Author's Note: I loved all of the comments, thanks guys, sorry about the cliffhangers, but I have to keep you reading my story somehow don't I?

So this chapter will explain everything. (I was watching TV last night and I found a song that fit this chapter SO well it's not even funny. YAY!)

Disclaimer: nope, I don't own that hunk of a vampire. Wish I did.

"Let's go back
Back to the beginning
Back to when the earth, the sun, the stars all aligned"

Come Clean – Hillary Duff

(It surprised me, I actually liked a Hillary Duff song, but it's the Laguna theme song too, so I might be a little bias for the better song-wise)

Recap from Last Chapter (Bella's POV):

I screamed for the first time in my transformation, and I could not open my eyes, this frightened me. "Edward!" I managed to screech, the whole family was by my side immediately.

"What is it Bella dear?"

"Edward! The ice, stop the ice!"

They all stopped and looked at me in horror. We all knew something was extremely wrong.

Bella's POV:

I could only watch their faces which were horror stricken as I fell into the darkness. As gently as if my hand was water slipping out from his fingertips, my hand fell limp out of Edward's grasp, my head rolled over to one side and my eyelids drooped.

(START DREAM)

"Isabella…" said a voice that I recognized, yet didn't recognize at the same time. It was not one of the Cullens, which frightened me.

"Isabella!" It called, more urgent this time.

I started to run towards the voice, at an inhuman pace. My speed was that of a vampire, maybe even faster than the Cullens, but I could not think of them now, now I have to think about getting to that man's voice. Suddenly I reached him, my feet were on… clouds?

The man shone with the brightness of thousands of stars, and he had authority etched in every part of his being. "Isabella." He said again as his face cracked into a large grin.

I didn't even know this man, but I felt that I had met him before and that he held power far greater than mine. I went into a graceful bow and he must have seen the evident shock on my face from the fact that I was 'graceful'. His laughter boomed through my ears, and it was loud, but for some reason it was not unbearable, it was as if when he laughed he could make the ground shake, every note was coated with unlimited power.

"Isabella, there is not much time, and the Cullen family is worried about you; yes even Jasper and Rosalie, they all love you so very much. I need to tell you the basics of what is happening, I trust Carlisle can tell you the rest." He said, as he went to take a breath my surroundings suddenly clicked and I looked into the eyes of the most powerful being anyone would ever see…

"Are you… are you God? Am I in… heaven?" I asked my voice cracking.

"Yes to both counts Isabella, but we must hurry, we will have time for questions in the end. Your earth-bound job is that of the protector: the keeper of the balance. For years werewolves and vampires have been mortal enemies, slowly the vampires have been spreading throughout the lands and taking many lives, this is the balance of nature, I can admit, but some like your dear Victoria are purely set out on revenge, and many like your friends the werewolves believe that all of the vampires are like this. The werewolves are planning on taking out every single vampire on this planet, and without you they will prevail. You are the only hope for this world, werewolves will take the place of vampires in ruling and the humans will suffer for eternity, you are our last hope."

"But… why me?" I asked after a few minutes of my own stunned silence.

"Isabella," he started, smiling warmly, "You are an angel, we sent you down to earth with the purpose of stopping this, and now you may protect the Cullens at any cost, they are the most important, their family along with the clan up in Alaska, they are the pure vampires of the Earth, and protecting them is the pivotal point in your mission."

I absorbed all of this information, then something that Edward always reminded me of came to my mind, "But vampires believe that their souls are gone, and that they will never be admitted to the gates in heaven."

"Dear Isabella, they walked onto the Earth in my grace, and they stay in my grace until they have done something otherwise. Carlisle, for instance, will always be admitted into the gates of heaven because he has the purest heart of just about anyone else who walks on the Earth. All of the Cullens in fact will walk through my gates when their eternity comes to a close and I will be waiting with open arms for them. I have never seen a family more remarkable or pure in all the years and they deserve to be here much more than most."

With that my heart lifted, but I could feel the ice coming back. "Isabella, it is time for you to return, remember this dream, and even if it is hard to believe at first, you will learn to accept it with time and patience. Goodbye my Gabriel."

He gently leaned in and kissed me on the cheek. Gabriel… does that mean I truly am an angel?

Then everything went black and the ice erupted through my veins once more, attacking my heart with a vengeance.

(END DREAM)

I opened my eyes as I looked at my skin tone changing, it was turning milky marble, like the Cullen's perfect skin, but there was a tint of blue to it, I saw a strand of my hair out of the corner of my eye and I saw it change to a silky mahogany with a red glow, I could feel my lips begin to fill and I could feel a strain from the shirt and pants, I was also getting some of the curves I had wanted. I was happy, and then I looked up into the eyes of my angel, Edward. Angel… that sounds so familiar.

I'm shedding
Shedding every color
Trying to find a pigment of truth
Beneath my skin

I finally sat up and all of the Cullens gasped in unison. I jumped up to look in the mirror. My hair was, as I said before, a deep mahogany that shined red in the light, my skin was milky and smooth, but it still had that tint of blue that none of the others had, which made me uneasy. I looked at my eyes, then rubbed them to look again. My eyes were a deep purple, they were the most beautiful color I had ever seen but vampire's eyes were red, gold or black in a variety of shades… at all times. My lips were a cherry red, and they set off the blue in my skin and the violet in my eyes nicely. I was almost as beautiful as Rosalie, and I had a figure almost identical to hers.

'Cause perfect didn't feel so perfect
Trying to fit a square into a circle
Was no life
I defy

"Edward," I called from the bathroom, in a voice that was like the wind itself intertwined with silk. Was this really my voice? I decided to continue, "Edward, can you ask Alice to find me some clothes that will fit me now?"

I wrapped myself with a towel over my too-small clothes and walked over to the others as we waited for Alice and Edward to return. I sighed and stared at the CD player as I sat on the bed. The CD I wanted to play was on the bed stand near me and as I went to pick the CD up, my hand only inches away from it, it started to float in mid-air.

The other Cullens, who were in their own little worlds, were not looking until they heard my gasp. Their heads all snapped towards me and they watched with amazement as I started to move the CD towards the player, which I had already opened and turned on with my mind. When the CD was about half-way through the room Edward and Alice came in the door and their mouths hung wide open. I could see the shock etched on Edward's face and I giggled; am I actually making that amazing sound?

Edward seemed to be thinking the same thing, for he studies every inch of me slowly, trying to find any imperfection. He rested on my eyes and looked questioningly at Carlisle.

Carlisle shrugged and they were quiet for a moment, a silent conversation was going on, but I didn't care much, I set the CD in the player and made the music start as I got up to get my clothes from Alice. I was soon squeezed into hugs from my family that would have surely killed me had I been human, and wished my congratulations as they headed out the door to give Edward and me our privacy.

I quickly kissed Edward on the cheek, but he turned my head and we delved into the most passionate and boundary-free kiss that we had ever had. My dead heart fluttered and all too soon I ended our kiss.

"Edward, I'd like to go take a shower. Then I'll take advantage of you." I could see the lust in his eyes from what I had said, and decided I would tease him by going to get a shower before he could respond.

As I was easing off my old clothes I started the shower and the heat steamed the room, leaving the mirror fogged up. I ran the immensely hot shower over my aching muscles and grabbed my strawberry shampoo that Alice had bought for me. (Some habits will die hard)

I got out of the shower and towel dried my hair. The fog slowly dissipated from the mirror as I pulled on my new bra and underwear that Alice had given me. I pulled on my low-ride jeans and looked at myself in the mirror. I gave a loud shriek and sank to the floor with my head in my hands, sobbing. Edward was the first in the room, soon followed by all the others, everyone oblivious to the fact that I had not shirt on.

I gave them all one horrified look, and then ran outside; I needed some time to think. It was pouring in Forks and I lifted up my head and stretched out my arms, welcoming the cool moisture to hit my newly beautiful face.

Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean

I don't know how long I stood there until I felt Edward's hard, cold arms slither around my stomach, it was a good thing he was facing me from the front, I don't know how I was going to explain to him what I had seen on my back.

Edward looked at me, perplexed for a moment, and then said, "Bella, you're still as warm as always." I didn't answer as I just snuggled into his arms as he walked me back to the house. I opened the door for him with my mind and he smiled my favorite crooked smile down at me.

The rest of the family was in the living room, giving me worried looks and then I realized I wasn't wearing a shirt, "Alice," I hissed, my eyes pleading as I tried to cover myself up, she realized what I meant and was back in a flash with a tanktop in her hands. I put it on gratefully, carefully covering the grotesque thing covering my back.

Carlisle came up to me first and said, "Bella, what was wrong earlier? I need to know everything so we can figure out why you felt no fire, you felt ice instead."

I looked up at him anxiously and Edward squeezed my hand, telling me that he was there for me.

I slowly lifted my shirt off of my back so they could see what was spread aacross there and all of them looked at me in horror.

Finally Rosalie said, "That was not there when you were a human." It was not a question, but I shook my head to acknowledge that I knew as well as she that something was utterly wrong.

Carlisle studied the thing I did not want to see on my back, and he carefully traced around it with his finger. "odd…" was all he mumbled once in a while as he studied, then he scurried back up to his office to research this.

Before he could leave, Alice came to inspect it. As soon as she touched it, her eyes glazed over and they flashed bright blue, I had never seen Alice have a vision to the point where her eyes were anything but black.

"Bella," she said frantically as she sat down on the couch. "I think you should tell us every detail of the dream you had when you were transforming, because when touching this I just saw your past, the present and part of the future."

'Cause different
Doesn't feel so different
And going out is better
Then always staying in
Feel the wind

The family looked shocked and they all sat down as they gathered around me to hear my story. I saw Carlisle's shocked face, then the understanding flooded in and I could see the hope in all of their eyes as I told them that they would all be admitted into heaven, but the feelings changed as they heard about Victoria and the werewolves, and they all growled menacingly as someone knocked at the door. Edward stopped tracing the tattoo of the woman with wings of an angel, eyes purple, skin milky blue with her hair whipping around her and the sword of repentance in her hand with flames coming out if it; I could not see why he was not disgusted by it, but my attention snapped in the direction of the door as I smelt a scent that did not belong to the family that belonged here. I felt a snarl rip from my chest but no one else seemed to notice as we all crowded around the door and I opened it with my power – seeing someone none of us were expecting to see.

A/N: so… still a cliffhanger, sorry everyone, I seem to be getting a little attached to those lately.

But now you know what Bella is and if It didn't make sense before I'll recap it here.

Bella is one of God's angels, but not just any one of god's angels, she is his reincarnation of Gabriel (if you're not religious you might not see the significance) Her job is to protect the 'vegetarian' vampires from the werewolves and other vampires out for revenge on them for being different, she has to protect the balance of the mythical creatures of the world, and the outcome of her duty lies at the point of a knife.

The next chapter will be out tomorrow. I have to go to my grandparent's house tonight and I have church tomorrow, but I'll try to get it up before 4 EST.

(the song lyrics are out of order in this chapter, I put them in where I thought they fit pretty well)