Esme
We stepped out of the car and Violetta and Mason looked at me. Carlisle walked out the front door and down the porch steps quickly.
"Go." I said to them.
They walked towards the forest in the direction of the reservation.
"What the hell were you thinking Esme?"
"Carlisle, we were perfectly fine."
"Bullshit! I took one look at Violetta and I know she is a mess!"
I saw Edward glance in the direction they had gone and subtly motion for them to leave before rolling his eyes. They were watching from behind the trees.
"She's fine." I kept my voice low and calm.
"You took my suicidal daughter away from me because you were angry."
"She wanted to come." I said.
"She isn't your daughter Esme!" He yelled. This set me back a little. I figured he just saw me as her mother, but apparently not. Did he not see me as his wife right now?
"Calm down."
"Do not say that to me." He said harshly, "Esme, if you—"
"What are you going to do about it?" I asked, my voice rose a little. "What are you going to do if I ever take her away from you again? Are you going to lock her up? Keep me away from her? What does her being suicidal have to do with this right now? It doesn't change who she is, Carlisle. She is still your daughter who has been through more shit than you could imagine, and you know what you probably look like to her right now? Her 'foster father' or someone from the Volturi. You are probably scaring her half to death right now Carlisle. I may be used to this because of Charles, and I know you wouldn't hurt me intentionally, but she hasn't known you for as long as I have. Right now, you don't look like her kind, compassionate father; you look like Charles, or Caius or the horrible man who broke her the second time, after you did the first time. I feel like his name probably starts with C."
"Was that supposed to be a joke?" He asked me, trying to keep his voice down.
"Sort of. It wasn't said to entertain you, it was to entertain me, because right now, I don't give a single fuck about how angry you are, or how unamused you are. I care about Violetta and what this is doing to her. She didn't sleep last night. She spent the whole time crying. She doesn't even know what to do anymore."
"She can talk to Jasper."
"What are you not getting!?" I yelled, "She doesn't want to speak to fucking Jasper! She wants to give herself some time and decide on her own when she is ready to talk! She has shit in her life that we still know nothing about, Carlisle! She doesn't want to reveal anything!"
"Like what?" He asked, taken aback by my little outburst.
I glanced over to the trees.
She stepped out and flashed to me as quick as she could, "Don't!"
"He should know."
"Do you want him to get himself killed?"
I didn't answer, because I figured it was obvious that I didn't want him to.
"Are you kidding!?" She asked.
"What?"
"You didn't answer the question! That usually means yes!"
"I thought it was rhetorical, I obviously don't want him to." I said.
"Violetta, we told you to go to the reservation." Edward said from the porch. Bella was at his side.
"Oh please it's not the first time I've seen people yelling." She rolled her eyes. "How about you get your way, and I talk to Jasper, and we drop the whole thing?" She asked Carlisle.
He raised his eyebrows at her and lifted his eyes to me.
"I didn't do anything. She is sick of hearing you all screaming at each other."
Eleazar and Carmen walked out and stood beside Bella and Edward.
"What should I know that might get me killed?" Carlisle asked.
I glanced at Violetta again.
"Please do not make me regret telling you."
Jasper and Rosalie were outside now. Tanya, Kate and Garrett walked through the trees, from a hunt I assume.
"Esme, I think Violetta is right about this one. Not right now. Not in the middle of this mess." Edward said.
"He deserves to know."
"I thought you didn't care about what he deserves right now."
I rolled my eyes, "I always care about what he deserves."
"Fucking hell, just tell him then, but if he gets himself killed, it's on you." Violetta said quietly before turning and disappearing into the trees.
I looked up at Edward. He shrugged his shoulders, "Alice isn't here to predict what he'll do, but if he does anything, it won't be good. She left something out, though."
"What was it?"
"…There's always an evil one." He said, trying not to give it away as I hadn't made up my mind to tell Carlisle or not.
"And it's not Violetta?"
He shook his head. "I don't think it would be a very good idea to find…you know. Especially with the hatred involved…"
"No gift though."
"A whole Volturi for back up, though." He said.
"Please tell me." Carlisle said quietly.
I looked into his eyes. The same love and adoration was in his eyes as it normally was when we weren't fighting. He was over the argument. "Have you grown up?" I asked anyway.
"She can decide when to talk to someone." He nodded.
"What a coincidence…" Edward said quietly, "Of course this has to happen now."
"What?" I asked.
"She's here."
"Delanna?" I asked.
He nodded. "I'll call Violetta."
I pulled Carlisle up towards the house. Violetta might not have known if she was gifted or not, but it was better to be safe.
I got my phone out and called Emmett. "Esme?"
"You don't happen to be on your way back, do you?"
"Well, we never really got far. We've been pretty close the whole time…"
"Well I need you back here. Now."
"Sure, is everything okay? Alice! Let's go!" He called.
"No, not everything is okay. We've got a dangerous visitor…"
"Esme what the hell is going on?" Rosalie asked, anxious of what I was talking about.
"We'll be there as fast as we can." He said before hanging up.
A girl who looked around the same age as Violetta stepped out of the trees. Dark hair, dark eyes with a red tinge to them. She looked more Italian than Violetta did. This was her.
"Delanna." I said, standing protectively in front of Carlisle.
"Esme." She smirked. Just the look of her screamed dangerous, evil, Volturi.
Violetta appeared through the trees, followed by Renesmee and several wolves. She stopped dead in her tracks, staring at Delanna.
"Oh, my dear sister. How nice of you to join us."
"Delanna, it doesn't have to be like this."
"Oh sweetie, I'm loyal to my coven. I will do what they believe is right."
"Then I'll do what I believe is right." Violetta said. Delanna dropped to the ground, screaming.
After a small while, she lifted the pain. Delanna stood once her body allowed her to. "I wasn't aware we were using our gifts…"
Violetta's eyes widened. She had a gift that we weren't aware of. Mason growled protectively.
Aro and Caius and Marcus submerged from the trees, followed by several of their guard. "Now Violetta, Delanna, these are not ways to treat your sister."
Carlisle looked so confused. He had no idea what they meant by 'sister'. "Esme?" He whispered.
Aro appeared in front of Violetta, taking her hand. Mason snarled at him before Jacob growled at him.
"Ah, Carlisle, it appears your wife, son and daughter have not yet told you." He looked up at us, "My dearest Esme, you know none of why we're here. Why not let your husband come and protect your daughter?"
"Go to hell." I snapped.
"Esme." Carlisle scolded quietly.
"Carlisle they're here to kill you." Edward said.
"They're always here to kill someone." Jasper said quietly.
It was silent for less than a second before Edward appeared in front of Violetta and threw Demetri across the meadow as he went to lunge for her.
Felix went to lunge for Edward then, before Emmett crashed into him from the trees, taking him down.
"Em!" Rosalie exclaimed. She took half a step forward, but dropped to her knees in pain. Jane was smirking. Bella let out a breath, and Rosalie stood up within a second.
Another guard approached Emmett, who was currently underneath Felix before he flipped them over again. Jasper was gone, kicking the other guard away. Edward told Violetta to come to us, and she flashed to my side.
"Vi!" Jasper called as 3 guards approached him and Edward while Emmett had 2 on him. Garrett and Eleazar flashed to help, but were joined with more guards.
The guards dropped in immense pain as Violetta concentrated.
"Oh, I wish I had taken you as a baby and not Delanna." Aro said to Violetta.
Delanna hissed at Violetta.
"Enough of this. What do you want from us, Aro?" Carlisle asked, stepping around me. I tried to pull him back but he resisted.
"Go stick by Kate." I whispered to Violetta. She ran to Kate, standing behind her. She was terrified of what was going to come from this.
Carmen moved to Kate's side, covering Violetta.
"Boys." Aro motioned for his guards to stop.
Emmett kicked Felix one more time before he flashed backwards with the others. Rosalie moved quickly to his side. Jasper appeared on the porch again where Alice was now standing. I hadn't even noticed her get here. I presumed she came from the back door and through the house.
I stepped down the stairs and stood at Carlisle's side.
"Amazing, how you can be in such a family quarrel, and still protect each other as you are doing now." Aro said, looking at me. A small hiss escaped me.
"What do you want?" Carlisle asked again.
Aro looked at Delanna. "We are here merely for our Delanna here."
"Violetta, you look just like him." Delanna said.
"Go fuck yourself." Violetta snapped at her. She had moved out of the protective wall Carmen, Kate and Tanya had created over her.
Renesmee still stood beside the wolves, keeping them back when they got a little too aggressive. She kept them from joining the guys' minutes ago.
"Renesmee, the wolf whisperer…" Alec greeted. He was standing closest to her.
"Oh, it appears a wolf had also taken a liking to Violetta, too." Aro told him.
"Interesting."
"Very." Jane agreed.
"Are you two like, an incest thing, or just uncomfortably close?" Renesmee asked them.
They glared at her.
"Renesmee." Bella warned. She was shielding them too, but she felt Jane take a jab at her.
"Right, sorry. We don't want to get little useless Jane angry." Renesmee smirked.
Jane tried again before glaring at Bella.
"Unlike you, I was actually taught to fight." Renesmee said, "Take the challenge, I dare you."
"Renesmee, enough." Edward said.
"Delanna, why don't you tell your father why you're here?" Aro suggested.
"He doesn't even know he's my father…" She said.
"Oh yes, I forgot. My dear Carlisle, Violetta and Delanna are twins. I'm surprised she was not mentioned in their biological mother's letter to you. She hated you more than Caius does."
"I do even more…" Delanna said quietly but snidely.
"I find it hard to believe that Carlisle's daughter could be a part of your coven." Emmett said.
"Carlisle himself used to be a part of our coven, remember?"
"When you weren't corrupt." Jasper sad quietly.
"Carlisle, you should discipline your children." Caius said.
"Aro should discipline you." I snapped.
"And your mate, apparently." Marcus said in his tired voice.
"Tell me; is it hard to live in such close proximity to so many other vampires of so many different personalities?" Aro asked.
"This is getting off topic." I said.
"To get to the point, I would very much prefer if my biological father and sister were no longer…here. To put it lightly."
"Oh, we would prefer if you were no longer here, yet here we are." Emmett said, motioning the meadow we were standing in.
"You lose." Alice said.
"Excuse me?" Aro asked.
"If you attack, you lose. Your offensive weapons are useless, you're outnumbered with the wolves here, and we have Violetta. I can see you losing, but I don't need to see to know that you will."
"Show me, my dear?" Aro asked.
Alice stepped out of Jasper's protective grasp and walked to Aro. He took her hand and saw what she had seen.
When he let go, she appeared back at Jasper.
Then, with no warning to Edward, no indication that there was any movement, Aro had me in his grasp.