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"WHAT?!" we cried, earning many curious glances in our direction.

"Why would she do that?"

"Is she helping us? Or is she hiding it away from us?"

"I don't know…" Alice said miserably.

I felt angry and confused when Alice muttered the fatal words. Why would Jane want to steal the cure?

"Where is she now?" I asked.

"On her way out of the chambers, she is going the same way we were planning on going."

I looked up at the bright sun and cursed inwardly at Felix's ill timing.

"We're going to have to run." Jasper concluded.

"I agree. There is no other way." Carlisle sighed.

We glanced quickly at the sky and rushed through the alley, through the sunlight and past the few people that were dwelling there. I thought I saw one of them turn their head as we whooshed past, and I felt worried that they saw a hint of a sparkle coming from our skin. Soon, we were approaching the meeting place, with the sun rapidly rising. There was a hill that was protruding from the normally flat plain. I saw three slim figures standing still on top of the hill and I rushed towards them at inhuman speed. They were wearing something that looked vaguely patchy and worn. I wondered why they were wearing that and then remembered that we were going through a sewer. I wrinkled my nose in disgust and fingered my clothes that were brand new but still my style. Alice insisted that we go shopping during the time we had.

I watched their faces turn down into frowns when they saw us approaching.

We stopped directly in front of them and our grins faltered at the severe looks on their faces.

"Why were you running?" they glared.

"Felix found us in the town square so we had to run." We explained.

Their faces softened and hardened at the same time.

"Urgh! That evil vampire! I knew he was going to do this." Sulpicia growled.

"Well, you had no choice I guess." Athenodora said.

Should we tell them about Jane?

I glanced at Edward through the corners of my eyes. He shook his head an infinite amount and looked at both me and Alice. I guess she asked that question as well. Alice looked at me questioningly. I gave her a meaningful look and she nodded slowly.

"We were waiting for you." said Sulpicia.
"Hmm… we must get a move on. The festival is beginning."

We headed towards a minute hole in the ground. There was metal gauze on top of it covering the entrance. It was just large enough for one person to fit through without having to squeeze in too uncomfortably. For a vampire, well, it was just plain simple. I was still glad that it as wide enough that I wouldn't get grime all over my self. I grimaced again at the thought of getting remains of… over my clothes. Yuck.

I watched as Gianna opened the hatch by pulling on a handle that I had not noticed earlier because it was the same colour and texture as the surrounding gauze.

The wives slid down gracefully and silently down the long tube.

Alice jumped in immediately afterwards and swiftly disappeared into the darkness. Jasper followed and then, holding my breath, I jumped in. I felt the cool wind blow past me, it felt nice. I lost my fear of falling down this deep dark hole and relaxed. Suddenly, I landed into a bog of slimy water and squealed in displeasure. I heard the wives' pealing laugh and I instinctively moved towards them. I heard Edward landing with a soft splash behind me and I turned around. I saw his pearly white skin glowing in the dark and I instantly shuffled towards him. I looked around and saw everyone who was there, illuminated by their skin. Carlisle appeared out of thin air and he shone brighter than everyone else. I looked at the walls and saw that they were covered by green moss of some kind and that we were currently standing in ankle deep sewerage water.

I sighed heavily and started to walk forward. I muffled a scream that started to come out of my mouth when I saw a rat running along the concrete edge of the water. Alice looked at me and then rolled her eyes.

"I'm not as old as any of you. I'm not used to these things." I said defensively.

The wives sighed patiently and continued walking forward.

"There is quite a way to walk."

We started to push our heavy stone-like legs through the murky water, steadily proceeding down the long tunnel. It was very dark but my excellent eyesight allowed me to see the little deposits of impossible light particles. I breathed in as less as possible and every time, inhaled a breath-full of disgusting smelling mucky dust motes. I could taste the dirt and filth floating around in the air and I despised it. So therefore, I concentrated on other things. I went to my happy place with Edward. Once or twice, while in my happy place, I nearly crashed into the wall because I wasn't paying any attention to where I was walking. Edward would grab me around the waist before I whacked my head. Not that it would hurt or anything, mostly to spare the pipes. Every time this happened, I was forced to breathe rapidly and therefore the moss smell always found a way into my system. I glared at the walls and floor reprovingly when this happened, earning an amused chuckle from Edward who was always right behind me, obviously trying to stop me from crashing into every obstacle we came across.

"Are we there yet?" I asked, using up my breath.

Athenodora chucked. "Probably another half an hour."

I sighed in my mind, not wishing to have to breathe in again.

After a long while of walking, we heard some approaching footsteps coming towards us from the opposite direction. We all quickly went into hunting crouches and growled.

"Who is it?" Gianna called.

No one answered.

Edward growled loudly next to me. I looked up at him questioningly and he looked around at all of us.

"Jane." He whispered through his teeth.

Athenodora, Sulpicia and Gianna snarled at the darkness. A short figure appeared in front us.

"Don't attack me! I'm helping you." Jane quickly called.

"Not likely vampire!" Athenodora snarled.

"Hey! You do know that you're all vampires too right?" Jane looked affronted.

"Just get out of our sight AND hearing!" screeched Sulpicia.

I looked shocked that the wives of Aro and Caius could be so aggressive to a fellow Volturian.

"I've got the cure right here… and I'm giving it to you." Jane said slowly.

"Why would you help us?" Gianna growled.

"Because… I'll tell the story to you when we find Alec. He's part of this story." Jane said.

I pouted angrily because finding Alec meant walking ALL the way back out of the sewer… having to endure the horrifying smell! Edward noticed my expression and wrapped his hand around my face. I grimaced and then noticed his beautiful smell. He started to move his hand away and I gripped it tightly and kept it there on my face. He smirked but consented to my decision. I started to breathe normally again, but instead of inhaling sewerage dust motes, the air I breathed was muffled with Edward's honey and lilac scent. I inhaled deeply and relaxed and started to walk forward.

Jane was observing our position with curiosity but clearly, the others understood my lack of resistance against the horrid smell. I glanced at Jane and she beamed at me with her formidable grin. I tensed and spread my shield out to everyone.

"Just kidding." Joked Jane.

I frowned, but relaxed my shield, seeing everyone's light fading away as the shield closed in.

"Should we run this time?" suggested Athenodora.

I removed Edward's hand and answered clearly, forgetting the horrid smell.

"Yes! I don't want to stay here any longer!" I said, a little too loudly.

Everyone chuckled at my reaction but agreed. Soon, we were zooming on top of the water, trying to keep at the same speed as each other, but failing when Jane decided to make it a race. Edward was playing with the air of a gentleman and went as slowly as possible, keeping at the same pace as me. I grinned at him and pointed forward, indicating that he shouldn't wait for me and just win already. He smiled back and sped up by an incredible amount. I laughed quietly, listening to the jingle of bells coming out of my mouth. I looked back and saw Carlisle and Jasper communicating quietly out of the corners of their mouths. I slowed down and listened to what they were saying.

"Should we really trust Jane?" Jasper was saying.

"I think we can. I can tell there is a complex past behind her and Alec's vampire lives." Carlisle said.

I gave up on listening because I really wasn't bothered, so I used all of the newborn muscle that was left in me from ten years ago and tried to catch up to Jane, who was quite far in front of me, followed closely by Alice.

Using all the strength I had, I caught up with Alice, who looked at me approvingly and nodded in the direction of Jane, obviously spurring me on. I nodded back and moved my legs as fast as possible, trying to imitate Edward running. I kept trying, looking down at my feet, all the while not noticing that the sewer wall was approaching me very fast.

Suddenly, I crashed into Edward with an ear-splitting bang. He grabbed me around the waist before I could fall into the sewerage water. That brought me back to the present moment. He looked surprised and amused that I had just run straight into him unconsciously. I was rather confused and embarrassed. I scrambled to my feet awkwardly and glanced around to find that everyone had arrived by then. Jasper was looking as if he was trying not to laugh. I frowned. I could tell that he was eager to tell Emmett the moment that we got home that I had crashed into Edward and almost fallen into ankle deep sewerage water.

I looked up to see the hole that would take me back up to the bright city of Volterra. Suddenly, a face appeared in the circle of bright light that was flowing down into the sewer, forming a blurry sphere of light in the murky water below in which we were standing, blocking out half of the brightness.

I gasped when I saw who it was, grinning eagerly down at us.


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