Violetta
I stood more to the middle of the meadow, but back a little bit.
Mason was at my side as he rubbed his head against my side. I petted between his ears again and kissed his nose.
He hesitated and whined as I pushed his shoulder to tell him to walk to his pack. "Mason, go." He stepped backwards, growled at Delanna as she approached from the other side of the field and returned to his pack. I looked at Renesmee.
"Good luck" She mouth silently.
When she reached me, Aro said there was no time to waste. I waited for her to make the first move, and she went for my left. I took half a step back and dodged her. My back was now to the Volturi members, and I was facing towards the house. She turned and stared at me with fury in her eyes.
I smirked as she lunged again and I dodged, again. She swung at my head. I ducked and swiped her legs. She fell to the ground and shot back up.
I wasn't planning on doing anything with my experience; I was taking it easier than I should be.
"Stop playing with each other." Felix said.
I glanced at him and Delanna tried to take me to the ground. She wasn't as strong as she looked. I flipped us easily and spun myself around. Now on my knees, I had a prime position to snap her neck off. Already, I could have killed her.
Instead, I lifted her and threw her to the other side of the meadow.
"We underestimated you, Violetta…" Aro said.
"I think you overestimated her…" I said. She growled at me and appeared behind me. I listened hard as she went to swing into my left ribs. I spun and dodged it, catching her fist and throwing her, towards the house this time.
I appeared underneath her and used force to hit her into the ground from the air. She moved unexpectedly. I was underneath her now as she went to bite my neck. I pushed her jaw sideways, holding her off and flipped us. I threw one punch into her jaw and stood up. I put my foot over her neck, "Keep your fatal venom to yourself."
I threw a kick to her ribs and walked a few steps back. What would I have to do to win this? Make her give up?
"I think that's the only way, apart from killing her…" Edward said.
She rolled to her side, clutched her ribs, before standing again. "You are one strong bitch."
"Oh hun, I just know what I'm doing."
She lunged for me again, a very predictable move. I dodged it, and she unexpectedly, somehow, got her arms around my neck.
I managed to get from her grasp. I whirled myself around her with my legs around her neck, and took her down.
"That was some black widow shit…" Kate said quietly.
She lay on the ground for one second before she got up again, shaky this time. She lunged into the air. I moved half a step to the left, and grabbed around her neck, smashing her into the ground. Her skin cracked lightly from the force.
"You're losing, Delanna…" Aro said.
"I'm tiring her out." She said.
"You're the one who's tired…" I said. She was puffing, and I was breathing steady, quiet.
"To think, she literally died the other day, and here she is." Emmett said to Rosalie.
"Shh. You'll distract her." She whispered back.
They did distract me. Delanna appeared to the left of me. She twisted my arm and kneed me in the ribs. I fell from the force as she kicked my legs out. Then she bit. She locked her venomous teeth around my neck before releasing my arm and taking a step backwards, smirking.
I was on my knees. I struggled to breathe as I felt the pain of the venom spread through me.
I leant to the side, leaning on my hand. My other hand went to the bite. I started breathing heavier.
"No." Carlisle said, barely audible.
A few seconds and my vision was a little dark. "Shit." I breathed.
I glanced up as she smiled and turned. She started walking towards Aro.
"Violetta?" Esme's voice was anxious.
"I'm okay." I breathed.
After another few seconds I took a deep breath and lifted my head. Shouldn't I be dead? I stood up and flashed to her side. I elbowed into her lower abdomen and threw her to the ground with my hand around her neck. She gasped as her breath left her.
Then I lifted her back up, my hand still around her neck, and threw her into the nearest tree. "You can't kill me that easy."
She fell to the ground and looked like she had trouble getting her breath back.
"Give up yet?"
"You should be dead." She said to me, staring in terror.
"Or your venom has been exaggerated." I smirked.
"No, I kill everyone I bite. Xavier was a hybrid, he died."
I smirked again, "I heal, sweetheart."
"You have another gift!?" Jane stressed from my side. She lunged at me and took my down.
Alice threw her off me and hissed.
I rolled to my side and held my left shoulder. It was hurting, a lot.
Delanna noticed. She stood up, and I ignored the growing pain and stood up quickly.
She took 3 swings at me, but I only managed to dodge 2. The third hit my left shoulder, where she intended it. I winced and stepped back.
"She's injured." I heard Edward say.
"She's strong." Carmen replied.
She tackled me down, focusing on my shoulder. I cried out as she bit it. This affect was faster. My vision darkened almost instantly. I felt weaker immediately. My eyes closed and my breathing slowed.
"Ah, it worked this time." Delanna's voice was faint.
"No! Esme stressed. "Baby come on." I felt her hand touch my face, "Wake up Vi!"
"Oh Esme, maybe if you were worth something, she might have fought harder for you." Delanna's voice rang in my ears. I felt my whole body heat up. How dare she insult my mother?
I forced my breathing to get stronger. "Not today Violetta. Get up. Fight today, die tomorrow." I repeated the last part to myself 3 times. I needed to be motivated to recover from this hell. It was very painful.
"Get up. Win. Let Esme know that she is worth everything. Tell Carlisle and Mason that you love them. Just get up."
I forced my eyes open, and I pushed myself up. Esme exhaled in relief.
"Why won't you die!?" Delanna yelled at me. Her eyes moved to Esme and the ferocity in them exceeded what I had ever seen before.
I shot up as I realised what was about to come. I pushed Esme out of the way and caught Delanna's neck. I smashed her into the ground, again and again. I lifted her head one more time and snapped her neck clean off.
I heard several gasps from around the meadow. Some from the Volturi, some from the Cullen's and Denali's.
I dropped to my knees as I tried to steady my puffs. My hand clutched my left shoulder. I glanced at Esme. She was on the ground a few feet away, where I had pushed her to. Her mouth was hanging open and staring at Delanna's lifeless body. She was shaking slightly.
I looked up to where Aro was staring, his eyes showed grief. "I'm sorry Aro." I said.
"You said you wouldn't kill her…" Caius said.
"And she made me very angry. Do you want to as well? End up like her?"
He tilted his head to the side slightly and stared at me in hatred.
"I hate you." He spat.
"Join the club." I rolled my eyes. "There are about a thousand of us."
"Can we go?" Marcus asked in his slow, shaky, tired voice. "She won."
"She didn't stick to the deal, why should we?" Caius asked.
"Oh my god, would you like to kill me too? Because I couldn't care less."
"Letty." Carlisle hushed.
"I suppose we should leave then." Aro said. "I never expected both to live, I just expected Delanna to win. I had no idea Violetta had experience."
"You looked into her past…" Caius said.
"I didn't see it." Aro shook his head.
He turned with his brothers, followed by their guard, and disappeared into the trees.
I stood up and stumbled a little before I caught myself. I was still holding my shoulder.
Carlisle went to Esme. "I'm fine, go to her." Esme said.
Carlisle stood and walked over to me, touching my shoulder. I flinched away.
"Is it really that bad?" He asked.
"No, your touch was just really cold and I wasn't expecting it."
He snickered and touched around my shoulder, waiting for a reaction. I kept it in as best I could. It should be healed by now.
Eventually he stopped, "You're holding it back."
"No."
"You cannot be magically healed after that many blows and reacting to it the way you did."
"It hurts, but she thinks it'll heal itself soon." Edward said.
"Stop. He doesn't need to worry."
"I told you this was a bad idea…" Carlisle said.
"I'll be fine." I assured. "Anyone have a lighter? I don't know what happens when you don't burn them, but I would rather this bitch didn't come back from the dead…" I changed the subject.
"I'll get one." Edward said, turning and running into the house.
I yawned as I realised how tired I was. That fight really knocked it out of me.
"You should go get some sleep. You didn't last night." Esme said, walking over to us.
"That just happened," I motioned to Delanna's motionless body, "And you want me to go and sleep?"
"Yes." Esme nodded.
"You don't even know if the Volturi is gone or not."
"They are." Edward said as we walked towards Delanna.
Carlisle took a few steps back and pulled me with him. Esme was holding his hand. I watched as Edward threw the lighter onto her body. The flames shot up. It was almost beautiful.
I watched as the flames grew and crackled.
"This reminds me, we should have another bon fire…" Emmett said.
"Emmett." Rosalie hushed.
I stood and stared at the flames for a few minutes before I felt a tear roll down my cheek. Sure, she tried to kill the only people important to me, but she was my sister. She did everything she could to make sure I lived through my stay with the Volturi. She didn't hate me so much then, but then I left, and I ruined the small connection we had.
"Why is she crying?" Tanya whispered to Edward.
"Delanna saved her life on multiple occasions while she was with the Volturi. They were sisters; you don't just forget that you're connected to someone, especially by blood."
I ignored them as more tears started streaming down my face. I dropped to the ground and stared at the flames as I sat there.
Mason walked over, still in his animalistic form, and lay down behind me. I leant back against him. He lay his head down at my side and I petted him as I watched the flames crack and swirl.