AN: Okay, again, i feel this chapter is a little choppy, but i couldn't figure out a better way to write it! Please enjoy! and Reveiw!!!!

Chapter Twenty: New Comers (Selene and Rosalie's POVs)

(Rosalie's POV)

"They're coming," Alice whimpered.

That's all it took. My family and I were all back to the spot where Bella was standing. The vampires she had been having visions about were approaching. I still didn't understand why we had to protect Bella, but, no matter the reason, I wasn't about to rebel against my family.

Selene shot me a glare, but I just ignored her. We had been fighting on and off a lot more lately. It was because she agreed with Edward's choice and I didn't. That was pretty much the gist of our arguing for the past month or more.

"Take your hair down Bella," Edward hissed as he moved to stand next to her. She did as she was told, but she still had a very strong scent.

"Like that will help. I could smell her from across the field," I said. Selene glanced towards us again, but only briefly. She was focusing on the other side of the field. She was in a civilized stance, but she was tense. So was Edward. They were both ready to slip into crouches at a moment's notice.

After a few seconds, I caught the scents of the four new comers. They were coming from right in front of our group. As they came into view, I noticed that their movements were guarded and defensive. They walked in half crouches. There were three males and one female.

That was all I noticed about the other three. My eyes lingered on their fourth member. He was tall with a tan undertone to his pale skin. He had dark brown hair and he walked with more civility than the rest. His eyes were a deep topaz.

I did one quick look across the others and saw red eyes down the line. My focus darted back to the topaz set. He glanced around our group and his sights froze when his eyes met mine. He did a fast analysis of my posture and calmed down. His eyes returned to mine, and they never left.

All in that instant, I was in love. I could tell, just by looking at him that he was the one I've been waiting for my entire existence.

I was shaken from my thoughts when one of the other men spoke. I was brought back to the reality that my family might be having some problems with these new comers. I just hoped that the only one I had eyes for would not take part in the fight with my family if something like that were to start.

Bella was human in the midst of a lot of vampires. And I knew that, though I didn't agree with Edward falling for her, I would end up fighting for her out of loyalty to my family.

(Selene's POV)

Edward and I were tensed up, watching as the new coven prowled forward. There were three males and a female. The women had flaming red hair. Her eyes were blood red and there was something very feline about her face and the way she seemed to move. The man next to her had long blonde hair and his eyes were a reddish black that indicated that he was pretty thirsty.

The man who seemed to be the leader was tall and had a very dark undertone to his vampire pallor. His eyes were crimson from having just fed. The last man in their group was younger looking than the rest. Where his companions looked to be in their mid or later twenties, he looked to be about eighteen or nineteen. He had brown hair and the same tan undertone I had. The thing that really caught my eye was that his eyes weren't black or any shade of red. They were a bright topaz just like everyone in my family's eyes.

In my peripheral vision, I saw Rosalie straighten up a little bit more. I followed her line of vision through her mind and saw the topaz-eyed vampire straighten as well. All of Rosalie's thoughts revolved around that man. Huh. By golly, I think she's in love.

My humor was wiped away and I was brought back to the current predicament when the nomads came to a stop in front of us. None of my family members said anything. The nomads looked us up and down, and slowly relaxed their stances to stand with civility.

"Hello," the darkest one said, breaking the eerie silence, "I am Laurent." He gestured to himself, "These are James," the one with long blonde hair, "Victoria," the woman, "and our youngest member, Connor."

Carlisle nodded in acknowledgement of Laurent's coven members.

"This is my family. I'm Carlisle and these are Esme, Rosalie, Alice, Bella, Selene, Emmett, Edward and Jasper." He gestured to us as a group, not pointing out anyone of us individually. We all nodded our hellos but other wise said nothing and Edward and I never relaxed our wound muscles.

Laurent sighed and said, "We were just passing through and heard your game. Do you have room for four more?"

I wanted to snarl at him. The only reason I really felt so uneasy was because I couldn't get a straightforward reading on any of their minds- except for Connor's. Victoria, James and Laurent's mind were a jumble of so many things, I couldn't focus on any of it. I glanced over as Edward, but he was focused on the one named James. Edward's mind was especially uneasy about James. So, I focused my energy on trying to unravel his thoughts.

"Sure. A few of us were leaving. You can take their places," Carlisle finally agreed. I quickly tuned into his thought patterns, and so did Edward.

Edward. Selene. Have Emmett go with you, and get Bella out of here. Quickly!

We both blinked to show that we had heard him. I tapped Emmett on the arm.

Come on Babe. We gotta get Bella out of here.

Ok.

He turned to follow me. Edward was getting Bella to start moving towards the trees as everyone else start splitting back into teams. James didn't move. He watched as we tried to walk as calmly as possible away. Then, to our dismay, the wind picked up. Bella's hair whipped around her head, and we were all hit by the delicious smell.

Mmmmm. A human. James thought as he got a whiff of Bella.

No! Edward growled.

Within seconds, James was taking advancing steps towards us and Edward and I had slipped into protective crouches.

"A human. You brought a snack."

We both snarled at James. Then, the rest of our family closed in around us to defend each other. Victoria had slipped into a defensive crouch while Connor just stood and watched and Laurent lurched forward. He put an arm across James's chest to restrain him.

"I suppose this is where we will take our leave. We have out stayed our welcome," Laurent said to us. And to James, his voice held a strong warning, "James!"

James glared at Edward, Emmett and me. We were easing our way back with Bella behind us. He snapped back into a standing position and backed away. Edward and I were suddenly hit hard with his thoughts as he wrapped an arm around Victoria.

A game. A human protected by a coven of eight. How exciting. We will see who will be the victor. I saw every person he had killed. All his tracking abilities laid out for us to see. A Tracker! This wasn't good.

We quickened our pace as we reached the trees. Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice were going back to the house. We were getting Bella out of town, according to Edward's thoughts.

We took of running as soon as the clearing was out of sight. Edward was up front, with Bella on his back, I was in the middle, shifting from side to side, and Emmett was in the back to give us protection at the rear. We got to the truck and Edward got Bella into the car as she struggled.

"Edward! Stop! What's going on?" Giving up with her harness, Edward got into the driver's seat.

"Keep her inside the truck Emmett!" Edward ordered as Em slipped in next to Bella. I got into the passenger's seat.

No one but Bella had a seat belt on as Edward spun the Jeep around and peeled down the muddy road. He was gripping the steering wheel so tightly I was afraid that it would break in his fists. Edward's eyes were ablaze with anger, determination, and only I would ever be able to detect the fear in them. He feared for not being able to protect Bella. Edward was driving as fast as the truck would go, and the engine was growling in protest. It this had been a circumstance, much less pressing, I would have complained, because I would have had to relieve the engine once we were home, but right then, I didn't care.

"EDWARD! Where are you taking me?" Bella was frenzied and she had noticed that we were heading away from Forks.

"Out of town. I'm getting you as far away from here as possible!"

"No!" She protested, "I have to go home!"

The speedometer only rose. And I thought I heard the steering wheel crack a little.

"No!" my brother growled. "He's a tracker. He tracks prey for fun, and we've just made this his most exciting game yet! This is entirely my fault. I led him on when I protected you. He'll never stop!"

"Charlie! He's in danger! They'll follow my scent home! What if they hurt Charlie?" Bella was frantic. She didn't want to run away from this.

"We won't let them touch your father Bella," I said, trying to calm her down. It didn't work.

"They'll track me there. My scent always returns there! We have to lead them away from here. I have to go home first! Then you can take me any damned place you want!"

The truck started to slow down, only a little. Edward's hands were still clenching the wheel and I was trying to figure out what the best plan would be. Bella did have a point about them tracking her to her house. If we turned around, and she went home, we take her from there and lead James and his coven away from Forks. She was brilliant.

"Edward. Stop the truck," I said. His eyes darted to mine in fury.

"What?"

"Ed, stop the truck and hear her out." I returned his glare and stared him down. Edward's hands never loosened, but he let out an angry breath and the speedometer began to go down.

Bella nodded her thanks to me as she strangled against Emmett's hold on her wrists.

Let her go Em. Bella isn't going anywhere.

He immediately let go and sat back in his seat. Emmett's eyes were darting between Edward and me while our brother calmed down. Bella wasn't going to wait for him to get there though. She started in as soon as she had leveled her breathing.

"Take me back to my house. We make sure the tracker is listening and I tell Charlie I'm leaving. Then, you can take me to Phoenix, because that's where I'm going to tell Charlie I'll be."

As soon as that last sentence was out, Edward was furious again.

"Go where you said? The tracker will be listening!"

"But he'll never expect me to go where I say I am!" Bella said back, as calmly as she could. Emmett and I were nodding. This actually was a good plan.

"She's diabolical!" Emmett exclaimed. I laughed, but it was a darker sound than usual. Bella smiled in appreciation.

"Alice and Jasper can run her south, while the rest of us take care of James and the rest," I put in. Edward was going to argue that he should be with Bella, but I interrupted him before the words were out.

"You can't go with her Edward." Bella's mouth dropped open.

"What?!" She argued.

Calmly, I explained, "Edward has to stay with us, so that we can lead the tracker off your trail. He will expect you to be where ever Edward is, so he'll follow us, and not you."

They didn't like it, but I could tell that they knew it was the only way to pull it off.

"Fine," Edward huffed. His grip finally loosened as he whipped the car around to head back to Forks. This was probably the most dangerous thing our family had ever done, but it was necessary to keep Bella safe.