Book 4: Darkness Falls, But Light Shines Through

Song: Gollum's Song By: Emiliana Torrini (from the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Soundtrack)

"Where once was light
Now darkness falls
Where once was love
Love is no more
Don't say goodbye
Don't say I didn't try

These tears we cry
Are falling rain
For all the lies you told us
The hurt, the blame!
And we will weep to be so alone
We are lost
We can never go home"

I again bring you to the life of Isabella but also another. This is the point were the lives of multiple families would be destined to intersect.

1934:

I was sitting in a field waiting for Anna to show up while reminiscing. It was fifty years ago when Anna decided to stay in America while I took Jane and Alec to Italy. It was then I met the Volturi. At first we both considered each other a threat. However everything changed when we both realized I was a stronger type of vampire then them. I am an original while they are what one would call a hybrid. Aro was extremely curious to learn more about the history of our kinds. My Jane also fell in love with one of their guard, Demetri. Jane decided to stay with the Volturi so I could travel, which in turn also caused Alec to stay, him and his sister could never be apart for long. I am going to miss them. Though Aro is just happy to have two more among his coven especially ones with such powerful gifts. Alec could cut off ones' senses, in that way he was similar to me, wanting to spare others pain. While Jane was more devious like her father, she could inflict pain on another. Not that Damon would cause pain, but somehow it just fit. I sighed when I sensed Anna getting closer.

"Isabella!" –Anna

"Anna." –Isabella

We both hugged and exchanged greetings.

"Sarah's sister's descendants have moved here a while ago they go by the name Hale. They have two daughters one named Rosalie and one named Abigail. However, Rosalie went missing 5 months ago. I found where she was last seen and followed her scent. She's been changed into a hybrid, a cold one. She surprisingly still has her witch powers. I found her after she killed those who killed her. I told her of who I am, about you and about Sarah and Annie- great aunt and grandmother. I told her it would be a good idea to keep our part of her history and the fact that she is a witch from the hybrids that she is with. She agreed that it was best since they don't know of our kind or witches. The rest of the hybrid family goes by the name of Cullen." –Anna

"Wow, I should have been here earlier, I promised Sarah I would protect her bloodline."- Isabella

"You have, we have. Abigail still lives and is married. And I helped Rosalie remember who she was. She does not wish to take anymore human life." –Anna

"Alright, does she know how to contact me?" –Isabella

"Yes, she can use her magic if she needs you." –Anna

"Alright, we should go speak with Abigail." –Isabella

"Her mother is not faithful to her craft, Annie taught Abigail and Rosalie before she died. I do know from Rosalie that Abigail was told about us from her grandmother. We'll have to speak with Abigail in secret." –Anna

"So be it." - Isabella

So we went and talked to Abigail, she was a sweet girl and had a baby boy. Sarah's bloodline was in fact intact. We told her of her sister and stayed with her family for a year's time. That was when I met Rosalie in person.

She had told the Cullen's she wished to be on her own for a year or so. And she got to know us better. After she told me of her story. Of what Royce and his friends did to her. I was enraged. But what really enraged me was that she blamed herself for it. She felt so lost, so broken. She felt like she was alone and saddened that she could never go back to her real home or have the opportunity to have children. I wished I could tell her the spell that let me have them but it wouldn't work on her type of vampire because they no longer had blood coursing through their veins. I gave her Sarah's Diary. I felt that maybe that would help her because Sarah had went through a similar ordeal. And it did, she started to come out of her broken state. She began to be happy again. She even called both Anna and I her Aunts since we both were best friends with her grandmother. It was then she found love. We were out hunting with her, we didn't drink animal blood but we supported her, thats when we heard the scream. A man had been mauled by a bear. I could immediately tell that they would have a connection, I suspected they may be mates as her kind liked to call it. I gave him enough of my blood to keep him alive until she could bring him to Carlisle. He wouldn't remember me anyway. We all agreed that it was better that way. We didn't need the Cullen's to know about our kind just yet. And so she took him to be changed by Carlisle. The last I heard Rosalie and Emmett were happy and two more had joined their Coven. Alice and Jasper were their names. I smiled at that, Rosalie had a family again.

Aphrodite: Sigh, I love watching Love at work. The love of lovers, family, and friends. I started to see the affect of the single blessing I bestowed on two lovers on many. Juliet's soul is so pure. Her love is so great that she can bring life into the people around her, even as her name changes, her heart is the same. It was that moment I truly realized that I made the right choice at giving them my blessing.