First Loves and Family Secrets Chapter 4, a Chronicles of Narnia + Twilight Crossover fanfic

A/N- Thank you so much for the reviews everyone! It makes me very happy! Sorry for the lack of updating, life really caught up with me at the end of last year, I got really sick from all the stress of running around at school. Again story idea belongs to mae-E, but the writing is mine =) Enjoy!

I do not own the preface of Eclipse. You may notice some parts are from the book, but not all of it as I do change it.

I also do not own Fire and Ice by; Robert Frost, I decided to include it because it is important and fits with what I am trying to portray.

Disclaimer- I do not own, nor ever plan on trying to own, The Twilight Saga. I also do not own The Chronicles of Narnia, though I think it would be amazing to.

This chapter is dedicated to Charlie Brown, the beloved dog of the ever lovely Mae-E. He lived a long and much loved life. Rest in Peace Charlie.

Thoughts/ Flashbacks

Change of Location/ sometimes Time as well

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Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who say fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And it would suffice

Robert Frost

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Preface

Shivers racked my body as I watched with the vain hope that this fight would end in our favor. The warm, gentle hand of another pressed into my palm and I felt the calming presence of my grandmother settle over me.

I watched as the flaming hair of our enemy stopped right outside the line of trees, the glint in her eyes was enough to tell me that she had caught Edward's scent, but the look of confusion that passed over her pale features puzzled me. I felt the hand holding mine tighten before it was released, I should have known that my grandmother would eventually head inside but I was surprised to see her draw an arrow back to fire at the woman testing the boundaries of the barrier she had come across. A flash of memories hit me, a chaotic battlefield with mythical creatures battling against a human army with silver masks even though they were hopelessly outnumbered; a woman fighting with a sharp edged wooden long bow taking down enemy after enemy and helping the others around her; the same woman holding onto a dwarf's arm as the ledge they stood upon crumbled beneath them and two men watching with baited breath to see her land safely. The images faded away as I watched my grandmother aim her arrow for the young male standing behind Victoria, but Edward and Seth charged towards the two intruders and her arrow lay in wait for the right time to help.

Fear gripped my body once more when I saw Victoria charge head on towards the house, but she hit a translucent barrier which repelled her immediately and her body landed in a heap several feet back.

A distant roar, almost like that of a lion's, echoed throughout the entire forest and I heard one word slip through my grandmother's smiling lips, Aslan

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Days blended together for Susan once Isabella returned home with Edward Cullen in tow, her granddaughter's afternoon visits resumed and Charlie never once thought that Edward might see her there. Susan knew that her granddaughter's punishment was needed on her father's part, but in all honesty, she thought it was all silly. His behavior reminded her of Peter's when she would wander off without her guard and usually ended up with him yelling to the skies above when she returned his anger had never lasted long as Lucy would always be right beside him to calm down her overprotective brother.

"Isabella?" Susan entered her living room and found Edward playing Alice in a chess game. Her granddaughter looked up from her spot on the couch.

"Hey grams," she said watching the chess game with boredom; she had obviously seen the two play before. Susan watched the two as they sat shock still and noticed that barely any of the pieces had seemed too been moved.

"Ah, I take it this is normal for them then?" inquired the older woman as she placed herself behind where Alice was sitting, but not before taking a quick peek at the chess board. "You should probably give up Edward; Alice has already won the game." Both vampires moved so quickly that it was unnoticeable by the human eye, Edward had seemingly forgotten that Susan didn't know the family secret. Unbeknownst to even them, Alice had already achieved checkmate while they were concentrating on each other's powers.

"Oh I have!" Alice said in pure delight rushing over to Susan and giving her a quick hug. Edward noticed then that Susan didn't react in the way that most humans did to them. "Edward, she already knows." Silence fell in the room and Bella shifted nervously on the couch.

"Edward didn't know…." Bella said thoughtfully. "Can't you hear my grandmother's thoughts Edward?" The question knocked Edward out of whatever thoughts that had been going through his head.

"No, her mind is….murky to me. I catch snippets but nothing that ever makes any sense." Edward said taking a seat next to Bella on the couch. "I assume that you must remember us from England?" Susan nodded.

"Yes, I must say that I barely remembered when I first saw you all, but that memory has long been overshadowed with pain…" Susan said her voice trailing off in sadness and she looked away from them all. Bella felt Edward stiffen next to her as she guessed her grandmother's pain had somehow made her thoughts clearer.

"Forgive me for asking this and feel free to ignore the question, but who is Caspian?" Edward asked. Susan's body became rigid and she glared at Edward.

"That is not a question I will ever answer, I am sorry but I believe it's time for you all to go home now." Susan rose from her seat and waited in the hallway for them to exit the door. "Isabella Swan, do not test my patience." The words left her mouth before Bella even spoke. "One day you will understand…"

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It was a few days before Susan heard anything from either her son or Isabella and after reading the reports in the newspaper about a large number of people being attacked in Seattle. Alice had been over once since the mention of his name in her house. The young vampire had smartly not mentioned her last visit and stayed for several hours. "Have you seen the reports about Seattle Alice?" Susan mentioned once she had finished reading yet another grim report about the disappearances in the large city. Upon receiving a blank stare from the girl, Susan passed her the paper as she stood to refill her tea cup.

"How long has this been happening?" inquired Alice as Susan rejoined her in the sitting room.

"A few weeks, it started out as only a few people, but it has increased even more recently. Do you believe it has something to do with others like you?" Susan asked hoping that her assumption was not correct, but her days as a queen allowed her to be able to sense things like these.

"It is possible; I'll have to talk to Carlisle about it. I'm sorry but I need to leave." Alice was standing beside her for her customary farewell hug.

"That's alright, please let me know if you need any help alright?" Susan offered even though she was aware that the vampire would never pass on the message to her 'father.'

"Of course," Alice said with a strained smile, Susan Swan was one person she did not want more mixed up into the crazy world of Vampires and Werewolves. However, Alice was one of those people who never truly believed in Susan's tales of Narnia and it was something the old woman wished that was not true.

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The weekend arrived and Susan had received a rather short phone call from Charlie, apparently Edward and Isabella had gone to Florida to visit Renee. It had taken about five minutes for her to calm Charlie down and remind him that Isabella was an adult now so she was allowed to go visit her mother. Alice had called briefly the day before Charlie to warn her away from going to Seattle, apparently Susan had been right though Alice had said Carlisle was not fully convinced until Edward came to the same conclusion.

I suppose that's the problem of being human, the mythical creatures never listen to you, Susan thought quite content with the thoughts of Narnia that floated across her psyche until the image of a tall, tan-skinned young man with chin length chocolate hair and warm brown eyes came to mind. The usual pangs of loneliness and regret filled Susan's body as her thoughts turned to her lost love. It had thrilled her to the core when Edward had returned for Isabella, had he not she would have hunted the world for the idiotic boy. I wonder if Isabella has seen her present in the Cullen house yet. Naturally when she did, questions would be asked and Susan was not entirely sure her heart could take explaining. Just painting the image of her first and true love had taken much strength; however, Isabella deserved to know why her grandmother understands her own love so well.

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Once Isabella returned from Florida, Susan decided to undertake a very dangerous task- passing along her archery skills.

A bright clear sunny day greeted Susan as she entered her back yard with her granddaughter lagging behind, Isabella wasn't to enthusiastic about the archery lesson. Upon reaching their destination Isabella's feeble attempts at talking her way out of learning were ceased upon seeing Edward leaning against the back fence in the shade of a large oak tree.

"Edward!" Isabella squeaked in surprise. It was one thing to have her grandmother watch her mess up, but her boyfriend was another matter altogether. "What are you doing here?" She hissed knowing he could hear her clearly no matter how low she talked.

"Alice mentioned helping Susan set up earlier, I am curious to see how well you will do." Edward said raising his voice enough for them to hear him. His true purpose was to see Susan's skills in person.

"I do not care if you are here Edward, just don't get hit. Now Isabella," Susan turned to her granddaughter and picked up a long, polished wooden bow. The ends were sharp enough to slice open the skin of a thick hided animal and the bow was almost regal on its own. Bella recognized the bow to be like the one in her grandmother's paintings and the red fletched arrows that rested in the quiver beside her grandmother's feet validated this point. "Are you listening to me?" Bella grinned at her grandmother.

"Of course Grams," she said causing her grandmother to merely ignore her.

"Watch silly girl." Susan said as she pulled an arrow from her quiver. The feel of the bow in her hands and the sun beating down on her back brought back feelings from Narnia that were always there underneath her very skin. Unbeknownst to Susan, a quick flash of her as a young woman grabbed in regal clothes with a delicate golden crown resting on her chocolate brown curls displayed itself to both Edward and Isabella. Focusing her energy into this one shot she aimed for a little to the left of Edward's head since he was not focusing on her. Edward froze in shock when the arrow imbedded itself into the tree a centimeter away from his left ear. "Do not stand in the line of fire and fail to notice what is going on Edward Cullen." Susan said with a smile, she had just proven herself to be able to catch a vampire off guard, of course to her the Minotaurs of the White Witch's army were far more menacing. "Isabella, pick up the other bow please."

"Um, okay." Bella said her brain numb from the shock of seeing her catch a vampire off guard. The wooden bow felt strange in her hands, the smooth wood was in pristine condition and it was obvious her grandmother cared for the bow with much attention. "Grams, I still think this is a bad idea, I'll probably hit Edward." At the mention of his name Edward seemed to come alive again.

"You'll be fine Isabella. Now hold the bow like this." Susan held out her bow in the proper position and Isabella copied the movement, surprisingly the motion came easily to her, maybe the skill was passed genetically. "Alright, now to string the bow you must keep a firm, but gentle hold on it." Susan turned to face her granddaughter and noticed that Isabella had a similar look in her eyes that she knew she had when she first learned archery. I have no idea why she was nervous about learning this, she is a natural.

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Cullen Household

"Carlisle," Edward's quiet call rang throughout the empty house, all of the other Cullen's were out hunting with Esme. The oldest of the Cullen family was down by Edward's side in a matter of seconds.

"Is something wrong Edward?" Carlisle inquired once he saw his son's face.

"Susan Swan is a much stronger woman then we thought." Said Edward as he started to explain to a silent Carlisle what had occurred earlier in the day.

A few hours later

"Wait, she almost hit you with an arrow?" Esme asked the disbelief evident in her voice. Her statement was drowned out by Emmet's robust laughter that filled the large living room.

"Are you sure I'm not allowed to meet this woman?" Emmet inquired once his laughter had died down. This statement seemed to make to scowl on Edward's face deepen as Alice's tinkling laugher started to fill the room as well.

"She caught me off guard." Edward said hoping this would cause Emmet to quiet down, however it made his laughter start up once more.

"That's quite a feat though; catching you off guard is difficult Edward." Alice said knowing that Edward wasn't really offended. "Honestly, I didn't really believe her when she said she could help, I suppose she could help keep Bella safe if anything should happen." Edward nodded his agreement to her statement and wandered over to his piano only to finally notice the painting above it.

"When did that get there?" Edward asked wondering how he had never noticed it before.

"It was Bella's birthday present from her grandmother, she allowed us to hang it here. I believe it made her sad." Esme explained resting a hand on Edward's shoulder. "It seems that the young woman in the blue dress is her, I would love to know who the young man is." Esme said as Edward remembered the one name Susan Swan could not stand to hear and he could understand the pain she felt.

It would seem that Bella has more in common with her grandmother than she knows.

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A few days after the not-so-disastrous archery lesson, Susan was surprised to find Edward Cullen on her front porch. "Hello Edward, can I help you with something?" inquired the older woman as she took in the young man's stiff stance. "I assume you are looking for Isabella?" Edward nodded and Susan opened the door for him to enter the house.

"Has she been here today?" He asked and Susan stifled a chuckle.

"You have heightened senses and you're asking me?" Susan said as she sat back down in her favorite armchair. "She called, but no she has not been here today." Edward remained silent and still as his amber gaze burned a hole into the front yard. "Edward, let me give you a piece of advice: Do not be so overprotective, it will only cause strain on your relationship with my granddaughter." The statement caused Edward to start laughing and Susan felt she knew that if he was truly protective of Isabella then he wouldn't be near her at all.

"It would be better for me to stay far away from her; however, that is not what Bella wants. So until she tells me to leave, I will stay. There are so many dangers that she faces being with me, but how can you know of the dangers of my world." Edward looked to see that the kind old woman he had grown to know had turned into a fierce warrior with ice blue eyes of determination.

"No Edward, it is you who does not truly understand evil. I know more of the dangers of the mythical world then you can ever hope to know." Susan's voice rang clear with determination and pride in her own strength. "I had overprotective brothers Edward Cullen and it is difficult to be under the pressure of them controlling your every move. Please do not do that to Isabella." Edward was unable to answer as a loud rumbling passed Susan's house. "It seems that my granddaughter is heading home." Susan said to an empty room as Edward had long since left. He will learn that Isabella needs all the support she can get right now.

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"A sleepover?" Susan asked attempting to keep the surprise out of her voice knowing that it was probably impossible. The last 'sleepover' she had been at was with Lucy in Narnia.

"Well sort of, Bella is spending the weekend with me since all the guys are gone for the weekend. Esme suggested that I invite you." Alice said her voice melodic even over the ancient phone.

"I would love to come over, only I have no clue where you live Alice." Susan said pointing out the flaw in Alice's plan.

"I know, I am in your driveway, I already knew you would say yes!" Alice's excitement was evident and telling by her rushed goodbye that she could expect the young woman in her house soon.

"Hello Alice!" Susan called towards the front room as she pulled a light jacket on since the day had turned chilly.

"Hello," Alice said her voice coming from the front entrance. "Bella is already at the house, Esme is with her." Susan looked confused but then remembered what had happened the other day.

"It seems Edward failed to heed my advice then." Susan said becoming upset at the young man. Very few people still remembered her infamous temper; of those that did, three were dead. "Do I need to bring anything with me Alice?" Looking to the pixie haired woman Susan received a negative answer.

"Okay, let's go then!" Alice said smiling widely.

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The Cullen's house seemed even emptier to Bella with only Esme in the house, Alice had disappeared to somewhere and left Bella standing by herself in the main room.

"Bella?" the soft, delicate tone of Esme's voice came from behind the young girl causing Bella to turn and face her. Pausing for a moment the glint of something behind Esme caught Bella's eye and she moved to get a closer look.

"Where did this painting come from?" inquired Bella and Esme quickly answered.

"From your grandmother, she painted it for your 18th birthday and allowed us to hang it in our home; I believe the image pained her." The painting was encased in a beautiful frame that looked as though it had come from Narnia itself and after studying the image, Bella was sure it was another of the Narnian paintings that her grandmother loved so dearly.

This is another of her memories, after everything I've seen by being with Edward how could I even deny the existence of Narnia? Bella continued to examine the painting and noticed that the setting looked like the painting of the castle that hung in the upstairs hallway in her grandmother's house. Several people were portrayed in the painting, including the three people Bella had come to recognize as her grandmother's siblings: Peter, Edmund, and Lucy. A young couple stood in the center of the painting, just in front of the tree-door from another of Susan's paintings, and a golden lion stood just to the right of the kissing couple, its big amber eyes were focused on the two. "It's like the painting is alive…" Bella murmured.

"Ah so you are here." Bella turned around to find Rosalie standing behind her. "I'd like to talk to you." Rosalie left right after saying this leaving Bella with no choice but to follow her.

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Susan sat calmly in the passenger seat beside Alice as they made their way up the long winding road that lead to the Cullen house. As she looked out into the trees that whooshed by, Susan was reminded of riding through the woods with Lucy behind her. Those times are long over now and Narnia is long out of my reach. Oh Lucy, if you saw me now perhaps then you would not have been so angry with me that day you all left.

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"Su! Are you here?" the frantic cries of her younger sister reached Susan's ears as she daydreamed by the window seat.

"I'm up here Lucy." Susan called knowing her younger sister would hear. Thoughts of Caspian floated through her dazed brain and for once the thoughts of the Telemarine king did not cause her heart pain. Lucy came into their shared bedroom with flushed cheeks and a bright smile.

"We're going to help them." Lucy said figuring that her sister would understand her words but it only served to confuse Susan.

"Help who Lu?" Susan inquired turning to look back out the window. An exasperated sigh was the next thing Susan heard from Lucy's mouth.

"The Narnian's of course, when are you going to snap out of this Susan? It's been over two years and you hardly ever talk to us anymore!" Lucy exclaimed her frustration with Susan starting to reach a boiling point.

"Again with the 'Narnia' story Lu? When are you going to face the truth that it was all just a silly game?" Susan said her voice bitter. In her heart, she knew that Narnia was real and she only said these things in the hope it would make her heart hurt less.

"What's wrong with you Susan? Every day you deny that we ever went to Narnia! How can you push us away like this? You think I don't hear you cry in the middle of the night Su? You always call his name, Cas- SHUT UP!" Susan stood up quickly and her loud scream caused the boys to come in. Lucy stood frozen with a shocked expression on her face, Susan may have been annoyed at times with them bugging her about Narnia but she had never yelled at them before.

"Susan, what's going on?" Edmund asked and Peter merely stood looking at her sister with disdain.

"I think it's obvious Edmund, Susan is no longer a friend to Narnia." Peter said not even looking at the once 'Gentle Queen.'

"Quite acting like you know everything Peter, you've no idea how I feel at all!" Susan yelled as she ran from the room and from the only people who would ever understand her pain, had they only tried to understand then Susan would not have run from them.

"Susan!" Lucy made to run after her but was stopped by Peter. "I need to go after her Peter!"

"We'll deal with Susan once we help Narnia, she'll be fine. If we go after her now, it will only result in a screaming match."Peter said and Lucy solemnly agreed.

"Let's go then, Narnia needs us."

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"Susan? We're here…" Alice tapped the older woman's shoulder lightly.

"The last time I ever saw them was that one last argument…how often we argue with loved ones and expect them to be there when we return." Susan said softly. "Ignore the ramblings of an old woman Alice; I have had a lot on my mind." Alice nodded and smiled kindly. Bella's grandmother was someone whom Alice would protect to the ends of the earth and Alice knew there was a day in the near future when she would not see the older woman again. Susan exited the car and looked up the the grand house the Cullen's called home.

"Do you like it? Esme says this is her favorite house." Alice said while walking slowly beside Susan.

"It's a beautiful home, I'm sure the inside is just as lovely." Susan said looking up at the pure white house. "It reminds me of the Professor's old home, it has long since been abandoned though."

"Well, let us go and see what trouble Bella has managed to get herself into shall we?" Alice said laughing already knowing that Bella was upstairs to Rosalie.

"I can imagine the disaster already." Susan said as they walked up the front steps and the door opened to reveal Esme to them.

"Hello Mrs. Swan, I'm pleased to finally meet you face to face, I've heard much about you." Esme said smiling at the older woman.

"A pleasure to meet you as well, please call me Susan." Esme smiled at this and moved to allow Susan and Alice to enter.

"Bella is upstairs talking to Rosalie right now, she should be down soon." Esme said walking into the room that held the painting of Narnia. "We've all been admiring your lovely painting Susan, you are truly gifted."

"Thank you, but my sister Lucy was a much better painter then I think I shall ever be." Susan said sitting on the couch that allowed her to keep her back to the painting.

"Ah yes, Carlisle had mentioned we'd meet you before." Esme's voice trailed off for a moment as she thought of something else to say. "The young couple in the painting, the young lady wearing the blue dress, that is you yes?" Susan nodded.

"Yes, it is from…a very long time ago." Susan said as she looked around the room. "Did you design the house Esme?" Susan inquired hoping to get Esme off the topic of the painting.

"Yes, it's a hobby of mine." Esme said and Alice gracefully plopped down onto the couch beside Susan.

"So who is the young man in the painting?" Alice inquired.

"I'll explain when Isabella joins us." Susan said patting Alice's hand.

"You are so calm among us." Came the smooth voice of Rosalie, whom Susan had seen only once in England. The blonde vampire came into the room and stood behind where Esme was sitting.

"There are worse things out there than vampires or werewolves. I have seen an evil so strong that it kept the greatest good I have ever known at bay for 100 years. You and your kind do not scare me." Susan said her voice smooth and commanding even in a room of those who could kill her in an instant. Rosalie looked slightly taken aback with the statement; however, she said nothing to the older woman as Bella joined them.

"Grams!" the surprise was evident in Bella's tone, obviously Alice had not told her of the plan to bring Susan over.

"Hello dear," Susan said calmly as she sat amongst three vampires who could no doubt kill her in an instant, not that they ever would though. Bella glanced towards the painting behind her grandmother once more before looking to the painting creator with an expectant look in her eyes. "Ah I see, you've recognized my family and I in the painting haven't you Isabella?" Susan's voice was low and held a slight edge to it. Bella nodded as she took a seat next to Esme. A forlorn sigh slipped out of Susan's lips before she spoke once more. "I suppose you could understand it now, yes I believe it is time you learned about my first love….. Caspian." The room became silent after the mention of Caspian's name, both Bella and Alice remembered the name from when Edward mentioned it, but the wrath of her grandmother had stopped her from saying anything.

"Edward mentioned the name….I remember him speaking of your reaction to it." Esme said gently hoping not to incur the same wrath her adopted son had received.

"I am sure Isabella and Alice have no doubt mentioned my stories to you all." Susan paused as she waited for a confirmation from those in the room. "I am sure that….my behavior to your family as thrown their validity into question, while my late husband and son might not believe in Narnia's existence, I know that you have every reason to believe that it exists."

"As I said earlier, I do remember you from England." Esme said with a kind smile while Rosalie finally spoke again.

"Wait, you were the woman in the cemetery!" Rosalie exclaimed, apparently the information had not been shared with all members of the Cullen family.

"You did not know?" Susan said her amusement clearly showing in the tone with which she spoke. "The past is the past; it is hardly relevant that you remember from that day. My siblings and I….we were once very close, but I pushed them away after our return from the second trip to Narnia. I know you have always wanted to ask me what caused the split in the family Isabella and I have to admit that I was not strong enough to tell you before, but today is a special day and I think it is only right that I tell you this story on the anniversary of their deaths."

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"Peter! What were you thinking?" Susan said as she seated herself beside Lucy once the crowd surrounding her elder brother's fight had cleared. Peter's golden hair was rumpled from the struggle and he merely gave Susan a look that clearly said 'quit bugging me about it.'

"I had it sorted…" Peter mumbled knowing full well that it was a good thing Edmund has helped him.

"Honestly," Susan said looking away from Peter to Lucy. "Lu?" Her little sister had been silent since they had sat down.

"Do you think we'll ever go back?" she wondered aloud while ignoring those around them. Susan sighed in frustration.

"It's been a year, he can't honestly mean to make us wait any longer can he?" Peter inquired knowing that Susan would remind them, as always, that they lived in England now.

"Please don't make me say it again Peter…we just need to accept it." said Susan though her voice gave way that even she was starting to have issues accepting that they were not in Narnia anymore. Turning her head to see if the train was arriving yet caused Susan to notice the boy from Hendon House that had been bothering her earlier. "Oh no, quick pretend you're talking to me." Susan hissed urgently as she turned back to see the amused faces of her three siblings.

"We are talking to you." Edmund pointed out as Lucy suddenly stood up.

"Ow!" Lucy exclaimed. "Something pinched me…" The youngest Pevensie siblings' voice trailed off as Susan spoke up.

"Quiet Lu." She said as Peter also stood having felt the same feeling as Lucy.

"It feels like magic!" Lucy whispered excitedly once Susan and Edmund had also had the same experience.

"Quick, everyone hold hands!" Susan said as she took Peter's and Lucy's hands in her own while Edmund complained about having to hold Peter's hand. As the train whipped by them the tunnel started to break apart with the train rushing by, the tiles that made up the station's walls started to fall away as well as the many war propaganda posters that were plastered on every inch of wall they could find. The other passengers surrounding them faded into nothing as the train finally disappeared taking the entire station with it and left the four siblings in a cave that faced our towards a clear, crystal-cobalt blue sea that looked very familiar. Susan and Lucy both turned to look at one another before smiling and running towards the water.

Susan rushed into the water before the rest of her siblings and somewhere behind her one of her brothers shouted something about last one in is a rotten egg. Joy overfilled her heart as she splashed her older brother, they had finally returned to Narnia! As she and her siblings continued to play in the sea, Edmund stopped to look up at the cliff that none of the others had yet to look at. Great ruins sat upon the Cliffside, it looked like the remainder of a beautiful palace, but that couldn't be right since Narnia had no ruins.

"Where do you suppose we are?" Edmund inquired and his siblings merely looked at him as though he had gone insane.

"Where do you think?" Peter asked the sarcasm cutting through his smooth voice. Edmund shook his head and pointed at the ruins.

"I don't remember there being any ruins in Narnia, do you?" he asked as the all stopped to stare at the majestic stone that lay crumbled on the cliff.

"I suppose there is only one way to find out then Ed." Susan said proceeding towards the cliff face as she looked for a way to climb up towards the ruins. "Look there's a path cut into the stone, why it looks just like the one that lead up from the docks to Cair Paravel." Susan said pointing towards the pathway.

"Let's go find out where we are then, shall we?" Peter said stopping to look back at his younger siblings, hopefully there would be no conflict in their visit this time, though it seemed they were only ever in Narnia when the magical land desperately needed them.

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Susan wandered around the ruins as she saw Lucy eating an apple while she walked up to what remained of a balcony. "Be careful Lucy!" Susan called to her and Lucy nodded in acknowledgement of the statement.

"I wonder who lived here…." Lucy said while looking out onto the view of the beach and sea before her as Susan walked up behind her but stopped when her foot came into contact with something on the ground. Bending down to pick the object up she noticed that it was from Edmund's chess set.

"I think we did Lu…" said Susan as she held out the object for her sister to see while Edmund and Peter came over to where they were standing.

"Hey, that's from my chess set!"Edmund exclaimed taking the chess piece from Susan's open hand.

"Which chess set?" asked Peter as looked at the solid gold chess piece Edmund held out for him to see.

"I didn't exactly have a solid gold chess set in Finchely." Edmund replied as Lucy looked to the area right behind her brothers.

"It can't be…" she said running off dragging Peter behind her as Susan and Edmund followed. "Don't you see?" Peter, Susan, and Edmund all looked at Lucy in confusion. "Imagine walls and columns there, and a glass roof." Lucy said as they all stood before the ruins of their four thrones.

"Cair Paravel," Peter said as they looked upon their ruined home.

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"Catapults…" Edmund said as he examined a small boulder that was near the throne room.

"What?" Peter asked.

"This didn't just happen…Cair Paravel must have been attacked once we went back to England." Edmund explained.

"Do you think it's still there?" Susan inquired and her question was met with blank looks upon the faces of her dearest brothers and sister. "The store room, the one with our chests, I wonder if it lay undisturbed as well…" Peter and Edmund both looked thoughtful for a moment while they went in search of the pillar that hid the entrance.

"It has to Su; we were the only ones that knew about the place, well, us, Mr. Tumnus and the beavers." Lucy said hoping that finding the entrance would be simple enough. She and Susan stood back as Peter and Edmund worked together to move the pillar that stood in the way of the door. The pillar finally gave way to reveal an old wooden door that the four knew would be locked. Peter pulled a pocket knife out and began hacking at the wood surrounding the old fashioned door knob, once the hole was cut a simple push was all it took for the door to fall away and opened up the pitch black tunnel that lead to the store room. Picking up a stick from the ground, Peter began to ripe at the bottom of his shirt to fashion fuel for a torch.

"I don't suppose that anyone would happen to have some matches?" inquired Peter once he finished his work. Edmund smirked as he went to open his bag.

"No, but I do have this." Edmund held up his silver torch (flashlight) for Peter to see. The appearance of his brother's new toy made him smile as he threw the makeshift torch to the ground.

"You couldn't have mentioned that a bit earlier?" Peter said in a joking tone as he motioned for Edmund to begin the descent underground. Waiting for Lucy and Susan to pass by him before heading down himself, the four made their way into a piece of their past.

"Look!" Lucy said happily pointing ahead of them to the ledge that overlooked the room. Susan, Edmund, and Peter continued on past Lucy as she paused to look out over the room. Piles of artifacts covered in layers of dust covered the underground room. Some areas in the high ceiling had fallen through but the store room remained, for the most part, intact.

"I can't believe it, it's all still here." Peter said upon entering the room covered in rubble. His siblings walked by him to each of their own statues that rest in four different alcoves. Golden chests belonging to each Pevensie rest before their respective statues.

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"Is that a boat?" asked Lucy as she pointed to a small row boat making its way toward the forests surrounding Cair Paravel's ruins. The others turned to look at where Lucy had pointed, two figures garbed in armor were visible on the small vessel, but what truly caught their attention was the crossbow that one solider carried as he looked warily around at the surrounding area. "I don't think they're Narnian!" Lucy exclaimed as they stopped rowing and lifted a smaller figure up to dump into the lake. Peter, Edmund, and Susan all rushed forward to help what appeared to be a dwarf.

"Drop him!" Susan yelled in a commanding tone, her bow drawn with an arrow pointed at the two soldiers. Peter and Edmund dove for the water as Susan fired an arrow right after the soldiers threw the dwarf into the lake. The one solider turned to grab his weapon, but he was unable to shot at the Pevensie's as one of Susan's arrows was now nestled in his chest. The other soldier, seemingly fearing for his own life, jumped into the water and began swimming away from them. Peter resurfaced from the water with the dwarf in tow and Edmund returned to shore with the boat that the soldiers had abandoned. Pulling her small dagger out with a flourish, Lucy freed the dwarf from the restraints binding his arms in front of him. The dwarf pulled the gag preventing him from speaking and spit up the water that had managed to get into his mouth from the attempted drowning.

"Drop him?" The dwarf exclaimed standing up. Susan appeared taken aback with the statement before glaring at the dwarf.

"We just wanted to stop them; we could have let them drown you." Susan said her voice cold as she placed the arrow she had been holding back into her quiver.

"Why were they trying to kill you anyway?" inquired Lucy and the dwarf looked at her in surprise.

"They're Telemarines, it's what they do." The dwarf said his tone was short and clipped. Edmund looked to Peter in surprise before speaking.

"Telemarines, in Narnia?" Edmund said his voice telling the dwarf that he was truly surprised.

"Where've you been the past few hundred years?" The dwarf asked and Lucy smiled before answering the question.

"It's a bit of a long story." Lucy said as Susan handed Rhindon back to Peter. The dwarf seemed surprised to see the sword.

"Oh don't tell me….you're it, you're the Kings and Queens of Old?" The dwarf asked as he stared at them in disbelief. Peter stepped forward after he placed Rhindon at its rightful place upon his hip.

"High King Peter, the Magnificent." said Peter as he held out a hand to the dwarf.

"I think you probably could have left off the last bit Peter…" Susan said to her older brother when the dwarf didn't shake his hand.

"Probably," the dwarf said as he almost laughed at the High King of Old. Peter raised an eyebrow at the dwarf before drawing Rhindon.

"Well, if you don't believe us…" said Peter as the dwarf looked upon him with hidden amusement.

"You don't want to do that boy…" the dwarf said with a guarded tone. Flipping Rhindon so the pommel of the sword was facing the dwarf, Peter looked to Edmund.

"Not me, him." Peter said gesturing to his younger brother who in turn drew his own sword. The dwarf took the blade from Peter's hands and Rhindon met the sand as Edmund readied himself to fight his smaller opponent. Several moments later saw the dwarf staring at the end of Edmund's blade with Rhindon resting in the sand.

"Blimey, maybe that horn worked after all," the dwarf said as the four Pevensie's looked at each other in confusion. Susan was the one to break the silence.

"What horn?" she asked.

ooOoo

"Wait, you mean the horn you got from Father Christmas right?" Bella interrupted her grandmother's story to ask the question. Susan looked at her granddaughter's avid interest in the tales of Narnia and smiled.

"Yes my dear, the horn was believed, at that point in time, to be able to call upon my siblings and me for help when Narnia was in need of it. Caspian was the one to blow the horn, Trumpkin, the dwarf, was there when Caspian blew the horn that called us back to Narnia," explained Susan as her listeners hung onto her every word.

"What happened after that Susan?" Esme asked.

"Trumpkin lead us to the Narnians, who at that time were under Caspian's command. I…I fell in love with him during the following weeks." Susan said looking to her hands that were folded on her lap. "He was a wonderful man and very kind. My brother's did not know of this, but I did tell Lucy. He and I…we became close friends during that time and once Narnia belonged to the Narnians once more…Aslan told Peter and me that we were never to return to Narnia. I was heartbroken, but I knew I had to stay strong in front of everyone. The painting, it was the last time I ever saw him…"

ooOoo

"That's just it, we won't be coming back." Susan said as she gazed into the warm, chocolate brown eyes of a man she had come to love.

"We won't?" came Lucy's timid yet frightened response.

"No you will, at least I think he means you." Peter said placing an arm around Lucy's shoulders. Aslan looked upon the four children that he cared for immensely, knowing the fate of the three that would arrive in a few years time.

"Your brother and sister have learned all they can in this world, now it is time for them to live in their own world." Aslan said while looking at the youngest Pevensie. Susan approached Caspian, knowing full well this was the last time she would ever see the Telemarine King.

"I wish we had more time together…" He said softly, obviously fearing that Peter would run him through with his sword. Susan smiled, her clear blue eyes barely hiding her grief at having to leave Caspian behind.

"It would have never worked anyway," said Susan as Caspian looked at her in confusion. "I am 1300 years older than you." His eyes showed the hurt he felt at the statement, but still Susan turned to go and stand with her family before a thought crossed her mind. I want no regrets, the thought was seemingly random and her actions that followed were from her heart. Turning around quickly, Susan pressed her lips against Caspian's, they were as soft as she imagined and her heart swelled with love as Caspian kissed her back. But as soon as the kiss started, it ended as Caspian held her close to him while Susan could hear her sibling's remarks in the background.

"I shall never forget you my Queen, know that you will forever hold my heart." He whispered into her ear before relinquishing his tight hold on her. Susan smiled sadly at him and turned towards her waiting family who all bore sad smiles of their own. Susan looked towards Aslan and glimpsed a flash of utter anguish that reflected in the great lion's amber eyes for but a second. Apparently he had not known her feelings for the new king.

ooOoo

Silence filled the room after Susan finished her story, Bella being the quietest of them all and with silent tears running down her now flushed cheeks. "So that's why…that's why you welcomed Edward back with open arms. You knew what I was going through…is this the reason why you weren't talking to your family when the accident happened?" inquired Bella as Susan nodded in response.

"I may have lost my first and the truest love I ever knew, but I will never stand to see you lose yours Isabella." Susan said sounding like the queen she had once been and perhaps would always be for once a King or Queen of Narnia, always a King or Queen of Narnia.

ooOoo

Once Bella knew the truth behind the painting that hang in the Cullen's house, she ended up spending more time at her grandmother's house and just staring at the various places in Narnia that adorned the walls of Susan's home. One day Susan caught Bella staring at the painting of the tree door and she smiled at her granddaughter's avid interest in the magical world.

"Hey grams?" Bella called after the older woman having finally noticed she had been standing behind her.

"Yes dear?" Susan asked wondering what Isabella could possibly want. Bella stared down at her feet for a moment before looking into her grandmother's eyes, determination reflected in her granddaughter's brown orbs.

"Do you think that if Aslan had known of your feelings…do you think he would have allowed you to stay in Narnia?" inquired Bella her question hanging in the air as Susan smiled sadly at her.

"No my dear girl, Aslan told Peter and I that we had learned all we could in Narnia even I already knew of love and the follies that fools in love will often make. I will never return to Narnia Isabella, though perhaps one day you might be fortunate enough to visit." Having sufficiently answered her granddaughter's question, Susan walked downstairs to join Alice in the living room.

ooOoo

Susan jumped at the sound of her front door slamming shut, naturally she expected to see Isabella standing in her kitchen several moments later and of course Edward followed close behind. Anger clouded Bella's usually clear, calm brown eyes and Susan knew that anger was directed at Edward. "Grams, you go to the campfire on the reservation right?" inquired Bella her voice surprising smooth and calm despite the brewing fury boiling just beneath the surface.

"Yes dear, I'm going tonight, Jacob usually comes to pick me up, he should be here in a few minutes." Susan said while staring at Edward. "Edward, I am aware that Jacob and his friends are werewolves and if I am there then it should be no problem for Isabella to be there as well." Susan said this as she looked down upon her granddaughter's boyfriend. His guarded stance remained after her statement and Susan felt that dealing with the young Cullen was going to be as bad as dealing with Peter or Edmund. "I don't know what you think you're accomplishing young man, but trying to stifle Isabella's desire to see her friend is not going to end well for you. Now I suggest you leave right now and return home this instant, there will be no need for you to return for Isabella as she will be spending the night here." Edward stood shock still as he listened to Susan's mandates.

"Of course Mrs. Swan, I'll see you later then Bella." Edward finally spit out the words though Susan could tell that saying the simple sentence caused the vampire great trouble.

"Oh and Edward?" Susan called out to him before he left the house. "If I see you on my property before Monday, let's just say that this time I won't miss." She said smiling as though she made death threats everyday to a mythical creature. Edward Cullen stopped for a brief moment before nodding his consent to her demands and leaving the house.

"Grams?" Bella said after several moments of silence passed in between the two relatives. Susan raised one eyebrow and turned to face her granddaughter who had a large smile plastered on her face. "I love you!"

ooOoo

"Hey Jake," Bella greeted Jacob as she opened the door to Susan's house; the young werewolf looked surprised to see her there.

"So the leech is actually letting you go tonight?" Jacob asked with a wide, toothy smile. Bella rolled her eyes at her best friend before shutting the door behind him.

"I wish you wouldn't call him that and yes, though Grams had a hand in getting him to stand down on the issue." explained Bella as she went to find her jacket in the front closet.

"Hey Mrs. Swan," Jacob called hoping that today wouldn't result in another day of having his ear pulled off by the fearsome woman.

"Jacob," Susan said her voice warm and calm, scaring Edward had been enough for her today. "I haven't seen you much lately, is everything alright on the reservation?" Susan inquired knowing that the wolf pack had been moving around the area quite a bit in the past few weeks.

"Uh yeah, everything is fine Mrs. Swan." Jacob said after hesitating several moments, but Bella entered the room shortly after so Susan let the topic drop off. "So let's get going!" Jacob said enthusiastically as he attempted to divert Susan's attention away from his obvious lie.

ooOoo

Several hours later found Bella liking her grandmother's stories of Narnia much better than the tales of the tribe. Both were interesting but the tribes' storied lacked one element which Susan's stories were in abundant supply of, Aslan. Once the tale of the third wife finished echoing around the group surrounding the bonfire, Bella noticed that many of the members kept glancing at Susan as though they wished to discuss the current situation with Victoria but were afraid too with Susan present. Knowing that if her grandmother already knew about the Cullen family then it was entirely plausible that Susan also knew about the pack as well, this thought caused Bella some concern for it wouldn't be long before Susan was dragged even further into this entire mess surrounding the Cullen's and the tribe.

"Sam, are those wolves that people spotted a few months ago still causing trouble?" Susan's question rang in pure silence as everyone waited for Sam to answer the question.

"No Mrs. Swan, we haven't seen any wolves around." Sam answered and his answer made Bella laugh a little before quickly stifling the sound. Susan smiled kindly at Sam before pinching her granddaughter.

"Now Isabella, it is not nice to laugh at someone's attempt to keep others safe. Sam, do you remember the stories I used to tell in the bookshop?" Susan said smiling brightly at all those around the bonfire; many of the faces were familiar to her as they had all eagerly gazed up at her as she regaled them with tales of Narnia.

"Of course, we all remember them." Sam said his voice giving way to the fact that he had no idea what Susan was trying to do.

"Then you should also be aware of the fact that I already know the Cullen's secret and yours. Honestly, do you all think I'm stupid?" Susan said as she tried not to laugh at the look on all of the wolf pack's faces.

"Ah, I suppose we should have known better then." Sam said his face set in a grim frown. "We patrol the area around your house as courtesy Mrs. Swan, you mean a lot to all those here." The former Gentle Queen was taken aback by the revelation, it had been a very long time since anyone had ever said that to her and the last time she had experienced such loyalty was in Narnia.

ooOoo

The weeks preceding Forks High School Graduation passed quickly for Susan though one day before the ceremony took place stuck out in her usual mundane routine. Edward would drop Bella off at Susan's for her to wait for Jacob to come and take her down to the reservation. One day Bella stormed into the house with her arm cradled against her side, unbeknownst to Bella, Edward and Charlie were both sitting in Susan's living room having a staring contest with Susan's old fashioned radio fixed on a station while Susan was in the kitchen speaking with Carlisle about the situation in Seattle as Susan was the first to even notice it and Carlisle wanted her opinion on it.

"I believe we should join your son Susan, it seems Bella has returned." Carlisle said as he stood up from the seat he had taken across the dining table from Susan.

"Jacob Black you stay away from me!" came the delicate tones of Bella's raised voice as Carlisle and Susan rejoined the two in the living room.

"Isabella! What happened?" Susan inquired upon seeing Bella with her arm cradled against her. Flushed red cheeks indicated that Bella was furious with something Jacob had done.

"I punched Jacob." She said simply as all those in attendance stood still waiting for further explanation.

"Why did you punch Jacob?" asked Susan seeing as no one else in the room deemed to ask.

"Cause he kissed me and I told him not too, so I punched him and I think I might have broken my hand as well." Bella's answer caused Edward's eyes to become dark with anger and cross the room to where Jacob was standing while Charlie laughed for a split second before his mother's furious eyes burned into his soul.

"Both of you stop! I will not have fighting in my house!" Susan exclaimed her fury with both wolf and vampire having reached a limit. "Jacob Black you should know better than to force yourself upon a woman who had said no! Now you will leave right this instant before I use you as a target! And Edward, you need to stop being so damn overprotective, its obvious Isabella loves you and only you so quite acting like a jealous idiot." Susan's voice never rose from the one speaking level; however, the authority behind her words was unmistakable. "Charlie, I raised you to act better than you just did, if I ever hear you laugh at something like this again…well you know what I'll do." Susan's threat caused the color to drain from Charlie's face as he stood up to return home.

"Bella, why don't you let me take a look at your hand?" offered Carlisle as Charlie was guided to the door by his mother who gave him a quick whack to the back of his head. Bella nodded her agreement and followed Carlisle to the kitchen. "Your grandmother is a fearsome woman Bella, I was not aware that any human had the nerve to yell at a vampire. I believe you will be quite safe with her if anything should happen." Bella smiled at Carlisle as he examined her hand.

"There's also the barrier around her house to consider, it causes all scent that leads onto the property to disappear. You would be safe from Victoria here Bella." Edward said unaware that Susan had walked into the kitchen behind him.

"Who's Victoria?" Susan asked and the group sitting around Bella fell silent, it was going to be a long night.

ooOoo

Surprisingly, Bella's graduation passed by without a problem, Susan sat beside Charlie in the crowd and held his hand as they watched Bella cross the stage and prayed that she wouldn't have one of her clumsy moments and fall. Susan and Charlie both cheered loudly for Bella once she had her diploma in hand. Pride filled Susan at having seen her granddaughter graduate from high school and she knew that good things awaited Isabella in the future.

A few days after the graduation party that was held at the Cullen's house, Susan was invited over to the Cullen house to sit with them as they discussed what to do about the new-born army that it was now apparent that Victoria was raising as part of her revenge against Bella and Edward, knowing why Bella had run off to Italy made a lot more sense now and she was completely fine with Bella becoming like the Cullen's. The complete acceptance that Susan showed towards their family was uncommon among humans and her unnatural calm unnerved even Jasper when she arrived to the house full of vampires.

"Ah you must be Jasper and I am guessing that he is Emmet." Susan said gesturing towards where Emmet was watching a baseball game on the TV. Emmet stayed seated in front of the TV though Susan had a feeling he had wanted to meet her for some time. "Did Edward command you to not come near me?" Susan asked as Esme came to give her a hug. Emmet's silence spoke volumes. Glaring in Edward's direction, Susan spoke again, "Ah well I am not here to play games, now what has been decided as of now?"

ooOoo

"Bella, putting you in the middle of the battle won't help, we'll have to think of some other plan…." Carlisle stopped talking as they all contemplated what to do to lure the new borns where they wanted them to be.

"What if you had Isabella touch certain places along the route to the field? That would lead the new borns there and she could stay with me at my house." Susan said knowing that it was plausible that the Cullen's and the wolf pack would agree to the plan.

"Agreed," Sam Uley said having spoken his first words since meeting with the Cullen's. Years of knowing Susan Swan had taught him not to doubt her judgment.

"Wait, what do we do about masking Bella's scent from leading to Susan's house?" Alice spoke softly from her place behind Susan. Jacob perked up at this question and Edward stiffened from where he was sitting beside Bella.

"I could carry her there that would be enough to mask Bella's scent." Jacob said and there was a silent agreement in the room though there were obviously some who didn't like the idea.

"Alright then, it seems we have reached an agreement, Jasper I think it's time we leave to teach the pack how to deal with new borns." Carlisle said and the vampires all stood while Sam offered to have one his pack to drive her home.

"That's quite alright Sam, I drove myself here and I do know the way home." Susan said as Esme offered to ride home with her which Susan gladly accepted.

ooOoo

"Isabella stop pacing before you wear a hole in my floor." Susan said hoping to stop the relentless pacing Bella had taken up several hours before. "Everyone will be fine Isabella, Seth and Edward are both outside keeping an eye on the woods. Worrying will get you nowhere my dear." Susan patted the seat beside her in an indication that Bella sit down which the young woman did.

"I'm just worried Grams…what was that?" Bella paused mid sentence when the delightful tune of Victoria's voice rang from outside.

"Come out come out where ever you are!" Victoria screamed towards the clear blue sky. Both Susan and Bella raced outside to see just how close Victoria had gotten to the house with Susan pausing to make sure her bow and quiver were on her person.

Fear gripped my body once more when I saw Victoria charge head on towards the house, but she hit a translucent barrier which repelled her immediately and her body landed in a heap several feet back. Victoria quickly stood as the shield shuddered violently and a distant roar, almost like that of a lion's, echoed throughout the entire forest and I heard one word slip through my grandmother's smiling lips, Aslan.

Slowly a shimmering lion stepped out of the now visible barrier, its golden mane shining in the nonexistent light. All movement stops outside the barrier as all present stare in shock at the mirage lion. To their surprise the lion opens its mouth and speaks "None who wish harm on this Daughter of Eve shall pass," Victoria starts laughing thinking the lion is only going to speak but a creature she doesn't recognize steps out of the barrier to stand beside the lion. A half human, half horse shining in the same way as the majestic lion.

"A centaur..." Edward says very quietly knowing that the other vampires will be able to hear him.

"For the honor of her majesty Queen Susan the Gentle!" The centaur bellowed and charged Victoria's companion, who had been inching closer to the barrier hoping to get through. Seth took the opportunity to fight Riley and start pulling him apart to set him on fire later.

"What the hell..." Victoria muttered before turning her attention to the stock still lion. "What not going to charge me down?" The lion chuckled which caused Victoria to take a step back. Instead of waiting for the lion to attack her, Victoria crouched and sprang like a coil at the lion, but the lion was too quick and had her pinned to the ground in a matter of seconds.

"You are much like Jadis young one, but even she knew not to try and take me head on." the mirage of Aslan said before letting one more roar out into the heavens.

ooOoo

The confusion that followed the defeat of Victoria and Riley proved too much for anyone to question of the appearance of Aslan and the Centaur during the fight. Susan did not see her granddaughter until a few days later when she was sitting with Charlie in his living room waiting for Bella to return from visiting the Cullen's at home. Charlie stared blankly at the TV that was set on some channel that Susan doubted he was even watching, Susan knew his ears were waiting to hear Edward's car pull into the driveway.

"Charlie, quit it." Susan said simply while reading her novel by the window. "Worrying will get you nowhere, how many times am I going to have to tell you that?" Susan asked placing her bookmark on the page she had been reading and placed the book on the nearby table.

"At least 50 more times Mom," Charlie said laughing feebly. "I just…I have this feeling that Bells is going to be leaving soon…" Charlie looked towards his mother to see what she thought and found her smiling.

"Every child eventually leaves the nest Charlie, you just have to accept it and you had better accept it soon." Susan said as she motioned for Charlie to turn the TV off. Once the sound filling the room dispersed, Susan spoke again. "Charlie, I know you don't want to recognize this, but Edward and Isabella love each other and I have the feeling that they may end up engaged far sooner than you believe." The mention of the word 'engaged' caused Charlie to turn white as sheet.

"Mother…" Charlie's voice faded away as the front door opened to reveal Bella followed closely by Edward, the glint of an old fashioned ring evident on Bella's left hand. The look on Charlie's face was priceless and along the lines of a deer caught in headlights type of look.

"Dad, we have something we want to tell you." Bella gripped Edward's hand in hers as she prepared to speak to her father. Charlie glanced at his mother's smiling face and noticed that tears were falling down her cheeks, how could he object to their engagement when it obviously caused his mother such happiness? Gritting his teeth, Charlie prepared to speak to the young couple.

"It's alright Bells, I already know." Charlie said rising from his chair. "Just remember that I know where you live Edward."

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Alright well that's it for this chapter folks! I hope the length of this chapter made up for the wait . I hope you all enjoyed it and be sure to keep an eye out for Chapter 5! I would like to thank Mae-E for her ever constant support and for not freaking out when it takes me so long to write a chapter! I also would like to thank all of you who have reviewed, or favorited this story, your support is what keeps me writing!

Until next time

~LadyRin98790~

Originally written- 2/18/12