First things first, no I don't own the original twilight story or characters, but I do own this story and one of the characters in it well two if you count the friend lol big hugs to chels and Kj who made me write this story, love you both xxx

MEET THE FAMILY

We kept running along the tunnel but it didn't seem to lead anywhere, finally we found a passage way with a door at the end of it, just then a loud howl echoed along the tunnel I froze,

Liam spun to look at me "what is it why have you stopped?"

I looked back at him "did you hear that?" I wanted to make sure it wasn't my imagination

"Yeah it sounded like a big dog why does it matter? They're probably just sending more things after us come on Bella hurry up" he pulled me through the door way before I could think,

It had lead us to the reception area were I had been before, but the human girl was not there, I looked around in case she was hiding if she heard us coming, I noticed that one of the locked doors had been ripped from its hinges, and I could smell wolf was Demitri right did they have the pack?

I took in a deep breath, Seth! It was Seth they had, how the HELL! Had that happened? Was the rest of the pack here? My mind going over every possibility of how that could have happened, I inhaled deeply again ad focused this time,

It was there, faint but there, Edward's sweet scent he was along with Seth, he had come to get me after all, but if he was in here then I couldn't leave,

I looked at Liam "take the elevator it will lead you outside I can't go yet my family are here"

he looked at me then looked at the elevator "no Bella, either we both go or we don't im not leaving you" I looked at his face he didn't seem to be like a crazed newborn or maybe it was just the situation that stopped him from loosing control, but I was thankful he decided to stay with me,

I smiled at him and turned to head down the corridor, following Edwards scent towards the throne room.

We passed an old wooden door and inside we could here shrieks and the thick smell of our kind burning, I motioned towards the door and Liam kicked the door open, there was Emmett and Rose finishing of some of the guards,

The two of them spun to see us; Rose lunged at me her arms open wide before I knew it Liam spun round ready to attack, "NO!" I shouted, he turned to me then backed away,

Rose grabbed me in a tight hold "Bella you're safe, where is Edward did he free you?"

I hugged her back then shook my head "I haven't seen him, you are the first we have came across we escaped on our own Liam killed Jane" Emmett looked at me "Jane is dead?"

Emmett walked towards Liam "well done kid" he lifted his hand to high five him.

Liam returned the gesture but still looking warily between them and me,

"Liam this is my family, my older brother Emmet and my sister Rosalie, this is Liam he is a newborn I had to create him, they wanted me to kill him but I couldn't do it"

Emmett and Rose smiled at Liam "welcome to the family little brother" Emmett said smiling,

Liam looked calmer; he smiled back "thanks"

I looked at Emmett my eyes looking at the floor "Emmett im sorry about earlier, what I did was inexcusable can you forgive me please"

Emmett came towards me and caught me in one of his bear hugs "course I forgive you little sis, I love you,"

I looked at Rose "Rosalie im so sorry you have no idea how bad I feel"

Rose smiled at me "Bella if we didn't forgive you we wouldn't be here, of course we do, you're our little sister and anyway it wasn't like he didn't have it coming after all the ribbings he's given you"

"Where is Renesmee?" I asked Rose

"Jake has taken her away no one knows were, she is safe Edward made sure of it" she replied,

we were interrupted by more ear piercing screams that made us all head for the door and out in to the hall way we headed down the corridor and ran straight into Carlisle,

He had his arms wrapped around Esme as though he was shielding her,

"Is she hurt?" I screamed as I pushed my way to the front,

"Bella" Esme spun in Carlisle's arms, she threw herself at me and we both grabbed each other tightly Carlisle crushing both of us in a hug,

"What's wrong with you? are you alright?" I whispered in her ear,

"Yeah im fine just got bitten that's all, is Edward with you?"

"No, we were following his scent" I said softly

Esme kept hold of my hand and hugged Rose and Emmet

"Are you two ok are you hurt?

"No mum" they replied hugging her and Carlisle,

I noticed Liam standing at the back staring at us,

I let go of Esme's hand and pulled him forward,

"This is Liam I had to create him they were going to kill him, they were torturing him trying to get me to feed from him, he helped me to escape"

Carlisle looked at me "Bella your self control you didn't feed"

I looked down at my feet "my self control is a joke if I hadn't lost it in the forest we wouldn't be here now, can you ever forgive me" Esme pulled me back into a hug "you don't need forgiven sweetheart"

I felt Carlisle put his arms around me "Bella your our daughter we will love you no matter what you do but there is nothing to forgive"

Esme let me go and looked at Liam again "nice to meet you Liam" she extended her hand

"Liam this is sort of my mum and dad"

Liam shook her hand and then Carlisle's

"He killed Jane" Emmett said patting Liam on the back

"Well done Liam" Esme said giving him one of her warmest smiles,

A few seconds had passed before we headed back down the hall

Travelling back down the hall we met up with Alice and Jasper, they were with the Denali coven and Peter and Charlotte, again I was passed around and hugged and kissed,

I introduced Liam to my older brother Jasper and my little sister Alice, and my cousins; he seemed to get less nervous the more my family accepted him,

Finally we came to the entrance to the throne room, I could smell Edwards scent and I knew it had not been there earlier the purple smoke billowed out the door way.

We charged in and saw Edward and the others froze to the spot all their senses dulled by Alex,

I didn't know how long they had been there, had I just missed him?

I quickly threw my shield over everyone seeing all there lights in my mind, finally Edwards light went from being dim to almost blinding me, I wanted to run to him but Demitri was too close to him he could kill him before I even reached him, I held back,

I could hear Liam snarling and hissing from behind me,

Then Emmet's voice "stay calm little brother you'll get your chance"

"Ah Carlisle nice of you to join us" Aro said in his sweet tone,

Carlisle walked up to stand beside Edward and the others; Seth was backing up, away from Alex. Still bearing his teeth, he stood beside Kj and nudged her with his huge head;

I noticed her touching his side wrapping her hand in his fur,

Chelsie had pulled Nahuel to her side, the rest of us followed,

I flitted to Edwards side and felt him instantly take my hand, my whole body jerked like I had just been shocked, we never looked at each other, keeping our eyes on our enemies in front,

I felt Liam move in behind me and touch my back, I put my other hand round to feel for his, he took it and moved to stand at the side of me,

"Ah who is this I don't believe I have had the pleasure" Aro said still standing behind Felix and Demitri with his shield behind him,

"That's Bella's lunch" Demitri said winking at Liam

I could feel the tension in Liam's hand growing I knew I couldn't hold him if he exploded,

"Carlisle you come into our home with an army to kill us, just like you assembled last year, turning against us, WHAT do you say?" Caius spat out

Carlisle let out roar that filled the room "there was no army to kill you last year, although now my old friend I wished I had killed you, you came to MY home with false accusations to kill my family. My granddaughter then you steal my daughter and you accuse me of turning on YOU!"

Caius and Aro backed away slightly from Carlisle's tone, it even made me flinch a little he was always so gentle and now he sounded feral like a proper vampire,

More of our family had entered the hall, the Amazon coven, the Irish coven everyone who had stood with us last time, I threw my shield over them,

Kj was the first to break rank, she stepped towards Demitri, Liam let go of my hand and flitted to her side, "he is mine I owe him" he growled at Kj,

Kj smiled and stepped back gesturing for Liam to go ahead,

Demitri smiled and winked at Liam again "right boy"

Kj stepped forward again "Demitri know that if this young one fails, I will finish you myself"

He didn't seem to be smiling anymore,

The dance begun, Liam circled Demitri before going in a crouch and lunging at him, he was fast and caught Demitri as he was turning he yanked at his hair and it looked like he had ripped an ear of, Demitri let out a roar and flew for Liam, the two of them hitting of each other, but Liam seemed to fast for Demitri to catch a hold of to do any damage, finally he managed it and Liam flew across the room and hit the far wall,

I let out a growl and went to move towards Demitri but Edward held me tight in his grip,

Kj stepped towards Demitri, "now young one I will show how it is done" she smiled over at Liam who was back on his feet, helped by Tanya.

Demitri turned to see Kj in her crouch position her teeth bearing, he smiled at her and crouched down the two of them hitting into each other with a noise that sounded like an earthquake,

The fight did not last long Kj had caught Demitri at every turn she had ripped him limb from limb but he would not give in, she jumped on to him catching his head between her knees and yanked at it, his body fell to the floor twitching as she kicked the head into the fire, within seconds she had the rest of the body separated and in the fire,

She dusted her hands down and turned to look at Aro and Caius, "whose next" she winked,

They looked at her with disgust, I could see Marcus had went from his usual bored expression to a new worried one at least it was some kind of reaction,

She stepped back into our line and touched Seth's fur again,

I noticed that Felix was staring straight at me, "Bella have you thought anymore about our last meeting?"

I felt Edward's body tighten; I knew what he must be seeing,

He let go of my hand and pounced forward taking Felix of guard and knocking him to the floor, Edward was growling and snarling, I had seen him angry before but this was new this was pure hatred every muscle in his body was tensed ready for attack, Felix flipped up and flew at Edward the two of them were making strange sounds more vicious than a growl, I wanted to go to him and help but I knew I couldn't fight and keep my shield in place, Edward flew out of the fight and hit the side of the room, Emmett flew at Felix and grabbed him behind the neck and threw him towards us, Jasper kicked him back before he could get up.

Emmett grabbed him again as Edward flitted back to Emmett's side he was bearing his teeth,

Emmett had Felix's arms jammed behind his back; he was looking at Edward,

Edward truly looked like a vampire now his lips pulled right back and his teeth gleaming with his venom

"What's got you so worked up little brother what's he done?" Emmett asked in an almost growl

Edward looked at me then back at Felix "he kissed her" he growled back at Emmett

Emmett looked over at me "did he?"

I nodded my head, I could feel the anger building in me, how dare he touch my Edward, how dare he put his mouth on mine, I stepped forward

Edward glared at me "Bella stay back" he growled

"NO! It was me he touched so he is mine" I snarled back at Edward

My whole body wanted to kill him, the thought of the man he killed, seeing him hurt Liam, making me change an innocent boy into one of us, the anger exploded from me again I could see the red tinge in my eyes, tasted my venom, Edwards venom,

My whole body quivered, it was like the forest all over again I was going to explode, only this time I could control it, I walked over to Emmett and took Felix from him, throwing him at the wall and flitted after him

"HOW DARE YOU, TOUCH ME" I screamed, as I yanked him by the hair and flung him at Edwards feet, lifting him like he was a feather every muscle pulsed I could feel the venom in my mouth I could feel it running through my veins, this must be the vampire equivalent of an adrenalin rush

"YOU TOUCHED MY WIFE!" Edward snarled as he hurled him through the air,

I flitted to catch him and grabbed his arm yanking it from the socket then booting him back towards Edward, he grabbed him by the other arm and tore it with one quick movement, he was going to finish him,

I flitted to Edwards's side, "NO" I said as I took hold of Felix,

Edward looked at me his face a mixture of rage and puzzlement,

"Its only fitting that he gets the kiss he has so long yearned for"

Edwards face turned to shock, "BELLA"

I turned from Edward and placed my mouth to the side of Felix's "see you in hell sweetheart" then I brushed my teeth across his neck and threw the head into the fire,

I hadn't noticed that while we were fighting Felix, Rosalie and Alice had disposed of Heidi and Alex,

I returned to stand in the line at Edward's side my temper slowly dying; Edward placed his hand back into mine,

I noticed for the first time Aro had been joined by 2 females one of which stood in front of him, she looked like Kj and Chelsie, I gathered this must have been there mother

"Carlisle do you intend to kill us since you have killed all my other dear ones" Aro hissed

Carlisle looked at Aro, hatred came across his face like I have never seen before "you brought this on your self Aro you should have left it, but your thirst for power couldn't, you took one of my family from us and you were going to kill her and more of us, this I can not forgive, you have made us kill our own kind today and that I can also not forgive, but your fate does not lie in my hands" Carlisle looked over at Kj and chelsie,

Kj stepped forward and nodded to Carlisle "father you have committed terrible crimes against your own kind today shall I tell my mother of your idea of blaming Edward for killing me when it was really Demitri you sent out to do the job"

The woman in front of Aro inhaled sharply this news did not go down well with her,

Aro sat silently, Chelsie stepped towards her mother "do you wish him to live" she asked her gently,

The woman nodded her head,

Chelsie walked over to Kj and spoke to her "we can not hurt our mother"

Kj shook her head; chelsie said something else only to quiet for us to hear, Kj nodded to this,

They walked towards Carlisle and spoke in his ear,

Carlisle also agreed with whatever they were suggesting,

Kj spun and looked at the 3 brothers and the 2 women standing beside them

"Then mother he shall live but we have conditions"

Her mother looked at her and nodded once

"you shall not be allowed to form a guard, you can stay in Volterra but we will be constantly checking on you and if it looks like you are reforming we will revoke our decision and end it permanently, is this acceptable to you mother"

The woman nodded again and stepped forward to embrace Kj; chelsie moved to the woman's other side and hugged her gently as well,

Aro let out a sigh,

Caius looked furious "I will not stay a prisoner" he spat out,

Kj turned to look at him "do you wish the other alternative" she asked sternly,

The other woman stood beside Caius and took his hand, he looked at her and turned back to Kj and shook his head

"Fine then that's it done we shall leave now" chelsie said,

We turned to leave, it was finally over and they had lost, my family and friends were safe again, we didn't have to worry about the volturi anymore,

We all headed along the corridor out into the square, it was dark outside and the streets were empty, I looked for Liam and found him with Tanya and the rest of the Denali coven, he glanced over at me and smiled before Tanya pulled him by the hand towards the others, I felt Edward squeeze my hand, remembering the guilt I let go, the image of what I had done filling my mind, I had lifted my hand to him, even though his family had forgiven me I could not forgive myself, what I had done was inexcusable,

"Bella" Edward said quietly, his hand held out for mine, but I couldn't take it, I didn't deserve him every muscle in my body ached to feel his arms around me, but it would be wrong and I knew that, he looked at me and put his hand down by his side,

"Are you ok" he asked, all I could do was nod, this was not how I had imagined our reunion, this felt strange, we stood staring at each other for what seemed like a life time,

I felt a warm pair of arms wrap around me and I spun to find Seth clamping me to his body

"Bella" he whispered

"Seth, are you ok?"

"Im fine, what about you, are you ok? You had us worried there for a minute, Edward was going out of his mind"

"Im fine Seth thanks" I smiled weakly at him and he hugged me again,

Kj hugged me and whispered in my ear "think you need to talk to him" she looked over to her left and my eyes followed her,

I hadn't noticed Edward move from behind me, but he was now sitting on a wall flanked by Jasper and Alice,

She looked back at me, smiled and took Seth's hand he seemed to follow her eagerly.

I walked over towards were they were sitting, Alice flung her arms around me I held her tight, it was good to hug her I felt all my emotions rush to overflow,

She leaned into my neck and whispered "he forgives you, you know and this is going to kill him if you don't forgive yourself"

I leaned away and looked into her eyes they were filled with pain and sorrow I tried to smile but I couldn't manage it.

Jasper came up behind her and hugged me close, I felt his calmness wash over me, I smiled at him

"Sorry I wasn't there in the jungle when you needed me Bella I truly am" I looked at Jasper

"Don't be silly I never gave it a second thought" he smiled back at me and started to lead Alice away by the hand,

I noticed some of the covens had started to leave, but our close family still hovered in the square in front of us,

I went to the wall beside Edward "hey" I said as I sat beside him he didn't lift his eyes from the street "hey" he said back,

I wanted so much to grab him and hold him in my arms but I knew I shouldn't,

"Edward im glad you came for me"

He turned and looked into my eyes "im sorry I failed you in the first place"

He looked back down at his feet this wasn't going to be easy he was already beating himself up as much as I was and we hadn't even said anything yet,

I leaned over and put my hand in his, he held it tight,

Whether I deserved him or not I needed him I looked over at our family they were busy sorting out the formalities for getting home

"Think we should discuss this later when we are alone" I said,

He looked down at me I tried not to look in his eyes but stared at his neck instead

"Ok if that's what you want" he said quietly,

I nodded, we both got up but he kept hold of my hand,

When we reached our family they could tell by our faces that something had changed, but at least we were standing together,

Emmett was now talking to Liam,

He brought him over to us, "Liam this is your big brother Edward he is married to Bella",

Edward shook his hand "thank you for looking after Bella, Liam I will be forever in your debt"

He smiled at him and looked at Emmett, I noticed him frowning but I didn't hear the question,

We all ran for the airbase that our plane was waiting in.

Tanya had taken Liam on a quick hunting trip while we all boarded the plane and waited for permission to take of,

When they returned I noticed Liam was changed into other clothes,

I smiled when I saw him "what happened too your shirt?" I asked

"Got a bit messed" he laughed back

Tanya looked at me then at Edward I just smiled weekly at her and Edward shook his head

"Bella, Liam was going to stay with us at Denali for a while if that's ok with you"

I looked at Liam "you don't need my permission you are free to do as you wish"

Liam smiled "I know but you are kind of like my mum now, you created me and I thank you for that"

I smiled at Liam "im sure you will love Denali and Tanya and the other's will take good care of you and you can come stay with us when ever you want"

Liam smiled back and took Tanya's hand,

Edward watched them go to their seats "she likes him you know he seems like a nice boy"

I nodded "he is, but what about the newborn thing when will that kick in?"

"Don't know, hard to tell maybe soon maybe never" Edward replied

I felt a sudden pang of guilt again "maybe just over a year" I said quietly,

I felt Edward squeeze my hand but I couldn't squeeze back,

The plane journey home was quiet after I had filled them in on what had happened and how Liam came to be with us now, they in turn had told me of the rescue plan and about Nessie leaving with Jake, Seth said he had already spoken to Jake and they were on their way back to Forks as well,

I couldn't believe it was finished and soon I would be holding my daughter in my arms and everything would seem right again, well almost everything,

We finally arrived home and I noticed that Kj and Chelsie were still with us, I joked with them about it being some holiday and how they would have been safer under the sea.

Chelsie had told me about how she and Nahuel were going to get a place near by and see how things worked out,

Kj was going to stay at ours for a while and let things with Seth take its course,

I was glad Seth had found someone, he always seemed alone, it was always Jake and Ness or Edward and me,

The last thought caught in my throat, this was killing me we needed to sort this, Nessie would be home in the morning with Jake and she couldn't see us like this,

I walked into the large room that was used for the family meetings but Edward was not there,

I flitted upstairs to his old room but it was empty as well,

I didn't remember hearing him leave, I went to the garage but his car was still there,

I saw Emmett and Rose at the far end of the garden they were sitting on the grass arms tightly wrapped around each other,

I flitted to their side. "Have you seen Edward?" Rose shook her head,

Emmet looked at me then frowned "I think he is at the house"

I looked back at the Cullen's huge white house "I have been all over it and he isn't in there"

Emmett frowned at me again "I meant your house"

"Oh" was all I could say,

I smiled weakly at both of them and headed towards the river,

I walked at normal speed, then jumped across the river,

Only moving slight faster than a normal human pace, finally I was at the front door,

I knew Edward would have heard me approach but I didn't know if I had the courage to go in,

I stood for a second then put my hand on the door handle and stepped inside, the living room was empty I walked quietly down the hall and looked in Nessie's room but it was empty also,

The door to our bedroom was open slightly; I looked in through the space before opening it wider,

There he was sitting at the edge of our bed with my necklace wrapped between his fingers and my pillow lying across his knee, he looked up at me as I moved through the door,

"Edward I" but I didn't know how to finish it,

His eyes met mine again as I crossed to the bed,

I sat down beside him and he turned half way to face me,

I put my hand over his, his fingers gripped at mine,

"Edward I don't know how to tell you how sorry I am for what happened, I am so ashamed of myself I don't know if I will ever be able to trust myself again" I felt my emotions bubble under the words if I was still able to I think I would be crying uncontrollably.

"Bella you have nothing to be sorry about I am the one who failed you, I am the one who let them take you, let them imprison you, make you do things you didn't want to do, I am the one who should never be forgiven" he let go of my hand and put his hands up to his face,

I needed him to see it was my fault,

I lifted the shield from my head and said his name: Edward: he looked at me and I knew he could see everything,

I was trying to explain, I let him see it all from the moment we entered the village from my huge temper tantrum, the kidnapping, turning Liam and all the thoughts I had for him when I was escaping, to the torture of the flight home when all I wanted to do was hold him,

Finally his eyes dropped and I knew he had seen everything; I let my shield fall back into place,

"I wish I could show you what is in my head" he whispered, he turned to look at me,

He placed his hands on either side of my face "Bella listen to me please"

I nodded, he kept his hands on my face "in the jungle I didn't give up I couldn't catch you I knew that Demitri had you and I never gave up looking for you,

When I saw you in Volterra I saw that you had made Liam and I thought maybe this was because I was not good enough to save you,

Then I saw Felix and I didn't know if they had changed you,

had I failed you that much, then when you would not touch me I knew I was right, the fight, the journey home it was all pointless to me because for that time I thought you had stopped being mine, I now know why you acted this way and I need you to hear me when I say that you do not need to be forgiven for anything"

I tried to pull my face from his grip to look away from his eyes but it was no good he was to strong now stronger than me,

"Will you listen to me Bella, you are my reason for living there is no point without you"

He leaned in towards me and our lips met I could feel the urgency in his touch and I knew he could feel it in mine this was like our first time,

my head swam with everything I wanted to tell him I couldn't speak, I lifted my shield again and let him see how much I loved him and how I did not hold him responsible for anything that happened and how I just wanted my old life back I wanted the Bella and Edward fairy tale,

He pulled his lips from mine "then you shall have the fairy tale back all is forgotten and forgiven"

his lips crushed against mine again his hands moving all over my body we fell to the floor still holding and touching each other, my body screamed out for more this was what our reunion should have been, his body felt as though it was trying to join mine trying to make us whole again the different side of the same coin,

We rested in each others arms our breathing heavy in the dark I felt something under me and moved to see what it was,

Edward reached for it; it was my chain "where did you find it?" I asked not remembering where I had lost it,

"In front of the fire in the throne room, I thought I was too late" he winced on the last sentence,

"The guard must have yanked it off when he caught me by the throat before Liam killed him"

Edward leaned up and clasped it back round my neck, we curled up into each others arms again both holding each other tight, this felt right now we were back were we were supposed to be in our little house in each others arms this was home.

When the morning started to come in through the windows we got up, changed and headed towards the main house,

Edward led the way into the living room holding my hand tight in his; everyone looked at us with beaming smiles,

Alice flitted to my side and hugged me tightly "love you" she whispered in my ear "love you more" I whispered back,

Esme suddenly stared at me "Bella your eyes are as black as night"

I smiled at her I had forgotten all about that but the ache in my throat came back tenfold

"I haven't eaten in a while didn't like the food" Edward looked round at me

"I never noticed" he smiled apologetically

"Jake wont be back for a couple of hours do you want to hunt just now?" I nodded

"I just need to speak to Jasper first if that's ok?" I looked at Jasper,

He got up from the chair and followed me outside I waited till I was far enough away from the house before I spoke

"Jasper what's happening why is my newborn temper still here? Why when I loose it am I then as strong as Emmett I don't understand it scares me? Im almost going out of my mind"

Jasper placed a hand on my shoulder I felt him calm me again

"I have been thinking about that Bella and I have spoken with Carlisle and this is our theory, your temper had been kept locked away from the moment you opened your eyes, even though your strength was fading and you thought you were becoming more in control of yourself it was still bubbling away inside you, I figured Aro must have worked this out since through Edwards thoughts he had never seen you loose it but by planting that thought in our heads about you being taken from us, your family and your world being threatened it was enough to spark your dark side into life I should have felt it coming from you but it happened so quick, I don't think unless someone threatens your family it will happen again because you pushed it back inside and you suffered deeply from your guilt and pain, I doubt if your brain will want anything to cause that much pain again"

I nodded I was beginning to understand I looked at him "Edward had told me that he didn't mind the smell of my blood anymore after Italy, when he thought I was dead the pain was unbearable and that his whole being shied away from anything that could cause him pain like that again"

Jasper smiled "exactly"

Finally I knew I was safe to be around and I knew it shouldn't happen again, I hugged Jasper,

And whispered on Edward, he was at my side in an instant

"Let's go get some food im parched" they both laughed at me and Jasper headed for the house

"You ok" Edward asked

"Yeah im good still appreciating how much pain and anguish you must have went through when I was human do you think it was worth it?"

He smiled my favourite smile "definitely"