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I blinked, and wondered if Alice was as strange as she appeared, or just tried to be that way.

"Both," Edward called to me, before going inside with Bella, Jacob, Renesmee, and Jimmy.

"Well, crap." I looked up at Seth, still a wolf, and laughed.

I walked inside the bright house, surprised to find it looking very… normal. Open and light, with a white couch, TV, and a piano in the room just to the right of the door. Seth stayed a puppy, and followed me as I sat down on the couch, all the others standing.

"No," Edward said suddenly, staring at me. I blinked and looked to Seth, who was looking at Jacob. "Not everything," Edward said, his eyes shifting to Alice.

"Where to start?" she mumbled, ignoring Edward, apparently.

"How about we introduce ourselves?" the woman who suggested we go inside said. "I'm Esme, and this is my family, for all intents and purposes." She smiled at me, then looked at the man next to her.

"I'm Carlise, and these are our" he gestured to Esme, "children. You have already met Edward, Bella, and Alice. This is Jasper." The blonde boy next to Alice nodded at me.

"I'm Cordelia, pleased to meet you," I said quickly, out of habit. I blushed as I realized maybe these weren't the best terms to be meeting on. "Well, maybe not entirely, seeing as how I was almost eaten…"

Edward chuckled and Bella glared at him. "What?" he asked defensively. "She has a much healthier grasp on this than you ever did."

"This?" she snapped, her eyes flashing.

"Meeting a family of vampires," he clarified.

"Yeah, well, she isn't in love with one." She looked at me, then winked, smiling. "The Cullens, us vampires, that is, knew me when I was human. Just a year or two ago, actually…"

"Look at her, embracing this life so much she forgets when she was human." Edward looked at Bella fondly, and she smiled at him.

"Ahem," Alice said. "Introductions, not life stories." She walked quickly over to where I was sitting, dropping onto the couch next to me. Though, she was so graceful that "dropping" seemed like an insult to her. "Cordelia, we are vampires. And we like to think of ourselves as… vegetarians," she said with a slow smile. "We hunt animals, not humans."

I looked quickly, and foolishly, at Seth, and Alice laughed. "Full blooded animals, not the disgusting werewolves around here." She smiled widely, taking the sting out of her potential insult. "The thing is, not all vampires are like us. Your human myths tell you that much. Now, I'm about to shorten thousands of years of vampire history for you, so please try not to think too much of it right now. Vampires enjoy their privacy, hunting in secrecy rather then putting an ad in the paper, or stalking the mall. Some vampires though, usually newborns-just changed vampires- don't care about secrecy. They threaten our entire way of life. They threaten to bring back the myth of the vampire. There are a group of vampires that exist to… eliminate these vampires. They call themselves the Volturi."

I felt the room change dramatically. Seth grumbled, and Edward and someone else hissed. The temperature in the room must have dropped 10 degrees.

"Volturi," I repeated, thinking of the reactions in Harry Potter when people uttered the name "Lord Voldemort." "How many are there?"

"Three leaders. Marcus, Caius, and Aro."

My eyes widened as I recognized the final name. "He was there today! And he's some super-vampire? He said I was his! What does that mean?! He's saving me for himself? Oh god, I don't know which would be better. Lust or dinner?!"

"Cordelia, calm down. According to Seth, Aro said he has his eye on you," Edward said soothingly.

"Is there even a difference?" I grumbled.

"Not really," Alice said brightly. "I think we know what he wants you for, if that helps. And it's neither to satisfy his lust for you nor to satisfy his thirst for you. You see," she started quickly, seeing I was about to interrupt. "Aro is like a collector… There are some vampires that have special abilities. Not all, but many of the ones we know do. For instance, Edward can read minds, as you noticed. Bella can shield herself and others from mental attacks; Renesmee can show you what she's thinking or feeling; Jasper can control moods; and I… can see the future," she said spookily. "Aro has vampires with special powers as part of his guard. He himself can read your mind more intensely than Edward. All he has to do is touch you, and every feeling, thought, you've ever had, he knows. Aro has tried to convince Edward and myself to join his little party-"

"Why?" I interrupted, knowing full well it was rude.

It was Edward who answered. "Aro sees the value in adding me to his guard. Aro needs to touch you to use his power, but I can hear your thoughts from a distance. And Alice… her power fascinates him more than any power he has ever seen. At least, it did," he added thoughtfully.

Alice picked up where he left off. "I think that, since we have refused to join him so many times, he searched for a new power. Powers that are present while you're human are much stronger when you become a vampire, you see. Bella could repel Edward before she was bitten, and now she can cover others with her shield. Aro wants someone to make a vampire, someone with a rare and interesting power."

She paused. "And we know now who he wants." She looked from me, to Edward, then back. "You. Just you."