Wow. These are getting longer and longer!

Chapter 6

When I Return

Virgo's POV

So that is what it feels like to die. I thought, feeling solid ground beneath me. My eyes were still closed, my body still recovering from being recreated. My head was throbbing, my bones ached, and my skin burned. I never wanted to die again.

I remained utterly motionless for a long time, allowing all of the pain to dissipate. My eyes finally cracked open, and I gasped in shock. I began to cough as the rough air burned its way down my throat. It had somehow gained an acidic nature, and was no longer breathable. Just stop breathing. I thought, reopening my eyes to stare at the mutilated sky above me.

Gone was the dark-blue of nighttime, stars blinking down all over. The only resemblance it had, to the lovely sky I remembered, was the darkness. It was now tortured by a twisted white film, giving the image of a dark desert far above. Where am I? I wondered, not having seen my surroundings. Time to find out.

I sat up to glance around me, gasping in shock again, which led to another fit of coughing. Stop breathing! I left my lungs empty, staring around again, taking in the faces of my frozen family. I'm back on Earth…But what happened?

"You. You happened." I turned quickly towards the voice that came from behind me. I just managed to keep from breathing in the toxic air, nearly gasping once again in shock. O-orion! I exclaimed silently, having no air to speak with. My brother stood not ten feet from me, flanked by three vampires that I vaguely recognized as Volturi.

A surprised look crossed his face, not expecting to be recognized. How do you know who I am, little demoness? He asked, halting his advance. I had not even noticed that he was walking towards me, a menacing look in his eyes. He doesn't recognize me? How long has it been? Oh dear. He has to be at least twenty! How did he age? I froze time way back when he was first kidnapped!

Never mind, He said, reverting to his original purpose of coming at me. I have come to fix what you have done, destroying the fabric of time. As he thought at me, a strange feeling came over me. I felt a strange pushing in my chest, like someone trying to move me.

His face twisted with some emotion I could not place; something between anger, frustration and confusion. Why is it not working? He asked the short boy, who merely shrugged. I stood up, feeling very uncomfortable all of a sudden. Alec, anesthetize her while I figure this out. I turned to the small boy, who had turned his gaze to me.

I jumped back as a nearly invisible mist drifted towards me, just a warp in the air. I could sense Alec doing this, so I forced his mind, making him stop. Alec, why- GET OUT OF HIS HEAD! Orion screamed this into Alec's mind, shocking me. How did he know I was doing it? Well, duh! He's my brother!

As he shouted, he turned to me and a ball of black and red lightning formed in his open palm. GET OUT! He said, hurling the ball of death at me. I jumped out of the way, not knowing how to stop it, and it hit the house. CRACK. I glanced behind me briefly, only to see the house flying into splinters, obliterated by a massive bolt of lightning.

I fled from Alec's mind, now knowing how to stop his power, and shouted Stop it, Orion! Tell me, how did I do this? How did I des…troy…the fab…ric…of… I trailed off, realizing exactly how it happened: I had left Earth frozen while the rest of time moved on, instead of merely returning to when I had left.

Exactly, and for that you must die. Orion said, raising his hand once again. A white lance of fire shot from his hand. Rather than dodging, I merely grabbed it and crushed it out of existence. Orion, listen to me! I said, throwing all of my weight into that thought, shoving all three of them backwards at the same time. I dragged Orion back towards me, along the ground, and brought him up a mere two feet away.

His face was shocked at having been overpowered as I spoke. Orion, you will listen to me. I was throwing all the force I had into my thoughts, trying to imprint them into his mind. I easily slid through his weak mental barriers and made him hear me. Orion, I cannot fix this alone, and neither can you. Your 'friends' will be completely worthless in this effort, and you will not be able to do this alone!

Now, listen to what we have to do. I allowed what I had done to stream into his mind, his body entirely under my control. His eyes were wide at his helplessness, and he received my words without any complaints.

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I stood facing Orion, our hands intertwined. Are you ready for this? Remember, don't lose focus, or it will all unfold. I told him, not even waiting for his reply.

I delved into the universe, locating Earth. I allowed myself to feel through the time warp, each mutated fold crystal clear. Now. I told him, and I was growing.

I could feel the world getting smaller, shrinking away from me. His mind fused with mine, giving more brainpower to both of us. I was rocketed away from the shrinking planet, out into space. I opened my eyes, taking Orion's far-sight.

I kept the image of the twisted time matrix, the white film warping around the blue and green planet in a disgusting way. It twisted the clouds, warped the landscape, destroying the very essence of the beautiful planet.

I stopped growing, a heavy shudder running through me. I could feel myself being pulled away from the Earth, drifting out into space. Orion stopped that feeling, holding both me and the planet firmly in our positions within the universe.

I cupped my massive hands around the basketball-sized planet, allowing it to rest gently within my palms. I gently grasped the white film surrounding the planet, smoothing it out. The motion sent ripples through the entire time matrix of space, attempting to warp everything. I caught those waves with my mind, smoothing them out along the entire length of space.

Orion had frozen all of time, ceasing all movement throughout the universe. He was only able to support this freeze with my help, focusing constantly on that one task. The rest was up to me; the smoothing, the restarting, the shrinking. Everything but keeping all of time still.

It seemed to be years later when I was finally smoothing out the last crease, the warp of time gone. The white film around the planet had steadily been erased, the true color of the matrix was clear. If all was perfect, the web would be invisible to all, even the omniscient. Now, for the final task. I thought.

I allowed my mind to stretch all throughout space once again, finding my brothers presence there as well. It is time. Let it restart. I said to him, our thoughts one and the same. He slowly released the hold over time, allowing it to spin once again. As it gradually restarted, I ensured that no creases were formed, keeping the entire map of space wrinkle-free.

At the very center of the universe, an imperceptible point to any mind not our own, we returned to our bodies. I shrank back down, quickly returning to my place in front of him. I scanned the world with my mind, checking for any abnormalities. The air was perfect; the sky was a deep blue with stars dotting every millimeter. No flaws remained in the planet, indicating a job executed perfectly.

I let out a sigh of relief, when a bolt hit me square in the chest, throwing me back into the trees. What the- ORION! I screamed, bolting up-right. I saw him marching slowly towards me, his three 'friends' following closely. I threw a blast of psychic at him, but he merely raised his hand to stop it. He retaliated by hurling lightning at me, but I did the same thing.

We threw ourselves at each other, attempting to break into the other's mind, while fighting physically. We got nowhere. No ground was gained on either part, only a cruel stalemate. "How did you grow so strong, Orion?" I asked, wondering what had given him this kind of strength in such a short time. "I picked through your memories as we worked. I learned everything that you did. Unfortunately, I also shared my knowledge with you. This makes us entirely equal. We cannot kill each other.

"We can, however, have others do the deed for us." He said, glancing back at his three companions. He was lying. I knew for a fact that others could not kill us. Killing us was only possible by someone with access to a soul. Only possible by removing our soul from our bodies; No one except for us two could do that.

I blinked as Alec sent out his gift towards me, attempting to put me into a deep stasis. The fog washed over me, but nothing happened. His stare became confused as time passed, no changes occurring. "Jane?" He said, the little girl turning towards me. I felt a small amount of pressure, but nothing else. I smirked cockily, demonstrating my control over vampire abilities. They were absolutely useless against me, particularly the ones that only affected the mind.

I pulsed a psychic blast forward, only Orion being unaffected. The other three were hurled far into the forest, out of eyesight. "Orion, we cannot kill each other, and you don't know how to make anyone else able to either." I told him, confident that he had not found my knowledge of immortality. "On the contrary, I know exactly how to kill you." He sent his thoughts into my head, an entirely different maneuver than overpowering my mind, and showed me images of reaching deep into my chest, removing the small silver bundle.

He removed the image, and I did not give him anything else to think. He knew how to kill me, but he still did not know how to let others kill us. "So, you see? I know exactly how to kill you. Sadly, I cannot at this time, but eventually I will.

"Alec, Jane, Felix. Let us go. She is safe, for now. Mark my words, little demon, I will kill you. If you do anything to harm this planet, or any other planet, I will kill you sooner." With that, the four stepped forward and vanished, entering another part of space.

"V-Virgo?" a voice said timidly, bringing me back to reality. I turned in the direction of the voice, and saw a girl of about twelve years. Jenna. "Jenna! Oh, how I've missed you!" I rushed over to her, not taking in her tear-stained face, the sobs coming from all around. "B-but…It's only been a few minutes since I s-saw you last…What happened, Virgo?" She asked, her voice breaking in between words.

I looked up, and I could still see the entire family, minus mom and dad, crowding around the faintly glowing figure of Bella. The tearless sobs of the vampires and the wet crying of the others blended together. "Virgo…Bella is dead. I can't heal her." Jenna said, crying into my shirt.

Her words caused me to have a flashback, back to not too long ago. I thought back to the giant jellyfish, and the four glowing figures. Wardient. I thought, remembering his promise:

REMEMBER, ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED YOUR EXPLORATIONS OF THE UNIVERSE, CALL FOR ME. I WILL RESTORE YOU AUNT TO HER FORMER GLORY, WITH ALL OF HER LIFE ONCE AGAIN. SHE WILL BE MADE WHOLE. I PROMISE.

WARDIENT! I cried out in my mind, sending the message into the deepest regions of space. I traced the shout until it ran into him, then I entered his mind. I'm coming, little one. He thought, breaking apart from the other three Deities. He shot off, away from them, flying towards Earth.

"Jenna, Bella will be fine. I met a friend who can fix her." I told her gently, looking down at her head. Her eyes lifted up to meet mine, hope blossoming in them. "Y-you mean it? Aunt Bella will be okay?" Her tear-distorted face was slowly growing into a hopeful smile, her tears slowing.

"Yes, she'll be fine. My friend will be here very soon. I promise." As I said this, I extended my mind back into space, quickly locating Wardient. He was flying very fast, but it would still take him nearly a year to get here. Let me help. I thought to him, and then opened a portal to Earth. He flew through it, his glowing figure blasting out from the woods.

His entrance had caused quite a stir among the family, minus mom, dad, Rose and Emmett, making everyone look up. I apologize for taking so long, Virgo. Is that-Yes. That is your aunt. He turned his attention to the glowing statue in Edward's arms. Let me see her, young vampire. He thought to Edward, kneeling down next to him. Edward edged away, blocking Wardient's view of Bella's body. Please, trust me, Edward. I will make Bella whole.

Edward, trust him. He is one of my friends, he can help. I thought to him, showing him our encounter. Edward's gaze turned to me, his dead eyes growing somewhat wider at my aged appearance. "Trust me, Edward." I said, stepping towards him. I could have made him, but that would erase the whole point of 'trust'.

After nearly ten minutes of thinking, he slowly pushed Bella's body away from himself, placing it gently on the ground in front of Wardient. Virgo, go find your parents. They need you, and I have things under control here. Go. I ran into the house at his command, searching for my parents' scents.

I found the two of them huddled in my room, crying loudly. Dad was the only one to shed tears, but Mom was louder. "O-orion! How could you-how-how…" They took turns trailing off, mourning for Orion. I felt so bad for them, knowing that I could do nothing to make them feel better.

"Mom…Dad…" I said, moving slowly to them. They turned to face me, their eyes growing wide, just like everyone else's, at my appearance. "Mom, Dad…Orion is…Safe." I said, not telling them that he had become an evil person bent on destroying my life. "He…Just know that he's safe, wherever he is." I told them, hoping that it would be enough.

They both lunged at me, tackling me with bone-crushing hugs. "Oh, Virgo! You're safe! Oh, honey we're so sorry for leaving you out there!" My mom cried, begging for unnecessary forgiveness. My dad just cried. "Mom…Mom, it's okay. I'm fine. I…" I broke off, not wanting to ruin this moment with news of how badly I had screwed up. They don't need to know that, just yet. I thought, content to just hug them.

Rosalie POV (two days later)

I passed through the Forks boundary, entering the small down surrounded by trees. I was still cruising at more than one-hundred miles per hour, a huge decrease from the two-fifty that had gotten me down here. I arrived at the La Push boundary very quickly, stopping the car just at the very old, invisible line.

I went on foot, entering into the forest that stank of werewolves. I had nothing on my mind other than my purpose for being here. I did not think of Carlisle or Esme, Alice or Jasper. I certainly did not think of Emmett. He was the only one, who could have altered my decision, but it was too late now, he was too far away to stop me. I wanted a kid, and I was going to get a kid. No commitments I had to anyone could stop that.

I did not have to wait long for company. A large, grey wolf with black spots on his back was soon running by my side, uncertainty in his eyes. I stopped running abruptly, causing him to shoot past me before running back to face me.

"Which one are you?" I asked him, knowing that it was a man. He was bigger than Leah had been, and she had not black spots on her back. He merely growled lightly, and then covered his eye with a big paw. Cover your eyes. I thought, sort of recognizing the stupid wolf gestures. Sighing loudly, I covered my eyes with one hand, no desire to look at his naked form. I heard him phase, then slip on some shorts quickly.

"I'm Embry, and you can look now, Blondie." He said, his voice somewhat cold and hard. He clearly did not like seeing me here. I don't care. I am getting a baby. I thought, removing my hand. "Did you imprint?" I asked, not knowing which of the wolves had imprinted, and which ones hadn't. I did not want to ruin any more than one relationship, that one being my own. "W-Yeah. Why do you care?" He asked, shocked by my completely random question.

I let out a small sigh, disappointed that I would have to talk to more wolves. "Fine. Bye." I said, shooting away from him. Now, where can I find a wolf willing to give me a baby? None of the ones who are imprinted will do it, so I don't think that any of the old pack will be willing. Perhaps a younger member? As I thought of this, I changed direction towards the La Push high school. Embry was not following me, probably having gone back to patrolling, or to tell Sam.

The younger wolves are completely hormone driven. I doubt they will care that I'm a vampire. I thought, planning on how to get one away from the school for long enough. And how not to get caught afterwards.

Luring one away from the school would be easy enough. It was cloudy, so I could go out without fear of being discovered. I was incredibly beautiful, so they should be completely willing. The only issues would be the smell that I would have, That might put them off… and any teachers around. I don't think the teachers would like seeing one of their students leaving campus with a gorgeous woman, the kid ogling her with everything he had.

I had no qualms about the wolf being a teenager. I had no qualms about anything, as long as I got my baby.

Rosalie is quite the...-insert bad word here- isn't she?