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(A/N Sorry this chapter is a bit short - but it's snappy! haha)
Chapter Seven:
"Alice! Alice," Jasper shouted, holding her by her shoulders. "What's happened? What have you seen?"
"Nothing..." She replied, still staring off into the future.
"What do you mean, Alice?" Carlisle asked.
"I mean nothing, our futures – all of our futures... they've gone!"
I looked at Edward, and grabbed his hand. "Edward..." I barely whispered, "What does this mean?"
"I might not mean anything. Alice," Alice's eyes refocused on the present and she looked at Edward, "Carlisle just told Jacob to ask the wolves round... maybe our futures disappear because they're coming here?"
Alice shook her head. "I don't know Edward, you may be able to see my visions but you don't understand them like I do... I've learned to see around the wolves, what with Jacob being around all the time. I can see past him! See into the future beyond that... but there's nothing! Nothing!"
"So, what are you saying?" Emmett asked. "Has it got something to do with Ness?"
Again, Alice shook her head. "No, you know I can still see us even though I can't see Nessie... This involves us all."
"And the wolves?" Jacob asked.
"I... I don't know" Alice sobbed.
"We need to think through this logically..." Carlisle said.
I was rooted to the ground, trying to take in this information. We hadn't been in so much of a panic since Alice had the vision of the Volturi in this very room eighty-nine years ago.
"... Alice had the vision as soon as we mentioned the wolves," Carlisle continued, "suggesting that that may have been the reason behind it. A decision was made concerning the wolves and that decision has led to our future disappearing."
"Jacob, you went to La Push when we first arrived here didn't you?" Edward asked.
"Yes, to warn them that we may have started the transformation process... but there were no wolves then..."
"But there will be now." Jasper added, without taking his eyes or hands away from Alice.
"Yes, most likely. Not a lot though, maybe three or four. It takes a while for a pack to form though."
"What if they're coming to attack us? What if they don't understand?" Esme said quietly.
"Esme, our tales are passed down through generations. I should know! They know what you are. It's like reading the same book, just a different chapter. The treaty is still in action!"
And then I remembered. All of those years ago. Blurry, blurry memories. Jacob, talking to Edward after our return from Italy. Saying that if they bit any one that the treaty was void. Bite, not kill. "It's not though, is it?" I said.
"What are you talking about, Bella?" Jacob asked, "Of course it is. The treaty has no boundaries and no time limit."
"But the treaty was broken!" I added as I turned to Edward. "You changed me."
For the first time in these few hectic minutes everyone was silent.
"But, that didn't count... We agreed." Jacob stuttered.
"But they didn't..." Edward breathed, "Think about it Jacob, think about how you felt when you found out... how angry you were, even though you knew us. They don't know us. They weren't here. Your memories are not their memories. They're working from a new book, Jacob! Not just a new chapter."
"Edward you don't –"
"Wait!" Emmett interrupted, "Can you smell that?"
Without even pausing Edward ran to the pad by the door and the metal doors that had not been used in nearly a century came crashing down around our house.
