Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight and I never will but that's okay. I own my ideas and that's what really matters.
A/N: I've really tried so hard not to be one of those writers who call people out in a negative way, but this one special person has had the nerve to not only attack me and my writing capabilities, but also my betas and her story. I feel like he has gone above and beyond the right of somebody who doesn't know a damn thing about either of us. I tried PMing them first, but they don't seem to know how to reply yet expect me too when they message me. So I'm sorry, but I tried. If I lose y'all's respect I understand.
Dear Andrewpine,
I've been trying too hard to hold my tongue and not say anything, but you have gone too far. I can understand you wanting to review and leave your two cents, but what you don't seem to understand is that there's a difference between giving constructive criticism and being an ass. You have left multiple reviews and I can honestly say that you've only let maybe 1 were you weren't being rude about every damn thing. Listen dude. I never asked you to read my stories and if you really think my writing is 'that terrible' then please be like Tiana and keep it movin. My stories somehow survived before you and trust and believe they will survive after. I have tried so hard to let what you say just roll off my back. My beta has told me several times to speak up, my best friends, and other supports that I have on have also told me to call you out way before now, but I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt because I can tell that you're new. Either fix whatever issue you seem to have with me and my writing or just please keep whatever you have to say to yourself. If I wanted that much negativity in my damn life I'd go talk to my damn family!
Well then...with that off my chest. Enjoy!
Victoria's P.O.V.
I'm tired of waiting around for everything to fall into place. I want my revenge against Edward, and sadly I have to use his human to do it. I continue to pace as I think about how I'm going to enact my plan as effectively as possible.
For a while I thought James was my mate, but I know that he's not now. Still I will avenge his death just like he would avenge mine.
"Master, would you like for me to send out a unit to run the perimeter? We need to make sure we're careful if you wish to continue building." I turn around to acknowledge one of the first set of vampires I made.
"I thought we already discussed this Matthew." I say with a sinister smile. "We will have patrols every four hours. Why must we continue to have this conversation every four hours?" I ask as I cross my arms over my chest.
"I'm hoping that you will change your mind of this ridiculous plan. I honestly feel like this is your way of committing suicide and taking all of us down with you!" He growls softly causing me to chuckle softly.
"What I decide to do with all of you isn't up for discussion. You're here to do what I say when I say it. My reasons for doing this isn't any of your concern." I growl back at him. I smile as he bows his head and takes a step back.
"I'm sorry master I don't mean to sound out of place, but you said it yourself James wasn't your mate so why go through all of this?" Matthew asks in a softer tone of voice as he lifts his head to look at me.
"Let's take a walk Matthew." I say as I turn around and start walking into the woods. I don't need to look behind me to know that he's following me.
I smile as I quickly take off running deep into the forest making sure I get far enough away from everybody so we can talk more freely. We gradually stop when we come to a clearing. I turn around to face Matthew with my arms crossed.
"You're right James wasn't my mate but he was the only person who actually gave a damn about me. At the first sign of trouble Laurent ditched us for some pathetic family of vampires in Alaska and James as all I had left. Ever since he found me he's been my family. Edward and his pathetic human took that away from me." I growl at the thought of being all alone again.
"So you're willing to kill an innocent girl over something her mate did? Wasn't James trying to kill her? What did you expect Edward to do?" Matthew saying pointing out the faults in my reasoning.
"I never said James was the best person in the world and yes he was trying to kill her, but I can't just forgive what they did." Now that I actually have somebody pointing all of my faults out I can see how messed up they are.
"I can understand feeling lonely, but it is really worth dying over? Your main problem is that you're lonely. Have you ever thought about finding Laurent? Maybe he could make you feel less lonely." I nod silently as I listen to Matthew's words. He does have a very good point.
"I've never thought about it actually. I just figured that he was better off without me complicating his life." I say with a faint shrug as I walk over to a fallen tree and sit down.
"I don't think you would complicate his life. Besides how would you know maybe he actually misses you." I look at Matt with a faint smile.
"I don't think Laurent misses me at all. I don't think he ever really liked James or I, but he would rather stick with us then be lonely." I rest my head back against the tree as I start up at the cloud filled sky.
"I think you should go talk to him. This plan of yours is going to get all of us killed and what does that accomplish?" Again Matt has to go and be the voice of reason.
"I wouldn't even know where to find him Matt. Last I heard he had found his mate in some little town in Alaska. That's not much to go on." I sigh sadly as I turn to look at him. I see he has a bright smile on his face that confuses the hell out of me.
"I remember your description of him: black, dreadlocks, and a French accent. Well it just so happen that know that he's in Forks right now with the human. It appears as though he and his whole family are all there. I've also noticed that the human isn't ever around Edward anymore. She spends the majority of her time with Laurent and his family." Wait a minute how could he possibly know that?
"I see you've been patrolling outside of the perimeter again. How many times do I have to tell you to stop doing that?" I sigh as he shrugs his shoulder. I swear Matt is more like the little brother I never had….or wanted….
"I don't know and is that really the point right now? I think we should take a trip to Forks and see if maybe you guys can talk things through. I don't think you actually want revenge against the human if there's anybody you want to kill its Edward which I can easily understand from what you told me." Again I nod silently as I take his words into consideration.
"Wait what do you mean we? What makes you think that I'm actually going to allow you to come with me Matthew? Who's going to watch the others?" I say as I stand up and start dusting off my jeans.
"Oh please that's the best you could come up with? Besides they're old enough to watch themselves because they're big boys and girls. Besides you're going to need back up especially if the other vampires with him aren't willing to hear you out first." He again makes a very good point. They could kill me before I even had the chance to say anything.
"Fine you can come with me. Now lead the way oh wise one before I have the chance to change my mind." I say sarcastically as we talks off in the direction of Forks. I'm still not sure if this is a very good idea, but it's all I've got right now. I need to talk to Laurent before I potentially make a terrible mistake that will end my life.
Bella's P.O.V.
After getting back from Charlie's I didn't have enough energy to stay downstairs and talk to the family about everything that happened. I went to the room Tanya and I share and lied down.
I just feel like I'm on overload and I don't know how to deal with all of it right now. I'm happy Charlie was able to answer my questions, but at the end of the day it really didn't really make anything better. Now I just have a head full of information that still doesn't fix anything I'm going through.
I hear a gentle knock on my bedroom door. "You can come in. I'm not sleep." I sigh as I run my fingers through my hair as I move to sit against the headboard.
"I'm sorry to bother you Bella I just wanted to check and see if you were okay. I know you're going through a lot right now." Carmen says as she walks in and closes the door behind her.
I slowly move over and pat the spot next to me on the bed. "I'm okay I guess. I think I just feel really lonely right now." I sigh as I feel her sit down next to me and wraps her arm around my shoulder.
"Why would you feel lonely dear? What happened at Charlie's that would make you feel that way?" I rest my head on Carmen's shoulder as she pulls me closer.
"Seeing Charlie today made me really happy today, but at the same time it made me think of Renee. I want to talk to her because I know she would understand what I'm going through, but I don't know if I can move past what she said." I sigh as I close my eyes as I feel Carmen rub her hand along my arm gently.
"Not being able to talk to her just makes me feel...alone. I know I have Tanya and all of you and I appreciate that, but she's my mom...I don't know what to do right now." I sigh softly as I feel Carmen starting to run her fingers through my hair.
"Bella even though you feel lonely right now please know that you're never alone. Maybe you should try calling your mom. I'm sure she misses you just as much as you miss her." I nod slowly as I think about Carmen's words.
"I wouldn't know what to say to her if I did. I mean what she said was awful, but I can't live the rest of my life angry at her can I?" I could really use some of that all knowing archangel wisdom right now.
"Bella you are quite possibly the sweetest girl I've ever met. I think if you listen to your heart it will lead you to the right answer." Carmen says as she kisses my forehead again.
We sit in silence as I think about what Carmen said. How would I know if my heart is actually telling me the right thing? What will I do if it's wrong?
I don't really have much time to think about it before our silence is being interrupted. "I'm sorry to interrupt but we're about to have some company." Tanya says as she looks between Carmen and I frantically.
"Who?" We both ask as we slide out of bed and as quickly as I can meet the rest of the family downstairs.
"Victoria's on her way here with another vampire. I have no clue what she wants." Alice says as she continues to pace the living room.
"Should we prepare for a fight?" Emmett asks as he too starts pacing. I can see the anger coursing through his veins.
"They're here!" Jasper yells from outside. I start heading outside with the rest of the family when I feel a hand around my wrist holding me back.
"Bella, I don't know why Victoria is here, but I need you to stay close to me." I open my mouth to argue, but Tanya cuts me off. "Please?" She whispers softly as she strokes her thumb along my arm where my scar from James is located.
I simply nod silently as I move to lace our fingers together before we head outside. I'm met by the sight of a wall of eight angry vampires all growling. Well then I guess all of this escalated rather quickly. I roll my eyes as I hear Tanya starting to growl next to me.
I look at Kate and see that she's the only one who's not growling. I see her looking at Victoria with a faint smile on her face. I look past the wall and see Victoria looking at Kate with the same dreamy look in her eyes. Oh you've got to be kidding me right now!
I look between Kate and Victoria in amazement as the others continue to growl at her and her companion. Although as I look at him he doesn't really look all that concerned with what's happening.
It would honestly be just my luck for Kate to be mated to the one person who's building a damn army to come kill me. I feel like I can't catch a break right now!
I feel Tanya trying to pull me behind her which I quickly put a stop too. "Tanya would you please calm down for me? I don't think Victoria is here to hurt me." I say as Tanya looks back at me in confusion.
"How could you possibly even know that Bella? She has an army that she's too to use to kill you!" I smile softly as I step closer and wrap my arms around her waist.
"Baby, please look at Kate for a minute." She wraps one of her arms around me as she looks at me. Luckily she catches on and follows Kate's intense gaze to Victoria and then back.
"Ooooohhhhh…." Is all she can say as she continues to look between Kate and Victoria clearly in shock.
"You might want to call off the family before they attack." I whisper in Tanya's ear as I notice all the growls starting to get louder as Victoria starts walking towards us.
"Well why is she walking towards us?" Tanya asks as I notice Kate walking towards Victoria. I sigh as I quickly slide out of Tanya's grasp while she's distracted and move around the wall before they have a chance to block me.
"Alright everybody calm down before you end up hurting yourselves." I say as they all look at me as though I've magically grown a second head.
"Bella what are you doing? Why are you trying to protect Victoria?" Carmen asks me as she is the first one to stop growling and stands up straight pulling Eleazar with her. I again point to Kate and watch as they slowly connect the dots.
"Oooooohhhhhh…." They say in unison just like Tanya did. You know for vampires with supposedly genius level minds they really are some of the slowest creatures I have ever met. It truly is amazing.
I watch as the others slowly start to clue into what's going on around us. I'm happy that Kate has finally found her mate, but did it seriously have to be Victoria of all people?
Tanya walks up and wraps her arms around me from behind. "You promised to stay by my side angel. Did you forget that quickly?" She growls softly in my ear.
I simply shrug her off. "I didn't forget, but I couldn't just stand by and let one of the others attack Victoria. That would just lead to a fight that could totally be avoidable. Besides look at how happy Kate looks right now." I say with a smile as I point to Kate and Victoria holding hands still giving each other strangely goofy smiles.
"Well I must say that I never saw this coming." Alice says as she looks at Kate and Victoria still in shock. I think the whole family is in shock right now.
"Does anybody know why she's here though? I'm sure she came here for a reason before she got….sidetracked?" Laurent asks as he eyes Victoria suspicious.
"She's actually here to talk you Laurent. Oh I'm Matthew by the way." The guy who came with Victoria says with an awkward wave. He clearly doesn't know what to do here either.
"Why would she be here to talk to Laurent?" Irina hisses as she protectively steps in front of Laurent. I smile at how short she is compared to him.
"Well I don't know if I should be the one to tell you, but I also don't know how long she's going to be standing there making love eyes at her mate." I look closer and notice his eyes are blood red. Is he a newborn?
"Well while we wait Matthew do you mind answering a question for me? I noticed your eyes are you a newborn or do you just prefer the human diet?" I ask as I hear Tanya growl as she pulls me closer.
Matthew chuckles softly as he holds his hands up to show that he means no harm. "You must be Bella I've heard a bit about you. Anyway to answer your question I've only been a vampire for about 6 maybe 7 months but I have amazing control. Also you're blood does smell intoxicating, but not in a meal kind of way. If that makes any sense," Again Tanya growls on lot louder this time.
"That's amazing! Would you happen to possess any other abilities?" Eleazar asks as he gets that twinkle in his eye when something peaks his interest.
"Not that I know of at the moment, but I'm sure that since Kate and Tori are together we're going to be seeing each other more often." He says with a bright smile that might even rival Emmett's.
"Wait what makes you think you get to tag along if I did?" Victoria says finally breaking free from her and Kate's intense staring match.
"Glad you could finally join the rest of the world!" Matthew says with a goofy smile on his face. "Would you really leave me? I'm like you're best friend or something." He says waving off the glare she's sending him.
"Don't overestimate your worth." Victoria growls as she turns to address the rest of us with her hand still firmly locked with Kate's. "Anyway I'm not here for Bella. I wish to speak with Laurent about what took place between us before James died." I watch as Irina tenses up before she drops down into a crouch and starts growling. I look to Laurent and see he has a guilty crown on his face.
"Why should we allow for you to talk to him when we know about your plan to kill Bella?" Tanya growls as she again tries and fails to pull me behind her.
I look into Victoria's eyes and see the same thing I saw in my own earlier. I can tell that she's felt what it's like to be alone even with people around her. I gently place my hand against Tanya's back relaxing her slightly.
"Laurent, I think you should talk with her." I say as I turn to look at him. I decide to ignore the looks of shock that I got from the peanut gallery including my mate.
"Bella you can't seriously think that that is a good idea. What if she's planning to hurt him?" Jasper says and I can't help but laugh at the irony in this situation.
"Did you have the same thought when Edward decided to abandon me in the middle of the forest?" I say turning to address him. I watch as a look of guilt crosses his face before he slightly nods his head.
"Well I've clearly missed a lot." Victoria says as she looks between Jasper and I in shock. It's good to know I'm able to shock all vampires and not just the ones in my family.
"You don't even know the half of it." I chuckle softly as Tanya looks at me like I've finally lost my mind. I simply shrug my shoulders before turning back to Laurent. "I think you should talk to Victoria. She looks like she has a lot to get off her chest." On that note I turn around and start heading back inside.
I feel all eyes on me as I make my edit not bothering to look behind me to know if Tanya is following me because I know she is. With Victoria this close she wouldn't want to risk a potential sneak attack.
"You know you don't have to follow me right? I don't think Victoria is planning anything." I say as I hear the front door close behind us.
"I know but it makes me feel better knowing that I can keep an eye on you." Tanya says as she walks up behind me and wraps her arms around my waist.
"Well what if I don't always need to you to protect me?" I say with a cheek smile as I quickly turn around in her arms to face her.
"Well then how else can I be a Knight in Shining Armor?" Tanya groans dramatically with a smile on her face.
"You are ridiculous sometimes I swear." I roll my eyes because I swear Emmett and Kate are starting to rub off on her.
"Don't act like you don't love it when I'm dramatic." Tanya says with a knowing smile. Again I roll my eyes at her.
"Well since I love all of you I'd say that that was a given. Now come on I want to go lie down." I say with a soft smile as I step out of her arms and hold out my hand for her to grab before heading upstairs.
Tanya quickly grabs my hand and laces our fingers as we start heading towards the stairs. I still have a lot on my mind from earlier, but I think I want to talk through some of what I work some of it out with Tanya.
A/N 2: So why show of comments who saw that coming? We're all friends here so you can be honest with me. Let me know what you think.