A/N: I know that you all hate me right now but I am so sorry. A lot of things have come up in the last few weeks and I just wanted to say that I am sorry for leaving you so long on that kind of cliffhanger.
It wasn't very nice of me and I would be mad at me too.
Thank you guys for all of the reviews. 48 for the last chapter, absolutely amazing. I guess that's what happens when you try to kill Edward.
You will find out if he is alive or not...shortly. Chapter 33, enjoy!!!

Bella's Point of View

After Renesmee had run off into the forest my eyes searched for Edward. I hadn't even noticed him missing but when I came to think about it I hadn't seen him in a while. After everything that we had just been through I figured that we would have stuck together. I wasn't angry at him for not staying by my side but I was angry for letting him out of my sight.

I searched through the wreckage and asked everybody that I could if they had seen him. Nobody really gave me a straight answer and then I heard Esme let out a yell. Oh please don't let it be him. I couldn't even think as I ran to the point of her scream. I saw something that I had never wanted to see in my entire existence. He was lying there in pieces all over the ground.

The scream that escaped my mouth was so intense that it even made me jump. I didn't know what to do but before I knew it my legs collapsed from underneath me and I was on the ground sobbing at the pieces of Edward's body. I didn't even grasp what was going on around me. I couldn't see any faces or hear any voices except for the images of Edward's body in pieces floating through my head.

I felt like I was on the ground for a long time before I felt somebody lifting me off the ground. I didn't understand who it was or why they were taking me away from Edward. I had only heard myths about vampires being able to be put back together again. It didn't seem like it was humanly possible to be put back together again after everything was ripped apart.

I heard the screams and sobs of other people around me as we all looked through the field at the pieces of Edward lying there.

"Let's try," I heard Carlisle say. He looked to be as bad off as I was. Edward was Carlisle oldest friend and it must have been hard to see his son in the condition that he was in. All of a sudden everybody was set into motion. I stood were I was with my arm around Renesmee while my family moved quickly.

Everybody came back with pieces of Edward's body and laid them in place where they should have been. Slowly the pieces started to form a shape into what looked like a man. There were tiny scares were the pieces had been torn from his body but he was just as beautiful as he always was.

I lay next to him on the ground and ran my fingers through his beautiful hair. It was as unruly as always and it made me want to laugh in a way. I wanted things to be okay because even though his body was put back together again he wasn't opening his eyes. If the myths about vampires being able to put themselves back together again were true then Edward being able to live a healthy life afterwards must be true.

I put my head on his shoulder and breathed in his scent, which was coming back, which was a good sign that he was going to be okay. I didn't know how long I laid there with the eyes of my family on us and the sobs of Renesmee in my ear but eventually things started to come back. First I felt the slightest twitch of Edward's body and I sat up instantly, tilting my head towards his.

"Come on Edward, wake up please," I pleaded with him. I felt another twitch of his body and I felt like I wanted to smile. Was everything going to be okay?

"Keep saying something," Carlisle told me. "It's helping," he stated eagerly.

"Edward please wake up," I said running my fingers up and down his arm. "I need you to be here for me. I don't know if I can live without you Edward. Renesmee needs you, Esme needs you, and we all need you. Please Edward wake up."

I saw his fingers move on the arm that I was touching. I motioned for Renesmee to sit on the other side of him and do the same thing that I was.

"Daddy," she whispered trying to hold back her tears. "I need you to be here. I want you to see me grow up and get married and have kids. I want you to be a grandfather. I want you to be there to see me graduate from high school. A girl shouldn't have to live without her father. Daddy please wake up. I can't stand seeing mom like this."

"Edward wake up," I stated getting frustrated. "Stop playing around and open your eyes."

I watched as little twitches consumed his body and I was starting to be happy. I wanted to smile and throw my body on top of his. I wanted to rejoice in the fact that we hadn't lost too many people and every member of my family was okay. I needed Edward to be okay so that I could be okay.

I laid my head on his chest and was waiting for him to start moving. I felt arms encircling my body and pulling me closer. I looked up quickly and saw Edward looking down at me with a crooked smile playing across his lips.

"Love," he whispered. It sounded like it hurt him to even speak. I smiled and screeched before attacking him with my lips on his. I felt the instant spark that I had always felt between us and I couldn't believe that he was okay. I didn't have to live or try to live without him. I couldn't believe that I was with him again and that we were both okay.

Renesmee joined me hugging him lying on the ground. I felt content having Edward wrapping his arms around the both of us. Before I knew it I felt weight on top of me and realized that all of the Cullens were on top of us now. Edward chuckled before telling us to get off of him. Jasper quickly helped everybody up and extended his hand to Edward.

He looked around curiously trying to sit up on his own. It was like he was second guessing whether he could get up or not. He was trying to trust his body again, not sure how strong the bond of being a vampire was holding him together. Carlisle also extended his hand, giving Edward a reassuring smile. Edward slowly lifted both of his hands to gab Jasper's and Carlisle's. He steadied himself for a minute before they slowly helped him to his feet.

Edward looked around and I did too. Everybody that had survived was staring at him. Grace was under Camden's arm; Ann and Carrie were holding hands while their mates had their arms around them. Josh was standing behind them with his arms wrapped around his sister's neck while Aedan and Tanya were standing next to each other also holding hands. Emmett, Rose, Alice and Esme were all holding hands trying to stay close to each other and Nahuel and his family were huddled together hoping that Edward would be okay. Jacob and Leah had their arms wrapped around each other in human form as Seth, Embry and Quil looked on anxiously. Carmen, Eleazar, Kate and Garrett were all standing together too, touching each other in some kind of way.

I turned my attention back to Edward quickly, not wanting to take my eyes off of him for even one second. I don't think that I would ever take my eyes off of him again because just when I thought that everything was going good he had to go and get himself injured. He was a little bit wobbly at first but he gained his composure with help from me steadying him.

"Let's go home," he stated to me.

"We need to get you new clothes," I stated looking down at his battered clothes.

"We all should. Half of us look like we have been attacked by wolves," he joked.

"Hey," Seth shouted in our direction. We both chuckled a little bit before walking off of the field. I looked back at the battle scene from the trees and saw the fires starting to trickle down. It finally hit me that the biggest and most powerful vampire coven in the world had been overtaken. I smiled and quickly kissed Edward before we began our walk back to the airport. We didn't know how strong Edward was and we really didn't want to test it so we just took our time.

We met up with everybody else were we had stashed our bags away from the airport. We quickly got changed into clean clothes and slugged our bags over our shoulders before emerging into the airport parking lot. We joined the rest of our friends and decided to take a connecting flight to a larger airport where everybody could go their separate ways.

For the moment Aedan, Camden, Tanya, Grace, Josh, Ann, Carrie, John, Alex, Jacob, Leah, Seth, Quil, Embry and the rest of the Cullens were heading back to New York while everybody else was going their separate ways. I was upset to see Nahuel and his family go but I knew that it was time for them to be on their own. We suggested they try Forks and see where things go from there.

Once we were at the larger airport we all said our goodbyes and thanked everybody for all of the help that they had given us. I could never thank them enough for what they had done for us and a few even offered to stay in touch and become the new Volturi in a way. If there was a problem they would help us settle the problem. When did we sign up to become the new Volturi? All I wanted was to live a normal life.

The plane ride back to New York all I wanted to do was close my eyes and go to sleep but I knew that would never happen. I could never go to sleep and part of me knew I didn't want to because all I would be able to dream about was the battle that we just had.

I looked over to Renesmee and smiled as she was sleeping on Jacob's shoulder. He had his arms wrapped around Leah and Renesmee and they were all sleeping peacefully. Well Jacob was snoring loudly, as was Seth, but other than that they all looked like little angels. Ann was trying to get to Grace but she and Camden were too engrossed with each other to really notice anybody else around them.

I snuggled closer into Edward's shoulder as he kissed the top of my head and I could hear him breathe in my scent.

"I missed you," I whispered to him.

"I missed you too love," he stated sweetly. "I'm sorry for scaring you like that."

"What happened anyways?"

"I was just trying to do too many things at once. I was trying to make sure that you were okay and when I heard somebody thinking about taking you out I was distracted from whom I was fighting and I guess that's when most of the damage happened. I don't think I would have been able to let somebody hurt you the way the person was thinking about hurting you."

"Edward I can take care of myself now. I'm not a fragile little human anymore."

"I still think that you are even though I know that you can take of yourself. I still feel this pull to protect you if something or someone is trying to hurt you. I guess it's from the years when all I could do was make sure that you were protected. That doesn't just leave overnight."

"It's been 7 years Edward; you should have adjusted by now."

"I'm sorry love."

"Me too. I didn't mean to make you worry."

"You don't have to apologize for me. I didn't hear you say 'Help me' or anything but I just got distracted and that was the issue. If I hadn't been distracted then none of this would have happened."

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling better but I'm not quite what I used to be. At least now I can understand why Jasper feels a little self conscious about his scars." He lifted his arm up and showed me his wrist. There was a thin white scar circling his wrist from where it had been detached from his hand. I kissed it sweetly and looked up at him from under my long lashes.

"You are still more beautiful than anything I have ever seen," I said sweetly. "You couldn't be more perfect for me right now," I stated rubbing some of his scars. "These show me how much you truly love me and that's why you are beautiful to me."

Edward looked down at me with a certain glee in his eyes. He smiled a sweet smile and kissed my forehead. I loved when he did that to me because it felt so personal and so sweet when it was coming from his lips. It was so easy to kiss somebody on the lips but when they made certain gestures like kissing a forehead or the top of the head or rubbing their fingers across you face, it felt a lot more personal.

I smiled and dug my head back into his chest, content with the answers that I was given. Edward fell silent as he rested his head on me and we sat on the plane in complete silence for the rest of our trip home, where we could live happily together, forever, without anything coming between us.

Ross' Point of View

Once I had gotten the call from Renesmee saying that everything was okay and everybody was okay it was time for me to wake up even though it was the middle of the night. After I had gotten the phone call there was no way that I could have slept knowing that in a few short hours I would be back with Nessie.

I wanted to make sure that the house looked perfect so I went upstairs and started cleaning, starting in the kitchen. I moved quickly making sure that Esme would be happy with how clean it was. However they had a more trained eye than I did. I wanted to make their homecoming as easy as it could possibly be but I didn't know if I could ever get the house in the condition that they were used to.

After I finished cleaning it was around 7 o'clock and it would only be a matter of time before Annie and I would be heading off to the airport. I went into the kitchen and got breakfast out and started a pot of coffee for myself. For the day ahead of me I knew that I would need it. Annie came down a few minutes later and sat at the island in the kitchen.

"You're daddy is coming home," I told her once we were eating. A big smile crossed her face and she started to tear up a little bit. "What's wrong Annie?"

"Am I gonna have to leave," she asked.

"I don't know honey but I hope that you don't."

We sat in silence until we were finished our breakfast before we headed off in our own directions to get ready for the day. I went and took a shower and put on some of my nicest clothes. When I got upstairs Annie was sitting on the couch watching Teletubbies again.

"Do you watch anything else," I asked sitting down next to her.

"No," she stated.

"Why?"

"My mommy and daddy loved watching this so that's why I watch it too."

I smiled at her and turned the tv off extending my hand to the side of me. I helped her put her boots and jacket on before we headed off to my car. I strapped her into her car seat and we drove off to the airport. I didn't even know what time the flight was landing but I wanted to be there the second that they arrived.

We parked in the parking lot and I held her hand as we walked into the airport. I looked around at the arrivals and it was only 45 minutes until their plane landed, it was the only direct flight from Italy. We sat down and waited, both nervous for what would happen when they stepped off of the plane. Would they be different then they were before?

There is always the possibility that somebody would be different after coming back from a war. Our soldiers were a perfect example of that. No matter how strong you are or how strong your mindset is, war changes people both physical and mental. Sometimes the mental hurt is worse than physical because all you can see when you close your eyes are the images that you try so desperately to forget.

I think that is why my father is the way that he is. He is a war veteran and I know that it is no excuse to be the kind of man he is just because of some war that he fought it. But maybe all of the alcohol he drank was to try and forget everything that happened to him while he was in the military. It was hard for anybody to understand why my dad was that way. I still had no idea why he was like that and why he would take out his anger on his family.

I haven't talked to him since the day that he kicked me out. Most parents would at least have checked up on their kids to see if they were alright. But my dad was different. I guess he figured that I had enough friends that would be more than willing to take me in but that really wasn't the case. The only reason that I had a place to live was because Nessie's family was so open and welcoming to me. If it weren't for the Cullens I would be laying in a ditch somewhere.

I couldn't believe how much had happened to me since the beginning of the school year. I had seemingly lost of all of my friends but I had gained so many more. It might not seem like I had a lot of friends while as I was at school but the minute that I got home for school I was exactly where I should be.

School seemed like it was so far away from me because I hadn't gone in so long. We were nearing the end of our summer break but I hadn't been to school for most of December. I was afraid of how far behind I would be when I got back and how much work I was going to have to do in order to catch up. I really just should have driven slower on my way to see Nessie.

I looked up and realized that it was finally time. Annie looked up at me and I smiled at her. The last conversation I had was with Ann about 30 minutes after Nessie had called me. She told me a lot of things that happened and she wanted Annie to know that her dad and her aunt were going to be home soon.

Annie wrapped her arms around my leg as we stood and waited for the Cullens to get off of the plane. First I saw a few people that I didn't know looking a little bit uncomfortable as they exited the plane. Next I saw a guy with pale skin and dark brown hair kind of on the heavier side. He was really tall, taller than me or Edward, possibly even Emmett. But I saw a smile spread across his face and two little arms disappear from my legs. Before I knew it Annie was running across the airport and the man scooped her up into his arms. Ann was far behind and Annie reached out for her. So that must be Josh.

Before I had a chance to look at him and really see who he was I was attacked. I lost my balance and landed on the floor with weight being pressed against me. I looked up and saw these gorgeous brown eyes with tears that were threatening to pour out. I smiled and kissed her as hard as I could while I tightened my arms around her waist. I didn't care if people thought we were crazy or not because I had Nessie in my arms again and she looked completely unscaved.

"Alright you two," I heard Bella say. "We are in public."

"Sorry," we both said in unison. I kissed her again and she got off the ground extending her hand towards me. I grabbed it and I felt some of her strength as she lifted me off of the ground. I smiled again as I put her underneath my arm. I never wanted to stop touching her again.

I greeted Bella and Edward along with the rest of the Cullens. We all exchanged our greetings and then got into the cars to drive home. I kept looking over to the passenger seat as I drove to the house and marveled at Nessie's beauty. I smiled at her and noticed Edward's eyes fixed on me from the backseat.

I need a favor I stated to Edward in my thoughts. Can I borrow your credit card? I want to get Nessie something. I was pretty sure that he saw what I was thinking about but he nodded his head slightly in the review mirror. I smiled and drove back to the house. I dropped everybody off and Edward handed me his card and smiled at me. I thanked him and turned around in the driveway.

"Where are we going," Nessie asked me.

"I wanted to get you a few things." I smiled at her and she looked at me with a confused look on her face. I really wanted to tell her what we were going to do but I wanted it to be a surprise at the same time.

As we pulled up to the shop that I had been at just days earlier I saw her eyes light up. She looked at me before kissing me and jumping out of the car. I could barely catch up to her as she entered the Yamaha dealership. I watched as she looked at the bikes and she ended up getting the exact same bike as me only in white. She wanted to get pink but they didn't have any bikes that weren't for 3 year old girls.

She smiled, though, when she noticed that there was pink gear that she could wear. She got an assortment of pink, white and black gear before we checked out at the counter. Nessie couldn't stop smiling on the ride home, with all of her gear on her lap. Her bike would be delivered within the next 2 days but at least for now she could ride with me.

When we got back home she put on her helmet and I smiled at her. We headed off to the garage and we both changed into our gear before I turned the bike on. I had her get on the back and put her feet on the back pegs and hang on tight to me as I peeled out of the garage and into the woods ahead of us.

Bella's Point of View

"Please do not tell me that my daughter is on the back of a motorcycle," I stated to Edward glancing out the window to the woods. "It's not safe."

"She is safe with Ross love, you know that. Now would you come and sit down with me."

"I would rather stand. It really doesn't make that much of a difference."

"What's wrong," he asked walking over to me and putting his arm around my shoulder. "We are all okay and the Volturi are gone. Bella you have nothing to worry about."

"I would have to disagree with you."

"Why?"

"I worry about my daughter."

"She is responsible you know."

"Yes I do know that but she is falling really hard for Ross. I know that he is a good guy but she has only been my daughter for 7 years and now I have to give her up. I'm not ready to do that yet."

"And she's not ready to leave either love. She may look like she is 17 or 18 but in no way is her head ready to be away from her parents."

"But you told Ross that he could marry her."

"Yes someday because I am a traditionalist. I wanted him to have my blessing for the day that he does ask her to marry him and I will be behind him when he makes the decision to become a vampire. It will happen Bella but at some point we are going to have to let her go."

"I'm not ready," I stated burying my head into his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around me as I sobbed into his shoulder. "She's not old enough."

"Would you listen to me? She is not leaving us, not yet. Wait until they graduate, at least, to worry about any of that. We waited until after you had graduated from high school and that will give us a few more years. Let's enjoy the time that we do have with her."

He kissed me on the forehead and led me upstairs to our bedroom. It looked so different from when we left, even though nothing had changed. It was like I was looking at it with a new set of eyes after everything that we had just been through. I wanted us to be a family right now, to be able to spend time with everyone that I cared about, but instead my only daughter was off riding a dirt bike with her boyfriend. Now I knew how my father must have felt.

A/N: So Edward is alive, Ross is realizing things about his dad, Nessie got a dirt bike and Bella is getting a taste of her own medicine in a way.

Bella is going to go through a lot of emotional trama in the sequel.

There is one more chapter of this story and I will be posting a sequel. It will pick up where this leaves off.

I will post on this story when the first chapter of Crimson Crescent is up. I was going to use that name for this story but a lot of you like the name of the story the way that it is.

I introduced a new character in Grace and she will be in the sequel, if she is not mentioned in the next chapter.

Please review for me. There are now a ton of you on my favorites list. I want to thank everyone who is on this list and who reviewed for last chapter.

I am so sorry that I didn't reply to any of them but I didn't want to give away the fact that Edward was alive.

I will be going on vacation next week so hopefully I can get this finished before then.

I am sorry if this is long but I've been absent for a few weeks so I feel the need to make up for it.

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