It was a sunny afternoon at The Manner house of the Cullen clan in The Midi-Pyrénées near Eauze was spacious enough it had 5 bedrooms to choose from and was more than enough and with Edward Gone the house was calmer to say the least.
The sky's started to darken as a slow rumble started to build, the first thought on the younger of the clan was "Baseball game!"
However, to Carlisle Cullen the eldest and founding member of the Olympic Coven something sounded and more importantly felt off. He knew it was not the rainy season and it was still months away; this was August. Even when it does rain in August it is never like this, it's typically light showers at best.
"Wait!" Carlisle called stopping everyone in their tracks as he voiced his concerns for the first time, "I don't know what, but something doesn't feel right!"
Looking to the far end of the vineyard he spotted them first there was a flash of lighting and then they were just, their four figures walking the distance from the far-end of the vineyard to the manner house.
The 2 in the center were acting more like predators stalking their prey! Carlisle thought, the numerous lighting strikes were making it impossible to discover who they are…
It was Jasper Hale who said, "One of them is the stranger from Alice's vision!"
"Can you get a grasp of her age!" Carlisle asks Jasper.
"Old" Jasper said fearfully looking at Carlisle merely repeated and stressed the world, "OLD!"
Alice recognized the one the outside left as Bella and ran a full vampiric speed to greet her only to grabbed by the throat/neck by a 5-foot 3-inch-tall brunette weighing 100 pounds.
Alice was being held high in the air and looking down into cold deep/dark red Luminous eyes, and in a voice that was cold and thick and inhuman asked, "What business do you have greeting my daughter as a friend when you abandon her!"
The fact that the women was able to lift Alice was not surprising, what was surprising was the women was able to adjust her path to cut Alice off and grab her by the neck all while the pixie herself was at full sprint!"
Alice tried to fight her way free, only to be held in place by the woman's iron grip, the stranger said, "Keep struggling and you'll break your own neck"
Ever the tactician realized in a heartbeat that these to newcomers were just playing with them as Jasper said, "No one move, no one even breath the wrong way!"
"Jasper?" Carlisle questioned giving him a sideways glance.
"Carlisle!" Jasper exclaimed "You know how fast Alice is, that women who ever she is just moved from a walking to running at three times Alice's top speed and grabbed her all while both were still in motion!"
"But she is not the one that worries me, it's the stranger's mate that worries me!"
Back down the field Drake hears every word of the conversation thinking, Lilly, her mate fears me!"
Let's use it! Lilly thinks, we have the advantage!"
Back by The Manner House, Carlisle states, "Explain."
"First." Jasper said, "Most people when they get ready for a fight, they are nervous or afraid, he is not, he is way to calm, its unnerving!"
"So, he's been in a few battles big deal!" Emmett said.
The man in question turned to look at Emmett and smiled/ maniacally grinned, but his eyes were cold as he said, "Your bravado will get you killed boy!"
"Emmett someone as calm as he is, is ether crazy or they are that good He has most likely been in hundreds of Battles!" Jasper, Commented, "He doesn't look crazy to me!"
From midway down the riding field Drake said, "Jasper is it; I take it you have studied war; I have not fought hundreds of battles but thousands down through the ages, I fought Mehmed II and made him lose all taste for conquest, does the name Târgovişte mean anything to you?"
The four Vampires continued to close distance, and if it were possible for a vampire to throw up Jasper Hale would be doing just that!
"Don't fight him!" Jasper said, as he watched Drakes face start to change, his hair grew out down to his shoulders and he started to grow out a bushy mustache.
"Still want to fight me boy!" The man said with a heavy Romanian dialect.
"Pr-r-ince Vlad of Wallachia!" The man said, "At your-r-r ser-r-rvice!"
Tanya was trying her best not to look at him, at least as-long-as he wore this face.
Then he features changed again becoming Asian with a beard down to his chest his hair becoming unkept saying, "With this face I made war on Rome itself!"
His face changed yet again, saying, "With this face I struck fear in Whitechapel from 3 April 1888 to 13 February 1891
This last face shook Carlisle to his core, even he heard of Jack the Ripper.
Trying to regain his voice Carlisle said, "Can't we just talk about this and not fight?"
"Why not?" Lilly said in a calm cold voice, "Only one vampire has ever survived fighting with me, He is behind me. You are in front of me!"
Back on The Quileute Reservation Augustina finally caught up to Jake who was on the ground riveling in pain, when Augustina said, "You tried to tell someone didn't you Jake, I warned you what would happen."
Jake was rolling around on the ground screaming in pain when Augustina said, "As soon as you give up trying to break my compulsion and Alpha voice the pain will stop."
"Or do you intend your child grow up fatherless!"
Back at The Manner house of the Cullen clan, Lilly looks at the Cullen Clan leader looking at Tanya in pure hatred, saying, "Mr. Cullen, Tanya Denali didn't kill Edward, I did!"
"You didn't think The Egyptian Coven was the oldest, did you?"
"She is a Myth!"
"I assure you Rosalie, I am quite real, and I founded the first coven in 4400 B.C."
Lilly let Alice see her and Drakes birth.
"Rosalie" Alice said, "No one made her, or that one." Alice pointed to Drake
It was only then that Alice noticed Bella's luminous blood red eyes, were mirrors of Lilly's and half whispers/half moans N-o-o, sorrowfully. Bella looked at her and ran off, with Tanya not that far behind.
"Careful little seer you might see something you never wanted to and can never forget." Lilly said looking at Alice and smiling as she showed her fangs.
Back on The Quileute Reservation, Leah Clearwater-Black approached Jacob, and in Quileute, said, "Jake, let it go, if you force her to leave as a member of her pack I must leave as well!"
Jake's head snapped to Augustina with rage in his eyes directed at her , looking at Jake and in a low dead voice she said, "Think about your next actions carefully boy, my father was Lycaon of Arcadia, the first wolf."
"You don't want to do this, I have the combined strength of an Ancient Wolf and an Ancient Vampire, wolf bites don't affect me not do vampire bites!"
Jake rushed at Augustina, Augustina grabbed Jake and threw him back, and Jake Shifted.
"Sam!" Augustina said, "No one interferes!"
Jakes wolf was big bit Augustina took a few steps forward shifting on the fly, and her wolf was twice as big as Jake and he was a Natural Alpha! She started stalking toward Jake both wolves start circling and Jake goes on the attack only to be swatted down by Augustina's wolf pinning him to the ground and she started baring teeth.
Telepathically sending the message, Submit. Jake still tried to resist only to hear the telepathic message, Submit, again this time more forcefully. . Jake tried to resist for the third time only to hear the telepathic message, Submit.
This time Jakes wolf cries out in pain as Augustina sent the telepathic command, Submit or die!
This time Jake relents shifting back to human form a naked Augustina walks over to Jake and said, "Count yourself lucky your mate is my sire, otherwise you would be dead right now!"
Back at The Manner house of the Cullen clan Lilly, looked at Alice stating, "Like everyone else you take your gift for granted, you never did figure it out, did you?"
"If My Mate and I are the first ones that means all of your vampires gifts came from us!" Lilly said calmly.
It was Carlisle that realized what she just said, saying, "You know how the gifts work because you have all of them!"
"Not only have them Mr. Cullen, but we have made them an extension of ourselves!" Lilly said, "Mr. Cullen one of your coven have violated one of our highest laws, the council will be watching you, next time we wipe your coven off the face of the earth!"
There was another flash of lighting and all four of them were gone.
Stepping out of the shadows in Denali, Bella walked over to Carmen and Eleazar, saying, "I need a favor."
Both Carmen and Eleazar looked at their newest coven mate with raised eyebrow asking, "What did you have in mind!"
"Let's get out of Tanya's hearing range first!" Bella commented walking forward.
