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Another Strange Human
"Carlisle," A pixie-looking girl is distracted by her current mountain lion of a meal, and as her eyes focus somewhere on the future, they fill with excitement and uncertainty, "we'll be having some unexpected visitors."
The acting Cullen patriarch raises a pale brow at her, handsome features creasing in concern, "What do you see Alice?"
A copper-haired youth comes bounding into the clearing an instant later, already deep in her mind, seeing a picture clear as day. His eyes widen in shock when he sees the second world-shattering vision they've gotten in a week; first that Swan girl, now this. It starts slowly enough, a foggy picture of three vampires showing up soon on their doorstep, seeking help and finding none. Then things get…Strange.
"A hunter is coming," he sums up for her, disappointed that this is what he gets after leaving for a week, for trying not to screw everything up for his dark haired sister and her supposed future human mate. He regrets his blunt choice of words, however, when he realizes the rest of the family has joined them. He hadn't noticed his mother or other sister enter the clearing, and Esme's eyebrows shoot up, her face a beautiful maternal picture of concern, and the icy blond throws him a scathing glance before setting her hand on the caramel haired woman's shoulder, a comforting gesture meant to ease her stress that's returned with a small smile.
"Why? Who is sending him?" With a hand over his mouth trying to clear away blood but instead just smearing it, the burly man's questions are muffled as he crosses the clearing to his sister.
"She's not being sent, Emmett. There are three vampires – I can't see the details, but it seems like she's been after them a while. She scared them near Olympia, so they're going to try to come here."
"Is there any way around this?"
After all, Carlisle was almost a hunter once; the Volturi may think them toothless now, but he's not so sure.
Short dark hair flies everywhere as Alice shakes her head quickly, "No! Even if there was, we need her here!"
"Another human? Really? What is this new fetish you have with them?" Rosalie's tone is sharp, condemning.
Jasper stands to the side, caught in a whirlwind of emotion – shame, anger, shock, fear; the barest hint of anticipation…The turbulence sets him instantly on edge. His stomach lurches as something dark, something savage rises within him. He manages to choke it down, but not without effort. It catches him completely off guard, and he does his best to try to stop from feeling anything but his own suddenly fevered emotions for a moment. He notices Carlisle glance at him, and does the best he can to hide the anxiety he's sure he's broadcasting.
"Not for me," the brunette retorts, rolling her eyes, "I don't have the best read on it yet, but she's not going to hurt us." Her eyes flicker briefly over to her blond-haired brother before locking with her acting fathers again.
She's got a good read on it – but why spoil the fun?
"Excellent!" Emmett grins, "Do you think she'll fight me? Just to see who's stronger, of course."
Rosalie rolls her eyes at her husband, "I love you, but you're an idiot." Tired at the talk of humans; she rises to stalk off for more prey on the way home, clearly done with the current situation. Always and never practical; that's Rosalie.
"I haven't seen a hunter in a long, long time," Carlisle's voice is quiet in contemplation; the slight change in tone is all the prompting Esme needs to cross to her husband's side and grab his hand.
"Are you certain she won't threaten our life here, Alice?"
With a wide grin, she bobs her head up and down, "We'll be fine, she'll be fine, all of it will be fine!"
"You keep saying the same thing about the Swan girl," Edward groans, jaw clenching as he thinks about her blood.
Jasper's throat burns as well; after all, he can feel the pull of Edwards singer almost as strongly as the mind-reader himself – a drawback of his empathic connection with his family. He pushes it down as Alice's emotions flicker to concern as soon as Edward mentions Bella Swan, the new girl; it's certainly making another cycle as a high school student more interesting, but at what cost? The pixie hadn't hid an ounce of her vision from her family, especially not that she was meant to be with Swan, a human girl – and would eventually change her. Now, in less than three hours, they'll have another problem on their doorstep.
And how they should deal with the situation has everyone at a loss. While hunters aren't always ruthless and sanctimonious about destroying their kind, they still have to treat this with caution.
The clairvoyant woman's large eyes go even wider, caught up in the future, "We've got to hurry though! We'll be just in time, and we can't be late!"
While trying to keep a grasp on calm for everyone's sake, Jasper tears into the forest in search of more prey on the way back to Forks to prepare for the arrival of another strange human.
A/N: Sorry about the re-post of this, I was doing edits and caught something I didn't like. Thanks for reading!