Embry woke suddenly to a shrill howl. It pieced through his body and he realised, through the sheer fact of Kat remaining asleep, that it must have been Paul. He kissed his love softly.
"Em'ry? Wass goin' on?" She mumbled. He smiled, although somewhat sadly.
"It's time. Come on Kat."
She grumbled and rolled out of bed, and would have fallen to the floor, were it not for werewolf quick reflexes. She muttered a thanks as she slipped into her gear and armed herself. Embry quickly stripped and phased, nudging her hand with his nose when she appeared ready. She kissed his head.
"Right then. Let's go."
Narele stood in the woods again, her hand at its place on Paul's shoulder. She smiled gently.
"Friends. Shall we?" She beckoned gracefully to the woods. Embry nodded and Kat frowned.
"Is this...Are we the only ones who can see you?"
Narele inclined her head slightly. "Except for the three particular Italian Murderers," Her voice became deep and cruel, like old Narele, before returning to its light and wise state, "We are completely invisible. Embry, for the sake of appeasing your worry, Paul shall give you updates that only you can hear." Paul whined and pawed the ground. "He wishes for you to say goodbye to the others for him, after we leave."
The live ones nodded quietly and El turned on her heel. They followed.
The Cullens watched as the wolves and Kat approached. Their guests stared in confusion at the one human, and Edward frowned at the phantom presence he felt in Kat's mind.
Mr. Edward, please disregard my presence. I am merely here to assist my friends, and to help Paul and I move on.
His frown deepened but he nodded unnoticeably. The presence smiled for the best way to describe it. His musings were cut short by the Arrival.
"Carlisle! How pleasant to see you, but under such circumstances. Pity." Aro smiled. Carlisle inclined his head.
"Indeed my old friend. I hear you wish to turn a friend of ours?"
"Yes, yes. It has been on the agenda for some time, but I wished to make my own acquaintance with her. I assume you are Katherine?" he turned to Kat. She smiled.
"I prefer Kat."
"Of course. But what do you think of our proposal?" His smile grew in both size and creepiness, Kat thought, causing Edward to chuckle. She felt El's anger beside her, and Paul's own matching fury.
"I must decline. Yours is not the life I wish to lead. Apologies." She bowed her head and moved back to Embry. Marcus' eyes focussed on them. Caius growled. Aro frowned.
"Decline? My dear, the invitation was merely a formality, seeing as you know our secret, you must either be turned or be killed." He spread his hands, as if to say, 'what can you do?'.
Embry growled.
"Aro, the wolves." Caius snarled. Aro turned back to Carlisle.
"Ah yes. As if the girl wasn't bad enough, but I see you bring werewolves. Are you plotting against us dear friend?"
"Of course not. These are shape-shifters, dedicated to protecting Kat, not werewolves bent on destroying our kind. Unless you plan to attack, you have nothing to fear."
"Attack? Carlisle, we would never-" Aro began. At that precise moment, Paul howled as the moon glinted on his silver form, and the pack caught sight of him. They howled in response and Caius snarled back.
"Cut the diplomacy Aro, they are planning an attack!" He cried, leaping forward. Paul grabbed his arm, and although he was invisible to the pack again, Caius felt it, and everyone could see his arm being thrown to the floor. The war had started.
Kat leapt in, drawing her knives and stalking toward Marcus, when he looked at her, and then Embry, and straight at El and Paul.
"You are happy. Together with such love like that I have never seen before. Kill me human, so I may see my beloved again, and kill the traitor so we may punish him in everlasting hell."
Kat happily obliged and drove her knife into his skull before twisting it and throwing him to El, who lit a spark and set him on fire. The rest of the pack and the good vamps were busy fighting the Volturi guard, but Paul had Caius trapped against a tree, and Edward was holding Aro next to them.
Kat took out two of her guns and calmly placed them against the skulls of her enemies. She pulled the one on her left first, Caius fell to the ground before El and Paul started ripping him apart. Aro looked into her eyes.
"You girl, do not know what we know. You would have been great, but now you are only human." He tried to spit at her, but Edward covered his mouth. Aro wretched free.
"The Vampires will fall as the Volturi dies. With no-one to guard them, all will fall into chaos." He told her. She nodded.
"Probably. But you won't need to worry about that." As her finger tightened, his hand shot out. El looked up as his hand closed around Kat's throat before Edward could do anything and she stepped into where her friend had been. She closed her eyes, and ripped out the still heart of Aro, before lighting it on fire in front of his eyes. Edward went to Kat's aid as the rest of the battle ceased and Embry howled in his imprint's pain. No-one noticed the loss of the two phantoms except Katherine.