Twilight Fan fiction

Transitionals

Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever own Twilight. I do use some sentences directly from the book, I don't own them. They were originally and forever owned by Stephenie Meyer.

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Chapter 12

I had been right. After telling them my story, and answering their questions, Edward refused to leave me alone. He didn't want me out of his or one of his family members' sight. The very idea of being by myself for a moment upset him.

Since I no longer had to wear my ring to conceal the smell of my blood near them, we'd decided to make my ring a warning sign. Since Alice couldn't see me when I had it on, I promised only to wear it when I needed to. When I disappear from Alice's visions they would know something was wrong.

It was a compromise, that way I wouldn't have to have a babysitter for myself whenever Edward had to leave my side.

Personally there was a small part -the part controlled by the mating bond- that was thrilled that I was no longer going to ignore Edward. In fact I really enjoyed spending my time with him, and not just him, I liked his family too.

We joined his siblings at the Cullens' table at lunch now, and I was shocked to see how well the girls interacts with Edward's siblings. Anna sits with Rosalie while she eats, but once she's finished she starts playing with Emmett.

Alice gives Cissy her bottle, but true to what I had assumed about Alice, she didn't burb the baby. There was no way she was going to chance ruining her clothes. Once Cissy was done with her bottle she was passed off to Rosalie who didn't seem to mind.

And Jasper keeps the group from getting too rambunctious.

It was nice to be able to let someone else care for the girls. I hadn't really noticed how much caring for the girls had taken its toll on me. I had never had anyone so dependent upon me before, and caring for the girls was so much harder than caring for my mother. I was thankful to the female members of the Cullen family who eagerly cared for the girls; they truly seemed to want to care for them and that made me smile every time I thought about it.

"What are you thinking about?" Edward's breath tickled my ear, the sensation pulled me from my thoughts.

"You know Bella, you should really charge him every time he asks you that?" Emmett laughed from where he was sitting playing with Anna.

The ten of us, the seven Cullens the two little girls and me, where on our way to Chicago. We had picked Carlisle and Esme up at the Cullens' house after school today and headed to Port Angeles.

The company jet was waiting there for us. I recognized the pilot instantly.

Duke Shavvers had slid down the rail of the stairs and ran to meet us. Anna pulled away from Rosalie and jumped into his arms.

"Since Anna is hugging him can we assume that he's one of the good guys?" Alice had ask me quietly so he wouldn't hear.

I had nodded after controlling the urge to laugh. "Duke would never hurt my family, his loyalty is firm.

Once we had everything packed into the jet and we were buckled in we took off.

So now here we were, a half hour away from Chicago, enjoying the relatively calm flight.

"How much should I charge?" I asked teasingly keeping up the joke.

Jasper joined in then. "I believe the phrase is 'a penny for your thoughts.'"

Edward dug in his pocket and pulled out a penny.

I laughed but took the penny anyway. "I was just thinking about how grateful I am for all of you."

They all smiled at that.

"You know if you hadn't have been so stubborn, we could have been friends sooner," Alice complained. I could tell from the gleam in her eyes that she wasn't as angry as she made herself seem. She was just glad that we were friends now.

I sniffed, keeping up the teasing air that Emmett had started. "I was just trying to do the right thing, and keep you all safe. I'm dangerous."

Edward wrapped his arms around me, pulling me off the couch like seat and putting me on his lap. "We should have gotten a say, it is our lives after all."

Alice snorted. "Don't you even dare try that. You and I both know that if the situation were reversed you wouldn't have given Bella a choice. In fact you would have left her to keep her safe if you thought it would have been for the best. At least that won't happen now, now that you know she's turning into one of us."

If Edward could have blushed I know he would have. It pained me to realize that Alice was right, he would have left. I'm glad I couldn't have left, since I knew I probably would have if I had had that option.

I shook not wanting to think about that.

"Whoa,"

We all turned to Emmett who was holding onto his head.

Jasper shook his head. "What was that?" He turned from Anna to me.

Usually Anna would run over to me after she feels something so I could feel it but this time, she jumped up and hurried to her seat. She buckled up as fast as she could.

"I'd suggest buckling up, we're about to deal with turbulence." Alice jumped up from the ground and sat down in her seat; buckling up."

I slid off of Edward's lap and buckled up. The rest of the Cullens quickly did the same.

The plane shook, trembling slightly before steadying.

Duke's voice came over the intercom. "Sorry guys, we have some minor turbulence. I'm turning the seatbelt sign on. I advise staying in your seats. Oh, and we'll be landing in less than thirty minutes." He added the last part cheerily.

"Bella?"

I turned to Carlisle after he called my name. "Yes?"

He glanced at Anna quickly before turning back to me. "Did Anna know about the turbulence?"

I glanced over at Anna who grinned at me. "It would appear so."

Carlisle grasped his chin in his hand. He sat that way thinking silently for a little while. My curiosity was getting the better of me and I had to bite my lip to keep from interrupting his thoughts.

"It does appear to be that way," Edward suddenly said. He was no doubt answering Carlisle's thoughts.

"What are you talking about?" I asked unable to keep the question inside me."

Edward nodded towards Anna. "Carlisle was thinking about Anna's powers. From what we've seen and heard they appear to be a mixture of an empath and a psychic."

I thought about that for a moment. "It does seem like that. I never thought about it that way before. I guess I've never had a reason though. Psychics are rare, and Anna's powers aren't exactly like an empath so I wouldn't have made that connection."

"But Anna's powers can predict stuff?" Alice asked thoughtfully.

I nodded after thinking about it. "Anna is a protector, that's what her powers are for. As long as it pertains to her or people she wants to protect her powers will feel what it needs to protect them, including predicting things."

Alice grinned. "And sense turbulence could have hurt her if she wasn't buckled up she felt it?"

Anna nodded. "You got it."

Alice clapped her hands excitedly. "So Jazz and I can help Anna with her powers." She turned to her husband. "We could help her with her training."

Jasper's grin matched Alice's. I had learned the he liked teaching, giving instructions and watching people excel.

He smiled thoughtfully over at Anna. "Yeah, and maybe I'll be able to help her sort through everything she felt that night."

Anna shivered, pressing into Rosalie's side. That ended that conversation.

The rest of the flight went well, despite the turbulence.

Carlisle had cars waiting for us, and Edward had said he had a place for us to stay while we were here.

We grabbed a quick dinner for Anna and me. I had convinced them to drive through a place instead of having a sit down dinner. I knew Anna was tired, and personally so was I. I needed to get a good night's sleep so I would be ready for the meeting tomorrow. It wasn't a way I really wanted to spend my Saturday but there wasn't anything I could do about that.

We pulled up to a large estate and my first thought was 'Edward was crazy.' We we're only going to be in Chicago until Sunday after noon. We just needed a bed for two nights, and I wouldn't have time for much exploring. This estate was enormous.

The Cullens laughed at me reaction to the place.

"Do you like it?" Edward asked.

I turned to him curiously. Hearing his voice tinged with nervousness wasn't something I was used to. "It's amazing," It told him truthfully.

He smiled my favorite crooked smile. "It's the Masen family estate."

My eyes widened in shock. This was his human family's house.

He took us on a short tour of the estate before the three humans went to bed. Actually Cissy was already asleep before we started the tour, not that she was really old enough to need a tour.

The next morning I woke up to a different sight. Instead of waking up to see Anna sleeping against my side like normal, I found myself meeting Edward's golden eyes. I have to say it was nice waking up with him holding me in his arms. It felt like home, completely peaceful.

He kissed my forehead. "You need to get up Love. You don't want to be late."

I groaned but forced myself to get out of bed.

I took a quick shower and changed into the outfit Alice had set out for me. She had insisted on buying me the appropriate business attire. After changing I walked down to the kitchen where I found everyone else.

Esme was working at the stove making pancakes, while Rosalie was preparing Cissy's bottle. Alice was packing my briefcase with everything I would need. She had written up notes for me, with everything I would need to know about today's meeting. I would be forever in her debt.

Emmett was playing with Cissy, trying to keep her from getting fussy while waiting for her bottle. Jasper was sitting at a table off to the side of the kitchen with Anna. She was trying to teach him all she knew about her powers. It wasn't working as well as they had hoped. It wasn't always easy for the three year old to explain things. It went better if I was there to help them.

Edward and Carlisle were standing beside the table, both of them had an information box in their hands. A part of me was glad I had given them the extra boxes that had once belonged to my family members. Another part wasn't so happy. The problem was they were constantly checking up on me, they were worse than Charlie; and he was my dad. If anyone would be checking up on me as much as them it should have been him.

"Anything new?" I tried to hide my annoyance.

Edward put his away, wrapping his arms around me. "Your energy levels are a little low but besides that you're fine. You're percentage hasn't gone up since the incident with the wolves.

I had dreaded finding out the increase that the ordeal with Sam had caused but thankfully it hadn't been as bad as I thought it would be. A point two percent increase wasn't a big change. I was only at forty percent now, still well below where a normal transitional would be. The longer I could stay under fifty percent the better.

Esme set a plate of pancakes in front of Anna. It still amazed me how creative Esme had gotten. When we had gone over last Sunday for breakfast, she had started the pancakes off like normal pancakes. By the time she was done she was spelling things out in miniature pancakes.

Anna eagerly dug into the little pancakes that spelled out her name.

Esme handed me a plate and I quickly thanked her before diving into my own breakfast. I had worried that I wouldn't be able to eat anything but strangely I was rather calm.

By my second pancake I was awake enough to realize Jasper was monitoring my mood. I gave him a thankful smile before going back to my food.

Once I finished my breakfast and had brushed my teeth, I joined everyone in the giant family room. Edward was sitting at the piano entertaining Anna. She had been thrilled when she found out he could play. She could listen to piano music for hours.

I sighed and readied myself for the first real separation from Anna. "Are we ready to go?"

Anna jumped off of the piano bench and ran to me. I lifted her into my arms. "Are you going to be okay staying with Esme today?"

Anna glanced over at Esme. She liked her, but the little girl was just as scared about the short separation as I was. She eventually squirmed out of my arms and went to join Esme.

We drove to the headquarters of Toby's second company. I have to say I didn't exactly like the area the giant building was located at.

Toby liked trying to rehabilitate areas, it was one of his ways to give back to the communities. Trying to make the world a little safer. Sadly this area didn't seem to take to his rehabilitation. It wasn't terrible, but Anna was still feeling danger from the area. She clutched my hand tightly as the Cullens ushered us quickly into the building.

"Your cousin could have chosen a better place for a company." Rosalie hissed nervously. She clung to Cissy protectively.

I quickly explained Toby's feel on this subject. They left it at that.

We stepped up to the front desk and I handed over my company card to the receptionist. She glanced at the group of people I had brought with me.

"The Cullens are watching Annabelle and Cissiley for me."

The receptionist stood quickly. Handing me back me card. "Of course. I'll show you to Anna's play room." She gave each of the Cullens a quick peek before leading to the room Toby had set up for Anna, so she could come to work with him if she wanted to. He had a room for her in each building that he could be found out, just in case she traveled with him.

Anna's play room wasn't very large, it was like an above average bedroom size. Despite the size it had plenty of stuff to entertain her with.

"The meeting is in an hour Miss Swan. Do you need me to show you to the conference room?" The receptionist asked politely. I wasn't sure what it was but something about the woman seemed off.

"No thank you," Alice gave the woman a flashing smile before shooing her out of the room.

Curiosity got the better of me and went and grabbed Anna's hand. She gave me a curious look but let me feel her powers.

Edward grabbed her other hand, wanting to know what was going on too. The others waited silently.

Edward and I dropped Anna's hands at the same time. "It's nothing," I told the others.

"But something's got you worried." Jasper's eyes bore into mine, trying to decipher what I was worried about.

I shook my head. "It's nothing, I thought something was off about the woman. Just call me paranoid."

Emmett laughed at that and went and joined Anna on the floor.

I joined Esme and Carlisle who were standing by the door. "How do we do this?" I asked Carlisle, hoping he had a plan.

Carlisle knew what I was talking about. "I don't think it will be too difficult. Anna knows you're in the same building."

"But I can't be interrupted. Anna will have to stay here." I countered.

He nodded thoughtfully. "For today I think Jasper can keep her calm enough should Anna become upset. I don't think we'll have to use his powers though. I think we can keep her distracted and happy without them."

Esme squeezed my shoulders comfortingly. "She's doing really well Bella. Today will be alright."

I nodded and let my head rest against her shoulder. With that taken care of I was free to freak out silently about the meeting.

"Are Toby's companies part of the Rebellion?"

I knew Edward was trying to distract me, but it wasn't working.

"No, these companies have nothing to do with the Rebellion or the other world. The three are strictly human world."

"So what do the three companies do?"

"The first one builds equipment that help people with all sort of things." I laughed remembering Toby and his friends coming up with ideas then building them. He was an amazing inventor. In some ways better than Grandpa Ray. "One of the things they made were a pair of shoes that help with clumsiness. Sadly he was never able to figure out how to make them water resistant. When they get wet they're just normal shoes."

"To bad, you need those." Emmett laughed loudly.

I rolled my eyes and continued. "This one is about more advanced technology. While the third one is my favorite."

"And what does that one do?" Carlisle asked curiously. He sat down on the couch opposite the one Edward and I were sitting on.

"The third company is the one Toby was the most happy with." I smiled at the memory of Toby telling me about his idea for the third company. He had been so happy when he finally got it running.

"Toby had to be really carefully with the laws, he was always checking loop holes and changes in all the laws so he could start it. The company is all about first jobs. They hire kids right out of high school and college. It gives them the work experience that they need to get better jobs. He worked with colleges to hire students, he even managed to get some classes to give credit to high school students who work there.

"Basically any type of entry level job, you can find in the company."

Esme sat down beside Carlisle, a soft smile on her lips. "Toby sounds like someone who really tried to give back to the community."

"To the world." I corrected under my breath; they heard me of course. I leaned against Edward and lost myself to thoughts about my cousin.

"Come on Bella, we don't want to be late for the meeting." Alice skipped to my side after a while.

I stared up at her, blinking repeatedly in an attempt to make sense of her words. "What do you mean 'we'? I'm the only one who has a meeting."

She laughed filling the room with the sound of soft tinkling bells. "I'm coming with you to the meeting of course. I'm your new assistant."

I would remember if I had hired one of the Cullens to be my assistant. "Alice I never hired you, and the board here would know that."

A snicker that I instantly recognized as belonging to Emmett, made me realize that something -most likely done by Edward or Alice- had occurred without my knowledge.

"What did you do?" Unsure of who to look at I turned to Edward; he was after all the most likely candidate for something like this.

He lifted is arms in the universal sign for surrender. "It wasn't me Bella, I promise."

I turned my glare to Alice who just smiled sweetly at me.

"You don't want to be late do you, Miss CEO? Don't worry, the board knows I'm coming with you."

There was only one way she could have managed that, and I was appalled. "You hacked into the company's computers and hired yourself, just to get into this meeting?!"

Alice rolled her eyes. "Not just this meeting all of them. We had to hack all three of the companies. I didn't do any of the hacking though, that was all Jasper."

I turned on Jasper, only to find him holding Anna. She pressed her little cheek against his and smiled at me. "This was your idea?" I asked her, my voice rising without my consent.

She nodded her head, her smile growing.

Alice tugged on my arm. "Come on Bella, we're going to be late if we don't, leave, now." She dragged me out of the room and set a pace that had me running, to get to the meeting on time. She held onto my arm to help me stay on my feet while we ran.

"Was there a specific reason Anna suggested I needed an assistant." I knew she would understand my real question.

Alice's smile faltered for a second before she controlled her face. "Anna said that her dad had mentioned it before. One of the times he was talking with an Uncle Carlos."

"He's just a friend of Toby's, but Anna was taught to call him Uncle Carlos." I explained.

Alice nodded. "Well apparently Toby was going to make sure you had someone he trusted with you whenever you took over for him. It was another precaution he was trying to set up for you."

I nodded but I didn't have time to comment any further. We stopped outside the door to the conference room and Alice quickly double checked that our outfits were spotless and wrinkle free. It was then I realized she was dressed like me, except she had a skirt while I was wearing pants.

"Ready for this Bella," she asked gently.

I nodded and we walked in.

The twelve board members glanced up at us when we entered.

"Nod to each of them," Alice instructed me under her breath. I just barely heard the words.

I did as she said giving each member a soft smile and nod before taking my seat at the head of table facing the door I had just entered through.

Alice took the briefcase before I could and took out everything we would need including a notebook she set out in front of her. She sat out a list of stuff that had Toby's writing on it. I realized it was his rule book. In it was how he wanted his companies run and how to do that.

After a quick introduction the meeting began.

Alice dutifully took notes, while I used the notes she had written before to steer the meeting forward. It didn't take me very long to understand the gist of the meeting. Now that Toby was gone people were preparing for a change. Most of the board figured I would make some changes, while the others were urging for certain changes. This meeting had turned into a takeover, and now I knew I would deal with the same thing with the other two companies.

"Take a deep breath and show them who is boss." Alice advised, again barely loud enough for me to hear her.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, then I speared each board member with my gaze. "I have no intention of straying from Toby's vision. He started this company and I will keep it the way he wanted it. Now let's get back to what we're actually scheduled to discuss today."

The rest of the meeting was spent going over our inventory and what was expected to be added to the line by the end of the list.

I was glad Alice seemed to understand what was going on, her notes were the only reason I didn't look like a fool during the meeting.

The meeting ended with a late lunch being brought up to the room. I glanced at Alice apologetically before I remembered it was her own fault she was here having to pretend to eat in front of the board members.

Seven of the board members left after they had finished eating. The other five moved down so they were closer to me. They tried to get me to see reason to make changes but Alice skillfully blocked off each attempt by pointing out different rules from Toby's rule book. She ended their attempts pointing out how strange and quite upsetting it was that the new assistant understood the rules better than the board members.

That had put an end to their arguments.

After the rest of the board had left, Alice and I took a tour of the headquarters; getting ourselves acquainted with the building. We stopped and talked with the heads of each department, letting them explain the jobs in the department.

Alice turned to me and gave me a sympathetic smile. "Okay, we need to go check the warehouse, then we can leave.

I nodded and we headed to Anna's play room. We walked in and everyone turned to us.

"You ready to head to the warehouse?" Jasper asked taking Alice's hands in his own. His eyes didn't leave mine waiting for an answer.

I nodded. "Are all of you ready to go?"

Edward stepped up behind me, wrapping his arms around me. "Emmett, Jasper, and I are joining you and Alice. Carlisle, Esme, and Rosalie are going to stay here with the girls." He lowered his voice and his lips brushed my ear. "Anna's doing rather well so we're going to see how she handles not being in the same building."

Ah, we needed to leave then while she was distracted.

The five of us left the headquarters and walked towards the warehouse. Thankfully it was only a few blocks away.

We toured the warehouse, while the warehouse manager described what an average day looked like for the workers. I was glad to find that the manager was well trained.

By the time we were ready to head back it was dark out. Edward and Jasper behaved like any mates and had Alice and me in their tight embrace. I could hear Alice mumbling something about 'over protective fools' I was thinking the same thing. That was Until Edward stiffened beside me.

He picked up the pace. I heard him hiss but couldn't make out any words if he had said any.

I didn't have a single clue what exactly was going on, but it became clear almost instantly that the four vampires were talking amongst themselves. I huffed. I couldn't focus on my hearing while I was walking, I didn't want to chance a clumsy moment.

We turned at the corner only for Emmett to turn around and usher us back the way we'd come. We hurried down one street then another, but I couldn't help noticing how we were getting farther and farther away from the headquarters. We were passing closed up warehouses, and empty businesses.

Each building we passed sent us farther from civilization. I knew we were being followed but I couldn't figure out who it was. Was it the Hunters or the Undermining?

We rounded another corner and I felt sick.

Jasper stopped dead in his tracks, he growled at the two men leaning against the outside wall of an empty warehouse.

Emmett growled behind me and I turned to see two more men behind us.

"We were herded," Alice hissed. I couldn't help flinching at the venom in her voice.

"It took you guys long enough." A stocky, dark haired man yelled at the two young men behind us.

After a quick glance I was able to determine that we were dealing with hunters. The four men were probably only a few years older than me; that would be a problem. Younger hunters were stronger, hopefully though these hunters didn't have as much experience as older hunters.

The four hunters took a step closure ignoring the growling from four vampires.

"Yeah," one of the men behind us called loudly. "We just took a little detour."

Jasper and Edward hissed something under their breath, Emmett answered their hisses with something else. A part of me was irked that they weren't talking loud enough for me to hear, but they may not want the hunters to hear.

"You know you're a hard one to find Sugar." The stocky man eyed me closely, sending a shiver down my back.

Edward growled but Emmett and Jasper caught hold of his arms to keep him from lunging at the man.

Sadly no one was stopping the hunters. They lunged, moving so quickly I hadn't seen what type of weapon they had chosen to use.

My shield shot out protectively sending the two men in front of us sailing down the block. The two men behind us had been stopped by Jasper and Emmett.

Edward pulled me up in his arms and I couldn't help glancing into his face, wondering how he was taking this brush of danger. He wasn't looking at me, he was having a silent conversation with Alice.

She nodded towards the men that my shield had stopped. Edward nodded and said something too fast for me to catch.

I was getting quite infuriated not being able to hear this conversation. I didn't get a chance to tell them how I felt on the matter though.

At that moment Jasper used his powers to put the two he and Emmett were fighting to sleep.

Emmett turned to me. "That was a little too easy baby sis."

I humphed rolling my eyes. It was clear to me that these hunters weren't very skilled; especially if my shield was able to knock them out.

Edward ran back to the headquarters slowing to a more human speed once we got closer to civilization. Emmett was beside us, but Jasper and Alice were nowhere to be found.

"They're finishing off the hunters," Edward whispered calmly.

"I thought you couldn't read my mind," I grumbled.

Emmett laughed beside us, but we ignored him.

"How are they finishing them off?" I wasn't sure if you would tell me, but I had to ask.

He smiled his crooked smile and I was surprised to see how calm he really was. "They're taking them to Duke, who I'm sure can send them to the right people to be taken care of."

I nodded, thankful to know.

We didn't go back inside of the headquarters. We headed to our cars. The one Carlisle had driven was already gone. We climbed into Edward's. He tossed the keys at Emmett and climbed into the back seat with me.

Emmett tore out of the parking lot, driving only a little slower than Edward normally did.

"Are we going back to your house?" I asked Edward curiously. Despite looking calm he hadn't said anything since Emmett had started driving.

He kissed the top of my head. "We're not, we have another place we're staying tonight."

"Are you okay?"

He gave me my favorite crooked smile. "I'm fine."

I gave him a hard glare. "You're waiting for something bad to happen."

Shrugging one shoulder he gave me a soft smile. "I'm actually waiting for you to go into shock."

I rolled my eyes, silly vampire. "When you're a danger magnet like me you learn to suppress unpleasant things."

He hugged me closer to him and I heard him release a sigh.

We drove around for an hour zigzagging all over the city. The ride was kind of making me sick. Thankfully we got a call from Rosalie letting us know that Anna said we weren't being followed, and we could head to the place we were staying at tonight.

We stopped at a parking lot where other cars had been left for the night. I was glad to see that our third rental car was already there, meaning Alice and Jasper were alright.

"What are we doing?" I asked as Edward opened my door.

He took my hand helping me out of the car; ever the gentleman. "We're running from here." He lifted me into his arms, no doubt figuring I was safer in his arms instead of on his back.

With no witnesses around he and Emmett took off into the darkness. I wasn't sure if it was a minute later or a few minutes, but not long into the run we were surrounded by trees. At least I think they were trees, it was hard to figure out what all the blurs were.

We stopped outside of a small two possibly three story house. It was quaint.

Carlisle was waiting outside for us. "How are the three of you?"

Emmett slumped his shoulders. "Bummed, I've fought bears stronger than those hunters."

Edward rolled his eyes, setting me on my feet, while Carlisle laughed gently.

"I'm a little tired," I told him truthfully.

Carlisle's eyes narrowed in concern. "You should get ready for bed, and rest. Your energy levels dropped," he paused which unnerved me. He shared a look for a moment with Edward before turning his gaze back to me. "Your percentage increased again. You should really go lay down, try to sleep."

I was back in Edward's arms before I could even sigh. "I can walk."

Sadly I was wrong. My energy levels dropped and I blacked out before we had even entered the house.

I woke in a strange room, and at first I had thought I was alone.

"Come on Love, I know you're awake."

I turned to him and found him sitting beside my bed holding the information box I had given him.

I grimaced. "How bad?"

He shrugged, getting up off the chair to sit beside me on the bed. "Anna gave you some extra energy last night, but it didn't even wake you. Your levels are too low at the moment and your percentage can't make up its mind."

I sat up so fast the room spun. "Whoa, head rush."

Edward gently pushed me back against the pillows. "Your percentage has already gone up three times since last night. Why is it still increasing?"

I reached for the device; he handed it over without question. I first checked my energy levels for myself. I was borderline, if they got any lower I'd be comatose.

The door to the room opened as I checked my percentage. Alice came in carrying Anna, setting her on the bed.

Anna gave me her extra energy, making me feel normal again, just in time for my percentage.

I was already at forty seven percent, and from what Edward said I could guess that it wouldn't stay there for long.

Anna pressed her hand against my cheek and I sighed. Edward took her hand quickly, always wanting to know everything. He didn't understand the feeling though.

"What is it?" He asked, already scanning the area no doubt searching for danger.

I sat up -this time slowly- and ran my hand through his hair in an attempt to calm him. It did, a little bit. "It's nothing bad, but I do know why my percentage is still increasing like it is."

His curious gaze pierced mine. "Well?"

I answered him by going through the information box to see the updates in my vampire abilities. I turned the box around so he could read the update.

"There's been an increase in your brain activity?" He shook his head not understanding.

I pointed to the rest of the update. "My mental shield reacted last night. It shouldn't have been able to since I was using my physical shield. My mind is strong enough to use both of my shields together now."

He stilled looked confuse. "And that's why your percentage is increasing?"

I sighed. "It's time to start training my mental shield."

He nodded then. "Come on I want to show you around this house."

"What house is this one?" I asked once I had changed and joined him out in the hall.

He smiled. "This is where Carlisle was living when he was working in the hospital during the time of the Spanish influenza. The first house I lived in as a vampire."

Author's Note

Hey everyone, what did you think about my change of the incident that would have happened in Port Angeles in the original Twilight book?

Just in case I wasn't very clear. The hunters that attacked them weren't as well trained, they were amateurs, that's why it was so easy. Though personally I think with Jaspers powers and fighting skills it should be really easy for him to fight against the Hunters.

It's time for Bella to start working with her mental shield. I wonder how that will work out. Any idea who the best instructor will be?

We still have many chapters to go before this story will wrap up, but I was wondering, any ideas what other aspects from Twilight I will put in this fan fiction?

I hope you guys liked this chapter. Sorry if the business meeting wasn't what you thought it would be. I've never been to a major company's business meetings so I'm not exactly sure what goes on. Also the companies are really just Bella's job and source of income so she can care for the girls. The Companies aren't that important, but they do have their uses.

Until next time,

Be prepared because the next major problem we deal with is the Undermining.

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