10 minutes

It was the 20th of December and the snow was falling heavily, the night was filled with Christmas carollers, laughter, and happiness, as Ben Cheney walked home from work, the scene warming him through the cold. But something was different tonight. Ben couldn't shake the feeling someone, or something, was watching him. It had been nearly a year since Ben had felt that feeling, and he was scared something was back to haunt him.

9 minutes

The timer on the oven rang, and Angela ran into the kitchen, to finish preparing dinner. A knock at the disturbed her, and she wondered who t could be.

"Sorry I lost my key" Ben stood in the door frame.

He seems different somehow, Angela thought. "Are you OK, Ben?" she asked, as he was jumping around nervously.

"Angela, I'm done waiting! Tonight, we're leaving tonight. We'll fly straight to Romania and marry there. Be spontaneous with me, I proposed nearly a year ago!"

"Ben…" Angela was shocked. "But why now, I thought we agreed to wait a little longer, until we were older"

"Please Angela, we love each other now, let's just go"
Although Ben was acting completely out of character, Angela was moved by his eagerness. She slowly nodded her head. Ben ran over and kissed her.

"How long will it take you to pack?"

Angela was surprised, his kisses were different. "Um… Twenty minutes maybe" she said, confused.

"I'll go and make some preparations, stay here and pack. Be back soon!" he said, running out the door leaving Angela utterly stunned.

Who was that Ben?

8 minutes

In a castle in Volterra, Gianna and Charles sat at their table, clearly concerned.

"How could you not see this coming?" Charles asked, as calmly as possible.

"I don't know, the future's been going out of focus these last few months, as though something's happening to it. I'm scared Charles, who could be doing this?"

"I don't know, but we'll deal with it later. First we have to find him, before it's too late." Charles replied, clearly not grasping the gravity of the situation.

"But what's the point?, there is no more future. It's like it just, stops…"

7 minutes

The meadow was different tonight, Carlisle could feel it. Something was disturbing the memorial site's peace.

"Esme…" he whispered to the earth, the last place he had seen her before a raging newborn from Alice's army had snuck up behind her and tore her apart, along with his heart.

"I'm so sorry, I couldn't save you. I couldn't save our family." Carlisle whispered, looking out across the field, almost expecting to see them all smiling down at him, to tell him it wasn't his fault.

Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper… he couldn't comprehend Jasper's murder. How could such a strong, powerful love be turned to hate so easily? Carlisle couldn't find the strength to forgive Alice, it didn't matter anyway. She didn't remember any of it now. He stopped thinking about her, he couldn't bear it.

"Oh Esme, I miss you so much." After the battle Carlisle had dedicated the rest of his existence to protecting Angela and Ben, but something had made him come out here tonight. Some 'higher power'. Nothing had happened in almost a year, and Carlisle was sure Ben and Angela would fall to no harm. Carlisle lay down on the damp grass, watching the sky, as a light fall of snow began to float down.

6 minutes

Hannah watched the snow fall from the window in Jacob's garage. It was so beautiful, it made her feel nothing bad in her life could ever happen again. The creaking of the door opening signalled Jacob's return.

"Sorry about that… I want to show you something, come on." Jacob took Hannah's hand and led her out the door, handing her a helmet. She smiled, and they both jumped onto Jacob's bike, Hannah holding him tightly. They rode until they reached a trail, where Jacob picked her up and sprinted into the forest.

"Where are we going?" she screamed in delight.

He stopped on the side of a cliff, that gave a beautiful view of La Push and the ocean, the snow falling lightly on their heads.

"It's beautiful, Jake" Hannah turned around to face him, surprised to find he had disappeared.

"Jacob!" Hannah yelled, playfully looking around for him, thinking it was a game or something.

"Hello, Hannah." Someone sneered at her, and she swung around to see a face she vaguely remembered, a scene on a meadow nearly a year ago. She didn't have time to process it though, as Bella charged at her, pushing Hannah with all her might over the cliff, before running off through the trees. Hannah's screams echoed through the forest, as she clung to the edge of the cliff, feeling her hands slipping.

"Jacob!" she screamed.

Jacob rushed out from the forest. He had only left her for a few seconds, to prepare what he had to do, what could have happened?

Seeing Hannah's struggling form, he rushed towards her, almost falling himself. Pulling her up, the two collapsed on the safe ground, crying and laughing with relief.

"Hannah?" Jacob asked, panting.

"Yeah?" She whispered back, tiredly.

"Marry me?" Jacob asked, smiling down at her. Being left speechless she merely smiled widely at him, hugging him tight.

5 minutes

Charlie Swan stared down at the photo of him, Renee, and Bella, taken when she was just a few months old. He saw the Charlie smiling up at him from the photo, genuinely happy. He hardly recognised that man now.

"Oh! Bella." He whispered to the baby. How fast she grew up. Bella hadn't talked to him for nearly a year, she had married Edward and left him as soon as she could. He was a terrible father. Charlie slowly stood up and walked over to his gun holder, picking it up. He had never truly gotten over Renee. Looking at the house they had created together, the tallow wall paper, the pale blue curtains. Heaving a sob, he took out the revolver.

"I never meant to fail you!" he screamed to the silent room.

Charlie's limp body sunk onto the floor, the yellow wall paper and pale blue curtains were spattered with blood.

4 minutes

Tristan and Alice held hands as they skipped off into the night to hunt. They killed an old homeless man who had sat on a corner near a diner..

"Come, let us lure another one out" said Alice, wiping blood from her lips. They both entered the dilapidated building, filled with light in the darkness. When Alice went through the door, she did a double take, when her mind flashed back. A man sat across from her, at a table nearby. He stared at her, as if she were the most important person in the world.

Suddenly, she snapped out of her reverie. No one was at that table. Tristan looked at Alice reproachingly. "Come"

3 minutes

Jane floated into the room, where Alec was playing checkers with Felix.

"Checkmate" Alec said, swiftly knocking the piece from the board to his hand. Felix was furious.

"These stupid human games!" he seethed.

"Only because you never win" Alec retaliated.

"Felix is right" replied Jane, "we have more important things to focus on. That poor excuse for a vampire, Gianna, has foreseen a shift in the Volturi's ultimate power.

Felix raised an eyebrow, "and is this predicted to be a positive thing for our cause?"

Jane shook her head, blonde hair fanning around her face, "the stupid cow can't even use her gift properly. She called it a coming dark"

"How descriptive" said Alec, with a smirk.

"Indeed"

2 minutes

Hannah's screams echoed through Bella's head.

What have I done? She constantly asked herself, thinking of the pain she must have caused Jacob. Bella kept running. The trees flew past her, and she enjoyed the feeling, never wanting to stop. She had run away from Edward one week before, she couldn't stand lying to him anymore. How could she move on when Jacob was here, living without her, with another woman? Even so, Bella knew she had gone too far with Hannah. She stopped running and lay down on the Earth. Oh, this is all Angela's fault, she thought to herself. If Angela had not introduced them to Hannah, who knows what would have happened? Bella was lost in that train of thought, and from it stemmed a feeling of overwhelming hatred. Bella closed her eyes, deep in concentration. If only that Angela Weber had never existed, then I could marry Jacob, and fix everything…

1 minute

The snow began to fall more heavily, and Ben stopped to get his jacket from his bag. He could hardly see what was in front of him, and darkness surrounded him.

"Ben!" A voice whispered to him. The snow was too thick to clearly see what was happening, but he thought it was Angela. She pulled him into a nearby alley.

"Angey, what are you doing here?" Ben asked.

"I wanted to find you, Ben… there's something I need to do"

"Yes?" Ben leaned in to kiss her. She pushed him to the ground.

"What is wrong with you Angela?!" Ben shouted, attempting to get up.

Angela pushed him back down. "You… ruined… my… life… Ben!" Angela shouted, adding a kick to his gut between each word. "But I'm back now." Angela rolled him over to face her, Ben detecting a change in her voice. "And now I'll stop you from ever thwarting me again."

Ben looked up to face his love turned monster.

"It's you…" he whispered, before his thoughts turned to screams as the creature slowly drained him dry…