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The battle stormed left and right. We were holding on so far but I had destroyed the blondie just in time. Jane was advancing towards Romeo and Edward's battle and had a look of sincere ferocity in them.

I ran towards them and immediately raised the shield I dropped when the blondie tackled me.

Jane glared, focused in their direction and I spotted the look of recognition as she saw me and felt the pain repelling and refusing to harm Edward.

I smirked before running towards Rosalie.

The brunette with crazy curls had pinned her down and was trailing her finger along Rosalie's beautiful facial features.

I ran swiftly and quietly behind her and leaped on top of the brunette. She yelped as I twisted her away from Rosalie. I spun her and aimed a kick into her gut. She was fast. So fast I can't possibly describe. In fact she seemed nearly faster than a newborn.

She punched me in the face and sent me flying into Rosalie who just stood. We were both knocked off of our feet and we collapsed, she on top of me. The brunette advanced and made one beautiful arc with her feet, kicking us away from each other. She advanced on me and pulled my hair towards Rosalie who was running quick towards us. I growled and aimed punch after punch at the brunette but she just laughed gaily, held me away from her as she slammed my face hard into the ground and stood on top of me. I gasped and twisted but that only made it worse. She was now standing on top of my stomach. Rosalie was shoving the brunette but before any real impact affected the brunette, she gave a pronounced war cry and gave one powerful kick into Rosalie as she flew half a kilometer away from us. I twisted in anger. I bit hard into her foot as the brunette howled and danced on one foot. I picked her up by the neck and threw her towards Rosalie.

I smiled as I ran to join Rosalie in the glee of tearing the monsters head off.

As I reached Rosalie, there came a shrill ringing cry that echoed in the air and it was excruciatingly painful to hear. It rang throughout the air as our victims took off into the distance.

"Fuck!" Emmett shouted as the ringing fainted and we all huddled in the centre of the field.

"We should go after them!" Rosalie scowled. Oh gosh, even when she scowled she was beautiful.

"They're gone. Can't you tell that their scent is gone?" Alice asked as she sniffed once more.

"Wait!" Edward bellowed. We fell into silence at the sudden outburst.

"Fuck them," Was all he said and took off. We shared a look and tore after him.

We followed him back to the Cullen house and a sudden dawn of understanding overcame me. They must have come for Renee and Phil. I cursed under my breath and stormed into the house. I followed Edward's scent upstairs and burst into the guest room. There was a strong scent of blood and an unknown scent that was fairly faint. I shook my head and whimpered as I collapsed next to the dead bodies of Renee and Phil Dwyer.

"Those bloody fucking assholes are dead!" I scream as I tremble with anger. I stroke my mother's cheek and whimper.

"Bella?!" Alice calls in a frantic voice. The rest of the family had gone to check the area for clues and any surprise visitors. Some were searching in the house.

"What?! What is it Alice?" I shout as I rise to my feet.

"Come here." She says barely above a whisper. I sprint to where she stands in the kitchen. I stop short at the smell of blood again.

I walked over beside her and my eyes widened.

There, sprawled on the all was a message written in my mother's blood.

{/\}e warned you.

"We are leaving for Volterra tomorrow." I say shaking my head and sitting squat and squarely on the floor. Alice sat next to me, her expression blank.

"I don't need to hear what you think, or what you predict about going, I am going to Volterra and I am going to try and be friends with those arses so I can get Renesmee back. End of story." I glare at the message.

I stomp back upstairs next to my mother and stepfather's body and rock back and forth shaking. It had to end. They were tearing apart what was perfect. The Volturi Will die. The Volturi Will die. The Volturi Will die. With the mantra repeating in my head I stormed towards my room and slam the door shut after me. I finalize my bags and check that everything is there. I zip a few last zippers and toss my bag by the door. I can hear the rest of the family coming in. I hear Alice's soft worried voice explaining everything and within two seconds, Edward is up, by my side and he's hugging me.

"They died." I whisper. "Because I was too stupid to leave for Volterra sooner." I sob.

"They loved you. And, it's not your fault. We all should have taken more precautions and we shouldn't have left Renee and Phil home alone. For that I apologize and the rest of the family, is also feeling guilty about it so please don't worry." Edward assures as he pulls me onto his lap.

I look up at his beautiful eyes and curl up on his lap. He hugs me tighter.

"I'm going to Volterra tomorrow and if the others are coming, they can come. But no one is stopping me." I murmur staring at the wall waiting for his protests. But I know what I have to do and I have my arguments all set and I have the dead proof in the guest room.

"I hate to admit it, but I agree. The sooner the group goes, the more deaths we prevent." Edward said huskily. "But that doesn't mean I'm happy nor okay about it." He added after seeing the shock spilt on my face. I dropped my head on his shoulder and hugged him thankfully. He finally understood where I was coming from. He wasn't happy about it but he got it.

"This feels like deja vu." Edward murmured. I furrowed my brows in confusion and frowned. Then the feeling dawned over me and I felt it. The sense of doom and almost suicide. The sense that everything was over. That it was just a waste of time. That everything was going to end. The feeling I felt when we had to fight the Volturi.

"Like the last time," I sighed shaking my head. Again for the millionth time, our lives were at stake. I could die, Renesmee could die, Edward could die. The most I hoped for, with all my experiences with the Volturi, I hoped deeply that at least, at least let Renesmee and Edward live. That will give me a peaceful death.

"I love you," Edward whispered staring intently at me. I smiled wryly. I stroked his cheek and in a flash, I had slammed the door shut and had lept onto Edward.

He kissed me sadly, like it was the last time. And frankly, it could very well be. We reacted the play we had so well rehearsed. The sound of fabric ripping filled the air as we played in each other's mouths. a low, throaty groan escaped Edward's throat as we turned, so he was on top of me.

"It's not the last time." Edward whispered as we continued our dance into the early morning.

That night the Cullens helped me with my parents' funeral. I was thankful for their help as I couldn't even make it down the stairs. Edward supported me the entire ceremony and Esme and Rosalie took the courtesy of finding beautiful headstones and flowers for respect. Alice had planned it to be short and quick so my pain would lessen. Jasper was helpful with that. He helped my emotions to stay in tact as we lay their bodies into the earth. After all the plans to keep them safe, we failed, I failed. I couldn't keep them alive, when I should have. I had forgotten to stay behind with them and now they're gone. They're gone because I was forgetful. They are gone because I was careless. They're gone because of me.

Early in the morning, we sat on the Cullen family couch, picking the luck wolf winners who would accompany us on the trip.

"Jacob should go." Alice said pointing at his name.

"Are we certain that we can keep his anger under control? After all, he is the reason Carlisle was injured." Rosalie inquired. I was feeling so utterly depressed, I couldn't find it in me to defend Jacob.

"But Jacob loves Renesmee too," Alice countered.

"Yeah and so does Edward, but he isn't going." Rosalie snapped.

"Well then who do you suggest?"

"Seth? He's a tough nut and now's the perfect chance to prove it." Emmett suggested.

"Seth is too young." Edward argued.

"Yeah? Then how come he's best friends with a what 500 year old vampire?" Emmett smirked.

Edward growled.

"Well no Jacob, no Seth. All that's left is Leah, Paul and Embry." Alice intercepted.

"Well Leah only volunteered for Seth so Paul and Embry?" Rosalie asked, raising a beautiful blonde eyebrow.

"Paul has anger issues too which may potentially give us away." Alice sighed.

"Great so just Embry?" Emmett said sarcastically. I sighed. We were never going to agree on one thing.

"Let's take a vote. Leah and Seth are like a package deal. Take one, you get the other. So doubtfully them. Embry and Jacob? Or Embry and Paul? Or Paul and Jacob?" Alice summarized. "Hands up for Leah and Seth." No one stood.

"Hands up for Embry and Jacob." I hesitated before standing. Jacob and Embry were friends, so they would work well together. And Jacob did have some right to join us.

Clearly, everyone else figured as much since the rest of us stood.

"Finally," Alice grumbled as she and Jasper ran out the door to tell the pack.

I stood by the door of Renesmee's room and my bag was shouldered. I inhaled her scent as sweet and fragile as it is and walked cautiously in.

I picked up her bow and pressed it against my heart. Well where my heart was. I walked over to her night stand and picked up the newest framed photo we took before she was kidnapped. I pocketed both and walked out making a vow that I swore to keep.

I would get her back, no matter what it takes.

I knew this as soon as she was kidnapped, but now it meant so much more.

I returned to the Cullen house to bid our farewells. We decided it would appear less threatening if we appeared in regular day hours.

"Be careful!" Esme warned rather threateningly. As if we weren't, she wouldn't hear it and I'm nearly positive that she would follow through. "Write to us! We'll come and visit and we'll figure out a way from the outside to take down the Volturi." Esme smiled assuringly as she hugged me long and tight. She regretfully let me go as I turned to the next family member.

"Take care Bella. We'll keep in touch and I assure you Renesmee will be back." Carlisle said as he hugged me and smiled his wide stunning smile.

"Thanks Carlisle."

"Bring Renesmee back." Rosalie murmured as she hugged me. "And tear off Aro's head. Also, Bella!"

"Hmm?"

"Watch out for Emmett. I want him back in one piece." Rosalie whispered so quietly only I could hear. I nodded understanding where she came from.

"Watch out for Edward." I whispered back as we parted. She smiled a small smile as I turned to find myself with Jasper.

"Thank you for helping me Jasper." I smiled as I hugged him.

"Not a problem Bella." Jasper answered. "Take care of yourself and make sure to destroy some Volturi." I nodded and walked finally up to Edward. All the other "goodbyes," weren't as painful as this one would be. To the rest of the Cullen family, it was almost like saying goodbye at the end of a long night, knowing we would see them tomorrow. But Edward and I had nearly spent every minute of every day with each other. This was the first time we would spend an unknown amount of time away from each other.

He took my hand and led me into the next room.

"Don't do anything stupid." He finally said, cradling my face in his hands. I smiled. That was his little phrase of advice every time he did go away for a while. But that time there was no life at stake and there was always a safe, secure, knowing that he would come back.

"I love you." I whispered. I felt an extreme gut feeling that was thickening at the last goodbye.

"I love you too. And tell Renesmee that I love her so much." Edward said chewing on his soft, tender lips. I placed my forehead against his and inhaled his familiar scent, wishing I could bottle it up and take it everywhere I go.

"Promise me. Promise me to never forget me." I say so quietly I thought he hadn't heard. But his momentary shock told me he did.

"I will never ever forget my one true love. My love, my love. You and Renesmee mean the world to me and I could never spend even a spare moment not thinking about the two of you." Edward said staring into my eyes.

"I love you."

"I love you too." We kissed. It was filled with passion and hunger and it was as if we could never get enough. And we never would. But how long would it take to ever get enough? We thought we had forever. He regretfully pulled away and stroked my hair as I held him tightly, unwilling to let go.

"Bring our daughter home." He murmured.

We met up at the boundary line in the forest. Jacob and embry were in human form and had heavy, loaded knapsacks on their backs.

"Ready?" Embry asked.

"Hell yes." Emmett smiled slyly as he and Embry turned into a wolf and they tore in a "slow jog" into the forest. I smiled tiredly at Jacob and he, Alice and I took off after them.

"Emmett! Embry! Slow down! We need to stick together as we travel to Volterra!" Alice yelled as we ducked branches and swerved around trees.

"We're running till the ocean border! Then we're regrouping!" Alice called.

Our footsteps were silent as we thundered in the early morning. I looked around at Forks and already missed it. There was so much I hadn't done in Forks. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Charlie. What would happen to Charlie? I hadn't said goodbye. I hadn't thought to check his house after they attacked Renee and Phil.

"Alice!" I cry. She stops so suddenly, I swerve to avoid crashing into her.

"Bella! I thought you were in trouble!" Alice complained as she scowled and continued running. I caught up with her.

"I'm not in trouble yet but Charlie might be." I shout hoarsely from beside her and all I feel like doing is dying. Damn it. Charlie. She stopped suddenly again.

"Jacob! Embry! Emmett! Stop!" She hollered as Jacob skidded to a stop and Embry and Emmett came blundering back looking for any potential dangers.

"Bella just reminded me that Charlie is still unprotected and unheard of." Alice explained.

"Shit. I'll go back and tell the others to check on him." Emmett suggested.

"Jacob, Embry? Can't you communicate with the packs and warn them to warn the Cullens and they can divide the watch evenly? Then when they find out if he's alive or not, you can tell me." I suggested anxiously as I scanned the Forks area behind me.

"Smart call Bells." Jacob beamed as he and embry turned back into wolves.

"Can we continue?" Emmett whined. I glared at him but shooed him off. We began our running sequence again as the hours ticked by. All I could think of was Charlie and the nagging feeling of guilt overpowered me once again.

It's been an hour at least since we left Forks and we had stopped at the ocean border. We had stopped mainly to give Embry and Jacob a chance to eat. The phrase "to wolf down a meal" was exceptionally accurate seeing as Jacob and embry eating is not the most exciting thing to watch at the border of an ocean. In fact, it's not interesting to watch ever. I deeply missed Edward and wandered what he was doing at this exact moment. He could be reading, or hunting, or playing piano, or swimming or planning. Those were the things he said he did before he met me. Will he do those things after we met and then left again?

I missed his touch and his voice and his face and his lips and I missed Edward.

"You're okay you know." Alice said walking over to where I sat on a rock at least a kilometer away from where they were feeding.

"I know." I sighed. "For now."

"No, you're perfectly safe. We'll negotiate until we get Renesmee back, don't you worry." Alice smiled sitting down beside me. "I'm a very good negotiator believe it or not." I laughed.

"We all noticed. I guess I'm just worried about Edward and Renesmee and the Cullen's and Charlie and I miss them all and I especially miss Renee and Phil." I said putting my forehead in my hands.

"Bella," Alice began.

"Don't tell me it's not my fault. Because we all know it it. I had convinced them both to stay with us and they did. I brought them closer to us so that we could better protect them and they let me. I ran after my husband in the dead of night, when I should have know it was a trap as soon as they arrived on the field. I was so stupid, I didn't think to check up on Renee or Phil or Charlie. That was the whole damn reason for keeping them in Forks. To keep them safe and I failed." I ranted as Alice sat patiently on a rock.

"Are you done?" Alice asked quietly.

"I think so," I grumbled as I collapsed next to her.

"Bella, we are at a s much fault as you think you are. Firstly, we're a family and we all share the blame. Second, it's our fault too for forgetting to leave on behind to guard the house. Don't take this too harshly on yourself I mean we all screwed up here and I really sincerely apologize for all of us. We are partially at fault for your mother and stepfather's death. I'm so sorry." Alice said cautiously. I didn't respond.

I finally sighed and gave in. "I don't blame you or any of the Cullen's. It's not your fault and I don't hold any of you responsible. Thank you though, Alice." I whispered as I stood and walked away, shaking with sobs caught in my throat.

A pain so fresh and so new pounded and pulsed through out me. The familiar feeling of nervousness and protectiveness overcame me once more. We had major periods of separation before but nothing felt as horrible as this.

I punched the pillow as I walked as casually as I could to the piano.

I began playing Bella's lullaby soft and gracefully but it pained me too much. It hurt too intensely to continue. It reminded me constantly about her. She was always the first thing that came to mind everyday. But when we said goodbye it felt horrible absolutely wrong and wretched and impossible. I wanted forever. I was going to have forever. Forever looks shorter than I anticipated.

"She'll be fine."

"Rosalie I'd like to thank you."

"For what? Although I won't stop you." She smirked as she wandered in. This should be good. Oh great, she was expecting an act of thankfulness.

Is he really seriously keeping me waiting?!

I stifled shouting at her and resumed my smooth words of thanks.

"Thank you for accepting Emmett joining Bella on this task to get Renesmee back. It means a lot and I know that it wasn't easy to let him go." I said staring at the floor. Oh, gosh! He hates this. Good, he deserves it. Emmett. Damn him for bringing him up. Now for the rest of the day I won't be able to get the vision of EMMETT out of my head.

"Can you, uh, think about what you're thinking...later?!" I winced as I cocked my head wishing I hadn't even acknowledged her presence.

"Well maybe you shouldn't listen to them!" She snapped in response. Ha! He's dying! This is hilarious.

I gritted my teeth and continued. "Also for taking care of Renesmee and loving her. And for accepting my marriage with Bella." She smirked. Then her smirk faltered. Renesmee. I wonder how the little angel is doing. I freaking swear, I will kill Aro, Caius and Marcus if I have to. Just to get back at them.

I smiled to myself. We had something in common.

"But really, Edward. She will be fine. There are two other vampires and two werewolves with her. For now, she's safe." Or she could be dying at the bottom most pit. Shit. Edward stop listening.

"I can't just stop on command you know."

"Yeah? Well you should learn." We glared at each other for a while when there came a loud knock on the door.

"It's Sam!?" Rosalie asked as we raced to the door.

"Hello Sam! What brings you here?" Carlisle asked welcoming them in.

-Blech. Smells like shit in here. "Bella wants us all to check if Charlie is okay. She isn't sure since Renee and Phil were killed, if he's alive. *Sam

-Smells like hell. *Paul

-They smell revolting. What the hell are they here for? *Rosalie

"Bella! Shit! Charlie!" I exploded as I flopped onto the couch.

"Edward, let's hear the entire story first." Carlisle reasoned as we all sat down.

"Well, Bella needs us to check if Charlie's alive."