EPOV 16 years later
16 years to the day. It has been 16 years since my Bella...no not my Bella. Not anymore, she found someone else, someone better and I only care about her happiness. The weird thing is she has dropped off Alice's radar completely.
She isn't dead, I know that for a fact, I would feel it if she wasn't on this earth, Carlisle has the theory that she isn't doing anything important and maybe that's why Alice can't see her, Alice seems to think that its plausible but where oh where can she be.
Our plane just arrived in the Leeds Bradford airport and what I was not expecting was for there to be reporters waiting for us. True we had stayed here for a few years back when we first left America, Carlisle was loved as a doctor more so than in F...F... the place we used to live. I can't even say the name of our old home town, all the painful memories it brings back are so horrible. Not all of them are but they make me feel like I had a great big hole in my chest because even though she betrayed me she still owns my heart completely and fully.
I gave a sad sigh, what I wouldn't give to see her one last time, to touch her warm skin and her soft hair, to smell her sweet aroma. Steady on Edward, thoughts like these only get you hurt. Esme found the perfect house, it is huge, not to mention we only have one neighbour and according to the locals they are a secluded family, keep themselves to themselves and that's just fine with us.
We unpacked quickly and within five minutes the previously empty house was full of all our effects. Esme, of course, insisted we meet the neighbours so after a quick hunt we went across the lane and up through the massive garden and rang the door bell. We stood for a minute and a half before a huge man opened the door, he was bigger than Emmet. He studied us for a long moment before sneering and trying to shut the door. That's when we noticed, gold eyes, beautiful features and no heartbeat. They were like us. I could hear Alice's excited thoughts about making friends with a new coven. I was more concerned that I couldn't hear his thoughts, I looked into his face and noticed he looked like he was concentrating on a far of voice, he gave a disappointed sigh and opened the door for us.
The rest of my family seemed not to notice the originally cold greeting and stepped into the foyer. That was when the smell hit me, Victoria, Laurent and...could it be...it wasn't possible after all this time. She stepped out of the shadows and my family and I gasped.
There was my Bella, my beautiful Bella. A vampire like myself. I felt unparalleled joy at the sight of my wonderful Bella. After all this time. Her face was expressionless and her eyes seemed cold.
I wanted to run at her and hold her in my arms, make love to her like I had always wanted to with no hold backs because she was fragile. Something stopped me though. I watched as Victoria glided towards her and snarled. To my shock and horror Bella snarled at me...me!
I couldn't understand it, suddenly a breeze flew past me and the others. Two girls who looked approximately fifteen sixteen darted past me and into Bella's waiting arms. I looked at them and gasped at what I saw. They were shorter than Bella by a head or so, they had mid back length hair that was exactly the same shade of bronze as my own unruly mop, one of the girls turned towards me and let out a pitiful growl, as if warning me to stay back, she had one golden eye and the other was the same luxurious brown that my Bella's had been in her human days, the other girl turned her face slightly towards me and from what I could tell she had a singular green eye. My stomach flipped. They were without a doubt my children. I felt a purr start up in my chest and I took a step towards them. The girl that had growled at me now crouched snarling at me, the other one turned her face completely away from me to press it more firmly in her mother's side. I did not expect the snarling one at the floor to lunge at me though and the force of the blow sent me flying backwards. Her fists were pummelling into my chest, my family gasped but when they took a step to move to help me they had the giant, Victoria and Laurent step into their paths blocking them in.
The little one on top of me was screaming and I saw pearly tears falling from her brown and gold eyes.
"you left us... you didn't care...you abandoned mum...how could you? All she ever did was love you and you left her to die. You didn't even try to find us. Why...why..." she could no longer speak and I was glad of that because every word coming from her little mouth was a knife in my chest.
I was so absorbed in the girl's features that I didn't notice Bella and the other child and pull her off me. I sat up and watched as Bella held the weeping child saying "I am so sorry baby...I didn't mean for my shield to go down, I am so, so sorry. Its ok baby let it all out..." she was gently rocking the girl back and forth. I felt a slight pressure at my side, I turned and looked into the other girls face, there were unshed tears there but she didn't look like she was going to try and rip out my useless heart so I just sat and let her examine me.
When she finished looking me up and down she held out her hand and pulled me to my feet. She smiled quite sadly at me then walked over to join Bella and who I could only assume was E.J. they looked perfect together even though one of them was sobbing hysterically and the other looked like she didn't know what to do with herself. The one who had helped me up nodded as though hearing something the rest of us couldn't.
I joined the rest of my family who seemed to be in as much shock as I was. The child with a green eye came towards us with a kindly smile on her pretty face.
"Would you please follow me into the sitting room, mum and E.J won't be long but mum thinks it best to let her calm down so she is taking her hunting." She almost skipped through the massive doors to our left. We came into the most beautiful room I think I have ever seen. It was so light and open. The little one asked us to make ourselves at home. I was content to look at her face which had a mixture of mine and Bella's features. Carlisle spoke to get rid of the tension.
"My dear, I think you know our names, perhaps we could learn yours." She giggled and nodded her head. "Yes I am sorry, how very rude of me. Yes I know that you are my granddad, you are my nana, you are my aunts and uncles and you... you are my father. My name is Carlie, Carlie Renesemee Swan." She smiled warmly at us and the tension seemed to melt away.
The big man came in and sat next to my daughter (god it felt so good even thinking that, my daughter, my daughters) she smiled at him and he began laughing, just out of the blue. It was quite odd to watch. Eventually he stopped and turned to look at us "hi I am bear, bear swan. This little rascal's uncle. E.J's too. They should be back soon. "he then looked at Carlie "and if your mother heard you using language like that she'd kill ya"
"Too late, I already heard it." came Bella's twinkling voice. Carlie paled considerably
"Sorry mum. I won't do it again" even though she was trying to look sorry a small smile kept pushing through. Bella laughed and sat down E.J scooting in next to her. Bella looked at her pointedly. She rolled her eyes, sighed and looked at me "I am sorry I attacked you, I sometimes have trouble dealing with the emotions around me and I get all mixed up, please accept my apology." She didn't look as if she particularly cared whether or not I accepted it but I smiled and nodded all the same.
It was jasper who asked the obvious question.
"What do you mean the emotions around you?" his face held a look of encouragement. She looked at her mum who smiled and nodded. She sighed once more and began talking in a dull uninterested voice.
"I am an empath, recently I have been struggling making out the difference between my emotions and the emotions of the people around me. I have other powers to and my sister has powers as well but that's for her to tell you."
Carlie smiled and said "I see the future. I sometimes have trouble working out what is real and what is a vision but mum says I am getting better all the time. I have more powers as well but they are harder to explain."
Alice and Jasper were beaming at the two. They talked amongst themselves, talking about the children's childhoods, their favourite things their least favourite thing. The E.J emitted a tiny almost inaudible yawn. She cringed and Bella laughed. "right then you two off to bed. I heard that yawn. The Cullen's can come over soon so don't give me that look Carlie."
We saw ourselves to the door.
My family left and I just stood there leaning against the door. I had Bella back in my life and two wonderful daughters that I hadn't previously known existed.
Life was good, I just needed Bella back by my side and it would be perfect.
UNKNOWNPOV
I want it all. I shall destroy you Bella Swan. You will rue the day you turned me away. Oh yes I shall make you pay. I shall hit you hard and fast when the time is right and nothing and no-one will stand in my way!
right there you are then. Edward has daughters, one of them has an attitude, Edward has high hopes and there is a psycho on the loose. Thank you to vanessa, Miss Louise, HermioneLF, yosimite and finally milkchocolatehot64. I have poor self confidence and your reviews really cheered me up. Oh and yosimite if you have any questions or confusions leave them in a review and I shall do my best to answer them, that goes to anyone who at any point feels confused. Its what I'm here for. This chapter is for you guys and I hope you like reading it as much as much as i liked writing it
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