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"Are you going to kill me?" She softly inquires and stares at him lifelessly. "I'm already dead." She chokes out, reliving Leah's death over and over again in her head. Her heart yearns to reunite with Leah yet her mind is trying to remind her about the family she has left. She briefly wonders if this is how Aunty Eli felt when Vladimir left her, a hole where her heart uses to be and this hollowness soaking into her bones.
"I am sorry that it had to come to this," Aro says in fake sympathy before smirking wickedly and kicking her in her chest. Elvira watches as Seth tears Aro apart right before she begins her descend into the fiery abyss below. She sees her parents kneeling over the edge, screaming her name. Two figures join her parents in an instant and they are the least likely out of the group that she thought she'll see mourn her. She locks eyes with Vladimir and playfully winks at him while mouthing, "I'll tell Aunty Eli you say hi." He shakes his head at her, dumbfounded at her joking behavior in the midst of falling to her death. She directs her gaze upwards, mapping out the sky in her head. Just before death welcomes her in his warm embrace, she sees five dragons fly overhead while roaring angrily.
Elvira Cullen dies with a smile on her face and love in her heart.
••••
The mood is solemn after the battle. Bella and Edward hold Renesmee close to them as they watch Eric slowly set up the pyre for Elvira. Renesmee wishes she could turn back time to convince her sister and Leah to run away from the battle with her. The tears are never-ending for the Cullens and wolves, the once enemies turned allies were both mourning major losses. The Dragonborn people came to the funerals, helping out with the preparations. Eric steps away from the wooden boat full of Elvira's belongings yet nobody lays across the planks. He bows his head, tears threatening to escape at the thought of the young girl dying. "Is there anything else you would like to add?" He cautiously inquires without facing the family.
"Yes," Edward barely speaks above a whisper, "all of Elvira's journals." Renesmee and Bella snap their heads towards him in surprise. They both knew how much he valued those journals. "Eli adored them, they should die along with her." He mumbles after seeing their expressions. Eric nods his head before heading to the house to collect the journals for the burning. Seth keeps glancing between Leah's and Elvira's boats, desperately praying this is one huge nightmare that he will awake from soon. He pinches himself over and over again until Jacob slaps his hand.
"I can't." Seth closes his eyes and falls into Jacob's waiting arms. The alpha soothingly rubs the younger boy's back, his eyes staring lifelessly at the many pyres in front of them. Eric appears with the journals in hand and places them on Elvira's boat. He gently clears his throat, standing in front of everyone.
"Today, we mourn the losses of Elvira Cullen, Carlisle Cullen, Jasper Hale, Irina Denali, and Leah Clearwater. Does anyone wish to speak on the behalf of the dead?" Eric softly asks, carefully observing the mourning people before him.
"I will on the behalf of Irina." Tanya steps forward, clearing her throat. "It's weird to think that you're gone. It hits me in bursts that you have been ripped away from the only world you've ever known. You're about to go through the afterlife without either of your sisters there to properly guide you." Kate grabs Tanya's hands and squeezes it. "It's been one of the greatest joys to grow up with you. From hating your every breath when we were early teenagers all the way to becoming one of my best friends, being able to walk through life and experience the things we've experienced with you is something that I'll always cherish. Some of the happiest and joyous memories I have come from the moments where we found ourselves laughing so uncontrollably at something that was so stupid that mother would scream at us for being so unladylike." Kate rests her head on Tanya's shoulder. "Thank you for those days." A moment of silence surrounds the group in respect for the Denali clan.
"I wish to speak on the behalf of Carlisle." Esme smiles sadly as she steps forward. "All these years, I was understanding, accepting, and loved you wholeheartedly, flaws and all. I have given you the best that I can and the best that I have. You were always so full of self-loathing and guilt. My only regret in life is that my love alone could not fill those gaps and emptiness that you felt because of your past. You had a big heart, a heart to help those who are in need, a heart that can forgive despite everything they have said and done. As much as we both wanted to live a fairytale life, and have a happy ending, it was never meant to happen. Not now, not ever." A moment of silence surrounds the group in respect for Esme.
"I will be speaking on the behalf of Jasper Hale," Alice whispers while stepping forward. "I guess this is goodbye, my darling cowboy. I wish I didn't have to say goodbye and I wish this wasn't goodbye, but unfortunately, I'm not lucky. You took away my sadness and replaced it with happiness. You took my broken pieces and built them back together. I want to say that I'll never get your death yet I know it's not true. One day, I'll come to terms with your passing and find happiness in the fact that you and Elvira are reunited. You haven't been the same since she died, no matter how hard you tried to act as if you were fine. I know she's going to take care of you the best she can until I see you again, my love." Edward places his head on top of Bella's, trying to distract himself from everyone's thoughts.
"I'll speak for Leah." Seth trembles, voice croaking and tears still sliding down his face. "You were my responsibility and I failed you, Leah. I'm your brother, I'm supposed to protect you yet I didn't. You died in agony and I could've done something to save you. I never imagined that I would outlive you. Whenever I thought about the future, you were always there. Now, you're gone and I have to start rewriting my future to fill in the gaps you left behind." Seth goes to say more, but cannot find it within himself and collapses onto his knees. Jacob crouches beside him, gently taking the boy into his arms to rub his back soothingly. Everyone glances away from Seth, giving him the privacy he needs to grieve.
"I want to speak for Eli." Renesmee leaves her parents' embrace and trots up to Elvira's pyre. "You always said you wanted a simple eulogy at your funeral whenever we talked about Aunty Eli's. So here it is, you were the best sister anyone could ever ask for. We had our little competitions, but at the end of the day, we were best friends and you made sure to let me know that you loved me every waking moment. I'm gonna have to get used to not having you to hold me at night when I get scared, to not having you around to assure me everything going to be alright. Goodbye, Eli, hope you're enjoying yourself with Leah." The group of people slowly push the boats out into the river. "In peace, may you leave the shore. In love, may you find the next. Safe passage on your travels. May we meet again." Renesmee mumbles while the dragons fly into the sky and breath fire upon the pyres. She watches her sister's belongings burn, a pain striking her heart when she comes to terms that she will never see her sister's smile ever again.
••••
"The afterlife sucks," Elvira Cullen states as she follows after Elvira Targaryen, not wishing to watch her living family cry about her any longer. The queen laughs at the child's comment and holds out her hand for Eli to grab on to.
"It is quite uneventful here." Elvira agrees to cause Eli to victoriously smirk. The two dragon mothers walk through the castle, following many twists and turns until they reach their destination. They open the door and walk in to see all of the deceased supernatural creatures in the world partying. The two girls smile before going their own ways. Elvira Targaryen heads towards Jasper Hale, tears sliding down her cheeks at the sight of her beloved friend. Elvira Cullen briskly walks over to Leah Clearwater, a smile on her face at the sight of her dear soulmate. She furrows her eyebrows when she sees the woman Leah's talking to. The woman for some odd reason looks familiar to her.
"Leah, who's this?" She questions as Leah picks her up, setting her on her hip.
"Hello," the woman smiles, "my name is Elizabeth Masen. I didn't know I was going to have to wait a hundred years in order to become a grandmother." Elvira smiles upon realizing that this woman is Edward's mother.
Elvira Cullen enjoyed her time in the afterlife, listening to stories about her father's childhood from her grandmother while chasing Leah around with Aunty Eli and Uncle Jasper never too far behind. She watches over her family, smiling when Renesmee and Jacob get married and start their own little family of tribrids. She chuckles at their reaction when their one daughter is born with periwinkle eyes and Zorina appears to connect with the infant. Elvira misses her sister yet she prays that the day they'll be reunited never happens; however, nothing ever goes the way Elvira Cullen wants it to. In 2066, Renesmee Black dies by protecting her daughter, Eli, from the newly reformed Dawnguard. Renesmee groans and warily blinks her eyes as she enters the afterlife. "Hey Nessie." She jolts upwards, locking eyes with her sister who still looks the same age.
"Eli." She whispers in complete shock before hugging her sister. They emit low sobs as they cling tightly to one another.
The story about the sisters lives on through Renesmee's children and their children. More and more human and vampire relationships rose, hybrid children became the norm. Jacob opened a school, in honor of his deceased mate, for these children to be taught to properly handle their powers. It has been years since Jacob and Seth stopped shape-shifting and soon their age will catch up to them.
The sisters met again and they await the day they'll be reunited with the rest of their family, but for now, they'll peacefully rest in death.
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