Chapter 24: Cullens

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"Hello love"

Came a musical voice that I knew too well. I jumped out of the arm and away

"Aren't you happy to see me?"

"What are you doing here Edward?"

"Alice finally saw you. I'm here for you my love"

"What? Why?"

"I have always loved you, and I will always love you. I was thinking of you, seeing your face in my mind, every second that I was away. When I told you that I didn't want you, it was the very blackest kind of blasphemy."

"You left me"

'Not that I didn't want you to'

"I only left you in the first place because I wanted you to have a chance at a normal, happy, human life. I could see what I was doing to you–keeping you constantly on the edge of danger, taking you away from the world you belonged in, risking your life every moment I was with you. So I had to try. I had to do something, and it seemed like leaving was the only way. If I hadn't thought you would be better off, I could have never made myself leave. I'm much too selfish. Only you could be more important than what I wanted… what I needed. What I want and need is to be with you and I know I'll never be strong enough to leave again. I have too many excuses to stay–thank heaven for that! It seems you can't be safe, no matter how many miles I put between us."

I took a step back and I burst in laughter. His warm honey coloured eyes narrowed to slits.

"Oh my god. You're delusional and I'm Katherine"

Our 'conversation' had attracted attention and we were the ground zero for my friends' gaze. I turned to Caroline who was much nearer than the others

"I pretend to love him & he falls for it, hook, line and sinker. He believes it so much that he leaves me for quote 'my own good' unquote. He comes back to profess his undying love to me and I don't want him. I'm Katherine!"

"You really are"

Caroline agreed with a smile but Edward simply growled

"Pretend?"

"No offence but you would have eaten me that day in biology otherwise Eddie. A girl has to survive"

His eyes glinted dangerously for a moment before replying

"That's ok. You're mine; you'll learn to love me"

"And you're nuts"

He looked at me straight in the eyes and told me

"You love me"

What the... right! He's trying to dazzle me aka mild compulsion. As if. I snickered and replied

"No I don't"

He lunged at me but I thrust my left palm out and enveloped him in a light blue bubble. Let him to cool down a moment.

"Bella"

The overly chirpy voice of Alice's neared my ears as her small body collided with mine hugging me. I used my telekinetic power to throw her of me. Nice Bella ain't here now, come back later. hm... Prolly Damon's blood in my system.

"get your hands of me Alice"

I saw Mike boiling and ready to come over here and start a fight. Angela saw it too and moved to place a calming hand on his shoulder. Tyler was nearing us on my other side. I shook my head to stop him.

"What do you want Alice?"

"What do you want Bella? I saw you telling Aro about us. Don't you love us?"

She said in that voice that would have made me crumble and bend to her will. Too bad it doesn't work on me. Never did actually

"You do remember you can't see me Alice, right? that's why James got to me and that's why i got the paper cut, isn't it?"

I asked her in far too innocent voice causing her to backtrack. Meanwhile the rest of the Cullens were nearing us.

"What's up Allie kins? You didn't tell the 'rents that you can't see me?"

Four overly fake gasps and two snickers were heard behind her. I didn't move or looked at them. Like I said before the best poker player is the one with the fake emotions on his face, voice and mannerisms. Let's start with sadness.

"I thought you loved me Alice. That you wouldn't intentionally hurt your very best human friend."

Sarcasm

"That you wouldn't intentionally bring me to a vampire game that would make me the snack bar and that you wouldn't use your own husband in order to turn me and keep me on your side"

I finished in a cold resolute tone. Only two of the gasps that were heard now weren't fake.

"You talked"

"Alice"

Carlisle stopped her in a tone that was obviously coven leader. Wow I've never heard that tone before.

"Hello Carlisle, Esme"

I said politely. by now all my friends including Luka, Bonnie, Elena and Stefan were behind me. I wondered if Edward could read their minds or not, he's far too quiet.

"Bella why don't you admit you just want to punish Edward before returning to him? True love can't do what you do"

I tilted my head to the side

"huh? I don't want Edward, Esme. I never did. Can you all get that through your hard, dead, vampire heads?"

i was immediately shushed by all of them

"Right, oops, my bad."

I mocked and felt more than heard Damon coming up behind me

"What the heck?"

"Remember when I told you I dated a cold one? Rust top over there"

"Your taste in men is awful"

"Fine, I won't date you then"

he chuckled

"I never thought I'd see you with that likes of vampires major"

"Neither did I captain"

I turned to look at them

"you know each other?"

"we served together, back in the day"

"really?"

"yes Bella. we were together until he took a leave after one battle. He never returned and I was changed a few days later"

"if it makes you feel better I was changed about two months later"

"you had a fiancée if I remember correctly"

"me"

I smiled at the shocked faces of the cold ones as Damon simply smiled. We had put the past behind us.

"I'm sorry Carlisle but I never loved Edward. How could I? Not because he's a vampire, trust me that's not a problem at all. How could I ever be with someone that dazzles his way with me? or be part of a family whose only reason for being with me is my silence?"

They all looked silent. Except Jasper and Rosalie. Jasper seemed relieved and Rosalie amused.

"fine, if I'm that mistaken why don't you tell me?"

"or me"

a chirpy voice came from the side. Aro, Marcus, Caius. The three leaders of the cold ones. Where was Elijah? The dance around us was in full swing except for us. We all stood there unmoving, soldiers in three different camps.

The Cullens: shocked and angry that their leaders knew they broke the laws

Us: so different and yet the same brought together not only by fate but choosing to be friends in the end.

The Volturi: having to force the laws on a friend and judging from the chirpiness in Aro, probably high on someone that ate the brownies.

"Can you forgive them Aro?"

"Are you sure Isabella?"

"Frankly all I want is to move on. Put all that behind me and start anew. Its your choice though"

Aro POV

I looked at her. The child, the descendant of the witch that made the curse, the young woman that had been through so much for so many generations and versions of herself and was still able to hold her head high. Still able to move on. I moved forward and motioned for the hands of the Olympic coven. They didn't move. I mentally rolled my eyes and motioned to Jane. Jane? That's right, I let her enjoy the rest of the evening along with the rest of the guard and Elijah who went to look for the 'magical' way to kill an original vampire, the dagger and ash. I was about to open my mouth to order them to comply, nifty little trick of mine, when they moved forward. I touched Edwards hand first.

Luckily as years passed I was able to only see what I wanted to when I touched a person. I shifted through Edward's memories until I reached the previous year when he first met Isabella and watched his memories until today. With Aro moved and touched each of their hands. When he was done he nodded slowly.

"Isabella may have forgiven you but you will still be punished. You let a human know our secret and you didn't take care of it. She's alive and human."

They were about to say something but I raised my hand silencing them. Caius smirked and called the punishment.

"Olympic coven you are found guilty for revealing our secret to a human and sentenced to a hundred years with none of your coven members. Also as from this moment the coven is destroyed. Emmett Cullen from this day forward you will be called Emmett Williams like you once were. Esme Cullen you will be named Esme Platt, Jasper Hale you are returning to your original name Jasper Whitlock and as for you Alice Brandon and Edward Masen you ..."

Caius sent me an evil smirk and he leaned in compelling them

"You will remember this event with sadness. You can never contact Isabella Marie Swan again and you will forget all about the sun and moon curse."

He leaned back and we all saw the terrified looks of the former Olympic coven. Marcus broke the silence when he moved to them and removed their coven crests. Carlisle's life time quest was to find a way to be able to walk in the sun. The idiots had their anti sun stones and never knew...

Why else would they be the only cold ones that sparkle instead of simply burning in the sun?

THE END