Me: You know I love you all right?
Jasper: Yup.
Me: Aha! 22 reviewers! Also, a special note of gratitude to Zynthia. I didn't realize I had a person reading that actually had an 11-month-old son. Please, send him my love!
Bella: And Alexander's love too!
Me: Onward, mateys!
Edward: We are not on a ship.
Me: Silence! Or I will send ye to the brig!
Edward: …
Me: That is better! Sail me swashbucklers! Sail!
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. I do, however, own how I shall speak. I spoke sailor just a little bit ago! Aha XD
Edward's POV
Driving home that night, I thought about all that Bella had told me. About her dead ex-boyfriend, Kurt, and about her theories of how he was killed. I remembered it so clearly…
"What do you mean?" I asked her.
"He told me the truth about him, and I hoped and prayed that Alexander was not like him," She whispered.
"What was he?" I dreaded asking, dreading hearing what she had to say.
"You know the werewolves right?" She asked softly.
"He was a werewolf?" I asked, incredulous.
"Not like the ones that are huge and run around in the forest. No, he was a Lycan. He was a true Child of the Moon. When it was full, he could not stop the transformation." She said, laughing shakily.
I had heard of Lycan's and of how they lived, but by Bella's descriptions, Kurt didn't seem all that bloodthirsty and evil.
"He wasn't like his brothers were," She murmured, as if reading my mind. "His father was a Lycan, but his mother was human. He retained some common sense from her."
"Then why were you so surprised to find that we were vampires?" I asked, curious.
"I think I was a little in denial, you know? I didn't really want to be having a child of a Lycanthrope thank you very much, but when Kurt was killed…It just made it that much worse."
"How so?"
"I saw the news channel that night. Someone was taping the whole thing. There were no people in the van that rammed into Kurt according to them, but I stared at the screen as hard as I could. I think it might have been Alexander's doing, but I saw Kurt's brothers driving that van into him. They murdered him because of me."
"Why?"
"I suppose they wanted him dead for multiple reasons. Not choosing one of their own corresponding species, even though they were half-bloods themselves."
"How would this all tie in with Alexander?"
"Think Edward! Think god damn you! If Alexander is a half-blood, and the others find out, they can take him somewhere for a ransom!"
"Worse than that Bella."
"Worse?" She squeaked.
"The Volturi, the rulers of our kind, do not approve of half-bloods. Whether they be vampires, werewolves, or lycanthropes. They have ordered all vampires, that if we should find one, we shall bring it to them. Then, all vampires from across the lands shall gather and watch the half-blood die with it's mother, tied up and burned to death in front of all."
Her face turned a sickly pallor of a color.
"Bella?" I asked.
"I'm…fine…" She murmured, but I doubted it.
"If my family and I could not smell what he is, then neither can the others. Rest easily." I whispered to her.
My words seemed to calm her down, and she thanked me.
Shaking my head, I wound around the drive to my house and stopped my car. I stepped out and shut the door, traversing into the house to tell what I had discovered.
Bella's POV
My window was open. That much I was fairly certain of. It was a lot colder than when I went to bed.
Reaching to turn my light on, a cold hand touched mine.
"Edward?" I asked softly, gazing up at the brown haired vampire.
He frowned at me slightly and I remembered him from my dreams.
"Todd?" I asked uncertainly.
"I'm sorry," He whispered.
"What are you-" I had no time to finish before another vampire flipped into my room through the window.
"Hello, Isabella. My name is Marie, and this is Todd. We will be taking you on a vacation to beautiful Italy." She said, smiling.
Her teeth, which I had seen red before in my dreams, were pearly white in the moonlight streaking through the open window.
My eyes widened as I realized why they would want to take me anywhere. I sat up and scrambled away from them, in the closest corner of my bed.
"You know."
It was nothing more than a whisper, but Marie smiled menacingly.
"Yes. Lycanthropes, even half-blood lycanthropes, tend to hide their scent well to escape from enemies. John was the one who finally remembered what he smelled like. So, which one of you is it? Are you the lycanthrope or is the lycan the boy who did ya?" She asked.
I snarled at her, hoping to make her think it was me.
"Well. Looks like it was the guy who banged you. So, where is he?"
"Dead," I spat.
She feigned hurt.
"Oh. Poor sweet Isabella. So weak and defenseless, without poor sweet Edward Cullen to come to her rescue." Marie whispered, stepping closer and playing with a strand of my hair.
"Edward…help me…" I whispered.
"I don't think that will happen," Marie said.
The world went black.
Edward's POV
It was only a whisper, but I heard. I tore out of my room as fast I could and down to Bella's house. I noticed her window was open, and I took the liberty to jump inside and have a look around. I smelled them. Todd, and Marie…and Bella was gone. Tearless sobs and snarls ripped through me as I realized that they were taking her to Italy.
They had figured out.
Bella's POV
I woke with a start on a plane. Todd and John were at my sides, and Marie was on the other side of John.
"Where…is Alexander?" I asked, licking my lips.
"In his carrier of course. Strapped to the seat. He's a big boy now." Marie smirked.
"I want to sit near him."
"I don't think so," The long blonde haired man said.
"Now." The word from my own mouth was so fierce and full of rage, that John and Marie looked at each other uneasily. Marie unbuckled her belt, and I unbuckled mine. We traded places, and I turned to look at Alexander. He was staring up at me, sucking on his pacifier like he didn't know we were going to die in a few hours.
"Hi Alexander," I whispered, blinking back the tears that threatened to flow down.
He gurgled at me, and the pacifier fell out of his mouth. I placed it back in his mouth, and he grabbed my nose. I smiled and chuckled. It was like we weren't abducted at all. I lifted him out of his carrier and held him close.
"Put him back," John said. Well, it was more of an order.
"I know what is going to happen when we see the Volturi," I snapped. "I deserve these last hours with him."
John and Marie looked at me curiously, but shrugged and went back to staring at the seats in front of them. I looked over at Todd, and he smiled sadly.
I shook my head and turned my attention back to Alexander. I wanted these last hours to last a lifetime, but I knew that eventually all good things didn't last.
I must've fallen asleep with Alexander in my arms because the next thing I knew, Todd was shaking me awake. He took Alexander and put him in the carrier.
"Come on."
John and Marie went first, followed by Todd, myself, and Alexander.
"Welcome to Italy!" Marie exclaimed to me, once we had left the plane and were standing in the airport.
Oh yes, welcome to Italy indeed. We were here.
Me: And there you are! Leading up to suspense! Woot!
Bella: -dances- Alexander is with me again!
Edward: But you are in mortal danger! -seethes and glares at me-
Me: -hides behind Jasper-
Jasper: Reviews would help.