Disclaimer: *sigh* You know you're really depressing right now.
Edward: *sigh* I know. Me and Bella got into a fight again.
Disclaimer: Well, duh. I kinda wrote it.
Edward: Curses. I hate you. Make it better please?
Disclaimer: Hey, if I wrote it can I control you? *starts doing weird puppet hand motion things*
Edward: Hey! *is moving as instructed* If I say the line will you stop?
Disclaimer: Sure.
*Emmett runs in*
Emmett: She owns nothing! Ha! Now she'll never let you go!
Edward: Damn! I hate you Emmett!
Emmett: Love you too Eddie. *runs back out*
Edward: Can I go anyway?
Disclaimer: No. You have no leverage now. Muahaha you're mine to torture forever!
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Chapter 8
Bella's point of view:
Alice motioned to the clearing just ahead.
'There it is in all it's glory.' The English were about to run forward when I stopped them.
'Wait. Alice how much time do we have?' She searched her vision then took a peek at her watch.
'An hour and forty seven minutes. Wow. I thought we had less time. Oh well.'
'Okay so here's the plan. When the Volturi arrive I want you all hidden, let them get cocky. Then you can burst out all of a sudd-' Something swept me up and ran a few metres, me shrieking my head off.
'Bella, shut up! It's just me!' It was Edward. He had come.
'Oh. I thought you were going to skip the fight.' He shook his head and I smiled. 'Thanks.' He smiled back then set me on my feet.
'So, what's the plan?' He asked innocently.
'Simple. You hide here and let them think it's just me. Then when they all attack you can jump out and surprise them. Alice, how long now?' Alice laughed at my impatience.
'An hour and forty two minutes. You really are impatient aren't you?' I nodded and turned to Tyler.
'You need an hour for your warm up thingy don't you?' Tyler nodded. 'Lets do it now then.' He nodded and walked into the middle of the circle. The rest of us followed, leaving the Cullens (except for Emmett who followed looking super hyper) standing just in the trees looking confused. 'Ty, you'll have to explain this to them.' Tyler nodded and beckoned the Cullens forward. They responded and joined the loose circle.
'First we need stand in a slightly better circle.' The English and I chuckled but we responded, tightening the circle, changing the shape. 'Okay, now just face east, then south, then west, then finally north in time with my words. Just follow Bella, she knows what to do better than anyone else here.' I smiled, it was true, I did know better but I didn't like to do the warm ups. It made me feel weird. He would get me to dance though. I did that better than them as well. Then he started reciting the powerful words and we all turned east.
'Winds from the east, help us today. May your power give us power and weaken our enemies. May you urge us forward and guide us in our quest. We ask that you join us today to help us with our fight.' We repeated his final sentence and I made the wind blow into our faces from the east. Then we turned to the south.
'Water from the south. Your presence calms us and helps us think straight when others would feel the pressure. Keep us focused and calm, help us conquer our enemies. We ask that you join us today to help us with our fight.' Again, we repeated his words and I made it rain lightly from the south. We turned west.
'Earth from the west. Your strength and constancy have been enough to give us hope and trust. Guide us to the right people to trust and give us reason to hope. We ask that you join us today to help us with our fight.' His final sentence rang through our lips and I made the earth tremor from under our feet. We turned, for the final time, to the north.
'Fire from the north. Your heat brings us warmth and you strengthen our attacks. You fuel our bodies with desire and lust and give us something to fight for. We ask that you join us today to help us with our fight.' Our last sentence was a slight echo of Tyler's as I had made a thick ring of fire surround the circle. Tyler nodded to me appreciatively and I extinguished the fire. We all turned back to the centre of the circle. Tyler started to walk around the edge in front of us until he reached me. Yep, he was gonna make me dance. He held out his hand and I grabbed it, executed a neat spin, then started to dance around the circle. I could see the Cullen's eyes widening, they still saw me as the clumsy human Bella who couldn't dance for shizzle. Well watch me dance now! I spent a good while dancing around until Alice caught my attention. I did my final spin and landed back in my place. As soon as I stopped the circle broke and the English melted into the trees to hide.
'Ten minutes Bella. We're gonna hide now. Good luck.' The Cullens dissolved into the trees as well. I ran into the clearing and spent the next ten minutes mentally preparing myself. Then the dark shapes came.
They came through the trees like ghosts, gliding slowly until they had cleared the trees. I could see their faces and it surprised me when Aro cracked a smile.
'Bella, dearest! How have you been?' He called to me and I scowled at him.
'Well, since your last challenge I've acquired a few more powers. And I must admit that their donors' deaths greatly warmed me.' His face twisted with confusion slightly.
'Oh? And who were they my dear one? What powers did you gain?' I laughed without humour.
'They were my old friends the Cullens. And I must say that I've found Edward and Alice's powers very entertaining. I saw you coming today and I've been waiting for you. Either way, what powers have you got for me today? I'm greatly interested and I would love to try them out.' Aro's face was full of joy.
'The Cullens are gone! And you killed your old mate! Well that's very sweet. And I don't have any powers left. Only Renata's, mine and Marcus's. You've already had all my others. The twenty seven I have with me are the last of the guard besides my brothers and I.'
'Really! So this is what? The final stand or whatever?' I laughed at them and Aro scowled.
'Yes this is the final stand. And we know that you won't survive this. You beat the twenty three but you lost an arm am I correct?'
'Correct. But I have more powers now. Imagine if I'm reading everyone's mind I'll know what you're going to do before you do it. You don't stand a chance Aro.' Aro hissed and the guard spread out, ready to advance.
'Goodbye, dearest Bella.' Then he signalled forward and the vampires leapt for me. They didn't know about my force field though so I threw one in front of me. When they all bounced back I laughed.
'Told you I had some new powers Aro! But did you really think I'd tell you which ones!?!' I laughed again and threw a force field around the Cullens and the English, holding them in place. I wanted to finish this on my own. I focused my telekinesis on a group of vampires and seven of them exploded into pieces. I set them all alight and looked to Aro, Caius and Marcus. 'I think I have a light upper hand, don't you? We've been fighting for a minute and you've already lost seven of yours! I'd say you can surrender now but I'm not very merciful. And don't bother running. There's a force field around this field so you can't get out.' They all looked shocked and I smiled maliciously. I could feel the power running through me and new I had to finish this quickly or I would become weak as a human. I took out two more groups of seven then a group of six setting them all alight before I faced the three leaders who were standing, open-mouthed, in amidst columns of smoke. This was too easy.
'Tell you what, Aro. I'll take my force field down and let you fight me hand to hand. That makes things slightly fairer now don't you think?' Aro didn't respond but I let my force field and the one containing the Cullens and the English down. 'Then again. I think that it's unfair that I kill you. I have twenty one old friends waiting out there who are salivating to join the fight. Maybe I should give them some fun as well.' Then the air was filled with the English's war cries as they surrounded Marcus and Caius. Two new fires were set and Aro was alone on the middle of the field, staring in horror at me. I called the Cullens forward and they took their place by my side.
'I thought you were dead.' Aro whispered and I walked closer to him so I was just a metre away.
'Whoopsies. I lied.' I said in a plaintive voice then crouched. 'I can't kill you quickly Aro. After all these years of trying to kill me I think we should make things a bit more difficult, don't you? Fight me properly, like a real vampire.'
Aro launched himself at me, teeth going straight for my throat. I waited till the last second and did a cartwheel, kick his face and snapping his neck before landing neatly to the side. He hissed and snapped his head back round. I smiled tauntingly at him. He threw himself at me again and I dodged to the right grabbing his left arm, swinging him round, snapping his arm off and throwing him off.
The English and Cullens had formed another ring around us so I held the limb up as a prize before throwing it to Tyler. Aro got up and snarled. I snarled back and he jumped forward, landing just in front of me. He pulled his fist back and went to punch me so I ducked and swung my leg round, ripping his lower legs off and causing him to fall on the floor. I tossed the two leg half's to the English and John and Kayla caught them, raising them above their heads and screeching before kissing each other quickly. Aro was now kneeling up on his leg stumps and I looked at him.
'Look what happened to our amazing Volturi leader! Not even able to stand up! I almost feel sorry for you. You die alone in a circle of jeering vampires, none of whom are supporting you.' I lent down and with a final twist, beheaded Aro, last of the Volturi. I focused on a patch of ground next to me and a fire started. I quickly dismembered the rest of Aro and threw him on the fire, reclaiming the arm and leg halves I had thrown to the English.
The English started to run around screaming at their success and the Cullens came over to me.
'Bella! What happened! We couldn't move!' I smiled sheepishly at Emmett who looked gutted he had missed the fight.
'Force field. The Volturi didn't know about it though so I decided I'd use it quickly. I didn't want to finish all those people but if I didn't they would have killed me. But now I'll be able to break the sound barrier. And I do have a lot of powers. Including Aro's.' I looked at Edward. 'Can I try something Edward?' Edward looked to me and smiled.
'Of course love. What did you want to try?' I smiled at him.
'Aro didn't know how to use his power. If you touch someone sure you absorb their memories but you can do more with it than that. Edward can I have your hand.' He gave me his hand and I started to think really hard that I wanted him to jump on Emmett's back and yell "piggy-back". Edward shocked everyone a second later by jumping on Emmett's back and, like I'd told him too, yelling "piggy-back". Then he jumped off Emmett's back and got a puzzled look on his face. Everyone laughed.
'You can reverse Aro's power and put thought's into other people's minds. Edward, you can probably do it as well.' He raised his eyebrow and I nodded. 'Shall we go back now?' Everyone nodded and we ran home, the English in tow.
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'Oh my god! I'm going to miss you guys so much!' The English were departing and I was saying my goodbyes. 'Oliver. Tom. Mary. Charles. Blair. Jimmy. Rachel. Matt. John. Kayla.' I gave my less-close English friends a quick hug as I said their names. Then I went to Tyler and Lona who were standing next to each other by the door way. I ran over and threw myself into them.
'Ty! Lona! I'm gonna miss you guys so much! You have to call me or text me next time someone does something crazy! Or better yet video it and send it to me! You have to visit sometime. I have to show you the best place ever for cliff-diving!' Lona and Tyler hugged me back.
'Don't worry. I'll send you loads of vids. And I'll miss you too.' Ty whispered in my ear.
'And if he doesn't I will. And I'll miss you more than him!' Lona cried in my ear. Then we let go and they went out to the car. Then I went to Laura and Mark. I didn't like Mark and he didn't like me so, in a joking way, I jumped on him and wrapped my legs round his waist.
'Bye Mark!' He looked scared at my proximity so I laughed and did a back-flip off of him. Laura was laughing at the scared look on his face.
'She was joking you goof! Bella hates you as much as you hate her!' Laura said, whacking his arm playfully. Mark relaxed slightly.
'Oh. Bye Bella.' He strode out to the car and me and Laura giggled for a second.
'You shouldn't wind him up like that it's harsh!'
'It's funny Laura!'
'Okay. It's funny. But he keeps thinking you're trying to make a move on him or something!' I laughed.
'Awww. I'm gonna miss you.' I wrapped my arms round her and hugged her tightly.
'I'll miss you too sweetie. Buh-bye now!' And she ran after Mark who was probably hyperventilating somewhere. That just left two people to say goodbye to.
'Nala! Serena! Oh my god you guys! I'll love you forever and I'll miss you loads. And if you don't ring me next week or visit me soon then I will hunt you down and kill you!' We had a massive group hug and we were all dry-sobbing. We would miss each other loads.
'Oh my god Bella! I'll miss you so much and I'll ring you as soon as we get home and I'll be back before you know it! Love you forever too.' Serena cried into my shoulder as she grabbed me tightly.
'And I'll ring you so much you'll get sick of me! I'm gonna miss you so much and I'll love you forever ever ever!' Nala sobbed. We all hugged for a bit more until someone pressed the horn on the car outside. We broke apart and straightened our clothes, laughing at our silliness. With a last wave they disappeared out of the door. I sighed and waved as the car disappeared down the driveway. I turned back into the Cullens's house. Everyone was in the lounge so I collapsed into Edward's lap.
'I'm glad you didn't spend the two hundred years totally alone. They sound like good friends.' Alice noted.
'Yeah. Laura's awesome but she can be a bit scheming and mean at times. But Serena and Nala are my best friends ever, 'part from you Alice.' She smiled at me.
'Good.' She said about her being my best friend and everyone laughed. Then Esme spoke up.
'Alice told us how well you fought.'
'Oh, I didn't really fight. I more blew people up.' I admitted.
'Yes, but Bella. You held three force fields at the same time, while using your telekinesis and elemental control. You killed twenty seven vampires in about three minutes. The raw power of that is amazing.' Carlisle said, excited at the prospect of such strength.
'Carlisle, you're getting off point. Edward has news for you!' Rosalie sang and I turned to look at Edward.
'It's not news Rosalie. You need to pack.' He said to me.
'Why?' I asked. Were they kicking me out?
'Because I bought us plane tickets to somewhere. We're making a stop in one place for 1 night then flying to another destination for a week.'
'Where are we going? And when Edward?' I asked excited.
'I'm not telling you where we are going Bella. It's a surprise. But we're leaving for the airport in an hour so you better get packing.' I squealed and jumped of the sofa, grabbed Alice's hand and dragged her upstairs. 'Alice, what do I need to pack? What did you pack? Do you know where we're going?' Alice laughed at me.
'Relax Bella. I already packed for you so that you don't get any clues. And I'm not going. It's just you and Edward. And I do know where you're going but I'm not saying.'
'Just me and Edward?' I asked even more excited. Alice nodded and giggled with me while she got me ready for the flight.
Where is he taking her? And why? OMG I can't wait to find out! Oh ... Wait ... I already know, I have it safely stored in the back of my head. Muahaha!!!
Smiles! Xoxo!!!