Chapter 9 I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT

It was about 3am when Edward's phone starting ringing on the coffee table in the living room. He answered it and whoever had called was speaking very fast and quiet as if too keep it private. Many emotions played across Edward's face as he listened. Rage, worry, and fear something that I had never seen plague Edward's face since I had known him. He snapped the phone shut and threw it across the room into the wall. All traces of anger fell from his angelic face when his eyes fell on me. I could have sworn I was shaking but I had no idea. He flashed over to my side kneeling down beside me.

"Bella? Love?" He tried to get my attention.

"What is it? And I want the truth. Don't try to cover it up or sugar coat it for my benefit." I warned him knowing he would be vague.

"It is the wolves. There was a coven here before us who we had a little run in with. Long story short we forced them to vacate but not without a fight. The wolves back then fought with them and now the wolves have brought them back to fight us again. Alice saw this in the vision. Bella, I swear I will protect you."

My stomach sank. They were actually gathering an army to fight against us. There was going to be a huge chance that some of us would not walk away from this alive. My heart wrenched at the thought of losing anyone of my family especially Edward. I couldn't even bare to think it.

"I know you will and that is what scares me. You will get so caught up in saving me that you won't protect yourself and Edward I could never lose you. My life isn't worth living without you in it." I began to sob.

Pain and understanding filled his eyes. "Love, you won't lose me. I swear we will get through this and you an I are going to get married and live forever."

"Promise?" I was going to hold him to his word.

"I promise, Love." He said reassuringly.

"How is Alice?"

"She is doing much better now. I know Jasper is. He is screaming his thoughts at me." He covered his ears laughing.

"When are they coming?" I had to ask.

"In two days. Jasper wants us to practice in the morning and hunt tomorrow night. Come on we need to go to the house Carlisle is waiting to have a meeting." He pulled me up with him as we took off running back toward the house. A tight knot was forming in the pit of my stomach as each passing moment brought us closer and closer to the fight. I gripped Edward's hand as we flew up the steps and into the house. Our whole family was seated at the dining room table waiting for us before they started the meeting. Edward sat down and pulled me onto his lap just before Carlisle began.

"We all know much work and preparation is needed if we are going to stand a chance at defeating the wolves and southern coven. I hate to do this but I have already called the Denali coven and they agreed to fight with us. Irina was more than happy to see the opportunity to get revenge than anything." He flinched at what he was saying, "As of now the numbers stand at 13 of us to 15 of them. It will be difficult but not impossible to defeat them."

"We need a few more people to help us." I said interrupting Carlisle.

"We could always seek the help of the Volturi." Rosalie proposed.

There were hisses and snarls that filled the room at the mention of their name. Edward felt me tense up and began to rub my back.

"No, we can't ask for their help." He countered back.

"I can call Peter and Charlotte. They would be more than willing to help us." Jasper said.

I could see everyone weighing the option in their minds and I decided to answer for them. "We have no other choice with the numbers this high we may win but at what cost?" I rolled the idea around in my head a while thinking how simple this just may be with their help. That would be one for each person. I was suddenly filled with hope that we just may win this war unscathed.

"I will go call them now." Jasper said as he rose from the table pulling Alice with him.

"Ok it is settled then. Everyone go and hunt as much as you can and meet back here at 3:00 for our final lesson." Carlisle said.

Edward pulled me up and out the door to begin our hunt. My mind was racing as I ran along side him through the trees. I couldn't stop thinking about how in the world I was going to manage to take down a vampire probably 100 years older than me or how I would ever live through it if I lost anyone in this family. I refused to let my mind wander to losing Edward. I was still waiting to find my power if I would even have one. Carlisle had said that it usually took something drastic to happen for me to discover it if I hadn't already found it. Everyone was so sure that I would have a power since my mind was sealed off as a human. Edward ran silently beside me constantly studying my face trying to decipher what I was thinking. It didn't take too much longer before his curiosity got the best of him and he planted his feet in the ground stopping me at the same time.

"Love, please tell me what you are thinking about?" He begged clearly worried about me.

I sighed knowing there was no way around it. "I can't stop thinking about how in this screwed up world am I going to be able to take down a vampire that is probably 100 years older than me if not older. I know how to fight but I am so scared that what if I freeze up or if I make one wrong move. What if we lost someone? How am I ever going to live through that? I have refused to let myself think about losing you. You are not going anywhere. I will die myself before I watch you die." I was getting dizzy.

"Bella, Bella, shhhh." He placed his hands on both sides of my face, "Look at me. I promise you I will be there to help you if anything goes wrong. It is so hard for me to actually be letting you do this. My whole being has been centered around protecting you for so long and now here you are fighting along side me. I will never let anything happen to you and I swear to you that you will never lose me. I am not going anywhere. I have been doing this for a long time. No one is going to die tomorrow." He silenced me with a kiss that melted every fear or worry that I may have ever had. These were kisses that made me forget my own name. He finally broke away smiling at me.

"I love you so much, Edward Cullen." I proclaimed my love for him.

"As I love you my gorgeous angel." His comment would have left me blushing.

We continued our hunt for the rest of the afternoon until we were both well over stuffed. He looked at his watch one last time before taking my hand to run to the baseball field. Everyone was already there except Rose who had left to grab something from the house before we started. I ran over to Alice and wrapped her in a tight hug.

"Alice Cullen, don't you dare ever do anything like that to us again. Do you have any idea how worried I was about you?" I scolded her.

Her smile widdened, "I know I know and I am so sorry but it was out of my control. It was so weird I was having the vision when I saw this man and everything went black. I have no idea who he was but he looked so familiar to me for some reason."

"We will find out soon enough though won't we?"

"Yes, and speaking of it I saw you and Edward talking and you have no need to fear or worry about any of this. We have fought off a whole band of Victoria's newborns remember?"

"I know." I did remember it but it was very cloudy and vague.

"Oh they're here and right on time!" She sang.

I looked to where she was pointing just as what I recognized as the Denali coven walked out of the trees followed by two other vampire's I assumed were Peter and Charlotte. I found Tanya easily because she had danced over to Edward hugging him tightly. I knew exactly what she was thinking without having to have Edward tell me. She has loved Edward ever since they met but he would never give her the time of day. As the anger slowly began to consume me Jasper's eyes flew to me just as Edward's did. Both knowing exactly what was wrong with me. A warm calming sensation filled me replacing my anger just enough so I could go to Edward without snapping Tanya's neck. Edward chuckled lightly as he snaked his arm around my waist.

"Tanya, this is Bella my fiance." He said stressing the word fiance.

"Bella, I'm Tanya it is nice to finally meet you. I have heard so much about you."

"It's nice to meet you too." I hoped she didn't see through my lies as clearly as Edward did.

"Well, I think Jasper is ready to get started." Edward said pulling me with him to where the others had gathered. I noticed that Rose was still not back. She was taking much longer than necessary. I looked up to Edward.

"Where is Rosalie?"

He hadn't seemed to have noticed it until now. "I don't know but Emmett is getting worried about her."

"Ok, I am only going to show you a few simple tools. Everyone here knows how to fight we just need a little practice to work out the kinks. Tanya and Bella your up." He motioned for us to come forward.

This was going to be too fun. Edward tried to hold back a smile but horribly failed. I took my place a few feet in front of her and crouched down. Her wild red hair reminding me of Victoria as she smiled. She shot forward but just before she was supposed to slam into me I stepped aside causing her to slide onto the ground and into a bush. This only made her even madder. I laughed to myself at how much fun I was having. She quickly got up and sprang again but this time I didn't move I jumped and we both collided mid air as the sound of clashing rocks sounded throughout the area. We fell to the ground as we twisted and fought for an advantage. I refused to let her get her arms around me. I did remember that from when we fought Victoria. If a vampire ever gets their arms around you it's over. I grabbed each of her wrists and rolled until I was on top of her pinning her to the ground. She flung me off so we began to circle one another again. It was deathly silent as everyone watched us completely shocked. She sprang for me once more but this time I was ready to end it and stop playing games. I slipped around her and pulled her to her knees just as I whispered in her ear.

"Gotcha." I laughed as I released her. She was visibly fuming from her seat beside Kate. I sat next to Edward who wore a shocked expression.

"You are utterly amazing. How? Where?" He stuttered.

"It's amazing what a little anger and jealousy will do to you." I whispered in his ear so only he could hear.

"You are one frightening creature." He laughed kissing me lightly.

I heard Alice gasp just as she collapsed into Jasper's arms. Everyone was at her side in seconds.

"Alice, what did you see?" Jasper urged her shaking her lightly.

"I - I - It's Rose. They have Rose. Her future just disappeared and so will ours in about five minutes." She stammered.

Emmett's defining roar erupted through the forest as Edward and Jasper raced to stop him from leaving. They stopped him at the edge of the trees and drug him back to where we were all standing. He was livid to say the least. A steady stream of profanities flowed from his mouth as he struggled and fought against them. I ran over to them to help.

"Emmett, Emmett, listen to me." I ordered.

"I can't just sit here and wait I have to save her." He growled.

"You heard Alice, they will be here in five minutes. Now stop fighting against them and I promise you will have your chance to save Rose. Use your head. Rose wouldn't want you to go out there alone and get yourself killed."

"Fine." He jerked out of their steel grasps and stalked away.

Edward took my hand again as we all took our places to await their arrival. I could hear their heartbeats coming closer with each passing second. I tightened my grip on Edward's hand instinctively. He looked down at me with love.

"Bella, I promise you I won't let anything happen to you. I love you so much." He said kissing me.

"I love you too." I said hoping and praying with every fiber of my being that it was not going to be the last time I would speak those words to him.

I turned and watched as they descended from the trees lining up in front of us. I narrowed my eyes and growled at Jacob who was staring at me intently. There were many hisses and outraged growls as they lined up ready to fight. I would fight until they were all dead especially Jacob Black.

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