consequences part 2

7/31/2019 Consequences Part 2

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Chapter 18

Edward's POV

We quickly arrived home. Jasper was having a bad time with the overwhelming feeling of fear

emanating from everyone. Not for us but for the little three scared children standing in the middle ofthe room that had in only a small amount of time become the centre of all our attentions. We

intended to win this confrontation but the odds were against us since there wasn't enough time for

someone to come and help us, if only Aro arrived... I had never thought the day I would be wishing for

the Volturi visit would come but right now I would pray to make that happen. Maybe there was still

hope. Right now, my priority is my kids who needed to sleep while we decided how we are going to

do this.

"C'mon kids. You should get ready for bed."

"But I want to know what's happening!" Lilly demanded.

"And mommy hasn't even called yet." Lizzie whined.

"I promise that we will talk tomorrow and that if your mother doesn't call while you get ready, I'll call

her myself, okay? But it's late and you are tired so you need to go to bed." I replied gently but firmly.

"But daddy...!" Lizzie continued.

"Your father is right. You need to go to bed."

"Let's go!" I gently pushed them in the stairs' direction, following them. "You need to take a quick

shower before you go to bed. Esme could you help me?" I asked. I hope that today they won't throw a

fit about the shower.

"Sure honey. C'mon kids let's have a nice shower and get ready for bed." She smiled enthusiastically.

We headed up the stairs and thankfully they behaved and calmly had their showers with mine and

Esme's help. I think they were too tired and scared to play. I took them to their room while Esme went

upstairs after being sure that I didn't need her help anymore.

"Mommy hasn't called yet." Luke noted. Right after he talked my cell started buzzing in my pocket. I

carefully picked it up and answered.

"Hey."

"Edward." She breathed. "How's everything going?"

"Fine." I just hoped she didn't notice the nervousness in my voice. I wasn't sure if I should tell her

about Victoria. There wasn't anything she could do anyway, besides worrying. I know she will freak out

if I tell her.

"Is there something wrong?" She asked suspicious. When she was human she was a terrible liar which

also meant she couldn't know if someone was lying at her. I silently prayed so that wouldn't have

changed.

"No. Everything is just fine. In fact the kids are already in bed. They were only waiting for your call."


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"You're lying to me Edward. I can feel there's something wrong and if you're not telling me it's

because it bad. What's happening Edward?" I stepped out of the kids bedroom sending them an I'll-

be-right-back look.

"Everything is fine love. It's nothing you have to worry about. We have everything controlled." Iassured her though this wasn't exactly true.

"Edward Cullen stop lying to me. Stop trying to protect me. We both know what happened the last

time you tried to do that!" She hissed angrily. I stiffened at the mention of the episode that kept me

apart from my love and my kids for five years. She had a point but.. "Please Edward tell me what's

going on. I don't need to be protected anymore. I know something is bothering you and I can tell it's

serious so please tell me."

"Okay." I gave in. "But promise me you won't freak out and that you'll listen to everything I have to

say."

"What's happening Edward?" She pressed frightened.

"Promise me, love."

"Okay, okay, I promise." She huffed.

"Tonight we went to a small clearing to play baseball. When Alice was pitching the ball she had a

vision."

"And... What was the vision about Edward?" She asked annoyed.

"She saw Victoria..."

"What?" She shrieked cutting me off.

"Bella, love, calm down please. Remember your promise! She saw Victoria heading here. But you have

nothing to worry about. Everything will be fine."

"How can I not worry Edward? My entire family is going to be attacked by a murderous vindictive

vampire and you're asking me not to worry? Because I'm sure that what she want is revenge which

means either her objective is going to be you or the kids since I'm not there. Oh god!" She sobbed. I

felt so helpless. What can I possibly say to comfort her? This was not something to say over the

phone...

"Bella please calm down. Everything is going to be fine."

"Is she alone?"

"She's not coming alone." I answered curtly. There was no need to go any further.

"Who's with her?" She pushed.

"Some newborns."

"Newborns?" She knew exactly what that meant. "How many?"


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"We can handle it Bella."

"How many Edward? Tell me!" She ordered, raising her voice.

"About fifteen. The numbers will surely come down so we'll be able to handle it perfectly." I tried tocomfort her.

"Fifteen? I'm going there. When is she arriving?" What? She was thinking of coming here? There's no

way I'm going to allow that! I already had my kids in danger; I would not allow her to come!

"No way Bella! You're staying exactly where you are! You wouldn't come in time anyway. She's arriving

tomorrow night. Bella I need to know you are safe."

"Tomorrow? My babies! I shouldn't have left. If I was there I could help... This is my entire fault. If my

blood wasn't so sweet James would have never tried to kill me and you wouldn't have needed to kill

him..." She sobbed even harder than before.

"Bella you listen to me! This is not your fault! And nothing is going to happen to the kids. I won't let

any harm come to them. Not even if it's the last thing I do. I would give my life for them in less than a

second. "

"That's exactly what I'm afraid of. Edward, I don't want you to get hurt. I don't want anybody to get

hurt! I can't live without you. Why is this happening now?" She was freaking out; I had to try to calm

her but how was I supposed to do that? By phone? How could I comfort her if I couldn't hold her next

to me?

"No one will get hurt Bella. We can do this! Everything will be fine, love. Please calm down. We will

take care of this and when you return we will all be waiting for you."

"Isn't Aro there yet?" She asked suddenly full of hope.

"No, love, but maybe he'll arrive in time. Though, even if he doesn't, we can take care of this. Jasper

has experience in dealing with newborns, I'm sure he'll teach us the best ways to get to them and I'll

take care of Victoria myself. I'll make sure she won't be a threat to our family any longer. We will keep

the kids safe!" I affirmed vehemently.

"I believe you but I don't want any of you to get hurt in the process."

"We will all be fine. Please calm down Bella. I love you."

"I love you too. So much. I'm so scared, for you, for the kids, for everyone. What about the kids? They

must be terrified. Do they know what's going on?"

"It's going to be fine Bella. They do have an idea of what's going on and they are scared but they trust

us, at least Lizzie and Luke do. Do you want to talk to them?"

"Yes I do, please."

"Are you calm enough? I just don't want to scare them further. If they hear you so nervous they may

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"Things are already horrible but you're right, I don't want them to be more scared."

"Just know that I love you Bella. No matter what." I will do my best tomorrow and make sure everyone

will be fine, but if for some reason something happens to me I want to let her know how much I love

her.

"Don't talk like that Edward. It looks like you're planning to die!" She scolded angrily. "I love you too.

Can you hum a bit of my lullaby before I talk to the kids? It always calmed me; I hope it still has the

same effect." I gladly complied while walking back into the kids' room.

"Thanks Edward." She whispered calmly.

"No problem." I replied handing the phone to Lizzie.

"Hello mommy. I'm so scared." She half sobbed.

"Hi honey. I know it scaring but you don't have to be afraid okay? Daddy and everyone else are goingto keep you safe. I'll come back as soon as possible. Promise me you will do everything daddy asks

you to."

"I promise mommy. I love you very much and I miss you. Come back soon."

"I will. I love you too." Then Lilly handed the phone to Luke. Both he and Lilly said more less the same

thing as Lizzie but Lillian was more reluctant to promise Bella to do everything I asked her. Eventually

she agreed. It seemed that no matter how hard I tried I would never get to her. I know that Lizzie told

her and Luke the real reason why I had left Bella but that didn't make any significant difference. She

was too hurt by my past actions. If nothing changed in the next few days I would talk to her. When

Lilly gave me the cell I put it back in my pocket.

"You need to sleep now. It's late and you are very tired."

"Can you stay here all night, dad?" Luke asked.

"Of course I'll stay." I moved to tuck them in starting by Luke.

"Sleep well." I kissed his forehead and moved to Lizzie.

"Sweet dreams sweetie." She kissed my cheek and I kissed hers.

"Don't leave daddy." She whispered.

"I won't. I promise. You don't have to be afraid." I went to Lilly and she pretended to be asleep. I did

the same thing I had done to Lizzie and then turned out the light going to the rocking chair. A few

minutes after they fell asleep and the door slightly opened to reveal Alice.

"Jasper is going to teach us how to beat the newborns. Are you coming?"

"No. I promised I would stay here with them. I'l l follow everything through your thoughts and I can

practice in the morning."

"Okay." She silently left the room.


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"Where are we going?" Lilly asked. I chose not to answer. Instead I left their bedroom, crossed the hall

and entered mine. I led them to the king sized bed Alice had bought me when we moved here. At the

time I didn't understand why she had decided to buy me a bed since I couldn't sleep and I had

nobody to lay there with me but now I was grateful she had done it.

I put them in the bed and they immediately arranged so that there was an open space between Lizzieand Luke. They looked expectantly at me. I took of my shoes and climbed to the bed settling between

the two of them, being careful so that the bedspread was between me and them. They moved closer:

Lizzie set her head in my chest and Luke gripped my shirt. Lilly put her arms around Lizzie's waist.

They seemed to be calmer but didn't close their eyes so I decided to give them some help. I started

humming their lullaby. Lizzie smiled closing her eyes.

A few minutes later they were all deep asleep.

As always Lizzie was the first to wake up. First she got scared since she didn't recognize the bedroom

but after she noticed me she relaxed and moved carefully not to wake her sister. Both Lilly and Luke

were still soundly asleep. Lizzie smiled and for a moment it reached her eyes but then she must haveremembered what's happening and the fear came back. I didn't need Jasper's power to say she was

terrified; her eyes were as communicative as Bella's though they were green just like mine had been

when I was human.

"You don't need to be scared sweetie. Nothing is going to happen to you or to your siblings." I re

assured her. I didn't mind to say the same thing over and over again if it eases her fear.

"But what if something happens to you or to Aunty Alice or to Grandma Esme? Or to anyone else?"

"While you were sleeping Uncle Jasper was teaching everyone how to... deal with the vampires that

are coming. Nothing is going to happen." I wasn't sure this was the truth but what else could I say? I

knew that this was dangerous for us but I wasn't going to scare her further. My instinct was to protect

and comfort her and I would do everything so that no arm came to her, her siblings or the rest of the

family. We would overcome this just like we had overcome other obstacles through the years.

"But you weren't there..."

"I saw everything through Alice's thought and I'll train during the day. Don't worry."

We were laying in the bed when Alice came in.

"You scared me Edward! Neither you nor the kids were in their room..." She scolded.

"Sorry, but they had a nightmare and this was the only solution I found so that they would agree to

fall asleep again." She took in the scene before her and smiled brightly.

"Oh." She seemed positively happier and wasn't as scared as last night. I wondered if something had

happened besides Jasper's lessons. Something that would give us more chances to win this battle. She

was hiding her thoughts which meant something was up.

"What are you hiding Alice?"

"Aro, Felix and Demetri are going to arrive in a few minutes." She answered satisfied. I was right. The

Volturi would be a great help. I was sure Victoria wouldn't give up her plan because of them but Iknew they cared for my kids so they would fight along with us to protect them.


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"Yay! Grandpa Aro is arriving!" Lizzie screamed with happiness. I hushed her, eyeing Lilly and Luke. She

understood what I meant and calmed down settling quietly in my lap.

"Sorry daddy." She whispered.

"It's okay. Let's allow them to rest a bit more. Last night was very tiring."

"Can we wait for Grandpa at the door?"

"Yes but we have to take Lilly and Luke. We don't want them to be scared when they wake up, right?"

"Right." She agreed. I got out of the bed and put her in the ground. Then I proceeded to pick up Luke.

"Alice can you pick Lilly and bring her down?"

"Aren't we going to dress them?" She pouted. I glanced at Lizzie and knew she was anxious to meetwith Aro.

"Later Alice. It's not like they haven't seen them in a pyjama before. Besides I want to keep Luke and

Lilly asleep for as long as I can." I argued.

"Fine." She agreed contradicted. Lizzie grabbed my hand and we headed downstairs. Lizzie bounced

up and down until the door and waited patiently while I got there and opened it. We stepped outside

and she grabbed my hand and kept bouncing.

"Five minutes." Alice announced coming to stand with us in the porch with a sleeping Lilly in her arms.

A minute later the rest of the family joined us.

Soon three figures appeared in between the trees. When they became visible Lizzie looked like she

was about to burst but she waited next to us. They came closer and before they could say something

she launched herself into Aro's arms.

"Grandpa." She cried excitedly.

"How's my little princess?" He asked delighted. I had never saw Aro acting so... genuinely. He was

always pleasant but everyone could see that was just pretence. But not now. It was very strange, yet

amusing to see how my little daughter had them wrapped around her finger.

"Good." She answered, moving to Demetri and Felix and hugging them with the same enthusiasm.

They seemed very comfortable with her, picking her up and spinning her around while she giggled. I

wondered how much time they had spent with my kids. How many things that I should have done

with them had they done?

"Carlisle, my good friend. Long-time no see. The last time I heard about you was when my dear

Isabella contacted the Volturi to tell us her story and inform us of her status." He greeted Carlisle

shaking his hand and eyeing Lizzie as he said the last part of the sentence. "I'm happy to know that

things between her and your family seem to have changed since the last time I saw Isabella." He

looked truly happy.

"It's a pleasure to see you again Aro. Yes, things have changed. This was a surprise for us." Carlislereplied eyeing the kids.


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"I believe. So Edward... how is it being the father of these little angels?"

"Amazing." I managed to answer, still astonished with this new Aro. He noticed the still sleeping Luke

and Lilly.

"Did they go to bed late? They are usually awake by this time." Felix asked speaking for the first time.

"Not exactly. They had a rough night." I answered.

"Is that so? Is there something wrong?" Aro questioned eyeing us curiously.

"We have a problem and we were hoping you would come in time to help us." Esme spoke.

"It would be a pleasure dear Esme. Shall we hear about that problem?"

"Maybe we should go inside." I said. Everyone entered the house and settled in the living room.

"So...what kind of help do you need?" Demetri asked pleasantly with Lizzie in his lap.

"While Bella was still human a vampire came after her, decided to have her blood." I didn't want to go

into much detail when the kids were around. "We managed to save her and we killed him. Now his

mate is coming with an army of newborns to attack us."

"There are fifteen newborns. They will arrive at dawn." Alice informed them.

"Alice was only able to see what was going to happen last night so no one would get here in time to

help. We could only hope you would since you should already be in your way." Carlisle concluded.

"Of course we will help. Especially since the triplets are here. Do already have a plan?" Aro agreed

immediately.

Chapter 19

Edward's POV

The rest of the day passed slowly. The kids were strangely quiet even with Aro, Felix and Demetri here.

They were happy but the fear was stronger. Lizzie didn't leave my side.

I trained with Demetri and Felix while everyone watched and Jasper reminded us of the best ways to

defeat newborns and what to avoid: do not go for the obvious kill, don't stop moving, attack them

from the sides and don't let them put their arms around you. These were the main points that

everyone had to know. The Volturi were, of course, used to fight newborns but we were still

outnumbered and we had to pay attention to the kids' safety.

Bella called right after we ended the practice. It was midday. Esme was in the kitchen preparing the

kids breakfast but everyone else was in the living room.

"Edward. So... how's everything going?" She asked nervous. I stepped out of the living room. We hadto lie low because of the kids. Lilly and I still aren't in the best terms and I wanted Bella to be here


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when they found we're together again.

"Aro, Demetri and Felix arrived. They have already agreed to help us. We just finished practicing."

"Oh thank god." She said relieved. "How did the kids spend the night?"

"They had a nightmare. I put them in my bed so that they could sleep together. They are still

frightened but everything will be fine. Jasper has taught us how to defeat the newborns. We will be

fine."

"I know, I know. Everything will be fine." She was trying to convince herself.

"It's going to be okay, love. We didn't go through everything we did just so that I'll let Victoria ruin

everything for us."

"What are you going to do with the kids?"

"Alice saw that the fight would be in front of the house so I guess they'll stay in it. I would leave

someone inside with them but we are already outnumbered... But don't worry. We will pay attention

so that no one will enter the house. They will be perfectly safe."

"I know. I trust you. I know that you will never let anything happen to them. I have already bought the

tickets to go back. My plane leaves tomorrow, in the evening." I was glad she was coming home and

especially thankful that she would be safe while we fought Victoria and her army. "I love you."

"I love you too. I'm really happy you're coming home. I miss you. But you are coming earlier than what

you had planned."

"Yes I am. My mother is a lot better. The tests confirmed that everything was fine and she said she

won't need any help. She said I should go back to the kids. That they needed me more than she did.

She'll be released tomorrow morning so I'll take her home, get her settled up and then Luke and I will

go back."

"Fine. We will all be waiting for you when you come back. I'm going to put you on high speaker now

so that you can talk to the kids. Aro, Felix and Demetri are in the living room too." I walked back into

the living room and set the phone on the small table, near the sofas. The kids rushed to the cell to talk

to their mother.

"Mommy!"

"Hey sweeties. How are you?"

"Fine. We had a nightmare but daddy took us to his big bed and we slept there all together with

daddy. And he sang the lullaby he wrote for us and then we just had good dreams." Lizzie explained.

"That's very good honey."

"When are you coming back mommy? We miss you." Luke whined.

"Mommy's plane leaves tomorrow in the evening so I'll be there around the time you wake up. Okay?"

"Hello dear Isabella. It's been sometime since your last visit to Italy. We were starting to miss you."


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"Aro, we were there two months ago."

"Like Aro said, too long Bella." Felix stated.

"Sure. Be careful everyone. I want you all in one piece when I arrive. And you kids do everything yourfather tells you to."

"Don't worry Bella. Everybody will be fine. "

"Okay, bye. Please call me when it's over."

"We will Bella. Bye" Alice said ending the call.

"So how are we going to do this?" Carlisle asked talking about the battle plan.

"Is there any news Alice?" I asked. We had to know if something had changed. She closed her eyesconcentrating. A few minutes later she gasped and opened her eyes quickly. I knew what she had

seen. Could things go any worse?

"What happened Edward?" Aro asked.

"The number of Newborns has increased."

"What? It should be the other way around. Besides she didn't have the time to create more." Jasper

argued.

"I think she wanted us to believe she only had fifteen." Alice suggested.

"How many is there then?" Demetri asked.

"Twenty." I answered shocked.

"How are we going to do this then?" Felix asked.

"You, Demetri, Aro and I should hide in the woods in front of the house. The others will stay in front of

the house. We'll let them get here and we'll attack them from behind. Let's try to form a circle around

them to make sure none of them escapes." Jasper explained.

"What about these little ones? What are we going to do with them?" Demetri questioned.

"Yes, what are you going to do with us?" Lilly asked.

"You'll stay inside of the house until everything it's over." I told them simply.

"What? But we can help. We have powers." Lilly argued.

"You are very wrong if you think I'll let you out of this house while our front yard is full of newborns

and especially when I know Victoria will be here." I argued back.

"We can fight! We want to help. We can just blow them all off and the problem is solved." Sheinsisted.


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"I am your father and I'm saying that you are going to stay inside this house during the entire fight, so

you will. I promised your mom and myself I wouldn't let any harm come to you and I do not intend to

break my promise. I'm only doing what best for you." I spoke firmly. There is no way I'll endanger their

life like that.

"What? Like what you did with mom? In past years you weren't there to say what was best for us and

we are still alive aren't we?"

"Stop Lilly!" Lizzie yelled.

"For me you could just disappear! I hate you!" She screamed that again. It was like if I had a dagger

spiked in my heart and every time she would say those three little words the dagger would go deeper.

And I couldn't say if she really meant it.

"Lillian! Your father is right. Blowing up a vampire is not the same as blowing up a little branch. And

this is not the way to talk to your father. Your mother didn't raise you to be like this. So apologize!"Aro said.

"NO!" She replied looking directly in his eyes.

"Very well missy! Then you straight to your room and you do not leave it until I tell you so. NOW!" He

ordered pointing at the stairs. She turned around and stomped up the staircase. Lizzie immediately

rushed to my lap as I sank back in the couch.

"You know she didn't mean it daddy." She tried to comfort me.

"You've been saying that quite frequently." I tried to joke and failed miserably.

"It's alright Edward. Lilly was always the difficult one. She'll come around." Felix stated.

Maybe I shouldn't have been so harsh. I was definitely not made to be a father. I had probably ruined

all my chances. She would most likely never speak to me again.

"Daddy, maybe Lilly was a bit right. Maybe we can help you."

"Lizzie, please. Not you too. You heard what I said to your sister. I will not let you out of this house

while Victoria and a bunch of newborns are outside. It's not safe. Victoria is too dangerous."

"What if we didn't need to leave the house? We could do it through a window." She suggested.

"Lizzie, you cannot blow up all the vampires. You are still too little. Each one of you wouldn't be able

to destroy more than one or two." Aro explained.

"Still. That would already be a help. Less five or six vampires would already help. Wouldn't it?"

"But it would also drown the attention to you." I argued.

"We could do it right when they appeared in view. Then they wouldn't know where it came from. And

it would distract and confuse the others, making it easy for you to catch them."

"I gotta say, Edward. It's a smart one you have there." Emmett complimented. I didn't know. I didn't


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want to put them in any danger.

"Her idea is very good Edward. She thought about everything. It would be the perfect distraction."

Jasper said.

"My kids are not bait or a distraction." I said.

"You know that not what I meant."

"C'mon daddy. Lets us help. I promise we won't exceed ourselves or draw attention to us. We can do

it from the window in your room."

"Lizzie is right, dad. Let us do something." Luke pleaded.

"I think they could do it Edward, but it's you decision." Aro said. Lizzie gave me the puppy-dog eyes

treatment.

"Lizzie..."

"Come on daddy. Just this time."

"Fine, but you have to be careful." I warned.

"We will."

It was two in the morning and the kids had just awakened. They had gone to bed around six o'clock

after a quick dinner. They had to be fully rested. I still didn't like Lizzie's idea but I had already agreed,

so there was no turning back now.

When they woke up Esme prepared them some food, if they were going to use their powers I wanted

them to be as healthy as possible. I didn't want anything to happen to them.

When the first lights of dawn appeared in the sky we got ready to head outside. I took the kids to my

room and talked to them.

"Each one of you can only blow two vampires. And I want you to promise me you will not leave this

house until everything is over. No matter what you see. In fact I want you to go back to our room after

using your powers." They shouldn't see the battle. They were just four for god's sake.

"We promise." They answered in unison.

"I love you daddy. Very much." Lizzie said hugging me.

"I love you too. All of you. My life is so much better now that you're in it. I love you very much." I

replied. Then I joined everyone else outside.

Jasper, Demetri, Felix and Aro went to their places. The rest of us stayed in front of the house as

planned, with our backs to it. We knew that Victoria's army would come from our right side.

Everyone was tense. Carlisle and Esme and Rosalie and Emmett were holding hands while we waited.

Alice was staring intently to a spot the woods in front of us. I guessed it was where Jasper was hidden.I did not dare to hear their thoughts. It was particular.


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I took out my cell from my jeans pocket and quickly wrote a message.

Forever is not enough to show you how much I love you. Just know that the whole world would be a

small place to carry all my love for you.

Edward

I looked up for Bella's number and pressed the button send. If something ever happened to me, she

would know how much I loved her and that was all I could wish for.

After fifteen minutes of waiting we heard steps coming in our direction. The final words between

couples were whispered and everybody assumed a crouching position.

Twenty seconds later the group of newborns was in our line of sight. As they ran toward us, six of

them, one at the time, was lifted in the air and blown up. I was amazed with my kids' power but also

scared about the consequences of this little stunt. There was no way for me to know if they were okay.What if this had been too much of an effort for their small bodies?

I didn't have much time to worry since the newborns were already in front of us. Right on cue, Jasper,

Aro, Felix and Demetri came out of the woods. The newborns were eager for the fight but I could read

in their thoughts that they were starting to get scared. This wasn't what Victoria had promised them.

She had said that we wouldn't know of the attack and that they would win this easily.

Despite of the change in the situation they weren't willing to run away. They feared Victoria and

wanted their rewards. They attacked. Since Victoria was nowhere to be seen I started fighting with a

newborn. He was fast and strong but thanks to Jasper I knew his weaknesses. I glanced around to

make sure that any newborn had reached the house. Jasper, Demetri, Felix and Emmet were fighting

two at the same time and Carlisle and Esme were fighting together.

I was fighting with a second newborn when I saw something that looked like a flame hidden in the

woods. Victoria. I quickly finished the newborn tossing his body parts to the ground. We would burn

everything later.

I got closer to the house, looking intently at the woods. She would soon appear and she would be

mine. I would be the one to kill her. I wouldn't allow that she hurt Bella or the kids.

All my senses were alert. My body was itching for the fight. A few seconds later Victoria finally

emerged from the woods. Her clothes were torn in some places and full of dirt and dry blood. She

smiled mischievously and ran faster stopping closer to the door than I would like to.

My body tensed. If she made the tiniest move for the door I would attack her.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Edward Cullen." She said. I growled in response.

Lizzie's POV

Blowing up the newborns hadn't been as tiring as Grandpa Aro thought but we were weaker than

before.

"Maybe we should go to our room now. I'm not sure if I want to see the fight." I said


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"No. I want to see it." Lilly insisted.

"But daddy told us to go to our room." I pressed. She ignored me and seated in daddy's window

bench. Luke joined her but I preferred to sit in the bed. It still smelled like daddy.

I didn't want him to be downstairs. What if he got hurt? In fact I don't want anyone down there. Whatif they get hurt? But daddy's especial. I just got him back. And mommy's heart would hurt forever and

she would be always sad. No. No. No. Nothing is going to happen. All of them fight really well. One

day I want to be able to fight like that.

"Lizzie come see Aunty Alice! It looks like she's dancing." Luke exclaimed excitedly.

"No. I don't want to." I said hugging daddy's pillow harder.

"Look Lilly! Dad has already killed two." Luke said.

"Is he okay?" I asked afraid.

"He's just fine Liz." Lilly answered. Sometimes it looked like she didn't care if something happened to

him. But I know she does. Deep down, she does. I can see it in her thoughts.

"But there's still so many." Luke said worried. I started worrying again.

"Watch Luke! Do you think that's the bad vampire?" Lilly asked. Was she out here?

"I'm sure. Just look at her! Is dad going to fight her alone?" What? I quickly ran to the window. I could

see daddy and a red haired woman running to him. She stopped next to the door.

"She looks so dangerous!" I cried.

"It's going to be fine. Dad is very strong!" Luke tried to convince me but I could say he was scared too.

Lilly got up and went to the bedroom door.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"Out there. I want to help more." She answered curtly. I was horrified. No. She couldn't go.

"You can't! We promised dad we would stay inside of the house. We can't go out there."

"I don't care. I'm going anyway."

"But you promised!" I insisted.

"He can't tell me what to do! I want to go, so I'm going."

"Lilly!" Luke and I called. She ignored us and walked out of the room. She couldn't go. Luke and I ran

after her but she started running too, going down the stairs.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Edward Cullen." We heard a feminine voice say. It must be her.

"Victoria!" Daddy hissed. It was her.


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Lilly opened the door and went outside. Luke and I got out to. She had to come inside. We had

promised!

Edward's POV

"Victoria." I hissed.

"So we meet again. You knew I would come back to get my vengeance. You killed my mate." She said

in her sickening voice. I heard a door open. Through the corner of my eye I saw the front door of the

house open and Lillian came out. Following her were Luke and Lizzie. No. They had to stay inside.

What were they doing?

"Go back inside Lillian." I ordered, never taking my eyes away from Victoria. She ignored me. This

wasn't supposed to happen. They had to stay safely inside.

"And here they are. The newest additions to the Cullen clan!" Victoria sneered.

"Come inside please Lilly!" Lizzie begged. I could hear the fear in her voice and I knew she was crying. I

just wanted to hold her in my arms and tell her that everything was okay but I couldn't. I couldn't risk

their safety anymore. If I moved Victoria might try something. I couldn't know what she was going to

do. She was hiding her thoughts. I could only pray for Lilly to give in to her sister's plead.

"Now the family is all here! No, I'm wrong! Our sweet Bella is missing. Too bad she's not here. But I'm

sure I'm going to enjoy myself anyway." She eyed the kids and though I could I couldn't listen to her

thoughts I knew her intentions.

"You're not going to touch them." I snarled.

"You know Edward, for the last five years I've been following Bella and these... little ones. You have no

idea how many times I was so close to kill them all but then I thought... How fun would that be, if you

didn't know? I mean you didn't even know you had kids and you didn't try to find out anything about

Bella. And she wouldn't look for you either. I decided to wait until you met again and prayed so that it

would be soon." I growled. To imagine that she had been so close to my family... "You should be

punished too. After all you are also responsible for James' death. And now you are together again and

I've been thinking... If I killed your mate, of course you would suffer but what about her? I don't see

death as a punishment but as a relief. After all the pain I would put her through she would be wishing

for death. So what would possibly cause both of you such indescribable pain as the one I felt when my

mate died? And the answer was always in front of me. If I killed your little cubs you would both suffer.

I would be taking away the most important thing for both of you besides each other. It's a pity to kill

such beautiful and special children but I'm sure I'll get over it. Unfortunately they inherited their

mother stupidity. They too came running for death. You should have listened to your father.

Unfortunately now it's too late."

"Go back inside the house!" I screamed to them. Lilly raised her hand in front of herself.

"What are you going to do stupid child? Blow me up? Go ahead!" Victoria assibilated. I could see they

were petrified with fear. "I thought so. You are not going to be fun to kill but your parents' pain will

give enough pleasure. You know Edward I couldn't have come up with a better punishment, not only

you will lose your cubs but also Bella. I am sure she will never forgive you for letting her babies be

killed. You will regret killing James for the rest of your very long life!"

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"Really? And who's going to stop me? You?" I was so scared. The kids were within Victoria's reach, she

just had to stretch one arm to touch them, to hurt them. Nothing was stronger than the instinct to

protect them. No matter the cost. I would not put Bella through such pain. I would not break my

promise. I would give my life for them if necessary. "You will pay for what you did Edward Cullen."

Suddenly she turned to the kids and swung her right arm ready to hit them. A single blow would be

enough to kill them. At the same time she moved, instinct took over me and I launched myself

between her and the kids as fast as I could. Then everything seemed to slow down. How clich! I

managed to swing my own arm ripping off her head but not before her fingers rip through my chest,

like claws. The pain was the worst I had ever felt. I didn't see how much damage she had done but I

could certainly feel it. I couldn't think clearly. I let myself fall backwards.

"Daddy!" I heard Lizzie screech. I was getting weaker by the second. I could feel my strength leaving

me. "Grandpa Carlisle!" She screamed from the top of her lungs. She threw herself in the ground

beside me. Her hands hovering over my face, not sure of what to touch, and her pleading voice

sounding. "Daddy! Daddy, don't close your eyes. Please don't. You promised you would never leave usagain. Please!" She sobbed. I could see the tears streaming down her cheeks. Her beautiful emerald

eyes were shining and filled with worry and pain. It hurt so much to see her in so much pain and not

being able to touch her. I couldn't move. It was like all the strength I had was quickly vanishing. I tried

to speak but my mouth did not move and I was using all my strength to keep my eyes open. But I

could see the darkness approaching fast.

"Dad! Listen to us. You can't go! YOU CAN'T!" Luke's voice. I could barely hear them. I felt him

kneeling beside Lizzie. His warm and small hands touched my chest and the pain got stronger, but I

couldn't move. They gasped. His hands were completely black as he stared at them.

"HELP US!" Lizzie yelled. She was sobbing uncontrollably. "Don't go daddy! Don't leave us! You

promised!" She choked between sobs. "Don't you love mommy? Don't you love us? Stay! Don't closeyour eyes! You can't close your eyes! You are strong!" I loved them. I loved them with all my heart but

I couldn't fight anymore. I wanted to, but I didn't have the strength. I wanted to tell them that I loved

them that I would be watching out for them, wherever I went but I couldn't find my voice.

Lizzie placed her little hands in my shoulders and tried to shake me. Another shoot of pain flashed

through me. I could feel my eyelids coming down. I tried to keep them open but I just couldn't.

"Daddy! Daddy! Stop daddy! Open your eyes! Come back to me! Come! Don't leave me! Don't go! I

want you to stay!" My eyelids seemed to weight more than two thousand pounds. I couldn't fight it

off anymore. My eyes started to close. I couldn't say what hurt the most. If the wounds Victoria had

inflicted me if the aching in my heart, for not being able to keep my promise to stay, my promise thateverything would go well. I couldn't even tell them that I loved them one last time. "Daddy!" She could

barely breathe due to her sobs. "You promised! You promised! Stay! Please, please!" Finally my eyes

closed. I had lost the fight. I could see the darkness coming. Soon it reached me. I was drowning in it. I

would never see my beautiful Bella again. I would never hear my kids call me daddy again, I would

never see them smile or hear them say that they loved me. Their voices were just whispers now,

though I knew they were still screaming. I was slowly drowning. I had never felt so much pain in my

heart but somehow a part of me was relieved and comforted because they were safe. I had saved

them. They were alive. This was my last thought as I let the darkness swallow me.

Lizzie's POV

NO! NO! Daddy has to open his eyes. He has to come back to me! Why isn't anyone helping us?


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Where is everybody?

"Grandpa!" Daddy couldn't go. He couldn't... He had to stay. He had to stay with me. He had to go

back to mommy and we would be a family. We would... Why didn't he open his eyes? Why wasn't he

moving? His chest was covered with a black thick liquid. Venom! "Daddy, come back! Open your eyes!

Daddy!" Luke was next to me crying and sobbing. Why wasn't he helping me? I looked up to see ifanyone was coming. I spotted Aunty Alice and Uncle Jasper.

They were running to us but it wasn't fast enough! Why couldn't they come faster? They had to help

daddy! I looked down. Venom was still coming out of his wounds. It was horrible. I tried to clean his

chest with my hand but the liquid just kept spilling. Why wouldn't it stop? Why? I kept trying. I was

now covered in black. I was so scared. So afraid. I couldn't let daddy go again. He had promised he

would stay forever. The holes in his chest were so big, and his arm was almost ripped out! I could see

the bone. I wasn't disgusted, maybe I would if it wasn't daddy, but now I just wanted to save him. To

help him. He couldn't leave me!

"Edward!" I heard Aunty Alice shrieked. I just kept crying and sobbing.

"Don't go daddy! Don't leave me! You promised me."

"Ssshh sweetie. Carlisle!" I heard aunty Alice scream. She put her arms around me and Luke and tried

to move us.

"NO!" I growled at her. I couldn't leave daddy! He couldn't go!

"Lizzie you have to step aside so that grandpa can help daddy. Come on." I let her pull me back!

"Ssshh don't cry." I just sobbed harder. My eyes were already stinging and burning from my tears and

my throat was swollen but I couldn't stop crying and screaming.

"He's going to be good, isn't he? Grandpa Carlisle is going to fix him, isn't he?" I sobbed. She looked

sadly at me.

"I don't know honey. I can't see."

"NO! NO! He has to be fine. He promised he would never leave again! He promised! He has to stay

with us! With me! I want him back. Bring him back!" I ordered. She had to bring him back! I wanted my

daddy! "I want... I want... Daddy! I want my daddy."

Alice's POV

I was almost finishing my second newborn when I heard screams. I finished him off as fast as I could

and looked around. Next to the door was Edward laying on the floor. His chest was black as well as

Lizzie and Luke's clothes. They were crying and screaming and shaking Edward's motionless body.

Victoria's body was a few meter away. Her head was ripped off. What had happened? Lilly was behind

her siblings just staring. I grabbed Jasper's arm and took him with me.

"Edward!" I cried when I reach him. Jasper was taking care of the rest of Victoria's body and I wasn't

sure of what to do. How could this have happened? I went behind of Lizzie and Luke and tried to calm

them. I called Carlisle and tried to pull them away. They wouldn't budge and Lizzie even growled at

me. I could only imagine their suffering. I tried to see the future but I couldn't. Everything was blank.

I spotted Carlisle running to us and saw the shocked look in his face as he took in Edward's condition.


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He immediately kneeled down near Edward and started assessing the damages.

By now the fight was over and while the Volturi burned the remains the rest of the family came closer.

Esme started dry sobbing while chanting Edward's name. Rosalie had her face buried in Emmet's chest

and Jasper was lying on the ground breathing heavily. I could only imagine how he must be feeling. I

bet that the kids feeling were more than enough to put him in this state but Esme wasn't much better.

Lizzie and Luke kept crying and sobbing and screaming and started trashing in my arms trying to set

themselves free to get closer to Edward. Lilly was still standing, just staring. Finally Lizzie set herself

free and went to stand next to Carlisle.

"Grandpa. He going to be fine, isn't he? You are going to fix him, aren't you? You have to. I want

daddy with me. He promised he would stay forever. He has to stay. He promised." She sobbed.

"I'll do everything I can sweetheart." He said. She just sobbed harder. Her breath seemed to be caught

in her throat and tears didn't stop falling from her face. Suddenly she turned and went to where Lilly

was.

"This is all your fault! If you hadn't come outside daddy would be fine. It's your fault! I will never

forgive you. See what you have done? SEE? I hate you Lilly! You did this!" She pushed Lilly and kept

screaming and sobbing. "It's your fault! You did this to daddy! You took him away from me! If

something happens I will never, never forgive you. I HATE YOU!" I had never seen Lizzie like this! She

was always so sweet. I went there and grabbed her hand turning her around so that she was facing

me.

"Stop Lizzie. This will not help your father."

"But it's her fault: It's all her fault!" She screamed and then she fell on the ground crying. She hugged

me and whispered still sobbing.

"Bring him back. I want my daddy. I want... him... back... please."

"Let's take him inside quickly. He has lost too much venom." Carlisle ordered.

Lizzie wanted to go too but I stopped her. Luke was on Esme's arms still crying. And Rosalie had

picked Lillian up. She still hadn't said anything but there was tears rolling down her cheeks.

We took the kids to the house. Lizzie and Luke were begging to go see Edward.

"Please. Let us go. I want to be with daddy." Lizzie cried.

"You can't. We have to let grandpa Carlisle do his work. And you need to have a shower. Their clothes

were completely soaked in venom from their vain attempts to help their father. They were still so

young to go through something like this! We were all suffering but I could say nothing compared to

their pain. They had just found their father and they could lose it again. No one should have to go

through this.

I thought about this while Esme and I bathed them. They had stopped crying. But I couldn't say what

was worse. If that or the catatonic state they were in now. Just like Lilly. Esme and I were so worried.

After the bath we told them they had to eat and they refused. Then we told them to go to bed, they

refused to. We asked them if they wanted to watch TV but they just shook their heads.


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"What do you want to do then?" I asked softly.

"I want to see daddy and stay with him." Lizzie answered. Luke nodded. Lilly stayed quiet.

"You can't. Grandpa Carlisle is still working." Tears started streaming down their faces again. And

before we could catch them they ran. Esme and I followed them to find them seated on the floor

outside Edward's room. Lizzie and Luke were holding hands but not Lilly. We weren't sure of what had

happened so we didn't know why they blamed their sister.

As I looked at Lilly I remembered Bella. Edward had promised to call her after the battle was over.

What were we going to do? We had to tell her. But what? I decided to get in Edward's room and ask

Carlisle. I told Esme and she agreed. When I entered in the room the kids didn't even glance at me. I

closed the door behind me.

"Carlisle?" I called to get his attention. Both Emmett and jasper were in the room helping.

"Alice how are the kids?" He asked worried.

"We are worried about them. They don't want to eat, or sleep or do anything else. They stopped

crying and now they are in a catatonic state. They are camped outside the room. We can't convince

them to leave. How is he?"

"I don't know. It's difficult because I can't stitch the wounds but I have to keep them closed. They are

too deep and large. If I don't close them the venom will keep coming out and there won't be enough

for him to heal. I am worried. He has already lost a lot of venom. I'm putting some bandages to keep

the wounds closed. We'll have to feed him after to give him some strength. Then the only thing we

can do is wait. I'm doing my best. Can you see something?" He asked hopeful.

"No, I can't. I don't know if it's because of the kids or if it's something else."

"It's fine. Did you just wanted to know about Edward's condition or there more?"

"We have to call Bella. I wanted to know what to say to her. I wanted to know if I could give her hope."

"Yes. I'm sure Edward will pull through. He's strong and he has a lot for what to fight."

"Okay. I'm going to call her." I picked Edward's cell that Carlisle had removed from his jeans, and left

the room.

I looked for Bella's number and pressed the call button. I still didn't know what I was going to say.

"Edward?" Bella's voice sounded on the other side of the line. There was relief in her voice.

"No Bella. It's Alice." I felt so bad for have to say this to her.

"Alice? How are the kids? Are they okay?" She asked anxiously.

"Yes. They are fine. Physically." I added.

"Physically? What do you mean Alice? Where is Edward? Why isn't he the one calling? Whathappened?" She was starting to get worked up.


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"There was an accident Bella. Listen to me..."

"What? An accident? What happened Alice? What kind of accident? Is Edward all right?" She asked

desperate. This was not something to say over the phone but she had to know.

"I'm not sure of what happened but I think the kids got out of the house and Victoria tried to attack

them but Edward put himself between them and her. He managed to rip her head off but not before

she ripped her fingers through his chest." I heard Bella let out a strangled cry.

"Tell me he's okay Alice. Tell me he's going to be fine. What did she do to him?" She begged dry

sobbing. It hurt to know that my best friend was suffering so much and I couldn't comfort her because

she was on the other side of the country. I felt so helpless.

"She almost ripped off his right arm. He has three open large and deep wounds in his chest. They go

from his right shoulder almost until his left leg. Carlisle is trying to close the wounds so that he can

stop the venom from coming out. As soon as the wounds are closed we are going to feed him andthen we have to wait to see if he can heal himself."

"Oh my god! I can't live without him Alice. He has to be fine. I love him Alice. I love him so much.

What if something happens? I didn't even have the chance to say that to him. He sent me a message,

probably before the fight start but He was so confident that everything would go well that I didn't

bother to answer. Oh Alice!"

"Bella calm down. That won't help him. Nothing is going to happen. Carlisle is pretty confident.

Edward is strong. He will pull through this. Carlisle said we can have hope." I tried to comfort her.

"But Carlisle is not sure. He probably has never seen nothing like this before. I'm so scared Alice. I

can't lose Edward again. I can't take it." She sobbed.

"It's going to be okay Bella."

"You can't be sure. If I could I would get an earlier flight, I would but there is none."

"All we can do now is waiting, Bella. There's no difference between waiting in Florida or in here. I'll

keep you updated."

"There is a difference Alice. My kids are there. It's their father. I should be there for them."

"We are here for them Bella. We are doing everything we can for them."

"How are they, Alice?"

"They have gone into some sort of catatonic state. They are camped outside of Edward's room and

they don't do anything else. They just seat there. We are worried but I don't think there would be

anything you could do if you were in here so please calm down friend. Edward will get over this. I

know he will. He won't let you down."

"Oh god Alice. I'm so scared. Can I try to talk with the kids?"

"Sure." I held the phone on Lizzie's ear but she didn't even move.


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"It's mommy baby. Everything will be fine okay? I'm sorry I can't be there but I know your aunts and

Esme are going to take good care of you. Okay?" Lizzie didn't move or said anything; she just kept

holding Luke's hand. Bella did the same for Luke and Lilly but the answer was exactly the same.

"Thanks Alice. I'm so worried about them and Edward. Why did this have to happen now? Why can't

we just be happy?"

"You will Bella. You and Edward are going to have your happy ending. I know you will."

"Thanks. I have to go now."

"Okay. I'll call you if anything changes. Be strong my friend."

"Thanks." Bella hadn't stopped sobbing and I felt really bad for letting her hung up but I couldn't do

much over the phone. Luke would surely help her.

When is this family going to have some peace?

Chapter 20

Alice's POV

As soon as Carlisle, Jasper and Emmett left Edward's room, the kids rushed in. Lizzie and Luke went to

lie on the other side of the bed, hugging each other. Lilly knelt in the ground at his head. She placed

her arms in the bed and put her head on them.

I don't know who we were more worried about. If it were Lizzie and Luke who were silently cryingagain or Lilly who still hadn't said anything since the accident.

Jasper had to leave the house. The kids' feelings were driving him insane.

"I don't know how such small children can handle so much pain." He commented leaving the house.

He was going to hunt. I wanted to go with him but I felt bad for leaving the kids. And there was Bella.

She would call every few hours to know if anything had changed. I felt horrible for not being able to

give her the news she wanted. She was completely desperate. I couldn't even imagine how I would

feel if it was Jasper.

It has been four hours since the kids entered Edward's room. They hadn't eaten or slept. They juststayed there next to him. They did not speak or sob. They just stared and let the tears stream down

their faces. Except Lilly. Esme was very worried because she was even less responsive than the others.

It was like she was lost in her own world. Before leaving, Jasper had said she felt guilty.

We tried to talk to her and say it was not her fault but she didn't even move. We didn't want to leave

them alone in the bedroom so we took turns to stay there. While we were with them we tried to

convince them to eat something but they never answered us. They didn't even acknowledge our

presence in the room.

A few hours later, Esme and I persuaded Luke and Lizzie to go to the kitchen and have Lunch. Lilly

remained in the room. In the exact same position she had been since she entered the bedroom.


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Lilly's POV

It is all my fault. I did this to him. If I hadn't been so stupid, none of this would have happened. Lizzie

was right. What if he... if he... Lizzie would never forgive me. I would never forgive myself. She would

hate me forever. Everyone would hate me.

I felt so bad. I never wanted this to happen. I never wanted him to get hurt. The truth was that I loved

him. I couldn't not love him. I tried but I couldn't. That's why I didn't get any closer to him. I didn't

want to love him. I didn't because he could leave again and because I didn't want him to hurt mommy

again, and I didn't want him to hurt Lizzie and Luke. Mommy is always so sad and I know it's because

of him. And I thought he didn't deserve us. He didn't deserve to be our father. He had left mommy

and us. He might not know about us but he didn't have the right to hurt mommy so badly.

I want my daddy. I do but... I just wished he had been there from the beginning. It was difficult not to

have him with us. Everyone says bad things about mommy because he's not with her, and some kids

make fun of us because we don't have a daddy. There are some mean kids who said that he had left

because he didn't like us. And Lizzie would always cry when they said that. But I couldn't. I wanted tocry too but I couldn't because I had to be strong for Lizzie. And Luke wouldn't say anything but I know

he was upset too and he would cry at night. We wouldn't tell anything to mommy because she would

be upset and sad.

One day I talked to Uncle Luke about it. He told me that those kids were mean and that they were just

jealous because we were so pretty and smart. I went and told Lizzie but it didn't matter because she

would cry again the next time. When it was Daddy's day, we didn't have a daddy to take to the school.

We would always take Uncle Luke. But we were ashamed and sad. And we were jealous when we saw

everyone else calling their daddies and we didn't have anyone to call daddy. Because he wasn't there.

He never taught us to fly a kite or told us a story, and he never sang for us to fall asleep. Uncle Luke

did that, Uncle Demetri taught us how to fly a kite and grandpa Aro told us amazing stories about

vampires. But none of them was our daddy.

That's why I wanted to hate him. Why I wanted to hurt him. I didn't want him to be important to me,

because he didn't deserve. Since mommy told us he was our father I had been ignoring him. Keeping

him away. I wanted to hate him for everything he had put us through. I told myself he wasn't

important. I thought that after Uncle Luke had helped his friend we would go back at home and

everything would be the same. A part of me wanted that, to keep him away from us but another part

wanted things to be different, another part wanted him to be with us. Wanted us to be a family so that

the other kids wouldn't make fun of us. So that everyone could see we had a daddy and that he cared

about us. I suffocated the second part but in the last few days that part that wanted us to be together

screamed louder.

Then Lizzie started to call him daddy. She was always with him and they both looked so happy. I got

jealous. I wanted that too. But I couldn't get past all the pain he had caused us. I continued to

convince myself that he wasn't important. I got angry when Lizzie took us to his room and told us he

had left mommy because it was safer to her. I didn't believe. I didn't want to believe that because I

couldn't forgive him. I didn't want to. I was mad because Lizzie had forgiven him. She had let him in.

Then she said I was stubborn and spoiled. Lizzie had never been so mad at me. Not even when we got

into a big fight and even used our powers against each other, when we were younger. I blamed him. It

felt like he was taking Lizzie from me. Like he was stealing my sister. I wanted to hate him for that. I

wanted to hurt him. So I told him that I hated him and walked away. It felt right to say those words

because deep down I knew they weren't true.

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baseball, he was ecstatic. I knew that he too would give in. I could see in his mind that Lizzie had been

able to convince him. Uncle Emmet had built us our own bats. Luke was the first to try to hit the ball.

He failed and after his second failed attempt our father offered to help him. Luke got it right that time.

He was so happy that he caved in and called him dad. I was mad. He had taken Luke too. I was angry

and jealous. I was jealous because I wanted to be happy as my siblings but... it was him! He came to

speak to me but I turned my face. I wasn't going to let him in. I wanted to hate him. They startedplaying. Everybody was happy and having fun. Everybody except me. They looked like a real family. It

should have always been like that. But I didn't fit. I didn't fit in this happy family picture.

I decided to go for a run. It was not like they would miss me. They were too wrapped up to even

notice that I was gone. I would come back in a while and they wouldn't even know I had left. I found a

small clearing and settled there. When I decided to come back I realized that I didn't know how to

return to the big clearing. I had been too distracted and got lost. I sat in the middle of the clearing

and cried. It was dark and I was scared. Maybe they wouldn't even notice I was missing. Maybe they

would just go back home and leave me there. Lizzie and Luke were too happy about their daddy to

even miss me. And I'm sure that to everyone else I was just a spoiled little brat. They could never

understand why I did what I did. They didn't know anything. Maybe they would only come look for mewhen mommy called and asked for me. I knew that mommy would never forget me. I cried harder.

What if something happened to me? What if someone took me and I would never see mommy again?

But Lizzie and Luke remembered me. They ask me where I was and he came looking for me. When he

found me and picked me up I couldn't help but to grip his shirt. I was so scared that I ignored the part

of that said that he couldn't do that. That he had to stay away.

He said everybody was worried. Maybe they were. I knew that Lizzie and Luke had missed me and they

had been scared because of me. Maybe they could still like me a bit. I think Lizzie wasn't mad at me

anymore. I decided to try to bat some balls too, but I didn't want him to be the one who helped me.

So Esme came to help me. She was very nice. She was the only one that I felt more comfortable with.

She seemed to be good like mommy.

Then Aunt Alice saw that the bad vampire was coming. We were scared. Everybody looked worried so

this was very bad. During the night we had a nightmare. The bad vampire was going to kill him and

take us away. I didn't want to be taken from mommy. I was terrified. Lizzie and Luke were with him on

Liz's bed but I couldn't go. I didn't want him to be my father. Then he looked at me and extended his

arm. Before I could control myself I ran to him. I didn't know what was going on with me but I felt

better with him. Then he took us to his room so that we could all sleep together.

When Grandpa Aro, Uncle Felix and Uncle Demetri arrived I felt happier. At least I wouldn't feel so

alone anymore. They had always been there for us and for mommy. I could trust them.

Then they were discussing what they were going to do since the number of vampires that was coming

was bigger. He told us that we were going to stay inside of the house and do nothing. But we had

powers. We could just blow them up and everything would be over. We could help. I insisted trying to

make him agree but it didn't matter. He told me that he was my father and that if he was saying I was

going to stay inside, I would. He had no right to give me orders. He hadn't done it for five years and

we had managed to stay alive. Though I had said that I hated him and that I wanted him to disappear

that wasn't true. I didn't mean it. I just wanted to hurt him. Like he had hurt mommy. I could see the

sadness in his eyes when I said those words and first I felt guilty but then I thought he deserved it for

all the pain he caused mommy and us. Grandpa Aro told me that he was right and to apologize but I

wasn't going to. Edward was the one who had to apologize. For all that he had done to us and

everything we had gone through because of him. Then grandpa Aro told me to go to my room. He

yelled to me. He had never yelled to me. I cried and even hid my thoughts from Lizzie and Luke.


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It seemed like everyone hated me now. Everybody yelled at me and told me what to do. Why couldn't

mommy come back? I didn't want to be here. I wanted mommy and Uncle Luke. I wanted to go back

to my old life. The one we had before we meet him. Even with all the comments about our missing

dad, it was better than this. It was better than being alone and yelled at.

Why couldn't I just be like Lizzie and Luke and forgive him? Why couldn't I forget what we had beenthrough like Lizzie and Luke did? Why did I have to be different?

Then Lizzie changed some things in my idea and everyone thought she was amazing and smart and

perfect. I was so jealous. I had never felt like this. I had never been jealous of my siblings before.

Everybody treated us the same way. That idea had been mine and I could have made changes too. But

they just had to say no. To them I was just a stubborn and silly girl. No one tried to understand how I

felt about all this family thing. They just expected me to be like my siblings, but I wasn't. I was

different and I wasn't sure why.

After we did our thing in the beginning of the fight Luke and I had stayed watching. Lizzie didn't want

to. I noticed that there was still a lot of newborns and then I saw him going to meet, what I assumed

was, the leader. She looked so dangerous. I felt the urge to go outside and do something to help him.

That time I justified it to myself saying that I just didn't want Lizzie and Luke to suffer if something

happened to him. But when I got outside she talked to me and I was too scared to move. Then he had

to launch himself in front of us to save us and it happened.

Now he was lying here and we didn't know if he was going to be okay. Lizzie hated me and she would

never forgive me. And I felt so confused and I was so angry with myself. This had all happened

because of me. If I had been able to let go, to forget what he had done to us, then maybe this

wouldn't have happened. If I hadn't been so idiot and stubborn none of this would have happened.

The last thing that I had told him was that I hated him and that I wanted him to disappear, but if

something happened to him I would never be able to tell him that wasn't true. That I loved him andthat I needed him. Only now, that he was hurt, I had realized that he was important to me. That, even

though he had put us through so much, I loved him.

I would not leave his side before he woke and I could tell him everything. Maybe he would understand

and forgive me.

I was just trying to protect mommy and Lizzie and Luke. And myself.

Alice's POV

I joined Lizzie, Luke and Esme in the kitchen. I sat beside the kids while they ate.

"Where is Lilly?" Lizzie asked pretending not to be interested. I knew they were worried.

"She didn't come. She's still upstairs." I answered.

"Why?" Luke asked.

"You don't know?" I mean they could read her mind.

"No. She has been blocking us."

"Well I'm not sure either but Uncle Jasper told us she was feeling guilty."


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"But won't she get sick?"

"Don't worry we'll make sure she doesn't get sick okay?" I really hoped Lillian would react soon.

"Okay." Luke said.

"What if you went to sleep for a bit?" I asked when they finished Lunch.

"No. We want to go back to daddy." Lizzie said. We let them. They returned to the bedroom and

settled in the same position they were before having Lunch, laying at his side. We knew that they

would eventually fall asleep. At least they started talking again. This eased some of our worry about

them. But there was still Lillian. She still hadn't moved. How did she stand to be in the same position

for so long? Wasn't she in pain? I walked to her.

"Lillian?" I called slightly shaking her. "Lillian you have to eat something." No response. "Doesn't it hurt

to be on your knees for so long?" Nothing. She didn't even look at me. Esme tried to but the responsewas almost the same. Almost because she actually looked at Esme, only to start staring at Edward

again, after.

At about six pm Lizzie and Luke fell asleep. Rosalie and I moved them to their beds so that they would

be more comfortable. I knew they would sleep long since it had been an exhausting day for them.

When we returned to Edward's bedroom, we noticed that Lilly was also asleep, still in the same

position. I didn't even know how that was possible. I tried to move her to take her to her room but I

couldn't. One of her hands was on Edward's but the other was gripping the bed's sheets. And she

wouldn't let go. Rosalie tried too but the result was the same. We gave up.

Carlisle got home an hour later and went to check on Edward. Bella had called a few minutes later

saying that she was about to board her flight. Esme and I were in Edward's room waiting for Carlisle's

assessment on his condition. I noticed that the wounds didn't look as bad as before.

"So Carlisle, how's he doing?" Esme asked anxiously.

"He's doing great. The venom is doing its job. I think he'll wake up in the next few hours. I knew that

he would pull through." He said contently.

"He has more than enough reasons to do so." Esme said stroking Lillian's hair. "Carlisle, dear can you

take a look at Lillian too. I'm so worried about her. She hasn't eaten anything yet and she's in this

position since she entered the room."

"Sure darling." Carlisle answered. "I can't do much since she's asleep. But from what I've seen, she

seems to be fine for now. Let's allow her to sleep a bit, even if it's in that position. Though when she

wakes up it's very important that she eats something. Maybe Edward can convince her if he is already

awake by then."

"Okay. I've already tried to move her but she doesn't let me." Carlisle looked at me questioningly. I

tried to pick her up to show him what I was talking about. As I expected she squeezed Edward's hand

harder and gripped the sheet.

"Looks like we won't get her out of here soon." He sighed. He and Esme left the room to tell the

others the news. I stayed. I wanted to be here when Edward woke. I picked a pillow and placed itunder Lilly's knees. At least she was more comfortable.


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I sat in the piano bench and stared at Lillian and Edward. From time to time she would squeeze his

hand, like if she was comforting him or giving him strength. She was very pretty. Like a mini copy of

Bella. Her beautiful brown hair was spread in the mattress next to Edward's arm. She looked so

peaceful when she was asleep. We hadn't really interacted with her in the past few days. She was quiet

whenever she wasn't playing with her siblings. When Lizzie and Edward got closer whenever shewasn't with Luke she was sitting somewhere, lost in her own world. The truth was that she didn't let us

get too close.

A few hours passed and I was getting a bit tired of staying in Edward's room. Neither he nor Lillian

had woken up. I was about to leave the room when a small moan came from the bed. I looked at

Lillian, thinking that her body was finally resenting all the hours she had spent in the same position,

but she was still deep asleep. Then I looked at Edward, small wrinkles appeared on his face as he tried

to move. I ran to the bed.

"Edward? Edward?" I got groan as answer. Thanks god he was waking up. Slowly he opened his eyes.

"Alice?" He asked.

"Yes. About time you woke. Everybody was worried." He tried to sit in the bed. "Calm down. You have

to be careful. I'll call Carlisle." I went to the door and called Carlisle saying that Edward had woken up.

Two seconds later Carlisle was entering the room with Esme right behind him.

"How's that going son?" He asked visibly relieved.

"Fine I guess. Can somebody help me to sit in the bed? It looks like I don't have strength."

"That's normal son. I'll send Emmet and Jasper to get some animal blood for you." Carlisle said while

helping him to sit. As soon as the words were out of Carlisle's mouth I heard Jasper and Emmetleaving the house. "Take it slow Edward. I'll be downstairs if you need anything."

"I'm so glad you woke Edward." Esme said dry sobbing and hugging him carefully. "Everybody was so

worried."

"I'm fine mom. Relax."

"Okay. I'm going to cook something for Lilly. Maybe she'll eat now." She sighed and left the room.

"Lilly? How are they? And Bella? Did you tell her?" He asked suddenly.

"Calm down Edward. Of course I told Bella. She's desperate. At least when she calls again I can give

her good news." I was so relieved.

"Why can't you call her?"

"Because she is already on her way here. Maybe her plane will do a stopover and she can call."

"What about the kids?"

"Lizzie and Luke are better but she's not." I said pointing to a sleeping Lilly. "We are worried about

her." He looked down, only now noticing Lilly's presence.


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"Lilly?" He whispered staring at her. "Where are the others?"

"In their room sleeping."

"Why isn't she there too?"

"I'll start from the beginning. After you were attacked the fight was over quickly. Carlisle went to see

you and with Jasper and Emmet's help brought you inside of the house while the Volturi took care of

the remains and me, Rosalie and Esme were with the kids. Lizzie and Luke were freaked out and Lilly

was frozen. She didn't move. She feels guilty and Lizzie didn't exactly help. They waited outside of the

room and as soon as Carlisle left they came inside. They refused to eat and sleep. Lizzie and Luke lay

with you in the bed and Lilly has been in this position since she came in. A while ago we convinced

Lizzie and Luke to eat but Lilly stayed here. After they finished they came back but fell asleep and we

moved them to their room. We couldn't move Lilly though." He gave me the same look Carlisle had so

I tried to move her. She did exactly the same thing as the other times. He looked at me surprised.

"What do you mean with 'Lizzie didn't exactly help'?

"Before Carlisle, Jasper and Emmet brought you inside, Lizzie went to Lillian, pushed her and told her

that it was her fault, that if Lillian hadn't gone outside you wouldn't have gotten hurt, that she hated

her, she said that Lillian had took you away from her and that if something happened to you she

would never forgive her. It wasn't pretty. But Lillian didn't react at all. She just stared. She hasn't

spoken or sob since we got to them. Sometimes she silently cries but that's all. We are very worried."

"How long was I out?"

"Almost a day."

"What? And you are telling me that she hasn't eaten or moved during all that time?" He asked

concerned.

"We tried but she wouldn't even look at us." He started stroking her hair.

"What exactly did Victoria did to me? And what happened to her?"

"She almost ripped your arm out and she opened three huge gashes on your chest. From your right

shoulder, almost to your left leg. Jasper took care of her." I explained. He turned his attention to Lilly.

"She looks so much like Bella." He sighed. Then she started to move, waking up. She looked around

until her eyes fell on Edward.

Edward's POV

I felt the darkness slowly fading away. I tried to move but there was a strange feeling in my chest and

my shoulder. It hurt a bit. I moaned trying to move. I couldn't find the strength to move.

"Edward? Edward?" a familiar voice asked. I slowly opened my eyes recognizing Alice's face.

"Alice?" She said something about me waking up and calling Carlisle. Seconds later Carlisle appeared

with Esme right behind him. I talked a bit with Carlisle and he helped me to sit. Then it was Esme's

turn, I could say she was relieved. She left saying that she had to cook for Lilly


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I was a bit confused. I wasn't sure I remembered what had happened. Suddenly everything came

rushing to me. It was like a movie. I immediately asked for the kids and Bella.

I knew that Bella would freak out and I couldn't even imagine how the kids were. Alice told me what

had happened after I blacked out and what Victoria had done to me. I could certainly feel it.

Surprisingly it didn't hurt that much. Now, I was worried about Lilly.

"She looks so much like Bella." I sighed. I kept stroking her hair and she started to move. She looked

around disorientated until her eyes fell on me. She immediately started sobbing and crying, getting up

and hugging me.

"I'm sorry... so sorry daddy ... I ... I... sorry... I didn't... I didn't mean it... I didn't want... you... hurt... my

fault... sorry daddy ... I..." She spoke while sobbing. I was... well, surprised is an understatement. She

called me daddy. I was sure. But she was so nervous. I remembered that Alice had said she felt guilty. I

would have to speak to her.

"Ssshh. It's okay now." I let her cry and sob. Alice had told me she hadn't spoken or sob yet so Ithought it would be good for her to let everything out. I have to admit that I was shocked when Alice

told me what Lizzie had done. I never thought she could do something like that. They must have been

desperate. I noticed that Alice had left the room. I got to the other side of the bed and helped Lilly to

climb up.

She curled against me and kept sobbing and crying, occasionally mumbling words like sorry and

daddy. I was happy that she called me daddy but it broke my heart to see her like this. I could say she

was consumed by guilt and that wasn't good for her. If she didn't stop sobbing soon I would have to

make her stop to talk to her. She needed to eat and sleep.

Finally she calmed down. She looked at me and sighed.

"I'm sorry daddy. I'm sorry I disobeyed you and went outside. I'm sorry I froze and didn't attack. I'm

sorry you got hurt because of me and I'm sorry I told you that I hated you. I didn't mean it. I don't. I...

I... I love you and I'm sorry. I know it's my fault... I never wanted you to get hurt. I'm sorry..." She

started crying again.

"Listen to me Lillian. This is not your fault. It's Victoria's fault. You shouldn't have come outside but it

was Victoria who did this." I pointed to my chest that was still covered with bandages.

"But if I hadn't gone outside..." She sobbed.

"It could have happened the same way. Victoria could have tried to get into the house and I wouldhave done the same thing to stop her. Or we could have fought and it could have been worse. We

can't know. Maybe the fact that you came outside may have helped. Have you thought that it could

have been worse if I had actually fought with her? There is no way to know. But I don't blame you. This

is not your fault! Do you hear me?" She was looking intently at me.

"But Lizzie said..."

"It doesn't matter what Lizzie said. Lizzie was nervous. This is not your fault!"

"But she hates me and..."

"She doesn't hate you. She was just upset and confused. This is not your fault Lillian! Okay?" I meant


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every word I had said. I wasn't just trying to make her feel better. I truly didn't blame her. This was all

Victoria's fault.

She slowly nodded. In that moment Esme came in with a plate full of food and a bottle with a red

liquid. Blood. She handed me the bottle and I drank it quickly, handing it back to her.

"I've made some food to you Lillian. You have to eat." She said.

"I don't want to. I'm not hungry." She mumbled.

"Give it to me, Esme." I took the plate and set it in my lap while Esme left. I looked Lilly in the eyes.

"Alice told me you still haven't eaten anything. You have to eat." She sighed and nodded grabbing the

fork and taking small bites.

All of a sudden the door opened and Alice appeared holding my cell.

"Bella's going to call." She said. I sighed. I knew this wasn't going to be easy. Two minutes later the cellrang. Alice answered immediately.

"Hey Bella."

"Alice. Is there any news? How's Edward?" She sounded tired and worried.

"He's fine. He woke up a few minutes ago actually." Alice said with enthusiasm.

"Thank god." I could hear the relief in her voice. "Can you put him on the phone please?" She asked.

"Sure, just tell me something. Do you know why I couldn't see if Edward was going to be okay?"

"Yeah. It probably has something to do with the kids. Ask Aro. He'll explain better than me."

"Okay. Thanks." I took the phone from Alice.

"Love?"

"What the hell Edward? Do you have any idea of how scared I was? Don't you ever do this to me

again!" She yelled.

"Sorry love. I had to protect them."

"I know Edward but you should have taken someone with you to fight against Victoria, not go alone. It

was irresponsible." She scolded. I had to admit that she was right. Maybe things would have been

different if I had called someone to help me.

"I'm sorry love. Everything is fine, now. I'm fine."

"What about the kids?"

"They are better. Lizzie and Luke are asleep."

"And Lillian?"


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"She's here, eating."

"I wanted to talk to her but the plane is leaving. Tell her that I love her. I love you."

"Love you too." I replied. I placed the cell in my pocket. "It was mommy. She wants you to know she

loves you." She nodded and finished her food.

A few minutes later she looked at me and opened her mouth but closed it right after.

"Is there something you want to tell me?" I asked.

"No. I want my mommy! When is she coming back?"

"She's on her way. Why don't you sleep a bit while she doesn't come?" I started humming the lullaby I

had composed for the kids. She fell asleep immediately. I called Alice and she took her to the kids'

bedroom. We would need to talk but right now she needed to sleep.

Carlisle came to my room and removed the bandages, saying that I didn't need them anymore. The

wounds were already closed. Now I just had to drink a lot of blood to get back my strength. Alice and

Esme brought me more bottles filled with blood. I already felt stronger.

I was anxious for Bella to come back. We would finally be able to have our happy ending. About seven

in the morning Lizzie and Luke wake up and came straight to my room.

"Daddy! You're okay!" Lizzie said coming to lie in the bed with me and hugging me. Luke did the

same. They were so happy.

"I promised I would never leave you again." I said hugging them back.

"Oh daddy. I'm so happy you are okay!" Lizzie squealed.

"Is Lilly okay daddy? Did she get sick?" Luke asked worried.

"Your sister is fine. She ate before she went to bed. Now let's allow her to sleep a bit because she

needs it." He sighed relieved. "Lizzie, I want to talk to you. Aunty Alice told me what you did to Lilly. It

was not Lilly's fault." I said seriously.

"But is she hadn't gone outside..."

"I could have gotten hurt anyway. Victoria did this to me. It's not Lilly's fault. Victoria was very

dangerous and I shouldn't have fought with her without having anyone to help me. Maybe it could

have been worse if Lilly hadn't come outside. We don't know. I already told this to your sister and I'm

telling it to you. This was not Lilly's fault and you've made her feel very bad. Now she thinks that you

hate her. You'll need to apologize when she wakes up. Do you understand?"

"Yes. I was just upset. I don't hate her, I just..."

"I understand, but Lilly suffered a lot with this. She thought it was her fault."

"When she wakes up I'll apologize."

"Good. Now your mother is going to arrive soon. Let's go downstairs to wait for her?"


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"Yeah!"

I had a quick shower and changed clothes before heading downstairs. When I got to the living room

with the kids, Aro was about to explain why Alice couldn't see if I was going to be okay.

"Edward. It's good to see you are better."

"Thanks Aro. I'm feeling a lot better." I still hadn't gotten used to see Aro so friendly. "But please keep

talking I would like to hear your explanation too."

"Let's make a small experience. Alice try to see Emmett's future." Emmett was sitting beside me and

the kids.

"I can't." She stated a few minutes after.

"Good. Emmet go to the yard please." Emmet complied. "Try to see his future now Alice."

"I did it. Though I prefer I wouldn't have seen what I saw." She said with a disgusted face. I knew what

she meant. She had saw Emmet and Rosalie... 'spending some time together'. Everybody laughed.

Then I heard the sound of a car. Bella. I bolted to the door followed by Lizzie and Luke and got out.

Everyone followed. The car parked and the passenger's door opened revealing my Bella. I had missed

her so much. As soon as her eyes fell on me she ran to me. When our bodies collided she launched

her arms around my neck and her legs around my waist, hugging me close. I hugged her back.

"Thank god you are okay!" She breathed to my ear. "Don't do this to me again."

"I promise love. I love you." Then she kissed me. Our lips moved in sync. I really

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