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Chapter 52

APOV

Jasper was just beginning to move his hands when a knock sounded at the door. I sighed quietly as Jasper growled then snarled, "What!" Peter chuckled once before becoming serious, "We need to get over to the house now, something big is about to happen. Something bad." He declared, Jasper growled and rolled away from me, sighing, "We'll be right there." I watched as he struggled to calm down for about five minutes before I took pity on him and whispered in his ear, "Jackson naked." He shuddered at the image that had obviously appeared in his head.

I laughed as I got up off the bed and walked over to pick up my bra, before putting it on. I walked over to my drawers and pulled out an emerald green tank top to replace the one Jasper had ripped off. I stopped when Jasper wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed the top of my right shoulder. "We will finish this darlin', I promise you that." He told me as he moved away to let me continue dressing and he picked up his shirt and pulled it over his head. I sighed mentally.

I walked over and stood in front of him and pulled his head down so I could whisper to him, "We had better or you're going to be in trouble cowboy." I kissed him softly before darting away and pulling on my flat dragon hide boots, letting my magic lace them up for me. Jasper grabbed my left hand as I went to walk past him and placed the ring back on my finger where it had sat for the last 149 years. I dropped my shields and let him feel everything I was feeling at that moment. He smiled at me and followed me out of my room and down into the kitchen.

As we entered I saw Peter stood by the window with his arms around Harry, their foreheads touching and was glad that they had found each other. They both needed the traits the other had to complete them. They didn't turn around as we walked in the room, but Harry said, "I'm Sorry Annie, I didn't know what else to do." He ducked his head into Peter's neck. I smiled and walked over to him, of course he would be worried that I was angry or upset with him. I hope to the gods that Peter helps him through that. I thought.

"Harry that's completely fine, I am actually glad that you did." I kissed his forehead and then Peter's, whispering quietly, "If you hurt him I will end you, slowly and painfully." I then danced back over to Jasper's side and tucked myself underneath his arm. I smiled up at me, closing my eyes when he leant down and kissed my forehead. "Love you darlin'." He whispered into my hair, "Je t'aime cher. Now I believe that your brother said something about a problem?" I replied and looked over at Peter and he nodded. "Yeah we should probably head over to the house now." He picked up Harry and darted out the back door.

"Catch me if you can." I said quickly before I darted out of the back door. I kept my speed slow until I could hear Jasper behind me. We wound in and out of the trees all the way to the Cullen house. Just as I was about to jump over the river I hesitated, wondering about the kind of welcome I would get here. That second of hesitation cost me my lead on Jasper and he caught me and pulled me against him. "Caught you! What do I get for it?" He asked lowering his face towards mine. "This." I whispered as I rose up on my toes slightly and closed the gap between our mouths, kissing him lightly. When I tried to pull away Jasper followed me and deepened the kiss, sinking his hand into my hair and holding my head still.

We kissed for a little while longer, our tongues exploring each other's mouths and our hands feeling each other's body through the clothes. We finally broke apart and darted over the river together, heading towards the house. Jasper began to slow down as we got closer to his house, I inhaled and realised why he was apprehensive. "What the hell are they doing here?" He murmured and I squeezed his hand and smiled up at him. Like I would let them hurt him. I thought at we walked into the living room, I smiled even more when I saw them.

"Marcus!" I exclaimed, letting go of Jasper hand and running forward. Marcus held out his arms and let me run into them. He then closed them around me, holding me tightly. I had missed his hugs so much and was glad that I was one of the few people he showed his true emotions true. I was slightly worried about what he would make of the circumstances of my absence, but ignored it when he began to speak. "Ciao little one. You have changed much since I saw you last." Caius laughed, "Dear brother she has changed species and breathing status since we last saw her." The Volturi guard laughed at this. "The story is long and complicated my friends. I believe there is a bigger story to be told before mine, non?" I asked them leaving the circle of Marcus' arms, while dodging the subject and walked back over to stand next to Jasper.

He smiled down at me and pulled me close into his side. "Yes there is a grave issue we must discuss." Aro answered, gesturing for us to sit down before he continued. We complied. "Carlisle made us aware of when Alice left your coven. It seems that she had not been as truthful or as faithful to you and your way of life as you first thought. She made an army of newborns and then combined with another who had held control over another newborn army. Both she and the other vampire have reason to want you back, Major." Aro looked over at Jasper and I tensed.

"Maria. Alice joined forces with Maria." I heard Jasper whispered out, I tightened the grip I had on his hand at the thought of those two bitches taking him away from me. "Well they can have you over my flaming pile of ashes!" I growled out under my breath, well aware that everyone could hear me. I felt Jasper flinch, "I'd rather not think about it coming to that at all darlin'. What is there plan do you know?" He asked turning back to Aro, clearly slipping back into soldier mode. "They are on their way here as we speak; they will be here tonight, tomorrow morning at the latest. I realise that it doesn't give us much time to prepare, but we will make do." Caius said, his eyes darkening slightly by the end.

"Right then the first issue is to work out a line of defence, how about the -" Jasper started to suggest when I cut him off, knowing exactly what he was going to suggest. "If you even finish that sentence the way I think you are going to, you are going to have one hell of a fight on your hands even before the bitches get here. I am standing next to you and I will fight next to you. This isn't my first rodeo cher." I told him, looking up at him and he sighed, nodding, "I know darlin' but you have never seen war, vampire style." He looked away from me as clearly thinking about his early years. I rolled my eyes at Harry, only he knew what I had truly done during our war.

"Now major you stop that right this instant! I have seen and done just as many things as you have. Do you really think that I am going to sit back here and twiddle my thumbs, waiting for you to come home? It wasn't going to happen when we were human, it sure as hell ain't happening now. D'you understan' me cher?" My old Cajun drawl coming out towards the end as I slowly began to get angrier and more worried about how this would play out.

"No darlin' I know that you wouldn't. I was going to suggest that you ladies be our second line of defence." I raised an eyebrow and looked over at my friend Jane. They often did this to her, forgetting that she could fight as well as use her gift. I saw Harry shaking his head out of the corner of my eyes. "Excuse me? Jane did I just hear him right? Did he suggest that we go second?" I asked Jane. "Why Morgana I do believe that is what he suggested. I believe that he thinks we are weaker because of our delicate nature." Jane answered back matter-of-factly. The Volturi guard began to snicker; Peter and Emmett were not as quiet.

I smirked as Jasper sighed, "I'm sorry ladies if that is what I made it sound like, it was not intentional I promise. I merely meant that we should save some of our more gifted people from the front." He said smoothly trying to work back into our good graces. Both Jane and I smiled, "Nice try but it's not happening. We are standing with you or we are standing in front of you." I stated, Jasper sucked in a breath. Clearly he doesn't like that idea. I thought as his eyes darkened slightly and he growled out, "There is no way in hell I am letting you stand in front of me darlin'."

I sighed, "Look this isn't going to help a damn thing. The first order of business is how many experienced fighters do they have? After that it's easy to get rid of the newborns, then deal with the putes enfer." I said scowling, my eyes taking on a sharp edge. I watched as Jasper tried hard to fight the urge to do something incredibly stupid. I looked over at the Volturi for confirmation of numbers of experienced fighters. "To the best of our knowledge they only have one skilled fighter, with newborns in various stages of their first year, many of the have gifts but no idea how to use them." Demitri told us.

I watched as Jasper nodded, I looked around the room and gave them a serious look, showing that I meant business. "We deal with this as a team, we haven't all fought together but we will work better as a team than they will. Just don't forget you have a major advantage in Harry and I, they aren't expecting two magic users, let alone an undead one." I told them, I froze as was sucked into a vision. It showed me a baseball clearing and two rows of people. "They are waiting for us; they are cocky enough that they know that we will go to them to keep them away from the town. They are in the clearing that you play baseball in." I informed them.

We all stood and got ready to fight, removing any unnecessary clothing and tying back hair that needed it. I winked at Harry and he grinned back, I rolled my shoulders and let my magic flow. My jeans and tank top were switched into my dragon hide armour and my hair pulled itself back into a knot. Jasper looked at me dumbfounded and I smirked and turned in a circle. "You like my armour then Major? It's made of Dragon Hide, which is damn hard to pierce and lined with two of the hardest metal armours possible. One made by Goblins, the other made by the Dwarves. Now let's go get these bitches." I let one of my deadliest smiles creep onto my face and Jasper answered it with the Majors grin, saying, "I agree darlin'. Let's go show them they can't win."

Everyone cheered at this and we all ran out of the door apart from Esme, Bella and Edward. They were staying behind to keep safe and protect Bella. We made it to the clearing minutes later, due to me cheating a little with my magic and stood in three lines. Peter, Jasper and I were at the front with Harry, Jane, Alec and a few of the other guard behind us. The rest of the family and the Volturi, including the brothers made the third line. We stood there and looked across the clearing and waited. Moments later we heard the rush of footsteps as the newborns came closer and finally broke the tree line.

Next to me Jasper inhaled sharply, there were clearly more newborns than he was expecting. Without taking my eyes off our enemy, I reached over and squeezed Jaspers hand, both giving him comfort him and letting him know that I wouldn't be given up easily. I heard him purred lightly at the feelings and he squeezed my hand back. I smiled up at me before looking over at our enemy. "Give us the Major and nobody will be killed. He and his brother are all we want. You would be wise to comply." Maria stated this clearly. Peter and Jasper growled, Harry scoffed but I just tightened my grip on Jaspers hand and inhaled sharply. No amount of visions would have warned me for what happened next.