"Jasper?" Alice's beautiful voice was filled with anxiety. "Do you smell that?"

I turned to look at her. Yeah, I smelt it alright. Vampire.

"How could you not have seen this?" I said as we began walking down the stairs to the living room, where the other members of our family had just gathered.

"Edward? What do they want?" said Carlisle calmly.

"I…I don't know! I can't hear anything!"

"Alice?"

"I don't know, I can't see them at all!" she said, "How could I have missed this!"

"It looks to me as though this vampire has an ability to block others' powers." Carlisle replied. Alice looked horrified. I knew how uncomfortable it was for her being blind.

The scent was getting stronger. Although I was sure I had not smelt it before, there was something familiar about it, an edge that reminded me of something I knew well.

"They're close now."

Alice moved closer to me. I looked down at her. I knew what she was thinking.

"The Volturi?" she whispered. Edward pulled Bella in close.

"It can't be. We don't know the scent. Surely we would have smelt them while we were in Italy?" he said. Bella trembled a little. "Don't worry, love. They won't hurt you. There are too many of us."

"Could they just be passing through?" Rosalie asked. Carlisle clearly wasn't worried.

"Perhaps," he said. "They may be just curious."

"It wouldn't be the first time." Emmett muttered. We all shuddered just thinking about James, Laurent and Victoria. After all, we had thought they were 'just curious' too.

"There's no need to worry." Carlisle added.

Yeah, easier said than done, I thought to myself. My family was emanating unease.

Carlisle looked at me pointedly and I sent a wave of calmness through the room.

I felt Alice tense beside me. Whoever this vampire was, we were about to find out.

Ding dong. The doorbell rang and Carlisle was there in an instant. Emmett and I were behind him, standing protectively in front of Alice, Rosalie and Esme. Edward and Bella stayed on the sofa. Carlisle opened the door.

There stood a vampire, a female, just a girl. She couldn't have been more than sixteen! She was looking down at her feet, clearly just as nervous as we were. She was tall and slim. Her golden brown hair was windswept from running. She looked up. Her eyes, unlike most vampires, were golden. Like our family, she obviously did not feed on humans.

"Jasper?" she said. My family turned around to look at me in confusion. I stepped forward hesitantly and looked into the girl's eyes. Suddenly I realised how I had known the scent.

"Annie?"

"Oh, Jasper!" She ran into my arms, "I thought I'd never find you. I thought you were dead!" I embraced her. I couldn't believe it. My Annie. My sister.

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A/N: Hi! Thanks for reading the first chapter. Actually it's more of a prologue, hence why it's so short! Please read and review so I know whether or not to keep going!

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