Chapter 4

Unwarned

The Cullen – sibling weekend was good! Except for when Jasper, Emmett, & Edward got drunk. We vampires have our own ways of making cocktails…We went to Seattle and it was now Monday so when we got back Carlisle and Esme would be back from their Isle Esme trip.

I wondered about Lonnie, Jeff, Tiffany, Caroline, & Timmy (who were all now newborn vampires bitten by Michael). So when we got back I decided to track them. They were close…like really close.

I knew that they wanted to get the Volturi involved so they could lie and attack us. Chances are they wouldn't believe me.

The Cullen siblings walked into the house and saw Carlisle and Esme standing there.

"Welcome home" they said.

"Thanks what about you?" we all replied.

They laughed then Edward said using his polite tone, "how was your trip?"

"Very nice" Esme said Edward and I went outside and I watched as he put on his sneakers.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"To Bella's I'm sure she's missed me and I've missed her."

"OK…tell her I say 'hey.'"

"Will do and I think Alice has something for you" he said with a smirk.

"Something…you mean torturous plot."

"Who taught you that" he asked and I gave him the obvious look "Jasper" he said.

I nodded Edward rolled his eyes. I sat down on the steps and watched him run off. I went to where Alice was and she was with Rosalie which was surprising because they NEVER hung out together.

"Come on Haze we're going to the mall" Alice said and I groaned I should've known.

"Don't worry it'll be fun. Bella is coming later too with Edward."

We got into Rosalie's red convertible and sped to the mall. Alice wanted to get new clothes and makeup Rosalie was interested in makeup, shoes, & hair products.

When Rosalie's car pulled into the parking lot and we parked on the upper level. We walked into the entrance and I saw a few billboards about having a boyfriend. I wanted Jason freaking Weismann and that was all I cared about now. Where he was and what was he doing…easy Hazel Lucy Cullen! TRACK HIM! I didn't though. I couldn't bring myself to. I just wanted one thing and that was to be beautiful… not ugly…but beautiful like Rosalie, Alice, & Bella. I was positive I wasn't. I was just ugly piece of crap Hazel. After all if I was pretty I would have had someone by now right?

Michael was on the prowl along with his coven formed called the "IN MEMORIUM TO SAMMI" coven. At the same time I felt sorry for Michael he had lost his mate. But he must have some good in him because no one is evil. There is only good in people and sometimes they have anger and they take it out. Unless he just had a pure hate for me.

I suddenly looked up. My phone was ringing… "New Message from Edward Cell" it was saying and I clicked the view button. It read "hey Haze tell Alice and Rose we will meet them at 3:00pm" I told my sisters who were glad. They went to the dress store next… Jessica McClintock. They wanted to look at dresses to wear for Bella and Edward's wedding. I looked through them but I thought I would look ugly…wouldn't I?

…

"WHAT" Emmett roared "THAT"S BULLSHIT!"

"Yes I know" Edward said.

We were in the living room and apparently the Volturi had called everything off but we knew they were lying. Michael had called that night and said if I wasn't there he was coming to kill Bella and Edward. Edward was going with me to the cave so were Emmett and Jasper for backup fight. Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, & Alice were going to be on guard for the Volturi.

I was nervous about everything I knew that a battle was about to occur with the Volturi and we all knew what Alice had seen we were going to definitely try to prevent it. Bella shook with fear.

"Edward" she said in a shaky voice.

"Yes" he said politely.

"Don't leave me…stay with me" she said.

"Bella, my sister needs me I'm sorry."

"Please" she pleaded "I'm scared"

"Stay with her…it's OK I'll go with Jasper and Emmett" I thought because if Bella wanted him there then he should stay with her. I was getting ready to go out the door with Jasper and Emmett but Edward said "Wait up!" I turned around.

"Did you hear my thoughts?" I asked.

"Yeah…but I can't think of leaving you…I have to go" Edward said.

We ran to the cave and I had fear caving me the whole way there. Jasper and Emmett stood outside and Edward and I walked inside to hell…possibly our deaths.

"Don't be scared Hazel, it's OK" he said and I felt my vibration. I shot him the scared – eye look. He had pain in his eyes.

"Hazel, my lovely friend" Michael said out of nowhere. "Edward" he snarled at his name

I cringed and stiffened but Edward held my hand and had his protective stance in front of me.

"Sheet!" Tiffany and Caroline laughed and exclaimed.

"Please?" I asked Edward in my head. I wanted to lunge at them.

"NO" he mumbled and I frowned.

I knew he wanted to keep me safe but I wanted to fight too. Timmy, Lonnie, & John appeared and we were outnumbered. Emmett and Jasper came in and got into fight mode so did me and Edward. Tiffany laughed at me and so did Caroline. Edward was about to give them a piece of their own medicine.

But I asked "May I take them?"

Edward hesitated "yes" he said and I knew he was nervous but why?

I could take them on and if it was a battle they wanted a battle they shall get.

Suddenly we weren't in the cave anymore. But in a subway station with rats and escalators all of our enemies wanted us dead. I knew it was real immediately.

"Edward!" I screamed and then something came out and covered my mouth it pulled me into a dark alleyway I wanted to scream but then I realized it was only Edward. He pulled me into his chest and I clung to him not wanting to let go.

"What happened?" I asked.

"We ran here. You were in my arms and I covered your eyes that's why it seemed so dark and sudden" Edward said and I knew he wasn't lying.

"Jasper and Emmett are coming" I confirmed.

"Good" Edward said and Jasper and Emmett came.

"What do we do now?" Jasper asked.

"Try to throw them off track. We have to split up" Edward said.

"They know I will be with you" I said to Edward.

"I know so we have to split up" he said.

I shrugged trying not to let them see. Jasper calmed me down with his ability and it was agreed that I would go with Emmett and Jasper would go with Edward. We ran to the secret hideout we knew of. That was where they were hiding according to my tracking.

"OK here's the plan" Michael was saying "we obviously know Hazel will be with Edward so Timmy, Caroline, & Tiffany will chase them. Lonnie, Jeff, & I will go after Emmett and Casper or whatever his name is."

"Wait" Caroline said "the Cullens aren't stupid so of course they are going to split Hazel and Edward up. Hazel isn't weak you know."

I knew Caroline knew because Emmett's teeth were bared I gave him my puzzled look. He put his finger to his lips and motioned for me to be quiet. I nodded.

"So what's the plan?" Tiffany asked.

"We will kill and destroy the Cullens no matter what" Michael snarled.

Timmy held Caroline and she nestled in his arms. It made me think about Edward and I tracked him he was with Jasper on the second floor elevator waiting for Emmett and me to come. But Emmett and I were listening in on the enemy. Suddenly I felt a vibration after Michael said that. I knew we would defeat them.

Emmett signaled to go and I dashed to where Edward and Jasper were waiting. But we had gotten there a little late Michael was on our trails Edward grabbed me and pulled us into the elevator which was broken so we had to break the glass and go up the stairs. Michael was already waiting for us when we got there but they had a little surprise waiting.

"Well, well, well nowhere else to run" Michael snarled.

"No" Edward said politely but in a mad tone.

I didn't know how he could speak POLITELY to Michael.

Timmy and Lonnie who Edward had told me had the ability to create illusions (Timmy) and extraordinary strength (Lonnie) went for Edward and Emmett.

Timmy went for Edward and Lonnie went for Emmett. The bad thing was that Lonnie was stronger than Emmett so he was pinned with and Lonnie stood on him.

Edward and Timmy had a long fight and Edward was double teamed by Michael and Timmy and was defeated. Next they moved onto Jasper who wasn't easy to take down but they did.

I suddenly felt a wave of anger and fight wash over me and I sprang at Timmy before I even knew. He got mad but I kept going and when I tore a piece of his neck he cried out in pain. Caroline screamed and went for me but I was on her in no time I bit her neck and her head detached leaving Timmy very mad. I was able to finish Timmy off easily. Jeff and Tiffany lunged for me. But I also had Edward now on my side now that his captor was almost destroyed. Edward went for Jeff and I went for Tiffany who I was definitely able to kill easily she screamed and cried while I finished her off and then tossed her to everyone else. Michael was horrified as his coven was nearly ruined. Now just he and Lonnie remained.

Thinking I was the weakest link Michael decided to go for me. But he definitely made a mistake. Yes he was older than me and bigger. But not stronger and didn't have enough will. I decided though to test him.

"Why do you do this?" I asked.

"Because you idiots are our enemies, THAT NIGHT WE ATTACKED THAT GIRL YOU FREAKED OUT AND YOU HAZEL IDIOT WAS THE CAUSE OF MY OTHER BROTHER'S DEATH EVIL CAN VANQUISH OVER GOOD!"

"NO" I screamed as I silenced him forever.

He tried to fight back but I fought with all my strength and will. In the end Michael Levine was destroyed and my three brothers stared at their little sister. Who was the weak link now? Not any of the Cullens.

We returned home to Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Rosalie, & Bella. Who were all happy to see us. We were all thirsty but Bella really wanted Edward to be with her so he stayed back. It amazed me how much he would give up for her. We ran south down to the Oregon border in a wood with lots of deer, elk, bears, & of course mountain lion. As I stared back I saw Edward with Bella…I truly was happy for him. I knew he had waited for Bella for a long, long time and he was finally happy. Bella is the prettiest human girl I ever saw. I still was ugly Hazel who no boy would ever love. I knew I shouldn't doubt Alice because she could see the future. I just…needed Jason to be soon…Jason freaking Weismann. I decided to do some research on Jason and Kyle Weismann. I went on the vampire – only accessible website and typed in Kyle Weismann. And this is what I read.

Kyle Noah Weismann was born on May 18, 1858 to Matthias and Sarah Weismann two strict Jewish parents. He had 2 older siblings, Esther who was 6 years older than him and Samuel who was 3 years older than him. In 1879 when Kyle was 21 years old his family decided to move from their home near Nauvoo, Illinois to the Sacramento coastline near the Sierra Nevada territory. Shortly after his family left the town Kyle came down with Typhoid fever. He was presumed dead by his parents and was given a burial and Kaddish. About 2 hours later Kyle was still alive and realized it. He stumbled and tried to locate his family he came upon the vampire, Jerusalem a Hebrew vampire who was hungry and needed feeding. But he didn't want to kill Kyle. So he transformed him into a vampire; Kyle didn't want to be a monster so he decided to only feed on animals. As he had heard from a vampire by the name of Eleazer; Jerusalem was killed in a battle of the South led by Maria. In 1945 Kyle moved to the western part of New York near Buffalo. It was there that he found the first edition to his coven. It was in early 1949 that Kyle was going back to his apartment from a hunt and noticed a young boy on the side of the road. Kyle was deeply concerned for the boy and asked him what his name was. The boy replied in a shaky tone "I am a child called 'it' for I have no name" sensing that the boy was in fact brutally scarred by something or someone Kyle asked the boy what his name was again the boy replied "Jason, my name is Jason Cameron but I do not have a last name. My family does not love me and I am not worthy of having their name" with that Jason collapsed he had not eaten in nearly 10 days. Kyle carried the boy to his home where he transformed him into a vampire. After about a week or so Kyle and Jason realized that Jason had the gift to touch things and see its history. Kyle is currently head of the Invisible Coven.

So that was my Jason's half story at least. I realized we were in the woods and I was on my phone so I sprinted into full action and caught some animals (4 mountain lion and 2 elk). It was satisfying after that we went home where I found Edward's note

Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Rosalie, Hazel, Emmett, & Jasper,

I am at Bella's house no need to worry I am fine. We are going to be together for the rest of the night hope you had fun hunting and Hazel, don't find any trouble while I'm gone. I have sensed somewhat of the Volturi but if they do happen to come please come and get me and I will be right over there. I will be back with Bella tomorrow morning after she gets situated I will need to go hunting if it is OK with Bella. Take care.

Sincerely,

Edward

So then I decided it was time for me to go to the woods and climb trees. I told Carlisle and Esme where I would be and then Alice and Rosalie said they wanted to go with me. I groaned because they were going to make it girly but I just shrugged and we went to climb one of the higher trees near the border of Canada.

We decided to talk about old memories from the time Alice joined us in 1950 which was 17 years after Rosalie and 32 years after me. I couldn't really remember that feeling…the feeling of being human. I had been a vampire for 100 years…almost a century I thought about everyone from my past…my parents, Marilynn, Casey, & many others especially the live people who all thought I had died…every time someone was turned into a vampire by someone other than Carlisle (who only changed people when they were dying because they didn't have a choice…he would never do this to someone who had another option). They were presumed missing or dead. Alice's eyes went into her blank scared look.

"Alice, what's wrong?" I asked.

"The Volturi" she said.

"What?"

"They're almost here."

"NO!" I said.

"They're going to be here in approximately 21 hours."

"I tracked them they're on the Cheyenne reserve" I was mad… who did the Volturi think they were I thought they were abusing their power in a way. They were taking everything from everyone and just…yes, basically abusing their power and I was sick of it.

"We have to go home and warn the others" Rosalie said softly.

"Yes…I know" I said.

…

"HOLY SHIT" Emmett said.

"Alice never lies" Edward said then he smirked and turned to me "right Haze?"

"Yes it is true" I said.

"What did you see Alice, tell us" Jasper had his arm around her.

"That they were going to…take us prisoners…some of us. They would come unexpectedly nothing can stop them from showing up and that's what they want…they want me and Hazel." Alice said horrified.

"What do we do now?" asked Bella.

"Figure out their weak spot. I was with the Volturi and I know their strengths…and I know their weaknesses. We have to find a way to let them know they are abusing their power. No need to fight war just peace. Just use words to talk and not physically violet injuring behavior" said Carlisle

"Huh?" Emmett asked.

"He basically means…"Rosalie began.

"No, not that hair and makeup are the most important things in the world" Emmett joked.

"Very funny" Rosalie sneered but jokey.

We knew we had to act…and do it fast. The Volturi knew all the vampires….every single one…they knew their strengths they knew their weaknesses and they were going to attack…attack and not stop.

"OK OK…THIS IS CRAZY!" Emmett said.

"What is? You and your stupid sense of humor" Rosalie said Emmett kissed Rosalie and he knew she was kidding.

"OK OK ENOUGH THIS IS SERIOUS! We have to figure out a plan" Edward said.

"Yes…we know" Esme said softly.

Bella spent the night nestled in Edward's arms. We had to figure out a plan…about the Volturi. We knew they had their reasons but still it wasn't fair. They couldn't just take us away from our coven like that. Who did they think they were? They couldn't deal with the fact me and Alice belonged to the Olympic Coven and move on. I heard Carlisle and Edward talking.

"Edward, son I can't let you do that it's too dangerous."

"But what if we did just fight them?"

"And TRY TO DESTROY THEM!?"

"Yes somewhat, can you think of a better way?"

"Yes, reasoning."

"And how much longer is that going to work?" Emmett asked.

"Emmett, you do have a point but we can at least try. It's not like its Victoria we're dealing with. The Volturi are good or at least they try to be."

"But we never know if they could be abusing their power. They make it as if they can do whatever they want and whenever they want. Like they're the royal family of vampire (not that they aren't)" Jasper said.

"Can't we just be logical here?" Carlisle asked.

"Yes, but not unrealistic" Emmett said.

"What will happen if they Volturi…do come?" Edward asked.

"I…I don't know, Edward" Carlisle said.

Suddenly I saw something tracking… I caught a view and this is what I saw. They were coming approaching…the unexpected unwanted attack, we had nothing to do nothing to provoke. The door cracked open calmly.

And then I heard a loud BANG. Like the sound of a gunshot.