DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE TWILIGHT SAGA OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS! All Ownership and credibility goes to STEPHANIE MEYER!

I do however, own Sonja and all the Characters in her Coven. I also Own the Character Helena.

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The Umbra

Chapter 12: Shield

(Renesmee POV)

Did Lylah just say Volturi crest? Helena is Volturi? But.. She's so nice. How could she be Volturi? I'm so confused. If she were Volturi, wouldn't she have killed me on sight? Then again, I don't know what to think about the Volturi anymore. I hid behind a very wide tree, wide enough to hide my whole body. I was a meter or two away from where Lylah and Helena stood, both looking as if they were ready to kill each other, Helena looking more happy about it then Lylah. It's like when Lylah arrived, Helena had totally changed. Going from the sweetest person, too looking almost like a monster. I could still see and hear the two perfectly, as if I was right there with them.

"Huh, well would ya look at that.. I guess I should do a better job of hiding the crest." Helena said in a playful way. "What are you even doing here?" Lylah snapped at Helena. Helena would turn to the side on her heel and begin to pace left to right in front of Lylah. "I'm just exploring the land, Is that so bad? And you should really show more respect when speaking to a Volturi guard." Helena continued to speak playfully. "Volturi don't come this far unless there on official business." Lylah snapped at Helena again. "Well look at you darlin. Keeping tabs on the Volturi? You must be a Cullen, And by your snippy like attitude I'd say you were maybe Rosalie. Though you're much younger looking then I thought." Helena said, a giggle following afterwards.

"I am not a Cullen! And you're not welcome here so leave or I'll make you leave!" Lylah shouted at Helena. Helena chuckled as if ready to take Lylah up on her offer. Helena would stop pacing once she was directly in front of Lylah, Then she walked 3 feet towards Lylah, only leaving a foot between the two. "Please child, What makes you think you could stand a chance against-.." Before Helena could finish her sentence Lylah had punched Helena right in the face, Making Helena slap her hand over her left cheek and stumble back a couple feet. Lylah's whole appearance had changed right when she punched Helena. Starting with her hands then covering her whole body, She had shifted to look like a humanoid Diamond! Her whole body literally looked as if it were a diamond carved into taking the shape of a woman! Her hands, feet, legs, arms, face, hair, Her whole body! I have never seen or heard of anything like it, and from the look on Helena's face, neither has she.

When Helena caught her balance she lowered her hand from her left cheek to now reveal that she had cracks covering it. After a few more seconds Helena would smile and chuckle as the cracks healed. Lylah literally almost broke Helena's face. The punch seemed very resistant, like Lylah was holding back. But even then she put a few cracks in Helena's face. I can't imagine how much damage she could do if she really gave that punch her all. She may have knocked Helena's head off. I didn't want Helena to get hurt. But I also didn't want Lylah to get hurt, but I knew if I interfered with them then I'd get hurt. Like a human trying to break up a dog fight physically, they're going to get bit.

"Well, well. My apologies for underestimating you. It won't happen again." Helena said in a teasing way, and with that Helena lunged for Lylah knocking her down. Lylah quickly rose throwing Helena to the side. Helena flew for a meter before kicking both of her feet off from a tree, sending her back flying towards Lylah. Lylah charged at Helena leaping a few feet off the ground, catching Helena in midair and slamming her back onto the ground. Before Lylah could meet her there on the ground with a hard diamond punch, Helena quickly threw herself to the side, Lylah's punch now hitting the ground in vain. The moment Lylah connected her fist to the ground, Helena quickly caught Lylah by surprise and leaped onto her back and grabbed her head with both hands. I gasped in terror, It felt like my heart was going to stop. I couldn't bear to watch Helena yank Lylah's head off. I quickly closed my eyes and dug my fingertips into the tree as I awaited to hear the sound of a stone being broken in half. The sound of a vampire getting there head taken off.

To my surprise, I heard no such thing. All I heard was grunting coming from Helena and aggressive rustling around on the ground. I opened my eyes to see Helena with her hands clutching Lylah's head, her legs wrapped around her Diamond waist, and Lylah fidgeting around, throwing herself on the ground, against trees, just trying to get Helena off of her. "Why won't it come off!?" Helena yelled in frustration as she continued her attempt to take Lylah's head off. A very good question.. Why wasn't her head coming off? Finally Lylah reached up grabbing Helena by her head, and threw her forward, slamming Helena to the ground on her back. Good move grabbing Helena by her head, If she had held onto Lylah's head, it would have been Helena's head who would have been taken off. But Helena obviously saw that coming.

As Helena laid there at Lylah's feet, Lylah immediately went to punch her face, though with the force that Lylah had put into this one, Helena's head certainly would have been smashed. But suddenly, Helena would catch Lylah's fist in both of her hands. You could hear the cracks coming from Helena's hands after catching such a hard and powerful punch. Helena pulled Lylah's by her hand making her bend over more closer to Helena's face. Then Helena would let out this demonic snarl mixed with a roar that gave me chills to my bones. I winced slightly to the sound but then I noticed Lylah's had stopped fighting Her. Within a blink of an eye Helena stood to her feet with a wide smile on her face, while Lylah still remained hunched over facing the ground where Helena laid a second ago. Helena chuckled as she placed her index finger under Lylah's chin, then lifted up making Lylah look at her and stand up lazily. Lylah's full body diamond armor then began to flicker on and off, Like a light that was about to go out. What was Helena doing to her? Why was Lylah's armor failing!? In between flickers when I could see Lylah's face beneath the Diamond mask, I saw that Lylah looked terrified now. Why? Why now?! She wasn't afraid of Helena seconds ago!

"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. I see now, You're a shield. And a rather well evolved shield. I have to say I've never seen a shield like you before." Helena would speak to Lylah with a teasing tone. She stood there in front of Helena looking to be petrified. She looked like she could move. Once Helena moved her finger out from under Lylah's chin she now moved behind the flickering vampire. After a few more flickers, Lylah's Diamond shield had ceased, leaving her to her true form. She continued to stared forward even when Helena had moved out of her sight. Lylah still looked terrified but of what, I do not know. She didn't even turn her head once to look at Helena.

"Your shield makes your whole body turn to a diamond armor, making your body impenetrable." Helena would say as she stood behind Lylah and began twirling Lylah's redish brown hair. Helena would kicked behind both of Lylah's knee caps, making her legs giveout and bringing her to her knees. Lylah grunted as she threw her arms out, catching herself before her torso could hit the ground. Helena giggle to the sight as she used her left hand to grab Lylah by her hair and pull her back up so that now Lylah would sit up right but would still be on her knees. Helena kept her grasp on Lylah's hair, keeping her braced up, Then she leaned over until her lips grazed against Lylah's ear. "But your defenseless without it now are you?" Helena whispered. Lylah wasn't even trying to fight back! She let Helena move her where ever she liked, like a rag doll! Helena chuckled as she stood up straight and wrapped both of her hands on Lylah head ready to pull it off. I stood by the first time I couldn't do it again. I was about to yell and try and stop Helena but then I heard someone running, FAST. A vampire had darted right past me, And before I knew it the vampire had hit Helena so hard, it sent her flying, knocking down every tree in her path until she finally hit the ground 3 meters away. Lylah had fallen to the ground completely but she was unharmed. The moment Helena was hit, Lylah seemed to be back to normal. She didn't look afraid anymore but she did looked wiped out and confused as she held her head. Now in front of her, guarding her, the vampire was revealed to be Sonja.

Within seconds Helena had picked herself up off the ground and roared angrily as she now charged at Sonja. Sonja got into a crouching position ready to fight, But suddenly Helena had stopped quickly once she got within a meter of Sonja, now looking to be in complete shock, as if seeing a ghost. "Sonja.." She said under her breath, but we all heard it. Helena had said Sonja's name. Did she know Sonja? Sonja also seemed a bit shocked but not as much as Helena did. Did they both know each other?!

I'm sorry it took a couple days for me to add another chapter and I'm sorry my last couple Chapter's have been short. My next one will definitely be longer. I will explain everything in the next one including questions about Lylah's shield. So don't worry and I hope you enjoyed! Please Review!