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Happily Ever After is Worth Fighting For:
A Bella and Edward Story Part 52
My Dearest Isabella,
This will be your last day as a human. Elizabeth Marie Cullen and Masen Anthony Cullen will be born tomorrow.
I just wanted to remind you that the twins will be two of the most powerful vampire human hybrids the world has ever seen.
Masen takes after his grandfather, Charlie and will only be interested in justice. With his gift, he will be able to strip the power of any vampire who is using their gift for evil.
Elizabeth will be able to amplify any gift that she chooses to.
As you can imagine, these gifts when used together will be magnificent to behold. The twins are destined for greatness and will be instrumental in the transformation of our world. They will be able to use their grandfather, Carlisle's example to change the world for the better. We will discuss their destiny more on another day.
In a previous letter, I mentioned that after the birth of the twins, when Edward is injecting you with his venom, to please allow Elizabeth to bite you. This will speed up your transformation so that you will only be indisposed for a day rather than the three days that it normally takes the venom to work.
I neglected to mention that you will also benefit greatly from allowing Masen to bite you as well. His venom will eliminate the negative aspects of the transformation.
I am sure that Carlisle will enjoy witnessing this. He will also want to study the combined venom from the twins and their father. It will have remarkable results as will your venom once you have been transformed.
Please enjoy your last day as human and know that you are and always will be a remarkable woman.
Warmest Regards,
Uncle Tobias
Bella folded the letter after reading it out loud to her family. Esme took it from her and went to put it with the other letters from Uncle Tobias.
"Bella, how are you feeling?" Rosalie asked solicitously.
"Rosalie, I know that you didn't get a choice when it came to becoming a vampire and that you resent that. My situation, however, is completely different. I am getting a choice and I am embracing it. I am really looking forward to forever with the love of my existence." Bella said softly but with conviction.
Edward wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead.
"I understand." Rosalie said with a smile. It was clear that she finally did understand and that made Bella incredibly happy. She hadn't relished the idea of having to justify her choice to Rosalie for the rest of eternity.
"Bella, is there anything special that you would like to do before you say goodbye to your humanity?" Emmett asked.
"No, there really isn't. I have been slowly saying goodbye since I first got the parcel from Uncle Tobias. I am just really excited to start the next stage of my life. I am really looking forward to being a mother. I am also really thankful that the children are going to be so gifted. It makes me confident that our family would come out the victors in any upcoming battle against the Volturi." Bella said.
"Sweetheart, do you really think there will be a battle?" Carlisle asked with a troubled expression.
"Oh, there definitely will be a battle." Bella said solemnly.
"Awesome!" Emmett said before Rosalie smacked him in the back of the head.
"Dad, in the books, Aro was made aware of Edward's and Alice's gifts and tried his best to acquire them. His jealousy over of the size of our family and the number of gifted vampires in it made him determined to destroy us. We have changed a number of things that happened in the books but the last hurdle is yet to take place. Aro will learn about our family somehow and he will come for us. Thankfully Uncle Tobias has given us insight into the future and I for one am looking forward to the day that Aro comes for us." Bella said with a grin.
"Bella, you seemed to be channeling Emmett there for a moment." Esme said with a giggle.
Everyone chuckled at her observation.
"Dad, have you not realized what this all means?" Bella asked curiously.
"Tobias keeps hinting that the twins will use their gifts to change the world. I don't know exactly what he means but I am also looking forward to finding out." Carlisle said while averting his eyes.
Bella and Edward exchanged a look and just smiled. It was as though Carlisle didn't want to jinx things by saying them out loud so she let the matter rest for now.
"Edward, it's a lovely day out. Could we please go to our Meadow for a little while?" Bella asked sweetly.
"Of course, My Love." Edward said before he lifted her into his arms and ran to the meadow.
-HEA-
After spending most of the day in their meadow, Edward and Bella returned home to the Cullen residence. They had moved back the day before because everything was already setup for the birth of the babies.
Esme had already invited Charlie over so that Bella could enjoy her last dinner with her father. Bella gave Esme a kiss and wondered, not for the first time, if she would ever be as good a mother as Esme.
After dinner, Bella and Edward explained to Charlie that the twins would be born the next day.
Charlie knew that this would be the last night that he would get with his daughter before she was changed forever. Although he knew that he wasn't losing her, he still realized that there would be significant changes in store for her. That made him feel a deep sense of sadness because in his eyes, she was just perfect the way she was. When it was time to leave that evening, Charlie held onto his daughter just a little bit longer and was pleased that he had been successful in holding back his tears until he had driven away.
The house had been full of nervous energy all evening.
Finally, the exhaustion caught up with Bella and she said goodnight to her family and climbed into bed for the last sleep she would have for eternity. Edward lay down next to her and sang her to sleep. He was sad that this would be the last time that they would share this experience but he was looking forward to the fact that in two days time, he'd never have to worry about being without his Bella. She would no longer be a fragile human and he would get to keep her forever.
At midnight, Bella woke abruptly when she felt her first contraction.
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