"Oh, Edward!" I cried, examining his wounds. "Did Jacob do this to you?"

"One dog couldn't have possibly done that much damage," Laurent dropped his arms from me, and frowned at Edward. "Not when the whole Cullen family was helping, at least."

"The whole pack showed up," Edward shook his head. "Apparently, there was a treaty for the Denali coven, as well. This treaty was a little more specific. It's broken now."

"What does that mean?" I asked, my voice shaking. "What do you mean there's going to be a war?"

"This treaty wasn't specific to say that it only applied to Carmen's coven," he explained. "The treaty said that no vampire in the area would bite a human. Therefore, by biting Bella, Victoria broke the agreement."

Laurent cursed under his breath. "What is going to happen now?"

Edward ran a hand through his messy hair. "We have a war on our hands, we're going to have to fight. There is no way out of this."

I whimpered, "Where is the rest of the family?"

"They left to get Carmen's coven," he replied, coming to sit with Laurent and I on the bed. "We're going to need back up for this one."

Laurent groaned. "This is my entire fault," he said, shaking his head. "If only I would have released the others from my control sooner. I hadn't anticipated the effects to take a minute to wear off…"

"There's no time for self-blame now, Laurent," Edward sighed. "All hell is about to break loose, and we're going to need your power on our side."

"You got it,"

"What about me?" I asked.

"No!" both men said in unison.

"You're not going to be a part of this," Edward growled. "I don't want to put you at risk like that."

"You're staying here," Laurent said, "Where it's safe."

I growled fiercely, shocking myself, as well as Edward and Laurent. "I can't stand by, and pace the room wondering whether or not any of you are coming home. I'm going to come and fight, too." I countered, jumping back off the bed, and placing my hands on my hips. "Alice and Rosalie are going to be there. Alice is even smaller then I am. I'm not breakable anymore."

"Alice has been a vampire a lot longer then you have," Edward retorted. "So has Rosalie. They have a lot more experience then you do."

"There is no way you have enough control of your strength to handle wolves," Laurent added. "It's much more dangerous for you then anyone else."

"You're staying, and that is that." Edward snapped. He stood up as well, coming to stand in front of me, his arms folded over his chest.

"You're both being ridiculous," I groaned, stepping away from Edward. "I can handle myself. I love you Edward, and I love your family. I care about you too Laurent, no matter how annoyingly arrogant you are. I can defend myself, and I have both of you, and the others to help me."

"No," Edward was still being stubborn.

Laurent looked at me sympathetically. "I could try and use my gift to weaken the wolves that try and attack Bella."

Edward looked surprised, "Can you do that?"

"I can control people," Laurent said, "Their movements, their strength, anything like that. I make them act the way I want them too."

I smiled, "Thank you, Laurent."

"Fine," Edward sighed. "I guess…I guess I still see you as my breakable Bella."

"I love you, Edward,"

Edward smiled sadly. "I love you too, Bella."

Laurent scoffed. "It's not like I don't find all this mushy crap adorable," he said with a smirk, "But… no, I lied. This mushy crap is making me sick. Can we go now?"

I laughed, and smacked him in the arm. "You're just jealous,"

"Oh darn," Laurent rolled his eyes, "You caught me." He said, sarcasm heavily attached to each word.

His thoughts must not have betrayed him, because Edward laughed too.

And we set off to face what could possibly be death. I gripped Edward's hand, as we stepped outside into the twilight. Edward squeezed my hand tightly, and Laurent placed a strong hand on my back. I may have been terrified, but at the same time, I felt somewhat protected.

We approached the huge clearing before the forest began, where the Cullens, as well as Carmen, Eleazar, Irina, Kate, and Tanya, were waiting for us. We joined the line, and saw the werewolves just a few feet in front of us; I recognized Jacob, he was the only reddish-brown wolf. But his eyes were unmistakable. I knew his eyes. Sam Uley was the biggest, the leader of the pack. I knew them, but no one else. I couldn't even tell who was in which pack.

I took a deep breath, as the wolves pounced at us.

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The only way we had any hope of killing the dogs, was if we bit them. Our venom was lethal to them. Instead of changing them, the venom worked like poison. Getting to their neck was the hard part. Laurent was doing a good job manipulating the werewolves, though. Thanks to him, a lot of them were weaker, and we all had the upper hand, since we were stronger.

Bodies crashed together, sounding something like thunder, growls ripping through the air often as well. Every vampire had a werewolf to fight, and it seemed as if we were going to win this war. No one was able to concentrate on any of the battles except their own. I didn't see any fire around though, so I knew that we hadn't lost anybody.

I leaped forward, tackling an unfamiliar wolf to the ground. His nails dug into the flesh of my arms, and I let out a yelp of pain. I felt a small amount of blood, and venom dripping down my arms. Snarling, I held his wrists tightly, my own nails puncturing his skin as well. I pushed his arms up over his head, as my teeth headed towards his neck. But at the last moment, he pushed his arms back up, and sent me flying backwards, almost hitting a tree in the process. Another growl ripped from my chest, as I flung myself back at him. He pounced at the same time I did, and our bodies collided, this time him pinning me to the ground. His claws ripped a slit over my stomach, cutting my shirt, and leaving a gash in my abdomen. I screamed, and the next thing I knew, he was flying off me, and landing right into Edward's clutches. His sharp teeth ripped into his neck, as the dog couldn't move. Laurent was busy with another dog, but he still managed to help Edward keep me save.

I took the free moment to look at the scene before me.

Carmen was struggling with one of the wolves, he had her pinned down, and was scratching at her. Eleazar was biting into a dog's wrist, before he pounced towards Carmen, pushing the werewolf off his wife.

Emmett had Sam on the ground too, and they were punching and scratching each other at an insanely fast speed. I had to look away, the speed confusing even my inhuman eyes.

Alice and Rosalie seemed to be doing very well. They were working together, fighting two werewolves at a time, their sharp nails piercing the dogs' skin.

Tanya and Irina each had their own separate dogs, and they seemed to be doing very well also. It appeared that together, we all had wiped out half of the opponents.

My eyes flew to Jacob. The only reason I knew it was him, was because of his eyes. Wolf or not, I knew those were his eyes. With all his strength, he pushed Tanya off of him, and backwards into another dog. Her fists immediately flew to him, abandoning Jacob, who seemed to have an evil glint in his eyes.

And that's when he pounced. He lowered himself into a crouch, and leapt at Edward, who, at the moment wasn't fighting anyone. He looked like he was about to go help Irina, who was struggling with another dog.

Before I realized what was happening, I flung myself forward, jumping in front of Edward. The only thing I could hear was my mind screaming, Not him, not my Edward.

Jacob's body crashed into mine, as I blocked Edward out of the way. His claws dug into my neck, and then my shoulders, as he scratched at me, in an attempt to rip me to shreds. I screeched, and pushed my knees up, and pushed them into his stomach. He jumped back, and Edward took the opportunity to knock him to the ground, and off of me.

Rosalie and Alice were only fighting one wolf at the moment, and Alice left Rosalie to handle him on her own, and she leapt to my side, to make sure he hadn't damaged me too badly.

"This is ridiculous," I moaned, excruciating pain cutting through me like a knife. "The vampire responsible of this mess is dead."

The entire battlefield froze when a certain cat-like figure stepped into view. Her fiery red hair blew in the slight breeze, and a malicious grin revealed her perfect teeth.

"Guess again," she purred.

Edward and Jacob immediately separated, and Edward ran at full speed to my side. In an instant, all the vampires were crowded around near me, and the wolves were on the other side.

"Laurent," Victoria snarled.

He looked shocked, but his voice managed to stay cool. "Victoria,"

"Look at you, you're one of them," she said, looking into his butterscotch eyes. "Weak,"

"Actually," Laurent crossed his arms over his chest, and he stepped forward, in front of all of us. "Aren't you the weak one? Not strong enough to resist human blood…"

She snarled, "First you betray me, and then you turn around and become one of them," she looked disgusted. "You've gone soft…"

"But I'm not a killer anymore am I?" He wore his arrogant smirk, as bold as usual. What the hell was he doing? He was going to get himself killed! He was angering her on purpose.

"Like I said," Victoria's lips curled, "You've gone soft on me. I'm ashamed."

"Oh," Laurent said, with false embarrassment. "What ever will I do? I do not have Victoria's much sought after approval."

Victoria growled at him. "You will forever regret the day you betrayed me."

"Will I?" he snarled.

And that's when she pounced at him.