10

The day before the fight

I woke up the next morning knowing that tomorrow was the day of the fight. I just laid there thinking about all of the things that could go wrong. I also thought about my life back in my 'own world' like, was time still going on there? Was anyone looking for me? Or did I just disappear like I was never born? Or did time stop all together. Like in that book series The Chronicles of Narnia. (They were in Narnia for like twenty years but when they went back to their world only seconds had passed.) I wonder if-

"What are you thinking about?" Clay asked, pulling me out of my thoughts. I rolled over so that I was facing him and said, "Nothing important, just thinking about the fight."

I gave him a quick kiss and then sat up and got out of bed. "I'm going to take a shower and get dressed and then I'll be down. Okay?" I told him. "Okay." He said and then left the room.

Once I was done with my shower and got dressed I started going downstairs, but as I passed Carlisle's study I noticed him pacing back and forth. I hesitantly went in. "Is something wrong?" I asked him, while standing in the doorway.

"No, nothing is wrong Ray, just running over everything that needs to be done for tomorrow." "Is there anything I can help you with?" I asked him. "No. I think I have everything under control. Why don't you go downstairs and get everyone together for a meeting." "Okay." I said and then walked out of the room and headed down to the living room.

"Everyone to the living room for a meeting about tomorrow!" I yelled. It only took about a minute for everyone to get to the living room. I looked around at all of the vampires that would be fighting. The Denali clan looked beautiful but vicious and ready to get this over with, Peter and Charlotte looked ready but weary and the Cullens were a mixture of emotions, scared (Esme), excited (Emmett), mad (Rosalie), weary (Carlisle and Edward), ready (Jasper), and Alice was blank, as if she didn't know if she should be happy that we might win or sad that we might lose. With her visions constantly changing it was probably going back and forth.

Clay, like Peter, Charlotte and Jasper looked prepared and ready. All of those years of fighting, they all had the skills and knowledge for a fight like this, but they also knew things didn't always go the way you want them to go and that there is a possibility that people on your side might get hurt or even die. Bella looked like she was about to cry. I knew she blamed herself for everything and was worried that someone might get hurt or die and she knew she could not live with that.

I on the other hand was kind of upset that I would not be fighting alongside them. If I was a vampire I knew I would be a big help but being the human I was I would just have to stay with Bella and keep her calm and keep her from doing anything stupid. I hate being left on the sidelines, I always have. I just wish I had come to this world as a vampire instead of a human. Then I would be able to fight alongside everyone. I could-

"Ray!" Someone yelled. "What?" I asked looking around the room. "You are giving me a headache with all of your thinking. So please stop." Edward told me. "Fine." I said back. If I was a vampire I could finally smack Edward like I always wanted to. Edward gave me a 'shut up' look and I stuck my tongue out at him.

Carlisle cleared his throat. "As we all know, tomorrow is the fight. Yesterday we worked out our battle strategy. I would now like to confirm where everyone will be. There will be three groups: the first group will be Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, Alice, and me. We will be on the south side of the field waiting for the first group of newborns coming in from the north side.

The second group will be Eleazar, Carmen, Irina, Tanya, Kate, Charlotte and Peter. They will be waiting on the west side for the newborns coming in from the north-west. The third group will be Edward, Bella, Ray, and Clay. You all will be at a campsite waiting for Victoria and Riley.

The first two groups will meet up at the field a few hours before the fight. I would like everyone to feed as much as possible before then. Edward, Bella, Ray and Clay will go to the campsite tonight. I would like for you both, (Edward and Clay) to alternate going off and feeding so that one of you is at the campsite at all times." Carlisle told everyone.

"Any questions or something to add?" He asked. "I do. We need to bring stuff to keep us warm or else we will freeze to death" I said. "I'm sure we have a space heater around here somewhere. I'll look for it as soon as we are done. Anything else?" Carlisle said.

"Are we allowed to feed off of humans?" Charlotte asked. Carlisle seemed taken aback by the question. "Well as much as I would like to say no, I must respect your way of life and say if that is what you would like to do, you may. But please do not do it near Forks." He told them with a pained look upon his face. "Thank you Carlisle." Peter told him.

Carlisle looked around the room to see if anyone else had anything to ask. When nobody said anything he dismissed everyone and told the four of us (Edward, Bella, Clay, and me) to meet back here at five o'clock to get ready to head up to the campsite.

Bella and Edward went over to Bella's house to pack some stuff for tonight. Alice, like in the book, told Charlie that we were having a slumber party tonight while the boys went on a camping trip.

Everyone else went their separate ways so they could have some time alone with their significant other. Clay and I decided to go to our cliff and do the same.

Once we arrived I walked out to the edge of the cliff and looked out at the ocean. "Do you think everything will go as planned?" I asked. "Maybe not exactly like we planned, but I think everyone will survive if that's what you're asking." He told me as he wrapped his arms around my waist.

I turned around in his arms and wrapped mine around his neck and looked into his eyes. "Let's not think about tomorrow. Let's just live in the moment." He told me as he leaned in and gave me a long and passionate kiss. We ended up falling to the ground and stayed like that for hours.

We were so lost in ourselves that we completely lost track of time. It wasn't until I received a text from Bella that I saw it was ten passed five. I jumped up and held out my hand for Clay. "It's time to go." I told him.

He grabbed my hand and pulled me down. "No." He said. I laughed and squirmed around in his strong hold and was unable to get free. "Clay. We need to get back." I told him between laughs. He rolled his eyes and then let me go. He got up and then pulled me onto his back and then ran full speed back to the house.

Once we got there I hopped off and Clay asked, "Happy?" "Yes. I would much rather be here than back there." I said sarcastically. We both started laughing.

Edward gave us an odd look and then looked back at Bella and smiled.

I looked down at Bella's hand and my smile grew. "Congratulations! I almost forgot y'all got engaged today." I said as I hugged Bella. "You knew?" Bella asked. "Of course! I also know that y'a-" I stopped mid word knowing I was about to say I knew they were going to have a baby. I saw a look flash across Edward's face. "Crap!" I yelled.

'Edward, please don't say anything. We can talk about it at the campsite.' I thought to him. He gave me a 'you bet we are' look and then he led Bella out to the garage.

"What was that about?" Clay asked me. "I'll tell you later. For now let's just go grab our things so we can get going." I told him.

We spent the next hour gathering everything we needed and then we headed out to the field. Once we arrived, Jasper, Clay, Peter, and Charlotte went off to go over the battle strategy one last time.

It wasn't until about eight o'clock that we started heading up to the campsite. Since we knew that Victoria and Riley would find us anyway we had no need to hide our scents which was good considering we had not involved the wolves in any of this.

When we finally arrived, Bella and Clay started setting everything up while Edward and I went on a walk so I could explain to him about the whole baby thing.

"So…." I drawled out. I had no idea how to start this conversation. "What do you want to know?" I asked him. "Everything, I want to know how having a baby is even a possibility. Vampires can't even have kids. It's physically impossible." He said with a panicked look on his face.

"Well, a female vampire can't have kids because their body can't change but a male vampire and a human female can, though the human usually dies during the birth of the child." I said and quickly added, "But Bella doesn't die."

"So tell me what happens, please." He says. "Okay. Bella wants to go on y'alls honeymoon as a human because she thinks she won't be the same once she is turned into a vampire, at least through the first year or two. So you agree to at least try 'it'. It goes fairly well aside from the fact that you bruise the heck out of her y'alls first time. She doesn't get hurt just bruised, but you go into protection mode and refuse to do 'it' again until she is a vampire.

So for the next week or two you keep it very PG between you two. But after many attempts she finally breaks you down and y'all do 'it' again and it goes well. I don't need to spell out what happens over the next few days, so I'll just move on.

One day while you go out to feed, Bella gets sick and thinks it was just from eating bad chicken. But when she gets sick again later that day she realizes that she is 'late' and comes to the conclusion that she might be pregnant. You start freaking out and a few phone calls later y'all decide to go back home.

Carlisle confirms that Bella is in fact pregnant and you and he try to convince Bella to abort the pregnancy. She refuses to do so and Rosalie becomes her and the baby's protectors and won't let y'all even think about getting rid of it.

She is only pregnant for a few months and she quickly starts getting thinner as the baby grows because the baby doesn't want human food and everything Bella eats just comes back up. One day y'all figure out that the baby needs blood and y'all give some to Bella to drink. The baby takes to it immediately and it and Bella get better.

The birth was the worst part but if y'all do a C-section before she goes into labor and start feeding her blood soon after she gets pregnant, everything should work out perfectly.

Y'all end up having a baby girl that y'all name Renesmee after Rene and Esme. Her heart pumps blood, giving her a blush, and her pale skin slightly glows in the sunlight. Her skin is warm and soft to the touch, but it is as strong as a vampire's. She can survive on either blood or human food, though she prefers blood, and she does not produce venom.

Her special abilities are transmitting thoughts to others by touching their skin and penetrating mental shields, she rapidly grows both mentally and physically, and is able to speak only seven days after her birth, and in only a few months can read, run, hunt, and perform other tasks at advanced levels for her young age.

Her intelligence stuns everyone, and is able to understand things going on around her when she is only a few days old. She will reach physical maturity after about seven years, when her appearance will be around 17, and then stop aging." I stop there and towards the end I sounded like I was reading her character right out of the book.

Edward just stands there stunned. "I can't believe it. I never thought something like that could ever happen." He finally said. "Yup. Well, I'll let you mull that over. I'm going back to camp." I told him and then started walking back.

When I got back everything was set up and it had begun to snow. I looked in the tent and saw that there was a space heater in it. "I'm glad y'all remembered that." I said as I sat down next to Clay, who was sitting on a log near a fire that they had made.

We sat there with Bella for about twenty minutes before Edward came slowly walking back into the camp. "Glad you could join us, Edward. Now can you watch the girls while I go hunt." Clay said as he got up from his spot. Before Edward could reply, Clay had already bent down, gave me a kiss, and was running off into the forest.

Without saying a word, Edward took a seat next to Bella. He then looked up over at me and asked, "Can we have a moment, please?" "Nope. I'll just go over there." I said. I got up, grabbed a folded up blanket and walked off in some random direction.

Once I was out of ear shot I sat down under a snow covered tree and wrapped the blanket around me. I must have fallen asleep, because the next thing I knew I was in the tent lying in Clay's arms. I slightly opened my eyes and noticed that it was still dark out so I closed my eyes and drifted back to sleep.