Bella's POV

As soon as I felt the tears prickling, I tore my eyes off of Edward. They happened to land on Jasper and that snapped me back to reality. I looked into each of their faces, Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, and Emmett. Jasper had on a look of guilt. This is all my fault. If I hadn't attacked her that day, none of this would've happened. I frowned at this. Why was he blaming himself?

Next I looked at Alice. Her eyes showed great pain and her lips were turned up in a sad smile. Rosalie was the one that surprised me. Her face showed some pain and her eyes were full of sorrow. I turned towards Emmett, who held a huge smile in place. Seeing his face made me break out into a huge smile of my own. "Bella!"

He got up from his seat and came over to hug me. His big, bare arms held me tightly and the hug might've broken a few bones if I were still human. " Hi Emmett."

Ooo Bella's back. Maybe she can convince Eddie that Power Rangers is cool.

Edward grunted at Emmett at the same time I started laughing. They looked at me like I was a lunatic. I just grinned and told Emmett to scoot over in his seat.

" Smell me."

Their faces showed confusion and the scene in front of me was too hilarious to hold back any laughs. " Just do it." I instructed and they reluctantly obliged. After getting a few whiffs, they turned to look at me, confusion still clearly written on their faces.

I looked over at Edward, expecting him to get it. Confusion was on his face as well and I sighed. I looked at him pointedly with a 'duh' look on my face. Realization crossed his face and he gasped.

His siblings turned to look at him. " Bella. I can't smell her blood."

"Yup", I announced proudly, popping the p. " But, how? Are you a…who turned you?"

His expression was livid. " No one turned me", I said, trying to calm him down. What was his problem?

Then I picked up an apple and started eating it. I opened up my mind to everyone and started a conversation with them. So yeah. I'm not a vampire…I'm a witch.

I then turned the apple in my hand, as if debating where I would bite next.

Looking up, I saw five shocked faces. The bell chose to rang at that exact moment and I got up. " Well I don't know about you guys, but I actually like school so I'm going to go learn something…again. Well see ya." I turned and walked out. My mind, still open, told them; I'll come to your house to explain later.

School passed in a blur after that. I didn't concentrate on any of my classes. After replaying the lunchroom scene in my head a couple of times, a feeling of dread crept up on me. What had I gotten myself into? Not only was I going to see the family that abandoned me, but I was going to see the man that carelessly threw my heart out the window.

After school, I was hoping that I would be able to get to my car without seeing any of the Cullens. But of course, that just wasn't going to happen. There they were, around Edward's Volvo. Alice spoke, " Follow us." That was all any of them said. I planned on ditching them but it was near impossible since Edward was the one leading to his house and Rosalie was the one behind me, making sure I didn't get 'lost'.

Then, after traveling through the trail in the woods, we came upon the Cullen house, still as beautiful as ever. Stepping inside, along with the rest of the Cullens, we heard Esme call, " Hi kids. How was school? Did yo-". She stopped talking once she saw me. " Bella?"

Smiling tenderly at her, I said, " Hi Esme. Long time no see, huh?"

" Oh Bella! You have no idea how long I've missed you. But wait. Shouldn't you be around 60 by now?"

"It's a long story Esme."

At that moment, Carlisle stepped out from the kitchen. " Esme have y-. Bella?"

" Hi Carlisle…and no I'm not a vampire. I'm a witch."

I said it proudly, having no reason to be ashamed. Witches were rare in the world and I was one of them. I felt special. They gasped, as expected and then Carlisle announced, " Family meeting in the living room."

I was surprised when they took me with them. I thought I stopped being part of their family when he left. " So Bella…want to explain?"

" Sure. After you guys…left," I choked on the word, " I was in a state of depression. It got so bad, that Charlie sent me to live with Renee for a while. Then, once I got to Arizona, Renee told me. I was a witch. She was a witch. At first, I didn't believe her. Then, she cured the vampire bite mark I had on my wrist. Remember? The one James gave me. Then she started telling me that she knew you were vampires. Now there was no way I couldn't believe her. So, I stayed with her for a long while after that. She trained me to use my powers. I don't really like to use them because they just remind how I'm different from everybody else. That I'm not normal."

I finished that last part in a whisper. It was true. All I ever wanted was to seem normal. To fit in. To be lost in the crowd of people and not stand out in any way. I looked up to see the Cullens looking at me. It was silent for a while until Emmett said, " Cool! My sister is a witch! Hey Bella? What can you do?"

I was mentally shocked for a few minutes because Emmett had called me his sister. Did he really see me that way?

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Esme began dry sobbing. " What's wrong Esme?" I asked, alarmed. Esme didn't deserve to be in pain.

" I'm sorry Bella. We shouldn't have ever left you. I don't know how we could've ever been that cruel to you. You were my daughter and I just abandoned you like you weren't important to us when in reality you were."

I opened my mouth to speak. " Esme, I accept your apology. In fact, I forgave all of you a long time ago. Although I don't quite understand why you all left, I'm sure that you had a very good reason to. But anyways, I forgive you. All of you." I finished looking at Edward, letting him know that although it hurt when he left me and that it still hurt, I forgave him too.

A chorus of ' I'm sorry Bella' erupted around the room. "It's okay. Really. Stop apologizing. You're forgiven. Now, onto Emmett's question. What can I do?"

I paced around the room, looking bored and occasionally staring at my nails. " Well, for starters, I can change my appearance."

I smirked, knowing they were impressed. Hmmm…Emmett was going to be my test subject for all of my demonstrations. In a matter of seconds, I was already looking like Emmett. Imitating his voice, I said, " I'm Emmett and I like to play dress up." Then, not giving them time to think, I turned Esme's pillow into a pair of shoes, Alice's purse into a tutu. With my mind, I envisioned Emmett wearing the tutu and shoes and POOF! Emmett was now wearing a pink, frilly tutu and pink ballet flats.

While everyone laughed, I said, " Wow Emmett. I had no idea you were into ballet." After everyone settled down, Alice shrieked. " I want my purse back!" "Okay, okay." After putting everything back to normal, I made Emmett begin dancing to ' Single Ladies'. Everyone looked confused and I smiled and said, " I can also control people." While everyone was distracted with Emmett, I took the time to turn invisible. No one noticed. I stopped controlling Emmett and then everyone turned to where I was before.

" Hey, where's Bella?" Edward asked, his voice coated with worry. " Maybe she left?" " I don't think she would leave without telling us, Rosalie." Suddenly, Emmett let out a loud shriek, sounding like a little girl. I turned visible again and started laughing. I had just given Emmett a wedgie. Not only was that funny in itself, but I wedgied his pink power puff girl underwear. Everyone began laughing at this while Emmett sulked.

" So Bella, what else can you do?" Edward asked, sounding amazed and staring at me in awe. I guess he just wasn't used to me being able to take care of myself. He did always see me as weak.

" I have super strength." I demonstrated by lifting up the couch the Cullens were currently sitting on. " But I'm not as strong as vampires." I finished saying before Emmett could challenge me to an arm wrestling contest. " Oh, and I also can't die. I'm immortal like you guys."

" So there. That's all of my powers."

" Hey Bella, I just remembered reading about witches some years ago. It said something about you guys having to transform somehow to fully use your powers?"

I blushed. Dangit! I didn't want to show them that part. " Oh fine," I said to their curious faces. I stood up and closed my eyes. A soft wind started picking up from my feet and kept going to my face. I felt myself transforming. Once the tingling sensation was gone, I looked down at myself, I was now wearing knee length boots with black stockings. I was also wearing a short dress which was black, purple, and green with polka dots. I also had on a little witch hat. I smiled widely at them.

" Here's my outfit."

Emmett's booming laughter filled the silence and I glared at him. " Emmett, since I'm in my transformed mode, you do realize that my powers can be fully used, don't you?"

" So? What are you going to do about it?"

I glared at him. With my mind, I wedgied him again and hung him on a 'magical' hook that appeared out of nowhere.

" Oww! Bella put me down! My tushy is getting sore!"

" Nope!" I announced casually as I sat down on the couch. Suddenly, there was an awkward silence that filled the room, except for Emmett's pleas to get him down. Edward finally cleared his throat and said, " Bella, can I talk to you?"

I swallowed the lump in my throat and said, " Sure Edward. Are we going to your meadow?"

Edward POV ( extremely short)

Our meadow, Bella. Our meadow.

Bella's POV

" Yes," he said, plain and simple. We walked to the outside of the house. " Can you get there somehow or do you need me to carry you?" He asked in a hopeful voice. ' He probably doesn't want to carry me and wants me to stay away from him as possible.'

In a tight voice, I replied, " I can get there. Don't worry about it." His face fell and that confused me.

He began running, not nearly as fast as he usually did. He kept glancing back, seeing if I was falling behind. I wasn't about to give him that satisfaction so I transformed into a cheetah. I ran through the woods following close to him. Once we finally reached the meadow, I transformed back and gasped. I haven't been to the meadow since Edward left. It was even more beautiful than I remembered. Flowers of every color were there. Everything here was alive.

Turning, I found Edward looking at me. " What?" I asked, completely confused. " Bella, we need to talk."

" About what?"

" About us Bella."

I was going to end it there but I decided you deserved more. J

" What are you talking about Edward. There is no more us. You gave that up when you left me." " Bella, I just can't lie to you anymore. I never stopped loving you. When I left on that day, it wasn't because I didn't love you anymore. It was because I wanted to protect you."

" Protect me from what Edward?"

" I wanted to protect you from us. From my family. If anyone of us had slipped up and I wasn't there, I don't even want to think about what would happen to you."

" Well I think that that is a stupid reason to leave Edward. You left me here unprotected and feeling unloved. Did you know that Victoria and Laurent were still after me?"

Shocked he answered, " Actually, no I did not know that. I thought they would leave you alone. When I find them, I'm going to kill them."

" Actually, you don't even have to worry about that anymore. I took care of it… with the help of the La Push pack."

Edward looked murderous. " Bella you shouldn't be hanging around those wolves. They're young. They cant control themselves. I don't want you getting hurt."

" Edward, haven't we already established the fact that you can't control me anymore. And haven't we also established that I can take care of myself now. I don't need to hold your hand every step of the way. And you leaving was just useless."

" What do you mean?"

" Edward, I told you. I'm immortal. I'll live forever. You could've stayed and waited with me until I would've gained my powers. I know you didn't know I was a witch back then but neither did I. If you would've stayed, forty three years of your absence wouldn't have been necessary."

Edward stood closer to me. Desire was evident in his eyes. " Bella, please. I still love you."

Momentarily shocked, I answered, " I still love you too Edward. But I don't know if I can do this again. You do realize that you crushed my heart don't you?"

" Bella, can we at least try? I can't guarantee you that things will be the same as before but I can offer you the happiest years of your life, if you let me. Please Bella. All I ask of you is to give me a chance. A chance to prove to you that I still love you. A chance to make it up to you. Like you said Bella, I have your heart but you have mine."

Tears threatened to spill over. Edward's pleading face made up my mind. Crying now, I nodded my head, the lump in my throat too big to talk. He smiled, as did I, and came closer. His lips came down, close to my own. They got closer and closer until…I turned my head and he kissed my cheek. " Sorry Edward. I'm not ready for that yet. You're going to have to sweep me off my feet to get a real kiss."

" I understand," he said and leaned in and kissed my forehead. " My beautiful Bella. How I've missed you."

" I missed you too."

" Since I'm trying 'sweep you off your feet' why don't we start out with a date. Saturday at 7?"

" Sure Edward. Saturday's fine."

" Oh and Bella?" " Hmm?" " Do you want to move in with me and my family? I don't want you living by yourself. Someone like you should be surrounded by loved ones, always."

" Only if you want me to move in with you and if the others don't mind."

" Of course I want you to move in with us and the others don't mind. Alice already asked them."

" M'kay."

Then, picking me up and gently placing me on his back, we headed to the Cullen house once again. And for once, I didn't protest.

A/N- Bella's witch costume is in my profile. Crappy ending to the chapter? And no, the wolves wont be in the story…for now. If you have any ideas you would want me to use, you can leave it in a review or pm me k? luv ya :-* :D