Chapter 35

Bella's POV

I was dreaming, wasn't I? But my dreams never involved so much darkness. I couldn't see anything; I couldn't see my children or Edward. Nothing seemed real. That made it hard not to give up. I had to keep fighting against the darkness because Edward needs me. I know Edward would be doing everything he could to save me. He would not give up. Neither would I. I tried to picture a face in my view but there was nothing and my determination was weakening.

"Stay with me, Bella!" Edward's voice echoed through the darkness.

I am. I'm trying to stay but nothing is happening.

But then, I could hear my children's cries echoing in the distant and I could feel something happening. I felt stronger than I ever had before and it was all because my love for my children. The pitch darkness was clearing but it was still there. It was just…brighter. I could hear his voice and feel his touch against my forehead, petting it along with my hair. "Bella, can you hear me? Can you open your eyes, love?" Edward asked me.

But I couldn't open my eyes or move anything in my body. I was paralyzed.

"Edward, she isn't going to wake up anytime soon." Carlisle said. "Bella lost amount of blood and she's lucky enough to be alive right now. I'm going to put human blood as her morphine for now and we will see if there is any change."

"Carlisle, she has to wake up."

"And she will, Edward…she will."

And the pain was finally over.

It could have been days, weeks, or months, but I couldn't tell the difference. I kept see images. There was always more images coming after another was finished. I saw Edward playing his piano, always playing. Jacob, my best friend Jacob, was standing with his blood on his knuckles, glaring in front of Sam. There was a tall, toned, muscular teenage boy with dark haired standing around regular wolves. He looks like Jacob a little bit. But there was a hint of sorrow in his dark eyes.

And I saw two teenagers, a boy, and a girl, standing on a pile of bones. I didn't have to guess to know who they are. They were always in my dreams, always. Yellow eyes shot open. And a flash of red flew past me like the wind as the Voultri soldiers attack my children and kill them on the spot. Blood fell from the sky like rain and I looked at the bloodshot red eyes of killers.

"Bella, can you hear me?" A voice said, bringing me away from the Voultri soldiers and back to the darkness. "Bella, please wake up." I knew that voice, it sounds so familiar.

"Someone misses you." I turned around and saw Rebecca. The black background quickly changed to beach scenery I once remembered when I first met Rebecca. She sat down on the sand and waited for me to sit with her. "You've been in a coma for a couple of days now, Bella. The images you were seeing were visions of the future."

I sat down, feeling the coldness of the sand. "Of the future? Does that mean –"

"I cannot answer that for you, Bella. Those visions are more like prophecies or warnings. The only distant future you've ever seen was of your children as teenagers." Rebecca told me and she gently brushed her hand against my cheek, like a mother would do to her child. "I cannot believe I am grandmother. It feels like only yesterday when you were a baby, so adorable. Your father would not stop talking about how cute and how small you were. I'd never seen him so happy before."

"Would Edward be like that? He's been so worried about my life that he thought of our own children as monsters." I told her.

"Edward will change –he did change the moment you have birth to them! No man can stay mad at his own blood for long."

The salty water was close to touch my feet as the sound of the crashing waves filled my ears. It sounds so peaceful here just like Isle Esme. I smiled remembering those events Edward and I did there. We were alone and happy with no Volutri and no werewolves there to ruin our honeymoon. "Rebecca, you were in my other dreams warning me about something." I said remembering my previous visions.

"Rafael's clan wasn't the only people trying to kill me that night, Isabella. The werewolves that went after you that night of the full moon are coming back to Forks to kill you and the twins." Rebecca told me. "And they have nomads with them, who don't like you very much."

"And the fire? They have something to do with the fire?" I asked her and when she didn't respond… she didn't need to answer because I already knew. And I dreaded it. "What must I do to protect my family?"

"Fight. I ran away to protect you but only ended up hurting you and Caleb in the end." She whispered. "You need a back up plan for the twins like godparents or a second home. Somewhere, someone where the Volutri and the nomads will never find them or you."

"Bella," An angelic voice whispered and the wind blew in strongly.

I know that voice.

"You know, who else will be here when you wake up? Our beautiful children."

Children…Faith and Julian.

"I will see you…in your dreams, my daughter." Rebecca said to me and she got up, walking away. I tried to get up and run after her but something was pulling me back.

"They're…both of them are amazing and perfect. But they need you, Bella. Our children need you…and so do I. Bella, you promised me that day of our wedding, remember? As long as we both shall live...our story is still being written, Bella."

Story?

"I will never accept that our story will end in tragedy."

"I care about the twins growing up without a mother –their mother."

Edward. I'm hearing Edward's voice.

"Please, Bella. Do not give up on us. Faith and Julian don't even have middle names. We need to give them ones in order to be part of this family."

The wind in the beach blew harder and I covered my eyes from the sand hitting me. Then, I was back in the darkness and could Edward's voice echoing around for me to not give up. I have to wake up right now. I have to. I have to be with my family…my children, my husband. Then, I heard noises a clock ticking and light footsteps. There was pressure in my hand, was it Edward?

My fingers twitched, itching to touch Edward and tell him to bring me my babies. Maybe…am I able to use my abilities now? I tried focusing on my super hearing and heard wind brushing against the outside of the house, there was lightening, and heard a baby crying. My baby was crying. Which one? Whoever it was, my baby needs me.

"Bella, can you hear me?"

I opened my eyes.

A bright light was above my head and my eyes closed a couple of times to get the blurriness out. I turned my head, feeling a presence near me and saw my beautiful Edward staring at me with a surprise gaze. I wanted to touch him but the sound of the rain reminded me why I finally woke up. "Where…are…my…babies?" I asked him and tried to move my fingers.

Edward began calling out for Carlisle as I tried to move my hand and stand up. But Carlisle arrived, helping me sitting up. I stared at the wires attached to my body and looked at the bag of blood hanging near me. I was so focused on the blood that I didn't notice Esme and Rosalie stepping into the room. "Bella," My eyes looked up at Edward and saw something small in his arms. "Would you like to say hello to your son?"

Edward carefully put our baby son in my arms and stared down at his emerald green eyes. Those eyes examined with an interest that was not at all childlike; it was awareness. Then, Faith was in my arms and I held Julian on my right side while Faith was on my left. They looked so beautiful and perfect. They have their father's features and I was in there in the color of their dark hair. Faith has my chocolate brown eyes, the same eyes as her grandfather.

"Hi…I'm your mommy," I whispered to them.

Eighteen Months Later…

Bella's POV

The river was too strong for me to continue swimming and the cold water kept entering in my mouth, causing me to cough some of it out. I fought to keep my mouth in, trying to store the oxygen in me as my arms moved to a boulder. But the dark waters washed over my body, dragging me away like I was a ragged doll. I could see a figure standing on shore, staring not helping me. This was too hard for me and I was getting so cold…"Mama!"

My eyes shot open and saw a pair of emerald green eyes looking down at me. "Hey, little man," I smiled bringing Julian off my stomach and started tickling his small stomach. I laughed at the sound of his childish laughter, that sound was too beautiful to hear.

"You're finally up," Edward came in carrying Faith in one hand and a plate of food in the other. "Julian wanted to play with you but I told him that his mommy was sleeping. But he wanted to be in the room with you. He didn't wake you did he?"

I shook my head as Edward put the plate on the bed and put Julian and Faith in the playpen in our bedroom near the window. I watched as they played with the stuff animals Alice got them. "I had another nightmare," I told him and chewed my food. "I'm not sure what it is."

"If it's a vision or dream?"

"It has to be a vision because…I felt the emotion of fear and pain." Edward stared at me with his concerned look. "It's nothing to worry about."

"Bella, this is nothing. For months, you kept dreaming these…different things. Your drawings are always different in your sketchbook and I am worried. Bella, I trust you I do but what did Rebecca tell you before you woke up?" He asked.

I bit my bread, trying to think of an answer. I haven't told anyone what Rebecca told me eighteen months ago except for Caleb and Jonathon. But I can't keep it a secret any longer. "Did you remember my first full moon?" I asked him. He stiffened, obliviously not wanting to remember that night. But Edward nodded his head. "The werewolves that were there…I don't think they were working with Rafael."

"What do you mean?"

"I didn't see any werewolves in Rafael's home when I was there, just vampires." I told him as memories filled my brain. "Rebecca told me that the werewolves from that night will come back for me and take the twins. And nomads are with them."

Edward quickly took my hand, "Why didn't you tell me this before?"

"I didn't want to worry you. We've been having so many problems before the twins were born and I didn't want to make it worse. We're finally happy."

"Bella, no matter what happens I know we can always be happy if we are together." Edward said to me and kissed me softly on the lips.

But the moment was ruined too soon when Edward's phone began to ring and I knew it had to be Alice because he put in a special ring tone for her. Edward left the bedroom quickly as he took the call and left me with my breakfast and the twins. I watched as the twins played with each other and couldn't believe how big they have grown. It feels like only yesterday that I found out that I was pregnant. If someone told me that I would be pregnant with twins with a vampire, I wouldn't have believed them.

As soon I was done with my breakfast, I went downstairs with the baby monitor in my free hand and went to the kitchen. But saw Edward outside on the phone whispering harshly. His topaz eyes stared at me with shock and we stood there still for a moment before he went back talking on the phone. I felt a chill ran through my body because of that scared and shocked look he gave me. Whatever he and Alice were talking about it has to be urgently important.

"What did Alice tell you?" I asked him when he came back inside. But I felt scared when he didn't answer me. "Edward, please."

Edward turned his head and said in a low whisper, "The Volturi…are coming to Forks."