I am sorry I left this hanging without previous notification. I had problems and had to tend them. I had to pay more attention to my studies for a moment and forgot all about my stories but today I was sending an E-mail and noticed that in my inbox I had a review from my other story that reminded me I still had a chapter to write. I apologize and hope to be able to update this story soon. Have a happy thanksgiving and thank you all for reading my story. Enjoy.
Chapter 50: The War
Emmett's POV
We were on the borderline, or at least it was something like that. The freeway was behind us now. Everything is calm now. In just a few minutes it was start. Alice was looking at the last few seconds she had of her extended family until she blinked and looked at us in shock.
She nodded, that said it all. The attack had started. The hybrids were at their strongest now. They were practicing so much they could almost take me down. They hybrids that didn't have abilities were the strongest physically since they had no other way of defense.
Jasper had his fist balled up and Rosalie stood there, horrified. She was worried about our child. After so much suffering we had finally had a child. A child that was claimed by Leah. I wasn't against imprint but I practically have to haul my son away from Rose and Leah to spend some time with him. Jasper didn't have that problem with Aimee. The girl was always around, Seth only came every now and then to see her because he was mostly in patrol and what he was on the house.
After a few seconds I saw something on the far end of the trees. It took me a moment to identify the purple flames that were headed out way at high speed. Of course a human couldn't dodge it but I wasn't human and the flames seem to come at a considerable speed. These were slower than the others. These were surely more dangerous.
"What do we do?" Rose asked in a quick ramble too fast for the human ear but I could pick out the words.
"We stay," Alice said.
"What?"
"Alice," Jasper looked at his wife with confusion and other emotions that I could not pick up. Jasper's expressions were always confusing.
"They are going to help," Alice replied. We were all speaking too fast.
"Are you sure?" I questioned her. She nodded in a fast movement.
My ears caught something behind us. Something was behind us but the flames were a bigger threat to me so I didn't pay attention to whatever was behind me.
Then I heard a chant. Words said in three voices and something different in the air like something abnormal had appeared, invisible, but present. Athena jumped over us and fell in front two people jumped and did the same. They were a man and a woman. Athena had a cloak, like the ones the Voturi have, but hers was white. The man had one black and the other woman had one that wasn't gray but silver and had a faint glow.
Their chant continued like mumbles but loud enough for a human to hear but something that I couldn't make out, as if the air was absorbing it. Something was happening. They were chanting harder now. None of us said anything. The flames collided with an invisible wall. They stopped there and for a moment they were there fighting against the force that had stopped it. Then they faded away.
Athena turned towards us. The others turned too. I couldn't see the faces of the other two that were with Athena because of their hoods. Athena didn't have her hood on. She was smiling and I noticed a faint glow on her skin.
She then spoke addressing us. "I see you are here protecting the humans. Thank you for doing so. Now excuse me. I have to help those who are in need of my hand."
"Thank you," Alice smiled.
"You are welcome, Alice, I will see you all after," she started running towards the house. The other two followed. Something was on.
Amont's POV
This was horrible. The creature, the hybrid, was in front of us. He had attacked with such force that it had hurt me despite the hardness of my shield. None of us were injured but the pressure he had made over my shield had drained most of my energy.
The man in front of us had black hair that fell to his shoulders. He was as tall as my dad, his eyes were dark and menacing and they reflected age, wisdom, maybe the darkness of the past thousand years of all humanity. His skin was pale, as if he avoided the light as much as he could. His features, cold like those of who cared nothing for others or themselves. I could feel in his eyes the murders of his kills, human and not human.
"What do you want from us?" my father asked, diplomacy was our first choice. If that didn't work then we would have solve this with force.
After a few minutes of hesitation the man started to speak with a heavy Italian accent. "I am Draco. Long ago my mother gave birth to me while she was still witch, my father, of course, was vampire. My father saved her and she became the only vampire in history to hold the power of a witch. She was strong but long ago one of my own kind put end to her kind. I swore I would avenge her death, even if that means the destruction of my own race."
"We have nothing to do with the death of your mother, we lost both our parent," Alexandra said, I identified the hurt in her eyes as she spoke.
Draco shook his head. "You do not understand do you? My mother died because of me, because that other hybrid was jealous, so I avenge her killing the hybrids. I am aware that Bella is mother of a hybrid and she is still alive, however I do not intend to kill her myself for respect towards my mother's death and pride as a mother of the first hybrid. But I will not spare any of you." He said and suddenly the air around him became thick and wavy. The pressure in the air grew and I found myself gritting my teeth against this enormous pressure of age and power.
Then three figures appeared along with the figure of Bella. That was the most I could tell from the corner of my eyes. I understood that there was no way we would win this with diplomacy. Words weren't going to be solution this time. This wasn't the Volturi Guard.
Esme's POV
I knew Bella had stayed behind but I understood she was there for better protection. I was surprised Edward let her stay so I did not interfere. They were old enough, maybe more than what they appear.
As we stood there under the rain Edward turned towards the treaty line. When I turned I saw a figure moving fast towards us. A moment later I identified it as a black wolf, Sam.
I did not pay attention to what they were speaking about though it was obvious Sam had noticed the children on his territory and not only that but he knew EJ was Edward's son as well as Bella's too.
The day seemed colder than what I had expected. Some certain coldness of death engulfed us. Carlisle joined the conversation. I was the only one who kept to myself as though I did not want to be more involved in any more fighting. My house was in the middle of the battle, it was the setting. I should have locked all my antiques in the basement just to make sure.
A shiver ran through my spine, something that hadn't happened since before I turned into a vampire. What was happening? That shiver of fear and concern of some lethal force. What was that creature? What did it want? Why were we in danger? How had we gotten into this position?
The first time we saw the hybrids we agreed to let the stay because they were hurt and Faron had an unhealing wound. Then Anny revealed that she was related to Alice and we agreed that if they were an extent to the family then the must protect them. Now they were unprotected, we could no longer protect them. During these two years we have been together I got to bond up with this family. They seem to be very good and humble. They have been so well behaved and they didn't crave human blood at all. We knew that. They were pure creatures now. They were good. They could live in harmony with humans. They were different. But different was bad because they were being hunted down. I could feel their fear almost as well as Jasper because I felt fear too. I felt fear for them. Worry, like a mother with her children. I learned to see them as children. They were fighting now. Amont was so small and everyone depended on him. His father was so brave.
Edward turned around and his expression brought me out of my thoughts. "Vampires," he said. "From the Guard," he added and nodded at us to start running to the battle field. "Sam, you can stay here or…" that was the last I heard after I vanished with Carlisle at full speed towards the battle. What did the Volturi have to do with this? Was that why Aro didn't want to help? Did they want to get rid of us?
I got to the house before Carlisle just in time to see the guard. Bella was there. I'm sure she had her shield up and Amont was with her. I looked around. I noticed three figures and one I recognized, Athena. Then I saw the other figure. He was surrounded by black flames and seemed hollow. Almost a hole on the same air where he stood. Like if the light were attaching to him but didn't bounce off. Or bounce off but just slightly. I could see it in his eyes. The murder, the rage, the anger, that darkness of being unhappy; this was what we were for so long avoiding.
Putting everything I saw aside I ran towards the vampires that came. I noticed Amont's shield was only over him and some hybrids. It was already noticeable. That meant he was exhausted.
"Craaak!" as soon as I heard that sound my head turned as some screams of inner pain escaped from horrified hybrids. Thalia, not her.
Her head hung from one of the vampire's hands while her body rested limply on the other. She had fought and given the battle but that wasn't enough. She was not prepared to face a vampire. No, she was only prepared for the worse but not this.
Suddenly we were all over the vampire and shredded him. I didn't care. He had killed one of my daughters. Daughter, child, the bad memory of my past came back. That pain that overtook me again. This time I knew what I would do. My daughters, my children, no one else would die. No, I wouldn't let them. No more. No more.
I looked at the vampires with hatred, something I didn't think I would ever feel. I looked at them with disgust and disappointment. The pain did not fade. It wouldn't fade. Not until I made sure the others were okay.
"Snap!" Fear over took me. It was something horrible. A current I never thought I would ever feel. Something worse that Thalia's. This time it was worse.
A howl of pain followed the snap and finally the whine of a dying wolf. This was not my child but it was part of my family as though they too had life. This time it took me different because I knew that wolf had barely twelve years of life. I could see that small wolf limp over a vampire's body while two other wolves devoured him. What was this? This was a riot. This wasn't supposed to be. Death ran in the air. Death, again that entity that took away those that I loved. Again that entity came to harvest the souls of those valuable to me. Like a curse it haunted me but I had to accept it. We already knew there would be people that would die. It was expected. I just hoped our expectations would be cheated in some way. This was reality.
Sorry if it wasn't that exciting. This is only a part. I plan to put in the next chapter the POV of Jasper that I didn't put in this chapter and the POVs of other characters. It doesn't end here, don't worry. And sorry if you didn't like the deaths but a battle isn't a battle if no one dies. I'm planning to add some more but I don't want any of you to hate me. And sorry if Thalia's death was cruel. I will make her something special afterwards. No reviving but something good.
