Twilight: A New Story

Chapter 12

The next day we all stood in our small groups, waiting.

I stood next to Jensen a bit away from where Edward, Bella and Renesmee were.

Suddenly, I caught a vision. I gasped quietly and Edward whipped around staring at me. It showed me the only way to prevent conflict with the way the Volturi's minds were set now was for me to give myself up and be killed.

Edward's eyes widened and he shook his head.

'No.' he said defiantly.

'Edward, it's the only way. I have to.' I said and everyone was staring at us, confused.

Suddenly, I was hit with another vision.

I walked towards Aro who was grinning maliciously at me. Suddenly, an unbelievable pain hit me and I fell to one knee, a terrible scream escaping my lips.

'Jane,' Aro said.

The pain disappeared as quickly as it had appeared and I made my way to Aro.

'Don't harm the others. They didn't try to hide me from you or protect me,' I said, 'I was the only one trying to hide.'

Aro only smiled while Caius and Marcus looked down at me.

Two pairs of strong arms grabbed me and made me face my family and friends. They all wore expressions of shock and pain but Carlisle's was the worst. He looked as though he was dying inside and I saw the weakness in him for the first time ever.

'I'm sorry,' I whispered as Felix walked in front of me.

As he grabbed my head I heard a commotion going on. It seemed as though Emmett and Garrett were trying to hold Carlisle back.

'Carlisle, you'll make it worse,' Garrett whispered.

With that, Felix ripped my head off and I suddenly had a birds-eye view.

'NO!' there were several gasps but Carlisle's yell of anguish mingled in the air.

He was struggling to get away from Emmett and Garrett but they held him fast.

Edward flitted over to Jensen who had collapsed to his knees and put a hand on his shoulder but his face was contorted with fury.

'I think that is us done here,' Aro clapped gleefully and the Volturi flitted away.

Emmett and Garrett let go of Carlisle who flitted over to my decapitated body. He had reattached the limbs of vampires before and he was desperately trying to do the same to my head but it wouldn't work.

Esme put her hand on his shoulder as everyone stared on in shock, not knowing what to do or how to react. Carlisle's knees buckled and he collapsed, sobbing tearlessly.

'I failed her,' he whispered and no one even attempted to console him. They knew there were no words that would make him feel better. A terrible moan escaped his lips, long and harsh, filled with sorrow and guilt. An inhuman sound, a sound filled with so many emotions. The sound of someone broken.

Edward still had his hand on Jensen's shoulder who didn't look sad. He only looked hollow, as though he no longer had a reason to live.

Bella had shielded Renesmee from the incident and Rosalie was now burying her head into Emmett's shoulder who just looked on sadly. He was desperately trying to hold it together but his eyes betrayed him.

They all looked distraught and their normally calm composure was no longer there.

I stared up at Edward who was looking at me in shock. Everyone was growing annoyed at our little mental conversation and they were about to demand answers.