Hiii :) Here's chapter 2, Edward's POV of "The Battle" in Breaking Dawn (Remember, it starts off on Pg. 722 and ends on Pg. 741)

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Chapter 2: Hope Not Fading

Of course, The Volturi would've been prepared. Of course once a signal was seen, everyone from the guard would've known what to do.

One of the guards caught my attention-as she was thinking of breaking our bonds. I soon recognized this 'voice' as Chelsea's. 'So many pairs, mates...I wonder where to start. Let's try here.' She thought, turning her body in mine and Bella's direction. I turned my gaze to her, glaring. 'That's strange. I can't feel them there...I can't see their bonds!' she cried, then walking over to Aro, offering her hand. His eyes were impressed, his eyebrows raised.

"Chelsea is trying to break our bindings," I whispered, "But she can't find them. She can't feel us here..." I asked Bella, looking over to her in awe. "Are you doing this?" She smiled a grim smile saying, "I am all over this." I smiled briefly, 'I like this confident Bella,' but stopped right then, my smile turning into a deep frown. 'Let's see if the shield of this Bella can overcome my gift. Hmm...how about Carlisle?' Jane thought, from across the field. I gasped, reaching out for Carlisle right when Jane thought of attacking him, but nothing happened-he was perfectly okay. "Carlisle? Are you all right?" He turned, confused. "Yes. Why?" 'Hmph...How about this?' the she-devil thought again, pin-pointing at least a dozen targets. "Jane," I answered, and right then, she attacked again, but found no one writhing in pain. Bella was simply wonderful, we underestimated her gift. It was way more powerful...she was way more powerful. "Incredible," I breathed out. Jane was furious, glaring-but Bella, the confident goddess she was, smiled a huge, smug smile at her, taunting. 'You need a dose of your own medicine,' the she-devil thought, targeting Bella and attacking. I knew now that nothing would happen to any of us-mentally- with Bella's gift, as long as she was focused and not injured. The "witnesses" on our side started growing a little restless, their thoughts questioning. 'What's happening, why aren't they waiting until Aro gives them permission to attack?' being the main question. Finally, Tanya decided to put herself to good use, asking for everyone. "Why aren't they waiting for the decision?" "Normal procedure," I answered bluntly. My love taunted her a little more, smiling with teeth, and Jane, attacked her again, finding no hole, no space, nothing. 'I'll slowly rip her into pieces! Into tiny little pieces, then I'll burn them one by one!' Jane snarled, her body drowing rigid as she crouched to spring, but her brother caught her arm just as she was about to launch. Her loud snarls made everyone jump, even the guard, but the ancients stayed much the same. A few vampires and werewolves were surprised and showed disbelief at Jane's actions. 'Wow. And I thought I had a temper. Just look at this Jane girl. Screaming out loud,' Paul thought. 'Hahaha! Little sis has a feisty side. Yoohoo, oh Eddie-boy! Is Bella feisty when...you know?' Emmett thought. I rolled my eyes. Funny how my dear brother was able to make all these little innuendos and be able to embarass people, but not be able to actually say the word "sex." The Romanians were delighted, laughing heartily. "I told you this was our time." "Just look at the witch's face." Vladimir and Stefan both chanted. 'Some people should know when to keep their mouths shut. Let's see if they'll be able to keep their mouths shut for this,' Alec thought, patting his twin's shoulder and putting her under his arm, his features completely smooth. He was going to attack. By my side, Bella was slowly hesitating. "Are you okay?" She said, clutching at my hand. "Yes." I whispered. "Is Alec trying?" Oh. So that was why she was nervous. She didn't know much about Alec's gift and how it worked. Nodding, I told her, "His gift is slower than Jane's. It creeps. It will touch us in a few seconds." A barely-there white looking cloud was-exactly as I said-creeping across the field towards us. We had no reason to be scared, I know that it will not harm us, thanks to Bella. Though, my love's brow was slightly furrowed. She didn't know how strong her gift was either. Benjamin had seen the creeping haze coming and tried to blow it out of its way with snow, but the haze was immune. Acting like more of a shadow than the haze it was. The ground beneath us moaned, and just as the ancient brothers' triangular formation broke, the ground between our sides split into two. As usual, Marcus' expression did not change, but his two brother's eyes widened at the opening gap. They did not move or speak, waiting for the shadow to approach us too. Everyone on our side was slightly scared, their eyes wide. Jane was smiling now, thinking her brother's gift was one that could not be escaped. As Alec's shadow met our side, it found no purchase against Bella's gift. The shadow circled around her shield, showing just how big it was to us, making all of us gasp. 'How can this happen? No one has ever escaped my attempts! What does this mean?' Alec thought, his face not showing the coolness it showed a while ago. "Well done, Bella!" Benjamin quietly cheered. My wife's face was not showing any more doubt in herself, instead a ghost of hope was showing. 'So, it seems that Bella's gift is much, much more powerful. If it...that could be a problem-we might not be able to injure any of them!' Aro thought. His mind showed fear, it also showed that he had not been more terrified of anything else in his whole existence, the possibility of the Volturi losing to a coven of vampires. Little did he know, that Bella's shield was only mentally, and not physically. They'd figure that out when they attack. "I'm going to have to concentrate. When it comes to hand to hand, it's going to be harder to keep the shield around the right people." She whispered. I closed my eyes for half a second and opened them again, "I'll keep them off you." "No. You have to get to Demitri. Zafrina will keep them away from me." Zafrina nodded, "No one will touch this young one." Bella spoke again, sighing, "I'd go after Jane and Alec myself, but I do more good here." 'What are they talking about? I don't understand. What do they mean by 'When it comes to hand to hand, it's going to be harder to keep the shield around the right people?'" The guard thought. I was about to speak when I was interrupted by a hissing Kate. "Jane's mine. She needs a taste of her own medicine." Vladimir spoke up, "And Alec owes me many lives, but I will settle for his." "I just want Caius." Tanya said then thought, 'The world needs to be cleansed of such a disgusting old vampire...' Suddenly, everyone was announcing who they were planning on attacking. Alec's shadow was still circling, and Aro stared up at it, speaking, "Before we vote, let me remind you, whatever the council's decision, there need be no violence here." Bella shook her head, and I snarled darkly. He looked sadly at me, "It will be a regrettable waste to our kind to lose any of you. But you especially, young Edward, and your newborn mate. The Volturi would be glad to welcome many of you into our ranks. Bella, Benjamin, Zafrina, Kate. There are many choices before you. Consider them." 'Over my dead, sparkling body!' Kate shouted in her head. Chelsea and Alec were still trying to get through Bella's shield, and Aro moved his gaze across our hard faces, finding no hesitation. 'La tua cantante. What I would give to wield such gifted young vampires...' He sighed, thoughtfully.

"Let us vote, then," He said, voice unchanging. Caius spoke, with pure eagerness for such violence. "The child is an unknown quantity. There is no reason to allow such a risk to exist. It must be destroyed, along with all who protect it." Bella's eyes showed that she was almost ready to scream and thrash out. 'What has the world ever done to you to make you so death-hungry and retarded? Nessie is innocent, she's a little harmless being!" Seth thought and I agreed minimally. Marcus spoke, his eyes gazing far away, through us. "I see no immediate danger. The child is safe enough for now. We can always reevaluate later. Let us leave in peace." 'If I had to pick a favourite out of those three oldies, I'd pick Marcus. The other two are way too...vile,' Emmett thought. The guard's fighting positions, and Caius' anticipatory grin did not falter. It seemed like Marcus' vote did not matter at all. "I must make the deciding vote, it seems," Aro said. 'Wait! Wait, wait, wait! Edward, we're coming! I've found our solution, I found somebody!' A familiar voice chanted. My body froze momentarily. 'That's...that's Alice! Alice! Yes!' I thought. "Yes!" I hissed out loud. My love looked at me like I was crazy, but the hope in her eyes increased by a tiny amount. The guard's thoughts contained one thought, 'What does he have to offer now?' I decided then, to explain my "offer" to them. "Aro?" I'm sure my voice was teeming with victory. "Yes, Edward? You have something further...?" My excitement was nearly hard to control, the solution was too easy now! We were sure to be left unscathed, a victory! "Perhaps, first, if I could clarify one point?" 'What else must he have to clarify? What else must he have to add?' Aro thought, his eyebrows raised. "Certainly." "The danger you foresee from my daughter-this stems entirely from our inhability to guess how she will develop? That is the crux of the matter?" 'That much was obvious.' He thought, with an unsatisfied tone. And, yes, I needed to clarify the obvious, to be just exactly sure "Yes, friend Edward. If we could but be positive...be sure that, as she grows, she will be able to stay concealed from the human world-not endanger the safety of our obscurity..." He agreed, trailing off and shrugging. "So, if we could only know for sure, exactly what she will become...then there would be no need for a council at all?" I was sure that he did not want the world to give us a reason to save our lives, but at the same time, hoping a tiny bit that he did not have to destroy our lives. "If there was some way to be absolutely sure, then yes, there would be no question to debate." He agreed, his voice shrill. What I thought of saying next had a slight bit of irony to it..."And we would part in peace, good friends once again?" His voice seemed even more shrill as he answered, "Of course, my young friend. Nothing would please me more!" 'Right. *snorts*' Jacob thought, scratching at the ground. Jacob had one thought the whole time, one purpose to gaze at one being. That one purpose, being my daughter. It was just Renesmee in his thoughts, nothing less, nothing else. I chuckled, quite exultantly. "Then I do have something to offer." 'Leave it to him to be able to find more to offer,' Alec thought from their sidelines. Aro's eyes narrowed, "She is absolutely unique. Her future can only be guessed at." My dearest pixie sister was close enough to hear this, her thoughts were smug. 'You're smart.' That he is, sister. That he is. "Not absolutely unique," I disagreed. "Rare, certainly, but not one of a kind." The surprise in Bella's eyes sprung to full-blast, her lips spread wide, and I could see that she was having a hard time trying to concentrate having her shield up. "Aro, would you ask Jane to stop attacking my wife? We are still discussing evidence here." 'No point in having them attack, nothing is happening.' He thought, as he raised a hand. "Peace, dear ones. Let us hear him out." Jane bared her teeth at my wife and my wife, in turn, grinned. 'Brother dear, may I get an announcement for my entrance? We are here, your remaining hope! You're welcome.' 'Glad to, my sister. Welcome back,' I thought, then called out loudly, "Why don't you join us Alice?" Everyone's thoughts registered shock. But I knew that the most shocked thoughts belonged to my ever-grieving family. "Alice," Esme whispered. Bella's eyes were as wide as ever, her jaw dropping. Aro's thoughts, though, registered only the coming of Alice, and nothing else. "Alice." He breathed."Alice!" Alice!" Her name was like a prayer to our side. 'Amen,' I thought, rolling my eyes. 'Hey! I saw that Edward, you could be a little more appreciative, you know?' Alice thought, running through the near forest. Finally, they burst though the trees, and ran to our side, leaping over Alec's mist of a shadow. Jasper was right behind her, as well as Kachiri and two new-comers-our hope. It was now that the Volturi and the guard registered that Bella's shield could not overcome a physical attack, and Felix and Demitri turned their suddenly hopeful eyes in my wife's direction. 'La tua cantante indeed. So the ever-so-sexy Bella Cullen's shield could not hold a physical attack,' Felix thought, and I snarled in my thoughts, 'Keep your repulsive eyes away from my wife, you redundant beings.' Some people just did not understand the meaning of "mind reader." Controlling myself, I spoke to Aro, "Alice has been searching for own witnesses these last weeks, and she does not come empty-handed. Alice, why don't you introduce the witnesses you've brought?" Of course, the miserable creature Caius was he snarled, "The time for witnesses is past! Cast your vote, Aro!" Alice and I knew that Aro was fond of her, in a highly different way too. It made us wonder if Sulpicia really was his mate...Aro lifted one finger to his brother, anticipating Alice's introduction. Stepping forward by a bit, Alice started, "This is Huilen and her nephew, Nahuel." 'What nonsense. Related, too!' Caius thought.

"Speak, Huilen, give us the witness you were brought to bear."

So, one more chapter and it's finished...or, maybe I'll add the last chapter of Breaking Dawn too? I dunno...

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