It gets better

Chapter 14

A/N: Okay guys, I feel really bad for having incomplete stories and I have no valid excuses to offer you on why I haven't updated, but I'm gonna push through because I owe it all of you amazing and supportive readers, we're almost finished now :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.

It was here.

The day of the battle and when it would all be over.

Time had gone by so quick; from attending school to training afterwards with all the covens and the La Push wolves in preparation for this fight.

Daniel and Rosalie hadn't had much time to spend with just each other and it was starting to grate on the mating bond somewhat and Daniel was growing impatient, he wanted this over with, there are more important things he would rather be doing with his life.

But today was the day.

They were stood in preparation; Daniel and the Cullen's in the middle, the Denali's and Louise to their right and Benjamin with his family to their left with a few other covens behind them in formation.

The wolves were hidden in the sidelines of the forest, awaiting for a signal to move. Jasper had suggested the Hybrids would hopefully be unaware of the shifters and it would give them the element of surprise with them coming to attack from the sides.

They were ready.

Daniel felt Rosalie at his side, his arm secured to Rosalie while she held onto him, her thumb rubbing the back of his hand interlocked with hers. He gave her hand a small squeeze and let himself just enjoy her presence. She will always be at his side, just like he will be hers and nothing, especially not any lab Hybrids would get near her while he was around.

"Are you ready for this, my love?" Rosalie whispered, her crimson red eyes searching his.

He nodded, bending his head down to capture her lips in a sweet kiss before letting his forehead rest against hers. "With you by my side I am ready for anything."

She smiled, he couldn't see it, but he could feel it and it brought forth his own. He was going to spend the rest of time with this woman.

"They're coming!" Alice said, her eyes narrowing to the end of the field.

Daniel lifted his head and looked down the field. There were quite a few of them and stood at the front leading them was Conner, they were all still in human form.

"Let's end this, once it's over I'm taking you on a date." He said, winking at his blonde mate that beamed at him. He looked around to his vampire family and friends. "We will all end this today."

The vampires surrounding them nodded or smiled, prepared and ready to fight the threats.

The Hybrids all moved forward for everyone to get a better look and Daniel now understood what Louise meant when she said they were unstable. Most of them looked rabid and feral, eager to transform and let their instincts take over to attack, but all seemed to be awaiting on Conner and his orders.

Their formation was terrible, Daniel knew they would break apart and it would be easier to win this battle if they were all only protecting and fighting for themselves. He was confident they would win this, the wolves would also give them a slight advantage as much as it bothered him that they had to be involved, but the more people they had, the more it meant Rosalie would be safer.

Conner walked forwards a few steps, meeting Daniel's eyes from across the field with that shit eating grin he always wore.

"Are you going to make this easy for us all and just come with us Daniel? There's no reason your entourage should all die here today for your sake." Conner taunted, his arms gesturing outwards as he spoke.

Daniel growled. "You're too cocky you feral shit, I'll rip your throat out this time, that's a promise."

Smirking, Conner raised his eyebrows. "I see you would rather fight and have me drag you back with us, shame. I'll enjoy the look on your mates face when she watches me take you." He said, his face losing his smirk and he stood tall. "Attack!" He shouted, pointing towards the vampires.

Daniel charged first, knowing if he took out Conner the rest would scatter without their leader. As he ran he quickly shifted his form, grunting with the pain of changing, before he was running forwards on all fours in his wolf form.

He set his mind on one thing; killing the bastard that was Conner.

Conner had also changed into his wolf form, although this time he was bigger, even managing to just barely match Daniel's size which the boy thought he would have been fighting the smaller sized Conner like before, but obviously Conner had done something to become bigger.

Both of them ran through the field straight towards each other and launched themselves into the air, the two colliding with a deafening crack as snarls and growls were let out, the two wolves gripping at each other with their large claws and teeth digging into flesh as the two landed and slid through the mud rolling away from the rest of the fight, but Daniel's power was stronger as he came out on top and growled deeply as he bit into the fur of Conner's shoulder who let out a whine of pain.

Daniel had Conner pinned under him with his left paw and and moved to use his right paw to swipe at Conner's muzzle, but Conner had pulled his legs up between them to swipe his paws underneath Daniel's stomach to cut it open to get him to let go so he could roll over and get some space between them, but Daniel held his ground and quickly tried to move to bite Conner's neck, but before he knew it the boy had managed to position his feet right underneath him and pushed with a growl, launching him into the air and a small distance away.

Landing on the field floor Daniel held in his whine at the rocks and sharp sticks that were digging into his side as he slid across the field until he came to a stop and quickly pulled himself up, shaking his large head and baring his teeth.

Daniel quickly looked at the rest of the fight, seeing that most of the other hybrids had changed as well and were currently overpowering the vampires helping him in this fight, but what worried him was he couldn't see Rosalie. Puffing out his chest he howled, loud and clear for the shifters to join the battle to help and he quickly saw them barge from the trees outlines and charge into the fight.

His red eyes saw the surprise on Conner's face who growled at the sudden appearance, turning to meet Daniel's eyes holding nothing short of rage as his wolves were overthrown by the numbers on Daniel's side now.

Daniel sniffed at him and prepared himself when he saw Conner running at him, ready to take him head on, but Conner's strength quickly knocked him backwards as they stood on their hinds legs, Conner's bite just managing to catch and rip the end of his ear and Daniel whined, pulling himself backwards to gain some space, but before he could recover from the head on charge Conner had changed into his standing wolf form and threw a punch at Daniel's face, connecting with his left cheek and forcing his head to snap sideways and make him fall to the ground.

In his haze he barely heard Rosalie screaming his name and trying to run to him, but a hybrid got into her way and she charged at it, narrowly missing it's large mouth and teeth and quickly slid her arms around it from the side, squeezing as hard as she could and hearing every bone within the hybrids rib cage shatter, which seemed to make it rabid as it whined and started snapping at her wildly, her focus from getting to Daniel now to dealing with this rabid dog.

Daniel rolled onto his side and quickly got onto all fours again, but stood tall and changed into his standing form as well, the two hybrids stood standing off against each other with a stare down. Daniel barely noticed the pain from the slashes Conner had managed to land on him, but Conner wasn't fairing much better with the bite marks oozing out blood from where he had bitten him.

Daniel tried to find his mate with his eyes, but Conner took his chance and he set off running, his large size making the ground thud as he ran at Daniel who quickly moved his attention back to Conner and once again the two wolves crashed into each other, only this time claws ripped at fur and fangs dug into flesh while gripping at each other to gain leverage.

He managed to sink his teeth into Conner's arms, shoulders and even his legs in his attack, but Conner was only just managing to dodge fatal attacks while trying to slash at Daniel's chest and bite at his neck.

Daniel let out a ferocious snarl and surged forward, his claws slashing at Conner's arms and neck while he hoped he could get close enough to try and land a deadly bite at Conner's jugular to end this fight, but Conner saw his opening and slashed his large claws against Daniels chest, using his force to push Daniel backwards now he had landed a fatal wound.

Letting out a high pitched whine Daniel pulled back and covered his bleeding his with his paw. Conner had managed to land a deep wound and he was losing blood quickly, but the pain he felt at the three claw marks had him dropping to his knees and trying to nurse his wounds somewhat. If he had a minute where he could just let himself heal, he would be able to finish this, but Conner wasn't going to let him have the chance to heal.

"Daniel!" Rosalie screamed, seeing her mate on his knees with large wounds. She quickly pivoted on her foot and grabbed the hybrids head she was facing against, crushing its skull and pushing it away as it fell to the floor dying.

Looking around, most of the hybrids were now dead, a few still facing off with the Denali's and the shifters, but she had chance to aid Daniel. As she set off to run to him a hybrid launched at her, the blonde and wolf rolling around on the ground as she tried to keep its jaws from biting her.

Conner's attention was caught by seeing Daniel's mate, and ignoring Daniel on his knees and finishing him off, instead he turned and started to stalk towards Rosalie. If he was going to break Daniel he would do it by ripping apart his mate in front of him.

Adrenaline kicking in at seeing his mate in danger, Daniel let out a ferocious snarl and changed back to being on all fours as he ran at Conner's retreating back, his large paws thudding against the ground as he jumped onto Conner's back, biting into the side of his neck and roughly shaking his head from side to side to rip open the flesh wound made there before by him, but before he had chance to get away Conner grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and pulled him over his head, slamming him hard into the ground and Daniel lost the breath in his lungs, swearing he heard something break.

But he quickly shook himself and stood back onto 2 legs, not relenting as growls and snarls were sent towards the other as they stood off against one another, but this time before Conner could even attempt to dodge Daniel had gripped the back of his head and pulled it down and rammed a knee straight into his muzzle making him fall onto his back.

He made a move to try to stand up to get away, but two hands grabbed his face and began squeezing with enough force to shatter his skull as he whined and thrashed around wildly, trying to land a hit at Daniel and he slashed at Daniel's eye and heard him cry out but he was then roughly pulled up into the air and slammed into the ground himself, knocking the air out of him.

Conner was bleeding from his wounds and he was sure he had a punctured lung and his neck was bleeding profusely. He panted, his eyes trying to find where Daniel was to see if he could get away, he wouldn't be able to win this fight in this state. He noticed Daniel looking at Rosalie snapping the hybrids neck she was facing against and trying to take his only chance to run he rolled away just in time to avoid his face being smashed in by Daniel's foot and tried to claw his way into the ground to get away, but Daniel grabbed his hind legs and pulled him back, slashing at the back off his ankles so he couldn't escape.

Suddenly Conner felt his body changing back; giving out from the injuries he had suffered, he was at his end as he turned back into his human form. He screamed in pain when he was kicked by Daniel, tears running down his cheeks as he tried to crawl away.

He looked around and saw all the vampires and shifters watching him, his hybrids having all been killed and he growled. He painfully flipped over to see Daniel's form walking towards him.

"You think you're gonna win because you've beaten me?! This isn't the end! More will come for you even after me, we'll have you one way or another! And when they come, I'll roll in my grave when they tear your blonde bitch limb from fucking limb!" Conner shouted.

Daniel snarled and lunged at him, burying his large teeth further into Conner's neck and shaking it so hard he heard Conner's flesh being torn apart, enjoying the screams he made as he ripped open his neck and with a rough pull he pulled backwards, pulling open Conner's neck as blood sprayed all over his face. Once he was done he let him go and changed back to being human, standing tall over Conner's bleeding out body.

"I told you I'd rip out your neck and I am gonna enjoy watching you bleed out and cling to your pathetic life." Daniel said, watching Conner splutter blood from his mouth and his eyes glazing over. "It's over." He said, watching Conner take his last breath.

Suddenly, his vision went hazy and he fell to his knees, faintly hearing Rosalie shouting for him, but he fell to the floor on his side and his vision was starting to go black, his body giving out. He barely felt Rosalie at his side or Carlisle barking orders at everyone.

His head was placed in Rosalie's lap and he was surrounded by her scent, he was so tired and his body hurt, everywhere hurt, he just wanted to rest and Rosalie was playing with his hair so he let his eyes close, and his world faded into black.

(A few days later)

Groggy brown eyes opened, the smell of sterile bleach assaulting his senses and he wiggled his nose. He groaned, trying to move but his body protested in pain and he stopped, letting his eyes take in his surroundings.

He could tell he was in Carlisle's study, which meant he was still alive, so they must have won. The first thing on his mind when it became aware of everything was his blonde mate and he weakly called out her name, his voice hoarse.

Rosalie was by his side in seconds, her worried red eyes looking over him and her hand held his firmly. "You're awake..." She breathed, looking close to tears.

Daniel didn't say anything, he simply smiled at the comfort her scent brought him, and although it pained him he weakly pulled her onto the bed he was on and buried himself into her cold body.

Rosalie was afraid he might have pulled some stitches, but she couldn't help herself to hold her mate in her arms and let her fingers run through his hair. "It's over now, just rest, and when you're better you can take me on that date you promised me." She whispered, letting her chin rest on Daniel's head, feeling his smile and comfort.

And so rest Daniel did for a few more days before he had fully healed, and once he did, he took Rosalie out on that date that he promised and presented her with a ring and asked for her hand in marriage.

Of course, Rosalie had said yes to spending the rest of time with him.

He was hers and she was his with a long life of being together.

A/N: So there we go! I'm not sure how many people will see or even read this chapter, but this is it almost done, well it kinda is, but there will be one more chapter to finish off our young couples happy ending.