You know Nessie is very immature and thoughtless when it comes to knowing about newborns.  Geez.  Sure she's been sheltered but come on - she knows all about the bloodlust.  Why is she acting like a stupid teenager?  The pack should have been able to talk sense into her - the elders should have at the very least.  She's starting to annoy me.  Love the story - can't wait to find out about Aro's plan.  Here's a johnny come lately theory - Aro targeted Edwards family for a "mind reader".  Well that didn't work out for him because he had planned on having her killed.  Keep writing. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am so happy and excited that there is an update chapter posted! I LOVE this story and I really, really miss it when we have not had a new chapter. You know I will stick with this story til the very last word of it.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this story and cannot wait til we get to the part where the Volturi get involved, as we know they probably will, they have to. Catherine has a special talent and they will want her and most likely Charlie as well. The Cullens will fight for them, (we hope!) and hopefully will win against the Volturi.

I KNOW that not all stories here at Twilighted are HEA. I have read a few that weren't, but were still satisfying in the end, NOT that I want you to write a NOT "Happily Ever After" ending for this story! Au contraire'! I want a HEA for ALL the Cullens, Charlie and Catherine  too, and the wolves, of course.  I LOVE the new chapter and now I cannot wait for more. MORE! SOON! NOW!

YOU MADE MY DAY!!! This update made my day, made me very happy and dance the happy, happy, joy, joy dance! :O) 

I am always  squealing like a little girl when I see an update in my inbox for your wonderfully wonderful story!  

And I am not a "little girl" Not at all! I am a 57 yr old, 6 ft tall, 150 lb, statuesque woman who just lost 50 lbs and can now wear the size 13 in the junior section at Kohls! I really did lose 50 lbs in one year and can wear the X-Large tee shirts in the children's section! WOW!!! 

I am SO happy with  the loss from 200 lbs  to 150...I really needed to and I wanted to and I did it, ON MY OWN, no program no help, no one, just me and a new way of eating.

NO exercise either! I can't really do much exercise because I had spine surgery a couple years ago and I have knee surgery coming up in May!  Yet, I lost 50 lbs by changing what I eat! It CAN BE DONE! I am proof. A good eating plan and lots of Twilighted fanfiction and you are good to go! :O) 

(Of course, I had to buy ALL new clothes. I went from a size 18/20 to a size 12 in misses and 13 in jumiors. I am so happy and thinner too! And I got to choose a whole new wardrobe and am still buying clothes, CUTE clothes for the smaller build and figure. I lost most of my boobs too! I am happy about that cause 5 yrs ago, I had a reduction surgery from a 44 double I, down to a 40D and now I am 38C!  :O)

And I am NOT buying the old lady women's sizes! I am getting all really cute clothes for the summer and I bought a beautiful Spring Easter dress for church.

I am also buying clothes for a cruise we have coming up in May just before my knee surgery. I am going to go on a cruise and then come home to get my knee cut up and fixed and then recuperate. But at least I will have the cruise to dream abouit  while I am lying in bed in pain. 

So, I had to get a a WHOLE NEW WARDROBE! I am still buying lots and lots of clothes. And then will come Fall styles and I get more new clothes. I will never  gain that mush weight again. I felt bad and sickly all the time at 200 lbs for me. I feel better and more active, even if I can't do much exercise, but I do move around better now. That weight was just so heavy and weighing me down, physically, mentally and for sure emotionally! :o)

So anyone can do it! I just wanted to share that w3ith everuyone because i was so excioted  when I got on nthe scale and I was at 150, which was my goal! I made it!

Anyway, back to your regularly scheduled program of reviews and all positive goodness for the author and the story!

Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!

A much thinner and happier Disney Vampire

Author's Response:

DV! Omigosh!  I think that's the longest review I've ever seen, let alone for my own fic!  Oh, and I just love all that you said, I just don't even know where to begin. I don't want to give anything away! LOL!  But don't worry,darling, you won't have to wait much longer.  We're almost there. ;)

And now about YOU!  I'm fist pumping in the air for you, even though you can't see it.  GOOD. FOR. YOU!!!  Way to start down the path to getting healthy.  That's the attitude I took myself about a year and a half ago - amazing how good it feels to shop for those smaller clothes, right?  LOL!  It will most definitely help with your knee, and I'm sure the surgery will make it feel even better.  You just make sure you get out there for your walk BEFORE reading anymore of my updates. I do NOT want to be the cause of keeping you from that. Hahaha!

Thank you SO MUCH for this uplifting review, for your kind words, and for keeping with this fic. I know I've been a bad updater lately, and I am trying to write and get things posted as fast as I can.  It's just my perfection, my process, and RL keeps getting in the way!  But don't worry, you'll have your end. It may necessarily be HEA completely, but... well, that's enough on that. lol!

Thanks, dearest!  And keep up the awesome work!

 

 

This was worth waiting for, so don't sweat the small stuff. Charlie and Catherine still have so much to deal with, I'm glad they have this get-away time to themselves. After Catherine talked some of it out with Carlisle, I now have hope she and Charlie are going to be able to get past their trauma. As Carlisle said, talking it out is half the battle. Catherine is fortunate to have a man who has a clue about how to deal with her rape. Charlie knows more than most how to relate, what to do and not to do. With the love between them, there's little they can't face down and conquer. I'm rooting hard for them, and looking forward to the coming chapters.

Author's Response:

YAY!!!! Thank you for saying that, and thank you for your encouragement.  I need it right now.  I received my first, not so nice, review last week, and well, it sorta stung a bit.  I've deleted it, and PM'd the person who sent it.  She has strong feelings about the subject matter, and as I understand her issue, I don't necessarily agree with her methods. But enough about that. ;)

You REALLY got what I was trying to do here, and that is immensely satisfying, so thank you for that.  Yeah, I think they've been through quite a lot, in just a month, and they need to...hmmm...find themselves again.  As friends, as new vampires, and... as lovers.  After all, Twilight, in it's most basic sense, is a love story.  Why shouldn't Charlie's story, and the Saga's continuation, have that as it's center as well?  I think we're ALL in agreeement Charlie definitely needs some lovin. ;)

Ebs and flows, peaks and valleys, calm and storm - I'm pretty sure that's what love is all about, not that I've ever known personally, but I have it around me.  Charlie and Catherine needed the calm, a valley amidst a mountain if you will, if only for a little while, and this is why I changed the end of this chapter.  Their struggles aren't over yet, not by a long shot, but where one alone is strong, two together are even stronger. ;)

Thank you for your kind words, your very astute insight - you're spot on - and for your love of this fic.  I'm rooting hard for them too!  LOL!   

 

Yay ! You´re back. And of course it can´t all be bad times, I loved this calm, but excited chapter.

I still can´t figure out Aros intentions so I am waiting eagerly for new chaapters.

Author's Response:

Yes!  I am!  And I'm responding to your review. Hooray!! lol!

I just couldn't let this chapter end the way I had originally wanted it, and I'm glad you loved it as is.  Don't worry, like I said, we're almost to the end, but Aro's intentions?  Hmmm, we'll have to wait and see. ;)

 

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!!

I'm somewhat surprised at Renesmee's immaturity, but I won't go as far as to say it isn't plausible.  I'm glad that Renesmee will be able to go back home because she needs peace of mind.

Now, this chapter explained why you won't read my tale yet.  :-)  But I will say this... you'll have a hell of a lot tougher time than I did... even with Charlie and Catherine.  I can't see where Charlie being a Police Chief of a small town helping Jasper all that much when it comes to the strategy.

It will be inteseting to see who gathers this time.  Maybe there will be new vampires joining up with the Cullens - now that they have heard of their earlier confrontation and I'm sure have been told the true motives of the white hat wearing Volturi coven.  Vladimer and Stefan will finally get their wish.  :-)

Thanks for sharing your talent - and I for one would much rather you spend your energy on a new chapter than responding to fan mail.  :-)

Still digesting all this new information, even went back and reread parts. Three major points popped up, for me,Nessie, Charlie and Catherine, and the Volturi, not necessarily in order of importance. It looks like there will be a serious showdown between Ness and her parents and maybe Jake. Needs to happen soon, before they lose her for good. Next, Charlie and Catherine really need some alone time to figure out how to be with each other and not freak out Catherine. Maybe most importantly, the whole family, Cullens, Swans and Quileutes need to get together and plan how to combat the Volturi's coming attack. It's coming, sure as death and taxes, they will try to wipe out everyone they don't covet for their abilities. It's too bad it has to come to this, but Aro won't give up and leave them alone in peace, so I guess the fight will happen.  You know what side I'm rooting for and no matter how long it takes, I know you'll have a good outcome  for us . Sorry you have had such a rough time recently, hope things are better now and look forward to the next one. Take care and dream up really good stuff!

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! I was going through withdrawal symptoms from not having my fix of this story for so long...and fanfic withdrawal is not a pretty sight...staring at the computer saying, "Post! Post! Post!" , crawling on the floor under the desk  to make sure the computer is hooked up correctly, checking email alerts  every 5 minutes of every day  of every week until an alert for THIS story  is up...no, not a pretty sight at all... ;o)

But you came along at just the right moment  with my update and now I am breathing easier and getting well from "fanfic chapter absence" slowly. It will take  a few more chapters of this story posted VERY SOON to get me up to par...as well as some  Vampire TLC from everyone's favorite doctor, Carlisle Cullen to get me quite well again...hehehe...

I LOVE this story and have missed it greatl I NEED MORE CHARLIE! I have missed our favorite shotgun toting Chief o' Police! Besides, he is closer to my age than the Cullen boys and also very handsome. I likes me my Charlie Swan, especially as played by Billy Burke. 

(You do know that the actress who played the good witch, Glenda, in the movie "The Wizard of Oz " was also named Billie Burke. The spelling is different. Just a little piece of trivia  for those who did not know that bit of information).

I am so glad you posted a chapter because I was wondering when or if you would come back.  You are back and with a great chapter too!

Now I am just waiting for the next chapters to be posted...  :o)

Disney Vampire

I am hoping  you are going to update with new chapters very soon! I love this story and am wondering what is happeninbg with Charlie and Katherine and the rest of the Cullens on their search for answers.

I am so looking forward to more of this wonderful story. Come back! PLease come back  VERY soon! PLease????

Disney Vampire

wah...i'm caught up! so i guess at this point i join the masses in begging for more please.

 

Really enjoying the mirror gifts,  and like how you've played with the existing gifts...esp. Charlies...like a cross between Jasper's and Aro's (having to touch to use the gift)

 

 

Author's Response:

Hi Dryad!

Sorry it's taken me soooo long to respond.  As I've said, RL's just been a bitch, and I've been devoting most spare time to writing.  This review was for Ch 27, so hopefully you've had the chance to read 28, and 29 just posted. As soon as I finish your response, I'm moving onto to 30.  Holy crow, thirty chapters....Sheesh! lol!

Thanks so much for liking the gifts. I thought long and hard about these - how Charlie's needed to be, and how it couldn't be.  I knew Catherine's before I even started writing because I knew her story.  I never thought of the simillarities between Charlie and Aro. That's a really good catch there, and something I might have to...stew a bit about. LOL!  Thanks very much for that!

Thanks so much for reading, and reviewing. I hope to hear from you regarding 28 or 29!  ;D

WELL DONE....graphic, as it needed to be, but not grisly. Definitely disturbing, but glossing over it would've done an injustice.

Okay, first things first... it will be interesting to find out Renesmee's rationale about going there when she's extremely intelligent and knows enough to know that there would be realistic danger if she did.  :-)

So, the discovered the laptop with proof.  I hadn't put it together until this chapter as to why she was a target.  And you're right... now that the Volturi had failed in their attempt to assassinate Catherine - they'll have no choice but to launch another assult.

So, it's an epic confrontation all over again... and now it makes sense as to why you didn't want to read my tale.  :-) 

What is criticial is the element of surprise, and that is no longer part of the equation.  The Volturi know what Bella's shield can do... the Volturi proved that they can work around Alice's visions... the Volturi are going to be extremely more lethal.  So, I ask you... have you boxed yourself in a corner?  Even if the Cullens recruit the same friends - they are still lacking a significant difference in their arsenal.  Unless Charlie and Catherine can actually do more than what is on the surface thus far.  :-)

Great ride and looking forward to MORE!  Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent!

Not that it would do much good, but I'm thinking Renesmee ought to be spanked. Her thoughtlessness damn near got her killed. Between her parents and Jacob, I think she's going to catch hell, and should. Two really important pieces of information this time around. I'm so glad the Cullens found proof that Aro is behind Damian and he and the rest of the Volturi are coming after them again. If Alice's vision is accurate, they're going to be sorry for messing with the Cullens. Absolute power does corrupt absolutely. It's not going to be pretty. The other thing is much better news. Charlie and Catherine learned they could keep from killing Renesmee, because of the family connection. Plus, I think Charlie has figured out how he and Catherine can be together, finally, without freaking her out. We'll see. Damn, this keeps getting better and better!