The wind blew stiffly through the clearing as I grasped Edward's hand with all the strength I now possessed. Alice stood next to me, her eyes closed as she searched for when our 'guests' would arrive. Jasper stood a way off, talking in urgent tones to Carlisle and Emmett while Rosalie braided Esme's hair. We were in the baseball clearing, anxiously waiting as the wolves and vampire recruits to move into position. The perfect ambush that would bring the advantage we needed.

"Alice how long do we have?" I asked, my voice calmer than my inward chaos. "I don't think I can wait much longer," I smiled as Edward squeezed my hand lightly. An unnatural wind blew through the clearing.

"Three minutes, Alana calm down," Alice replied, her eyes still closed. Alana, an auburn haired vampire who controlled weather disappeared back into the surrounding foliage. "Bella, remember the moves Jasper and I taught you. Edward she can take care of herself, don't babysit her." She sniffed as I giggled into my palm. A stillness swept over all of us as darkness enveloped the clearing.

"Tanya?" Edward choked out as a young blonde stepped out of the forest, a black cloak clinging to her perfect features. "What is all of this?"

"We felt that we would like to inform you that your existence is no longer wanted," Jane's high reedy voice cut off Tanya's low beautiful one. "We couldn't spare our guard so we called in some… local help." I shuddered as I felt the wolves tense in their hiding spots. "Attack," She hissed as Alec, Dimitri, Felix, Caius, and Heidi lunged out into the clearing. An unfamiliar vampire followed after them, her eyes an over bright like that of a newborn.

Gianna. The thought pierced through my mind as she caught my eye and lunged at me. Vampires from Tanya's clan poured out behind a few guards from the Volturi. I battled fiercely as other vampires and wolves poured from surrounding areas. Alana created a thunderstorm so violent that it drowned out all sounds of battle as I snapped Gianna's neck and with the help of Brady in wolf form, dismembered her. Edward was battling a slim male vampire who was attempting to throw fire into his face. I jumped to his aid as Jacob ripped the male's arm out of his socket.

Nearby, Alice was dancing nimbly away from a halfway mutilated Heidi, her eyes clouded in concentration. Heidi lunged unexpectedly and grabbed Alice by the shoulder; twisting her in an unnatural position as Jasper leapt from the battle he was fighting to help Alice. I screamed defiance as Caius knocked the Damian turned tiger into a tree and proceeded to dislocate his sockets one by one. Lindsay was lying motionless on the ground as Paul, her mate, grappled with Dimitri beside her. A heavy weight landed on my back as Felix tried to wrestle me to the ground, I gasped as a dome encircled us, cutting Edward off from view as another, female, vampire began to fight him.

"Irina, what is the matter with you" I heard Edward gasp as he dodged swiftly away from her snapping jaws. "Why are you and your family fighting us?" He grabbed her arm and yanked it out of place.

"They killed my Laurent, the fucking werewolves did. Jane said that if we killed you we could kill them. I will kill them." She screeched the last sentence in defiance as Seth appeared out of nowhere and began ripping her to pieces. I choked back a scream as Felix yanked my legs out from under me, causing me to fall right into his arms.

"You are mine now bitch," he growled in my ear as I ripped his arm off my waist. The dome began to flicker and fade as Irina's screams faded and died. "I will kill you," he hissed as Edward broke through and ran towards me. Felix threw me on the ground and shoved his foot into my stomach. My strengthened bones groaned as he jumped back rubbing his foot.

Together, Edward and I trapped him and destroyed him, limb from limb. As his last shriek faded into the night, Alice appeared beside us, worry and triumph conflicting in her eyes. "The survivors are retreating," she gasped quietly as a silence crept over the scene of the battle. "The wolves have lost a few, as we." I gasped as her eyes brimmed with sorrow, my heart wondering what our losses were.

"Who survived?" Edward asked his voice hoarse. "Who did we lose?"

"Jane survived, Tanya did as well, Carmen, Kate, Caius lived…barely, and Dimitri survived." Alice answered, disgust transforming her voice. "We lost Lindsay, Damian," she choked back a sob," Paul the vampire, and Esme." Edward and I gasped as I turned my head into his chest and began to sob brokenly. "The wolves have losses too," Alice began as soon as my tears began to slow. "Collin, Brady, Embry, and one other wolf that I don't know were all killed by being isolated." Alice turned away and began to pick up pieces of vampire parts and throwing them into a pile.

Edward and I wandered through the woods surrounding picking up pieces of hands and arms, as well as legs and stomachs, Heidi's head, (to my increasing displeasure) and other chunks, to mutilated to identify. Before long, we had a bonfire going, all traces of the battle going up in smoke.

Mostly.

The wolves watched mutely as we cleaned up, their shock apparent as they stared at the bloodstained grass. Sam changed into human form after some time as he walked over to our broken family. "Cullen's," He began in his deep voice. "We have our treaty but we have now been through so much that we need some adjustments. If you don't mind I would like it if we would be able to visit this site and mourn. We would also like it if you would come to our side of the line for a party at the beach. I don't mind that you come if you truly make no mistake in your appetite. Your friends on the other hand are not welcome. Thank you for helping us." He stepped back and joined the pack as Emmett stepped foreward.

"It is you we should thank and of course we would love it if you would come here as often as you want. We will celebrate with you but if you don't mind I think we will need time to mourn and you will need that as well." He said formally. He turned away as the meeting broke up. It wasn't until later in the car that I realized that my tears were still flowing freely down my cheeks. Edward lapsed into silence, brooding about the death of his mother and the betrayal of his friends.

You have to be the only one who can cry vampire tears. Are you okay Bella? I really know that you gave up your life and your adoptive mother dies days later but is there anything I can do? Rosalie asked as I wiped the venom off my face. "I should be asking you that Rose, not the other way around!" I replied weakly as I curled up closer to Edward willing this day to be over.

"EDWARD!" I yelled up the stairs as I put the new diamond earrings into my ear and readjusted the light pink silk dress to fit perfectly over my slim figure. "We are going to be late for the wedding and then Jacob very well might kill me."

"I am coming and you sound like Alice," Edward replied as he appeared at the doorway, looking better than a wedding guest should. But then again we all looked like we had just come off the front cover of Style magazine.

"Who said my name?" Alice chirped as she bounced past Edward and slung her arm around my neck, looking stunning in a new Vera Wang powder blue dress. Jasper was close behind her in a Giorgio Armani tuxedo. "Rose and Emmett are coming with Carlisle a little late. They are picking up the deed to Jacob's garage on the way there.

"Ok then people lets go," I laughed as I jumped in my new anniversary car, an Aston Martin. "I don't want to miss seeing Dianna walk down the aisle. Plus, I heard the cake will be to die for." We all burst out laughing as we pulled out of the garage and on the way to La Push. I hope Jacob is content with his happy ending. I thought happily as I looked over at my Edward. I know I am happy with mine.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed my story! I think I might post an epilogue later but please continue to check out my stories. I will enjoy it a lot if you would review and tell me how I did. I know it was a bit of a skip at the end but I wanted them to be over the loss of their friends by just a bit. Thank you for all of the people who have stuck with me from the beginning. I know it has been a LONG ride. Thanks again for reading.

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