Author Notes: Hello, everyone! How are you? Things had been overwhelming me at my other job with all the deadlines and all. I can't wait until the month is over.

Chapter 13 The Rescue

I couldn't believe my ears. It sounded like Alice was screaming somewhere down the basement. I looked at Edward and we looked at the vampiric nuns surrounding us. There were thirteen of them. I needed to make a distraction to get them to move in a straight line. I knew a couple of spells that should slow them down. That should be enough to give Edward the edge to fight them until I realized that it would slow down Edward too.

I looked around to see what was available. The chapel had a lot of pews. I decided to leave Edward's side and run on the pews. As I was running, I was reciting the incantations that would slow them down. When I had finished, all of the vampires including Edward had moved to a human like phase. I got the blades out of my sides. The fastest vampire got in ahead of me. I said "radiatio". It was enough for me to remove her head and threw it as far away as possible. I worked my way with half of the vampires. When I was done, I lit up them up with my portable lighter. Edward handled the other half.

Edward was a lot more peaceful. He just incapacitated the vampires that he was handling. When I was done with my vampires, I made my way over to his. I broke their limbs and threw it as far away as possible and lit them up.

"What the hell, Bella! That's murder," Edward screamed.

"Murder is defined by one human killing another human. Vampires aren't human," I told him.

Edward shook his head and we went to see Alice downstairs. We were horrified when we see Alice strapped on the chair with a rope. Edward was about to help her but stopped.

"The rope. I can't touch it or it'll burn me," Edward explained.

I sighed and removed the rope. The burn on Alice's face and torso were so horrible that it would likely take an entire ten pints of blood to heal her.

"Who did this to you?" Edward asked.

"The Volturi. Jane was in charge of the nuns. Alec was posing as priest," Alice explained.

"And how did they strap you in?" I asked.

"The novices. They were under duress. The vampires kill them whenever they try to escape. Most of them do but some were too afraid to escape," Alice said.

Alice, Edward, and I had left the building. Alice was crying inconsolably.

"Jasper! They..." Alice began.

"Calm down, Alice. What happened to Jasper?" I asked.

"They're going to kill me. They're going to kill me if he doesn't join the guards so he joined the Volturi," Alice said. "We were outnumbered so he joined the guards in order to save me. They're going to break him first. They'll tell him that I died so that they would be angry at you. Then he would try to kill you."

Alice was still rambling. A lot of things were coming out of her that I could barely keep up.

"No one realized the Volturi's plan all along. They're turning the worst vampire hunters into vampires to be part of their guards. It's a way to break their spirits. They're not going to kill you, Bella. They're going to turn you into one of their own. The best guards are the ones that have combat capabilities," Alice continued.

I understood how devastating it could be for a vampire hunter to become a Volturi guard. If it were to happen to me, I couldn't even imagine what I'm going through.

Alice, Edward, and I went back to the United States. I did my best to sleep on the flight letting my guard down. I knew Alice would take care of me. When we got back, we went back to my home to see my father. My house didn't look the way it used to. When I left, the house was full of warmth. Now, it was cold-our house used to be in bright colors. Now, it was painted gray like prison.

"Vampire!" Edward said, preparing to attack.

"Bella?" My dad asked before I could even knock on the door.

"Dad?" I replied.

When I looked at my father, he was different. His skin was pale and his eyes were gold. He moved so fast that one second, he was outside. The next second, he was in front of me. My heart broke with what happened to my father.

"What happened, Dad?" I asked.

"Vampires attacked us when your mother and I were at Billy's. She died. On the other hand, I ended up like this," he said.

"And the rest of the Quileutes?" I asked.

"Dead. Some escaped. Jacob helped the younger ones to get out before the vampires could kill them. The older ones like us? We're either dead or transformed. You need to go. The Volturi are looking for you," Dad said. He then looked at Alice and Edward. "Take care of my daughter."

"With our lives, Mr. Swan," Alice said.

"Edward, can you take my life? I don't want to be a vampire anymore," Dad asked.

I shook my head. "You might be a vampire now but you're still you, dad. You haven't killed any humans, have you?" I asked.

Dad shook his head. "I couldn't do it. I was thinking of you and the thought of some vampire drinking your blood, I couldn't take it. Then, an animal passed by and I drank its blood. Emmett found me. I'm doing the best that I could with the cross I had been given. Sometimes, I cheat and asked Carlisle for donated blood instead of killing someone. I know that once I cross that line, it wouldn't be easy to stop," Dad replied.

I moved closer to my father, and he winced. Still, I hugged him. "I love you, Dad," I said.

"I love you, too," Dad said.

I knew that I needed help. The Volturi will go down. I don't know about Carlisle or what he plans to do, but the Volturi had oppressed us humans long enough and I won't stand for this anymore. Staring at my father, who hated what he had become, I decided that something must be done against these vampires.

End Notes: What do you think about Charlie being a vampire? When the vampires attacked the Quileutes, there were so many of them that they overpowered the wolves. Some of them had died either by being drained or by being killed by the Quileutes themselves. Charlie is one of the few that couldn't be killed because his transformation had been too far along.