A group had gathered in a small clearing visible from the house in order to train Isabella's abilities. Andy watched with anticipation as Bella began to get a grasp on how to control her shield. She stood shoulder to shoulder with Diego with a contemplative smirk on her lips.

She could feel the air shift and change slightly. It reminded her of the comforting embrace she felt every time she crossed Aegeus' shield into her home.

"I think she needs something to motivate her." Kate commented and Andy nodded in agreement.

"Edward," she offered up the girl's mate knowing that it would push her to succeed. Anger was one of the best ways to bring out somebody's power. Pain was another, it pushes out the instinctive desire to survive but she didn't want to break the young vampire.

"No," the newborn protests as he stepped forward.

"It's alright I can take it."

"He says that now." The patriot drawls causing Emmett to smirk.

"Focus Bella, or he's going to be hurting." His voice and tone was teasing but they could all tell he was being completely serious.

"Edward I'm not ready to do this yet!" Kate's hand made contact with his skin and sent electric shocks through his nerve endings making him crumble to his knees as he hissed in pain. "I'm sorry I said I wasn't ready." Bella protested causing Andy to release a small chuckle.

"Dude you're not motivating her."

"You want to try?!" Edward snapped at his brother who held his hands up defensively.

She tries again but Andy could tell she was losing focus. "Kate," Bella growled as her mate is electrocuted again.

"You seem to lack incentive, should I go and see if Renesme is awake?" Kate taunted.

"Are you crazy?!" The young mother was set to tare the blonde's head off.

"Alright, this one's on full power." She grinned raising her hand. Edward gave Bella a pleading look as he offered his own hand.

She could feel it, she could feel the waves of power radiating from the young newborn and shifted her position curiously. She didn't want to be inside her shield, she needed to be out of range of it so that her mate could feel her mind.

She watched with slight awe as the waves shocked through his arm but met some resistance.

"It's painful, but it's bearable." Edward commented as the others looked to his arm in awe.

"Okay we should go again."

"Emmett." Edward offered and the larger vampire refused.

"I'm good."

"I'll go." Diego said stepping forward.

"Nope." Andy said taking his arm and pulled him towards the house. "You'll only absorb it, which isn't really that motivational for Bella. Come on, I want you to meet someone."

"Fine," the vampire grumbled. He was looking forward to the feeling of Kate's power running through his veins again. It was like a drug, so intoxicating that he craved it deeply.

Andy knew how addicting it could be. From the way Tydeus described it the energy he felt from the flames was akin to drinking blood. She looped her arm through Diego's and listened closely for the location of the vampire's she was looking for. It wasn't that hard, they still hadn't moved

"Benji," she sang happily skipping into the Cullen's living room where the Egyptians had gathered.

She spotted Bree trying to coax Fred out of his corner as she entered.

"Yes little Andy?"

"I require your unique abilities." She said pulling Diego over to where he was seated with his mate. Bree spotted the pair and slid into her mate's side with a smile to the other vampires.

"Whatever for?" He furrowed his brows in confusion.

"Have you met my coven?" She asked.

"Not officially." Benjamin replied moving to his feet as he held out a pasty dark hand to the vampire on her right. "I'm Benjamin, this is my mate Tia."

"Diego, my mate Bree. That's Fred in the corner." They exchange pleasantries.

"You're the last person that I thought would ever create more of our kind and form a coven."

"I didn't sire them Amun," she replied turning her red eyes to his, "They were a part of the newborn army created to kill Bella. The Volturi sentenced them to death, I made a different call."

"And your mate, what's his opinion of this? You do realise you're on different sides." The older vampire raised a brow.

"He hates it, but he'll deal with it. There is more than one enemy out there, you know this. You also know the real reason Aro is coming is because he's scared. If he can get enough talented vampires on his side before they attack he might stand a better chance against them."

"They've grown?"

"I'll estimate their numbers to be in the late fifties, both experienced and newborn. They've been collecting nomads." She told him indicating to her coven mates. "Children this is Amun and his mate Kebi."

"Pleasure." Kebi greets kindly turning her attention back to Andy. "What do you want Benjamin for?"

"Oh yes, Benji can influence the elements," she turned her head slightly to Diego who was taking in the new information with a wide grin, "he is the best person to help with the development of Diego's gifts."

"What can you do?"

"According to the Eleazar guy I absorb and manipulate fire and electricity." Diego stated proudly.

"You cannot create it though?" Benjamin enquired.

"I've never tried."

"Shall we find somewhere larger to practise?" Benjamin asked Diego who nodded following the Egyptian's lead out of the home with their mates.

Andy turned from the occupants in the room to look out over the forest through large glass windows. Her fingers were itching to grab the cellular device in her pocket and dial a familiar number but couldn't bring herself to do so. She could see flames building in the forest where she assumed Diego and Benjamin had begun to train.

"How is he?" Kebi asked coming to her side inquiring about her son.

"Angry," she said softly, "he's stressed, and annoyed, he feels like there is nothing he can do. He wants to protect me from them but he can't leave his coven. They need him to protect Dora, I won't let him leave them."

"What are you going to do when you face him?" Andy's face falls slightly as she spoke.

"We'll have to see won't we," she replied with a slight grimace, "we're a thousand years old, we can exercise restraint."

"But will you? If it comes to a fight you will both have to choose a side." Fred said joining the conversation.

"I don't know Freddie, I actively break the rules anyway, what's one more?" She replied remembering how Aegeus forbid them from picking fights with the Volturi.

"No matter you choice just know that we are loyal to you. Diego, Bree, Myself, your our family and if you chose to walk away or change sides we will follow."

"Thank you for that." She gave him a genuine smile, "I'll do whatever it takes to keep you all alive, I'm not willing to lose more family."

*****

Jacob Black didn't like vampires, but he would tolerate them for the sake of his imprint. He chucked a pile of wood on the ground and Benjamin used his gift to get the fire burning bright.

"That's what I'm talking about. A little pre-battle bonfire. Telling war stories." Jacob grinned while rubbing his hands together only to have his lips drop slightly at the sight before him. "Or just standing there like fricking statues."

The tall vampire –Garrett– sped to the log taking a seat grinning as he spoke. "Name any American battle. I was there."

"The little big horn."

"I came this close to biting Custer," he indicated with his fingers, "but the Indian's got him first."

Kate sped into his lap with her own knowing smile, "Try Oleg's assault on Constantinople. He didn't win that one on his own."

"If we're talking battles, we're talking eleven year's war. No one does a rebellion like the Irish." Liam spoke, he was the mate to the leader of the Irish coven. Andy didn't really get the chance to talk to them but they didn't seem that bad. She was intrigued by Siobhan and her ability. Siobhan herself didn't believe she had an ability but after a lengthy conversation with Eleazar, Andy came to a different conclusion. The vampire had an ability but was reluctant to try and use it. She could influence the outcome of a situation projecting her thoughts into real life, but it would take vast amounts of concentration and had no control of the events leading up to that outcome or what could happen afterwards.

"You lost the eleven years war." Garrett pointed out.

"Aye, but it was one hell of a rebellion." They share a grin that made the others chuckle.

"When we ruled everything came to us. Prey, diplomats, favour seekers. Such was our power. But we never put on pointy hats and called ourselves saints." Vladimir began to speak bringing down the mood.

"We were honest about what we were." Stefan provides and Andy huffed.

"We sat still, for a very long time. We didn't notice we were beginning to petrify." She couldn't help but roll her eyes at their idiocy. If they remained vigilant, they would still be the ruling coven.

"Perhaps the Volturi did us a favour when they burned our castles."

"We've been waiting fifteen hundred years, to return that favour."

"And you will continue to wait Vladimir." Andy spoke up from her spot in the centre of her coven. "You neglected your duties as leaders of our world, no matter how much you hate them, you cannot deny, that what they're doing does benefit our entire species."

"What about you, got any war stories?" The shape-shifter asked.

"Many." She informed. "I've been on this earth for a millennia, besides my newborn coven mates the Cullen children are among the youngest vampires here. Which war would you like to hear about?"

He paused trying to remember the things that had happened from his school history lessons but nothing seemed to come to mind.

"The Last Great Werewolf War." Her crimson gaze spun from the young man to the bronze haired vampire that spoke. Edward had joined the bonfire burning with curiosity as he had heard her speak. At the mere mention of war all she thought about were the wolves and how much she despised them. He knew some of the story, but it was muddled through centuries of Chinese whispers. She was there and directly involved. She was one of two survivors of the war.

"Very well," came her reply that shocked everyone present. She stared into the flames, watching the fire lick around the edges of the wood. "As many of you are aware the origins of our kind are not known, but we all have our own myths and legends." She lifted her coven crest into view, "they say that Hecate cursed us, or blessed us, however you like to see it. Some of the oldest vampires still alive today are from my homeland, this includes the Volturi." She played with the crest as she spoke. "Aro, Marcus, Aegeus and Mathias were sired by the same vampire. They and a few others were the youngest to join the first coven."

"The Greek Coven." Edward spoke and she nodded.

"I remember that," Vladimir spoke. "Acrisius was the oldest known vampire at the time, he and his mate had informed us that their numbers had grown."

"Well you were in power at the time." She replied. "The laws that the Volturi respect and follow came from the Greek coven. Back then creatures like us would've been revered and treated like gods. But then the humans got smart. The coven wanted to ensure the safety of our kind creating a hidden society because humans cannot be trusted. After the passing of their sire the coven split into three. Aro and Marcus left with their wives. Aro was ambitious, he wanted his own power and territory, and so the Volturi was born. Aegeus remained to lead the Greek Coven, and Mathias, he apparently became a nomad, but that wasn't true. He was naïve to think his own creations wouldn't turn against him." She shook her head sighing. "Battles for power were raged," she looked to the Romanians, "while an enemy grew in the shadows threatening everything."

"They almost killed us all." Stefan informed the others.

"They were ruthless, and cunning." Amun added. "Even the Volturi suffered at their hands."

"But only one Coven fought back." Vladimir spoke.

"It was our duty." Andy informed all of them.

"Who were they?" Edward asked trying to read her thoughts only to be met with jumbles of Ancient Greek.

"They called themselves the Order of the Rose. However those old enough would know them simply as 'The Cult'."

A/N: Thanks for the great response to this story, I'm glad everyone's liking it I never thought so many people would :) Heads up that the next chapter is entirely a flashback and then the the Volturi and Demetri come in the one after that :D Cheers to everyone that voted/commented and just looked at this story :D :D :D