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Jasper and Carlisle were the next ones to join the fight, but Emmet and Rosalie weren't far behind. Edward was facing off with Laurent, circling and lunging at each other. Alice and Jasper were against Tanya, Carlisle and Esme against Kate, and Rosalie and Emmet against Irina. Edward was snarling at the thoughts of Laurent. Alice was predicting Tanya's movements and replaying them to Jasper, who would stop her. I was standing useless off to the side. Why doesn't Tanya at least let us explain? It was right after I said this that Tanya had stopped attacking Alice. She looked slightly confused, and then spoke.
"Kate, Irina, why fight when we've only heard one side of the story?" Kate and Irina stopped attacking, but Laurent didn't.
"Keep fighting! Their story doesn't matter!" Laurent said between lunges. It was me who snarled this time.
Laurent stopped for one second, and he, too, had a confused look on his face. It didn't last long, though. He lunged again, catching Edward off guard. That crossed the line. I snarled again, almost as in a battle cry. I didn't even stop to think. I attacked Laurent before anyone could predict what I was going to do. I pinned him to the ground, and was about to kill him, but Emmet pulled me off of him. I was fighting, but he held my hands tight against my sides. I couldn't break free from Emmet's grasp, but I needed to get to Edward's side. "Emmet, just…let…go!" I groaned. He dropped his hands from his side. I was next to Edward in a split second, but I wasn't fast enough. Laurent got up from the ground and had his mouth at my throat. His teeth were about to pierce my skin. I was not going to let go of my life without a fight. I took in an unnecessary breath, and brought up all of my energy. I let a snarl out, and pushed. Laurent went flying off of me and hit a tree, knocking it over and creating a human ear-splitting crack. Emmet's booming laugh shook the forest, but was silenced by Edward's glare.
"Tanya, please let us explain."
"Go right ahead."
Edward started to explain, but Tanya cut him off.
"Carlisle, we are so sorry about this misunderstanding. I can't believe we even thought about fighting you. We will leave in peace." The Denali clan left, but Laurent was missing. Emmet and Jasper scaled the forest, but never found him. We stayed on our guard just in case.
"Bella? Have you figured out your power yet?" Alice said, while practically jumping up and down.
"Not…really."
"You used it during the fight a few moments ago…" Alice pushed.
Edward pulled me into his arms and held me tighter than usual. "Alice, I think we should let Bella rest. She did a lot of work today."
"Oh, come on! She'll want to know!"
"Bella, love, do you want to know, or do you want to wait until you've had some time to rest?"
"Well, I won't be able to rest because Alice will keep bugging me, so go ahead."
"Really?"
"Alice, hurry it up or I will make you wait."
"No, no. Here it goes. Bella, you're power is being able to-oh, what now!" Carlisle came outside just then. "Alice, we want to see Bella's reaction just as much as you do. Guys!" He called towards the house.
"Now that everyone's out here, can I start?"
"Yes."
"Okay. So, Bella, your power is being able to change people's minds. Like with what you did with Tanya tonight. She had no intention of changing her mind. You've been doing it all along, just without realizing it."
"That's a good…thing?"
"Bella, love, that is a really good thing. We'll explain later. Right now, I think you have enough to take in."
We went back into the house soon after. There wasn't much we could do that night until we found a trace of Laurent. All of us were about to go for another hunt, when we caught the same new scent we had a few weeks ago. We saw her face just before she ran away. Again. And no matter what I thought, her mind I couldn't change.