A/N: Hello, everyone! How are you? I just watched Breaking Dawn Part 2 again this weekend. It reminded me of how much I watched the series. I had forgotten how much I loved it. Never mind the fact that Kristen cheated on Rob. I still loved the story.

Chapter 11 Searching

People often looked at vampire-human relationship with raised eyebrow but it wasn't uncommon. It had even been part of our biology classes. A female vampire and male human won't have children as the female vampires have their bodies frozen when they transformed. That meant it's incapable of change. On the other hand, a male vampire and female human could have a baby. That baby would only need to be in the body for 10 days or else it would take a toll on the female body. The main diet for the pregnant woman should be blood.

Anyway, biology had talked about the half-vampire, half-human children. They had the quality of both vampires and humans-they were immortal too. Anyway, female vampire/humans were more humans and male vampire/humans were more vampires (they had venom that they could transform a human to a vampire).

And yet, Edward and I didn't have to worry about it. The two of us being in the relationship was just a ruse to protect me.

"So, where do we start looking for Alice and Jasper?" I asked.

"The Volturi had different properties. They had existed for a very long time and had hidden themselves inside the old structures that didn't even know they were there," Edward explained.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"They had hidden themselves inside the Catholic church. Even the pope doesn't even realize it," Edward said.

Great. The men who was in charge of the church didn't even know that they had parasites living in them.

"How come the Catholics didn't know about them?" I asked.

"Among the good Catholic priests are the parasites-that's what the Volturi leaders were posing as. Priests," Edward said.

I nodded. "What about the rest of the Volturi?" I asked.

"Some pose as nuns. Others pose as monks and parish priests," Edward answered.

I nodded. It was a perfect cover. Monks and lived a secluded life. If they were to enter a monastery that had the vocation of praying for other people, it would seem less likely that they were going to be found out if they decided to drink from the real monks.

"So, Italy is full of old Catholic churches. Where do we start looking?" I asked.

"The Vatican. It keeps over 2,000 years of record. It should help us narrow down the churches," he said.

"How are we going to break to the Vatican? Only the religious were meant to see the records on such short notice," I surmised.

Edward shook his head. "If you're a biblical scholar and had gotten a pass, you can. Carlisle had gotten a pass a long time ago. He wanted to read the original bible and added me as an extension. We're going through the front door-at least I will," he explained.

"How am I going to go in?" I asked him. I mean, wouldn't it make sense?

"As my assistant. Anyway, that's what you'll be doing. You'll be carrying some books and other documents," Edward said.

It seemed very simple. And yet, there should always seems to have a catch.

"You can't come inside the Vatican wearing immodest clothing. You have to wear something a lot less revealing so we'll have to go shopping first," Edward explained.

I shook my head. "I have no money," I told him.

"That's not a problem. I do," Edward said.

"Very well," I said.

The following day, Edward took me shopping. I bought some really long dress that covers my chest. Frankly, I hated the dress. I couldn't move on it. Still, I didn't know what Edward meant when he said modest. I figured that I better be safe than sorry. After all, I'm going to the Vatican. I decided to put on clothes that won't show my armpit, my cleavage, my abs, and my thighs. I was sure I looked ridiculous in my burgundy dress. When I got out, Edward was staring at me.

"I look silly," I told him.

Edward shook his head. "You look beautiful. Shall we go?" he asked.

I nodded. When we got to the Vatican, Edward looked miffed.

There was a sign in Italian-a language that I couldn't understand. At the bottom was an English sign-Vatican closed for maintenance.

What are we going to do now?

End Notes: What do you think? This story had caught me off guard. I had a general idea of what I where I want Bella and Edward to end up. However, there are things in the story that reveals itself as I write the story. It causes some major and minor changes in the story.