Chapter 26

Ian POV

I woke up at seven the next morning. Dad had woken us up to get ready for school. I reached to my right to find nothing. I sat right up and found EJ and Meg, and nothing else. Where was mom? Why did she leave? I had too many questions to have them all answered at once.

"Ian get up and ready for school." Dad told me as he walked over to wake up my siblings. He had no emotion. Mom always said I looked a lot like dad. I hoped I didn't look like him now. He was a mess since mom had died. Even though it was a year ago he never moved on. He had a little bit of color in his cheeks now but I knew that it would go away soon. I knew he sat at mom's old desk, every night reading all her letters. EJ and I would talk about her most nights, wondering if she was watching over us. We knew she was now though I don't know what Meg did but I knew she never got over mom. When we climbed into bed with them last night there were tears streaking down her face. The four of us never forgot her. She was part of us; she was our mother, my dad's wife, and our best friend. We could never forget about her, no matter how hard we tried.

I recalled last night while getting dressed for school. After mom told me I would see her again, dad called me down stairs.

Flashback

I got downstairs and saw dad's face. He was crying. I assumed it was because of mom. "What dad?" I asked him as I climbed into his lap.

"I have to tell you something very difficult." He said.

Oh no! Grandma's dead! I thought. That is what everyone assumed on TV, so it must be right. "Ian, I will no longer be around in two days." What?! "I will be with your mom. You will be staying with your grandparents for a few years, and then you will join your mother and me. I promise." The tears started to stream down my face.

"I won't have parents." I whimpered. Dad, not having the power to speak, just nodded and I cried into his shoulder.

"Ian, when the day comes you will be with grandma Esme. And your mother and I will watch over you. Never forget us. We will be there for you. always." He said the one thing I wanted to do was to take my dad's hand and NEVER let go. I wanted him to be with us, to live with us and to never leave.

End Flashback

I got dressed thinking about my dad and went down for my breakfast. "Daddy do you have to leave?" I asked him.

He nodded and said, "Yes tomorrow. But I will never forget you." he handed me a small blue package. "Here" he said and I took it. "Open it at the table." He commanded. I never got presents, unless it was my birthday or Christmas. Today was neither. I sat at the table and tore through the paper.

It was a picture frame. And inside was a picture of our family at the zoo on my birthday. We took the picture in front of the gorillas. I was in the middle of mom and dad who were squatting. Meg was next to mom and EJ was next to dad. I ran to dad and gave him a big hug before running upstairs to put the picture right next to my bed.

When I got back downstairs Meg had opened her present. It was a small locket. It had mom on one side and Dad on the other. She put it immediately on and swore to never take it off. When EJ got downstairs and opened his small package he just smiled. He too had gotten a picture. Except his picture was of a baseball game. Mom and dad took EJ to his first game and he had the picture of them watching the game as a group. In the background you could see Meg and me along with Uncle Emmett. Uncle Emmett was standing up throwing peanuts on the people in front of him telling the umpire that his call was off.

As I looked at all the pictures that dad gave us I realized he only had happy ones. Ones were mom was smiling and he had the sparkle in his eye.

The day went by quickly and the next thing I knew dad was dropping us off at grandma Esme's house. "NO! Daddy! NO DON'T LEAVE!" Meg was screaming as dad was pulling out of the driveway. I realized that was the last time I was going to see him for a long time. His eyes were wet. Something that rarely happened to our father. He turned on the main road and he was gone. Grandma knew that Daddy was going to leave for a few hours but she didn't know that he was never going to return. I was going to miss my father.

Edward POV

I drove away from the house knowing I wouldn't see my kids again until they were at least 8. I drove back to the house and called, "Bella!" as soon as I got out of the car.

She appeared out of nowhere. "Yes?" she called from the roof. Then she jumped down. It amazed me how much her balance had improved. I stared at her beauty for a second. 'Wait Edward!' I thought to myself. 'Now is not a time to stare at her, now is a time to tell her you are ready.'

"I'm ready." I told her and then swallowed hard. "I just have a few questions first." It was true. I had questions, questions to be answered. She nodded, and I continued. "Well, I know you're a vampire, but do you kill?" she started to answer but I shook my head saying, "Let me finish. If not what do you eat? How long does the transformation take? How does it happen? And what else do I need to know?"

She sighed and went on to tell me the answers to all my questions. "Yes. I am a vampire but no. I don't kill. I am not a monster. I have animal's blood instead." She looked at me out of the corner of her eye and smiled. I nodded and she said, "Well like the myth it is the bite. And the vampire venom. It hurts." She stopped smiling and looked my right in the eye, "It hurts like hell. And it takes about three days, depending on different things. You need to know that there are special vampires. Vampires with powers, I have a power, you have a power, Alice has a power, Ian has a power, Meg has a power, and Emmett, well Emmett is just super strong." She saw the question in my eyes before I had even opened my mouth. "I have shields. In my mind. They can keep other vampires out. Out of everything. Alice can see the future. And before you ask, it is better for her to explain it. Ian can control people, like make them do things. Convince them to do it. Meg can take away powers. Only temporarily as well as since when you are using you power. Now your power. I don't want you to freak out, but you can read minds." WHAT! Wait don't freak out!

"What?" I asked her.

"You know what I said." She told me and then the world went black. The only thing that could ever touch me in this moment was pain. I felt it get hot, like you were in the bright sun, sprinting back and forth without the sweat or the heavy breathing. It got hotter. Too hot. Way too hot. After a while it felt as though I was just put into a burning fire. The only thing I could do was try not to yell. Of course a few escaped. "Love. It's okay. You will be fine." Bella kept telling me. I only wish I could believe her. I wish to see the kids, love her forever, and to have the pain to stop.

Well thanks for reading this story. but I am going to end it because I didn't get many reviews. but if I get enough reviews I will do a sequel. it may be a while before I do a sequel, if I do it. I will need a lot of reviews to do it. but I will probably end the story around chapter 29, so after all this in conclusion let me know if you want a sequel.