A/N: Don't hate me for taking so long! I am working very hard on writing a modern-day fairytale to self-publish. I'm spending 10 hours a day working on a book surrounding a film adaptation of 'The Veil,' the other original story I'm writing, world-building, and pouring my soul into.

PS if there are any Betas or editors that work on original fiction or would like to please PM me! Ok, no more self-promotion.

Standard disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns all things Twilight-related. Original characters are the property of me! No copyright infringement intended.

This New Life Of Mine

*BPOV*

I love being a vampire, and my new life, body, and amenities. I'm not sure if it was the magic. If so, my Mom's theories held more weight. I thoroughly prepared for my transition too. Who knows?

Yes, thirst existed in my throat, but it wasn't what I thought it would be, all-consuming. Two more needs were consuming me. At this moment, Edward needed to see me through the firsts. This was consuming him with concern.

I concentrated.

Switching on my vampire instincts gave me the most amount of trouble. Losing control, my fear transitioned with me, not as much, regardless there it was. I trusted Edward implicitly, overriding my fear. Edward would never let me down. I finally let go, and nearly gave Edward a coronary, if it were possible.

Kids at school nicknamed me 'Bad Luck Bella,' and I felt that way again because of a stupid human. Why he thought it appropriate to commune with nature, near private property, I'll never know. Said, crazy, unaware human now had three life-threatening crises going for him. Firstly, a newborn vampire who let go of her human side to hunt, secondly, the husband of the newborn vampire wouldn't hesitate to kill the human; lastly, a massive spiked, warded, and electric iron fence.

I'm ashamed to admit, I took the bait and took off! I marveled at my running speed, hearing Edward behind me, already flogging himself. Carlisle popped into my head, and I slowed. The stupid human's luck shot up when a phenomenon from my past ended up overwhelming me. I snapped out of it. The smell of human blood up close did it. Bad Luck Bella threw up and passed out because of it, but vampire Bella just turned away from it in disgust. The other difference, spilled blood, made me sick then, now human blood pumping in his veins made me shudder.

I halted and spun around, "oops!" I said, then giggled.

Edward barked a laugh, then asked, "how did you do that?"

Edward's question confused me. "Do what?" I inquired.

Incredulous eyes were upon me, "You stopped mid-hunt, you haven't even fed yet! A human, Bella! It takes decades of principal and discipline to achieve control like that, and some never master it." Edward sighed; he was talking about Jasper.

I cleared my throat; I hadn't told Edward about my childhood. I skipped the Bad Luck Bella story. "I never told you about my reaction to human blood? I was so rarely around spilled blood I never considered it, but it must have partially transitioned when I did."

Edward cocked an eyebrow, encouraging me to go on.

I couldn't help but brag, "I haven't spent a great deal of time around humans, few know my secret. I fought a few humans, and I could always tell when to stop when the whiff of blood smacked me in the face. Back then, I'd puke and pass out. The closer I got to him, the hunting instinct broke. I heard you, saw Carlisle, reminding me of my mantra, when I got close enough, my heightened smell made me snap out of it entirely, it's unpleasant, yuck!"

"But… but… you… pregnant?" Edward lost his ability to speak coherently, delighting me again.

"That was the overwhelming need coming from Lilly and Masen. Blood allowed me to eat human food. Mostly, I drank animal blood anyway. It doesn't bother me. It seems the human had enough sense to turn away. That fence could have killed him."

Edward's eyes bulged, "you never cease to surprise me. Let's go be good now."

"You think I'm a weird vampire?" Argh! Stupid insecurities… he didn't.

"Well, yes."

Strike that. My face fell.

"Bella!" Edward growled, "I'm amazed by you. Don't you understand the implications of your blood-lust control? We don't have to lock ourselves in for two years!"

"Oh!" I gasped, "I can be around humans! What about the babies?"

"That's why Carlisle insists on human food. Let's hunt."

I agreed; the thirst started making its way up the list of desires. I wanted to see my children, and if hunting made everyone else comfortable, even better.

I won't go into the fine details of drinking blood, not sexy, like at all… Until I saw Edward, I knew for a fact I would not have found watching him hunt so attractive four days ago. He caught me gawking at him, stopping another instinct from triggering. If blushing were possible, I'd be doing it.

I glutted myself and laughed about how slushy my stomach felt. Edward was having a hard time talking.

"Babies," I demanded.

We could look at the house when it was time to scratch my other itch. We didn't sleep.
Once we were inside the Cullen house, I was both surprised and irritated at them all; it seemed as if they were refusing to hand my children over.

My children! Mine!

I did not go through the pregnancy from hell, and three days of roasting from the inside out just to eat my babies! They smelled lovely.

Edward heard all the nasty thoughts running through my brain.

He explained our hunting adventure. Nobody believed him.

Violent thoughts started running through my mind.

Jasper gave me a strange look and bolted.

'I'll tell you later. Jasper doesn't understand how you did it. Despite your preparation, you shouldn't have reacted that way.'

'Jasper isn't a witch.'

'Talk to him later, or beat the crap out of each other, that will make him happy.'

I snorted, searching the room for Emmett, smirking I thought, 'Ok, but Emmett first. Babies, magic, and then Emmett.'

Edward agreed.

"Congratulations, Bella. You did well." Rose said, while handing Lilly over to me, Masen to Edward.

"Thanks, Rose," I said.

I inspected my children and their beauty when I heard 'Mommy!' from both of them. I made sure Edward and I weren't touching.

"Did you hear that?" I asked.

"You did too?" Edward responded.

I bobbed my head, "anyone else?" I focused, hoping I didn't inherit Edward's gift.

They did not.

Relieved was an apt description.

"I can read their minds!" I said mid giggle, then I thought, 'Yes, I'm your Mommy. Sorry for taking that long nap. That won't happen again. I missed you too.'

Lilly and Mase began clapping their hands. They heard it.

"We can communicate in our thoughts!" I was so excited to hold them; at that point, it hit me; they were three days old. "Wait! I'm sure clapping is not something newborns can do." They looked like babies, not infants.

I saw Edward look at Carlisle, concerned before Carlisle spoke up, "Bella, their growth both intellectually and physically is unprecedented. We need to talk to you two about this." Carlisle looked at Lydia, and Edward looked at the floor.

Panic flooded me, so I took a seat on the couch to brace for whatever they wanted to say. Edward handed Masen over to me. My fear disappeared. I didn't do that, and Jasper wasn't in the room. Masen did that on purpose, how bizarre!

Lydia gave me her signature comfort look before speaking, "Isabella, I am confident the institute and council will know about this…"

"… but then you have to tell them!" I interrupted, noticing my voice went up an octave. Edward didn't like it either. Fear equal to mine appeared on his face.

My moods were fluctuating, and then they weren't. "Masen, let Mommy feel this stuff. Thank you." I lectured my three-day-old baby! He understood.

"What?" Carlisle's curiosity interrupted my moral dilemma.

"I freaked out twice, and he's shaken me out of it both times. Masen derailed my train of thought. Is that just me, or did everyone else feel it?"

"Apparently, only you!" Edward sounded jealous.

I guessed my stupid, mind-reading vampire had spent little time with the twins, over the last three days, monitoring them, sure. No matter what, the intensity of emotion, especially Edward's, would challenge a breakthrough. Like when your mate is burning at the stake internally.

"Council?" Lydia redirected the conversation. "We have citadels everywhere, you know that. I know some have information on hybrids. Bella, we can meet at my place. We'll make sure they won't be able to sense this place. Also," her shoulders slumped, "your anonymous account of pregnancy will be priceless to them, a bargaining chip if you will. You will intimidate them. You are infinitely more powerful than they are, and physically unstoppable. You will have Gabe, Nia, and myself along with seven vampires protecting you three if you wish."

"Why are you so shocked! Hello, Bella, you were pregnant for a month!" Alice shook her head as if we were morons.

Alice was correct. I needed faith in fate. I wouldn't have fallen in love with Edward, the vampire... if it went against nature. I would not have be able to get pregnant or bare his children either.

"Fine! But Edward goes along, Nobody is allowed to touch them. I'll put shield them from any attempts to use magic. Edward can listen to their thoughts, but I still don't like this."

"I know Ella," Gabriel's sincerity killed me, "but vampires don't go through the same Education we do. Carlisle is curious by nature, but Carlisle was also a member of the Volturi. It seems as they are the ones who control histories and their knowledge about their species. There isn't another choice. I'm sorry."

Carlisle looked ashamed.

"Ok, set it up. Casually, non-emergent like. Give nothing away." I did not want anyone to know. I wanted to make sure Lilly and Masen would live a long life. No way would we change them, not with all that could go wrong.

Lydia, Gabe, and Nia acknowledged my answer and disappeared.

Carlisle spoke up again, "Bella, I asked Carmen and Eleazar to join us for a few days."

The thought of Tanya set my mind on fire, "WHAT?"

Alice chuckled, "just those two. Although, after they understand, it would be wise to invite Kate and Garrett. They love you; it will soften the blow."

I furrowed my brow, not understanding. "What blow?"

"Have you heard stories about immortal children?" Carlisle asked.

I nodded slowly.

"The Denali sister's mother created one. The child caused so much carnage the Volturi stepped in, killing both their mother and the child."

I frowned, no matter how much I hated Tanya, losing your mother was something I knew well. Nobody should go through that so young. "Oh," I looked at my super-sized children, gnawing on my lip. "But, they aren't!"

"Bella, love," Edward said, rubbing my back. "We know that, but nobody else will. Carmen and Eleazar are the head of the family, the Denali's are family, we can't hide this. Carmen may just steal them." He nudged me. "Also, Eleazar can sense gifts."

"No, Tanya," I needed clarification.

Rose smirked, "I'll make sure of that."

I trusted that.

The day had started out just fine. Now complications assaulted my brain. I needed air.

"Tomorrow, ok? I want to take the kiddos outside and experiment. I feel some of what I can do." Now everyone was curious. I felt my shield. I closed my eyes for a moment, concentrating on intention. I put everyone in the room in an individual bubble, except for Edward.

"Can you hear them, Edward?" I asked.

His lips twitched into a smile. "Nope."

I put Edward in the bubble this time. "How about now?"

He nodded, he could.

"If you are within the bubble, no one can touch you, and your powers work too. Nice to know."

"Nice!" Emmett boomed, making all three of us jump. He was so in for it.

I could tell the family was curious about the rest. "Outside the bond, Edward and I share with the babies, I believe my magic manifested into something much stronger. Since I am familiar with the magic, and I could control it before, I think I can now too."

"She can fly!" Edward joked.

"Told you!" I jumped again at Emmett's enthusiasm.

Emmett would die today if he didn't control his volume.

"I can't 'fly' in the traditional sense, I'm not Supergirl. I'm able to rise, hover, and lower myself using the elements, but channeling my power. Controlling the weather helps." I so knew what Emmett would say next.

"Like Storm!"

Knew it!

"Yes, I guess. Did my eyes change color last time, Edward?"

He gave me a look I saw as intimidation. "Yes, but not green, bright white and purple."

"Cool," Alice muttered. "Let's see!"

We went outside, I warned everyone, "stay back for a little while, I want to make sure I am in control."

Warmth and confidence spread through my body as my power began to amp up. I focused on the sky. I wanted to see what Lilly and Masen's skin looked like. The sky turned bright yellow from dark gray. The kid's skin didn't react, their arms and legs looked silky and smooth. I took in a breath. Relief flooded my body next.

"Unbelievable!" Esme gasped.

I let go; the sky returned to normal.

"Time to be Storm, unless it bothers you, Edward."

"It does not bother me," he growled.

I found I didn't need the elements to rise. I kept my eyes closed, concentrating. I opened them, slack-jawed at the same time as the others. I had risen much higher than I realized. The family was in carved statue mode. I shot a worried look at Edward; he pointed to his eyes.

"Are my eyes really that intense?" I asked. I was floating, but my eyes were freaking them out?

At that moment, I didn't care. I felt like doing a pirouette, so I did. "Awesome!" I squeaked. I did a backflip and landed on my feet.

"Ok, much stronger than before. That didn't drain me at all. I have more energy."

I moved on to the next form of magic. I thought of my family and concentrated on adding multiple visible spells into one visible circle. I wasn't trying to heal, nobody was. I tried something different. If this worked, I knew I could defend my family along with the others, using magic alone. Jasper had joined us, so he would be my guinea pig. I didn't know how it would affect Edward. The slight possibly of making him go insane was a good deterent. I propelled the finished spell at Jasper without permission.

"What did you do?!" Jasper asked, alarmed.

"Calm Emmett, full blast. Access your powers, did they intensify?"

Jasper's face transformed from alarmed to mischievous when he knocked Emmett out cold. I did internal cartwheels.

Take that loudmouth! Har-har!

Rose looked a little freaked out. It didn't take Emmett long to get up and look around; he shut up after that.

"Now, imagine the fear or whatever emotion you want to project!" I said, practically jumping. I knew giving Jasper more of an ability to defend his family would make him happy. I'd always felt sorry for him, being around Rose and Edward for so long. Edward able to create his own mood. I'd lose it.

"Unfortunately, it's temporary… maybe…" something was percolating... "I'll try something later."

"Bella," Alice asked, "do it to me."

"I don't want you to have some psychotic break… but maybe Jasper can knock you out if that happens?" I replied.

Alice and Jasper agreed.

I began working the spell again. This time, concentrating on Alice's clairvoyance without limits. Access to intuition and knowledge Alice had before, but more precise, long term. I thought of the scenario we could test immediately. The spell collided with Alice. Her eyes sparkled.

"It's like she's downloading the future so fast. I can't keep up," Edward murmured.

It worked.

"Alice," I interrupted her download. "Alice, would you mind spending the rest of the time playing on the stock market? I want to test this out."

Half an hour later, Jasper and Alice returned.

"Wow, um, Bella…" Alice trailed off as if she didn't understand what happened. "Expect a massive bank transfer. I did it all without thinking. Now Jasper has more work."

"Okaaayyy…" I replied.

"You will give it all to Charlie, anyway."

Jasper felt my mood shift, and added to it, "I will arrange passports, driver's licenses with a few aliases. I will get your death certificates and Will in order. Plane crash, correct?"

Guilt began brooding, but faking my death was part of the deal. We couldn't have my father looking for us. I looked at Edward and agreed.

How cheerful. I changed my thought train.

"Witch skills, sorcery, enchantment, there is more, but that's plenty for now." I dismissed interdimensional travel, for now. I knew there was more to experiment with, battle magic, healing, astral projection, remote viewing, more powerful spells, and building confidence in my intuition, clairvoyance, and divination. Now traveling couldn't be taken away. I snapped my fingers, and my wings were no longer clipped. I wanted to fight with my brother so badly.

"Maybe we should leave the rest to Eleazar? Would you mind if just the four of us hung out here for a while?"

"Oh! Absolutely!" Esme answered.

"We need to finish up the house!" Alice reminded Esme and Emmett. The rest of the Cullens made haste in disappearing.

Edward and I were alone, finally, laying on the grass Masen looked as if he was fighting sleep, sitting on his stomach, Lilly was absorbing everything, including the two of us. I felt so much peace; it'd been a long time. I wished I could cry. I looked at my husband and blurted, "Wow."

"That's the word," he replied

"Edward, I can defend my family with magic! I haven't gotten into physical fighting, but I am so relieved to have both." I blew out a puff of air.

He gave me a knowing smile, "good thing we'll never have to worry about that." Optimistic Edward.

WOW!

We laid on our green grass, facing the water, holding hands, talking in our thoughts. Eventually, both babies fell asleep. Watching Edward, relaxing, hand behind his head, and a baby sleeping on his stomach reminded me of that other instinct. Who knew this mental photo could be so sexy?

"I never knew life could be like this." Edward's optimism and enthusiasm showed.

"Like what?"

"As if the last part of my human self is dormant, and I'm good with it. I never wished for a family; I didn't think about it. When Carlisle turned me, I went a century, never grasping this, or wanting it. Yes, I admired the mated couples in the house, but I was a solitary creature, dull. Then you came into my life, and everything changed, I changed. I have a life that human's daydream of, trust me. If someone had told me, this would be my life a year ago… I'd recommend a psychiatric hospital. This day, this moment feels unreal. Thank you for not giving up on me." Edward looked at the babies, I knew where his thoughts were going.

"You need not say anything. Edward, that was then… let's live in the present. It didn't take long for you to have faith and love them as I did. That's all that matters."

"Thank you, Bella," Edward whispered.

"I said forever, and I meant it."

We laid there until darkness crept in. When Lilly and Masen were awake, I did magic tricks, then kissed my husband. The twins were too occupied to notice. Magic, the great distraction.

Without a doubt, this was a dream life.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this. Hopefully, gaining a bit of an insight into where the story is headed. Each beat can be wordy. Thanks for the reviews, really, they give me the oomph to add new chapters.