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Richmond, Virginia, 1963
Rosalie Lillian Hale McCarty Cullen's POV:
It has been twenty years since I my life was taken from me at the hands of my fiancé. Twenty years may seem like a long time to most mortals, but to me…to vampires…it was nothing, and yet it was everything. I had found my true family and the love of my life. Twenty years ago I was a young and naive little girl who was in love with the idea of love. I was blinded by the obsession of creating a family of my own and having a perfect life. I thought my life was perfect, even before Royce Kind entered it. Oh how wrong I actually was. I was a stuck of beautiful rich girl who relied on her looks as a way to guide her life. I never really knew the meaning of 'living' it was almost like my parents planned my entire life for me. At least that was how I saw it.
But now that I am a vampire, I don't have to worry about not knowing the meaning of life, because I am no longer a part of it. I guess I am a bit melodramatic, but I always wanted children, and now I can't have them. Unlike my depressing brother Edward, I do believe some vampires have souls. I think they are just trapped within our bodies, waiting for the day we finally to get killed, the day they are set free. No matter how long that will take, who knows how long forever is. Edward used to think we were soulless monsters, and he even went on a rampage back when he was a newborn. He drank human blood and rebelled against our father, Carlisle's, wishes. I couldn't judge him because I did also get my revenge on that bastard Royce and his stupid friends. Maybe that was also a little bit dramatic, but what would you have done?
I was a feisty newborn, never really following others orders except the diet. I didn't take crap from anyone, especially Edward. I resented him because I was…jealous. Yes, I know, Rosalie Hale Jealous? Shocking! I was so used to men following me around and lusting for me, but I could tell that Edward was already extremely whipped by Bella. I would have resented Bella for her beauty and friendliness, but I just couldn't hate her. She was so kind to me, even when I was a total bitch to her. That's one of the reasons why she is my favorite sibling…well that and she knows her mechanics. As the years went by I become closer to everyone in the family. Carlisle was such a passionate man for what he believes in, and even though I wouldn't wish this life on anyone else, I was secretly happy he had changed me. Without being a vampire, I would have never understood the meaning of family and love. Esme was the world best mother, mortal and immortal otherwise. Her story about how she committed suicide because her son died tore my heart to shreds. I could relate to her about feeling passionate about kids, and I was more than joyous when she called me her daughter.
Edward became nicer to me as the years went by, but we still tease each other and nag each other constantly. It almost felt like a normal human house hold with our small sibling rivalry. Even though we fought, I knew he cared for me, just like I cared for him. When Bella and I started to get closer, Edward started to get warmer to me. Like I said…totally whipped. Bella is the little sister I had always wanted, and if I could have a daughter, I would hope her to be just like Bella. She is so strong, just hearing her story inspires me. I know she is older than me, but she has this air of innocence around her and her physical features of sixteen make her look younger than she is.
And then there was Emmett. After a decade of getting to know my parents and two siblings, I finally met my lover. I was out hunting all by myself, just getting some peace and quiet, when I got the exact opposite. I heard him screaming from a mile away, and I knew I couldn't just leave an desperate human in the woods to fend for themselves. I ran to him and found him being mauled by a huge black bear. I quickly killed the bear with the swipe of my hand and rushed to his side. I held my breath to keep myself from attacking him and causing him more harm. I knew he didn't have much time left. I was going to leave him there to die like any other normal human should have, but then I looked into his pain filled and awed crystal blue eyes, and then I knew I couldn't leave him.
I ran him home and BEGGED Carlisle to change him. Carlisle would have argued otherwise, but when he saw the pleading look of desperation in my eyes and the agonized look in Emmett's eyes, he complied and bit into his neck. I stayed by his side in the guest room for the entire three days. I held onto his hands as he screamed and whipped sweat from his forehead as he thrashed around in pain. When his heart finally stopped and his blood red eyes snapped open to find my golden eyes looking at him, he asked me, "Are you an angel?" It was from there on that I knew I had found my mate. He was such an immature child, even though he looked to be a professional wrestler or football jock. I loved him with everything I had, and he loved me too seeing as five years later he proposed. I think you can guess my answer. Our family seemed to be complete. We were all very happy, with every new decade came new things for us to try. Weather it was fashion or cars, it was only fun when I had my family there with me.
It was twenty years since my change, ten years since Emmett met me, and five years since my wedding. Currently, we were all hunting near a giant spread of forest land in Virginia. Well I tried to hunt, but every few animals, Emmett would attack me with kisses and we would get carried away. Esme and Carlisle were farther north as were Bella and Edward, although I think they split up to hunt. Even though Edward may seem like a virgin prick, judging by the amount of noise from their bedroom at night and how close they always were, he might as well be a rabbit. I chuckled at that thought and turned my attention back to my husband. "I will race you to the river?" He asked like an excited little kid. I rolled my eyes and staled closer to him with my hands on my hips, enjoying as his eyes grew wider.
"Or we could just stay here…" I trailed off and lunged at him for a kiss. He responded immediately and picked me up by my butt while pressing me against a tree. "Oh please! Spare my eyes…" I heard an annoyed voice exclaimed as they came closer. "If you don't like the show, leave." I said a little harshly. It was his own fault, he was such a hypocrite. "Yeah Eddie, go find Bella. I am off limits" Emmett joked while Edward just growled at us and stalked off. I laughed as I pecked Emmett's lips again. "Are you sure Bella was telling you the truth about them doing it?" He asked while I giggled. "EMMETT!" I heard Edward yell from somewhere in the woods, my laughter growing at his irritation. My family was insane, just the way I loved them.
"We better wrap this up and go find the others. It is getting late and I don't really feel like having sex in the dirt, I would much rather prefer a mattress with a roof covering our heads." I sighed while hopping down from my monkey man and grabbing his hand. "Race you to the river?" Emmett laughed as we ran off into the night.
Isabella Marie Whitlock Mason Cullen's POV:
I was burying my meal when I heard sobbing. I ran after the sound and came across a very distressed looking newborn.
Her dark brown hair spilled over her face, covering herself from my view. Her head was placed in her shaking hands which were propped up on her knees as she sat on a rotted tree stump. Her shoulders shook violently as she split out another loud heart wrenching cry. I walked hesitantly over to her, watching her every move with wide cautions eyes. I didn't want to upset the newborn further and cause her to attack me. She heard me or sensed my presence and her head shot up to reveal a young fourteen year olds face with blazing red eyes of a newborn.
She gasped when she saw my many scars. It really was a good way to ward off any enemies, they would immediately fear me. Although in cases like these, it would only provoke the person to fear me more when I wanted to comfort them. "I mean no harm, I just heard you crying and thought you needed my help" I said gently as I walked closer to her. She leaned back as I got closer but allowed me to sit next to her on the stump. I placed my hand on her shoulder in a comforting way while she eyed me and watched my every move, analyzing if I was a danger. When she saw that I was no harm, she relaxed her pose but still watched me.
"Let's start with names. My name is Isabella Marie Whitlock Mason Cullen, but I prefer Bella. What about you?" I said with a slight hint of a southern accent. She looked at me strangely before a tiny smile tugged at the corner of her lips and replied, "Hello Bella, my name is Briana Tanner, but you can call me Bree." She stuck out her hand and I gladly took it with a smile on my face. She was a very nice newborn, maybe a little emotional, but still not like anything compared to the crazed and blood thirsty newborns I had taught in the south.
"Pleased to meet you Bree. May I ask why you were so upset just a minute ago?" I asked concerned as I watched the happiness wipe right off her face only to be replaced with sheer depression and worry. She looked like she would cry and her lip pouted a bit giving her an even younger appearance. I touched her hand and looked into her eyes while frowning in concern. "You don't have to tell me if it is too painful." She lifted her head and looked at me with a strange expression on her face, almost like she was weighing her options. Finally she sighed and got up from the stump. She walked around in a circle before facing me again and playing with her hands. She bit her lip and looked away from me while inhaling a shaky breath. I stood up and walked over to her to place my hand on her shoulder.
She smiled at me and seemed to have made up her mind because she replied, "I was just walking home from my friend's house going to meet my brother at the local restaurant, but then I heard a scream near an ally way so I went to check it out to make sure everyone was fine. I know, I know, it was stupid of me, but I couldn't just ignore it. The closer I got to the ally way the louder the screaming was. When I walked into the ally, I was attacked by a vampire. She bit me and turned me because she thought I was of great use to her. When I woke up she told me what I was and how I was to survive. I went hunting with her and started killing everyone in sight because my throat burned so much and it felt so good to be refreshed. But when I started to realize what was happening, I ran away. I found out last week that she got my older brother and changed him. He is currently going through his transformation but I don't know what to do so I ran away. It scares me too much to watch him because it brings back my memories." She choked out before breaking down sobbing again and covering her face with her hands.
I felt so much sympathy for this girl, she reminded me of myself. I brought her crying figure into my arms and held her tightly to my chest. This position reminded me of something, not Edward, but of the little girl who I had saved from Kara and Katy. Bree wrapped her arms around my waist and cuddled her face into my chest while I placed my head on top of hers. "It's going to be okay Bree, I promise. But you shouldn't have left your brother alone, he needs you right now. Bring me to him so I can help, and if you would like I can show you another way to survive from animal blood?" She stopped sobbing and looked up at me with wide eyes. A smiled formed on her face that got bigger by the second. "R-Really? Thank you so much Bella!" She squealed and hugged me. I heard her gasp and grab my hand, dragging me through the forest at her top speed which was easy to maintain considering I was pretty fast (not as fast as my husband however).
I continued to run with her leading me through the woods until we finally heard the male screams coming from a few miles west. We were now far away from my family and I knew I should have told them where I was going or got them to come with us, but I didn't want to overwhelm Bree. She flinched when she heard his screams and I ran faster trying to get to him. "How did you creator find your brother? How long ago were you changed?" I asked Bree urgently, I needed to know what I was dealing with. "His name is Nicholas Tanner, but I call him Nick. I was changed about a month ago, but I was with my creator until last week when she decided to hunt Nick." I nodded my head as we began to get deeper into the forest almost coming across a town. We were so close; Nick's yells for help were almost next to my ear.
Although once I broke through the trees to look around for the screaming male, I came face to face with a screaming vampire. He was a foot taller than me with the same shade of hair as Bree and bright red eyes. He stopped when he saw us and smirked at Bree. I looked around confused, what the hell was happening? "Good job sister, I didn't think you had it in you." Nick laughed at my confused expression and walked over to Bree. I turned around and flinched when I saw the evil smirk on her face. Where was the innocent newborn I saw five minutes ago? "What's going on?" I asked confused and honestly…a little scared. Was this a trap? I really hope not, oh how I regret not telling my family now.
"Well Bella, you see…me and Nick sort of made a deal with our creator. If we captured you, we can be set free. You honestly believed we are newborns you insolent little girl? I am probably older than you!" Bree cackled out while I stared wide eyed at the couple in front of me. Oh god, NO! This WAS a trap. How could I have fallen for something like this? I had plenty of experience with newborns; I should have seen this coming. I am so stupid! UGH!
"So… who is this lovely creator of yours?"I asked while throwing in a smirk of my own. If I was trapped at least I would keep some of my dignity. Nick and Bree looked at each other and laughed evilly while turning back to look at me like a snake looking at a mouse. "Oh…I think you know her…" Nick trailed off walking forward and clasping his hands behind his back. Bree smirked and played along. "A tall girl with midnight black hair and…" she trailed off while Nick finished for her, "…red eyes…" They were really creeping me out with this 'twin' thing they had going on.
"And the cunning ability to seek revenge." A feline voice replied from behind me. My body froze and the venom in my body ran cold. I could pick that voice out of a crowd anywhere. The voice that had haunted me for years, which had been in my every worst imagination. The last voice I had heard before I died. I spun around on my heels and stumbled back a bit by the devious predatory smile on her animalistic face.
"Kara!" I gasped out while staring at her in horror. She laughed aloud while looking behind me and curling her finger forward. I turned around and saw ten other newborns lurk out of the forest. I was out numbered. Unlike Nick and Bree, these were actual newborns. I would know this because they were all snarling at me with a wild look in their eyes and I knew that with the snap of her fingers, Kara would have them take me down.
I was at a loss for words. What could I have said? Kara I am so sorry for running away, but I had to escape from your way of life, please forgive me and move on? I thought she had moved on, it has been quite a while since anyone has brought up the newborns wars. Mainly my family tried to avoid that topic for my sake. At the thought of my family, my cold dead heart clenched. I needed to escape, for them. I crouched low to the ground with wild eyes and bared teeth. A fierce snarl ripping through my clenches teeth as I sneered at the growling newborns in front of me.
One of the males charged at me, probably because he could take another second of the tension. I grabbed him by his shoulders and flipped him over me while I side kicked another female who had lunged at me. The male charged again from behind me but I spun around and grabbed his outstretched arms before swinging him into the oncoming female. They went sailing into the forest just as another pair doubled up on me. I bit into the girls shoulder when she tried to grab my throat, and she screamed out loud making the male get angrier. Oh great, another mated couple. I know from my time as a newborn trainer that the more you mess with their emotions the easier it is to take them down.
I sunk my teeth into her neck and ripped her head right of her shoudlers while ripping the arm off her mate and tossing it with her head a few miles back. He snarled and punched me in the jaw making me stumble back from the force. I landed on the floor and he landed on top of me. His eyes were wide as he ogled at my throat, so I took my chance and I shot my hand out and effectively ripped his head off. Two down, eight more to go. The other couple that I dealt with earlier charged back at me but this time I was prepared. I snatched the girls arm and flipped her over me. I dragged her closer to my body and pressed my foot on her chest while I placed my firm grip in her wrist and forearm. I pulled and was rewarded with her animalistic shriek of pain. The male charged at me actually nipped my neck, but I quickly shoved him off ignoring the sting near my frozen artery. I kicked him in the chest sending him a few feet away when the girl sprung up just in time for me to smack her head so hard it came off and rolled to the ground near the male. He snarled and jumped in the air, aiming to pounce on me when suddenly I was thrown backwards into a tree by another male with black hair. They used the other one as a distraction; obviously Kara taught them a few of my skills. Shit.
I grabbed the one with the black hair and kicked him in the gut hard enough for him to fall to his knees in front of me. I punched is head and sent it flying backwards towards the oncoming girl with red hair. She grabbed me around the neck while I was trying to defend myself against the male that had pounced on me, but when I felt her teeth at my neck I froze and the male took his chance to shove me into the ground and tie my hands behind my back while the female kept her head near my throat, waiting for her orders. I was going to kick them both off when suddenly four more bodies were on me. The most newborns I had taken on at a time were four, there were six of them and they were actually well trained with their enhanced strength. Pardon my French, but I was screwed.
I heard that bitches sick twisted laugh as she walked slowly closer to me, taunting me with her small victory. She placed her hand on the newborn with the red hair and leaned down to look at me. I hated the way she looked down at me, almost with a sick twisted pity in her eyes. It made me feel so vulnerable, yet she just stared at me with her sparkling red eyes and twisted smirk on her cat-like face. "I've won Isabella. Give up now." Kara said in a whisper while stroking my cheek. I hissed and tried to snap at herm, but was shoved roughly into the ground. Kara laughed and said, "Riley, take her back to the base camp and tie her up in the cell. I want to show her to my friend." I was confused, who was Riley? And she had a cell? Did she say base camp, as in Texas? Wait…she had friends? My head hurt and I might have been the first vampire to experience a migraine.
"As you wish princess" A husky voice replied from behind me as I was lifted roughly off the ground and held in place by two newborns on each of my sides. I looked back to see who replied to Kara, only to find the newborn male who pounced on my and wouldn't seem to give in to his emotions. I thought he was one of the most trained out of all of them; he must be her new second in command. And the way he said 'princess' made me want to gag. Kara had a mate named Thomas a few years before I was born. She said he was fighting with her as newborns in a war against another army, and he was killed. I felt symphony for her, only until she told me she decided to create more newborns because of what had happened. Thomas's death led her to be like this, but Riley probably didn't know anything about Thomas. She killed her old army and her leader, and then rebuilt an army for her own.
I struggled against the newborns, thrashing around widely as they continued to drag me off to her base camp which I thought could only mean Texas. I haven't been back there ever since I escaped, and it scared me to no end. I didn't want to relieve those memories, I didn't want to be a part of her war, but most importantly, I didn't want to be torn away from my family…again. I contained my sobs as I hung my head and clenched my eyes closed. I heard Kara say to Bree and Nick, "Burn those four newborns, just so we don't give Bella's coven any clues as to if she had survived." My heart broke in half.
Edward Anthony Mason Cullen's POV:
"Yeah Eddie, go find Bella. I am off limits" Emmett joked while I just growled at him and stalked off. I heard Rosalie's victorious laughter behind me as I launched myself into the forest.
I had just left Emmett and Rosalie behind to continue with their PDA. Carlisle and Esme were a few miles south of me, closer to the house. I was in desperate need to have my wife in my arms, and I felt this strange pull that she needed me as well. I set off farther north trying to find her scent, but when I came across another scent mixed with hers, I started to panic. I sniffed the air and gasped when I caught another scent mixed in with hers and the other one. That means she was with two nomads. I launched myself farther into the forest, going faster by the second. I smelled another vampire, and another, and another. Soon a smelt about thirteen different scents and I was going to fastest I had ever ran. "Bella!" I started to yell, hoping she would return it. I continued following the dissolving trail, but as the scents got stronger, my voice got louder. "BELLA!" I screamed out as I got to a site where her scent was surrounding the entire thing. I looked around widely, trying to find any signs of where she was, but all I got was the thirteen different scents, a few shards of clothing, and a pile of ashes with my wife's scent coating the top.
I heard a strangled noise and it took me a few seconds to realize it was me gasping in un-needed breaths of air. I was hyperventilating as I looked around the site once more, the ashes in front of me taunting me. I looked closer and walked over to the ashes. I saw something sparkling on top of it, as I leaned in closer I felt my heart break in half. It was my wife's wedding ring. The ashes…were Bella.
I dropped to my knees and clenched the ring in my hands while holding my other hand in a fist near the ashes. My body hunched over as I shook with each sob that burst from my lips. I screamed in agony and sobbed louder as I shook with each one. I felt my family coming closer and even calling my name, but I didn't respond, I only sobbed louder.
They burst through the trees and ran over to me holding looks of utter concern and worry. Carlisle knelt by me and put a hand on my harm, "Son, what happened?" I couldn't respond, I tried to calm myself by taking a few deep breathes but they just turned into sobs and I fisted my hands into my face. "Edward…where is Bella?" Rosalie's hesitant voice rang out in the forest and I felt the hand on my shoulder go rigged. Everyone took in the scenery around us and saw the pile of ashes on the ground and smelt the different scents mixed in with their sister and daughters.
Esme gave a big sob and fell to her knees behind Carlisle, cradling her face into her palms as she wept for another lost child. Rosalie's sobs were muffled as she buried her face into Emmett, who was trying to contain himself but his facial expressions and thoughts told me differently. Carlisle was for the first time I had met him, at loss for words. He looked like he was burning from the inside out, I knew him and Bella had a special connection like I did with him. She was his first daughter who had helped his first son regain his humanity.
My family and I sat there for hours just staring at the pile of ashes. I was still sobbing the loudest along with Esme and Rose, but only when it started to rain and the ashes dissolved way, did Emmett and Carlisle finally let their cries of agony lose.
Lansing, Michigan, 1963
Jasper Whitlock's POV:
"When are we going to move, this place has hardly any good shopping towns?" My peppy wife Alice asked me as we cuddled up next to each other on our sofa in our small cottage. We were moving soon, it has been four years and people would start to question our strange non changing appearances. I tried to stay as far away from the south as possible, so Alice and I always moved either North East or North West. "We should leave during the upcoming week; have any idea where you would like to travel to?" She smiled at me and her eyes glazed over.
Her smile got wider and she nodded her head so quickly I was worried it would snap off. "I had a vision! I don't think we will be traveling alone for much longer…" She trailed off and smiled looking out the window, not in a vision but just imagining something. No matter what it was, if it made my wife this happy I was going to comply. "What do you mean Ali?" She bounced out of my lap and stood in front of me with a huge smile on her face.
"I mean we are going to be a part of a coven!" She yelled as I got off the couch and took her in my arms to calm her down. A coven sounded nice, but we were not like other vampires, we were animal drinkers. "But, darl'in, aren't we going to have a problem with our…um...mixed diets?" She stopped her bouncing and looked up at me with her sparkling gold eyes and said, "They're just like us, Jaz!"
I never would have believed that there were other like us, but I had never second guessed my wife's visions before. "Alright, it looks like we have to go find them." She smiled widely at me and we started o pack our clothes. "Where are we going to meet them Alice?" She looked up at me and said, "Forks, Washington."
No, no it's not the last time they will be in Forks and Bella won't be meeting them this time they are there. Sorry for the late update, please RIEVIEW! THANKS FOR READING!