Hey guys, thanks to anyone who is reading this. And I promised it would get more interesting, so I hope this is interesting enough.
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EPOV (Emmet's)
Mike muttered something quietly to Felix, who burst into laughter. I glared at them both, but didn't say anything. I already knew they were being idiots about Rosalie again. I mean, we had been going out for weeks but all the two morons could talk about was how lovesick I was over her. It was really time for them to get something new to joke about. Especially when we were sitting in class, listening to Esme drone on about, well I wasn't sure what she was talking about. I had never been one to listen to things, and when I had heard her mention the same things every class, I didn't bother even pretending to care. Instead, I observed Rosalie as she sat across the room, staring blankly at a dark coloured bag, and looking as gorgeous as ever in a clingy blue dress. She pushed a strand of long blond hair behind her ear, and I caught her eye. We both smiled at each other until Mike and Felix fell into another bout of laughter and I turned to glare at them. Rosalie didn't seem to mind, and winked at them both as they stared after her in appriciation for her beauty. Now I was the one laughing, even though I felt a twinge of jealousy as she held their eyes. Then she turned back to look at me, and every feeling except for a strong affection, almost love, came to me. Actually, I knew it was love, but I wasn't about to admit that to Rosalie when her stubbornness would never let her admit the same thing back to me.
"Emmet, were you listening to anything I was saying?" Esme suddenly asked, and I turned to her with a guilty expression. Of course I wasn't listening.
"Um, yeah." I tried, "You were saying something about bloodlust and humans and vampires." I tried, "Or, um, something about light..." I trailed off, realizing it was no use to even pretend.
Esme frowned, "Please at least try to pay attention," she said strictly, but fondly. It was common knowledge that Esme thought of all the newborns like she would her children, so I knew that she couldn't actually get mad at me.
"He was too busy staring at Rosalie to listen to anything." Edward, mocked, laughing.
I growled, "You are just jealous that nobody would want to stare at you." I stated, "And that you don't have a girlfriend."
Edward didn't stop laughing, "Sure, Emmet, think that. I wouldn't want to hurt your brain by telling you the truth, your intelligence level couldn't take it."
I was ready to hit him, and actually stood up to do it, when Marcus burst into the room, "Esme." he gasped, looking anxious instead of mad or bored for once, "Theres an emergency!" he was obviously alarmed.
Esme's eyes flew open as wide as they could possibly go, "What is it, Marcus?" she asked, "And where is Carlisle? He isn't hurt, is he?" the fear was obvious in her voice.
Marcus shook his head, "Carlisle is fine. But some of our guard were attacked, and we are down about ten guards."
We all gulped; the invicible, incredible Volturi guard was basicly unstoppable. Ten of them could cause countless damage, they could wipe out an untrained newborn army in a mere matter of minutes. To loose ten guards at once made me realize exactly what we would be fighting when we were done training. Everyone seemed to realize at the same time I did, and there was chaos. I managed to reach Rosalie, and and clutched her hand as we waited for Marcus to give us more news. Rosalie squeezed my hand so tightly it would have broken off if I was human. But I was a vampire, so I rubbed soothing circles on the back off her hand.
"Emmet, whats happening?" she whispered.
"I'm not sure," I said back, straining to hear Esme and Marcus over all the chatter in the room.
"I don't know!" Marcus suddenly yelled, any everyone went quiet, "Esme, I really don't have any idea. All I know is that they have entered Voltura. But we need to get rid of this threat while we still can. So I need to know; who are your strongest students?" we all looked up in alarm, hoping that we wouldn't be picked, but secretly wishing for a fight. At least, I was secretly wishing for a fight.
Esme had gone deathly silent, until she finally answered, "The strongest students?" she looked at us all standing around, "Emmet, Edward, Jasper, Rosalie, Alice, and, um..." she obviously didn't want to continue, but we all knew who she was about to mention.
I saw Isabella Swan watching quietly from her chair, being the only one to have stayed seated. Out of all of us, she would probably have the best chance fighting, but she had gotten closer to Esme then any of the rest of us, due to her alternative source of feeding. And I wasn't entirely sure that Isabella would last long emotionally while fighting, because she couldn't even stand drinking from humans to survive. I knew this, but I couldn't help but feel furious that Esme would try to save Bella, but put Rosalie in danger. Rosalie, who didn't have any special powers. Rosalie, who I knew was actually very sensitive inside, even though she hid it better then anyone I had ever met. My girlfriend Rosalie, who would probably be sent to go fight the vampires that had managed to kill ten of the Vulturi's elite already.
"Don't hold back, Esme," Marcus said, looking annoyed now, "I need the strongest of the newborns. We need to get rid of the threat right now. Or were you not listening? They attacked Aro!" now I understood why he was so furious, but Esme didn't respond, "Alright, Edward!" he barked, "What was she going to say?"
For some reason, Edward was as silent as Esme. I saw him look at Isabella, sitting quietly by her friends, and then back at the raging Marcus. He opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. This completely confused me, and I was wondering why Edward was acting so strangely, even for him, when suddenly it hit me. Even I knew why Edward would want to protect Isabella Swan from the danger of fighting the enemy newborns. He was in love with her.
But even Edward was terrified of a Volturi brother, "She was going to say, um, Bella Swan. But then she changed her mind." he didn't mention why she changed her mind, but Marcus stood waiting, "Because, um, Esme is worried about the emotional strain and everything."
I snorted; so the rest of us were fine killing, but Isabella was so much more sensitive then us all. Actually, I told myself with a second thought, she was, but that didn't give her any excuse to skip out. We had all been made into vampires to defeat the enemy, and if she was ready emotionally now, she wouldn't ever be. It seemed Marcus had the same idea, and strangely, so did Bella.
"I'll go." she said in a small voice, "I'll help out with the problem. Its what I am here for anyway, I don't see why I wouldn't." except that you look terrified, I thought, "If you think I'm powerful enough, I guess it is like my job to fight." she exchanged a scared look with Bree and Angela and I couldn't help but laugh, and I heard Rosalie laughing along with me.
Marcus rolled his eyes, "Its settled then. Emmet, Edward, Jasper, Rosalie, Alice, and Isabella, please follow me."
"Wait!" Esme cried, and rushed over to hug us all, "Now you all stay safe, is that understood? I don't want a single one of you injured. Do what you need to do and return in one piece." she finally finished hugging us all, and then bit her lip as she and the rest of the class watched the six of us head towards our first fight.
It was rather ironic that the six most popular students, the six worst enemies, were the ones going off to fight together. Right after this thought appeared, I ignored it to focus on the fighting. Man, would it be cool! I was always ready for a fight, and this time we were expected, no, forced, to fight. I imagined myself tearing through the enemy, them fleeing just from the sight of me, but I would continue to pursue them until I had managed them all, and then I would turn back to Rosalie, and she would exclaim her delight at having such an amazing boyfriend, and we would kiss. This thought made me peek sideways at her, but she was looking straight ahead, a grim, determined look on her face. Then I glanced around to see the others; Jasper had a faraway look in his eyes, Alice was frowning and kept closing her eyes, trying to get a vision, Edward looked horrified, and kept glancing at Bella, and Bella was fidgeting with her hair, trying to forget her nerves. Basicly, nobody was as excited as I was.
"So what is the deal?" Jasper finally asked Marcus, as we walked.
Marcus sighed, "A group of newborns has approached the city, and started attacking a crowd of humans. We sent the guard to take care of them, but they were torn to pieces. Even Aro was attacked when he tried to contain them. Currently, we have some guards trying to hold them back, but we don't know how long they will last. We need reinforcements, and even though none of you are really ready, we will take the best we have. Which happen to be you six." he sighed again.
I chuckled, "Everyone is so grim. I can't wait for the fun to begin!" they all glared at me, but Alice was the first one to break down. She looked away, seemed to turn to stone, and closed her eyes.
When she looked up again, there was a tormented look in her face, "I can wait." she said quietly, "Because this isn't going to go the way you might expect."
haha. cliff hanger! And its kind of a cliff hanger to me to, because I haven't quite figured out what will happen... oh well.
