An hour before sunrise Alice told us to leave the house. The newborn army would be in the clearing in about two hours and we needed to get ourselves situated in an adequate amount of time.

My thoughts wandered to the possibilities that today could hold; anyone of my family members could end up dead, Bella's position could be compromised, any of the wolves could be killed. I could be dead by noon, or worse, Jacob could be killed. I shook my head in an attempt to clear my thoughts, why should I care if Jacob dies? Well, he's sort of my friend . . . But what kind of friend ignores you an entire day before you or they may die? Not a very good one. 'But,' the nagging voice in my head reminded me, 'you love him.'

Thank you, nagging voice, for reminding me of that devastating fact.

The clearing was slightly covered in ice and snow, the storm had been pretty severe but only temporary as it had blown away most of the snow when it had left. The sun was beginning to raise from the clouds when the wolves made their way into the clearing, Jacob and Seth were not with them but Alice gave a small gasp, "Oh no, no no no!"

Everyone turned to look at the petite vampire as she elaborated, "The Volturi will be here only minutes after the end of the battle, to see who wins and who loses." She said with a deep frown.

"Regardless of who wins, the Volturi can not know about the wolves. They would kill them on the spot." Carlisle turned to the wolves, "You need to leave after the battle right away."

Sam nodded but gave an annoyed growl as if it was Alice's fault that she had seen the Volturi coming. I counted it as a blessing that Alice had pre-warned us.

I would be lying if I said that I wasn't disappointed that Jacob wasn't here yet. I was afraid for his life, what if the Volturi found out about the wolves? But I selfishly wished that he was here so I could see him. Wasn't Jacob supposed to be back by now? My mind was reeling at a hundred miles an hour, when Jacob's familiar scent reached my nose. He was in his wolf form as he entered the clearing but he was oddly upset, I could tell by his odd gait and the way he was staring off into space.

What had happened? Now I was curious, but as the wolves approached to discuss the game plan and divide up to fight the newborns, I knew I did not have the right to ask him why he was so upset. The realization hit me as if someone was stabbing into my side with a sharp edge.

My overwhelming burst of emotional pain had Jasper by my side in an instant, the pain must have been obviously showing on my face as well, because the sudden movement of Jasper had the wolves looking in my direction. I adverted my eyes, I did not want to see their reactions to the pain that one of them had caused me. Jasper was speaking calm soothing words to me as he utilized his powers to calm me down and get focused on the battle.

When I calmed down enough, I gave him an apologetic glance but he seemed to understand and simply smiled. I kept my eyes away from the pack as they filed out of the clearing to move to their positions. I could sense Jacob wavering on the edge of the clearing, but I did not look his way, and he slipped soundlessly into the trees. Carlisle was finishing the preparations for the fire while Esme and Rosalie moved into position; Jasper, Alice, Emmett, and I walked to join them. Forming a lose formation, we prepared ourselves mentally for what was about to happen.

The pressing silence was heavy on everyone as we waited for the army to attack.

Alice moved ever so slightly to let us know that the newborns were merely seconds away, I tensed my body. I was ready to throw myself into this fight with everything that I had, not being overly reckless to the point that it was obvious that I was trying to drown my sadness with fighting but enough that I would get a workout. I could smell the group of vampires now, they had split up into two groups and the pack was moving to take down the second group while the main group crashed through, into the clearing.

It wasn't a question of who would attack first, the newborns were incredibly fast but utilizing Jasper's training we waited for the onslaught. As the first wave hit, Emmett actually seemed to be enjoying himself. I laughed at his enthusiasm as I dodged and bit, decapitating as many newborns as I possibly could and tossing their remains into the fire that was now giving off a sickly sweet smell.

I was slammed into a few times and I had one close call; one of the newborns had gotten hold of me around my neck and was about to kill me when Emmett swooped in and smashed him into the ground. "Thanks!" I said a little shakily.

"No problemo!" He called from across the field, where he was already attacking another newborn.

The distant sound of growling got closer as the Pack pushed the second group of newborns into the clearing. We were on them in an instant, every single one of the Cullens were ripping and tearing the newborns to shreds.

There was another heart stopping moment when I was killing a brunette newborn. I had just snapped her neck and I was about to separate the neck and the head when I force like a semi-truck barreled into me. I let out a sharp cry of pain and struggled against the new threat, a burly blonde newborn that was holding me down. Two things happened at the same time, the blonde newborn bent down to rip my throat out and there was a frightening growl from above the both of us. The frightening sound was a certain russet colored wolf, tackling and ripping apart the blonde newborn that had been about to kill me.

I stayed frozen. When Jacob had finished with the vampire he hovered over me, whining worriedly and nudging me with his head. I groaned, "It's too early just five more minutes," to which jacob tilted his head in a confused manner before letting out his signature laughing bark and I could tell he was smiling on the inside.

I gave him a sheepish smile, standing and surveying the clearing. The smoke from the burning newborns was thick and sickly smelling.

Everything seemed to be over but there was a yelp from the edge of the clearing, my head whipped around to the origin and Leah was in the middle of a fight. She was losing against a newborn, he must have hidden and waited for a moment when our guard was down. For the second time today a reddish-brown mass of fur rushed past me.

I couldn't tell you exactly what happened. I heard the cracking of the ribs before he even made the sound of pain. After that, I only acted on instinct. The snarl that ripped through me was one to make Aro quiver in his boots. I was faster than I had ever been before, the wolves had taken care of the newborn but my target was the wolf on the grass in agony.

I was next to him before the other wolves even had the chance to sense my presence. Falling to my knees I set to work. I had been trained, even before I was transformed, to help people medically. Naturally, my special power is to heal minor injuries. However, if I focused all of my energies, I am able to heal more severe injuries. As I gently raked my hands across the torso of the giant wolf, I prepared myself for the vast amount of energy I was about to use.

I don't know how Jacob knew what I was about to do but he caught on. I had never told him about my powers but he seemed to realize in that instant. He growled angrily at me and I was momentarily startled, "I'm trying to help you! Please! Please . . . let me help you." My voice was strained, I needed to help him in what ever way possible but he wasn't letting me!

His eyes met mine and I realized that he did not want me to help him because he did not want anything to drain me of my full health. He was so stupid. Stupid! But I understood, it was an imprinting thing. No hurting the imprinted unless by an accident. I sighed and shook my head, "Jacob," I realized that I had never actually voiced his name out loud, "You really are stupid, I can help, it won't hurt me that much." The last part was a lie but I would say anything to help him.

Carlisle was next to me examining the damage as I spoke softly to Jacob. "He is already healing, he should be back to normal in a few days, the accelerated healing is helping him right along."

I let out the air I had been holding in my lungs, but I was still beside myself with worry. Jacob was still in a huge amount of pain, Sam was there as well, by the looks of it he was trying to get Jacob to phase back to speed up the healing process. But Jacob was in too much pain, he wasn't focusing on anything as wave after wave hit him.

"We have to move him, they'll be here in ten minutes!" Came the melodic voice of Alice. I moved to help carry Jacob when Carlisle stopped me with a hand on my shoulder, "You can't go with them, you have to be here when the Volturi arrive, if you aren't here it could cause suspicion."

I looked sadly over to Jacob who had been listening. I reached for him and he seemed to incline his head toward me as if to say, 'stay here, I'll be fine, see you later.'

I gave a defeated sigh, they were right I had to stay. I rushed over to Jacob, whispering in his pointed ear, "I will come and see you after they have left, I promise." And then I chanced a kiss to his forehead. It was furry but warm, and oddly comforting combination.

The wolves helped Jacob out of the clearing and towards La Push. Not a minute later, a newborn dashed into the clearing from the opposite side. She seemed to panic and turned back the way she came but Jasper followed. Carlisle and Esme followed Jasper and a few seconds later came out with the girl. She seemed scared but she did not seem like a threat. There was a small discussion but I wasn't paying attention, I was focused on the Volturi getting here and leaving so I could go to see Jacob.

Edward came into the clearing from the with an unconscious Bella. She seemed to have passed out from everything that had happened and from finding out that Jacob had been injured. But she came around rather quickly and we filled her in on Jacob's condition.

Five minutes later the Volturi arrived. The meeting was brief, we attempted to defend the newborn vampire - I found out her name was Bree - but Jane disagreed with us and ordered Felix to kill her. It was horrible. Bree had done nothing wrong, yet she was killed because she existed.

The Volturi left, and I wasn't sorry to see them go, with a threat to Bella and a general warning to the Cullen coven but I did not care about what they had to say. They were gone and I was ready to rush down to La Push.