Jacob POV:

Jane was alive.

She had survived the battle, somehow. I was sure Alice would have finished her off after she assisted in the murder of Jasper. Although Alice was killed shortly after, perhaps she never got the chance. She grinned at us as she approached. Volturi guards surrounded her in a diamond shape formation, protecting their new...leader?

Her?

Well, she was perhaps the creepiest of them all, even before the battle. She stopped a few feet away, Renesmee clung to me, and I held her tight. They would not touch her.

"Jacob Black." She said. I didn't reply at first, but then I plucked up the courage and spoke.

"So, you're the new head blood-sucker, eh?" trying to act brave was hard when you were scared shitless.

"I am the leader of the Volturi, and have over a dozen very strong, very cruel and merciless guards standing, awaiting the order to tear you limb from limb. So if I were in your place, mongrel. I'd watch my attitude."

"Thanks for the Advice, I'll keep it in mind," she scowled at me. Suddenly I was set ablaze. My blood turned to pure acid, fire crawled over my skin. I dropped down to my knees, rolling on the ground.

"Jacob! Jacob! No!" Nessie cried, holding me tight, trying to make sure I was okay. I let out a blood-curdling scream as I rolled on the floor. Nessie at my side, holding my hand and sobbing. "Please! Please let him go, Jacob!" Nessie cried, I suspected she was looking at Jane, but my eyes were sore, on fire as well. It hurt to blink, it hurt to keep them open. Any second now I was sure they'd burst.

Then it was gone. No fire. No Pain. Only a memory.

I lay, gasping in fresh, cool air, the snow below me seemed to cool me down, and I sat up. And Nessie fell by and hugged me.

"That all you got." I panted, the edges of her mouth twitched up in a smile.

"I have a proposition for you, shape-shifter."

"Please, you can call me Jacob."

Then I was on fire again, Nessie was screaming again and Jane was smiling again. Then it was gone. "Okay." I said, "That was pretty rude of me, do go on." I said, pulling myself to my feet once more. Jesus, I could still feel the sting.

"Our propitiation is fairly straight forward and simple. Hand over the child and we will not kill you. You can walk away from this place without ever seeing or hearing from us again. You will not be followed. You will be free to live your life."

I couldn't help it. I threw my head back in laughter.

"Or...do I have to give the order and have you torn into pieces?" Jane asked, sounding bored.

"You'll have to kill me a hundred times over before I will ever let you lay a hand on her." I whispered, holding her to my chest. Though I knew it wouldn't take them more than a minute to kill me, take Nessie and kill her too.

Jane smiled at me.

"Very well, let it begin." She turned away, as she did so she nodded to the male and female vampire who had crashed into us. "Come, I'm sure these two can handle one werewolf." then she and the line of shrouds walked into the forest.

"What, not going to do it yourself." I yelled after her while watching the two pursuers. She and the others stopped but only she moved. She titled her head to the side.

"Why would I get my hands dirty, when I have others to do it for me?" and then she was gone, a blur of darkness in the shadows of the forest.

"Nessie get behind me." I said, she did so and I jumped into the air, phasing into a wolf on the way down. I stood there, the hairs on the back of my neck standing up as I stood tall, holding my head high and growling a ferocious growl at them.

The Red-haired woman ran at me, I lifted up and tackled her with my paws, she didn't realise how strong I was until I pinned her down, and reached for her throat but the male kicked me away, and Nessie jumped into the air, soaring a good twenty feet into the air to avoid being hit by the vampires or myself. On her way down she kicked off the truck that had crashed into us and clung to the trunk of a close by tree. She watched us in fear.

I rolled over, got up just as the man ran at me, I ducked left, and my teeth clenched down hard on his arm, I felt it in my mouth, trying to fight its way out but I bit down harder, my strong teeth tearing his granite like skin. Eventually his partner distracted me, and I was forced to let go.

I was struck again in the ribs, by a very hard fist, I felt one of my ribs crack and I yelped, as I felt myself almost collapse. The man lunged again, but this time I lunged back. I ignored the pain, I ignored the fact I had a child watching me. I jumped through the air, my mouth closed around his head, and I bit down and pulled as I landed.

There was a metallic screech and I dropped his severed head.

The woman, clearly the lover of the male vampire, grieved for her mate, she watched me, bared her teeth and snarled. I ran at her, she ran at me. But before either of us got to attack, another figure was there.

She ran forward, behind the woman and took a hold of her pony-tail, pulled back and bit into her neck, the woman screamed but it was cut short when the stranger bite down harder and took off her head. The red haired woman's head and body fell to the floor in opposite directions. Nessie called my name and I turned to her, she jumped from the tree, flew across the air like an angel and landed in on my back.

We turned to our saviour.

I did know her!

She was tall, and thin, with a beautiful slender body. Her long, golden hair that would normally wave halfway down her back, had been pulled up into a pony tail, yet it was still long and wavy. Her eyes, liquid gold, were the same as last time.

She put her hands on her hips and grinned at me.

"Long time, no see, Mutt." said Rosalie Hale.

FanWriter's Note: I liked this chapter. I don't think it played out as well as I planned it, I had hoped it would be more dramatic with the revealing of the new Leader and maybe a little funny with the way Jacob continuously taunted Jane. Let me know what you think?