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Chapter 13

Bree

I told you not to fight, Edward thought.

I didn't. I just… helped. I replied, running beside them.

You went for Riley, Callie, I saw you. And he was coming for you, too.

And Seth managed to get to him before he did, right? So, there. I replied, cutting off our connection.

Edward sent me a frustrated look and sped up, so I got there late, right when Leah pounced on a last, lone newborn.

I ran to help her, but Jacob beat me to it and tackled the vampire. They rolled around fighting for dominance, making earth fly up everywhere in their wake. I continued running for the vampire, tore off the bandage Edward put on me, and scratched the wound with my nail to make more blood come out.

"Callie, don't!" Carlisle called out.

The vampire crushed Jacob and threw him away. He looked menacingly at me, and I smirked.

Nobody puts Callie in the corner.

I lunged at him with my whole body, and he flew a few feet away. I tumbled and stopped to a crouch, my dripping hand exposed at my side. The resilient vampire stood and lunged for me. However, the rest of the wolves soon came and smothered him, swarming over him and eventually killing him.

When that was done, the wolves retreated to the wood and I stood up. Esme then appeared at my side.

"Callie, oh Callie!" She panicked, ripping off a part of her own shirt and wrapping it around my hand as Edward did earlier. "Are you alright?" She asked, as Carlisle and Edward tended to Jacob.

Rosalie also appeared next to me, inspecting my hand. "Rose…" I started, not forgetting her semi-low resistance to human blood. She gave me a horrified look.

"I'm fine, guys, really, I am." I said.

The wolves re-emerged and ran to Jacob.

"How did you even get this? Your skin's supposed to be as tough as ours." Rosalie asked without a breath, concerned.

"I did it myself. It's really no big deal. It should heal in like, ten or so minutes." I said, assuring them.

"Okay, come on. Alice said the Volturi are coming in ten, so you better be right." Esme said. My eyes shot open while she was taking me into her arms and walking me to the family just as the pack carried Jacob off to his house.

I looked over at them, but found Seth nowhere in sight. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion, but kept my head straight on as I walked.

"Callie." Alice hugged me. "I saw you up there." She said, nudging her head towards the mountains.

"Yup." I replied.

"You were very brave." She gave me a small smile while cupping my cheeks.

I smiled back. "Thanks. Edward just thinks I'm stupid." I said with a roll of my eyes.

"And you were. But there's no time for stupidity now, the Volturi are coming." Edward said seriously, looking across the large fire with burning bodies to the other side of the clearing.

"Callie, stay close to Bella. We don't want them hearing your heartbeat." Carlisle demanded, and I nodded in understanding. I moved behind her, but then noticed another one standing behind us.

I turned slowly to look at her.

She had a small face and long, dark hair. She had a small body and was shaking all over. However, her most prominent features were her ghostly pale skin, and her large, piercing red eyes.

Though she should have screamed 'Threat!' to me, she looked more innocent and helpless than anything.

"And you are?" I asked kindly.

"I-I'm Bree." She stuttered, looking alarmed at my bleeding hand.

I looked at it and immediately hid it behind me.

She placed a hand around her neck, as if she were choking.

I watched her in pity. "I'm Callie." I gave her a small smile.

"Wh-what a-a-are you d-doing h-here-re?" She asked. "You're hu-hu-m-man."

"I'm not. I'm a hybrid." I chuckled and I turned to Carlisle. "Dad, she needs to feed."

He nodded. "We know. And we'll get her something after we deal with the Volturi."

I looked back at her. "You'll be alright. Just… just, hold on a little bit longer, yeah?"

She nodded, and I stood behind Bella. Emmett moved closer to me, protectively, and gave me a slight nod.

I scanned Bree's thoughts while we waited for them to arrive. She was Bree Tanner, a young sixteen-year-old girl from Seattle. She had a mate, Diego, who apparently disappeared — most probably died, I think…

"They're coming!" Alice called out.

We all turned our attention to the other side of the clearing. Four hooded figures dressed in black were approaching. The Volturi were walking towards us, fog surrounding them as they passed. When they came close enough, they stopped and removed their hoods.

At this point I realized that I never actually knew any of the Volturi. I was never allowed to stay for or even go to visits because of my... condition, so everything I knew about them I learned from my family. Emmett often described them as cold, beautiful, powerful, self-righteous, and assertive pricks.

One glance at them and I agreed.

"Impressive." The girl started. I learned her name was Jane. "I've never seen a coven escape an assault of this magnitude intact."

"We were lucky." Carlisle replied nonchalantly.

"I doubt that." She said.

I looked down to check my hand and found it fully healed, so I took the bloody bandage and stuffed it deep into my back jeans pocket.

"It appears we missed an entertaining fight." Jane's brother Alec, commented.

"Yes. It's not often we're rendered unnecessary." She replied tauntingly.

"If you'd arrived a half hour ago, you would've fulfilled your purpose." Edward said, with equal amounts boldness.

She stared coldly. "Pity." Jane said. Her eyes looked at all of us and then rested on Bree. She smiled a little. "You missed one."

Jasper walked next to her defensively.

"We offered her asylum in exchange for her surrender." Carlisle stepped up.

"That wasn't yours to offer." Jane challenged. Her eyes found Bree once more. "Why did you come?" She asked, and twitched her eyes and inflicted pain on Bree.

The newborn let out a blood-curling scream, falling to the ground and writhing in false pain.

I flinched at the sound and fell a step back.

"Who created you?"

She screamed even louder.

"You don't need to do that. She'll tell you everything you need to know." Esme said, ready to step between them to break the connection.

Jane lifted the illusion. "I know."

What is this chick's deal. Jeez. I thought to myself.

"I don't know! Riley wouldn't tell us. He said our thoughts weren't safe." Bree said, clutching the grass and panting heavily.

"Her name was Victoria. Perhaps you knew her." Edward offered, and I looked up at him.

What do you think you're doing, Ed?! I thought to him.

"Edward. If the Volturi had knowledge of Victoria, they would've stopped her." Carlisle consoled. "Isn't that right, Jane?" He asked.

It took seconds for Jane to reply. "Of course."

Liar. I thought.

"Felix." She commanded, and the big man to her left moved forward.

"She didn't know what she was doing!" Esme said, and Jane put up a hand to stop the big man. "We'll take full responsibility for her."

"Give her a chance." Carlisle said.

I made to speak as well, but Emmett gave me a look telling me to just shut up. I let out a frustrated breath, and looked to Bree.

"The Volturi don't give second chances." Jane spoke up, sneering at my parents. "Keep that in mind. Caius would be interested to know that she's still human." She said, throwing a look at Bella.

"The date is set." Bella spoke up.

Jane seemed to consider this. "Take care of that, Felix. I'd like to go home."

"Wait!" I exclaimed, stepping before Bree.

"Callie." Carlisle warned, his piercing gold eyes flashing back at me.

"She's completely innocent. If you think about it, it wasn't her fault! It was Victoria and Riley's — they were behind it all." I started, all eyes on me. I nervously look back at her, then back at the Volturi. Bella moved nearer to me to mask my scent. I made an effort to breathe as minimally as possible.

"You guys, the Volturi… you guys are supposed to bring about justice in our world, right? Well, in the human world, there's this thing about due process and how it relates with a crime. Crimes are only said to have been committed if the accused criminal did the crime in full knowledge of the law and if done by their own hand."

"We know this. Your point?" Jane challenged with a roll of her eyes, staring me down.

I moved back a little to put more distance between her and my heartbeat.

Thank goodness I joined the debate team and took up law before.

"Edward found that Bree never knew of our kind's laws, and that she never even killed any human by her own hand. If she's being persecuted just for turning, then we should all be dead by now." I said.

Edward gave me a confused look.

I searched her mind, but don't let them know that. I thought to him, and he nodded infinitesimally.

Jane narrowed her eyes at me. "Who do you think you are?"

My family tensed, ready to fight if necessary.

"I'm just making a case, ma'am." I said, as calmly and respectfully as possible. Under no circumstances were we trained enough to fight the Volturi — even though they were just four — and live to tell the tale.

She clenched her jaw. "Regardless, ignorance will not be tolerated."

"But!" I started again. "But, it's not like we have some vampire rule-book lying around somewhere. And it's her change… ers fault for that. They were meant to have full responsibility of whomever they turned and we made them pay the price for their wrongdoings." I defended. "Persecuting this innocent one won't be upholding justice, but obstructing it." I said rashly, then added afterwards: "Ma'am."

Jane looked away for a moment in consideration, then looked back at me, with a happy grin on her face. "Very well, then. Keep the vampire. Inform her of the rules, as you now take responsibility for her. But mark my words, should she violate any of our laws, she and your coven will suffer the consequences." She said.

I took a deep, inconspicuous breath of relief. "Thank you."

She cocked an eyebrow. "Never say that the Volturi was never merciful." She smirked, and put her hood back on. "I'm tired. Let's leave before the sun hits noon." She said, and turned.

The three other Volturi gave me a look, and put their hoods up as well, following the female.

When they disappeared from sight, I sighed.

"Are you crazy? You could have been found out!" Emmett asked me, full of concern as he wrapped me in a tight hug.

The rest started to reprimand me as well, and I rolled my eyes.

"Well, I wasn't, and we have a new coven member, so… yay us." I smiled.

"I'm so proud of you, Callie." Esme hugged me, kissing my forehead.

"You almost got killed three times today. You're my hero, Cals." Emmett joked.

"A very brave hybrid you are." Jasper added.

I laughed. "I hope you remember that the next time you try to pull pranks on me."

He thought about it, then shook his head. "Nah."

I rolled my eyes, and turned back to Bree. She looked at me, full of gratitude.

"Thank you." She said, her hands still clawing at her throat.

I smiled widely at her. "Don't mention it." I said.

"Seriously, don't." Jasper said, with Alice under his arm.

"Welcome to the coven." I greeted, careful not to get to close.

"Yes, welcome. And as much as I would like to join you on your first vegetarian hunt, I have a shapeshifter to attend to." Carlisle smiled.

"I'm coming with." I said, and broke away from the family to join him. "I need to see Seth."

"Very well then." He said, and we ran to his car. I got in the passenger seat and we rode to Jacob's.

As soon as we got on the Black property, I reached for Carlisle's medical bag from the back and got out and tossed it to him. We walked calmly to the house, and Billy Black met us midway on his wheelchair.

"Please help my son." He pleaded to the both of us.

I squeezed his arm in assurance.

Carlisle nodded. "I'll do what I can." He replied, and we walked with Billy to the house.

"Callie?" Seth's voice called out from the pack gathered outside the house.

"Seth!" I cried, and ran straight to him. He jogged to me and opened his arms, lifting me as I clutched onto him.

"Callie." He said.

"Oh, my God, Seth! I was so worried! Don't ever do that to me again! I thought you were dead for heaven's sake! You were lying there, and your thoughts were blank, and-" I started babbling, crying. My nails were digging into his biceps as I tried to confirm his wellness.

"Hey, calm down, calm down. I'm here. I told you it had to be that way." He pulled away and took my face in his hands, smiling, obviously amused with my concern.

I started taking shaky breaths. "I was so worried." I said, pulling him into my arms again.

"I know." He replied, stroking my hair. "Just… just catch your breath first. My mom's here. And wow, your braid is falling apart."

I gasped and looked up at him, alarmed. "Seth, I just almost died three times today, don't make it four-"

He laughed. "She's not going to kill you, Callie, she's going to love you." He said, then his face suddenly hardened. "Wait, three times?! What happened when I left?"

My eyes widened. "Do you even know how crucial it is for a boy's mother to accept his girl? It's like how a girl's dad should accept the guy."

He gave me a 'seriously?' look. "Three times, Callie?"

"Hey, I thought you were actually dead." I said defensively, a little nervously.

He furrowed his eyebrows at me.

"Yeah, you know, let's just talk about that later." I said, walking past him.

The woman standing behind Billy Black turned as Seth called for her.

"Mom, this is Callidora Cullen." Seth introduced. "This, is my mom. Sue Clearwater."

I smiled widely at the woman. She was incredibly beautiful, just like Emily.

"Mrs. Clearwater. I've heard so much about you." I said politely, shaking her hand. "Now I know where Seth and Leah get their good looks." I played.

"Don't bring me into this." I heard Leah comment, obviously still rattled up with the situation.

Sue threw a look at her, but took it with a grain of salt. "What a nice thing to hear. Sorry to say, but I haven't heard as much about you, Callie. What with the situation."

I frowned, and gave her an apologetic smile. "Yeah, I'm sorry that we had to meet under these circumstances."

She waved it off. "These things happen in our world."

Just then, Jacob's cries of pain were heard from inside the house. Sue went to clutch Billy's hand in consolation.

"How was he when he got here?" I asked.

"Almost paralyzed in pain." Sam came up to me with his arms crossed.

I looked down. "Ouch."

"It would have been worse if you hadn't distracted him in time for us to step in." Sam commended me, making me look up at him.

I smiled in flattery. "Thanks."

"Thank you." He replied, placing a heavy hand on my shoulder in assurance. "How's your hand?"

I showed it to him. "Fully healed."

Seth looked at us confusedly. Sam looked at him, seeming to tell him what happened telepathically. Seth nodded, still surprised.

Jared came up to us, and the rest of the pack excluding Leah followed.

"Hey, Callie." Jared spoke up. "You're not so bad."

Sam chuckled, and clapped his back. "I think you owe her an apology, man."

Jared chuckled as well, looking at me. "I'm sorry for being such an ass."

I laughed. "Apology accepted."

Seth smiled.

"Yeah, Callie! Really bad-ass out there." Paul greeted with a smile.

"Oh please, guys, really. You were the ones who took him out." I waved.

And as expected of a group of teenage boys, the Quileutes then praised themselves on their valiant efforts.

"Too bad we missed the action." Brady emerged from the group.

"Brady, hey. How was patrols?" I asked, giving him a small hug.

"Boring." Collin came up, too.

"A few were about to cross, but saw us so they turned away. Embry mostly took care of them." Brady said.

I nodded. "So, you didn't totally miss out." I said hopefully.

"Honestly, I don't think we would've been able to take them. They were vicious." Brady said.

"C'mon, dude, we totally could've." Collin said, bouncing from foot-to-foot.

"You guys can't even handle us in human form." Quil joked, taking them under his arms and giving them noogies.

I laughed at their bromance, and walked with Seth to the other side of the house and sat down on the porch, waiting.

Jacob screamed again and Carlisle came out.

"Callie, I need your help. You too, Sam." He looked down at me.

I looked up unsurely, as did Seth. "Me? Why?" I asked, standing and straightening my shirt.

"You'll have just the right amount of strength I need. Come, quickly now." He said.

I looked to Billy before I walked up the steps, and he looked to me sadly. I nodded at him and walked with Carlisle and Sam.

"Jacob." I said when I saw the bleeding boy lying on his bed.

He made to speak but Carlisle shushed him.

"Okay, I explained to Jacob that we're going to have to re-fracture his bones in order to put them back in their proper place." Carlisle informed us, as I stood next to Jacob.

"Wait, what?" Sam and I asked.

"His bones healed too fast for them to be put back in properly. So Callie, you're going to have to crush them."

"Dad." I said, unsure of myself.

"Callie, you can do this. I need to rearrange the bones while you break them and hold him in place." He said.

"Please, Callie." Jacob pleaded quietly, short of breath.

Sam looked at me as well.

I took a deep breath to pump myself up. "Okay, okay, I'll do it. Should I use my powers to calm him or something?" I asked.

"That would be helpful, yes, so Jacob here doesn't move as much, too. Sam, I understand that since you're the Alpha, you're going to be able to command him, too. So please tell him to stay put." Carlisle said. "Callie, you can start with his lower-right abdomen. Just here." He directed to the open cut.

I sent Jacob waves of energy meant to calm him down. He did so visibly.

"How strong?" I asked, placing my hands atop the area.

"Just enough. Do what you think." Carlisle instructed.

I applied increasing pressure on the area gradually. When I felt the break, I instantly lifted my hands and Carlisle took over. Jacob let out a guttural scream and Sam tried to hush him.

Carlisle patched it up and I sent more energy to Jacob, putting all my focus on him. He breathed heavily, calming down.

"Just keep doing what you're doing, Callie. Like this, at least no organs will be punctured." Carlisle encouraged.

I nodded.

We continued with the demonstrations for what seemed like ages. Carlisle had to make sure the bones were in their proper place and hold it for a while in order for it to properly grow back, and then also clean the wound.

The hardest part was on his shoulder. I watched Jacob's face scrunch up in the pain when I crushed the bone, and it was difficult for me to do so.

When Jacob let out one last howl of pain, Sam grabbed Carlisle's morphine as he asked and administered it to our patient while Carlisle wrapped him up.

I sent more waves of energy to Jake, and his body relaxed from shaking so vigorously. It drained me terribly, and I had to sit on a chair. Sam grabbed the study chair and helped me sit.

"Are you alright?" Carlisle asked with a hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah. Yeah, I am." I panted, looking over at Jacob who was panting as well. I wiped the sweat off my face with the back of my hand.

"That felt like hell, Carlisle." Jacob said. "Thank you. If Bella's there, can you please send her in?"

Carlisle smiled. "No problem, Jacob. C'mon Callie, let's go. The boy needs his rest."

I nodded, and tiredly got up with Sam's help.

The two boys shared a look and I walked with the elder to the door.

"Thanks, Callie. For now, and awhile ago." Jacob said just as I exited the room.

I smiled back at him. "Anything for you, Jake. I feel you would've done the same for me." I said, walking out of the house with Carlisle and seeing that it was already dark out.

"The worst is over. He'll be alright. I gave him some morphine but his body temperature will burn it off soon. I'll come back to set up a drip." Carlisle explained.

"Thank you." Billy said, holding his hand out for Carlisle to shake.

Carlisle smiled and nodded in reply, then looked to Bella. "He's asking for you." He said, and walked to his car.

Bella and I exchanged glances as she passed to go in the house.

I felt my knees buckle, and I would've fallen to the ground if Sam wasn't keeping my steady.

"Callie?" Seth asked and rushed to my side, alarmed.

"I'm just tired." I said to calm him down.

"What happened in there?" Seth asked the Alpha very panicky.

"Callie had to use her powers to calm Jacob down, and her strength to break his bones. I'd be surprised if she wasn't drained." Sam explained, and the guys crowded around me to watch.

Carlisle soon returned with a water bottle, having deposited his medical bag in the back seat of the car. "Here, this should help."

I gladly took the open bottle and chugged it. When I was done, Paul took it and tossed it into a trash can.

I then felt myself being lifted.

"I'll take her home first." Carlisle said, with me in his arms. "Thank you all again for your help, I should be back in around twenty minutes to set up the IV drip."

Sam took Carlisle's hand under my legs and shook it.

Seth came up to us, and I smiled at him as he took my hand in his.

"You should rest, too. I'll see you." I smiled, letting go of him.

He nodded sadly and reluctantly allowed Carlisle to take me to the car.

I fell asleep on the way home.

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minniebow14 - HOW IS IT THAT YOU KNEW WHAT WAS COMING? Blows my mind. Anyway, yeah, I totally needed to save Bree. After reading the short second life of bree tanner years ago, I knew I had to keep her if I were to rewrite the story. She's such a substantial character who did not deserve to die. As always, thanks for the review!

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