Chapter 8

Well, here we are at this chapter. Let's just cover what has gone before, shall we?

Where to begin…

Ah yes! Bella moved to Forks at the beginning of our story in "Summers in Forks," where she met a boy whom was working for Charlie. They got close, very close, much to the displeasure of Edward Cullen. After being told by Alice about his destiny with Bella, Edward tried several times to bring Bella into his life. This only ended up putting her in danger, and forcing Damien to come to her rescue, and nearly risking his life several times. In the end, it was Damien that Bella chose to be with. With this choice made, Edward had gone to the Volturi to mourn his loss, but that alerted the Volturi to Bella. Alice begged Bella to save her brother, and Damien said that he would also help to bring Edward back. After several attempts at trying to leave Damien in the Volturi's grasp, Alice and Edward are restrained as Bella offered herself to them in exchange for her lover's life. They mocked this gesture, so she threatened them that she would destroy them all. Bella sought out the advice and help of Victoria as she knew some things about the Volturi that she didn't. Edward has found a new mate, but insists in taking part in the operation that Bella has organized. Damien and Bella end up having a daughter, and start to live their lives according to her needs, but the dark world still looms over them. So the story continues…

Chance Encounters

Adam Westchester:

I crawled out of my grave after making a deal with the angel Michael to use my body as long as I got to deal with mine, and my brother's killers. My brother and I had been taking a road trip down from Canada after heading up to Vancouver to visit a few friends. It was 2002, we were happy, and I was 27. My brother, Shane, was 12. Our parents died in a car accident when I graduated high school. College was out of the question, but at least I wanted to make sure my brother was going when he was old enough. He was so smart, too, sharp as tacks. It was around 3 am when we saw two figures flash in front of our car. I had to stop suddenly to keep from hitting them, and when I went out to check, I told Shane to wait in the car. Moments later, I was overpowered by the blond passerby as he took me by the throat and bit me. His eyes were red eyes as he looked into my eyes. The other Belo Lugosi took my brother, taking him before he could get too far away from the car. We were found by a state trooper the next day. He had been doing his routine checks on the road. I was barely holding on, but my brother was dead for a few hours already. As I felt myself going through the last of my throes of agony, I saw a light in the darkness.

The voice spoke to me, "Do you want to live again?"

"Bring back my brother, and I'll do whatever you want."

"It doesn't work that way. I can only bring back one of you, so decide now."

"Not going anywhere without my brother."

The voice went away, and I died.

I heard the voice again, this time with an imperative tone, "Are you satisfied now with taking your stand?"

"I told you I wouldn't go anywhere without my brother."

"If it makes you feel any better, he's with your parents now. They're all much happier now."

"It doesn't. How do I know you're even telling me the truth?"

"I'm the Arc Angel Michael. I don't need to explain myself to the likes of you."

"Then, don't. You're wasting your time with me, blah, blah, blah."

"If you allow me to take you, I will let you avenge your brother, but I want your help with finding mine."

"So, what? I do what I need to do, and I'm a zombie?"

"Nothing like that. If you like, I can give you back your life, and you can continue on as if we'd never met."

"I want to see my brother again once I'm done finding the ones who did this to us, and killed them."

"Very well, I'll take you pass the gates, myself, and you get to see your brother and your parents again."

I finally agreed to those terms, and woke up in a pine box. As soon as I got to the surface, I saw my headstone as clawed to the surface. I managed to get to a gas station, and went to the bathroom to get myself a spot bath. I looked in the mirror expecting to look like something out of some teen zombie flick. Instead, I still looked like myself, my short blonde hair pulled back, my bulk build, and I even got my old threads back. My leather jacket, jeans, and engineer boots. I hotwired a car nearby, after removing the plates, and headed for Washington state. Michael gave me papers as private detective, which gave me access to a lot of cases similar to mine. While I was looking through some case files at a diner table, I reached for my burger, and found it was gone. I saw a girl with long dark hair running out of the diner. I got up and followed her. She didn't even realize I was behind her when she sat down in an alley, and decided to enjoy the other half of my burger.

"You know, if you like, I can get you a whole burger."

She looked up startled, pushing against the wall as she struggled to stand.

"Hey, wait. You don't have to go. I won't hurt you. So, what's your name?"

She slowly inched away, her voice trembling, "Bree…Bree Tanner."

I reached out to help her from between the dumpsters, and finally showed her my badge, telling her, "I'll get you a whole burger, with fries if you like."

"Can I get a drink, too?"

I shrugged, "Sure. You can have a drink."

She walked back to the diner with me, and sat down, "Are you sure this is ok?"

The waitress came over to me, "We don't serve homeless people here. So, if you're going to have her sit with you-"

I rolled my eyes, "Ok. Listen, I'm going to get some food to go, is that ok?"

"Sure, hon. I'll take your order, then."

I ordered about 10 burgers, and 6 orders of fries. Once she left, I waved Bree to calm. "See? No problem. Come back to my place, and you can eat there, ok?"

She ate the rest of the burger she had stolen earlier, and asked me, "Why are you being so nice to me?"

I shrugged, "My parents died on the way to the hospital. My mom was going to have my little sister and they were hit head on by a drunk driver. Anyway, you're like the sister I almost had. I'm Adam, by the way. I'm a private detective."

"I need to go, or someone's going to take my spot."

"Just come back to my room with me, so you can have a shower and I can take you home."

She shook her head, "I don't want to see my dad."

I waved her to calm, "It's ok. We don't have to. Come back to my place, and you can use my computer or my phone to call your friends. If you like, I can take you to a shelter, now."

She looked down sadly, "They needed to give my bed to new people."

I put my hand her shoulder, "Ah, that bed's too lumpy, anyway. I'll sleep on the floor."

The waitress brought our food, and I took her back to my motel room, hoping she'd let me help her find a friend she can stay with. In the meantime, she didn't have any pajamas, so I gave one of my shirts. She slept well, and I got back to looking over the files of disappearances. Apparently, it had started in Forks. I also saw that the case was being spearheaded by one of the state's youngest deputies. I figured it might be a good idea to get myself over there as soon as possible. The only thing was that I had to figure out if I could drop off Bree in a Lost Girl's home before heading out. She walked out of the bathroom. I hadn't even noticed that she had gotten up. I looked through the files, including the one on the Forks Deputy. She pulled his picture out of the file.

Bree blushed a little bit, "Ok, he's hot. Are we going to see him?"

I sighed heavily, "I have to work a case. He's going to be helping me with a few cases I've been looking at."

"Mind if I come with?"

"Bree-"

"I'm good with computers, and I'm totally a great hacker."

I looked to her for a moment, "I'm going to a small town. It's going to be way less impressive than Seattle."

She shrugged, "So? I've seen enough of this city to last me a lifetime. I want to go with you, if you want me to. Wherever you go, I'll go."

Damien:

Bella had me interrogate the newcomer, since I knew how to talk to people, even if they weren't human, anymore.

The prisoner, Alec of the Volturi, had said that he was part of a contingency group to make sure the Cullens were not trying to expand their territory or power. I was curious as to why that would matter to them if they were such a large and powerful group, why would it matter what a small, invisible coven with very inconspicuous eating habits would put them on such high alert.

"I don't care about the Cullens," he snarled, "and personally, I think Aro should've killed them all long ago."

"So, why bother with them at all?" I prodded, "You all clearly have more pressing matters than a peace-seeking coven."

He gave me a vicious smile, "You understand nothing at all, do you?"

I took a chair in front of him, as he was chained to a wall with special restraints I had installed, and placed a seal on them to keep his power at bay. "What is it you want me to understand?"

"When you walked in with the other human, you pointed out that you knew about our activities, including the tourists traps we had set up. That means that what we did wasn't as unnoticed as we had first thought. In fact, we had to restructure everything thanks to you. You changed things forever."

I leaned in close, "So, Aro wants to kill me now, I take it."

"Kill you? No…just the opposite, in fact. He wants you to find him again, except this time, it'll be a much more intricate games. He wants you to find your way through all our intricate little games to us. You could say he wants to show off to you just how well you've taught us to raise our defenses."

I stood up, seeming to walk away, "So, he's preparing for war?"

His chin shot up, as he barked at me in a superior tone, "Your mate declared war the moment we tried to kill you. When he said to make preparations, he didn't mean for a union, as the weak-minded might assume. He meant to make battle preparations."

I turned to him, "About that…I believe my mate only did what most would in that situation."

He barked in a high titillating laughter, "You clearly had not known your mate as well as you thought you had, at that moment. She was in deadly earnest. I believe if we had killed you, she would've struck at Aro in any way possible, even if it meant joining you in death. If you don't realize that by now, you may need to get to know her a little more, or perhaps you're not as much of a threat as Aro first thought."

I slammed my fist into the wall above his head, "I don't need someone like you to tell me about my mate. Besides, what possible threat would I be to Aro? At the time, it was clear that I was mortally ill."

"Yet, you survived an encounter with Felix. That's rather unusual for a human boy, you know? He realized that the two of you together would prove to be a very dangerous element."

"So, why let us live?"

"Why indeed? How can one really waste that potential, however?"

I gave him a bored look, "I wouldn't be one of you, so there would be no potential for him to harness, or worry about bringing me over to your group."

"How does it feel to kill all your own classmates, Damien?"

"Shut up."

"Did they bring you in? Call you friend, just before they tried to kill you?"

I began to walk away, "I said, shut up. It's no longer relevant."

He cackled, "Oh, but it is! You see, you have the tendency to become distrustful of those around you, and if you think there's even the slightest hint of betrayal, you might just destroy everyone around you, and move on to another group."

I tried to block out his words, "We're done, here. I can see you're just babbling whatever you think you know of me."

He gave me a mockingly sad look, "What about Maya Stern? Didn't she love you even though you turned her away? Didn't she want to be part of your life?"

I sped to him, and took him by the neck, trying to silence him, "Shut up! You know nothing about me! Just shut up!"

He choked out, "What will happen to that girl if you start to doubt her? Will she face the same fate? Both her, and your lovely daughter?"

I held him by the neck and began to pull him back and throw him into the wall, over and over, "Shut up! You hear me? Just shut up!"

He croaked weakly, "And look at you now. You know, you criticize a lot of people for just being animals, but look at what you're doing to me! Do you do this because I speak the truth?"

I pounded him into the wall repeatedly until the titanium sheet behind him was exposed. "You know nothing about me!"

I hadn't even noticed Bella come in, but she was at my shoulder, "Baby, let him go. Now."

I continued squeezing, but felt her hands on my arms as she soothed me.

"Let him go, Damien. This isn't you, so please. Just calm down."

When I did, the boy laughed, "Oh, this is rich. I see now, why Aro let you both live. He wanted to see you lose control. He realized your power and wanted to see what she could do with it. He wanted to see if she could control it. That's what he wanted! He knew that wherever she went, you would follow."

"Damien, baby, come on. Stop listening to him. He's just goading you now, and you're just playing his game."

"She'd never join you." I seethed.

He gave me a heavy mocking gaze, "She would to save you. She almost did. You want to know why he didn't have you killed. Aro wanted the both of you to realize your full potential, and then bring you in."

I calmed down a little now, "So, he figured we'd strike first, which would give him the chance to destroy the rest of the clan, if we took the fight to him?"

He playfully shrugged, "Or perhaps, since he had seen your memories, he would find a way to get you paranoid enough to destroy your own group, and join him."

Bella looked at him now, "How would he do that?"

He gave a toothsome, greedy smile, "Let you get close enough to your mate, allow you enough time to grow so attached to her that you couldn't live without her, and then send one of us to kill her horribly, acting as a rogue agent that was trying to gain favor for the Volturi, but had also been turned away by us. Once that was done, you'd have no problem with letting us kill the human world. It wouldn't matter to you anymore, would it?"

Bella and I looked at each other, and smiled, "Thank you. That was most helpful, Alec. We appreciate your cooperation."

He seethed at us, "You tricked me!"

Bella hit him this time, knocking him out, "Go back to sleep, scum."

As we walked out, I looked over at her, "You think I went a little overboard?"

She laughed softly, "You? No, I don't see that happening."

I tossed my head, gesturing to the prisoner, "Well, at least he believed it."

We went back outside, watching all of our recruits training. Jessica was having at least 15 newborns charging at her with their abilities, which she threw right back at them.

Bella was worried now, "What should we do with him?"

I squeezed her shoulder tenderly, "You're the one that wanted a prisoner."

She gave me a nudge, "Smartass. I meant, how are we supposed to turn him loose now? We can't keep him around, with how much he knows about our operation."

I gave her a grave look, "We can't let him go, either. He's dangerous now with all the information he has."

Bella held my face to hers, "He knows a lot about you: your strengths; your weaknesses; your trigger points…"

I shook my head, "He only thinks he knows. My past doesn't bother me anymore, at all. I only use it as a screen for people I don't know. What matters to me is deep inside me, where it needs to be."

She leaned in close, "And that would be?"

I kissed the top of her head, "You, Charlie, and everyone here. You're my heart now, Bella. Aro will never see that because he's always basing his tactics against me based on my past. He doesn't know what I would do for you."

"What would you do for me, Damien?"

I kissed her then, "Fight to make this the world you dream of, Bella. It's my world I found with you, with Ren, and everyone else. Nothing more matters to me than that, my vampire princess"

She smiled, her beautiful eyes lighting up as she held me, "You know, I love it when you call me that."

I shrugged, "I know. Let's go check on our daughter."

Bella:

I went into Ren's room to see how she was doing, and when I saw what had happened, I went to call Damien in. He came back with me, moments later, and saw that she had reverted to the age of 8.

Ren stirred a little, my nightshirt hanging on her oversized now. She was looking at both of us standing over her, "Mommy? Daddy? What's wrong?"

We both knelt by her bed, each of us taking one of her little hands, "Everything's ok, honey, so go back to sleep." I told her.

We let go of her hands, and Damien covered her back up. He gently stroked his hand through her hair, and then rose to take mine. "We should really let her sleep, don't you think?"

As we went to our room, I asked him, "So, what do you think happened?"

He thought about it a moment, then told me, "I think the defense mechanism also acts on will. When she saw me defending myself, or she saw you fighting during our training sessions, and she pictured herself doing just that. Once she did it, she willed herself back to a comfortable age, which right now is 8 years of age."

I was a little confused, "…but why 8? I don't understand. As a teenager, she'd be able to protect herself more."

He put his arm around me, pulling me close, "Well, because this is the age where we still carry her, and take her with us wherever we go. She still needs us, Bella. She still wants us around. I think we should be glad for that."

I leaned my head on his shoulder, "I want her to be independent, though. I want her to be her own person. I mean, I'm glad she needs us, but I hope she doesn't will herself to stay like that forever."

He sighed deeply, kissing my neck, "She won't. She'll come into her own, but right now, she just wants to be a kid. She should be so lucky."

I looked back at him, "What do you mean by that?"

He shivered a bit, "I never really had a childhood. So, you know I want her to have everything I couldn't have."

I kissed him, "Hey, hey…you have me now, you know?"

He gave me that wonderful smile of his, "Yeah, I know. I have everything I could ever want with you two. My Bella, and our Ren."

I gave him a sultry laugh, "Damn, right. Do you want to have a bit of love before bed?"

He held me close now, kissing my neck, "We could."

We both almost jumped when we heard a voice, "Can I sleep with you, mommy and daddy? I keep dreaming about the bad man."

Damien and I hesitantly pulled away from each other, and he went over to pick her up, "Sure. Come here, Ren. Hang on, okay?" She reached around him, leaning her head on his shoulder, and she was asleep in seconds."

He gave me an apologetic grin, as I rubbed our daughter's back, "Well, I guess she wins again."

We went to bed, and I thought about our hostage back at the base. He had been kept at bay by the restraints, but something still bothered me. Had he allowed himself to be captured, perhaps? None of his other operatives were present, and it would be hard to believe that he would do this type of operation alone. I just realized something before I fell asleep.

I shot sitting upright, "We have to go, now!"

He sat up a bit, rubbing his eyes, "What's wrong?" He must've been thinking the same thing because he also shot upright, and asked, "Do we leave Ren with Charlie?"

I shook my head, "I'm not giving them another chance to take her! She stays with us from now on."

I got myself ready, and went off to get Ren dressed too. We were both ready in seconds as we got to the car. Damien was carrying our daughter as I opened the doors for us, and he put her in the backseat. It took us less than twenty minutes to get there, and the recruits were all still asleep. Victoria came out to meet us, reaching to carry Ren for us while we went in to check the facility. I shook my head and kept her held in my arms.

"I'll handle her, just worry about the recruits."

"Is everything all right, Commander?"

"We need to see the prisoner now, Victoria."

"He's still spitting and cursing anyone and everyone that's sent to guard him. It's been a very hard night, so far.

I gave her a grave look, and ordered her, "Things are going to get a lot harder. I need you to get all the recruits to the Cullen mansion, got it?"

She shook her head, "I don't understand. We're all properly prepared for battle, if they want one."

I placed my hand on her shoulder, "They don't want to destroy our army. They want to take them and repurpose them. I don't think Alec came here alone. It's very possible that he allowed himself to get captured so he could lead them here. I also think that if we were being watched, they wanted to wait until none of us were here to help. If anything, they just want to make sure we do the work for them, and then use the very army we created against us."

She now realized what I had earlier that night, saying, "Taking him as a prisoner just cost us this base."

I shook my head, "Not yet. Just get everyone out of here. We'll stay here with the prisoner."

We heard a familiar voice, "But it is already too late, my dear Bella."

We turned to see Aro with Caius and Marcus, as well as a small contingent of the Volturi behind them.

I held on to Renesmee as Damien stood in front of us. Victoria was also standing at one side of me, holding her arms out protectively.

Aro turned to one of his guard, "Demitri, do return to Voltera and wait for us to bring our new recruits, if any." They left immediately, speeding away.

Damien inclined his head, "What do you want?"

Aro smiled, revealing a toothy grin, as he opened his arms, "All I want is the child in your arms, and we will leave you in peace."

Damien let flames erupt from his hands, "You can go to hell! I'll send you there right now."

Suddenly, I heard my daughter sing into my ear, but it was so sweet, and soothing that it made me almost fall to my knees. The song became louder, and louder until everyone could hear her.

Take me back to that day,

when I felt you hold me the first time

Take me back to that day,

Because I want to feel your warmth again

It was such a short moment,

but lasted so long in my memories

I felt my heart open up for you,

even though you let me go,

you walked away,

trying to smile,

but I know

How much you wanted to cry

I felt my loneliness surround me,

As it must've filled you so,

but you tried to tell me

not to cry,

even as you walked away

Goodbye Destiny,

But I believe you will come back

One day to hold me

Goodbye Destiny,

you wanted to show you my smile

but it will wait for you when you come back

Aro hadn't noticed how some of his coven seemed to be looking around, as if awakening from a dream. Marcus was crying, but Caius was trying to pull Aro away as he felt the song was infecting him. Aro saw that some members of the Volturi had fallen to their knees, and when Caius spoke, it was like a rude awakening.

Caius now demanded, "What are you all waiting for? Bring the child to us now!"

Marcus and the other members of the Volturi, who had been enamored by the song, now turned an infuriated look at Caius, and Aro. Jane looked at them all, and ordered their juggernaut, Felix, to attack Damien. He grunted as he stomped towards my fiancé, who was obliging as he took one step forward. I now handed my daughter to Victoria, and took his shoulder, "I got this, baby."

Damien gave me a bit of a puzzled look as I stepped past him, "You sure about this?"

I didn't respond, as all I could see was Felix's hand reaching out, and I took his arm by the wrist. I crushed it, and lifted my leg to kick at his throat. That made his neck crack like a porcelain vase, and I lifted my foot higher so I could push his head off of his broad shoulders. He reached up to grab at my ankle, and using my free hand to support me, I pulled my other foot up, which connected with the side of his head. This made more cracks appear across his face. He released me, and fell back trying to hold his head together, and groaning. Aro was now backing away with Caius. Marcus was now standing in front of us, and told them, "Leave them be."

Aro smiled, "You wouldn't be turning on us, Marcus, would you?"

Caius added, "Consider yourself exiled. You know what happens to those who cross the Volturi…"

We heard Jessica's voice then, "Would that include your sister, Aro? Didn't you destroy her when she tried to get Marcus to leave?"

Aro looked around as a few members of the Volturi were now regarding them hatefully, and standing in front of Renesmee as Victoria held her.

One female member of the Volturi called to her as she stepped towards us, "Is that you, Victoria?"

My first officer handed me my daughter as she went to hold her friend, "Heidi, have you returned to your senses?"

Aro was now retreating as he called out, "Young ones, if you still want a place with my ranks, return with me now!"

Caius saw that only a few were actually following suit, "You heard him! We are retreating! Come at once, or risk being destroyed!"

We heard Jasper call out, "We'll help with that destroying part, except it'll be you on the pyre!"

Behind him were all the trainees that had been working at the base with them, and they were all at the ready for battle.

Aro took Caius by the shoulder, "Fool! Stop threatening them! They do not respond to our threats, anymore!"

Jane looked to the recruits, and whispered, "Pain…"

They all stood their ground, as I walked towards her, taking her by the neck, and squeezing it, "They know what you're doing. They just don't care."

I threw her at Aro, who caught her impatiently, and let her fall to the ground as he retreated hastily. He was pulling at Caius, and trying to call out to Marcus, "Brother, if you stay, they will destroy you."

Marcus regarded him with such hatred that it silenced any further words that Aro would have to offer. With that, the small Volturi contingent left, severely reduced in numbers.

Caius seethed, "We will return! In larger numbers!"

This time, Damien charged at him. They fought for a moment, Caius also trying to throw him around, but not able to get any kind of foothold. After trading several blows, and kicks, Damien ended up knocking him to the ground, and then picked him up, grabbing him by the top of his head. "Do that, but remember this: When you come for our child, you'll only meet a death more painful than anything you've ever imagined. I swear it."

He dropped Caius to the ground, making him scramble away, whimpering like a dog. There was no protest, no comeback. He was suddenly a blur, as were the rest of the retreating Volturi contingent. Jane and Felix went with them. He was still trying to hold his head together, groaning hatefully.

Victoria turned to me, asking, "Commander, wasn't someone supposed to warn us about this?"

I looked to Damien, "Alice was. I mean, we had made amends with her when we asked her to help with the wedding."

He looked to Jessica, "Had you met Alice?"

She was shaking her head now, "I met Dr. Cullen and his wife, Emmett and Rose, and then I met Jasper, but he said his wife was away. Then, I came here to train, and I've been here ever since."

Jasper spoke up, "I know some people doubt my Alice, but Becca's at the house, too with Edward, and she's a canceller. So, that may have been why she didn't see this coming. I ask you not to blame her, Bella."

I inclined my head, and turned to my daughter as she shifted in my arms, "That was beautiful, sweetie. Where did you learn that song?"

She lifted her head up for a moment, "I made it up. I was thinking about if you and daddy hadn't met."

Riley had arrived a moment ago, "She's a songstress. It means that her song can break the influence of any spell, such as those with the power to influence people's minds, moods, and even loyalties."

Marcus looked to us, now, and turned to Damien, "I want you to destroy me so that I may join my mate."

I held Marcus's arm, and told him, "We will. Before that, however, I would like to ask you how your organization got started. Maybe there is something we can learn from you before we send you off."

He regarded my daughter, and I, gratefully telling us, "You have taught me more today than anything I've ever learned in all my years as an immortal. You must tell me about her."

Damien stepped up, and said, "We have a lot to talk about. Maybe, we can reconvene at the Cullen mansion. Jasper, would you mind taking Marcus over to Carlisle? Victoria, would you and your friend watch over the prisoner?"

They both looked to him, bowing their heads, "Yes, Commander."

"Bella, want to go home, now?"

I bowed my head to my first officer, and excused myself to join him, "Coming."

I asked him, "Do you think they'll be back?"

"Probably…but not for a while. Look, let's just think about our family for now and we'll think about the rest, later. You were awesome today, babe."

I leaned on him, and Ren wrapped one arm around his neck, "Can we go home now, mommy?"

I kissed her forehead, "We're going now, dear. Damien?"

He went to open the car for us. When I tried to put Ren in the backseat, she held on tightly, so I sat in the back with her, giving Damien an apologetic smile. He shrugged in understanding, kissing the both of us. He kissed Ren on her cheek, and gave me a deep kiss.

I fluttered my eyes for him, "Why Deputy Summers, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"I can't tell. Your darn shield is in the way."

I gave him a whispered sultry laugh, "Then, I'll just have to show you what's on my mind, won't I?"

Ren shifted in my arms, "Could you just say 'earmuffs' when you talk about stuff like that? It's not that hard."

We both laughed quietly, and got in the car. We decided to return to the base in a week or so. For now, we were just content to be together.

Continued…

Well, there it is. The latest chapter in this alt time line is moving along strong. I do have the outlines set aside, so I do know where I'm going with this. Hopefully, ya'll can appreciate a few of the changes. Do let me know through feedback, comments, critiques and whatnot. Also, hope you can let me know about the character evolutions for all the major players. If anything I'd be very interested to know what you all think of this Bella. I know it seems like I've made Damien seemingly take to the sidelines, but it's not the case. He and Bella are partners, so they each take time to battle when they need to. Also, hope you can let me know what you think of the battle scene, as this was the first twilight battle scene I've done.