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On with the twistedness...

"Ok," I sighed again, because it sounded good. How was I going to do this? Relive the memories of the past fifteen years on purpose? I usually avoided that, especially if I wanted to stay sane for a few days.

Kara put her hand on my shoulder gently, and smiled encouragingly. Dax gave me a smile. I took strength from their support, and looked at Rosalie and Jasper.

I closed my eyes, trying to decide where best to begin.

"When none of you... came back... I went back to where we were all staying. I waited for a week, out of desperate hope." I finally opened my eyes. "But no one showed up. So I went to Italy; I thought that maybe...they could help. But they couldn't... Aro offered to let me stay with them, and - for a short time - I did. But it was too... stressful.

"After that, I kind of just wandered. About three years after your disappearance, I came across Dax and Kara. I was drawn to them by Kara's ...intense...and frightening ...memories. A vamp had bitten Kara, and nearly drained Dax, and I couldn't just let them die... So I... took care of him. Then I took away the two until their transformation was complete.

"After explaining to then what had happened, I offered to let them stay with me and live our way of life, or to take them to the Volturi. They wanted to stay with me, and for about three months, they managed to. But then it was too much for them, and we journeyed to the Volturi. Aro, Marcus, and Caius were more than willing to take them in."

I paused for a moment. "About six months later, I got a call from the Volturi asking me to return, but they didn' say why. I got there to find Dax and Kara both horribly depressed, and starving because they refused to eat until they absolutely had to. Both of them - especially Kara - were unable to feed without getting terribly depressed. They wanted nothing more than to return to the 'veggie vamp' lifestyle, and I was more than willing to let them. They both had their reasons for leaving, and I feel it isn't for me to share." I added.

Kara and Dax had faraway, slightly pained looks, and I flinched from the vague memories I was getting form them, even though I could tell they were trying to keep them repressed from me. Jasper sent out calming waves, and I saw them both relax, exchanging surprised looks; they had never really believed the potency of Jasper's gift.

We stayed away from large populations for about five years, until I believed they had adequate control. for the past six years, we've been moving from place to place and attending high school; niether of them ever really got a chance to, and I was more than glad to give the experience to them." I grimaced slightly, thinking about Dax and Kara's human lives...they hadn't been terribly pretty.

"Now," I said. "What about you two?"(I so should have stopped it here...less work and all...but I couldn't.)

Jasper and Rosalie exchanged a quick glance. "Bella..." Jasper began, then stopped, looking pained. He treid again. "Bella...it was the Pack."

Dax and Kara frowned, and looked at each other in confusion. I was blank with shock.

"No." I whispered.

"Bella, those stupid dogs attacked Esme!" Rosalie said, and I put my hand over my mouth. "Edward was there right as it happened."

Now I knew what had drawn Edward away, and why he had made me stay. He heard the Pack's thoughts, and hoped to keep me from view, from any fighting.

Jasper took over from Rosalie. "Alice came running up to me, frantic, when both their futures disappeared. We went and found Calisile, Emmett, and Rosalie. We all came across them as they attacked Edward, who had dragged the one on Esme off, and tried to help. But those mutts were bloodthristy, only wanted to fight. especially Jacob." he added softly.

I knew the only reason I wasn't in hysterics was because of Jasper's talent.

"It was surprisingly difficult to calm them, some more than others." I knew he was probably referring to Paul, Jacob's splenetic pack brother. (hehehe...splenetic is my new fav word, besides grex and witling. I'm gonna try to use another word, amybe one of those, in here too.)

"Wait, hold up for a second." Dax interrupted. "First of all, who is the Pack? KAra and I are kind of in the dark here." His tone was slightly annoyed. Kara nodded her agreement, and I sighed.

"The Pack is a gruop of Quilete (SP???) werewolves who made a treaty with the Cullens, that if they didn't bite any humans, the humans would be none the wiser of thier existance. Jacob Black was a friend of my family, and...we loved each other...but I still chose forever with Edward." The memories of pain, not only mine, teased the edges of the hole that still occasionally took up residence in my chest, but I ignored them.

"So," I continued, "When the Cullens changed me...well...it broke the treaty, and the werewolves had the choice to start a war."

Kara signed something, and Dax turned to translate for us all.

"This Jacob. If he really loved you, wouldn't he want you to be happy?"

I nodded. "he stopped fighting for me, like King Soloman... But the pack wouldn't let the Cullen's bite a human,even a willing one...and once they did, he considered me as good as dead."

"Why?" Kara signed, looking incredulous.

I shrugged feeling bleak. Turning back to the Hales, I prompted them to continue.

"It was a hard fight." Jasper's voice was a monotone. "We managed to get a few of them(coughLeahandPaulcough), but..."

A foreboding silence fell over everyone, and as intense horrible tension filled me.

"Jasper," I finally croaked, "'but' what?"

He looked up, met my eyes. His gold irises were filled with a deep sadness.

"They weren't the only ones who suffered losses."

The tension built up and I realized after a minute that I was trembling. Dax and Kara were unmoving.Rosalie's and Jasper's memories were pushing at the edges of my mind, and I blocked myslelf from them.

"who..." I eventually croaked out.

Rosalie finally looekd up her gold eyes meeting my brown ones, and I swore she would have been crying if she could.

"Edward."