Chapter 2 Discovery

As Aro and Caius walked slowly back to the 'army,' Jacob started to walk away. This was not the right time. There were other vampires still watching. What was he doing? I could not bear to look away from the vampires standing in front of me though. Even one distraction could kill one of us, break the shield. Then he came into my peripheral vision. He stood next to Seth and exchanged thoughts. He then slanted his shoulder so that Renesmee could climb onto Seth's. What were they doing? What was he thinking? I needed Jacob to stay with Renesmee, to run away with her!

I was quickly distracted when Aro abruptly shouted, "Excuse us. We need a time of counsel."

Everyone then relaxed, resuming to their farewells.

It was then that Edward finally turned to me. His arms wrapped around my hips, mine around his neck. He looked so worried. I wished I could just stop time and escape with all of those whom I loved. I then told him, "I love you, Edward Cullen. Through good and bad, I always have. If anything happens to me, please promise me you won't do anything stupid to…" I was cut off by Edward's sudden kiss.

All of my thoughts went blank. All I could think about was the way Edward desperately kissed me, as if this really was our last moment together. I felt a cold tear running down my cheek. I didn't want this short moment to pass so quickly. I wanted everything to stay this way forever. Then, he slowly pulled away and said, "I love you, Bella. Don't talk about anything happening to you. I can't bear to even think about such a thing. And even if something does happen to you…I don't know what I'll do. If you are not in this world, then I am as good as dead. Because…you are my life Bella."

He slowly took his hand and wiped away my tear. He then kissed my forehead and smiled, his eyebrows still creased.

We then turned around towards the field, not forgetting that we were about to engage in the most dangerous fight ever. I then remembered again that I completely forgot about Jacob and Renesmee for a few minutes. I created my shield again and turned my head to face Jacob. Jacob just shook his head at me and faced the Volturi again. What in the world was he planning? What if anything happened to him? Seth did not have…all it took it to protect Renesmee. If it weren't for Jacob's strong love for Renesmee, I would not have given her up to him in the first place. Was Jacob really that confident he could defeat these vampires? Or was he just really arrogant?

I turned my head once again to face the Volturi vampires.

Jane seemed to be arguing something while glancing at me. Aro finally turned around and smiled. He lifted his hand, his palm facing us as if to make a vow. He hesitated for a second, still smiling. Then he finally bent his hand, his index finger pointing at us, signaling something.

Edward snarled and Jacob growled loudly. My gaze panicked. Then I finally realized what was about to happen. Since their mental powers refused to penetrate my shield, they decided to fight physically. I crouched down. An unexpected snarl came up my throat, anticipating the fight more than ever.

The Volturi vampires charged at us, like I have never seen before.

Edward yelled, "Zafari, now!"

The vampire soldiers that charged at us stopped and growled in frustration. Zafari smiled in satisfaction, until her smile turned into a shriek. My head quickly turned to her. Her arms were wrapped around her shoulders, as if in deep pain. She was bending down to her knees and screaming…almost the way that…Edward did in Italy when Jane…Jane! I turned to look at Jane. Obviously, Jane was using her powers on Zafari.

The soldiers got back up and started charging at us again, since Zafari wasn't a problem anymore. Everyone charged back, including myself. As we charged, the wolves charged even harder. In the front, leading the rest of them, was Jacob. His gaze was deep and fixed. He roared as he ran, snapping at some of the passing enemies—who tried to attack—as if to bite their head off. But, surprisingly, he didn't. It was sort of like just an act, to scare them a bit. At a certain point, they stopped and started fighting.

I managed to rip apart some of the soldiers very easily. However, I knew this was only a piece of cake. I knew the real fight would come when the 'main' ones decided to join in the fight.

A lot of us used our powers against them as much as we could to protect ourselves, or even our loved ones. As for me, whenever I felt that Edward was in crucial danger or about to be attacked from all sides, I used my shield to protect him. It was hard trying to carve the shield around his body only, while trying to rip apart vampires myself.

I saw some of the vampires on our side crouch on their knees…from Jane.

I then quickly created my shield around them, until they were able to get theirselves together and fight again.

Most of the enemy vampires charged at Edward, Carlisle, and Jasper. Barely any vampires charged at Alice, probably by Aro's orders. Regardless, Alice tried to pick at any vampires she felt was the most harmful to all of us. She really was like a bolt of lightning, striking at every vampire she spotted.

At a certain point, the enemy vampires stopped charging at me. Probably because they knew I was a newborn, hence stronger than they. I was sort of glad because I wanted to observe what was going on, where in the world my Renesmee was, how Jacob was doing, and if Edward was still alive.

As I was scanning through the bloody field, I spotted Jacob on the far side of the field. Jacob was fighting rather well, until about ten vampires were approaching him from all sides. Jacob, not having realized that he was about to ganged up on, he struggled to rip apart one vampire.

I panicked. I had to get to him, help him before the ten vampires would approach him and kill him. He could certainly kill one vampire, but ten? All at once? At this point, I really wished I could somehow fly all the way to the other side of the field, because it would certainly be hard to get past through the huge number of vampires fighting in the center of the field. He would already be dead by the time I got through the center.

Then, I spotted Leah, who was fighting only a few feet away from me. I quickly ran to her as I pushed away as many enemy vampires as I could. I yelled out her name, trying to catch her attention. As I reached her, I ripped apart the vampires she was fighting, since the time it took for me to kill was a lot shorter than it took for her to kill.

Her eyes were round with surprise, as if she knew I had something to say to her. I quickly yelled, "Jacob! Leah, you have to help Jacob! He's about to get attacked by a lot of vampires! We have to get to him! But he's on the completely opposite side! It's gonna take forever for me to get there! You need to go to him! You…" Before I could even finish, Leah was gone. She turned around and ran towards the opposite side of the field. Two wolves would not be able to do the job, especially when more vampires were charging at Jacob.

Jacob was getting attacked. It looked as if he were chewing on a vampire, trying to rip him apart, while five vampires were on his back. So, I started to run towards him. I killed any vampire who came in my way, anyone who dared to stop me from saving my beloved friend.

As I finally got to Jacob, I climbed on top of his back and threw down all the vampires that were trying to hurt him. I was furious. First, I hated that all the vampires were trying to attack him; second, I hated that Jacob didn't listen to me in the first place and ended up in this kind of situation. I hated the fact that Jacob had to get hurt.

As I stepped down, I glared furiously at the vampires and with all my strength, I made a notion with my hand as if to push something. Out of nowhere, a gravitational power pushed out of my hands, as if I were pushing water in a pool. And a rippled view of a bunch of air pushed out, pushing the vampires more than just a few yards. As they flew near Alice's feet, she looked up, surprised. She would be surprised, because I was certainly speechless. Her mouth still wide open, she then nodded her head and smiled.

I was speechless. All I was aware of was that I was able to block out mental powers with an invisible shield. I had no idea that I could have a physical power, a physical shield that…physically hurt someone. It made sense though, that I got so much power out of nowhere. I mean, I was furious. My powers worked best when I was angry. A few minutes ago, I was raging with anger that Jacob was being attacked; I couldn't bear to see Jacob getting hurt, couldn't bear to imagine him getting killed.

Jacob shook off his fur, as if ready to fight again, and smirked at me, then ran towards the field. I was still motionless.

I got myself together and was about to get back into the center of the field where the main fight was going on. It was then that I realized the 'main' Volturi vampires were approaching me. Some towards me, some towards Edward's direction. I froze. Being attacked by a bunch of experienced powerful fighters was one thing, and being killed, not being able to see all my loved ones for one last time was another.

I was not mainly concerned for myself though. I was more worried about Edward.

As Demetri, Caius, and Marcus, and a few others were coming towards me, I saw a huge something coming towards me—Jacob. Behind him, Rosalie charged. As the three of us aligned, I crouched in my ready position. I put my hands in front of me, ready to kill some vampires, as soon as they got closer. I snarled and smiled in anticipation.