A/N: Just to let you guys know I thought there were way too many vampires in Breaking Dawn. Seriously, I would not be able to keep track of them all in my writing. So, to make things less confusing I have chosen the most important vampires to join the Cullens.

Anywhere But Here- Mayday Parade

THE STORY SO FAR VERY BRIEFLY…

Edward, deciding their honeymoon is the right time, reveals to Bella that he and Alice slept together soon after Bella's disastrous 18th birthday party. Bella ends the honeymoon and the two return to Forks where Bella forces Alice and Edward to confess their infidelity to everyone else. Jasper decides to divorce Alice and asks Carlisle to get the papers. Bella does the same. As Bella and Jasper's friendship grows Bella decides she wants Jasper to change her into a vampire. Alice is jealous and invites the Denali clan over to delay Bella's change. It works. Bella gets annoyed with Irina when she takes up all of Jasper's time and drives to La Push to see Seth. She meets Leah and finds out that Jake hasn't been seen since her wedding to Edward. When she gets back to the Cullens house she finds out that Jasper told Irina about her wanting to be a vampire. Bella is hurt that he told her and the Denali clan is mad that she visited the wolves. Jasper decides that they can't wait any longer to change Bella so he, Carlisle, and Bella go away for a few days so that Jasper can change her without interference. Bella gets the hang of immortality and finds she can block Jasper's powers completely. They return to the Cullen house and Alice has a vision of the wolves attacking the family. She also has one of the Volturi coming and of it escalating to a confrontation. Later, Bella finds out that Irina and Alice mislead the wolves into believing Bella had been changed against her will and was a dangerous, out of control newborn. Bella decides to go and talk to the wolves but Jacob stops her in the forest and says he will go with her. He does and they manage to convince Sam not to attack the Cullens. Bella finds out her shield also protects physically when she saves Jacob from Paul with it. She returns to the Cullens and tells them the news. Irina insults Bella and gets thrown through a wall/door. As a result, Irina, Kate, and Carmen return to Alaska. Eleazar and Tanya remain in Forks. Carlisle realizes that he will have to call in some friends to help him. AND NOW THE STORY CONTINUES…

BELLA POV

"Any luck calling people?"

"Somewhat." Carlisle answered as he flipped through piles of old, dusty books in his office.

It had been three days since Irina, Kate, and Carmen had left Forks. Since then I had spoken with Jacob over the phone every day, keeping him up to date with any news. Apparently, I had been named wolf-vampire mediator because that has been the only contact we've had with the pack.

With the wolves agreeing to help us out Alice is blind to the future…which can be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it. That is why I came to Carlisle's office; to see if he had heard anything from the vampires he had decided to call on for help.

I sat in the chair across from him and watched him work for awhile before trying again.

"Is there any way I can help?"

He lifted his head and smiled. "Well it would probably be good to let the wolf pack know about the vampires who have agreed to come to Forks."

"So you have heard back from them." I commented, hope filling my chest.

"Yes. Two of my friends in the Irish coven, one from an Egyptian coven, and another from the Amazon coven should be here any day now."

"Do they have any powers?" I questioned excitedly.

He chuckled at my enthusiasm.

What? I had never met any other vampires, who didn't want to kill me, besides the Cullens.

"Yes. Zafrina, from the Amazon, can put illusions in your mind. It's hard to explain so you'll have to see when she gets here. Maggie, from the Irish coven, can tell when someone is lying. And Benjamin, from Egypt, controls elements."

I felt my eyes widen. That makes it so easy for him to burn an enemy vampire to ashes. Damn.

"I see your shock and I can guess what you're thinking. But his power does have limitations. He can't actually create the elements; they have to already be present for him to manipulate them."

I nodded, but still felt a little anxious. All these powerful vampires in one place will be really dangerous; and not just to the human population. What if a fight broke out? I really need to learn how to better control my shield. It will really come in handy when the Volturi are here.

Despite myself, I felt a little proud of the fact that I had a power. Edward had told me that a vampire with a power was rare, but it seems like the almost every vampire I meet has one.

Shoving the futile thought from my head, I thanked Carlisle and left his office.

I needed to find either Jasper or Eleazar. And since I don't know Eleazar all that much, I'll go with Jasper. He's the only one who I can imagine being helpful with this.

Predictably, I found Emmett and Jasper playing video games in the living room and I sat between them on the couch. Rose had gone hunting with Esme and Tanya. Even though Jasper and I had just hunted last week he already needed to make another trip soon. It's probably because he has to feel all the emotional turmoil brewing in this house. I can't imagine that being easy.

Speaking of which, Alice and Edward had managed to keep their distance from the rest of the family for the most part. Well, they stayed away from Jasper, Rose, and I mostly. Carlisle always had a soft spot for his first creation, and Esme and Emmett could never hold a grudge.

"What's up Bellarina?"

"Unfortunately for you Em, I'm going to have to steal Jasper away." I said jokingly.

"Why take him when you can have a real man?" He questioned with a goofy grin on his face.

"I'll pass." I said laughing. "And I'll make sure to tell Rose you said that."

Jasper snickered and followed me to his study.

"Wait! Bella! I take it back! Damn, Rose is gonna kill me."

"Let me guess." Jasper said as after I shut the door to his room. "You want me to help you control your shield."

I nodded sheepishly.

He smirked at being right and sat down next to me on his black leather sofa.

"The best way to go about this would be to have me try and project emotions onto you and have you lift your shield."

"Why? Aren't I trying to protect myself and others?" I questioned curiously, crossing my legs and turning to face him.

"Well you already have the part about mentally protecting yourself down. And for some reason you rely more heavily on the mental shield. Maybe it's because your physical shield didn't manifest itself until after your change."

"Okay. So…what do I do?"

He grinned at me and said to close my eyes.

Closing my eyes allowed all my other vampire senses to be heightened even further. I could hear the leaves in the trees outside. It must be windy. There were birds in the trees near the window. The scent of leather suddenly seemed almost overwhelming. This must be a fairly new piece of furniture.

I felt Jasper scoot closer to me on the sofa, but managed to keep my eyes closed.

"Okay. I'm going to try and send you some emotions. Tell me if you feel anything at all."

We sat for awhile before I heard his sigh.

"Well, that didn't work. What does the shield feel like? I mean, how do you know it's there?" He asked quietly.

"Um…It's different from the physical shield. I can barely see the physical shield but I only feel the mental one. It's like a wall that I feel cemented around my mind…If that makes any sense." I trailed off nervously.

It was hard to describe something that only I could see and feel.

"No, I get it. Picture that wall. Now imagine a way through the wall. It could be a door, a window, a hole, anything." He instructed, slipping back into therapist mode.

Seriously, I felt like a patient or something right now.

Nevertheless, I did as he said.

Then I felt it.

Determination.

Hope.

Affection.

Trust.

Sorrow.

My orange-red eyes snapped open.

"I felt everything." I breathed in excitement, grabbing Jasper in a hug.

I felt him smile against my hair.

Pride.

Enthusiasm.

Contentment.

"Dang. I'm so used to not having to control my emotions around you darlin'. I'll have to get used to it." He commented, pulling back from the embrace.

"Whatever Whitlock. I know you're happy you can finally feel my emotions, you can't fool me." I responded playfully, grinning at the blonde vampire.

"You know me so well." He admitted with a laugh before re-focusing. "Now it's time to test your other shield. Try to stop me from getting too close okay?"

"What? How-?" I started but he was already on top of me, his teeth an inch from my throat.

Immediately, I recoiled and jumped across the room.

"What the fuck?" I spat. "Do you want me to attack you? I'm a newborn, remember?"

"You've only used the shield when someone's been in danger." He said calmly.

As if that explained anything!

"Well a little warning would have been nice." I huffed. "I really don't want to have to deal with the guilt of having ripped your arms off."

"Sorry angel. Forgive me?" He asked, humoring me.

"Always." I sighed shaking my head at him.

"Come on. If we want to continue training then we're gonna need some help." He said as he pulled me through the door and downstairs.

As we walked through the kitchen I heard a melancholic tune coming from the living room. Uggh not again. Edward had apparently decided that, since I refused to speak to him, he would expose his feelings to me through his piano. In other words, he had been playing the lullaby he wrote for me the past two days now.

I could tell it unnerved Jasper even though he never said anything. But, the glare he shot my ex was proof enough.

Truthfully, I felt sorry for Edward. Clearly, he was not recovering from our split as well as I was. I certainly was not ready to forgive Edward or Alice, but I was no longer pining for a relationship with the overbearing vampire. I was sad it had ended, but I realize now that Edward and I would have not lasted. Now that I'm a vampire I see that it is impossible for a vampire and human to have a relationship like that work, and not just in the physical sense. Mentally, vampires are quicker and just see things differently than humans do. It would have been like a race where I could never catch up.

"You were looking for me?" Eleazar appeared at the back door. He must have been outside. I had noticed that the two members of the Denali clan that remained here kept to themselves for the most part. Tanya stayed with Esme a lot of the time and Eleazar was alone every time I saw him.

"Yeah. Jasper thought you could help us strengthen my shield."

"Sure thing. Let's go outside so we don't break anything. I don't want Esme getting after us." The older vampire said with a chuckle.

We walked outside and moved to a small clearing about half a mile from the house. The only ones home were Emmett and Edward so I figured no one would interrupt us.

"Why don't you show us what you can do." Eleazar suggested glancing at me.

I bit my lip and hesitated. "Well I can try but so far I haven't had any luck controlling it."

"It's not about luck, it's about practice. I've not going to be of any help with the mental shield, but we can work on the physical one now." He continued, his topaz eyes staying on me.

Suddenly I felt nervous.

"Have you had any training in fighting?"

"No."

"Good."

And then he leapt at me.

Reflexively, I met him midair and we went crashing down to the ground.

The loud crashing sound rang in my ears as I pinned him to the ground, my teeth digging into shoulder.

Hearing his sharp hiss of pain, I flew off him horrified that I attacked him. What was I thinking?

"Oh my god. I'm so sorry!" I gasped, mortified.

He had volunteered to help me and I had bitten him. Nice going Bella.

"S'okay. I should have known better than to surprise a newborn. It's not even that deep, and probably will barely leave a scar." He reassured me, as he held his hand against the mark on his shoulder.

I cringed as a drop of his venom fell from the wound onto the grass. That has got to hurt, no matter how small.

"Don't sweat it. I tried the same thing and got reamed out for it earlier." Jasper said to Eleazar before he winked at me.

"Well you deserved it." I said pointedly to the blonde vampire.

He just grinned. Damn, cocky empathy.

"Wait. You mean she didn't attack you?" Eleazar questioned shocked, as he turned to Jasper in surprise.

"Bella's pretty controlled for a newborn." Jasper explained. "This is the first time she's shown any sign of not having control over her instincts."

"Maybe you two should practice then. After all, you're closer to her than I am." The black haired vampire suggested. "If she didn't attack you before she won't now."

"You up for it darlin'?"

"As long as you're not scared." I retorted moving back a couple of steps to face him.

Realistically, I was probably the only one scared. Of hurting him that is.

He smirked before his face turned serious and he bent into a crouch. Immediately, I mimicked his motion and shifted my weight from side to side in anticipation.

Waiting…

Waiting…

Suddenly he moved and I just barely jumped back out of the way barely avoiding his attack.

Before I even had time to prepare myself he was airborne again, aimed straight for me. Quickly, using my newborn speed, I ducked under him and crouched defensively.

"Eventually you're going to have to stop running." He goaded, moving into an offensive position.

Ignoring his comment I just barely dodged yet another attack.

It seemed that I was just a tad faster than Jasper. Obviously, he had more experience fighting and wasn't even really trying to hurt me.

I cringed inwardly at the thought of having to engage in a real fight against my opponent.

Suddenly, he knocked me off my feet and had pinned me to the ground. I struggled uselessly and he increased the pressure where his hands were holding me down by my shoulders. He quickly used his knees to hold my legs down, rendering me completely defenseless.

He waited until I quit struggling before leaning down. "Stay focused on the fight. Distraction could be the difference between winning and losing."

He jumped off me and extended a hand to help me up. This time I took his hand and stood back up.

It was actually quite humbling, to be beaten like that. Rationally, I knew I had never stood a chance against Jasper but my shield didn't even make an appearance.

"Let's try again." I prompted, letting my brown hair out of the loose ponytail it had been in.

"This time don't focus so much on avoiding me, but try and bring the shield up."

I nodded and closed my eyes to concentrate a second.

Then I heard it. There was someone else here watching just in the trees.

I straightened up and felt a growl building in my chest. Whoever it was I had never met them. My instincts screamed at me to run but I held back. I couldn't just leave Jasper by himself.

The intruder got closer and appeared on the edge of the clearing before stopping suddenly.

I stared at him unwaveringly. One more step and I was going to lose control over my protective instincts.

Then the stranger spoke.

"My name is Garrett and someone named Carlisle called me here. I'm just looking for him."

Jasper told him that we were in Carlisle's coven and gave him the directions to the house, but the man just stood there unmoving.

Then, he spoke again.

"Um, I can't move forward. Is one of you blocking me?"

A/N:

Aww Garrett is here! What's Bella going to do? And who else is going to show up?

NEXT CHAPTER:

Jasper looked at me impressed. "Great job Bella, but you can let him come over."

I didn't budge or move the shield. I did not trust him.

"Bella? I know it's hard but you're gonna have to fight those newborn instincts alright darlin'? He's not a threat. I promise, you're gonna have to trust me."