Author Notes: This chapter follows very closely to almost the same scene in Breaking Dawn.

Chapter Nine

BPOV

At this moment I was grateful for being a vampire in so many ways. With everything that had happened I was able to contribute more than normal. A contribution instead of hindrance. My heart broke when they took Renesmee and Aiden. I couldn't cry, I sobbed for my life. But nothing, I now understand Edward's statements about his unbeaten heart breaking. You still felt pain, and it was worse because you would never forget, not at all.

The last time I found myself on flight to Italy I was with Jacob and the rest of the pack. On our way to save Aiden from Victoria and Matt. I turned to Edward. "What if it's Victoria ad Matt again?" He looked at me, then shook his head. We were trying to figure out why they would do this. Surely it wouldn't just be of the odd chance they were in the area. Or how did they know?

"Alice would know love," He whispered lovingly, placing a soft kiss on my temple. I loved this man with all my heart. He wasn't a freak to me, he was a regular man. He just had a few extra special talents. He smiled at me before turning back to the others who were sitting around a table. It didn't take a lot for them to buy out an entire first class flight. It wasn't going to be hard, not considering the large of size of our family already, but add in Bree, Riley and Tiffany. That brought our total to 11 and that excluded Aiden and Renesmee.

Spread out on the table were numerous artifacts. Exquisite to say the least. Pouches, a crucifix, which stifled a laugh from everyone. There was a bracelet, and a choker. Both made out of silver and were beautiful. Then there was a notebook, it was in immaculate condition considering how long it had been around for. Then beside them all was the necklace Carlisle had sent me from Edward after he left me to protect me. My fingers dashed across the table and I picked it up swiftly. Running my fingers over the ring on it. My Cullen crest.

Every member of the family had one, even Aiden. I smiled for a single second before I was brought down to earth with the reminder of the situation we were in. Tiffany pointed to all the artifacts.

"Each of these contains apart of the prophecy. I'm not sure we have them all, but there really isn't time," She answered seriously. Everyone had been wary of Tiffany. Something told me she really did have my best interest at heart. "Bella," I looked up at her, she held her hand out to me. "May I have your crest please?" I looked at her confused, But did as she asked. She pulled the ring of the chain and looked at it carefully.

"Uno schermo, una visione, un lettore," Edward spoke in shock. This was a time when I really regretted not taking that language class in my junior years back in Phoenix. Everyone else in the room looked in shock as they looked between myself, Edward and Alice.

"That's unusual," Carlisle spoke up for the first time in a bit. "That is so straight forward, Prophecies are supposed to be cryptic."

"What does it mean?" I asked.

"A Shield, A Vision, A Reader," Esme spoke up gently. "Sorry my dear, we tend to forget you don't know Italian."

I looked down at the table quietly.

"It's okay love, we will teach you when we get home," Edward promised. Then pointed back to where Jasper was holding a notepad and pen. Why? I'm not sure when they all had photographic memory.

"It's our understanding that we will find other parts of the prophecy on other artifacts." Riley explained with a smile as he picked up the pouch. "con pelle fredda ed anima calda." Jasper wrote it down quickly and within five minutes they had gone through all the artifacts we had and compiled a list. Alice took the sheet of paper off him.

"A Shield, A vision, A Reader. They, with cool skin and warm blood. With the Nomads the chase begins. A kindness, thought lost. No longer surrounded in darkness. Unleashed upon the world. Left to shine in it's own right." She spoke clearly then frowned. "Doesn't sound right, I think we are missing a something." She looked around the room, her eyes falling into the familiar glacial appearance they got whenever she was having a vision. My hands gripped the table and I felt Edward hold onto me tightly.

"What did she see?" I asked nervously. "EDWARD!" His eyes snapped to mine and I knew that look.

"They are going to let the Volturi have their way." Edward revealed, involuntarily I began to shake. This couldn't be happening. "To protect us, Aiden made the decision for them. Renesmee won't let him do it alone. We have twenty four hours."

Alice was in shock she didn't move. The silence that fell through the room was painful. That was our family in there. There was no way any of us would just sit back and let this happen. Tiffany started humming a tune, a soft melodic tune. Oddly enough I found myself humming it as well.

I felt the entire all these smash into mine as I looked at Tiffany and we both stared in shock. My whole body froze and my eyes burned."To overstep the Neolithic court." I whispered. "That's it. That's the missing part."

"Ofcourse!" Bree clapped her hands together. "It all makes sense now. "A Shield, A vision, A Reader. They, with cool skin and warm blood. To overstep the Neolithic court. With the Nomads the chase begins. A kindness, thought lost. No longer surrounded in darkness. Unleashed upon the world. Left to shine in it's own right."

"Hmm." Carlisle sounded from where he ha sat quietly with Esme. "It seems incredibly vague. I have my theories but I'm not sure I want it to mean what it sounds like. We need to get to Italy and get Renesmee and Aiden to safety. We need a plan."

I had to agree with him, it sounded like a fight with the Volturi was coming. But I wanted to avoid a fight at all costs if possible.

"We need to figure out how we are getting into Voltera," Edward spoke firmly, "We need to assign positions."

"I can get us in," Tiffany confessed. I looked at her weirdly. Bree and Riley shot her questioning glances, but I thought nothing of it. If she could get us to Aiden and Renesmee it would all be better.

"Tiffany," Carlisle's voice rang into me. "You never did get around to telling us exactly how you came to know fully of this prophecy, nor did you know that it would relate to us."

She looked down guiltily, almost like she was regretting bringing this entire thing up. Like there was something she didn't want us to know.

"When were you changed?" Jasper asked kindly.

"Tell them Tiff," Riley answered softly. "They need to know."

"It had been two months since my brother disappeared. I was only eighteen, due to be married, when it happened, but it still haunted me. My brother and I were extremely close, he was always there for me. I didn't believe that he was dead. There was never a body found."

"My parent's told me that he drowned at the beach with friends. That was the story that he had told them the day he disappeared. The truth was,he was going hunting with a friend. I was walking the same familiar route he had always gone, the one he used to tell me about. He had a map in his room. Everything was fine, I wasn't expecting to find much. I couldn't get married without him there. He was my best friend. He had to be there. "

My eyes opened wide as I thought back to the little Emmett had told me when I was a bit afraid of my change. Was Tiffany his sister? Emmett's eyes met mine and I knew he was thinking the same thing. He hadn't seen her in so long, what if it was just coincidence?

"But I didn't find anything, no body. Just a few dead carcases of animals. The sun set quickly that night and I tried my hardest to find my way out. I got lost, and when the rain started I knew I was done for. I closed my eyes and wondered if this was what had happened to Emmett." She took a deep breath, almost as if the dots were connecting in her mind, what had already connected in mine. She looked straight at him, and he looked at her.

"Emma Louise McCartney?" Emmett asked excitedly, their eyes connected again and she smiled unbelievably at him. Rosalie growled as she lunged forward and hugged him tightly. He pulled back. "What's with the name Em?"

"It was too painful," She confessed. "Knowing that, I didn't have anyone." she moved beside Emmett as Rosalie glared at her for being so close. She was always predatory. "When I awoke next, I had changed. I'm not sure who, or why they did. But they left me there, with a few lone items and a passing note of a prophecy to fulfill. I ended up making my way to Italy after hearing a passing coven speaking about a royal coven there. That was when I met up with the Volturi, they took me in."

"They were ever so kind to me, but they too were aware of such a prophecy. They told me of an Olympic coven who didn't feast on humans, who lived off an all animal diet. A strong coven, who were able to blend in with society. I yearned for that. For a family like atmosphere." Her attention shot to me.

"Bella," She whispered. "I was there when you arrived in Italy. I had never thought twice about the prophecy fully until I witnessed yourself and Edward that first time. It made sense, although originally I thought it was about you, until Aro told me about Edward's power. To read thoughts."

"I don't remember seeing you there," I spoke up quickly, my mind my trailing over that incident a million times and still I could not place her there.

"I didn't expect you to see me, I was in a chamber below you with the wives. You had an odd scent when you were picked up, we were there as backup." She bit her lip softly before beginning again. "I was also at your wedding."

My jaw dropped open. She was there, all this time and she waited until the Volturi decided to step in before she would do anything.

"I saw you dancing with the wolf. I also saw you and Edward off to your honeymoon. I couldn't step in, what if I was wrong? I already thought the prophecy wasn't entirely about you. What if I stopped it from coming to fruition? Thankfully I didn't as Renesmee was born." she whispered.

"What about Riley and Bree?" Rosalie questioned from her silent position beside Emmett.

"We were created only a few years ago." Riley spoke up firmly as Bree nodded. "She was evil, we weren't the only ones she had bitten, there were at least twenty of us."

"Sounds like a newborn army." Jasper whispered as all eyes turned to him. His stories about his past that he had briefly told me flashing through my mind.

"What does this mean for Aiden and Renesmee?" I questioned, we needed to remain focused.