JPOV

I was sleeping when I got the memo.

"Hey Jake, the bosses want us to leave soon." Diane told me. The shifters were leaving by foot but only as far to an airfield, we were given our own plane... get us. Meanwhile all the others were being teleported group by group to a camp outside Volterra by Alexander.

I left the room once I had had a shower and dressed in the uniform, with the blue suit underneath as we probably wouldn't change anyway. As I walked to the main suite (which is basically the posh name for the shifter's living room), I absent-mindedly rubbed my left forearm where my tattoo was put on. Everyone had to wear one. Most of the guys had theirs on their arm as it needed to be visible, and most of the women had it on the top of their backs as their dresses didn't cover it. The vampires also had tattoos as they used venom to etch it into their skin, which lasted for as long as they lived, as did mine. Yet I wonder if Bella has one, as I haven't seen her once since my arrival, which I feel has Hamranel's doing.

"You all set?" Jase said, who I didn't even notice was beside me, in fact I didn't even notice I was in the main suite at all.

"Oh yeah. What are we all waiting for anyway?" I asked. But he just nodded his head in the direction of the door and whispered.

"The legendary co-boss."

I turned around hoping it was who I thought it was. Gliding out in a silver floor-length dress with matching heels and wavy brown hair was the girl I thought I was once in love with. I almost hoped she'd look at me and acknowledge me, but she didn't.

"Now you all know that you'll be fighting. Yet the big question is, do you know what you are fighting for?" Bella's voice rang through the silent room, yet no-one answered her, some of it might be down to the way she looked so powerful it was scary, or by the puzzled looks on people's faces, they didn't actually know the answer to the questions themselves.

"No? Well you should know what you may be dying for." She turned around and frowned at Hiamovi and a girl who looked vaguely familiar, but I couldn't quite place where she was from, and before I could Bella resumed her speech. "You are going to fight for the freedom to walk around and not be feared by the vampires. Some of you may have heard of the Volturi and their hatred towards people they consider lesser beings than them. Well we are going to destroy them." Many cheered at this and Bella's eyes looked slightly pained, but I don't believe anyone would notice this, because it was only a hint that I would only be able to pick up as I knew her so well. Just as she stepped away to retreat back to her part of the base, her eyes briefly caught mine, and flashed sorrow before she fled.

I wanted to follow her but a tap on my arm stopped me, and I turned around to see the familiar looking girl who was stood behind Bella a few moments ago.

"Come with me." She led me into an empty room of the main suite, and that was when I had a good look at her. She was normal height with brown hair and brown eyes, yet she didn't have a heartbeat. Then it clicked.

"Angela?" She smiled and nodded. Then got a piece of paper out a wrote.

Yes. I died but came back as Bella's guardian. Now I can't talk aloud as I don't know who is listening, but what Bella said just now was the story going around only two truly know what is going on, Bella and Hamranel. They can't tell you as we'll all know soon enough, but Bella wanted me to give you this, but told you to open it away from any eyes and burn it after.

As soon as my eyes landed on the last word the paper went up in flames. But I had one burning question, well word and it was Behrukh, the vampire who could read a mind no matter where it was and she just shook her head and mouthed in return Read vampire minds, I'm not a vampire, and neither are you. She slipped a piece of folded paper into my hand, hugged me but hissed, so quietly I could barely hear it, a name.

"Aria," then left. I quickly double checked and no-one was I the room, so I decided to open the paper now. Yet it said little so it must have meant something important.

Hiding the sea monster in cave 3 miles south. When I give the signal find and run as far as possible.

So Bella wanted me to grab the 'sea monster' which I'm guessing would be Nessie and she is telling me to take her and run. So she wasn't too hopeful of the outcome either. Yet if she was giving me a chance to see and save my imprint I would.


EPOV

One day left. That was it until my fate and others were decided. Yet I didn't feel afraid. My stomach wasn't curled up in fear. My head wasn't beginning to ache with stress. I didn't stand still for moments at a time thinking about life. I didn't do any of that, but most did. But what made my upset was when I saw the people I consider family doing it.

I tried talking to the other angels to see if I could get their permission to tell at least one what was going on, so if I died the others would understand. But they refused saying 'it's too risky'. Yet they agreed that after this, if I'm still alive, I could tell them if none of the angels were around for me to ask again. Great. Fantastic. Thanks for all your support. Note the sarcasm.

So I just went about my duties as usual. Oversaw training. Took supplies to the shifters and humans. Went over battle strategies, and when David was gone, practised fighting with Elehazaem and Aroram, as I didn't know Didyma in the first place, it's obvious people will talk.

After my run in with David and Aegeus though, I have been wary to talk to anyone other than Didyma, Aroram, Elehazaem, Viola and their mates. The person I like to speak to most is Marcus. Now some life has been brought to him, I realise what a good guy he is. Plus I have respect for him, especially when he offered to alleviate my pain when I thought I had lost Bella for the second time. If I'm honest, the first time he didn't even pay that much attention to it.

But today there was only one thing permitted, training.

I trained with as many as I could, but I didn't try very hard, as I need to have some sort of upper hand. So I lost a few matches, but I did win many, which people put down to my mind reading.

Too soon came the signal for the first group to get ready to leave. We were all leaving out the south entrance, then some of the shifters were bringing humans into the castle from the north as it would be empty and if the battle was lost nothing could protect them anyway. We also had to leave in groups under the castle as a group of 200 vampires running across the countryside might be noticed no matter how fast we were.

First went the big fighters of the Volturi, then it went up in rank, but I was the last group to leave as I was one of the best fighters, but everyone knew that it was so I could keep an eye on David.

I went into my room to grab my cloak, which was the next rank cloak after Aro's, everyone was required to wear one so we knew who was on who's side, but as I reached out to grab it I noticed a note next to it.

Edward,

When the time is desperate, take of your ring and prepare to fight. It will come to your aid when most needed.

Viola

That was when I finally remembered about the ring she placed on my right hand those weeks ago. It had crossed my mind once since she placed it there, but now I think back, I vaguely remember some corner of my mind noting that it grew warmer when I was fighting. Odd. Well it was obvious it was no normal ring, as it was Viola who gave it to me. Yet if I have learnt anything, it's that things come when you most need them, so I discarded it from my thoughts for now and went to find Viola to see if she could give me more of an explanation. Also the way she wrote it as a letter as opposed to telling me herself was bugging me.

I looked around for a while and asked a few people but they said they didn't know and scurried off. I suddenly saw Didyma gliding across an intersection at the end.

"Have you seen Viola?" I asked Didyma, starting to get concerned.

"No. She was seen leaving yesterday." She said then walked off.

I attached the dark cloak around my shoulders, thinking about Viola. Why would she just leave the day before the battle? It doesn't make any sense.

The last of the Volturi had just left, and now it's the nomads turn. As the numbers in the turret room dwindled, it finally dawned on me that I may die soon. I have always known it was a possibility but the reality of it came tumbling down on me and I had to lean against the wall for support. Elehazaem looked at me concerned, but couldn't say anything with David in the room.

Finally Aroram and his mate, Didyma and her mate, Jane and Alec left, leaving Elehazaem, Carmen, David, and myself.

"Well I just have a feeling this is going to be very fun indeed." Came David's voice filled with glee. I just glared at him, and Elehazaem put a confused look on his face.

"But surely you don't want a war?"

"Oh believe me do Eleazar." Then David shot me a meaningful look, and the meaning was obvious.

"How long have you known?" I asked weakly.

"Oh a long time Edward. In fact by your thoughts after the tower scene." He smirked but then laughed hysterically at my horror-struck face. "Yes you let your guard down, but don't let that get to you. Your vampire father helped too."

"What do you mean?" Elehazaem said, understanding his cover was blown anyway so there was no more reason for acting.

"Well lets say you left him rather concerned dear Edward, and Carlisle feeling so troubled explained some stuff to me and after a bit of digging into his mind, I found what I was looking for. Like your part creator, the legendary Arabella. What an honour it must be." He snorted, but before we could say anything else it was our turn to descend into the dungeons.

By eleven PM, we had all convened on the field. We were in a thick line the fighters round the edges, whereas the more powerful were towards the centre. Then we waited.

They came, at the stroke of midnight, emerging through the trees, the deep violet cloaks advancing first with people in blue decorating the edges. Then they stopped and spread to the sides revealing a lighter shade of violet until it slowly became pure white. There were only two of those cloaks. They both stepped forward, away from their guard and that was when I recognised the scene, from my vision a short while ago.

Then slightly smaller of the white cloaks stepped forward and withdrew their hood while smiling.

"Nice to see you all once again." She said while surveying the crowd in front of her, while the second white cloaked figure stepped forward, and withdrew his hood. Many gasped, the raw beauty that he had was unbelievable. Even though the other angel's had their memory restored their beauty couldn't match his, but that was because of the diluted human genes in their blood, which Hamranel didn't have.

Aro then stepped forward.

"What have we here?" Said Hamranel, his voice ringing in the darkness.