Chapter 7

I watched as some of the boys left the church, taking off a piece of clothing-a jacket, a tie, a shoe.

The procession was still continuing passed me, the centre isle crowded with people. I turned around and left at the isle behind me, and without caring what people thought, I ran out of the side door.

Leaving the side door led me into an area not really seen from the front of the church, obscured by the forest trees that surrounded the side of the church. I wasn't sure that Renesmee had come this way, but from what I had learnt from the wolves, they wouldn't show themselves in public.

I took a deep breath in and tried to trace Nessie's scent. It was masked by the disgusting smell of wolf. They had definitely come this way. I looked down to the floor and saw different pieces of clothes scattered across the grass. I was positive they followed her this way, and they had transformed.

I sprinted into the forest, following the scent of the wolves, when I stopped at a tree. A puddle of sick was at the base. This must have been why she ran out, she had been here not too long ago. I scanned the forest and looked for her. They must have forced her deeper into the forest. I was still scanning when a scream sent my legs running.

"MUM…HELP!" I sprinted in the direction of her voice, searching for her scent. I was still running when I heard another scream. My stomach tightened as I saw the group of six wolves encircling Renesmee, enclosing her against a tree, trapping her ways of escape. She didn't have the amount of strength and speed a normal vampire had. She could run, but not very fast. She could fight, but against a pack of wolves she was helpless.

I focused on the positions of each wolf. Five were circling around her; one was creeping up infront of her. A low growl erupted from my mouth.

"Please," she pleaded, "I'm not what you think I am, I know Jacob Black." The wolves ignored her pleas and continued, the wolf still creeping towards her. It crouched low then pounced. A scream arose from Nessie's mouth, and my instincts to protect overwhelmed me.

I leapt forward over the wolf boundary, and ploughed into the wolf mid-air. Crashing into a tree behind one of the other wolves, a low whimper arose from the injured wolf. I landed infront of Renesmee, crouched low, my teeth baring, a growl escaping my mouth. "She's telling the truth." I explained, my body held tight in a crouch.

The other wolves were furious now, their mouths snapped at me, their own vicious growls warning me. One of their own was just attacked by a vampire. There was no stopping them now. They stopped circling and slowly paced towards us.

Defying my instincts, I slowly stood up and held my hands out infront of me. "My name is Bella Cullen; our family has a treaty with the wolves. There's no reason for you to harm us." One of the wolves stopped and the others stopped too. They had stopped for now. One of them turned back and ran away, but the others stayed in their positioned. He returned in his human form.

"You say you are the Cullens. What proof do you have that is stopping us from tearing your head's off right now?" Renesmee tugged on my shirt, but I ignored her.

"Look into my eyes. We're different. Well I'm different, especially to my daughter." The man looked at me confused, "It's a long story, but if you're going to attack any vampire it's me. I'm the only true vampire here. If you're going to attack me then fine," I looked to the injured wolf at the base of the tree, "I'm sorry about that, I meant no real harm. We do know Jacob Black, he's a dear friend, and also," I brought Renesmee forward, "She is his girlfriend-imprint to you."

He looked to the other wolves for some sort of clarification. I hoped that the story would help them believe us. But he spoke up again, "So let's say you just heard us in church then, and in hope used it as an excuse. We still don't know about any definite proof."

"Oh I'm so gonna get Jake to come down here and teach you-" I growled but I was interrupted by Renesmee stepping forward and speaking.

"I'll do it mum."

"Ness I'll deal with these, get back behind me." She walked forward to the man with her hand outstretched. I went to stop her but then I understood what she was doing. The wolves let out low growls, but the man lifted up his hand to stop them.

"What is it that you want to do?" The man questioned, his eyes weary.

"Just let me touch your face, it'll tell you everything you need to know. Please, just look." She held her hand out to him, and he took a step forward. "It sorts of tells you my past, what I've seen." She lifted her hand to his face and closed her eyes. She pulled back her hand after about a second. Something was wrong.

The man opened his eyes and looked confused, "I don't understand, I just saw a blur." Renesmee looked down to her hand then turned to me, "Mum, it didn't work. I don't know why but it didn't work." She looked completely worried. I walked over to her, "Try it on me." She nodded and placed her hand to my cheek. I closed my eyes and focused. The pictures weren't clear, it was blurry. The picture disappeared as she pulled her hand away. How could this be? Her power didn't work, but it had worked perfectly the night before. What could have happened that could cause her ability to stop working?

"If you don't mind we're losing our patience." I turned to the man, his face seemed angry. His pack anticipated an attack. I didn't need Edward to figure that one out.

"Something's wrong. It would have explained everything but it won't work." That was our last hope; the wolves were too stubborn to believe anything. The possibility that they would kill us was fairly probable.

"Well if you don't have any true evidence..." The man shrugged his shoulders then transformed back to a wolf, his pants shredded into little pieces, four legs landed heavily on the floor.

I pulled Renesmee close to me and hugged her. "I'm sorry." She whispered, but I knew it wasn't her fault. There was a chance we could make it out, and take one or two of the wolves down with me. But I couldn't do that to Jacob. We stepped back towards the tree, the wolves closing in on us a step at a time. I looked up to the branches of the tree. A few seconds it would take to climb it, but how long would it take for five werewolves to knock it down?

My back touched the bark of the tree, and I looked over to the wolves who were gaining more than a few foot in length with every step. I gripped hold of Ness, and whispered to her, "Hold on." She looked up at me, but I had already jumped up into the air, and landed on a branch over 35ft above the ground, just in time to see a wolf plunge into the tree in an attempt to get us. The tree shook violently.

We both held tight to the trunk of the tree, when I felt something in my jacket pocket vibrate. I pulled out my phone, and felt relieved at the name that was on the screen. I answered automatically. "Bella, is that you?" The voice of Alice rung at the other end of the phone. "Bella is everything ok, I just lost total vision of you and-"

"Alice you've got to help us. We're in a bit of a serious situation."