Title: Coming Home
Pairing(s): Bella/Rosalie, Leah/Alice, Victoria/Esme, Tanya/Jasper, Emmett/Kate, Alec/Seth, Jane/Jacob.
Rating: M.
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine it all belongs to Stephanie Meyer.
Summary: The Cullens left in new moon, Victoria changed Bella, together along with Seth, Jacob and Leah they've lived in Forks for over a century, what happens when the Cullens come back?.
AN: I'm back, at last, sorry its been ages but as usual my dearest teachers decided that we need to write hundreds of essays on meaningless crap!. Anyway in this chapter you have brotherly bonding between Jasper and Emmett, Victoria and Esme cut their vacation short, Elena and Akasha come back into things, sisterly bonding between Tanya, Irina and Kate, Chelsea comes to realise that shes gonna have to be really subtle when it comes to Maria and (pause for effect) Fuckward is getting the shaft! *happy face*. Okay then I hope everyone enjoys and again sorry about the wait.
Chapter Twenty nine, Esme's POV.
"What part about 'learn to play with others' do these kids not understand?" I sniggered into my pillow while Victoria reached across to grab her phone off the small table beside her side of our bed. For the past few days all we'd done was lounge around in bed and just talk, and I felt so much better about myself now that I'd told her everything about me and vice versa, she'd even told me about James, which I could tell hadn't been easy, but the look of pure contentment on her face afterwards had been nothing short of mesmerizing. Apparently Victoria and James had been childhood friends, and when Victoria had turned nineteen, her parents had arranged for her to marry James' brother Henry, as James' family had been the most influential in the modestly sized town they'd lived in at the time, only one night when the three were out in the near by forest next to a small lake, Laurent had appeared, he'd killed Henry and turned James and Victoria. I could still recall the amount of confusion in her voice when she'd described that part, apparently Laurent had never told Victoria why he'd killed Henry, just that it was necessary. I had my own assumptions about it but I didn't particularly want to dredge up either of our past lives, not when we had a new one together.
"Hello" I was brought out of my thoughts by Victoria's overly sweet voice drifting towards me, I smiled gently, and turned my head to look up at my mate, the sight was enough to make breathing difficult, I nearly snorted to myself, but it was true, Victoria's long auburn hair was left to hang loosely around her shoulders, her eyes were shining brightly, and she had a lazy half smile gracing her full lips which reminded me of a large cat. I sighed gently when I caught the sound of Eleazar's voice on the other line, no doubt something important had come up back home, and while I felt the undeniable urge to get back to my children so I could comfort them, I couldn't help but let my eyes trail around the room that Victoria had ultimately erased everything Carlisle did to me in, I didn't feel as disgusted with myself as I had done before we came here, and if anything, I felt closer to Victoria for it, if it hadn't been for my mate, then I no doubt would be still warped with the horrible 'what if's' that had been plaguing me ever since Carlisle raped me, but it didn't anymore, and it was such a relief.
"WHAT!-" I winced at the mixture of confusion, worry and rage I could hear vibrating in Victoria's voice, I sat up quickly and looked at Victoria, her eyes had turned black, and for some reason they had blood red rims around them, I frowned gently, I knew that Victoria hadn't fed off a human, but what else could have caused it "-So where is she now?-" I reached out slowly and cupped the side of Victoria's face when she started growling deep in her chest, she calmed down marginally, but still the entire room was filled with the low enraged growls rumbling from her chest "-We're leaving right now" I was out of bed and rushing around the room before she even finished her sentence, I grabbed the two suitcases that Victoria had shoved under the queen sized bed days before and left then opened on the bedroom floor, thankfully she hadn't unpacked much, so all I had to do was rush into the bathroom and grab whatever clothes we'd discarded, I impulsively folded them and hurried back out into the bedroom, Victoria was rummaging through the small table beside the bed in the top drawer.
"Baby where are the car keys?" I pursed my lips while placing the folded clothes I was carrying into our suitcases, before I zipped them closed quickly.
"I'm pretty sure they're on the coffee table downstairs" I could faintly recall her tossing them onto the glass table two days ago.
"Alright lets go" I smiled when Victoria leaned down grabbed both suitcases and walked swiftly out the room.
"Such a gentlemen..." I teased as I got to my feet and rushed after her out into the hallway.
"You won't be saying that when I get my hands on that spineless, dickless little bastard you call...an ex-son?" I smirked at the slight question, before what she said really sank in.
"Baby you wanna tell me whats going on?" I asked as we made our way downstairs, she was a few steps in front of me.
"I will when we're in the car...will you grab the keys for me?" I nodded gently, when we got to the bottom of the stairs.
"Meet you out in the car" I said gently, while making my way over to the glass coffee table, I picked the keys up and glanced around the cabin, just making sure hat everything was locked up tight cause if anything happened to this place Rosalie might actually kill me. I walked over towards the kitchen and trailed my eyes over the windows and the back-door, no harm in being thorough, once I was satisfied that no overly curious humans were going to be able to get in, I walked back towards he front door that Victoria had left open, I drew up short at the doorway, it was snowing softly, the little white flakes were slowly covering the floor.
"Baby you ready to go?" Victoria was cover near the detached garage about five metres away from the cabin putting the suitcases into the trunk of our SUV.
"Yeah..." I murmured distantly, I loved the snow it reminded me of my childhood, I used spend hours playing out in the snow, then my mother would call me in when it started getting dark then I'd curl up in my father's arm chair next to the open fire and wait for him to come home from work, but then I grew up and I met Eric, then everything went down hill.
"Babe! Will move your butt please?" I rolled my eyes gently at the impatience in my mate's voice.
"Patience is a virtue you know" I muttered as I walked across the wood chips covering the floor towards the white SUV with tinted windows, although I didn't really see the point with tinting our windows anymore seeing as the sun has apparently decided to abandon us.
"Good thing I'm not bloody virtuous then isn't it?" I tilted my head as I walked around to the passenger side, Victoria's accent only came through when she was getting seriously agitated or if she was dealing with a lot of emotion, I placed my hand on the handle and pulled the door open, I mentally cursed my petite frame when I had to literally hop into the seat. I pulled the door closed with a muted thud when Victoria pulled open the door on the driver's side, I kept quiet while she slipped the keys into the ignition, the SUV came to life with a soft purr.
"Are you going to tell me whats going on now?-" I murmured gently, Victoria's response was to growl once again and put the car into reverse "-Obviously not" I answered my own question, while Victoria focused on not wrapping the car around a tree as she drove down the long dirt road leading to the cabin. Whatever had happened it couldn't really be that bad, could it?.
"Rose had the babies" My eyes widened in surprise, before a slow smile spread across my face, finally my daughter had the one thing she'd always wanted, I couldn't wait to see my grandbabies.
"And that calls for your erratic driving?-" I exclaimed, surely Victoria should be happy that Bella was finally a mom, but if I didn't know any better I'd say something had gone seriously wrong "-Wait a second-" 'You won't be saying that when I get my hands on that spineless, dickless little bastard you call...an ex-son?' "-How does Edward come into this?" I murmured remembering what she'd said back in the cabin, suddenly the car exterior seemed to shrink, I looked even more closely at my mate, her lithe body was corded with tension and her hands were gripping the steering wheel so hard I could actually hear it creaking in protest.
"That little bastard has kidnapped one of the twins!...and so has...L-Laurent-" I turned in my seat slowly and reached over to rest my hand on my mate's denim covered thigh comfortingly "-Fuck! I never should've trusted him around any of you"
"Its not your fault" I spoke soothingly, I couldn't imagine what she was feeling right now but I was willing to bet that it wasn't pleasant.
"Esme I'm the one who brought him into our fucking house...If I hadn't then..."
"Hes your maker...its only natural to trust the one who turned you" I squeezed her thigh when she sighed raggedly.
"Yeah and now hes got our daughter's son..." I looked out the windscreen when she suddenly snarled, there was a long line of cars slowly piling up, I could already tell that this was going to take a long time "...Get out the way you fucking blood clots!" I snorted in amusement, my baby had road rage, who knew?.
Elena's POV.
I glanced up when I heard an animistic roar in the distance, I didn't have think to know that it belonged to my daughter, my primal side already knew. I dropped the book I'd been reading onto my desk in my study and stood up, I hurried over to the large window that overlook a forest, I rested my forehead against the think glass panes and tired to stop the thoughts rolling around in my head, I could normally count on my more than impressive self-control to stop myself from rushing to my daughter whenever I could hear that she was in pain, but my maternal instinct was an undeniable force this time, my entire body was literally twitching with the need to get to my young.
"Elena..." I jumped slightly when Akasha suddenly appeared behind me without warning, a fae's body simply couldn't register it's mate as a threat meaning that unless Akasha cleared her throat or something I never knew she was there .
"Something is really wrong this time" I knew it, deep in the core of my being, I knew my young needed me. I tilted my head up gently when I felt my mate's arms encircle my waist comfortingly, Akasha beautiful face would seem like an impassive mask to anyone but me, I could see the motherly concern shining in her darkened eyes as she stared out at the forest, after Bella had moved up to Alaska we'd bought a small house in Forks, we were never far from her, we never had been, all her life we'd been mere streets away from her, it had been excruciatingly painful to watch another woman raise my child, to teach her simple things like learning how to read, or listening as the human female comforted my baby after she had a nightmare, or just talking to her about school or things that were bothering her. I couldn't count the amount of times that I wanted to just sneak into the tiny house in Phoenix so I could take my baby back, but the knowledge that I would be endangering her had always quelled the urge.
"I know" Akasha murmured distantly, her eyes were becoming impossibly darker with each passing second.
"Then lets go to her" I turned in her arms to look up at her, I pleaded with my eyes, I knew that Akasha cared about our daughter just as much as I did, but the threat towards her was at the top of my mate's priorities.
"And lead the Sicarii to her?...I doubt she would thank us for that" Akasha titled her head to look down at me, I clenched my jaw tightly at the reminder, the Sicariiwere the assassins Caius had employed to hunt down the remaining fae, they were extremely effective at what they did and once they took on a job they never stopped, never, which was why we had to be careful when moved around or else they'd pick up our scent and while our combined strength was immense, the Sicariiwere bred to kill, they didn't know how to do anything else.
"So we stay away?" I whispered gently, my eyes were burning with unshed tears.
"She has children of her own to look after, besides she doesn't have any training to fight theSicarii" Akasha raised her and cupped the side of my face, I leaned into her warm touch instantly.
"How is she going to learn unless you teach her?" I had to swallow several times before murmuring.
"She won't have to if we stay away-" Akasha pointed out regretfully, I winced when I heard yet another heart broken roar out in the distance "-This way we keep them away from her" I nodded my head gently, of course I knew that Akasha just wanted to keep Bella safe and happy, but the separation was killing me but though my mate wouldn't admit it, she wanted to be in Bella's life just as much as I did.
"You're right...its just...I miss her" I hated the whimper that left my lips, but I couldn't silence it, I wanted, no, I needed to near my young, the child I hadn't held for more than a century.
"I do too" I buried my face in Akasha's neck taking comfort from her familiar scent of freesia and jasmine, I closed my eyes tightly as her arms tightened around me protectively.
Tanya's POV.
"Here kitty, kitty, kitty!" I called out for the umpteenth time, we'd been searching for Felix for over an hour now and still no luck.
"Yeah I don't think thats working sis" Irina drawled from behind me, I looked over my shoulder and scowled, before an idea suddenly struck me.
"I get you..." I cleared my throat "...Come out wherever you are...I got treats!" Kate sniggered into her closed fist.
"Tan!...the cat jokes aren't working!" Irina growled though I could hear the smile in her voice.
"Yeah whatever just lemme try one more time..." I called back to her "...Here Felix, come on boy, we got cat nip!-" I grinned when Kate, Chelsea and Maria burst out laughing as we walked through the forest "-See I knew we should've brought an old lady with us"
"Tanya don't be so stereotypical" Carmen scolded.
"C'mon I was joking...you all know that right?" I stopped and looked back at my sisters, Kate and Irina were grinning to themselves while Chelsea and Maria were shaking their heads gently, I dimly noticed that they kept stealing looks at each other, did they really think they were being subtle, I snorted to myself, those kids didn't know the meaning of the word.
"Thats not the point" Carmen scowled.
"Fine I'm sorry...I'll even put an ad in the paper does that make you happy?" I drawled sarcastically.
"Yes" Carmen smiled sweetly at me before she picked up her pace and walked ahead of me.
"Shes not being serious..." I chuckled to myself "...Is she?" I stopped chuckling and looked back at my sisters.
"You never know with mummy Carmen" Irina smirked helplessly as she crossed her arms over her breasts.
"Yeah the 'rents really are hard to read" Kate grinned in agreement mirroring Irina's pose.
"You're no help" I scowled before trudging through the think snow covering the ground and the trees, the sounds of crunching snow followed me, signalling that my sisters were right behind me.
"Aww...at least you've still got your sense of humour" Irina drawled.
"Well I'm never gonna loose that..." I returned "...Hey where is Heidi?...I could have sworn she was right behind us"
"Don't be worrying about my mate..." Irina scowled at me, I poked my tongue out at her playfully making her scowl deepen.
"You two are ridiculous..." Kate announced, shaking her head.
"So what does that make you?" I returned teasingly making her smile helplessly.
"The sane one" Kate shrugged.
"Oooh check this one out Ri" I looked towards the other blonde who was grinning slyly at Kate.
"Yeah it sounds like shes trying to say we're insane" Irina mused taking a step towards Kate, while I did the same.
"Now thats not nice" I pointed out as I drew closer to her.
"Yeah you really hurt our feelings sis" Irina painted a look of hurt onto her face when we were standing mere inches away from our youngest sister.
"Oops" Kate murmured with a playful smile.
"'Oops' thats all we get...yeah I'm really feeling the love" I drawled sarcastically.
"Mmm maybe we should teach this one a lesson...what do you say Tan..." Irina grinned at me.
"Well seeing as mummy Carmen isn't around...looks like its up to us to make sure this one learns her manners" I tensed to pounce on Kate when suddenly a loud roar echoed through the forest, it was so loud that I actually though my ears were going to start bleeding.
"Diowhat the hell was that?" Maria winced.
"Guess Felix really didn't like the cat jokes" I tried making light of the situation, but I really had a bad feeling about this, that sound had been filled with misery, rage and more importantly I was pretty sure it didn't belong to any kind of animal found in the forest.
"I'm touched you think I can roar that loud" I whirled around to find Felix and Carmen coming towards us, they both wore concerned expressions as they looked in the direction of our mansion.
"Fuck what the hell is going on?" Heidi asked jogging toward us, I dimly noted that her once ruby red eyes were now glowing a familiar golden colour.
"It must be the twins..." It was the only thing I could think of that would cause either Bella or Rose to become that upset "...We better get back" I flinched when I heard yet another roar, only this time it was definitely closer.
"I agree...but if something is wrong with the twins we should all give Bella and Rose some space..." Chelsea murmured in her light accent, she turned around and took off at a light run, I scowled at her retreating back before tensing and running after her, the sounds of crunching snow resounding through the forest as we all started running back towards the mansion.
"Whys that?" I asked when I managed to catch up with the smaller blonde.
"Like I keep saying...fae are unpredictable at best...now that Bella and Rosalie have young to protect...they will be even more dangerous" Chelsea announced, I nodded to myself as we ran, I could still feel Bella's hand wrapped around my throat when I tried to help Rose.
"What are the chances that one of them has lost control?" I ignored the instinctive fear rising in my chest when another, far more violent roar echoed through the forest, it was definitely getting louder...and closer.
"Judging from that?...I'd say pretty damn good" Chelsea muttered quietly.
Emmett's POV.
"Why did I let you drag me into this?...yet again" I sighed harshly, after we dragged Laurent into Eleazar's office Jasper had asked me to drive us into town so he could 'pick up a little something', yeah, a little something that came in the form of an engagement ring. I was stood by a clear glass counter housing numerous rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and watches, while Jasper kept pacing between the seven similar display cases spread across the shop.
"Cause you like shiny things?" Jasper drawled sarcastically, I narrowed my eyes on my brother still nervously glancing around, I leaned back against the case behind me, though I was careful not to break the damn thing.
"Ha ha ha funny..." I replied dryly "...Least I know what Kate likes in the jewellery department" Well actually I didn't but I had an idea, and I knew what looked good on her, so I was thinking a long thin silver necklace with a small sapphire attached, it wasn't too flashy but it would complement the slender column of my mate's neck, I pursed my lips gently, maybe I should find some earrings to go with it and maybe a bracelet or was that a little over the top...dammit why was shopping so damn hard?.
"I know what I think she'd like but what if she doesn't?" Jasper mused in his southern drawl, I chuckled to myself.
"Why don't you ask her?" I murmured tilting my head toward the young woman standing at the cash register, looking extremely board, but then again the shop was more or less empty other than a few humans glancing around curiously.
"Cause shes not Tanya" Jasper raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, I smirked to myself, it was such a human gesture, did he really find shopping that stressful, I mean I knew it took me over an hour to find the necklace I thought Kate would like but still, I'd been standing in the same spot for damn near two hours.
"Bro come on its easy, you buy a ring, get Alice or Rose's opinion on it, if they think its crap you bring it back and get another" I shrugged and crossed my arms over my chest.
"Em I'm supposed to be the one who knows what Tanya would like" Jasper sighed and came over to stand beside me.
"You aren't just doing this to get back in her good books are ya?" I turned my head to look down at the shorter vampire.
"Course not, I love her and I want to marry her thats all there is to it" Jasper looked up at me, I nodded when I saw the challenge in his eyes.
"Yeah but we all love our mates...and in a couple of years when all this bullshit has calmed down, I can see us all getting married, even Jane and Jake..." I added when he rolled his eyes.
"So you think I should wait" Jasper asked quietly.
"Now I didn't say that...'sides its your decision" I pointed out.
"...I feel like shes hidin' somethin' from me" Jasper said gently, I could hear the confusion in his voice, I understood that, there were still things that Kate hadn't told me, but I trusted that she'd tell me when she was ready, obviously Jasper didn't feel like waiting.
"Come on man...what could she possibly be hiding thats got you wanting to tie the knot this quickly huh?" I murmured.
"Well you know what shes like" My eyes widened in surprise, could Jasper actually be insinuating that Tanya was having an...affair, I snorted in amusement, it wasn't actually possible for soul mates to even contemplate being with someone else, there was the occasional couple that invited 'thirds' into their relationship, but it was extremely rare and the two would have been together for like thousands of years, and at the end of the day they never developed any kind of feelings for the third other than some sort of tolerance.
"Jazz listen closely..." I turned so my upper thigh was resting against the counter and I was facing my brother "...Yes Tanya flirts with some peo...well she flirts with everyone but the point is she loves you"
"So why won't she talk to me?" Jasper whispered in a defeated voice.
"Maybe its too painful...or maybe she doesn't think its that important...I don't know, I'm not a chick"
"You tryin' to imply somethin' there Em?" Jasper looked up at me and smirked.
"Well you know what I mean, women are always 'encouraging' us to be more open...Christ the only people who out-do them are fucking therapists and they're even worse because you have to pay 'em" I complained.
"Very true" Jasper agreed nodding his head softly.
"Ain't it though..." I muttered "...Now lets find a ring shall we?" I smirked down at him.
"Okay I've more or less narrowed it down to the whole damn shop"
"Thats helpful" I scowled at him, it was gonna be a long, long day.
Victoria's POV.
"I'm telling you, they shouldn't be given licenses" I growled pulling up outside the mansion after being on the road for nearly three hours, I could've made it shorter, but it would've probably turned into a demolition derby.
"V they need to get around just like everyone else" Esme murmured from the passenger seat.
"Everyone else doesn't drive at two miles an hour" I growled again reaching for the door handle.
"V leave the little old ladies alone" Esme said I looked across to find her struggling to keep herself from sniggering.
"I'll leave them alone when they stop getting in my way" I muttered, grinning at the soft snort Esme made, I sobered when I remembered exactly why we were back, I quickly pushed the car door open and climbed out the car in the same instant Esme did, we both pushed the car doors closed and turned to face the mansion. I was really not liking the silence that greeted me from the tall marble structure, I would've preferred it if we'd got back to the sounds of smashing ornaments, at least then I'd know that everyone was alive.
"I gotta bad feeling about this" I muttered and slowly started trudging through the snow that had built up, it was at least five inches, I silently sent a thankful prayer to whatever deity listened to vampires for the new and improved all-terrain SUVs, though I probably owed a human with a little too much free time on their hands for it. I pointedly stayed in front of Esme as we climbed the stairs leading up to the door, there were foot prints leading down them, as we got closer to the front door, it looked a little odd, like the angle had been altered in someway, I was stunned to find that in actuality the solid oak door had been torn off its hinges and was now resting uselessly against the decimated door frame.
"Eleazar?..." I called out to the slightly younger vampire, I scowled when there was no answer, I leaned down gently and gripped the three inch thick door and pulled it away from the door frame, I was guessing Eleazar had put it there to add some sense of normalcy, I nearly snorted, there was nothing normal about any of this, I left the door flat on the floor because I really didn't have a clue what to do with the damn thing "...Come on" I reached out and took Esme's hand in my own, before leading her into the deathly quiet mansion. I winced when I suddenly heard a loud snarl from the living room, I ignored the shiver of instinctive fear that slithered up and down my spine, but it literally felt like I was venturing into a lion's den knowing full well what lay inside. Our foot falls echoed loudly through the house as we approached the living room, I stopped just before we got to the door and turned to look at Esme, I didn't know what kind of mental state they were in and I was not endangering my mate for anything, I gave Esme a look that clearly read; 'stay here', she scowled up at me but otherwise didn't argue which I was thankful for. I squeezed her hand gently, before I released my hold and risked a look inside the living room, it had been destroyed, the furniture was utterly shredded and scattered around the room, glass littered the ground from the...window, the drapes were shredded but still hung loosely, providing some coverage. I mentally growled at myself as I cautiously walked into the room, I couldn't hear anything, but I knew I was not alone in here, suddenly the unmistakable cry of a newborn baby echoed through the room scaring the bejesus out of me, finally I spotted the blonde head of Rosalie sat at the centre of the carnage, she was shielded from my view by an over turned couch. I stepped closer to my daughter as the babies cries continued, I stopped two feet away from Rosalie, I didn't want to trigger her protective instincts right now, unless I wanted to end up like the damn furniture.
"...Rose?..." I had to clear my throat several times before I could even form her name, her head shot up so she could face me, I backed away like my ass was on fire, her eyes were completely jet black and a violent snarl suddenly resounded through the room "...Its okay honey" I crooned gently, hoping that even in this state she still felt connected to me, but from the pain filled growls rumbling from her chest I was pretty sure she was all animal right now, understandably so. She stared at me for long tension filled minutes, before her head dropped and a loud longing mewl filled the room, I'm pretty sure my heart just broke, I could count the times that I had been privy to that kind of misery on one hand, I slowly walked closer to her again, her whimpers grew louder and louder as I climbed over to the destroyed furniture. I froze when I noticed that her legs were crossed and in her lap, cradled in her arms was a beautiful baby with blonde hair. She looked up as I came closer, I knelt down beside her careful not to move too fast, she shifted slightly so the young in her arms was partly shielded from my gaze but she didn't move away. I stayed perfectly still for long minutes, I didn't have to even look at the child to know that he or she was unharmed, Rosalie would never harm her own child even in a rage like this. It was at least half an hour before Rosalie glanced at me with trust in her eyes, I nodded gently before I moved closer to her, I wrapped my arms around her shoulders as her entire body started shaking with soundless sobs, my own eyes started burning with unshed tears as I held her close, I would kill Laurent for this if Bella hadn't already, I was certain that the foot steps leading away from the mansion belonged to my daughter.
"Rose sweetie...I'm gonna bring Esme in...is that okay?" I looked down slightly though Rosalie's attention remained firmly on the child in her arms. I released a breath I wasn't aware of holding when she nodded against me. I released my hold on Rosalie and rushed back out the room, Esme was leaning back against the wall, her normally golden eyes were coal black no doubt because she'd heard Rosalie crying.
"You should find Bella" Esme murmured as she came closer to me, I nodded in agreement but I was loath to Rosalie and Esme and Eleazar...wherever he may be.
"If I know Bella, which I do, shes probably already caught those little bastards" I pointed out softly, I reached out and pulled Esme against me, it was times like this you really began to realise how much you loved your family.
"But they've got her baby" Esme reminded me while wrapping her arms around my waist, I leaned down slightly and inhaled Esme's sweet scent of vanilla.
"Right...I should get going if I'm gonna catch up with her..." I brought my hand, which had been resting on her lower back around so I could gently coax her to look up at me, I smiled lovingly before I leaned down and brushed my lips across hers, it was the first time I'd tried since Carlisle had attacked her, I could've cried in sheer joy when she kissed me back gently, I could've stayed like that for eternity, but I had to find Bella "...We'll be back soon" I promised, reluctantly letting go of her.
"Don't be too long, will you?" I blinked dumbly at the deadly undertone I could detected in her voice, she smiled sweetly up at me before she turned around and walked into what used to be our living room.
"What a woman" I purred with a sadistic grin, before I turned on my heel and stalked out of the house.
Jasper's POV.
"I'm telling you I just heard a motherfucking lion" I rolled my eyes gently.
"Maybe a mountain lion" I agreed, we were in Emmett's new hummer which he'd bought from the car dealership in town, the bulky car was a deep red with black tinted windows. Thanks to Emmett's driving we were an hour away from the mansion, on either side of the side road that lead to our mansion was the dense forest we usually hunted in.
"No an actual lion" Emmett insisted while glancing carefully out the wind shield.
"Don't be ridiculous why would a li-" I was silenced by the loud resounding roar that had interrupted me just minutes before, I glanced out the passenger side window impulsively, I had to admit, whatever it was, it sounded a lot bigger than a freakin' lion, maybe a bear or a damn pack of 'em, except they were hibernatin', so what the fuck was it.
"See what did I tell you?" Emmett glanced at me with a smug smile.
"I don't know what it is but it ain't a damned lion" I replied.
"Wanna bet on that?" Emmett murmured, I turned and smirked confidently, when was Emmett gonna learn not to bet against me.
"Bring it bro" I drawled in my southern twang.
"Right if I win...you have to put off proposing to Tanya" Under any other circumstance I would've laughed and punched him for good measure but I already knew I wasn't gonna lose so I guess there was no harm in agreeing.
"And if I win you have to go a year without playin' on the X-box..." I winked playfully when he looked at me like a kid whose just learned his puppy had gone missing "...C'mon I thought you were sure about it bein' 'Motherfuckin' lion'" I teased.
"That just doesn't seem fair" Emmett whined as he continued driving blindly.
"I just agreed that I'd put off proposin' to the love of my life whereas you just gotta stay away from the new Call of duty for a year...yeah it ain't fair...for me" I added when I saw him frown.
"Alright you're on" Emmett extended one of his hands across the car interior toward me, I smirked and enclosed his in mine, this was gonna be fun, but of course if Emmett started goin' into withdrawal, which he probably would in about four days, I'd happily call it a day.
"Pull over then" I urged, when I spotted the dirt road that lead to our mansion, Emmett turned onto the dirt road and parked it just out of sight from the main road, so no overly curious humans would spot it. I pushed the car door open and climbed out of the hummer, my boots sank into the snow covered ground with a sound crunch, the sun was beginning to set casting fiery shadows around the dense snow covered forestry, I inhaled deeply, catching a mixture of scents I broke down into the vegetation, a few small animals currying around and...something different, like freesia and jasmine except there wasn't a chance that either flower could actually survive the harsh winter that had set in which could only mean one thing.
"Em check your phone will ya?" I called over to my brother while pulling my own out of the front pocket of my jeans, I hissed gently when I realised that it was dead, fuck why hadn't I noticed that sooner.
"Shit its dead!" Emmett exclaimed in annoyance, I slipped my now-useless phone back into my pocket.
"That wasn't a damn lion...it was Bella" I rolled my eyes.
"Why would she be out here?" Emmett asked with a shrug.
"C'mon somethin' is wrong" I took off at a steady jog in the direction I could scent Bella in, Emmett was close behind me.
"Hey Jazz..." Emmett asked gently as we ran through the forest, dodging the thick tree trunks and bushes that emerged.
"Yea?" I murmured quietly.
"Does this mean I lose?"
Chelsea's POV.
"Honey we're home!" I snorted gently when Tanya announced our presence in the middle of the yard, we weren't even near the steps leading to the front door yet and already I could see that something was different.
"Tan..." I spoke gently earning me the attention of the younger vampire "...Notice anything a little...off" I tilted my head towards the open door.
"Okay who abused the door?" Tanya murmured rushing ahead of me to enter our mansion, Carmen was close on her heels.
"Shes allergic to taking things seriously, isn't she?" Heidi said gently, I could hear the smile in her voice, she had her arm wrapped around Irina's waist as we all made our way toward the mansion.
"It took you this long to notice huh?" Irina smirked.
"Shut up" Heidi growled playfully nudging Irina making the Russian vampire chuckle adoringly.
"Its sweet don't you think?" I shivered in awareness when Maria spoke in her soft Spanish accent as she walked closer to me.
"Sickeningly adorable" I agreed fondly, I was genuinely happy that Heidi had found the thing I craved, even if it left me even more alone.
"Just think you have all that to look forward to" Maria smiled sadly, yeah all I had to do was convince the latina to accept me as her mate and I'd be in business.
"Yay..." I forced out unenthusiastically, it could take weeks to develop a physical relationship with Maria and longer still before I could broach the whole 'he wasn't your mate' thing and even then I'd still have to be extremely careful or I was going to end up being bitch slapped and left on my own...again.
"You don't sound too optimistic" Maria commented as we climbed the steps to the mansion.
"Okay once again...I'm gonna have to pull the, 'I'm the fourth oldest vampire in creation' card" I drawled.
"Sorry..." Maria shrugged, I took a deep calming breath, fuck why couldn't I have one of those 'Holy crap you're the one' instant connection matings, I'd seen thousands of them, but did I get one, big fat fucking 'no', it reminded me of my childhood, growing up in the slums of Ericonas surrounded by every kind of unimaginable crime know to man, I had to fight every day just to keep breathing and finding food was damn near impossible to find without having to steal it, it was that or pay with your body, thankfully I had never had to go that far, but after I met Aro when I was nineteen, things got better and when I turned twenty-one, Aro offered me a chance to 'repay' him "...Chelsea?"
"Mmm..." I murmured distantly.
"Where did you go?" Maria smiled uncertainly.
"No where important" I dismissed, if I had to fight to be with Maria then I was more than game for it, hell I had a lifetime of experience with fighting for what I needed and I did need Maria.
"You wanna tell me about it?" Maria murmured frowning gently.
"Later lets just focus on this, shall we?" I returned my attention towards the matter at hand, I walked into the mansion to find Tanya standing in the living room doorway. I walked closer and glanced inside the room, the sight made my chest ache, Rosalie was sat at the centre of broken furniture, in her arms quietly playing with a loose strand of Rosalie's golden hair was Ashley and Esme was kneeling beside Rosalie with her arm wrapped around the blonde's shoulders, I could hear Esme crooning gently to Rosalie but I didn't want to intrude.
"Chelsea, Tanya..." I turned around to find Carmen and Eleazar standing beside the stair case. I stood a few steps toward them when I realised Tanya was still standing in the doorway with a concerned expression on her face.
"Earth to Tanya, come in Tanya..." I muttered, the taller blonde turned and walked toward me with an look of something between worry and anger.
"So?..." I prompted when every single one of us was standing in front of Carmen and Eleazar.
"Lets just say that I don't see Laurent and Fuckward living beyond tonight okay?" Eleazar murmured while rubbing the back of his head as though it was causing him physical pain.
"Alright junior start talking..." I demanded.
Bella's POV.
It hadn't taken me long to track down those two bastards, they'd fled back to Cullen manor back in Forks, I was crouched about fifteen yards away from the house, hidden by the vegetation. Every instinct I had was demanding that I get my baby back, but I knew if I got in there I could easily kill them both, I wouldn't even have to think about it, but what if I hurt Lucas in the process, I couldn't risk that. I growled in frustration, I felt like someone had reached into my chest an tore a third of my un-beating heart out, the feeling was made worse because back at the mansion I knew I shouldn't have left Lucas alone, the animal inside me had been screaming at me not to leave my young, but I had foolishly ignored it, and now my child was in the hands of two assholes who wanted to hurt me and the rest of my family. I clenched my fists tightly, feeling my forearms begin to burn painfully, I could distantly recall the same sensation when me and Victoria had been hunting Carlisle, my forearms had become encased in blue flames and while I could just imagine burning Edward and Laurent alive, glorifying in their screams of pain, it was just another thing that could hurt Lucas. I lowered my head slightly, of course I could rely on my enhanced speed to tear Edward and Laurent apart, but what if one of them was holding Lucas and they dropped him, I didn't know if Lucas was born like me, just as fragile as a human baby, and if he was the fall could kill him, fuck! this waiting was killing me. I closed my eyes, somehow managing to cling to my self-control, but it was difficult, my body was twitching with the need to kill, to protect my young from a threat that I should have seen coming. My head snapped up when I heard two sets of heavy footfalls coming toward me from dozens of miles away, I turned slightly when they got impossibly closer within minutes, suddenly Emmett and Jasper came bounding through the trees, I nodded slightly and turned away from my brothers toward the house, their bodies were tensed with expectation but they didn't speak, now I could take my baby back from the sons of bitches that took him from me. I forced myself not to lash out when I felt them crouch on either side of me, I didn't understand the urge, but I did know that if I didn't get in there soon the barely suppressed rage burning in the pit of my stomach was going to take over, I had to make my move before that happened, I couldn't afford to hurt those closest to me. I tensed slightly, feeling Emmett and Jasper do the same, when I suddenly heard yet move footfalls coming towards us, I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply, a wave of of crushed lavender suddenly assaulted my nostrils,Victoria, I didn't even spare my mother a look when she suddenly appeared crouching next to me, her body was almost vibrating with anger, but it was a mere shadow to the violence I could feel pumping through my veins, I had only felt this sensation twice before, and I could honestly say, it scared me, the rage burning inside me begging to be unleashed, the fae was roaring for freedom urging me to give into it, I snarled with animistic intensity, the sound echoed through the forest just as I sprang forward toward the house, as I moved I could feel the fae whispering seductively to me, it wanted its freedom and I didn't have the strength of will to deny it any longer.
Edward's POV (AN: Okay so now you probably want to throw something sharp at me for this but look on the bright side, this is the last time you'll be hearing from him, ever)
"So how are you going to convince Irina that she belongs with me?" I scowled softly when the French vampire once again interrupted me playing the piano, did he not see that I was trying to create a masterpiece here, or was it just the fact that he was in awe of my skill, intelligence and cunning, it must be the latter, I decided and resumed my playing when suddenly there was a loud cry coming from the small round table I'd ordered Laurent to bring into the family room when we'd arrived.
"Do you have to be so obnoxious?" I exclaimed to the wailing baby, God he was so much like Rosalie, always trying to create trouble and making my life harder, it was a good thing Demetri would be here soon to collect the abomination. When we'd gotten back to the manor I'd called Aro and he in turn had contacted Demetri, after that it was decided that he would come here for the whiny little cretin.
"Hes a baby...he can't actually understand you" Laurent sighed, I looked at him over my shoulder and smirked arrogantly.
"No my dear friend...that is because hes part of Rosalie and like his thieving whore of mother he lacks the common courtesy of us normal people-" I recoiled slightly when the child uttered something that might of passed as a giggle.
"-Stop that" I snapped when the child kept giggling and gurgling to himself, I took a few steps forward across the family room, I had every intention of teaching the little brat some manners before he departed for Volterra when suddenly I heard a thunderous crashing sound coming from the front of the house, it was accompanied by the sounds of glass shattering and low dangerous snarls, I froze in fear when abruptly Laurent was tackled to the ground, sat astride his chest with her hands wrapped around his throat was that red headed bitch Victoria, I ran across the room toward the child, he was my way out of this, I stopped in front of the table, but he wasn't there, the child was gone, but how and who could've moved so quickly that even I couldn't see them, I frowned and glanced around the room, I whimpered slightly when I saw Emmett and Jasper saunter into the room in front of the door, they stood shoulder to shoulder effectively closing off my escape. I cleared my throat, those two lacked any real wit, I could rely on my own to talk my way out of this, but I still had to find that child, I winced when I heard a loud tearing sound, I glanced away from the wall of muscle preventing me from getting out of here to find that Victoria had flipped Laurent onto his stomach, she had her knee pressing firmly into his shoulder blade while she twisted his arm backwards in an unnatural arch, the hold was designed to slowly sever the arm, extremely slowly, the Frenchman was whimpering in pain as he struggled beneath his progeny, fucking fool, I would've been able to break her hold.
"Brothers..." I returned my attention to Emmett and Jasper, their faces were completely devoid of emotion and their bulky arms were crossed over their broad chests "...Lets be reasonable..." All I had to do was out-smart them before Victoria managed to completely shred Laurent, but from the looks of things she was enjoying making him cry out in pain.
"Oh we tried to be reasonable...all you had to do was leave us the hell alone" Emmett growled, I flinched when I heard a loud high-pitched shriek coming from Laurent, I swallowed when I noticed that Victoria had finally pulled his arm out of its socket, though she hadn't torn it off completely, she was slowly twisting the decimated limb in her grip, reducing what used to be Laurent's shoulder joint to dust, fear left a bad taste in my mouth when I heard her chuckle in amusement at the cries leaving Laurent's lips.
"Now I suggest you take a good look at that...cause it ain't gonna hold a candle to what Bella has got in store for you" Jasper drawled in his southern twang, I smiled suddenly, Bella was coming here, did she at last realise that I was doing this for us, finally she recognised me as her mate, it was long over due.
"Man he really is fucked up if he smiling at the thought" Emmett frowned at Jasper.
"Not as fucked as hes gonna be when Bells gets back" Jasper smirked, 'back' she'd already been here?, maybe she'd gotten nervous and fled, after all she was the one who'd been unfaithful for the past few weeks, she was lucky I even wanted her back after the shit shes put me through. Suddenly another scream came from Laurent, I shifted uncomfortably when I saw Victoria was now repeating her amputation on Laurent's other arm while the Frenchman was mumbling incoherently in broken French, I assumed he was begging for her to stop, honestly where was his back bone, had Victoria already removed it?. Suddenly time seemed to stop as the most violent snarl I'd ever heard rumbled through the room, seeming to shake the every foundation of the house, I whimpered quietly when Emmett and Jasper parted to reveal non-other than my mate, her eyes were completely black, her lithe body was tensed and her face was a mask of...fury, what right did she have to be angry, I had just secured our future together under the protection of the Volturi.
"Don't snarl at me...I'm your mate for the love of-" I trailed off gently, when one second Bella was standing there and the next she seemed to disappear in thin air, the next thing I knew something hard connected with the centre of my chest, it hit me with the force of a freight train, I grunted loudly as the contact forced me off my feet, I felt my back connect with the wall behind me, it might as well have been paper for all the resistance it offered against my body, but then paper wouldn't have hurt that much, it felt like someone had just driven a iron slab into my back, I landed on my back outside the manor in the snow, I winced at the hard contact, the world above me was spinning and my body burned with pain. A loud snarl filled my ears and suddenly Bella was gripping the front of my silk shirt with one hand and pulling me up effortlessly, I groaned slightly as the action cause my abused limbs to shift, I stared into her black eyes as she bared her teeth in a long drawn out hiss, I blinked slightly, it wasn't an hallucination her upper and lower canines had really elongated into two inch fangs.
"Let me go...please" I pleaded gently, she laughed demoniacally, before I was once again being flung through the air, I cried out when my body was slammed into a tree, the ancient oak gave way under the force of my body, I fell to the snow covered ground and landed with a pain filled groan, I struggled to get to my feet, fear was burning in my stomach, I turned on my heels and started running trying to ignore the dull ache in every single one of my limbs, I didn't get far before the pain became too much to continue running, I fell to my knees, the snow soaked through my black slacks, I clutched my broken ribs where the worst of my injuries screamed in agony. I felt a helpless sob erupt from my chest when I heard footsteps behind me.
"Kill me quickly at least-" I sobbed when Bella came into my line of sight, she crouched down gently in front of me, she seemed to be deep in thought "-You owe me that at least" Death was inevitable I knew that now, but I prayed that she would make it swift and painless.
"You're right..." Her voice was distorted, Bella's eyes flashed slightly suddenly the jet black canvas was illuminated by a neon blue ring where her pupils would've been, the sight was truly frightening, I blanched slightly "...See if I had never met you, then I never would've met Rosalie, I never would've heard her voice, marvelled over her beauty or mused over her attitude, I never would've realised that she was the other half of me or that I love her with everything I am..." I sneered slightly in response. But her words cut me more deeply than any of the physical violence she was capable of "...See when you think about it...you actually played match-maker in this little game of ours..." Bella chuckled, baring her fangs "...So yes I owe you, I owe you because now I get the chance to touch Rosalie, I get to protect and provide for her, make her laugh, tell her about everything that scares the shit out me and vice versa, but best of all I get to build a family with her..." Her words stung like acid, it made my eyes burn and chest and throat constrict "...So thank you, you paved the way for me and Rosalie and now I'll spend eternity making my mate happy and proud to be mine whereas you'll be spending eternity like you have lived your life...as nothing" Bella grinned brightly and suddenly the neon blue ring illuminating the utter blackness of her eyes burned out in the same instant her forearms erupted into blue flame, I clenched my eyes shut and screamed loudly when every inch of my body began to burn, slowly at first like millions of fire ants were crawling over my skin but then if felt as though the ants were biting into my skin, making everything burn with excruciating pain, I writhed in agony for what seemed like hours until everything drifted away into...nothingness.
Elena's POV.
I watched from the shadows the night had provided as Bella slowly burned her prey alive, a sadistic grin had spread over her beautiful face, from her eyes I knew that her inner fae had taken control over her actions but I knew she was drawing satisfaction from the kill. I smiled gently, at least now, I knew that my daughter and my grandchild were safe. I hadn't been able to fight my maternal instinct when I'd sensed Bella coming towards Forks not when I knew how much emotional pain she was in, I didn't regret my decision either, even though I knew I could be endangering her, I just had to know she was safe, and now I had assured myself I would be able to rest easy, I closed my eyes and focused my senses on recognising any threats, after long seconds I was satisfied that the Sicarii weren't in the area yet, I spun on my heel and took off at a run towards the cabin, I was already convinced that Akasha knew I'd left, but I also knew that she'd understand my reasons, I smiled lovingly as I ran through the forest faster than the eyes of a vampire could track, Akasha tried to portray herself as being impassive but underneath she was capable of love and hate stronger than a legion of Fae combined, and that was why I loved her.
Rosalie's POV.
I felt like a large part of me was missing without Lucas and Bella with me, I leaned down and nuzzled the side of Ashley's face taking comfort from the soft sigh my baby made. I was still sat at the centre of the demolished living room, with Esme sat beside me telling me without words that she was there if I needed her. Suddenly Esme's phone started vibrating, Ashley literally growled at the unfamiliar sound, my eyes widened slightly in shock, Ashley looked up at me and giggled, no doubt because my eyes were bugging out my head.
"Hey baby..." Esme greeted softly, I smiled down at Ashley when I heard Victoria's voice over the phone.
"We got him"
TBC. . .
AN: And there you have it, Fuckward is gone, but I gotta admit I wrote his death scene three different times and I'm still not happy with it but hes gone, now everyone can do a little happy dance while I go plan how I'm gonna kill Aro off. Oh and does anyone have any idea on what kinda power I should give the twins cause I'm stumped. Til next time guys ;D
