DO I REALLY WANT REVENGE?
Disclaimer: The Cullens, the Swans, and most of the characters mentioned in the story that are known from Stephanie Meyer's beloved Twilight Saga, are all hers and hers alone. I neither have nor wish to pass them off as mine. I do appreciate the fact that she did bring them to life and allows us to play with them in our imaginations. The only thing I will claim is the current storyline.
All of the chapters of this story has been beta'd by the lovely dowlingnana and the chapters with mistakes are being replaced.
The news groups arrived and waited to hear the press release that the Prince Consort was going to deliver to the country. They didn't have long to wait before he entered the news room.
"I thank all of you for coming at such short notice. My statement will be brief, to the point and I will not be accepting any questions at the conclusion.
"It is tragic that Her Majesty, my beloved wife, Queen Isabella, along with the three ruling bodies, Marcus Cameron, Aro Stevenson, Caius Hammond, and Wystonian King Carlisle, my father, were all attacked and killed in such a cowardly manner. All of these persons had much to give to their country and people. They all worked hard to bring about a better way of life for each member of their country and to provide security and stability for their country.
"I am not asking, but, demanding that all law enforcement agencies work together to capture and prosecute all persons that participated in such a horrible act of cowardice." With nothing else to say, Edward turned and left. He was met on the other side of the door by Alice and Rosalie who were nearly beside themselves with grief.
About four hours later, Edward was informed that the heir to the throne had arrived and demanded his presence immediately in the throne room. As he entered and saw who was present he hesitated slightly in his step. Then, looking around he frowned as he saw that Alice and Rosalie were handcuffed. As he approached the throne, he demanded to know, "Why are you seated upon my wife's throne, Tanya?"
"Because it is now my throne, Edward: I am the next in line to sit here if she died without issue which seems to be the case. And, you, dear Edward, are under arrest along with Alice Brandon and Rosalie Hale for the murder of my cousin, Queen Isabella." The guards step forward to handcuff him and to lead all three away.
Just as they had gotten to the door to leave, Tanya stops them for a moment to say, "Revenge, Edward, revenge. Think about it as you are brought to trial and sentenced to death. Let your family know how it feels.
"Make no mistake. You will be found guilty with all of the evidence that has been located in your quarters and your office. And, all of your staff that came from Wystonia is also being brought upon charges of aiding you in your acts of treason against the crown. Take them out of my sight."
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After everyone had been dismissed and left the throne room Tanya turned to her two sisters and remarked, "We have succeeded. Ladies we are taking over Vargia and Noragia. With that situation we can crush Wystonia and make them pay for what they did to Mom and Dad. For all of the lies and falsehoods the liars told." Kate and Irina just smiled without saying a word. Each one knew that all of the planning and patience had paid off finally. Now they would be able to reap the benefits due them.
CHAPTER 25: OH, SHIT!
Edward was having a hard time understanding the meaning of why he had been arrested along with the arrest of Alice and Rosalie. 'What damn evidence could they have found that would implicate him and the two ladies along with the rest of his staff from Wystonia? There was none, unless it had been fabricated and planted by someone.
'This isn't going to sit well with Mother. With the loss of Dad and now this, shit, she is going to freak the hell out. And, Emmett isn't going to be much better. Also, what has happened to Jasper? Is he safe? Did they arrest him? What in the hell is going on that has turned the whole world upside down in less than the blink of an eye?' Edward was thinking to himself along with all of the other questions of who was truly responsible for the explosion and deaths of his family. What, if anything did Tanya, Kate and Irina have to do with it?
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Tanya had a press release that named all concerned parties responsible for the death of her beloved cousin, Queen Isabella, and that they had been arrested and were waiting to be tried. She was fully aware that with her statement to the press, with news of those involved, that it would reach Wystonia and the royals.
After making that statement, she along with her sisters, begin to make themselves at home in no time. Going through and making decisions of what she would keep and what was to be gotten rid of. Who would serve her and in what method and who wouldn't be kept.
The decision to leave Prince Jasper in charge of the Sykes Project wasn't hard to decide. He was arrested at the same time as everyone else and thrown into prison. The sisters were going to bring in their own engineers and garnish all of the benefits, sharing with none, the profits as the project progressed. They were going to crush all who opposed them and bring Wystonia to its knees.
All attempts by Queen Esme to talk with Tanya were denied. She was told that if she or any member from the Wystonian royal family or government attempt to come within the borders of Vargia they would be arrested on sight and tried as well for treason along with the rest of the scum accused.
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With all of the incidents over the last several weeks and tomorrow was the beginning of Edward's and Jasper's trial for treason, Queen Esme was nearly beside herself. Not being able to have the proper time to grieve for one loss before she is hit with another just about brought her to a point of giving up altogether. But, she knew that Carlisle wouldn't want her to do that. She had a country to take care of.
Prince Emmett couldn't be declared King since Edward was still alive, but, for how much longer? The Denali's were doing harm to everyone they came in contact with. She and any representative from Wystonia had been denied contact with her son or Prince Jasper. No one had any knowledge of what kind of evidence was against them, or, how well they were being treated. Nightmares! Nightmares every night had Esme to the point of screaming and wanting to pull her hair out due to the sheer terrors of her dreams, raw emotions that she had to keep tightly controlled and the fear of what the next tomorrow was going to bring.
Her husband gone, her baby falsely accused and the country in a state of uncertainty. Where were the solutions to these problems?
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Although, it went against the grain, Carlisle had convinced the others to wait and see how far the Denali sisters were willing to play things out. "Give them enough rope to hang themselves." He keeps advising.
"But, how can we keep quiet and allow the horrors of what those bitches are doing to continue?" Bella demanded not once, but, several times.
"Queen Isabella, I don't believe that King Carlisle is advising to turn a blind eye on the situation. He is asking for all of us to wait so all guilty parties are together and have completely shown their hand so we don't miss anyone. I do realize all of this is hard for you, but, stop and consider how he is feeling as well. He has to allow his family to believe that he is dead. That his son, your husband, and his nephew are going to be tried for our deaths and he can do nothing at this point, but, wait for the right moment the same as he is advising us to do.
"He, dear lady, is sacrificing his need to let his family know that all will be well the same as the rest of us. We do believe that his advice is sound and we are trusting in that. Can't you do the same? Just for a little while."
"I'm trying." She answers with a sigh and a sniffle while trying very hard to keep the tears in check and the pregnancy hormones from ruling her decisions. She hasn't mentioned to anyone about her condition, but, it is getting very hard to keep it under control.
"Don't worry, Isabella, I have just learned that our time is fast approaching. The trials are starting tomorrow. All of them are being tried at the same time." Carlisle informs them all as he enters the main room of the suite they all shared. It consisted of six bedrooms with a private bath per room and a central living room area. They had rented a penthouse suite.
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A defense attorney had been appointed to represent all accused. They each were denied their own attorney, or, even an attorney of their choosing. Everyone knew from the beginning that the trial wasn't going to be fair. They were going to die and there was no way to fight it. All of them were innocent with no way to prove it by calling witnesses or disputing the fake evidence that had been planted.
The attorney, while seeming to want to do a good job, is inexperienced and sadly lacking in personality to be able to properly defend his clients; he is freshly graduated from law school and not well versed in criminal law of this sort, so, no one had any hope that he could get them off.
Edward, Jasper, Alice and Rosalie were able to communicate during the time they had with their attorney. So, they were aware of how the others were faring. Grief seems to be the constant companion with the two women and Edward. Nothing has been done properly to honor their memories of the ones lost or a period of mourning being allowed. Tanya bulldozed her way over everything and anyone.
Now, here they all stood together at the same table with one attorney waiting for the government representatives to convene for the trial. With Edward and Jasper being royalty, then Alice and Rosalie being of noble birth, the trial couldn't be conducted in the regular courts, but, had to have a special hearing with all representatives present to hear the evidence and vow on verdict.
Edward knew that he had already lost since he and some of these people had butted heads over certain issues and policies. Jasper lost since he and Edward were related. That left Ladies Alice and Rosalie. Their outcome was doubtful due to their loyalty to Isabella. They were all screwed for one reason or another. Tanya had the upper hand and there was nothing that could be done to stop her. She hadn't even allowed for too much time to pass before she had her coronation planned and about to take place within the next few days.
As Edward had reached this point in his thoughts the representatives filed in, took their places and all was called to order. Then the trial begins. It wasn't long and drawn out. But, it wasn't rushed either. All of the evidence had been copied and distributed to all parties so they already knew what was gathered. There was evidence showing that Edward and associates had hired a group of mercenaries to abduct Queen Renee to hold as hostage, making it appear that Noragia was the guilty party. Then the same mercenaries raided the palace as if a war was happening which resulted in King Charles being wounded causing his death. And the kidnapping of the Princess with the objective to force her into marriage giving him the opening to gain access to Vargia legally, and, then finally hiring someone to make all of the attempts upon Queen Isabella's life with this last attempt bringing about not only her death, but, the death of the ruling government of Noragia and the death of his own father, King Carlisle of Wystonia.
After the arguments from both sides, the trial was adjourned until the following day at which time they would pronounce sentencing for each of the accused. During the whole proceedings the Denali sisters were present and watched.
Early the next morning everyone was back into the places they had occupied the day before. There was a call to order and then the President of the representatives stood to read the findings with a reporting of all in favor of the findings.
"We have voted with all being in one accord. The accused Prince Consort Edward Cullen, Prince Jasper Cullen of Wystonia, Lady Alice Brandon, Lady Rosalie Hale and finally Jane Northsom who has been held due to a violent nature, are hereby found guilty and are sentenced to be put to a traitor's death. The sentence will be carried out within two days right which will be the same day as the coronation and right after the crowning of Tanya Denali as Queen of Vargia since such sentences must be witnessed by the ruling monarch.
"This special session is hereby adjourned. Remove the prisoners."
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"It's time." Carlisle said. Everyone begin getting their stuff together, checked out of the hotel and got into their separate cars, but, would be traveling in caravan style with Bella's vehicle in the middle since she was the one in the most danger.
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The coronation procession began at the front of the church escorting the newly to be crowned Queen up front for the vows to be said and to be crowned the next ruler of Vargia. All were progressing as planned. The Denali's were happy that all they had worked for were coming into being. After Vargia was secure then they would be taking over Noragia to put Kate and Irina in place to rule there. Wystonia was going to suffer.
Edward and the rest of the accused were present for the ceremonies since immediately following the crowning they were sentenced to die.
It was time to take the oath and have the crown placed upon her head when in the back a cloaked figure arose to say, "You will be charged with treason for elevating a murder to the throne." All turned to see who had spoken. Rising to stand beside the figure were four other people, two on either side of the speaker.
A/N: Who is the speaker? Who stands with the speaker? What is about to happen?
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