Author's Note- Because Edward is currently in the abyss of darkness, he won't be narrating for this chapter and the next chapter following this one. I didn't want to waste anybody's time by writing another poem or just leaving the chapter blank, so please enjoy another chapter in Bella's point of view. If the next two chapters comes out nicely, I might bring Edward back from the dead. -Geneth

Bella

It became clear to me that this was my family's master plan, and it was utterly brilliant. With the Volturi here, Liberty would back off and return to New York. Although most feared and loathed the Volturi, no clan had the courage or the stupidity to do something against their wishes. The Volturi was the top of the food chain, and any other coven would have to wait in line. With all the violations they had caused, it was almost positive that all of Liberty would be sentenced to death. That is, if death was possible for a person who could revive them all.

Despite seeing most of the Volturi on the doorstep, Jennifer and the rest of the coven seemed unfazed. Jennifer stepped foreword. "Aro, my friend. It has been long since we last had contact. How was the destruction of Jwang Long and his coven in China?"

"They went down rather hard. Jwang Long managed to escape with his mate and one loyal ally," Jane replied, almost cheerfully. Jane didn't quite look like her usual monotonic self. Her hair had grown longer and now hung just under her ears, and she watched Jennifer with an expression that I had never seen before on her childish face. It was admiration.

Aro took a step foreword to meet Jennifer. "It's been a while, dear one. What have you been up to?" He motioned behind her, indicating the rest of us.

"I would have thought you've known about this coven's immortal child by now. I have a witness to the events that confirm that the child is very much real. Tell me, Aro, did you know of the child?" Jennifer asked.

Aro smiled slightly in return. "I did in fact know of the child, dear one, and it was dismissed by the court as perfectly harmless."

Jennifer chuckled blackly at his reply, clearly unconvinced. "Jane, darling," she said, turning to Jane, "Tell me, why was this child removed as 'harmless'?"

"The child was confirmed to be a half-breed conceived and born by the human form of that one," Jane replied, motioning towards me, "The child is mostly a human, but has a thirst of blood like vampires. The child sleeps, but grows like a normal human. The child speaks, but also has a gift that can be played in the mind."

"I would like to see that," Jennifer replied bluntly.

Aro turned to Carlisle. "Where is little Renesmee now?"

"She is coming with my mate as we speak," Carlisle replied. The soft thudding of footprints in the background confirmed this, but it sounded like more than ten people were running. Jennifer arched her eyebrows to Claudiena, who began to prepare illusion spheres in her hands. "Perhaps it would be best if we went outside," Carlisle suggested. Everyone followed him out to the backyard.

As we stepped outside, I immediately saw Esme with Renesmee by her side. Renesmee spotted me in the mob and waved energetically, unaware of the dangerous vampires that stood beside me. At first, I was relieved and I waved back. Then, I saw the poisonous looks from Jacob and the other werewolves who lingered in the shadows of the woods. But, as Liberty stepped out into the area, the looks stopped and filled with understanding. Jacob shot me a concerned look. "I'm fine," I mouthed.

"I see you have more supporters for the child," Jennifer murmured as she surveyed the area. She turned to Carlisle. "Bring the child foreword."

Carlisle turned to Esme, who set Nessie on Jacob's back. Jacob walked quickly, and stopped so he stood a yard and three inches away from the little herd in front of the door. Jennifer and Jesse began to walk towards Nessie. Jacob shifted his position, so he now stood protectively with Nessie peering over his shoulder to see the new strangers.

They now stood in front of Nessie, who smiled at them. "What is your name, little one?" Jennifer asked. Her voice was forcefully sweet, as if she was coaxing Nessie to do something, but had a bit of spitefulness and bitterness attached to it. Jacob bared his teeth at her but Jesse snarled back in response.

Renesmee peeked over Jennifer to me. I smiled and nodded for her to speak. "My name is Renesmee Cullen, but my family calls me Nessie," she said in her familiar soprano voice, which I immediately noticed had tuned a note higher since we last spoke.

"Nice to meet you, Renesmee," Jennifer replied, with false interest, "I've heard that you have a power that plays in the mind. Would you mind showing me?"

Nessie reached over and extended her finger to Jennifer's forehead. Jennifer didn't flinch or react to the power that Nessie possessed, which was unusual for someone who had experienced Nessie's power. When her eyes refocused, Jennifer stepped backward and didn't say anything. I did a silent victory dance in my mind. I quietly hoped Jennifer was convinced.

Jesse stepped up towards Nessie. "Hello, little one. Would you mind…?"

Renesmee laughed. "Not at all." She reached over and touched his forehead. For a few moments, they just stood there, Nessie silently explaining everything. Nessie closed her eyes to concentrate further and Jacob turned his head towards Sam, communicating to the other pack as well. Everyone watching also relaxed and some of the Volturi began to start mild conversations.

Then I saw something that set Jesse apart from all of the other vampires that Renesmee had touched.

His eyes were not defocused. In fact, they were now narrowing, concentrating as well. Suddenly, so fast I wasn't exactly sure it happened, a small black dot flew quickly out of Jesse's forehead and entered Renesmee's finger. It slowly began to creep up her arm and disappeared under the sleeve of her shirt. It appeared on her neck and slowly made its way up until it was at her forehead. The dot then seeped into her head. Nessie's eyes flew open and the pupils began to dilate, growing bigger then shrinking again. The chocolate brown of her eyes was darkening quickly, until it was a dull onyx. She dropped her hand robotically and I realized what had happened.

The instant I realized what happened, everyone else in the mob realized what happened. I broke from the mob before anyone could stop me and stopped in front of her. Jacob looked up worriedly. "Nessie?" I said, kneeling in front of her. Her eyes were blank and no expression showed on her face. Jacob growled to her and again, no response.

I turned to face Jesse. "You monster! What did you do to my child?!"

"I simply took over her mind," Jesse explained quietly.

Aro cleared his throat. "Jennifer, dear one, wasn't it clear that you were not to harm the child?"

Jennifer turned to Aro. "Actually, it was never reinforced." Smiling blackly, she snapped her fingers. I knew all to well what was happening, even if it happened in a mere millisecond. The waiting illusion spheres shot out of Claudiena's hands and created a large barrier in front of the group standing by the house. The wolves and Esme now stood frozen, like beautiful wax figures, as their eyes rolled and shifted curiously around in their sockets.

The mob standing by the house tried to push foreword, but Claudiena's barrier made them smack into it like a piece of invisible glass stood there. "Dear one, what are you doing?" Aro called out.

"She would make a wise addition to my growing coven, Aro. My true purpose in coming to Forks was not to kill the child, but offer it a place on the true most powerful coven in the entire world. Everyone always believed that the Volturi was at the top, when all along it has been us. And now," she said, motioning towards Renesmee, "We have our final addition." Jesse flicked his eyes towards Renesmee. Controlled by him, she jumped off Jacob's back and walked towards Jennifer and Jesse, only stopping when she was at Jennifer's side.

"You can't do that!" I exclaimed angrily at them.

"We all but can, Bella," Jesse replied. "Who's going to stop us?"

Infuriated by his words, I pounced at him. My pounce became in slow motion in my mind. As I was approaching Jesse from the air, I saw Claudiena's shield reach out to protect him. Luckily, she missed and instead tripped me. As I began to fall, I again reached out to grab Jesse. But Jennifer now stood in his place.

Her fingers met mine.

At first, I felt protected because of my shield. So I was naturally confused as to why I fell to the ground and was suddenly squashed by a large force of strength. A dozen invisible daggers stabbed mercilessly at my sides, and a hand was squeezing my insides and my heart. Then, I remembered. Claudiena's shield had been exposed to mine a few moments before I came in contact with Jennifer. My shield had been canceled out by Claudiena, and Jennifer's attack had gotten through to me.

The pain was attacking me. Jacob was struggling to lift up my head and try to get me going again, but I remained down. My vision was blurry at the corners now, and a rope began to squeeze my neck. An ocean of darkness began to surround me, and I could no longer feel Jacob's head trying to coax mine back up. I tried to struggle, but found it growing harder as the pain grew harsher.

I couldn't stop it anymore.

I released myself into the dark world.