Flashback about 1020 AD Crete, Greece: 

 Andromeda sat with her feet in the sand of a private beach as the evening sunlight refracted off her skin causing it to sparkle like diamonds. They told her this was where they found her, left to die on the sand in a pool of her own blood. She wondered what kind of person she had been in her previous life that no one would come looking for her. Did she have an occupation? A suitor? A family?  If no one cared for her then, what kind of monster was she now? Maybe it was for the best. This was her second chance and she was going to make the most of the new family she had gained.

Demetri stood on the shore of stones silently watching the gathering of newborns. His posture was stiff as he assessed the skill set of each and weighed it against that of the Cullen's. Maybe he was over reacting a little, the Cullen's had gifts they could utilize to their advantage. The Volturi would not react well if he were to join the fight, so he had to make do with this. The truth was he was scared. He would never admit it out loud but he didn't want Andromeda fighting this battle. 

It wasn't her war anymore. 

She was more than capable of taking care of herself, and he knew and accepted that. But his instincts were screaming at him. If she got hurt he would never forgive himself because no matter how much she might hate it, it was his duty to stand between her and anyone that dared attack. No one was allowed to hunt her like prey... except for him.

One of the vampires split off from the coven unnoticed. He was tall, lanky, blonde, and everything about him repulsed Demetri for some reason. He heard one of the newborns trying to get the others wound up for the fight. Turning back to the army, the loner already forgotten, he looked on as they entered the water towards their destination.

She glanced around at the coven, her loose dark curls hanging past her shoulders. Fred was gone, there was no longer a shield between her and the others as they gathered at the docks. Her mind only focused on one thing. She needed to find him. She needed to find Diego. Riley told her he was with Her scouting ahead so she gathered with the others as they listened to him talk. 

Fred's gift was powerful,  she understood that better now because Riley hadn't even asked about him. All he spoke about was how Diego was going to get a jump on the celebration with Her, and that they'd all meet there. 

Something about Riley always had Bree on edge. Not only was he their leader but every time he spoke he got a dangerous gleam in his eyes like he wouldn't hesitate to kill those who went against him. She'd seen that side of him and it scared her. 

She remembered the first time she had gazed upon him. She thought him handsome. Tall with dark blonde hair and features that a male model would die for. He was wearing sunglasses as he approached her and offered the one thing she wanted; food.

She had been starving on the streets for weeks and this beautiful stranger offered her food. She didn't question her instincts that told her to run, he didn't look that bad even with the sunglasses hiding his eyes from view. 

Riley was beautiful on the outside, like all vampires, she could admit that. But on the inside he was a monster from nightmares. He stalked before the her coven mates holding a red blouse, "Take a whiff everybody, let's get focused." 

Bree didn't understand what his infatuation was with the girl, how could they focus when all she could think about was the scent. She couldn't even stop the venom from salivating behind her pale bow shaped lips. 

She was vaguely aware as they entered and exited the water her thoughts warring. 'Diego, Diego, Diego.' They chanted as she searched for his scent only finding that mouth watering human one. She couldn't resist it, it didn't matter how much she had fed the night before, she was so thirsty, so thirsty it burned. It was so sweet, so fresh and so strong that she struggled to keep a clear head.

One of the other newborns released a wild growl igniting the spark that set off an explosion beginning the attack.

The Cullen's stood in a formation with Jasper and Andromeda at the front ready for the attack. Simultaneous smirks crossed their lips as they let their inner beasts out to play. 

Red and yellow eyes locked as a deep snarl released from  one of the newborns throats indicating the start of the battle as they broke through the tree line.

The Major was the first to attack his closed fist colliding with one of their heads shattering the connection to the rest of it's body. This was followed shortly by Andromeda vanishing, only to reappear behind an unsuspecting vampire and she easily removed it's arms tugging straight down before delivering a violent kick. 

Andy seemed to glide over the moist grass her speed unmatched as a newborn tried to catch her. She smirked as she ran towards a tall tree. Her legs propelled her forward as she reached out with a hand, her nails sinking into the bark as she used her momentum to spin around the other side her feet kicking forward into the chest of the newborn. The pair clashed like thunder and Andy reached down removing the arms then head. The tree creaked and fell to the ground with a thud that was unheard due to the raging attack. She felt bad, not for the vampire at her feet, nope, she felt bad for the tree. She liked trees, because she liked climbing. Andy liked to be up high where she could see everything without interference or distraction.

She ducked an incoming attack just as the dogs decided to show up. No matter how much she hated their kind, she had to admit they had their uses. 

She never bothered to learn their names. It didn't matter to her. All that mattered was the hunt, and even though Bella's scent was intoxicating as it hung heavily in the air, that wasn't what she was hunting. She was searched the air for the sickly sweet scents of vampires and let loose.

Rosalie hated having to take lives, but Andy, she was built for this. She tried not to allow herself to get too distracted by the viscous and lithe female form that pounced on the newborn vampires with ease. She couldn't help but wonder what happened to make the thousand year old vampire the way she is now. 

One moment she could be playful and all smiles, then, and like the flick of a switch, she would become the most dangerous predator on earth. Rose looked up to the other blonde vampire. She seemed fierce and protective of those she held dear and Rose was thankful to be on that list. 

She ducked grabbing the pale fist that was headed for her and threw the newborn like a rag-doll into the air. Shock crossed her face as a blur headed for it and the newborn fell to the ground in pieces. Her eyes followed a small path of destruction and spotted Andy crouched on top of another newborn ginning at her. She winked playfully at Rose before disappearing in to the fray.

Bree searched the battle in fear as she cowered in the scrubs near by. She knew Riley lied, she knew deep down he had lied. Diego wasn't here. 

She recalled his words, his threat for when any of them misbehaved, and realized in that moment he had described Diego's death. 'I'll take you to Her and hold you as she tears of your legs, and slowly removes each an every appendage from your body and your screams will be the last thing you hear.'

Pain coursed though her veins as she took a couple of steps forward only to be cornered by two of the yellow eyes. 

"Please." She pleaded wanting them to finish her off quickly. When she realized they weren't going to kill her she spoke again. "Please, I don't want to fight."

"Neither do I child. We are only defending ourselves." The male one spoke. He looked too kind to be a vampire, or the monster Riley made them out to be. 

"We didn't know, Riley lied." She said ashamed of her actions and the actions of her coven mates though still terrified. "We didn't know."

"She's so frightened Carlisle, couldn't we..." the woman with brown braided hair spoke up from next to him and they shared a look Bree didn't like. She didn't think she was deserving of their pity. "We have no wish to harm you, we didn't want to fight any of you." The woman explained and her voice seemed to have a calming effect on the newborn. She felt as though she could trust these two yellow eyed vampires.

"I'm sorry," Bree managed to get out a sincere apology.

"Child, will you surrender to us?" Carlisle asked her and she nodded. At this point she would agree to anything the kind man said. 

She glanced around and realized the battle was done, and the field was quiet save for the cackling of flames that consumed vampire flesh.

Carlisle walked away from her and headed to another vampire that just screamed danger. She tried to hold her ground as she stood next to the nice female. The blonde males seemed to be arguing about what was to become of her. She turned her head her enhanced hearing picking up the conversation.

"It's too dangerous." The one with long hair spoke in protest.

"Jasper we cannot kill this child." 

"I don't like this." Jasper replied slowly as he thought on it. "At least let me take charge of her, you two don't know how to deal with someone who has been running wild for so long."

Bree felt as though this vampire would end her life given the chance, she wanted to stay with the nice ones but she knew they wouldn't let her. She sighed to herself feeling broken as she agreed to follow the scary one's orders. 

"How long?" Edward asked approaching with his human as the Cullen's stood around a pile of burning corpses. 

"A few minutes, maybe ten." Alice informed.

"The pack needs to leave, the Volturi won't honor our truce with the werewolves." Carlisle pointed out and Andy nodded appearing at his side.

"Leah don't!" Edward shouted as the female wolf lunged for a lone newborn idiotically. The rusty brown wolf tacked it off her form rolling as he tried to sink his jaws into the vampire. He couldn't reach as the newborn managed to get his arms around the wolf. The sound of crushing bones filled the air as Bella screamed out in shock. 

Andy took a step forward ready to depose of the newborn only for the pack to get their first, tearing it to pieces. She hung back with the other Cullen's as Edward and Carlisle appeared at the naked wolf's side. 

"Jacob, hold on Carlisle's going to take care of you."

"The bones on the right half of his body are shattered," Carlisle informed, "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 going to want to fight with the Volturi." Edward spoke repeating Andy's thoughts as she nodded at him from Esme's side. She watched as the wolf was led away then turned her attention to more important things.

"What's this?" Andromeda asked wiping the venom off her hands onto her jean pants as she approached Jasper. 

"She surrendered." He spoke but it was clear he wasn't happy with his foster parents and what they wanted to do. They desperately wanted to help her, he could feel their compassion for the child, but he could also feel her anguish. Like someone had taken a hot knife to her heart. She had given up, not surrendered. 

"Interesting." Andy replied circling the newborn that hugged herself.

Bree was afraid of her, it was a whole new level of fear when she looked at the red eyed vampire. She was different from the others and it was obvious that this vampire wouldn't hesitate to kill, but her instincts failed her as she smelt the lingering scent of something she never thought she would smell again. It was sweet and held a familiar spicy tang. The little brunette didn't think twice as she lashed out at the other female with a dangerous growl. "Where is he?!"

Andy let the shock pass as the newborn attacked and she shouted at Jasper to stand down. Wresting for control she managed to wrap a hand around the girls neck and raise her from the ground. In a cold and menacing voice she spoke, "calm down before I tear you limb from limb." The girls scent was oozing fear as she stopped struggling her legs dangling in defeat. 

Slowly Andy lowered her to the ground and released her grip on the newborn's neck. "You've got guts kid, I'll give you that." She commented, as the Cullen's watched on in silence. "Now, why are you attempting to kill me?"

"I- I can smell him on you." She said timidly her eyes darting around in fear looking for an exit in case the older vampire tried to attack again.

"Who?"

"Diego."

"Then he's probably dead in one of those piles" She stated without remorse pointing to the burning corpses and Bree glared at her. 

"He's not here I checked." Came her reply and Andy raised a perfectly arched brow. The only other newborn she'd come in contact with was the one she found in pieces. 

"They're here." Alice announced to the group. 

"Do not move, do not make a sound." Andromeda commanded the newborn teleporting to the front of the group.