Chapter Twenty:
(narrator's p.o.v)
Bella and Renesmee sat together on the ground, taking comfort from each other.
Edward watched from a safe distance with a sense of pure happiness and disbelief swelling in his non-beating heart.
Alice and Jasper were holding hands, watching everything calmly.
The Cullen's were staring at the clearing with disbelief, shock, and joy in their eyes. All of them were eager to hug Bella.
And Vivian stood there, her twin Kimmie standing beside her in the blink of an eyes.
Alice and Jasper gasped at the new arrival, and Jasper had to assure Alice that Kimmie was safe.
Kimmie, who was calm yet impatient, cleared her throat. "I am Kimme, yet another head of the Volturi. My sister and I wish to hear the story of how the human Bella came back to life as one of the damned."
Vivian rolled her eyes and said, "No need to ruin their reunion, Kim."
"There is much reason, sister. We must be off. Already we have given way to our existence."
"Oh hush. Be patient."
Kimmie stared at Alice, somehow knowing that she was the one who held the story. "Tell us what happened, Alice Cullen."
"Yes." Vivian said. "Come stand in the center of the clearing so that all may hear the story of utter happiness you have brought."
Some vampires growled.
"You were given strict orders to be nice!" Kimmie snapped in response. "Now don't be afraid Alice. Come on."
She looked up at Jasper, who nodded, and ran to the center of the clearing. She cleared her throat and began, "Carlisle wasn't wrong. Bella did die. She went into a state of shock, and everything just shut down. She wasn't able to do anything.
"After the funeral, they took her body to be buried. Nobody went to the burial but Jasper and I. Then I felt something. It was nothing but a flicker of something inside me. Something twisting and writhing…I fell to the ground and screamed.
"Then I did something unreal…" Her voice trailed off, but continued with a reassuring nod from Jasper. "I went after the blood that remained in Bella's body."
The clearing tensed, and Edward was glaring at his sister.
She swallowed and pushed hair out of her face. "But I was able to stop so easily, simple because the blood was stale. The grave digger was long gone at this point, so he couldn't of reported what had happened next.
"I sat in Jasper's arms for what seemed like hours, greatly resenting myself. I felt cruel, and monstrous…"
She was cut off by Kimmie. "Where did you bite the human?"
Alice looked down. "On the wrist."
"Thank you. You may continue."
"Her eyes opened. And the rest went from there." She felt like she was in court, meant to be judged by the jury surrounding her. She hung her head in shame, wishing at that moment that she had let Bella come without her and Jasper.
"Why did you not tell your family?" Vivian asked kindly.
Alice shook her head. "Because for the longest time, I was convinced that none of it was real. That maybe I had died or something, and that it was all nothing but a hallucination. I thought I was crazy."
"Vampires don't go crazy." Kimmie said bitterly.
"You would of thought the same if you were me." She snapped.
"Don't get testy with your elders."
Alice straightened her back, suddenly feeling confident. She would have to thank Jasper for that later. "Jasper and I were working on training Bella on how to hunt properly and such. We were teaching her not to hunt humans."
"How many did she kill?" Vivian asked, receiving a smile from her twin.
"None."
"That's impossible!" Aro exclaimed, speaking once after a while of silence. "No vampire has ever gone without killing a human in their first years of life!"
"I would think not, Aro." Vivian said with a cocky smile on her face. "I have never tasted blood from a human."
Alice smiled as Aro shrunk back into his time of silence, letting his elders speak before him. She continued. "We discovered her power. No vampire with the ability to affect the mind could affect her. And it turns out that was what her power was as she transformed. Only this time, she can radiate a protective shield around anybody in a certain vicinity."
Jane growled. "I couldn't affect her either!"
"We used to think that your power was simply physical, but is pain not a state of mind?"
She looked down as if thinking about it.
"An interesting story." Vivian said. "I'm guessing that vampire venom in stronger than we all thought. It can bring back the dead. Now Alice, for that feeling with the twisting in your stomach was nothing but hunger. I'm assuming that out of grief you hadn't fed for a while?"
Alice nodded.
"Hmm. Good, good."
"Aro!" Kimmie said. "We must head out."
Without a word of anything, he and all the vampires he was with were gone. Just like that it was over.
"Thank you for your time." Kimmie said, grabbing her sister's hand. "We will not see your for many many years, unless of course you once again make a mark on history."
"Be well for many many years." Vivian said, bowing her head slightly.
And then it was all over. As simple as that…
Do not worry! The story isn't over, just the fight! But my story is drawing near! R&R! Love you all!