CH 6: Training
All the characters belong to Stepenie Meyers
Moon POV
My feet made soft thuds against the grass, and then my mind realized I was now walking on sand. I bent my legs down, tensing my muscles, and took off after the scent of the newborns and grace. I ran in and out of alleys….dawn was approaching and I knew if I didn't get the newborns back to the cave in time that our secret would be revealed. I slid to a stop at an open parking lot…seeing my newborns tossing cars at the remaining humans and grace holding a female vampire by the neck hissing at her before throwing her at the side of a car, leaving a dent in it.
I let out a ferocious growl at them and they all dropped what they had in their hands or stopped what they were doing. My eyes flickered to each of the vampires and I grabbed the nearest vampire near me. He was one of the gifted ones, his power was to temporarily disrupt your nervous system. I growled in his face and brought the arm he was in back, and letting loose all my power threw him into a car. He went straight through the car, the air around him whistling until he hit the building wall and looked dazed.
"ARE YOU STUPID?" I asked the newborns, fury visible in my eyes and I nodded at Grace to come to my side. She slinked into my arms and I looked at the newborns.
"You cannot go wild out here in the open…the Volturi may have let me make you and this army to kill the Cullens, but you cannot just let our secret out" I looked at each one intently.
"The Cullens will not hesitate to kill each and every one of you" They hissed in anger at my sentence.
"Just….clean up in 2 minutes and lets go back to the cave before sunrise, we don't need humans to see this or us sparkling" They nodded and got to work cleaning and were done in remarkable time, 30 seconds. I took lead with grace and ran towards the cave with all my speed, Grace close behind. We swam to the cave just seconds before the sun came out…and I decided we might as well train these newborns.
"To beat the Cullen's and the Mutts you will need to learn how to fight" I nodded to them and pointed to Grace to come up front so I could get this show on the road.
"Get in groups of 2" I told them and watched them get into groups staring the other down.
I crouched down low to the ground and nodded towards Grace to attack me with all she got. When she flew at me I side stepped to the left and she went flying into the cave wall behind me. She let out a hiss and flew at me again except this time I grabbed her arm and flung her to the other wall. She let out a frustrated growl and threw her fist at me, I moved my head to the right slightly and grabbed her neck, swept my leg under hers and pinned her towards the ground. I gave her a peck on the lips and helped her up. She smiled and went back under my arms as I spoke to the newborns.
"Always watch your enemy expect the worse and don't underestimate them or your life will be on the line". They seemed to get the message and were all attacking each other, they seemed to be doing alright for newborns but one stood out from the rest. The one that could mess with your nervous system seemed to be using his gift on his opponent making them forget their next move, and in that same second had him pinned. This one really didn't need to use his gift; he seemed to be a natural at this fighting.
I smiled at him realized that I needed to take care of a problem, that meant introducing myself to the Cullen clan. I smiled at this and whispered to my mate about what I was about to do, she seemed to hesitate but shook her head with a yes. I kissed her forehead and left towards the Cullen's mansion.
Jacob POV
I woke up holding my head and groaning, wondering what happened. Wait, vampires can't sleep, I groaned inwardly and began to shake my head, hoping to clear my vision and ringing in my ears. I stood up and wobbled slightly before getting my posture back to enough not to make myself fall flat on my undead face. I ran towards the Cullen's mansion and skidded to a stop in front of the door. I had my hand on the door knob, but Nessie threw open the door and wrapped her arms around my large frame. I chuckled softly before embracing her back, and escorted her inside.
I nodded my head and began my long story of what happened to me out in the clearing.
"I don't get it Eddie! The vamp is practically telling us his plans, I say we go to his door step and kill a few newborns." Emmet said with a tone of frustration in his words.
"One never calls me Eddie and second we don't know the depth of the situation yet and I will like it better if Carsile was here so we could discuss it further". Edward said pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration and I could relate to him, the whole situation was getting on my nerves.
"This vampire is like my ex-husband, devious, vicious, clever, and sly all rolled into one sick being. Rosalie said with a bit of distaste toward this crazy vamp. All conversation ceased when we heard a voice in the yard.
"Cullen's, I'm here"
Moon POV
I waited for the powerful Cullen's of legend to come out of the house. They were out in mere seconds in a semi-circle around me and the mind reading vampire Edward trying to read my thoughts but gave up after he found that his sneaky mind tricks would not prevail here.
"Hello Cullen's, let me introduce myself…my name is Moon" I said smirking and looking at the lovely Renesmee who I have been sending my prominent mind tricks to. I took a step towards her and lifted her hand gently, placing a soft kiss on her hand. The family erupted in fits of hisses and growls and I could only smile. Jacob looked me in the eye and I could see his frame shaking violently and I my smile grew even wider, daring the brute to attack me. Edward put a hand on Jacob and pulled him back some.
"What do you want….Moon" Edward said, and adding a bit of disgust when he said my name, couldn't blame him.
"Stop trying to read my mind Edward because it will not work" He sighed in obvious frustration and looked at me to continue.
"Standing before you is the chink in your wife's shield, let me show you" I focused on Bella and tapped into her nervous system through her brain and shut off her gift. Edward gave a shocked gasp and growled at me with such ferociousness that even I flinched.
"Turn back on her gift" He said gritting his teeth and I turned back on her gift.
"As you can see my army is still growing and my newborns are as talented as I am". I smiled and began pacing in there front arm.
"Now I will tell you since your fortune teller cannot tell you unless I want her to, the battle will be in 2 weeks and no less". I began walking towards the forest when I heard someone talk.
"Why….why tell us" Jacob said with a questioning look on his face.
"I have my motives and you will soon know". With that I was already running back towards the cave, and to send Grace on the task to change some more humans. I could hear the subtle running of feet and knew that was the Cullen Clan, then I picked up heavy galloping and knew there motive….to cut me off.
I leaped onto a nearby branch but the Edward vampire followed me as graceful as I did maybe better. I stopped and when he slammed into me I twisted his body to the right so my knee was on his chest. When we made contact with the ground, the rocks underneath us began to crack, and I knew we were on a cliff at that moment. The Cullen's and the pack stood in a circle around me hissing and growling at me.
I looked at the Halfling Nessie and smirked at her before sending voices in her head as I have been doing for awhile. She let out a piercing scream and everyone looked at her and that's when I grabbed Edward by the arm and ripped it off of his body, I could hear the hollowed bones being pulled and the glorious tear as the muscles and bones were ripped off. He let out a horrid scream that sent me chills and one of the small grey wolves lunged at me, mistake. I side stepped and grabbed her by the neck before sinking my fangs into her fur, and her blood was the most disgusting I have ever tasted, like socks and sweat in one foul liquid. She let out a high pitch whine and I ran towards the cliff edge and dove into the water. Once I was underwater I swam like a rocket toward the cave where I would call the Volturi so we could get this battle on the road….in Italy.
Jacob POV
I stood there motionless in my wolf form staring at Leah Clearwater's motionless body letting out shallow breaths. I could hear he mind slipping and I could not do anything to stop it.
"Jake….I know I'm dying….there's no doubt about that" She said with humor in her voice. I cursed my immortal body for being unable to cry and just sobbed a tearless fit.
"Jake….tell Seth I love him….tell mom don't cry, I died doing what I do best…..and to you Jacob…I love you" She said and I could feel her love for me pouring out of every fiber of her body. Then I felt her mind go completely and I knew she was gone from this earth, never to return.
I shifted back to my vampire form and slammed my bare knuckles to the rocky cliff, causing a crack spread from where my fists made impact with the ground. It soon began to rain and I knew it was fitting and wondered if Leah was crying.
"I'm the Alpha, but I couldn't save her….I couldn't save her" I said and walked towards her body and gently closing her eyes and picking up the dead body in my arms. That's when I heard a hiss and Nessie voice come out.
"He…..won't get out of my HEAD!" Nessie shouted gripping her head before falling motionless on the ground. I gave Leah's body to Embry and ran towards Nessie gripping her in my massive arms, praying to God that I wouldn't lose her too.
Moon POV
I took out my cell phone after I stepped onto land and dialed the Volturi's number and Aro picked up, surprising even me.
"Moon I presume you have good news for me" Aro said in his silky smooth voice, which was to be expected from a vampire.
"I killed one of the wolves and have made over 14 vampires" I said with a sense of pride in my tone and waited for Aro to reply.
"Very good my friend, but I assume that is not the only thing you want to tell me" Aro said, smart man.
"I think we should have the battle in Italy" I told Aro and he hissed at the other end of the line, and I briefly pulled it from my ear.
"No, I will not have them tearing up my city, my answer is no" He said with anger seeping out of every word he said.
"It doesn't have to be in the city, it can be in an open plain, somewhere far away from the city and I could use me and my newborns as an ambush team" I said feeling smug about my brilliance.
"I see….well so be it but I hope you know what you are doing" Aro said, and I could only picture him smiling at my plan.
"I do….I do" I said smiling and hung up the phone. I slipped it into my pocket and dove into the water, and swam towards the cave to tell the others.