Twilight saga New Moon Fanfiction

Transitionals: New Moon

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to New Moon or any of the other books in the Saga, they belong to Stephenie Meyer. I do use some phrasing, sentences, and descriptions from the books, though.

This chapter is going to be jammed packed with information. We are going to be learning a lot of stuff today, and many of our questions are going to be answered. Then again this is the final chapter before the epilogue.

So let's just go ahead and jump into it. This chapter is dedicated to all of the readers.

Chapter 21

I was far more rested when I woke up the next morning and I couldn't remember any dreams the second time around.

The day started off great though. When I turned over I found myself facing a goofy grin from Edward.

I blushed a deep red. "What on earth did I say?" I was shocked to hear the laughter from downstairs. It wasn't just Emmett, like normal. No, I was sure I heard everyone including the little girls. If the little girls new then it couldn't be as horrible as I thought. Then again Anna might know what was up, or she and Cissy could just be laughing because the others were.

Edward's grin widened and he kissed me. "We'll definitely be talking about that later, but our guests are going to be arriving soon, and you should really get some breakfast before they get here. You might not want to eat after hearing everything they have to say."

That didn't sound good. Whatever was going to be talked about wasn't going to be good if it could cause me to lose my appetite.

He left the room so I could change. I threw on some clothes and hurried out of the room. I was hungry and I was going to eat while I had the chance.

Edward was sitting at the kitchen counter with a plate of biscuits and gravy waiting for me. A large glass of milk beside it.

I dug into the food immediately.

"Bella, I know last night we didn't give you that great of an explanation of what happened. We just rushed through it so you could get the just of it."

I nodded for him to continue.

Edward sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Carlisle didn't want us to tell you last night, he thought it would be better just to keep you asleep so that you'd be well rested for today. You see, Thomas is coming, with Megra. They both have stuff they need to talk with you about."

I remembered Jasper telling us about the hidden messages Megra had left for me.

Edward continued. "Carlisle wasn't sure how all of this would affect your transition, and with it so close…" He didn't need to finish the statement.

"Any way," he changed the topic back to explain what happened on their side. "I called everyone to let them know I was in New York. Jasper and Anna had just figured out that Carlos was the traitor."

"That doesn't make since," I realized. "If Jasper knew just before you called him to tell him you were in New York, why didn't he tell Alice when she called him? He told her you had gotten to New York."

Edward grimaced. "Alice never talked with Jasper."

What?

"We're not sure how he managed it -we're extremely careful with our cellphones- but he managed to clone Jasper's phone and get her call sent to him instead." He sighed. "We figure the imposter was helping him by impersonating Jasper's voice."

This was ridiculous. "Carlos would also make it impossible for you to get a hold of us."

Edward nodded. "Whenever we tried to call you two, a recording told us that we needed to check the number and try again." He stopped and glanced down at my plate. I did too.

I had stopped eating and my food was getting cold. He was subtly telling me that I needed to start eating or he wasn't going to continue. I took another bite and he continued.

"So Jasper told me about Carlos and we both wondered if something wasn't right with what he said to you. We hung up, and I called the company you were supposed to meet with. They had no idea what I was talking about."

"I don't understand that either. Alice looked for the future and saw problems; she saw a whole bunch of different scenarios that could have happened."

Edward shrugged. "We're not actually sure how he did that. Our best guess though is that Alice was looking for something like that, so Carlos had people think about the problem and treat it like it actually would be happening for you. It's not like you had ever met the leaders of the company in person."

That was true, and I guess it made sense. I took a drink and listened to the rest of his explanation.

"When I called Jasper back, he told me what Anna thought the problem was. She didn't know why but the only thing she could think of in Italy that would be a problem to you were the Volturi."

So it was Anna who had sent them to Volterra. I grinned, proud of her for figuring it out.

"Jasper told me to wait, saying he had something that would help us get to Volterra faster and allow us to be there without the Volturi knowing." His gaze softened and he closed his eyes. "I begrudgingly waited for him, but it took a lot of convincing on his part. There was nothing I wanted more than to just go and get you."

I cupped his cheek with my hand. "I know you would have."

Edward took my hand and held it between both of his. "I picked Jasper and Anna up and they had so much to tell me. They knew about Carlos and his mate, and they even knew for certain that you were with the Volturi." Edward shook his head in disbelief and scoffed. "Megra has a lot that she needs to explain to us."

I agreed readily. Something obviously had stopped her from being able to tell us all of this stuff, from telling the Rebellion. If she knew about Carlos there had to be an excellent reason why she hadn't told anyone.

Edward's hand rubbed circles in the back of mine. "Jasper brought some of the stuff that we had collected from the Hunters. He has been tampering with it for a little while now and he was able to figure out how it worked. We were able to make ourselves invisible but since it wasn't made for vampires it couldn't support hiding us for long. It worked fine for Anna though.

"We drove close to the city then used the devices to get inside without being seen, that way no one would notice our glittering skin. We found you scent at the castle and then ran into Demetri."

"He tracked you guys?" I asked since I knew of his power.

Edward nodded grimly. "Aro figured from reading Carlos' mind, and knowing vampire nature that I would come for you. So he had sent Demetri out looking for me, and found us. You know what happened after that basically. We entered their castle and eventually found you and Alice."

I set my fork down on the now empty plate and quickly finished my glass of milk.

Jasper poked his head into the kitchen. "Our company just arrived, we're meeting them in the living room."

Edward took my dishes and washed them at vampire speed. He had them dried and put away before I could leave the room.

We walked together into the living room where the others were.

Rose and Emmett were sitting on the love seat. Anna and Cissy were sitting on their laps. Esme and Carlisle were on the couch with Jasper and Alice. My dad was sitting in one of the chairs. Edward sat on the matching one, pulling me onto his lap.

Thomas and Megra were sitting on chairs that Thomas had no doubt created out of thin air.

The room was extremely silent while we stared at each other.

Thomas sighed and turned to face me. "I don't know what to say, how to start this."

"The beginning is always nice," I offered kindly.

Thomas shook his head. "I don't know where the beginning is."

I chewed on my bottom lip nervously until Edward realized and pulled it out from between my teeth. I glared at him for a second before turning my attention to Thomas. "Since you don't know where to begin, can I ask a question?"

Thomas shared a glance with Megra before nodding. "That sounds alright."

I took a deep breath and pressed on before I could chicken out. "There's something Toby's inner circle of friends know, that Grandpa Ray doesn't. What is that?"

A small smile crossed both Thomas and Megra's faces. Megra nodded towards Thomas, silently telling him to explain.

"Megra, Turner, Kian, Carlos," he grimaced at that name, "Ruby, Mia, Duke, and I, had been helping Toby build equipment, to help block the signals that allowed Hunters to find transitional creatures."

I blinked back in surprise. Why wouldn't Toby trust Grandpa Ray with that?

"I know what you're thinking," Thomas teased. "Toby didn't want Grandpa Ray's help because he wanted to make sure everyone could understand it. I was the only one Toby trusted with this information.

"You see Toby had already started backing off with who he was trusting with important details. And everyone else in our little circle didn't understand why he stopped talking with Grandpa Ray about the important stuff. That made the others very suspicious. While the truth was Grandpa Ray and Toby were conversing in secret with the use of these."

The strange devices we kept finding with the more advanced hunters appeared in the air, in front of Thomas. "Toby made these so he and Grandpa Ray could quite literally disappear. They're supposed to teleport people to destinations, but these have been altered to make the wearers invisible. It only lasts with people from the other world though."

"Do you know who tampered with them?" Jasper asked thoughtfully.

"We're not positive, but I know of a few people who could pull this type of work off." Megra answered thoughtfully. "There's people of our kind who are trying to be forgotten. They don't agree with the Undermining, but they don't want to bother fighting them. There's some people amongst them with enough skill to tweak Toby's design.

I rubbed my hands over my face, I could already feel a slight headache come on. "Okay, so Toby didn't want Grandpa Ray to help with his idea to block the Hunters but I still don't understand why."

Thomas sighed. "Let me try to explain. When Grandpa Ray builds something, he knows how to build it right so that it will do what it is supposed to do. Most of the time though, anyone besides Grandpa Ray can't figure out why it works. And with some of the more advanced stuff Grandpa Ray has come up with, even he can't figure out the why, at least not yet."

"Toby needed to make sure he knew why it worked so that he would be able to help you Bella," Megra added. "Toby did everything he could to make sure that you'd have all the help he could give."

I nodded, I knew Toby worked very hard to keep me safe. "So the equipment, did you guys… were ever able to get it to work? Do you have something that can keep the Hunters from finding me?" I stumbled over my words to find a way to ask my question.

Thomas' hand clenched into a fist and so did Edward's. "Carlos finally figured out how to get it to work, Friday night."

"Carlos did?" How were we going to get it from him, he wouldn't give it to us.

Thomas nodded. "He went to Volterra on Sunday and asked the Volturi for help. Aro of course accepted because of how much information he was able to get from Carlos, and he was intrigued by the idea of meeting you."

I shivered slightly not wanting to, but remembering every minute of that horrible day.

"Sending you to Italy was a test to make sure it worked." Thomas grimaced. "There were at least a half a dozen Hunters in Volterra alone but none of the signs could find you."

"But I didn't have anything." There was nothing. I didn't recall being given anything.

Megra gave me a sympathetic smile. "Carlos sent the program through your ring. You ring was making it where none of the Hunters could see you."

"And Carlos knew that despite the fact you weren't wearing your ring so Alice could see you, he knew you'd put it on when you met with the Volturi." Thomas added.

"So my ring can block the Hunters?" Hope filled me. If they couldn't find me, then I was safe from them. I couldn't finish my transition without having to worry about them; for the most part.

"Bella, you can't use your ring to block the Hunters, not without consequences." Thomas warned. "Carlos set up the program, and purposefully made it were you could use your ring to block the Hunters, but you wouldn't be able to use your powers."

The memory of Edward on the ground in agony came to me. I hadn't been able to help him because my ring was preventing me?

"Bella?" Edward's voice shook me from my horrifying thoughts.

I shook my head to clear it more.

Thomas gave me an apologetic glance. "I'm sorry Bella, Carlos has the information we need, and he's gone, we don't know where he disappeared to. We can't fix your ring without that information though."

So my ring could no longer help me with my powers, but it could block the Hunters. "So I can continue to use the ring, but my powers won't work."

Megra grimaced but nodded. "You could, but just because they can't track you magically doesn't mean you're safe. They could go searching for you like a normal human would."

"Most of them did follow you out of town though," Emmett spoke up. "Once Leah finished her transition some followed you and Alice and others left."

"I haven't noticed any since you got back. I'm pretty sure they're waiting until you go over ninety percent though." Charlie added the last part worriedly.

Thomas nodded in agreement. "Most would."

That's what I had tried to explain to Edward.

I clutched Edward's hand in mine. "I guess I don't really need my powers." I turned to glance back at him. "There's plenty of people here to keep me safe, without them."

Edward grinned, nodding in agreement.

"I think that's a smart idea Bella," Charlie agreed. "What does that entitle though? Do none of her powers work with the ring on?"

Thomas shrugged uncertainty on his face. "What I found through the information we could get from her information box. Her physical shield was suppressed. Her mental shield stayed around her but she couldn't work with it."

"We're not sure why her mental shield wasn't suppressed but it's better than nothing," Megra offered.

Sure, at least Edward wouldn't be able to read my mind. That might have been too embarrassing for me to deal with.

"So do you think the Hunters got their new tech from Carlos?" Rose asked quietly.

Thomas nodded. "We're sure that Carlos was the one who passed it on to them."

"We can't figure out his game. He's made a way for the Hunters to take out transitional creatures faster and easier, but he also has given Bella a way to block them." Megra ran a hand through her curls. "We can't decide who he's working for."

"Anna knows." Jasper glanced over at Anna who was sitting quietly on Rose's lap. He turned back to Thomas. "According to Anna's powers he's working for the Undermining. But why would he help the Hunters?"

Thomas shrugged his shoulders raising his hands in a 'your guess is as good as mine' gesture. "We can only speculate about that."

"But you seem to know a lot, Megra." Charlie narrowed his eyes thoughtfully at Megra.

Megra sighed and nodded. "Toby had started to wonder if someone out of our group was passing on information. He had his suspects. Carlos, or Turner. He gave me some information that needed to be passed on to Bella, but I couldn't let Carlos or Turner know about it.

"So I hid it, and I made the videos so Bella could find them. I was halfway done with them, when I overheard Carlos talking with Ruby's apprentice one day. I found out they were mates and that they were leaking information out to not only the Undermining but different species of mythical beings. Before I left I heard them talking about the group and knew Carlos was the one who betrayed your family."

She shook her head a look of chagrin forming. "I got caught though, but they couldn't figure out what I knew. They made it impossible for me to get a hold of you. So I added more hidden messages so that you would know everything. When I visited I knew I had one shot but I didn't get enough time to get you to understand really what I was giving you.

"By then Carlos had started turning the others against me."

Thomas rested a hand on Megra's shoulder. "Carlos turned us all against each other."

"So what exactly did Toby want me to have?" I asked to get back on topic.

Megra let a small smile grace her face. "You need to go find them, but I can tell you where they are. Toby's briefcase that has sensitive information in it, I hide it…"

"It's in my house," Anna announced. "Hidden behind my mystery door. The key is hidden in the book daddy would read to me on my swing set."

Megra grinned proudly. "That's exactly right Anna.

Anna beamed. "And my pendant is in mommy's jewelry box."

Anna's pendant survived the attack? If she could have that back she'd be better protected.

"I think Anna has this down," Megra laughed.

I nodded in agreement. "Will you help me find what we need? We could get them this weekend."

Anna's curls bounced as she nodded excitedly.

"I guess if you need any help you can always call me." Megra handed me a card. "We've all changed our contact information, just one of those precautions."

I took the card and stuck it in my pocket. "Thanks, we'll call if we need help." A quick glance at Anna though and I knew we wouldn't need it.

Alice cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "Alright, I've been dying to figure out how Carlos was able to get past my visions. I mean we have our theories but I'd like answers. How was he able to get me to see what he wanted? I saw so many things and yet none of it was real."

Thomas and Megra shared a thoughtful glance. Megra was the first to answer. "I don't think we can answer that. Grandpa Ray might, but we can't. Your theories are as good as ours. We can only assume he had people who was ready to pretend to be who you were expecting them to be."

"I suppose they could have planned to actually have a meeting with you, play it out, but then they changed their mind." Thomas added thoughtfully.

"Which would be why you had the vision about the Volturi and what was really going on," Jasper added.

Alice nodded. "He obviously had someone hack my email since the real company supposedly never got it."

Jasper rubbed Alice's shoulders. "They didn't; I check. Your email was sent to the address but it was redirected."

Thomas sighed. "That's an old trick that the Undermining uses." He shook his head, his eyes showing his anger. "Carlos made sure everything turned out the way he wanted it to. He made it impossible for Edward to catch up with you and Alice. He knew if Edward met you in Rome, then he'd see the real plan in the driver's thoughts. He needed to make sure you two got to Volterra before Edward met up with you."

I huffed. "He also didn't get rid of the plans for Grandpa Ray's vampire proof vehicle."

Thomas grimaced. "That's true, and that might easily be a problem later."

Megra clasped her hands tightly, forcing them to remain still in her lap. It was sign that she was angry and she was trying hard to control it. "Carlos worked hard to put all of this in place, and he didn't care who he used to do it."

"What do you mean?" Carlisle's thoughtful voice spoke up. I was surprised he had managed to keep himself from asking questions until now.

Thomas' face twisted with disgust. "Carlos asked Duke to help test products out for the companies. He had been testing a phone and he gave it to Bella. Duke didn't know it, but any phone within ten feet of that one was cloned."

"That's how he was able to mess with our phone calls," Alice hissed.

I felt so stupid. I dropped my face into my hands. "Carlos played us all like fools."

"Hey Bella," Thomas waited until I met his gaze. "It's in the past and we need to move forward. He will pay for what he's done."

"Hey," Emmett broke the stressful mood. "Any idea what Grandpa Ray has been doing, you know since he refused to look over that stuff; saying he was too busy."

"Ah," Megra rolled her eyes. "That isn't common knowledge yet. All we know is that Grandpa Ray is "fixing" something. We only know that because he's giving Turner updates."

Turner, I couldn't help but wonder what he's been up to.

"Is he still working up in Seattle?" Edward asked before I could.

Thomas and Megra nodded.

"What's so important that he's willing to leave work?" I couldn't think of anything that he'd be willing to actually leave work for. He loves his job and honestly, he's perfect for it.

Megra smiled softly. "You are."

What?

Thomas took pity on me an answered my silent question. "After the incident at Toby's safe house, Turner came across a red headed vampire woman."

"Victoria," Carlisle supplied.

My world froze but I doubt anyone besides Edward noticed. Thomas sure didn't, since he continued.

"He didn't like what he was finding as he was tracking her. He learned that her mate was working with the Undermining and he had something to do with getting you to meet them."

"She blames you for his death, so Turners keeping an eye on her." Megra added the next part with a grateful sigh. "She has no idea he's been watching her every move. He wanted to come down and discuss strategy with the Cullens but Grandpa Ray made him stay away until he was certain Turner wasn't the traitor. He'll be coming down soon to talk with all of you."

I lowered my gaze to floor, my mind was having a hard time comprehending just how much I was being cared for. It was touching."

"Ruby would like to come down too sometime. You'll need to get her the information that Toby wanted her to have, anyway." Thomas checked his watch.

"Are you needing to go?" My voice came out too rough. I was having a hard time talking around the lump forming in my throat.

They nodded.

Thomas got up. "We need to go, we're meeting with the heads of the rebellion to talk about how much Carlos and Zay, his mate, were able to pass along to the Undermining.

We all got up and told them goodbye.

Megra hugged me tightly. "Everything will work out Bella. I promise. I don't know how long it will take, but Carlos will pay for this."

Thomas also tried to reassure me. "We'll find him. He won't get away with what he's done. Take care of yourself."

I hugged Edward tightly and watched them leave.

"Are you alright," he asked gently once their car had vanished into the trees.

After a moment I nodded. "I will be, eventually." I whispered the last word.

Author's Note

Well there you have it. We only have the epilogue left and then Bella's POV for this fanfiction is done.

What did you guys think? Where there any questions you had that were unanswered? If there were I'll try to answer them. If I can't, then they are either going to be answered in the next story or in the Cullens' POV of this fanfiction.

I'm not going to start the Cullens' POV for this fanfiction until I have their POV done with the first story, but I'm working on it so hopefully it won't be very long.

I really hope you guys liked this chapter and I'll see you tomorrow for the next chapter, which will most likely be the epilogue, but if I get the next chapter of transitionals done, I'll be posting that instead.

Until next time,

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