Chapter: Family ties part 1

Happy Sunday Friends! Get ready for a ride cause its about to get wild!

Alice, Rosalie, and Edward make the ultimate sacrifice.

Rosalie watched Bella stand by the window, her back turned from the rest of the family. Her eyes were closed, and her lips were moving. A sigh escaped her lips as the tension in the room heightened.

She could only imagine the thoughts running through Bella's head.

Was her father, ok? Would he live? Did Victoria get to him? Why go for him and why not her?

At the end of it all, they had to play the waiting game. A waiting game that should not have happened. They should have never been involved with Bella Swan in the first place. They should have killed Victoria from the get-go and then left Bella before things could have gotten worse. But things were worse, and it seemed there was no possible way to get out of it.

Maybe they could go to the Volturi?

As soon as her mind went there, Alice gasped and Edward hissed.

Everyone turned to Alice.

"what is it? did you see something, Alice?"

Alice shook her head.

" Rosalie, Edward? You two need to come with me."

Rosalie and Edward made their way upstairs to Carlisle's study as it was the only soundproof room in the house.

Alice slammed the door and glared at Rosalie.

"Are you crazy!? You will crush Emmett!" she accused

Rosalie walked towards and poked Alice in the chest as she talked.

"Listen here you selfish psychic! The majority of this mess is our fault! We should have walked away before Victoria even came into our lives! And now here we are with Charlie possibly dead and Bella brokenhearted. Do you remember what Bella said about her mother Alice? Charlie is the only parent she has left. A parent who cares, who loves her! he raised her! do you know the devastation her life has taken because of us? im not saying Bella isn't at fault to certain points but let's be honest, she never had a chance once Edward looked her way. She is happy with Paul. He loves her and she loves him! Cant you see that? Or is it just your selfish desire for a sister who likes you or a desire to see her Fall in love with Edward, so that you can play happy family."

Alice opened and closed her mouth. Not having the words to say.

Rosalie turned to Edward.

"you say you love her. if you do, you'd make the right choice. I'll join you if you do, you won't serve them by yourself."

With that said Rosalie left the room.

Paul's sister helps out.

Bella paced back in forth in Cullen's living room. a burning anger and sorrow in her chest.

However, she ignored the fear and continued to pray. One good thing about living in Canada is the faith she had found. She had never been one for religion when she was growing up, her mom was deep into crystals and her father had been raised Baptist but never really embraced. Bella however found her hope in the grocery store one day. She being clumsy broke a whole display of pickles. She was embarrassed to high heavens but to her surprise, the manager a very nice lady in her fifties, told her not to worry about it and then proceeded to introduce Bella to the Christian faith.

She invited Bella to church and Bella decided to go last minute. She had just been so stressed out. Church became her outlet. A few months later, Bella accepted Jesus Christ as her lord and Savior and began volunteering in the church bookstore. It had helped relieve a lot of stress and it gave her hope.

So now as she looked out the window, she prayed silently for her father to be saved from Victoria's clutches.

"Bella?"

She turned to see Edward staring at her.

"yes?"

"Are you happy with Paul?"

"yes? Why? That's not important right now. Im worried about my father."

"I know but im just trying to get your mind off things. Im positive Paul will reach Victoria in time. Can you tell me about the bow and arrow? That stunt you pulled was really dangerous."

Bella sighed as she leaned against the window.

"a year into our marriage, I didn't want to feel weak. Paul would go out and fight vampires and here I was at home. Not that I minded being at home. I loved it. but I wanted to do more. I asked Paul if he would teach me and he did. Paul has a gift with blades. Back home, he's known as the tribe warrior because of how many kills he gets when he is taking down a vampire. Anyway, Paul creates blades made out of vampire skin. When he kills a vampire he takes a body part like an arm or a leg and breaks it into pieces. He won't tell me the rest of the process because it is gross. In human form, he kills vampires with his blades. I on the other hand was given a bow and arrow, so I could kill a vampire from a distance."

"that's… I have no words " Edward told her.

Bella was going to say something but the sound of a very fast car moving up the driveway caught their attention.

Bella gasp as the car came to a stop as it stopped in front of the garage.

Before anyone could stop her, she dashed outside just as the car door opened. Stepping out was a dark skin man with dreads, he wore shades even though it was nighttime.

"theirs me beautiful daughter-in-law!"

"Papa!" Bella greeted as she threw herself in his arms.

The passenger door opened to reveal a woman. She had curly black hair and wore shades.

"Teagan!"

The woman pulled Bella into her arms and rambled something he couldn't understand. Once hugs were given and even a few tears shed, Bella turned to the family who had gathered on the porch.

"Everyone this is my family. This is my father-in-law Julian and my sister-in-law Teagan. They just surprised me from London."

…..

Victoria hissed as she dragged the man behind her.

"Stupid wolves!" she yelled as she jumped from tree to tree. The dogs were closing in on her. she could see the cliff right ahead.

It was then she had an idea. She would jump into the icy depths and while she evaded the wolves, she could drown the human behind her.

She could see the cliff ahead, she was ready to jump and right before she did, something hard and painful cracked down on her shoulder. The pain was so bad, she had to let go of the human. Victoria turned and screamed. A tiger with glowing blue eyes had her shoulder in its mouth.

By now she was surrounded.

There was no way out.