Sorry it's taken so long to update. Gosh, I've been really busy! Anyways, enjoy!

-- Nikki

Edward's POV

I couldn't understand why I was in hysterics. It was insane -- absolutely ludicrous -- that I would feel giddy after ending someone's life; and not just anyone's. My life's, my love's, Isabella's. Yet here I was, laughing my head off on the floor with her for no apparent reason. I knew she thought of it as a happy occasion, but it was just about the most morose occasion of them all -- at least for me.

I sat up half way, proping myself up on my elbow. Bella did the same, looking angelic while she did it, especially now since her physical features -- her hair was shinier, her lips were fuller -- were signifigantly enhanced. She looked even more like an angel now than ever -- and that's saying something!

I let one last chuckle escape, then moved to help her up. After I had, we took a step toward the door -

And I stopped in my tracks. Alice was having a vision. And it was not a good one. They were back.

Bella's POV

Edward and I hopped off the floor, and I turned the doorknob. I opened the door halfway when Edward suddenly stopped, causing me to jerk backwards a little. I looked back at him with a curious glance in my eye, wondering what made him look so horrified. His face was tormented.

Alice's POV

As Edward and Bella -- beautiful Bella -- stood up, I was suddenly sucked into one of those never-ending visions.

I was in that dream-like haze, the one where everything seemed to be masked over with a thick fog. But of course this was no dream. Because out of the trees came running Jane, Demitri, and, worst of all, Caius. His white hair seemed even more menacing in the vision. They were heading west, directly towards our beautiful home. They were coming for Bella. I heard Caius whisper to Jane, "Make me proud, my little one."

And then it was over.

I came -- gasping -- back to reality. I saw everyone crowded around me, and Edward frozen where he stood, Bella looking at everyone in utter confusion. I could hear Edward breathing across the room -- he was panting even harder than I was. His face was masked in a look of such horror, it almost hurt to watch. I would have come over and comforted him if not for the terrifying matter at hand.

"Alright," I said to everyone who didn't have vampire powers, "everyone stay calm. It's okay."

Edward snarled from across the room, suddenly malicious. "Okay? Okay? Of course it's not okay! They're back. This is insane!" he yelled, tearing out of the room like a buffalo on the run from a hyena -- in other words, so fast there wasn't even time to utter 'no.'

Bella looked more confused than ever, a look of hurt on her face like she was to blame. I stalked over to her, my mouth hanging half open. I tried to close it, but it just wouldn't work. It took a couple tries, but I finally managed to force out, "It's not your fault, Bella. Everybody come here."

I told them about my vision, and told them to be calm, acting like Bella had been this way for a couple months. We would pull through. All Bella had to hope for was that they didn't come back fresh from hunting -- they would be full of fresh blood, and she would go nuts. But I didn't see that happening. We would pull through. We had to.

Thanks for reading you guys! Now you have to review. Good luck writing a decent review for this one -- it was kind of confusing.

-- Nikki