Elsewhere
"You've done very well, my pet." The red-haired maiden said as she stalked around the young vampire.
"All that I do, I do for you my love." He replied with a hopeful smile. The woman grimaced as she turned away from him and sneered.
"Our task is not yet complete. You have built an army fit for destruction but you have not yet put them forth to work. We are running out of time." The woman said as she pulled a vile from her pocket. "You will need this. This is a serum that you will inject into any human you see. It will turn them into one of our own without hesitation. However it hasn't been tested yet, so make sure you do that." The woman said.
"Yes, my master." The boy replied with a look of triumph.
"This will be more fun than we thought. Edward's mate has a sister and she will be present at the great battle as well. Make sure you inject her with that serum and make her one of us, darling." The woman said.
"You have wished it. So it will be done…Victoria."
After that night I talked to Carlisle I began to lose hope of finding out what this problem really was. Though, that issue was pushed to the back of my mind since it was brought to our attention that an army of newborn vampires were coming to Forks in order to destroy everything.
"This army is being put together by that boy who went missing, Riley Biers." Alice said. Alice had returned from her journey a few days prior when she had gotten the vision of the newborn attack…and with her she brought a friend.
"Everyone, this is Arthur. I found him near death when I was traveling through Paris and decided it would be in his best interest to change him. I've been there for the past month and a half taming down his thirst and getting him to believe in himself again." Alice said. The man next to her stepped forward with a timid smile.
"If not for Alice, I would not be standing before you today Cullen family. You have brought a beautiful gift into the world and I thank you for that personally. I was a lawyer in my human days and it brought me nothing but grief and pain. I was diagnosed with lung cancer for my horrid smoking habits of three packs a day for the last ten years to relieve my stress. As I was reaching for the light, the true light of my life appeared before me and I would have it no other way." Arthur stated. His eyes were already turning a bright orange color and were full of kindness.
I glanced at Jasper and saw that he had slightly tensed up but when we locked eyes he smiled and walked to stand next to me instead.
"Riley Biers? That's the kid Charlie's been looking for over the last couple of weeks." Bella said. We all sat in silence as we let the news sink in. An idea dawned on me as Jasper sent me a glance.
"We're going to need to build an army." I said. They all stared at me and waited for me to continue. "If we're going to be up against an army of newborn vampires, we're going to need all the help we can get in order to take them out…" I trailed off while stealing a look toward Bella.
"We'd be safer if we had help from the wolf pack." Bella said.
"Absolutely not." Edward cut in.
"We have the same enemy, there's no way they wouldn't back us up. I'd be safer if they were helping us." Bella argued.
"Well we don't really have an option now, it seems they've overheard us." Edward said as he stood up and opened the front door. Standing in the doorway was Jacob, Quil, and Embry. I waved to Embry and he waved back, it'd been a while since we saw one another. Jasper tensed up next to me and sat closer protectively.
"What's up?" I asked. He just shook his head and pointed for me to pay attention to the conversation.
After much arguing on behalf of Edward and Jacob and much interfering from Carlisle and Esme, it was agreed that the vampires and werewolves would come together in an alliance against the newborn army.
"What I'm not understanding is how Riley Biers would pull all of this together and why?" Emmett asked. Without warning Bella shot up from her spot on the sofa and looked terrified.
"Victoria. She has to be pulling the strings, this whole army…is a device to kill me." She said. I bolted up from my seat and yelled,
"What do you mean?! Who is this woman?" I asked.
"Edward killed her mate around a year and a half ago and now she wants to settle their differences…mate for mate." She said. I stared at her with a baffled expression.
"You've got to be kidding me." I said. "So now this mission is working double time, our goal is to destroy the vampire army and protect Bella." I said.
"How are we going to get her to safety? They'll just sniff her out." Emmett interjected.
"I'll carry her somewhere far away. They won't be able to pick up her scent over mine." Jacob said with a smirk.
"Over YOUR dead body." Edward said. Bella moved to stand in between them and I started getting annoyed.
"Jacob when will you learn to back off? Because if you keep this up I'm going to have to make you back off." I said. I sent him a glare that would kill any normal human and he returned it with enough fire to almost make me back down. Embry stood up and moved me backward by the shoulders and right before he sat me down, Jasper shot up and forcefully ripped his hands off of my shoulders and sat me down himself. I was getting beyond frustrated with how feisty everyone was being so I ran my fingers through my hair to calm myself down.
"LISTEN!" I yelled, "I have an idea. Bella, have Jacob carry you to a safe location close enough to the battlefield to be kept up to date and far enough where they won't detect your scent. Edward, you'll stay with her wherever she is, obviously." I said.
"We're going to need Edward on the battlefield though, we need all of the power we can get." Jasper said.
"But our other mission is to protect Bella, and if she's left without protection she's basically doomed." I said. I hesitated before continuing but finally got enough courage to say the rest of my plan: "And plus she'll have extra protection because it'll be nearly impossible to detect her scent."
"How do you figure?" Jacob said.
"I'm going to fight. Use me as bait, we have the same scent don't we? Or at least it's close enough to pass for one another. The newborns that are looking for Bella will be drawn to me instead and won't even think to look somewhere else. Though the one in charge may be a bit smarter than that, it'll at least buy us some time."
"That is not an option." Jasper said. I shot him a look and shook my head.
"There's really nothing you can say to change my mind about this. And you can't stop me." I said.
"How do you intend to fight off vampires as a human, eh? In order to kill them you have to rip the head from the body and burn the pieces." Emmett said.
"Well that works out pretty well for me, then. I know how to use a sword and I'm sure chopping their heads off will be equivalent to ripping them off. We can burn the pieces after." I said. They all seemed to ponder this for a minute or so.
"We would have to protect you too though, that would just be a hassle. We don't need another hassle." Rosalie said. It was the first I've heard her speak since…ever.
"I don't need your protection. This plan will work, and if I ever want your opinion, Rosalie, I'll ask for it." I said with a sneer. She looked shocked at my words and took a step back toward Emmett. I was done putting up with everyone's shit.
"So it is decided then. We will ban together with the tribe of wolves and take on the newborn army." Carlisle said.
"If we're going to do this, then you're all going to need just a little bit of training against this kind of army. And I'm just your guy." Jasper said. If I wasn't mistaken, there was a twinkle of excitement in his eye—so after everything, I would be training alongside the Cullen family and learning the mechanics of true fighting from a Civil War master…who I was starting to grow more than just a small crush on.
A/N: I usually don't put author's notes at the end of so many chapters but I just wanted to wish everyone happy holidays and good health! ^_^