A/N: I own nothing. And I just want to say that spring is always a really hectic time for me. I have high school softball, i do stage crew for our play, i also do dance, and i signed up for little league softball (even though i probably won't go). on top of that, i have homework and projects and stuff, so don't kill me if i don't update as often. i promise to make the chapters longer. also, in the last chapter it was 1940. and btw, this chapter is named after a celtic song. it has absolutely nothing to do with a dance. i actually might take to naming chapters after songs i listen to while i'm writing. anywho, go on, read it.

Chapter 8:Granuaile's Dance

69 years later

I love my family. I have loved them since the day I met them. Back in 1940, I never would have thought I would go vegetarian. Tanya, Kate, and Irina are like sisters to me. They all welcomed me with open arms. Kate was especially excited for my first ever vegetarian hunt. Irina had said that she was acting like Alice. They all talked about another vegetarian family that lived in America. They said that they didn't live too far away. This family lived in Forks, Washington. It was just as overcast and dreary as Alaska. Perfect for vampires. I never met them, but Tanya promised that I would. Carmen and Eleazar told me that two of them, named Emmett and Rosalie, were married 10 years ago, and they were throwing a big party for their 10th anniversary.

"That's nice."

"Yes. They invited us to go down and stay for a while. And since you have officially gone vegetarian, it won't be a problem." I nodded and went back to reading my book and listening to my ipod. I was in the middle of a really good part when Kate and Tanya barged into my room and trampled me.

"You know, you guys are just asking for me to kick your asses." I pushed them off and put my ipod on my desk. "Now, what was so important that you had to barge into my room and run me down?" Kate answered first very excitedly.

"We're packing to go to Forks. We leave tomorrow, silly."

"We need to make sure you have the right clothes." Tanya said with a smile on her face. Irina dragged in two suitcases.

"Woah, guys. I'm not taking two suitcases full of clothes." They looked at each other and went into fits of giggles. Irina looked up at me.

"These aren't for clothes, silly." I sighed in relief. "They're for shoes." My head sprang up. I sighed in defeat. There was no way I was getting around this. I just sat back and watched as they folded and put into neatly piles clothes that I would never in a million years wear. I just put on my ipod and closed my eyes. I was lost in my musical world when someone nudged me. I opened my eyes and jumped up. Irina gave me a weird look.

"What have I told you about doing that?"

"Sorry. I thought you were dead or something." I looked out the window at a pink sky.

"What time or day is it?"

"It's 6 in the morning. We're leaving at 8."

"Ok. I'll be ready by then." I turned around and headed for my closet.

"Umm, Bella?" Tanya's voice said. I turned and saw her standing with clothes slung over her arm. I looked to Irina who had hair tools. I turned to Kate hoping for her to not have anything. Alas, she had her makeup bag. I trudged down out of my room and down the hall into the master bathroom. I closed my eyes.

"Tell me when it's over." They all sighed.

"Jeeze, Bella, it's not like we're torturing you or anything." Irina said.

"That's what you think." I mumbled. She gave me a look. I sat back as they played Barbie Bella. It was 7:45 when they announced they were finished.

"Bella, you look gorgeous!" Tanya squealed.

"I think this is my best work yet." Irina and Kate said at the same time. I gave them a smug look.

"Well, Bella. Aren't you going to look in the mirror?" Tanya asked. I reluctantly got up and walked over to the mirror. I gasped at the reflection. Irina had straightened my hair and pinned my bangs back. Kate put light makeup on my face. It looked nice. Tanya had picked out some dark skinny jeans, a green tank top with a white long sleeve shirt over it. It has silver stars on it. She also picked out some green converses.

"Well. I'd have to say, this is my best look yet." I said. They all squealed. Tanya proceeded to push me down the stairs and into the living room. We packed up the car. Carmen and Eleazar got in. I hesitated.

"Can I take my truck?" I asked. Irina looked at me.

"You seriously want to take that hunk of junk? It won't even last to Canada let alone the States." She said. Kate bounced next to me.

"I'll go with Bella." Carmen nodded.

"Fine. But stay behind us. You don't know where to go."

"Ok." Kate squealed and hopped into my truck. I got into the driver's seat and started the truck. The engine roared to life. I plugged my ipod into the car. Tanya insisted that I get something installed. I put it on shuffle. The whole car ride down was fun. Kate was having so much fun. We finally got to the border. We stopped at a rest area to refuel. I walked over to Carmen and Eleazar.

"So, when should we get there?"

"Maybe about 4 hours. Not everyone will be there though. Edward and Jasper will be out." I nodded. I have heard a lot about the whole family, except for Edward. He and Tanya don't exactly have the greatest past. It was a touchy subject for her. I've seen pictures of all of them except Edward. Again, it was touchy for Tanya. From what Tanya told me, he was sort of a jerk.

"Ok." I got back into the car, paid the man, and followed Eleazar back out to the highway. We idled along the road for another 3 and half hours until we finally saw the 'Welcome to Forks' sign. Kate squealed as we drove some more until we were on the edge of town. Eleazar made a sharp turn onto a dirt driveway. I followed. We snaked up the road until we got to an enormous house.

"Wow," I said.

"I know right? It's gorgeous." We got out and started to unpack the cars. As we were doing so, the front door opened and three vampires stepped out. I recognized Alice, Esme, and Rosalie from the pictures. Esme came forward and hugged everyone. She got to me.

"And this must be Isabella," she smiled sweetly.

"Just Bella" I said. She smiled and hugged me. Alice stepped forward and hugged me.

"I can tell we're going to be good friends." I smiled. Rosalie's model-like body stepped in front of me and stuck her hand out.

"Rosalie," she said.

"Bella." She went on to hug the others.

"Where are the boys?" Carmen asked.

"They decided to join Edward and Jasper after all," Esme responded. We finished unpacking the car and moved into our rooms. Kate and I were sharing with Alice. Tanya and Irina were sharing with Rosalie. My plan was to leave everything in my suitcase. Alas, I picked the wrong roommates.

"I am not allowing your clothes to sit folded in a suitcase." Alice declared.

"Your clothes are coming out." Kate ordered. I saluted Kate and began to unpack.

"And where am I putting all this?" I asked sarcastically.

"In my closet." Alice said. She proceeded to open her closet. I stared into it.

"You expect all the shit that Kate, Irina and Tanya packed for me would fit in that? Even if it was empty?" Alice simply looked at me. She grabbed a couple of things and stuffed them in the closet. It took her 5 minutes to put everything in the closet.

"Impressive." I had to give it to her. The girl was good.

"So, Bella. You have to tell me absolutely everything about yourself. When did you find the Denalis? Where were you before then?" She continued to fire off questions. I happily answered all those that I felt comfortable with. The ones that I didn't feel comfortable with she dropped and didn't ask again. We talked for awhile while everyone was getting settled. Alice left Kate and me to finish unpacking our things. Everyone else was downstairs.

"So, Kate. What's there to do around here?"

"Well, there's shopping which Alice would love to do. We can play baseball when there's a storm. I would say cliff diving, but we're not allowed on Quileute land." I gave her a puzzled look. "The Indian reservation here. There's a pact. They don't come on our land, we don't go on theirs." I nodded.

"The boys are home," Esme called up to us. We finished unpacking and floated down the stairs.

"Oh. Kate I forgot my ipod in the car. I'll be right back." I zipped upstairs grabbed my keys and dashed to my car. I stuck the key in the door. I had to play with it a little. I finally got it open when I sensed someone in the trees behind me. I turned around and scanned the trees. I turned back and unplugged my ipod. I slammed the door and locked it. When I turned to go back inside, a boulder hit me. I looked up into the same golden eyes from the meadow in Italy. I bared my teeth and snarled at the creature. He threw me against a tree and crouched. The tree cracked and split. I shot into the trees and shot around to another branch, then another to confuse him. When he had his back turned, I flew quietly and lightly out of the trees and landed on his back. He was pinned against the forest floor. I was too distracted to notice that we had an audience. He shot up and threw me over my truck. I flipped in the air and landed lightly on the top of the cab. I crouched and stayed there. We stared each other down. I narrowed my eyes at him. He flew over to me. I dodged him and kicked him to the ground.

"Damn, she's kicking his ass," I heard a voice say. I didn't pay attention. The man stood up and dashed behind me. He grabbed my arm and threw me in the air. I landed on the roof. I stood up straight and jumped down landing lightly on the balls of my feet. I danced around him, while he attempted to catch me. He eventually caught my foot and slammed me into the ground. I kicked his foot out from underneath him. He landed on top of me and snarled. We bared our teeth at each other and attempted to get a few bites each.

"Edward!" "Bella!" I heard in unison. It was Esme and Carmen who stopped the fight. Wait. Edward? Tanya's Edward? I stopped snarling and looked at him. This was Edward. But this was the man from the meadow in Italy. And from the boat. I pushed him off and danced back toward Kate. He seemed to remember me too.

"Wait. YOU'RE Bella?" He asked. His voice was like heaven. His eyes looked me up and down and lingered on my eyes for a second. It took me a few seconds to answer.

"Yea. Do you always tackle girls like that? Or do you ask their name before you attempt and fail to kick her ass?" I heard a man chuckle. I looked over. It was Emmett. I recognized him from pictures.

"No. I usually let them kick my ass before we get to introductions." That was his best retort? Boy, I'm going to have to teach him a few. I went to go back at him, but Eleazar interrupted me.

"Bella," he warned. I looked at him in defeat. Once he said to stop, I stopped. I never disobeyed him or Carmen. Esme looked at Edward with an expectant look on her face. He sighed and looked at me.

"Sorry," he mumbled. Carlisle cleared his throat. Edward rolled his eyes. "I'm sorry for attacking you." Carmen looked at me.

"And I'm sorry for kicking your ass." Eleazar looked at me and rolled his eyes. Esme's sweet voice broke the uncomfortable silence.

"I'm sure Edward would love to show you around town, Bella." She looked pointedly at Edward. "It's the least he can do." She smiled sweetly at me. I looked at him. He was very tense.

"Fine," he mumbled. "Let's go." I followed him to a silver Volvo and got in. We drove down the narrow road to the highway toward town. The silence was killing me.

"So, what do you guys do for fun around here?" I asked.

"Well, we all go to Forks High School here. So, that kills about 7 hours of the day. God only knows what Alice and Rosalie do. Emmett, Jasper, and I do guy things. Play video games, wrestle, take bets on hunting." I chuckled.

Great. Alone with Tanya, Kate, and Irina for 7 hours.

"But don't worry. You won't be stuck home with Kate and Irina for 7 hours a day." He said.

"Don't forget Tanya." He tensed up. "Sorry. Changing the subject, you must be a mind reader or something. I was just thinking that." He got a frustrated look on his face. "What?"

"I don't know how I guessed that. I can read minds. But I can't read yours. I noticed when I was fighting you."

"Oh. So I won't be stuck with them all day?"

He shook his head. "Nope. Carmen and Eleazar registered you all so you wouldn't miss any schooling."

"That was nice of them I guess."

"Yea. But I'm not too thrilled with Tanya being there."

"Why? I mean I got a very brief summary of the whole thing."

"Well, you how Tanya and Kate used to go to school here?"

"Yeah. Irina wanted to stay in Alaska."

"Well, they lived with us. Tanya and I got together. I really liked her. We got together over a school vacation. When we got back, she started getting really possessive. This girl Lauren and her friend Jessica were always hitting on Jasper and me. They never tried it with Emmett because Rosalie scared them." I chuckled. He smiled. "Anyway, this one day Lauren went to far, and Tanya went crazy. Emmett had to drag her out of the cafeteria. I tried to calm her down but she went nuts. She started screaming at me and tried to punch me when I yelled back. I broke up with her right there. I didn't realize the entire school got to watch. It was mortifying for her. I felt bad, but I had to do it." I looked out of the window. That was so mean. Yeah, Tanya can get a little crazy, but she's like a sister to me. She's a really nice person. How could Edward do that to her? We stayed silent for a few minutes, but I couldn't stand it.

"So, tell me about yourself." He looked at me, then back at the road.

"Well, I've been with Carlisle and Esme ever since Carlisle found me and turned me in 1901. I was 18 at the time. My father had died. My mother and I were inflicted with the Spanish influenza. Carlisle was a doctor at the hospital. He was already a vampire. He thinks that my mother knew what he was. She asked him to save me. She made him promise. She died right after. Carlisle kept his promise and saved me. I had a hard time at first. It was all so different. I couldn't keep my same lifestyle though. Even though I had to leave all my friends, my family, and my home, becoming a vampire was the best thing that ever happened to me. I hated it at times. I ran away a couple of times. I got used to it though. After Rose and Emmett came along, I had a friend. Rose was still lonely because her and Esme were the only two women. After they got married, Emmett was starting to drift away, being a married man and all. So I joined the army. I figured I'd see the world and do something about the war. I was deployed to Europe around 1940." I inhaled sharply and turned my head to him.

"Were you deployed to Italy?" I asked him a clear voice. He turned the car onto a side street and stopped.

"Yes. Why-"

"It was you. You were the man in the meadow in Italy. In Volterra." His eyes widened.

"I-I don't know what to say. I didn't even know you were in that meadow. My regiment was resting nearby. I got bored and wanted to explore. When I saw you, I couldn't take my eyes off of you." I couldn't believe it. "And then I saw you on the boat to America." I looked out the window. That fucking boat with Damien. "I didn't want you to think I was some sort of stalker so I ran."

"Well, you failed at that plan, because I did think you were a stalker." I chuckled. He chuckled and backed out of the alley. We were on the dirt path back to his house when he started talking again.

"I actually thought I was seeing things. I didn't think you were actually there. My friend Damien thought I was nuts." I turned my head toward him with an expressionless face.

"Damien?"

He nodded and pulled up to the house. "He was in my regiment. I didn't know this until we landed, but he was actually on that boat." I didn't think twice. I had my seatbelt unbuckled and was out of the car before he turned it off. I slammed the door and put my hands on my head. Edward got out and walked over to me.

"Are you ok?"

"No. I'm not."

"What's the matt-"He started. Rosalie came out of the house.

"Hey Edward. You'll never guess who's here. Come inside." Her heels clicked back into the house. He turned to me before going inside.

"You sure you're ok?"

I nodded. "I'll be ok." We walked back inside. I heard laughing and voices coming from the living room. I didn't want to see anyone at the moment. I had to calm down. I turned to Edward.

"I'm gonna go up to my room for a bit." I said. "I think I forgot something. I just want to make sure I packed it." I lied smoothly.

He nodded. "Ok. You want me to come with you?"

"No. It's ok. I'll be down in a minute." I went upstairs and into Alice's room. I sat down on the bed and took several calming deep breaths. After a few minutes, I got up and went downstairs to find Kate. I went into the living room.

"Hey Kate, do-" I stopped dead in my tracks. There standing in the living room with an uncomfortable Kate, an irritated Irina, and a surprised Edward was the dark-haired demon of my existence.

"Bella! This is my friend Damien." Edward said, smiling. "I haven't seen him since the war in-"I ignored his happiness and stared lividly at Damien.

"What in all of this fucked over creation are you doing here, you skeeving son of a bitch!?" I yelled at him across the room. My mouth was filling with venom. Irina looked like she was going to beat the living shit out of him. Not before me. Edward looked at me.

"Bella, what the hell?" I ignored him still and stared at Damien waiting for an answer. The others had heard me and came in. They all stood by and watched the scene unfold. Finally, he answered.

"Well, Isabella," he said. I bared my teeth. "I happened to be passing through and wanted to see how my friend Edward was doing. I had no idea that you would be here." His voice was cool, and he acted like nothing had happened between us.

"Kate, you might want to hold me back right about now." I was seething. Damien cackled.

"My dear Isabella, you really need to learn that I'm much stronger than you. Remember what happened last time?" He smirked evilly. There was a split second when time seemed to stop. My eyes widened. I couldn't believe what he'd just said. Edward gave him a confusing look as Kate attempted to block both Irina and me from attacking him.

"HOW DARE YOU! YOU ARROGANT, POMPOUS BASTARD!" I screeched. Kate and Tanya were struggling to hold Irina back. Irina had taken to shielding me whenever it came to Damien. If I ever got too crazy, she'd try to calm me down. She protected me when it came to the scummy subject of Damien. Edward, still confused had me pinned against the wall as I tried to get at Damien.

"Bella! What are you doing!?"

"LET GO OF ME! I'M GONNA RIP HIS HEAD OFF!" Damien, still as ostentatious as always, snorted.

"I'd like to see you try!" That was it. I snarled at him and attempted to climb over Edward. In this failed attempt, I ended up with my legs twisted around Edward's waist in a very suggestive fashion that had Emmett whistling. I paid no attention.

"YOU GRADE A ASSHOLE!" I had given up trying to climb over Edward. He had a tight grip on me. Instead I found myself clinging to his shirt, tears spilling down my face. I dropped to my knees as Edward backed away to give me some room. I breathed a shaky breath. I looked up at Damien with hate in my eyes.

"You knew." I half-whispered. "You knew and yet..." I trailed off. Only my family and Damien knew what I was leaving out. I didn't want to talk about it now. I needed to calm down. I stood up and looked at Edward who was looking at me incredulously.

I shook my head and looked at the rest of his family. "Sorry." I noticed the rest of the Cullen men had returned. I walked up to Emmett.

"We haven't been formally introduced, Emmett. I'm Bella." I stuck out my hand. He slapped it, giving me a high five.

"I like her already." He said. I chuckled and turned to the blonde who I knew was Jasper.

"Hi. Bella." I said smiling. He had a frustrated look on his face. I gave him a confused look.

"I know that face," Alice giggled. "He's frustrated with your emotion change. He doesn't know how you went from complete hysterics and rage to calm and friendly. I don't either but he takes it hard because he can feel emotions and manipulate them." Alice informed me. Jasper just nodded.

"This scum," I pointed over my shoulder to Damien," isn't worth my emotions and my sanity. That's all." I gave Jasper a reassuring smile.

A/N: hii. i hope you liked this chapter. like i said before, my life gets really hectic in the spring, so don't kill me. i'll try to write anytime i can. i'm really glad that people are actually reading this. you guys are the best.