Hey guys! I am so dreadfully sorry about how long I took to update. It's really rather embarrassing :/ The reason why I didn't update sooner is partly, like I said in my previous chapter, because I went on holiday, but mostly because I haven't been writing. And the reason I haven't been writing is because I simply didn't feel like it. I'm not going to lie; if I write when I'm not in the mood to, my writing feels forced, to me anyway, and I don't feel happy with it. But I have been writing like crazy the past couple of days to get the next couple of chapters to you guys. In this chapter, you also find out a bit about Emmett's past. I hope you enjoy this one xxx


NessiePOV

I stumbled through the forest, unaware of how long I had been here. I followed Jake's scent; the only thing that was keeping me sane. All that mattered was Jacob's scent. That was the only thing on my mind. His scent filled my brain like a drug. I couldn't let go of it, for fear that if I did, I would lose it forever. I could feel the forest getting colder, but still I stumbled on.

EdwardPOV

The light brunette moved towards us. "Let's talk about your daughter shall we?" Bella seemed calmer, so I assumed her shield was back up. We stepped forward, hand in hand, ready for whatever the Volturi had to say.

Suddenly, Emmett's thoughts became rather incoherent.

No...can't be her...said she died...maybe... I tuned out, only Emmett decided to voice these thoughts, for everyone to hear.

"Brianna?" There was a sudden intake of breath, from both sides, as he said this. A low hiss came from Rosalie.

"You know her?" Rosalie hissed under her breath.

"I...I, yes...but. It doesn't make sense," Emmett stuttered.

"What doesn't make sense?" Rosalie was starting to raise her voice, and soon everyone was listening to their blunt exchange.

"What are they talking about?" Bella whispered to me.

"I don't know. Emmett's thoughts are completely jumbled; he's very confused," I replied. By the tone of everyone else's thoughts, they were extremely intrigued by this discovery; that maybe something had happened in Emmett's past that he had kept a secret, even from Rosalie and I.

EmmettPOV

"Yes, I know her," I stated, "But she wasn't like...like this." I gestured towards Brianna's lithe form; beautiful and deadly.

"It was before I even met you, Rose. Please, let me explain." I had raised my voice by now, unintentionally, but everyone could hear.

"I met her at college, in 1934. I thought she was beautiful, and as soon as I got to know her, I fell for her." Rosalie hissed at this statement, but let me continue.

"We started dating about a month later. In January of 1935, I took her out to dinner, and proposed to her."

"And I said yes," Brianna murmured. I could hear an undertone of regret in her voice, and felt an unknown pang in my cold, stone heart. The memories of my life as a human were slowly coming back to me, and although somewhat fuzzy, I began to make sense of them.

I carried on. "We'd been... living together-and engaged- for about a month. We had had an argument, and I decided to take a walk in the nearby forest to let off some steam. I didn't even think about the bears. I hadn't expected any to be so far out, so I didn't take any precautions. I remember tripping over something, and disturbing a bear while it was hunting. It was surprised, and attacked me involuntarily. He caught me in the neck, and knocked me to the ground; I tried to defend myself, but the bear was too big. It felt like my face had been torn off. Just as I thought the bear was about to kill me, I heard a loud groaning, whimpering sound, and then I saw what I thought was an angel," Rose reached for my hand, and offered a small, encouraging smile.

"After that I fainted. I woke up a little while later, and found myself staring into warm pools of gold. I thought I was dead already, because I knew I was staring up into the eyes of an angel, and because we were moving in a way that was only possible in dreams. I regained consciousness when Rose reached the home she was sharing with Edward, Carlisle and Esme. I saw Carlisle, and he whispered something like:

"'I'm sorry I have to do this, but I promise you will find peace once it is over,"' in my ear, before biting me. The pain was more intense than the bear attack. It felt like I had been pulled from my heaven, straight into hell. Images of Brianna kept flashing in my mind, but were slowly replaced by images of the angel who saved me. I woke up and forgot all about Brianna. I only knew the thirst that was consuming me, and then, only Rose."

Brianna was petrified, her face a mask of pain, regret, sorrow and hatred. I felt terrible for putting her through that.

"I loved you, Emmett. I was ready to become Mrs Emmett McCarthy. I hated you for months, because I thought you had abandoned me for some other woman. In the end, I convinced myself you were dead. And even if you weren't, you were dead to me. The only thing stopping me from taking my own life was my child. Your child," Brianna spat. If my heart was still beating, it would have stopped. This news only increased my guilt.

"You were...pr-pregnant? F-for how long?" I stuttered.

"I found out about a week after you had left. But why didn't you come back Emmett? Why did you abandon me, for this...this blonde bimbo?" she whispered. I could hear the pain in her voice grow, and wanted to go back to that day, and never have had that argument. I felt Rose's grip on my hand tighten. Rose was seething, and it took all my strength to stop her tearing Brianna's head off.

"I was a newborn, Brie. You should know how difficult it is. If I had come back, I couldn't have known whether I would ki-"

"Liar," she hissed, her crimson eyes darkening until they were burning coals set in her pale face, "You didn't come back because you fell in love with her." She gestured towards Rose, who was growing ever more impatient.

"It's true," I admitted, "I fell in love with Rosalie. But I watched you nearly every day. Even though it was over a hundred miles to run, I came back. I saw you crying, and wanted to take you in my arms, and run away with you. But I knew I couldn't. So I simply watched you. When I came one day, I stopped near your parents' house, and heard them telling my father that you'd gone missing. After that, I only came every month or so, until one day your father said that you had been declared dead. It felt like someone had ripped me in two. I ran into the forest and screamed, hoping it would take the pain away. Your father thought that my screams were a wild cat, so he came out with a gun and shot at me. When he saw me he must've had a heart attack. After all, I had supposedly been dead for over six months. He died on the spot, and all I could do was run away. I couldn't let anyone else see me, especially not my father. That was the last time I visited the town I had once called home. I'm so sorry Brianna; if I had even thought-"

"But you never think, do you Emmett?" Brianna interrupted, "You didn't think about the bears, so you nearly ended up dead. Then she came along and rescued you. You didn't think about me after you were turned. You forgot about me. I really thought you loved me." Before I knew what was happening, Rose had leapt forward, and was heading straight towards Brianna. I rushed out, and managed to grab her before another fight broke out.

"Why are you still protecting her, Em? If you love me, then why do you act like you still love her? It's either me, or her. And I know for a fact that she isn't going to take you back," Rose screeched, her face screwing up as if she was about to cry.

"I-I...c-ca-"

"I'm sorry Emmett. Don't expect me to come back. Goodbye." And with that she raced off through the forest. My head was pounding. My knees gave way, and I fell to the ground. I felt delicate hands on my arm, and looked up into her red eyes. For a moment I saw a glimmer of what we used to have, but it was gone just as quickly as it appeared. She rushed over to where the rest of my family were, set me on my feet, and dashed back to the Volturi.

Throughout the whole ordeal, Eleazar, Maggie, Jasper and Edward had been studying Brianna.

"She's very truthful, and faithful, is all they've managed to pick up," Edward whispered to me.

Suddenly Eleazar spoke up. "She's certainly a shield. Quite a powerful one as well."

Brianna laughed dryly. "Oh, I'm definitely no common shield, like your dear Isabella. In fact, compared to me, she is quite amateur." The kindness and understanding she had as a human had vanished completely.

"What happened to you Brianna? You used to be different; more...human. Is there no humanity left in you at all? You're a completely different person to the girl I fell in love with," I whispered, my throat hoarse with the tears I could not cry, for both of my lost loves.

"I had my heartbroken," she said simply.

"But I can see why you're such a powerful shield. You always did block people out easily; you were very selective of who you let into your circle, and if you didn't like someone, you simply blocked them out."

Edward, please. Take over from me. I can't do this anymore, I thought to my brother. He gave me a look, as if to say 'sure'.

"Who turned you?" he questioned.

"I don't know. I was sitting in the cottage, and needed to lie down. When I woke up, I was in a dark room, and suddenly a horrible pain came over me. I wanted to die. When I woke up again, I was like this. I lost my baby that day," she replied, struggling to remember anything else.

"Enough chat; let's get on with discussing your daughter." Aro suddenly spoke, surprising everyone. "Speaking of dear Renesmee, where is she?"

"First, how about you tell us what dear Brianna can do," Bella demanded.

"Oh fine, if you must know. She can create a hybrid area, blocking Alice's visions of the future; she also blocks Edward's ability, like Isabella, as well as Jane and Alec's abilities. Any other mental illusions, such as your friend Zafrina's images, will be blocked."

"What about my visions? I saw something different to what I should have," Alice asked.

"Oh, that. She is also quite a talented illusionist. She can plant false visions in your mind, which is really very useful. Now, back to Renesmee."

"We are not going to stand by while you kill our daughter and her mate," Edward stated.

"You won't have to," Jacob said, emerging from his pack. He addressed the Volturi this time. "What if I were to join you, as a compromise to our executions? I join you, and in return, you grant Renesmee and me our lives. She stays with her parents, though." This was a big deal to make, and a very dangerous one as well. Bargaining with the Volturi was treading on thin ice.

"Jake, no! It'll kill Renesmee, and you. I thought you couldn't stay away from your imprint," Bella said.

"I can, if it's to protect her." I could see a glint of greed in Caius' eyes, and had a feeling that the Volturi would be agreeing to this compromise.


A.N. Ooh, so what's gonna happen to Jake? I hope you found Emmett's novel of a love story vaguely interesting, because I had fun writing it. I just want to make clear now that if you have any requests for POVs, then feel free to tell me; either PM me or put it in a review. I won't be able to put them in straight away, because I have already written the next two chapters, but I will see what I can do.
I saw an advanced screening of Eclipse before I went on holiday, and...WOW. It was SO much better than the first two, dontcha think? I would happily see it again no problem. When I was in Spain, I read The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who has seen the movie, but not read the book, and to anyone who just hasn't read the book. I almost cried like a baby at the end :'( I also read INGO. Please don't read it. Luckily I got it as a freebie in a goody bag, and didn't pay for it. But seriously, don't read it. It's awful. If you want to read it to see why I don't like it, feel free.
On another note, I was poking around on YouTube, and discovered this awesome vlogger (video blogger, for the technically unaware) called Charlie McDonnell, who goes by the username of charlieissocoollike. He's English, like me, which makes me happy. He's quite a famous YouTuber, as far as YouTubers go. And his friend, Alex Day, aka nerimon is just as awesome. If you have any spare time, watch one of their videos. If you want to rofl, watch Baby Food by charlieissocoollike.
So remember:
Time Traveler's Wife=good :)
Alex Day and Charlie McDonnell=good :)
INGO=bad :(
The next chapter should be up soon, but I will wait till morning, cuz right now I'm kinda tired. Till next time xxx