So so so so so so so so sorry for the long wait!! i wanted to get this just right, and whenever i went to go work on it, i realized i had it saved on the wrong computer. cuz i normally work on them at night, but it wasn't on my laptop. it was on my other computer, which is right outside my parents room, so i couldnt go out and save it. then i 4got the next day. went on like that for like two days. But, i do think i got this pretty close to perfect. third idea, third rewrite!! im so good to u! so, here u go!! o and this chapter is dedicated to Gregorio Valdemere, and just cuz i hate him doesnt mean he isnt a big part of the story. but lookin to get rid of him soon. dont know how, or anything, but i know i hate typing his name!! lol ok, long A/N. Here's the damn story already, for any of my loyal fans who have actually read this really really long note about nothing!!

Emmett started laughing. Uncontrollably laughing. He had to hold onto Jasper for support, who had a huge grin across his face, no doubt lead on by Emmett's reaction.

"Funny. You seriously think you, one man, can defeat all of us vampires? Plus a werewolf?" It was the first time I had heard anyone acknowledge Jacob was there since I had first seen him.

"Who wants to sit out?" Jasper called to the others. Alice, Rosalie, and even I started to laugh, despite the grave situation. But the man only tut-tutted some more.

"I do suppose it is foolish for me to think that one man can even hurt a clan as large as yourselves. I couldn't even destroy the rivalry halves of me. How could I stand a chance against all of you?" He looked down at the ground and shuffled his feet, looking like a little kid caught sticking his hand in the cookie jar.

"Oh, I know. Jacob, would you be as kind as to go...fetch...our guests from the other room?" Jacob snapped back into the trance and walked past the man, into another hidden side door. We all waited in silence, shooting questioning looks at each other, as if one of us really knew what was going on. Before long, Jacob walked back into the room, shaking out of the daze as he neared our group. I reached out and touched his arm before looking back at the door.

There stood twelve large, bulky, milky-colored men. I knew instantly that they had to be the same kind as Gregorio: halfers. They started to edge around us, enclosing us in a tight-knit group. Edward and Jacob put me in the middle of the circle, surrounded by Rosalie, Alice, and Esme. The men were on the outside of the circle, 'protecting' us. I knew he would have to be challenging sometime.

"Edward," I whined too low for the halfers to hear, glaring at the back of his head, "I can help. If he's going to control them," or us I added mentally, "I can control him. I need to help out. After all those times everyone's fought to save me, I think I should be able to pay them back." Surprisingly enough, Edward started chuckling, his eyes never leaving the mix-colored species in front of him.

"You don't have to pay them back with your life. You're new. You've never been in a fight like this. We're outnumbered."

"Edward, I think Bella is right. She can help a little bit. But Bella, please be careful. I don't want to loose my daughter." I relished the thought of officially being Carlisle's daughter. It sounded good, like I was finally one of them.

Edward growled, but said nothing. He knew we both were right.

I stepped forward, to the front of the circle between Jacob and Edward. Jacob started growling with him.

"He says to be careful. Try not to get hurt. Even if you think indestructible is safe, it's not." I shot Jacob a loving glance, and nodded. Somehow, he saw.

"Isabella Marie Cullen, I love you."

"I love you too, Edward Anthony Mason Cullen." I sighed, hoping that this was not the last chance I would get to say that.

"Ah, touching." Emmett whispered to us, adding in a fake coo. "Now can we please get this started?" He added the last part loud enough so that even the twelve half-vampire, half-werewolves around us could hear.

"Patience, my boy. I do not think Bella is truly aware of the reason for killing her. Am I correct?" All forty-two eyes in the room turned to me, including my family's.

"Because thanks to me, the Volturi is dead. You can't end your pathetic excuse for a life." I growled, feeling the anger rise in my body.

What the hell is he doing keeping us here? He's playing with us before striking. I heard Emmett growl out of the corner of his mouth, lowering his body so that he looked like an attacking bear. Grizzly bear. I corrected myself mentally, causing me to yell at my mind for making me laugh at a time like this.

"One of the reasons. Maybe you can tell me the second, Edward?" My husband's eyes lowered to a slant, sending death glares at Gregorio. I watched my captive, trying to channel his thoughts. But nothing came through; his mind was blocked to me.

"Well, Edward?" He put a charming smile on his face, as if someone had just told a funny joke. To him, I bet it was. I seem to attract a lot of psychopaths.

"You chose both sides. Both vampire and wolf. He doesn't like that you had that choice, or that you had a choice at all. You're the only person that anyone knows of who has chosen this path. He hasn't gotten to choose twice. Everyone else made the decision for him. And now is where the Volturi come in. He was going to ask them to kill him soon. We stopped that. He's not happy with our clan right now." Edward's face was pained as he stopped explaining everything to me.

"And everything circled around you. Dear, dear Bella. Sweet, human Bella. Now a monster, I hear. Isn't that right, Jacob?" I flashed back to the one time Jacob had called me a monster. That was one of the times I had changed into a werewolf, thanks to my uncontrollable powers.

"Uh!" I tried to keep my gasp to myself, but it escaped anyways. What was it that Edward had said? It seems you did more damage to yourself than to anyone else. Vampire and wolf in the same body is not good. You almost ripped yourself apart from the inside out. That's why Carlisle wants to check you out, to make sure you didn't hurt yourself.

"They can't change." The man's face became dark, shocked, and petrified at the same time.

"How did you know that?" I shrugged, silently praying Edward would remember what I was talking about. I could see Jacob replaying that moment in his mind, a guilty face replacing his once-aggressive muzzle. Edward glanced over to me before following my eyes to Jacob. Then he understood perfectly.

"And they're newborns, am I correct?"

The other twelve halfers nodded their heads, their eyes swarming with relief. They obviously didn't like this new life any more than Gregorio did.

"They've fought off tons of new vampires. This is getting easier by the minute."

just to tell you all, her changing is in part I, chapters 16 and 22. i searched for like ever to find them!! gawd i didnt know how many chapters i really had. 36 is a lot to go through!! more credit to everyone whos reading. Now, the person with the most reviews (that i know of) is SpottedFeather, and i only know that b/c he/she has posted a new review to each of my chapters in the past like 2 days. next chapters dedicated to the most loyal fans!! a.k.a. the ones who review really good comments and suggestions!!

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