Saturday morning rolled around and I woke up at 8:00. I opened my eyes and saw a flash of pale skin, black eyes, and fire red hair. I blinked a few times and there was nothing there. Great, I was hallucinating. I got out of bed and took a long shower. The warm water woke me up and felt really good. I felt refreshed afterwards. Letting my hair air dry, I got dressed, again a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. A feeling crept up inside me, it was a cautious one, that told me I would need more silver than just a necklace. Heeding it, I put on a silver chain, plain ring, stud earrings, and multiple thin bracelets. This amount would let me go up to the maximum power available in human form. If I needed more, I would have to go into true form, and if I still needed more, I would have to go full power. It's risky to go into full power. It only lasts about ten minutes and you're knocked out for days afterwards. Apparently you also glow silver when you use that level. I wouldn't know though, I've never seen it used. I've just read about it, and know how to get to it. I hadn't told the Cullens about this because I didn't think that I would have to use it and I didn't want to reveal all the little secret powers sirens had. I chose a book from the shelf and headed downstairs. I ate breakfast and sat down to read in the living room.

It was about 10:00 when I heard a knock at the door. I walked over and opened it. Alice stood there. 'Bella, you need to come with us, now. No arguing.' She grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the house. I was dragged into the car and was buckled in. Edward drove off immediately.

I thought of something. 'Hey guys, the front door isn't' locked.'

Alice turned to stare at me. 'I'm sure that nobody will rob you in broad daylight. Besides this is more important than an unlocked door.'

I sighed in defeat. They had either caught Victoria's scent, or Alice had seen the future. 'How did you find out about her?'

Alice looked at me again in shock. 'You know that a vampire is after you? Why aren't you worried?'

'Because I had a plan.'

'Tell the plan later, to everybody. We want the story behind this, Bella.' Edward interrupted. I nodded. I had known they would. The drive was short, and we were there in less than ten minutes. Again I was dragged into the house. Their whole family was sitting there, waiting for us. They all had worried looks, except Rosalie, who was glaring. God that girl was going to get wrinkles if she kept this up. I actually didn't blame her this time. I would be glaring too at the person that caused trouble in a perfect life. I was pushed into a chair and Jasper said 'Tell us why a vampire is after you. We want the whole story.'

'That's a long story, but what matters is that I can't tell you anything.'

'Why not?' Rosalie asked still glaring.

'Because, if I do, Charlie dies and I really don't want that to happen.'

'We can protect Charlie, now tell us the story.' Edward said hurriedly.

'Fine, but if you don't, I will personally haunt you when I am dead.'

'You won't die and he won't die. I promise. Now just tell us.' Alice said.

'Well it starts back in Phoenix about five years ago. Two vampires appeared in our part of the city. It was a stupid move because of the whole sparkling thing, but they came anyway. A male and a female, they were mates and my dear old mother attracted the male, James, and ate his soul. Well the female, Victoria, got really angry and declared revenge. Loved one for loved one, me for James. This whole situation is sort of ironic, because my mother does not love me anymore. You see, five years ago, I was still living the traditional siren way. No I had not eaten any souls yet, but was still living under the influence of the lifestyle, so my mother actually loved me then. Well anyway, Victoria disappeared from Phoenix and has now found me, which now that she has; she plans to kill me for revenge. That's the story.'

'Is that why you have extra silver on today?' Jasper asked.

'Yep. The more silver, the more power I am able to summon for the songs. Right now, I can use the maximum power available in human form.'

'So what are we going to do?' Alice asked. 'What's the plan?'

'Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down. You are not going to do anything besides protect Charlie. This is my battle. I am not going to have you get hurt in a battle caused by my kind. Just protect Charlie, and I'll take care of Victoria.'

'I agree with Bella. This is her battle, not ours. We shouldn't get involved in it.' Rosalie stated.

'So enlighten us, how exactly do you plan to defeat a vampire?' Edward asked sarcastically.

'Well I was planning on going into true form and command her to rip her head off. If that doesn't work, I go to full power and I can assure you that it'll work then. I have the shield to protect me. The only problem is that the battle would have to be in an isolated place. Unless I tune it so that it will only affect her…' I finished thoughtfully. The Cullens stared in shock at me. Even Rosalie had dropped her glare.

'You can do that with singing. You can tell people to rip their own heads off?' Emmett stuttered.

'Yep, I can just about command anything and it will most likely happen. Don't worry; I wouldn't do that to you or anybody else. I don't like killing.' I tried to calm them down with that. It didn't work. I sighed. This is what I get for showing my strategic killing side. Now they were scared of me and they were probably going to have a theoretical heart attack at my request. 'Can I practice my commanding on one of you?' They all involuntarily jumped backwards, moving the various couches. 'It would be simple little commands, like go to the fridge, or walk outside. Trust me, I wouldn't kill you or even inflict minor injuries on you. I've grown attached to you, which is not good at all.' Silence ensued.

'You can use me.' Edward finally spoke, breaking the silence.

'And me.' Alice chimed in. Jasper turned to me, and stared threateningly at me. I got the message.

'Jasper relax, I won't hurt her, or Edward. I promise. You're going to have to trust me on this.' He nodded and relaxed.

'So when do we start?' Alice asked.

'Now's as good a time as any, if that's ok with you two.'

'That's fine.' Edward reassured me.

'All right then.' I said. I closed my eyes and changed. I opened and looked around at them. 'If any of you want to leave, you can, but get at least six miles away so you won't be affected the first few times.'

'I'll stay.' Jasper replied.

'I'd like to see this, if you don't mind.' Carlisle replied. Esme, Emmett and Rosalie left.

'Carlisle, Jasper, the first few times, you might be affected. I need to get the hang of tuning to a single person command.' They nodded. I decided to concentrate on Edward. I started with a simple command, go to the stairs. It was disguised with a lilting wordless tune. The first time, everybody went to the stairs. The second, only the guys, and the third time was the charm, with just Edward getting up. Now I concentrated on Alice. Again, a simple command was issued, walk to the door. This I got on the second try. The last time, I concentrated on Edward. The simple command, go upstairs, was issued. I got it on the first try. It was a good thing I learned quickly.

'May I ask what you meant by full power?' Jasper asked.

'In this form, there's a level of power that sirens only use in emergencies. Basically it summons every bit of energy you have, and puts it into the command note. Supposedly our whole body glows silver. Everything commanded at that level gets obeyed, no matter how strong the will. The only thing is that it only lasts ten minutes, and we are knocked out for days afterwards.' Jasper nodded in understanding, and Carlisle looked amazed.

'Hey Bella, would you like to sleep over tonight so we can discuss this more?' Alice asked.

'What is there to discuss?' I asked confused.

'We want to help you.' Edward popped in with the answer.

'No. This is my battle. I will not have you hurt because of my mother.'

'Ok, we can discuss that when the issue comes up, but would you still sleep over? We can do makeovers!' Alice said with an evil glint in her eyes. I shuddered. I hate makeup.

'Alice, I don't wear makeup.'

'WHAT!? You don't wear makeup? None at all?'

'Nope. Never had too.'

'Well we can still do hair.' Alice muttered. I smiled. 'But we are still going to try makeup on you.' The smile vanished.

'Alice, makeup feels yucky!'

'Too bad, because we are going to try it. Experiment a little Bella.'

'Fine I'll call Charlie and ask, but I don't even have clothing. You guys dragged me out of my house unprepared.'

'Well then we can go shopping. The mall's still open.'

'Why would we go shopping for one outfit and pajamas?'

'Bella, Alice would make any excuse just to go shopping, she's obsessed.' Edward chuckled. Jasper looked like he wanted to agree, but didn't move. Alice slapped Edward's arm and made the puppy dog eyes at me.

'Fine, but can I go back to my house for some stuff? Please?'

'Sure, I want to look at your closet anyway. All I've seen you wear so far are T-shirts.' Alice said. Oh no, she was going to freak when she saw just how many T-shirts I had. I called and Charlie said yes. Probably because of last night. Edward drove us to my house, and Alice followed me upstairs to my room. Immediately, she went to the closet and flung the doors open. She gasped and spun around in outrage. 'Bella, you only have T-shirts. You are not getting anymore of these, I can tell you that already. You are getting fashionable clothing. These rags don't do anything for your figure.'

'That's the point Alice, besides they're comfortable.'

'No, no more T-shirts. Ever.' She glared at me. I nodded meekly. I gathered up my personals in a bag while Alice looked around the room. Her eyes landed on the Victoria's letter. She walked over and picked it up. 'What is this?'

'Umm a letter that Victoria placed on my desk the night that I went over to your house.'

'And you didn't tell us about this, why?' She was reading it while she said this.

'Because, I didn't think it was that important.'

'Bella,' she looked at me. 'You are going to show this to the rest of us, after we go shopping. This is important.' She put the letter in my bag and dragged me downstairs and to the Volvo. Alice said to Edward 'Take us to the mall.'