Chapter 7 - Edwards POV

"Bella, are you okay?" were the first words out of my mouth as I took her face in my hand looking deep into her eyes. She was trembling slightly, no doubt scared of the idea of meeting the Volturi again. Jasper had only been able to tell us that Alice had a vision. Walking through the door I heard Alice's thoughts screaming at me THE VOLTURI. The relieved look in Bella's eyes gave me a bit of peace "I'm fine, a little scared.' I leaned down and kissed the top of her head "It will be okay, you know i'll never let anyone hurt you" I whispered into her ear.

Wrapping my arms round Bella's waist I turned to Alice who was now wrapped in Jasper's arms she looked confused and anxious, her thoughts were spiralling through her head with not assemblance of order. "Alice, What is it that you saw?" Jasper flashed me a look of pure contempt. Of course he knew that I needed to ask but he wanted to comfort Alice much more than his need to any answers. "I'll try to show you but it's weird Edward it's... well you'll see." Alice said, Jasper pulling her close she closed her eyes trying to think of everything that she had seen in the vision.

It was weird not that seeing a vision of the future was ever not weird. They were standing in a small room around a table there was nothing that I could see on the papers spread across the table. Aro, Marcus and Caius were discussing a new weapon they were being quite vague possibly purposely vague. Caius wondered if such a thing could be of use when it came to the Cullen's. They mentioned 'the recent activities of the Cullen's'. Aro it seemed raised his voice in disagreement but his words were gibberish as if someone had changed the language that they were speaking. The picture that Alice remembered was definitely nothing I remember seeing before when it came to her visions it was as if a thick blanket of fog was obscuring what she was meant to see. It was so incomplete that it was almost as if someone had hit an "off" switch it ended abruptly with no real meaning.

"Alice have you tried going back? feeling out the room looking for another way to access the vision? Is there any way this could be an old memory? it felt like an old decision, as if it had already been made." I must have looked as confused as Alice felt her words were quick and frustrated. "I can't see how that's possible I see the future, not the past.... well sometimes the present, but never the past. I can't see it Edward there is nothing. I can't feel anyone else being part of the discussion and now when I look I can't even find Aro, Caius or Marcus Individually. It's like they have dropped off the face of the earth!" Alice said still looking confused.

"I wouldn't mind if they had" Emmett interjected into the conversation. "I mean maybe this 'Weapon' of theirs just blew up in their faces... or we can at least hope it did" Emmett grinned widely and pulled Rosalie down to sit on his knee. Rosalie looked like she was going to give him a swat to the head but resisted the urge.

"Emmett it's not that simple, it was a definite decision that the council made not just some thought that passed though their brains. There is something happening and if Alice can't see it coming we have a problem" I said trying to keep my voice calm. Bella was visibly shaken and I was just as worried about this as the thoughts going though the minds of my family were. Everyone was weighing different possibilities. Emmett was still hoping this weapon blew up on the Volturi laughing silently in his mind. Jasper was thinking of Alice and what he could do to help her with the vision to comfort her to take her away from this uncertainty he was flooding the room with confidence though his uncertainty was obvious. Carlisle was thinning about all of the things that we had told him happened in Voltara when Alice and Bella came to rescue me trying to make sense of this new vision. Esme was wanting her family safe and with not knowing what Alice's vision meant she was worried. Then Rosalie thought of it.... how could I be so blind!

"Your right Rosalie, I didn't see it."

Her eyes opened in shock, everyone's eyes focused on Rosalie for explanation "Edward I could be wrong"

Her thoughts washed over me, it was simple.... it was straight forward..... it is what Aro thought when he met her.

"Edward, Rosalie would you please fill us in" Carlisle interjected. The entire family was looking at us like expectant children. Bella's eyes staring up at me questioning. I still had my arms securely around her waist not wanting to let go for anything. Even more now I wanted to take her away from here lock her up where no one could hurt her and be with her always. I wanted to take her in my arms and kiss her until I tired of it and knowing that would never happen, the tired part at least.

I wanted Rosalie to be wrong.