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Say It Softly	By : Bluemoney1928 Category: Twilight Series > AU/AR > Het > Het Views: 1476 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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I stood for what seemed like an eternity, my eyes fixed on the clearing they were just standing in. How is this happening? It was all I could think. My mind was bent on that one question. I felt like Edward and I would always be running. Ever since I had been with Edward, when things happened like this he was always by my side, but this time he had turned against me. So quickly. Then suddenly, I had never felt more alone.
Finally my legs could move again and I dashed immediately towards the house. I had to find Carlisle and Esme. I didn’t know what I expected them to do exactly I just didn’t know what else to do. I ran through the front door barreling straight into Esme’s arms.
“Sweetheart!” She sounded alarmed. Carlisle reached out and laid his hand on my shoulder.
“Bella, what’s wrong?” I backed away looking at both of them. I felt like I couldn’t trust anyone anymore. I judged the genuine alarm on their faces and realized they really were concerned.
“Edward, he went away.” What kind of explanation was that? I thought.
“What do you mean, Bella?” Carlisle stepped closer to me.
“Everything was fine, we were all having fun. Then Shiloh started babbling on about his respect for the Volturi. He said it was an honor to be asked to join them. Edward agreed.” I shook my head still trying to let that truth sink in. Esme gasped and Carlisle’s eyes widened in surprise. Finally somebody who understood the madness.
“Well, where did he go?” Esme asked.
“I don’t know. We got into a fight. Edward was so angry. He left and when I went to find him he was standing in the woods with Claira and.” I felt like my voice was lost.
“And what, Bella?” Carlisle pressed.
“He kissed her. They saw me there and they just disappeared.” Esme placed her hand on her chest in disbelief. Carlisle continued to stare at me like he was waiting for me to continue. He finally shook his head like he was coming out of a trance.
“Impossible.” He whispered. “How did Alice not see this coming?” He murmured.
“Well everything was fine, they were all having a good time, there wasn’t anything to look for.” Esme replied. Carlisle nodded as he pondered the explanation.
“There has to be something wrong here.” Carlisle seemed more troubled and deep in concentration. I was hoping he was right but wondering if he was just trying to find an excuse because he didn’t want to believe it anymore than I did. He walked across the room and picked up the sleek, black cell phone lying on the table.
“I guess I should try to call Alice, see if she can see something.” Carlisle flipped open the phone when suddenly there was a pound at the door. He nearly dropped the phone but instead set it down. “Let me get it.” He said. He walked by us with his hand out in a protective manner. He opened the door to find Jacob standing there. His black hair was wet and clung to his face, apparently it had begun to rain. His eyes were red and swollen and I realized suddenly that he had been crying.
“Renesmee! Where is she!?” The command for an answer flew out of my mouth before I realized it. Jake came barging into the door and walked straight to me.
“I was hoping you knew. I don’t know what happened.” His voice was angry but broke with oncoming tears.
“What do you mean!?” I shrieked.
“I was about to put her to bed when Shiloh and Claira showed up. They demanded Renesmee. I just handed her over. I don’t know why! I don’t trust any bloodsucker except you guys. You know I wouldn’t have I just don’t understand!” His face grimaced fighting off tears. I was horrified but I was overwhelmed by his devastation. I put my hand on his arm.
“I know you wouldn’t have Jacob. I know you didn’t mean it.”
“This makes everything else make more and less sense.” Carlisle frowned.
“What do you mean?” Jake asked. I explained Edwards sudden change in behavior and the kiss and how they disappeared. We all stood in silence. We were all deep in thought. We didn’t know what to do next except stand and think.
“It’s one of them.” Jake said suddenly. “Claira or Shiloh…one of them can..” He seemed to drift off.
“What?” I asked
“One of them can ..I don’t know…control your mind, your thoughts.” He looked at all of us waiting for a response. We all considered this idea and realized it made more sense than anything else.
“Oh my, Jake I believe your right. It makes perfect sense.” Carlisle nodded.
“But why? Why would they do this, whatever it is their doing exactly. Especially Claira.” Esme shook her head.
“We have to find Ness.” Jake whispered, tears whaling up again.
Carlisle’s cell phone rang and he jerked it up and answered it.
“Alice! What’s going on?” Suddenly I felt like there was hope. Maybe even if it was the smallest bit. He quickly touched the speaker phone button and laid the phone on the dining room table as we all gathered around.
“I don’t exactly know Carlisle. We left for a trip with no plans on where we were going and then all started becoming confused. Then I saw something.”
“What? What did you see Alice.” I asked desperate for an answer.
“I saw Edward kiss Claira and then I saw her, Edward and Shiloh in the field. They have Renesmee.”
Carlisle glanced back at all of us. “Did you see anything else Alice?”
“Can you take me off speakerphone.” Alice requested. Carlisle reached for the phone.
“No! Alice just tell us. Tell us all.” I demanded. She sighed.

“The Volturi is back again. I saw Edward meet them there and he joins them. Him and Ness both.”
I felt like I had been crushed by a boulder. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t speak. Esme and Carlisle seemed to mirror each other by clasping their hands over their mouths in shock.
“No!” Jake roared.
“Go to the field, we’ll meet you there!” Alice replied hurriedly and then the line went quiet. We all stood in silence for a minute just staring at the phone.
“Let’s go!” Jacob said.
“Wait.” Carlisle demanded. “I know we need to leave as soon as possible but we have to consider that the four of us are marching to the front line of the Volturi. We can’t trust them, we all know that. Not even Edward.” Carlisle added quietly. My heart broke at that realization. My Edward. My heart. I still couldn’t believe any of it was happening. “We need a little bit of a structure to this.” Jake sighed. We were ready to get there but Carlisle was right.
“Okay, the rest of them are meeting us there. So we’ll have Emmett, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper. I’ll take off now and get as many of the pack together that I can.” Jake was on top of this so I hated to break his plan.
“No, we can’t do that.” They all looked at me with surprise. “Hear me out, we don’t have enough to be able to survive if this goes wrong. We obviously don’t have the time to get everyone together again. They want our family, nobody else. If we can’t settle it with just our group tonight, then there’s no hope.” I could speak the truth so easily because I was still denying that it was all real. “And bringing the pack into it, it’s just going to make matters worse. The way I see it, is that our best bet lies with just the eight of us or our whole army we built for the last battle. But like I said we don’t have time for that. So we go, just us.”
Jake shook his head in frustration. “She’s right.” Carlisle agreed nodding slowly.
“Fine, let’s go.” Jake sighed.

I felt a sudden rush of true fear as we arrived at the field where we last met the Volturi. Would this go on forever? Right as we broke over the top of the hill onto the field Alice, Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper ran to meet us.
“Their over there.” Alice pointed at the shadows in the far distance. “We haven’t gone over there yet.” We all walked a little bit closer to where we could start making out faces in the group. I could see Aro, Caius and Marcus were at the front with there backs turned to us. The rest of the usual group lingered not far behind. They seemed to be in a deep conversation. I could see Claira just standing there looking off into the woods. Shiloh was by her side. I didn’t see Edward.
“How did all of this happen?” Jasper asked looking out at them in the distance.
“We think it’s Claira or Shiloh, who has the power to control your thoughts, or at least that’s the theory.” Carlisle offered. Everyone nodded.
“How did Edward not hear this on her mind?” Rosalie asked.
“He didn’t seem to be able to hear her thoughts” I said. “Whether it was clouded or completely silent I don’t know.” We stood for a while, confused. Thinking things through. That’s when it hit me. A vague memory of something Claira had said to me before, as if she had already given me the truth.
“I guess I can be a little persuasive” I remembered her saying that when we were at the res the first time with Jake.
“It is Claira who changes minds.” Everyone looked at me. “She said she could be a little persuasive. Don’t you remember Jake?” His eyes lit up.
“Yeah I do, and when you told her that you could shield and that nobody could affect you with mental powers she seemed…strange about that. I noticed it but I didn’t think much of it at the time.” We all looked around at each other more alert now than ever. It started to make a little sense. “She also said she could mute her thoughts. But somehow I think maybe it’s a little different than that.”
“How so, Jake?” Jasper asked. Jake thought for a moment. “Bella, did you ever notice that every time Claira was around Edward, Shiloh was not far behind?” I thought about this and was shocked. It was true. He was always with her. Even when they had their talk he sat right there watching them intently.
“Shiloh is the one who blocks her thoughts from being outloud.” I exclaimed. It was so clear. “But why are they doing this. That’s the biggest thing. I just can’t figure it out.” We all noticed at the same time that something seemed to shift. We looked out into the field and noticed they were forming up as if they knew we were out there and were waiting for us to approach.
“Well, I guess it’s time to find out.” Carlisle sighed.
We made our way slowly across the field. We got closer and they became fully aware of our approach. Carlisle raised his hands in peace. Silence took over. Aro and the rest stared daggers at us. Claira and Shiloh stood with their eyes to the ground. Then all the sudden Edward came pushing through the crowd holding Renesmee’s hand.
“Ness! Come here” Jake demanded as soon as he saw her. She shook her head and grasped onto Edwards leg.
“Don’t speak to her!” Edward hissed.
“Edward!” I whimpered uncontrollably. “What are you doing?” He said nothing. He only stared at me. His face almost seemed hateful but with the slightest bit of confusion. Then Aro let out a thin dry laugh. To my horror, Edward then slowly grinned, his face turning a twisted evil.
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