Golden Eyed King

I glowered at Aro as he smiled mockingly at me.

"I will not be pushed by you. So help me God, if you do anything to hurt me or my people, I will rip you to shreds personally, smiling." I said.

"I told you, Queen Isabella, seven years ago, I told you. The witches will be in alliance with vampires. Why are you so against this? Your own husband is a vampire, your son has chosen a vampire lifestyle." He said.

"Yes, but my daughter is to be married to a werewolf." I said. "Besides the point, this has nothing to do with them or my personal life, this has to do with what is best for my people."

When I was fifteen, Aro seemed so intimidating. Now, at twenty-two, it was like fighting with an older brother. An evil, older brother.

This man never gave up. You would think after seven years of trying to bribe me to join forces with the vampires, at one point he would realize there was no way I would take any sides.

Finally, after trying to listen to my request to stay quiet, Edward spoke up. "Aro, surely if you were in this situation, you would be doing what Isabella is."

Aro looked at him. "So, you agree with this decision she has made."

He nodded. "I am king, we both have to approve all decisions that are made by either one of us."

I could see Marcus and Caius about to step in, but I stopped them. I already saw the wheels in their heads turning.

"I know what you are going to say, but it has worked just fine for the past few centuries. I'm sure it will work for the next few. Augustina will not back down. We are maintaining common ground." I said and stood up.

Edward also stood up and stood next to me.

"Well, I can see that this conversation is over." Aro stated. "I supposed I will be meeting with you in a few decades or so."

"Oh, Aro. We both know you are too impatient to wait that long. We'll see ourselves out." I told him as I turned to go out. Edward stood behind me and nodded to Aro.

"Such a waist." I heard Aro mutter as Edward and I walked out.

I rolled my eyes. "Thank God that's over."

Edward smiled and kissed my temple. "You did wonderfully, my queen."

"So did you, my king." I said and kisses his lips. "Too France?" I asked.

He nodded and sighing seconds we were at the castle.

"Queen Isabella. Your daughter needs you." One of the maids said.

I nodded. "I'll be right there."

From behind us, another maid came to get Edward. "King Edward, your son is ready to go feed."

He nodded and gave me a kiss. "Until tonight?" He asked.

I nodded and smiled. "Until tonight." I said and kissed him once more before making my way to Evelyn's room.

I walked in and smiled. She had redecorated for the third time this week.

When I walked in, I first noticed that the walls were a warm purple color. Black and white pictures of the castle lined the wall. The curtains to her large window on the back wall were a heavy velvet silver material. Her silver canopy bed was pushed longways against the corner of the front and left walls. Her grand piano was on the opposite corner by the back wall. On the right wall was floor to ceiling bookshelves and an oak desk.

I didn't see her before I heard her. I looked above me and saw she was lying on her back on the ceiling. I smiled. Then I noticed she had been crying.

"Come down here, Lyn." I told her.

She nodded and floated softly down and went to sit on her the chaise lounge that was against the foot of her bed.

I sat next to her and she placed her head in my lap. "What's wrong, my love?" I asked her.

She was ten now, but had the hormones and looks of a teenaged girl, much to her father's disarray. Though she already had the love of her life beside her, it didn't mean that she wasn't sought after by boys from town. Thank God our kids were home schooled.

Edward, being well, Edward wanted to tear each and every one of them to pieces. Seth was right along with him. It was so sweet how much he loved Evelyn.

Evelyn sniffed. "Seth had to leave. Be-becuase, cause his pack leader ma-made him go back." She said and a sob escaped.

I sighed. I hated seeing Evelyn like this. It happened every time Sam called him back. I had talked to him about it multiple times, and he said he would try not to do it as much. Which he did, Seth only went back when it was absolutely necessary now, but it still tore both Seth and Evelyn apart.

"He'll be back before you know it." I told her and kissed the top of her head.

She sniffed and let out a sob.

I stroked her hair. "Shhh. It's okay." I told her.

I held her for a while before Edward came to check up on us. He had read Evelyn's mind and knew what was going on.

Evelyn looked up and then looked back down again. Edward came over and picked her up. Even ten year old girls who look fifteen still need there daddy. He sat next to me as Evelyn buried her head in his shoulder.

I rubbed her back until she fell asleep. Edward placed her in her bed before following me out the room and shutting the door.

We were instantly met by the smiling face of our son, Will. His full name being Edward William Cullen.

"What's up with the drama queen?" He asked and smiled brightly.

"Leave her be, Will." Edward told him as he ruffled Will's bronze hair.

"Aw, dad. Come on, I never get to have any fun." He complained.

"No, Will." I told him as I kissed his cheek and gave him a hug as Edward and I went down the stairs.

"But, ma!" He complained.

"No!" Edward and I both called up to him.

Will's eyes sparkled with mischief as he went to knock on Evelyn's door. Edward chuckled. I glared at the two. Like father, like son. I ran up the stairs before Will could knock and pulled him back down the stairs by his ear.

Edward laughed. "You should've listened son."

"Ow. Okay, okay, I'll leave her alone." He promised as I let go of his ear.

"Good, now go help your Uncle Jasper." I said.

"What is he doing?" Will asked.

Edward smiled. "He's reading in the library. I'm sure he'll love your company."

"Come on, I hate listening to those stupid Civil War stories." He complained.

"Those stories," Jasper began from behind him, "teach valuable lessons."

Jasper winked at us as he literally dragged Will to the library. Will's green eyes begged us to help him.

When he was first born, we could tell that Will had human or witch eyes. Whichever term worked better. After the blue that any baby was born with faded away, I was surprised to see the deep green that he had.

Apparently, Edward's gene could still be passed on even if his eyes were no longer green. Odd, I know. It didn't help that Will was already a spitting image of Edward. He was definitely going to be a heart breaker.

"And that, right there, would be your side of the family." I told Edward.

He looked at me smiled the crooked smile I loved so much. "I don't think so." He said and wrapped his arms around my waist to pull me close.

Of course, his idiot brother had to mess that up. "Yo, Eddie. What happened with Aro? Can we pick a fight?" He asked.

Ah, Emmett. Just like the rest of the men in his family, he was wearing the proper attire, black pants, button down shirt, vest and tie, but Emmett, bless his heart was also wearing a baseball cap turned backwards.

Edward chuckled- at his attire no doubt. "Not today, Em."

"Damn." Emmett swore as he picked me up for a hug and shook Edward's hand. "Maybe another day then. See you to royal pains later."

I rolled my eyes. "Exactly what got Rosalie first? The loud voice and obnoxious jokes or the horrible sense of style?" I asked Edward.

"God only knows." He muttered as he took my hand we went to the castle gardens to take a walk.

I sat down on a bench, and Edward sat next to me, pulling me close.

"I love you." I whispered to him.

"I love you, too." He said and kissed my temple.

We sat there, unmoving, for what was probably hours. Angela came and stood in front of us.

"Aw, aren't you two just so adorable?" She asked and laughed. "Anyway, we have an Augustina meeting in a few minutes." She said. "Wouldn't look good for the king and queen to be late, now would it?"

I smiled at her as we zapped ourselves to the council room. I straightened out my dress before sitting down next to Edward at the head of the table.

Slowly but surely, the council members filed in.

"Your highnesses." They each greeted as the walked in.

"Let's get this thing started, shall we?" Angela asked.

We all laughed. She was the kind to get right down business.

"What do you suppose we start with, Angela?" Edward asked, the expression clearly stated that he was amused.

"The jerks in Italy. No offense to any of you from the region." She quickly amended as she smiled at the witch and vampire representatives from the region.

They smiled warmly at her. "None taken."

"Okay, so as you all know, Isabella and I did have a meeting with the Voltori today. We would like to let all of you know that nothing has changed. We are still neutral."

The vampires and werewolves, even some of the witches and warlocks looked relieved. The reason that all three... communities were at the meeting was because some vampires and werewolves were able to be civil around each other. Some of them were even close friends, and they were in charge of spreading word of the witch's place in their neutrality.

"Do you think they will ever give up?" One of the werewolves asked.

"I suppose we can only hope right now." I told them comfortingly. "We would like to let all of you know, that as long as we are king and queen, nothing will make us choose sides. No matter what happens, I have my people's best interest at heart."

Once the meeting was concluded, Edward and I went into the den and saw that Evelyn and Will were playing a friendly game of chess.

I smiled at the two and kissed the top of their heads as Edward did the same.

When you have children that are in actuality seven and ten, it takes a lot to get them to stop fighting even if they do look fifteen and seventeen.

We discovered early on that Will actually did age faster than his older sister. When he reached the appearance seventeen, he stopped. Evelyn still had a year or two to go. She matured a little bit more though everyday. But Will always made it known that though he was younger than her, he was two years a head in appearance and was constantly calling her his little sister. To say she loathed it would be an understatement.

I sat down on the sofa in front of them watching them play.

"Queen." Edward coughed when it was Evelyn's turn.

I hit his arm. Evelyn smile brightly as she knocked Will's queen out of the way.

"Check. Mate." She said and smiled victoriously.

"Come on, dad. Really? Can't you not cheat for her?" Will asked.

"Sorry, son. No offense, but your sister is horrible. I don't want her to lose every game." He said.

I laughed and shook my head as Evelyn did a happy dance around the room.

"Don't get too excited. You know that dad isn't always around to cheat for you." Will said lowly as he stood up and sat next to me.

I smiled and wrapped my arms around his broad shoulders and kissed his head. "Tell them to stop being mean to me, momma." He said and hid his face in my shoulder.

I laughed. Will will always be my little boy. "Stop it you two. Poor thing, can't catch a break around here." I said.

"Momma's boy." Evelyn muttered.

Will stuck his tongue out at her and gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek before getting up to go to the room.

"Oh, and Evelyn, I love you, baby sis." He said.

"Get out of here, Edward William!" She said and threw a pillow at him.

He laughed and finished walking up the stairs. A few minutes later, after telling us good night, Evelyn also went upstairs.

Edward wrapped his arms around me and snuggled into his side as we watched the fire. I yawned and Edward smiled.

"Tired, my queen?" He asked.

"Yea." I said and leaned on his shoulder.

He picked me up bridal style and carried me to our room.

"Sleep my love." He murmured in my hair.

I smiled as I snuggled into his side and fell into a deep sleep.

A/N: Ah! The sequel! It's up! Aren't you guys like so excited? I am! This continuation of Golden Eyed Guardian will be longer, more dramatic, and of course, much, MUCH, humorous. Hope y'all enjoy it! R&R! :)

-LAYN