A/N: Umm…hello. I hope that I haven't kept you wait too long. Oh, I read back on some of my older chapters (fixed stuff too). I read that I had Bella push thoughts into other people, so I guess that can be part of her power as well. She can't read thoughts unless it's like a direct conversation between two people (as in, Edward thinks something to Bella, she responds, etc.). All dresses described in the story are in my profile! This chapter is dedicated to Edward Cullen, since I wrote most of it on his 106th birthday. (God, I'm an obsessed fangirl…)
Bella PoV
"Did you say the Volturi? Are they coming?" I heard Carlisle ask. Normally all I heard was a calm, cool, and collected voice, but this time I heard a small bit of worry threaded throughout his voice.
"Unfortunately, I do believe that they will be here-,"she waited a little bit. "-now." As soon as she let the word come out of her mouth, we all heard some leaves rustling, and a dark cloaked figure stepped into view, followed by two others and a whole menagerie of people.
"Ah! I'm glad we found you. Demetri had a little bit of trouble finding you, you sneaky people." Aro stated. I rolled my eyes, and Marcus saw me. He reached towards Aro, and lightly touched his arm.
"Oh? Ah! Bella, dear, would you mind stepping out from behind the crowd?" he asked me. I sighed, and stepped into sight. A few mouths in the guard dropped open, and I laughed at them. "I see you've finally been changed." I nodded, as I didn't really want to talk to him at the moment.
"Well, that's good. Now, down to business. Wait a sec, why are there werewolves here?" Aro asked. I looked towards the pack, and they seemed very calm and collected, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Because they helped us get rid of Victoria." I stated, pointing to the leftover pile of ash near us. The Volturi raised their eyebrows.
"Isn't that the crazy vampire hell-bent on revenge on someone?" Caius asked. I nodded.
"Yeah, hell bent on revenge on me. Well, Edward and me. See, the spring before Alice and I came to save Edward, a vampire named James was hunting me. Well, lucky for me, my family got to him before he could kill me. So, Victoria had it in her mind to kill me as revenge for what Edward did to her mate." I said in one breath, probably confusing the hell out of my wolfie friends.
"Okay, anyway, I have a question for you. What is your power?" Aro asked me. I opened up my little connection with Edward (which still confused me), and asked him if it was okay. He slightly nodded, just enough for me to see him.
"Telekinesis." I stated. Aro raised an eyebrow at my short, slightly clipped statement.
"Okay, telekinesis. Are you willing to show us?" I was asked. I sighed slightly, and picked up the same stick I used to hit Embry with, and broke it in half. I made the halves fly towards Aro and Caius (I left Marcus well enough alone, since he didn't do anything to make me dislike him). (A/N: I like Marcus. I hate Aro. I don't know why, but I do.)
Aro stopped his stick before it could hit him, but Caius didn't see until it hit him smack between the eyes. I couldn't help but laugh at that, and I fell to the ground in laughter. Both sticks fell to the floor as well. Soon everyone was on the ground (including the Volturi), because of Jasper.
After everyone calmed down, and regained their breath, we went back into the house. Lucky for the vampires, the werewolves decided to go home. We bid them farewell, and returned to the comfortable living room.
"Now there is a matter of dire importance. Would you consider joining us Bella?" I shook my head no, since I really didn't want to leave Edward. "Are you sure? What about you Edward?" To make things short, he asked all of us Cullens, and even Evie, Alessa, and Tristan.
"Oh, but come on. We aren't that horrible, really." Aro stated.
"Ah, but you drink human blood. No matter how nice of a personality you've got, I couldn't bring myself to kill innocent humans like that. I almost killed a human the first time I went hunting, and it tore me up inside. How could I manage to survive if a one time thing did that to me?" I asked him in a very serious tone.
"Did Carlisle tell you that?" Caius asked with a little hint of venom hidden in his words.
"Contrary to your belief, Caius, I am not a mindless drone. I don't believe everything someone tells me. Personally, I find killing humans, whatever the reason may be, heartless and cruel. Because I know that I couldn't handle it if I accidentally killed a friend or family member." I said in a cool voice, even though I was boiling inside. I don't think I've ever been so enthusiastic about debating a topic before. "Now, if you don't mind. I would rather not be in the same room as you any longer. Aro and Marcus, I'm sorry you have to live with him, and I'm sorry you couldn't find anyone to join your guard. I have to go."
After I said that, I went upstairs to Edward's and my room, and flopped on the bed. My head was filled with too many thoughts, and I couldn't get them to go away. I heard someone make their way upstairs, and knock on the door. When the door was opened, it revealed (to my immense surprise) Rosalie. She came and sat by me.
"Why do the Volturi have to be so infuriating?" I asked her.
"I don't know Bella. They just don't care about humanity the way we do." she replied.
"Well, are they getting ready to leave yet? I want to go back downstairs, but I don't want to argue with anyone else, at least for a little while." I asked her. She nodded.
"I don't know when, though." I nodded in acknowledgment, and stood up. To Rose's immense surprise, I hugged her before going out of my room, leaving a semi-stunned Rosalie standing next to my bed.
I made it halfway down the stairs when I heard various "Goodbye's" and decided it was safe to go back down. Alice stood at the end of the stairs, obviously waiting for me.
"Okay. I've got an idea. We should keep planning the wedding, and have it pretty soon." She suggested. I nodded in agreement, and went over to Edward (who was still sitting on one of the couches).
"Whatcha doin'?" I asked. He grabbed my wrist, and pulled me down into his lap. I giggled, sounding like a little girl. "So, what are ya doing?" I asked again, wanting an answer.
"This." he stated before pulling my lips to his, and kissing me. What started out as an innocent kiss turned into a full out make out session. I completely lost track of time until someone, most likely Jasper or Alice, cleared their throat to get us to stop.
I looked up, and smiled innocently. "What?" I asked, cocking my head slightly to add to the effect.
"Let's go. We're going shopping." Alice told me, and I rolled my eyes but stood up anyway. "Dress shopping, so you can't complain. All we are going for is a dress, shoes, and accessories." That made it a little more bearable.
"See ya later." I told Edward, kissing him lightly.
I followed Alice out of the house and into her pretty yellow car where a whole gaggle of girls was waiting for me. Rose, Alessa, Evie, and Esme were all waiting. Rose got into her pretty red M3, along with Esme and Alessa. Evie, Alice, and I got into Alice's car.
"So, where are we going?" I asked.
"Bowling Green." Evangeline told me. I looked at Alice, who just shrugged, and turned whenever Evie said to turn. Eventually we were at the Bowling Green mall. (A/N: I don't live in Bowling Green. I think I've been to their mall a total of about 3 or 4 times. I can't remember if a dress shop is there or not.)
Alice dragged me out of the car, and into the nearest bridal store there was. "I think I saw us buying the dresses you picked out here." she told me.
Then I saw it. It was the dress. It was strapless, with a very antique lace looking bodice. A crimson ribbon adorned the waist of it, adding a splash of color to the dress. I showed it to Alice, who pulled out my size, and shoved it at me.
I went to the dressing room, and tried it on. It fit all my newfound curves perfectly, and it was elegantly simple. I stepped out of the room, and immediately I knew everyone thought it was perfect.
"We have found the dress." I stated. After I changed out of the dress, we started looking for the bridesmaid dresses. "Where is the bridesmaids dress?" (A/N: I realize that I've already described the dresses in a previous chapter, but I'm doing it again so you don't have to go back to my profile or to another chapter)
"Right here," Rosalie said, holding up the real life version of the gorgeous dress I had picked out a few days ago.
"Well, try 'em on. I want to doubly make sure these are the ones I like." I stated, while Rosalie and Alice went and tried them on. The gorgeous crimson dress suited their pale skin perfectly. (A/N: Looking at the picture…that could be Rosalie. That scares me)
"It's perfect guys!" Evie told us. Alessa had a look of indifference on, and I suppose she just didn't like weddings. "Hey, I have an idea. I don't really know if you've picked out the color of the bouquet, but wouldn't a cream color go perfectly with the dresses? Oh! The same color for the shoes."
"Evangeline, don't be so intrusive." Alessa muttered, more to Evie than anyone else.
"Alessa, it's okay. I need outside opinions anyway. If I only asked Alice and Rosalie, my wedding would be more to their taste than mine. At least someone can back me up now." I told the two Kentucky girls.
"Plus, she has fashion sense. Unlike you, Bella." Alice said, smirking. I had mock indignation on my face at her last statement, but it broke and I started laughing.
"Okaay, Bella's has lost it." Alessa said. Esme smiled at our idiotic-ness.
"Now, let's buy these dresses, and hurry to the shoe store. We've already got the shoe color picked out, so don't worry about that Bella." Rosalie said, while Esme and Alice went to buy the three dresses.
I tried to walk at my own pace, but Rose grabbed my arm, and pretty much dragged me into the nearest shoe store, and sat me down in the isle with my shoe size label on it. "Here, try these."
I took the shoes that were the same color as the sash, and slipped them on my feet. Even though they were high heels, they were very comfortable, and I didn't feel as if I'd fall out of them.
"Oh, those are like, perfect." Alice and Evie said at the same time, and then erupted into giggles. I rolled my eyes at the two loony bins, and turned back to the mirror so I could see how the shoes looked on me.
"Here, Alice. These are yours." Rosalie said, handing Alice a pair of cream colored shoes, and keeping on pair for herself. They both tried them on, and I didn't even have to look at them to know they'd be perfect with them.
"Are we done now?" I asked, getting looks of mock indignation at my question. "Come on, am I the only girl that doesn't like to shop?" I got nods from the 5 girls/women. "Doesn't matter, we're done. At least, for the day."
Alice and Rosalie looked at each other, and rolled their eyes. I turned around, and walked right out of the store. Oh, yeah, I took of the shoes. I'm not that dumb. Then I turned around, and walked back in, deciding to wait while the shoes were paid for.
"Can we go now?" I whined, after the shoes were paid for. We six girls finally went back to the cars, dresses and shoes in hand.
"Oh, yeah, Bella, guess what?" Alice asked me.
"What?" I questioned.
"The wedding is tomorrow." she said, and I looked at her with shock.
A/N: What a way to end a chapter, huh? Next chapter is the last one, since I really don't want to write a honeymoon. I don't do 'M' rated fics, and we all know what will happen on said honeymoon.
I think I'll write a Twilight/Harry Potter crossover. My head has been filled with ideas about it for a while, and I think I might be able to pull one off. Actually, I want your vote about it.
a) Twilight/HP crossover; Carlisle is a professor at Salem Witches Institute in Salem, Mass., and Bella is a student. I'll work the rest of the Cullen's in somehow.
b) Some other idea. You want me to write it, give it to me. The Twilight/HP crossover is about it right now.