Aro's cold hand wrapped around my arm and he pulled me forcefully out of all 4 of the men's grips.

The instant he tore me away from them; my family, my soul mate and my friends something inside me snapped.

A blinding light filled the room, it wrapped around me so tightly it was almost like it was inside of me but I couldn't tell whether it was coming from me or trying to get inside me.

It was so bright I had to squint my eyes. There was kind of like and exploding sound amongst the chorus of growling and snarling and then the sound of glass shattering and things falling.

Aro was no longer holding onto my arm. Oh dear god what's happened?

The first thing I thought of was that Jacob had lost control and had done something we all might live to regret. My second thought was much worse, that maybe Aro had done something to Jacob and/or my family.

I felt sick.

Warm arms wrapped around my middle holding me up, I hadn't realized how suddenly very, very weak I felt. I took in the surroundings as I slumped back against Jacob's chest, breathing heavily.

The light was still shimmering brightly; it did some kind of dance around the room like it was dancing in a very playful kind of way, bouncing off the walls, the ceiling and the floor, like when the sun shines on the water and beams shoot off in every direction. And then it just fizzled out. I was amazed watching it. It was so utterly and undeniably beautiful - in the most pure form.

I could hear poor Riley's painful cry shrilling from the back of the room.

Everyone was just standing unmoving in the room amazed just as much as me by the explosion of light. Everyone's eyes then locked on me. The man that was next to Aro was still in the room. Everyone had been unharmed by the light.

That. I thought. Was a very remarkable thing, considering the exploding noise.

"Wh- what happened?" my voice didn't even sound like mine.

Carlisle came up to me touching my face and my arms checking me over for any signs of injury. "Is she hurt?" Jacobs voice demanded from behind me

"No she's not" Carlisle looked back at me "Kate" he said firmly "I think you found your gift."

"What?" I asked like I hadn't just been told.

"Your gift. You just did that, the instant Aro grabbed you, it was like he triggered something and then that… burst of light surrounded you, then there was an explosion and you sent him flying across the room, you even blew out the glass wall."

"Oh" was all I could say. I looked to my right and noticed he was right, so then I added "Sorry about the wall and the stuff…"

He chuckled lightly and touched my cheek "Don't even worry about it."

I looked back out at Aro lying on the ground surrounded my shards of broken glass, tangled in his cloaks.

"Is he dead?"

I would struggle to feel any emotion if he was, that was for sure.

"If only…" Edward murmured. "You only stunned him, see… he's getting up" he was right Aro started to lift himself up off the ground but with none of the vampire grace I was used to seeing.

He was like an old man getting up off the floor, although he still looked very much like himself. Just his actions were slowed and dulled. He looked tired.

His eyes met mine as he slowly stood up straight. "Such power" was all he uttered. Then his eyes snapped to the man who was still standing unscathed in the room with us.

"Hurry my friend, then we shall leave. I can see that we are no longer wanted"

The man in the room walked towards me and he (I think) bowed a little.

"My name is Marcus. I apologise, we meant no harm when we came today. I would simply like to see my grandchild, if you would be so kind"

He was asking me? Why did I have to decide? Was he scared of me? All I could do is throw him to the ground and reduce him to an exhausted wreck. That was hardly anything to be scared of, it's not like I could kill him. I didn't even have the slightest clue how I did it.

"Your grandchild?" I don't know where the sudden authority had come from in my voice. Jacob still had his arms around my waste, but I wasn't slumped against him anymore.
"Yes" Marcus looked a little solemn "Im Emily's father."

I could hear Emily gasp from the back of the room; Riley's cries had quietened down a little, but started up again at the sound of his mother's sharp intake of breath.

I looked over to where Emily was standing with her baby and Embry. I knew what the answer was just by the look on her face; she didn't even have to speak.

I looked at Riley who was facing me in Emily's arms I looked at his big brown eyes, his dark little tufts of hair, his cute little face, his chubby little legs and arms.

I could never put him in danger, I wouldn't.

"I don't think so Marcus" I almost added 'sorry' onto the end but I stopped myself. Even though Marcus and Aro were friends – no they were more like allies – and quite similar. Marcus seemed a little easier to warm to.

"Very well" he backed away towards the non-existent wall and his expression was almost painful when he looked towards the back of the room.

Then he turned his attention back to me.

"May I leave you with some advice?" he took my silence as a queue to continue. "Care for your children – both of you" he looked towards the back of the room "like we didn't care for ours"

I swallowed hard as I watched his cloak whip in the wind that he created as he left the house in a blur, and joined Aro at the front of the house - the pair of them took off running towards the trees, back to their sick little lives.

~
"Im so sorry Esme" I must have said this like a thousand times already as I watched her clear up the glass off the laminate flooring. She refused to let me help her.

"Will you stop saying that honey" she laughed a little "it's nothing, honestly. We will get this fixed in no time"

There was a clunking grinding kind of noise and then a single metal shutter came down to cover up the hole in the wall.

"You have shutters?" my eyes must have bulged.

"Yea we do" she grinned a little. "Comes in handy though doesn't it?" I couldn't deny that.

"Yea I guess they do" she laughed and put her arm around me and lead me up the stairs to the living room where everyone was gathered.

When I say everyone it was just mainly Edward, Carlisle, Jasper and Jacob.

Emily had left not long after everyone had calmed down. She said she just needed to get away from here for a bit, so Embry took her and the baby back to his place.
I wasn't fazed that she didn't remember that id bought a load of things for the baby she can just have them another time.

"So we have a theory" Carlisle announced as I walked into the room. I sat down on the sofa next to Jacob he put his arm around me and pulled me closer to him, kissing me on my cheek.

"We think that your ability was triggered because someone so close to you became a threat" Carlisle's looked pleased with his theory, I didn't want to be the one to break it to him that that's not what it felt like when it happened.

"Why don't we let Kate explain to us what she felt triggered her ability?" Edward raised an eyebrow at me.

I groaned "I really would rather not explain" it was sort of embarrassing to have to try and tell them that being torn away from them all had snapped something inside me. Especially when Jacob was amongst the people I was being torn from.

"Come on Kate, share it with us. There's nothing to be embarrassed about"

I looked at Edward. Really eddy?

He frowned at my thought then smirked.

"You can tell them, or I will. And I won't leave out any details…"

"Oh fine!" I sighed heavily and Jacobs arm pressed me against him tighter.

"Maybe Carlisle is right and that Aro being my father, and being so close to me after such a long time played some part in triggering off my gift. But I think it was more about being pulled away from the people I love, especially when Jacobs hand wasn't touching mine anymore. I just felt a kind of wrench in my stomach and I felt so angry at Aro for pulling me out of your hold that something just… snapped.And I don't know how I did what I did, it just happened."

Carlisle and Edward studied me for a moment.

"It makes sense. There is plenty of time for you to practice controlling you gift; we'll just have to find some way to trigger it like Aro did. And then we can help you control it." He smiled at me.

"Yea, plenty of time" I agreed.

"Well however you did what you did, it was totally amazing!" Emmet came from nowhere and landed heavily on the sofa opposite us. "It was funny as hell seeing Aro thrown out through the window like a rag doll" Emmett laughed loudly. "He's had that coming to him for a very long time. And then his dear little daughter turns out to be the one to do it!"

He laughed again.
And I couldn't help but laugh with him.

"We won't be seeing Aro for a very long time I can assure you, if only you could see what he was thinking after what you Kate did. He was beyond shocked. He knows who not to mess with now that's for sure" Edward even laughed himself.

"But it's not exactly a threatening thing. I mean all I did was thrown him to the ground. I don't know why they got so scared"

"Kate, don't you understand?" Jasper stepped up "Your gift is a very good thing to have. If we ever had to go into battle, with your ability on our side we would have the upper hand. You could stun the opposition and wear them down allowing us to attack them quickly before they even recovered from the shock"

"I never thought about it like that."

Jasper grinned.

"Don't worry about it. It's all new to you. Just know that it's a very good gift to have. Aro's all about talented people - he likes to hide behind them. And with you having a gift that is so effective for battle, he knows not to mess with you orus anymore."

I felt better now that Jasper had explained how useful I could be and why Aro and Marcus had feared me.

I sighed "If I ever see that man again, it will be a day to soon"

"I think we can all agree with you there Kate" Carlisle smiled then he left the room, heading for his study I presume.

Edward then suddenly seemed like he needed to be somewhere and left too.

Emmett didn't move, he turned on the TV and was totally oblivious to anything happening around him now that there was a football match being played out in front of him.

"You were amazing babe" Jacob whispered in my ear "You didn't half scare me, but you were amazing" he nibbled on my ear lobe.

I giggled.

"I know, I just can't help being totally amazing" I turned to face him.

"Mmmm, no you can't" his voice had taken on that sexy husky tone.

He leaned in and kissed me lovingly.