Third Person

Till I say otherwise.

"Alice?!" Jasper asked, finding Alice in a dark corner of their basement at the Cullen house.

"Go away, Jasper. I can't tell you what I saw." She whimpered, curled in a ball."Why not?" He demanded, taking a step towards her. Her eyes focused on him entirely for a moment, and he saw that she was mostly confused, but felt her self-denial.

"Because, I just can't! If it's wrong…if it changes…" she shuddered. Jasper steeled himself and was beside her quickly, pulling her into his lap.

"Tell me what happened. We don't have to tell anyone." Alice leaned her head backwards, onto his shoulder, then began whispering her vision to him. He froze, not breathing. "How is that possible? That's…that must mean…."

"But I could be wrong. And I probably am. I mean…" She let out a sob, curling closer to him.

"That's not possible. But if you saw it, and it doesn't change, then what can we say?" He murmured.

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Ace paced his 'room' impatiently. If things went the way he foreseen them going, then Edward would be here first, then his family. But the Seer wouldn't be here what so ever, because she saw what he seen. Or at least, part of it. She would know. But she wouldn't know what to do with it. Ace smiled to himself, thinking of everything he would cause. If it didn't happen, then they would never know- well, they would never know. And besides, the Volturi definitely needed to lose a few…members. Particularly Alec. He was quite the annoyance. Always trying to be big and bad, because he has a power that can cause destruction.

"Mine can cause destruction, too little boy." He whispered to himself. And anyways, he might join the Cullen clan after this, because really, he liked them. They seemed nice enough. They wouldn't like him, at first, because he brought this on, but they would get used to him. He would help sew up their worlds. It wouldn't be that hard,; he had the needle and thread in his fingers. "Three….two…..one."

"Ace, get downstairs! Edward is…you knew he was coming." Alec said, standing with his hand on the slowly crumbling door handle.

"I know I knew." He grinned and disappeared around the boy. His feet slid through rubble. Good, Edward was putting up a fight as Demetri and Felix tried to hold him down. He was going for Aro. Good boy. Ace smirked as he oh so casually threw Felix against the wall with his mind. Edward gave him a small glance that told him he was slightly appalled and slightly grateful. Oh well.

"Demetri." Ace said soothingly. The older vampire turned towards him slowly, eyes almost totally glazed over. Ace beckoned to him with one finger. "Do not touch any of the Cullen's or the Hales. You will watch from the back"

"I won't touch any of the Cullen's or Hales. I will watch from the back." He repeated in a dazed voice.

"Good boy." Ace danced towards where the others had barged in through a huge hole in the wall, courtesy of Mister E. Cullen. "He's going for Aro. I suggest taking out Marcus and Caius. They're going to be here in three….two…"

"Carlisle, so nice to see you again." Caius appeared, sneering. Ace bowed away as Carlisle stepped towards the man he considered a friend at one time. Marcus was suddenly in hand to hand combat with Emmett, the large one.

"What do you think you're doing??" Jane's squeaky voice demanded from behind him. He turned swiftly.

"Oh, Jane, dearest, why don't you take. A. Seat." He gestured to the couch that had been turned up and Jane's small body flew to it, splitting it in half. She was up in a flash, coming towards him in blind rage. She didn't even see his eyes change color. "Janey, do go take care of your brother. He's messing things up." She nodded and headed for him. Alec looked surprised that his sister was the one who came for him, but once she started using her power on him, he tried fighting back. Rosalie Hale was fighting Felix suddenly, and she was winning. Ace smiled

Aro was no where to be seen. Edward was no where to be seen. Ace furrowed his brow, thinking and listening.

'Alright, old man, you're so going down.' Emmett thought with a feral snarl. Ace grinned a little bit.

'I don't want to do this old friend, but….' There was a sickening snap, and some tearing sounds. Ace winced and didn't look at Caius or Carlisle. Esme was helping them start a fire.

'Take care of your brother. He's messing things up. Take care of your brother. He's messing things up. Take care of your brother. He's messing things up.' Jane's mind was still easy to take care of.

Felix was down, dead, gone. The only ones left were Alec, Marcus, Demetri, and Jane. Ace sent out some thoughts to them, telling them to stop fighting, and to retreat.

'Listen to me. Go to the basement. Do not fight the Cullen's.' He pushed the thought into their heads, gently so they would still live after he released them. The Cullen's stopped moving, because he told them to. Edward was still nowhere to be seen, and Aro was still alive. Ace could sense every 'life' in the building.

"Edward, come here please." Ace called. He wasn't under his control by much. He took just a little bit of power. He felt dead inside, for real, not just the vampiric way. "Don't fight them anymore. I need you to read your sisters- hang on."

'Oh, Alice, please, if you will? Jasper, please escort her, like a gentleman.' Ace thought, waiting. They would be here soon, seeing as they were half way here, by the time he sent the thought. They were coming to help Edward, if possible. Now all they had to do was just be here. Alice's vision said enough.

They arrived soon enough, and Edward didn't move to greet them, but he wouldn't have if he wasn't in Ace's control, either.

"Alice, go back to your earlier vision." He paused, reading into her mind. "Yes, that one. Edward, read Alice's mind. Tell us all what you see. Or, better yet, just keep it to yourself." As Edward read into Alice's mind, as told, something in the air changed. The weight of it must have gotten heavier. And Ace sadly knew what that meant. He knew it was his turn to die. Aro suddenly appeared out of nowhere, not in Ace's control. Ace shot a small hand out, controlling him as well. He always fought.

"Now, Edward, as you see, there's no reason to go on like this. I will be gone soon, but I wanted to show you that some things ARE permanent, like L/O/V/E. You see? And of course, I wanted to make sure that things didn't go wrong. You may be immune to her blood, but some others are not. I see further into the future than your sister. Thus I knew how Bella would die." He let go of everyone except Aro. "So I took care of all of the details for you. She forgives you, of course." Ace turned to Aro, used his mind control to tell him to let the Cullen's go, and lay on his back on the ground. He could feel his life being siphoned away and he knew he'd done the right thing.

"Edward, just so you know, so you aren't bugged by this forever, I was born a vampire." He let them hang on to that little tid-bit forever. Because it was true, and it would bug them for ever.

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He froze when he felt Ace's 'life' fade from his mind and the room. Aro walked away, leaving the room in chaos. Or, for lack of better words, broken, stopped chaos. Edward stared at Alice as though she'd lost her mind. He heard that his family found this as an improvement from his impassive face earlier. Carlisle tensed up next to him, Esme let out a breath, Jasper was standing protectively next to Alice and Rosalie and Emmett were nowhere to be seen.

"Have your powers slipped? Are you losing your powers?" He asked quietly, in a hurt voice.

"No, Edward, but-"

"Then why are you trying to hurt me?" He hissed, backing away. Jasper snarled a little bit, but said nothing.

"I'm not, Edward, but-" The rest of the Cullen's gathered behind her, listening to the vision as Jasper explained it.

"How can you say you're not trying to hurt me when you show me things like that?! I know that's how it was supposed to happen! They-" he pointed harshly at the door in which the Volturi had disappeared "-screwed that up!" He yelled, almost shaking. Almost.

"I don't want to hurt you! Listen to yourself!" Alice sobbed, tiny body shaking completely. Jasper shot Edward a look.

"Yes, Edward, listen to yourself. She didn't do anything to you!" Emmett yelled, clearly not getting most of what was being screamed. Rosalie put a hand on Emmett's shoulder, trying to calm him carefully.

"Edward, Alice is just trying to help. The boy, didn't he say something about…about…" clearly she didn't know if she should say the name, or if she should just let it go. But then, Edward saw, his whole family froze, looks of surprise on their faces.

"S-see?" Alice whispered to them. Rosalie nodded mutely. Emmett's mouth was hanging open and his eyes were wide. Esme had fallen sideways onto Carlisle, who's eyes were about the size of plates. Jasper didn't look too surprised but he was smirking a little. Edward felt ready to sob and start throwing things. That is, until he felt an equally cold hand on his shoulder.

"Don't blame them Edward." A soft, sweet voice said in his ear. That voice, the one he would never forget, the one he could pick out from a crowd of millions of people. The one he could never mistake.

"Oh please tell me that I'm not delusional." He murmured, putting the hand on his face. She laughed and came slowly around to the front of him.

"No, Edward, you're not. Ace explained it all, in a cryptic way, but explained it." Bella smiled, flashing too white, gleaming teeth, obviously coated with venom. Her eyes were red, but around the edges they were golden and black. Around her pupil was a ring of bright green. She was chalky pale, and her hair had gotten longer, and had all the vampiric features, but Edward could still see his Bella. He swept her into his arms, pressing his lips to hers, remembering that she could handle whatever he did now.

Ace foresaw that a newborn vampire would be passing when Edward bit Bella. A bit of her blood would have dripped off of Edwards chin. The new born would get to Bella before Edward would know what to do. Bella would have died, and Edward would have been alone, depressed and broken.

The End