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A/N Hey guys, hope you like this chapter, spent ages on it D:

Oh, yeah, and I'd like to thank Lostprophets for this chapter. The music IS my inspiration. . .

Chapter 10. . . Oh yeah, double digits :D

Heathers POV

The newborn ran quickly through the forest. She seemed to be intimidated by me. Good. She should be. . . . .

"What are you doing here?" The girl, - Bella was her name? - interrupted my thoughts.

"Well, I heard the little fight going on, and thought I could be of assistance. It's a good thing I came, or the girl would have been supper by now." I flashed a glance at the girl. She looked terrified. Poor thing, though the mutt was doing a fairly good job of calming her down.

"But how did you. . . We, just . . . stopped. How did that happen?" She looked utterly speechless.

"Tell me something." She nodded, so I continued. "Do you have a power? A special ability, that no one else can do?" Her eyes widened in realisation.

"So, what can you do? Make people....stop?" I laughed internally. If it was that simple, I would be bored out of my skull.

"Make them stop, start, just about anything, really. . . ." I watched her jaw drop.

"So...you can...control people?" I smiled

"Yup," And with that, I forced my eyes upon her left hand. Within seconds, she was slapping her own cheek. "Cool, huh?" I smiled, before releasing her body from my cruel wrath.

"Yeah...cool..." There was a short silence before the girl spoke again. "So, um, anyway, thanks for... stopping Iona. It was my fault. I shouldn't have left her alone to hunt. It was her first time and..." she trailed off.

"Don't mention it." I said, with what I thought to be a warm smile.

"So, do you, um, want to, um, come back and meet the others?" She asked, hesitantly.

"Others? You mean there's more than just you and that Iona girl?" I noticed for the first time that the dog had left, along with the human girl.

"Oh yes!" Bella answered. "Many more. We have a rather...large coven. Our house isn't far away," House? Hm, how odd, they must have a permanent home here. And what was with the weird eye colour this Bella girl had? Golden, almost yellow.

"How many of you are there?" Could there be as many as five of them? There was only one large coven I knew of, but by no means was this Bella a Volturi member. We were nowhere near Italy. And she didn't wear one of their eerie black cloaks. There couldn't be more than five of them in their coven...

"There are nine of us. Ten if you count Renesmee, my daughter." Daughter!?!? An immortal child? Surely not. . . "I know what you are thinking," She had obviously seen my eyes widen. "She isn't a vampire." But how...? "Look, it's a lot to explain, but it won't take long if you want to come back to the house." I considered it for a moment, and answered in a polite voice.

"I would love to come. Gosh, I haven't been near so many vampires at the same time since I visited Italy," She winced, but I continued my sentence, "And that was over seventy years ago!" I smiled at her, and raised my hand, prompting her to lead the way. She nodded, before running off. I sighed, before sprinting after her. This was going to be interesting...

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Louise's POV

I lay sobbing in Paul's arms for what felt like hours. I was vaguely aware of Bella and the other vampire- the one who had saved me from death -talking a few meters away, but right at that moment, all that mattered was that I was safe and with Paul. He was whispering things in my ear. Things like 'It's okay' and 'You're fine, I'm here'. And it did help. I was no longer afraid of the terrifying vampire with blood red eyes standing to my left. I knew Paul would keep me safe, even if it meant giving his own life as a sacrifice.

After a few more minutes of the soothing reassurances flooding my ears, he picked up my face in his hands, and stared me in the eyes. "Let's go home, babe. You look like you could use a lie down." He kissed my lips lightly, before throwing me ever so carefully onto his back, and started running.

I realized where we were going as we rounded the corner of Sam and Emily's street. I had been drifting to sleep the whole way here, only to wake up again, after having a short nightmare, thinking I was back in the forest, with Iona's hand over my throat.

Paul slowed as we reached the front door. He knocked twice, but didn't wait for a reply, and opened the door, lifting me off of his back, and carrying me in his arms instead. Normally I would have protested, saying that I could easily walk, but right now, I wasn't so sure I could so much as stand up.

"Oh God! What's wrong?!" It was Emily's high pitched squeal that broke the blissful silence.

"Shh! She'll be fine. Can she lie on your guys' bed for a while though?" He spoke in a hushed voice.

"Oh, of course she can! Just move the bedspread out of the way." Emily replied in what could only be described as a whisper. I could barely hear what she had said. The next thing I knew, Paul was laying me down on a comfortable and warm bed. But then he let go. I was just lying in the middle of the mattress. I opened my eyes to see him hovering over me.

"Hey," I said in a grumpy voice. It came out all wobbly. "I didn't give you permission to let go of me." I feebly patted the duvet lying beside me. He smiled, and lay down, replacing his arms around my waist.

"Better?" I nodded, smiling. We didn't have time for any more conversation, as I was drifting into a deep, dreamless sleep.

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I woke to the sound of shouting.

Paul.

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