A/N: Yeah I know I took forever again, sorry. But I've started school again and I have 16 credit hours and I'm also working about 30 to 40 hours a week, so I am really not getting any time to sit down and do anything. SO I'm sorry about the wait and I'll apologize in advance because the next chapter will probably have a similar wait time so sorry. And I hope you all were able to follow along with what is going on; if not maybe, this chapter will make things a little clearer.

Chapter 6 – Merge

Luciana/ Luci POV

"Many of you have not had the pleasure of meeting my children before this moment." Said Aro. "So I would like you all to meet my son and daughter, Charles and Luciana Volturi. The most powerful beings in the world and the Volturi's strongest guards."

Father was always so proud of us, mostly me. But he was still quite happy with the both of us, and he often bragged about how powerful we are. Charlie and I are twins and we both have strong powers that are opposite of each other. I had the ability to copy and use the powers of others while Charlie had the ability to stop any powers from being used, no powers worked on or around him. I could still copy the powers of others while around him, but I could not use them nor could I copy his power. We were a truly formidable team, especially if I was far enough away from him that I could use my powers.

Charlie and I both bower before our father and uncles as a show of respect although I could tell that Charlie really did not want to.

"Father. Uncles. Our powers are at your disposal what is it that your require of us." I said speaking for both Charlie and I.

"Luciana my dear, I called you here because we are planning to send the guard to Forks, Washington to take care of the werewolf problem that has developed there."

'Save them' the thought rushed through my brain so quickly I wasn't sure if it was even real.

"So then you are sure now that there are werewolves in Forks?" I asked, remembering the earlier conversation when he first told me of their suspicions.

"Yes we are sure."

"You spoke to the Cullen's then?" Charlie spoke for the first time since we entered the throne room.

"No, we have reason to believe that the Cullen's are helping these wolves."

"What?" That just couldn't be possible. Why would they help werewolves?

'Because they're not werewolves' the thought swirled around my brain like smoke, I had no idea where it had come from. I ignored it and continued.

"Why do you think the Cullen's are helping these werewolves?" 'Shape shifters' whispered through my brain as Aro began to speak.

"We sent two nomads out to Forks and had one stay hidden so that he could call back to tell us what happened. He wasn't able to stay close enough to see her fate, for fear of detection, but when he returned to where he had last seen her; he found her ashes surrounded by the smell of wolves and other vampires. He was able to make a call and tell us of his finding before we lost contact with him too. He also claimed that some of the wolf smells were strange and smelled vaguely vampire like, but the smoke form the fire was probably just messing with the scents."

'Bella' 'Jacob' Suddenly pain ripped through my head as memories began to rush back. Everything was suddenly back; I could remember my whole life in La Push. I remembered Billy and my children, and Eric and Tyler and the whole rest of the pack. I remembered how I used my shield to block that life from myself so that I could return to the Volturi and father could not find out about my children. I remembered all the late nights that, the deeper part of me that retained my memories of La Push came out and spent hours talking to Billy through astral projection.

When I was finally able to focus back on what was going on, everyone in the throne room was looking at me with concern. I needed to get the attention away from me quickly before I gave myself away, or before father tried to touch me to hear my thoughts.

"Father are you sure these nomads are trustworthy and had no grudge against the Cullen's?" Father looked at me questioningly a few moments longer before he answered my question.

"Yes Luciana, I am sure. I made sure we could trust them before they left to Washington."

Damnit I hoped I could at least slow him down with that one. If I can't stop him here maybe, I can stop them there.

"Father, maybe we should call the Cullen's first to see if they will tell us anything, maybe they'll be able to explain everything and we won't have to go down there."

"No, calling the Cullen's is out of the question. My mind is made up." I could think of no other way to change his mind, but maybe if I can't stop him here maybe I can stop them there.

"So what is the plan then father? The Cullen's are a fairly large coven with quite a few abilities and if they've teamed up with werewolves then we need to be careful with how we approach this."

"You are right Luciana. That is why I have called you and Charles in today. As much as I would rather keep you here, we are going to need you two out there with the guard. Your powers will come in handy out there. So tomorrow be ready to leave. I am sending Felix, Demitri, Jane, and Alec with you. You shouldn't have any problems with the abilities among you, but if you get there and there are too many just call and I'll come with the rest of the guard if need be. You are dismissed."

"Thank you father. We will take care of the problem as quickly as possible." Damn, of course he has to send them. Ugh getting out of this is going to be difficult. I was lost in thought as Charlie and I made our way out of the throne room.

Suddenly I was being pulled off to the side and down one of the staircases that led to the lower levels of the castle.

"Charlie, what the hell?"

"What's going on Luci? I saw your expression change when we were talking about the wolves, and I heard you earlier talking to someone and you even argued with father about our mission. This isn't like you. What's going on? Does this have something to do with the time you spent in Washington a few years ago?" Charlie looked concerned; I could tell he was worried about me. I knew I could trust my brother, so I decided to tell him everything.

"I'll tell you everything, but you have to promise me that you will not tell anyone what I am about to tell you."

"Of course Luci. You know I would never betray your trust."

"Thank you, Charlie. Well the first thing you should know is that I didn't just pass through Washington, I lived there for almost two decades."

"Why did you stay there so long?"

"I fell in love," I said smiling and remembering the first time I met Billy.

"You fell in love? With a human? What happened?"

"Okay well it's a little complicated, but you have to promise me you won't look at me any different."

"Luci you know you can tell me everything. You're my sister and I'm here for you."

"Okay then, well yes I fell in love, with a man named Billy. Although he wasn't human… well not completely human anyway."

"What do you mean not completely human?"

"Well, he was or well is a shape shifter."

"Shape shifter?"

"Yes, he and many of the other's in the La Push tribe can shape shift into wolves."

"Wolves? So the werewolves that father is talking about….." he looked at me concerned, I could tell he was afraid for me.

"Yeah. However, they're not werewolves. They don't change with the moon and they are more human than werewolves."

"But why? How is this possible? Why have we never heard of this kind of thing before?"

"I don't know Charlie; it's possible that they are the only ones of their kind in the world. But I just don't know."

Then of course, Charlie interrupted me again. "But wait, so this man you are in love with is killing vampires. Why? Isn't he worried that it would draw attention to him?"

"No they aren't worried about that. The only reason we've noticed now is because of the Cullen's. But they've always killed vampires that wander onto their land. The pack is there to protect the people of the tribe. But no, it's not Billy specifically that's killing the vampires, he doesn't really run with the pack anymore."

"So they've been doing this for a while and we just never noticed?"

"Yeah. The wolves have been around for hundreds of years."

"Wow, but so if Billy isn't part of the pack anymore, who is?"

"Well there are actually two packs now. And they're the biggest the tribe has ever seen. There is a female pack, which has eight members, and a male pack, which has seven members. Each pack has its own alpha who leads the pack. The two pack alphas are twins, Isabella and Jacob Black and they are mine and Billy's kids."

"Kids? You mean you have children?" Charlie was obviously in shock, he just stayed staring at me not saying a thing.

"Yes Charlie, I have children. And they are both very powerful, as they possess the qualities of vampires, shifters and humans. They are very special. And I know Bella has a gift but I couldn't really tell what it was, it hadn't fully developed yet when I left."

"So if you had kids, why did you leave? I know I never would've left my child willingly." He looked sad and angry and refused to look at me. And it took me a minute to fully register what he had said.

"I left because….wait what? What do you mean you never would've left your child willingly? You have a kid. Why didn't you tell me? When was this?" I was mad now, why didn't he tell me?

"I had a daughter, and I don't really want to talk about what happened. It's not a time I want to revisit; it was when I was away from the guard a few decades before you left. All I'm gonna say is that she's gone. And I didn't say anything because I don't want to remember what happened, what about you, why didn't you say anything. It's not like I'm the only one who's been keeping things."

"I didn't say anything because I didn't remember…" I started, but Charlie interrupted me before I could continue.

"What do you mean you didn't remember? How could you forget something like that?" Charlie hissed angrily.

"What do you think would've happened if father had found out about them? Huh? I was not going to put them through that. I wanted them to be free, I would never subject them to this, to being a slave to father. I was trying to protect them!" I hissed back, angry that he was assuming that I didn't love my kids.

"You're right Luci. I'm sorry. Why did you leave then?" He said apologetically

"Look I'll tell you everything just stop interrupting me."

"Your right. Sorry Luce. I'll be quiet, I promise." He said with a sad smile.

"Well anyway I guess I should just start from the beginning….

Not long after I left Italy, I found myself in the U.S. I wandered aimlessly for a while. It had been a few years and I was thinking of just coming back when I stopped in Washington. I was enjoying the calm there by a stream when the wind shifted and I smelled some kind of animal behind me. I jumped up, immediately defensive. But the large wolf didn't do anything. He looked like a werewolf to me; he was a huge black horse sized wolf with eyes too intelligent for an animal. He was a magnificent creature but I didn't let my guard down even though he made no move to hurt me like a werewolf would've. Instead, he just stared so I used that I ability I have to force him to change back. He backed away into the trees and I heard him phase before he returned. I was honestly surprised to see him return, but I was glad he did and I couldn't understand why. I didn't want to admit to myself; much less him, that I was glad he was back so I tried being nasty.

'Is there any particular reason you came here, dog?' I asked angrily, but when he didn't answer and continued to stare at me, I decided to try and rile him up a little. 'What? Cat got your tongue? Speak up. What are you doing out here? Are you here to kill me?' He looked me in confusion for a second before he spoke again. 'Now why would I do that? I didn't even know you were here until I came through the trees.'

We spent hours talking after that, at first, we were just arguing but the more time we spent together the more I relaxed around him. We would meet up there every day and just talk. After about a week of that, he finally told me about the imprint."

"What's an imprint?" Charlie interrupted again.

"If you would wait a few more second I'll tell you." I said, already a bit irritated by my brother's interruptions.

"Sorry Luce."

"Anyway, an imprint is similar to vampire mating. When the shifter finds their true mate, they form an immediate bond with the subject of their imprint, and become completely devoted to one another. Occasionally among the shifter's, the subject of their imprint will also become a shifter, whether they carry the gene or not.

Anyway, I was a bit shocked by the whole imprint thing but it confirmed my feeling that he was my mate. We talked about it, and since he knew, I could easily disguise the vampire part of my scent and since I could easily fit in among the humans, he invited me back to his village where we were married and lived for many years. We had our two wonderful children whom we named Isabella and Jacob. Because of my precognitive abilities, I knew Bella was going to be very powerful and I knew she was going to be a great alpha as would Jacob. They would be a great team and the shifters numbers would prosper greater than any generation before them. I wanted to be there to see it all, to see my children find their mates and imprint, to become more powerful and to tell them the truth about me myself. But it seemed that was not to be since Billy's brother became suspicious of me, and one day he attacked. He and his daughter's imprint can after me when they found out I was a half vampire and they tried to kill me. Billy helped me to defeat the two, but in the end, we could find no way to explain what happened other than to say they were killed by a vampire and I was taken.

Billy was heartbroken that I had to leave and I know the desire to find me was what promoted the change in both Bella and Jacob and they both phased within months after I left. And since I had nowhere else to go after I left, I decided to come here. But I couldn't come over here remembering everything that had happened because then father would find out about Billy and the kids. So I did the only thing I could think of. I used my shield to block those memories from my brain. But in doing so I basically split myself in two. I locked away the me that I became when I was away and hid it with the me who was here before i left. Hearing about the wolves from father and the others made me remember because I realized that my family is in trouble and I can't let anything happen to them."

"Don't worry Luci, we'll make sure you family will be okay. There's no way I'm going to let anything happen to my niece and nephew." Charlie said determinedly.

"Thank you Charlie. Do you have any ideas for what we can do?"

"Yes actually. So here's what we're gonna do."

A/N: Sorry for the little cliff hanger there. Lol. And I'm sorry for the wait. I tried to make this chapter a little longer to make up for it, and I hope you enjoyed it. Please review and tell me what you think or even any theories you have for what is going to happen. Oh and sorry, for any mistakes I don't really have any time to edit.