Oh my gosh! SOOOO sorry for not updating, but I have a VERY GOOD REASON as to why I didn't. First of all, the week after chapter 16 update I had a media fast for school, which meant no electronics for a week. Last week, I had volleyball open gym every night from 3:15 to 8:00. Then I had to do homework and since exams are next week, A LOT of homework was given. This week, sorry, but I've been slacking, but I had a project that I finished on Sunday. I'm sooo sorry! IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER!

EPOV

My eyes kept flickering back and forth between the Denali's and Bella. Bella looked fierce and beautiful and cocky as always, but I could see apprehension in her eyes because I knew her so well. Every vampire from the Denali coven except for Tanya and Irina looked surprised, intrigued, or mildly curious. Irina always looks bored so I thought nothing of it. Tanya, however, was who I was scared of most. For years she had had this huge crush on me and had relentlessly badgered me into becoming her mate no matter how many times I politely pushed her away. The look on her face gave meaning to the phrase, 'if looks could kill'. Sigh. Looks like she isn't going to give up so easily, even though she sees that I love Bella. I peeked into her thoughts but they confused me immensely. That little slut! Argh! I can see Edward loves her. Maybe I should just allow him to be happy-NO! You have a job to do! I can't let my family get hurt from my mistake. I was seriously confused by everything she said but I just assumed that it had something to do with getting me back. Tanya always was a little woo-hoo.

"Well," Bella began, effectively breaking the silence that was beginning to become awkward, "before a gay baby is born, I'm just going to say 'Hi'." Everyone stared at her, but Emmet was the only one who immediately burst out into loud exuberant guffaws. Everybody was trying to hide their smiles, but Tanya looked slightly revolted. Ugh. How can he stand her! She's such a weirdo! Tanya, Tanya, Tanya. One of the reasons I love Bella is because she is so weird, or unique as some would call it. Bella stared at Emmet as he made unrecognizable noises that I think were words. Gay baby, Bella, hi, born! I'm pretty sure Emmet was dropped on his head as a child. "Dude, what's your problem?" Bella asked. I don't think, that Bella can understand Emmet's little tirade so I'm just gonna voice what I'm pretty sure he means, Jasper thought. "Well, you said a gay baby would be born. Why?" Trust Jasper to convey this in a calm manner. He's gotten very good at controlling his emotions when every one else is flipping out. "Oh. Well, haven't any of you ever heard the phrase 'every time there's an awkward silence, a gay baby is born'?" Every bodies thoughts said the same thing. No. "Oh, well, never mind then."

"Bella's right," Carlisle started to say. "That silence was getting a little awkward. Let's go to the living room, shall we?" We all walked rather slow for vampires to the living room and placed ourselves around the coffee table on various pieces of furniture. Bella, being the person she is, flew just to make Tanya jealous and angry, no doubt. Well, it worked. I know I told Bella to show the Denali's she could fly, but does she really have to do it so flamboyantly to get on Tanya's nerves? That's my girl. Upon seeing me setting my self down on a chair, Tanya directed herself towards me. I squirmed internally under her pointed gaze and avoided my eyes. I could literally feel the anger rolling off of Bella as she zoomed to my lap and landed gracefully on me, only to stretch out so Tanya couldn't sit anywhere near me. They began a glaring contest before I whispered in her ear, "Bella, be nice." She turned to me with false innocence displayed clearly upon her visage. "Me not being nice? That's insulting of you to think that I would have the nerve to be mean!" Smirking at our playful banter, I closed my eyes as she kissed me chastely but briefly on the nose before turning back to the rest of our family and our guests.

Everybody stared at Bella for a few moments before Carlisle sighed and said, "Eleazear, I know you have many questions for us, but I think that you would do well to wait for Bella to tell you her story first so that you don/t go making assumptions. Bella, if you would, please tell us your story, including your encounter with Victoria, James, and Laurent." She nodded and took a deep breath before divulging her past with us once more. "My name is Bella, as you already know, and I am the last living faerie from the kingdom of Versay…"

Bella told the Denali's everything, and I peered into their thoughts to gauge their reactions. Carmen's thoughts were a complete mess and she was holding onto Esme as they both dry sobbed at the pain and hurt that Bella endured. Esme cried just as hard as Carmen, even though she had already heard this story, showing just how much she loved Bella. Eleazer's thoughts were more coherent. That poor girl. Why did I not say anything! At least I have peace knowing that I didn't take part in breaking this innocent, beautiful, pure girl's heart. I snorted internally. Innocent by foot! Bella is the most un-innocent person I know, next to Emmet, but at least Eleazer is not thinking about turning her over to the Volturi. Tanya had her eyes closed, and was shaking her head madly but I only caught glimpses of words like, stop, hard, impossible, they will get me. I'm slightly worried, but Tanya has pretended to be scared before to earn my pity and hopefully, for her, my love. Kate was a wreck, but not as bad as Carmen. Irina was bored, no surprise there.

Bella finished her story, but I could tell by the stiffness of her shoulders that she was on the verge of crying. It broke my heart that she was still in so much pain after all these years about what happened. I swear, if I ever see Victoria or Laurent again, I will kill them. I love her too much to let her go. "Well," Bella says as her voice breaks, "now you know my story. If you wish to go to the Volturi and turn me, I won't stop you. I'm sorry if I put any of you in danger. She hugged me but her face turned from struggle to astonishment. I growled out a warning before I said, "Bella, the Volturi will find out about you over my dead body. I love you too much to let you go when I've just found you." Tanya "Humph,"ed to show her anger at me for claiming Bella as mine. "Well, I don't really care what happens so can we get this over with and decide her fate?" If I wasn't such a gentleman, I would rip Tanya to shreds for insulting me and Bella, and for sneering at my love just now. I was glad to see that everybody else's thought were mirroring mine. That slut even thinks about trying to get Edward, I will rip her to shreds, was the rhythm of Alice and Rosalie's thoughts. Emmet and Jasper, however, were concerned about Bella. They both were thinking along the lines of something like, Bella needs to haul off and smack her. Stupid slut. She's going to be in for a rude awakening when Bella kills her. Trust Emmet and Jazz to be looking for a fight.

When I first heard Eleazer's thoughts, I almost sand with joy. My Bella is safe, at least for now. I for one don't think the girl deserves to die, thought I don't know how she'll feel once she knows I was part of the Volturi. Eleazer need not worry about that. Bella is an understanding person, and once she knows Eleazer's history, she won't care if he drank human blood for a time, she'll love him for wanting her alive. "Bella?" Eleazer said softly. Everybody turned to look at him. Carmen would go along with anything that Eleazer says, Kate and Bella already like each other, Irina would just go with her family's choice, and Tanya would be shunned if she didn't agree. "Bella, I was with the Volturi for years. I saw the kinds of things they did to vampires, and I even saw what the did once they first discovered faeries. The Volturi had hunted faeries for centuries before they destroyed Versay. Aro wanted to find the city. That is why the Volturi's powers are so advanced. They drank the faerie blood and became even more powerful. Some faeries they killed for sport. I hated to see such innocent lives killed. I personally believe that there is no reason to kill you or hand you over, and if I did, I would be just as bad as the Volturi." Bella, her eyes beginning to fill with tears, flew to Eleazer and hugged him like their was no tomorrow. She thanked him profusely. "You are completely welcome Bella. I thank you. Now, I think it is time for me to introduce you to my family." Eleazer introduced Bella to his family. Kate and Bella hit if off immediately, and began to talk earnestly about girl stuff.

Bella was sitting in my lap as Eleazer asked Bella questions about her abilities, her habits, practically everything to do with being a faerie. I tuned in long enough to hear Bella say, "…our blood is the most potent think to vampires, or so I've heard." "Amazing! And you said that it gives a vampire even greater powers?" My head snapped to Eleazer's as he said this and I growled a low, menacing, threatening growl. I know that Eleazer would never kill Bella, considering the fact that he didn't when he was with the Volturi, and also because he was our guest and wouldn't want to offend Carlisle. "Edward, I didn't mean it like that. I am merely curious. I never drank a faeries blood an now I know for certain how Aro, Caius, and Marcus became so powerful." Caius? Caius isn't powerful. He is merely on the guard because he is such a looming and threatening influence. Why did Eleazer mention him. Just as I was about to open my mouth to voice my thought, Carlisle said, "Wait a minute, you said Caius. He doesn't have a power! At least since I've last seen him." I moved forward in my set, taking Bella with me, as Carlisle did the same. If Caius had a power, then this was important news to us. I have already promised myself that I will kill the Volturi so that they can't harm my love anymore. They've done enough to break her heart and spirit. "Oh yes, he does have a power now. I visit once in a while and the demonstrated his talent. It's quite fascinating really. He can fly, if that's what you call it. It's more or less a parlor trick, but in the hands of Caius it can be deadly." Anything can be deadly in the hands of Caius. Aro and Marcus may have powers, and Jane and Alec and render you helpless, but Caius had always scared me the most. He was the most evil, the most ruthless, and the most terrifying. "Ya, well I can fly too. So Caius can stick that where the sun don't shine." I shook my head. Bella always did have a way of saying things that was on every bodies mind, but in a more, uh, Bella-ish way. Bella hopped off my lap and ran outside, no doubt to do something reckless and dangerous. I sighed and turned my attention back to Carlisle and Eleazer as we discussed the Volturi and their newfound powers.

My mind was about to explode, and my heart was about to burst. Just hearing about how powerful the Volturi are broke my heart and caused me to lose hope that we could ever destroy them. I want my Bella to be safe. I ran upstairs to my piano and sat down to play. I began to play that unfinished melody I had started, and I did get a little further. I realized with a jolt that when I thought about Bella, my fingers acted of their own accord! I shook my head to concentrate and thought about how my love flew, how she talked, laughed, ran, jumped, sang, anything that had to do with Bella. She is my muse! With my fingers playing madly, I was just about to reach the point where I had stopped before when I heard, "Eddie!" in a sickly sweet voice. My fingers slammed down, not too hard, and I turned around. My eyes widened as I looked at what Tanya was wearing. It looked awful on her and made her look like a slut, even more that she is. "Hello Tanya." I said as politely as I could and turned my attention back to my piano. I knew I would never be able to concentrate with her around. Usually I'm always so absorbed with music that I don't notice anything else, but Tanya's annoying voice distracts me immensely. I hear my love calling my name, but I don't want to be rude so I don't get up as Tanya talks to me about non consequential things. The door opens and I hear Bella's sharp intake of breath as she saw Tanya. I think another reason why Bella hates Tanya so much is because she reminds her of Jessica and Lauren. Tanya obviously hadn't noticed Bella yet and I finally tuned in to her sentences to hear her say, "Eddie! Why don't you just, like, get off that stupid noisemaker and, like, sit with me! We haven't see each other in, like, sooo long and I , like, miss you! Let's, like, catch up!" I tensed up when she said 'Eddie' and when she called my piano a stupid noisemaker. "Eddie, I think, like- What are you doing here? Shouldn't you, like, be doing something else? Me and Eddie here are trying to, like, catch up on old time." I was about to open my mouth to politely tell Tanya to shut up, but Bella beat me to the chase. "First of all, his name is Edward, not 'Eddie'. Second of all, he's my soul mate, so back off. Thirdly, the playboy bunnies called. They said to keep the clothes. They said it's way to sluttish for them." Tanya left the room in a huff, ticked off at Bella. Bella came up behind me and kissed me in the spot behind my ear. "Thank God you're here. I sear, if I wasn't raised to be a gentleman then I would have kicked her out ages ago. Man she's o annoying." "I couldn't agree with you more babe," Bella said.

Bella was off doing who knows what a couple hours later when I heard the click-clack of stiletto heels coming across the hard wood floor in the dining room. "Hello Tanya," I said, looking up from my book, The Phantom of the Opera. Bella got me started on these weird romantic books, and I am really starting to enjoy them. "Hey Eddi-I mean, hey Edward," Tanya stuttered as she saw my hard glance that I directed at her when she almost said 'Eddie'. "Thank you Tanya. I only like Edward, not Ed, Eddie, or any other foolish nick name you can think of." "Sure Edward. I just missed you so much that I forgot that you hate that name. But really Edward," at this point my mind started to go slightly out of focus and it was very easily distracted, "I want to know why you pick plain old Bella over me?" "I don't-" I shook my head. For a second there, I almost felt like I didn't love Bella as much, and that I was starting to develop feelings for Tanya. What is going on with me? "Bella is smart, talented, beautiful, extraordinary, a pain in my neck, and all this just adds to the natural beauty around her." A frustrated look came across Tanya's face, but her thoughts were blocked to me. What is she hiding! "Edward, look at me." I looked into her eyes and I saw a hidden and underlying emotion in her eyes, though I can't tell what it is. The next thing I knew, she was on top of me, kissing me like their was no tomorrow. I felt a small tug on my mind and I almost felt as if I wanted to kiss her back. I fought it with everything I had, but the tug started to develop into a pull when I heard, "Hey Edward, I- Excuse-moi! What do you think your doing!" Tanya lifted up from me and I felt the tug leave instantly. What the heck is going on with me. "Me and Edward are just catching up! So, like, go back to doing whatever you where-" Tanya never finished her sentence because I dumped her on the floor and walked over to Bella, pulling her into my arms. "Tanya, I'm flattered that you like me, but I love Bella. She is my one true love." I kissed Bella chastely on the lips, and I heard Tanya leave the room. "I do love you, and I always will," I said to Bella. She really is my one and only love. "I love you too, and I always will."

Me and Bella had had a little playful banter, but during that I heard Tanya's thoughts. I thought that maybe my job would be easier, but I'm just being silly. They wouldn't break up over something so insignificant as Bella being playful about her looks. Gosh. I really wish that I could figure out what Tanya's thinking! I would saw something to Carlisle about it, but Tanya is crazy so I'm not going to put too much thought into it.

I was in my room just thinking about Bella while she was reading in the library. Every one else had decided to go see a movie, but I had decided to stay home with Bella, so of course Tanya had to stay home if I was there. Being so wrapped up in my thoughts, I didn't even hear the footsteps of someone outside my door. I thought for a moment that it was Bella, but then the door opened and Tanya walked in. "Tanya, what are you doing here?" My tone was carefree and light, but the look on Tanya's face was deadest serious. "Edward, I came here to do a job. I have been trying all day not to force you into anything drastic, but you leave me no choice. I can't risk my safety anymore." "What are you-" I again felt that same tugging sensation, but this time it didn't stay that dull murmur. It rapidly escalated into a full-blown dragging of my mind. It sorta looked as if my mind was being pulled toward a giant swirling whirlpool with images of me and Tanya kissing. I tried to think of Bella, but I soon forgot everything about me and everyone else until all that was left was thoughts of Tanya. I vaguely felt my arms being held above my head and Tanya setting herself down on my waist. My mind soon succumbed to Tanya, and nothing else mattered. A tiny, subconscious part of my mind hated the feeling of not being able to hear others thought, but the Tanya portion blocked that out. She enveloped my every pore, and my whole being. I vaguely heard the door open, and a sharp intake of break caught my attention. I knew that breath sound. I've heard it before. Where have I heard it! Bella! That's it! Bella, oh my sweet beautiful Bella! What am I doing! No, forget about her. You love Tanya. Don't fight it. That will only make this harder. NO! I fought with all my might. I love Bella. With much resistance on the voices part, I moved my hands down and pushed Tanya off me. She fell to the floor and landed with an 'oomph', and looked around bewildered.

"What happened? The last think I remember clearly was when I saw a beautiful black haired boy vampire. He spoke sweet things in my ear. All I heard was 'Bella', 'Edward', and 'apart'. I don't remember anything else." Tanya looked scared, but I wasn't about to fall for her crap again. "Tanya, how dare you do that to me! Why didn't you tell anyone you had a power, and more importantly, the power of seduction!" "What!" I looked over and saw my family and the Denali's standing in the doorway. Kate stepped forward. "You have a power and you didn't tell us! How could you do that to us! Eleazer, why didn't you see her power!" "I felt a lustful pull from Tanya always, but I always assumed it was because of her behavior and character. I never deduced that it was a power!" "I'm so sorry! I found out about my power a while ago, but I never wanted to use it! I just remember going for a hunt right before we left to come here, and a red head, a man with dread locks, and a black hair, pony tailed man surrounded me and told me of a job I have to do or he will kill us! I only remember glimpses of things since then, but I remember one thing that was constant throughout these flashes of sanity. Fear. Overwhelming, hurtful, horrible fear. It filled me and I tried to fight it, but then I would black out. It's like my mind wasn't my own anymore." At this point Tanya broke down dry sobbing and everybody just stood staring at her in shock. Her words had more of an impact on my family and me though. Red hair, and dreadlocks. Victoria and Laurent. "Carlisle, do you think…" I trailed off, not wanting to think about what is probably happening right now. Carlisle nodded gravely. "I think that Victoria and Laurent found a vampire that can control minds, per say, and forced them to force Tanya to seduce you, break Bella's heart, and cause her to run away. Then, Victoria and Laurent will catch Bella and do whatever the wish to do to her." I stood in horror. Bella ran off to find Victoria and Laurent. The sight of me with Tanya broke her already fragile heart and caused her to want to die. "Edward, Carlisle, we have to find her," Esme said, burning inside to know that her newest daughter is dying. "I know. I just don't know where she'll be." A sudden thought struck me. "I know where she is, but we have to hurry." I ran out of the room before I finished my sentence, and ran off to the meadow. I just hope I'm in time.

I ran faster than I ever ran before, and I was soon assaulted by screams and bangs coming from ahead. A heat that felt like I was burning stopped me in my tracks an cause me to falter in my steps. Only one thing that I know of could cause that kind of explosion. Bella. I started running forward again and caught sight of my broken angel, lying beaten, bruised, battered, and bleeding. "Bella!" I screamed. I saw her eyes flicker to me before they closed. "NO! CARLISLE! HELP ME!" I was in a panic mode right now, and nothing could calm me down. My love is dying, and there's nothing I can do right now. "I'm here, I'm here. If you touch Bella, nobody put their hands to their mouths. Bella's blood will cause you to attack her. Edward, lift her. We need to get her back to the house. Emmet, Jasper, we can't give her normal blood so the only thing I can think of is to put sap in her body since it's the closest compound to her blood. Gather as much as you can." I lifted Bella up, sobbing so hard that I was surprised tears didn't miraculously pour down my face. I was never much of a religious person, but I prayed at that moment to God with everything that I had. God, please. Help my Bella, and bring her back to me. I can't live without her. Please. Heal her for me. I love her more than words can describe. Help her, please. I loped gracefully through our front doors and placed Bella on the dining room table. Carlisle was already downstairs with his instrument, hooking them up to Bella and looking around impatiently for Jasper and Emmet. After what seemed like an eternity, they were back with the sap and Carlisle put it into her IV. I settled back into my chair, always watching for any sign or flicker that my Bella was coming back to me…

OMG! My fingers hurt. Lol. Okay, here's the IMPORTANT thing. For a sequel, I want 100 reviews by the time this story is done. I have about three, maybe four chapters left. Depends on how much I put into one chapter. Thanks for reading! Hope you like it!