Chapter 11: Tempus est de essentia

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN TWILIGHT BUT I DO HAVE A DOUGNUT, DOES THAT COUNT?

" Carlisle it's been a week and we have gotten no where, Zafarina is all the way in South America. How am I to know she is safe?" Felix said at the little meeting we gathered. We have to discuss this little problem, Aro is probably going insane seeing as his two of his most prized guards have run away. Alice has seen him getting very angry but her visions just seem to stop, worrying me to no end.

"Felix every move we make is monitored, we must tread with caution." Carlisle reasoned. Felix growled, obviously fustrated that he can't see his mate. I felt kinda of sorry for him, he really did care about Zafarina. You could tell by the way they ate each others faces...

"Why don't you just go get her and bring her back here, that way we can monitor her safety." Esme suggested. That's way to easy, the Volturi aren't idiots.

" Aro would definetly send an ambush, we need to find a different way of contacting her." Edward pointed out. I sighed quietly, sinking into the back of the couch. We've spent five hours discussing this and no one has come up with anything good. Frankly I'm starting to lose my patience, there is to much beating around the bush. We need to take action!

" Look there is no other way to do this, either we get to her first or Aro does. It's simple really and frankly we have no ther choice." I said bluntly. Jasper and Felix nodded, while the others remained hesitant. " Well lets see what our options, we can either take some action and get to her faster than the Volturi can or we sit here discussing this while Aro plans to kill her." Everyone flinched at my harsh truth, well sorry! I'm a blunt person.

Alice nodded, smiling proudly at me.

"She's right, we're to busy worrying about our own safety. I say that if I can monitor Aro decisions, we can easily pull this off. We should send out a party so we're not easily conquered if there is a confrontation." Alice said. Carlisle still looked skeptical, though he nodded.

"Well someone needs to stay behind to watch Chloe and Nessie," He said. Great, I have to stay behind like a sitting duck. " I guess the wolf pack could stay behind and monitor the house, if that's ok Jacob." Jacob nodded from the far side of the room, smiling at Renesmee.

"I'll tell them." He said dutifully. I couldn't help but notice Felix having a small smile on his face, awwww!

"We should leave now, Aro isn't going to wait much longer according to my visions." Alice said. Everyone nodded and got up, grabbing car keys and heading out the door. I felt someone hug me from behind, looking up to see Alec. I smiled gingerly, kissing his cheek.

"Be safe." I whispered. He nodded and kissed my forehead before following my family out the door. I felt every car shift out the driveway and head onto the road, signalling the fact we're alone. Nowadays I hate being alone, it reminds me of the night my parents were murdered. Well I guess I'm not completely alone, but a hybrid and a wolf isn't much protection. I'm more of the protection to them. I looked around to see Nessie and Jacob already making out, gross as hell. I sighed and got up deciding to go to my room, leaving the couple to try and eat each other.

I made my way to my room, closing the door behind me and changing into something a bit more comfortable. I changed into some black skinny jeans, a Guns and Roses T- shirt, some sneakers and my favourite black hoody. I picked a book from my shelf and switched off the lights, turning on my side lamps. I love reading like this, weird as it is I feel like one of this kids in thriller books. I sat down and read for ages, completely ignoring the world around me. That's what I love about books, you never have to go back into reality unless you want to. Books are my only escape, they complete me in a way. Everyone who knows me knows, that if you ever touch my books you're as good as dead. They are a part of my personality.

I reached the end of my the thick book, looking to my clock. It read the time of midnight and I looked out to see the cloud bank that hung damply over Forks had cleared. Instead in it's place there was a beautiful bruised purple sky, lit by an opaque moon which hung low in the sky. I got up and opened my window on glass panelled side of my room, leaning out to look at the still forest. I loved how the moon gast it's soft glow on the tall trees, penetrating some parts of the forest where there was a gap in the canopy. It's nights like this which people find creepy, I find them awe inspiring. People always look at scary thing with fear, never with understanding. They only look at the present and not the back story.

For example that creepy shack in the woods was once a small family home, where a lumberman and his wife used to stay. That creepy ghost girl who haunts the manor, she was once a cheerful care free child. That ghostly ship you see at midnight, was once a voyager bringing together broken families. It makes me mad that people in horror movies want to destroy the monster or spirit instead of trying to help them, they simply think destruction is the only way out of every problem. I guess that is the human mind set, we destroy everything that never hurt us only because we feel threatened by it. We never look at the tru meaning of it...

I was broken out of my thoughts by a loud thump coming from downstairs, I guess Nessie fell or something. I walked away from my window only to hear another loud thump echoe from downstairs, followed by a moan. I don't even want to know what they're doing downstairs... EWWWW! Suddenly I froze, feeling a new presence, a unfamilliar one. I just couldn't figure who it was. I focused very hard and I could feel Nessie and Jacob slumped down and completely unconsious. I tried to move but my muscles completely froze in fear, like a deer caught in the headlights. I could feel someone come upstairs, triggering my legs to start moving. I positioned myself by the door, ready for the intruder. Yet no one came, they simply stopped at the door, as if guarding it. I was so focused on the person outside my door, that I didn't feel someone sitting on my window.

"Thanks for opening the window Chloe, really helpful." Demetri's voice rang. I gasped and turned around to see him crouched by the open window where I was at moments before. I growled, knowing this time he wasn't here on friendly business. He jumped from my window and leant against my wall, smirking like an idiot.

"Let me guess, Aro sent you." I stated, glaring at my once was friend. He chuckled quietly to himself, crossing his arms.

"Smart cookie, really I can see why Alec likes you. Why don't we make this easy, just come along now." Demetri said, trying to persuade me. LIKE HELL I WILL! Has he even met me. it was my turn to smirk this time.

" Oooh let me think about it... No." I said, using my power to bash him into my dresser.

He growled, got up and dusted himself off, tackling me without warning. We fell into my wall and broke it, sending us into the corridor. I punched him in the face, sedning him down the stairs. The only drawback was that he grabbed me and sent us both tumbling into the living room. I fell into the glass coffee table, shattering it. I groaned, well that was a nice impact to my head. Demetri picked me up and through me down again, nearly knocking me out with the weight of the blow. I couldn't get up, I was in too much pain. At least I thought I was.

"Enough." Jane's voice rang in my ears. I felt her usual scorching pain shoot through my body, blacking out completely.