Hurricane Swan Chapter 36: Preparations, a twilight fanfic

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Edward POV

"What's going on?" My sister asked.

"Aro, Marcus and Caius need to talk to Bella. Alone." I told Rosalie.

"Ouch man. Only just married as well." Emmett said, sympathetically.

"His emotions just went all gooey... Alice honey!" Jasper suddenly ran to the kitchen to vent some of my radiated emotions on his wife.

"I can't believe we're finally married." I grinned so much my cheeks almost began to hurt.

"You look downright scary." Lorrie laughed, just entering.

"Don't be so mean. Congratulations again." Martiee smiled after rolling her eyes at her mate.

Jack suddenly popped into the corner of my eye, and guessing his actions, I had enough time to duck before he could grab me in an Emmett-like hug.

"Damn mind reader! I thought I was getting good at this!"

"You are, your excitement let it slip for a second." I laughed when his face lit up.

"Hell yeah!" He began punching the air in triumph. "Beat that Emmett!"

"That is not fair. I live with you for practically my entire vampire life, trying to shield my thoughts, and in less than a year of being around you every now and then, he almost gets it!" He then rugby tackled Jack to the ground, leaving a noticeable dent in the floor.

"Boys! What have I told you about fighting in the house!" Esme shouted, suddenly standing over them, with her hands on her hips.

"Sorry mom." Emmett sighed.

"Sorry Esme." Jack too, sighed.

"Just don't do it again. We have guests and I don't want them thinking we are savages." She looked at them sternly once more, then smiled slightly before she drifted off to her study.

I grinned and went to the kitchen to grab some animal blood.

"It would be so much nicer if we could just hunt." Adam groaned from where he was sat on the kitchen side, with a glass off said substance.

"Carlisle said it would diminish the population too much." I shrugged.

"I know what Carlisle said." He rolled his eyes along with his right shoulder.

"Adam, don't bottle it all up for the fight, it will make it worse and more dangerous for everyone else. If you lose it, you might hurt one of us and we'll lose man-power stopping you."

"No need to worry there. Bella has already decided I can't fight, I have to wait on the sidelines with some of the other vampires, as I'm 'unstable'." He threw his drained glass in the sink. "I'm going for a run." He half growled and ran off. I sighed, from what I heard about Adam before the attack from his family, he seemed one of the most calm and kind-hearted people in the family, even more so than Kaiya. He was almost like a father figure to them.

"You okay Edward?" Anna suddenly asked, standing right in front of me. She seems to be the only person who can sneak up on me.

"Yes. I was just thinking about something."

"Need some thinking juice?" She held up a glass of blood much like the one Adam was just drinking.

"Why not?" We clinked glasses and took a gulp.

"Oh I have some here for Isabella. Human and animal, it's up to her. She's the one we're relying on most. Her being co-leader now and all." She hissed.

"She is?" I asked, confused, she never mentioned this.

"Oh, I thought she had told you. The Volturi all know." She shrugged. "Sorry."

"Don't worry about it." I shook it off, she always has good reasons for everything she does. I randomly looked towards the stairs and saw the three Volturi leaders descending. "Well I better go and see her. Nice talking to you." I smiled and she smiled back charmingly, I don't quite understand why Bella doesn't like her, but I guess it was between the two of them.

"Hang on," she grabbed two glasses from the unit behind her. "Don't forget the blood." She handed me the glasses. "If she she doesn't want them, just tip them down the sink."

"Thanks Anna." I went upstairs finding Bella sat on the black leather couch with her hands in her hair. "Hey love, are you okay?"

She looked up and blinked in surprise. "Oh. Yes. Just thinking."

"Want to share?" I asked, sitting next to her.

"I'd love to, but I think it would be best if I didn't."

"You always do what's best." I kissed her on the forehead. "Here. Human or Animal?" I asked, indicating each glass.

"I'll go for both. Just this once." She looked at me hesitantly.

"I didn't offer you both so I could say you couldn't have them once you decided." I laughed.

"Thanks hun." She first took the animal and drained it, then took the human and sipped it gently. "I need to talk to Joanne and Martiee." She suddenly said, finishing her glass.

"Okay then." I pulled her up and we went to Alice's room. I could hear our families talking in there. Bella popped her head round the door.

"Hey, Joanne and Martiee, can I talk to you for a minute please?"

The two vampires followed Bella and I quietly downstairs to the utility room, which was basically the only unoccupied room, and closed the door.

"What's this about Aunt Bella?" Martiee asked.

"I'll bet you two know about Adam not being allowed on the front line, and I know you may not like it, but you two can't either."

Both of them exploded in protests, screaming at Bella about how unfair it was, and how she couldn't decide for them. Eventually she held her hand up and they stopped, still looking annoyed.

"If you listen, I'll tell you why. Martiee, Lorrie tells me, you have very little, if any, experience at fighting, I understand you have gotten better, and you are not the worst. But those aren't on the front lines either. I have thought about it and I think it'll be either if you're exempt from the main fight, as it will prevent Lorrie getting distracted. Also Joanne, are you going to honestly tell me you will keep a level head in this?"

Joanne looked at her mom for a while and eventually shook her head. "No I can't. I would do anything to get him back."

"Exactly, which is the main reason why you can't fight either. Also, Adam knows you, and if he loses it, you'll be able to calm him down before he causes too much damage."

She nodded. "Okay. Just don't let anything happen to him." She paused in thought for a second. "I'll stay as long as you stop Jack fighting too. I wouldn't be able to handle it if I lost Rob and my brother."

Bella looked at her questioningly, then nodded. "I'll try, but you know he's become attached to someone too."

"Yes, Tanya is a good fighter, she'll be able to defend herself enough. I don't want to punish him, I just want him safe."

Bella looked at me and her shield shifted slightly and I heard her ask me what I thought. I hoped she was listening to me as I tried to answer her with my thoughts.

It would be best to try, if they manage to get past us then it's likely they'll die too. Another vampire down shouldn't affect us too much, but we should have some plan in place so if it goes too badly, we can signal him to come in.

She nodded.

He is all she has left at the moment, we don't even know if Rob's alive, we know Jack is. She sighed.

"Okay I'll try. But you're moving out in ten minutes. So get ready."

She grabbed my hand and we left to go find Jack.

Surprisingly, Jack didn't put up too much of a fight when we told him Joanne wanted him there, he had as much of a desire to protect her as she did him.

"Thanks Jack. Get ready. You're leaving soon." He nodded and walked off.

"Well, that wasn't too hard." I said.

"Hmm," she said, suspiciously. "Exactly."

"Well you can't do anything about it now, the first group will be leaving in a few minutes. Just prepare yourself. I'm going to go find everyone and see if they're okay."

She nodded and followed me.

"I'll be a bit out of it as I'm trying to keep my shield on everyone. So sorry in advance."

"Just remember to text them when they're going too far." I said and knocked on Alice's door. A part of my mind was beginning to worry if Bella was up for all this.

Sam opened it, his arm wrapped around his wife, and gave us a tight smile, welcoming us in. As I suspected everyone was now there, before it was only a handful.

"Edward." My mom ran over and hugged me tightly. Bella went over to her family and spoke to them in a low but comforting voice, then hugging Jack and Joanne tightly before they left with Martiee and Lawrence. Lorrie was taking them down to the rest of the group where Quentin was taking them to the hunters for the fight.

"We'll be fine, regardless of what happens." I said to Esme as she began to sob lightly, trying to guess what she was thinking. I was secretly annoyed that Bella had to block mental abilities to keep her shield up, it make me feel naked, but it wasn't her fault really.

"I hope so." Carlisle said, looking calm, but from my years of knowing him, I could see the worry in his eyes, not that I blame him. He clapped his hand on my shoulder. "Just in case, I want you to know, I'm proud of you. Everything you've done has been for protection, whether your family or others." He then said something in Latin which I understood as May the lord watch over your soul.

I hoped that, if I had one, he would.

Too quickly it was time to go, I grabbed my new wife's hand as we made our way downstairs, she was a little out of it, trying to concentrate, I could tell it was getting very difficult.

Too quickly everyone gathered, looking as nervous as I felt.

Too quickly the journey through the forest went, I barely had time to notice how Bella relaxed, the closer and closer we got.

Then we were there, gathering in a uniformed fashion. A thick wall of black.

Somehow I ended up next to Victoria. She kept shifting and I looked at her questioningly.

"My body is telling me to leave." She hissed slightly. I looked over to Isobel and saw she looked just as uneasy.

I moved forward a metre to whisper into my wife's ear about what conclusions I was beginning to draw.

She bit her lip and lifted her hand up to stroke my hair.

"We'll be fine," she murmured. I just kissed her and moved back. We both knew the probability of leaving this field alive, and it wasn't high.

Contrastingly, the field was in bloom, different colours of many wild flowers dotted the edge and the trees were a deep agate green, even as I was admiring the sight, a ray of light burst through the thick grey cloud, lighting the meadow up in the silver moonlight. I thought, I wouldn't mind too much if here was the place I was going to die.

Then the half breeds emerged from the trees, silent. There were so many. All they had to do was scratch us and we were down.

As row after row filed out of the trees, I somehow grew more confident. I knew we had a chance, and we would all use it.

Still Edwards POV next chapter, and it will be the battle :) until next time...