Silence

I held Renesmee tight against my body as we watched Jake tearing at Adam's flesh; the russet wolf was using his teeth to pull chunks of flesh from Adam's bony shoulders and the black wolf was howling in pain. Suddenly the clearing where we were standing went dark and everything turned a murky grey. I looked up into the sky to see that the moon had gone behind the clouds and only the dim glow remained.

The two wolves that were trying to kill my family and friends suddenly stopped and stood up on their hind legs; the fur seemed to drift away from their bodies and their limbs and faces shrunk back to normal. They once again looked human but their eyes remained a bright crimson that pierced me sharply.

Edward stepped forward and spoke to Adam, "If you leave now and promise never to return then we will spare your lives".

I heard Emmett groan slightly, he was prepared for a fight and would probably feel disappointed if the wolves agreed to leave. Of course I knew they never would. They wanted my daughter dead and if that meant sacrificing themselves to do so then that was a price they were probably willing to pay.

Beside me Nessie shuddered and Alice and Jasper came to stand beside us, followed by Rosalie and Emmett. Edward remained in front of us and Jacob's pack stood behind Leon and Adam in case they felt like bolting. I made sure that my shield encased both my family and Jake's.

This time Adam spoke up; he stared at Nessie as he spoke, "She's not right, it's not natural. She's a threat to the humans, surely you can see that?"

Edward's lips pulled back from his teeth and I could hear a low growl forming in his chest, "You're not taking her from us. And if you do wish to continue this pitiful fight then it will be to the death".

I felt those prying fingers clawing at my shield once again. They were creeping around Edward and the wolves and I could feel them tearing frantically at my invisible protection. Abruptly I was knocked to the ground as the fingers tore my shield open and revealed my loved ones to the danger around us. Edward had time to look at me once, his eyes filled with terror, and then he was being thrown by an invisible force towards the trees. His body spun through the air like a boomerang and slammed into a tall pine tree which snapped in half and thudded to the ground with a thundering BOOM.

Renesmee whimpered beside me and I looked towards Jake as his pack prepared to descend upon Adam and Leon. The wolves leapt forward, with their fangs prepared and their claws reaching for the filthy dogs. Jacob was almost on top of Adam when the pack suddenly froze; they hovered in the air like time itself had stopped and all I could do was stand and stare.

Adam tilted his head back and laughed at the sky, the moon was still behind the clouds and everything seemed to be a light shade of grey. When he'd finished cackling he looked back at Renesmee and I and what remained of my family. I threw my shield up once more and hoped that I would be strong enough to hold it together. I glared at Adam ad spat through gritted teeth,

"I am going to tear you to pieces dog".

He laughed, "Correction. You're going to try and tear me to pieces", he smiled, showing his pink gums and he gestured towards Leon, "My friend here hasn't had a chance to try out his little gift on you leeches yet and he'd be very disappointed if he left without getting a turn".

My eyes widened. I hadn't thought about Leon, I'd figured that he just didn't have a gift, unfortunately I was wrong. Edward was at my side in a flash and the seven of us stood waiting for Leon to unleash his power.

He stepped forward, "Don't be scared, I'm just going to take a little tour of your minds. It will be completely pain free. For me".

I was immediately in my room back in Phoenix. I blinked a few times and looked around. My photographs were still on my corkboard and the scruffy green rug was still on the floor. I stood up, realising I had been sitting on the bed, and walked over to the mirror that was propped up on my dressing table. I was still me. I mean the vampire me; my eyes were a honey colour, my hair was silky and my skin caught the light in a way no human's could. I touched my lips and brought my hand away, staring at the substance on my fingertips. It was blood.

I stumbled backwards and almost fell over something that was lying on the floor. I looked down to see my mother, Renee, lying in a pool of blood, her own blood. I screamed and fell to my knees beside her. I cradled her blood-smeared head in my arms and cried without tears over the body of my dead mother.

I suddenly felt a light breeze flow through my hair, it felt as though I were outside but I was sitting right there in my room, next to my victim. I held my mother's limp hand and there was the same breeze. It swirled my hair and flowed into my mouth and nostrils with a scent like pine and dog. My body trembled as I remembered Renesmee and the wolves. I was still in the clearing. But how could I be when I was here, staring at my mother?

I stood up and wiped my bloody hands on my jeans; I felt dirty and cold and scared. I threw my shield up around myself in the hope that it would soothe me somehow and then, in a flash of brilliant white light, I was back in the clearing. It felt as though I was floating, like a helium balloon on a string, tethered down by my own frozen body. I could see myself and Nessie standing hand in hand. I could see Edward beside us, along with the rest of my family. And then I saw Leon. His face held a look of pure evil; his eyes were black and he was concentrating on each set of ochre eyes in front if him.

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