Alright, so I wasn't completely sure if I would do this or not but I felt I needed to. I like this chapter. Don't think I've forgotten my promise. Damn.

Somewhere Around 2051…39ish years ago

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!" Collin was jerked out of his sleep at his sister's loud singing and her diving onto his bed. Immediately she dove into throwing the blanket back and tickling him, her younger brother made an undignified screeching sound as he started helplessly giggling under the assault from his sister.

"Dal! Dal, get off!" He squirmed and fought against his sister which only resulted in her continuing her assault.

"Make me, bubba." She taunted her brother, earning a true push from her half vampire brother. Stumbling off the bed the girl laughed and made her way towards the door, "come on, Bubba. Mom said to wake your ass up before Brady shows up."

Collin glared at his sister's spot from his bed. "Butt." He muttered in annoyance.

"You love me, baby bro. Now get dressed." She shut the door behind herself, after Collin had pulled himself out of bed he wandered to his dresser, digging out some clothes for the day.

He didn't see when Mary appeared on the side of his bed so when her voice penetrated the silence in the room he nearly jumped out of his skin, "Hey, Collin."

"Hey!" He yelled, turning to glare at the ancient vampire.

"Sorry, Collin. Didn't mean to scare you." He frowned, his cousin/aunt/complicated-family-bonds had a sad look on her expression and her voice sounded tired, something he didn't know was possible for the ancient vampire.

"What're you doing here?" He asked, walking over to her and allowing it when she took his hand.

"It's your birthday, Collin. Your tenth birthday. Your mom hates the ten year marker. It scares her. Do you know why?"

Collin frowned, thinking back on what he'd been told. Not what he'd had nightmares about but what he'd been told. "Grandma and Grandpa Swan died when she was ten. Is that it?" Mary gave him a knowing look and he slumped his shoulders. "Momma was kidnapped by Aro when she was ten. She's scared it'll happen to us too, right?"

"She is, Collin. She's terrified that it'll happen. Even with me protecting your family she still believes that something will go wrong and she'll lose you."

"That won't happen. No one will take me from her." Collin said confidently.

Mary smiled, taking his hand. "I know. I will do everything it takes to make sure my sister doesn't lose you." Then the contact was gone and Mary was gone. He knew she was there, the sound of his door opening drew his attention towards it as it shut behind the ancient vampire who had hidden herself.

.-~**~-.

"Edward." Collin stopped outside his mom's bedroom door, unable to stop himself from listening to his mother's whisper.

"I'm a selfish bastard." He muttered quietly.

"It's not selfish." His mother's voice responded, there was a faint sound, the unmistakable sound of a kiss. "We've talked about this."

"You're insane, Isabella."

"Stop calling me that." The sound of the bed creaking filled his senses as someone sat down.

"Fine, Izzy." He muttered softly, the sound of another kiss. Longer this time.

Collin should've left but he was trapped by his confusion. His mom only kissed his dad and sometimes aunt Rose. His mom had told him that kissing was only for people that truly loved each other. As far as he knew Bella and Edward were friends. His parents had told him friends didn't kiss. Why were his mom and Edward kissing then?

"Don't put it past me to say screw it and kill you."

"If you planned to kill me you'd have done it years ago. You aren't a killer. You're just a clinically insane girl."

"Shut the fuck up, Edward and kiss me."

"Not yet. I do have some morals. We're on you and your husband's bed. It's your son's birthday."

His mom's voice was a whine. "I'll get Rose if you don't stop being a baby."

"No you won't." Edward's voice was predatory, "Because right now, you want me. Those broken parts of your mind are screaming at you to pull me down on the bed and have me-"

"Collin." His head jerked around at the sight of his cousin.

"Hi." He said weakly, Brady glanced between his youngest cousin and his aunt's bedroom door, irritation etched into his expression.

A hand was placed on his shoulder as Brady began guiding him down the hall, beating on his aunt's door as he moved. "Aunt Bell! Little ears were listening in on you and Eddy. Get your asses out here now."

There was a very loud sound of something falling and Bella's muttered, "Fuck." as Brady led Collin down the hall and away from his mother's room.

.-~**~-.

Collin sat on the couch with his mom and dad standing in front of him, looking extremely uncomfortable. None of the rest of his family was in the room, they'd piled into the dining room to let them deal with the fallout of the slipup. Edward had offered to stay present but Bella had forced him to leave.

"So, Collin. This is..." his mom cleared his throat. "As you know me and your dad love each other, a lot. That's why we're married. We love each other."

The two glanced awkwardly between each other as Collin nodded.

"We told you that people only kiss when they love each other..." she shifted uncomfortably and his father wrapped an arm around his waist. "That isn't completely true. Sometimes...adults kiss when they have a strong...attraction for each other. Most people, when they're married, only kiss the one they're married to. Me and your dad have a...different relationship...your dad lets me kiss other people..."

"Like Aunt Rose?"

"Exactly like that."

"But why? Can't you just kiss dad? Why do you need to kiss someone else?"

"It's complicated." She muttered. "For now, all you need to know is that it's okay for us to do."

Though Collin wasn't completely satisfied with her answer he nodded. "Okay."

What Collin learned much later in life about his mother was that his mom slept with Rosalie and Edward and his father slept with a couple other women.

Her parents partook in a polyamorous relationship. His mother slept with Edward for two reasons. One was the broken part of her mind that still loved him. It craved him. The other was a lot more sadistic. Edward would let her get violent with him and in turn he'd do the same. They would literally fuck to hurt each other. Bella would always be careful to hide the marks he left but Collin saw them a few times, bruises and bite marks on her skin. Edward was far less discreet, not bothering to hide what she did to him. Sometimes Collin would see bruises on his arms, bite marks on his neck, Daula would tell him when he was older that Edward had moved closer just so they could continue sleeping together.

Her relationship with Rose was mostly for Rosalie's benefit. Vampires mated for life and she never let go of Emmett. Rosalie craved something physical though and Bella was the perfect out. It worked for both of them. They were best friends, they'd made it through everything terrible together and after it all they'd only grown closer.

Collin would ask her about her relationship with Edward after he saw the memory of what Kachiri did and she would tell him, "Control over the situation. It helps me stabilize my mind. Now never ask me about my sex life again, Bubba."

So he never would, though it didn't fully make sense to him.

.-~**~-.

Collin, Brady, Lila, Daula, Andy, Bella, John, Edward, Rosalie, and Mary were gathered in the dining room. They were all singing "Happy Birthday" to him and everything was calm and laid back. When it came time to blow out the candles Collin thought for a moment before making his wish.

I wish momma didn't have to worry about me.

"What'd you wish for?" Daula asked him as Bella cut the cake and handed out slices to the people that actually ate.

"I can't tell you." He defended, rolling his eyes at his sister.

"But, Collin." She whined.

"If I tell you it won't come true." He complained.

"Stop acting like you're six, Dal." Their mom lectured, smacking her older daughter in the back of the head.

"I am six!" Daula defended, "See, look!" Then his twenty-year-old sister made a show of grabbing a handful of cake and throwing it at her brother.

"Dal!"

But she'd already made a mistake, one look around the room and anyone would've known that the joke from the older sister had begun something that wasn't going to be turned back.

"It is so on!" came Collin's voice as he grabbed his own cake slice and flung it across the table, missing his sister and hitting Edward with the slice.

The only one who didn't end up getting directly involved in the food fight was Mary. Mary stood back and watched the family throw cake and ice-cream at each other. If anyone looked at her they wouldn't be able to tell but she was far away from there. Mary was lost in thought.

.-~**~-.

"Aunt Bell?" Brady knocked on his aunt's door. This whole thing with Mary was bothering him, something that she hadn't accomplished in a long while.

"Come in, Brady Boy." His aunt's voice came from the room and he pushed the door open, slipping in and shutting it behind himself.

Bella was sitting on her bed with his mom, leaning into her while they read a comic book that Brady vaguely recognized as Batman.

"You really messed up today." He said, leaning against the wall as his mom took the comic and set it behind herself. Brady would never call what went on between them weird, not when he was married to a woman who preferred living life in her animal form.

"Yeah, I know. I fucked up. I've already heard it from your uncle and your mom as well as Dol. I know you don't care about this. Why are you here, Brady boy?"

That one was weird for him, for the most part his aunt kept her hallucinations to herself. It was the thing everyone knew about but no one talked about. This was the first time in the past year she'd openly admitted she was seeing things.

"Brady."

Brady blinked, shaking himself out of his thoughts and moving his focus to his mom. "It's Mary." He breathed out, scared to say it too loud. There were too many nonhumans in the house. Mary had claimed she was going to go hunt but she could return at any second and no one would know.

"What about her?" Bella looked worried now, rising to her feet out of instinct, panic flooding her expression.

"Nothing's wrong. Well, that might not be true." Brady swallowed as his aunt sat back down, Rose resting her head on the other girl's shoulder. "When I imprinted on her when I was a kid, it was simple. She was my sister, she'd have told me all the secrets of the universe. That was what I believed. Because, technically, it's true. Imprintees and Imprinters don't keep secrets from each other because it doesn't matter what the Imprintee does. We're loyal to the end. Mary isn't exactly an open book but…" Brady slid down the side of the wall and put his face in his hands. "She's been barring the imprint and won't talk to me and it's scaring the hell outta me."

He didn't react when a hand came down on his shoulder. It was easier for him not to look up, instead he stared into the palms of his hands.

"Brady." His aunt's voice was comforting though it was also worried. "I'm not a shifter, I know nothing about imprints. Not directly. I've seen imprinted shifters though. Your father, Uncle Seth, Dol, the list goes on. All of you react differently but one thing has stayed the same through each of you. Each and every one of you, if your Imprintee is in direct danger. Nothing will stop you from protecting them. And don't bring up your grandfather. He can take a long walk off a short pier. If Mary needs you, you'll be there for her, because you love her. If she truly needs someone, she will come to you." What neither of them said was Mary would come to him because of the soul he shared. She'd come to him for Bur.

"I know." He said quietly, lifting his gaze to meet his aunt's. "Help me keep an eye on her though, Aunt Bell. Something is wrong."

"Always," His aunt muttered, kissing his forehead before stepping back and making the ancient signal for family. Brady rose to his feet slowly, returning the signal. "Now shoo. I'm trying to get l-"

"Nope, nope, nope. I can deal with what you do behind closed doors. I don't want to hear anything about it."

"Aw, Brady Boy. Hardly any fun. Don't wanna-" His aunt's tone was taunting.

"La! La! La! I can't hear you!" He covered his ears, making his way out the door in a rush as his aunt continued to tease him.

Their lives were so fucked up.

.-~**~-.

Mary slipped out of the bedroom close behind Brady, not letting them hear or see her. Something deep in her told her she needed to tell Brady. She needed to tell Bur. It wasn't right for her to keep this from him. The only thing that stopped her from talking to him was that she cared. When he started prying she realized her emotions were bleeding over the Imprint. For both their sakes she'd barred it temporarily.

She hadn't realized she'd stopped following Brady and stepped into the guest bedroom until a voice broke her out of her thoughts. "I can see you, Mary."

She blinked several times, Edward was sitting in a chair lounged out with a book in his lap.

He could see her?

"How-"

"If I look for you, I can see you, I think your abilities are limited just like everyone else. We all have our weaknesses."

Mary stared at him for several long moments, part of her told her to kill him so he wouldn't tell anyone else. Actually, every instinct of her's told her to do it. It wouldn't take much effort on her part.

She didn't though.

For one solid reason.

If he'd figured it out, it was completely possible that anyone else cold figure it out.

"Why are you in here, Mary?"

"I honestly have no idea."

He chuckled, shaking his head. "Alright, Mary. You need to talk to someone. I can see it in your eyes. So sit down and open up."

"I can't." She muttered quietly.

"Sure you can. All you've got to do is use your ability to block them out. Which you're already doing." Mary frowned at that but ended up giving in and walking over to the other chair. "Alright, Mary. What do you want to talk about?"

Mary began gnawing on the inside of her mouth, trying to decide how to go about this. She never opened up to people, it wasn't in her nature, after all her time of being alive sharing her thoughts and stuff just wasn't easy.

"Don't overthink it, Mary. Just say whatever comes to mind."

"I'm lonely." The words left her lips before she could stop them. They'd come out wrong. That hadn't been what she'd meant to say.

"Lonely how?" He asked, prying carefully.

"I…" She swallowed heavily before continuing, "I'm looking down eternity alone. I have Bella and I have Brady. They're my family. I'd die for them. If I could. They have limited lifespans though. Bella's human and Brady's a shifter. One of these days, I'll lose the last of my family and it scares the ever living hell out of me. Before I had to…kill her…I always had Ak. Even if we were destined to kill each other, I had her. She was there for me. Through death's door and back she was there. I was cursed to eternity on Earth while she was cursed to eternity without truly dying. We were always there. We were a fact."

"Except neither of you were."

"Fuck you."

"Mary, you can't say you were eternal. You killed her and we all know Bella or Brady can kill you. You can die, probably will."

"I thought you were a counselor."

"I'm a shitty one. Why is this bothering you so much now, Mary?"

Her entire body went rigid, could she safely tell him? Probably not. However, he did value living. If he told anyone what she said it was probably clear she would kill him, slowly and painfully. Reluctantly she opened up again. "I want someone to walk down eternity with me. I think I found someone I can do it with."

"Who?"

Of course he'd ask that question. There was a wariness in his tone, she was known for acting rashly and when she looked back on what she'd said it was obvious who he'd assumed she was talking about. It wasn't that simple though.

"Not your precious lover. No. I wouldn't do that to Bella again. Not Brady either. I can't do that to Bur. He would never want to be a vampire and I respect that. I love my brother and sister too much to do that to them."

"So what are you planning Mary?"

What was she planning? The answer was simple. She wanted a brother, she wanted someone to sit by her side for eternity. More than that, she wanted someone who couldn't be pulled away from her by falling in love with someone. She wanted someone that would belong to her. It was wrong and she knew it. However, she didn't care.

"I want to make a vampire that will be by my side for the rest of eternity."

"Who?"

Mary smiled weakly at him, pressing a finger to her lip. No. This was something she wouldn't tell him. Naming who she intended to turn would be a problem, Edward wouldn't keep quiet about that piece of information. Not if he wanted to stay on Bella's good side.

"It's not Brady or Bella?"

"Cross my heart and hope to die."

Edward paused, eying the vampire warily before nodding. "Whatever you do, I can't stop you. No one can. Just makes sure that whoever you pick to have by your side is someone who will want to be there. Forcing someone to be by your side doesn't have the same joy as someone willingly being there."

Those words barely clicked in Mary's head though. Instead she made her way out the door and down the hall, already planning ahead for what she would do. For her own benefit and maybe Bella's as well. That would be her reasoning at least.

.-~**~-.

Collin was happy, his birthday had been great. He'd taken a bath and his parents had tucked him into bed. The best part was he hadn't been plagued with a sudden painful flashback to someone dead's life. Some of the memories that would hit him broke and tore at him. Fortunately for him, he hadn't yet been cursed with some of his mother's more painful memories or anyone's deaths. Yet.

"Collin." An icy hand came down on his mouth in the same instant to keep him from screaming when Mary appeared on the side of his bed and spoke his name quietly. He glared at the ancient vampire and tried to pull her hand off with no avail. "Quiet, alright? I need to talk to you."

Reluctantly Collin nodded and the hand was removed.

"So I was thinking about it. About what we talked about this morning."

"What?" Collin was confused, what had they talked about that morning?

"You don't want your momma to worry about you, right?"

Collin's eyes widened and he nodded, pushing up so he was sitting.

"I know what to do to keep you safe. It'll be for you and your mom." Collin stared at Mary with clear confusion. "I want to make you into a vampire, Collin. If I make you into a vampire; you'll be safe. No one will be strong enough to kill you except me. You'll be invincible; and your momma won't have to worry about you."

Collin stared at Mary, become a vampire? A full vampire? Never did he hear anything good about full vampires from his family. But it would keep him safe. His mom wouldn't have to worry about him anymore.

"I know it's a huge thing to ask you, you're so young, but I was your age when I was turned. You get the choice I didn't have. I won't make you become a vampire if you don't want to. I just want you safe."

Something in the girl's expression made him sad, he wanted to lean forward and hug her, so that was what he did, he leaned forward and he wrapped his arms around the girl and hugged her.

At first she didn't reciprocate the hug, she kind of just sat there like a statue, until finally, she wrapped her arms around him and returned it.

"If I do it now, I'll always be a kid?"

"Always."

Collin hesitated before pulling away from the hug, eying the vampire with curiosity. "Will it hurt?"

"I wish I could say it wouldn't but that would be a lie. It will hurt, Collin. It will hurt a lot. You'll scream and cry and beg to die."

Collin didn't like the sound of that, he didn't want to hurt, but it would be for his mom. It would make her happy. "Okay." He said quietly. "For momma."

"Lay down, Collin." Mary said softly, he did as told and she crawled to his side, pressing her lips to the vein in his neck before biting.

Then the burning began.

.-~**~-.

"What the fuck, Mary!" Bella's voice rang through the house over the top of her son's screaming. She'd cornered Mary in the kitchen, so far it was just her. It was only a matter of time before the rest of the family came after her.

"Don't you start on me, Bella." Mary hissed out in response, ducking down as her sister swung a fist at her. Yes, she'd manipulated Collin into agreeing to the bite but that wasn't anything Bella needed to know.

"You bit him! You bit my son! You turn him back right the fuck now before I burn you alive!"

Mary flinched at that, because Bella could kill her. That threat actually scared her for a moment. If Brady sided with that threat they could take her down. Something about that really bothered her. It revived some of Edward's words about her from earlier.

"What the hell is going on?" Brady sounded confused, tired, and irritated.

"Your dumbass sister fucking bit my son. Now turn him back." Bella pushed at her but it was like pushing a brick wall and she didn't move.

"No, Bella. I'm not turning him back. I won't." This time when Bella swung Mary didn't dodge. There was the distinct sound of cracking bones followed by an agonized scream from Bella and a spell of vulgarities and she dropped to her knees holding her hand.

"Dammit, Mary." Brady dropped down behind his aunt as he spoke, glancing at Mary with a pained expression.

"He agreed."

"He's a kid!" Bella shouted, Mary ignored it as she stepped around her sister and brother.

"So am I." She stated calmly.

"Get out of my house, Mary. Get the fuck out and stay out. Never come back here."

Those words hurt, Bella didn't mean them and they all knew it. Hearing the words still hurt, a lot. As she was making her way towards the door a hand came down on her arm, at first she was tempted to rip out of the grip, she didn't though. Instead she turned around slowly.

"This is why you didn't tell me."

"I couldn't. You'd have told her. Now let me go, Edward."

"You can't leave. None of us will be able to handle him when he wakes up. Play your disappearing act and stay by his side so he doesn't kill everyone he loves when he wakes up."

The hand left her arm and he watched Edward turn and make his way towards the kitchen.

So she did.

She made herself invisible and went to the bedroom. Rosalie was sitting on the bed by him with John, they were whispering soothing words to him as he screamed and writhed and fought.

Over the next three days they sat with him, taking turns, his mom, his sister, his aunt, everyone who had been there for his birthday excluding Andy stuck around until, after what seemed like years to them but was a flash in Mary's life, he stopped screaming and his eyes opened.

So this was a shorter chapter than what I've been giving out but that tends to be the issue with backstory chapters. I hope everyone enjoyed seeing into some of their lives.