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A/N: I know its been a few weeks, and I'm sorry for that. This is the second to last chapter(I think) and i will just be hiding after I post this. It has always been the path I wanted to take and I've tried my hardest to get it the way I'd hoped.

Isabella's Pov:

There was a moment of silence before a low rumble left Jaspers and Emmetts chest; Peter had me and Charlotte tucked into his chest, and a small gasp left Rose's mouth. Jane clutched my hand and I faintly remembered the joy i'd felt just seconds before. It had come quicker than we had anticipated, it was meant to be tomorrow evening. We were meant to have a full day left. I couldn't do this, a shield flung out and encased everyone around us. I knew we couldn't live like this constantly encased in a shield; but at least we would be alive.

The kings looked at me in pity, whilst the wolves in shock. Then they all turned to Jasper, I understood that they expected him to calm me down and I knew it would work so I turned away from him. I needed to do this for myself, I couldn't rely on him. They were strong, my family was strong. Jane would be on the reservation, she would be safe. The wolf pups would be safe. Everyone else could fight, they were strong. Were they strong enough? Stronger than Edward? Stronger than newborns? They had to be, Aro had seen it he wouldn't let it happen if they'd die. Surely. I turned to him and channeled Jasper, trying to differentiate his emotions. He looked sad, and there was grief in his eyes, the grief Marcus held. But his mate was alive and safe. Maybe I was misreading it.

In turning back to him I had accidentally caught Jaspers eye and he began sending me calming waves,

'Baby?' He murmured coming closer, 'we have to do this' I knew that, wasn't he scared too? Focusing on him, I noticed he was. We all were, some of us had waited hundreds of years for this family and now it was at risk. But we would fight for it. And we would win, we had too. Tuning back into what he was saying I slowly began to pull my shield back, leaving a mental one on everyone. That was the least I could do, is provide them support from Edwards mental ability and any of the newborns who would have them.

He gave me a sad smile and pulled me into his arms, 'it's going to be alright' he reassured more to himself than me. 'How long?' I managed to push out, to anyone who could answer me.

'An hour, the Cullens are on their way, and then we'll go to clearing' Aro answered me. One hour, until it all changes. 'We need to go hunting' I grumbled our before grabbing Jasper and Jane and running, I could faintly hear a wolf behind me and when I focused I realised Brady had caught up to us. Featuring them ahead, I turned to Brady. 'Sweetheart, you've got to go to the reservation' his face dropped and he began to shook his head, 'I'm not asking you Brady, go and find your brother. I'll see you after the fight' I then lightly pushed him in the right direction and waited a second to see him run that way, I felt bad but it had to be done. There was no chance any of the pups would be fighting today. Catching up with Jasper and Jane I felt exhausted, emotionally drained. Today had been a rollercoaster.

We fed quickly and hurried back to the house, we had 35 minutes left. Giving Jane a hug as tears filled my eyes I sent her to the reservation with the rest of the pups and imprints. Tensions were high, all the wolves were shifted and I knew they wouldn't be able to handle their human form right now. Emmett was visibly shaking, whether from fear or anger I wasn't sure. Edward has been his brother for all intents and purposes and I knew he felt betrayed. Rose was tucked into his side. Glancing at Peter I noticed Charlotte was tucked into his side, both men kept sending me looks and I knew as their last blood relative they felt the need to have me by their side too but Jasper has a firm grip on my side. Then as Aro mentioned the words 'time to go' I felt a very minor shift in power and knew the Major had come out, so I let Izzy out. But it was different, she didn't take over. We became one.

Glancing at Jasper I noticed he was still here, they both were. 'Major?' I whispered. And he nodded, 'Izzy?' We nodded. We had all became one. This was good, we were at our strongest. And as I looked into his eyes I trusted him; to keep our family safe. I could do this. And so we left. The run their was too short, I could faintly hear growling from a few miles away and knew this was going to be messy. They would be hear any minute and there would be no room for talking. The field went completely still and silent and then it began.

Edward appeared first, and anger flood through me. How dare he. Jasper growled which was followed by hundreds of growls from both sides. He looked surprised to see the wolves however and I knew we had thrown him off, but then a cocky smile overcame him face. He sent me a wink, and the battle started. We'd all split into our pairs and I pushed past my anxiety of how Jasper was. Demetri and Felix were perfect to my fighting style. They could catch everyone I flung about with my shield and it seemed we were going through them quickly. The first newborn was hard for me to kill, they hadn't chose this they'd been born into this, and as I went to separate his head from his body I hesitated but when I looked into it's eyes I saw no humanity and pulled the head off. Everything was going fine, until 40 more appeared. We hadn't anticipated this, I was beginning to feel drained and holding the shield around everyone was exhausting and every now and then it slipped.

'Cover me' I growled to Felix, before flinging myself up into a tree to analyse what was happening. Everyone looked okay, I first focussed on Leah and Emmett, the wolves were going to fall first. That was something we had all known, I watched her for 10 seconds, trying to pick out anything that indicated she needed help, and when I saw her falter slightly I sent Demetri over to that pair. He tried to resist but a vicious growl left me and he was by her side in seconds helping her. I knew Jasper would be pissed but it was for the best. The rest of the wolves seemed to be okay, so I looked for my girls. Charlotte had a small smile on her face as she fought. She was fine, rose however looked devastated, and was slowing. I threw a shield around her as a newborn flung himself at her. He hit the shield and she spun in shock. Before ripping him apart. 'Thank you' she whispered before seeming to shake herself off and get back into the fighting. I made a small gesture to Peter to stick closer to her.

I avoided Jasper, I could feel he was okay. But if I looked at him I'd be by his side and that would be too distracting. Everyone else was okay, and they were rapidly getting through the newborns. So I picked my next target and jumped down to join Felix. And that's how the next 30 minutes went, we would jumped between and offer support to anyone who needed it. Only 10 left. They were all accounted for, most were being fought by a pair, the Cullens were sat with one, there was just one I couldn't find.

Then a violent whine went through the field, a newborn had his arms wrapped around Jake. And Jake had panicked. 'Go' I growled at Felix. This time he didn't hesitate as Demetri had, and practically flew across the clearing taking the newborns head off in a clean swipe. I sent them a smile and in that exact moment when I was distracted my shield slipped from myself and went around them. I didn't get smiles back. Felix looked at me and seemed to go whiter as his face took on a look of shock, and Jacob look petrified.

Rose's Pov:

A screeching noise shot through the clearing and smoke filled my nostrils. It shouldn't have mattered because that's how the whole fight had been. But this one hurt, it felt like my

own head had been ripped off and my heart burnt. The world paused, and I felt lost.

Charlottes Pov:

Tears filled my eyes as an awful noise shot through me sending shivers down my spine. What was I doing here? I felt alone, and cold. Was it possible for vampires to feel cold?

Peters Pov:

Anger, pure rage. I couldn't distinguish friend from foe, but it didn't matter because I was glued to the spot. Only focussed on one thing.

Emmett's Pov:

I fell to the floor, my legs just gave way. Everything had gone pretty much perfectly. How had this just happened? I had no purpose.

Jane's Pov:

My hand that had been stroking Brady stilled. My body froze, and I felt sick. Throwing up my earlier meal, I felt a hole inside me. What was happening, Brady began to whine before sprinting out of the house. But I could chase him, as I stood I fell to floor. Seth caught me but I could see in his eyes he felt the same.

Jaspers Pov:

Facing Edward I felt rage, how dare he do all this against my mate. I was going to end him and make sure he felt it. 'Good luck with that' he smirked. How had he heard my thoughts? Isabelle had us shielded. Didn't she? Grabbing him I turned to check what was happening. Then my world stopped, when it restarted it was empty. I couldn't feel anything, it was almost black and white. And it was cold, I felt hollow. Alone. A small fire sat alone in the middle of the field. Searching for Isabella, I couldn't see her. I knew what had happened but I denied it and refused the possibility.

'Isabella' I half growled half screamed out. Still searching for her. Emmett and Charlotte were on the floor shaking. Peter stood shaking.

'No' I growled louder this time. 'No' I screeched. Scanning the field again I soon Aro and realised he'd seen this which also meant, ah Alice. She knew. She'd be dead next.

A small glimmer caught my eye, the ring. The ring had been on her finger for less than a day.

'No' I screamed. Why wasn't she being guarded. She had two guards with her her. Another scan showed me neither were near the ashes, one was behind Jacob looking distressed and the other was comforting Leah whilst trying to get a response out of Emmett. The Major needed to come out, but we'd just bonded and there wasn't much of a difference between us now. Fuck.

Suddenly I could hear a pattering; and a menacing growl left me as I spun to face it. Then a small brown wolf appeared; and slowly skidded to a halt. His nose twitched, and I felt grief and despair flood through his emotions. He took a cautious step forward before letting out a howl which quickly turned into a scream as he turned back into a small teenager. Brady sat in front of us crying, how had he known?

What had even happened. It all happened so quickly. My grip on Edward began to tighten before his head eventually came off. But I took no mind of that. Instead I tried to find that bond, the bond I had with my mate. I tried to pull on it, but it was gone. In place of it was another smaller bond, which seemed to link me to most people of the field. 'Isabella?' I murmured one last time uncertainly.

Marcus's Pov:

As I looked around the field, every single person had a bond exactly the same. A black gnarly line threaded between us all, we all also had a broken bond. Which was irreparable, maybe we had been wrong. Maybe she wasn't who we thought she was. I'm not sure how we could recover from this, it wasn't how I expected. When the bond broke everyone else was meant to fill a small part of it. But nobody did, it wasn't working. Similar looks were across everyone's face, they were distant, scared and lonely. Except for Jasper his eyes were black and his face filled with rage, he ignored the pile of ashes in the field and scanned the field continuously. Everyone stood waiting for his next move cautiously.

Well everyone except one, 'now we can finally be together Jazzy' and with that the small pixie started to walk towards him. His head snapped in her direction and in that moment he looked feral. 'Together?' He growled. She smiled completely misreading the situation and took another step towards him. This set him off and he flew towards her before ripping her apart, he ignored the screams for him to stop from Carlisle. Once he was done Alice was no more than dust and he hadn't even set her on fire yet.

A smaller voice broke through the field then, 'Mama?' We all turned to see Jane looking smaller than she had ever done. 'Pa?' Worried for how this would turn out I turned ready to protect the girl if it came to it. But his face had softened marginally and his bond to Jane hadn't turned black. He beckoned her to him and once she reached him he pulled her into his side.

Then everyone's gaze fell to where Isabella had once stood. And we all felt the pain of her death.