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I slammed into Emmett as we ran into the living room. "Damn you guys are solid!" I muttered to him, glaring at him and crossing my arms.

He chuckled. "So are you. Honestly you should be rubbing your shoulder right now."

I stuck my tongue out at him.

Esme's voice pulled me back into reality. "Well, boys, what can we do for you? I do suggest you explain yourselves fast as you are on our territory."

"It's alright Esme," Edward said, "They came on good reasons."

"We just want to know exactly how the Volturi came on our land and asked about a certain Maximum Ride?" Sam asked, taking charge.

I let out a breath in irritaion; these guys are really getting on my nerves! Both the Volturi and these—dudes! "You guys keep showing us like a couple of bad pennies."

Sam looked calm, but Paul behind him looked a bit annoyed. "Really? Really? We're hear to tell you there are people after you and you—"

"1: they are not human. 2: Uh—DER? We figured that out the hard way!" Nudge said. Wow, go Nudge! I cheered in my head.

The dudes went silent. Yes, dudes. Don't question my lack of vocabulary!

Edward chuckled. "Yes they know about us, Jake. No they don't mind. Yes I read your minds, Max." he looked at me and sighed before looking at Sam. "In my opinion I think they should know who you are so—"

"Aw, that is so AWESOME! You guys are, like, thinking the same thing! Are you reading each others' minds? And is being a shifter as awesome as you make it sound?" Angel said excitedly. Some of the dudes groaned and some were shocked into silence. The Cullens snickered. Rose, Alice, and Bella even gave a confused Angel a high five.

I raised my eyebrows in surprise. "You guys are shifters? As in werewolf shifters?" I noticed Paul looking a bit cross. I pointed to him. "And you-dude with the temper—you're the one in the forest a couple days ago. All of you, if I'm right...and I am right, right?" I smirked, satisfied with the thought of beating up a werewolf.

He grunted but slipped in a smirk, too. That counts as a small smidge of a step closer to a smile, right? "Yea, I guess," He mumbled quietly.

I grinned and tried to smother my laughter. "No h-hard f-feelings?" Emmett burst out laughing. He triggered my laughter, causing snickers to arise in the room.

Emmett slapped me a high five and Soon everyone was laughing or trying hard NOT to laugh.

"Alright, all right! No hard feelings. Only 'cause I got a bite in. How's that foot feeling?" He smirked. Cocky son of bitch!

"I'm sorry, you mean this one?" I pulled up my skinny jeans to show him my ankle. I smirked back at him, showing him a faint, thin white scar. "Went away last week. It's actually taking longer than I thought it would take to heal," I said sarcastically. If a human went through what I did, it would take at least four to five weeks tops. I mean, damn! It was pretty deep.

Bella came up to look at it. "Wow. It's, like, not even there," she said, impressed.

Iggy elbowed her gently. "Ahh, that's my handiwork—efficient as always!"

"You mean bird genes, genius," I said. I remembered my mental note to kick him and aimed for the back of his knees, sending him stumbling and crashing into Fang, who shoved him into the couch. He flipped over backwards, legs hanging over the edge.

He sat up on the couch, legs still dangling off the back towards us. He frowned at me.

I shrugged and lent against the back of the couch next to his legs. "Mental note?" I tried. He gave me an exasperated look.

"I knew you guys were part bird!" Jake said.

We looked up at him. "Whadya mean, you knew?" Gazzy asked.

"You smelled like it. And anyway when we took off, we were actually coming around to attack you from the other side. But we just find this." he reached in his pockets and found a brown and white feather, setting it on a side table. MY feather.

I pursed my lips. "Dammit."

He continued. "And I knew you weren't Volturi because you bled—idiot!" he smacked Paul upside the head. Paul shoved him back, sending Jake into a the side table.

I noticed Sam, Esme and Carlisle talking quietly off to the side. Sam nodded; Jake suddenly slammed into him.

Sam turned sharply. "Alright, move on out—let's not destroy this house too. Take it up outside, boys!" He said to the Pack. As they left, Sam nodded to Carlisle one more time.

"Well, we sorted everything out; they'll be helping us keep on the lookout for any stray vampires. You never know if they're working for the Volturi," Esme said.

"Max, I suggest you always be with someone else when you go out. Going alone while they're after you and your powers isn't a very good idea," Carlisle added.

Bella spoke up. "What did the Pack say the Volturi wanted?"

Edward cut off Carlisle as he opened his mouth to speak. "They were extremely pissed Max declined. They wanted to know if the Pack knew her to see if they can find any other information they can use against you. They even threatened the Pack..."

"That..." I pressed. If someone was threatened because of me, I wanna hear about it.

"Just...it'd be a hell of a lotta trouble."

"Okay, well we be better start training then!" Emmett said, stretching.

"What? Why?" Nudge asked.

"Because they didn't just give Max a deadline for her decision of joining. They gave her a date—and on that date, March 3rd, if Max doesn't say 'Yes' and agree to be turned, they will arrive here in Forks and bring an army with them," Alice said. She sounded very calm, almost hired and nonchalant.

"And you aren't even worried?" Fang said.

"Oh they've done this before, with Bell. Orthreatened to anyway. Besides—we know each and every person in the Volturi and the abilities they have." Jasper said.

Rose looked like she would say something else to add on, but I cut her off with my hand. "Wait wait wait... I have a feeling this is going to be a long explanation." I flipped over the couch, startling Iggy, who sat up and looked at me like I was crazy. The rest got the idea and followed suit, Angel and Gazzy on the ground and others sitting among the three white sofas.

The chairs seemed to be in the shade, out of the way of the direct sunlight coming through their window. Jasper, who was sitting in a chair two-o'clock from me (facing away from the window), Alice on his lap, let his hand slip off the arm and dangle. Sunlight hit it, making it sparkle like a million diamonds.

"Wow—that is sooooo awesome! I wish I could do that! That'dbelikesuperduper

—" Gazzy slapped his hand over her mouth. I gave him a thankful look and he grinned.

"Okay!" Rose clasped her hands together. "So, back to what I was gonna bring up—the Volturi and their powers."

"Which is a lot," Fang guessed.

Rose nodded. "Let's start with Aro. You remember what we explained earlier?" she focused her question on me.

I thought about it and nodded after a pause. "Vaguely. I know he founded the Volturi, and he's the leader, right?" She nodded.

"He can read every thought a person's ever had with just one touch. It may or may not work with you, but, eh, let's try to avoid that," Jasper added.

"He and two others—Caius and Marcus— are the head of the Volturi. Caius doesn't have any special abilities, and Marcus can sense relationships between people, which can be used against you," Edward said.

We continued to discuss the other people of the Volturi and the Guard, such as Alec, who can cut off all your senses. Or Dimitri—the best tracker in the Guard, probably the best of all vampires. "One whiff of your scent and he can't be thrown off your trail," Carlisle had said.

"Don't forget Jane," Esme said. "Jane can have you feeling the most excruciating pain in the matter of seconds. Doesn't even have to touch you; she can tap into your nerves and senses, I guess you can say."

"Chelsea can manipulate relationships, too, and Renata is the 'shield' of the group. She mostly guards Aro, though," Alice put in.

"Shield?" I questioned

She nodded. "Like, any power you use on whoever she's guarding will be blocked or repelled."

I scrunched up my face. "So I can't do anything? No freezing or telekinesis?"

She looked thoughtful. Emmett looked up. "Well, it may work. You never know, you're still human so you gotta good shot, right?"

Carlisle shook his head in disagreement. "No, no I don't think so. It may work at first, but I doubt it. Right now, though, Max, you're as powerful as any vampire, maybe not as fast but you have powers…equally as good."

I looked at him skeptically. "I can barely control them."

"Well, now let's check it out now, shall we?" Emmett said.

"Hey, hey, hey. Now shouldn't you decide that, Max?" Bella said. I shot her a 'thank you for remembering me!' look, nodding, and she laughed.

"Yea, I guess." I said. "Maybe later."

I felt something prod at my temple and sighed before looking down and receiving my vision.


I saw Jake walking up to the Cullen household and knocking on the door. The door was open so he went on in.

"Bell, I ran into your dad at LaPush. He wanted you home early, says something about your Mom?" he said. He leaned against one of the sofas, looking across at her.


I pulled out and sighed again. "Jake'll be here any minute." I looked at Bella who looked a bit surprised. "He's gonna say your dad wants you home early? Something about your Mom."

"You had a vision about a werewolf?" Alice said. "You did that earlier and I was gonna ask about it, but they came barging in. How come you can and I can't?" she pouted.

"Ehhh...I'm...part...human? Oh, I don't know!" I got up, frustrated and paced around.

"Hey! Bella!" Jakes voice came from outside.

I stopped and laughed, hands on my hips. "I TOLD you so!" I laughed some more.

Jake came in and said exactly what was in my vision. I laughed. Again.

"Yea, I have to help him get a gift for my Mom's birthday." Bell said.

Jake nodded but looked at me. "What's so funny?" That only made me laugh harder. Can you say LOL?

Alice smirked. "We have a werewolf-seer!" she rolled her eyes.

"Can't get away unseen, now, can ya Jake?" Edward teased.

Jake stopped and looked at all of us, confused. Then it clicked and he pointed to me. "You saw me coming here," he stated. "Wow. I guess our visits won't exactly be too unannounced."

"Now you can chill, Eddy-boy!" Emmett said. We laughed.

He grunted.

Jake rubbed the back of his neck. "Well, I better get going. The Pack's trying to contact me, but I can't communicate with then unless I'm a wolf...so yea." I looked up at this. I didn't know that.

He turned to go, but stopped.

"Jake, what's—" Bella started.

Jake held up a hand staring out the door he left open. "Wait...something's up. Off. I just heard Embry call a warning."

We all listened but didn't move. Carlisle got up and stood by Jake.

I heard a howl. "There." I said. "I heard it again... Embry?" I asked.

He shook his head. "Quil. Maybe their just fighting, but I think it was a warning."

Alice perked up from the corner of my eye and zipped off of Jasper's lap and next to Edward, speaking at full vampire speed. I could kind of catch parts of what they were saying, with my improved hearing as a bird kid. I caught "Max" and a couple other things that didn't male sense.

"Hey," I called. "What's up?"

"Max! Step away from the window." Alice said sternly. "Now. Just...please." She got up and I put my hands up.

I moved to my left a couple feet so I was past the window, teasing with them.

They looked a bit uncomfortable. "What?" I looked and saw that I wasn't even close to the window.

Then it clicked and I remembered my vision at the same time Fang did. "The vision…" I muttered. He looked up and I met his worried eyes.

"You too?" Edward asked.

Alice seemed surprised. "You saw the same thing?"

"Wait…. Is this the one from the cafeteria?" Rose asked.

"The one about Max?" Esme asked.

Alice and I nodded. I looked back. "Well, I'm away from the window."

"Wait," Both Fang and Edward said. Edward nodded to him, telling him to speak first. "Something's not right." Fang said. "Something's...off. When Max showed me the vision—"

Alice gasped. "You can do that too? Lucky!"

"Alice." Jasper warned. She muttered a brief apology.

Edward looked puzzled. "That's right, huh." he looked around.

Jake let out a frustrated breath. "I can't figure out what they're saying." I now noticed the Pack was howling more frequently. Louder, too, so I suspected they were closer. He shook his head. "I need to go. I'll be back later to fill you guys in if you want." Carlisle nodded and Jake made a break for the open door.

At his first step, something big and black came flying through the doorway. Jake, jumped off to the side to avoid it. It wasn't as slow as a baseball, it was TWICE as fast as a Vampire. Which is wayyy too fast for my liking. It was also kinda bright, like some sort of orb.

What made it worse? Oh, not much….just the fact that is blasted through the open door was scary. But when it slammed into my chest, I was officially terrified. Reliving what I had already been through in my vision, was so, SO, not my thing.


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Ohhh ouch. Das gotta hurt.

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3: (Possibilty) Gazzy getting a new power? Maybe, maybe not. It's up to you guys!

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