SIX MONTHS LATER....

EDWARD

That's right I'm still here. I considered jumping in the flames and ending my existence for maybe half a sedcond. Then I got another glimpse of Kari's body laying there. It was then that I remember the last bit of wisdom my daughter gave me. Everything happens for a reason. You may not always know the reason but there is one. To do this day, I still don't understand the reason for my daughter's murder and I probably never will. I will never understand the reasons for the war that followed or us becoming what we had in that year afterward. I don't understand why Bella and I stopped loving each other. Once again, I probably never will. I do though, understand the reasons behind Kari coming into my life and why she was taken from me.

I know that a change was needed on my part. Kari's defiance and understanding about Nessie inspired that change. Her willingness to forgive me for the horrible things I'd done to her helped me turn into the man I once was. I saw her willingness to die for her family and remembered how my family used to be. She reminded of how much I missed the love my family used to share.

In short, she picked up the pieces of my heart and put them back together again. That was the reason she came into my life. She reminded me of who I used to be.

Once she done that, there was no other reason to stay in my life. She deserved to be in heaven and happy with her family. I couldn't take that from her by letting her watch me destroy myself. So instead of jumping in the flames. Esme, Alice, and I took her back to our jet and flew her to Forks.

We buried her behind the cottage with a headstone. The grave served as a reminded of everything we went through to get back to the people we used to be.

As for the humans, we took the ones who still had families back to them. We also took the time to discuss our new position with them. We were met with some hosility but most families were just happy to be back together. Some refused to help in our new efforts but most offered to help in anyway possible.

As for those who no longer had families. Alice, Esme, and I moved back to Forks and into the cottage. We expanded it, of course, so all three of us would be comfortable. We continued to pay the bills on the big house we used to live in, allowing the humans who didn't have families to stay there. We paid for the things they needed as well as gave them a weekly allowance.

We had two conditions for the humans, however. The first was they had to keep the place clean. Not perfect but clean. And if they were over the age of 18 they had to choose to further their education or get a job. We wanted them to be doing what they could to get on there own feet again. For those that chose to go to school, we paid their tuitions to the schools of their choose. As long as it was in the United States. The other parts of the world were still under absolute vampire control.

We also rennovated the warehouse turning it into an apartment building. We did the same things for those living there with the same conditions.

We got in contact with the Deanli clan and have been working with them. We are currently getting things organized for another war.

This war will be for the rights of humans all over the world. We'll be more careful this time. I make it a point to walk by Kari's grave everyday. It helps to remind me of the mistakes from the past. I will make sure we don't repeat them. For her sake and the sake of the all the other humans that died at our hands.