Hello readers, I hope your not mad about the cliffhanger in recent chapter. I'm sorry, I had to leave you hanging. xD. Like I promised you, this chapter is going to get intense and probably weren't the turn you were excepting. I like to keep you guessing, I'm actually surprised that I took this turn. I didn't original plan this. I hope this chapter explains some of the your questions I have been unable to answer for spoiler reasons. I hope you enjoy!
Nessie's POV (Get to Go Home?)
I don't think I have ever been this nervous. I didn't feel this nervous when I first met the Volturi. Or when I thought that I was going to kill my mother, or even the time the Volturi took me away. I sigh in frustration. I can't believe I am still afraid of the Volturi!
I sneak a look over to Lizzie. She didn't show any sign of fright or nerves. She was calm. I know for a fact that Jasper wasn't using his powers, even if he was it wouldn't effect her. I wonder if she knows what she is getting herself into. Or maybe she just doesn't care. Or maybe-
I hear Dad chuckle behind me. I look up and see him smiling. One of the things I envy of my daughter and Mother; their thoughts are safe from view.
Once Dad heard that thought, he stop smiling and narrows his eyes at me. I laugh, which causing everyone to look at me. I shrug and shake my head.
When we enter the throne room, Aro has a surprise expression upon his face.
"What do we have here?" Aro ask with pure curiosity in his voice.
"We have some serious things to discuss here." Carlisle replied with stern voice.
But Aro didn't seem to take note of the sternness in Carlisle's voice because a smile creeps upon his face.
"Is that so? And what would that be?"
Before Carlisle could reply, to my surprise, Lizzie stepped up.
"We have compromise to offer you."
"Is that so? Well give me your hand so I get hear this compromise of yours." Aro said with a hidden smirk.
Lizzie kept on her poker face, and with no hesitation gave her hand to Aro.
Aro face went to slyness to confusion to fascination. Aro then released Lizzie's hand slowly.
"I see nothing. No pictures, but somehow you put words into my head. Hm, like Renesmee can. Edward, could you read what she said to me?"
I look over to Daddy and face had some hesitation as he was deep in thought. Finally he shook his head.
"Excited!" Aro exclaimed. "What power this young one has."
"Don't even think about it Aro. You can't have her." Daddy says, beating me to it.
But Aro remained smiling and stolen a glance at his brothers. His brothers shifted their heads ever so slightly. They obviously were making some sort of secret agreement.
"The answer is yes, we will let you go back home. All of you, Cullen's, have been here long enough. We are quite satisfied with how Nessie operates."
"Does that mean we can finally go home?" Mom asked looking at Daddy instead of Aro.
"I do believe so." Aro said answering before Daddy could.
While everyone was smiling and hugging, I vaguely noticed Aro giving Lizzie a side glance. I could have sworn I saw her give a short nod.
I decided to shake it off and go over and hug Lizzie once we were back in our wing of the house.
"Now we can all be a family again!" I whisper excitedly in Lizzie's ear.
"Yeah, for sure." She replied pulling away with a smile on her face and with a tear escaping her brown eyes.
I caught it with my finger and gave her a questioning look.
She gave a reassuring smile and said, "Happy tears."
I returned the smile and took her hand to join the rest of the family in the living room.
"Once we are all packed-"
"I'm all ready and all packed up!" Alice said interrupting Carlisle.
"Yes, Alice we can all see that. Now as I was saying, once we are all packed up and ready to go, we will come back down here and figure out the traveling details. We obviously cannot take all of our cars with us bu-"
"Oh! Can I take my Porsche baby? I must! I can't leave her here all alone!"
Carlisle sighed. "Yes, Alice you can bring your car. Anyways, we won't have enough storage for all our cars, so we will have to decide who will bring what. Also once we are back in Forks we won't tell people exactly why we left. It is be-"
"Oh! But I have the perfect st-"
"ALICE!" Everyone yelled with frustration.
Alice jumped and shrunk into the chair she was sitting in.
"Jeez, I'm just a excited..." She mumbled to herself.
"Yeah, too excited. Anyways as you were saying Carlisle." Daddy said his back now turned away from Alice.
"It is best for us to keep a low profile, and keep answers short if they are asked. But I'm sure it won't be a problem since we have done this before."
"Done?" Alice asked cautiously.
"Yes. You are all excused."
Once Carlisle excused us, everyone hurried up to their rooms and packed up at vampire speed. As I was finishing up, I went over to the guess room where Lizzie was at. As I entered, I could tell she was taking her sweet time packing. She was going slow even for a mostly human. I was about to ask her why, when Carlisle called us down for travel plans.
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"So it's all agreed that we will take the private jet, and ship all our luggage and Alice's, Rosalie's, and Emmett's cars."
"Um, Carlisle, your forgetting that there is only nine seats in jet." Nanna said giving a sympathetic look towards Lizzie.
"Oh, how could I forget! I'm sorry Lizzie, I'll change that right away."
"It's alright, I have to catch the plane back anyways. Lucky enough, I am due back today anyways." Lizzie said.
I walked over to her, and hugged her once again.
"So I'll see at the house then?"
"You bet."
Lizzie's POV (Hard Lies)
As I walked with confidence to the throne room, I surprised myself. I wasn't scared or nervous, but rather prepared to go through with my plan. Although, I was dreading the fact that I would have to lie to my family, even though I only met them a week ago. But I knew I had to, for their sake, and my dads. My parents deserve to be reunited.
To my left, I heard Nessie laugh. I looked over my shoulder just in time to see her shrug at everyone. I smiled at her. I am really going to miss her.
We ended silently, but not unnoticed. Aro looked up with a surprise expression, meeting his eyes with everyone.
"What do we have here?" Aro ask with pure curiosity in his voice.
"We have some serious things to discuss here." Carlisle replied with stern voice.
"Is that so? And what would that be?"
Before anyone could reply, I stepped up to Aro, taking the chance to set my plan in place.
"We have compromise to offer you." I said boldly.
"Is that so? Well give me your hand so I get hear this compromise of yours." Aro said trying to hide a smirk.
I kept on my poker face, and with no hesitation gave my hand to Aro.
Okay, Aro I have a compromise for you. Don't worry, Edward can't hear this conversation. I'm blocking him out.
Are you a shield like Bella? Wait, you can read my mind too... You have two gifts? Aro said through his thoughts.
No. I only have one gift. I can absorb peoples gifts and use them, but they can't use their gifts against me because it is like I am taking their gifts and storing them. I'm still learning but I'm trying to figure out if I can store them long enough to make them permanent so I can use them whenever I want without them being within a certain distance. Confusing, I know, but I am really powerful and useful if you think about it.
Hmmm. that is a very unique gift indeed. Useful? What do you mean by that? Are you suggesting that you should join the Volturi?
Yes, but not for free. You can have me only if you let the Cullens and Nessie go. You have had them long enough, and you aren't loosing any of their gifts because I stored them in me. So really, its a great deal.
It is. Would be very hard to turn down such an offer. But why? You only just met these people.
I am doing this for my dad. He can't go on any longer without Nessie. And neither can she. They need to be together. I owe it to them. And I know this was the only way, me or them. It was a very easy decision. So what do you say Aro, do we have a deal?
I believe we do my child. Welcome to the family.
Oh and Aro, pretend we never had this conversation. They will put up a fight if they think you can have a hands on me. So avoid any thoughts that relate to this conversation.
Will do. Nice doing business with you.
That's when we pulled the plug. Aro put on a confused expression and released my hands.
"I see nothing. No pictures, but somehow you put words into my head. Hm, like Renesmee can. Edward, could you read what she said to me?"
I look over to Daddy and face had some hesitation as he was deep in thought. Finally he shook his head.
"Excited!" Aro exclaimed. "What power this young one has."
"Don't even think about it Aro. You can't have her." Edward says, beating the rest to it.
I struggle to keep my face composed, and take a deep breathe silently.
"The answer is yes, we will let you go back home. All of you, Cullens, have been here long enough. We are quite satisfied with how Nessie operates."
Wow, Aro is really good at this lying stuff. Then again, he is ancient, so he probably has had loads of practice.
"Does that mean we can finally go home?" Bella asked looking at Edward instead of Aro.
"I do believe so." Aro said answering before Edward could.
While everyone was smiling and hugging, I took the chance to thank Aro.
We will have your room prepared as soon as they are out of hearing distance. Aro thought towards me.
I gave him a short nod, hoping nobody noticed it, and followed out with the others.
Once we were back in the Cullen wing, Nessie attacked me with a big hug.
"Now we can all be a family again!" she whispers excitedly in me ear.
"Yeah, for sure." I replied pulling away with a smile on my face, trying to control my emotions and my acting abilities.
I didn't even reason that I was crying till Nessie caught a tear with her finger and gave me a questioning look.
My mind was stumped, I had to think fast. So I gave a reassuring smile and said, "Happy tears."
She returned the smile and took my hand to join the rest of the family in the living room.
"Once we are all packed-"
That's all I heard from the meeting before I tuned everyone out. I didn't even bother to pay attention, it would only make it harder. I didn't want to know their plans, or how they are going to celebrate when they return home. But I couldn't really envy them, this was my decision after all. I didn't deserve to pout, I had to be mature about this and keep it together. I tried to listen but at the moment it was just Alice being over excited. I noticed it was annoying the others but it made me smile. Alice was a real character, she probably would have made an amazing great aunt. They all would have made great relatives.
I could feel my eyes watering again, so I stopped myself from thinking such thoughts. Wait until they leave, I told myself.
I tuned just in time to hear Carlisle excuse us, everyone hurried up to their rooms and packed up at vampire speed. I on the other hand, walked slowly up the stairs to the guess room I was staying in. I went over to my suitcase and started to pretend to pack. I decided I would take my sweet time.
I went over to the bed side and picked up the photo album I brought from home. All the pictures in it were from when since Nessie left till my thirteenth birthday. I hugged the album tightly to myself and breathed in the scent of home. As I was enjoying the smell, I had a feeling of someone was watching me. Just as I was about to turn around, Carlisle called us down for traveling plans.
Before I made my way downstairs, I stuffed the album in Nessie's carry on bag. Something for the long trip home.
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"So it's all agreed that we will take the private jet, and ship all our luggage and Alice's, Rosalie's, and Emmett's cars."
"Um, Carlisle, your forgetting that there is only nine seats in jet." Emse said giving a sympathetic look towards me.
"Oh, how could I forget! I'm sorry Lizzie, I'll change that right away."
"It's alright, I have to catch the plane back anyways. Lucky enough, I am due back today anyways." I lied smoothly. The truth was I only got a ticket to Italy, but not a ticket back to La Push.
Nessie then walked over to me and embraced me once again. Only if she knew it was the last embrace we will ever have. I held on tight till she pulled away.
"So I'll see at the house then?"
"You bet." Not.
Then I watched them depart, I was shocked I was able to keep it together for this long.
Once they were out of sight and hearing rage, I broke down and began to cry. I am going to miss everyone so such, the Cullens, my parents, Charlie, and everyone else in La Push.
"This is all for you Daddy, I hope you two the very best. You deserve happiness, you gave me everything, now it's my turn to give back your everything. I'll never forget you guys. Please never forget me. I hope you understand and do not blame yourself. Start a new family with Nessie and treat each other well. I love you so much. I'll always be your little girl in mine and your heart. Goodbye." I say aloud to the stars in the darkness of night.
Sorry I didn't mean to make it so sad at the end there! But don't worry this definitely is not the end. But I can't wait to see Nessie and Jake reunite! Will it be happy? Will they notice that their daughter did not return like she said she would? Wait and see! I promise I will be more current with the updating, I feel so bad for not updating in soo long. Please stay with me fans! I'll be better to you, my writers block is cured for now! And your reviews always encourage me to write more! I love you guys! Thank you for waiting!