Part 12

A few days after their victory against the newborn army that James and Victoria had created, Bella was getting ready to leave with her love, Rollo, on a big trip around the world he had planned just for the two of them. She had gone shopping with Alice and Torvi for the occasion and was pretty excited about it. They grew closer every day and she couldn't wait to see just how far things would go once it was just the two of them, no interruption, and a great natural romantic settings.

She made sure to pack a few items Alice had recommended: sexy underwear and sexy sleepwear. She didn't know when she'd be ready but she knew that it would be soon, so she wanted to have what she'd need with her, just in case. At the last minute, she remembered to pack something her vampire friends would never think of: tampons and pads for her menstruations, something she was stuck with until she turned into a vampire.

Bella had just gone downstairs, to make dinner for her father and herself, when there was a knock on the door. She opened it to find Floki and Helga on the other side.

"Hi! Come in. What's bringing you here?" She asked them, surprised.

She was supposed to see everyone the next day to say goodbye and though she was always happy to see them, she thought it would be just her father and herself for the evening.

"I've been told by the gods that we need to go to the Amazonian forest as soon as possible. Emmett and Rosalie are coming with us and we're leaving tonight, so we came to say goodbye." Floki explained while he and Helga sat down as Bella invited them to.

"Did they tell you why you needed to go?" Belle asked him curiously.

"No, they just said it would make the future of the family much easier and safer, so I'm going." Floki replied.

"Well, I hope everything will go well with you guys. I'm sure Emmett is pretty excited about the different hunting possibilities he'll find there." Bella chuckled.

"He's already been betting with Floki about who would be able to hunt the biggest anaconda." Helga nodded.

"Have you ever been there before?" Bella asked them, curious.

She didn't remember a story about this part of the world and she was pretty sure that by now, Rollo had told her almost everything.

"Not really. I mean, we passed through once but never stopped." Helga replied.

"It's a pretty big place, do you have any indications as to where you need to go?" Bella asked them, looking at Floki and picturing a map of the world in her head.

"Not really, I guess the gods will guide us once we're there. I think they want us to meet someone. Carlisle knows some people there, so that's probably where we'll start." Floki replied honestly.

"Well, I wish you the best of luck then. I don't know when we'll be able to talk again, but I'll think about you." Bella told them before they both hugged her.

"Don't worry little one, I'm sure we'll talk before the year is over." Floki assured her.

"We should go now, Leah asked if she could come with us. I think she just wants an excuse to get away from Sam and Emily." Helga told Bella.

"I understand, it can't be easy for her. I don't know if going with you two and Emmett and Rosalie will help much though... I've been told how... active, Emmett and Rosalie can be." Bella told them with a small blush and a chuckle.

"I know, but maybe she'll imprint on the way. Sometimes, it's not so much about the destination but about the journey." Floki replied with a spark in his eyes.

"You've seen something." Bella smiled, seeing hope in Leah's future.

"I won't say I did, but I won't say I didn't either." Floki replied with an amused chuckle before he kissed Bella's forehead like an uncle would, wished her a good trip once more and left the house with his wife.

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That night, Bella had dinner with her father and they spent the evening quietly together. She had prepared a few meals for him and she knew that Sue, Esme and Lagertha were planning on coming by to cook for him once in a while. She didn't want him to live on take outs, it wouldn't be good for his health, especially with the very limited possibilities this small town offered.

"So, are you excited about your trip?" He asked her as they both sat in front of the TV.

"Yes, very. I'm not sure where he's planning for us to go, but I know it's all linked to his family's past. To history or even places that inspired books I love. He's been planning it all for a while now so I know it'll be perfect."

"Well, I know you'll be fine, Bells. He makes you happy, that's all I can ask for." Charlie told her before he turned back to the television.

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The morning of their departure, Bella was happy but a bit nervous about leaving her father alone, though she knew that he wouldn't really be alone. Her vampire family would check in on him, as would his friends from the reservation, she'd be able to call him too and so she didn't have to worry too much. Having spent so much of her childhood away from him, she thought it would have been easier to leave him behind but it wasn't. She had grown close to him lately.

"So, what's our first stop?" Bella asked Rollo once they were in the car.

"All I will tell you is that, for now, we're staying in the US." he smiled.

"For now? Meaning we're stopping several times in the US before we leave?" She asked him.

"Yes." He nodded.

"And you won't tell me more than that?"

"Where would be the fun in that?" He smiled.

"What do you think the gods want Floki to find out in South America?" Bella asked Rollo to pass the time.

"I have no idea, but we think it's something important that we're going to need in the near future." he replied.

"Time will tell I guess." She smiled.

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Rollo and Bella started their world tour and, while things got a little more heated each time, they didn't go so far as to have sex yet. They took things slow, wanting to make sure that not only Bella was ready but also that Rollo would not hurt her accidentally.

Bella felt like she was living a dream. Everyday, Rollo filled her time with wonders, funny historical stories, beautiful sights. She got to taste foods she never tried before and stayed in touched with her loved ones and, every night, they went a little bit further.

Rollo made her discover pleasures she hadn't even dreamt of yet and they weren't having sex yet. She couldn't wait until they got there.

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Floki and his traveling companions had just arrived in the amazonian forest and, right after a funny hunting competition, they decided to locate their friends there, three sisters that might be able to guide them or at least to give them pointers as to why they might have been sent to this large place.

After a few days, they ended up crossing a couple of locals. The female was obviously a vampire but the male, looking a bit younger than she was, was different. They couldn't decide if he was vampire, human or something else entirely. Immediately, Floki knew that they were the ones he had been sent to meet. All the signs were there. Since he spoke their language, something he had plenty of time to perfect since his human days, he introduced himself and his friends before he asked them to introduce themselves, not hiding his curiosity as to what the boy was.

He had no idea that what he was learning would be useful to his family so soon.

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Bella and Rollo were on a private Island, enjoying a break in their world tour to spend some time all alone. They were both ready to cross the last barrier and have sex and so they decided to isolate themselves for it.

Of course, it was perfect for the two of them and for the next few days, they lived in a bubble of joy, lovemaking, and intimacy like they had never known before.

"I love you, Bella, so much... More than anyone I've ever known... I hope you know that." Rollo whispered to her that night, after they had made love.

"I do, and I love you too." She smiled and dropped a sweet kiss on his lips before she suddenly stood up and ran to the bathroom so she could throw up in the toilets.

"Bella? What's wrong, Love? Your food wasn't stale, I always make sure of it." Rollo asked her as he joined her in a rush and helped her by holding her hair back and placing his strong large hand on her back.

"I have no idea..." She shook her head once she was done before she stood up to rince her mouth.

"You don't seem to have a fever." He frowned.

"I don't think I am sick... It's wired..." She frowned.

"You want me to get you a doctor?"

"No, let's see how I feel in the morning. If I still feel sick, we'll call Carlisle and ask for his opinion." She decided and he agreed.

"Alright, come back to bed, you need your rest." He told her, guiding her back to the bed where he hugged her to his chest and, all night, he'd pay attention to every single one of her moves, trying to detect if she was sick or what could possibly be wrong with her.

The next morning, Bella felt better at first but as soon as she took a bite of her breakfast, she ran right back to the bathroom. Once she had calmed down, Rollo took his phone, put it on speaker so that Bella wouldn't be left out and he called Carlisle.

"Rollo, I wasn't expecting your call, is everything okay?" Carlisle asked as soon as he answered.

"It's Rollo? Good, I need to warn him." Floki's voice spoke.

"Floki? You're back in Forks already?" Bella asked.

"Yes, I found what the gods wanted me to find out and immediately brought it to Carlisle. I have a feeling it concerns your call." Floki told them.

"Why did you call?" Carlisle asked in a very serious voice.

"I've been sick. I threw up last night and again this morning but I don't have a fever and I haven't eaten anything bad." Bella explained.

"When did you last have your periods, Bella?" Carlisle asked her.

"Oh come on, you can't be serious, Carlisle! Rollo's a vampire!" Bella chuckled.

"Just answer Bella, please." Floki assured her.

"I... When we were in Russia, I think." Bella replied, looking at Rollo or confirmation.

She knew that he had a much better memory than she had.

"She's 5 days late." Rollo told them after a few seconds, knowing the dates and being able to count faster than her human mate.

"Could it really be possible?" Bella asked, a hand over her stomach while Rollo looked at her with a new hope in his eyes.

"We found an hybrid in the Amazonian Forest, that's why the gods wanted me to go there. His father is a vampire and his mother was a human. You need to come back home as soon as possible, I'll fill you in then." Floki replied seriously and they could hear some urgency in his voice along with an hint of worry.

"I'll start planning our return immediately." Rollo agreed before he hung up and started making more calls to arrange their way back home while he told Bella to stay calm and rest, he would handle everything.

"Are you worried about something?" she asked him as she stood up to get some crackers from the kitchen, hoping she'd be able to keep that in.

"I'm worried that Floki sounded serious and worried. I wonder why." He replied, stopping for a few seconds, long enough to drop a soft kiss on her forehead.

"The gods planned for this, I'm sure everything will be fine." she reassured him with a soft smile.

"I'll feel better once we're back home and Floki tells us everything he found out. If he was with Carlisle, there has to have been a reason." Rollo told her before he carried the bags outside.

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A few hours later, almost half a day, Bella and Rollo were back home, surrounded by their friends and family. Charlie was here, along with Carlisle, Esme, Emmett and Rosalie. The Viking coven rushed to hug Bella before she sat down and they listened to Floki's tale. Even young Bree was there, between Carlisle and Esme.

The youngest Cullen was still adjusting but she fit in rather well with the others. She had met them all, even Edward, who had come for a visit during Bella and Rollo's trip. She grew to truly care about her new family and they truly cared about her. Having parents in the form of Carlisle and Esme was new to her, because even in her human life, parents had never been too present. Still, she loved this life, her second life, her second chance.

Floki told them how he found Nahuel, a hybrid. His aunt had told Floki how his mother lived her pregnancy and died giving birth, alone in the woods and how Nahuel bit her and changed her. Then Nahuel had told him that he had a few half sisters and that none of them could change humans into vampires. The two guests were there as well, curious about how they could help and to make new friends. Nahuel also wanted to see if the mother could be saved, to make him feel like he hadn't been a monster that killed his mother when he was born.

"I won't let Bella die!" Rollo growled.

"We've been thinking about this. We believed that if she drinks blood during her pregnancy, she'll be strong enough to make it." Carlisle told them.

"If not, we can always turn her earlier than we planned. Venom can work miracles, we know that. The gods aren't worried, so we shouldn't be either." Floki told them.

"Carlisle, you'll follow the pregnancy? Make sure everything is going well?" Bella asked.

"Of course, I've got all the equipment we'll need at home and we've made large stocks of blood bags here and at my house." The good doctor reassured her.

"Do you want to try some blood now?" Lagertha asked her with concern.

"Well, I haven't been able to keep anything down for a while now and I'm starving so I'm sure this little one is too. Let's try this." She smiled.

"Bells, honey, I have to get back to work, I'll come by tonight to see how you're doing." Charlie told his daughter who nodded before he kissed her forehead, shook Rollo's hand and left the house to drive back to work.

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Everyone was around Bella, willing to help her and make everything easier for her. The baby she carried was a new hope for the family and, even though she had never imagined herself as a mother, Bella was excited to be one.

"Here, we've brought you a cup of blood. See if it passes." Rollo told Bella, handing her a plastic cup, covered with a straw coming out of it.

Bella smiled and smelled it through the straw and, immediately, moaned.

"We could try to find another way..." Carlisle suggested.

"No, I... It's actually smells good, I wasn't expecting that... I usually faint when I smell blood." Bella smiled.

"I remember." Ragnar smirked, mocking his new sister in law.

"Try to drink it then, Princess, but don't go too fast, take your time." Rollo smiled and she nodded, doing as he asked.

Bella drank the cup slowly and she had to admit that it helped her feel better.

"I think we should try a diet that combines blood with human food, see how it goes. I also believe that, in order to avoid what happened to Nahuel's mother, we should perform a cesarean before you reach your term, once we know the baby is fully developed and before it tries to make its own way out." Carlisle explained.

"I trust you, Carlisle." Bella smiled while Rollo nodded his agreement as well.

Later, once she was alone with Rollo, Bella turned to him, a serious look on her face.

"This pregnancy changes things, Rollo." She told him.

"I know, I didn't think it would be possible." He nodded.

"I... if I can make it without having to be turned, if I can stay human... I'd like for us to try for more... We'd wait a while, maybe a year where we'd have to be careful not to have sex. Give my body time to get back to normal, then we could try for another child." Bella suggested in a small voice, worried that he'd refuse to let her take such a risk.

"Are you sure? Don't get me wrong, I'd love for us to have more children than just this miracle here but... It won't be easy for you. Are you sure you'll want to do it a second time?" he asked her seriously.

"Of course, as long as you're by my side, as long as we have our family with us, we can do it." Bella replied with a smile.

"Then I agree. If, after this child, after your body has had time to get better, you still want to have another child, then I'll be more than happy for us to try." he smiled back at her, kissing her softly.

"I love you." She whispered, loving herself in his arms.

"And I you. You're my life." He replied, always happy to see her happy.

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"Do you want me to warn the wolves?" Charlie asked that night when he arrived.

"It's a good idea, they should be informed of the changes in our life." Bella nodded, along with Rollo.

"I'm having dinner with Billy tomorrow, I'll tell him everything then." He nodded.

"By the way, what happened to Leah? Is shre back in La Push too?" Bella asked, curious.

"She followed her own path. We found rumors of another pack of shapeshifters. They're not wolves but some sort of large felines. She's checking it out." Helga replied.

"I hope she finds love there." Bella smiled.

"I think she'll find everything she's looking for, and more. She'll bring them new hope, and they'll give her... Everythign she needs." Floki smiled.

Nahuel and his aunt were still there. They had been offered to stay until the end of the pregnancy and they were more than happy to learn a new way to live and to make new friends. They were staying with Carlisle, who was happy to see two vampires who had naturally decided to feed on animals, like him. They had decided to feed on animals, first because it was more convenient in the amazonian forest, but also because they didn't want to be monsters, and to hurt humans. They had naturally found their place in this large coven and knew that even when they decided to head back to their beloved forest, they'd be welcome back here anytime. They had found life long friends that would become family eventually.

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Bella's pregnancy wasn't easy, the baby was strong and often broke her ribs, but she made it. The combinaison of blood and human food helped Bella stay strong and healthy and so, when the time for Carlisle to free the babies from her womb came, she was ready and they knew that she'd make it as a human, though she'd need some time to heal herself.

When she woke up, after the procedure, she was hooked up to a machine and was in pain, but other than that, she was fine.

"How are you doing, my love?" Rollo asked Bella softly.

"I'm fine... Our baby?" She asked him.

"It's a boy, and he's perfectly healthy. Just like Nahuel told us, he grows quickly and he's smart, he understands that you're not as strong as we are, though Floki saw that the Gods would help you heal quicker than normal humans. Carlisle is measuring him again as we speak, he just drank a bottle. He'll bring him back as soon as he's done." he told her.

"What does he drink? Blood?" She asked curiously.

"Yes. We tried normal baby formula, several kinds and brands, but he doesn't like it much. He can digest it though." Rollo replied.

"Do we still agree on his name then?"

"Of course, Princess. I can hear Carlisle coming. You'll be able to meet our son." Rollo smiled, kissing her forehead.

As soon as the baby entered the room, he lifted his arms toward his father before he saw that his mother was awake and smiling at him. Then the baby boy changed his arms' directions, pointing in his mother's way with authority.

"Congratulations again Bella. I'm going to leave the three of you to get to know each other, you deserve your intimacy. Alice and Lagertha are already preparing a party downstairs for you. Charlie and the Quileutes will be there to meet your son." Carlisle told them before he left.

"You're so beautiful, my son. I love you." Bella told her son.

"We both love you, son." Rollo replied.

"Our little Charles." She smiled.

"He's already got everyone wrapped around his little finger. Alice is willing to buy him anything she believes would look good on him, they're all fighting for a turn to give him his bottle and they can't wait until he grows a little more to play with him." Rollo explained.

"He looks like you, and me... he has my father's curls." Bella noticed.

"Yes, he's the perfect combinaison of the two of us." he nodded.

The baby boy smiled at his mother a while and then he curled up against her and fell asleep in her arms, happy to know that his mommy was well and with him.

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Later, they finally got downstairs, after Bella had rested, showered and changed. She was carrying the baby and Rollo was carrying her, knowing she was still in pain and that she needed her rest. A large and comfortable armchair was already prepared for her.

There was a lot of people around her that evening and Bella was happy to see everyone happy and cheerful around her. Even the members of the pack seemed happy about her baby's birth and she was confident that their family's future looked bright.

"So, can we know his name yet?" Billy asked and everyone fell silent, listening to their reply.

"We've named our perfect baby boy Charles, after his grandfather." Bella smiled and everyone clapped.

Her father tried to hide it but he discreetly dried a tear under his eye.

"And is it true that you're going to try for another one?" Rosalie asked Bella.

"Yes, we'll give it a year at least, long enough for my body to heal, then we'll try for a second child before I turn." Bella nodded.

"Well, we're all very happy to welcome my new cousin into our family." Bjorn said, asking to carry the child.

Of course Bella let him carry her son and she watched as the baby was passed from arm to arm, all around the party.

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A few months after Charles' birth, Edward came back to Forks, ready to apologize to Bella and make peace with her family.

"I truly am sorry, Rollo was right, I let my gift get to my head, it made me arrogant and selfish. I've worked on myself a lot lately and I can promise that I'll do my best to be a better man." Edward declared in front of Bella and Rollo, knowing fully well that everybody else could hear him as well.

"Well, everybody deserves a second chance." Bella smiled.

"Thank you, I don't deserve it but I'll do my best not to disappoint you." He smiled.

"You better not." Rollo growled and Bella placed her human hand on his knee to calm him down.

"You two are good together, it was wrong of me to try and step between you, especially for the poor reasons I had. I understand it better now." Edward added with a sincere smile.

"I have a feeling this new understanding had something to do with Bree." Bella smiled.

"It does. She's... Well, she's perfect for me, and I hope that I'll be perfect for her too. Anyway, where's Charles? I recorded a new lullaby for him." Edward replied.

"His uncle Ragnar and aunt Lagertha took him outside to play." Rollo replied, deciding to be the better man and give Edward a second chance too.

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Not having sex with Rollo was hard, because her love was a very handsome man and they desired each other a lot but they made it and managed to wait 2 and a half years before they had sex again, getting Bella pregnant once more.

This time, she had twins, and, when she delivered, she learned that they were girls. They decided to name them Gyda and Gisla and, knowing that her baby girls would be safe and well cared for until she woke up, Bella asked Rollo to bite her, change her into a vampire, finally.

"See you in 3 days, my beloved Princess." He whispered in her ear before he bite her, adding an "I love you, Always" once he had bitten her.

"I love you too, always." She whispered back before closing her eyes.

Only one chapter left, I hope you're happy about what I wrote, I know that it could have been longer, but I lacked time and inspiration... I'll probably work some more on it later though, maybe even rewrite the entire thing, who knows. I've done it before for other stories.

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Lorelei Candice Black