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This story's rating is 'T' for now but will most likely change in future chapters.

The day of Bella's graduation had come. It was a day that she had been looking forward to since it had been decided that after this day, the Cullen's would change her into a vampire so that she could be with Edward. Well, that had been the original plan but now she really wasn't looking forwards to saying good-bye to friends and her family. But more importantly, she didn't want to say those words to Leah. Sitting beside Edward as they listened to Jessica talk in front of the crowd as she gave her speech.

"When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were things like astronaut, president, or, in my case, a princess." Jessica began, causing the crowd to chuckle. "When we were 10, they asked again. We answered rock star, cowboy or, in my case, a gold medalist. But now that we've grown up, they want a serious answer. Well, how about this? Who the hell knows?"

The crowd once again broke out into laughter and cheered at Jessica's sense of humor. Bella on the other hand was taking in all the words that were coming from her friend because to her they had meaning, especially with what was going on in her life. But most of all, she was trying to figure out a way that she was going to tell Edward and his family that she was in love with someone else. With Leah Clearwater. A wolf. It scared her. She didn't want them to hate her because she loved them.

"This isn't the time to make hard-and-fast decisions. this is the time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere. Fall in love a lot. Major in philosophy, because there's no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind, and change it again, because nothing's permanent. So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask what we want to be, we won't have to guess. We'll know."

Later that evening, Alice Cullen had put together a graduation party at the Cullen house were the whole senior class was invited to go. Which excited Jessica and Angela more than everyone else who attended that night. The house was decorated like it was something out of a magazine, must have cost the family a good couple bucks...maybe more. This was a party that had been planned months in advance and Bella had originally thought to invite Jacob but after what had happened, she was glad that she never did. Though, she wished Leah could have come but Bella knew better than to invite her.

"Bella!" A voice shouted above the music the moment that Bella first arrived. Turning towards the voice, she found herself being bombarded by Jessica and Angela who came running up to her. "You made it!" Angela smiled and hugged her.

After hugging Angela, she made a move to hug Jessica. "Hey. What did you think of my speech?" Jessica asked as she hugged her then pulled back to gauge her reaction. "Too easy-breezy? Too self-helpful? You hated it?"

"No. I think you pretty much nailed it." Bella shook her head and told the girl what she really thought about the speech. She really took the girl's words to heart.

"Yeah?" Jessica smiled. "It's like I was born to lead, right?"

"I love this song! Let's go." Angela said to Jessica as a new song began to play. Gently taking the girl's arm and tugging her toawrds the make shift dance floor.

Bella turned around to look around for one of the Cullen's to hang out with once the two girls walked away from her but when she couldn't find anyone, she turned back around only to see Jacob, Quil and Embry walking inside. She was surprised to see that they had come even though they were not invited, walking over to the three and stood in front of Jake.

"What are you doing here?" Bella asked softly.

"Thought we'd crash the party." Jacob answered shrugging his shoulders.

"Was my right hook too subtle for you?" Bella inquired. "That was me basically telling you that I didn't want you here."

"Look, Bella, I'm sorry about, you know, the kiss and your hand. I'd blame it on the whole inner animal thing, but it was really just me being an ass." He said softly to her. "I'm really sorry."

Bella nodded her head, forgiving him instantly. They had been such good friends that she just couldn't lose because of one stupid mistake. As she looked past the boys, she noticed Alice walking down the stairs before stopping dead in her tracks. She knew exactly what was going on and walked past the boys she was talking to and over to Alice to find out what it was that she was seeing.

"Alice, what'd you see?"

"The decision's been made."

"What's going on?" Jacob asked curiously as he moved up to stand next to Bella.

"You're not going to Seattle." Bella concluded on her own, knowing exactly what this meant. She needed to get to Leah and inform her what was going on but seeing that Jacob was there, maybe he could be the one to pass the word on.

"No." Alice shook her head. "They're coming here."

Alice had gathered Jasper, Edward and Carlisle into a room where Bella was waiting with the three boys from Sam's pack so that they could discuss what she had just saw in her vision. "They'll be here in four days."

Carlisle paced back and forth as he listened closely to his 'daughter' before leaning himself against the table that Bella and Edward were already leaning against. "This could turn into a bloodbath."

"Who's behind it." Edward asked looking at his 'sister'.

"I didn't see anyone I recognized." She stopped herself. "Maybe one."

Being able to read minds, Edward immediately saw the face in her mind and spoke up. "I know his face. He's local. Riley Biers. He didn't start this."

"Whoever did is staying out of the action." Alice told him, knowing that it was something he already knew himself.

"They must be playing with the blind spots in your vision." Carlise piped up.

"Either way, the army is coming and there aren't enough of us to protect the town." Jasper said strongly as he stayed close to Alice.

"Hold up. What damn army?" Jacob asked, getting tired of being kept out of what was being discussed right in front of him and his two brothers.

"Newborns. Our kind." Carlisle answered looking at him.

Embry leaned up from the wall he was leaning against and looked at Carlisle. "What are they after?"

"They were passing around Bella's scent." Alice answered. "A red blouse."

Jacob looked at Alice then over to the others. "They're after Bella? What the hell does this mean?"

Carlisle looked up at Jacob. "It means an ungly fight. With lives lost."

All three of the boys looked at one another, each knowing what the other was thinking before Jake turns back towards Carlisle. "All right. We're in."

Bella's stared at the floor before shaking her head and immediately speaking up because she was thinking of their safety. Leah and Jacob's more then the others because of her connection with them. "No. You'd get yourselves killed. No way."

"I wasn't asking for permission."

"Edward?" Bella turned to look at him, hoping that he would help her.

The vampire just looked at her for a second before finally speaking up. "It means more protection for you."

"Jacob, do you believe Sam would agree to an understanding?" Carlisle asked, hoping that the two would be able to work together in order to help the town and Bella.

"As long as we get to kill some vampires."

"Jasper?" Carlisle asked turning to his 'son'.

"They'll give us the numbers." Jasper informed, staring at the wolves. "Newborns won't know they even exist. That'll give us an edge."

"We'll need to coordinate." Carlisle told the boys as he stood up straight.

"Carlisle, they're gonna get hurt." Bella said jumping up to stand next to him.

"We'll all need some training." Carlisle explained before turning to the boys. "Fighting newborns requires knowledge that Jasper has. You're welcome to join us."

"All right. Name the time and place." Jacob told him as he stepped up towards the leader of the Clan.

"Jake, you don't know what you're getting yourself into." Bella tried to convince Jacob to take the pack and get out of this while they still had a chance. Better yet, to help keep Leah safe.

"Bella, this is what we do. You should be happy. Look at us, working together. You are the one who wanted us to get along. Remember?

Bella had been very surprised that with Jacob and the other boys there at the party that Edward hadn't been able to pick up anything from the three that Bella had been imprinted on by their kind. Which was why the three felt so strongly about getting in this fight. They needed to protect their sister's mate, it was part of their code. It had to have been Sam who ordered the boys to keep their thoughts about Leah and Bella under lock down. But right now, that wasn't what concerned her anymore. It was knowing that Leah and the rest of the pack was about to show up to get trained on the knowledge to kill a newborn vampire. With the entire pack and Leah there, she was nervous that someone would slip.

Edward and Bella pulled up in Emmett's jeep as the other's practiced their fighting skills while waiting for the wolf pack that had yet to arrive. As the couple walked towards the other's, Edward took Bella's hand as he normally would have done in any other situation but to his surprise she pulled away from him. The two glanced at each other before Bella gave him a small smile then took his hand in hers. She didn't want to be holding his hand when Leah came but it looked as if she didn't really have a choice.

No sooner had the two stepped closer to the others did they hearing movement ontop of the hill just behind them. They all turned in time to see wolf after wolf appear at the top and move down slowly towards the Vampires. The big black wolf in the center was a dead give away that that was Sam, to his right a large brown wolf which Bella knew to be Jacob and on Sam's left, it was a grey wolf. Leah.

"They don't trust us enough to be in their human forms." Edward explained to the group as he read Sam's mind.

"They came. That's what matters. Will you translate?" Carlisle asked Edward who nodded before turning towards the pack of wolves before him. Bella who stood beside Edward connected eyes with Leah, wanting so much to talk with her but stayed quite while Carlisle spoke. "Welcome. Jasper has experience with newborns. He'll teach us how to defeat them."

There was a minor silence as Edward read some of the questions that were going through their minds. "They want to know how the newborns differ from us."

"They're a great deal stronger than us because their own human blood lingers in their tissues. Our kind is never more physically powerful than in our first several months of this life." Carlisle explained before turning to Jasper, giving him a light nod before walking away and over to his wife.

Jasper then took his place before the wolves so that he could go over all that he knew about newborns. "Carlisle's right. That's why they are created. A newborn army doesn't need thousands like a human army, but no human army could stand against them." He stopped for a moment before going on. "Now, the two most important things to remember are, first, never let them get their arms around you. They'll crush you instantly. And second, never go for the obvious kill. They'll be expecting that, and you will lose." Jasper slowly began to walk backwards. "Emmett."

Both Emmett and Jasper squared off to fight one another. "Don't hold back." Jasper told him.

"Not in my nature."

The two fought for less than ten seconds before Jasper had Emmett flat on his back. Covered in dirt from the impact. Jasper looked down at him with a smirk on his face. "Never lose focus."

The next to fight were Carlisle and Edward. The fight was a little longer that Emmett and Jaspers with Edward quickly taking Carlisle down. But when the young vampire stood up and looked at Jasper with a cocky smile on his face, Jasper returned it before speaking. "One more thing." Suddenly, Carlise jumped up and had Edward on his back in seconds. "Never turn your back on your enemy."

Bella watched carefully as Rosalie and Jasper went head to head together before Jasper quickly finished her off like he had down with Emmett. But what got to Bells was that it was Alice who actually out did him by moving too quickly for him. She shook her head before walking over to Leah and leaning up against the female wolf. She couldn't help it, she wanted to be near her mate even though Jacob and Edward were close by.

"Some of you are gonna get hurt." She expressed, causing Leah to turn her large wolf head towards her. "Some of you could get killed because of me. It's gonna be 100 times worse than this, right?"

It really would have been best if Bella had not tried to speak with Leah and express to her how she felt about them all going into battle and risking their lives for her because Leah's mind went wild, wishing to herself that she could be in her human form so that she could tell her mate that it was okay because they all wanted to protect her. But she couldn't speak words to her but because she wasn't ontop of her game like she normally would be and this caused her pack to instantly turn towards her because they were able to read her thoughts about Bella which meant if they heard her thoughts...then so did Edward. They all turned towards the vampire who was staring the girls down with an evil look on his face. His breathing turned heavy as he growled.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Edward growled, stepping closer to the girls causing Leah to growl at him.

"Edward...I-" Bella stopped, unable to form a sentance because she really didn't know what to say to him. "I'm sorry." She finally said to him.

He shook his head and looked towards his family who were just staring at him, wondering what was going on. "Leah imprinted on Bella." He answered the question that was being asking telepathically.

"Does this mean we no longer have to babysit the human?" Rosalie asked turning towards Carlisle. Earning a loud bark from Leah who showed her fangs to threaten the vampire.

Carlisle looked at Edward, feeling sad that his son was once again without a mate but when he looked over at Leah and Bella, he couldn't really blame the girls. Knowing that imprinting was something that could not be helped, that it was just what happened when the wolves met their mate. He was happy that Leah and Bella had found happiness but he was a little disappointed that it wasn't a happiness for Edward. "Rosalie. Bella is still apart of our family. Whether or not she is with Edward or not. And we will still protect her."

It was in that moment that Bella was scolding herself for doubting Carlisle and Esme's reaction because they had taken the news the best. Still showing their love for her even though she had been imprinted on by a wolf. She could see the disappointment in Alice's eyes, they had been like sisters from the very beginning.

"No wonder I lost site of your future." Alice said sadly. "It's being blocked by her."

"Alice..." Bella tried softly but stopped when Alice turned into Jasper's embrace. "Carlisle, I'm sorry."

"You have no need to apologize, Bella." He said softly moving closer. "This was not your fault. Nor was it Leah's fault. I'm just sorry that it is no longer going to work out with Edward but I am happy for you and Leah."

"As am I, Bella." Esme spoke up, with a smile. More disappointed for her eldest son. The one whom she was the closest with. She wanted the relationship to work because he had never been as happy as he was when he first met Bella.

Edward looked at his family before turning back to Bella and shook his head a bit. "No." He breathed out. "You don't love her. I know it."

Leah growled louder at hearing Edwards words, stepping forwards some to challenge when she heard Sam bark. Ordering her to stop. Reminding her that they had a truce with the Vampires and he did not want her to ruin that, especially now that a newborn army full of vampires was on its way in the next couple of days.

Before anyone could speak up, Edward took another chance and looked at Bella. "After all we've been through together and your willing to throw it all away to be with...with this mutt?"

The Pack barked as one after hearing Edward and Bella quickly moved in front of Leah, trying to stop her from moving forward to attack the vampire. Sam turned towards the rest of his pack and they looked at him for a brief second before they started to back up towards the forrest. He then turned to Leah who obviously wasn't wanting to leave but when he barked, she turned to look at him then back to Bella, nipping at her sleeve to get her to come with her.

"Don't go with her, Bella." Edward said stepping closer. Causing another growl to come from Leah and Bella looked between the two. Confused. She didn't know what to do. They were both trying to get her to go with them but she didn't know who to choose. She knew who she wanted to go with and she knew who she thought she should go with. Like a savior, Carlisle stepped forwards and smiled at Bella.

"It's alright, Bella. You can go with Leah." He informed her.

She gave a nod and slowly turned towards Leah and climbed onto the wolves back and grabbed a hold of the grey fur before they moved through the woods towards the reservation with Sam following them.

Chapter 5!

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