BELLA
Zac left not long after his and Eddie's little fight in the back. His mom was getting tired anyway and she wanted to leave. Zac promised to see Renesmee one last time before he left for England again later on in the week. It was early morning the next day. I was lying on my bed with Edward. We were mostly quiet but every now and then we would talk about something. I tried to get him to understand about Chantelle. He didn't believe me at first but I think I finally broke through. My body was half covering him as we lay there with the sheet barely above our hips. I traced the shape of his chest with my finger.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked me stroking my hair.
"Chantelle," I answered.
"We'll sort it out."
"I know," I replied.
"Renesmee's up," he whispered, I nodded against his chest. I could hear her climbing out of her bed. "Chloe will be soon too."
Chloe's mom had finally let her stay again. Considering Zac stayed so late last night it was a good thing she didn't have to go home.
"Eddie wants to go to Seattle to see Anne. He mentioned it in passing the other day." He said to me.
"Okay," I answered not really knowing what to say. It wasn't long before we had to start moving from our little cocoon. I got up and dressed, fully aware of Edward's lingering eyes. I walked over to him still lying on the bed.
"Come on," I said throwing some clothing at him. He didn't say anything, just stared at me with burning eyes. He leant forward and grabbed my hips, pulling me across his body. He leant over me and covered my face with kisses. I giggled and he finished with kissing my lips.
"We have to get up," I laughed again as he dug his face into my shoulder.
"Do we have to?" he asked, moving his body so he was on top of me again. I nodded and lifted my hand to his face. He sighed and climbed off of me. He took the clothes and got dressed. That was my time to admire him. He grinned and held out his hand to me. I took it and he pulled me off the bed. We walked hand in hand out of the room and down the stairs.
"Good morning," I said to Renesmee who was eating pancakes in the kitchen.
"Hey," she said without turning round. Edward and I sat next to her as we waited for others to come in.
"Where's Jacob?" I asked. I knew he had gone home last night but I was expecting him to be here at the crack of dawn like he normally was. Renesmee shrugged.
"You don't know where he is? Well that's a first," I muttered. Edward laughed beside me.
"Morning!" Eddie sang coming into the room. He was grinning widely. "Where's Chloe?" he asked as soon as he noticed she wasn't with Renesmee.
"She's in my room getting dressed."
"Oh," Eddie said looking away. I narrowed my eyes at him, why did the idea of Chloe getting dressed make him act embarrassed? I turned to Edward, showing him my observations of him. Edward shook his head as if there was nothing going on. I looked back at Eddie. I knew my son, something was going on. I dropped it for now. Today wasn't for disciplining Eddie it was Chantelle.
Talking of Chantelle she came into the room moments later.
"Hi," she mumbled sitting down.
"Morning," everyone sang to her. Eddie and I rolled our eyes at each other.
It wasn't long before most of the family, including Jacob and Chloe were all in the kitchen. It was just Alice and Jasper that weren't here. I called out for them and they joined us.
"Okay…" I began, everyone looked at me. Chantelle looked scared. "Considering it was so hard to convince Edward –very nice job by the way-" I said to Chantelle. "I think its best that you explain, considering you have them believing everything you say," I said. Chantelle sighed.
"Do the right thing Chanti." Eddie said to her. She looked up at him. It didn't look like she had done anything.
"Okay. I've undone it," she muttered. I didn't notice much change. Although Rosalie did cross her arms accusingly.
"That was wrong of you Chantelle! It was so easy to believe you! Don't you ever do that again!" she shouted at her.
"I was just trying to protect you all," she answered.
"From what Chantelle? The army? What are the army here for?" I asked.
"My siblings. My real siblings are after revenge. They found Sara, she was furious at the Volturi for killing her parents over a hundred years ago. They explained what they wanted and they got her to build an army of vampires. They want revenge on the Volturi," she admitted. My eyes widened.
"How come Alice didn't see this?" Edward asked.
"My siblings are controlling it. She can't see them so she can't see the army," she answered.
"Stupid hybrids," Alice muttered under her breath.
"So it's a revenge mission? They're simply out to kill the Volturi?" I asked. She nodded.
"Building an army will draw them here, they'll want to destroy it, and they'll fail. There are a lot of talented people in the army. Abilities you couldn't even imagine. Ones that could kill you in seconds, ones that could forget who you are completely. One of my siblings, dreams the future. Not just subjective future. But the ultimate future, whatever she dreams happens. There is no way around it. She dreamt of me. She knew I existed and they came to find me. Of course I didn't know at first. When Alex and I met Sara in the mall I wanted to run. But when Alex came back for me he took me to see Sarah. The day I was meant to be at my friend from schools house. I lied, it was the first time I deceived you." She said looking at Edward. "I never thought I could do it but I did. You believed me even though my head was screaming that I was lying. Anyway, I went with Alex to meet Sara. I wanted to know why she had turned him, what she was doing. She explained everything, I met my brothers and sisters and they explained the rest. They just want the Volturi dead. I want them dead too," she finished.
"For killing your father? But you didn't even like your dad," Eddie said.
"No. Not for the same reason as my brothers and sisters. They want them dead because they killed Joshua. I want them dead because I don't want them to hurt us anymore. I want them dead for what they did to Nessie. What they did to all of us. I may have only been a baby when they poisoned and nearly killed Nessie but I remember it. I remember seeing you," Chantelle looked at me. "You were so broken, you were so upset. I don't want to see you so hurt ever again. I couldn't imagine the pain you went through but I never want you to have to feel it again." She said. At the start of this conversation I wanted to find out what she was up to and stop her but now, all I wanted to do was embrace her and tell her thank you. But was killing the Volturi really the answer? How would the 'law' be enforced without them? We couldn't do it. We may be the biggest coven second to them but we couldn't kill other vampires, not for mistakes they had made. We would do it to protect our own, sure, but could we do it as a job?
"Chantelle, killing them is not the answer. We need someone to enforce the law. Sure they may be going the wrong way about it but they're doing what needs to be done," I said to her.
"It's not something I can change aunt Bella. It's happening. I'm sorry, but it is. There is nothing anyone can do to stop it. I was meant to wait much longer before I told you all this but we want you to join us. With your shield we will stand a much fairer fight. With both you and Eddie, we will win. Other people will step up to their job, my siblings have been thinking about it. There are twelve of them. They could easily manage it."
"They're only half vampire though Chantelle, just like you. There is no way they could manage it," Rosalie answered.
"You don't know what they can do," she said with a smile. "Joshua was very good at picking the mothers. Sure a couple came out with no gift at all but most of them are pretty powerful. That's including me. I could make you all do whatever I wanted for a week now. Imagine me telling the Volturi what to do. I could make them run in circles. I could make them stand still while we killed them. I could make them kill each other." She answered smugly.
"Then why don't you? Why create an army if you and your siblings are so powerful?" Jasper asked.
"Because they want to do it properly. They want others to have a chance at getting their revenge. The army doesn't just consist of newborns. There are other nomads, ones that want the Volturi dead. And my siblings are very protective over me. They don't want me in the fight. I'm only the last resort." She answered.
"Too right. You're not being anywhere near it," Emmett answered.
"No daddy. I am. I just won't be doing anything. I'm there to protect." She said.
"Protect who?" Carlisle asked.
"The youngest of my siblings. We only found him a week or two ago. He's only three years old physically but put it this way. You do not want to be around him when he has a temper tantrum," she grinned.
"When is it going to happen?" Carlisle asked. Chantelle shrugged.
"Whenever the Volturi decide to intervene. My sister will see it in her sleep and we'll know. We'll also know whether we win or not." She answered.
This was a lot to take in. I was going over all the possible down sides to this, as well as rejoicing in the idea of them gone from this world. I looked down at Renesmee sitting on the stool. My beautiful brown eyed girl, she had grown up so fast, and she had been put through hell on the way. I reached out to comb my fingers through her red curls.
"Okay. I'll do it," I answered Chantelle.
"What?" about five people asked at once.
"I'll help. My shield is all yours." I answered. Chantelle grinned and stood up from her seat to hug me. I used my hand that wasn't tangled in Renesmee's hair to hug her.
"Thank you aunt Bella," she said to me.
"You're welcome," I answered.
"Bella?" Edward said. I dropped my shield from my mind and stared into his eyes. Showing him what was going through my mind. I imagined Renesmee's childhood without the Volturi. Then I reminded him of what her childhood really was like. Our beautiful little girl lying on her bed unconscious. Jacob being so broken and torn. The pain I felt when I thought I'd lost her. The time when she was only a few months old when they first came. Having to hand her off to Jacob for protection, thinking I'd never see her again. I wanted them dead. I didn't want them to hurt us anymore. I wanted Renesmee and her children to never have to worry about them. I wanted them gone.
"Okay," he whispered and smiled at me. I nodded and turned back to Chantelle.
"What do I need to do?" I asked her.
"I need to take you to Sara; she knows where she wants you."
"Chantelle, I'm not having Bella on the front line. She's protection only, she's not fighting," Edward said. Chantelle nodded.
"Of course. I wouldn't allow that anyway," she answered. It was strange hearing all this from my twelve year old niece but the way she was speaking was as if she was accustomed to battle, she knew everything and she was ready. Like a little soldier.
"And I'm coming with you. I'm not having Bella in danger without me there."
"Then I'm coming," Renesmee said spinning around
"No!" Everyone in the room shouted.
"What? She gets to go!" she said pointing at Chantelle.
"You're staying here Nessie. I'm sorry. Jacob will be with you, so will Chloe and grandma. Everyone else has a choice," she said to the room. "I'm guessing you don't want to fight," she said to Esme. Esme shook her head.
"I'll stay back," she answered.
"I'm going. I want to see this!" Emmett grinned.
"I go where he goes and where you go," Rosalie said.
"I'm definitely going," Jasper said grinning; Emmett held his hand up for a high five and Jasper hit it with his own.
"As am I," Alice said.
"I will stay. Aro was once my friend. I will not stop you but I can't watch my friends die," Carlisle answered.
"Do you mind if you are medical central? Sara was glad to hear you were a doctor, if any of my siblings get hurt would it be acceptable to send them back here?" she asked. Carlisle nodded.
"Of course."
"There's going to be casualties?" Esme asked.
"Very doubtful, but just in case. We have to get everything ready. Nothing can be missed out." Chantelle smiled. Esme nodded.
"What about me? Do I get a choice?" Eddie asked.
"Yes. I know your shield isn't as developed as aunt Bella's but there are people there that can help you." She answered. "And you combined with Bella makes your shield immune to Pancrazio's ability. He's our biggest threat so we need to take him down as quick as possible," Chantelle said.
"No!" I shouted in synchronisation with Renesmee. Chantelle looked up at me.
"What?" she asked confused.
"The boy isn't evil. He deserves a choice. Before any fighting breaks out, give him a choice. Us or them. If he picks them then fine, we kill him but I have a feeling he won't. He doesn't approve of what his father does. If he had the chance he wouldn't be there," I said almost pleading.
"You need to talk to Sara and my siblings about that. I can't make that decision," Chantelle answered me then turned to Eddie. "So? Are you in or out?" she asked. Eddie looked to Chloe sitting next to him then up at Renesmee who was at the opposite end of the table. He stared at her for a while before he answered. "I'm in."
"Great! Okay. Well, its kinda weird asking permission but... can I go see Sara? I need to tell her the good news," she said excitedly.
"Yes," Rosalie said. "But you're taking us with you."