Surprises

Driving back to Forks took forever. I couldn't drive fast enough to get the two strangers out of my car. I didn't know who they were or if they would attack us at any second. My nerves were getting the best of me without me being able to control them. Jasper took a strict account on their emotions. They too were nervous but also anxious. Edward would have been great to have at this moment and I wished that I had the same abilities that he did. I, however, really wanted to trust Aedan and Camden because Aedan's powers alone would help us out. We would be able to team up together and it would be a very useful distraction to the Volturi. I surprised myself immensely when I was able to absorb the fire and throw it back at the opponent. The closer we got to home the more anxious I became about learning what Camden's powers were.

Camden was very mysterious. He hadn't said one word after he realized he wasn't trying to intimidate us in the field or the ride home. He had a secret, that could be seen, but wondering what it was began to get annoying. However, I was too terrified to ask him incase he went off for no reason. That was part of his mystique and it worked well for him.

I turned onto the unmarked street and heard Jasper's motorcycle closely following behind us. I was sure Rosalie had beaten us home because I still couldn't drive as fast as they did. I pulled my car into the far corner of the garage in its usual parking spot. Normally that was an easy task but today it was not. All of the cars seemed to be squished inside, another show of how into cars my family was. I managed to barely pull in next to a very nice light blue car. Aedan and Camden got out with astonishment. It was the first time I had ever seen Camden change his facial expression.

"Who's cars are these," Aedan asked getting out of the car.

"Each on of us has one," Jasper stated. "At the end is Emmett's jeep wrangler, then my father's Mercedes S55 AMG, Edward's Aston Martin V12, Rosalie's BMW M3, and I'm assuming that's Edward's new car. This is my wife's Porsche 911 turbo, my niece's Mercedes guardian, my mother's new Jaguar, looks like a XF-R, Bella's Ferrari and my Ducati that Edward gave to me."

"You guys have the fastest cars ever made."

"Well it's kind of a guilty pleasure for us and my father has been a doctor for many many years so we are pretty well off. We indulge ourselves more than necessary sometimes."

"Your cars are absolutely amazing."

"Thank you," Jasper continued.

I came up and led the two gentlemen into the house. I offered them a seat on the white couch in the living room before I went upstairs to Carlisle's office. I tapped lightly on the door.

"Come in." I went in and closed the door behind me. I squatted next to his desk. "What's going on Bella," he asked in a mere whisper.

"Jasper and I," I started out very quietly. "We were out training just outside of Seattle. I had gone out there to check how he was doing after last night."

"Is he okay?"

"Yeah. We had a nice talk and were able to help him out. While we were training though we got some visitors."

"Are you guys okay?"

"We are fine. However, the two guys are very interested in who we are and our lifestyle. They seem very intrigued by our family."

"Where are they?"

"Downstairs with Jasper and Alice. One of them is a pyro."

"Really?"

"Yeah and they may be interested in fighting with us against the Volturi. They had also seen the news and knew what was really going on."

"What are their names?"

"Aedan and Cameron. They look like they are in their early 20s."

"Well we should get the family together to talk to them."

"That's what I was thinking. Are Edward and Nessie back yet?"

"I believe so."

"Time for a family meeting," I said speaking in a normal voice hoping that everyone could hear me. Carlisle got up from his desk and followed me downstairs. Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett were already with our guests and it was dead silent, something our house was not used to. Edward appeared just as Carlisle and I were at the bottom of the stairs. Carlisle stood against the wall while Edward came to my side at the bottom of the stairs.

"Esme, Nessie," I started. "House meeting."

I waited a minute and the rest of my family showed up. Edward was grasping me tightly with his golden eyes weary looking between our guests and me. Renesmee and Esme appeared shortly after from the basement. I moved around from the couch and stood were everybody could see me and motioned everybody to the "boardroom" dining room. Carlisle and Esme took their usual spots at the ends of the table. I sat next to Carlisle and Nessie. Edward was next to her with Rosalie sitting on Emmett's lap next to us. Alice then sat in-between Esme and Jasper and last was Aedan and Cameron. It was hard to start the conversation because I didn't know where to start. Nessie and Esme were very confused by the two visitors sitting in front of them, being completely oblivious of their arrival.

"Hi," the muscular man spoke breaking the silence. I was thankful for this. "My name is Aedan and this," he said looking next to him. "Is my brother Camden. I wanted to thank you guys for inviting us here today."

"You're welcome," Carlisle spoke. They both looked at him with astonishment. Obviously they had heard about him before. "My name is Carlisle," he spoke lightly towards them. "And this is my family."

"I'm Bella," I said trying to introduce the whole family. I was hoping that with me starting everybody would start in after me. After a moment nobody said anything. "This is my daughter Renesmee," I continued. "And that's my husband."

"My name is Edward," he said being cordial. His face was soft and inviting. I was thankful that he didn't have a mean look on his face. He looked towards me quickly and I realized that the two individuals in front of us were being truthful and there was really nothing to be worried about.

"I'm Emmett," he spoke in a husky voice. Emmett on the other hand didn't look so inviting but he always looked intimidating, even when he was laughing. "This is my wife Rosalie."

"I'm the mother. My name is Esme, it's very nice of you two to come here today although I'm not quite sure what is going on."

"Well," I said speaking out loud. "Jasper and I were in out by Seattle practicing and such and then Aedan and Camden showed up out of nowhere. They didn't know who we were and once they found out they were more than happy to talk to us."

"You see Esme," Aedan spoke out. "We are very interested in the way that your family lives. Camden and I haven't been like this long, just 7 or so years but it's been hard since then. We don't like to hurt innocent humans. Usually we go for someone who is a murder or a rapist, something like that. But now we have been trying to hunt animals instead. We've heard about your family from other covens but never really thought that you existed. We knew that you lived in the area so for the past 3 years we have been searching. We just never came out this far. Anyways, we were wondering if we could do something for you and you could do something for us."

"It depends," Carlisle spoke. He looked over towards Edward quickly and he nodded.

"We would be willing to fight with you again the Volturi, should it come to that. We know who they are and what they are, how long they've been around and such and we are becoming sick of their tactics. We have seen them once."

"When," Carlisle asked.

"Around the time we were first created. They were in the area but we avoided them being very quiet and stuck to the shadows."

"Do you know who your creator was," Carlisle asked intrigued.

"I don't know her name, she never gave it but we weren't the only ones."

I looked around the table and everybody had the same look on their faces. Edward was looking to Camden and Aedan trying to find some answers.

"Victoria," he spoke.

"What did you say," I asked looking at him.

"Victoria was there creator. They were chosen for her little war of the newborns. They escaped from her not wanting to be who they were. They went days upon days together trying to figure out what to do."

"Your face is curious," Camden spoke up. His voice was so soft, so dainty that it surprised me that it came from a male's mouth. He sounded very British at first and it surprised me. "However your mind says something else."

"How do you know that? Why can't I hear anyone's thoughts? What's going on?" I had never heard Edward so frightened before. I got up and ran to his side.

"Are you okay baby?"

"Everyone's thoughts are gone. What's going on?"

I rubbed his back as he put his head on the table. I was expecting him to be very angry but he was more upset than that. It was a side of Edward that I had never seen before.

"Don't worry Edward," Camden said. "I'll give your powers back."

Everybody looked towards Camden with curious eyes trying to figure out what he meant. He became more and more mysterious with every minute that passed. I was trying to figure out exactly what he meant.

"I can steal any vampire's powers and use it against them. Apparently you can read minds. I couldn't figure out any other way you knew who are creator was. But I can somehow take your powers and use them against you. Bella, I could take your shield too if I wanted to. I've done that to Aedan on a few occasions when he pissed me off. Alice, you can see the future, Emmett you are just super strong, Jasper, the way that you control emotions is amazing, I noticed that in the car up here, and Renesmee, you have some gifts I can see. I would love to know how they work. Do you mind?"

It was very considerate of him to ask Renesmee if he could borrow her powers. I could see Carlisle at the head of the table in deep concentration. Renesmee didn't look afraid though. She nodded towards him. Edward shot his head back up in a moment and knocked me away from him and there was a loud crash.

"Oh my God, love, are you alright," he asked compassionately and afraid rushing from the table to get me as I was imprinted in the wall. There was an enormous dent there from the impact of my body.

"I'm alright I guess. Jes, babe, do you have to be so strong?" A smile crept across my face as he helped me up. I shook the paint chips and drywall powder out of my hair and concentrated on the conversation.

"Are you sure you're alright? I'm so sorry."

"Don't worry Edward. You have your powers back I'm assuming."

"Yeah, it just surprised and excited me a little too much."

"It's okay don't worry about it. I'm fine. If I was still human, that would have definitely hurt but it just feels like a little scrape now."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm fine, come on."

He sat back down in his seat and forced me back to sit on his lap. We all looked towards Renesmee. Camden concentrated on her and he smiled. He touched Jasper's forehead. Jasper was sitting in astonishment as he saw the field that they were in earlier. As Camden pulled his hand away, Jasper sat in awe. Camden then looked towards a clear vase on the table. He looked over to Esme.

"Do you mind if I try it with this vase?"

"Try what?"

Apparently in the course of the day nobody bothered to tell Esme about our latest discovery of my daughter.

"Oh Esme," I said quickly. "Renesmee has another power that we never knew about. She has telekinetic powers too."

"Is that possible?"

"Yeah apparently it is. Carlisle seems to think it's because Edward and I both have gifts and she inherited his gift first because he was a vampire at the time. Mine didn't come in until later because I was human when I had her and it took her longer to develop the powers."

"That is absolutely amazing. This girl never ceases to amaze me."

"Me neither."

"The vase," Camden asked.

"Oh, that's perfectly fine. Go ahead."

Camden concentrated on the vase and lifted it up with ease. He then flung it against the wall where I had dented it and the pieces shattered everywhere. This amazed everybody. Apparently nobody knew that Renesmee had these powers. I figured she would have told everybody that she had powers but apparently Edward, Carlisle, Alice and I were the only ones that knew. Emmett looked over and Nessie and smiled. Rosalie got off of him and sat back down once he moved to my seat.

"So little niece," he said putting his arm around her shoulders. "You are even more gifted then me. That's so unfair."

"Sorry Uncle Emmett, I just have good genes."

Edward and I smiled at each other. I was so proud of my daughter for being able to have her powers and not use them. It was easy for me because I was used to being around humans all day but she was not. The only people she basically saw were me and Edward at home, since she hadn't known about some of her powers until we were away at school. Soon Camden was back to his normal self of not speaking and looking like a complete mystery.

"Are you guys interested in our vegetarian lifestyle," Carlisle asked.

"We are," Aedan said. "If you can teach us how to act and how to live then we would greatly appreciate it."

"And you are willing to fight against the Volturi if need be?"

"Yes we are. We despise vampires like them and the way that they run things. If Camden and I hadn't gotten away from Victoria, that's her name I guess, then they would have killed us too. We have powers that would be of great use to you and you have great powers that would be useful to us."

"Then we have a deal," Carlisle stated and extended his hand. Aedan shook it with gratitude. "We will start tomorrow. Esme and I have a planned hunting trip and you may come along with us if you would like."

"That would be great."

"Meeting dismissed."

Esme went to Nessie and put her arm around her shoulders. They went back down to the basement to whatever they were doing before. Everyone else disbanded leaving Carlisle to speak with Aedan and Cameron. Edward and I went out for a walk. When we were listening distance away from the house we started to talk.

"Are you sure that you're okay? I feel horrible for doing that to you."

"Babe, I said it was fine. You should apologize to Esme who will need to fix the hole in the wall."

"I know but I feel absolutely horrible for doing that to you. I need to learn to control myself better than that. I had been so careful when you were a human not to hurt you and now I feel like you're indestructible and that's not good."

"I'm not as fragile as you think."

"But still I have to do something to make it up to you."

"No you really don't."

"But I do, do you not understand how terrible I feel about this?"

"You are sounding like you did when you left me back in the day. I honestly don't care. You were shocked without your powers and when you got them back it probably felt…"

"It was like a rush of sound in my head. I wasn't prepared for it. I sometimes hate the fact that I can't get any piece and quiet in my head unless it's just you and me. I always wanted to know what it would feel like if I couldn't hear the voices in my head."

"And how does it feel?"

"I don't like it. I've gotten so used to hearing everybody in my head that when I was sitting in a room with that many people and I couldn't hear anybody's thoughts it scared me. It really upset me because I thought that something was wrong with me. That I had lost my powers forever."

"I guess it's a good thing that Camden gave them back."

"He will be absolutely amazing if we need to fight against the Volturi. Imagine what Jane or Alec," I cringed at their names. "Will do if their powers won't work and they get their powers used on them. Oh I can't wait to see that."

"So you are all for going into battle now?"

"I think that last night I was just afraid of the consequences. I was mostly worried about Renesmee. I didn't want her to have to be subjected to the evils that the Volturi bring. I know that her nightmares are about her memories of them from when she was younger. And I just didn't want to bring more bad dreams to her. I just feel like I need to protect her."

"Isn't life funny in that way?"

"In what way?"

"Well you spent the 2 years after you met me trying to protect me every second of the day. Then, once I became like you, you got another person to protect every second of the day."

"Well except our daughter isn't quite as clumsy as you were."

"Yeah but now I'm more graceful than any of you."

"And I still have not been able to figure that one out. I just have a hard time believing that someone has the ability to become so graceful overnight and overshadow the Cullens the way that you did."

"I'm just an amazing person I guess," I smiled. I was so happy to just be walking through the woods with the stars visible overhead. It was hard to imagine that stars even existed in Forks. Tonight was just one of those nights. I tried not to mark life by days anymore but for some reason, this day was just so long and so much stuff happened. I had found out about Renesmee's powers, I helped put Jasper and Alice back together; I learned more about my own abilities and found new recruits in the process. Then there was the matter of finding out about Jacob getting married. I hadn't had much time to really think about that. Edward and I came to a stop in an opening in the forest and laid down on the ground. It was still a little wet but that couldn't be prevented. We interlocked our hands and stared up at the stars.

I was still surprised by the fact that Jacob was getting married. It seemed inevitable that he would find somebody to be with but Leah of all people. Leah absolutely despised me and I knew that me going to the wedding would probably be out of the question. I wanted to see Jake though, more now than ever. It seemed like we had a lot of things to talk though, things that neither of us had a chance to say. I didn't have a need to talk to anybody else in Forks but he was the only one here that I still had a remote interest in talking to.

"Bella," Edward interrupted. I guess it was probably a good thing.

"Yes."

"What are you thinking about?"

"I'm kind of embarrassed by it actually."

"Why?"

"Well after I found out about Renesmee I went to see Carlisle. When I was leaving I saw Sue Clearwater. It was so good to see her and she was happy to see me. We got to talking and apparently Jake is getting married in August to Leah."

He looked over at me and sighed. He could tell the expression on my face and it was depressing. He looked mad too but it was hard to tell.

"I know."

"You knew Jacob was getting married and you didn't tell me?"

"Carlisle told me not to tell you and that you would find out in time. He just didn't want you to stress out about it because he knew how you would take it."

"I just want to talk to him. I miss him."

"I know you do. As much as we avoid the topic of Jacob, since we got back it seems like the only thing that is on your mind."

"See even if you can't read my mind you know what I am thinking."

"Love you show all of your emotions through your face whether you like to believe it or not. But if you really want to talk to Jacob then you should. You guys need to talk, for closure. You haven't seen him since Charlie's funeral and then we just left without him being able to say goodbye. Esme has felt bad for him because she knew how he felt. He would come over about once a week while we were gone to ask about you. That lasted for 2 years and then he gave up. He hasn't been in the area since."

"Really? He's been checking up on me."

"And me and Renesmee. He's always been a great friend of the family and before we left he was really a member of the family. Seth too. They were both devastated when we left."

"I guess I should have guessed that. Nessie says that Jake would always be her best friend but he would never be anything more than that. So I was worried about that all along for no reason what so ever."

"I'm sure that Jake will come here. Once Sue tells him that you are back he will be here. If he doesn't come within the week, then we'll make a phone call so that you guys can talk."

"Thanks babe."

"You're welcome."

"So do you want to take me for a ride in that new car?"

"You saw it."

"Yeah but I think that we need to make a closer inspection of it. Take a spin."

He smiled and it lit up in the starlight. It was so nice to look up at the stars in Forks and it was absolutely beautiful but nothing in comparison to my husband lying next to me.