THE FOLLOWING IS AN ALTERNATE ENDING. This would take the place of the chapter, "We're All Dead, Aren't We?"

I'm not sure how long I was unconscious, nor how I was unconscious, because I thought that you couldn't knock vampires out, but I knew that I had been laying there, unaware of my surroundings for a long time. I felt a warm breeze blow across my face, and I felt grass underneath me, and I could feel the sun warming everything. I took a deep breath… and didn't smell everything like I usually could. I listened for anyone around me, but it seemed like my ears were plugged. It was like I was human again, and all of my senses had gone dull, back to their original state.

It occurred to me that I hadn't opened my eyes, but that I didn't mind very much. I felt content to just lay there for hours and days and years and do nothing.

I faintly heard voices, and they seemed very far away. I opened my eyes with a sigh and began to sit up.

I wasn't sparkling. My skin was back to the color it had been when I was a human. Come to think of it, my heart was beating again and I had to breathe, it wasn't just a habit anymore. I looked around to see if I recognized my surroundings. I did. It looked like the meadow that Edward and I found so special in Forks.

Had I fallen asleep? Had I dreamed the whole thing? Was that horrible nightmare just my imagination? When had I fallen asleep? Did I get knocked out when the werewolves went through the meadow, chasing after Laurent? Or did all of that happen and I was just here on another day after Edward came back? Did I marry Mark? Was Mark even real? Maybe I had just dreamed him too. Was I ever a vampire? How did I end up here? I had no memory of coming to the meadow…

No, the pain had been real. And if I was just sleeping, then Edward would be here, watching me so that he could tease me about what I had said in my sleep. I stood up and headed for the edge of the trees to see what lay beyond. I didn't trip, which was a miracle if I was still a human.

The sky caught my attention. It wasn't the blue that I was used to. It was like the sky was gone, replaced by all the stars and planets and galaxies. I stopped walking and stared in amazement, wondering if I was dreaming now. But vampires couldn't dream, because they couldn't sleep… this was all too confusing.

"Bella!" I heard Edward shout from somewhere in the trees. I ran towards the sound.

"Edward?!" I called, wondering how he was alive. Maybe the Edward clone really had been Edward, and he had actually saved me instead of ripping me to pieces. But that didn't explain how I was human again…

After running for a very long time, without tripping, might I add, I finally caught a glimpse of color in the trees ahead. I raced towards the color, hoping it was Edward. I wondered why he was so slow. Usually he would have reached me by now.

When I finally reached him, he picked me up and twirled me around. I clung to him taking in his scent, the sight of him, the softness of his skin, his warmth…

His warmth? I pulled away. He had never been warm before.

"What's wrong, Bella?" he asked. His green eyes were worried, and his voice sounded different. Not quite as musical.

"Who are you?" I whispered.

"It's me, Bella. It's Edward."

"I don't believe you," I said. "This is just another trick."

"We're dead, Bella," he said. "We're both angels now. There are no more tricks."

"We're dead?" I asked.

"They killed us," he confirmed. "They killed everyone. We're all here now."

"How can I be sure?" I asked. "They tricked me so many times…"

I stepped back as Edward started to glow. It wasn't from the sunlight, because we were shaded beneath the trees. No, this light was coming from him. He sprouted wings, and I stood there gaping at him with his wings and the unnatural light.

"Do you believe me now?" he asked.

"Oh, Edward," I cried, flinging myself at him again. He caught me, and we stood there for a very long time, just holding each other.

"Bella!" Alice exclaimed. I could tell it was her, even though her voice was a little different too. I pulled away from Edward just in time to get pulled into a hug by her.

One by one our family filtered though the trees and came to join us in our tiny clearing.

"You were right, Bella," Jasper told me. "We all came to heaven."

"I knew I was right," I told him with a grin. I looked at my family, taking in their new appearances.

Alice's hair had grown a little, putting the ends down by her ears. I could tell that she was going to grow it out more. Her green eyes weren't quite as vibrant as Edward's, but they were still pretty.

Jasper and Rosalie had blue eyes. Rosalie was still beautiful, though it wasn't the perfect beautiful that I had always known.

Esme, and Emmett had brown eyes, and Carlisle's were a pure blue that went well with his blond hair.

Victoria stood in the back, almost as if she was shy. Her hazel eyes were very pretty, though I couldn't see them for long because she was looking away.

"We're all here, Victoria," I told her, "even you. I told you we'd all end up here."

She looked up and gave me a little smile. "You were right," she said. "I was surprised."

I leaned on Edward and sighed happily. We were all together again.

"So what's heaven like?" I asked. "Is it as beautiful as they say it is?"

"Even more so," Carlisle told me. "It's breathtaking."

"What can we do?" I asked. "Do we just lounge around all day long, or do we have things to do that can keep us busy?"

"There are things to do," Edward told me with a smile. "The most entertaining thing to do is to watch the people who are still alive."

"We can do that?" I asked excitedly.

Edward laughed. "We can. Is there anyone in particular that you would like to watch?"

"Mark," I said instantly. "I want to see if he actually followed through with our bet."

"He didn't," Edward told me. "He actually went to the werewolves and tried to convince them to go help you so he could get out of it."

"He did what?!" I squeaked. Everyone laughed at me.

"He actually did a pretty good job," Carlisle laughed. "He had to threaten to burn down the reservation, light the match, and shove the plane tickets to Alaska in their hands before they would leave. They couldn't exactly report him to the police, because he said if they turned him in that he would tell Charlie what was happening."

"But they didn't actually come to help," I said. It wasn't a question. I already knew.

"They actually did come to help," Emmett told me. "They just didn't get there in time to save you. They're working on killing the club right now."

"Oh," I said, embarrassed at being wrong.

"Do you wish they had been sooner?" Edward asked, looking down at me. He looked like he didn't want to know the answer.

"No, because I'm with you again," I said. I kissed him on the cheek.

"About me…" Edward said. "Why did you just lay there for all that time after I died? I didn't want you to do that."

"Oh, look who's talking," I scoffed. "That's what you did when you left me the first time. You just curled into a ball and didn't do anything. You've got a lot of room to talk."

Our family laughed at Edward's flabbergasted look. He wasn't expecting me to say that.

"So what are we going to do now?" I asked.

"I'm going to take you to meet some people," Edward said.

"Who?" I asked.

"My parents," he answered with a grin. "They can't wait to meet you in person. They've been watching you ever since you met me."

"They have?" I groaned.

"Don't worry, they like you," he said. "They're glad that we found each other."

"They're very nice," Alice put in.

"You met them?" I asked her.

"Not yet," she answered with a smile.

"Then how do you know?" I asked, confused.

"Did dying mess with your memory, Bella?" she laughed. "I saw you meeting them!"

"We still have our gifts?" I asked, my eyes wide in surprise.

"You have a lot to learn about heaven," Emmett informed me with one of his full laughs.

"Let's start with meeting my parents, though," Edward suggested as he chuckled along with Emmett. "I'm sure they're tired of waiting."

So hand in hand, my eternal husband and I walked off to go face the joys and challenges of heaven together, with our family beside us.

"Are those her ashes?" Paul asked.

"I think so," Jacob answered sadly. He picked up the chain with the wedding rings on it and blew the ashes off. "That's her ring, and Edward's too."

"So we were too late," Embry commented sadly.

"We were," Sam agreed. "I hate to have to tell Mark that, though."

"What about Charlie? And Renee?" Quill asked.

"What story can we tell them?" Jacob asked.

"We can tell them the truth," Sam answered. "They deserve to know how Bella died."

"Is that what Bella would want?" Jacob asked.

A soft breeze blew through the room, kicking up ash and blowing the werewolves' hair.

"I think so," Sam said with a smile. "If a breeze in the middle of a warehouse in a room that doesn't have any ventilation isn't enough confirmation, then I'm not sure what Bella's going to do to you."

"So is this it, then?" Jared asked. "We're just going to walk away and go home so we can tell everyone what happened?"

"What else is there to do?" Sam asked. "We've already killed the other vampires."

"What about the human girl?" Embry asked.

"She knows everything about Bella and the Cullens, and a lot about us," Quill added.

"Emily and I can take care of her if she doesn't have a home to return to," Sam said. "We'll take care of her until she's old enough to take care of herself."

"I hope that Bella's parents take this okay," Paul commented as they walked out the door.

"Are you kidding?" Jake asked. "They'll be fine. I'm sure they get told all the time that their daughter is a vampire and that she got killed by another coven of vampires."

"You're right, it'll be the easiest conversation in the world," Sam said. "So we'll let you do it, Jake."

"Oh no, not me," Jake argued. "I'd hate to take all the fun. I nominate Embry."

"I thought we were friends!" Embry protested.

I smiled as I watched them leave. They would all be okay, and they would be able to tell my parents everything that they deserved to know.

Perhaps everyone in my family dying was for the best. We're all happy in heaven. We're all together. We're together for eternity, and we can see anyone that we want to, whenever we chose to look.

I didn't want the end to come, but now that it has, I must admit that I'm not too disappointed.