People asked me to write about a battle chapter so I wrote it. Except it turned out different than I imagined so the story is a little changed. This chapter is very important to the story. You get to know Bella better. I am sorry if this is not what you expected. I wasn't planning to write a lot of action.
BPOV
We appeared in the middle of a forest. Ava transported us here. Right away I felt that something was wrong. Something was different...no, the problem was that nothing was different. It was the same. Same as in familiar. The truth dawned on me. I have been here before. But when? Maybe I have fought here before? No, I wouldn't have recognized the forests I have fought in. The only place...
"Lets go kick some newborn butt" Ava announced, excited.
We all turned left. There was a clearing in this forest. My heart sank. Of all places in the world, why this one! It was my clearing... our clearing... This brought back unwanted memories. He left me. I hated him for it. He was probably somewhere, blissful while I had to suffer. It took all of my strength not break down right here. I had a mission to perform. And was done with him. Done suffering for him, because off him. My life was 100% Cullen free. I didn't have to see them anymore. Good. They probably thought I was dead or had moved on. I was supposed to be 68 years old. My vampire mind had no trouble doing this easy math. And anyway I did move on. I have a new family. It is so strange that I have a Aro, Caius and Marcus as dads, Jane and Mandy as daughters. But no mate I thought sourly. No, he messed up the chances of that. I haven't trusted males ever since... And plus the fact that mates were forever. You couldn't leave one for another. The bond was to precious, to strong. It didn't matter that I was a human at the time. A round of hate came, hate for him.Got to stop thinking about that. I snapped back into reality and gasped as anotherthought came to me.
"How long have they been here?" I choked out.
What if they killed the whole population of Forks, my old home? I couldn't let that happen. I hope that it didn't already happen I thought nervously. I doubted anyone would know the answer to my question but I was wrong.
Alana turned to me, gave me a look and answered "Strange that you ask." I gulped. Was she going to ask unwanted questions? But she didn't. "Actually Aro mentioned that they came here yesterday. He thought you would ask" she continued and gave me another look. I sighed in relief.
Wait... Aro knew and he didn't tell me... He was going to wish that he never brought me to Volterra after I was done with him. Well, I have to get this over with. I jogged into the clearing with the others behind me. There were about 10 newborns milling about. Aro was correct about that.
Their skin sparkled like there were a million tiny diamond just etched into the surface. But on them, it looked horrible. These bloodsucking creatures had no right to be beautiful. They did not deserve it. I knew it was wrong for me to judge. Vampires we were and we couldn't change that. Humans were our food. And it wasn't their fault that nobody taught them better. They were taught to fight, kill everyone in sight and no peace making was aloud. I grimaced when I thought about it. They didn't sound any better than us, part of Volturi. We fought and killed. Most of the time we didn't leave anyone alive. And if we did, it was only because they were special. I snorted. So if you don't have a power, kiss your pretty little butt goodbye. You weren't going to survive. I constantly tried to remind myself that we were the good guys trying to rid this world of these kinds of vampires. I was so glad that Aro couldn't read my mind, he would be disappointed in me. I didn't want that. It isn't because he would hurt me, he wouldn't. He might hurt other vampires in his guard if he found out that they had the same thoughts as me. But not me, I was like his daughter, a daughter he never had. I was glad he didn't know my thoughts because I did not want to upset him. The Volturi were the only family I ever had( at least as a vampire) and I didn't want to loose them. They took me in when nobody else would, when the fire was burning me(the changing process ).
All my thoughts only took a couple of seconds, it was a good thing that the newborns didn't notice us yet. How stupid they are. They think nobody can hurt them. For some strange reason I felt no pity for them, even though they never chose this. Their creator made them be who they were, an army.
I snapped back into reality again. I really had to concentrate. It's just that vampires are so easily distracted... Pay attention Bella. You have a job to do. A little voice was telling me from inside of my head. But deep inside my non beating heart I knew that I was really trying to make this peace last a little longer. I wanted to hear the sound of little insects going by, doing their work, to feel the sun's warmth on me, to see my skin shimmering. Well, all of these words mean peace, not war. I didn't want to see bodies ripped apart, thrown into a raging fire, to hear screams of agony and pleas of help, feel arms on me, trying to hurt me, kill me. Deep inside, my heart was desperately trying to come alive, to beat once again. So it could tell me that I didn't want any part of this but no avail... Until the day comes when my heart beats again, I will always fight a war that never ends, where no one wins and no one looses. I thought and sadly smiled. If I was still human there would be a tear running down my cheek. But no, I am a vampire and I can't change that. I used to want to be a vampire, I wished that. But it was only because of him. Since he left, I didn't want to be a vampire. The whole point of me being a vampire was so I could be with him forever, so he didn't have to be careful around me anymore.
I reluctantly left my thoughts and gasped for the second time today. I saw that in the forest a vampire. It was to far for humans to see but I saw it perfectly well. A feline like vampire was running toward the group of newborns, trying to get here before the fight started. We, the Volturi vampires were lined up on one side and the newborns were on the other. How could I miss that! I mentally kicked myself for being so stupid. A vampire could have attacked me for all I know and I still wouldn't have noticed it!
But the reason for my gasp was because I recognized the vampire that was coming through the forest. With her fiery red hair and plus the fact that she had once helped her mate,trying to kill me, she was hard to forget. She came into the clearing. When she saw me her eyes widened with surprise. She obviously recognized me but only when she came into the meadow. Even so, she recovered faster than me.
"Well look who decided to join the party" she smiled a cruel smile and waved her hand around, indicating "the party".
Only now I noticed that everyone was fighting. They paid no attention to us and nobody hurt us. I wondered why. Then it hit me like a hot brick right in the face. We were going to battle between ourselves, the battle of the commanders. Victoria was the creator of this "batch" of newborns.
"Miss Isabella Swan or is it Mrs. Isabella Cullen?" She continued putting a quizzical mask on her face.
I couldn't help thinking Does she know and pestering me? Or is she really interested and and trying to figure out if Edward would go after her for killing me? I knew that her plan was going to involve my death. There was no other way. Just of how she looked at me, with those eyes full of hatred. It was of coarse it was because of James. But what I didn't understand was why she wanted to kill me and not Edward. He killed James along with Jasper and Emmett. I decided, for my own good, not to tell her that Edward left me. At least not yet. She might become even more sure of herself. I changed the subject.
"How many did you kill?" I snarled at her.
I realized my hands were in fists at my sides. My eyes were onyx. I was angry and she saw this.
"Bella. Bella. Bella. Lets not be mean" she said in a hurtful voice.
Her face showed that she was sad. But I knew better than to believe her. Her eyes gave her away. She couldn't change them, they only showed loathing.
"Answer my question!" I yelled.
It was really easy to get me irritated. I was used to people giving me what I want, but I was never greedy. I never asked for things. But here Victoria wouldn't give me the only thing I wanted, answers. I usually didn't want much from people.
"Get a chill pill Bella" she said and rolled her eyes
I seriously could not believe that said that. I mean wasn't she an old vampire, as in changed a while ago? "Chill pill" was this decade's word. How did she know it? And did she just roll her eyes too? I stared at her too appalled for words. I finally found my voice when I realized her words.
"You. Do. Not. Call. Me. Bella." That was barely a whisper but I knew she heard it.
She was really enjoying this. She liked taunting me. Victoria smiled wider.
"Why not? Doesn't everyone call you Bella?" she said innocently.
Wow. She could be an actress. She is a very convincing liar and the way she makes her voice sound just the right way. If I didn't know her real plans for me, I would have actually thought she was just trying to have a friendly chat.
"Oh... I didn't know you were under the impression that you were apart of that everyone... Vicky" I said as hoped in the same innocent manner. Two can play at that game.
I knew how bad a liar I was but I still had to try. Being a vampire sadly didn't change my lying skills. You didn't need to get Lex if you where trying to get the truth from me.
"Shut up!" She said narrowing her eyes.
She didn't like the Vicky comment. Who's loosing their nerve now. I thought, proud of myself. She isn't the only one who can talk to me like that.
"Oh sorry! I didn't know you didn't like being called that. What about Mrs..." I thought furiously about what her last name was and quickly realized that I didn't need it.
"Oh wait! Not anymore..." I continued letting my words drown away.
I never was going to finish my sentence. Mostly for the fact that I didn't know James's last name. Even if I wanted to continue, Victoria wouldn't have let me, at that moment she pounced. I went flying into a tree. Uh-oh. I shouldn't have gotten her so mad. I went flying halfway across the meadow. I couldn't get up. I wasn't really sure why at the time. Since Victoria noticed everything, it wasn't hard to notice the little fact, that I was stuck on the wet,sticky ground. Even at a time like this I couldn't help but think Mandy and Ava are going to be upset. I ruined the new outfit they got me. But they are going to be more upset if I don't get myself out of here alive.
Victoria pounced on me, rage seen on every part of her body. She looked like James at the moment.
Just as lethal. I was lying on the forest floor, twigs and leaves scattered around me.
"Nobody is going to help you now. Your friends are to busy fighting the newborn vampires. Now you're mine, mate for mate. All is fair in love and war".
I suddenly understood why she was going after me. She thought I was Edward's mate and since he killed James she would kill me. But what I didn't understand was why she said the word friends like that. As if they weren't really my friends. As if they would leave me once the moment came, if it was better for them. But this I was sure of, my friends would never leave me. But Victoria was right, it was to late anyway. We were in the forest and the others were in the clearing. They were busy with the battle. And when somebody would finally notice that I was gone, it would be to late. Victoria was already closing in on me, she was going to rip my throat.
Suddenly, she rolled of me and started screaming in agony. I knew who it was before I looked. I got up.
"Jane" I said, grateful.
She understood. I didn't have to say anything else. Even though I was almost killed, I felt that this moment was perfect. A mother and daughter moment. I never had a instant like this before. So strongly filled with emotion. I felt so much love and care. I really wanted to cry out of happiness. It was now, over 50 years later, that my heart started to heal. It always seemed that it healed a long time ago. But now I knew that this was not true. I had hidden quite well under a facade. I didn't think about them and when I did I let myself feel hate. But time goes by... Even though I will never completely heal, I will still be better. I will move on with my life. They will be the past. For now and ever. Finally...
Jane smiled at me and said "Nobody hurts my mom without consequences"
But this was a bad move. Once she looked at me, her concentration was lost. That was all it took for Victoria to get up and dash away.
"I will go get her. This is personal. You go back." I said in one breath and ran after Victoria.
I was glad that she didn't need arguing with. She could be very overprotective. If had to quarrel then I would have no chance of catching up to Victoria. I couldn't let that feline like vampire to get away, she was to dangerous. I don't remember ever running as fast as this. But it wasn't fast enough. Victoria was ahead of me. She was accelerating, I noticed that she was freaked out.
PLOP and Victoria was nowhere to be seen. I got to a cliff and looked down. Victoria is gone... for now I thought bitterly. "Damn her and her power" I cursed under my breath. If it wasn't for her self preservation power, I would have got her. It exasperated me, not knowing how her power worked. All I knew was that she was able to get herself alive from situations where most couldn't. I deliberately turned around and ran back into the forest, toward my friends, toward my new life, forgetting the old...
Sorry for not writing that long but hear I am, making it up to you. This chapter is a little more than 4 pages long. The longest chapter for now. But the reason I haven't been writing that long was because I was a little upset. Each chapter I get less and less reviews. PLEASE REVIEW! I think a lot of people have me on their alert list but don't review. The more reviews, the faster I write. Oh, and I also changed this chapter 3 times.