Author's Notes: Hello everyone! Here's the fight. I warn you that there's a lot of POV switching going on to keep the fight moving about nice and quick and keep everyone on their toes. As usual a big thanks to JenJenSon for all her help. So on with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, the characters and make no money from this story it is purely for entertainment purposes.

Risk

"Edward?" Bella asked, as my focus shifted from her. "What is it?"

"I can hear their thoughts, they're close." I said. "Jacob and Leah found them." I was trying to see everything through Leah's head. Victoria was there, I recognised another face as a missing person from Forks...there was at least half a dozen others with them but I was pretty sure there were more lurking in the trees behind them.

"Where?"

"They're outnumbered."

"Go." she told me. I wanted to, every part of me wanted to run to them but I couldn't leave Bella unprotected; that would be exactly what Victoria wanted. She would know that Bella and I were close already; they were waiting to see what we would do. She wanted us to come closer.

"No, that's what they want, you alone and unprotected." I told her firmly, shaking my head. "They'll already know you're here." Victoria was obviously getting impatient because she ordered the other to attack. Jacob dodged the first and slammed straight into the second, he was good, he'd actually fought a vampire before, Leah had not and although she was fast I cringed and snapped my head desperately, about to run to her as one caught her around the middle. She yelped in pain and it crushed her. Newborns...

"Go!" Bella shouted. "Help them!"

"Jasper and Alice are just coming through the trees." I told her, kissing her forehead softly and darting towards the fight. I was by Leah's side in less than a second and tackled the newborn off her before snapping it's head clean off. Jacob had finished one and I helped him with a second. Victoria was gone just as I knew she would be.

Bella POV

I held my breath as Edward vanished and the trees around me rustled. Immediately in front of me Victoria appeared with her malevolent grin and her wicked flame hair.

"Well Bella, long time no see." She smirked.

The next thing I saw was her take a step towards me and then a blur before I was staring at Jasper's back. He snarled at her and she hissed back.

"Hey cowboy." She smirked. "Moving in on your brother's territory now are you?"

"She's not Edward's mate." Alice's voice chimed, as she appeared next to Jasper. "She's my sister, and I love her." How was it that Alice managed to look so chirpy in even the worst of situations?

Victoria turned to run just as the rest of the family arrived.

"Alice, Esme take Bella back to the house." Carlisle's voice commanded.

"No." I said, as Alice stepped closer to me. "No splitting up. I'm going with you." Carlisle hesitated before nodding once and swinging me effortlessly onto his back.

"Alright, let's go!" Emmett cheered as we headed after Victoria.

We came out into another clearing where Victoria now stood taunting Edward in front of a human Leah on the ground. I felt my stomach lurch at the sight. There were now a dozen other vampires but more of the wolves had also arrived. Emmett and Paul started a competition, counting their kills as they went. I couldn't see much; most of the fight was a blur to me. Carlisle and I stayed by Leah, out of the way.

Edward POV

I noticed Victoria start for the trees again, she had obviously realised her fight was lost. She had been counting on the wolves and us not working together; our alliance had thrown her plan into a tailspin. I took one glance at Leah before going after Victoria. She was going to pay for this. For Bella, for Leah and putting my whole family in danger, she was going to pay.

I was faster than her and caught up quickly. She used the trees to change direction, dodge around them to slow me down but I caught her none the less. Nothing was more satisfying than crashing down on her and tearing her arms from her body before twisting her head off. I flicked my lighter and set the pieces on fire, watching to make sure they caught alight fully before I headed back to the fight.

Something was wrong. Something was very wrong.

Carlisle POV

Leah suddenly started shaking violently. I leapt forward, trying to examine her as best I could in the midst of things. It looked like she was bleeding internally. I met Bella's gaze gravely. Leah was going to die and if he didn't come back soon she wouldn't even last long enough for Edward to say goodbye.

I heard a noise behind me and spun around. Bella was gone. I glanced around quickly not knowing where she had disappeared to, I tried to catch her scent but it was already all over the place, I couldn't pinpoint where it was strongest due to the smell from the fires. Luckily I didn't have to, Jasper leapt over Leah and disappeared into the trees.

"I'll get her back." He called.

Pretty soon my family were piling the remaining pieces they could find on the fires with the wolves. Some had phased back some not; Sam Uley came over to me and Leah.

"Is she going to be alright?" he asked. I shook my head, no. "Wolves heal really fast you know."

"I don't think it's fast enough for Leah." I said quietly. Just then Edward came through the trees, I wanted nothing more than to run after Jasper and find Bella but I knew if there was a chance for Leah I was it and if I didn't do anything Edward really would never forgive me. I had made a tourniquet on Leah's leg where the bone had broken through the skin to try and stem the bleeding but if she was bleeding internally I didn't hold out much hope; not laying in the middle of the woods, even in a hospital her chances would be slim.

Bella POV

I didn't see or hear my attacker. A hand covered my mouth and nose and then a blur was all I saw as I was carried away. Suddenly I was thrown from their arms and saw the tree moments before impact. The wind was knocked from my lungs as after hitting the tree I fell to the ground. I coughed to breathe trying to gain some awareness of what was happening.

"You do smell..." Riley whispered, inhaling my scent deeply. "So good." I recognised him from the posters at the police station; he was from Forks. Then for the second time I felt the pain of sharp teeth piecing my skin as he started to feed from me. He was in a frenzy; feeding messily because I could feel him tearing at my flesh, it burned and stung and there was a distinct pulling sensation as he drank and then it was gone.

For a moment I thought that was it, I was dead but then I opened my eyes just in time to see Riley's torso being thrown onto a fire. Then the burning was there but...I could barely feel it now. I felt tired. I felt numb and cold. I tried to focus on the face of my rescuer as my vision blurred, it was too late. I was going to die.

Jasper POV

I took advantage of the vampires back being turned while he fed to go straight for his head; I tore it off in one smooth motion before throwing his body away from Bella also. It was a quick kill. I went to Bella, the smell of her blood was overwhelming, I felt the venom pool in my mouth at the scent of it but one thing stopped me. She was dying. There wasn't enough blood left. She couldn't stay awake or focused. I lifted her head to look at me.

"Bella darlin', can you hear me?" I asked. Nothing. I growled in frustration, judging how long it would take to run back to the others with her. Damn it why didn't someone follow me? I couldn't suck the venom out, she was going to die and she was going to die before the venom changed her. "Sorry Bella." I murmured, before sinking my teeth into her neck first and then into her chest right above her heart. Having been part of a vampire army for so long I had found that this was the best way to change someone, focus on the area around the heart so that it pumps the venom around faster. I felt so guilty that she hadn't asked me to change her, I had to do it anyway because she was going to die and I know she did want it...I just don't know if she was ready for it.

Edward POV

I crouched down over Leah's body as she thrashed and twisted wildly, her eyes were rolling and she was struggling to breathe.

"You have to help her." I told Carlisle.

"It's too late; there is nothing I can do." He replied. "The only choice that you may have is to change her and that may not even work."

"Turn her into a leech? I don't think so." Jacob snapped.

"Would you rather her dead?" Alice asked him.

"Would it work?" I asked Carlisle, knowing Leah would hate me for the decision I was considering.

"It might, however she's not entirely human; her body is built to be a vampire's natural enemy it is possible that she would react badly to the venom." He explained. "You must decide quickly, you don't have much time."

I didn't think, I just leant forward and sunk my teeth into Leah's hot skin; her blood felt like it was burning my mouth, her skin had been harder to break than a normal human's and her blood didn't hold any appeal. I moved to another spot and repeated the process until I had left bite marks on her neck, arms and legs.

"What now?" Sam asked.

"We wait." Carlisle said, "Edward, I have to go find Bella." I nodded, suddenly realising that both Bella and Jasper were missing.

Suddenly Leah started screaming, her skin was healing...was it the venom or her werewolf DNA that was healing her?

"I am going to kill you." She hissed at me, her arm snaking out to grab my arm painfully. Venom… definitely venom. I tried not to smile at the situation, it wasn't a good one but at least it looked like I wasn't going to lose her.

Carlisle POV

I headed in the direction Jasper had gone, to start with I couldn't pick out any scents due to the fires still burning but then I was hit by Bella's scent and it was strong, she was bleeding...a lot.

Emmett was right behind me Rosalie behind him as we followed the scent.

Nothing could have prepared me for the sight I found. Bella lay on the ground, screaming and writhing in pain much like Leah had been from her injuries. Jasper sat on the ground a few feet away in a crumpled heap. When he looked at me I could see the pain he was in and then I could feel it, feel the pain and guilt.

"Jasper, we need to move you further away, you're projecting." Rosalie said to him, touching his shoulder. Rosalie had always been very much like a real sister to Jasper.

"I'm sorry Carlisle." He croaked, allowing Rose to help him stand. I reached for Bella and through the pain some part of her must have registered my presence because she reached for me, clinging to my shirt and moaned out my name. I lifted her into my arms carefully but tightly, she was still thrashing from the pain of the venom and I didn't want to drop her.

I followed Emmett back to the others. Rosalie and Jasper had already gone.

Edward POV

I spotted Jasper and Rosalie coming out of the trees and heard Jasper's thoughts instantly. As soon as Jasper began to feel Leah's pain also Alice excused herself and Jasper and they headed back to the house. It had to be hard feeling the pain of the change every time someone goes through it somewhere near you. Most of us tried to forget the violent, torturous pain that brought us into this life but Jasper had to relive it.

So Bella was also going through the change right now...I had never wanted that for her but Jasper had nothing to be guilty for, there was no other choice for Bella; only death. I wasn't ready to lose her completely yet, not to death.

In fact I was proud of my brother, he had struggled with his bloodlust the most between being empathic, Bella's blood singing to me and his past and yet today his love for Bella, his determination to save her had given him the strength to change her. Now our already large family was going to be two larger. I just hoped that Leah wouldn't actually kill me when she woke up. Who knows what kind of vampire she would turn out to be, a wolf to a vampire...definately one of a kind, but she was always that to me anyway.

Author's Notes: What are Leah and Bella going to be like when they wake up? Will Leah's change even work? Come back to find out soon! Let me know your thoughts also xx