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Bella's POV
The fact was that a war was coming, and not everyone was going to survive. I had yet to tell the others about what I found out. The Volturi were going to make slaves of all the vampires in the world, as if they didn't have enough power. It would be scary to know that the Volturi would be in charge of the world, so to speak. I would have to tell them soon.
It was two in the morning.
I walked downstairs.
Everyone was in the living room. The Cullens were talking about the training session. The Vampiress were talking about their old training sessions and the missions they had been on.
"I need to speak to the girls in the Vampiress alone," I looked at the girls pointedly. It was a look that told them it was important.
The girls got up to follow me upstairs.
"Whatever you have to say to them, you can say to us," Edward told me. I glared at them. It was a glare that could melt steel.
"Its not you're business, not yet at least," I replied.
"It is our business," He shot back.
"What are you going to make me? You think you can take me. You can't but you could try. C'mon kick my ass," I told him while looking him in the eye.
He looked away. I turned to walk upstairs. Reese walked up to me.
"Look I know its not like us to be nice to other vampires, especially when they hurt our leader, but they will be working with us against the Volturi," Reese said. I knew she was right.
"Fine. Your lucky that I listen to you," I said. I turned back to them. " I'll tell you what I know and that is a lot. The Volturi plan to make all the vampires slaves and they are willing to go to war to do that. That's why I agreed to train you. You can choose to fight or you can give up and go with the Volturi," I gave them the choice. I knew what they would choose.
They were silent. Everyone was staring at me in shock.
"If you are going to fight then I will continue to train you. If not then we will leave." I knew that we needed all that we could get.
"I'm in," Edward spoke up.
"Us too," Said Alice.
"Same here," Said both Emmett and Rosalie.
"You can count us in too," Carlisle aid last.
"Good. Lets get to work on training." This sounded like one of those cheesy action movies.
"This next training session is about self control. You have to learn to control your blood urges and it will make you stronger." This was going too be a long day.
I looked at Reese and the other Vampiress. They nodded. They knew what to do.
They were gone for about 15 minutes. They came back with the packets.
"C'mon," I said as I walked outside.
"This is going to get ugly," I whispered to Reese. She giggled.
They lined up side by side.
"Carlisle, since this won't work on you so go over with the others," I told him.
He walked over to the others.
4 others of the Vampiress lined in front of the Cullens. They all had a red packet in their hands. I was in front of Edward.
"This," I pointed to the packets, " is cloned blood. It smells the same as blood and tastes the same. This is a clone of my blood to be exact. Don't ask how I got it. But since all of you thought I smelt good, I thought it would be good to train with," I informed them. Edward looked anxious. I smiled.
We ripped the packets opened. We did something they never expected. We splashed the blood in their faces. Their mouths dropped. I smirked. The blood dripped into their mouths.
I motioned to the girls. They backed away. As I said this was going to get ugly.
I could see that they were struggling. 3 2 1 I counted down. Then it happened. They attacked each other. The blood on each of their faces was too much. Jasper tackled Edward. I giggled. They fought over my blood. It was so sweet. Did I just think that was sweet? I needed to stop hanging around the goody goody Cullens. I shivered. Me, a goody goody. I shudder to think. I have not been that way since I was human, a weak, pathetic human. Emmett tackled Jasper. This was Edward's chance to strike back. He hit them both from the side. This sent them flying.
"If I could eat I would be eating popcorn. This is better than the movies. This is why people who can't control their bloodlust aren't assassins," I said and Kira giggled next to me. Meanwhile Rosalie tackled Alice. Jasper who saw this roared. Emmett got all protective of Rosalie. I nodded to the girls. I grabbed Edward by the shirt collar and hoisted him up into the air. I let him hang there while the girls secured the others.
"This is the reason we practice self control. Bloodlust can turn you against your friends and family," I dropped Edward carelessly and he fell on his butt. I giggled.
"Have a nice fall," I asked him.
"Yeah," He replied gruffly.
"Just concentrate on what has to be done. Don't concentrate on the blood," I told them. If it were possible to get a headache I would have gotten one.
"Carlisle, Esme, since I didn't get to teach you some endurance yesterday. We still have a long way to go with the 'kids'," I did quotation marks in the air, " But we need to get started on your endurance. I'm actually going to let you pick what kind of test you get. You saw what I did yesterday," I said. I was being too nice.
"I'll go first," Carlisle stated, " and I pick the lightning." He gulped.
"O.K." I replied. Jasper looked stricken.
I conjured the lightning. I hit him with a low energy bolt for starters. His teeth were clenched, but I heard him whimper. Esme looked like she was about to cry. This is why motherly people like Esme aren't in the assassin business. I sent another bolt but it had higher energy than the last bolt. He whimpered more noticeably this time. I hit him one more time. He yelped. The sky cleared. He walked, or rather limped, to Esme's side.
I gestured to Esme.
" I pick the punches," She said. Rosalie winced and rubbed her chance.
"Don't be such a wuss Rosalie. I told you that is not even half of what is to come," I told her. She glared it me. It didn't scare me.
Esme walked up to me. She braced herself. I punched her in the chest. She gasped and yelped. She tried to cover it with a cough. I punched her again. She yelped again. I backed up.
I walked past everyone. I needed to be alone. I needed space. I walked up to my room and sat down on the floor. I was in full meditation mode. I breathed big breaths and cleared my mind.
Edward's POV
She had become an intense person. I couldn't believe that there was a war coming.
"I'm going to feel that for a week," Carlisle said, " Did she train you like this?"
"Worse. She is going easy on you for now. She did that for us. But don't worry it gets harder," Reese replied.
My family winced.
"She can't go easy on you. There is a war coming and if you don't train then you will not survive. The Volturi are ruthless. They won't show you mercy," She said when everyone winced.
"I'm going to check on her," I told everyone.
"I would not do that. She is probably meditating. You don't want to interrupt her when she is meditating. It could get ugly," Alicia warned.
"I'll take my chances," I replied.
"You really do love her, don't you?" Reese asked.
"With all my heart," I replied.
"No one deserves to be happy more than her. If you hurt her like you did last time we will kill you," She said. The rest of the Vampiress nodded. I then realized how much they cared about her.
I walked upstairs to her room. I opened the door. She was on the floor with her legs crossed. Her eyes were closed. She was deep in concentration.
"What are you doing here?" She asked in an aggravated voice.
"I came to see if you were alright," I replied.
"When did you start caring?" Her eyes were still closed.
"I've always cared," I replied in an angry voice.
"Could have fooled me," She snapped back.
"I do care. You care too. That's why you kissed me back in the woods," I shot back.
"Lets not go there. It was a mistake. Now you are cutting into my meditation time," She replied calmly.
"It wasn't a mistake. You need to realize that I will not give you up. I will not leave you again. I will wait on you for eternity. I will prove that to you." I hoped in was getting through to her.
"And you need to realize that I won't take you back. Plus you wouldn't change me when I was human, and now that I am a vampire you want to be with me. You had to let someone else do all the dirty work while you enjoy the prize. Well excuse me if I don't want to be with someone too cowardly to change the girl he supposedly loved. Someone who left me after he promised he wouldn't. You wanted me to have a normal life, but I didn't want to. I didn't want a normal life anyway. I bet that if you could go back you would stop the change and make sure I didn't turn into a vampire. I love being a vampire. Unlike you I wouldn't change the past. Also unlike you I accept and embrace what I am. I'm not a killer. I enjoy life," She finished her speech. She looked up at me.
"But unlike you I don't give up on love," I snarled.
I left with that. I wouldn't give up on her. But as I walked away I knew that everything she said was true.
Bella's POV
He left me sitting there. I don't have the luxury of being soft. There is a war coming. I might not even survive it.
Reese walked in.
"With the fact that Edward stormed out, I would say that you told him off," She said.
"He wants me back. I told him no. He left me. He might just have to live with the consequences," I told her while looking at her with no emotion.
"Hasn't he suffered enough," She asked.
"When I was with him, my life was about him. I was a weak human who fell in love with a vampire. The day he left I had never felt so vulnerable than I had right then. No one likes feeling that vulnerable. When Victoria came, I thought that she would kill me, and I didn't care. Back then I was so dependent on him that I didn't want to live if he wasn't there. I'm not going to give him another chance to make me feel that vulnerable again." I had never told her any of that.
"No one could ever make you vulnerable. You are the most powerful being in the world. Physically as well as emotionally. But you can't be alone for the rest of your life," Reese said sympathetically.
"I don't want your pity. I'm going to be O.K." I snapped.
"Fine," She walked out of the room.
I had to be strong. They wouldn't survive without a leader. They needed strength. They needed to understand that life doesn't always have a happy ending. They might have to learn it the hard way like I did.
Reese's POV
I walked downstairs. I went and gave Ben a hug. How was I going to tell her about Ben and me? It kind of creeped me out that he flirted with Bella. But then again every man does flirt with Bella.
I was starting to fall for Ben. I knew that he felt the same. I just wanted her to be happy.
"How did it go," Alice asked. Edward was pacing.
"Not good. She is a born leader. She puts the happiness of others above her own. We just want her to be happy. No one deserves it more than her," I said.
"Did she say anything about me," Edward asked.
"Well all I can say is that you don't deserve her," I replied with venom.
"I know I don't," he replied.
"As long as you know."
There was a knock at the door. I stalked over to answer it. I opened the door. It was Parker. He was a guard for the Volturi.
"Bella," I yelled.
She was by my side in a second. She saw who was there.
"What the hell are you doing here," She snarled. The Cullens flinched.
Bella's POV
It was Parker. I could kill where he stood. I got ready to pounce on him.
"Wait," He yelled. "I'm not with the Volturi. I don't agree with what they are doing," He quickly explained.
I sifted through his memories. He was telling the truth. I still didn't trust him.
"He's good," I told them. I turned back to him. " But double cross us and I will make sure you wish for death," I said menacing. Everyone shivered.
"Fine," He was visibly shaken.
"Well don't stand outside like an idiot. Come in and tell us something useful," I said in a bored voice.
"Still the same old Bella," He whispered.
"Well you know me," I said.
"I could know you a lot better," He tried to sound seductively. He sounded more like an annoying child that wanted candy.
"In your dreams shithead," I replied. Reese elbowed me in the ribs, "What? He has hit on me a lot and he is never going to get anywhere. I have enough to deal with and I don't want to deal with some vampire who is trying to hit on me while there is a war going on."
"Hey, any man and some females within a ten mile radius would hit on you. You can't blame a guy for trying," He replied. I rolled my eyes.
"Anyway I want to tell you that I brought you this." He presented a book.
"The prophecy book. No one reads that anymore. But it will probably be good in this case. Did you read it?" I asked him.
"Its in ancient Egyptian. I can't read it," He replied with a snort.
"I'm going up to my room to read it. I want you all to practice endurance and self-control.
With that I walked upstairs.