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"It was here that my world came crashing down." She continued. "You destroyed it." She said and appeared to be on the edge of a breakdown.

"A newborn. Ava." Edward said.

"Yes. I was part of the battle. I'm still amazed that I escaped. I tried..." She sighed and stopped herself. I noticed the flash of emotion on her face. It was the first time she showed an emotion other than anger.

"To get him to run away with you." Edward finished for her.

"Stop!" She nearly screeched. "You don't get to do that." She said.

"We don't want to fight." Carlisle was trying to reason.

"Funny, because I do." She smiled.

"You're outnumbered." Carlisle said calmly.

"Yes, I am but what do I have to lose?" She asked. She didn't plan on walking away from this.

"Nate, it's been a while but this doesn't seem like you." I looked to him.

"I told you this isn't my fight but..." He stopped and looked truly disappointed.

"Then why?" I asked.

"Can't you tell? He's infatuated with me." She laughed.

"He truly is. They're not mates. She lost hers in the battle. He feels bad for her and sees it as protecting her. He wants to help her." Edward was looking into Nate's thoughts.

"Yet, you don't want to. I know how it feels." Jasper said.

"No but I told her I would help her." Nate replied.

"That's worth your life?" I asked.

Clearly, Ava had enough talking. She ran back into the trees.

"I'm truly sorry." Nate said and joined Ava in the trees.

"Alice?" Carlisle asked.

"She's running but I can't see any definite markers." She replied while still looking.

"Edward?" Carlisle turned to him.

"She's trying to figure out which of us to attack first." He then let out a growl. "She noticed Jack and Bella are newer." He explained. I was not going to let her get her hands on Jack.

"Bella's left." Alice said.

A second later Ava came out of the woods right where Alice predicted. She went after Bella. Bella quickly moved out of the way and Emmet tried to get a hold of Ava. She was faster and moved before he could grab her. Then she moved back into the woods.

"Tanya, you're right." Alice said.

It wasn't Ava. It was Nate this time. He was going after Alice though, not me. Alice moved away and Jasper managed to get a hold of him. He tried to free himself but Jasper wasn't letting go.

"Stop. You can't help her." Jasper told him. It was as if it finally sunk in.

"She's going to attack Jack next. Then she will go after Bella again. She wants to take the ones you love. Also, she is really good at escaping from bad situations. She's quite like the vampire that started the newborn army." Nate said with a sigh.

"Thank you." Jasper said and let him go. I was surprised Nate didn't run. He stayed and stood there with us. "Move Jack to the middle. It will make it harder for her to get to him." Jasper continued.

Jack made it to the middle of us right as Ava came running out of the woods. I made a move to grab her and she managed to get out of the way. This time when she went to run back to the woods Edward was ready. He ran ahead of her and blocked her from going into the woods. She made a move to run in the other direction but this time Esme was there. Everywhere she went to run one of us blocked her. She had no escape now. She lunged at me and I knocked her down. She jumped right back up and lunged at Bella this time. She was going after anyone she could. She managed to grab her and hold onto her. She still had some newborn strength and was stronger than Ava. Ava was still struggling against and was trying to bite Bella anywhere she could. She got really close and that's when Edward lost it. He ran over and ripped off Ava's head. She wasn't going to stop. We all understood that killing her was the only option. Nate looked sad. Bella immediately let go of the body. She looked shocked. Carlisle looked disappointed, as did Esme. The rest of them just had blank expressions on their faces. Jack looked like he was in shock and I really couldn't tell you what my face looked like.

After we destroyed the body, we decided to go home.

"You are more than welcome to come with us." Carlisle said and looked at Nate. "You helped us." He continued.

"I don't know." He said, looking to the woods.

"Come on. I'd like to talk to you." I told him. I meant it too. "It;s been what, a couple of decades?" I asked with a small laugh.

"At least." He gave me a small smile.

"Let's go then. Follow us?" I asked.

"Yes." Nate replied.

We all started to run back to the house. I grabbed Jack's hand and gave a small smile. I was worried about him.

"Nate would you mind following the rest of them?" I asked.

"No, of course not." He replied and ran ahead of us.

"Why don't we walk for a bit?" I looked to Jack.

"Ok." He replied.

"Are you ok? I realize that must have been quite shocking. Not that you get used to it. It just gets to be less shocking." I stopped myself before I could ramble more.

"I'm fine. I was concerned about you and your family. I didn't want anyone to get hurt." He replied.

"I'm fine and they are your family too. I know everything seems to have moved so fast. I am sorry for that. I shouldn't have..." I said but then was cut off.

"No, this was my choice. I wanted this. It was just a lot to take in. I was so worried about you getting hurt. So, stop." He smiled at me and then leaned in to kiss me.

"Also, they're your family too." I smiled.

"I know. It's just going to take a while for that to sink in." He smiled and it wasn't just a little smile. It was his full smile.

By the time we got to the house, everyone was already inside.

"Took you long enough." Emmett smiled at us.

"Sorry." I smiled. "So how have you been?" I turned to look at Nate

"Ok. I am sorry. We met and she asked me if I was traveling by myself. I said I was and she asked if she could travel with me. We traveled around for a while. I did feel bad for her and I wanted to protect her. She reminded me of my sister. She was so lonely. She said she needed my help. I told her I would. I promised her I would. Then she told me what she wanted to do. I was surprised. I couldn't just abandon her. I figured I could try to talk her out of it. Her grief had consumed her. I can't apologize enough. I am thankful that you are so understanding." He said and looked at all of us.

"She couldn't be helped." Edward said.

"I know that. I realized that once we started to run toward the clearing. There was nothing I could do. I was going to try to protect her. That was the plan. If possible, once we got there, try to make her see reason. Then I saw the look she had on her face. She wanted to kill. I am so sorry, for everything I did and Ava did." Nate said.

"You thought you could help. I can't blame you." I said and the rest of the family nodded in agreement.

"Thank you and I don't think I will ever be able to apologize enough." He replied looking ashamed.

"It's ok. Why don't you stay here tonight?" Esme asked. "It's been a long day and I think we all need some time to rest."

"I couldn't impose." Nate replied.

"Yes you can." I said. "Come on, follow us up."

We all went upstairs to our rooms to just relax. I showed Nate to the guest room. Then, Jack and I went to our room.

"So while we were up at the cabin I was thinking." I didn't want to give him the impression that he had no say in this.

"What were you thinking?" He asked with a smile. We were now laying on our bed.

"Ok, how would you feel about visiting Alaska?" I was a bit nervous.

"I told you I'll go anywhere you go." He then kissed me.

"Ok, but I want to make sure. You're ok with leaving for a while? I mean there will be plenty to hunt and I'd like you to meet some people."

"Who?" He asked.

"Well I actually have some family there. I have two sisters and 'parents', that's the best way I can describe them. They are like Carlisle and Esme. I lived there with them before coming here. I just needed a change. So, Carlisle and Esme offered to let me live here with them." I said.

"I'd love to meet your other family." He said and smiled.

"I can't believe you." I looked over at him in amazement.

"Why?" He looked confused.

"You are so amazing at dealing with everything." I said.

"So, when did you want to go?" He asked.

"Well, I wanted to talk you first. We can talk to Carlisle and Esme tomorrow. Right now I just want to lay here with you." I cuddled into him. That was how we spent the rest of the night. We would talk to Carlisle and Esme tomorrow.

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