Identity Lie Chapter 21: I Want To Know, a twilight fanfic

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Chapter 19

I Want To Know

Edward POV

Previously:

We waited for another 20 minutes before suddenly; a blue screen appeared out of nowhere. I was jerked out of my thoughts when it appeared on the opposite side of the clearing. It looked to be some sort of portal. I looked at my father and he looked as if he had been expecting it. I guess that was what we were waiting for.

Out of the blue sphere, came a middle aged man. He looked familiar and then I realized why when he came closer. He looked like the older, male version of Bella. I knew then and there that the man in front of me was her biological father.

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"Leo!" Exclaimed Carlisle as he grabbed Bella's father's arm and pulled him into a bear hug. I was amazed. He never showed that much emotion to someone besides us before. How does he even know Bella's biological father?

"Carlisle! It's great to see you again. How long has it been? 10 years?" Bella's father greeted Carlisle. I wanted to see the reactions on my siblings' faces. Alice was sporting a huge grin, Emmett looked confused, Rosalie looked impressed and Jasper looked like nothing new was happening. None of their expressions surprised me, but Esme. Esme was another case all together. I was dead shocked and that's saying something since I'm never shocked… ever.

"How about you give a hug to your sister, Leo." Those were her words exactly. Sister? Esme was related to Bella?

"Esme!" They hugged for some time. Then my brain started working again. Wait a minute, Esme is old. Like 100 or so. Just how old is this man?

"Esme is Bells' aunt?" I heard Jake exclaim. I looked to my left where he was standing. Wow, I actually forgot he was even there.

"Yes, I'm her aunt. Do you all honestly think Bella, or Katara really, got to Forks by accident? No, she was brought there. Once Phoenix wasn't safe anymore, she was sent here." Esme, my adoptive mother said.

"What the hell is going on? What do you mean she was 'sent to Forks'? Where is she now? Is she okay? Why did she say her name was Bella if her real name is Katara? What the hell is happening here?" I screamed out. I was so confused. All I wanted right now was to hold Bella/Katara in my arms and smell her hair. I missed her so much. I needed her. How the hell did I walk away from her before? At that point, I couldn't even remember why.

"So is this the Edward my baby never stops talking about? The one she got her heart broken over? He isn't very patient is he?" he directed the last bit to Carlisle.

"Yes that's Edward. Oh no, actually he used to be very patient. Since the day Katara came into his life, Edward's patience kind of flew out the window." He replied with a smile on his lips. I just blinked at them.

"Edward, calm down. I know you are confused and we'll explain everything to you, but give us a few minutes, will you?" Esme said calmly. I looked at her dumbly. Alice started laughing.

"You! Did you know about all of this?" I asked Alice.

"No, but it is awfully funny! I mean come on. Here we are in the middle of Forks, confused as hell, but you're the only one who seems to be mad about it." She said in her sing song voice. I felt like pounding her. Jasper gave me a look saying 'touch her and you'll be dead before you can even think about it'.

"It is not funny and I want to know what is going on! Where is Bella?" I cried. Leo came forward and scrunched at me.

"You know, you'd think since you're 100+ years old you'd learn to calm down. Apparently not…" He inspected me, still not answering my question, and then turned around.

"All right. Katara is in Alagaesia right now. That's a different dimension where Elves and other magical creatures live. They are in a huge power struggle right now. Good vs. evil. Katara was chosen by her dragon, Azteck, to be his rider so she went to fight in the war. Galbatorix is the evil dictator who is trying to rein in all free riders, which are limited to two. Katara being one of them. So…" Jake cut off Leo while he was speaking.

"I'm going with you to Alagaesia. I couldn't go with Katara when she went but I'm going to go this time." Leo nodded.

"Anyone else?" he asked, looking around at us coolly. The way my father acts when he is asking us to make a decision.

"Me." I said immediately. No question about it. I love her and I will protect her until the day I perish.

"I'm coming too." Chimed in Alice.

"Not without me," drawled Jasper.

"We're coming as well." Emmett declared after checking with Rose.

"Of course we're in." Sam said.

"All right then. It's settled; we leave in 2 hours." The father of the woman I loved announced.

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Bella POV

Previously:

"What are you not glad to see me? I'm a ninja." Seriously. That's what Eric said. I blinked at him, stunned.

"Y'all kidding me, right?" I asked, looking around at the faces of my mother, brothers and two friends.

"Nope. Unfortunately, we couldn't shake him off." Lauren replied, regarding the "ninja" with distaste.

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"Okay, you guys need to sign in with one of the generals." I told them. They nodded and left the tent to see to the task.

"See you later, Bella" chimed Angela.

"See y'all." I waved as the flap of the tent closed behind them. I looked at my mother, not really knowing what to say to her. I mean, I couldn't remember what really happened all those years ago but I know that she loved me. I had memories that were proof of that. Why was I adopted by another couple?

"Mom, why…" I was cut off as she pulled me into another hug. She started to explain what happened.

"I know what this looks like, but I want you to know that I love you. Your father and I have always loved you. We had to give you up and erase your memory. I know that doesn't make sense but it's the truth. Since you were a baby, you possessed amazing powers.

"One day, when you were five years old; we took you to see your father's sister, Esme. She and her husband were living in Brazil at the time. We decided to go to Alagaesia to get some important papers for some research Esme's husband was doing. We went to a big city where a lot of important documents were kept. Galbatorix was there on some important business when we arrived. We were right outside the main office building, getting some documents when he came. I turned around to tell your father and when I looked back you were gone. I freaked out, called a search party, but nobody knew where you were. You saw Galbatorix's dragon and wanted to get a better look at him. You went up to Galbatorix. You went up to him and touched his dragon. Galbatorix does not like people touching his dragon, but when he saw you, he let you touch him.

"Up until this day, I don't know why, but he let you touch it. Then he started asking you questions. You were only a kid so you didn't know any better, but he convinced you to show him your powers. Once that happened, he all but ran away with you. He tried of course to take you, but when we found you. Carlisle used his super speed to grab you and make a run for it-"

"Wait a minute… Carlisle and Esme? As in Edward's parents?" I interrupted her. She nodded.

"You mean to tell me I'm related to them?" I asked, flabbergasted.

"Yes, sweetie. Now let me finish. We came back to this dimension and made the decision to erase your memory, bind your powers and send you away from where we were. It was the hardest thing I had to do but I did it. I did it so you could be safe. I'm sorry if you felt unwanted, but it's not true. You were wanted from day one."

I started crying as she finished and we hugged. I felt like a new person. I finally knew why. They wanted to protect me from Galbatorix. I understood now and could finally sleep without that question running through my head. I was content with my past.

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Edward POV

"How is it that you could keep this whole thing a secret from me?" I asked Carlisle as we all sat at the dining table in our old house in Forks.

"We know how to conceal things from you Edward. After all, we did live in Alagaesia." Esme answered my question.

"Correction; you two lived in Alagaesia. During the time you lived there, I was off on my rampage, remember?" I asked them, remembering something I didn't want to.

"Of course we remember, but things have changed. You have changed." Carlisle assured me. I smiled as they started from the beginning.

"Okay, so the story is that when Katara was a little girl, she had a lot of amazing powers and abilities. Carlisle and I asked Katara's parents to accompany us to Alagaesia to get some papers from a big city that Carlisle needed for some research. We agreed to go and meet them there. They left their other two boys at home in San Francisco because they were enrolled in summer school, but the youngest of their three children, Katara, was too young to be in summer school so they brought her along. When we got there, we went in the main building to get the papers while Piper, Leo and Katara waited outside. Piper was talking to Leo so she didn't see Katara wonder away.

"It turns out that Galbatorix was in town and Katara wanted to see his dragon up close. She followed it until she got close enough to touch it. Galbatorix figured out her powers and tried to kidnap her, but Carlisle grabbed her and ran away before he could take off with his dragon.

"We got back to Brazil and decided that binding Katara's powers were her best option for survival. We also decided putting her up for adoption was the only way to keep her mundane self safe. Charlie and Renee Swan, newlyweds, immediately adopted Katara and legally changed her name to Isabella. They were given the warning when they were adopting her that one day she would return to her biological parents. That is the only reason Charlie didn't fight Katara when she went to Alagaesia; he knew she was going to leave someday." Esme explained to us. I shook my head, deep in thought. How could I have not known anything? She was my girlfriend. I should have at least known what her real name was! Katara, that is a beautiful name. Although, I can't really think of her as anything but a Bella. She is beautiful, exactly like her name says she is.

"So, where is she right now?" I asked, looking up at Carlisle and Esme.

"Well, right this minute she is in Alagaesia… preparing for war." Esme informed me. I shot right up at that.

"What? Right now? Then why are we still here?" I asked them. Surely they haven't lost their minds, right?

"Edwin, calm down." Yelled a somewhat familiar voice.

"It's Edward." I spat out.

"Edwin, Edward, whatever; same headache." Leo said, walking into the room. He had gone to the restroom to freshen up and now he was back, bumer.

"Leo!" scolded Esme. I would have laughed if I hadn't been so worked up. He rolled his eyes at his sister, but came closer to the dining table.

"The reason why we leave in an hour and not right now is because the portal I used to get here closed. We need to wait until another one opens up. One to Alagaesia. Those kind of portals don't open up for just anyone, not even me. My wife will open up one in an hour. Not before and not after." He said, sitting down in the chair opposite from Carlisle. I huffed but sat back down.

"In the mean time, I recommend you all get something to eat. I don't know when ya'll eat again over there since it's the beginning of a full on war. We could always get our hands on some bagged blood, but Esme here tells me it tastes awful." He continued. After that, we agreed to make a quick trip into the clearing to eat some deer and make it back in 45 minutes.

On the way, I questioned Esme about Leo. I wanted to know how he lived for so long. I knew about witches so I knew that they had a human life, no significant extending for them. So, he couldn't be one.

"Oh, he used to be a white lighter." Esme explained. "An angel that is sent by the elders to help witches. He meet Piper, a witch, about 25 years ago and fell in love with her while serving as her and her sisters' white lighter. Eventually, he got the elders to revoke the 'no dating witches' rule and married her. 6 years later, he fell from grace and became human so he could grow old with his wife." She continued. I started feeling envy of him. He got the chance to become human and grow old with his wife. A chance I will never get. I was jealous of him and his good fortune, but then I remembered something very important.

Bella was a rider. Riders live forever if disease or weapons do not kill them. If I take care of her and make sure she doesn't get sick, and if I protect her from harm, she will live as long as I will. I became ecstatic with this new piece of information. I hurried home after that. I need to get to my Bella.

Hello Fellow Readers…

I know you guys totally hate me, but I was honestly really busy. I thought I would be able to update on a weekly basis but I didn't even have time to breathe. Things have been so hectic with the end of the quarter exams and home work, but hopefully now since things have settled down and my last quarter at school has just started, things will fall into routine.

Not to worry though, only one or two chapters left. I will do my best to write then before spring break ends on Monday.