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Esme pov

I stared out of the window of the plane. We were in first class which Carlisle insisted on. I left my children. Even though I knew what would probably happen, I left them. Other than Carlisle, they were the one thing that I have all of my existence, children. I knew that they weren't exactly mine and that they weren't children anymore, but as long as they would need someone to take care of them I would be there.

Until now. Now we are going to the Volturi against our will and can't do anything about it. What is it that Aro thinks would be able to tear us apart from our family? I look at Carlisle and notice that he has the same question in his eyes.

"Carlisle, why would they ever believe that we would be able to leave our family?" I asked. He took a deep breath and said, "They think that they can offer us something greater, something that we would value more." Do they think that we're materialistic, even after all of these years?" I asked appalled. "They know that we're not materialistic because what would anything like that mean to us when we can buy anything?" he responded.

"This is why I have a theory. I believe that what they will offer us will not be materialistic, but something that we will actually value. The question is what, but it shouldn't matter anyway because nothing is as valuable as our family. We have to be ready to say no immediately no matter what," he continued.

"We will say no because nothing is as valuable as our family," I said with complete conviction. I started looking out the window again we have to be completely positive of what we have to do. But again, what would they offer us that would cause us to leave our family?

Rosalie pov

They're gone. Even though they know that they might not come back, at least for a while, they left to protect us. They were the only real parents that I had. My own parents only cared about their image. Now our family isn't complete.

I look at Emmett and see my husband. I look at Alice and Bella and see sisters. Jasper and Edward are my brothers. Renesme is my adorable niece. Then Esme and Carlisle were my parents. They took care of me. The only thing missing were some children of my own, but that is impossible.

But now, Carlisle and Esme were gone too. We can take care of ourselves, but that's not the point. The point is that one very essential part of our family is gone. The one who brought us together and the one who kept us together is gone. If it were up to me, I would go to Volterra myself and fight them all off, but that would endanger the rest of the family because I am sure they would not let me go off by myself.

Now we're all somewhere in the house thinking: what are we going to do? As soon as they left Alice has announced that she could no longer see them except for her vision which will supposedly occur in fifteen years.

Truthfully, I just want to leave and not show up until they will, but I can't. I would miss Renesme growing up and Emmett wouldn't be happy with not being around the family. We also have to figure out our new cover up. We can't stay in forks any longer and when we move again, we're bound to attract some attention. Seven teenagers (including the mutt that can't stay away from Nessie) and a beautiful little girl moving into a mansion with no adults. Questions will be asked.

For now, we will wait for a week to make sure that they won't come back because it's still possible. After that, we'll have to send in Carlisle's proper resignation and get the proper papers to leave again. Now, we wait.

Alice pov

All I can see is our meeting in fifteen years. Once or twice I saw a flash of long blond hair. That was all I saw. I also kept seeing images of a brunette who looks surprisingly a lot like Jasper. But that won't come until later. I saw that Carlisle and Esme might come back. All we can do is wait.

Carlisle pov

The plane has landed and we've gotten off. Now we're waiting for our luggage. I look at Esme and say, "Calm down. We'll go in, refuse his offer, and go home." She looked up at me and said, "Then why do I feel that we won't see the kids for a very long time?" I stayed silent.

I find the luggage and take it before I lead Esme to go find the driver that was sent for us. I look around and see Demitri with a sign that said 'Cullen'. We went to him and he took our suitcases before directing us to the car and putting them in and beginning to drive to Volterra.

I look at Esme worriedly almost the entire time. I finally sigh and look away and see that we are approaching the castle. Demitri then stops the car and lets us out where we can see Jane. She silently leads us through to the throne room. We pass the receptionist and Jane leads us through the room. We hear Aro's delighted voice call, "Welcome to Volterra!"

A/N: I just couldn't add dialogue towards the end because of the solemn tone I wanted for this part.

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