Chapter 21

Searching

"Bella, Bella, Bella," Alice muttered under her breath. She was going through my closet helping me pack. "Bella, have I not taught you how to organize your closet?" Alice complained from deep in my closet. I gave up on my search party to try to find her. See, I wasn't really into being a materialistic person. Alice on the other hand, loves to shop. She has to go at least once every other week. And when she goes, she comes home with a million dollars worth. No joke. I can't believe her sometimes with how far she goes with shopping trips. Alice also loves to shop for others. Especially me. I dreaded the days when Alice would every so sweetly call to me, "Bella, it's time for a makeover!" And if I said no, she would pull out the puppy dog eyes and pout that no one can deny. So, I give in and I'm sucked in for a day of Bella Barbie. I hate it! But I still love Alice. Even if she is the reason why I have a hard time finding a t-shirt, comfy jeans, and flats. "BELLA!" Alice squealed from somewhere unknown in my large closet of clothes I've never worn. I quickly dove in to find her, afraid she had gotten sucked into a black hole of forgotten dresses or swallowed by an ignored stiletto army.

"What happened?" I asked when I saw a strand of black hair poking out for behind a pile. Alice popped her head up with an evil smile plastered to her face. Oh no, I thought. "Alice?" I questioned with caution.

"You didn't tell me you kept this," she said while pulling out a concealed article of clothing.

"What is that?"

"Something I bought for you several decades ago," Alice shrugged. "I knew it would come in handy one day. And I was right. Just like I always am. And you said you would never need it," Alice scoffed.

"What are you talking about?" Just then Alice revealed the label on the bag that was hiding the subject of Alice's crazy talk. Oh no, I thought. "Alice, you can't be serious?" I started to worry when I read over the familiar label again and again.

"Of course, silly," Alice smiled. "You didn't think I was going to let you run off to Vegas?"

"Stupid Pixie," I muttered and stomped out of my room. That was exactly what I was thinking.

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Four hours, six suitcases, five bags, two carry-ons, and a subconscious headache (because vampires can't have a real headache) later, I was sitting on the stairs waiting for Alice to be done with Edward. Emmett walked in from outside and saw me sitting on the steps.

"I told you, you should have snuck out and left early," Emmett shook his head back and forth. He let out a large chuckle and headed to the living room where I heard the T.V. turn on. Edward was suddenly standing before me. I looked him over to see he had managed to escape with only two suitcases and three bags. Not fair.

"What the hell?" I pointed to his bags.

"I locked Alice in the closet and made my escape," Edward cracked a crooked smile.

"Whatever, let's get going," I stood and picked my bags up. Edward grabbed my suitcases and we put them in the trunk of his Volvo. "We're leaving," I said as we walked back into the house to say goodbye. Alice and Jasper strolled down the stairs hand in hand. Emmett, Rose, and Lillian came from the living room. While Esme and Carlisle walked over from the kitchen. "I'm going to miss you," I whispered in Alice's ear as I hugged her.

"I'll miss you too, sis," Alice rubbed my back. I moved over to Jasper and hugged him.

"Good luck," I told him.

"You too," Jasper patted my shoulder. Emmett pulled me into a tight bear hug.

"Bells, hurry back, I'll miss you," Emmett said and sat me on my feet. He patted the top of my head. I knelt down to Lillian who was taller than she was two days ago. We had discovered she grew at a very rapid pace. The rate she was growing she would be 18 by the time she was 8. Lillian stood before me, her long blonde hair in ringlets past her shoulders.

"I'll miss you Lilly," I gave her a hug.

I'll miss you too Aunt Bella. Lilly smiled sadly as I sat her down. Rosalie pulled me into a tight embrace.

"Good luck," Rose said. I nodded my thanks and Carlisle pulled me into a fatherly hug. He repeated his children's 'good luck'. Esme was having trouble keeping calm. I hugged her for a moment longer than I did with the others.

"Bye Mom," I said and stepped away. Edward finished his goodbyes and then we were gone.

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"BELLA!" Tanya shrieked from the porch. I ran to her and embraced her. We followed her inside and greeted everyone else. I asked if we could sit down and talk. They obliged, and that's how we came to be sitting in their family room. I was sitting next to Edward on the couch. Tanya was next to me. Garrett and Kate took the love seat. Eleazar and Carmen were seated on another couch and Benjamin and Irina took another couch. I filled them on everything that had happened over the past few days. I expected their reactions. They agreed to witness and fight if necessary against the Volturi. Edward and I stayed the night over there. The next day, Tanya, myself, and Edward were sitting on a plane to Ireland. I was good friends with a coven there. Siobhan, Liam, and Maggie agreed to witness and fight if necessary, too. The three of them left to my home the next day, while my crew headed for Egypt. The coven there, Tia, Amun, Kebi and Bomani all agreed to witness and fight if necessary as well. They flew out for Forks the next day while I found myself, along with Tanya and Edward, on a plane to Romania.

"Edward, do you remember that legend I told you after the baseball game when Jane and Alec posed a threat?" I asked Edward on the plane ride over.

"Yes," he nodded his head.

"Well, we are going to try and find Vladimir and Stefan," I confessed out motives of going there. Edward's eyebrows shot up. "Trust me, if we were to need alliances against the Volturi, they are perfect," I assured him. Edward thought for a second and agreed. We settled in our seats for the rest of the ride.

"Okay, where to start?" Tanya asked as we stood in front of a large map of Romania. We had landed in Sibiu. "I think we should go to Brasov," Tanya decided.

"You just want to go to Bran Castle," I accused with a smirk.

"Dracula, Tanya?" Edward raised an eyebrow. Tanya nodded with a bright smile.

"What the hell," I gave in. Tanya squealed and hugged me. We took a train most of the way there. It was getting dark, so we decided it was safe to run on foot. I loved running through the terrain of Brasov and then into Bran. It was so beautiful. The scenery was like one in a book. When we reached Bran Castle, Tanya squealed in delight.

"Oh, please Bella?" Tanya asked permission to enter.

"Sure," I said. Edward chuckled and we all made our way to the castle on the hill. "You know Tanya; this isn't really Dracula's castle. His castle is in ruins a few miles from here," I informed her.

"Oh, I know. I just wanted to visit here because it is filled with a lot of history," Tanya replied, her eyes were dancing with delight as we reached the castle. There was security to sneak through, but nothing we couldn't handle. We entered the castle undetected.

"Go ahead and look around, meet back here in twenty minutes," I instructed. Tanya nodded her head and then disappeared. Edward grabbed my hand and drug me through a door. After looking through the castle for fifteen minutes, we started to head back. I came across a door that was cracked with a small light coming from it. I nudged Edward's side. He followed me into the room. Sitting there was two ancient vampires; Vladimir and Stefan. They were very pale and chalky like some of the ancients of Volturi. Their eyes were blood red revealing their diet. "Excuse us," I politely bowed toward the ancient kings. Edward dipped his head in respect.

"Isabella, we've been waiting," Vladimir spoke first. I looked up in shock. How did he know my name? "Oh, I know a lot of things," he answered my thoughts. Okay, that was freaky. Edward was a mind reader too and couldn't read my thoughts. "No, my ability is similar to yours," Vladimir explained.

"I'm sorry, I'm still confused," I admitted shyly.

"We caught wind that three vampires were in Romania searching for us. We followed you here and decided to wait for you in a room till you found us," Stefan answered.

"Why do you need to speak with us?" Vladimir asked.

"The Volturi are posing a threat to my family," I began, "and we need witnesses to stand by us. I know you do not like the Volturi and would jump to the chance of taking them down. We do not want to take them down, but if it is necessary, we are more than willing to fight."

"Why does the Volturi want to hurt your coven?" Stefan questioned the Volturi's motives.

"Edward, my mate," I gestured to him, "and his family were humans when we met them. My family fell in love with a member of theirs. Alice, my sister, did so with Edward's real cousin, Jasper. And my brother, Emmett, did so with Jasper's sister, Rosalie. My real mother, Esme, fell in love with Edward's father, Carlisle. Well, one day we were out in the woods together when a nomad Laurent, who created me and Esme, and Alec, a member of the Volturi Guard came across us. Jane, Alec's twin, and Alec tracked Edward and his family while Laurent and his mate Victoria flew to Italy to tell Volturi we broke the law by exposing our nature. The outcome of the situation was that we killed Jane and Alec, Edward is a vampire, Jasper and Carlisle are being turned as we speak, Rosalie is a vampire as well and has a half vampire-half human child," I quickly summed up. I went into more depth with the others, but I felt I was on a time crunch with these vampires.

"Very," Vladimir began.

"Interesting," Stefan finished. They had known each other so long they finished sentences. Stefan barely glanced over at Vladimir, and then turned back to me. "We're,"

"In," Vladimir finished this time.

"Perfect," I beamed.

"Where do you want us to go?" Stefan asked.

"Forks, Washington. Oh, please, if you are going to hunt when you arrive there, please hunt outside of the state. We obtain permanent residence there and it would be an inconvenience for us if humans started disappearing and thy suspected something," I informed them of the conditions.

"Of," Stefan spoke.

"Course," Vladimir smiled kindly.

"We appreciate it greatly," I smiled in return. "Also, there are creatures there that are our friends and plan to help us. More or less, they are werewolves. But they can change whenever they choose to, not just by moonlight," I spoke of the La Push pack of wolves.

"I'm thrilled," Vladimir's eyes danced.

"To see these creatures," Stefan finished Vladimir's sentence.

"Perfect, well if that is all," I bowed my head again in respect. Edward nodded politely. "We must find our friend."

"She is coming this way," Stefan pointed to the door. I turned to see her pass the entrance.

"Thank you for your help, see you soon," I bowed again and fled the room to find Tanya. "Tanya," I called from behind her. She turned around and a look of relief crossed her face.

"Thank heavens I found you, I thought I heard voices and started to think Dracula was real," Tanya laughed. Just then a bat flew over our heads and Tanya let out a shriek.

A/N thought that was a good place to stop. It was on a good note. Sorry, again, it was fluff. This chapter showed some of the vampires who agreed to come. We still have a few more European covens. Oh, some of the Denali's are in North and South America rounding up more vampires. MY version of BD will have much more vampires! ;) And maybe a fight scene! ;) Review and give me some vampire name ideas and where they're from, etc… Thanks!

Congrats to Tj09 and edwardsince1901 for guessing Come What May from the movie Moulin Rouge! Not a very fair one, I know. Sorry, it was stuck in my head…

This chapter excerpt:

I want someone provocative and talkative


But it's so hard when you're shallow as a shower


And from what I've heard with skin you'll win

Her bone structures screams (I want someone)


"Touch her! Touch her!"