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DISCLAIMER - ALL CHARACTERS BELONG TO STEPHANIE MEYERS.

STORYLINE BELONGS TO ME.

As we all pulled up outside of the house Alice was waiting for us on the porch, however the look on her face was not a good one and feeling the way I was right now I was going to get answers and any other information I wanted from him, whether this vampire wanted to give them or not. As I stepped into the room with Jasper and the vampire, I became a different person; the person that wanted to compromise and find other solutions was gone replaced by a man who would protect his family at any cost.

Carlisle POV

Jasper looks at me warily, no doubt sensing my anger and questioning it because he has never felt me this angry before, but nods his head when he senses my determination to get the information I need from this vampire.

Taking a deep breath to calm myself I glance around at Esme who smiles at me in reassurance, I then glance at Alice who is standing in front of the only window next to Edward who is watching the vampire intently.

I nod to Jasper letting him know that I am ready whenever he is as Jasper sends the vampire enough energy to awaken but not enough to run.

I stand in front of him and say calmly, "You know who I am. What you don't know is that I will do anything to protect my family from the likes of you and the Volturri."

"Don't you mean coven?" the vampire sneers.

"No" I say softly shaking my head, "this is a family built upon trust, understanding and love. We protect our family, we don't fight amongst ourselves for the leftovers of others, we sit down and talk about our issues, and we spend time together as a unit bonding over our likes and dislikes."

I crouch down in front of him, my voice going dangerously low, "Right now our dislike is of you and the damage you have inflicted on my daughter, suffice it to say we want to know why you are so interested in her and her mate Emmett. Why is the Volturri interested in them? What did you do to Rosalie that made her attempt to drown Bella?"

"He has the ability to instill fear in people and enhance those fears until their fears completely take over their mind – in essence they feel, hear and breathe their fear until it kills them. They will give anything to make that fear go away." Bella says from the doorway.

"But now he's afraid because Aro lied to him and failed to tell him that his power wouldn't work on the rest of us."

I turn to face Bella ignoring the gasps of shock as I ask, "How do you know that?"

"I don't know how I know, I just do" she replies quietly, "but I know that's how he got the information out of Mina; her worst fear was that her business would fail."

"Bella, how do you know that was her fear and why is his power not working on us?" I ask.

"When she hired me, that's what she told me and I laughed it off because her business was doing great, I told her she didn't have anything to worry about. As for why his power does not work on you guys, that part is all me."

"You enveloped us in your shield?" Eleazar asks looking at me in awe.

Bella POV

"Yes, everyone" I reply looking at Edward, "but some I wished I hadn't" as Emmett pulls me down to sit on his lap, burying his head in my hair to inhale his scent that's still on me. That simple act brings up both the calm that we so desperately need at this moment.

Edward looks at me as if to say something and I quirk my eyebrow up showing him that I am not afraid of him.

Carlisle POV

I stare in awe at my daughter, before turning back to the vampire sitting in front of me.

"What's your name?" I ask indifferently.

He hesitates for a moment then hears Jasper growl and smirk at him before replying "Vincent."

I look questioningly at Jasper for a moment before turning my attention back to Vincent demanding, "What did you do to Rose and where is she?"

"Rose is with the Volturri," he answered cowering in fear of Jasper as he looks between Emmett and Bella.

I move to cut off his view of Bella as I lean down into his face saying contemptuously, "You only answered where she is, I asked what you did to her?"

Swallowing loudly he glance at Jasper out the corner of his eye as he replies, "I focused on her fears and magnified them to the point that she could think of nothing else, and then I commanded her to kill Bella. I didn't plan on her being able to resist as much as she did."

"I was told by Aro to bring her to him so that he could get information about Bella and Emmett from her."

"Why would he need to know anything about me?" growls Emmett.

"Because you help amplify her powers and will bring her into a power that was not written down in the prophecy, one that Aro and his brothers do not want anyone knowing about."

"We know all about the powers that she will come into" I hiss as Eleazar looks at Bella in wonder.

"It shouldn't be possible but I see it now" Eleazar says as he continues to look at Bella.

"WHAT?" Bella demands loudly.

"With Emmett as your mate, his strength amplifies your shield and would also give you the ability to mirror a vampire's power back at them – an amplifier, a shield and a mirror all rolled into one."

"No wonder Aro wants you as part of the guard – his coven would be invincible and our world, along with the humans, would be decimated."

"What's a mirror" Bella asks quietly just as Vincent makes a lunge towards Esme who is standing at the door.

However Esme is ready for him and moves to strike him down when he comes up against an invisible wall and slams down to the floor where Jasper is waiting to hold him down.

Esme looks shocked as do the rest of us when Eleazar gasps in surprise whispering, "A shield which combined with Emmett's strength becomes unbreakable and impenetrable."

Edward POV

I turn and truly take the time to look at Bella, or rather the new Bella, although I always believed that she was beautiful before, I must admit that she is extremely gorgeous now, gorgeous enough to rival Rosalie. Hmm, Rosalie – Esme is right, if I care so much for her why am I concerned with Bella?

I know why, because I should never have let her go and now that I have I want her back.

Anyway, I digress – Bella mentioned that she got a makeover during the summer, I can now see what the differences are – her hair is parted in the middle, dyed completely black and is layered in several waves down her back and her bangs are gone.

She has more curves, like she is no longer starving herself or maybe just eating better now. The clothes she wears accent her body, instead of just hanging off of her – gone are the baggy clothes and hole ridden t-shirts, she has style to rival Alice.

She wears make-up but not a lot – just enough to enhance her natural beauty and it's so subtle that unless you were a vampire like me you would never notice that she is wearing any make-up at all. HOLY SHIT BELLA IS FUCKING HOT!!!!!

Jasper hisses at me in his head, Can the lust factor Edward, this is not the time for that. Before shaking his head in disgust, and here I thought you were in love with Rose.

I flush in embarrassment and shame realizing that he is right as I return my attention to the task at hand.

Carlisle POV

"Is there anything else that you would like to tell us?" I ask in a deadly quiet calm voice.

"The Volturri know that Bella is still human and that she knows about our kind. They are wondering why you have not turned her or killed her since she knows our secret."

"YOU," Vincent sneers, "of all people should know that is our primary rule."

Then his smile and superiority falters as he looks over at Bella who is smirking at him, Jasper glances over at her as well when he starts to feel complete abject fear rolling off of Vincent in waves.

"Bella" Jasper questions as he attempts to move closer in an attempt to protect Bella but comes up against an invisible wall.

Turning to look at Bella I see her eyes darken to a purplish black as her smile widens wickedly just before Vincent starts shrieking in fear.

Bella POV

"Tell me Vincent, what is it you fear?" I ask silkily feeling confidence come from Emmett who sits up straighter as I get up and walk towards Vincent, laughing when he starts shrieking in fear.

"YOU!!" he shrieks in terror attempting to get up and past Jasper who is growling at him.

"Why are you afraid of me, Vincent?" I ask quietly stalking him into a corner of the room while the family watches on in amazed silence.

"Because you…you….a-a-a-are….i-m-m-immune….t-t-t-to…m-m-m-my….powers…" he whimpers with his arms above his head as if to protect himself from me.

"And what else are you afraid of Vincent?" I whisper quietly as I lean over him as the wall around us strengthens and the noise fades until all I hear in the room is Vincent's whimpering and my breathing.

"I-I-I-I'm a-a-a-a-afraid o-o-o-of A-A-Aro finding o-o-o-out t-t-that I lied a-a-a-about b-b-b-being s-s-s-strong e-e-e-enough t-t-t-t-to bring y-y-y-y-you b-b-b-both back" Vincent whimpers as cowers into the wall some more.

"What else do you fear Vincent?" I ask standing up and moving back.

"Y-y-y-y-you u-u-u-using y-y-y-your p-p-p-p-power a-a-a-against m-m-m-m-me" he cries out as I slip through the invisible wall that cages him in the corner.

I turn to face my family and hear them gasp as the rest if the family finally sees my eyes, then I blink and my eyes return to normal.

"Do what you will with him" I say before leaving the room and heading back to lie down.

A little while later I feel the bed dip down as Emmett lies down next to me and pulls me into his arms, comforting me in the aftermath of the information overload.

Meanwhile downstairs with the Cullens

Carlisle POV

Everyone is quiet and in shock after Bella's show, Vincent is still whimpering in the corner murmuring, "Please…please….please" as he apparently still under the effects of his own power being used against him.

"Alice can you see anything about his future now, with him like this? Edward can you hear anything in his mind?" I ask quietly still in shock from witnessing Bella's power first hand – with her still as a human.

Eleazar speaks quietly, "If she can do this while human, imagine what she will be able to do once turned."

Edward says, "Carlisle he's scared shitless, she truly mirrored his gift and feed it back to him. I get lots of thoughts about him, Aro and Rosalie. What Bella said earlier was right, his ability is to focus on someone's fear and magnify it so they think of nothing else."

"Aro had him focus on Rose's insecurities about being changed and had him tell her that Emmett didn't love her, that he never loved her like she deserved."

Edward stops for a moment his face scrunching up before he inhales sharply listening to the rest of what Vincent was telling Rose, then lowers his head in shame as he quietly says, "that I felt the same, that I didn't really love her."

"He also told her that the family only kept her around because we felt sorry for her."

"What else did he tell her Edward, we have to know so when we do get her back we can reassure her that what he told her was all false" I state quietly.

Taking a deep breath Edward looks out the window before whispering, "Vincent told her that you did not really want to change her and Esme is jealous of her beauty while Alice never liked her to begin with."

Everyone in the room hisses in anger while holding their snarls of rage at bay as they tighten the circle around a still trembling and whimpering Vincent.

I look up towards the second floor saying quietly, "Bella said to do with him what we will, however, I think it might be a better bet to send him back to Aro as a warning and a message."

Eleazar speaks up, "The only problem with that is then Aro will know the prophecy is true. Carlisle you know from personal experience that information is slowly leaked out of Volterra on purpose."

Jasper says calmly, "Once news spreads that The Golden One is real, everyone will be making attempts to get to her."

"If Aro can't have her he will make sure everyone else is fighting over her" Alice says before being lost in a vision.

"We might have to change her sooner than later" I reply casting a glance up at the ceiling as I ask quietly, "Does she know about Mina?"

Emmett POV

Standing in the doorway I watch Bella for a few moments before hearing the tell tale signs of her crying.

I close the door and rush over to her lying down next to her and pulling her into my arms giving her what comfort I can until she is ready to talk.

I'm scared to tell Emmett that I'm afraid, of what I did downstairs, of what I am becoming…

I tense up realizing that I heard Bella's thoughts, I wonder if she can hear mine as well.

It's going to be okay Bella, I'm afraid as well – not of what you did but of what danger this will bring. Know that I love you as does the family and I will be here with you all the way.

I feel Bella tense up before sitting up to look at me quietly and questioningly.

Did we just have our first conversation mind to mind?

I grin widely looking at her intently before replying, yes.

"Cool," we both say out loud relieving the tension in the room as I hear Jasper say, "Tell her now, it would be better coming from you."

Sitting up I say quietly, "Bella, Vincent killed Mina earlier tonight after he got the information from her. We don't know whether he was able to get the information to Aro or not, but we want to be cautious."

Bella silently cried whispering, "I figured as much with the way he was talking about her."

Then all of a sudden I feel her resolve strengthen as she sits up straighter and wipes the tears off her face angrily.

"Did she suffer, will she be discovered; were you able to hide Mina's body" she starts to question as Jasper knocks on the door.

"Come in Jasper" I call.

Jasper walks in and kneels by the bed and takes her hands between his as he says quietly, "I took care of it Bella, as we were unable for anyone to find out about us I took the opportunity to start a fire that burned her floor and destroyed the building. I made it look like an electrical fire so no one would be suspicious."

Jasper looks down whispering before looking back up at Bella as Alice comes through the door.

"Bella, Mina didn't have any children and by the time she met you she had already reassigned the other clients that she had. I found some notes while I was going through her office, she thought very highly of you and thought of you as the daughter she never had."

Bella looks out the window saying quietly, "She told me her parents died before she started the agency. She was so involved with her business that she never got the chance to start a family like she wanted; she has no siblings, no aunts or uncles."

"We got to spend a lot of time together during the summer; I stayed with her in between my gigs. I got to know her and she was such a beautiful person, she didn't deserve to die like she did."

"Bella, I think you should see this," Alice says walking forward and handing her several folders.

Bella glances down at the folders silently before opening one and gasping, "This is Mina's will" as she reads through it and starts flipping pages.

"So that's what she wanted to talk to me about when I got here" Bella says as she gets off the bed dropping the folders before moving over to the window.

I sit still anxious to find out what all the tension is about but before I can ask anything Bella screams in rage and I hear her snap her fingers before she disappears.

I frantically glance between Alice and Jasper as I rush over to the window to see a fire in the back yard, before turning to Alice and asking, "What was that about" as I rush out the door.

"Mina left everything to Bella" she calls kneeling down next to Jasper who is cringing in pain from the effects of Bella's rage.

Carlisle POV

I glance away from Vincent for a moment hearing Bella scream, I rush out of the room with Esme and Eleazar hot on my heels as I hear Emmett barreling down the stairs yelling, "Bella!"

I turn around to look into the room and there in the corner I see Bella standing in front of Vincent who is screaming, "PLEASE! I'M SORRY! PLEASE!"

"Please, Bella listen to me we can get past this," I say quietly walking into the room with Emmett, Esme, Alice and Eleazar behind me as Edward attempts to creep up behind her.

I glance at Edward subtly shaking my head NO because this is not the way to get her calmed down as I then glance at Emmett encouraging him to move forward.

Without warning Bella clenches her fists claps hands together and Edward slams into an invisible wall before being thrown across the room from the force of it.

Jasper struggles in through the door leaning against the door jab talking quietly to Bella, "Bella please, not like this, calm down and let us take care of Vincent for you."

Bella looks at Jasper with eyes blazing purple realizing that her rage has made him vulnerable before she screams one last time then crumples to the floor in despair as Emmett rushes forward to catch her, cradling her in his arms instantly calming her as she cries and sobs in his arms.

Eleazar and I rush forward grabbing Vincent and dragging him from the room and outside where Alice and Esme gather wood to add to the fire Bella created as we rip him apart and toss him on the pyre.

I would make sure to ask Bella later on how she started the fire or if she even knew that she started it.

Walking over to me Eleazar says quietly, "She's getting stronger Carlisle, even without being a vampire. We can't wait much longer, we don't know what Aro knows, what information Vincent was able to get him."

"I know," I say quietly in pain for my daughter and son as I glance in contemplation at the pyre roaring in front of me.

"I'll speak with them in the morning; let her have this one last night of peace and rest."

Bella POV

Wrapping my arms around Emmett as I tire myself from all of the crying I don't protest as he picks me up and carries me upstairs to the room we are in.

As he lies down with me and wraps me tightly in his arms I whisper, "I'm sorry Jasper" before succumbing to some much needed sleep.

I vaguely hear him say quietly, "Nothing to forgive Bella, you're family and we stick together."

The next morning I woke up bright and early smelling Esme cooking downstairs I figured now was a good at time as any to get up and start the day.

Emmett leaned down kissing my forehead, "Hello, sweetness, did you sleep well?"

I yawn and stretch realizing that I slept better last night than I have in days, "That was the best night sleep I have had in days."

"Are you okay?" Emmett asks sitting up against the headboard as I stretch again before slinking my way into his lap.

"Oh yes," I purr as I straddle his lap grinding myself against him, "but I'm pretty sure I know something that will make me feel ever better."

I slip my arms around his neck as I feel him harden against my ass; I tighten my arms as lean in licking his bottom lip and giggling when I hear him growl as his arms wrap around my waist.

"Would it have anything to do with the sounds you were making while you slept last night?" Emmett asks as my eyes roll back in my head remembering my dream.

I lean my head back exposing my neck to him and moan in pleasure as he places open mouthed kisses up and down my neck before running his tongue up my throat to capture my lips in a kiss.

Instantly I am engulfed in fiery flames of passion as my body flashes with heat before centering in my core which I start grinding against Emmett.

"Oh yeah, would you like me to show you what I dreamed about?" I ask grinding and thrusting against him moaning from the friction I am getting.

I feel the rumble of Emmett growls of pleasure, then him mumbling "most definitely" into my shoulder blade before completely ripping my shirt off to attack my breasts with his lips.

He pulls me closer as my hands tighten in his hair and I continue to thrust myself against him.

I gasp in pleasure when he pushes my bra off my shoulders and frees my breasts before cupping them in his hands as he wraps his lips around a nipple to nip, suck, and lick it.

I get wetter and wetter imagining the feel of his lips all over my body before remembering what my dream was about.

I push him back kissing him feverishly as I move stealthily down his body nudging his legs apart before pulling at the string of his lounging pants.

When he sees where I am going with this he quickly picks me up before ripping his clothes off as I giggle while removing the rest of mine.

I hear him growl in frustration as he hisses, "yes, get out, go hunt" before laying back down whimpering, "please, please, please"

I slithered down his body positioning myself between his legs getting comfortable as I proceeded to bring my man some pleasure.

Reaching forward I run the tips of my fingers up the length of his cock around the head and back down to grasp his balls, his cock feels so smooth and slick.

I tease him with gentle touches as I spend time exploring the part of him that I was introduced to but know nothing about, except that it brought me copious amounts of pleasure.

As I am enjoying my explorations Emmett is gazing at me with lust laden eyes panting and clutching the sheets at his side as he struggles to remain still and allow me the control that I want.

I lean closer licking my lips then smiling as Emmett growls in pleasure before slowly leaning down to run the tip of my tongue around the head, moaning in pleasure when a little of his cum leaks out and onto my tongue.

I close my eyes and lick my lips again savoring the sweet muskiness that is all Emmett.

Feeling him caress my cheek makes me opens my eyes as I look at him wildly just from the simple taste of him in my mouth.

He inhales sharply seeing the wild look in my eyes then hiss as I plunge my mouth down on his cock, sucking and bobbing up and down on him passionately.

I wrap my hand around the base of his cock because I can't fit him all in my mouth.

"FUCK!!!" he roars in pleasure as I pull back grazing him with my teeth before plunging my mouth down again while reaching down to stroke and pull gently on his balls.

"Bella….hmmm…..your…..mouth….so….fucking…good…SHIT!SHIT!SHIT!....so…fucking….warm….oh baby…where…did…you….learn….that…..FUCKINGSHITA….God…." Emmett pants and mumbles incoherently as I continue my pleasurable oral activities moaning around his cock because I am enjoying how much pleasure I am bringing him from this simple act.

I take a chance attempting to deep throat him and instead swallow around him as I hollow out my cheeks creating a vacuum and action seems to throw him over the edge as his hands reach into my hair gripping it tightly as he stiffens then growls my name loudly.

I have just enough time to pull back without drowning from the amount of cum that starts shooting out of his cock and down my throat. I lap it all up licking and sucking so that I don't miss a single drop of his tasty goodness.

Even after he comes I am still sucking and licking on him making sure that he is clean and just as I pop him out of my mouth I grin watching him get hard all over again.

Glancing up at Emmett from beneath my lashes I am shocked to see this wild primal look on his face and I scramble to sit up quickly and move out of his way.

Just as I am about to fall off the bed he grabs my ankle and pulls me gently but firmly towards him hovering over me but locking me inside the comforting cage of his arms.

I shudder violently in pleasure when I feel the tip of his cock graze my mound and my eyes roll back in my head as I feel wetness flood from between my legs.

"I am going to fuck you until you can't walk and I have to carry you everywhere."

I gasp as I cum just from his sentence alone, bucking and convulsing as pleasure slashes through my entire body, I moan in pleasure as I feel his lips close around one of my nipples.

OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD. The things he can do to me…and will….I can't fucking wait.