Twilight is the property of Stephenie Meyer. This is just a tribute to her fantastic work.
A few snatches of conversation during the first day:
One of the pirates, feeling powerfully insecure, stealthily grabs a kitchen knife to stash on his person as a potential weapon, only to find that it disappears on him and turns up again right back where it belongs- as many times as he tries to steal it. A bit later Edward subtly brandishes a couple of those same kitchen knives, chef-style, right in front of him- and then proceeds to continue with the dinner meal preparation, having no apparent difficulty.
Observing how amazingly untroubled about the whole situation Edward & Bella seem to be as they interact, the pirate asks: "How is it that you're not concerned about this ghost?"
Edward, shrugging: "We've been here a week already, and it's never bothered us. I think maybe it just has a problem with you."
A different pirate, inwardly impressed by the buffet-style dinner Bella & Edward have just presented, nevertheless grumbles lightly about the lack of an alcoholic beverage (the only thing missing, in his view).
Edward replies in a justifiably irritated tone: "Considering that you invited yourselves in, weapons drawn, threatening to harm my wife and I and our guests- and, but for the fortuitous intervention of our ghost you'd have have held us hostage, you haven't exactly put yourself on my good side. Be glad she wanted to make you dinner." He chuckles under his breath at the private irony and returns to putting food on his plate to bring to Bella. Then, remembering the analogy he once came up with for Bella's appeal in the meadow, he adds: "Besides, we don't drink."
Bella, standing, wrapped in Edward's arms: "I miss being alone with you."
Edward, in agreement: "I know."
Bella: "Would you wake me up when they're all asleep?"
Edward: "If you really want me to. But you'll be so tired. Are you sure?"
Bella, smiling: "Absolutely. I wouldn't want to miss time alone with you." She reaches up on her tip-toes to kiss him.
Edward smiles back.
One of the pirates, after observing Edward & Bella radiantly embrace for the umpteenth time that afternoon (and who is also suffering from the stuffy heat and/or annoying insects, unlike them) complains aloud to Edward: "Enough of that already!"
Edward, raising an eyebrow at him: "Excuse me? You have taken refuge in my home. I am not about to stop kissing my wife just because you're here."
The pirate, grumbling: "But you're too... disgustingly happy." I wish my wife kissed me like that.
Edward, chuckling in reply, gestures to a window in the entrance way where thickly falling ash is visible: "If you don't like it, you're free to leave any time you want." Then turning back with a smile for Bella, who is in his arms: "I'm not going anywhere."
Very shortly after dinner (and still quite early in the evening) while they're sitting on the couch together as Edward converses with their guests (trying to help them settle in comfortably, offering the clothes Bella set aside to share, and otherwise just quietly lending his presence toward their sense of security), Bella falls asleep in his arms- obviously totally content and untroubled even though surrounded by strangers. He smiles at her tenderly. After a while, once the conversation has ended and hopefully the guests are well-enough ready to settle in for the night, he picks her up and carries her to bed.
By evening of the first day, ash-fall has not only apparently made the house warmer (by acting as insulation, keeping the heat in), but has also now made it unwise to open the windows (thus, there is no breeze!).
On the second day:
Bella, shortly after waking up well into morning after a long night's sleep: "Why didn't you wake me up?"
Edward: "I'm sorry, Love. There was never a time when they were all asleep. The girls are feeling frighteningly underprotected from the pirates, Kaure wonders if I'm going to get thirsty, and the pirates are all terrified of our ghost. One way or another most of them think they're going to get attacked in their sleep." He frowned. "It doesn't help that they're all suffering from the heat. It's got them on edge. I have had to step out for a few ghost trips."
Bella: "Drat. What can we do to calm them down then, before tonight?"
Edward, chuckling and pursing his lips: "Well..." (and they brainstorm for some good ideas: Games? Music? Something friendly, something cool. What can a motley group do inside a warm vacation-house all day long?)
Kaure is serving breakfast when they finally emerge, and is obviously relieved to see that Bella is alright. Though none of the humans have been up for very long (because of their troubled night's sleeps), everyone else has already been accounted for.
In an effort to make friends with the two of them, the girls have gotten over their initial timidity about approaching Edward, and have come to him today with a few questions for Bella. Edward genially translates for them.
When one of the girls asks Bella whether or not she thinks Edward is dangerous, she replies: "Oh- he wouldn't hurt a fly... unless it tried to hurt me. Damn those mosquitoes!" Clapping at the air as if to squish a mosquito, she smiles knowingly at Edward, and he grins in response to their private joke. Of course, in this place where they abound, that's what he's been doing all along. How dare any of them bite Bella!
Another time, in admiration of Edward, one of the girls asks Bella: "What's it like, being married to a superhero?"
Edward smirks, snorting quietly with amusement as he relays the question.
Bella, smiling and cuddling into Edward: "It's better than winning the lottery."
He wraps his arms around her.
Once again, Edward & Bella do the rest of the daily cooking (working in the kitchen is kind of a pleasant retreat from the rest of the guests), and Kaure volunteers to clean up after every meal.
Being that, thanks to the ghost, nothing actually did happen to anyone during the night previous... and also that, since throughout this day the pirates have particularly avoided doing anything that would stimulate its reappearance, there has consequently been no sign of it... by the end of this day, the atmosphere feels much more friendly and comfortable for everyone. Even though it's still warm, the guests sleep better.
On the third day:
Around about mid-day, the ash-cloud retreats from the island, leaving the skies clear and allowing the humans to venture outside, tend to their boats, and prepare for departure by late afternoon. Edward and Bella stay inside, of course, and cook lunch for everyone again.
Cell phones are also back in service, and Edward arranges for the local coast guard to pick up the girls and take them back to their families. He also calls in an anonymous tip about goods in the pirate ship that none but the ghost would know about, including where they will be headed. Alice assures him that it will be enough to get their ship searched and the worst of the pirates detained, so that they won't be free to go after the girls again.
The pirates are the first to leave, as soon as the way is clear- eager to have the ghost and the island and all the witnesses to their contemptible behavior safely behind them. But before they go, a couple of them stop to give thanks to their gracious hosts, making serious noises about changing their ways. Edward wishes them well.
A while later, a ship from the coast guard arrives to pick up the girls. As it turns out, their families took the opportunity to catch a ride on it in order to meet them on the island, and so they come in as well- to personally thank all those that helped them be safe. Edward takes the opportunity to ask the ship's doctor to check out the wound on Bella's arm. He sees that it's healing nicely, and is impressed with Edward's work.
The stories come out:
The girls had been kidnapped as punishment for parents who had resisted the pirate agenda, and their parents had initiated a widespread search for them- despairing that they would ever get to see them again. The 'Ice Pirates' (so named because they were led by the one nicknamed 'Ice', who had been uncommonly absent during the actual assault) had a depraved reputation in regards to their captives, but had hitherto been able to evade capture by the authorities. Their families and the authorities are thrilled to find the girls both safe and unharmed.
The girls tell about the legendary ghost that had disarmed the pirates when they landed here, and are thankful to the nice strong man and his wife (incidentally here for their honeymoon) who kept the pirates from bothering them after that, even when one of them went mad and it came to a deadly hand-to-hand fight. (They purposefully leave out the grosser details, not wanting to say anything that might accidentally get their hero in trouble with the law.)
Edward deals graciously with the authorities, and the thankful family members, in the end only requesting (to their mild surprise) that he and his wife and their island be able to remain anonymous in any news reports or future retellings.
Kaure & Gustavo, murmuring their appreciation as well, leave at the same time as the coast guard... finally and thankfully glad to be going home.
Edward and Bella are thrilled to (finally!) be alone again and to be assured by Alice that (to the best of her knowledge) there aren't any more such fuzzy possibilities waiting in line to threaten them over the next few weeks. As the last sounds of boat engines finally fade off into the distance, they are thoroughly happy to continue their honeymoon from the point where they left off.