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Downstairs,Emmett murmured into the telephone as I began packing Diana's clothing in her bedroom."Rosalie?" Nahuel called stepping into the princess room, his feet making scuffling noises on the linoleum."I'll be leaving now, please take care of-" his voice cut off as Diana bit into his leg making grumbling noises. He laughed."You don't want me to leave?" his voice broke off once more. "Don't worry little one, your new family can do a better job of protecting you."
Diana stared up at him, her gaze accusatory and confused. They silently had a conversation with their eyes;coming to some kind of resolution Diana looked down at her little hands then turned and ran downstairs."Goodbye," he whispered softly, barely audible to my own ears.
Nahuel turned sharply and left out the back door. I silently wondered if he would survive.
Periodically glancing downstairs to check on Diana as I packed, my thoughts tumbled over themselves, still processing the danger. This time when I went downstairs, Emmett had slung his arms over the seat of the couch and Diana and her foundling baby deer were curled in his lap. A football game blared from the tv in front of them.
Emmett's head swiveled in my direction, his eyes tight but jovial."Look," he grinned."She's touching me without trying to bite my arms off, I'm having a lucky streak today," he laughed. I sat down on the plush couch watching Diana closely."So, have you named your friend yet?" I said trying to lift her mood. Her sad doe eyes stayed glued to the screen."Yep," said Emmett answering for her."We decided Romo was pretty good."
I raised my eyebrows skeptically. "Was this her idea or yours?" I asked inclining my head to the television screen where Tony Romo had just made a touchdown. He glanced around innocently then reached for Diana's head. His large fingers making knots in her wavy blond hair, Diana and I both stared at him.
"Emmett...what on earth are you doing?" I implored. "I'm braiding her hair," he replied, eyes intent on his task. I tried not to laugh while I suggested I take over "braiding" her hair. Diana made a tsking sound,upset the attention had been taken away from her. Her arms reached for me and I pulled her up into my lap. She glanced towards the door and I knew exactly what she was thinking about.
Her sobs came in quick rapid breaths as crystalline tears coursed down her rosy cheeks. For once at a loss of words, I simply held her tightly, rocking her. Romo woke up, grunting noisily as he realized Diana wasn't next to him. Diana stopped crying, looking down at her pet. A small giggle escaped her lips. I breathed an inward sigh of relief, the veil of sadness that had previously covered her was gone.
Diana's stomach made a large grumble then she looked at me expectantly. "Who wants steak for dinner?" I asked smiling. A huge grin spread on her face and we went to the kitchen, Romo's small hooves making thumping noises as he followed us.
When we reached Washington, the whole family was still not completely gathered. Awaiting the rest of the clan, Jasper had decided it was his job to entertain Diana, and told me that Emmett and I should go out for the evening. When we got back that evening the sounds of gunfire resounded through the house.
Without hesitation I launched myself through the door, its wooden frame splintering. I searched the entire room with my eyes, ready to take on the danger. Instead, Diana and Jasper were sitting in front of a small table playing poker while The Godfather played on the tv.
"Was mama bear worried?" Jasper said teasingly. I glared at him then surveyed the scene. Nessie, Jake, and Seth were sitting in the kitchen adjacent to the living room, their shocked expressions matching the one on Diana's face. Esme stood next to her broken door, wringing her hands. She turned her withering glare on me."I'll fix it don't worry," I said in one breath trying to appease her.
Esme was always kind, but she got very touchy when it came to her house. She could get quite violent; it was always the quiet ones.
I strode to Diana, and heard a crunching sound under my foot. I looked down and sighed loudly."Jasper really? The Godfather? Scarface?!" I threw the remains of the DVD boxes at him. He smirked. "I'm going to teach her how to shoot and drink whiskey tomorrow," he laughed. "For your sake you better be joking," I grumbled and reached for Diana. She struggled in my arms. "Mama not yet. Uncle Jasper lost the game," she said. My eyes nearly bugged out their sockets.
"Since when did she start talking?!" I asked, my eyes nearly bugging out of their sockets. "A few minutes after you left- actually she sang before she spoke. We had Maria Callas playing on the stereo and all of a sudden she began belting out the song- it perfect Italian," said Alice walking into the living room. I slumped down on the couch.
"I missed...her first..song?" I asked myself, confused. Oblivious to me Diana began badgering Jasper/ "Uncle Jasper give me my money," Diana commanded Jasper. "And if I don't?" he asked. "I got a cousin in Jersey who can break a limb or two- so you better pay up bub," said Diana in a Vito Corleone accent."Oh good grief," I rolled my eyes and gathered Diana into my arms.
"Uncle Jasper will pay you your money- Mama will make sure of it," I said, conspicuously kicking Jasper in his ribs. "What happened to the door?" Bella asked as she and Edward walked in carrying luggage."Its a long story," said Jacob. "Seth!" cried Bella. "What are you doing here?" What was he doing here?
"I'm on winter break from the Institute," he said with a smile. "That's right," said Jacob cuffing Seth around his neck."Seth's gonna graduate at the top of his class with flying colors." Seth had been accepted into The Arts Institute of Seattle, he was determined to become the world's first cooking werewolf. As far as I knew the wolves only consumed and worked Emily to death cooking for them. It was good to see at least one of the mutts made some effort to learn, the majority of Jacob's pack and Sam's pack were still phasing and out of school.
Diana yawned in my arms. "Time for bed," I murmured into her soft hair. "Mama tell Auntie Alice not to cook anymore, my new friend Seth makes better food," she mumbled. "Thanks a lot brat," Alice said kissing her forehead. I carried Diana up to my old room and tucked her in, singing her lullaby after lullaby until she closed her eyes.
Later downstairs a depressing thought crossed my mind. "Alice?" I asked, caution in my voice. "Hmm?" she replied, pins in her tight lipped mouth as she made new clothes for Diana. "Have you- did you ever want a child yourself?"I cringed as the words came out, I should have said nothing.
She looked at me for a long moment then laughed, her head bobbing as the pins fell out her mouth. Alice ran her fingers through her inky black hair. "I've never really thought about it- but I don't think I do," she paused."Children are a drooling, crying mystery to me, if I ever get the urge to have one I'll go to China."
"China?" I asked."Yes," her chime-like laugh resounded through the room."They're practically giving them away free." Her face became serious. "Besides, can you imagine Mr. Military Man as a father? I would pity the child," she laughed. Jasper's grumble echoed off the walls in the room next door while the rest of the family laughed.
The next morning was when death reared its ugly head at our doorstep. Seth had gone back to La Push to visit Leah who was busy planning Charlie's and Sue's upcoming nuptials. No one was in the least bit shocked that the two adults were finally tying the knot. For Bella, who was prone to worrying, this was a huge relief. Charlie would no longer live of fried baloney and beer.
"Rose," Emmett whispered as I set a huge plate of pancakes in front of Diana. "Its almost Christmas- we haven't gotten Diana a present...we haven't gotten anyone a present," he said his chocolate brown eyes worried. I winked at him."I did the shopping and put your name next to mine on the labels- but you have to get your own present for Diana." He winced. "Shopping," he grumbled as he grabbed his car keys and ran out the door.
"Wait," called Bella. "I'll go with you, you're going to need all the help you can get." Bella laughed and I silently thanked her in my head- Emmett would need all the help he could get.
Later, Diana performed aria after aria and I was amazed at the power and beauty of her voice. Her favorite songstress was Maria Callas. My little Diana could outshine her any day, I thought proudly.
We had just gone outside to walk Romo when we smelled them. "Diana-go back back inside," I ordered, taking a defensive stance and pushing Romo in after her. They smelled of sugary candy and death, the Volturi were here.
"I guess Nahuel didn't survive after all," I choked, finally accepting we were doomed. I stood in front of the house alone in my bottomless abyss of despair.
"Rose," said Edward coming up behind me. "I called Emmett, he's on his way back from the store; the others are going to fight." His words were strangely muffled, as if we were underwater. He roughly shook me. "Rosalie we have to prepare ourselves," he hissed. I snapped out of my temporary epiphany.
I had to protect Diana- I must. I strode back into the house. "Jacob, Nessie-please take Diana and get as far from here as you can," they nodded, and Nessie grabbed Diana's hand. "Mama?" she questioned. I smiled at her saying nothing.
The Volturi were after more than Diana now, they wanted our clan destroyed. The rest of us gathered outside, spread in a vertical line in front of the house, I hoped with all my might that Emmett got back after the fight. Diana will need at least one parent, I thought as I silently resigned myself to the fact we were as good as dead.
Their scents were stronger now, we had gotten the four worst opponents, I thought recognizing their scents. Why only four? It didn't matter; Alec, Jane,Demetri,and Felix were the worst possible opponents one could face.
They walked slowly up the driveway, a crooked smile radiated on Jane's child face. Stopping halfway, Felix cleared his throat.
"Just give us the child- and Bella, Jasper, Alice,Edward, and Renesmee come should quietly-maybe even one of your shape shifter friends. Yes, Aro would like that," he thought out loud still pacing towards us. "We were told if you came without a fight, the rest of your family can live."
Then I understood why he had called only some of our names. Aro wanted to add Diana to his collection- he was going to add my family to his sick treasure trove of people. The thought of Diana as one of Aro's weapons, his cold wrinkled hands touching her- it frightened and disgusted me. Their false promise of "letting the rest of us live"- just a lie. There was no way we would be allowed to live. I hissed.
"Or this can be done the hard way,"said Jane interrupting my thoughts,taking a step towards us. I narrowed my eyes at her. She took another step forward. This time the roar that escaped my lips caused her to stop in her tracks.
"Now sister," Alec crooned. "They haven't declined the proposition yet-calm yourself." Jane shrugged his hand of her shoulder and glared at me.
"Now!" Carlisle shouted and we launched ourselves at the Volturi. Jasper took down Demetri quickly, fumbling for a lighter in his pocket. A sticky sweet smell mixed with sulfur soon wafted through the air.
Edward and I cornered Felix in the middle of the rocky driveway. His eyes shifted quickly from the both of us. I took another step forward as Edward circled him.
Behind us I could hear the shrieks of pain Alice and Carlisle emitted. Esme's scream was the loudest until it suddenly cut off. Knowing our time was limited I quickly formed an attack plan.
"Perfect," whispered Edward, reading my mind. That was when Jane's power overtook us. Edward went down writhing in pain as the rest of our clan had. I forced my body to its limits, blocking out the pain, keeping one face in mind. Diana. There was no way I would be defeated by mere vampire children.
A look of shock flitted across Jane's face as I crouched and launched myself at her. My fist connected with her jaw and I swiftly kicked her in the gut, using a move I'd learned quite well from Jake. Power surged through me as I attacked her again and again, having to dodge Felix at the same time.
Then I felt the clammy hand of Alec's power flood my mind. My body became still as stone and I was as helpless as a baby while I watched the remaining Volturi step silently into the house. Jacob's snarls and Nessie's scream quickly followed. They hadn't gotten away in time.
Struggling to fight Alec's power I cringed at the sight of Diana's small hand, dwarfed by Felix's own as they stepped slowly out the house. Overhead the clouds turned gray and snowflakes began falling gently down my face. Diana stared at me for a moment, then looked up at Felix. Her somber face turned into a face of rage.
She opened her mouth and began singing a melody so complex, so eerie I felt chills crawl down my back. The air pressure around me changed and concentrated on Diana. Felix dropped her hand, clutching his head. Soon Alec and Jane were clutching their heads in agony similar to Felix's, bodies thrashing on the ground.
Diana grinned. I heard a small wet squelching sound come from inside Felix's head, like the sound Diana's rubber boots made on the kitchen's tile floor. At once, Felix fell upon the ground. Dead.
Horrified, Alec and Jane quickly fled, kicking up gravel as they sped down the driveway. Diana stared at their departure then smiled again. The clan had picked themselves up off the wet ground and stared at Diana.
The snow fell heavier and quicker now as I looked at my daughter in shock. Her returning stare was full of wisdom, but of something that scared me as well. The danger that had been quickly tightening around her delicate neck like a noose, was now no longer a threat. She was the threat.
Please review; I'm trying to better my writing and I can't do it without feedback. Or must I resort to using the power of evil baby Diana? Sorry this chapter was a little late- and please review! I'm happy those last 3 chapters are done so we can get to the action! Next chapter there's going to be a flash forward and the POV is changing to Diana's.