It was just another ordinary night. Edward and Bella had been packing for Dartmouth; a couple of suitcases were on the floor next to the closet.

Alice had promised to come over and help Bella pack, but she hadn't arrived. Bella thanked the heavens for whatever force that had stopped Alice from coming; she just couldn't deal with her right now. It was the first time she was leaving Renesmee, and she was worried sick.

Edward, equally silent, worried slightly less than Bella. He trusted that Carlisle, Esme, and the pack would be able to take good care of her.

"Don't worry, Bella," he kept saying, "she's going to be fine."

Bella, however, didn't listen, nor did her eyes stop darting to her only daughter's room.

"Bella," Edward murmured, "you know that Jacob would die before anything happens to her, don't you?"

"Yes," she answered quietly.

"Then stop worrying, our daughter has got a whole pack of wolves looking after her, and two vampires. I think they can manage watching over one girl, Bella."

"That's not what worries me," Bella whispered.

"Then what is it?"

"Well, there's the Volturi…"

Edward involuntarily hissed when he heard that name. Not too long ago, the ancient vampire clan had arrived to destroy his family. Only by sheer luck had they managed to prevent a full-scale war from breaking out.

Bella continued, ignoring her husband's reaction, "and I'm worried about HER, about her missing us too much, about her learning…"

Edward put his finger on Bella's lips, silencing her. "You don't have to worry about her learning and being smart, you know that. Bella, our daughter has an incredible mind. She's only a couple of years old, but she's got the mind of an adult. Besides, Carlisle and Esme will teach her well."

"I know, I know," Bella grumbled, "I guess that it's just mother's worry."

Edward slowly turned his wife around to face him, and held her beautiful face in his hands. "Don't worry," he whispered, and leaned down to kiss her.

Just when their lips were about to touch, Edward looked up, and his eyes glazed over.

"Edward?" Bella asked worriedly, "what is it?"

Edward just turned to look out the window, his gaze still glazed over. Suddenly, he ran to the window and jumped out, running out into the woods. Bella, startled, started to follow him when she heard a small sound from Renesmee's room. Her daughter's face peeked out from the darkened bedroom.

"What's wrong?" Renesmee asked.

"I'm not sure," Bella said.

They didn't have time to say much more. Edward jumped back inside through the window, Alice, Carlisle and Jasper close behind him.

"What happened?" Bella asked.

"Alice had a vision," Carlisle explained.

"What did you see?"

Alice looked at Edward, he nodded.

"The Volturi," she said.

Bella instinctively motioned her daughter over and took her into her arms, holding her close. "What were they doing?"

"They found someone like Eleazar, someone to sense talents out."

"What does that mean?"

"That vampire found a very talented person, a person so talented he could sense him from miles away."

"What does that have anything to do with us?"

"The Volturi think this person is powerful enough to take us all out, even you Bella."

Edward and Bella looked at each other. Bella, unbelieving, Edward, fearful.

"But, that's impossible! You know as well as I do that I can block people out."

"Unless their power is physical," Edward said, "with mental powers, you can stop anyone."

"Well, I don't know about all that," Alice continued, "the point is we cannot let the Volturi take this guy and turn him into one of them. Can you imagine how powerful he must be? Can you imagine how powerful the Volturi could be with him?"

Carlisle looked uncomfortable, "But what can we do, Alice? It's not like we can kill this man just because of the possibility that the Volturi will take him."

"No," Jasper said slowly, "but we can get to him before they do."

Carlisle looked at Jasper meaningfully, "You know we do not turn people to our side without their asking for it. We don't use people that way; we won't take an innocent man's life away."

"We wouldn't do that," Jasper argued, "we would just keep him from the Volturi long enough to save ourselves."

"That could work," Edward said musingly.

Bella, aghast, said "We're going to kidnap him?"

"That's our only option now," Jasper answered, then turned to Alice. "Do you know where he is? What does he look like?"

"No," Alice answered, "I saw the vampire at the airport. He was talking into his phone, saying that he'd just encountered a person so powerful he could even take us out. But he didn't say where the person was, he might have boarded a plane for all we know. The vampire is flying to the Volturi now, so they know what to look for."

"How far away from Italy was he?"

"Not far, I'm sure of that. He said he'd be there in a few hours, so he had to be close by."

"Well," Carlisle said, "we won't know anything more for a while, so I suggest we return to whatever we were doing, and I shall call Eleazar. Maybe I can find out just what sort of power this person has, to be able to take on the strongest vampires."

"Then we can't leave now!" Bella protested, "You need us here," she turned to Edward desperately, "we have to stay, at least until it's safe. Then we can go to Dartmouth."

Edward leaned forward and kissed her gently on the lips, "I agree," he said. When Carlisle turned to protest, Edward continued, "It's too dangerous for you to be here without Bella, she's our greatest weapon. With the Volturi around, we better stay safe."

"Well, whatever happens, it will happen in a few hours," Alice said. "Now, I think we should all go back home, and wait."

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A short while later, the whole Cullen family was in the family house's living room. Bella was sitting on the couch, Renesmee leaning on her shoulder. Edward was standing behind them, as still as a marble statue. Alice was seated on the floor, her eyes glazed, searching for another vision; a pen and notebook in her lap. Rosalie sat on Emmett's lap, whispering to him. Carlisle, Jasper, and Esme were talking in the corner.

Suddenly, Alice sat up and gripped the pen in her hand. Her eyes stared at nothing as her hand quickly drew on the paper. The rest of the family had stiffened at Alice's movement, and were now watching her closely. Edward closed his eyes, and listened to whatever Alice was seeing.

"Alice made a mistake," he said, "this person, it's not a man; it's a girl. She was traveling with her parents and younger sister in England. She's young," Edward stopped as Alice blinked and finished her drawing.

"This is her," she said, showing everyone the picture she's just finished drawing. The face on it was a young woman's; with rather plump cheeks and big eyes. She had long hair and a small mole on her chin. "Oh, and she's got brown hair and eyes, you can't see 'cause the drawing's done in blue pen. And her skin's darker, tanned."

"Did you see where she was?" Jasper asked eagerly.

"Yes," Alice answered slowly, "and it's going to be tough to get there."

"Why?" Jasper asked, "Is it Italy?"

"No," Edward said, "it's in Mexico. And right now, Mexico is in the middle of the summer, the sun is very strong there."

"I've been in Mexico before, I know how strong the sun is," Jasper said, testily.

"But she not only lives in Mexico, she lives a bit to the south of the capital. She lives in a city nicknamed 'The City of Eternal Spring', Cuernavaca. It's going to be tough getting there without the sun revealing us for what we are."

"We still have to get there quickly," Jasper continued, "I suggest we get on a plane and get to the city during the night. We'll find her, and then take her some other night. Piece of cake."

"Not exactly," Bella interrupted, "the Volturi are after her too, remember?"

"But we have the advantage, it'll take a lot longer for them to assemble, and then to fly to Mexico. We live much closer; we can get there in a few hours."

"You're right about that," Edward said, "we should leave now, as soon as possible."

"But wait!" Esme cried, "We can't all go!"

Carlisle looked around the room. "Alice, you go, your visions might come in handy. Bella, you too. Jasper, you know the place better than anyone."

Edward and Emmett opened their mouths to protest, but Carlisle calmly continued. "Edward, I know that you don't want to be away from Bella, but we need you here in case the Volturi decide to surprise us here. Emmett, you're the strongest, we need to keep you here for the same reason as Edward."

Edward looked unhappily at Bella, who smiled slightly at him. "Now it's your turn to worry," she said. "Take care of Renesmee. I love you."

And with that, Jasper, Alice and Bella ran from the room. Outside, a car screeched onto the road and drove away.

Edward sat heavily on the couch, on the spot his wife had just vacated. Carlisle went to sit next to him. "They'll be ok," he promised. Edward just stared out the window, as if he could still see Bella speeding away.