A/N: The story is far form over, my lovely reviewers. XD Oh, and Sam is just like " Well then. Good" because he's just happy Mal's dead. They can see that, and they can scent Mal on Seth. thought I'd sort that out.

Into the Mist - Chapter Eight

Fleur bade the Pack goodbye with a wave. Her attempt to save Seth had earned their trust. They had all agreed to let her to back to the Cullens.

The small child was very excited to see Alice again. Her happiness was ruined, however. Mal's words greatly disturbed her. Who were these Vareknis people? How would they avenge Mal? What was in store for her now?

This was not quite beyond her comprehension. Vareknis sounded like a ripoff of Volturi. The Volturi were like vampire royalty, she'd been told. The Vareknis sounded like power hungry wannabees. And Mal appeared to be part of that select group.

They couldn't be that dangerous...

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Fleur let giddiness get ahold of her tiny body as she approached the Cullen household. She could smell them... hear them... she could virtually taste them. Eager was Fleur to show them her good side.

She couldn't take it any more. She couldn't keep walking at this pace. Fleur sped up to her full speed - running into the Cullen mansion as fast as she could. Running faster still as she scented where Alice was.

Bursting into Alice's room, Fleur ran as a blur and plopped herself onto Alice's lap. A grin was plastered onto her bright, radiant, beautiful face. Something Alice had never seen in person before.

Alice was taken by shock for the first time in years. "Fleur?" She asked.

"Yes!" She squealed happily. Fleur wrapped her arms around Alice's small body. "I came back! And guess what? Mal is dead!"

"He is? Did you get him?" Alice grinned back at Fleur. "High five?" She asked the small blonde child. Fleur slapped her a dainty high five. Her bright blue eyes glowed. Her pretty blonde hair bounced with every movement she made.

"Do you want to go see everyone else? They can see how pretty you've gotten!" Alice grasped Fleur's hand and led her downstairs. In her mind she was marveling at how much Fleur had changed. When she had left she had been an angry, red-eyed little girl. Now she was a beautiful, sweet, blue-eyed angel.

She was more of the child she had been.

As they reached the living room, Alice plopped Fleur down onto the couch she had sat on many times before.

"BELLA! CARLISLE! ESME! EDWARD! ROSE! EMMETT! JASPER! GET DOWN HERE!" Alice yelled. She had no need to yell, but she did out of pure excitement. Fleur clamped her hands over her ears and giggled at Alice's hyperness.

Almost immediately the whole family was in the living room. They were all looking confused except for Edward who had obviously heard Alice's thoughts. Alice was bouncing on the balls of her feet.

"Guess who's here?" Alice asked.

Rosalie grimaced. "Hopefully not that little menace."

Fleur hopped up from the couch, pretending to glare at Rosalie. She pretended to shake with anger. "WELL YOU KNOW WHAT?" She yelled. Everyone stared at her in horror. Not again. "I'm completely changed from before! Guess what? I'm me again!" Squealed the happy child.

The Cullens' mouths hung open in shock. "Are you sure this is Fleur?" Asked Emmett.

"Is this just a break from her meltdowns?" Rosalie questioned.

"Are you kidding me?" Edward stared.

"This is no joke. Really, did you think my anger could last forever? Anger always dies out eventually." Fleur stated. "I actually have the werewolves to thank for calming me down." Still grinning, Fleur looked sincere.

"Well. That's just odd." Emmett shook his head, a grin starting to form on his face.

Rosalie still looked skeptical. Bella nudged her. "Come on Rose, don't be the rain that pours on Fleur's parade. It took you three years to accept me. Don't do that to Fleur." Bella urged her. Fleur could still see the sadness in Bella's eyes. Sadness about her.

"Bella. Thank you." Fleur walked to Bella and squeezed her in a hug.

"See Bella? I told you that she didn't hate you. Fleur is a forgiving kid, really. If you had all gotten to know her before..." Alice trailed off, remembering Fleur's "bad days". Luckily those days were over.

A thought suddenly struck Fleur. "Where will I go now that I'm normal again? You only kept me here before because you thought I was going to kill everyone... Now what?" She bit her lip in her worry.

Everyone looked to Carlisle.

"She'll stay with us, of course." Carlisle looked at the worried child. "If she wants to, that is." Fleur's face lit right back up.

"Really? I could have a family again?" The small child looked like it was too good to be true. Carlisle nodded, happy to see the once endlessly angry child so happy.

"You would have to go as a Hale in public. It's your blonde hair." Fleur raised an eyebrow. "Is that even possible? One of the Hales hates me. How could she pull off being an older sister?" Questioned the skeptical child. Rosalie looked hurt, but she remained silent.

Carlisle looked as if he had changed his mind. "You have a point there. Would you prefer to be a Cullen?" Asked the compassionate doctor. Fleur nodded ecstatically. Carlisle smiled kindly and started talking once more. "You could pretend to be our only biological child. After all, we are 'young' enough to have a six-year-old child."

Fleur nodded again, still smiling. Alice scooped Fleur up and hugged her tightly. "Yes! She really is my sister now! And she gets to go to school with us!"

Bella tinkled a laugh. "She'll be the best dressed first grader, that's for sure." Everyone in the room laughed.

Fleur's family.