Chambers of the Soul

Summary: Bella lives with her abusive father; Charlie, her older brother; Maxi and her younger sister; Harmony. She almost thinks there's no hope but what happens when the new family comes to town? Will she ever be happy? What if Bella and her siblings became happy and then someone came back to haunt them…

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. All characters and other twilight-related things belong to SM. I only own the storyline.

2 months later

The nurse greeted me with a warm, welcoming smile on her face. "Bella! Nice to see you looking so healthy, sweetie!"

I smiled lightly. I was slowly getting back to my feet. Maxi had been the first to go home with the Cullen's. He'd spent a few more days in the hospital and then he'd finally been released to recover at the Cullen house. I was released 2 weeks after Maxi, and today we were picking up Harmony. We'd stayed with the Cullen's a lot longer than we'd all anticipated and one, cold night, Esme and Carlisle broke the news to us that they were going to adopt us. We were overwhelmed!

Harmony was much better than what she'd been when she'd first been brought here. She was a totally different child. A lot of people couldn't believe that she'd survived it all.

Esme and Rosalie walked beside me as we made our way down the corridor of the children's ward. We were all very excited to take Harmony home. She was excited too.

I slowly pushed the door to her room open and poked my head in. As soon as I did, I was met with round, deep brown eyes. I grinned.

Harmony reached her arms out towards me; her little curls bouncing in the process. "Bella!"

I raced towards the bed and pulled her fragile form into my arms. She was so tiny and vulnerable but I promised I'd take care of her. She wrapped her small little arms around my neck and buried her face in the crook of my neck. "Love you, sissy."

"I love you too." I whispered softly.

The nurse – who was starting to clear Harmony's things – smiled happily. "She's a real trooper. Definitely a fighter. Keep her safe."

I pulled Harmony back to stare into her small face. She stared right back. "Are you ready to go home?"

She looked around the room and then at Esme and Rosalie. I noticed the slight hesitation in her features when she laid eyes on our new family. Despite not being herself for the past few months, Harmony still had a hard time in trusting people. She'd only gotten used to Carlisle – as her doctor – and 2 nurses that came to see her every day. She was still unsure of how to react around the rest of the Cullen's. It was hard for her after the person she trusted her hurt.

"Esme and Rose won't hurt you, sweetie. Remember when I told you we were moving in with them? Like a real family." I tried to calm her nerves.

She turned back to me and pursed her lips. "No Dadda?"

"No, daddy." I assured strongly.

She bobbed her little head and kicked her legs against me. "OK!" She perked up, "Down, down!"

I laughed and lowered her to the ground. "You're not going anywhere in those pajamas!"

She looked down at her pink and white Winnie the Pooh t-shirt and shorts quietly. "Oh." She looked over at the nurse. "You help me get dressed?"

Addie nodded with a smile and retrieved Harmony's new clothes – which Alice had bought the previous weekend – from Rosalie's bag.

When we'd lived with Charlie, Harmony only had one pair of pajamas and 2 pairs of clothes. Having 4 different outfits a day seemed to overwhelm her small brain. When Addie was finished dressing her, she came out of the joint restroom with a little, shining smile on her pale lips. "Look Bella!" She said as she twirled. The dark pink polka dot thrills on the bottom of her trousers matched amazingly with her new 'Hello Kitty' light pink, thrill top and hair bow.

"Wow!" I said in amazement. "Don't you look just dandy!"

She giggled; covering her mouth with her hands. "Silly Bella." She strolled across the room in her little white sandals and hesitantly reached for Rosalie's hand.

Eagerly, Rosalie wrapped her large hand in Harmony's and without a word they made their way out into the corridor.

Esme shot me a look of happiness just before she dragged me to follow Rosalie and my sister.

The sight before my eyes wasn't an image I'd ever thought I'd see. I'd dreamed of it, but I'd never thought it'd become reality. Harmony was skipping gleefully down a corridor holding the hand of a stranger with no care in the world. She had a light tint of pink on her cheeks and her eyes were finally full of life. Her steps each held their own, unique bounciness and she almost swayed from side to side as she went. She was a happy child who was finally experiencing what it was like to be one. It made me want to cry, but I had to be strong for her. She was till very sensitive and unsure and needed a role model.

When the lift came to a stop and she ran to the reception, she abruptly stopped and turned to me. "Come on, Bella! Race me Bella!"

I rolled my eyes at Esme who gave a quiet laugh, and ran after my sister who was already making a run for the door. I caught up with her and pulled her up from behind before she could fully get outside. I swung her around and slobbered her in kisses.

She burst out in a fit of giggles and lit up when she saw the Cullen's car and Maxi standing outside it. "Maxi!"

"Harmony!" He yelled back in the same way and ran to meet us as we crossed the parking lot. "There's my little favorite princess."

She rolled her eyes – a trait she'd picked up from me – and gladly let him help her into her car seat.

She signaled for me to come over to her once Maxi was done and she pulled me down towards her face so that she could whisper something to me. "Your prince charming is here." She giggled and released, turning to look at Edward who was smiling in the front seat.

I shot a shocked-expression at Harmony who laughed at my fake-ness, and said "Hey prince charming!" to Edward which sent her into enough fit of giggles.

It was the most joyful day I'd had in my entire life. I had never seen Harmony this bubbly and full of beans before and it was simply amazing.

"Hey again, Bells." Edward said, reaching to give my hand a tight squeeze before he reached for the wheel. He made sure that Maxi, Rosalie and Esme were all ready to go before he pulled away from the hospital that had been our sanctuary for a few months.

Harmony babbled on to Edward as if there had never been anything wrong. A little after my release, she'd been moved to the children's ward and Edward had visited her everyday. She was okay with talking to anyone, she just didn't like touching or hugging certain people. They'd sit for hours and talk, and talk about pointless stuff – both of them enjoying each others presence.

"Addie helps me draw picture of your wedding," She began telling Edward loudly. "And Bella had on a very pretty dress that was like a princess and you were prince charming and you lived in a castle!"

Edward smiled as he took a turn on the road. "Did I have a white horse?"

Harmony scrunched her eyes up in thought. "No…you had a magical unicorn and he was rainbow!"

"Did he have a name?"

"Lion!" She said, giggling at her little joke.

I laughed too. I knew exactly why she'd named the unicorn lion. She'd expressed her feelings to me about Edward one night when I'd slept at the hospital with her.

Edward looked generally confused. "Lion? But a unicorn is a totally different creature!"

Harmony nodded. "Yes. But his name lion because your hair is like a lion."

Edward looked appalled. "I so do not look like a lion!"

"So do." Harmony reasoned, "Like a big, strong lion!"

He seemed to take that as a compliment. "Oh, okay, then. You may carry on little miss."

She smiled. "You love Bella and you go and bought a baby from the stalk!"

We both looked at each other and then burst out in hysterical laughter. Harmony had gotten one thing right; Edward and I were in love. But the baby thing had just gone way over the top.

"I don't think so, Harmony." I laughed. "I think we'll save up a bit more money before buying a baby, right Ed?"

He stifled his laugh and nodded seriously. "Yup."

Harmony frowned. "Princes no need more money…"

Edward pulled up into the driveway of the Cullen's and as soon as Harmony saw the house again, the conversation was forgotten. As soon as she was out of the car, she ran up to the door to greet the rest of the family.

As we were walking up the path, she poked her head through the blinds in the front room window. "Your baby be called lamb!"

I smiled.

Aw, this was simply too adorable :) I'm glad to get Harmony back. Thank me for not killing the little sweetie :)

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