Twilight Alternate Ending

Because I had an epiphany after watching the New Moon movie (a few months ago) I wrote my own version of Twilight’s ending. My rewrite starts at the end of New Moon, directly after which I wrote that Edward and Bella get married, the Cullens somehow took care of Victoria, the wolf pack is joined by others, and the Vultori didn’t visit. The story below picks up temporally four years after New Moon. (If you want to know the reasons I made the assumptions and changes I did, post a comment. I’ll be happy to answer any questions);

Rewrite of Twilight Ending
Bella is going to the store and buying groceries. It is apparent the groceries are for one since she buys in small quantities.

Bella narrates; “A lot has happened in these last four years, almost four years about three and a half… Edward and I got married. My dad finally agreed, after he forgave Edward for leaving me Senior year, once he was sure Edward could financially support me. As far as my dad is concerned Edward’s an investor. But the truth is Edward invests only his own money and has run an online business for the past decade give or take a few years. Our wedding was so rushed that we didn’t really plan to buy or rent a place to live, so at first we lived with Dr. and Mrs. Cullen. We still live there because it worked out that way, since Edward and me promptly, unintentionally, had a baby girl. But we love Mary, our two, almost three year old daughter. Edward insisted on naming her something unoriginal, said that her life would be hard enough without a strange name like Renesmee, which is what I wanted to name her. I gave in. His reason was logical. Edward calls Mary our little monster but more out of affection than with sincerity. She’s a Dhampir, half human, half Vampire.”

Bella grabs some healthy kid’s food off the counter at the grocery store.

Bella narration continues; “She eats food like humans do but also drinks blood, craves it like Edward does. Which is why when she was born, unable to keep my pregnancy a secret from the town, we told everyone that she has a mysterious developmental problem and is in the hospital, unable to have visitors other than her parents. We thought we’d introduce her to the world once we can be sure she’ll control her urges, once she understands. In truth, Mary stays at home with me and Edward’s always close by since he works from home. Or on occasion she stays with her Aunt Rosalie and Uncle Emmett when they’re not busy with their butcher shop in town. They’re good to her. Carlisle says that through Mary, Rosalie finally gets to be a mother, which she wanted before she was turned. It’s softened her, made her less selfish, something Carlisle hoped for, but was beginning to think imposable. And it’s worked out well for me because I’m not a touchy feely kind of mother but if that’s what Mary needs Rosalie provides plenty of that kind of attention.”

Bella is at the diner with to her Dad, Charlie;

Bella narration continues: “Since Edward and I got married, since I moved out of my dad’s house, every week me and my dad have a dinner at the diner.”

“How’s Mary?” Charlie asks as the waitress puts a steak down in front of him.
“Good…the same.” Bella says getting her soup and salad combo.
“They’re taking good care of her at the hospital?”
“Yeah Dad… we go over this every week.”
“Well…I like to be kept up to date.”
“We’ll let you know if anything changes.”
Charlie nods. “Please do.”

Bella narrates: “I hate lying about Mary, especially to my dad. Our relationship is the best it’s ever been. And my mom, we talk on the phone frequently. It’s easier lying over the phone. She’s traveling with Phil, again. He’s been traded.”

Home, in the Cullen house. She walks up the many stairs.

Bella narration continues: “I’m happy with my life. But I haven’t forgotten Edward’s promise to change me. The three years have come and gone but I figure eventually I’ll break him down.”

On the fourth floor Bella turns and walks into a sitting room. Edward is sitting at a desk, at his computer. She puts her hand on his shoulder. He turns to her. She kisses him softly on the lips. He smiles at Bella. “Mary’s sleeping.” He whispers. “Oh. Okay.” She says whispering even softer than Edward. She tiptoes out of the room and downstairs.

Bella narrates; “Sometimes what you want isn’t as good as what the people who love you want for you. But I can’t regret the decisions I’ve made….Edward tried to talk me out of becoming a Vampire. But I just wouldn’t have it any other way. I wanted to be with him forever.”

In the forest;
In the afternoon, when the sun is highest, Bella and Edward stand in the forest with fifteen Volturi family members around them. In the sunlight the skin of the Vampires glistens. Edward stands in the shadows distress on his face. Aro's lieutenants are around Edward between him and Bella. Aro holds Bella's arm and leans in to bite Bella. Bella stands there compliant. But before Aro bites her Bella wakes up and it’s all a dream.
Bella narrates “I often had a dream about Aro finding out I’m not a Vampire, and coming to forks to turn me.”

The Prophecy;
Bella narrates “One day as we often did Edward and I took Mary to our spot up on the mountain top, where the wild flowers grow in the sunlight.”
Edward and Bella are sitting on a blanket in the field of wild flowers. Mary at the opposite end of the field is running around, pretending to be an airplane.
Bella turns to Edward, “Edward, when are you going to change me?”
Edward turns to Bella and takes a deep sigh.
Bella scoots up to him, “I know about all the reasons you don’t want to. I wrote them down in that letter I sent you that week we weren’t speaking and refuted all of them…remember.”
Edward nods and shutters, remembering the week where they didn’t speak.
She scoots up closer to him, “I don’t care about any of those reasons. I want you to change me…”
He looks to her upset.
“You promised.” Bella pleads.
“Bella.” Edward addresses her. “If I turn you…” he lets out a deep sigh, “You need to know something first.”
“What?”
He lets out a deep sigh, “There’s this prophecy…”
“Prophecy?” Bella says skeptical.
“Carlisle learned of it when he was with the Volturi. What Aro was planning to do with it was why Carlisle left.”
“What did the prophecy say?”
“It talks of “The One” mentions a list of biological description, that’s how Carlisle knew about the prophecy Aro had him look at the biological aspects of the prophecy, apparently “The One” was supposes to be a warrior and have many scares all over his body”
“What does the prophecy say?”
Edward quotes “The One will allow those who hide from the sun to touch the sun.”
“Vampires hide from the sun…but what does the rest of it mean? This is why I hate prophecies.”
“Aro believes that one day he’ll be as powerful as a God. Carlisle has sworn not to let that happen. It can’t happen. If you make the change I need to know you’ll be on my side if it comes to a battle with the Vultori.”
“You know I will.”
“I’ll have to fight Bella, probably die.”
“I’ll fight with you.”
Edward looks forlorn thinking of the idea of her fighting, of her dying.
“You promised Edward…three years and it’s been three years. I think I’ve been very patient.”
Edward, looking forlorn, nods.

The turning;
Bella narrates “We had Rosalie and Emmett take Mary for the night when Edward turned me.”
Bella and Edward are in their room when Edward bites her. He promptly loosens his teeth from her neck and the venom is released into her blood. She clamps down on her teeth grunting in great pain. Her head is burning. He holds her down as she seizes.
Bella narrates “The process was more painful for him than me. After a night of being comatose, what in ancient ledged people could/would consider dead, I awoke.”
Bella’s skin is cold and pail.
Bella narrates “Prepared for the fact that I would be hungry, Edward had blood waiting for me.”
Edward offers Bella blood and Bella drinks hungrily.
“When I first drank blood it was satisfying, even desirable but it was unusual different than when I was pregnant with Mary, when I also needed to drink blood. It felt odd, unnatural then. But when I awoke from after Edward bit me it felt natureal.
Then like in Alice’s vision Edward and I ran in the forest together.”

In the mist Bella and Edward run through the forest Bella’s eyes glow iridescent with red around her pupils and her neck, where he bit her, has healed.
Suddenly, Bella collapse and doesn’t get up. Panicked Edward quickly carries her back to the house. He stumbles as he does an expression of extreme worry on his face.
At the house Edward puts Bella on her bed. Carlisle notices she is burning up. He leads Edward down the stairs to the main room before telling Edward his diagnosis; “I’ve seen this before, sometimes humans are unable to survive the change.”
Edward is pants angrily. “You didn’t think to tell me that this could happen?”
Carlisle’s forlorn about it. “I’ve only seen it happen once,” he says “and I didn’t think it would happen to Bella because of Alice’s vision.”
“What can I do?” Edward begs.
“There’s nothing that can be done. I’m sorry Edward.” Carlisle says. “I am so sorry.”
Edward breaks a window he’s so upset. His family jumps startled but understands.
Then Alice asks about Mary. “She should say goodbye to Bella?”
“No.” Edwards says. Edward, knowing his daughter can hear people’s thoughts and that she loves her mother, begs his family to think about something else and take Mary out of the house. Esme, Alice, Carlisle, and Jasper agree.
“Call us on my cell…” Esme says “If Bella asks to see her.”
Edward nods.

Telling Bella she’s dying;
Once his family leaves with Mary Edward slowly walks the stairs to Bella and his room. He sees her on the bed her eyes dropping and he can't get himself to enter their room. She’s just lying there in bed. From the doorway, Edward tells her what Carlisle said.
“I can tell something’s wrong.” Bella responds calmly.
Edward informs Bella he sent Mary away with his family.
Bella nods, “I don’t want her to be here with me like this. She knows I love her. That’s all that matters.”
Edward wears a painful expression on his face.
Bella worried that Edward will want to end his life when she’s gone gathers all the strength she can to stand and walk to him. He meets her inside the room and holds her, allowing her to lean against him. She’s so weak. “Edward, you need to take care of Mary. When I’m gone you’re the only parent she’ll have left.”
He closes his eyes and cringes in pain when she mentions the idea of her being gone.
“Promise me Edward.” Bella begs. “You have to raise her at least.” Bella says being realistic, knowing that asking him to stay with Mary forever would mean exactly that, forever.
“I promise.” He whispers breathing deeply.
“You have to promise me one more thing.” Bella begs. “You can’t feel guilty about this?”
He looks at her sadly, with deep regret. “I should never have agreed to change you. I should have refused.”
“I asked you to do it. It’s not your fault. It’s mine. I’m just a stubborn fool remember.”
Recalling a fight they had had before about her hounding him to change her, a fight where he called her a stubborn fool, he flashes a brief smile. But looking to her, her weak body and tired eyes he feels as if all his strength is being sucked from him.
Getting too weak to stand Bella almost collapses but Edward catches her. As he lifts her she feels heavy. He puts her down on the bed.
“Stay with me?” Bella asks weakly.
“I’m not going anywhere.” He says lying down next to her, holding her “I’m right here.”
Holding her in his arms, lying beside her, he closes his eyes as she falls asleep.

In a dream;
Edward is walking through the forest with Mary as she grows up but he doesn’t age.

Back in reality at the Cullen house;
Hours later, just as Twilight begins, Bella stirs. Edward open his eyes. Weakly she sits up in bed. He looks to her surprised. “How do you feel?” he asks.
“Hungry.” Bella says surprised. “You should call the others back here. I think I’m fine.” She says extreme surprise all over her face and in her voice.
Edward makes Bella promise to stay in bed and goes to calls his family. But when he goes back to Bella she’s not in their room.
Panicked he calls her name.
She responds with a muffled. “Edward I’m down here!”
Downstairs he finds her in the Kitchen. Food containers such as cottage cheese, peanut butter, milk, orange juice, and a variety of take out containers are open and lay out all over the counter. Swallowing some milk, “I’m starving” she tells Edward as he enters the room. Promptly with a spoon she shovels some cottage cheese into her mouth.
Then as if sleep walking he says “it smells good” and starts eating with her.
When Carlisle comes in he’s shocked to see that they’re both eating people food. “Edward?” Carlisle says.
Edward snaps out of it. He puts down the fork he’s eating with and wonders why he just did what he did.
Jasper enters the kitchen next. Smelling with surprised he announces “she’s human?”
“How is that possible?” Alice asks.
Carlisle looks to Bella still stunned “She’s immune to the venom. She can’t be turned. This has never happened before.”
Bella goes up to Edward and hugs him confused. “It’s like I’ve seen all this in a dream, a long time ago.” She says.
“You’ve said you’ve seen stuff before. A human seer?” Alice says surprised. “The Church talks about them.”
“What happened to me?” Edward asks. “I’m hungry and so thirsty.” To his siblings shock he reaches behind Bella moving his head towards her neck and they think he’s going to drink her blood but he takes the milk carton and gulps the last bit of it down. Esme and Edward’s siblings are really surprised.
“I’ll have to run some tests.” Carlisle says “But you drank her blood which is immune. It seems.” Carlisle smells Edward. “You’re human again.”
Edward smiles a huge smile.
“How is that possible he drank her blood before and didn’t become human?” Rosalie says annoyed. She’s jealous.
“She could have developed the immunity after she was infected five years ago.” Carlisle says. “like a virus, she was exposed to a small portion, enough for her body to develop a defense.”
Alice then has a horrible look on her face; she has a vision of Aro and his men tearing her family to pieces. She gasps.
“What is it?” Esme asks.
“The Vultori are coming?” Alice says
Edward is worried.
Mary being held by Rosalie looks to Alice “I said bad people were coming.” Mary wines.
The Cullens and her parents look to Mary.
“She’s a seer.” Alice is surprised.
“Yeah, from the sound of it more powerful than you.” Emmett says being an ass.
Alice rolls her eyes at him.
Suddenly Mary screams as she looks to her daddy. “No, don’t think that daddy. They can’t pull mommy apart. No!”
Edward looks to Mary apologetic. “I’m sorry baby.” then he looks to Bella “I can’t protect you like this.”
“We’ll protect her.” Carlisle says.
“Fifteen to six?” Alice questions. “It doesn’t end well.”
All the Cullens look worried. All but Bella “Then we’ll have to even the odds.” she says.

Meeting with the Volturi;
The next day in the afternoon, when the sun is highest, Bella and Edward meet the Volturi alone. As Alice predicted there are 15 Volturi family members. In the sunlight the skin of the Vampires glistens. Edward stands in the shadows. Aro speaks first;
“Where are the rest of the Cullen Vampire Clan?”
“My family doesn’t need to be here for this matter.”
Aro nods. “Yes, the matter at hand. Let us recap to make sure no one has forgotten.”
Aro’s blond haired lieutenant speaks; “About four years ago when you came to the Volturi asking your life be ended.”
“You thought Bella had taken hers after you’d left her to try and give her a normal life.” The Volturi boy says. “A noble act, selfless since for some peculiar reason you loved her, a human.” The boy says human with disgust.
The lieutenant with the deep voice speaks; “Then, when we refused to honor your request you set out to reveal yourself to the humans.”
“If Bella hadn’t come to Italy and stopped you we would have had no choice but to dismember you.” Aro says.
“I remember.” Edward says.
“I want to make sure you remember what happened next.” Aro says.
“Bella is immune to our abilities.” Jane says.
“Something we cannot tolerate.”
“Alice promised to make her an immortal if we let her live.” The deep voiced lieutenant says.
“She lives because her immunity against our powers will make for an interesting immortal, that was the agreement.”
“So why isn’t she?” The other lieutenant says.
“I suppose you want to protect her precious soul.” Aro says disgusted.
“What is it really good for?” Jane asks.
“We told you we weren’t going to give you a second chance.” One of the lieutenants of Aro says.
“I wanted him to change me but he wouldn’t. Do you think I want to grow old while he stays young?” Bella yells.
“Bella we’re not having this argument for the hundredth time here.”
“Why not now, here?”
“We can change you?” Jane says. “You smell so sweet.” She steps up eager to do it but Argo holds up his hand.
“What of Alice’s promise?” Aro says
“She’s my sister and I told her I’d kill her if she tried it.”
“Yeah he did.” Bella says “And I think soon in Vampire terms is a little different than in human ones I mean five years could be soon because aren’t you like 1000 years old or something.”
“She’s got a point Aro.” One of the Lieutenants says
“We need to be more specific next time.” Says the boy, the brother of Jane.
“When I said go prepare I thought you’d be done with it by now.” Aro says annoyed. He motions to his men to hold Edward.
Edward shakes his head at them “I see the odds I know there’s no point in fighting.”
Aro nods “that is very wise.”
Edward turns to Bella an extremely apologetic look on his face, “I’m sorry Bella I promised I would protect you and I failed.”
“I want this Edward.”
“You don’t know what it is you’re asking for.”
Bella steps up to Aro and holds out her arm.
“I’m ready.” She says.
Aro moves to bite into Bella but then smells and hesitates, “We’re not alone.” He says
“What do you mean?” Bella says nervously.
“There’s another human here besides you.” Aro points to Edward. Bella and Edward are startled.
“Edward?” Bella says skeptically.
“No.” Aro says thinking the idea of him being human is preposterous.
“Behind him.” Aro announces. One of Aro’s goons pulls Charlie out of the bush behind Edward. Charlie was going hunting that day. But when he saw Edward and Bella in the forest he approached them only to see Aro and his men arrive. Charlie knew right away they were different, by the speed of which they arrived, and how the sun glistened off their skin. And he notices the situation was tense so he hid. But learning that his daughter was going to be turned into a Vampire he creeps closer and aims his gun at Aro’s head. He fire’s his gun but the Vampire is too fast in disarming him and the bullet hits a tree. The goon firmly holds Charlie, while he struggles, and brings him to Aro.
“Dad!” Bella says really surprised.
Edward is fearful and surprised as well.
Charlie looks to Bella with shock, concern, and fear in his face.
“Oh dear dad. Good.” Aro says smiling “You’ll be wanting to snack on something when you’re turned and since you’re family has to think you’re dead anyway we might as well…what’s that witty phase.”
Jane answers. “Kill two birds with one stone.” She says.
Bella shakes her head violently. “I won’t kill my own father.”
“You didn’t tell her.” Aro says turning to Edward.
A look of what seems to be real fear appears on Edward’s face.
“The urge will be irresistible.” Aro continues.
Pretending to be really scared for her dad Bella yells; “I won’t do it! There are plenty of animals in the forest!”
“Weak!” Jane yells. “Like the rest of the Cullens. Feeding on livestock when they can have sweet human blood. There’s no sense in turning her she’ll never be one of us!”
“Silence!” Aro says.
Jane is silent.
“The Cullens are unique yes, but weak is not a word I would use to describe them. It takes a great amount of self control to resist the sweet scent of human blood.”
“They’re still morons for it.” Jane says feeling defeated.
“Yes, you are quite right Jane, about that.” Aro says. “Now shall we?” he says taking Bella’s hand.
She nods shaking.
“Bella run!” Charlie says
“Even if I wanted to I wouldn’t get very far dad. This isn’t how I wanted you to find out. I never wanted you to find out.”
Aro laughs before he leans down to bite her.
Edward closes his eyes as if he can feel her pain as Aro bites into her.
And Bella cringes as he bites into her but manages to speak. “At least now we won’t break the Treaty with the Quileute!” She says Quileute very loudly.
Jane looks to Bella “what are you talking about…” she says but is cut off as she’s shredded into bits by a wolf that sneaked up behind her. The other wolves attack as well and the Vampires fall from the trees freeing Charlie and releasing Bella from Aro.
“What is this?” Aro asks. He looks around and sees his people are dead or captured “You will all pay for this!” He yells.
Edward walks up to Aro slowly “I don’t think you’re really in a position to make threats.”
The color starts to come back into Aro’s face. He looks at his hands as he feels weak. The color begins to return to his hands as well. “What have you done to me?”
Walking up to Aro Bella has a scarf wrapped around her arm “Apparently…” she says weakly, she’s obviously in pain. “I’m not only immune to your powers but also to the venom and my blood is an antidote for what you are. You’re mortal now?” Bella says with an evil smile.
Aro looks very distraught.
Edward looks to Bella “Are you alright?”
“I’m okay.”
He looks upset.
“I’m okay Edward. This was the plan.”
“Can you get the humans out of here?” Carlisle asks the wolves.
Sam nods and two of his wolves step forward to Charlie and Bella. They lean down indicating to Bella and Charlie that they are to be mounted. The one in front of Bella is Jacob.
“I’m not going without you.” Bella says to Edward.
Jacob the wolf looks to Edward and with a shake of his head motions for him to get on his back as well.
“Go Edward.” Carlisle says. “We can take care of this.”
“What about me?” Aro says and two of the dogs go around him and growl.
“Okay, okay.” Aro says panicky.
“Bella?” Charlie says hesitant as Bella gets on Jacob’s back.
“It’s okay dad.” Bella says.
“We’ll explain everything to you once you’re safe.” Esme says.
Charlie gets on the back of the white wolf in front of him. “This is weird.” He says.
“Hold on.” Edwards says.
Bella puts her chest against Jacob’s coat putting her arms around him she holds onto his fur. Edward holds onto Bella. Charlie hesitates, feeling awkward as he holds onto his wolf in the same way Bella does. The two wolves saunter off.
“Let them go.” Carlisle orders to his family as he looks to the Vampire prisoners.
“But Carlisle?” Rosalie argues.
The wolves growl.
Carlisle turns to the wolves. “Someone needs to tell the rest of their family not to return and warn them of what will happen if they do.”
“My family will just turn me back.” Aro says standing up happy.
“No they won’t.” Carlisle says. “You have the cure in your blood if they tried it they would lose their immortality as well.”
“They’ll come back for Bella.” Aro threatens.
“No, because if they do they’ll meet their end as well.” Alice says as if she’s seen a vision.
Carlisle walks up to the Lieutenant. “Go back to Valora and tell the rest of your family that they stay away from Bella Swan and we’ll let you be. Otherwise we’ll put the antidote in the flu vaccine.”
The lieutenant nods. “That is an acceptable agreement. But the details will have to be settled.”
“We’ll set up a meet on neutral ground to put the details in writing another time. All I asks is that Bella is safe and that any Vampire who wants the cure can have it.”
The lieutenant nods, “We’ll contact you once we reach Valora.”
Carlisle bows.
“What about me?” Aro begs.
“What about you?” The lieutenant says. “You’re just a lose end we have to tie up.”
Aro starts to run.
“Felix” the lieutenant says.
Felix runs after Aro.
“Until we meet again.” The lieutenant says as he bows to Carlisle. He runs off.

At the Cullen house Charlie, Bella, and Edward are dropped off by the wolves;
“Thank you.” Edward says.
The wolves begin to turn around and walk back into the forest.
“Jacob.” Bella says and both the dogs look to her. Nodding her head, she motions to her dad. “This is your chance.”
Jacob, as a wolf nods. He turns into a person, his shorts still on. The other wolf turns into a person at the same time. She is wearing a sports bra and shorts. Charlie is shocked.
“Jacob?” Charlie says surprised.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you boss.”
“Until now.” The girl looks to Bella. “Sam says it’s okay. He also wanted us to tell you that Esme has invited us to have Venison at your place tonight. Says you have one that’s been drained.” The girl smiles.
Edward smiles bashfully. “Yeah.”
“How do you know that?” Charlie asks confused.
“The wolves can read each other’s thoughts.” Bella says.
The wolf girl asks Bella. “How do you know that?”
“One of the boys told her three years ago when she found out about Jake.” Emily says as she comes out of the back door of the Cullen house.
“Emily…” Bella says turning to her surprised.
Emily is eager to hear, “Everything went okay?”
“Yeah…Yeah…everyone’s fine.”
“Good.” Emily says letting out a sigh of relief.
Bella looks to Emily, “Thank you for…”
“Yeah…” Emily stops and looks to Charlie who is standing there speechless. “I thought you didn’t want your dad to be involved.”
“It wasn’t really a choice.” Edward says.
Bella looks to her father, “Dad, what were you doing out there?”
“I told you I was going hunting today.” Charlie says.
“No, you didn’t.”
“Well… there’s a lot you didn’t tell me.”
Emily puts her hand on Bella shoulder, “We’ll leave you to talk…” Emily turns to Jacob and the other girl. “Jacob, Nessa. Let’s go.”
“We’ll see you later then.” Nessa says.
“Yeah…” Bella waves to Nessa and looks to Emily eager. “How was she?” Bella asks.
“She was asleep the whole time she didn’t make a peep.” Emily says.
Bella nods.
Emily and the others walk into the forest.
“That’s going to be an interesting conversation.” Nessa says as she walks away. “Hey dad, I married a Vampire.” Looking back, noticing that Bella, Charlie, and Edward are looking at her, she covers her mouth sheepishly, realizing she’s being too loud.
“Sounds like the title of a bad movie.” Jacob says and giggles. He turns around “I tried to talk her out of it!” he yells to Charlie.
Uncomfortable Bella, Charlie, and Edward look to Jacob.
Emily pulls on Jacob’s arm, “It’s none of your business.”
Jacob turns back around. The three of them walk back into the forest.
Holding Edward’s hand Bella looks to the ground nervously. He squeezes her hand in his. She flashes a quick smile at him, and then looks to her dad, “Dad” she sighs.
“Bells.” Charlie sighs.
The wind blows through the trees making the wind chimes on the second floor sing.
There’s a rattling, “Mommy! Mommy!” Mary yells from inside.
Letting go of Edward’s hand, turning to the house, “Coming baby!” Bella yells.
Charlie looks to Bella, a look of betrayal on his face.
“I’ll go…” Edward says holding Bella back. He points to her arm, where the scarf is wrapped around her wound.
Bella looks down at where he points. “Right.” she says.
Edward opens the back door to the house, automated chimes ring as he does. Edward looks to Charlie before he goes inside. “You’re welcome to come in… Bella will explain everything.”
Charlie nods.
“Thanks.” Bella sighs looking to Edward, feeling burdened.
“I’ll be back after Carlisle…”
“Yeah.” Bella nods and gives Edward a peck of a kiss on the lips.
“Okay.” Edward goes in the house. Bella and Charlie follow.

Inside the Cullen house;
“Daddy! Daddy!” Mary yells rattling the lid of her crib.
Edward walks through the house, on his way to the stairs.
“Edward,” Bella calls.
Edward looks back to her.
“The key is on the high shelf of her bookcase.”
Edward nods and taking large strides he quickly makes his way up to the stairs out of site.
“Dad I ah…” she looks down, facing Charlie, as she lets out a guilty sigh. “I don’t know where to start.”
“Edward’s a Vampire?” Charlie says letting out a deep sigh.
Bella sighs almost at the same moment.
Gathering confidence, Bella looks to her father “I love him dad. It didn’t matter to me. They don’t kill people. To survive they drink the blood of animals.”
“I was there Bells. I heard that... I just… Vampire’s… ware-wolves …I think Jacob was right this is like some bad movie.”
For a moment there’s an awkward silence.
“Mary’s obviously not in the hospital?” Charlie says to Bella a look of betrayal on his face.
“No.” Bella says a look of guilt on her face. “Dad… I know we lied to you and I’m sorry but there were good reasons for it. And please… you can’t… please don’t tell mom.”
“You’re mother…tell your mother Edward’s a Vampire” Charlie laughs “she’d have me committed.”
Bella laughs. “Yeah probably…”
“If I didn’t see it myself… I know if I say anything, I might as well put myself in a straight jacket.”
“Thanks dad…and that goes for the wolves too.”
Charlie nods. “It explains a lot about Jacob, why he’s such a good cop.” Charlie laughs to himself. “I actually told him the other day he’s got a great nose.”
Bella giggles.
Alice comes down the stairs.
“You’re back.” Bella says.
Alice looks to Bella “Yeah, it was quick.”
Charlie looks to them confused. “How did you… get in?”
Alice smiles at Charlie, “There are entrances on the upper floors.”
“We like to climb trees.” Jasper says. “It’s a Vampire thing.”
Charlie nods looking overwhelmed.
“Good plan by the way” Alice says to Bella.
“Thanks.” Bella says blushing.
Alice turns to Charlie, “She’s a genius.”
Charlie looks to Bella with pride, “That was your plan?”
“Yeah… well I found out about Jacob and the wolves about four years ago and I figured they wouldn’t mind taking out some Vamps. It’s kind of their thing.”
“But we have a treaty with them.” Alice says. “They let us be as long as we only feed off animals.”
Carlisle saunters down the stairs. He looks to Charlie and flashes a friendly smile then he looks to Bella. “I should probably stitch that up.” He says pointing to the scarf.
Charlie wears an expression of feeling out of place. “You can come to.” Carlisle says and leads Charlie to his office. Bella is ahead of them. “This is old hat for me and Bella.”
“You get bitten often?” Charlie says monotone.
Carlisle chuckles. “No.”
Bella turns around, “I’m clumsy. And blood around Vampire’s isn’t such a good idea.”
Charlie looks to Carlisle “But you’re a doctor?”
“I have developed a great deal of will power. I always wanted to be a doctor, to help people. When I became a Vampire I made the decision not to let what I was stop me from doing what I knew I had to.” Carlisle unlocks his office door and opens it for Charlie and Bella to enter.

Inside the office;
Bella sits on Carlisle’s desk and unwraps the scarf around her wound. The wound has a glaze over it that oozes down to the side. It prevents the blood from leaving her body.
Looking at the glaze, “What is that?” Bella asks.
“The Venom.” Carlisle says
“Venom?” Charlie says alarmed.
As he begins to clear the wound Carlisle speaks: “Vampire’s secrete venom when they bite. It paralyzes their food but it also initiates the transformation process. But Bella is immune to the transformation process. Her body obviously, since the venom is on the outside instead of inside, knew to expel it from the wound. It’s also acting as a kind of second skin, preventing you from bleeding much.”
“Immune ha?” Charlie says relieved, yet surprised.
Carlisle holds up a shot, “This will sting a little.”
“I know.” Bella closes her eyes and winces as Carlisle gives Bella an anesthetic shot.
Carlisle turns to Charlie, “Bella has given Vampires a great gift.” Carlisle says. “A side effect of her immunity is that she can turn Vampires back into humans. From her blood I can synthesize a reverse transformation serum. Any Vampire, who wants to be human again, can be. Many have been turned against their will, like myself.” Carlisle finishes sewing Bella up and cuts the suture at the end.
“Wow.” Charlie says.
Carlisle gathers the used bandages and the scarf and places it in a large dish lighting the scarf and all the bandages on fire.
Bella looks down to the burning bandages and the scarf. “Alice will miss her scarf.”
“I’m sure she saw this coming,” Carlisle says with a smile.
Bella smiles and nods.
“I’ll, let you two talk.”
Bella nods. “Thank you Carlisle…for this” she holds up her arm.
“You’re welcome, as always.” Carlisle says and exits the room. “Feel free to use my office to talk.”

Bella talks to her Dad alone;
Once Carlisle leaves, Charlie starts pacing.
“Dad, are you mad?”
Charlie sighs. “No…confused…overwhelmed…shocked…numb. How did you even find out Edward was a Vampire? When did you? Before you got married I hope.”
“Yeah, junior year. That almost accident, Edward didn’t push me out of the way. He stopped the van from crushing me…by stopping the van. Vampires are very strong.”
“Oh.” Charlie says. “So that’s when you’re romance started.”
“No. Edward did everything in his power to dissuade me from being his friend he thought of himself as a villain not a hero. I didn’t think of him as a hero so much as what he had done was heroic. But I wanted to know how he had done it and I hounded him but he’d never gave me any straight answers. When I found out he was a Vampire, after doing some research finding reference to the Cullens in Quileute legends, I confronted him. He made every effort to scare me, make me afraid of him so that I’d stay away from him but none of it worked. I loved him, love him. He left senior year to try and give me a normal life. He lied to me, saying he didn’t love me. It was the hardest think he’d ever done. And even though I should have been furious at him I flew half way across the world to save his life even though I believed the lie. After that we decided to get married. I wanted to be changed into a Vampire long before Italy, which is part of the reason Edward left. He didn’t want me to become a Vampire. After Italy me and Edward argued about it again and again and again. Before we got married, he said that if I waited five years he would change me. I actually bargained it down to three. It turned out to be more like three and a half that’s how we found out I was the cure. Edward’s human now.”
“And Mary?”
“She’s a Dhampir, half human, half Vampire. Male Vampire’s can produce with a human female. We told the lie about the hospital because we had to keep her away from people until she understood right from wrong. She craves human blood like Edward does…did.”
“With your blood can’t she be turned human?”
“No… we went over this with Carlisle. She never was human to begin with. But she’s my child and I love her. She’s so sweet, and good, so good, and smart, really smart.” Bella smiles.
“Can I meet her?”
“Yeah.” Bella begins to lead him out of Carlisle’s office.

Going to see Mary;
Charlie and Bella leave the office and start up the stairs. As they reach the third floor Alice, in a new outfit comes out of her room. She turns to Charlie. “You’re staying for the party, right.” Alice begs
Bella looks to her dad, “She’s not going to take no for an answer.”
“We’re having lots of human food and it will give you a chance to talk to Sam, about the wolves.”
Charlie nods. “Yeah…okay.”
“You’re going to see Mary ha.”
“Yeah…” Charlie looks to Alice suspiciously.
“You’re gonna love her and I don’t need to see the future to know that.” Alice says cheerfully as she skips down the stairs.
“Oh...um. Alice can see the future.”
“Oh.” Charlie says stunned. “Of course”

Meeting Mary;
With a desk on one wall, a TV on another and a pile of toys in a corner the fourth floor sitting room has become very multipurpose. Edward sits on the floor playing with Mary who’s in a cute dress. As Bella approaches the doorway she speaks to her father, “We have the fourth floor to ourselves.”
Edward looks to Charlie and Bella when they approach the doorway.
“I thought it would be okay if my dad came to see Mary.”
“Yeah.” Edward nods and looks to Mary, “Mary, sit in my lap for a minute?”
Without hesitation Mary comes over and sits in her father’s lap. He leans in and whispers into her ear. Listening intently to her father Mary smiles and nods. A few seconds later Edward kisses her on the cheek and picks her up off his lap telling her “Go and say hello”. Then he gets up off the floor.
Mary gracefully walks over to Charlie and holds out her hand for him to shake. “Hello, my name is Mary.”
In the background, Edward shakes his head, laughing to himself.
Charlie, smiling leans down to Mary and gently shakes her hand. “It’s nice to meet you Mary.”
Mary looks to Charlie with a smile. “Daddy told me that you were my grandfather like Carlisle, he’s daddy’s daddy but you’re mommy’s daddy.”
“Wow…yeah…that’s right.”
“Charlie sit…” Edward points to the couch. Charlie sits on the couch.
“Did that answer your question?” Mary asks.
“Question?”
“You asked what Daddy whispered to me?”
“No I…thought it…” Charlie hesitates.
“Oh, I’m having trouble telling the difference between thinking and speaking.”
Charlie is stunned.
Edward leans down to her, “remember we talked about this. If their mouth is moving then they’re speaking.”
Bella leans into her father; “Mary inherited Edward’s ability to read minds but he couldn’t ever read me…or Mary because she inherited that from me.”
“Oh.” Charlie says holding his breath.
“Why don’t you get a book for grandpa to read to you?” Edward suggests looking to Charlie who smiles and nods.
Mary goes into the corner, where there are a pile of toys and some books. “I can read some of the words but not all of them.” She grabs a book on her way to the couch she looks to Charlie; “And no, none of the other Vampire’s can read minds just daddy could.”
“Mary,” Bella leans down to Mary, “It’s rude to respond to what people are thinking.” Bella says
Without being told Mary looks to Charlie, “I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.” Charlie says.
“No it’s not.” Edward says. “From now on Mary don’t.”
Mary nods. She smiles a large smile and hands Charlie the book and sits down on the couch.
Charlie smiles and looks to the book Mary handed him. “Ah, Noah’s Ark.”
“It has some pretty pictures in it.” She opens the book and puts her finger under the first sentence. “At first there was God.” She reads. Charlie is impressed. “He created the…what’s that word?”
“Universe.” Charlie says.
Bella sits down beside Mary and Edwards sits down at his desk chair facing them.
On the last page Mary starts to get tired from reading. “And God made a…what’s that word?”
“Covenant.”
“And God made a covenant with man. He pro…”
“promised.” Charlie says.
“…that he would never wash man from the earth again.” Mary finishes.
“That’s very good.” Charlie says. Mary gets up excited. “We can read another one” she says running to the book shelf playfully.
Bella goes up to her and leans down to her daughter. “Something short and maybe grandpa would like to read this one to you.”
Charlie smiles and closes the Noah’s ark book. Just as he does, he catches his finger on one of the pages ripping the skin, blood pours. Mary turns to Charlie an instinctual look in her eyes. She jolts towards Charlie. Bella tries to grab a hold of her daughter, but standing on the ball of her feet Bella is unbalanced and falls over, unable to keep Mary back. But Edward seeing Mary’s eyes lunges out of his chair landing on his knees he embraces his daughter, keeping her back from Charlie. Snarling Mary pushes against her father. But as a two year old she is unable to get free from him. Charlie looks in horror.
Bella quickly goes to her father and takes his hand. “Dad let’s go.”
Hesitantly he gets up from the couch, looking to Mary who is still snarling.
Bella takes her father’s hand and pulls him out of the room leading him quickly into the bathroom.

The Bathroom;
Inside the bathroom Bella locks the door, opens a cabinet and pulls down fancy bandages. Bella tries to put the bandage on her father but he is not paying attention. “You okay dad?” Bella asks.
He looks to Bella then down at his wound, “Yeah…it’s just a paper cut.”
“Please try not to get blood all over.” Bella asks. She takes some toilet paper and swabs some of the blood off the counter and his finger before putting on the bandage.
“Is Mary okay?” Charlie asks nervously rubbing the bandage over his cut.
Charlie’s face is more saddened than frightened, for she is such a sweat innocent girl, or rather, was.
“Yeah…it’s just the smell of blood it sets her off…Edward’s talking to her now.” Bella nervously explains as she cleans the counter with hydrogen peroxide. “We’re teaching her to control it like Edward…but it will take some time…. it’s why we chose to keep her away from people, for now.”
Charlie lets out a tense sigh and nods.
“She’ll be upset if you go…please dad. She’ll already be upset. She can’t control it. It’s instinctual. It’s not her fault.”
“Okay…” he gives Bella a false smile. “Is it okay if I go back in with the...” he holds up his bandaged hand.
Bella nods.
Charlie opens the door and heads out of the bathroom. “High tech bandages, it tingles.”
“The bandage reacts to the heat of your skin, puts a layer of synthetic skin over the wound.”
“huh” Charlie says nodding as they leave the bathroom.

Back to Mary;
A moment later, Bella and Charlie, re-enter the living area. “Hey?” he says uncertain of how to behave.
Bella enters and walks towards Mary.
Edward and Mary are standing in the same spot where Edward grabbed Mary. Edward is holding Mary in a comforting hug speaking to her in a soothing voice, Mary is in tears. “I know it’s hard Mary.” He says. “but you have to keep trying to control it” He kisses her on the forehead “I love you.”
Mary looks to Charlie, “I’m sorry grandpa. I have trouble. I’ll be better when I’m older.” Mary hugs her father, who hugs her and rubs her back.
“No harm done.” Charlie says and smiles at Mary. “You want to read another book?” he says entering the room and going to sit on the couch again.
Bella and Edward smile.
Mary nods and smiles. She goes to the book shelf. Bella follows her and hands her a book. “Let grandpa read it.”
Mary nods and goes to her grandfather’s side and hands him the book. “Come on, get up here.” Charlie says picking up Mary and putting her on his lap.
Mary sits comfortably on his lap as he looks to the book, it has cardboard pages. “Mary’s prayer.” Charlie says reading the title.
Just as they are finishing reading Carlisle comes into the sitting room dressed up in nice clothes. “I just wanted to let you know the party is going to start soon.” Carlisle says and then turns to Charlie, “Jasper and Emmett are actually down stairs trying to get the grill to work. We’ve never used it before. Maybe, you could help them?”
Charlie nods, “Sure”

The Wolves arrive;
Downstairs Edward is twirling Mary around while Rosalie and Bella help set out the food. On the balcony outside Charlie instructs Emmett and Jasper on how to connect the grill to the gas.
The doorbell rings indicating the Wolves have arrived. Esme smiles and gracefully heads to the front door. Carlisle follows her.
At the door the Wolves are all together, all eight of them and Emily. The three girls that have joined the wolves over the years have become like one of the guys.
“Come in, come in.” Esme says opening the door.
“We’ve got food and drinks all upstairs.” Carlisle says his hands in his pockets.
Esme motions for the wolves to head towards the stairs.
The boys and girls wrestle their way up the stairs, as if it’s a competition for who can get up there first. Jacob affectionately holding Nessa’s hand hangs back with her. Sam and Emily, also holding hands do the same.
“This is a good end to a tense relationship.” Carlisle says holding out his hand toward Sam. “And now we can start a good friendship, I hope.”
Sam shakes hands with Carlisle. “Yes, that would be good.”
“Excellent.” Carlisle says and smiles wrapping his arms around Esme.
“Smells good.” Emily says.
“I was hoping I could talk to Chief Swan about the pack.” Sam asks Carlisle. “Is he still here?”
“He’s upstairs helping the boys with the grill. Bella has talked to him a little about her experience. Yet I doubt she got to the part about the wolves.” Carlisle says.
“The thing with the wolves is pretty self explanatory.” Jacob says, “We’re wolves.”
“Yes, Bella’s story is a bit more complicated.” Esme says.
Nessa nods, “It took her hours to tell it to Sam yesterday and he knew about you being Vampires.”
Esme and Carlisle smile and nod. Emily and Sam smile and Sam leads Emily up the stairs. Jacob and Nessa follow. Carlisle and Esme are close behind.

Sam talks to Charlie about the Wolves;
At the top of the stairs Emily whispers to Sam. “I’m going to get some food.” Sam nods and they release their hands. She turns to the table with snacks set out and grabs a plate. Sam looks to the deck where Charlie is. “Hey boys.” He says turning to the wolves. “Paul, Embry help with the grill so Chief Swan can get a plate of food.” He orders.
The two boys, Embry laughing at some joke the others said, Paul chewing the chips he just stuffed in his mouth leave the wolf group and head out to the balcony. They say hi to Emmet and Jasper, shaking hands and hi fiving. Embry quickly talks with Charlie;
“Sam wants to talk to you. So he ordered us to come and take your place out here.”
“Oh…really.” Chief Swan says, “And you did what he said just like that.”
“We don’t really have a choice.” Paul says stuffing more chips in his mouth from the snack sized bag he took off the snack table.
“He’s our pack leader, it’s a wolf thing.” Embry says. “Sam will fill you in.”
Charlie nods leaves the balcony and comes up to Sam, “One of your boys told me that you wanted to talk to me.”
“I did. I just wanted to make sure you were alright. I know all this can be a lot to take especially with your daughter involved in this.”
“Yeah well…it’s not like I have much of a choice…and I’m okay thanks. I got to see my granddaughter for the first time.” Charlie’s eyes light up.
Emily comes up next to Sam, “She’s a good girl.” Emily says with a smile.
“You were here before…”
“To watch Mary during the fight...she was napping so it was easy but I was here when they put her to sleep in her cage.” Emily smiles.
“Cage?”
Emily’s smile fades as she realizes that Charlie doesn’t know, “It’s a crib with a lid and they lock it shut to make sure nothing happens.”
Charlie nods.
“She was really good about going to sleep and really sweet.” Emily says and rubs her tummy. “I hope our child is that good?”
“You’re expecting?” Charlie says surprised.
“Yeah.” Sam says excited.
“I’m about ten weeks.” Emily says.
“So will he or she be…”
“No.” Emily says, “Most likely not. It wouldn’t present itself until puberty even if he or she was… a wolf.” Emily says affectionately as she looks to Sam. Then she looks back to Charlie, “But usually the gene skips a generation. It’s a Quileute thing.”
“It’s genetic?” Charlie says surprised.
“Yes,” Sam says smiling “Biting won’t turn someone into a wolf, that’s strictly a myth. I did want to talk to you about not shooting any of us. We only attack Vamps it’s kind of our thing. The only time the gene is activated is when we’re around Vampires.”
“They’d never hurt anyone.” Emily says. “Sam’s got the pack on a tight leash.”
“I heard they have to follow your orders.”
Sam nods.
Charlie looks to the scar on Emily’s face but doesn’t say anything. Yet Emily notices as he darts his view in a different direction, trying not to stare.
“Some of the new wolves have a hard time controlling their abilities.” Emily explains. “If they are scared or angry the transformation occurs. Sam was the first to experience the change when the Cullens first arrived. And because there was no one else to help him through it he was pretty scared. That’s when this happened.” She points to her face. “But it was an accident and it’s superficial.”
“The boys are pretty good I make sure of it.” Sam says with a look of guilt and shame.
“Yeah they are,” Charlie says looking at the wolves, they’ve scattered and are conversing with the Vampires, “none of them got in trouble with the law as teenagers I can tell you that. Unlike a lot of the Quileute boys seem to.” Charlie shrugs. “A lot of teenage boys around here seem to.” Charlie looks to the group of wolves Sam brought. “You keep calling them boys but… the wolves aren’t all boys.”
Emily giggles. “Sam still hasn’t gotten used to the fact that girls have joined the pack. It’s only been two years.” she laughs.
“They don’t mind me calling them boys.”
“Nessa, was the first to join two years ago.” Jacob says coming up to Charlie.
“Hey Jacob. Nessa’s your girlfriend?” Charlie says.
“Yes you know that ‘cause she comes by the station a lot for lunch.” Jacob says to Charlie.
Nessa comes up behind Jacob. “Talking about me.” She says and slides her way between Charlie and Jacob. Nessa, Charlie, and Jacob talk for awhile while Emily and Sam sneak off for some more snacks, Emily cleaned her plate quickly. (If you’re interested in Nessa and Jacob’s relationship post a comment and I’ll post the conversation that Charlie had with them. It tells the story of how Nessa became a wolf.)

Edward and Bella at the Party, talk of her gift, the future;
Once a plate full of dear meat is done Emmett brings it over to the snack table. Seeing the dear meat out the wolf boys and girls come to the snack table, each one fighting to be first. Over in a corner Sam talking to Alice looks to the boys and girls. “Boys, on your best behavior.” He yells. The boys stop wrestling. The girls, by way of a loop hole continue. “And girls too.” Sam yells. The girls stop. Emily, talking to Bella and Edward laughs at the whole ordeal.
Charlie is still talking to Jacob and Nessa, when Emmett, after dropping off the dear meat at the snack table joins the conversation. “So if you two got married and had children…” Emmett asks looking to Jacob and Nessa, “would you have one at a time or a littler?”
Jacob laughs. “I’m pretty sure one at a time.”
“Although you never know.” Nessa says giggling, “Twins are common in my family anyway.”
Charlie laughs, “Well, I’m going to get some food.” Charlie says.
“Yeah, there’s dear meat.” Emmett says.
The group nods.
“Enjoy it.” Emmett says leaving the group to help Rosalie with glasses for the Vampires. He walks with Charlie part way as Charlie walks to the snack table. “I hope this doesn’t gross you out too much.” Emmett says. “The wolves said they wouldn’t mind.”
Charlie looks to Emmett, and where he’s headed. Seeing Rosalie begin to pour blood out of a black pitcher into black goblets he looks a little disgusted.
Completely ignoring Charlie’s expression, “We got to eat too.” Emmett says, slapping Charlie on the back, as if they’re old friends. “And owning a butcher shop we got lots of blood around.”
Charlie shrugs and nods as he looks to Rosalie. Then Charlie sees Rosalie take out a Sippy cup from a cupboard and fill it with the black pitcher. “Mary.” he says to himself and thinking of her, even in this context, his lips curve up to form a smile.
Emmett goes to Rosalie and takes the tray of filled cups. He’s going to pass it around when he looks and sees most of his family are already in the kitchen waiting.
With the Vampires off to get their drinks, Sam, finally makes his way to Bella and Edward. Edward is enjoying a plate of food while holding Mary with one arm. And Bella is sitting on the ground at the coffee table with a plate cutting the food into tiny pieces.
“Aunt Rosalie will come over with your Sippy cup.” Edward says.
Mary patiently nods.
“This is Mary I presume.” Sam says.
“Yeah,” Edward looks to her lovingly, “she’s our little monster.” Just as Edward says this Charlie comes up behind him.
“They’re all little monster at the beginning.” Charlie says. “I remember Bella was very fond of biting, which considering is kind of ironic.”
Sam and Edward laugh.
“I didn’t know that.” Bella says as she gets up from the floor. She looks to her dad.
“You got your teeth in pretty early and you used to clamp down on anything you could.”
Rosalie comes over and hands Mary a Sippy cup. Edward instructs Mary to say thank you which she does. Rosalie with her own cup joins the group. As each member of the party gets their food they join the circle.
“Mary come and eat.” Bella says taking Mary from Edward.
“She eats?” Charlie says surprised.
Edward looks to Charlie, “Little amounts of food.” He explains.
“She’s part human.” Bella says “She needs food.”
“Ha.” Charlie says and nods for a moment looking off blankly into the distance.
Mary takes the fork in a proper way and slowly scoops the food onto it and places the fork gently in her mouth. She chews completely before she swallows. As she does this Jacob, Esme, and Carlisle join the group.
Jacob looks to Carlisle. “So now that there’s a cure are you all going to take it?”
Rosalie answers, “We talked about it before you came and we decided that in order to protect Bella we need to stay as we are.”
Carlise and Esme nod.
“You guys really don’t have to do that.” Bella says nervous.
“Carlisle wants to stay as is anyway.” Esme says looking to her husband with great admiration.
“I can help more people if I stay as I am. Help them as a doctor.” Carlisle says.
“Alright I understand that but Rosalie you don’t have to stay.” Bella says while Mary sits in her lap eating.
“Yes, I do. You’re part of this family.” Rosalie says and glances to Mary.
Bella nods.
“And we love you. We want to protect you.” Esme says.
Sam nods. “I understand that.” He says and puts his arm around Emily giving her a quick squeeze. Emily smiles, blushing.
Esme smiles at Sam and Emily.
“What about when you have to leave Forks?” Bella asks.
“We’ll protect you, Bella.” Sam says
Bella blushes, “I really appreciate all this but…I don’t need…I shouldn’t need your protection.”
“Of course.” Sam smiles, teasing. “The great and powerful seer doesn’t need our protection.”
“I didn’t mean that…how did you…”
Alice pokes her head into the group smiling.
“Alice.” Bella gripes.
“It came up in conversation.” Alice defends.
“Seer?” Charlie says shocked.
“I just found out about it yesterday, apparently I can see the future in my dreams.” Charlie is speechless but as Bella says this the last of the wolves have joined the circle and they look to her with reverence. “Please don’t…it’s not that big of a deal.” Bella begs “My dreams never made any sense to me until after the event had already happened…so it didn’t really make any difference.”
“But it can…” Alice says. “I’ll teach you how to read your dreams.”
“Okay… can we just stop talking about this it’s not like I had anything to do with it…it’s just me. And I wouldn’t have asked for it; nightmares that might come true. Yeah… that’s just what I wanted.” Bella says sarcastically.
Edward flashes a quick smile and puts his arm around Bella.
“It’s better than having bad things actually happen” Esme says “It gives you a chance to prepare.”
Bella nods. “But I’m not going to boast about it…that’s ridiculous. I didn’t have a choice in this.”
Suddenly Carlisle’s expression turns to deep thought.
Mary stands up, having cleared her plate, she goes to her daddy and hugs his legs.

Party continues as does the conversations;
The party continues for a few hours where the wolves, Vampires, Bella, Edward, Charlie, and Emily converse about the past and think about the past with the knowledge they have in the present. The conversation creates laughter and brings up fond memories. Charlie learns from Bella, Jacob and the rest of the pack how she found out about the wolves. And Bella realizes the dreams she had, when Edward left Senior year, weren’t just about the trauma of her experience with James, but also visions of the future of that day in Italy when she had to run as fast as she could to save Edward. And she remember the fear she felt in Italy, in the visions she felt the same fear, that is why she screamed almost every night in her sleep.
As it gets late and Mary starts to rub her eyes Bella and Edward say goodbye to all the guests for a quick retreat to get Mary into bed. Charlie says a special goodbye to Mary promising to visit again and says goodbye to his daughter saying he’ll be leaving soon because he has to get up real early tomorrow.
After Bella and Edward bathe Mary and get her into her pajamas each of them reads her a bedtime story. Mary tucked in lies down in her crib as they read. Once the stories are done both her parents kiss her goodnight and wish her sweet dreams. Edward locks the lid on the crib, Bella turn the lights out, and Edward close the door. By this time, Mary’s eyelids are drooping.
Outside Mary’s door as they head to the stairs Edward takes Bella’s hand and stops. She turns back to him. “Bella…I never thanked you for giving me my soul back. Thank you.”
Bella turns to Edward lovingly embracing him, “You didn’t need me to give you your soul, Edward.”
He looks to her lovingly, “You’ve always seen me how I wished I was.”
She puts her hand on his face, “…and maybe now there’s nothing preventing you from seeing what I see…what’s always been there.”
“Oh Bella…” Edward sighs. He leans in to kiss her just as she does to kiss him.
As they kiss passionately Bella kicks open the door to their room and holding her Edward pulls her inside kicking the door closed.

Our future;
Wrapped up in the sheets, Edward on top of Bella, Edward kisses her vigorously down her neck.
Bella smiles, “I’m glad you’re finally, actually, enjoying yourself.”
Edward looks to her “What?”
“I know you could never completely let go…. before…when we were together like this. But I like this.” A large grin stretches across her face.
Edward smiles and whispers “me too”
Bella’s smile fades. “I’m gonna get old now.” she says disapprovingly.
Edward chuckles, “You just realized that.”
Bella nods giggling to herself.
“So am I.” Edward says and kisses her on the cheek, “We’ll do it together.”
With loving eyes she looks to him and smiles, “Yeah.” She kisses him passionately.
He kisses her passionately and then pulls away. “This might not be the best time to talk to you about this, but I was thinking, now that things are going to stay as they are…”
Bella listens intently.
“I thought maybe, not today, or tomorrow, but maybe we could…talk… about having more kids.”
Blushing, Bella smiles, “Yes, I’d like that.”
He smiles to her, “Yeah?”
“Yeah, not this year." Bella says, "and probably not the next but…”
“We have plenty of time.”
“Yeah.”
Edward, looking at Bella as if she’s the most beautiful woman in the world, slowly, gently puts his mouth to hers and kisses her passionately.
Deeply breathing in his kisses, Bella moans with happiness.

Closing;
The next morning at breakfast, Bella, Edward, and Mary are all sitting at the bar. Eating their eggs and hash browns which Esme cooked for them. Bella and Edward glance at each other blushing.
“I’m done mommy, daddy…” Mary says, her small plate empty. “Can I go play outside?”
“Wait sweetheart for one of us to be done.” Edward says.
“I can take her.” Alice offers. She gets up from the couch in the living room and puts down the book she was reading tucking a bookmark in neatly.
“You’re sure you don’t mind?” Bella asks.
“Of course not.” Alice smiles.
At this point Carlisle comes into the kitchen, “Actually I think it would be a good idea if Alice took Mary to play. I wanted to talk to the two of you and I think she’d get quite bored.”
Everyone in the room tenses including Mary.
“It’s nothing bad.” Carlisle says and smiles to them.
Edward looks to Alice, “Go ahead and take Mary, Alice.” Edward says.
“Come on Mary” Alice says taking Mary’s hand. Mary stands relaxed take’s Alice’s hand and they head down the stairs, “Do, you want to play on the play set daddy built you or climb trees.” Alice asks.
“The play set”
“Yeah, it’s pretty neat isn’t it?”
“It’s gigantic.” Mary says with great enthusiasm.
“What’s this about Carlisle?” Edward demands to know.
“Is everything all right…the rest of the blood tests?” Bella asks.
“Everything is fine…”
“Edward’s going to age normally right…not become 114 right away?”
“Yes, he’ll age normally. Calm down. Everything is fine.”
Edward turns to Bella alarmed. “I didn’t know you were worried about that.”
“I wasn’t until Carlisle said he wanted to talk to us and then I just thought about what could go wrong…”
“Everything is fine.” Carlisle says, Edward and Bella turn to him. “I only wanted you two to know something. Last night I realized something and so I did some research to be sure. I believe everything that’s happened; you two meeting, Edward being attracted to you based on your sent, when you wanted to be human again, and Edward making himself your protector all of it was destiny. Even James, what he did, and Mary, and perhaps even Bella being clumsy was predestined. Last night when you were talking about being a seer and not wanting to be boastful about it I remembered a line from a prophecy.”
“This isn’t the prophecy that Edward told me about…“The One will allow those who hide from the sun to touch the sun.”?”
“Yes.”
“What does that have to do with us?” Edward asks.
“I’ve looked over it to be sure and I am…Bella you are the One.”
“But how am I going to make Aro a God I just stripped him off his immortality.”
“Yes, becoming a God over all the world was Aro’s hope but the translation that Aro chose was incorrect, I’ve look at the original text and found that the word Aro thought meant touch really means feel.”
“The One will allow those who hide from the sun to feel the sun.” Edward says and smiles. “Become human again, like Bella has made me.”
“Yes, and The One was supposed to be a seer…a reluctant seer, not boastful.”
“But The One was supposed to be a great warrior.” Bella objects.
“Yes, that was inferred from the mention of multiple scares, you have all those scares, from Mary, the C-section, the accident on your 18th birthday, James, and childhood incidences. I thought you should know.”
“Thank you Carlisle.” Edward says.
“The prophecy also mentioned a protector, the firstborn offspring of The One. Mary; she is a Dhampir she can protect you. Most likely when she is older she’ll be able to shimmer, like her father…and can warn us if there’s trouble near…so if the two of you ever decided to venture on your own…” Carlisle doesn’t need to complete the sentence.
“Somewhere Sunny?” Edward says looking to Bella lovingly.
Bella smiles and turns her stool toward him, “Not right away…not any time soon. Rosalie would kill us and my dad he wants to spend time with Mary.”
“Maybe we could just go somewhere for a week or so…” Edward says leaning into to Bella smiling a lusty smile.
“Like a second honeymoon.” Bella says smiling.
Edward nods as he leans into kiss Bella, they are both smiling as his lips touch her mouth. They kiss deeply.

Bella narrates; “Sometimes what you want isn’t as good as what the people who love you want for you. But I can’t regret the decisions I’ve made, all my decisions over these past 5 years. They lead to Edward’s rebirth. Some say it was destiny and I agree with them. Meeting and being with Edward was my destiny.”

Epilogue;
Bella Narrates; “After Edward became human we both believed in miracles. Edward had prayed everyday for forgiveness for his sins, believing all the while God wasn’t listening because of what he was. But God had answered Edward's prayers to become human again. From then on we always went to Church, participated actively in the Church as Edward had before he became a vampire. And we raised Mary, our son Charles, and youngest daughter Christina to believe that Jesus Christ paid for our sins and through him no matter what one has done or who you are you can be forgiven.”


The End

Author’s note; I think you, the reader, has already figured out by now that I’ve only seen the movies. I thought about reading the books before I wrote this but then decided it was best if I was unaffected, wasn’t confined by the restrictions of Stephenie’s world. I didn’t get to develop this ending; the change in the characters, the settings, or edit the redundant dialogue tags as thoroughly as I wanted to. But unlike Stephenie I can’t make this my life. It took me a month to write this as is. I have to get back to reality now. Hope you enjoyed. Let me know if you did! For I have more in my head about Mary as she grows up and about Bella and Edward while Bella was pregnant with Mary.