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*Bella's POV*

I can't believe all the tears I had shed. . . they were more than I had ever shed in a very long time.
Edward began comforting me, which I graciously accepted, but now it was time to finish my story so I could move on.
"The worst part of it was. . . I never got the chance to tell them goodbye before they all passed away, never got the chance to let them know that I was alive, that I wasn't killed, just taken against my will." I took a deep, calming breath. "But then I figured, maybe I did die. The old, mortal Bella that use to smile so carefree and laugh joyously. . . Now I was an outcast, not even human anymore."
Edward squeezed my hands in reassurance.
"You're not an outcast, and you didn't die, you still have your humanity, just like we do," he said, his eyes fiercely burning into mine. Willing me to understand and believe him. . . and I was starting too. Ever since meeting him, and the rest of the Cullens. . . emotions and feelings that I thought had disappeared long ago were resurfacing. My humanity was returning to me, I could not deny that while staring into the golden eyes of the man who was bringing out the strongest emotions in me.
"Are there any questions?" I spoke after a few silent moments.
"Why is your skin parallel to ours? And why doesn't your blood have a scent?" Carlisle asked me and I reluctantly broke eye contact with Edward to gaze at Carlisle.
"Time." I answered simply and his brow furrowed.
"Time?"
"Yes, over time as I wandered, my skin began to harden inside and out, and then my blood lost all traces of its scent. Which was just what I needed in the long run."
"What do you mean?" Carlisle inquired, sitting down on a chair across from me.
"Monsters of all kinds began surfacing in great numbers, and they all mainly killed one thing: humans."
"Like that dragon you were fighting with!" Alice noted, and I reflexively stroked my left arm and side where the dragon had marred me.
"Your wounds heal at remarkable speed," Carlisle remarked and I smiled knowingly.
"Thank you, they have to. . . because of the world I live in where monsters hunt me down."
Esme gasped. "Why?"
I looked away. Because I hunted them all down to near extinction in the past, but for good reason," I said, my lips curling back automatically.
"Why?" Edward asked me.
"Because they were killing innocent human lives! After all I had been through, I was not going to stand by and let all the innocent people perish like the immortal children had, and this time I had the power to protect them, and so I did." I was fuming uncontrollably, and I needed to reign myself in.
Edward began rubbing my arm gently, soothing my wired nerves.
"I'm sorry. I lost control of my anger there," I said, smiling apologetically at them.
"It's all right dear, we. . . understand why you felt like that, with all that you've been through," Esme said very motherly, and, completely taking me by surprise, she hugged me, after all I have said.
"Thank you, Esme, but if you all wish for me to go, I will." And my heart felt like it tore in two when I said that, when I pictured myself actually leaving.
Esme, along with Edward and Alice, looked at me in horror.

*Edward's POV*

It was just like Alice's vision - made-over.
Bella, the only one who has ever captured my heart, leaving. Leaving. My dead heart shuddered and ached like it never has at the thought of her leaving my life, never seeing her again pained me. No. I could not let that happen. If she left, I would follow her to the ends of time.


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