Victoria is testing the boundaries of the wolves' territory. She's learning how they work, and using what she learns to get to Bella and get out alive. She's also toying with them. Victoria's gift is that she has "enhanced self-preservation." This is why James spared her life when he attempted to track and kill her. Only three people ever managed to evade James and live. One vampire, and two humans.
Victoria is also testing Alice's gift. Trying to figure out how to stay off of Alice's radar so that they don't see her coming and be prepared for her.
http://twilightsaga.wikia.com/wiki/Victoria#Powers_and_abilities
http://twilightsaga.wikia.com/wiki/Victoria#James
http://twilightsaga.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight_Saga_Wiki
Most of the information on the Twilight Saga Wikia can be found in this book:
The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide
By Stephenie Meyer
http://astore.amazon.com/stepheniemeye-20/detail/0316043125
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Jacob and Billy are hoping Bella will see what she will become when she is turned. They want her to see that even though the Cullens do only feed on animals, that she will be a new vampire who has no self control. They want her to realize that for herself ... that the Cullens may not be able to stop her from feeding on humans, on them ... and that she will have to be killed in order to protect human life. And that when she is, that the Cullens will then take their revenge on them, and that even more human deaths will be a result of her decision.
Bella has faith that the Cullens will be able to protect the humans from her, and she also believes that her pre-knowledge of vampires and their ability to not kill humans will keep her from taking any human life. She knows what she wants, and she believes that she can have it, with only the cost of her own life, and no one elses.
Bella doesn't toy with Jacob on purpose. This is a result of the publishers wanting a trilogy. Originally, Stephenie only wrote two books. The second book was called Forever Dawn. (You can read info about it on SM's website.) In this book, Edward doesn't leave, and Jacob has a very small role in the book. He enters the picture after Renesmee is born, and imprints on her. So, when SM worked to make the book into a trilogy, Edward decided to leave to save Bella from either becoming a vampire, or being killed/eaten by one. This gave Jacob an in, as he'd had a crush on Bella since book one.
Bella is also a bit psychic. Her ability works differently from Alice's gift. Her 'visions' come to her in her dreams. And she gets feelings about things. She feels that Jacob is her family. She wants him close, just not as close as Jacob wants to be. When he gets too close, she pushes him away, and when he gets too far away, she pulls him back in. She never seems to be able to find the right balance ... nor is able to get Jacob to understand where she wants him to fit within her inner circle.
Being a wolf, Jacob is able to sense Bella's emotions, so he knows the turmoil of feelings going on within her. And, at one point he's able to even get her to realize that he could be the one, if not for Edward. But there is Edward, so Bella slams that possible 'romantic' door closed between her and Jacob forever. That is a path she chooses not to go down. And then the story finally heads back into the direction of Forever Dawn ... Jacob becomes Bella's family, just as she always felt he would be, by imprinting on Renesmee.
Of course, as always, YMMV
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India_Ana
7 years ago
... the Cullens will then take their revenge on them, and that even more human deaths will be a result of her decision.
And not just human lives, but possibly the lives of a few Cullens as well.
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http://stepheniemeyer.com/the-books/twilight/twilight-faq/#foreverhttp://stepheniemeyer.com/the-books/new-moon/new-moon-the-story/
http://stepheniemeyer.com/the-books/breaking-dawn/frequently-asked-questions-breaking-dawn/#foreverdawn
How different is Breaking Dawn from Forever Dawn? What changed, what stayed the same, and why? Will you ever post extras from Forever Dawn?
The basic story is the same. Bella and Edward get married and go to Isle Esme for their honeymoon. Bella gets pregnant with Renesmee. The birth just about kills Bella, but Edward makes her a vampire in time. Jacob imprints on Renesmee. Alice has a vision of the Volturi coming to destroy the Cullens with the “immortal child” as their excuse. Alice bails. Bella’s shielding abilities turn the tide in the Cullen’s favor, along with Alice bringing home another half-vampire to prove that Nessie isn’t a danger.
The things that are different:
*** Jacob and Bella are not nearly so close. None of the events of New Moon or Eclipse exist; Edward never leaves, so Bella and Jacob never bond. Jacob’s feelings for Bella remain at crush level.
*** Due in part to Jacob being a smaller character, the werewolf pack is only sketchily developed. It exists as a whole, but there isn’t much information about the individuals. Most of the wolves do not have names.
*** The entire story is written in Bella’s perspective. Because of this, there is a lot more emphasis on the pregnancy phase.
*** Jacob isn’t there at the delivery, naturally, so he imprints on Renesmee a few weeks later when Bella is visiting Charlie.
*** With no New Moon or Eclipse, Victoria and Laurent are both still alive. Laurent stays happily with Irina and sides with the Cullens in the confrontation with the Volturi. It is Victoria rather than Irina who informs on the Cullens to the Volturi. She creates a new friend, Riley, to make the actual accusation. She doesn’t want Aro to know about her agenda—or the fact that the baby is only half-vampire, of which she is aware.
*** The wolves kill Victoria. She is the only casualty at the final confrontation.
*** The last chapter ends the same way, but there is an epilogue. It involves Max (J. Jenk’s assistant). Bella’s initial interaction with him is a little bit longer and, feeling she owes him a favor, she gives him her number and tells him she will help him out in return if he ever needs a favor of his own. Max gets himself into some trouble, and Bella gets to play Superman.
I may post some extras someday if I ever have time to go back through the Forever Dawn manuscript—it’s just as long as Breaking Dawn. There are a couple of things that family members told me they particularly missed, so I would start there.
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