Guess what? I've posted this chapter. Though I'm not quite sure what you'll think about it . . . it is mostly filled with my rambling. Though I'm almost positive that you'll like it. This chapter is dedicated it to slygirl16 because her enthusiasm is what made me want to post this chapter as soon as I had the time to do so. I thought I was going to put this up on Thursday, but I unexpectedly got a day off of work so I am posting it now. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I know I did.

Disclaimer: I own nothing Twilight. I do own my version of daemons, they're one of my favorites. . .

As I was passed out, the Cullen's were talking to Dodge, while the rest of the goblins in his clan were cleaning up the disturbing numbers of red goblin bodies. "I have something that will speed up her recovery. She has only passed out because she was straining herself. I have never known a young pixie like her to be able to fly and use their claws for over an hour. That is truly impressive, you all must take incredibly good care of this one," he said as he searched for something in the bag he carried at his side.

"What do you mean she shouldn't be able to do what she was as a young pixie?" Alice asked, curious.

"Well, you see," Dodge was still looking around in his bag for the natural herb that would help speed up my recovery, "Most young pixies don't even learn they have claws until they have lived five years as a pixie, and it takes two years for them to learn how to fly, without seriously damaging themselves, and it takes ten years after both those things have been discovered to apply them in combat, let alone together. She, if I'm safe to say, is a queen of sorts among her kind, though I may be wrong in thinking this. Ah! Here it is!." Dodge pulled out a vial. "Another reason she is so different is because she has already found her consort, which is quite strange, that rarely ever happens when they are so young," He handed the vial to Edward who helped me drink it.

"What do you mean she has found her consort?" Calisle asked, very intrigued.

"Well, Edward yes?" Edward nodded, "Did you bite her?"

"Yes," he said under his breath. The entire Cullen family looked at him, shocked, then looked at me, even more shocked.

"Well, you see, when another creature bites them, or in some way their mouth connects with the pixies skin, they are, well, married. Though, for this to happen, when the pixie looks into their 'mates' eyes, they will see a swirl of colors. A theory about the colors is that they are looking at the soul of their mate, and finding that it is the other half of their soul. And yes, there are two parts of a soul, one half is yours and the other half belongs to the person that is your 'soul mate' or your 'true love'. You can only truly tell what a person is like by looking into their soul. It is sad that humans have lost the ability to do so . . ." Dodge trailed off.

Edward looked confused, "So I'm technically a married man?" His voice was reeking of confusion, but underneath there was something a lot like a giddy sort of joy a young boy would get when he received the perfect present at Christmas.

"Well, yes. And you two are tied by a very powerful bond, only those that have had that sort of bond know what it is like to have it. So when you've figured something more out about this bond you must contact me and tell me what you have found. I find learning the nature of all creatures quite fascinating. A dear friend of mine was a pixie.... it is so sad that he was murdered..." Dodge trailed off.

Just then I was coming around, I still felt weak and unable to support myself, but I was conscious again. "What happened?" I asked through my groggy state of mind. The shapes in front of me seemed to be swirling, suffice to say, I felt very dizzy.

"You over extended yourself, dear," Esme said, "Dodge here helped to get you at least a little better."

Edward still was holding on to me tightly, keeping me close. It was almost like he knew that I would probably fall over if I tried to stand on my own. I was also glad that he was there because I felt as if I had a terrible fever, and his cool skin made me feel much, much better.

"Yes, and I advise you get some rest. You won't be doing much of anything for quite awhile. Though with the problem at hand, you should probably stay in a place that is easily defended by your family and us, we will be helping. Though, you still haven't told me exactly what threat we are facing," Dodge said. He began to talk to Carlisle then, learning what had happened and helping form a battle plan to make sure everyone would be safe, and that no one would get hurt.

"I'm bringing you back home now," Edward whispered into my ear. I nodded, I felt like going home and taking a nice, long, nap. "Alice will fabricate a sleep over at our house for as long as this is going on. It might be tough to keep up the charade, but it's our best chance of making sure you're safe.

Emmett bounded up to us before I could ask Edward why he had called his home my home. "Bella!" He boomed, "That was AWESOME! The way you flew, and got rid of those little buggers was amazing! And your claws! I think that is the highlight of my year."

"Thanks Emmett, but I really think I need to take a nap right now, if you want I can let you examine my claws when I fell better," I said snuggling closer to Edward.

"Sweet! Get better soon!" he called as Edward swept me up into his arms. My head resting on his shoulder, as he ran back to his house, along with Esme, Alice, and Jasper. They wanted to be sure that their were enough of them their to make sure that everything was safe.

When we got their, Laurant was standing in the middle of the living room. Esme went to talk to him, "I want you to know that I am no longer with James, and to warn you. Once James has locked on to a prey, he never will give up until he gets, or if he dies. He lives for challenges and this is the greatest challenge he's had."

"We know that, but the odds are against him. We thank you for your warning. Now we have some planning to do, you may stay a night if you wish," Esme said sweetly.

"I must be going, I do not want to be here when James strikes. He has fled far from here, since the he believes you are still under attack by the goblins, he will be back in two days time. He wants to be sure he actually has a challenge facing him. Good bye." And Laurant left.

"Come on Bella, you need some sleep," Edward whispered into my ear. He carried me up the stairs and into his room, and there was a bed. I was confused as to why they had put it there, and how they had time, it didn't look like a bed Edward would have. Maybe they moved it from another room. . . My thoughts trailed off and I was asleep.

When I woke up, my eyes were still closed, so I could just revel in the blissful feeling of being halfway between sleep and being awake. I could feel Edward making small patterns on my stomach and shoulders. I suppressed a shudder of pleasure. I could feel Edwards eyes on my supposedly sleeping face, and I slowly opened my eyes, pretending to have just woken up. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and rolled over to look at Edward.

I could tell there was a question in his eyes, one he desperately wanted to ask me, and I didn't know whether or not I wanted to answer it. "Good morning," Edward said to me, kissing me softly on my head.

"Good morning to you, too," I said as I looked at his beautiful face. "I know you're dying to ask me something, so just ask me, already," I told him.

"Did you know that we were technically married all this time?" Edward asked me, his eyes smoldering at me. I bit my lip and nodded. Edward all but ponced on me. His lips attacked mine, his kiss was full of love, adoration, and pure joy.

When he pulled apart from me I spoke, "What was that for?"

"I know we've only been together for what, a month or so? But I have known that entire time that you would be the only pixie I would ever want to spend the rest of my existence with. And to hear that we've been married for even longer than we've really had a relationship, well, I can't describe how I feel," He told me.

"Okay. But now you're scaring me," I told him.

"Why?" Edward looked concerned.

"Because you accepted that so . . . easily, and quite enthusiastically, too. Any normal person would be freaked out beyond belief. I know I was. Knowing that that had happened really thrown me for a loop, but I couldn't help but feel happy about it at the same time," I told him.

"What do we do from here," he asked me in a husky voice.

"We pretend that we're not actually married - I'm not going to think of it that way because for us to really be married there would have to be a wedding - and we'll attempt to have a normal relationship up until the time that it won't be weird for us to get hitched," I smiled, "But we can't do it right out of high school, because my mom would kill me. She married too young and it didn't end exactly well, and I don't what to be known as the girl that got married right out of high school."

"If that will make you happy, I think I can handle that. Even though I don't really mind the fact that we're married, I still want to have a real wedding with you - not just me biting you on the neck. By the way, what was that like for you?" He asked me.

"Well, um...," I cleared my throat, I was slightly embarrassed, " It was the best thing I've ever well, felt...and it was romantic, loving, long lasting, and it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside ... I really can't explain it right."

"Would you ever want me to do it again?" He asked me. I nodded.

"Good to know," he said, placing kisses along my jaw, placing one or two on my lips, kissing me on my collar bone, then he kissed me on the neck . . . and I was in seventh heaven when his teeth sunk into my flesh. I inhaled sharply, letting the sensation wash over me. I felt as if he was everywhere, it was only him I felt, and I only wanted to feel that way with him it was like he was inside my mind, still placing all those little kisses, but on my arms, my legs, my stomach. It was as if he was holding me in his arms, and I never wanted to leave. Eventually it stopped overriding all of my senses, and became a small buzz in the background."

"That was quite enlightening," Edward said, giving me a crooked grin.

"Really? Because I currently feel very embarrassed, I'll have you know," I told him.

"Why would you feel embarrassed when only your husband is watching you." My face flushed when I heard him say that.

"Don't say that," I told him.

"Don't say what?" He teased me.

"Husband. I'm not ready for that kind of commitment," I told him seriously.

"Really? Even though we are married you're not ready for that?" He asked me.

"Yes. That is exactly right." I told him.

"Even though you know you're going to end up being wife, even if we do this the conventional way," He whispered.

"Stop saying that! I just want this to progress normally!" I told him.

"Really?" He asked me.

"Really."

"Then that's how we'll do this. But be warned, I will try to get a ring on your finger as soon as possible," he told me, placing a kiss on my lips.

"How long have I been out?" I asked him.

"A day and a night," he told me.

"How is everything going? Is James back yet, or are we still good on time?" I asked him.

"We're good."

"Good. Now I have to go and take a shower if you don't mind. My cloths smell of goblin juice and I reek in general," I told him as I got out of the bed.

"You don't reek," he told me.

"You have to say that. You've my boyfriend," I told him, "Now where is the bathroom, and where are some towels?"

"A bathroom is right over there, I'll go grab you a towel," he said, placing a kiss on my forehead. I hopped out of the bed and walked on shaky legs over to the bathroom door. Alice was waiting for me besides it.

"Yes?" I asked. Before she even started speaking I answered her question, "You can dress me. And do whatever else. In fact, I think I would be glad to do that since I need some girl time, and to figure out some other things."

"Thank you, Bella!" Alice said giving me a hug, "I promise we'll have plenty time to talk, once we have you all fixed up, we'll go to the field where we're getting everything all planned out."

"Sounds good," I said as Edward brought over a towel. Alice skipped away. I assumed she needed to get things ready for getting me dressed.

"What was that about? You wanting girl time, and actually agreeing to letting Alice dress you? What has happened to Bella, and who are you?" Edward mockingly said to me.

"Ha ha, very funny. Now go learn strategy with the rest of your family. Alice will get me over there. And I assume you haven't been really talking to anyone since you probably watched me sleep for the past day and a half," I said, turning to the door, and opening it slightly.

"As you wish," he answered with a bow. And then he was gone, using his vampire speed to do whatever it was that he needed to do to prepare for the huge confrontation that would most likely ensue.

I took a wonderfully hot shower and wrapped myself in a very comfortable towel and headed over to Alice's room. She was waiting with an outfit for me - I knew that I wasn't going to get the one that I was wearing back, since it was probably missing from the bathroom for, anyway. Handing me the cloths, I willingly put them on and then she sat me in the chair and we began to have some quality girl time.

"So what did you want to talk about?" Alice asked me as she combed through my wet hair, taking out any knots that might have been in it.

"Well, when I woke up, Edward was talking to me about marriage," I said, shuddering.

"Really? I guess he took that bond thing very personally. But don't worry about that, he just tends to jump to things, when he knows what he wants, he'll do anything to make sure that it will stay his for as long as he can have it. It is really kind of sweet," Alice smiled at me.

"Well, I'm just not ready to think of Edward as my husband, I mean, what seventeen-year-old girl wants to be married? And what would my parents say and everyone else... It's just too much to be thinking about. I honestly wish that he hadn't brought it up," I sighed, "Though his enthusiasm was something else. I wouldn't have been surprised if he had got down on one knee and proposed if I was okay with all of this happening.

Alice's tinkling laugh filled the room, "That sounds like him. You know he loves you, right?"

"I know, and I love him, and he knows it. But sometimes, even when you're crazy about someone, you're just not ready to make some huge changes and huge leaps and do things that totally go against what you've been brought up with. I just don't want to . . . I don't know. Darn being a pixie! It makes everything so much gosh dang harder," I said crossing my arms in front of my chest.

I couldn't keep talking for the moment since Alice was blow drying my hair. Once she had turned it off she spun me around and had me look in the mirror.I had to admit, she was a wonderful hair stylist. "Have you ever thought of being a hair stylist sometime when you're here? You know, on all but the scant sunny days you be making people have beautiful hair without them throwing a fit," I told him. She laughed once again.

"But I don't think I'd pass as old enough or as experienced enough to do it. Though, I bet I could open one from home... but Carlisle wouldn't like that. I'll see if I'm able to do that sometime, it would be wonderful. 'Midnight Styles' open only once the sun has gone down. I don't think it'd work, but it's a nice idea," she said. Just then Rosalie walked in the room.

"Can I come in?" she asked me.

"Of course you can come in, I think Alice wants someone's help doing my make-up, you know, someone to hold me down as she tortures me . . . " I trailed off.

Rosalie smiled, "I'm sorry I've been so mean to you lately." She walked over next to me, and started helping Alice. I tried to struggle, but it was useless. They were going to do what they wanted to do. "I thought I ought to thank you for getting me out of those tight spots the other day, I would probably be dead without that help you gave."

"It wasn't problem, I was just glad that I could do something to help, after all, I think it was me that drew them to the clearing. It was the least I could do," I shrugged dismissively.

"Well, I still think you really deserve some thanks, seeing that apparently you're quite advanced for a pixie your age," she said, as Alice released me.

I blushed, "Am I? It doesn't really matter, though, does it? I still helped, and even if I am advanced, that doesn't really mean anything except that I'm special, which is slightly obvious, at least the special part, since I'm around vampires and I'm not the least bit frightening. And all of you are special as well, you have a completely different diet than they other vampires. I guess having a family of weirdos isn't so bad after all."

"When you put it that way . . ." Rosalie said, "Anyway, we need to get to the clearing, James will be arriving soon, and Dodge says that he might be rallying some of the red goblins that escaped, they're angry and apparently there is a good number of them enough to make this a difficult battle. And just so you know, we don't blame you Bella."

I smiled at her, thankful that she had reached out with kindness towards me, " Well, what are we waiting for? We better get going!"

Deamons:

Deamons are very territorial, any family members will be protected fircely. With the temper that a Deamon has, you better watch out, or you could easily end up as a mysterious murder victom who was brutially murdered and no one can find the supposed "person" that murdered them. And I'm fairly certain that you don't want that to happen to you. So be careful of what you say around them. Seriously. Be careful.

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