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Personal Note: First fanfic, I havnt read many either, so if there is anything wrong, missing, or not enough of something please tell me. It is almost finals so I am kind of busy will try to update as soon as possible. I do know that in the first few paragraphs some of the sentences come from the Breaking Dawn book. It is to show were my story breaks off.
Ten Too Late
Caius spoke with eager haste. "The child is an unknown. I see no reason to allow such a risk to exist. It must be destroyed, along with its family." He smiled in expectation.
I fought back a shriek of defiance to answer his cruel smirk.
Marcus lifted his uncaring eyes, seeming to look through us as he voted. "I see no immediate danger. The child is no trouble for now. We can always visit later. Let us leave peacfully." His voice was even fainter than the others'.
None of the guard relaxed their ready positions at his words. Caius's grin showed no sign of faltering. It was as if Marcus hadn't said anything at all.
"I must make the deciding vote, it seems," Aro mused. "We can not know for sure how this child will turn out," Aro continued. "This situation could soon turn into something like the immortal children and in this age that could be disastrous to our secrecy. I'm sorry, but I can pardon all of you, if you would just hand over the child."
At his words I almost exploded in rage. How could he? Ask for my baby as though she was an object to posses. If I was still human my face would have burned the deep purple that would have looked familiar on Charlie. I could hardly stand still at the moment, and definitely not much more than a few more seconds.
"I'm sorry Aro," Carlisle quickly answered, "but Renesmee is part of our family now. If you wish to have her, you will have to get through us first. I saw Caius' expectant smile suddenly turn sinister. There was no way to avoid what was about to come.
"I am upset that is has to end this way old friend." Aro said sincerely, like he truly was upset about having to destroy Carlisle and the rest of us.
That was when I felt Jane's power stab into a few different places in my shield one after another. It was a strange feeling, like being poked by a wire with a slight charge. I knew it was there but it was only mildly distracting.
Jane's smile of pleasure turned abruptly into a deep frown. None of her chosen victims were on the ground, none of them in intense pain. I smiled towards her an innocent but quiet obvious smile. She almost lost it right there.
Jane screeched and snarled towards my direction. She was about to spring when her brother Alec pressed his hand into her shoulder, anchoring her to the ground. I heard Alec whisper to her, the sound carried across by a frosty breath of air. "Do not worry, it is my turn now."
I nearly panicked when the slightly visible mist blew towards our side. It could only be seen though, like trying to see the side of a house through the heat of a barbeque.
The creeping menace, the downfall of perhaps hundreds of vampires, many of them protecting a child they loved just as much as we all loved Renesmee, had almost reached us. I fought the coming hysterics. Edward's arm around my shoulder, which I hadn't noticed during my brief breakdown, instantly soothed me. Then it hit.
The mist floated into the perimeter of my mental shield and… broke upon its side. I heard gasps of awe from both sides of the field. The mist of death moved up the side of the shield and continued to climb. In only a few seconds it had covered the entire outside and threatened to break through, should I slip up and my shield fall.
It took only a short time for the rest to realize what the problem was. Most of them had been in the chamber when Aro had admired my shielded mind. In total synchronization the whole guard turned in my direction. That did alarm me a bit, though I should have expected to be the number one target.
"Do not worry." Zafrina quickly said towards Edward's suddenly frightened look. "I will keep them off of her."
"No, I will do it myself." Edward replied grimly. I could tell by the look on his face that he hardly wanted to leave me at a time like this.
"You have to get Demetri, don't worry, Zafrina will do her job wonderfully." I hugged Edward closer to me and hugged him tightly.
I heard Jake whimper behind me. I turned and saw the look of pain in his deep brown eyes. I walked towards him and wrapped my hands through his coarse coat. I quietly whispered into his ear so only someone on our side of the field would have been able to hear.
"As soon as they come running towards us I want you and Nessie out of here. Do not stop until you absolutely have to, and then check the bag." Jake whined again only lower. "I know Jake, Ill miss you too. I love you Nessie." I told my daughter, and she looked back with understanding eyes. "I love you too Mom." My daughter said. She would miss me just as much. At least she had Jake.
It was hard letting her go, but I knew that if this battle went terribly wrong like it most likely would, she would be as safe as was possible in a world like ours.
I returned to Edward's side, and looked across the snow covered field towards the sinister wall of black capes. All of those dark foreboding figures were all tensed and ready to launch in a seconds notice. This fight would be lethal.
Suddenly I was afraid, not for me, but for my family, and for my friends. I was new to this life, and had expected to be with Edward forever. Three months seemed quiet a deal less than forever, but maybe this would be my forever. I turned towards the line of guards and knew I only had to wait a short while.
Seven seconds to be exact. Without any signal I noticed the guard leapt forward, a good half of them heading straight towards me. Our side exploded into action as well, barreling across the suddenly tightly packed space. Snow was shot into the air as the wolves got going, the vampires leaving barely a footprint.
Benjamin, who had stayed in the back to safeguard me, pulled a large red lighter out of his pocket and held it in a relaxed grip within his left hand, his thumb in the ready position. I wondered what it might be for but decided now was not the right time to ask.
From the corner of my eye I saw a half dozen wolves working in union to take down three Volturi guards defending themselves. I noticed Vladimir about to collide with Alec and Jane being laid upon by Kate. I tried to find Edward but violently my attention was grabbed by a more direct matter.
Four Volturi had made it through and were headed directly at me and my three protectors. They were almost upon us when they suddenly veered sharply to the right. Zafrina jumped on the back of one and Ben another. They quickly tore the two apart before the others had a chance to react.
While the other two searched for the three of us through the haze of their illusions, Ben had his lighter flickering to life. As the fire grew to blinding proportions I realized what the lighter was for. With his control of the elements he could use that one small flame the create a ball of fire big enough to burn a forest… or the shredded pieces of a freshly mauled vampire.
The two piles of vampire burned far quicker than they would have in a normal fire. The blistering heat almost scorched me from the distance I was from it. In just a few seconds all that was left was a small pile of ash, already blowing softly away with a fresh breeze, and my skin had probably warmed a few degrees.
Zafrina had already finished off the third guard and had the final one wandering off about twenty yards to the right. Ben burned the third body and then just covered the fourth guard with the live flame. In its unnatural heat the guard didn't have time escape before he too, ended up like his three brothers.
I looked at Benjamin with a sudden new respect. "Impressive Ben," I congratulated when our small corner of the battle had calmed down. With him on the other side, even with my shield we would have lost the battle easily. It was already hard enough.
With our assailants dispatched I had time to look up towards the bigger battle. I finally spotted Edward. Demetri had obviously lost the battle and fairly quickly too. As I watched Edward pulled apart the rest of the headless body. I felt no pity for a vampire such as him.
Alec was losing his fight with Vladimir and it looked to be soon over. Kate and Jane were making an even battle of it and the wolves were still working together to bring down smaller groups of vampire guards.
Behind the lines I could still see Caius, Aro, and Marcus. Caius' smile was just as expectant and would have made me sick if I still could be. Aro looked concerned. His valuable property was getting damaged more than he had expected. Marcus looked bored as he stared with uncaring eyes at a distant, white, mountain top.
Edward had reached me by then. I looked at his smiling face and had a hard time looking away. If we made it through this I would have forever to love him, to be with him. Now I had to focus on the fight and what was going on.
Suddenly and idea came to me. "Go." I told Benjamin. "If we are to lose this fight we will scar them as deeply as possible. If we burn the bodies of the guards they will permanently lose those that fall today. They won't be able to piece together the ashes."
Ben smiled at my idea, but his face became stern and rigid. "I am to protect you. I will make sure nothing gets within…"
"Do not worry about it Benjamin." Edward interrupted. "I have taken care of Demetri I will not be leaving her side for the rest of this fight. We will trade places."
Ben almost looked like he wished to argue but thought better of it when he saw Edward's face. Even as I watched Benjamin reached the first Volturi pile and was getting ready to burn it.
As I looked into the field once more I saw Rosealie being lead from Emmett in a taunting matter. If she left him he would have to deal with three of the other guards by himself but Rose looked too deep into bloodlust. I could already see how this event would turn out.
Just then my fears came into reality. Rose was led far enough away for her to have no chance of making it back in time. Just as Emmett was tackled under the weight of the other vampires Rose noticed.
He distracter jumped on her too but Rosealie hardly noticed.
"NO!" Rosealie screamed. With a strength and ferocity bourn of rage she quickly tore apart the guard who had latched onto her chest and was trying to crush her. She got to Emmett and ripped apart another of the guards by herself before Quil and Embry were at her side helping with the other two.
I knew they were too late. As soon as we I heard Emmett's cry of pain suddenly cut short I knew they had torn him to pieces.
Even as I saw this, my vision picked up two vampires tearing apart a wolf. Was that Paul? I could hear the cries of other vampires, some I recognized others I did not. It was almost too painful to think about.
If we ended up making it through this Emmett could piece himself back together and would be fine in a matter of days. Any wolves torn to pieces tonight would stay that way forever.
I looked around the white field and now noticed drops of red that were out of place. Only the wolves would bleed. I saw the bloody shredded remains of three wolves. One of the bodies was Paul's; yes it was him I saw torn apart. The other two were bodies I didn't recognize. They must have been two of the six new wolves that had become involved in my battle. I noticed a trail of blood pointed towards the edge of the forest. One had survived long enough to get away. Maybe he had even gone back to the reservation.
I couldn't breathe. Knowing how permanent Paul's fate was made me realize how awful this fight really was. Victory or defeat, I was going to lose people I knew forever. There was no good way this could end.
We would win though, I promised myself. "Yes, yes we will." I swore to myself out loud. "For Emmett."
Edward looked down towards me from talking to Zafrina. Had I missed all that? No, I remembered now. "Try to blind some from here, it will be an amazing help to everyone."
"I am doing my best." She replied in her slight accent.
"Thanks, that's all anyone can ask in a fight such as this."
Edward curled his arm around my waist and pulled me into him. It was meant to reassure but I didn't think anything could do that just right now.
"We will make it through, all of us." Edward promised me. Would we? I wanted to believe but could I after seeing all of this? Even if Emmett lived and we made it through, I would always remember the awful sound he made in his agony.
Ten minutes into this horrifying battle and I wondered vaguely how much longer before I went crazy? Or we all died.
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