Summary: Five years have passed since Edward left Bella in the woods. Both Bella and the Cullens' have experienced great tragedy since they last saw each other, but what happens when they meet again, and what is the meaning of the prophecy? Bella OOC. BxJas

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A/N: Thank you jdcoke for your editing skills, suggestions and encouragement!

I'd like to recommend a couple fics that I've stumbled across recently that you should check out: fanfiction . net/s/5870445/1/Near_To_You (Carlisle x Bella)and fanfiction . net/s/5738386/1/Time_Will_Tell (Emmett x Bella) Both awesome fics that you really should read. Trust me!


Chapter 29 – Cinnamon and Caramel Rolls

Jasper and I headed to New York before the others left. They were going to give us two days' head start before going to Forks. We ran about two hundred miles before stopping to rent a vehicle – a new black jeep with heavily tinted windows. We drove the rest of the way there.

It was strange being back at a place where I had last been human. I was very thankful for the desensitization to blood that Carlisle and I had worked so hard on. I was still uncomfortable being around humans but I was coping.

"Jasper, could we please stop by the bakery? I would like to see Beth while we are in town," I suggested. I wasn't sure if she was watching out for us or if she had any idea what was going on, but having a Seer available to talk to was too good an opportunity to pass up.

Jasper pulled up in front of the bakery and we got out of the jeep. The door jingled loudly when I pushed it open.

"Bella, I have been waiting for you. You look lovely," Beth gushed as she came rushing around the counter to greet us. I was relieved when she stopped several feet away. I wasn't ready to start hugging any humans.

"It's good to see you as well, Jasper," she said.

"It's good to see you again, Beth," I said with a small smile. The whole thing was a bit surreal.

"Let's go to the back room, shall we?" Beth asked us. She didn't bother waiting for a response before calling out a request to her employee for a couple cups of her special tea to be brought to us.

We followed Beth to the little back room she had set up and sat down around the table. She watched us for a little while with a huge smile on her face. I watched her aura and it was amazing. She was so bright and happy. We remained silent until our tea was brought in and the door closed behind her. I remembered her offering this tea to Rose and Esme back when I first met her, and the smell of the tea was indeed pleasant for a vampire. It was calming and it cooled the burn in my throat. It was like aromatherapy for a vampire.

"I am so glad to see that things are working out how they were meant to. You are learning to use your gift, correct? And you have your warrior to protect you. See? It's all working out," she said happily, clapping her hands together.

"Just one more major hurdle and then you can fulfill your destiny," she said.

"Huh?" I'm eloquent, I know.

"You will have to fight with your wolves. The evil ones cannot be defeated by you alone, or by the wolves alone. Together you will triumph. Together you will change the future of the supernatural races," she said. "You are the key Bella. You will save us all."

"You still need to heal yourself, but that is the hardest part for you. You need to let go of your past hurts, which you have started to do. You have to fully let it go in order to heal and you will need the love of your entire family to give you the strength you need. Trust in them and trust in yourself," she instructed and I nodded.

"Now, at first you will have trouble with the wolves. The key is humility. You need to make yourself vulnerable to them in order for them to trust you. You will know what to do when the time comes. Trust yourself. Now you, Protector, you will need to trust your mate when she deals with the wolves. It will go against all of your instincts, but you must allow your mate to deal with it and you must trust her judgment. Even when it scares you, you must trust your mate."

"I trust her with my life," Jasper said.

"And so you will. By trusting her instincts with the wolves, you are trusting her with your life. It is apparent that she loves you more than life itself and she will not risk your life. Let her do what she needs to do, no matter how much your instincts are in conflict with that," she said.

"Now you two don't have much time. Go now and take care."

She was a confusing woman and I never knew how to react to her.

"Thank you," I said.

She smiled at me. "Good luck to you, Healer. Trust in yourself."

We went out into the shop and purchased a dozen each of her famous cinnamon rolls and caramel rolls to take with us. I had found that with wolves, it's better to bring food to butter them up.

It was a half hour drive to the house of the werewolves. When we pulled up in front of the house, I was flooded with memories. Jasper noticed my emotional turmoil and looked at me expectantly.

"Tell me about your friends, Bella," Jasper requested as he stroked my hair.

"They used to be so protective of me. They made me feel like I belonged. They were my friends when I had none and wanted none. They watched out for me, and I knew that they'd threatened others on my behalf before when I was past caring who my dealers were and if they were honest or safe to be around.

"I was almost relieved when I met them and realized what they were. It was the same when I saw Garrett for the first time. Edward said when he left that it would be as though he'd never existed, and that was something that I was truly afraid of. I'd never fit into the human world. I felt more at home with vampires and werewolves than anywhere 'human' even though I never truly fit in anywhere. Garrett and the brothers inside that house made me feel like I wasn't insane, like I hadn't made it all up in my mind. I felt like I had a place to belong. I never got close to them like I had your family or the La Push wolves. I wouldn't let anyone that close, but I did feel more at ease when I was with them," I said with a sigh. I pulled myself from my memories and opened the car door.

"Jasper, why don't you stay in the car for right now? I'll go in and see how they react to me first," I said and Jasper hesitantly nodded in agreement. I knew he was struggling against his instinct to protect me, but he allowed me to do it my way.

The house was away from town a bit, in a small neighborhood. It was a modest ranch style house but well kept up. I knocked on the front door of the house and then took several steps back so that I wouldn't come across as threatening. My biggest hope was that Joshua wouldn't be the one to answer the door. Joshua had been abused as a child and hadn't dealt with the trauma well. He was a little 'out there', but nice enough to me. I wasn't sure how he would react to me being a vampire now though. I was hoping that one of the other brothers would be the one to answer the door.

The door finally, slowly, opened a crack and I could see a large, burly man standing there. I looked up and was happy to see it was Henry, the more sensible of the brothers. Henry's eyes were blazing until he saw my face. He looked completely and utterly shocked when he realized who was at his door, and I couldn't help but laugh a little.

"You look like you've seen a ghost, Henry," I said.

"Is that really you, Bella?" he asked. I could see that he was warring with his instincts as much as Jasper was back in the car.

"Yeah, it's me," I said.

"A vampire should not show up at a werewolf's house without calling first," Henry snapped.

I shrugged innocently. "True, but I come bearing cinnamon and caramel rolls." I held up the box.

He took a couple deep breaths to calm himself. It was working well. All three of them used to be so temperamental and would fly off the handle at the smallest things. I suggested meditation and yoga to them. They laughed at the yoga, but started taking some kind of martial arts which taught control and discipline. It worked for them and was more 'manly'. Whatever works.

"Well if you brought caramel rolls…" Henry said, rolling his eyes at me.

"I can't believe you became a vampire. The other ones you knew hurt you so bad. I didn't think you'd ever want this future," he said. Henry was more like a big brother to me, even though we honestly hadn't known each other all that well. I'd never told him the entire story, but he'd figured a bunch of it on his own by some of the things I did let slip.

"Yeah. There was this whole prophecy thing and I'm going to save the world or some bullshit like that," I said flippantly.

"Prophecy?"

"Yeah. There was a prophecy about me. I'm supposed to bring peace and balance to the supernatural world. I'm a soul healer. Blah, blah, blah," I said, rolling my eyes.

"Good to see you haven't changed entirely. You may come in, Bella," he said and then glanced at the car.

"Is that a friend?" he asked.

"That's my mate, Jasper," I said and Henry's smile grew.

"Bells, I am happy for you," he said, but then he frowned. "Will you be insulted if I don't invite him in? I wouldn't invite you in if you weren't a friend. You understand, right? Mortal enemies, blah, blah, blah," he said laughing. He was always making fun of me, but in a big brother kind of way.

"I understand. I just need a couple minutes of your time," I said. I was getting a better reception than I had any hope of receiving.

"You don't smell as bad as other vampires I've known," Henry remarked as we sat down in the living room.

"It surprised me too actually. My family goes on and on about how bad y'all smell, but you just smell extra woodsy to me," I said. "Not really a good smell I guess, but not bad. No offense intended," I said, laughing.

"So Bella, you're a vampire now, so I'm assuming you didn't come here for the fabulous weed," Henry said getting to the point.

"No, I didn't. I'll get straight to the point. Do you know anything about the power structure of the vampires? The Volturi?" I asked.

He rubbed the stubble on his chin as he thought about it. "I don't think I've ever heard of them. I've never been in the position to hear about any vampire business. We generally just try to mind our own business and live our lives."

"Well, let me give you a cliff notes history lesson," I said and then proceeded to give a quick rundown on the vampire hierarchy and rules. He started pacing the room half way through my explanation.

"Since Aro has seen Carlisle's memories of my friendship with you and Caius has a big grudge against werewolves, they are planning on attacking. They are starting with the wolves in Forks in just under a week. Then they will come here. They don't know much of your location other than I bought weed from you in the city here, but they will find you. We are all going to Forks and we will stand together with the La Push wolves and bring down the brothers. Will you stand with us?" I asked.

"This is not our fight. You led them to us," Henry shouted.

"It was not my intention to lead them to you. I did not tell the Volturi anything about you; rather, I told my family that I knew some werewolves that sold good weed. I do feel guilty that they would not have known about you if not for me, but either way, they do know about you. They will come to kill you in one week's time. You can run or you can fight. You can fight here by yourselves, or you can come with me to Forks where we all stand together to fight the vampire rulers that threaten our entire supernatural world," I stood up then and I stood tall and confident.

"So tell me now, Henry. Will you stand alone or will you stand with us in a united front?"

"I must talk to my brothers first. Will you be leaving immediately?" he asked. I could see his resolve and was relatively confident that they would be coming.

"We will be in town until morning. We have a private plane reserved at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. If you are coming, call me no later than eight o'clock and then meet us at the airport.

We shook hands and I knew there was nothing to do but wait.

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The following morning we waited until 8:45 to board the plane. I looked out at the parking lot and there was no sign of them. Finally I sat down next to Jasper and I leaned my head on his shoulder.

"They're not coming," I murmured. Jasper wrapped his arms tightly around me and I buried my face in his chest.

"We'll still have the La Push wolves. Don't worry, my love. We'll beat them. We have the element of surprise. We will not go down without one hell of a fight," Jasper said. He let me feel his confidence and his peace, and I allowed myself to bathe in his positive and strong emotions.

By the time the plane started taxiing the runway, I was confident again. "Why don't we join the mile high club," I whispered softly before I nibbled lightly on his ear lobe.

He moaned at the feel of my tongue on his skin which was now exploring his neck. I moved from my seat and straddled his lap, grinding myself against him. As the plane sped up, our kissing became almost frantic, a fight for dominance that neither of us wanted to give up. Jasper pulled at the button to my jeans and reached his fingers into my panties.

That, of course, was when the plane suddenly slowed down and stopped mid-taxi. Jasper groaned, but not the good kind of groan. He lifted me off of him and I huffed as he placed me on my feet.

"It better be something important that interrupted us," I muttered as we both went toward the cockpit. Jasper opened the door and as we went into the cockpit it was immediately apparent what the interruption was. My smile grew impossibly large at the sight of seventeen large, burly men and fifteen amazon-looking women standing in front of the plane with bags in their hands. These were not just any men and women. These were thirty-two werewolves.

"I had no idea there were so many," I said and then I impulsively dashed to the door of the plane. I didn't think of it until afterward, but at least the pilots didn't see me moving at inhuman speed. They were too confused by the sudden appearance of the men and women standing on the runway.

I flung open the door and peer out at them. Henry came alongside the plane and then jumped up and through the door. Evidently he wasn't worried about hiding his nature today either.

"You came!" I said with a big smile.

"Sorry we're late," Henry said sheepishly.

"Better late than never," I said. Henry nodded in agreement.

"I can't let you fight alone," he said. "We will stand together."


Hope you liked the chapter. The fight is coming soon!