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When I woke up my hand was still on Jake's chest with his hand on top of mine, I slowly pulled my hand out and opened my eyes. I looked over to Jake and he was still asleep so I climbed out of bed and nearly screamed when I stood on something warm and soft and fell to my knees.
"Bella are you ok?" I heard Leah whisper as she helped me up.
"I'm fine, what are you doing in here?" i whispered back
Leah took my hand and led me into the bathroom, turning around and closing the door behind us. I sat on the side of the bath and waited for Leah to answer me.
"The Cullen's are here, they wanted to wake you up and the one that is covered in scars was pacing and getting closer to the house before jumping back closer to the other leeches. He was making my wolf nervous and started to see him as a threat so I had to come in here." Leah explained
"How long have they been here for?"
"Just over an hour Billy refused to let anybody wake you up" Leah replied.
"What time is it? How long have I been asleep for?" I asked while stretching.
"It is nearly 6 in the evening so you have been a sleep for a couple of hours, you need to get dressed the whole pack is also waiting outside for you."
"Ok go wait outside I need to check on Sam once I am dressed then I will be out" I told her before opening the bathroom door.
Once Leah left the room I quickly changed into a pair of jeans and an old sweater of Jake's, I placed a light kiss on Jake's forehead before walking into Rachel's room. Emily was sat on the edge of the bed holding Sam's hand while he was asleep; I walked up to the bed and sat on the other side taking a hold of his other hand.
"How is he doing?" I asked keeping my voice low so it would not wake Sam up.
"He keeps trying to move and then cringes in pain but he has not woken up since he ate that soup, is he ok?" Emily whispered.
"He is just healing Emily, once this meeting with the Cullen's is over I think Jake and Sam could do with having something else to eat."
"Sure I think Sue is bringing food over with your dad in a bit." Emily explained before I got up from the bed and walked to the door.
I walked through the house until I got to the lounge to find Rachel and Kim sat on the couch watching the TV.
"Rachel can you please sit with your brother for a while, Kim can you make sure Emily does not want anything?" I asked them before walking out the front door.
Billy was still sat on the porch while the whole pack including Leah were all sat on the grass in front of the porch in a semi-circle facing the Cullen's.
"Alice did you see anything?" I asked her as I stopped next to Billy
"I did Bella and I am so sorry, if I knew that he was planning this before the fight I would have stopped him."
"Alice what's done is done but what is he planning now? Do you know where he is? What about the other one that was with Victoria?" I reassured her.
"They are together, they both want the wolves killed for different reasons" Carlisle replied before the pack started to growl.
"All of you calm down now!" I ordered before looking back at Carlisle and Alice.
"What do they plan on doing?" I asked again.
"Bella they have gone to the Volturi" Alice answered.
"Who are the Volturi?" Billy asked before I could.
"The Volturi are the leaders of our world, they make sure that humans don't find out about our secret." Carlisle answered.
"What happens if a human finds out?" Paul growled
"It depends they will either kill the human and then the vampire or change the human into a vampire." Carlisle replied amongst the packs growls.
"Shut up all of you, if you don't like the answers then leave now!" I shouted out in frustration.
I heard a few mumbles of sorry before they all became silent; I stood in silence while I started to think what the outcome could be of Edward going to the Volturi. I was the human who should not know of their world.
"So Edward will die because of me knowing what you all are?"
"No he is planning on asking them to kill the pack he is going to tell them that they are a threat to our kind, as for you he is going to ask them not to kill you. He wants to change you Bella into one of us, he thinks that you are his mate and while the pack is alive they are brainwashing you or something" Alice explained.
I looked down to see all of the pack shaking and clenching their fists trying to calm down and not phase, I was angry and I knew if I could turn into a wolf right now I would have done.
"Pack phase" I commanded and watched as they all phased into their wolves and started to pace before they all looked up at me and whimpered.
"It is fine, if I could phase I would be stood with you now. Please calm down and stop pacing you can stay in your wolf form if you wish." I told them before Leah stopped pacing and walked up to the porch.
All the wolves then sat down none of them phasing back, Leah sat down next to me and I automatically grabbed a handful of her fur.
"What about the other leech?" I asked in a strained voice.
"She wants revenge for the wolves killing her mate, she will be happy once the pack is dead" Alice replied, as all the Cullen's cringed at the word leech.
"Where are the Volturi?" Billy asked
"They are in a city called Volterra in Italy" Carlisle answered him.
"Where are Edward and the other lee….Vampire?" I asked
"They are on their way there now."
"Can they be stopped before they get there?"
"It's too late they both ran to Seattle after Edward attacked Jacob and Sam, they managed to get a flight to New York that was due to leave. They should be boarding the flight to Italy in about half an hour and then land in Italy in about seven hours" Alice said while looking guilty.
"Is there no way that we could get to Italy before they do?"
"No I looked before we came here, there are no flights out of Seattle until tomorrow and then it would be too late" Rosalie said sounding just as angry as I felt.
"So we sit and wait until Alice can tell us what your leaders will do?" I asked all the Cullen's.
"I'm sorry but yes, Bella we will stay here and try to stop them if they come." Carlisle replied sounding just as guilty as Alice sounded.
"How many of them will be coming?" Billy asked
"It depends if all the leaders will come or just one of them and then there best guard" Jasper explained.
"Their best guard have gifts that can stop all of us" Carlisle said.
"What gifts do they have?" I asked shocked that there was more like Edward, Alice and Jasper.
"One of them can make you think that you are in pain, another can cut off all your senses leaving you blind and deaf. There is one that can track anybody he doesn't even need to be able to smell your scent, and the last one is supposed to be the strongest vampires in existence" Carlisle explained.
"Are you willing to fight with us? Can all their gifts work on every person at once?"
"Yes we will stand by you and help" Rosalie burst out before Carlisle could reply.
This surprised as she was the only one who made me feel the most unwelcome when I meet them the first time.
"It has been said that they can only do it on one person at a time, but we don't know how true that is, when I was at Volterra last time none of these people were there" Carlisle explained.
"Thank you for staying and helping, let's hope that they can only use their gift on one person at a time that should give us a chance." I spoke more calmly even though I felt like screaming.
"We need to have a pack meeting in private" I said looking down at the pack.
"Carlisle can you please stay for a while, we need to leave the house for a bit I need to talk to the pack." I asked him.
I hated having to trust them with this but there was something I wanted to talk to the pack about without Billy being there, I knew that Colin and Brady could stay but their inexperience would not help the others if Edward was to return.
"Kim can you go to the cupboard by my room and grab some shorts and a dress please" I shouted out when I realised that the pack had phased without getting undressed.
Kim walked out and passed me the clothes, she looked at the Cullen's and shivered before walking back into the house and closing the front door, I picked up the clothes and stuffed them up my sweater before looking back up to Carlisle.
He nodded at me before I indicated that Leah should get off the porch so I could climb on top of her. When Leah stood up the rest of the pack copied her and started to surround us.
"Go to the cliffs" I whispered in her ear before I led down and wrapped my arms around her neck just before she ran into the forest.
A few minutes later Leah stopped on top of the cliffs overlooking first beach and led down, I gave her the clothes and watched as she phased back and slipped the dress on before the rest of the pack joined us. They all phased back on the cliff and I quickly looked down until I was sure that they were all dressed.
I sat down and then watched as the whole pack as they sat in a semi-circle in front of me, all looking at me and waiting for me to say something.
"This won't take long and I am sorry Jared and Paul for leaving your imprints with the Cullen's, I'm not comfortable with leaving them there but I didn't want Billy to hear what I have to say until I can talk to all the Elders."
"It's ok Bella, what did you want to talk about?" Jared asked as he swapped positions with Embry and took my hand.
"We need to change patrol shifts, I want more on patrol and for longer."
"Why?" Quil asked looking confused.
"The red headed leech knew how to manipulate Alice's visions can you imagine what Edward could do, he has lived with her for over fifty years. Him going to the Volturi could be a trick, he could be thinking that while we believe he is out the country the patrols would be relaxed he also knows that Jake and Sam are injured leaving the pack two experienced members down."
"Do you think this could be a trick and he is nearby?" Embry asked
"I don't know but I don't want to take any risks, so patrols will be for eight hours straight with three or four of you on at the same time."
I sat for a few minutes deciding who should be with who and I also did not want Rachel left alone, she is a Black and I knew that if anything was to happen to her then Jake and Paul would seek revenge and act reckless.
"Jared and Paul I want you to be with Brady and Colin, while doing patrol I want you both to show them how to destroy leeches and anything else you both think is important."
"So we get to teach them everything?" Paul asked with a smirk on his face.
"Everything that is important to protecting the Reservation and nothing else" I told him with a small grin.
"Not fair" he mumbled.
Embry, Quil and Seth you will run patrol together, Quil as you live next door to Kim when you are not on patrol I want you to be keeping an eye and an ear out for her when Jared is on patrol and she is at home. Seth I want you to stay at Paul's when he is patrolling and Rachel is there, I want all the imprints protected at all times" I explained.
All the wolves agreed with me on the patrol schedule and I could see Leah relax slightly when she was not put on patrol, I didn't want to make Leah fight against her instincts and she would have to if I was to put her on patrol.
"What did you have to say, that you didn't want Billy to hear?" Jared asked
"You might have to break the treaty if Edward is trying to trick us; I'm not saying destroy all the Cullen's if he does come back. I want you all to keep an eye on the other Cullen's when they are near you, if it appears that they are helping Edward or the other one then destroy them."
"Bella I don't think Billy is going to let you break the treaty" Jared said.
"If the Cullen's change sides then we will be protecting the Reservation, this does not mean that you all become snap happy with them. If you think they are betraying us then you need to let me know with any evidence you have."
"I don't think the Elders will allow you to break the treaty out of respect for the previous pack" Leah tried to explain before I stopped her.
"They won't know until it is done, if they don't like it there is nothing they can do about it."
"So we keep this quiet?"
"Only if the Elders don't agree with me on this, when Jake next wakes up I will tell him I am sure he will support me."
"It could be risky Bella" Paul commented
"How?"
"We could be banished from the Tribe and Reservation" Quil explained.
"Jake would step up and prevent that from happening, plus this is worst case scenario."
"I am with you on this" Leah agreed and the others nodded in agreement.
"Let's get back Jared, Paul, Colin and Brady you are on patrol for the next eight hours once we have all eaten" I said before they all started to get undressed.
Leah was the first to phase and I got on her back just as the others were phasing, we all ran back to the house together stopping in the forest so they could phase back. I turned by back while they got dressed and then we all walked out together, I looked up at the porch to see my dad and Sue sat there alone.
"Hey dad" I said as I stopped on the porch.
"Hey Bells, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine dad, a bit angry and worried but hopefully that should be resolved soon."
"Bella there are some casseroles in the oven keeping warm, Billy and Emily are helping Jake and Sam to eat some now." Sue said before dad could say anything else.
"Thank you, wolves go get some food while I talk to Billy. Please save me some and the other imprints if they have not eaten yet"
I watched as the pack all walked into the house in silence, Jared was the last one in and he wedged the front door open before winking at me and walking in.
"Carlisle thank you for keeping us all informed, would it be possible if Forks could be watched just in case?" I asked him when I turned around and spotted them all stood in the drive.
"Of course Bella, but we will need to hunt at some point."
"Ok if you can arrange it all it will help" I smiled at him.
"Alice can you please keep me informed on the Volturi's decision?" I asked her
"Would you like me to come back here or just call?"
"I don't mind which but can I ask that when you come back here you wait at the treaty line until a wolf can escort you."
"We will leave now at contact you soon" Carlisle said before he beckoned to the others to leave, him being the last to go.
"Dad and Sue do you both know what is happening?"
"Yes Billy and Carlisle explained to us, I don't want you worrying I'm sure the wolves can protect you" dad said trying to reassure me.
"I know they will I'm going to get something to eat and see Jake" I told them just as the pack started to walk out.
Embry passed me a bowl on his way out with a fork already in it, I thanked him before walking into the house and headed towards mine and Jake's bedroom.
"Bell's is everything ok?" Jake asked as I walked in the room and sat on the bed.
"Everything is fine" I reassured him deciding to keep the meeting secret for now until we were alone and he was more healed.
"How did the meeting go Bella?" Billy asked as he put Jake's empty bowl on the side.
"I need you to arrange a meeting with the other Elders for tonight."
"Sure I will call Quil SR now and ask him to come here" Billy said before he pushed himself away from the bed and out of the room.
"What is going on Bell's?" Jake asked sounding more awake.
"Did your dad tell you what is happening?"
"That Edward is planning on killing us" Jake replied I was relieved that Billy had kept my involvement in Edward's plan from him.
"I have just reorganised patrols."
"And…." Jake said when I went quiet.
"And that the pack keep an eye on the other Cullen's just in case they change sides" I finished explaining.
"If they change sides then the treaty is void and they will be destroyed with Edward and the other leech" Jake sneered back.
"That is why I need to speak to the Elders and make them aware of that, Jake if they don't agree then I will ignore them and the pack will destroy the Cullen's."
"I agree with you" Jake said before yawning and cringing.
"How are you feeling?"
"Tired and sore, I wish I could get up and take over the pack so you don't have to. But I know that while you are able to lead them I am not ready, I think Sam will be healed before me so then he can take over."
"Get some sleep it will make you heal faster, I will let you know what the Elders have to say when you wake up again."
I sat with Jake and ate dinner while he fell back to sleep, by the time I left the room Billy, Quil SR and Sue were sat alone in the lounge waiting for me.
"Bella please take a seat and tell us what this meeting is all about?" Billy asked beckoning me towards the only chair in the lounge.
"You all know what Edward did to Jake and Sam, I want to get your permission to destroy the rest of the Cullen's if they change sides and help Edward." I spoke shyly suddenly feeling nervous.
"So you want to break the treaty that the last pack set up?" Sue asked
"Yes"
"I don't think that would be for the best" Old Quil gruffly replied.
"I do I think that the treaty should have never been made, a leech is a leech no matter what type of blood they drink. Bella you have my vote, Sue what do you think?" Billy said reversing his chair to a stop by the side of me.
"Could this bring war between them and the pack?" Sue asked
"Yes it could" Quil SR replied.
"But they could bring the war to the Reservation and this could affect not only the pack but also the rest of the tribe" I argued sitting up straighter feeling more confident.
"Only if we break the treaty to begin with" Quil SR argued back.
"I think that we should wait, if they take the other leeches side then there is nothing we can do unless they attack the pack or a member of the tribe" Sue said.
"Quil I am guessing that you are in agreement with Sue on this?" I asked him
"Yes I am that is two against one. We wait and see what happens, is there anything else that we need to discuss?" He asked
"Nope" I replied trying to keep the anger out of my voice.
I slumped back in the chair and watched as Quil SR and Sue both walked out the front door, closing it behind them. I forgot that Billy was still in the room until he squeezed my hand.
"It might never happen, they may stay true and fight with us" Billy said in a sympathetic voice.
"If any of them change sides they will be destroyed while I am leading the pack, Jake agrees with me on this."
"It is your stubbornness that makes you a good mate to the Alpha" Billy replied with a grin on his face as he pushed himself outside.
I sat their alone and thought about Billy's last comment, as Chief of the Tribe he has the final say and I knew that that was Billy's way of giving me permission to lead the pack to break the treaty if any of the Cullen's were to change sides.
When I walked out the house I found Dad and Billy on the porch while the rest of the pack were sat on the grass in front, Sue and Quil SR were gone so I walked over to join the pack.
"Can we go into the forest for a minute please?" I asked them before walking towards the forest.
I stopped a few metres into the forest line and watched as the pack joined me.
"The council did not agree with my decision, but Billy does and as Chief of the Tribe I am going with his decision. If any of the Cullen's wants to fight against us the treaty is broken."
I was surprised when nobody said anything against my decision on this; the silence was starting to get me worried.
"Everybody ok with this?" I asked nervously.
"Bella we all agree with you on this, nobody will argue about breaking the treaty" Jared explained.
"Good, I do not want any of you to mention this until Jake and Sam are both healed" I commanded.
We all walked back to the house and then the pack separated to either patrol or go home, Leah walked into the house and I could hear the TV being switched on and then the sound lowered. I walked up the porch steps and said goodnight to Dad and Billy before walking through to Rachel's room. When I walked in Sam was fidgeting and trying to scratch his wound, Emily helped me to take the old bandages off and replace them with new ones before I walked into my bedroom.
"How did the council meeting go?" Jake mumbled with his eyes still closed.
"The council did not agree with me but your dad did, I have spoken to the pack and they are ok with breaking the treaty so I am ignoring the council's decision."
"Good, do you have to do anything else tonight? I need you here with me Bells."
"No I'm staying here right next to you for the whole night; Leah is crashing on the couch until you are fully healed." I told him as he rested my hand back on his heart.
Two days later Sam was fully healed and able to take over leading the pack, he too agreed with my decision in regards to the treaty. A day later Jake was able to get out of bed and move around, his hip bone was taking longer to heal so he could not phase until a couple of days later.
The Cullen's have kept in contact with the pack and we are still waiting for Alice to find out what the Volturi decides, at the moment they are still trying to make up their minds if the pack is a threat. They are holding both Edward and Irina until they have made a decision.
I'm not going to be updating this story for at leas week, my other story needs to be updated along with my new one. If i manage to get both done before then, then i will be update earlier.