My eyes roved over the vampires. The males stood in front of the females, their posture tense and waiting to spring. I noticed that one of the black-haired males did not have the snowy white skin that marked vampires for what they were. Instead, his skin was a sickly reddish-orange color that gave him the appearance of having some foreign disease. I identified him as the fire elemental.

The male that stood beside him also had black hair, and I knew he must be the one that controlled earth. The third male had hair a bright shade of red. Behind them, I quickly took in the three females—two blondes and one raven-haired girl, small like Alice, but holding none of Alice's warmth. Her fingers twitched anxiously, as if her dearest desire was to wrap them around someone's throat.

All of these vampires had sinister, crimson eyes, just like the ones in my dream. I was pleased to see, however, that their teeth were not sharp. My shoulders quivered slightly.

"Well, look at this," said one of the blonde females in a hissing voice, "we're fighting mutts and vegetarians. This should be easy."

Her female companions snickered.

"So, brother," the redhead said casually to the fire elemental, "which should we take out first?"

"Hmm…we'll have to experiment."

Faster than lightening, his palm flashed into the air and produced a string of fire, aimed straight for Sam. Paul, Embry and Jared lashed forward, snarling furiously. The fire collided with Sam before he'd done so much as blink, and he was thrown backward into the air. The earth elemental gave an almost lazy flick of his wrist, and out of nowhere shot a fifteen-foot boulder. Sam crashed into it, splitting it in two.

"You scum!" Jared roared, throwing himself into the fire-controlling vampire. His target's eyes widened, surprised that Jared had moved so fast.

The fight was on. Each side launched themselves across the river, so that we met in the deepest part of the water. Jared's attack had sent the black-haired male flying backward, and the two of them were locked in a battle of teeth and claws, before Jared yelped as he was blasted with a short burst of fire.

Sam had recovered and rejoined the fight. He was taking on both blonde females, whose reflexes were almost too much for him to handle. With a roar I torpedoed myself toward one of them, dragging her by her leg away from Sam. She snarled furiously, whipping around to grab me by the throat and rip away the fur. I yelped, staggering backward into a fight between Emmett and the redhead. Apparently he was managing to weaken Emmett's resistance, but Emmett was still holding his own.

The blonde female that attacked me had run off to engage in a scuffle between Jasper and the black-haired female. Jasper was clearly winning; the female's eyes were drooping and she was weakening under Jasper's effects. He was caught off-guard, however, when the blonde female collided with him and wrestled him to the ground. Alice, who had been busy helping Carlisle throw off the earth elemental, gave an enraged snarl and ran to plummet the blonde repeatedly.

I whipped around to see Edward, locked in a fight with the fire elemental, who had obviously burned Edward's skin many times. Edward was clearly weakening; fire was the only thing that could directly harm a vampire. With my teeth exposed, I flashed toward Edward's opponent, throwing my enormous paws against his chest. He yelped as he was thrown backward into the river and disappeared from sight.

Edward sprang lightly to his feet, ignoring me when I gave his burns a worried look. He darted off to help Esme and Rosalie, who were trying to fend off one of the catlike blonde females.

There was an ear-splitting howl. I turned my head and my eyes widened when I saw Jacob on the ground, writhing in pain that was clearly being caused by the red-haired male. With Jacob entangled in his own agony, the earth elemental caused a tree to fall on him, pinning him in place.

JAKE! I screamed, using all my strength to slam into the redhead. One of the blonde females leaped on my back, and I threw my hind legs in the air, trying to buck her off as a horse would a rider. The blood from my earlier throat wound was spilling onto the redhead below me.

"I'm not interested in werewolf blood," he snarled, clawing his way into one of my paws. I yelped.

Out of nowhere, Edward came soaring through the air and crashed into the blonde, knocking her off my back. This left me to deal with the redhead, which I did by seizing his throat and throwing him twenty feet into the air.

Panting, I looked around. Emmett and Jasper had managed to kill the black-haired female, and were just now being attacked by the outraged fire elemental, who was dripping wet from being thrown into the river. Sam was fighting off one of the blonde females, who had inflicted several wounds along his chest and head. Carlisle, Esme and Rosalie were battling with the earth elemental, who was manipulating the ground below them. The redhead male had landed some thirty feet away and now had his throat encased between Paul's fangs. Jared and Embry were fighting with the other blonde, who had just now managed to slam Embry against a tree and was now being pinned by Jared.

I looked to find Jacob, who was struggling to get out from under the thick tree. I ran to help him, shoving my muzzle under the trunk to try and lift it. With my strength and his, we managed to split it down the middle, so he was free to stand, though he was weak.

Thanks, he panted, rushing off to help Emmett and Jasper against the fire elemental. Frantically I searched for Edward, who was now helping Carlisle, Esme and Rosalie to tackle the earth elemental. With a spine-tingling screech, I heard that they'd done their job. When I looked again, the four of them had disappeared, leaving the earth elemental torn to shreds behind them.

I attacked the two blonde females, who were snarling and hissing like cats. One of them sank her razor teeth into my side, spitting out the blood with a disgusted look. I yelped, but I couldn't fend her off because I was busy with the other blonde. Once again, Edward came to my rescue, seizing the blonde by her shirt and throwing her into the river, where they engaged in another fight.

Trying to ignore the searing pain in my side, I threw my head around to grab the second blonde by her leg. She screamed in pain, but by the way I held her, she couldn't reach me. I tore into her marble skin with my teeth and tore at her face with my uninjured paw. Before I could see if she was dead or not, I felt something hard slam into my side. A ball of fire had collided with my fur, and set it ablaze. Paul whipped his head around, his eyes widening at the sight of me. In a millisecond he had me shoved into the icy water, where the fire was doused immediately.

Exhausted, I thanked Paul and climbed out of the water after him. My legs trembled under my weight, and both my sides were searing, but I saw that Edward was being pinned to the ground by the blonde female he'd thrown off me earlier. I heard a terrible ripping noise; her teeth had gone into his exposed chest, ripping through the skin and leaving a gash there. He roared in pain and fury, but his roar blended with mine. Ignoring my own agony, I darted forward and slammed into the female, throwing her so hard that the tree she hit cracked in half and fell on top of her.

This exertion of energy had me lying on my side. Looking around, I saw that Emmett, Jared, Paul and Carlisle were in the same position I was, too injured to keep fighting. So far we'd eliminated the black-haired female, one of the blonde females, and the earth elemental. The rest were putting up more of a fight than ever. Esme, Rosalie and Alice were tackling the fire elemental; Jasper and the rest of my pack were fighting the blonde and the redhead. Jasper and the redhead seemed to be using their powers on each other. Tiny Alice was putting up the best fight of them all, repeatedly dodging the fire elemental's attacks and at the same time, helping her sister against the blonde female.

"Bella."

Edward had reached my side, and despite the fact that there was a huge tear in his chest, he was inspecting my wounds, concern and outrage on his face.

"Are you alright?" I asked him.

"I'm fine," he said distractedly. "Stay here."

"Wha—?"

But Edward had already sprang to his feet and rushed to throw himself against the blonde. I tried to stand and go to them, but not a moment later, I heard another screech. Looking over, I saw that were the blonde had been, there were only shreds.

Now the fire elemental and the redhead looked nervous. They still fought, but Jasper's power had the fire elemental unable to send fire to anyone. Rosalie took this advantage to attack the black-haired male, and with Esme's help, they quickly eliminated him.

The redhead backed away. Everyone that could fight was advancing on him. His red eyes flashed to me and, seeing my weakened state, he ran toward me. Edward lunged forward, trying to stop him, but too late—the redhead slammed into me, sending me over a rift that had been created by the earth elemental. When I stopped sliding down the dirt slope, I felt pressure as the redhead landed on my stomach, tearing into my chest. I snapped at his head, leaving marks with my teeth.

Edward and the others appeared over the ridge, sliding easily down. The male vampire's head whipped up, eyes flashing dangerously, before he seized me by the scruff and threw me against a jagged boulder. I howled in excruciating pain as shards of stone sliced into my already wounded flesh, spilling blood across the ground.

My vision was fading. I heard Edward's infuriated and thunderous roar as he threw himself into the redhead. Vaguely I registered the others sliding gracefully down the rift and moving to attack the redhead. With him under control, Edward flashed to my side.

"Bella, please stay awake," he pleaded, a tearless sob ripping from his torn chest.

I whimpered, shifting slightly so I could be closer to him. My vision was black now, and my consciousness was fading quickly. The last thing I heard was him promising he would be with me, and begging me to stay alive.