Chapter 6: Forgiveness and a battle

I watched Mike sleep all night. I wish I was human, if not to sleep to just make our lives easier. I wouldn't have to deal with a crazy vampire dictator and we could grow old together and have a normal family.

Mike's breathing picked up and he started to move. I didn't wait for him t wake up. I pressed my lips against his in a sweet chaste kiss.

"Good morning." I whispered. His eyes flew open and he grinned.

"Wow, I should wake up like this more often." He stretched his arms over his head. "I thought last night was a dream. I'm glad I was wrong." He kissed my temple.

"Me too." I agreed nuzzling my nose against his neck. "I wish we could stay like this forever."

Why couldn't we just stay this way? And then the events of last night crossed my memory and I frowned. I was so stupid, why couldn't I control my feelings? I could have killed Carlisle.

"What's wrong?" A voice brought me back to reality. I looked up to see Mike watching me with a slight frown on his face. I was making him worry.

"I just…I just…I got into a fight with Carlisle and I don't think he wants me anymore. I didn't mean to…uh…do what I did and I can't take it back." he tightened his hold on me. "I want to say I'm sorry. I want him to like me again. But I know there is a possibility that I could do it again and I don't want to hurt my family like that."

Mike was thoughtful for a moment. We sat in the silence holding each other. I was partly sad and partly happy that I couldn't cry. I didn't want to start blubbering in front of Mike, but crying was a relief in some ways. You could get rid of the sadness through a physical event. It was just what I needed.

"When I get into a fight with my parents I always think that I can't take anything back. I think about all the things I could do. Like get on a bus and just go anywhere so I won't have to see them ever again. But then I realize that whatever we got into a fight about, no matter how big it is, they still love me. They're my family and would help me no matter what. They would forgive you if you were truly sorry. I'm sure whatever you had done, even if it was horrible, Carlisle would forgive you because your family."

I leaned up onto my elbow to look at him. He was very wise for a human. It was hard to believe that he has only been alive for seventeen years. He can simplify things to the point that anyone can understand them.

"You amaze me constantly." I intertwined our fingers on his stomach. "But I don't know how he can forgive me."

"Well, you'll never know if you don't talk to him." Mike said brushing a piece of hair from my cheek. "If something goes wrong again I'll always be her, okay?"

I nodded and leaned into his shoulder. I needed to talk to Carlisle. But what if they didn't want to take me in any more, maybe I was too much of a threat. I shook my head. They were my friends. They would at least talk to me, and let me explain myself.

"I think I'm going to go home." I said sitting up. "I can just talk to them. They can't turn me down for that, can they?" I was trying to calm myself down but my nerves were going crazy, and I wasn't even out of bed yet!

"I'll let you get dressed, just stay calm. Your making me nervous." He laughed. I giggled nervously. I changed back into my clothes from yesterday that had dried. When Mike came back into his room I hugged him.

"I'll see you tomorrow at school." I promised.

"Okay, call me when you get home. Are you sure you don't want a ride?" he was a little anxious about my wanting to walk home but I told him that I needed time to think.

"I'm sure. Bye." He walked me to the door and I kissed him good bye. He squeezed my shoulder.

I walked down the sidewalk to the end of the block then I turned into the forest to run home. I didn't run as fast as I could, instead it was more like a slow jog. How was I going to explain myself? Would they even listen to me when I got there?

Of course they would. I need to stop being ridiculous. Its not like I hit Carlisle, I was close, but I didn't hit him. Just thinking about it made it rain harder. I sighed. I would have to change when I got home.

I stepped in a mud puddle by accident. "Shoot." I groaned. I was trying to make nice and I ruin Alice's clothes.

I was bending over to wipe off some of the spray when I was tackled to the ground. A fierce growl ripped through the silence of the forest. I kicked off my attacker, got to my feet and tensed for battle.

There was more than one attacker. They were three vampires. The one who attacked me was a blonde with an evil smirk on his face. There was also a woman with vibrant red hair, and a black haired man that looked bored.

"Who are you?" I snarled. Over head the sky darkened even more and lightning filled the sky. "Explain yourselves." I demanded.

The blonde chuckled. "Our names are of no importance. What you need to know is that your dear Aro is waiting for you and we need to go." He stepped forward and extended his hand like I was going to go willingly.

"I will never go back to Aro. Tell him to get another slave. I do not belong to him." I spat backing up. I needed to get away. I could probably take on two at once but three was pushing it.

The red head giggled. It was strange to hear, her laugh did not fit her look. "We are taking you with, or without your permission." The blonde explained.

I scowled. "Then I guess you wont be getting what you wanted." Then I sent a lightning bolt straight at him. He jumped out of the way but he got scarred on his arm. He howled in pain.

I didn't have time to say anything sarcastic because the woman was on me almost immediately. She snarled and tore off one of my jacket arms biting my fore arm in the process. I screamed and flung her off of me. The thunder was almost deafening now. I sent another lightning bolt down and it hits target. The woman gave off an animal like screech and then fell to the ground. The bolt had cracked right on her neck and it had flown off. Not pretty but effective.

I threw the jacket away. It was restricting my movements too much. The blonde man charged me and I jumped out of the way hitting him on the back in the process. He stumbled to the ground but was up in seconds.

I was pinned to a tree suddenly. The black haired man had my waist and threw me into it when I hit he grabbed my wrist so I couldn't move. I kicked him in the stomach but he just bit into my shoulder making me scream again as the poison worked.

"So now can you be a little reasonable?" the blond said walking towards me with a smirk. I was terrified but I couldn't let that show so I built up my last ounce of energy and fired it at him. The bolt struck true and knocked a hole straight through his stomach

The black haired man was distracted for a moment so I pushed him off. I jumped onto his back and ripped his head off. When he was dismembered I did the same to the other guy. I piled the bodies on top of each other then placed some dry brush over it. I set a small spark with some rocks and then they were up in flame.

I sat against a tree watching the fire burn. I looked at my right shoulder. It was still burning and you could already see the slight scar forming. The sky was lightening a bit.

What were they doing here? They said Aro was waiting for me. Did that mean he was here? Or that they were going to take me back to Italy? I had never known Aro to take on vampires from outside the Volturi before, to unreliable.

I smelt more vampires coming I jumped up tensed for battle. But it was only the Cullen's. Carlisle was in the front and when I saw him I just lost it. I launched myself at him dry sobbing. The rest of the family turned to the fire to give us some privacy.

"I'm sorry, I really, really am. I didn't mean to hurt you. I was just so…so angry. And sometimes it's difficult to control it. I definitely didn't mean to hurt you. Especially you. You're the closest thing I've ever had to a real father and I…" I trailed off after my little rant.

Carlisle hugged me back smoothing my hair letting me calm down. I took a deep breath and settled down, taking a step back.

"Gwen," he started with a sad smile. "I love that you think of me as a father figure. You have become like one of my daughters in such a little time. I know that can seem…scary when you haven't had anything more than the Volturi in two hundred years. And you didn't hurt me. I was scared for you. I didn't know that your powers affected you so powerfully. I shouldn't have stepped in, especially when you were that angry. I forgive you and I wish you would come home. We've been worried and by the looks of you I think we had a right to be."

I looked down at myself. I was splattered in mud and my clothes were torn and ripped. I saw that I also gotten mud on Carlisle's clothes also. "Oops." I smiled sheepishly at him.

He chuckled. "Lets go." The other Cullen's had covered the fire in dirt and we started to run back to their house.

I felt so great. Carlisle thought of me as a daughter, I really did have a family. Now I just had to figure out a way to keep that family safe from the most dangerous coven of vampires on the earth. That would be easy, right?

A/N: YAY! THEY MADE UP! PLEASE REVIEW. THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE THAT DID. I KILLED OFF JAMES, LAURENT, AND VICTORIA BECAUSE I REALLY DO NOT LIKE THEM. IM TRYIONG TO TAKE THINGS SLOW WITH MIKE BUT IM REALLY IMPATIENT SO DONT GET MAD. THANKS AGAIN.