CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT:
AN ARMY OF NEWBORNS AND A BACK STORY

"SEATTLE IS IN A state of terror." Was what was playing on the television. Emma was sitting on the arm of the couch with Jasper beside her. Carlisle was beside of him, and Emmett was sitting on the top of the other couch as they all looked intensely at the television screen.

"It's getting worse." Carlisle said as Bella and Edward entered the room. He picked up the remote before turning off the TV. "We have to do something."

"It takes more than one of our kind to cause the damage they're reporting." Emma pointed out, glancing towards her brother. He looked at her before looking over to Carlisle and saying, "Quite a few more. They're undisciplined, conspicuous."

"It's newborns." Edward says.

"Well an idiot could've figured that out." Emma retorted with the roll of her eyes.

"What, like new vampires?" Bella asked, turning her head to look at Edward.

"The first few months after the change." Edward started.

"That's when we're at our most uncontrollable, vicious, insane with thirst." Jasper finished, his eyes moving to look up at the brunette.

"Something to look forward to," Emmett smirks.

"No ones trained these newborns." Emma speaks up, looking over at her adoptive father. "This isn't random."

"Someone's creating an army." Carlisle realizes, looking between the two Whitlock siblings before looking over at Edward.

Emmett gets up off the couch, jumping down as he says, "Now we're definitely going to Seattle."

"An army of vampires?" Bella asked in disbelief.

"And they've been created to fight someone." Jasper answers her.

"We're the only clan even close to Seattle." Edward points out with furrowed eyebrows.

"Regardless of why they were made, if we don't put a stop to them the Volturi will. I'm surprised they let it go on this long." Carlisle tells them.

"Maybe they're behind it." Edward suggested. "In Italy I read Aro's mind, he wants me, Emma and Alice to join him. He knows we'll never choose him as long as our family is still alive."

Jasper's jaw clenched at the thought of the Volturi not only wanting to take his mate, but his sister as well. "An army could solve that for him." Jasper snarls. Emma looks at her brother before placing a reassuring hand on his shoulder. He looked up at her and she gave him a soft smile that forced his jaw to unclench.

"I could always go to Seattle and find out who's behind this." Emma suggested with a nonchalant shrug of her shoulders. Jasper looked at her like she was insane. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Did you just hear yourself speak?" Jasper asked. Bella watched the two siblings interact, finally taking note of how alike they were and how protective they were of each other. It made the smallest of smiles pull at her lips.

"I do believe I did. I suggested on going to Seattle."

"And do you realize how insane you sound? You're hilarious if you think I would ever let you do such a thing." Jasper told her, his voice void of amusement. Emma rolled her eyes and let out a scoff.

"You're so overprotective."

"I'm supposed to be. It's my job as the older sibling." Jasper retorted. Emma crossed her arms over her chest and huffed.

"Sometimes I wish I was an only child." Emma muttered.

"That's bullshit and you know it."

"I hate you." She narrowed her eyes at him and he sent her a smirk.

"Love you too sis." Emma grumbled curses under her breath before getting up off the couch and walking away. Jasper smirked again before quickly getting up and following after her.

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"Who came up with the idea of newspapers?" Emma quizzed as she leaned her head on her wife's shoulder. The two were sitting on the couch, Rosalie holding a newspaper in her hand.

"Who came up with the idea of having you interrupt my peace and quiet?" Rosalie joked in response. Emma removed her head from Rosalie's shoulder and let out a gasp as she slapped her hand across her chest where her heart was.

"Rude."

Rosalie rolled her eyes, but a smile was playing on her lips. Emma smiled before giving her a kiss on the cheek and then placing her head back on Rosalie's shoulder. The two girls didn't even bother to glance up when Bella and Edward entered the home. The brunette was sat down in a chair whilst Carlisle went to get the first aid kit.

Carlisle walked back in and examined her hand before he started to wrap it. "It's just a sprain. It should heal fairly quickly."

Jasper and Emmett both entered the room. Jasper placed himself against the wall whilst Emmett walked over to the table that was in front of Bella, leaning against it as he looked at her. "Trying to walk and chew gum at the same time again, Bella?"

Bella scoffed playfully before saying, "I punched a werewolf in the face."

"Badass." Both Rosalie and Emma looked up at him, both already not liking where he was about to go with this. "You're gonna be one tough little new born."

"Tough enough to take you on." Emma removed her head from Rosalie's shoulder as the latter slammed the newspaper down and got up off the couch, walking outside. Emma watched her wife go before looking at Bella and then standing up. She glared dangerously at the brunette.

"Thank you, so much for that." She snarled before walking past them to go after her wife. Emma walked behind Rosalie who was leaning against the balcony rail. Emma placed her arms around Rosalie's waist, giving her a kiss on the neck before nuzzling her face into the crook of her neck. Rosalie leaned back into her, taking in the comfort of her lover. The door opened and neither girls had to turn their heads to know it was Bella Swan that had joined them outside.

"Okay. Rosalie, Emma, I don't understand what I did to make you two hate me so much." Bella spoke. Emma straightened her posture as she moved herself to be standing beside of Rosalie instead of behind her.

Rosalie scoffed. "Hate. I don't hate you. I don't particularly like you, but. . . Bella I envy you."

"Do you want me to go?" Emma softly asked. Rosalie looked at her before shaking her head no. Emma nodded before securing her arm around the blonde's waist.

"What? That's ridiculous." Bella said in disbelief.

"No it's not." Rosalie told her. "You have a choice. I didn't, none of us did, but you do and you're choosing wrong. I don't care how miserable your human life is."

"My life is not miserable. It's not perfect, nobody's life is perfect." Bella quickly speaks.

"Mine was." Rosalie said with a small smile. "Absolutely perfect. There were things I still wanted. To be married with a nice house and a husband who kissed me when he came home. A family of my own." She paused before deciding to tell her story to the human. "Royce King was the most eligible bachelor in town, I barely knew him. But I was young, I was in love with the idea of love. On the last night of my life I left a friend's house late, I wasn't far from home. . ." She paused as tears glossed over her eyes. Emma gave her side a reassuring squeeze, resulting for the blonde to continue. "They left me in the street thinking I was dead, believe me, I wanted to be. Carlisle found me, he smelled all the blood, but he was helping me."

"I'm sorry." Bella said.

"I got my revenge on them, one at a time." Rosalie said with a small smile. "Saved Royce for last so he would know I was coming. I was a little theatrical back then. Things got better after I met Emma, but we'll always be this, frozen, never moving forward. That's what I miss the most, possibilities, sitting on a front porch somewhere, Emma grey haired by my side surrounded by our grandchildren, their laughter." Emma, though she grimaced at the thought of children, couldn't help the smile that fell over her face at the though of such a simple and normal life.

"I understand that's what you want." Bella says. "There's nothing I'm ever going to want more than Edward."

Rosalie shakes her head as she turns to look at Bella. "You're wrong again, after you've been changed there's one thing you'll want more. One thing you'll kill for. . . blood." Emma removed her arm from Rosalie's waist as the latter turned and walked back inside. Emma went to follow after her, but stopped at the sound of Bella's voice.

"What about you?"

"Oh don't be so flattered. Unlike Rose, I actually hate you." Emma says, turning her head so that she could give Bella a sarcastic smile. Bella waited patiently for her to continue which resulted in Emma rolling her eyes. "If you're expecting to hear my life story, you won't hear it. When you get my brother's story, then I'll give you mine." With that, Emma walked back inside, leaving Bella outside by herself.

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Authors note: I found inspiration again by rewatching eclipse🙃 And I really liked the outcome of this chapter.

I hoep you all enjoyed! Stay safe! Until next time, bye loves!♥️

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