Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday guys, I had an assignment due today (and you know how it is...) Anyway, I feel bad but never mind, here is the next chapter!

Thanks once again to all of you who have reviewed! Only the epilogue to go now.

Disclaimer: Twilight and Percy Jackson and the Olympians, including the characters and the settings are the property of Stephanie Meyer and Rick Riordan respectively. I've just applied my imagination. (Also, I don't own Monty Python either, nor anything else you might recognise in this chapter, such as the idea of narwhals all beaching themselves. I got that inspiration from Michael Morpurgo's novel Why the Whales Came.)

We conduct a rescue mission

"Hey Elle?"

"Mmm?"

"If you could be a book, which one would you be?"

I sat up from the bed and stared at him. Did he really just say that?

"Seriously?"

"Well, yeah. I'm not asking as a joke."

"You know that's not what I meant."

"What did you mean then?"

"Well, about a year ago it was which house I would be sorted into if I went to Hogwarts. Then before that it was if I had a fish tail, what colour it would be. Then a century ago you continually wanted to know what animal I would be if I could be any animal and before that it was which god I would be if Norse mythology was real. And now you want to know which book I would be? Not only is reading severely out of character for you, this is also just plain weird."

"Hey! It was just a simple question."

"Well, I have absolutely no idea."

"But you read more than I do so you'd know better."

"Well I don't think I would be a book at all. They tend to disintegrate in water."

"Yeah, but for the sake of the argument-"

'This isn't an argument."

"Ha! It is now."

"Is not."

"Is too."

"Is not."

"Is too."

"Is not. This is simply contradiction."

"AHA!" exclaimed Apollo, pointing his finger at me. "I knew you liked Monty Python. I knew it! Hermes owes me a stack of drachmas!"

I rolled my eyes.

"I swear you are sometimes more ADHD than your children."

"At least I keep things interesting. Anyway, you still haven't answered my question."

"I don't think it deserves an answer. But maybe if you care so much you should ask Athena."

"That's what I did when I couldn't decided which Hogwarts house you'd fit into. She just looked at me funny and walked off."

"Count yourself lucky."

"Hey, it's not like she could hurt me."

"What ever floats your boat."

"You know, that analogy does not really work. The water makes the boat float. So does the air, or the pressure, or something. I don't know, you should know more about this stuff than me."

Thankfully, I was saved from answering by a knock at the door.

"Come in," I called.

The door opened to reveal-

"Hermes!" yelled Apollo. "Guess what! Elle likes Monty Python! I told you so, I told you she was not completely boring-"

"Hey!"

"Guys!" interrupted Hermes. "I've got a message for you, Ella, came through maybe two minutes ago… disruption in the water near the Isles of Scilly."

"What's going on?" I asked.

"I don't know for sure," said Hermes, "But one of the Nereids from the area sent the message saying they needed some help. There was something stopping the from going anywhere near the place."

"Why hasn't my father sorted this out?" I asked.

"He's busy doing something in Mariana trench, Amphitrite's watching over Atlantis and Triton's busy at the moment. Being a messenger is a really taxing job, you know. But anyway, you'll have to go. You weren't busy, were you?"

"Nope," I said, glancing at Apollo. He seemed a little put out, but he understood that duties came first, as do all gods. "So, Isles of Scilly? The islands to the south west of the United Kingdom? Approximately 49°56′10″N 6°19′22″W?"

"Not exactly," said Hermes. "I mean, it is near the Isles of Scilly, but not actually them, if you know what I mean. The Nereid just used them as a point of reference."

"She couldn't have given me coordinates?" I groaned.

"Hey, coordinates are a mortal invention," said Apollo.

"Yeah, and so are iPods and cell phones," I muttered.

"All she said was to meet her near to the north of Gweal," said Hermes.

"That's one of the smaller islands," I said nodding. "But still… she could have been a little more specific."

"Don't look at me," said Hermes, holding up his hands. "I'm just the messenger. Speaking of, I've got to go. You'll be all right?"

"Yep," I said.

"Hey, wait," called Apollo. "Hermes, I will not forget that bet. You owe me!"

"Whatever," he replied, then darted out the door and disappeared.

"So," said Apollo, standing up with me. "You have to go now."

I didn't see the need to answer.

"Do you think I could help?"

"Not sure," I said. "If there is anything you can do I'll message you when I get there… but you've probably got other things to do, don't you?"

"Yeah, I suppose," sighed Apollo. "Anyway, I guess I'll see you later. Good luck."

He kissed me quickly, then headed out the door. I sighed, and then quickly teleported to the water near the Isles of Scilly.

When I arrived, I was immediately grabbed by a Nereid. She directed me away from the Islands.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"West, Lady," she said. "There is something wrong."

"How do you mean?"

"The Hippocampi need help," she replied. "They are stranded… but we can't help. There is something in the water. The fish are scared, they won't go near. We can't get close either, it is almost like there is a presence there which repels us. Our bodies will not allow us to swim up to help."

"That's odd," I said, frowning. "Take me in as close as you can."

She nodded, and we began swimming twice a fast.

It was not far from the Isles of Scilly, so I suppose the Nereid had done the right thing by telling me to go there. Besides, she did find me right away so she clearly knew what she was doing. We swam a couple of miles west, just far enough that wherever we were heading to would be too far to see from the most western side of the Isles, but no further.

Then suddenly, the Nereid stopped. She had an expression of pure fear on her face.

"I am sorry, my Lady," said the Nereid, "But I cannot go any further. I wish to, but I can't."

"That's okay," I said. I may have sounded slightly distracted, for suddenly I was surrounded by a huge school of fish.

Help us, Lady!

There is something in the water…

The hippocampi need help!

They're going to eat us!

I was pretty sure it wasn't the hippocampi that they were talking about, as they were strictly vegetarian.

I'll do my best, I told them. Then I looked back to the Nereid.

"Back off a little so you are more comfortable," I said. "But don't go too far, I may need help. If I do, I'll see if I can get rid of the source of this disturbance before I call, okay?"

"Yes, my Lady."

She turned to leave, but I called out to stop her.

"One more thing. Tell me, what is your name?"

"Flow, my Lady."

"Nice to meet you then, Flow. Now, get going."

As soon as I got out of the swirling mass of fish, I realised that I could feel it, too. There really was something in the water. Luckily, it didn't repel me like it did the Nereids. Unfortunately, I had felt it before, several months ago in the water near an Island of the coast of South America…

I swore, and increased my pace.

It had better not be them. If it wasn't, it meant that I could burn whoever it was to ashes without incurring the wrath of Aphrodite for incinerating her new favourite couples. Or, second favourite, I suppose I should say. She still holds a soft spot for Percy and Annabeth.

Finally I reached the beach, and then I came out of the water in a way that was quite similar to the version of Triton in Disney's The Little Mermaid. The scene on the beach was something absolutely terrible. A scene that was any sea deity's worst nightmare.

The sand was a mass of writhing bodies, almost a hundred creatures that had been caught out by the shallow water and beached themselves. This had probably started when just one creature was unfortunate enough to go too close to the beach and got caught by the tide, and then the others tried to help but only got stick themselves.

The majority of the creatures were narwhals, but dispersed amongst them were about twenty hippocampi, which had probably tried to help. Hippocampi were not all that smart, but they were very kind at heart and had probably tried to help. They had an advantage of the narwhals in the fact that they were not so heavy and so were not dying of the pressure, but they were quickly dying out.

But that was not all, for standing in the shallows, looking like they were trying to drag the poor creatures across the sand were seven vampires.

I swore again, and this time they heard me and turned, startled.

If I were in any other situation I would have found their expressions comical, but I had a lot on my mind.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" I screeched. "GET OUT OF THE WATER – OUT, NOW!"

"Ella!" called Alice. "We need to help them – they're dying! And these horse-fish things-"

"I thought you realised how much your presence in the water disrupts all those living there, Alice," I growled. "Now do as I say and get out or I will destroy you all."

Thankfully, my aura of 'scary powerful goddess' seemed to work and they all stumbled away. The creatures they past as they went became even more terrified than they already were, trashing about and further lowering their chances of survival. Many of the narwhals had tipped sideways, meaning their blowholes were in the water and they could not breathe.

My mind felt like it was splitting with all the cries for help. Every creature was so scared. They found themselves somewhere they had never seen and they were in so much pain…

I quickly let the water bring me back down to the beach, and then I knelt down beside the head of one of the poor things. It's eye rolled as it looked at me.

Help us, Lady. Help us!

I swallowed, then growled, and stood. I raised my hands and forced the water back, pushing the tide further out so the narwhals on their sides could breathe. Unfortunately, this would also mean that they would dry out more quickly.

Listen up! I called in my mind. I made sure I did so very loudly and forcefully in order to break through their fear. I need you all to stay very still, or you will die. I'm going to help you… but please, stay still, and try to stay calm.

They seemed to calm a little, but they were still terrified and many were still thrashing, their fear too great to listen to my advice. I quickly turned back into the water and submerged myself, before letting out a loud, high pitched screech. It reverberated around the water, bouncing off rocks and the ocean floor and speeding out in all directions.

The screech was a cry for help, a communication technique similar to that used by dolphins. Any Nereid or merman or merwoman or sea deity in the vicinity ould hear me and know that I needed their assistance. Then as quickly as I could I went back to the beach and got to work.

First I focused on those which had flipped over. I concentrated on the ocean and formed tendrils of water, bringing them close to a narwhal in need. Then I used the tendrils like levers, quickly pushing the creature back onto it's belly.

Many forms began rising from the ocean as I worked. Flow was one of the first, quickly stepping out of the water and rushing to a Hippocampi whose skin was almost completely dry. Soon, another two Nereids emerged, followed by an old man who looked a little like a seal and then a young boy with the armour of a crab.

Suddenly, the ocean surged and another figure emerged.

"Ella!" he called.

"Triton!"

"I was in the area – what's going on here?"

"We need help," I called. "Please, go an get more help!"

And we did need more help. We could not simply cause the water to rise as those on their sides and those that were weak would drown. Neither could we slowly rise the water as many of the narwhals were still thrashing, and they were flipping back onto their sides at the same pace as we were putting them n their bellies. The Hippocampi had actually listened and were not struggling, but they were fading fast. We couldn't move them because they were boxed in by narwhals.

We did manage to get a couple of the narwhals back into the water, but they simply swam back to beach in response to the terrified cries of their friends.

"My Lady!" called Flow, running up to me. "There are too many! We can't lose all these Hippocampi, they are the only ones in the area-"

"I know," I said, struggling with another narwhal. "But we can't leave these. Although I don't know what they are doing so far south."

"We need more help," she agreed.

"What about us?"

The two of us turned sharply to see Esme standing behind us, looking like she would be crying heavily if she could. Flow gasped and ducked behind me in fear.

"You can't," I said. "They are all scared of you."

"Wouldn't it be better for them to be scared than dead, though?" she asked.

"They would thrash more," I countered. "You would only make more flip onto their sides."

"Maybe they could help," whispered Flow timidly, stepping out from behind me a little. "They could stand in the water as we push the others into the water, and then they would be too scared to return."

"That would not work," I said. "As you said, we need more help, and if they are in the water no one else would be able to come. You remember how you felt when they were in the water?"

Flow shuddered.

"Exactly."

"But there is something else," said Flow, if possible, she looked even more scared than before. "Maybe you could give them the blessing of the sea…"

"To vampires?" I asked. Flow flinched, and I figured the extra fear was due to her worry of offending me.

"Only temporarily, of course. Just enough so we could recognise them as a friend."

"But then they could not scare the narwhals anyway," I said.

"But they could help," said Flow. "They are strong."

I considered this for a second, before I realised she was right. What choice did we have? I may be a goddess, but I couldn't help these poor creatures without drowning them.

"Fine," I said. "Flow, quickly go and help the other keep the creatures wet and breathing, just for now. Esme, come with me to the others. We must be fast."

Esme nodded and brought me to the other six vampires. Not all of them looked happy about this, but the fact that they did not comment proved how disturbed they were by all this and how much they wanted to help.

"Okay, I said, "We need to be quick. I am going to give you the blessing of the sea, so you can help us without scaring the narwhals and hippocampi to death. Do you understand?"

I don't think they did, but I didn't let them respond.

"I am going to say something in Greek. Once I am done, I need you to say 'I do,' alright? That means that you accept it. Right then, Esme. Come here." She did, and I rested my hand on her shoulder. "Esme Cullen, I hereby bestow you with the blessing of the sea. You must help the creatures you see, and aid the ocean in times of need. Do you accept the blessing?"

"I do."

"Good. Then let the ocean be within you."

I quickly did the same for the other six, and then turned back to the writhing mass of bodies.

"Come on, then. We have no time."

The vampires all threw themselves into the task, and with their speed and strength we soon had all the creatures upright. They were amazed to find that the animals didn't shy away from them, but didn't let it bother them. Also, with the vampires flipping it meant the Nereids and the other two were able to focus on letting water flow over the narwhals and hippocampi, keeping them wet and cool without drowning them.

But we had a major problem. The poor things were too weak to go into the ocean – the hippocampi would be fine, but the narwhals would drown. And the Narwhals were quickly fading, as their body weight was too much to be able to deal with being out of the water.

"How can we do this?" I growled.

Crab boy spoke to me with some weird squelchy clicky noises, but I was able to understand.

We need to get them back into the water.

"I know, but how? Some of them can't, and those that can just keep coming back."

We need a way to stop them.

"I know we do, but what?"

"I think I might be able to help."

I turned. Edward.

"How? They aren't scared of you anymore, and you know we need the water clear in case more Nereids-"

"I read a book once, where humans had to help narwhals in a very similar situation. They needed to repel the narwhals from the beach."

Crab boy had already turned back to the job, but I kept listening to Edward.

"So? What did they use?"

"Fire."

"Great! So, have you got any matches or-"

"No," sighed Edward. "We didn't bring anything here wth us, we were only-"

"Great," I sighed, in a completely different tone to before. "So now we need…"

I paused. Didn't I say I would call him if we needed his help?

"Edward, thanks!" I called, pulling a drachma out of my pocket. I quickly pulled up some water from the ocean and made it into a mist, forming a rainbow in the midday sun. Then I pulle a drachma out of my pocket.

"Oh Iris, Goddess of the rainbow, please accept my offering! Show me Apollo!"

"Elle! How are you going?"

"We need you're help," I said, quickly giving him our location. "Please come as soon as you can!"

"On it!"

The image disappeared, leaving me standing still with a stunned Edward.

"Well?" I asked. "Quickly, we need to keep these poor things cool."

Thankfully, Apollo kept his word and was very, very quick. He must have been hanging out in the area because he appeared in about two minutes, landing the chariot at the top of the beach.

"Elle, what can I do to help?"

I quickly explained the situation, and his expression fell a little.

"But Elle, you know I'm not the god of fire. That's Hephaestus."

"Yes, but you are the god of the sun. And basically the sun isfire, right?"

"Yeah, but-"

"Please, Apollo! We need help, and none of the others would help me. We don't have enough… I can't…"

"Shh," he said, his face determined. "We've got this. I'll do my best."

I nodded, then pulled him over to the others who were still darting around the beach.

"Alright, listen up!" I called. "Here's what we're going to do. Vampires, you will gently lift up the narwhals and hippocampi, starting with the strongest, and place them in the water. Apollo will do his best to keep them from coming back.

"Nereids and everyone else with control over the ocean, you will all be in the water, supporting those who do not have much strength until they recover."

"Which shouldn't be long," interrupted Apollo. "I can try and speed up the process."

"But my Lady," called one of the Nereids, "There are not enough of us. We can't support all those Narwhals."

"We can," I said. "I will do most of the work, you just have to make sure they can continue to breathe."

"But even so-"

"Numbers are not a problem."

I grinned.

"Triton! You're back!"

"With help." He gestured behind him.

"Did you bring everyone in a thousand mile radius?" I asked, awed.

"Near enough," he said. "You did say you needed a lot of help."

"Thanks," I said.

"No problem baby sis."

I would have decked him, but it wasn't exactly the time.

"Right," I said. "So everyone knows their part. Those of you who have legs, assist the vampires! There are enough of us now."

The beach broke out into a frenzy, but this time things were much more organised. Triton and I worked together to increase the density of the water, making it easier for those who were keeping the more tired creatures which were closer to death. The sea spirits which possessed legs were manipulating water to grab the stronger creatures and place them in the water while the vampires were gently picking up the weaker ones, carefully placing them into the waves and then sprinting up to grab another, moving so quickly they almost looked like they were teleporting.

Meanwhile, Apollo walked up and down in the water parallel to the beach at a depth that would be over the heads of most normal humans, but he had adjusted his height so it was only at his waist. He slashed at the air with his hands, leaving a line of light blazing parallel to the shore, acting like a barrier. It wasn't fire, exactly, but it was bright and it was hot, so it worked the same. The fleeing hippocampi and narwhals sped through it the first time with ease, but if they turned and tried to return to the beach, they were unable to pass through the barrier. Pretty soon, the water about a hundred feet from shore was full of swimming creatures, all unsure of how they could help yet unwilling to leave their still distressed friends.

True to his word, as soon as Apollo was satisfied with his barrier, he walked back into the shallows (downsizing as he did so) and helped heal the most weak of the narwhals. He walked between the mermen and the Nereids and placed a hand on the top of each creature's head, muttering in ancient Greek. Only a couple of minutes after his ministrations, the narwhals would be ready to swim off.

Eventually, the beach was still. There were no living creatures left on it… but there were some which we had not managed to save.

Everyone stopped what they were doing, apart from Apollo, who walked back into the ocean. I didn't know what he was doning, but then he started pushing his barrier further out. Understanding, I quickly joined him and formed a current which pushed the narwhals further out to sea, and the hippocampi with them. Poor things. They were only trying to help.

But then maybe it was a good thing the hippocampi had been there, as they were the ones that had alerted the Nereids that they needed help. If they had not been caught on the beach, all the narwhals would have died.

Once they had all left, Apollo and I headed back to the beach to find all the helpers dispersing. I thanked as many as I could manage, but they all waced it off. They may have been responding to my call, but if they had known beforehand they would have helped anyway.

Triton also needed to rush away.

"You did good today, little sis."

"Back at ya, bro," I said.

"Please don't say that," groaned Triton. "Olympus might be in America these days and you may spend heaps of your time there, but you can at least still talk with… well, not even proper grammar but acceptable grammar. Please?"

"Then stop calling me 'little sis', or 'baby sis' for that matter."

"Whatever."

"Aha! That was so 21st Century."

"I hate you."

"Aw, love you too, bro."

"ANYWAY, if you would let me finish, I really mean it when I say you did a good job. Father would be proud."

"Thanks, Triton," I said.

"No problem. But Ella?"

"Yeah?"

"As much as they helped and as much as you were very smart for doing it, you might want to remove the blessing of the sea from that lot. Father will not be pleased that you gave it to a group of vampires."

"I know."

"Anyway, I have to go now. Being a messenger is-"

"Hard work, I know. I get that all the time from Hermes."

"He has no reason to complain! The sea is so much big-"

"For the love of Poseidon, just go!"

Pretty soon, the only ones left on the beach were the Cullens, Apollo and I.

"So I should probably get back to driving the sun around now," sighed Apollo, glancing over at his Maserati.

"I know," I said, wrapping my arms around him. "ut surely we deserve a little break."

"You know we never get breaks, not really. Anyway, you know what Zeus would say. He seems to think your time was a mortal was a vacation."

"Hmph. I'd like to see him go through puberty."

"Technically, he's done that already."

"Yeah, but he got to fight the titans in a war. I was stuck in high school."

"Point taken." He pressed his lips against mine.

A short cough interrupted us, and we both looked over to the Cullens.

"Can we help you?" asked Apollo.

"Well we were just wondering-" started Carlisle, but he was interrupted by Emmett.

"Dude, you're awesome! That weird light thing you did- that was so cool!"

"Well, I am pretty awesome," agreed Apollo. "In fact, I think I feel a poem coming on."

"Oh no," I groaned, detaching myself from him and putting my hands over my ears.

"Elle!" cried Apollo. "Are you insinuating something about my poetry?"

"Well…"

"You're the god of poetry though, right, Apollo?" asked Alice. At his look she quickly backtracked. "I mean, erm, sir?"

"Yep," he said. "I'm quite good at it, too. Right now I'm kind of fond of haikus-"

"Yeah, and I still owe Ares a hiding for suggesting you go to Japan," I grumbled.

"You want to take on the god of war?" asked Jasper, surprised.

"Not on my own," I countered. "I have every single god as well as the Hunters, most of the Demigods and pretty much every immortal creature on my side. It's probably the most united we've ever been."

"Hey!" exclaimed Apollo. "What's wrong with haikus?"

"Although, I do suppose they are better than the limericks," I sighed. "Maybe that's why Ares sent you to Japan, although I doubt he has that much intelligence."

"Okay then, maybe I'll do a sonnet instead."

"How about you just save it until later?" I asked. "I bet Artemis and her Hunters would love to hear it. She is your sister after all."

Apollo looked at me shrewdly.

"Okay, fine."

"Um, I don't mean to interrupt or anything," said Carlisle a little timidly. "But If I could just ask…"

"Yes?" I asked.

"Well, how did you know to come here?"

"The hippocampi sent out a distress signal. One of Nereids that heard it tried to help, but she couldn't get close enough to this island because you guys were in the water. So she sent a message through Hermes who told me to go to the Isles of Scilly where I met the Nereid who brought me here."

"You mean that if we hadn't been here you could have come a lot sooner and possibly saved all those poor animals?" asked Esme, looking at the ten or so dead creatures that littered the beach.

"Yes, most likely," I said. "If they weren't not so drained when I got here I simply could have caused the tide to come in and push them back out to sea. But in the end you did help."

All the Cullens had hung their heads, but they perked up a little at the last bit.

"Um, Elle," said Apollo, "I really should go now. I have a feeling New York is getting a bit chilly, and I don't want any disgruntled family members coming after me-"

"It's okay," I said. "I understand. Go."

He grinned, out his arms around me and kissed me again.

"Love you. And I'll meet you back on Olympus when I'm done?"

"Yes. I still have to tell my father what happened, because I'm sure Triton is too busy, so that sounds good. And I love you too."

I watched as he sauntered back to his car and took off, scorching the sand around it, before I turned back to the Cullens.

"Alright," I said. "Now, I am just as curious as you – what are you doing here?"

"Well," said Emmett, drawing out the word. "You know how a couple of months ago you saw Alice and Jazz on Isle Esme?"

"Yeah."

"And how that Island was an anniversary gift from Carlisle to Esme?"

"Yep."

"Well, I decided that Rosie deserved something cool like that, and she's always liked England, so I thought I'd buy her this one. See, it's out of the way so we can go out in the sun and stuff and no one will see us, and no humans will ever come here unless they got seriously lost on a boat. It is a bit far from the mainland but we have a small house in Cornwall which means we can swim to the mainland, have a shower and then Rose can go shopping or whatever. Or we can use the boat to go on holidays to London or something."

"If this is Isle Rosalie, then why is everyone here?"

"Emmett only just bought the island," said Rosalie. "He's smart enough to know that I would want a say in what the house is like, so we all came here to have a quick look before we design it. That's why we don't have anything with us. We're staying in a hotel on Tresco, all our stuff is there."

"Ah," I said. "Perhaps that's why Flow wanted me near the Isles of Scilly, maybe she first felt the disturbance there…"

I glanced over to the dead narwhals on the beach.

"We're sorry, my Lady," said Carlisle. I nodded.

"I can talk a little more in a bit, but just stand back for moment." They looked a little confused, but did as I said.

I raised my arms, calling the water towards me. I pulled the tide in, covering the beach and the narwhals left behind with salty water. After a couple of minutes, I let the tide flow back out to it's usual position. Once the water had retreated, the narwhals were no longer there.

"What did you do?" asked Jasper.

"I returned them to the sea," I said. "Speaking of, I'd better remove the blessing from you."

"Why?" asked Rosalie, finally speaking up. "For the first time we could be near animals that did not shy away from us. Animals that did not instinctively think we were going to hurt them. Why would we want that taken away? It might mean that for the first time I could sit in the forest and listen to the birds. I could go to the zoo and see the animals without them running away to hide. Can you even imagine what that would feel like?"

"I think I could, Rosalie," I said, "But that would not happen. The blessing of the sea is only really a blessing for those that love the sea. You cannot be far from the ocean without feeling uncomfortable, and it is only the sea creatures that will recognise you as a friend. All other animals will still treat you as a vampire. Also, you heard what Triton said – my father will not be happy. It will be better for all of us if it is removed."

"Fine," huffed Rosalie, seeming like she understood.

All the others nodded, and with their approval Carlisle turned to me.

"Alright then, my Lady. Remove it."

I said the necessary words in Greek for all six of them, and then it was done.

"So, there we are," I said. "Done. Now, as I told Apollo I have something to do, and if I want to make it all the way to the Mariana Trench before nightfall-"

"Are you sure you can't stay a little longer, dear?" asked Esme. I looked at her. "I mean, my Lady."

"I really must go." I began to walk to the shore.

"My Lady!" called Edward. I stopped and looked back at him. He walked forward slowly. "I just want to say… did you really…"

"Edward," I said, sighing. "Look. I meant what I said on Olympus five years ago. You will find someone to love, and you will have a happy life. You're a good guy, once you get past all the nineteenth century values and the 'I-am-holier-than-thou' attitude."

"I came from the twentieth century, not the nineteenth."

"So?"

"Well you see – oh never mind."

"I thought so. Remember, we came from ancient times, and yet we are still able to change. So are you – that's obvious through the way you drive a car. I'm pretty sure those weren't around back when you were human."

"Well, not the same type, no."

"Was there anything else?"

"Well, I actually wanted to say that I'm sorry. Alice and Jasper explained some things to me after they saw you a couple of months ago and I've realised that-"

"Edward-"

"I really shouldn't have-"

"Edward."

"-just disrespectful-"

"EDWARD! You know what's disrespectful? Speaking over a goddess."

He looked like he thought I was about to turn him into a guppy or something.

"It's okay, just this once." Then I spoke up. I knew the other Cullens could hear me loud and clear anyway, but this way they knew I wanted them to hear. "I want the seven of you to listen to me. You know that the world is larger than you thought. You now realise the way things work. I need to you to keep in mind that the only reason I have acted this nice to you is because you were nice to me during my punishment. You need to remember that if you ever encounter another god or goddess, because now that you know we exist it is likely they will wish to meddle with you."

I glanced around at each of their faces, and then smiled slightly. They were not the same family I met back in Forks. They had been through some tough times, and that had changed them.

But they were stronger now. Now everyone had an equal part in the family, and they didn't all just follow Alice's visions. They worked more as a unit, rather than just as a group of seven individuals.

"I'm pretty sure you'll be able to handle whatever they throw at you," I said.

"Thanks, Ella," said Alice. Jasper nodded, agreeing with her. Emmett looked like he wanted to give me a hug, while Rosalie, Carlisle and Esme smiled.

I glanced back to Edward.

"You'll be fine," I repeated. "Just try and be a little happier."

Edward finally allowed himself to smile.

"Will we see you again?" asked Emmett.

"You never know," I said. "Perhaps. We are all going to be on this planet for a long time after all."

And then I stepped back into the ocean and began heading home.

I hope you all enjoyed it! And like I said before, I was inspired by Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo. I would definitely recommend that - great book.

Only the epilogue left! This has gone by fast.