, admiring his appearance as he started to kiss me.
We were all getting ready for Fork's annual Halloween Bash. This was its thirteenth. They have never tried it. First, we could all play trick-or-treat, going from house to house. I know we're too old to do that, but everyone's doing it. Plus, Renesmee insisted on it, and who could resist her? (A/N: They are old.) She wouldn't really eat the candy; she just wanted to go there for fun. After, we would go to the big plaza and enter the contest. It was a costume contest, with different categories. There are Best Costume Award, Scariest Award, Funniest Award, Most Unique, blah blah blah… but what I wanted to win the most was Best Group Picture.
Edward, Alice, Emmett, Alice, Jasper, Renesmee and I are joining that. As what? Simple.
We're going as vampires.
Of course, it is easy to act like one if you are one.
"We're here!" Alice yelled as the rest of them came bounding down the stairs, breaking our kiss.
"Get ready for the pictures!" Carlisle, my father-in-law said.
We all squeezed together as he took a shot. He then showed it to us.
We looked stunning, with perfect flawless features, pale skin, deep eyes, and of course, our costumes. Our eyes weren't very red, as we went on a hunting trip a while ago.
Then Emmett started laughing. Big, loud, laughs. A while later, it got annoying.
"Emmett, shut up!" Rosalie glared at him.
"Sorry," he managed to choke out between guffaws. "It's just that, I can't believe we're going as the…Volturi."
Yes, we were dressing up as the Volturi. Ironic, huh? But we won't tell anyone what we are; we'll just say we're vampires. It's just our little family joke.
Edward is Aro, Emmett is Caius, and Jasper is Marcus. We girls are their wives. Renesmee was our little child. Well, not so little. She now looks about… ten.
The guys were wearing deep blood-red cloaks, and the rest of us wore long gowns in the color red. Renesmee wore her own little dress, courtesy of Alice.
Jasper looked at the screen of the camera again, this time more carefully. The, to our amazement, he burst out laughing, too.
"Yeah… I… I get his po - point," he laughed.
And pretty soon, we were all laughing. Emmett was now crying tears of joy.
"Children," Esme, my mother-in-law said gently. "You have to go now. It's getting late."
It took us a few more minutes to compose ourselves. We would quiet down, then someone, (usually Emmett) would burst out laughing again, making everyone follow.
Finally, we calmed down. We went out, arm in arm with our husbands, and got out. Renesmee was in between me and Edward.
"First stop, the Stanley's," Alice directed.
We headed towards their house. Emmett went up first and rang their doorbell.
"In a minute!" a very familiar voice yelled. We heard some footsteps, and a flustered Jessica wearing a princess gown opened the door. Her eyes grew large as she saw us.
"What the… Edward? Bella? Is that you?!?" Jessica asked incredulously, no doubt shocked at my perfection. She had never seen me ever since the… transformation.
"Hello Jessica. Long time no see," I said smoothly in my perfect voice.
Her jaw dropped open. "What are you guys supposed to be?"
"Vampires," Emmett said loudly. So loud in fact that Jessica jumped back.
"Oh. Oh. Uh…Hi Emmett," she said weakly. "Alice, Jasper…"
"Rosalie," she said shortly after a pause. No doubt intimidated by her beauty.
Rose growled quietly. I nudged her.
"Hi Jessica!" Renesmee piped up beside me. She started to touch her but I yanked her hand back. God knows Jessica cannot know about Renesmee's gift.
"Who is this?" she asked in shock.
"This is Renesmee, our daughter," Edward cut in before I could say something.
"Oh my… Oh…," she muttered. It took her a long time to regain her composure.
"Well. I'll go get the candies," she said with fake brightness, going inside.
Edward nudged me. "Mike's in there, you know?"
"No kidding!" I exclaimed. "They're still together?"
He nodded. "I feel bad for the guy. Right now, Jessica's ranting to him that we already have a child but they still don't," he paused. "I think it's her way of asking him to propose to her. Hmm… never knew they were that serious. Now he's wondering why he stayed with her all this time… and now they're coming out. Careful, Mike wants to see you."
I grinned. With the new me, I can handle anything. The door opened and out came Mike. He then gaped like a fish out of water.
"Bella…wow, you changed," he looked at me in awe. He looked the same with the gelled blond hair and cute baby face. He was wearing a prince's outfit. Oh yes, a princess and a prince. Very original. He looked at Edward and his face hardened. "Cullen."
"Newton," he nodded with a cold glare. After a short time, Alice spoke up.
"Hi Mike!" she chirped. "Meet Renesmee!"
"Hello Mike," Renesmee waved, her bronze ringlets bobbing up and down.
"Hello," he said, wincing.
"Ugh! Move it, people!" a voice yelled.
We all turned to see Lauren dressed in a witch outfit. Very fitting.
"Oh my God! Edward? Is that you?" she shrieked, ignoring the rest of us. What are we, chopped liver? I think not.
"Lauren," Edward nodded coolly.
"Lauren," I interrupted coldly. "This is Renesmee, our child." Beside me, I heard Emmett smirk.
"Oh."
She was in shock.
"Lauren, Jessica's inside waiting for you," Mike interrupted wearily as she made her way in huffily. He turned to Renesmee. "Here. Get your candy." He dropped a fistful of sweets in her basket.
He looked at us. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go." And with that, he turned around and slammed the door shut.
"Come on! Let's go to Bella's house!" Alice persuaded us.
On the way there, Edward whispered to me, "Did you see Mike wince when he saw Renesmee?"
I nodded.
"Let's just say he got a very disturbing mental image," he smirked.
"Serves him right," I grinned wickedly.
We didn't stay there for a long time. Charlie, of course, was delighted to see Renesmee. Once we were about to leave, she kissed him sweetly on the cheek and hugged him. He smiled happily and wished us luck in the costume contest. Of course, he had no idea that we were going as the Volturi, but since he knew the truth, the joke wasn't wasted on him.
"Bye now!" he called as we left.
We went to so many houses. Renesmee's basket was now overflowing with candies.
"Can we go to Jacob's house now?" Renesmee asked eagerly.
"OK," I consented.
"But make it quick," Emmett said.
We went to Billy's house. I let Renesmee ring the doorbell, knowing Jake would answer. We had already arranged it.
"Jakey!!!" Renesmee squealed happily when he opened the door. Even though she looks ten, she's still four-year-old at heart.
"Hi Nessie," he grinned, using his nickname for her. "Hi Bella, Edward, other bloodsuckers." He didn't say it with hatred anymore. We had gotten close with the werewolves. Their scent didn't even bother us anymore. Well, maybe a little bit.
"Hey!" Emmett yelled playfully.
Jacob just grinned wolfishly at him. He was dressed up as, what else?
A werewolf.
But of course, the costume he had on looked nothing like the real werewolf.
"Going as a pack?" I grinned.
"Yup," he answered. "Let me guess. A vampire coven?"
"Very good," Edward clapped his hands.
"Hello," Quil emerged from the door, a little Claire in tow. Ever since he imprinted on her, he has never left her side.
"Hi Claire!" Renesmee waved. "Want my candies?"
Claire squealed happily. Renesmee poured all her candies into her basket.
"Twank you, Nwessie," Claire sang.
"Can we go now?" Jasper asked impatiently.
"SAM! EMBRY! LEAH! SETH!" Jake yelled. "LET'S GO!"
They quickly came out. They were similarly dressed up as werewolves.
"Nice," Rosalie commented dryly. "Vampires and Werewolves."
"See? We're unique. We're bound to win," Seth joked.
She just rolled her eyes.
We spent a few more hours trick-or-treating. Then at eleven, we made our way to the plaza. It was filled with all sorts of people. The decorations were amazing. This year, it was Haunted House.
When we made our way through, we got all sorts of stares. After all, it's not everyday you see a coven of vampires with a pack of wolves. Plus with a school of fish, a pride of lions, a herd of cows…
Just kidding.
But we did get stares. We saw some odd people also dressed up as vampires, but they didn't look anything like us. They weren't ghostly pale for once. Nor were they flawless. I had to keep reminding myself that I was once one of them.
We just stood there and talked with each other. Jacob kept on looking at Renesmee like Quil looked at Claire, I looked at Edward…
Like a fool in love. Just don't take it too literally.
A clammy hand clamped on my shoulder. I spun around instinctively, ready to beat him up.
"Angela?" I said in disbelief.
"Bella? It really is you!" Angela, my best friend squealed.
"It's been so long. A lot of years have flown by…" she mused.
I then saw the sparkling diamond on her finger.
"Wow!" I squealed. "Ben proposed!"
"I sure did," Ben said, popping out from behind her.
She blushed prettily. "Yeah. The wedding's next month. And you are invited."
"Really? Thanks!" I grinned excitedly.
"Hello? *tap* Hello? Is this thing on? *tap tap* Hello? *more tapping*."
We all looked to see Lauren, in her witch costume there on stage.
"Very appropriate," Embry nodded.
"Very good," Quil clapped animatedly.
"Hello? *screech* Hello? Oh. Um, uh, welcome! Hello everybody!" she greeted lamely. Who chose her to be the emcee?
"Wow. She still sucks," Ben commented.
"Tell me about it," Leah muttered. Sam smirked.
"She was a witch, still a witch," Rosalie sneered.
"Yep," Jasper muttered.
"And, uh," Lauren paused. She got a piece of paper from her pocket and started reading. "I-would-like-to-thank-you-all-for-coming-I-now-call-on-Billy-Black-to-reveal-this-year's-winners."
She bowed down quickly, making her hat fall into the punch.
"Aah! MY HAT!" Lauren screeched. We tuned her out.
We saw Billy wheeling himself to the center stage. He got the microphone and started speaking.
"I would like to once again welcome everyone!" he yelled.
"Yeah!" The crowd cheered wildly.
"Every year, we have a contest. Winners usually get a free coupon to some place. But this year, since it's the thirteenth Halloween Bash, we are having something new. Winners under the Best Costumes will receive a five hundred dollar check! But, all, I repeat, all the winners of the Best Group picture will get a free one week stay at… Hawaii!"
The crowd erupted into cheers.
"Wooh!" Jacob hooted. "Can you imagine that?"
"This is so frustrating!" Alice suddenly groaned. "I can't see the future because it isn't final yet, and even Billy doesn't even know! Plus, it involves werewolves and it's all black and fuzzy!"
"Let us begin…" he said. "Will those entering the following categories please come in front for the judges."
The eager people went up on stage. A few minutes later, the judging was complete.
Billy rattled off the winners of different awards. I was happy for Angela and Ben when they won the Best Couple in Costume.
Finally, it was time for the Best Group Picture.
"Will those entering the Best Group Picture Award come up on stage," he announced.
We went up on stage quickly, the werewolves following.
"Edward, do your thing," I whispered quickly.
"OK. That first judge likes us… very good… he's voting for us!" Edward smiled. "The second one is… voting for the Little Mermaid theme!"
We all groaned. They were pretty good. It was complete, with an Ariel, Eric, King Triton, Flounder, Sebastian, and all those other characters.
"That third guy's voting for us!" He grinned triumphantly. "And so is the fourth one. And the fifth... is voting for the scary monsters." Edward frowned. "And they are choosing the winner… it's us!"
Score.
"YAY!" Alice squealed loudly. The judges looked up to see what was wrong. Alice just waved impishly at them. They shook their heads and called Billy, giving him an envelope. He got the microphone and started ripping the envelope open.
"And the winner of the Best Group Picture is… The Little Mermaids!"
They burst into cheers.
WHAT?!?
"WHAT? NO HAWAII?!?" Jacob exclaimed.
We all glared at Edward.
"What?" he looked at us.
"Oh, dude, you lied?" Emmett accused.
Edward frowned.
The first judge frowned and called Billy. He shook his head and told him something.
"Oh, I believe there was a mistake. The Little Mermaids won the First Runner Up. Grand prize goes to the Vampire Wolves!"
Yes. Vampire Wolves. That was our name. Don't ask. At least it isn't Leeches and Mutts.
"Yes!" I yelled.
"We won!" Renesmee squealed happily.
"Hawaii, here I come!" Jacob yelled happily.
Then, I truly felt happy. I truly belonged to this family.
In Hawaii, 4:30 P.M.
"Go Renesmee!" Jacob whooped as she fell from her board again. She swam happily and climbed back on.
This is already our third day here. Since it is really bright outside, we go out rarely, only when twilight starts. We just spend our time chatting in our hotel rooms, or sometimes we play chess. It is a really funny thing, chess with Alice and Edward. When it is already near to midnight, we all sneak outside and swim. Renesmee likes surfing. I know that swimming at night is very weird, but if we go in the morning, we'll be all shining…
Alice and Rosalie were playing volleyball with Emmett and Jasper while teaching themselves how to hula. It was a very funny sight, but they were still winning. The werewolves were playing their own game of speed, and Leah was winning. Jacob was just contented with being with Renesmee.
"Bella," Edward sighed as he parted his lips open and kissed me.
"Mmm…" I sighed as I kissed him back. I didn't need oxygen anymore; we could go on forever, literally.
"This is perfect," he smiled crookedly, breaking the kiss.
"Yes it is. But it kinda sucks that we can't go out in broad daylight," I said.
"Regretting being a vampire?" he teased.
I made a face. "Never. I don't care what happens. All I want is to be with you."
"We will be together forever," Edward promised.
"Forever," I agreed. "And ever and ever and ever."
He kissed me once again.
"We are so lucky," I said a while later. "I got the best friends anyone can ask for, a wonderful family, a beautiful daughter, and a handsome and caring husband. Plus, I get to enjoy this forever."
"And that would have never happened if you never came to Forks," Edward shuddered.
I leaned on his shoulder comfortably.
"I love you," I said once more.
"I love you more" he placed an arm around my shoulder.
And we sat there contentedly in each other's arms as twilight began.
I was actually thinking of including the Volturi in this story, but I was like, Neh, never mind.
And, I would also like to dedicate this story to Mandy. The ending is perfect for you and Jazz. (This really was a coincidence.) Hope you'll have your happy ever after!
Review please!
Jen