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Elvira swoops down onto the battleground alongside her dragons. She grins and emits a loud battle cry, raising her right hand in the air and clenching it in a fist. A large boulder of earth forms around a dozen newborns, crushing them to death. She jumps off of Vera's back and watches in sick pleasure as her dragons breathe fire and burn multiple newborns to the crisp. She rubs her hands together and flings her hands out beside her. A wave of water rushes towards three newborns and successfully captures them in a whirlpool. She ducks when a male decides to take the chance to bite her. She kicks her leg out, blocking a punch directed towards her midsection. She spins on her heel and grabs another newborn's arm, throwing her over her shoulder and forcing the female's body to fly into the male's. She releases a scream when she gets surprised attacked and two pale arms are tightly wrapped around her stomach. She can feel the bones slowly being crushed and her organs straining to work properly under the pressure. Suddenly, Leah lunges at the newborns and rips their heads off. Elvira and Leah pause to stare at each other before they head towards a group of newborns together.
Vera and Sullivan are having the time of their lives, hoisting newborns in the air and shredding them to pieces. Vera uses one of her powers which is sending out sound waves to control the minds of the people surrounding her. She lays down and watches in amusement as her mind-controlled newborns attack their own. Sullivan swoops down and breathes out a golden-colored liquid which will turn into a solid form when it comes in contact with skin. Three newborns fall victim to that trick as their golden coveted bodies fall helplessly to the ground. Shea and Duncan are cruising in the air, only swooping down to help Rowan take out a few newborns from time to time. Rowan is trying to prove herself worthy to be a part of her mother's clan. The four other dragons have always been better than Rowan in everything from hunting animals to fighting in combat to even gaining Elvira's praise. She recognizes this moment as an opportunity to showcase her talents and show her mother that she can also amount to everything her siblings are. However, Rowan feels a sharp pain in her right-wing and roars at the strange sensation crawling in her veins. She collapses to the ground and merely blinks at the crowd of newborns surrounding her. Shea and Duncan quickly swoop in, taking care of the newborns easily with his poisonous gas. Shea whines, nudging Rowan gently. Duncan stands guard in front of the two females, killing anything that dares move towards the trio. Vera and Sullivan catch the strange commotion, flying towards them. They roar in anger at the sight of their youngest sister injured. Elvira finished off a dozen newborns that were in her assigned area of fighting and glance around to see everyone else was also finishing up. Her periwinkle eyes land on her dragons who seemed vexed about something. She bolts over with a concerned look on her face. Her eyes widen in horror as she notices the four dragons surrounding Rowan's fallen form. She skids to her knees and hugs Rowan's snout.
"Where does it hurt?" Elvira inquires softly. Rowan attempts to flap her right-wing and whimpers from the pain. Elvira releases Rowan's snout, observing the wing to see what was wrong with it. She gasps at the sight of multiple bite marks from the newborns. Tears stream down Elvira's face. "Jasper!" She yells. "Jasper, please! I need you!" The Cullens hear the utter despair in her voice and rush over. "Is there a way we can get the vampire venom out of her?" She sobs, knowing all too well that vampire venom kills all animals including dragons.
"Elvira," Jasper pulls her into a tight hug and strokes her red hair, "we can try sucking the venom out, but it's risky."
"Carlisle, I will forgive you for everything you did if you save Rowan," Elvira comments earning shocked looks from the vampires. Carlisle gently places a hand on her shoulder and smiles.
"I'll do what I can." He says, gesturing for the vampires with the most restraint to begin sucking the venom out of Rowan. The other Cullens begin to create a massive fire to burn the newborns. The wolves drag bodies and throw them into the fire. Edward and Bella race out of the trees, bee-lining for Alice and the rest of the Cullens gathered near the fire. Carlisle, Rosalie, and Esme are still with Rowan.
"How long?" Edward asks.
"A few minutes. Maybe ten." Alice answers, her eyes searching the tree lines for any movement.
"They timed their arrival well." Jasper states.
"Probably hoping the newborns took a few of us out," Emmett growls. Edward's eyes search the area when he hears the thoughts of Elvira. He pauses as he spots her crouching beside Rowan. "Newborns bit her," Emmett replies to the unspoken question in Edward's eyes. "Elvira is taking it pretty hard especially since she may die." Jasper looks away in guilt knowing that the only reason Elvira and her dragons were involved in this fight was because of him. If he hasn't asked her to come, Rowan would still be living and healthy, not on the brink of death. The Cullens wait in silence until the trio of vampires makes their way over.
"The pack needs to leave. The Volturi won't honor a truce with the werewolves." Carlisle states.
"Where's Jacob?" Bella asks.
"There," Edward says just as Jake trots across the field. He pauses when he hears a vicious snarl coming from behind him in the woods, spins to Leah cornering one last male newborn who was hiding. Leah charges.
"Leah, don't!" Edward yells.
The male newborn maneuvers out of her way, spins and grabs her ruff, fiercely yanking her off her paws, but Jake appears and tackles him. They roll into the clearing where Jacob bites a piece of his face off. The male newborn gets his arms around Jacob and crushes his ribs. Jake howls in agony. The other wolves pounce on the male newborn, their teeth forcing him to release Jacob who crumples to the ground. Edward and Carlisle appear at Jacob's side. Jake turns into his human form and withers in the ground in pain.
"Hold on, Carlisle is gonna take care of you." Edward tries to assure the wolf.
"The bones on the right half of his body are shattered," Carlisle observes. Sam, Paul, Jared, Embry, Quil, and Leah, now in human form race up.
"Jacob, you idiot. I had it." Leah screams.
"Leah." Sam snarls. Elvira makes her way over to the commotion after securing Rowan on Vera's and Sullivan's backs who are taking the young dragon back to the Cullen's house.
"I need to set the bones before his accelerated healing kicks in. It's already starting." Carlisle informs everyone.
"We need to get him out of here. We're not gonna win a fight with the Volturi." Edward states.
"We'll take him back to Billy's." Jacob cries out in pain as the pack lifts him.
"Elvira, you should leave too. The Volturi won't take kindly to seeing you and your dragons." Jasper says, glancing at Shea and Duncan who stayed behind to protect Elvira from any further dangers. Elvira bites her lips before slowly nodding in agreement. She hops onto Shea's back and they leave just as Elvira overhears Alice say, "they're here."
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