Why
(Brooke's POV)
"We have a problem." Edward said.
"What kind of problem?" Jake asked.
"A Volturi problem. Their on their way now."
We have three hours until the royal bloodsuckers get here.
Alice hadn't seen this sooner because of the wolves.
Edward had decided that he and Carlisle were going to go to the clearing a half hour early and we would follow shortly after.
"Brooke, come here for a sec?" Jake said, motioning me to follow him to the farthest room on the top floor of the Cullen's house.
"What's wrong? We should be preparing for the battle." I said as I followed up the stairs.
"She's gonna haaaaattttee youuuuuu." Edward sang to Jake with a smile on his face. We ignored Edward and walked into the empty bedroom. It was Edward's.
"Are we allowed in here?"
"Yeah, Edward kinda agrees with me on what I'm about to tell you."
"What do you have to tell me?"
"It's about what we have to do for the battle."
"What do we do? Fight?" I asked. I've never fought a vampire before. I'm sure with my powers, though, that I would be fine.
"I want you and Nessie should stay hear." Jake said.
"WHAT! And miss the fight? I don't think so!" I shrieked.
"It's going to be too dangerous for you out there. You need to stay here and protect Nessie."
"But I wanna fight. I'm strong enough, Jake. You saw me when I fought Damon, I was fine."
"Yes, but this is the Volturi guard and they are more dangerous then Damon."
"I don't care! God dammit Jake, I can handle myself!"
"No! You can't! You're a newborn vampire, Brooke. Your. Not. Stable. We all think it would be best that you stay here because we don't want you or Nessie to get hurt."
"NO! You can't tell me what to do Jake! I'm going to fight and there is nothing you can do to stop me." I said as I marched to the bedroom door.
"Seth doesn't want you to fight either!" Jake called after me. I froze with my hand on the doorknob.
"That's not true."
"Yes it is. We both agreed for you to stay home."
"What ever Jake." I mumbled and threw the door open and stormed out.
Everyone stared at me as I entered the kitchen with Jake behind me.
"Brooke-" Edward started.
"Don't. Say. A word." I growled as i sat on Seth's lap.
"We're only doing it because we think it's safe."
"But I can handle myself. I have these amazing powers and I'm not even allowed to use them." I complained.
"It's not that your not allowed to use them, you just can't use them in this fight."
"Please?" I mumbled. I gave them all my puppy face (pouted lips, wide eyes, innocent face), especially Seth.
Jake quickly covered Seth's eyes and turned his own head so he couldn't see my face. Emmet was the only one to keep looking at me. We had stare off. I won.
"Okay, I give up! She can fight with us." Emmet said, throwing his hands in the air and stomping out of the room. I smirked as everyone turned to look at me again.
"Too bad it's not his decision." Edward said with a smug attitude. I kept my smirk intact.
"You're right. It's mine." Edward kept his smirk too.
"Yes, but you're only sixteen, which means your under aged. So you have to listen to the adults."
"Ok, but you and Jake are only seventeen so you're under aged too."
"Carlisle and Esme are old enough."
"But their not here right now, are they?" (Carlisle and Esme are in the clearing)
"No, but they have their cells phones."
"You mean, these cell phones?" Edward's smirk faltered and finally fell when he saw the two cell phones in my hand. Ha! "They said they didn't need them."
Everyone around us watched us in amusement. Everyone was here:
Sam
Paul
Jared
Jake
Embry
Quil
Brady
Collin
Seth
Leah
Bella
Nessie
Alice
Jasper
Rosalie
Emmet (finally came back)
& Kali
The imprints were all hanging out over at Emily's house for the night.
Edward glared at me for a few more seconds before his smirk came back.
"Sam is twenty one." He said, leaning back in seat as he watched for my reaction.
"So. I'm not part of his family." My smile matched his as I copied his movement and leaned back in my chair.
"Dating Seth means your part of the pack."
I glared at Edward as he knew he won the argument.
"Sam, is Brooke allowed to fight today?" Edward asked in confidence. We all turned to face him.
"Yes." Edwards face fell and mine lit up.
"!" I jumped up and gave him a big hug.
"Sam!" Edward yelled.
"She has as much right to fight as we do. Plus her powers might be helpful."
"HA! In yo face!" I yelled at Edward as he glared at me.
every cleared out of the kitchen after Edwards and mine little show down.
I had decided to practice before the fight so I am currently kneeling in front of the small stream in the Cullen's back yard.
"Brooke?" Seth whispered quietly after about ten minutes of practicing. I turned to face him and smiled.
"Hey." He walked up to me and wrapped his arms around my waist.
"Why do you want to fight?"
"Because i can be helpful. I can save you if you get hurt." He pulled away and looked down into my eyes.
"But if you get hurt, I don't know what I'll do,"
"then how about we make a promise. I'll promise not to get hurt if you promise not to get hurt." He smiled.
"I promise."
"Good." I smiled and pulled away from his embrace.
"So what are you doing?" he asked as I wrapped the floating water around the trees.
"Trying to see how long I can hold the water up while moving it around."
"Looks easy." I dropped the water and slowly turned to Seth.
"Easy?" I asked him. He nodded. I smiled.
"How about you try then." I said. He looked at me like I was crazy.
"Well if its so easy, why can't you do it?"
"I'm guessing it's not easy then, huh?" he asked once he caught on to my sarcasm.
"No, it's not." I said as I turned to pick up the water again.
"Sorry." He whispered. I smiled at him.
"It's fine." We laughed and talked for a little until Edward came and told us that it was time to go.
They all left and Seth ad I started to follow.
"Wait." Seth grabbed my wrist and pulled me back to his chest.
"What's wrong?" I mumbled against his chest.
"Nothing, I just wanted to give you a kiss before we left." I leaned up and brushed my lips against his. There was no more time for something more than that.
"C'mon, they're probably waiting for us." Seth ran behind a tree and quickly phased.
We ran at an equal speed and got to the clearing in no time.
Seth went and stood next to Jake and Brady, who were standing behind Kali and me.
I pulled Kali to the front when I heard the Guard approaching. Everyone was about to argue but it was too late, the Guard was here.
Kali and me had the best powers so I thought it was best for us to be in front. Plus the Guard didn't know our powers any way so…
There were four of them. the twins, Felix, and Demetri. I had met Felix and Demetri when Ciaus pulled my over that one day. I only know the twins from what I have heard about them form the Cullens. They all had their black hoods pulled up over their heads so I couldn't see any faces yet.
As if reading my thoughts, they all pulled their hoods off at the same time. Creepy.
My eyes widened as I looked at the only female in the group. Jane.
Her eyes widened when she recognized me too.
"Why hello Brooke. Long time no see." She greeted.
"Jane. It's been far too long." I answered sarcastically.
"You know her?" Kali whispered, loud enough for everyone on our side to hear, but not the Guard.
"Lets just say this isn't the first time she visited me." I answered, while keeping my eyes on Jane.
"When was the first tome you saw her?"
"When she was with Ciaus." I answered dryly.
