Chapter Eleven

Back to Bella's point of view

I couldn't say that I was shocked to see Emmett come barreling towards me. I mean I do look like a giant snow leopard right about now. I reassured Kaleb through our mental link to make sure he didn't attack him. The next thing I knew i was on the ground with a huge Emmett on me.

He went to bite into my neck but i shoved him off and as he got to his feet, I swiped my claws across his chest. Not hard enough to cut but hard enough for him to feel the pain of it. As he stood there with a shocked look on his face I started to laugh hysterically and transformed back to my vampire form.

If it was possible Emmett looked even more shocked to see me stood before him then he had when a leopard could hurt him. This made me and the rest of my coven to laugh. Rosalie joined in. It didn't take too long for the shock to wear off and Emmett grabbed me in a bear hug, the best bit was, he didn't have to be careful with his strength.

"Bella? Is that really you?"

"Yeah Emmett it is. Now would you all like to meet my coven?"

"YES!!!" Alice squealed from Jasper's side. I laughed again. Oh how I had missed them. I said the names of my coven and each one stepped forward. "This is Kaleb, Siobhan, Nick, Charlotte, Joe, Casey, Jasmine and Jason."

"Hello to you all, I am Carlisle, this is Esme, Jasper,Alice, Rosalie, Emmett, Edward and Abby. What happened to you Bella,how did you become a vampire?"

"Well if we could all go into you house I will tell you the story."

"Of course, follow me." Carlisle led the way into the exquisitely decorated house. It was very similar to the house I knew from Forks. As everyone sat down i noticed all the couples were sat together and that Edward was sat with Abby,I sat with Kaleb and I saw that Edward smiled at me. I was glad that it wouldn't be uncomfortable or anything, I was happy for him and Abby. We had both found love in a situation when we should both be miserable.

When everyone was settled and looked comfortable I started to tell them the story starting from when I took the walk to the meadow. Everyone was silent as i told them the story the only noise came when the part with Victoria came up, I heard a series of growls erupt, a few coming from my own coven. Then came the hard part.

"Victoria is after revenge and she intends to do this through your family, Me and my family have been tracking her and destroying the armies she has been creating but she's close to you now. She nearly got Rosalie earlier. So I'm proposing two groups. You must always be with either me, Siobhan, Joe and Casey or with Kaleb,Charlotte, Nick, Jasmine and Jason. Do you agree?"

"Why do we need to stay with you?" It was Jasper who asked.

I let Kaleb answer this one. "Because larger numbers are best and both me and Bella can keep in contact mentally when in leopard form and so will be able to call for help immediately. Also our family know the signs of an approaching army of Victoria's. She has certain methods and we will be more prepared." This speech was met with silence but I could see that the Cullen's were considering what we had said.

Finally after about 5 minutes Carlisle answered for the whole family, "We will do as you say. We also want to say thank you for saving Rosalie. Do you have somewhere to stay?"

"Nope,but we will build one in your front garden if you don't mind?" They all looked at us in confusion.

"We don't mind but what do you mean build one?" Esme was the one to ask.

"Follow us outside and we'll show you." We spent the next couple of hours showing the Cullen's how we make our shelter's and they were shocked when they went inside and saw what it was like. I also found myself talking with Abby and she was truly a wonderful person. I was glad to see Edward and Kaleb speaking and they both seemed to get along well.

The only thing left to do now was wait for Victoria to decide to attack.