Chapter 10

Alone, or Not Alone?

The family did not like my plan one bit, just as I had predicted. I did not like it either, but they deserved to know what was going to happen to them shortly. It almost felt wrong, in the pit of my stomach, but I knew that Orion would not hold back anything. He was going to develop an army, and no one would stand in his way when the time came.

"Virgo, please! Think this through!" Carlisle implored, but I was already on the computer. I had lied when I said that I would reveal it all tonight. That would be impossible, even for me. Well, not really, but I would gain no allies if I were to do it by some massive message being sent out everywhere.

"I have thought it through, Carlisle. We're doing this, but I won't reveal it all tonight. We are going to start with people that are close to us, starting with the imprints. Forget what just happened, that was drastic. Right now, we're going to La Push, all of us." As I said this, I opened a hole that Jake came flying through, crashing into the far wall.

"What the-Virgo!" Nessie cried as she picked herself up from the shattered wall. I tossed them aside and fixed the wall, resealing everything as though nothing had happened. "There's been a change in plans; we're all going to La Push, right now." I said, changing the location of the hole in the air.

The new scene before us was one of first beach, near Jacob's old house. "Come on, let's go." I stepped through the portal, out into the rain that was a near-constant companion to this town. The others followed me uncertainly, still not keen on going through with this. At least I had reduced my measures from revealing us to the entire world.

Seth and Arya stepped out from the front door, having heard us coming. Jacob's dad had died a few years ago, and had given them the house as a wedding present. "Jacob! And the rest of the family! What are you guys doing here?" Seth crowed as Arya shouted, "Mom! Dad!" running to give them both bone-crushing hugs.

"We have bad news." I said, breaking up the little family reunion. I hated being the merchant of death, but it was up to me, here, since I was the one imposing the trouble. "Seth, help gather everyone of the pack around. Have them all meet at the Cullen's old house." I said, turning to walk away again.

"Wait! Where are you going?" He called, stopping me. Bella sighed, as she already knew the answer. You want to tell him? I asked her? In answer she said, "We're going to get my dad. He is part of the news."

xXx

Nearly an hour later, and the Cullen's main floor was packed full of people. There were now eighteen wolves here, a much larger number than I had known. Sam had stopped phasing, along with Jared and Paul, but the pack had continued growing. Collin was the new Alpha, the oldest of the remaining members of Sam's pack.

There were twelve imprints in the room as well. There was Kim, Emily and Rachel, and then Claire and Arya, and of course Renesmée.

Collin and Brady had imprinted two years ago on twins, who were sitting in between the two boys. It worked out, because these two girls were always together, and Collin and Brady were best friends, almost as close as the sisters. Now they could still hang out, and be with their soul mates at the same time.

Out of the remaining eleven members, only four had imprinted. Those girls were hanging on their protectors' arms like a life-line. It was understandable, being in a room full of vampires and other mythical creatures.

I heard the puttering of Charlie's car as he drove down the overgrown lane that was our driveway. I felt Bella beginning to freak out, the other vampires not helping in the slightest. "Charlie…What is he going to think? He is going to be so freaked out!" Bella shrieked quietly. Edward did not try to help her at all with reassurances, because they would all involve lying. "Don't worry, Bella, he won't have a heart attack, or anything dangerous. I promise." I said, knowing that I could very well make that promise.

There was a quiet knock on the door, which was immediately opened by Esme. Charlie gasped when he saw her, stunned into silence by her still-youthful face. He knew some stuff, but he did not know any specifics. "Th-this is a need to know basis, I get that. But now, at sixty years old, .." He said these words very quietly, his heart trying its hardest to break from his chest. I kept it perfectly steady, giving him no health problems. I would not have one of the most important members of our gathering dying on us, rendering one of my favorite aunts useless.

"I know, Dad, and we'll tell you." Bella paused here, taking a deep, unnecessary breath. "We're all vampires, the Cullens, Nessie and Arya are half-vampire, half-human, and all of the La Push boys are werewolves, just like Jacob." She said this all in that one breath, shooting it out so fast that he would have trouble catching it all.

Charlie remained silent for a very long time, contemplating this rush of dire information. "So…Who are all of the girls hanging on their arms?" He asked, ignoring the rest of the load.

"They're the wolves' imprints. We'll fill you in on that later." She told him, glad that his old heart was not giving out yet. I was not as surprised; it was taking a lot of concentration to keep it in perfect shape.

He dropped onto the Cullen's sofa, which had been left there for the next time they decided to come back to Forks, in maybe a hundred years or so; the house was too perfect for anything to infect it, bugs and dust included.

"Okay…So why is everyone here?" He said, still keeping it simple, ignoring all that he had heard regarding his extended family. "Charlie, everyone…" Edward started, making eye-contact with everyone in the room, "Virgo has some very important information for all of you. It will be entirely up to you if you will believe her, and if you will help. Virgo, take it away." He said, moving out of the center of the loose circle that everyone was grouped into.

"Okay. I have a twin brother, which most people here may or may not know about, it does not matter. He is going to try to kill me, and anyone related to me. He believes that I am evil, and that everyone around me has been infected.

"Orion is making an army to destroy, practically all of us. Anyone who stands in his way will be hurt, and anyone in his path to here will get hurt as well. He can just warp here immediately, but he won't do that, because he can build his army if he comes here slowly. He is going to carve a trail through the Earth, pulling in anyone that he can to help him destroy us.

"I feel that it is prudent to involve the humans, as well, in this fight. They can help, regardless of what anyone thinks. I planned on telling everyone immediately close to us, which is all of you, and then branching off slowly to everyone else.

"Charlie, we think that you should get contact with all of your old police friends, and help them adjust to all of this, spreading the news as they go. Have them tell their kids, grandkids, whatever. Bella is going to hunt down her old friends, and introduce them to this as well.

"As awful as it sounds, involving normal people in this universal fight, I can protect them, to a degree. I can bestow powers and blessings upon other living beings, which will make them able to fight against the army that will be coming. With your permission, I would like to do this with all of the imprints. I know that it would make the wolves feel a bit better, if they knew that their imprints could defend themselves, somewhat, against a vampire or real werewolf." I stopped speaking here, taking in the dumbstruck expressions around me.

Charlie's heart was having major issues now, his seventy-year-old body having issues coping. I kept it under strict control, but his mind was not responding too well. I was going to have to resort to more extreme methods in a second. "Bella, I need to make your father immortal, at least for now. Not a vampire!" I said as she began to interject, "Just, immortal; Like Wardient."

I reached out, and pressed my palm against his chest. I felt the small bundle of light that was his soul, and cast a faint golden glow around it. The glow spun into a thin thread, wrapping tightly in and around the small essence. I stepped back, and everyone gasped in shock; Charlie was glowing, nearly transparent.

WH-WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME? WHY DID YOU DO THIS? Charlie would have been hyperventilating, from everything that had just happened, if he was still human. His heart was gone, now, part of the light that was the only physical remainder of Charlie.

"Charlie, you need to be calm." I said, sending a mental command for Jasper to intervene, to prevent anyone from doing anything drastic. "Charlie, your heart was failing from this news that we are giving you. I would have been unable to keep you here much longer, without doing something extreme like this." Charlie was still looking worried and mad, so I continued to reassure him. "Do not worry, it is completely temporary, I can reverse it later. Right now, however, you need to be like this so that you don't die."

"Virgo, when will you change him back into a human?" Carlisle asked, entranced by the new Charlie.

"I will change him in a few hours. We need him to be human for his part in this, but he needs to adjust to it, and wrap his mind around everything so that he does not kill himself by freaking out."

I had entirely forgotten the wolves during this exchange, so I jumped slightly when the twins addressed me. "Should we tell our school friends?" It seemed somewhat strange, because they both spoke at the same time, like some of the stranger creatures I had seen in my travels of space.

I quickly searched their minds before I answered them, but became sidetracked by their strange thought patterns; they were almost identical, changing and thinking at the same time. They even addressed each other in their thoughts, thinking about questions, and them answering them immediately.

"Do you two always think the same things?" I asked them, ignoring their question.

"No, we just prefer to; it's faster than talking." They spoke this at the same time too, but then the one next to Brady spoke alone. "We loved pretending to read each others' minds when we were really little, and so we made an effort to always know exactly what the other was or would be thinking at all times."

"Because we are twins, it was easier." The other one continued. "We already had similar brain patterns since we advance at the same rate, so we just furthered that commonality."

"The only time it is any different, is if we decide to read different books, or watch different things."

"That rarely happens, though. We do almost everything together."

"There are, however…"

"Things that we would love doing separately." They spoke this last line in unison, turning to stare at their respective imprints. I withdrew from their mind, not wanting to see anything that they were thinking; probably the same thoughts, but with their own guy instead.

"Do you two want to know the answer to your first question?" I asked them, trying to return to the primary discussion. I looked around at the other people in the huge room, all looking slightly confused at the complexity of the twins' relationship.

"Yes, that would be delightful. We had wanted to know if we should tell our school friends." They said, returning to their identical dialogue. "I think that would be good. You might have trouble convincing them, however, so take this; it will give them all the proof that they need." I said, holding out a small black box.

"What is it?" They asked, cutting off a few other questions that would have been the same.

"It is a sort of hologram projector, but it will show them all in their minds. It will go through this entire discussion, minus the parts that aren't key to the topic. They will believe it, because it is speaking directly into their thoughts. There will not be any room for doubts, once they witness this act of magic.

"Just push the little blue button, and it will affect everyone in the room. Have the principal call an assembly, or something." I said, dismissing the topic after they took the little box.

"Alright, does anyone else have any questions? We are going to leave in a little while, to go and tell all of Bella's old friends, and some other people."

CAN I TURN BACK INTO A HUMAN, NOW? I THINK THAT I'M OKAY, AND I WON'T HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS WITH ADJUSTING. Charlie asked, reminding me of his presence. His voice was still the overbearing presence that was typical of all Deities, except for Wardient. "I can change you back now. If you have problems with your heart, however, I will change you back immediately." I warned him, sending him feelings that I had taken from Serela when I took away her immortality. He recoiled slightly from the touch of my mind, but embraced what I told him to do to prepare for the strange feeling.

I removed the glowing light from his soul in the manner that was unique to him, different that every other Deity. He nearly fell over when his body rematerialized, but managed to catch himself. "That was…strange." He said, using the same word that I had used in his mind.

"Alright, Charlie will leave now to tell the police of Forks, or his old police friends. Let everyone that you know, know about our encounter. If you need some help with something, scream my name as loud as you can in your head, and I will send something.

"Bella and Edward will take Renesmée and Jacob to tell as many of her friends as she can find.

"All of the vampires, in my family, will go in search of nomads that they know, and other covens that are friends with us. They will not return for several days, possibly weeks, but I want all of you to return to me by tomorrow, after school, with your news.

"I will remain here, calling for some other-worldly help. Remember, just call if you need me."

I waved everyone away then, sending them off to recruit their own humans. Then I remembered something that was had planned on promising to anyone who wanted it. "Wait! There is one more thing. Keep in mind, that you imprints need to confer with your wolves before deciding anything, because your decision will affect them just as much as yourself, if not more so.

"If you want to, and if your wolves are okay with it, I will give you extra powers. To the wolves, this will help them to defend themselves from any form of danger, on the off-chance that you are ever away from them. Imprints, think long and hard about what you want, because most of the powers that I can bestow are very difficult to master.

"I suggest that you choose something mental, rather than physical, as they are somewhat easier to control, and are not as dangerous if you lose control. Now you may go."

As I dismissed them for the second time, they all stared at me. I read through the twins' mind, finding that they did want a power, and they already knew what it was. This particular ability would be very easy for them, their minds already so advanced. They could help each other as well, their minds already so similar.

As the other left, the twins remained behind. Collin and Brady exchanged looks before turning to their imprints. "Are you sure that you want abilities?" Collin asked, the question directed at both of them. "Yes, we do. We already know what we want, and we already know how we will control this ability. It is not much different than what we do with each other, but it will broaden our range from beyond our minds." They both said, once again at the same time; their power would work well.

Brady looked uncertain, but then said, "Okay, do it. We'll stand behind you the whole way. I suggest that you wait until after recruiting friends, however. You might get distracted while talking if you have the whole 'power thing' to adjust to."

"That is a very good idea. Go and recruit your friends, and then I will give you your power." I said, sending them back on their way.

I sat down on the sofa, alone in the room. I thought briefly about who I would seek out first. As I skimmed through the universe, I came across a large area that was entirely devoid of anything. As I searched for the end of this plane of destruction, the cause of it came flooding back to me: I had destroyed everything here. I had no friends in the galaxy, all destroyed by my outburst.

A single tear rolled down my cheek as I mourned for all those who had been wiped out of existence, leaving my family as the only chance of gaining allies in this war.

Okay, I think that the wolf-imprint chain might get a bit confusing. I will post the whole family tree here. unless I mention kids, they are not important to the story. If you want them to have kids, then let them have kids :)

Sam x Emily (Sam and Em are about 50ish, since this is roughly thirty years after BD.)

Jared x Kim (they're around thirty-five, forty)

Paul x Rachel (around early forties)

Seth x Arya (age is unimportant to immortals. she's around eleven though, and Seth is still Seth.)

Quil x Claire + Arya + Virgo&Orion (immortals...)

Jacob x Renesmee + Jessica (Jessica is about twelve, her parents are immortals. If you want her to be one as well, have at it.)

Collin x Sarah(twin 1)

Brady x Sydney(twin 2) (Both twins are around fifteen, the boys are immortal for a few more years. Possibly more, depending on your imagination!)

I think that's it for the big family tree. If there are any questions about anything, feel free to PM me, or post a review. Love reviews!