Blasphemy

Disclaimer:

Me: I solemnly swear to speak the truth and only the truth

Judge: You may be seated

Lawyer: (to me) Where were you on the 15th of last month?!

Me: I-I was uhh buying a copy of the book, Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer

Lawyer: Aha! So you admit it! You don't own the book! Case closed.

Me: NOT FAIR! You tricked me! (Breaks down and begins to sob uncontrollably)

Part X

Bella POV

No one had seemed to notice Charlie yet; my family was all staring angrily at Victoria. I still couldn't believe either of them were here. But that's not the most essential thing to think about at the moment. I opened up my mind.

'EDWARD' I screamed in my head, as loud as I could. I was surprised he didn't stagger from the force in my 'voice.' He looked at me, worried. 'Charlie' was all I could think, then closed my mind again. He raised an eyebrow in confusion, and scanned the vampires in Ethan's coven, and saw him. Shock was etched on his face, but was quickly replaced with anger. He muttered something to Carlisle quickly, something I couldn't hear, though I was standing right next to him. Carlisle nodded, and Edward walked forward.

"Hello, brother," he said cheerfully once he had closed the fifty odd foot distance between us.

Ethan smiled in return, and they began talking like old friends, which, I realized, was probably the case. Of course, usually you don't have polite conversations with people who are trying to kill you. But this is Edward we're talking about…

Carlisle turned to me. "Bella," he said in a low, hurried voice. I strained to hear what he was saying. "You're right, that's definitely Charlie. He's under mind control; he has no idea what he's doing. Don't worry; we'll make sure he doesn't get hurt. Go ahead and block Edward's and Emmet's minds now, along with yours. Do not let them down." His voice was very serious, and I nodded.

Ethan laughed, a loud, care-free laugh, in response to something Edward said. Edward smiled. "Yes, yes, it will truly be a shame to kill you and your… family," he mused, putting emphasis on the last word. "So please, my friend, do not take it personally. We must fulfill our duty." He glanced at us regretfully, pleading us all to understand. Oh, well, of course we understand. Duty calls, does it not? You have no control of your course of actions, I thought bitterly.

Victoria eyed Ethan now, frustrated and impatient. Edward was at my side in a flash, and Ethan bowed his head in permission. Victoria's eyes glinted in excitement, and she ran forward to get her long awaited revenge. She ran right at me, hands outstretched as if to strangle me. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Alice and Rosalie take off after two different blonde men, Carlisle go after my father, Esme chase the short, brown haired vampire, and the boys go after Ethan. Ethan just stood there.

Victoria's hands were about a half foot away from my throat. I smirked at her, and mentally held her back. She looked around her frantically, an inch from the ground, legs kicking wildly. I laughed, and sent her flying through three trees and halfway through a large boulder, where she lay still. She'd be up soon.

I took this time to observe the fighting around me. Ethan was about to be tackled by Edward and his brothers, when he disappeared. Invisible. I then had an idea when I saw him reappear about three hundred feet away. I put a small force field up around him. He looked down at himself, confused, then disappeared again. A glowing, Ethan-shaped light was the only thing left. Edward's eyes lit up, realizing what I was doing. He sprinted to tackle the very confused force field, and about an inch from him, I dropped the wall. I laughed as I saw Edward wrestling with something no one could see. Carlisle was currently holding Charlie down, away from our fighting. I silently thanked him.

Victoria was up and running for me again. How many times would we have to go through this before she would catch on? I sighed, lifted her in the air again, spun her around, and threw her about three miles away. I'm pretty sure I knocked her unconscious. I sighed again, frustrated. I had forgotten what Edward said. It was hard to kill a vampire. This would take a long time.

I watched the others fight. Alice was struggling with a blonde vampire; he was a bit stronger than her. I smiled smugly and watched as he flew, ten feet in the air, in loops, and then smack against the ground. Alice glanced at me, laughing, then took back over. Then I noticed Jasper, sitting on the ground, staring at the sky.

What is he DOING? I thought to myself. Then it hit me. I had only blocked Edward's and Emmett's minds. Jasper was under mind control. I tried to see if I could do anything. I dug into his mind's protection. Of course, there was nothing that I could do, except take my own walls down. But if Ethan noticed and I was controlled…I would put Edward and Emmett in danger; I'm sure that their walls will fail when Ethan takes over. Putting them in danger will put us all in danger. But could I just stand here and ignore it? I sighed, and took down my walls, only for a minute.

After taking my walls out, I focused on building some in Jasper's mind. Thankfully, it worked. He snapped out of it, looked at me, and smiled. He went to join the others. I grudgingly knocked his down. I thought about this quickly. Couldn't I un-mind control Charlie then, too? No, that would be stupid. I wasn't sure how much he knew. If he knew nothing, what would happen? I'd probably put him in danger, anyways.

Sighing, I went to put up my own walls. But before I could, I felt a presence in my head. I panicked. Ethan was in my mind. He was going to control me. Well, that was stupid. Now what was I going to do?