A/N: Well, hello dear reader! I bet you'll skip this, but I must insist you read this first for further information.

Quick sum:

This story will take place right after Breaking Dawn. The Cullens are still in Forks, and the Quileutes are still having their treaty with the vampire family. It all seems peaceful around Forks, but it won't stay that for long… New friends are to be made, and one friend in particular will be the most helpful yet. You see, they have an enemy in common since her family was turned and taken in to their enemy's army a year ago, and she want them back- and to help the Cullens. Since their enemy is mostly after Jasper, they will have to fight once more. Against who? … Maria.

The whistling sound of branches and twigs whipping against the skin of the vampires running through the forest, whispered through the night.

The eight vampires, Bella, Edward, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie and Carlisle and Esme, were out hunting tonight and competing in both speed and who caught most deer or other animals of the forest. Carlisle, Esme, Bella and Jasper hunted down around the river-region whilst the rest remained deeper into the woods.

. . .

Bella was crouching behind a shrub at the riverbend watching the deer before her taking a drink. The water twinkled as the moon shone at the surface, and she listened to the low clunking of the streaming water.

The deer stopped drinking in suspicion of danger, and it was looking straight at the shrub.

Come on, look away, look away, look away… Bella pleaded to herself. She would rather not track down another one tonight, she wanted to go home to the cottage were Jacob and Renesmee would be waiting.

The deer hummed once and turned to leave, still looking at the weird bush. Bella stirred once in desperation and she wondered whether she should just chase it through the woods or just let it go.

Just then, Jasper appeared quietly behind a fallen log and placed a finger up to his lips, signalizing 'hush'. Bella nodded to him, and watched him run towards the deer, which now ran her way. She took the opportunity to leave her hiding place behind the shrub and grab the deer by its antlers as it passed her.

She sank her teeth into its neck and let the thirst vanish as the warm, thick liquid streamed down her throat. She emptied the body and swallowed the last drop with a sigh. She looked up at Jasper now standing before her with his arms crossed. She smiled apologetically to him which he just raised a brow at.

"Thanks," she muttered. He slightly shook his head whilst she rose up.

"I thought you'd got the hang of it now? Don't wait too long, and don't stare at the animal to hard, or else it'll suspect danger and flee. They're not docile creatures, Bella," Jasper said as they turned to the forest.

"Yeah, I know, I know, I'm still working on it. They're not the easiest to hunt, though; I think I prefer mountain lions better. At least they don't flee when they hear a leaf hitting the ground," Bella answered with a roll of her topaz eyes.

"You'll get it," he told her. She just shrugged in return.

Just as they were to look for Carlisle and Esme, they appeared from the trees, though they stopped as they saw them coming. Carlisle smiled warmly at them before giving a flick with his hand, signalizing 'let's go'. And so they did. They ran together to the place they agreed to meet up with the others.

. . .

They were surrounded by mature spruce trees growing up from the ground cowered in needles from the branches and moss. Further to their right there was more trees propping up against each other. To their right there were rocks piling up on one another, making a landscape. The wall was too high for the vampires to look over it, though they could jump up if they needed to.

The four walked down the trail, finding Edward and Rosalie looking at something ahead of them.

Emmett was wrestling a huge bear, whooping as it roared. Jasper just grinned at his brother, whilst Edward chuckled at the scene. The bear stood up on two legs, and swiped at Emmett with his huge paw. Emmett dodged it easily and slammed into the bear as they wrestled. He just laughed at the bear as it tried to pin him to the ground.

"C'mon, show me what'cha got!" he said, clearly amused.

Esme didn't find this amusing at all, so she could only huff.

"Emmett, won't you put that poor bear out of his misery and be done with it?" she asked gently through the roars of the bear.

"Yeah, haven't your mother taught you to not play with your food?" Edward asked whilst chuckling.

Bella actually found the wrestling match interesting, as she watched the scene with her hand grabbing her neck.

"Alright, I've had my fun anyways!" Emmett shouted through another roar from the bear, and bit down into it. The huge grizzly went limp in his muscular arms, and Emmett released it with a thonk!

He walked down to them into the clearing and sighed heavily. Carlisle just gave him a pat on his shoulder.

Bella looked around, because she noticed they were all assembled, except one missing.

"Where's Alice?" she asked Jasper, who stood beside her. He too, scanned the area after his mate. He just shrugged.

"I don't know, around the area," he said, more like a guess than an explanation.

"She took off up there, so she shouldn't be too far away," Rosalie said, pointing up the trail.

Then they heard a growl from an animal, far too familiar. They all turned their heads to the edge of the stone wall, that's where the sound came from.

Another growl, followed by a roar. They heard it running, and it was running their way. Its steps became louder and clearer by the second and at the end they saw it at the top of the edge. Edward and Jasper walked in its direction; hopefully they could catch that one too. As they looked up at it, ready to jump, they heard a snarl, though from the left of the huge cat.

The mountain lion growled to whatever was snarling to it at its left and jumped to attack Edward and Jasper. Just as Edward was to jump up to it, they heard a light feminine voice;

"This one's mine!"

Everyone looked with awe as the delicate form of Alice's body plunged down from the edge a little to the left of the mountain lion.

She hit the huge feline midair with a grunt and together they hit the ground, tearing up dirt and moss. Everyone took two steps back as Alice and the mountain lion slid across the ground.

Alice pinned the beast to the ground, but it swiped out at her tearing up her black college. Alice snarled at it in annoyance and pinned it down once again. It swung at her once more, only in the face this time. Alice had had enough, and buried her teeth in its neck, swallowing its blood greedily.

She emptied the animal in record time before throwing the carcass away.

Bella looked at her with brows up in surprise that her best friend- her adorable, gentle sister could behave like the predator Edward first described them as.

Alice rose up and brushed her knees and huffed as she examined the three rifts on her black college.

"Well I'll be damned!" Emmett exclaimed as Jasper walked his way to her.

"What?" she said innocently.

"So you can be dangerous despite your size!" Emmett joked whilst ruffling her short hair. She nudged his rib with her fist and 'un-ruffled' her hair as they turned to the trail home. The others chuckled at his remark, which he pretty much used in every opportunity available.

Bella just shook her head at them in amusement.

The family walked their way home listening to Alice and Emmett bickering, before she and Edward walked their way to their cottage.

The place would stink of werewolf, but she didn't care. Right now, she couldn't wait to sit by the hearth with Edward as they waited for their daughter to wake up in the morning.

M'kay, that's my first chapter so far, and it will be more or less five chapter's more before the 'fun' starts ^^

So hope you enjoyed!

See ya!