Chapter 2

They arrived at a large gathering outside of the city, almost an hour away so they had less then an hour to get the guardian out of there before the fire was lit. There was a female tired with her hands behind her back standing watching as the others spoke; she wore a long blue and red dress and her face was cut, but healing rapidly. She was beautiful and didn't try to escape, she knew she couldn't. Her eyes flashed between blue and black every few seconds, she was the first to see them arrive but didn't care. Workers were places large logs at her feet and she stiffened whenever was lain down before her.

Aubrey swore when he recognized the leader, he got out and glanced back at the others, "Kristoff- my friend." He went forward as a handsome vampire male came forward- pushing others out of his way, "What brings you here?"

"Can't you see Aubrey? Long time-no see; how are you my friend?"

"Fine, fine. I have a surprise for you," he gestured behind him. "Comrades, they're good fighters and one of them is a seer."

"Nicely done my boy."

"What- ah, is going on here?" he gestured to the tied female.

She watched them but also turned to see behind her as best she could- keeping an eye on everyone else as well. "We're burning it alive."

"You mean her?"

He shook his head, "Make way for my friends." He ordered and instantly the crowd parted to make way for Aubrey and the Cullens to go forward, "Any friends of yours Aubrey are fighters for me. When I get my throne back… it'll be a glorious day." She laughed at him, "Shut your mouth Lily."

"It' just really funny," she smiled at him. "Thinking you'll gain back what you lost- do you have any idea how much I doubt it Kristoff."

Kristoff looked at Aubrey, "See what I had to put with for the last couple hours. Those two little bitches got away from me. Remember Lachlan MacRieve?" Aubrey nodded, "His daughters, Deidre and Rachael MacRieve- little asses." Alice and Bella almost growled but Edward stopped them, Kristoff glanced back at them. He wore a long black cloak and black jeans, "At first I planned on kidnapping them and keeping them as my own. Little Rachael MacRieve can see the future- she's already just as powerful as someone who's been doing it for years. Deidre I think is some kind of telekinetic adapted."

Aubrey nodded up at the prisoner, "What's she do?"

"Took them from Scotland, to keep them safe. She obviously failed!" He yelled up at her, his hands in fists. He laughed and she looked away from him, "Aubrey, she's Furie's daughter and the only heir to the Valkyrie kingdom."

"What?" his shock was true, she looked away from him when he looked at her. "Are you sure?"

"Definitely," he smiled and held his shoulder tightly. "I'm her father," she glared at him.

"My mother will have your head for this Kristoff," she said calmly and leaned her head back on the pole she was tied too.

Kristoff laughed, "If she ever gets out of the ocean- Aubrey here, placed her there himself Lily-." She glared at him and looked away, "See that, she hates you now Aubrey- don't worry, she'll forget it when the smoke kills her." He thumped his back and Aubrey grunted, Kristoff laughed. "Toughen up Karew, have you ever burned someone alive before?" He shook his head, "Well you will tonight- or at least witness it. It's pretty fun. I killed Lily's sisters a few years ago; they screamed so damn loud…" he laughed again.

Aubrey looked back at the others, "Sounds fun Kristoff. It's supposed to rain tonight, maybe it could be held off."

"Then I guess we should go now," he said and a female werewolf came forward.

"Kristoff!" she yelled, "Send some off to find the girls. They couldn't have gotten far."

"Cassandra, darling," he went to her. "Piss off." He laughed again as she growled and folded her arms across her chest and fell back into the crowd, another female wolf whispered in Scottish to her. "So hard to find good help these days, bring me the torch. I want to see the princess burn before it rains," he looked back at Aubrey who smiled and nodded.

We won't get a chance to get her out of here, Alice suddenly thought and Aubrey spun to face her. She held her hand over her mouth. We won't get her back to the house Aubrey- we came to watch her die. Jasper held his arm around her shoulders.

Kristoff then grabbed the fire lit torch and stepped towards Lilias, she watched him- her eyes staying on his face. "Father," she whispered.

"Now you address me by my name towards you, when I'm going to kill you- of course you do." He growled and she jumped and closed her eyes, "Don't worry. I'll find those brats and I'll do the same thing to them as I do to you; I'll send the remains to your dear sister- Emma and her werewolf will be so angry at you for failing them Lilias. You'll be forgotten before anyone remembers anything I've done," he touched her face and she pulled it from his touch. He grabbed her neck and held it very tightly, "You failed your mother and now you've failing at the only chance at gaining the trust of your own people; daughter of mine… everything about you was a mistake."

"I'll believe that before anything else," she admitted. "Kill me Kristoff, but you'll never get to them- they're safe I know they are."

"They've been taken by mortal males," he growled and smiled. "Just imagine at what they're doing to the little beauties now."

He spun around when Emmett and Jasper suddenly growled, "Sorry- sir." Jasper said quickly, "We just wish, we could be there to watch. It's not fair saying that in front of us."

"I like you," Kristoff said and smiled at them. Emmett forced a smile.

Kristoff lowered the fire to her face and she turned away from it, the heat hurt her skin. "Do it Kristoff, kill me and you'll never get what you want from Furie."

"Your mother was weak- you are too." He said and Aubrey stepped forward suddenly when he lit the logs and she closed her eyes.

Protect them- gods protected them. She thought the flame was hot and it flicked her skin and on her feet but she didn't scream although she wanted too.

Kristoff turned to his followers, "Behold the mighty Furie's heir!" They cheered as her dress caught the flame and then it crawled up to her face and her hair was disappearing.

"My god," Bella whispered and turned away into Edward's shoulder.

Even when she was completely under the flame, she didn't scream. She was trained not too, Kristoff watched with a pleased look on his face, his elbow resting on his arm. The flame was quick to engulf her body; she was still alive she looked at Kristoff. She closed her eyes and kept them closed, pretending to be at home- a courtyard riding horses with Deidre and Rachael behind her on ponies. She didn't remember Furie so she tried to imagine what her mother looked like and then her thoughts went black as she died. Alice and Bella collapsed into Edward and Jasper's arms.

Kristoff only laughed at that, "Too much for them, huh? That's alright, they'll get used to it," he promised. "Let's move out. The ashes will blow away with the wind the rain brings. Coming Aubrey- we'll feast in Romania and sleep in Paris."

He turned to him; it was hard to look at him. "She was your daughter?" Kristoff nodded.

"Shame really, if I'd a son, he'd be begging me to catch those girls to kill them too. Instead my heir goes off and joins forces with the damn wolves. Emmaline's father was Deme, a vampire- her mother a Valkyrie and her husband is a werewolf. It was disgusting to see Deidre and Rachael share the genetics of those three things put together. We'll see you in Romania then?"

"Of course, tonight was a- a good night for a fire Kristoff. We need to move supplies."

"Of course, two hours or so?"

Aubrey nodded and the others only nodded, after they left Bella and Alice began crying. There had been at least thirty vampires, Edward comforted Bella and Jasper picked Alice up to carry her to the car but there was a noise that made them stop. Lilias had died standing, tied to the wooden pole; her body was ashes and burnt in place. The pole snapped and her ashen body collapsed to the ground, Rosalie screamed and turned into Emmett's shoulder; her head sunk in into a flat pile of ashes and Aubrey turned away.

"I'm sorry Lily, I couldn't save you." It had been up to him to get her out of there and he failed, he wasn't used to failing something so easily. Jasper asked Edward to take Alice home and he went to Aubrey, "Jasper- it'll be alright, right?" he whispered.

Jasper shrugged, "I don't know Aubrey. I hope so- I've never seen Edward cry before." He whispered, "He was sad when he thought Bella… when she jumped off the cliff- we don't even know her."

"She protected the girls," Aubrey whispered. "She gave her life for them, she didn't even scream."

Jasper took his shoulder to lead him away from the ashes to return to the car, "She was afraid- she didn't scream to show it. She wouldn't even if she could; her hatred for Kristoff was might." He said, "We have Deidre and Rachael, they'll be safe with us." He promised and Aubrey nodded, "I know you feel hope."

Aubrey turned to him finally looking away from Lilias's body, "I want to help- I need to help protect them from Kristoff and his men." Jasper nodded and they drove away, leaving Lilias to blow away in the wind as it picked up. Alice whispered that the girls were asleep so when they got home, Renesme and Esme met them at the door- Carlisle was in his room; no one has seen him act like this. A person would think he was upset that the two human girls were in there but really he was just as afraid as Esme was, for them; he just didn't know how to show it to two children as they are. He came down when he heard Emmett tell Esme what happened when she asked for Lily was; Deidre and Rachael slept through the night and when Esme checked on them, they each had a small smile on their lips as if they dreamed of home and safety.