Alright. So. Here's the next chapter.


Alice's P.O.V -

Morgan and I were sitting in our Honors English class. It was the last period of the day. We were looking over our partner Halloween speech. Ironically Morgan and I's topic was vampires. Morgan laughed when we got the topic. We had to stick to the old time folklore though. We had gotten an 'A'. It didn't surprise either of us. What did surprise us though, was that it took our teacher almost four months to get our report back to us. Morgan and I were sitting in the back of the room, just talking. It wouldn't take long. I was struck with a sudden vision. I opened my mind so Morgan could see.

We were sitting at the house. Each of us doing something different. Jasper was sitting on the floor reading his book. I had my head in Jasper's lap, reading a magazine. Morgan was a tabby cat sleeping in the windowsill, Edward was playing his piano and Bella was listening, and Emmett was watching football.

The door flew open to the house. Aro, Marcus, Caius, Jane, Felix, and Alec walked in. "We've come to get Alice." Aro said. In seconds everything turned into utter chaos. Jasper pushed me back behind him. Felix jumped at Emmett. Jane and Bella began to fight. Alec and Jasper started to fight. Aro walked over to me. "Alice dear. If you leave with us, it will all stop." Aro said.

I pulled out of the vision. "Let's go." Morgan said. She raised her hand. The teacher came over, "Yes?" She barked. She didn't care much for Morgan or myself. "Alice isn't feeling well. Can I take her to the office?" Morgan asked. She mentally controlled the teacher and she let us go. Once we were out in the hallway, we split up. I went to Edward and Bella's class room. I knocked on the door. Mr. Wright opened the door. "Can I help you?" He asked in his monotone voice. "Yes. I need Bella and Edward. There's been an emergency." I said sweetly. "Alright." He said as he turned his attention back to the class room. Edward read my mind to figure out what was going on.

We ran, at human pace, out to the parking lot. Morgan had retrieved the others. Jasper was instantly by my side. He wrapped me in his arms and sent a wave of calm. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't have allowed him to use his powers on me, but this wasn't a normal circumstance. We quickly filed into the cars and drove home. Morgan must have told them what was going on because no one said a word.

When we got home, we were greeted by Esme. "What are you doing home so early?" She asked in a motherly tone. "We've got a problem." Edward said.

"What's going on?" Esme asked. "We have to wait for Carlisle. He's on his way home now." Morgan said. We all went to the living room to wait. Jasper and I walked over to the love seat. He sat down and pulled me into his lap. I curled up into a ball and laid my head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around me protectively. He could probably feel my fear. I didn't want to go with the Volturi. I wanted to stay with my family. Don't worry Alice. We won't let them get to you. Edward said. I just wished that I could trust what he was saying.

Finally what seemed like hours, Carlisle came home. "What's the emergency?" He asked as he entered the house. My siblings and I all exchanged looks. Who was going to tell him. I will. Edward mentally. "Alice had a vision today. It was of the Volturi coming to get her. They want to take her back to Volterra." Edward said. Esme gasped. "No. We won't let them take you." Carlisle said. I only nodded. I didn't want my family to get hurt. "When are they coming?" Carlisle asked in his calm manner. "They should be here any minute now." I said quietly. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Everyone became tense and they stared at the door. Carlisle was the first to react. He walked over to the door and opened it.

"Ah! Carlisle my dear friend!" Aro's voice rang.

Morgan's P.O.V.

"Ah! Carlisle my dear friend!" Aro's voice rang. Damien! Get upstairs NOW! I yelled mentally. They didn't know that we were here and we still had the element of surprise if we needed it. Damien did as he was told and ran upstairs. I followed closely behind him. Only I transformed into a black tabby cat. I gently stretched out on the stairs, making it look as if I were asleep. What are you doing? Jasper yelled at me mentally. They don't know I exist or that Damien's here. Think about it. We have the element of surprise. I snapped at Jasper. He thought we were just running away.

Bella, put a shield around everyone's mind. I ordered. Jane had a few ideas in her mind that weren't too pleasant. "Hello Aro." I hear Carlisle say. I seen six figures cloaked in black walk to the edge of the living room. "To what do I owe this visit?" Carlisle asked. He sounded calm and collected but in his mind he was furious. He wouldn't let them take Alice.

"Well. We've come to recruit Alice." Aro said. "The answer's no." Jasper growled. Aro turned his attention from Carlisle to Jasper, "Why don't you let her speak for herself?" He asked innocently. He was acting as if it were no big deal. "By the way, what is that sweet smell?" Caius asked. I tensed. I forgot that I had a different smell than they did. But I must have covered Damien's smell. "It's nothing. Just a tabby cat that we found. We're nursing it back to health." Esme covered.

"Oh really?" Marcus asked skeptically. I stretched and made it look as if I had just woken from a nap. I gracefully walked down the steps and twitched my tail. "May I?" Aro asked. He wanted to see if I were a real cat. Say okay Carlisle. I thought mentally to my father. "Of course." Carlisle said. I quickly blocked all of my thoughts and replaced them of fish and hunting mice. Aro quickly picked me up by my stomach and began petting my head.

"So she was attacked by a dog and you helped her? Such a sweet thing to do Alice." Aro said. My trick had worked. I jumped out of his grasp and lazily walked over to the couch. Jumped on it and sat on the back of the couch. "Well. Alice dear, we should be leaving. Things to do, places to be." Aro said in a chipper voice. "No. I'm not going with you." Alice said. Aro's smile turned into a frown, "But we can offer you so much more than... this." He said as he looked around the room. Jasper let out a low growl. "Aro, Alice has made her decision. I think it best if you leave." Carlisle said calmly. "Fine. I see that we're not wanted here. But Alice, if you ever do decide to take us up on our offer, you know where we are." He said before all six of the cloaked figures walked out of the door.