Emmett picked me up and he ran down the mountain.

Alice stood in the clearing as the family burned all the bodies, having a vision of 4 Volturi members headed our way.

"How long?" Edward asked as we all make it back down to the clearing.

"A few minutes. Maybe 10?" Alice answered him.

"The pack needs to leave. The Volturi won't honor a truce with the werewolves." Carlisle says to us all.

Leah's wolf stood near a boulder as Jacob's wolf came out from the tree line. A straggler newborn vampire appeared near her. She snarled and jumped to attack him, but the vampire nearly managed to get his arms around her.

"Leah, don't!" Edward shouted as Leah whimpered slightly.

Jacob was closest and jumped in to help her. He grabbed the vampire by the shoulder dragging him off from her. I stood horror shocked at the scene. The wolf and vampire rolled and went tumbling with each other. Jacob doing anything and everything he could to grab a better hold on the vampire. As they came to a stop the vampire was on top and got his arms around the wolf's ribcage and squeezed.

Bones snapping, rang through the field and Jacob cried loudly in pain in his wolf form.

"No, Jacob!" I screamed in agony attempting to run towards him. Emmett held me back as I struggled in him arms. Tears streaming down my face.

The vampire threw Jacob aside as Sam attacked tearing him apart. Jacob shifted back in pain, and rolled a round on the ground. Mouth open, wanting to scream out in pain only unable to make any noise. Emmett let go as it was now safe and I ran to him as fast as I could. Carlisle raced over checking his injuries. Emmett by my side in seconds.

"Jacob, please. Hold on. Carlisle's gonna take care of you." I cooed through my tears.

"The bones on the right half of his body are shattered." Carlisle announced.

"(Y/n)." Jacob grunted out as a whisper through his pain.

"I'm here. I'm right here." I said speaking through my tears.

The transformed wolf pack came running back towards us in their human forms surrounding Jacob.

"Jacob, you idiot, I had it!" Leah yelled at him.

"Leah!" Sam scolded and joined by my side on the ground looking to Carlisle.

"I need to reset the bones before his accelerated healing kicks in. It's already starting."

"We need to get him out of here. We're not gonna win a fight with the Volturi." Emmett said.

"We'll take him back to Billy's." Sam agreed.

"I'll be there as soon as I can." Carlisle said and Sam nodded in agreement. Jacob grunted in pain again.

"Hang in there, Jake." I told him with a shaky voice.

I moved out of the way as the wolf pack surrounded him, to lift him up and carry him back home. Emmett came to my side and held me close to him as we watched. Jacob groaned in agony as he was moved.

"We've got you, we've got you, we've got you." Paul assured him as they lift up and move him away.

"They're coming!" Alice shouted and we all gathered together. I notice a smaller girl, probably no older than the age of 15 scared in the back behind us.

The four Volturi members appeared before us, revealing themselves to be Jane, Alec, Demetri, and Felix.

"Impressive. I've never seen a coven escape an assault of this magnitude intact." Jane said with little emotion.

"We were lucky." Carlisle replied the same way.

"I doubt that."

"It appears we missed an entertaining fight." Alec, Jane's brother said with a slight smirk.

"Yes. It's not often were rendered unnecessary." Jane replied.

"If you'd arrived a half hour ago, you would have fulfilled your purpose." Edward said bitterly.

"Pity." Jane told him sarcastically. "You missed one." Jane noticed with a smile upon her face at the same girl in the back of our clan. Jasper walked over and stood next to her in a protective but non-threatening way.

"We offered her asylum in exchange for her surrender." Carlisle told Jane.

"That wasn't yours to offer." The poor girl looked utterly frightened as Jane stared at her. "Why did you come?" She demanded. Before giving her the chance to answer Jane began using her gifts making the child scream in pain. I grimaced and clutched to Emmett's shirt even more. "Who created you?" She demanded again making the girl scream even harder.

"You don't need to do that. She'll tell you anything you want to know." Esme pleaded softly for the sake of the girl.

"I know." Jane said as she stopped using her gift and allowed the girl to breathe once again.

"I don't know." She groaned. "Riley wouldn't tell us. He said our thoughts weren't safe."

"Her name was Victoria." Emmett told the Volturi members.

"Perhaps you knew her." Edward spat.

"Edward, if the Volturi had knowledge of Victoria, they would have stopped her. Isn't that right Jane?" Carlisle said.

"Of course." Jane replied plainly. "Felix." She called the tallest one of the four in order to get him to take care of the girl.

"She didn't know what she was doing. We'll take responsibility for her." Esme responded panicked.

"Give her a chance." Carlisle tried to bargain with them softly.

"The Volturi don't give second chances. Keep that in mind." Jane turned her glare towards Emmett and I, and Bella and Edward. "Caius will be interested to know that they're still human."

"The date is set." Bella and I told her.

"Take care of that, Felix. I'd like to go home."

Felix walked forward and though all of us wanted to stand against the order none of us did. We parted away to make room for him to walk through us all to the young girl. She began to breathe heavily and screamed when he reached her. He tore her arms off and then her head. I buried my face into Emmett's chest in order to shield my eyes from the devastating view.

The Volturi left and went on their way back to Italy. Carlisle hurried off to the reservation to Jacob's house to help him. Emmett let me borrow the Jeep after we had arrived back at the Cullen's home. I drove as fast as I could to the reservation.

As I pulled in the site I had seen was every pack member standing outside waiting including Billy and Sue Clearwater. I jumped out of the car and ran up to Billy.

"Hey." I said worriedly and as soon as I did there was a terrifying scream from inside the house. Jacob's voice pierced through me like a million swords.

"It's been going on for a while." Quil said quietly.

"Doc's rebreaking his bones." Embry said with a scrunched face at the sound of his best friend's screams.

"Why did he have to butt in? I could have taken that tick." Leah started up again and I glared at her.

"Oh, give it a rest, Leah." Paul snapped at her.

Just then Carlisle exited the Black household.

"The worst is over. He'll be alright. I gave him some morphine, but his body temperature will burn it off soon. I'll come back to set up a drip." He told the group, but as he looked at Billy. To my surprise Billy spoke and thanked him. Carlisle smiled back at him, and then turned to see me. "He's asking for you." He gestured his head with a smile. I quickly walked into the house easily finding my way to the familar bedroom.

"Hey, Jake." I said and it came out as a whisper. I entered into his doorway to see him laying on his bed, arm wrapped up with bandages all around his torso. His face was completely covered in sweat, as his body was working overtime to heal him.

"Hey." He breathed out a rather ragged breath. I knelt down next to his bed and brushed my hand gently against his cheek and moving aside some of his hair that was stuck to his face. "I was worried about you." He whispered.

"You were worried about me?" I asked him curiously seeing as he was the one in the bed.

"Yeah. I guessed Emmett would have seen what happened." He stated referring to our kiss.

"No he didn't." I said softly. "But, Edward said your thought's were pretty loud. So he did tell Emmett."

"Was he hard on you?" He asked pained.

"He wasn't even mad at me... Or you."

"Well damn..." Jacob breathed. "He's better than I thought."

"It's not a game..." I shook my head slightly.

"Right... (Y/N), He's not as perfect as you think."

"I know he's not perfect. I know who he is. But can we just not talk about that right now?"

"I'd rather get all the rebreaking done at once." He paused for just a moment. "Well, at least I know I did everything I could." A smirked came across his pained face. "It wasn't easy making you admit your feelings for me."

"I fought them because I knew they wouldn't change anything." I whispered.

"I'm exactly right for you, (Y/n). It would be as easy as breathing, with me." He said cringing slightly.

"You know I love you." I said softly with a sad expression.

"You know how much I wish it was enough."

I stood up from the floor and looked down at him sadly.

"Do you, uhm, want me to come back?"

"I need some time. But I'll always be waiting." He told me softly making me scoff slightly.

"Yeah, until my heart stops beating." I whispered as I headed for the door.

"Maybe even then." He said truthfully.

I looked back at him sadly before turning again and walking away.

The next day after spending the night at Emmett's we decided to take a trip to our spot at the waterfall. It was as beautiful as always and yet some how even more peaceful. With the threat to our family's finally gone it was almost like everything was right in the world again.

"So, we need to pick a wedding date." I pointed out to him and we sat together against the edge of the water. "My sister wants to know so she can plan her change. She wanted to make sure that she's around for our big wedding since they aren't in a rush to get married. The only rush other than that, is to change her, but that's of course mostly, Bella." I chuckled.

"Well, what were your thoughts?" Emmett stroked my cheek.

"I was talking to her about it and she want's to be changed before she's another year older." I rolled my eyes. "So, I thought maybe we could get married before my birthday." I paced around, away from him.

"How about the last day in July. July 31st? I like the idea of a final day wedding. So it's like the start of a new page type of thing if that makes sense. Plus, I know how much that day means to you." He laughed at me and I shoved him playfully.

"I like your idea. It makes perfect sense and fits the occasion. Its the start of another chapter in our lives." I smiled.

"So, July 31st, it is then." He ran and grabbed me, kissing me and making me laugh. "I love you, (Y/n) Swan soon to be (Y/n) Cullen."

"I love you too, Emmett Cullen."

"So are we really letting Alice plan the whole thing?" He chuckled as he set me down. "The dress, the reception, the guest list?"

"Well, I mean you know how much she loves party planning. And since Bella and Edward aren't planning a big wedding I thought it was only fair to give her free range with our's." I laughed. "She was pretty devastated you know that she couldn't convince them otherwise. Because, it was Bella's conditioned for marriage. Part of their deal."

"If you're sure. I just want you, to make you happy for once, instead of always putting other's needs above your own." He softly stroked my cheek.

"Believe me, if I'm unhappy you'll know it." We both chuckled. "But this is what I want. I get to marry the man of my dreams. I get to finally start being the someone I know I was meant to be. Mrs. (Y/n) Cullen, vampire, and wife to Emmett Cullen. I've always been out of step in life. Different. I've never felt normal and that's because I'm not normal. You've shown me that there is actually a place I belong in this strange and crazy world. That's by your side for Eternity and that's exactly where I'd like to begin."

"So, starting with our wedding?" Emmett smiled from ear to ear.

"Actually." I laughed. "There is one very dangerous task left to do, first."

"And what would that be?" He raised a brow in curiosity.

"We have to tell my Dad."

"You're right. That is highly dangerous." Emmett laughed.

"Well it's certainly a good thing, your bullet proof." I patted his chest.