Edward's POV:
Alice informed the family of what was going on, but told them Bella might not be open to this if there were a crowd. Esme was with us just in case, she and Bella had gotten close again while she and Carlisle stayed here.
Jacob was getting Bella, while I was getting the locket from Madison. "We need to get this done quick, we don't have much time." I said.
"The Volturi are starting to become curious." Esme said as the three of them showed up.
"Bella, I'm so sorry if this doesn't work." I said. "I will leave you alone to be with your new husband forever if it doesn't."
"Edward, don't do that even if this doesn't work." She said almost pleading.
Jacob looked over his shoulder and Alec was just releasing himself from Jane and headed to find his bride. "Quickly, here comes Alec." Esme said and I opened the locket and held it in Bella's hand and held her hand to her ear.
"The tune is lovely." She said with a smile. "Who composed it?" Her voice cut off and her eyes shut it was working she was getting it back.
Bella's POV:
Thank God, took you long enough. Edward my conscience said popping up next to the real Edward. I look good in a tux.
"Edward." I whispered.
"It's working!" Jacob said relieved.
"Why, why should I pick you over Alec?" I asked as I set my hands of his chest.
"Because I know you more then you know yourself, literally, with me you get my family, you get love that over flows from the very depths of our hearts. You should choose me because I am madly in love with a stubborn girl who I've loved for a long time, I've waited for you for more than 115 years now, and now that I have you so close to me I can't let you go."
"Edward…" I said quietly and I gave him a huge hug. It what I wanted to hear, it's what I needed to hear to give me that final push for my decision. "Edward you're what I need…" He looked at me with a smile and kissed me tenderly. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he picked me up and I wrapped my legs around him. "Marry me Bella…." He said as he put me down and took a heart shaped locket and wrapped it around my neck. On the front it was engraved saying Lamb. Just like in the meadow. And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…"Now I know it's not a ring, but for right now I would like you to have this, it was specially made, just for you…" He said. I opened it and it played my lullaby that he made for me when I was human.
"Victoria, Jane, I'm not sure… She's right Alec will understand, he knows she had to make a choice."
"DO IT!" The two of them yelled at her. BELLA RUN GO BACK TO EDWARD, YOU'RE A LITTLE MORE THAN 200 MILES AWAY! YOU CAN MAKE IT. YOU'LL BE SAFE!
I stepped back a few steps to start to run but Chelsea took my arms and stared into my eyes. She looked sad to do this as if they put her up to this. "I'm so sorry…" She whispered, but as she continued to speak her voice was stern. "You will marry Alec Volturi when he asks; you have little memory of Edward Cullen. Your life is everything except Edward Cullen." Edward who was afraid for our life suddenly turned into nothing and blew away with the wind that was going nuts.
"Edward…" I screamed as if I were about to be murdered. I squeezed my eyes shut and cried for Edward. "No, please!" I hollered I could see the memories I had just gotten back vanish into a recycling bin that were unrecoverable.
Chelsea forcefully opened my eyes, "You love Alec, 100 percent, no doubt about it." She growled, and that's when everything went black.
"Oh my god, Edward…" I said standing up from the bench taking his hand the locket was in. "I remember everything, from when I was human; the things I didn't remember when we were trying to get my memories back the first time." Edward's smile was huge and he picked me up in a hug. "I'm so sorry…" I whispered.
Edward's voice was shaky as if he were crying and so was mine when I thought about it. "It's not your fault."
"Isabella, what are you doing?" Alec asked infuriated.
I growled at him and came toward him matching the level of anger. He took steps back into the reception and everyone gasped and stared at us. He hit a chair that someone didn't push in and came to a stop. I hauled off and slapped him to the ground. The guests were astonished and I heard Emmett holler "Hit him again, that bastard deserves it!"
"Isabella, what is going on?" Aro asked rushing to my side.
"He and Jane hired Chelsea to erase my memories of the Cullens." I said.
"But you don't have the memories to prove it." Aro said. "How could you know this?"
I took off my glove and grabbed Aro's hand from his side. He didn't use his power. He didn't want to get into this he didn't want to have his best guard member in trouble. "Please Aro, listen to me." I said pleading.
He sighed and took my other hand and looked at everything that had happened in my life, from my human memories, to the wolves of La Push. I thought about the attack the most. "Victoria was there as well." I told him.
"JANE!" Aro hollered as we caught her trying to escape. Aro snapped his fingers and Felix brought Chelsea and Jane to us. "Why would you do it?" Alec wrapped his arm around my waist and I could help but let him keep it there even though I was pissed at him.
"I wanted my brother to be happy." Jane said. "I knew her decision was coming soon, even though I don't like her, my brother did. I watched her and my brother, when she told Alec she needed to go see Edward I knew she was going to pick Edward over Alec. Victoria had been on my case about her too, Victoria hates her as much as I do. I only wanted what was best for my brother." She finished and Alec tried to play it off as if he were the victim.
"I would have been okay Jane." Alec said.
"Aro, if I may, Alec isn't the victim in this either." Carlisle said coming forth. "My wife and I had suspicions of this, this is why we stayed here after the party. When Bella didn't remember us, we were quite shocked and found it hard to believe."
Carlisle gave his hand to Aro and Aro looked at Carlisle's thoughts. "Eavesdropping on guard member's dear friend, tisk tisk." Aro said shaking his head.
"I had to save my daughter Aro; you may not understand that concept because as much as you try to have a family structure, you don't know the first step." Carlisle hissed at him.
Aro took offense to that, "I haven't felt like this in a long time Carlisle, Isabella showed us how to be a family…" Aro said
"No, we were never a family," I said. "We never will be; you all are too stubborn and too much of asses." And with that WWIII broke out…
"Isabella, that's enough." Alec growled in my ear.
"Oh no he didn't." Edward said coming out of my head along with Emmett who was actually standing there.
"You don't get to tell me what to do again; you can never hurt me anymore." I said. "So don't you have a meeting to get to my ass." I said and walked over to Santiago and grabbed the paper that legalized our marriage and ripped it up into pieces and threw it on the grass.
"It's still legal if I tape it back together." Alec said.
I smirked at him, "Try taping this back together…" I growled at him and took a candle from the nearest table and set the small section of grass on fire.
"Yay! You go Bella!" Jasper hollered. I ignored it as a guest ran inside to grab a fire extinguisher.
"You think you scare me Gilbert?" Alec seethed.
"I should scare you, you only wanted to get to know the nice Isabella, you molded me without permission, and you don't know what I am capable of now." I seethed, "And it scares the hell out of you."
Alec laughed it off. I ran from the reception and around to the back entrance and before Alec knew it he was on his knees writhing in pain as I kicked him with full force where it counts. His hands were behind his head and when he tried to get up my force field kicked in. "I taught her that one!" Jake said and rooted for me.
I flipped Alec over and sat on top of him, luckily my dress was a flowing dress. "You're just another whore I got my way with."
I frowned at that, he forced me to have sex with him. I said to wait until we were married. I punched him in the nose and his face cracked from the impact. One more hit and he was finished. "That is quite enough!" Caius shouted. He tried to come near us and I threw up the physical shield. Caius flew back into the statue of me and it smashed into a million pieces. "Isabella, please don't hurt him!" Jane's voice pleading as I had his head ready to be snapped.
"Bella, don't, you'll regret it later." Edward said trying to come closer to me but he hit the bubble but didn't fly back like Caius who was running at it full speed.
"I loathe you." I said spitting in his face and I released him. I let the shield down and I let the force field up and he sat up as I walked away.
"BELLA LOOK OUT!" Alice shrieked and Edward attacked him midair.
"Edward!" I yelled. This wasn't his battle. I used the force field again and separated the two of them. I threw Alec into the sweet heart table and Edward was planted back on his feet. "Don't do that ever again, this isn't your fight." I breathed at him.
"Isabella, please pack your things." Marcus said coming up behind me.
"It would be my pleasure." I muttered and shoved passed Jane and I slammed her shoulder with mine and she stumbled back into Felix who was still holding on to her.
"Isabella!" Avera shouted running behind me. "I'm so sorry."
I gave her a hug and she held me tight, "Please write." I begged.
"Of course, and as long as you promise to visit Thailand." She said.
I smiled. "I wouldn't have it any other way."
She kissed my cheeks and gave me one last hug and I continued to walk upstairs to go pack. I was only half done when there was a knock on my door. "Bella, its Jake." The gruff voice said.
"Come in Jacob." I called as I was folding my blouse.
He walked in and saw I had changed into a white button down with jean shorts and a pair of gladiators on with a fedora on my head. "You almost ready to go?" He asked.
"No, not really." I said. "I'm not going to lie, I'm gunna miss my closet."
"I'm sure Edward will build you a bigger one." Jacob reassured.
I smiled, "I can't wait." I said.
"I know, now, just pack the ones you are going to die without and let's go, we are all waiting downstairs." Jacob said.
I heard Mac bark from a muted place and I went toward the source and he was stuck under a pile of clothes. "Come on, go with Jake." I said and he walked over to Jacob. "Can you get him ready for the plane?" I asked. He nodded and left to go pack up Mac. I huffed and looked at the rest of my closet. I grabbed a few more dresses and said to screw the rest. I had what was originally mine to begin with.
"Bella, sweetie are you ready?" Esme asked coming into the closet. I was in the midst of a dry sob when she came. "Oh baby, it will be okay." She reassured taking me into her arms.
"Why did he do it?" I cried, "I put Edward through hell, I loved both of them."
Esme wiped away the tears and sat with me on floor. "Shh…" She consoled. "Please don't cry Edward still loves you more now than ever."
"I don't understand why he would." I said looking to her.
She smiled, "Because the two of you were met to be."
I didn't say anything. "Just like Emmett and Rosalie, just like Alice and Jasper, and just like Carlisle and me, we were a match made in heaven. Love is patient." Esme finished. I sniffed and took a deep breath.
"Thank you Esme." I said gathering myself together.
"Meet us downstairs when you're ready." I nodded to her and she kissed my head and left. She was the mother I always wanted. The mother who was truly a mother, I didn't have to raise this one.
Emmett and Jasper helped move my things along with Edward, Jasper, Carlisle, Shawn, Leo, Derek, Doc and Jeremy. Doc hated Alec for what he did. Their long years of friendship smashed into a million pieces. There was a better chance of taping the marriage certificate together then repairing that friendship. "Everything is ready darling whenever you are." Edward said placing his hand on my hip. I looked up to him and I nodded.
"I'll be out in a few minutes." I said.
"Take as long as you need." Edward muttered as he kissed my cheek.
I was intrigued by the design. It was the NYU in me that wanted to examine the structure. Bella, just go they could kill you… Edward said.
For what, looking around? I doubt it.
"Can I help you?" Alec Volturi asked as he came up to me.
"I'm sorry the art major in me is coming out… I love the architecture and painting in here, I didn't notice it when I came in." I said.
"You should see the art throughout the castle." Alec said. "I'm an art love myself."
"There is more?" I asked.
"Of course, I would love to show you sometime…" Alec said flirting.
I took a deep breath to dry and suppress the emotion coming toward me. I know I should be mad and angry and hate Alec for everything he's done. But I couldn't find myself doing that, I was in love with Alec, I know it was a false love, but love is love no matter what it is. I turned on my one foot and had Mac by my side. We were ready to head out
"Isabella…" Alec's voice called behind me. I turned back and he had sorrow and depression written all over his face. "I'm sorry, for everything, for the sex, for the lies, for the bossiness, and for that stupid comment I said yesterday about the meeting, it was rude of me. I didn't tell Jane to do what she had done, but when she came to me with you in her arms blacked out; I didn't know what to do. When she told me you picked Edward—" Alec started to get emotional too. "I couldn't bear to lose you to him Gilbert, I was going to have Chelsea give you the memories back, but when she told me you picked Edward, I was so devastated. I just let it happen and that's when all the lying started."
"Alec, I hate you for what you've done to me, to Edward…" I said. "We were engaged, when I left him I was so concerned on how I would tell you that you had to go home and move on. I didn't even think about the wedding that would be coming up between Edward and me… I thought about you."
"I know you're a selfless person, and I should be where Jane is right now for what I've done." He lost it after there.
"What happen to Jane?" I asked.
"She's gone Isabella, Aro had her beheaded for destroying the Volturi name, and Demitri, Felix and Chelsea are out looking for Victoria." Alec said.
"I'm so sorry Alec." I said and I pulled him into a hug. I may have hated the guy but I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
"Chelsea will be spared because there is evidence to prove that she was blackmailed into it." Alec informed.
"That's good." I said. I looked behind my shoulder and Mac was chasing his stubby tail. I laughed along with Alec.
"I love that dog, as much as I didn't want him here." Alec said.
"I have a plane to catch and my families are waiting for me outside very patiently. It's hard to say goodbye, but I must."
"Indeed, I hope you live a happy life with Cullen." Alec wished.
"I'm sure I'll see you soon if Shawn continues the way he is." I said.
Alec laughed at that and nodded. "I'll love you forever Isabella." He whispered as he kissed my forehead. "Keep up the art okay; you were made to be an artist."
"Goodbye Alec." I told him with a smile and I walked away with Alec's hand sliding off mine as I walked and grabbed snapped my fingers at Mac and grabbed his leash. I took one last look behind me at the castle of art I once admired.