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CHAPTER THREE: RETURN

100 years later.

EPOV

My family, The Cullen's and our extended family the Denali's stood at the Denali's old house. 100 years unlived in had weathered the house to a now greying ruin.

'Our poor house!' Irina grinned. It was coming down.

'We'll see if we can fix her up!' Emmett laughed.

'Guys, we need to be more careful- we've been basically living under a rock, and don't have any idea about the world yet.' Carlisle said gently.

'Oh Carlisle you worry too much! 100 years man! People have probably forgotten vampires even exist. We'll have descended into legend once more ooooooooooo!' Emmett shouted as he tackled Jasper. They began to tussle playfully.

'Edward?' Alice said tentatively. 'Yes Alice?'

'Shall we see how Forks has changed? Maybe visit our house?' Alice said.

I thought about it, it would be an experience...'Sure Alice.'

Carlisle had been listening to this exchange. 'Ok Guys but keep a low profile, I think Esme would like to start renovating this house...' he chuckled and touched Esme's face affectionately.

'That's a good idea Carlisle! We'll see if we can make this house more habitable' Irina began 'we'll have to start restructuring...' she turned to Kate and starting thinking about building plans. Kate looked unenthused. 100 years in hiding had not boded well with her clan- Eleazar had abandoned them, they were all taking it hard.

'Shall we go?' Alice prompted.

Jasper and Emmett moved over to us still laughing over their fight. I would give anything just to be completely carefree.

Forks had changed. There was no doubt about it. The landscape has moved and progressed into something utterly unfamiliar. 100 years. Enough time to make sure...

After 100 years I still held a torch to her...but she's gone. The familiar ache in my chest was only faint. No more now. We were only here to inspect the Forks demography, I must'nt get sidetracked.

'My god. It doesn't look like Forks anymore.' Rosalie breathed.

The woods where we used to hunt was thinned out considerably.

'I know...shall we see if our house is there?' Emmett said.

'Ok!' Jasper cried, and raced off into the woods.

Emmett gave a bellowing war cry and streamed off after him. Rosalie followed with a roll of her eyes. I smiled faintly, I'm glad I have my family.

'Are you okay Edward?' Alice said, putting a hand on my arm.

'Sure Alice, I'm ok.' I tried to make my voice sound like I had no idea why I wouldn't be ok.

'After 100 years you're still not ready to talk about her?' Alice chided.

'Who?' I shrugged, oh god I can't talk about her...I hadn't said her name in 100 years but thought about no one else. I ran after Rosalie, and in a mere minute I had surpassed her and was standing in front of the place I had called home.

I was shocked. The once beautiful house that my dear Esme had once decorated and built for our family was now...desecrated. The house is grey and falling apart. The roof was falling in and the glass windows were shattered. All over the white wash of our home were words weathered into the walls, from 100 years of disrepair:

'DEMONS'

'GOD DOES NOT WANT YOU HERE'

'FUCK YOU FREAKS'

'DON'T FUCKING COME BACK!'

The words criss-crossed over our house, they looked as if they were embossed into the walls, scratched in. It was sickening.

My brothers and sisters were horrified.

'Bastards' Emmett breathed.

'Why...we were valued in the community...' Rosalie whined.

'Edward...' Alice called from the other side of our house, she and Jasper had moved around the house to see what else was written. I moved around to stand by her side. She pointed to a specific piece of graffiti near the foundations of the house.

'VAMPIRES 4EVA- BELLA WAS HERE!' Then there was a date beneath it, from some 95 years previously.

If I had a heart, it would have stopped. She was here...she still cared...She still loved me...she must do... I ran my hand over the wall scratching. She was here; I could almost feel her there, scratching it in. What did she use? A knife probably I can see her accidently cutting her finger and saying 'Shoot' under her breath. I smiled. I traced her name with my finger; I could almost smell her right beside me.

Alice put her arm around my shoulder, and it brought me crashing down, she was not here. She never will be. As easy as if the wall were butter, I carved a shape around the words and pulled the stone away. My last memento of her.

Emmett and Rosalie followed around the house.

Rosalie looked over my shoulder. 'Oh for God's sake Edward, move on she dead. Your precious Bella was human!' She began to move away, as I crouched low and roared so loud, birds in trees hundreds of meters away flew off in shock.

Emmett moved in front of her, as she whirled around and narrowed her eyes.

'Okay guys!' he shouted, 'Rose you should be less of a bitch!' Jasper had moved forward and was sending waves of tranquillity through the air.

Fuck them. They will never understand because they already have someone. I am doomed to a life of nothing because no one will measure up.

I turned on my heel. I will help Carlisle with the house. Labour will surely keep my mind from her.

'Edward don't you want to see the rest of Forks? I thought we could go rent a car and scope the place.' Alice called.

'No...I'd rather go back and help the others.' I don't want to sit in a car with two couples. How humiliating.

'Suit yourself' Jasper shrugged.

By the time I had returned to the Denali's house, it already looked nearly restored to its former glory. The Denali's and Carlisle and Esme were working at Vampire speed and were only blurs.
Feeling the rhythm in which they worked, like a gentle beat to which I could get lost in, I joined them, like jumping into a fast moving river.

Hours later, we were gathered around the new television set that Emmett had brought back. He looked grim. They all did.

'Alice,' I asked her because I know she won't sugar coat it for me. 'What was Forks like?'

I looked into her mind and was utterly thrown. It's devastation. Most of the houses and shops were boarded up, roads deserted, hardly any people left. Houses were in ruins. Bella's house in ruins...

'How...' I swallowed 'did this happen?'

Her face was grim. She threw a newspaper at me.

'No one would speak to us, it took us about an hour to finally buy that TV. I all but nicked it.' Emmett shook his head.

The newspaper's headline read: 'GLOBAL TENSION, WORLD FEARS WW4' World War four?

'World War Four? We were so out of touch we missed a fucking World war?' Tanya hissed as she stared over my shoulder at the newspaper.

All of us were stood now, utterly still as only vampires could. Statues. In a semi-circle we stared at one another, scared for each other's lives.

Must keep my sisters safe...must protect Alice...world war 4?...why has this happened...did Bella live to see WW4?...

Alice's thoughts made me stiffen, did Bella see war? I hope not...

If only I was there to protect her. That regret is pointless. These conflicts turned over in my mind, churning so much that if I were a human I might be sick.

Hours later, the night had fallen and it was a strange night. The usual Forks night was humid and dark, this night was...Dry...raspy...different. I didn't care for it. We all tried to console each other that the war would have nothing to do with us. The television of course told a different story.

Alice's thoughts caught my attention.

I must know exactly what happened here...I don't care what Edward thinks I need to know about Bella. I will go to the Library...tomorrow...

I made the decision to join her and she saw it in her mind, she nodded at me, and so it was set.

About midnight, a knock came at the door.

We all rose staring at the door, being vampires we could hear the lack of heartbeats from this being. Another Vampire.

The knocks became frantic.

'I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!' a male voice screamed. He sounded petrified.

'PLEASE! YOU MUST HELP ME!' he screamed again.

In two strides Carlisle had opened the door and the Male vampire had crashed in. He was short, with blonde hair that was in short tuffs all over his head. He had the normal characteristics of a vampire, except his eyes were a light orange.

He was wounded, I moved forward to help him up.

'How did you know we were here?' I asked him.

This is the one that can read my mind...whose side is he on?..I will not allow it...think of something...

He began to recite paradise lost in his mind, I narrowed my eyes, instantly I do not trust this man.

'Who did this to you?' Carlisle asked gently, trying to calm him.

'She did...she will come for me...' he babbled, Paradise Lost still flowing in his brain.

'We can help you' Kate said.

'No...No one can...need to sit...' he said dejectedly.

He sat down and put his hand to his face.

'I did not mean to...he...the offer so tempting...me...my friend...' he mumbled.

There was another Knock at the door.

We all stiffened.

'She...she has come for me...' The man said.

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