The forest was dark, the moon hung low over the treetops. The darkness
thick on every side. The feeling was strong enough to make one afraid of
the night and what hides within. Joshua's hands grazed a nearby tree
trunk as he focused on the surrounding world. He could feel his brothers
near. He could smell Edward's cologne as well as hear Jaspers soft
footsteps about 100 yards due north. The two weren't too far apart about
about 6 or seven meters by his judgment.

Okay. Jasper's is north of my position and Edward is a couple meters
east of him. Edward is a give away but Jasper...he's never this
careless. Why would he make himself known like this? Jacob thought.
Seconds later it occurred to him.

They're playing me upwind! I knew it Jasper wanted me to find him, and Edward too! That's why he would wear such strong cologne. So that means- he was cut off as a large object
broke through the trees just south of him.

Emmett came running full throttle at his younger brother. About 10 feet
away Emmett took one final step and jumped toward Joshua. Josh sidesteps
the oncoming attack with a grin. He watched as Emmett went spiraling off
into a few nearby trees.

"Maybe next time bro!!" Joshua called. As he turned around he was face
to with his face with Jasper who began to sending wave after wave of
punches and kicks which all met air and wood. Joshua danced around every
attack. Jasper began to grow agitated and became more reckless in his
assault. Josh didn't even put up a fight he just evaded every attack
Jasper sent his way. Unexpectedly Jasper leapt into the air and was
immediately replaced by the oncoming Emmett. Josh jumped several meters
away from the two and laughed softly.

A blur of light sped into the clearing. It ran right past Jasper and
Emmett and directly towards Joshua. The deep full black eyes of the
youngest male Cullen widened in delight. Edward raced toward him with no
time to waste, none to spare, and not a second to lose. Right before his
decent upon Joshua, Edward stopped dead in his tracks. And stared at his
younger brother. His golden eyes glaring into a set of deep black ones.
Edward then turned his back to Joshua and called towards Emmett and
Jasper.

"He's a fake." Edward called. His other brothers were shocked.

"Whaddya mean a fake!" Emmett called back.

"He's not real. I can't hear his thoughts and something's just not right.
I think it's a clone or something." Edward said. Jaspers eyes then light
up in realization.

"EDWARD GET OUT OF THERE NOW!!" he shouted. Edward turned around to see
what he thought was his younger brother dissolve into rocks, twigs,
dirt, and sand. Edward was right, that wasn't his brother. But before he
could move any further the earth around him shot up out of the ground.
He was trapped on all four sides and the only exit was cut off as the
stone walls sealed at the top trapping Edward inside this stone coffin.
Jasper and Emmett watched on in complete shock. They soon found there
way up to the stone block and began hammering away on it trying to free
Edward.

The leaves above gave a soft rustle and Joshua twirled down from the highest treetop and
landed softly onto the stone coffin.

"It won't work. The walls are reinforced with magic. They won't fall
unless I say so. And I won't say so until I capture you two or sunrise
which ever comes first." Joshua said. His eyes still black pools of
magic.

Jasper could feel the confidence radiating off of him. It was true, that
the vampire that now stands before them isn't the little Joshua he
remembers. His brother never had this much control over his powers to
cast illusions without eye contact or even use his elemental magic to
this extent. Ten years running from the Volturi must have put him
through a lot. And just that easily he took one of Edward. Jasper began
to feel that the best option at the moment was to retreat and rethink
their strategy.

As soon as this though crossed his head a wave of anger over took him
like high tide. He immediately recognized it as Emmett's. His bigger
brother jumped toward upon the coffin and began to hurl his fists at
Joshua. The dance began once again. Every punch Emmett threw met nothing
but air, he stayed on the offensive. Joshua didn't even raised his hands
in defense he just danced around Emmett's waves of attack. He even
grinned viciously as the Black eyes of his sparkled in the moonlight.

Jasper was caught in at a crossroad. Everything in him told him to
attack along with Emmett. However, a very old, a very militant part of
him wanted to watch the battle unfold. He wanted to see if Emmett can
work anything out of Joshua's defenses and help Jasper beat his younger
brother.

A thundering boom echoed across the hilltops it shook the trees and
Jasper knew it could only mean one thing: Emmett had finally hit his
target.

"Nice punch big bro but your still a bit slow for my taste." Joshua's
voice said both calmly and savagely through the dust. Emmett's punch
didn't connect as Jasper thought. It was blocked, at the very last
moment apparently. Emmett's massive fist lay trapped in Joshua's palm
just an inch or so from Josh's face.

Joshua's smile grew wider until the edges of his lips just about touched
his ears. He slowly placed Emmett's hand above his head and began to
push. He pushed until Emmett's feet broke into the stone below. The
earth at Emmett's feet swirled around his ankles locking him in place as
well. Joshua then jumped off of the stone coffin and onto a branch of a
nearby tree. Jasper saw the deep Black eyes flash red for a fraction of
a second. Joshua then took in a deep breath and expelled a powerful
flame from his lips. The fire wrapped itself around the terrified Emmett
and closed at the top making a blazing dome of live flames. Through the
fire and flames Jasper could feel Emmett's horror and fear, but it
didn't seem like he was hurt just scared.

Jasper was awe struck at his brother's display of power. He looked from
the flames and his golden eyes met that of the empty black ones staring
directly at him, a soft grin on the lips of the former.

Jasper then turned and ran as hard as he can. He needed a plan and
needed it fast. He beat his feet over soil rock and fallen trees until
he was about several kilometers away. In the distance he then heard a
loud echoing blast and the wind itself rushed towards him. But as
suddenly as it started, it stopped. Everything was still in the forest.
Jasper began to taste two things. The first would be his own fright and
horror and the second was a cool and powerful layer of confidence
radiating off of someone behind him.

"You know...I expected a bit more out of you boys" Joshua said. "I mean
what have you been doing for the last ten years? Anyway the good news
about me being back is at least we can train a bit but hey this was fun
right?" he asked from his high perch upon a nearby oak tree.

Jasper then felt a cold liquid wrap its way around his legs and
mid-section. It was water rushing up towards him from nowhere. It
created a sphere around him and the pressure held him prisoner as only
his head was left and soon the water eclipsed even that and he was
surrounded in a pool of water trapped like a fish in a bowl, until
suddenly the air brushed his cool face and his clothes were actually
dry and the water was gone.

"I'm not that strong yet bro. I would still need a body of water to
manipulate that much. Anyway I believe I won this round." Joshua called
from his canopy seat.

A/N: Thanks for reading folks. For any questions plz drop one in a
review or PM me and I'll be sure to respond as soon as possible. Check
out the next chapter folks when Bella decides to take a stroll down
certain beach near Forks and runs into her soon to be brother-in-law.