A/N: okay, this chapter and the next will be Adam and Aurora's childhoods and then Alice and Bella and yes, even Jacob's lives after all this drama. I will then start the next one about Bella and Edward and Alice and Jasper in heaven, called "Princess Isabella and Sir Edward III: Final Forever" So, I'm guesstimating maybe 4 more chappies, epilogue included. Oh, the epilogue is gonna be amazing btw!!!. Please review!! B/c im starting to think no one likes the story anymore (frownie face)

Bella's POV

There are many kinds of tears, for many kinds of things -Pain, sadness, loss. But there are also tears for joy. And for happiness. And for relief. And for the feeling of knowing that everything bad in your life is over. And knowing that something new is beginning- knowing that there is a happily ever after, after all.

Jacob and I were on much better terms. We put everything behind us and went back to being like best friends again. And I liked it this way. It was how things were supposed to be between us. I mean, we did get separate rooms and we may not have been just like we used to be. I don't think they ever would- maybe they could, but I don't think I was ready just yet…

But believe me when I say life was better; Alice's children were adorable. Aurora was…a little too much like Alice, but cute- very vibrant and happy. She had a talent to cheer me and everyone up. And Adam was the perfect image of Jasper. From the moment he was two years old, I noticed it. Not only appearance wise though; personality, voice, everything reminded me of Jasper. And everyone who had known Jasper saw it too- so I knew Alice saw it.

Because I saw it in her eyes, everyday. Whenever he would run towards her, into her arms and hug or, when he would pretend he was knight and got that same valiant expression Jasper had when he was alive, Alice saw Jasper. For a while it got really bad, to the point she could barely look at Adam without first glowing with pride, and then turning away crying…

The twins had just turned 6 and they were playing a game- Aurora had borrowed one of my tiaras and was playing the princess, and Adam refused to play the prince; he wanted to be the brave hero.

"I wanna be a knight!!" he had proclaimed. "I don't wanna be a prince- that's no fun…" he had said.

"But if I'm the princess and you're my brother that means you have to be a prince, silly!" Aurora sang.

"No I don't." he said.

"Hey, what's going on??" Alice said as she and I walked into the room. I scooped Aurora up in my arms, she laughed and I adjusted the tiara. "No fighting, I hope." Alice was the cool parent- she talked to her kids more like a teenage baby sitter at times, but she was strict when necessary.

"No, no fighting mommy. Its just that I wanna be a knight. But Aurora says I have to be a prince because she's a princess and I'm her brother." Alice's face froze for a moment, but she quickly recovered.

"Well you can be whatever you want." I said. "Umm…why do you want to be a knight?" I kept a close eye on Alice, but she looked okay.

"Because they're brave and strong and they fight for the kingdom." He said seriously. Ah, so young, so serious.

"Those are very good reasons." I said smiling.

"Thank you Auntie Bella." I smiled at my new title- more valuable and more meaningful that Queen or Princess. "What do you think, mommy?" he asked.

She adjusted him in her arms so that he faced her. "I think…you should be the prince for now. But you have you're whole life to think about it." Her voice cracked on the last few words. "Umm…I have to...go…"she said trying to sound happy. "But I'll be right back…Bella, if you could…?" I nodded and she placed Adam back on the floor. She hurried out of the room quickly and Adam watched her- the same concerned look Jasper had for Alice- stuck on his face.

Aurora still in my arms I strode over to a nearby rocking chair. "Adam, come over hear," I said beckoning him towards me. With a small pout on his face he toddled over and sat by my leg.

"Why doesn't mommy want me to be a knight? I thought she'd be proud…" he frowned and looked at the floor.

"Oh, Adam…" I reached down and ruffled his curly hair- another trait taken from his father. "Your mother will always be proud of you. And no matter what, she'll always love you and support you. It's just…" I struggled for the right words. Alice had never really told the twins the story of her and Jasper- it was always a bed time story, with "the beautiful lady" and "the brave knight" replacing herself and Jasper. I figured now was a good time to tell them- this had been the 10th time these past few days she had to leave the kids with me. I heaved a heavy sigh and hoped Alice wouldn't hold this against me.

"Well, why don't we start…with a bed time story. Both of them- the princess, the beautiful lady and the two brave knights." Aurora gasped.

"You mean…they're the same story?"

"No, but they're connected- because the princess and the beautiful lady are best friends. And the two knights who rescued them, were best friends too." I smiled at the memory of Jasper and Edward, then heaved a heavy sigh. "So, the princess- let's call her…Marie…" I thought quickly, using my middle name. "Princess Marie was in love with Sir…Anthony…and she wasn't allowed to."

"Because Princesses can only marry royalty, not knights or commoners." Aurora finished.

"Right," I smiled. "Not with breaking the law at least… so Princess Marie and Sir Anthony had to meet in secret, because no one could find out that they were together. They did this for awhile…and it worked. Then Prince…Black (does Jacob have a middle name?) who was the princess's best friend, was having a birthday party. And before the birthday party, Princess Marie made the beautiful lady…Mary…ask Sir Anthony's best friend…Whitlock…to the party. And Sir Whitlock accepted. But after that night, Prince Black got jealous of Sir Edward and the princess. So once he found out they were together, he went to tell the king and queen."

"That's not very nice!!!" Aurora leaped out of my arms and crossed her own across her chest. "Now he's gonna ruin everything!! AI think I hate this Prince. I always hate this part of the story. But I know how the story ends, so it's okay." She smiled.

"Yeah…but you know how the story ends. But…this story has a different ending than before." We kind of changed the ending a little from before. I mean, we could have them go to bed after a 'and then the two knights died painful deaths. The end.'. we usually stopped at the part where Edward and I left and Alice and Jasper, leaving the rest to their imagination. "And the prince wasn't really a bad guy, after all."

"Yeah…I guess." She sighed. "Carry on." I smiled before continuing.

"So Prince Black was going to tell the king and queen, but he didn't. Instead, he asked her parents to let them get married. And the parents said yes. And when Marie found out she was very upset. So she ran to the king and queen begged them not to make her get married- and she told them about Sir Anthony. And they were going to put him-"

"To death." The twins said at the same time. I sighed nervously, but tried not to show my pain.

"That's right. So Marie and Anthony had to leave right away. And with the help of their friends Mary and Whitlock, they escaped."

"And they all lived happily ever after!" Aurora said. Oh, here came the hard part.

"No, honey. That's not all of the story. You're mother and I didn't want to tell you the rest until you were old enough- we'd wait until you were ready. But I think you're ready."

"I do too, Bella." Alice walked in, looker like her usual happier self. I smiled at her in relief. "This story," she began grabbing a chair, "has a different ending, but in the end, it was a happy one."

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