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"It seems the old soldier doesn't like the new one." I looked up from my drawing at the sound of Vladimir's voice and followed his gaze over to Jasper. My gaze then followed down Jasper's arms where his hand was at a scared neck as he forced him against the wall. I didn't move, interested in how this would play out.

"What are you doing here? Why aren't you kissing Maria's ass?" Jasper snarled.

Ricky burst out laughing but quietened down with the look on Jasper's face. "Well, I was under the impression that before me, you were the one doing the ass kicking. Besides, Maria's old smoke, I'm here for the action that Biddy Bee talked about."

"Biddy Bee?" Jasper questioned.

"Yeah…hot chick, killer ghetto ass and a bite that is just as bad as her bark…goes by the name o' Isabella and smiled when I asked did she beat the shit outta Maria when they first met…she never answered my question….any way, you seen her? I kind of want to now if she's still up for grabs, I mean if she hasn't gone through with her suicidal gig…" Ricky trailed off and started looking around, obviously not bothered by Jasper's hold on him.

His eyes landed on me and his lips turned up into a smirk but it didn't stay that way. Out of nowhere Edward appeared and Jasper instantly released Ricky as Edward picked him with a roar and tossed him away from the house.

I moved then, and wrapped Edward in my shield just as Ricky got up and lunged for him. Ricky was sent flying backwards and smashed into a tree, snapping it in half. He got to his feet and straightened out his suit, before turning to me where I stood, my arms now wrapped around Edward trying to pull him away.

"All I wanted was to say hi and I find myself being thrown around! You've got some freaky company Biddy Bee, but I gotta say you are still looking fine." Edward growled and made to move towards Ricky but I prevented him from moving.

I looked around and felt a small bit of relief when I saw Jason coming over. "You might want to take Edward away for a bit…don't know what he saw in his head but we can all tell he didn't like it. I'll look after suit vamp." I smiled in thanks at Jason and then began pulling Edward away and towards his car.

For once he didn't protest when I placed him the passenger seat and got behind the wheel, speeding away from the house and the nosey stares of vampires.

We were silent as I sped around the streets, not really having a destination in mind but worried when Edward would relax from his tense position. After half an hour of silence I stopped the car and got out, knowing that Edward would follow me.

I climbed a tree and waited for Edward to reach me. I wasn't surprised when he crushed me to him as I knew that whatever was going through Ricky's mind would have been about me.

We made love ferociously, me pressed against the trunk of the tree and Edward growled and made me his.

I tightened my arms around him before I leaned back and took in where we were. I had no idea. I couldn't smell anything familiar and figured that we were somewhere neither us had been before.

"Are we in neutral territory? Or somewhere outside Forks?" Edward shrugged and nuzzled his nose into my hair before standing and pulling me with him.

"All I know is that the car is that way." He gestured to the west with his chin. "And that my woman is in my arms, where she belongs for the rest of eternity." I giggled at his possessive gaze and twirled away before he could grip me tighter to him.

"Come on, we need to get back and hope that Jasper hasn't set Ricky on fire…or that Ricky hasn't started a fight with anybody else…and that Vladimir and Stefan are behaving and not causing trouble where there is no trouble needed." I paused and groaned when I realised there was something even more difficult waiting to be done. "And I have to get the wolves ready to meet everybody, and everybody has to get ready to meet them."

Edward chuckled softly and said that he was driving this time before he took off in the direction of the car. I smiled and went after him.

*

The crackling of wood and the stench of burning flesh reminded me of how many funerals I had attended in my past.

Harry Clearwater had died. His two children had phased. It wasn't such a shock about Seth, his son, but with his daughter…no one knew why or how and she seemed to have some resentment towards it already.

I stepped away from Charlie and headed towards the beach, knowing that Jacob and Sam would be there. Both of them turned to look at me the same time, equally serious expressions on their faces.

"What time?"

"Midnight. I will run with you. The Cullens are preparing the vampires; the ones that disagree are going to be given the option to leave if they have strong views. Alice cannot see the outcome and neither can Jason. We go into this blind but I assure you I will not let any harm you." They nodded and began discussing Leah's phasing.

I walked the beach while I waited for midnight, sending a text to Edward to confirm that the wolves are coming and I would be with them. At about eleven, Seth came down to the beach and introduced himself. I had stared at him for a few moments before hesitantly taking his offered hand and shaking it.

Surprisingly, I didn't find his company annoying and listened to him talk about himself and how all the pack was excited that they got to fight in the greatest vamp war of all eternity.

Seth ran behind a clump of rocks when he heard Sam's howl and came back in his wolf form. His fur almost blended in with the sand. I smiled and led the way to where the rest of the pack was waiting, seeking out Leah and spotting her as a small grey wolf.

I checked the time on my phone while the wolves bristled about themselves while they got themselves sorted and into their 'special' positions.

When we neared the Cullen house I slowed down and heard the fall of the wolves paws decrease as well. I scanned the trees, spotting Jason up in one of the trees.

I spread both shields over the Sam and Jacob, letting Edward under when he was close enough that I could sense the differences between him from the others.

I could feel how tense the wolves were as Carlisle introduced the vampires. I was happy to notice that none of them had left due to our alliance. Vladimir and Stefan were interested in the wolves and came closer than the rest. I introduced them as the ones that I had travelled with when I was first turned. According to Edward, the wolves were interested in why they had wrinkles.

Jason brought Emmett over when the Denali clan came to see the wolves. Eleazar seemed to stare at them in shock, as did his mate but it was Tanya who had the most verbal response.

"These are the dogs that killed members of the Volturi guard? They are nothing but mutant humans." She sneered.

I snapped.

I felt my shields snap back to me as Jason grabbed my shoulders and wrapped one of his legs around mine, Emmett appeared in front of me and began pushing me backwards, away from the wench that needed her head safely away from her body for insinuating that the Volturi were the only ones with loses when Theo had…Theo was gone because of them.

"How dare you say that…the Volturi weren't the only ones with casualties that day…you cant assume that because you fear them that we all must as well, they think they have the right to play god among all races, killing those who do what they fear, killing those that they think shouldn't exist as they know they could be injured if they fought against them." I growled and struggled against the hold the two vampires had on me before stopping and taking a calming breath.

Emmett moved away slightly and that was all I needed to be able to use my shield to push them both away and take off running. I ran towards Tanya and smirked at the shocked expression on her face.

I really wanted to hurt her, but I knew I shouldn't. Instead I jumped over her and took off into the trees slowing so Edward would be able to see me climb a tree.

Edward sat next to me in silence while I felt the grief and pain over losing Theo, the frustration of not being able to do anything to defend him, and the helplessness I felt at what was to come in the future.

The silence was finally broken by Edward, whose irritation had been growing. "For the love of all unholy Bella, tell me what you are thinking!"

*

"His hair is longer around his face and a shade darker." Jason jumped and looked over his shoulder at me. He frowned and looked over at his sketch that he had nearly finished.

"You know this guy? I've never drawn him before." I sat down next to Jason and nodded, my eyes soaking up the image on the paper. "Who is it?" Jason asked when I didn't say anything else.

"You don't know?" Jason shook his head at the same time Alice came into the room and forced herself between me and Jason on the couch, leaning her head on my shoulder. I glanced down at Alice before answering. "It's Mitchell." I took the sketchbook off Jason and turned to a new page and started to draw what he really looked like.

"What was he like?" I smiled at Alice's hesitant voice.

"He was the best brother, friend, father you could have wished for and I'm sorry you didn't get to meet him Alice." We were all silent for a moment before I took a deep breath and told Alice stories about what Mitchell and I had gotten up to, what he acted like and how much he loved her.

"His eyes are shaped like Jasper's." Alice blurted and I laughed with Jason.

"They were related. We visited Maria and her army and we saw her change Jasper, saved his life practically when we interrupted her…" I trailed off, my mind going over how Mitchell had reacted when he saw the likeliness between him and the changing human.

"Well you do look cosy Isabella." I sighed and looked up at Vladimir, raising an eyebrow. "Stefan wanted to know if you were interested in a little fight. He says that the vampires here have no experience and the soldiers aren't here to put their two bits in. I told him to ask the old guard member but he said he wouldn't want to fight a man who once belonged to their enemy." I felt my jaw drop open and wondered why he insisted on making everything seem so complicated when he could just ask something in one sentence instead of explaining everything behind it.

I gave Jason the sketchbook back and stood up, looking down at Alice who was having a silent conversation with Jason. "Uh, yeah sure, just give me a minute to change and I'll be right out." Vladimir smiled and left the room as silently as he had entered it.

When I got outside I shook my head at the sight of Stefan eyeing up the few wolves that had stayed behind. He smiled when he saw me and walked up to me.

"Well, well, dear Isabella, like old times then?" I shook my head.

"Nope, this time I'm not going to let you win because Braxton isn't here to tell me to." The look on his face was priceless as I circled around him and walked closer to the river, ignoring the stares of the others when I pulled my hoodie off.

"You do know I'm going into this fight already two down because of your powers."

He wasn't really as he had been the one who had trained Braxton, who had trained me and I had only slightly changed my technique in the South and when I stayed with the Volturi. "How about to start off, I close my eyes?" I said with a smirk.

Stefan looked at me before a sly smile entered his features and he nodded. I scanned the crowd for Jason and smiled to myself when he nodded.

I crouched down and closed my eyes, taking a deep breath before cutting off my breathing and focusing everything on Stefan. I focused to where I could sense him and focused on his breaths and his steps.

"Slip under his legs." I smiled at Jason's whisper and rolled forward, feeling something brush past my arms. I spun around and opened my eyes just in time to duck Stefan's fist as it came hurling towards my face. We continued to dance around each other, not really getting any hits on each other.

"Stefan my old friend, you are fighting like a beginner. Get a proper hit on the girl." I growled at Vladimir, knowing that Stefan would up his game and I would more than likely receive bites off Stefan. Something I hadn't had in a long time.

The snarls and growls from me and Stefan filled my ears; they were occasionally disrupted by one of us grunting when the other grazed them with their teeth. Something new did reach my ears this time though, Edward was shouting my name and running out of the trees.

I watched as Vladimir caught him around the waist, stopping him from getting to me. "Now boy, no going into the ring unless she tags you." I snorted and dodged Stefan's snapping teeth. I took off my mental shield to prove to him that I was okay and that we were probably going to stop in a minute.

"He's going to turn around then grab for your neck, twist away and come from behind him. Then it's all over and Edward can stop having a heart attack." I waited for Stefan to do just what Jason had said and took my chance to grab the back of Stefan's head, exposing his neck and scraped my teeth over his jugular.

Stefan groaned and I kicked him away from me, sighing when I felt Edward's arms encircle me a moment later. I nuzzled my nose into his neck and allowed him to pick me up and carry me away.

Edward sat me on our bed and pulled off my tattered clothes, looking my body over for the bites I received. He lowered his head to one on my shoulder and I jumped when I felt him sucking on the mark.

"Wh…what are doing?" I whisper moaned.

Edward's golden eyes looked into mine and I became breathless at the love and devotion I saw their. "I'm looking after my mate."

*

Everybody was somewhere in the Cullen household, shielding themselves from the heavy downpour of rain. Even the wolves had taken refuge in the kitchen, eating the food Esme had made for them, only one remained outside in the rain and every hour they would swap over.

I was sat playing poker with Emmett, Edward, Carlisle, Eleazar and his mate Carmen, Peter and Charlotte. I was only playing because I wanted to see if I was able to shield their minds from Edward's mind reading ability, and I only think Carlisle agreed to play so he could be part of a new discovery.

A hand touched my shoulder. I looked up at Jason who was glancing nervously at Edward, who sighed and said he was out, letting me also leave the table.

Jason pulled me into the kitchen, ignoring the growl from Paul. "We need to leave." Jason started to pull me to the back door but Paul stood in his way. Jason snarled at him but Paul didn't move. "Move your ass dog before I move it for you."

Paul sneered but didn't move. "What you going to do blood sucker? Tell me the future?"

Before Jason could reply or do anything worse, I moved Paul out the way with my shield and let Jason lead me out the door into the pounding rain. It wasn't until we reached the tree line that Jason talked again.

"We have to leave Bella, Victoria is coming. She's made herself and army but is only going to the Cullen's to see if you'd accept her challenge, its just her and another newborn, nearly out his first year." Jason tugged harder on my hand when I started to slow. "We're, well you, are going to dispatch the rest of her army. They're waiting in a small clearing about thirty miles north."

"Shouldn't we have gotten someone else to help us and make it easier, never mind quicker?" I asked and shook some rain water off my face only to have more land on it.

"Trust me Bells, the less people who know about it, the better it turns out in the meantime." Jason shook his head as well and sighed. "Stefan and Vladimir have kindly agreed to take care of Victoria and her friend." I nodded, now realising that the old pair hadn't gone hunting like they claimed.

"Those two will do anything to get into a fight they know they wont lose." I muttered under my breath and chuckled along with Jason.

*

I actually pitied these newborns. It was obvious they were all still young as their eyes blazed red and all of them relied on their instincts and started to protect one another. Victoria hadn't even bothered to give them any training. It was woeful.

The newborns were easily destroyed and I was surprised that Jason even got a handful himself.

"You didn't have to help you know Jason. I don't want the thought of what you did on your mind." I had no idea if Jason would view killing one of our kind like he had killed a human.

"Its okay Bells I got the ones I was told to get." He smiled and struck a match, throwing it on the twitching limbs that immediately caught light even in the rain.

We headed back a different route as the rain would cover our scents so it didn't really matter. We hunted a few miles away from home, taking our time and just enjoying the thrill of the hunt.

Well I was before Jason came to stock still stand and I ran into his back, forcing us both out of the tree line and into the view of the house. I reached out to touch Jason, scared about what had happened as I glanced up at the sound of footsteps.

Jason grabbed the collar of my shirt. "Tomorrow. They will be here tomorrow."

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