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Bella

A hundred years had passed and I was now an adviser to the Masters in addition to being their protection. Edward had just gotten out of jail and I had been told by Demitri that he fled as far from Italy as it was possible to be. I was glad to see him go.

Jane and I were fast friends now. When I wasn't with Jasper I was with her. Chelsea even joined us on occasion.

Jasper had his own friends: Felix and Demitri. Demitri, however, was gone for long periods of time tracking vampires, or he used to be. Now that there weren't as many criminals he wasn't gone as often.

Some of the Volturi had even tried my "vegetarian" diet though I didn't think any of them stuck to it. My golden eyes were surrounded by red ones at any get together that was had. Luckily golden eyes didn't require dark glasses or contacts to go out into public the way the others did.

Jane and I had gone on a shopping trip when we received a phone call. Aro was calling us back.

I couldn't fathom what he would need us for that required us returning from a day-long shopping trip but we both held on to our packages and ran for the castle.

In a few minutes, we had returned. We asked some of the lower level guards to take our packages and hurried to the audience chamber.

There was hardly any room in the audience chamber. I worked my way around the outside of the room so I could take my place behind the thrones.

Aro

Dear ones, we have an attack coming. The Romanians have put together an army to rival us and they'll be here tomorrow. I've heard they have a gift that can negate young Bella's so don't depend on her shield to protect us. Even still, young Bella, Shield as much of the castle as you are capable of and we will stay in that area.

I focused on my shield and pushed the strongest one I could create over the entire castle.

"It's done. You won't be able to go past the shield so we are all limited to the interior of the castle.

"Go try it, Jane?" Aro asked.

Jane was soon back, "I can't leave the castle Masters. Bella's shield blocks the way."

Can you shield the guard Bella?

I worked on each person individually. Walking through the crowd. I gave them a shield that they could use whatever gifts they have through their shield.

Felix, Demitri, Jasper, each of you are team leaders. Bella, you will be staying in here to try to protect us. You have a team as well. Jane, Alec, you are with Bella. Guard, split yourselves into four teams.

The guard split gracefully, each going to a team leader. The team to protect the three vampire kings was slightly larger.

You have your teams. Jasper, you take the front door. Felix, you guard the tunnels. Demitri, you guard the wives tower and surrounding area.

You are all dismissed.

Jasper

Bella ran to me and grabbed me in a hug. "Don't you dare get hurt," she said.

"Let's go up to our rooms. How much did you shield?"

"The entire castle. We can't go out on the balcony."

"Impressive,"

"I knew the day would come, Jasper, when someone could get past my shield. It's why I trained with you so hard even in the beginning. Just like Jane and Alec had never seen someone their gift didn't work on with me I knew the time would come where someone would be created that my gift didn't work on. I admit I'm a little afraid though. My gift is so strong. What would it take to get past it? I'm glad Jane decided to train with you too. "

"I know just how I want to spend tonight."

"How's that?"

"Making you scream my name."

"Lead the way."

Felix

Guarding the tunnels was a difficult task. No one knew for sure which tunnels were completely closed off and which could be made passable with some effort. We didn't know how much effort they'd put in and we had no clue if they'd made more passages clear. We poured a flammable liquid into each tunnel and each vampire held a lit brand. I didn't know if this area was shielded at all but unless they wanted to lose a lot of soldiers the tunnels weren't the way to come in.

As the day passed we didn't see anyone in any of the tunnels. Still, we stood guard, lighting and relighting our brands.

Jasper

A frontal assault was the most likely if they had a gift that could cancel all of ours. That made my post the most dangerous out of any of them. We waited through the day and into the night. No one moved. We were still anticipating an attack.

Bella

The next morning dawned too early. I always wanted more time with my Jasper. I gathered with my team in the audience chamber while Jasper gathered with his at the front doors.

The audience chamber held the most guards and Aro, Marcus and Caius were dressed for a fight as well. I was scared for my friends but hoped the training we'd all received would be sufficient They wouldn't get to us unless they'd gotten past either Felix or Jasper and my shield.

We waited through the day and through the evening. There were no sounds of fighting and I found myself wishing that I could talk with Jasper to see if he saw anything coming.

Felix

It was dawn before we heard any activity in the tunnels. We watched our tunnel and when vampires appeared we prepared to roast them. There were more than we anticipated so we let them get almost to us before we lit the liquid on fire. There were many vampires dying.

Jasper

Dawn brought an army to our door. They couldn't get through the shield at first, though they tried until one man touched the shield.

Some of them ran past me others stayed to fight me and my comrades. We stayed plenty busy with the section of the army that stayed. God let Bella be ok.

Bella

I was shimmering in dawns rays when the first sounds of fighting began. Seconds later we were fighting for our lives and our Masters. I shielded each one of the foreign fighters and disintegrated them. The room filled up again and I did the same. I repeated this four times before there was one man I couldn't shield. I disintegrated the others and went to fight the man with the gift. He was a good fighter but not as good as me. Soon I had him in pieces and burned. Then I went back to disintegrating opponents. As there were fewer coming into us I called Jane and Alec to use their gifts.

I had to trust that Jasper was OK. Soon everyone who got close to the audience chamber was a statue and I shielded and disintegrated them as quickly as I could. Then a new group came from the other side, from the tunnels, I hoped Felix was OK. "Alec" I called. Soon they were statues and then they were dust but they just kept coming. We kept working tightly together, the non-gifted among us fighting, the gifted using our gifts as quickly as possible even for a vampire. They kept coming faster and faster.

We worked faster and faster too. I stretched my capabilities of the number of opponents I could shield. Collapsing those shields at least was easy. We fought for hours. Eventually, they stopped coming.

Felix

The flammable liquid only worked on the first bunch of the advancing army. After that, we fought. We fought for hours. I saw one of my men fall and worked even faster for it. One hour turned to the next and to the next and to the next. We were so busy some ran by us without being stopped but many of the vampires were beheaded and burned.

When it was all done, I had lost three of my men. We burned every bit of vampire flesh that had piled up. I hoped the others were OK.

Jasper

When vampires started coming they didn't stop. I fought for hours. The moment I got one opponent down another took his place, sometimes two or three. I helped out my team where I could. But my main focus was taking out as many as possible. I dropped a lighter on the vampires I had conquered and several I just pushed into the fire. The team got the idea and started doing the same. The flames built higher and higher as opponents kept coming.

How many vampires would be left in the world when this fight was over? Five jumped me at once and I had to push my own skill to its limits. When it was all said and done I had lost two on my team. I considered each loss a failure but a failure that was almost to be expected with the number of foes we'd taken down.

Demitri

Failure was not an option here no matter the numbers arrayed against us. If any of the wives were to die the Master associated with that woman would die too, unable to carry on. My team knew this and fought better than I have ever seen a team fight to keep the wives safe. Though we lost four in the struggle not a single vampire got by us to the wives. We waited for the second wave of trespassers.

Bella

When it was over I asked the Masters if I could go reestablish the shield and collect our various groups. They allowed it so after the castle was shielded again I collected Jasper, Demitri, then Felix. Each team lined up behind their team leader. I heard Felix announce that he had lost three, Jasper had lost two and Demitri had lost four. A total of nine guards against an unknown number of an army I considered a success. I had lost none, but that wasn't due to leadership, it was due to me turning them into dust. I didn't wait to see what the outcome of a fight would be before I collapsed my shield on the interlopers.

"Is it enough we've killed their army or are they next?"

"What would you do, Bella?"

"I would give them a few days not to expect it and to make sure they aren't sending more against us then I would go after them."

"We will give it thought."

"Masters you have one more issue for consideration. By shielding everyone I negated Chelsea's gift. I have re-shielded the castle but we may be missing some of your more loyal followers"

Felix, Jasper, Demitri, Jane, and Alec you all have your shields firmly in place, as do you Aro, Marcus, and Caius. The rest of the castle's inhabitants did, but if you need any of them to not be shielded...

"Take away the rest of the shields," Aro commanded

"It is done."

"Chelsea" Aro commanded.

"Yes Master"

"Make the rest loyal to the Volturi. We can't risk having an agent for the enemy in our midst.

I thought this was harsh. Some might want to leave service. Some would stay without artificial bonds. I didn't like it, though I kept my mouth shut. I saw Marcus staring at me quizzically.

"All but the team leaders are dismissed" Aro intoned.

Aro

She could break Chelsea's bonds. That meant Marcus, whose wife I killed, was no longer under Chelsea's control. He had a mind of his own again. I thought he'd been speaking up in council more than usual but as his thoughts ran parallel to my own I had given it no thought. We could have trouble from within and without if Bella allowed it.

"You all did a fantastic job repelling the army that was sent to us. I hope you will stay diligent in the days to come and make sure we are ready for any surprise attacks."

"Yes, Master," we intoned together.