Bella POV
"What?" Esme spluttered and took a step away from me.
"I said, fight me." I said firmly and she shook her head so fast it blurred even to my new vampire eyes.
"I cant fight you Bella. I wont hurt you!" She said firmly and I scoffed.
I couldn't see Esme as my mother figure right now. Right now she was just someone who was clouded by thoughts we didn't have the luxury of being able to have.
"I'm not your Bella, Esme. I am one of the several Newborns that will stop at nothing to kill your family. The Newborns that your so called son betrayed you to make. You remember Edward? The son who lied and betrayed your entire family. The son that made you abandon your daughter. The son that is mixing with an evil vampire that lives to kill one of your own." I taunted in a whisper and circled around her.
She was shaking her head back and forth in an effort to toss these thoughts away. But I wouldn't let her do that.
"Fight me Esme. Fight against the scum that is on its way to ruin your newly united family. They want to kill Rosalie, Esme. They want to tear her apart and watch her burn. They want to make the invincible Emmet scream. They want the god of War to die. They are coming to take them all away from you Esme. They want them to burn." I hissed out the last sentence and she froze and growled.
"No!" She growled and I could feel Jaspers anxious emotions. They couldn't hear my whispers but they could sure hear Esme.
"All those innocent humans that are being killed or changed. All of them are being killed so that the newborns will be able to kill more. Your son is killing them Esme. He is drinking them and changing them. They are made to Destroy, and they want to destroy your Family.
"Are you going to sit and watch as your family burns? Are you going to scream at the sidelines as your sons are torn apart? Are you going to do nothing?" I hissed and she spun around and lunged at me in a flash.
I sidestepped her at the last second and stood behind her as she breathed deeply.
"You missed. That newborn just killed Char. Now what? You lost a new family member. The newborns don't care. Are you going to lose another one member of your family, Esme? They will go for the ones that aren't fighting back the most. The easy kill. You know who wont be fighting back? Carlisle. Lets watch him burn." I hissed right in her ear and the most ferocious growl I have ever heard tore from her throat and I just managed to jump back and into a crouch when she sprang at me.
I lunged at her and we collided mid air and I flung her away. She flew back into a tree and I ran after her and stood in front of her as she slid into another crouch.
"Maybe it will be Edward who kills Carlisle. He enjoyed tearing apart your family emotionally. He would be delighted to do it physically." I mused and she shrieked and lunged at me.
I moved to the side and grabbed her as she flew past. I slammed her into the ground by her neck and then jumped back as she made to claw at me.
"You are going to let them all die Esme. You want all those newborns to just stop fighting, but they don't want to. They want to kill your children. One. By. One." I growled and I was immensely satisfied when her eyes turned pitch black and she lunged at me.
She caught me around the waist and we both went sailing into the forest. We were both growling loudly.
We slammed into a tree and broke apart and landed in crouches, facing each other. I use my newborn speed and ran at her and kicked her in the stomach.
She hissed and went sailing back through the trees and out into the clearing.
I ran after her and as soon as I was in the clearing she lunged again.
Neither of us were fighting as hard as we could, but she was at her breaking point, I could tell. Just a little more and she would be ready.
"Maybe if Carlisle gets Edward to give up, then your family will be whole again? Is that what you are thinking? Is that what you are hoping for? Your wishes are going to get your family killed! You are going to hesitate and that will get your family burned to dust. Tanya is going to try and protect you and get torn apart when you hesitate because she wasn't watching out for herself. You are going to get your family killed because you can't even protect even yourself.
"Maybe you should go home Esme. You can't help here because you want the world to be all rainbows and butterflies. You are weak and your family will burn because you wont fight!" I growled and she screamed and I could see her hands form into claws and she slipped deeper into a crouch.
I could see that switch in her head flick and knew she would be with us now. She was ready to fight. She was ready to protect.
She lunged at me and I jumped up and kicked her into the dirt below me. I landed on her back and brought her arms tight behind her and kept my knee between her shoulder blades so that she couldn't move.
"Good job Esme. Now lets get ready, we are going to keep them safe." I swore and got up off her.
She immediately sprang up and wrapped me in a silent hug and then stood at my side with pitch black eyes. Oh yeah. Mom was mad.
"Alrighty Peter, you divide everyone into whatever groups you want. Twins and Char, you guys are with me. Lets go!" I called out and everyone walked forward from the sidelines.
Jasper blurred over to us and the sudden movement had Esme slightly growling. Jasper pulled me into a tight hug and then crashed his mouth to mine. He was growling against my lips and I was immediately overwhelmed by both of our emotions bouncing back and forth.
After a minute I heard a small cough and turned to see Char and the twins looking at us with different variations of impatience. I nodded to them and hugged Jasper to me tightly once more before pulling away.
"Major, stay here and train Emmett more. And try and get Laurent more into the whole fighting mode." I said and he clenched his jaw and nodded.
Both of our eyes were black. I could see mine reflected in his as I turned away.
I walked over to the twins and grinned at them before taking off into the forest. The others stayed just on my trail all the way until we hit the clearing that had both the twins and Jaspers scent.
"Alright. Before we start training, I want to try something. Char would you mind if Alec used his gift on you?" I asked her and she shivered almost unnoticeably but shook her head.
"That's fine." She said and I nodded.
I looked at Alec and he squeezed his eyes shut and then a fog spread out from him and towards Charlotte. IT moved slowly over the ground until it hit her legs and then it slid up her legs and sort of seeped into her.
I watched as her face tense and she squinted her eyes. She looked slightly panicky and I could feel a small tug from her through our bond.
"Peter, if you feel a tug from Char just ignore it for a sec unless I say something." I sent out to him in hopes that he wouldn't freak.
I watched as Charlotte looked around frantically but her eyes didn't land on anything and I felt a fierce protectiveness come over me as I saw her vulnerability and I hissed and closed my eyes and reached towards her through the bond. I could feel a slight wall between us and I pushed past it and heard her gasp.
I opened my eyes to see her looking at me with a huge grin.
"You are blocking me!" She screamed and flung her arms around me.
"How?" Alec gasped and I watched as his fog dissipated.
"I reached out through our bond. As long as I keep my mind open to you, you wont be hit by mental attacks." I grinned and Charlotte squeezed me tighter for a sec before backing away and smiling at me.
"Now lets try it with Jane." She said nervously and I flinched.
"You sure?" Jane asked and Char nodded.
I closed my eyes and made sure the bond was open before nodding to Jane.
She immediately looked at Char with an expectant look, which quickly turned to a smile. Then she took a huge breath and mumbled 'Pain.' But nothing happened.
As soon as she turned back to me with a huge smile I stopped worrying about the bond being open and grinned at everyone.
"Now I know that we can both train with you guys without worrying about you accidently working your mojo on us." I said and they all smiled.
"I can send you guys my mental shield through my bond!" I called out.
"Are we going to break into pairs?" Alec asked and Char shook her head.
"At first I am going to observe and watch how Bella does against the both of you, and then I will send you two back to the other group and I will work with Bella." Char said and we all nodded.
We moved into the middle of the clearing and I stood stock still as the twins circled me. I closed my eyes and listened to them as we waited for Chars signal.
"And… go!"