Chapter 10

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Bella POV

We all stood on the porch waiting for Laurent. I heard him coming and he slowed down just before the bush; I raised my shield around us as a precaution. He slowly walked out of the forest and held his hands up.

"I'm only here to talk," Laurent spoke.

"We're listening," Carlisle replied.

"I'm here to warn you about Victoria; she's creating a newborn army." We were all silent, processing the information. "She wanted me to help her, but it's madness. I no longer want to be part of it. But don't underestimate her."

"We appreciate you coming to us," Carlisle said formally.

"And I'm truly sorry for what has been created here, it was never my intention to cause you any harm, but James can be set off very easily," Laurent added.

"Thank you for your warning," Irina said, smiling lightly.

"Yes... Well I should be going now," Laurent said somewhat hesitantly.

"What's the rush?" Irina asked, "why don't you stay a bit."

"Well... I don't want to intrude."

"Oh no it's fine, besides it's the least we can do for you after you warned us," Esme said.

We all walked inside and sat back down. After chatting for a while, we all slowly started to drift away. Irina and Laurent were really hitting it off, so we felt we should give them some privacy and left. The two talked throughout the night while everyone else was off doing their own thing. Edward and I silently read our books. In the morning, Tanya came to our room.

"Yes Tanya?" Edward asked.

"We're leaving today," she said.

"Well it was good seeing you Tanya," Edward said, standing up and walking over to hug her.

"Of course, and it was lovely meeting you Bella," she replied. I smiled and we all walked down to say goodbye to the others. They were all outside giving hugs and saying their goodbyes.

"We will see you all soon," Carlisle said.

"Would you like to come with us up to Alaska, Laurent?" Irina asked.

"I'd love to," he replied with a smile.

"We will see you later," Irina said as they grabbed each other's hands and ran off.

Carmen smiled.

"I'm glad she's found someone."

"I don't know if Laurent is a good match for her..." Kate mused.

"Whatever happens, happens," Eleazar said. "Anyway, we should get going." We said our final goodbyes and they left.

"Well that was interesting," Emmett said.

"It explains some of the missing people cases I've been hearing about," Carlisle commented.

"What missing people?" I asked.

"Well it's all over the news, I knew it must be a vampire but I wasn't sure what was going on exactly," he replied.

"I've been debating when we should go and check it out," Jasper added, "but the Volturi might intervene if she gets out of hand."

"How many people have gone missing?" I asked.

"Not many... But I've seen it before so it's quite obvious to me what's going on," Jasper replied.

I should probably pay more attention to the news, I thought to myself. I walked off to our room, excusing myself, deep in thought as Edward followed me.

"Let's not worry about this right now," Edward said. "If it gets out of hand, the Volturi will intervene."

"But Alice's visions-" I started.

"Change all the time, Bella," he interrupted.

"We're just going to keep an eye on the situation and cross that bridge when it comes down to it," Carlisle said. I'm kind of amazed at how the Cullen's can all keep their cool like this; I've been alone and hidden away for so long, I've never had to deal with many threats. It's actually kind of a scary thought that someone out there is creating an army to kill you.

"Fine, I'll leave it alone for now." I sighed.

"Besides, Alice is very excited for Prom," Edward said, changing the subject.

"Don't remind me," I groaned. Alice has been going on about it for days and I've been avoiding her every chance I got. Edward laughed.

"Don't worry, it's only a few hours."

"You'll have fun Bella trust me," Alice said popping up out of nowhere and pointing to her head.

"Well we will have to wait and see about that," I mumbled. I'd never been much of a dancer in my human life, but Alice had. She loved to dance and there were always dances we attended in town. Alice would always help me get dressed up and teach me a few dance steps, but I stopped being interested in them after Alice left. As a vampire though, I'm sure my dancing has improved and I'm not as clumsy. It's just not really my thing, but I'm excited to be spending the night with Edward and testing myself around humans and seeing what this upcoming September will be like.

"When is this Prom again?" I asked.

"Tomorrow night, and I know it's kind of a downer with everything going on these past two days, but it will be a good distraction," Alice said.

"I'm assuming people don't dance the same way we used to," I said.

"Oh yeah, you have no idea," Edward said.

"There's this trend going on called twerking; it's the most outrageous thing I've ever seen!" Alice ranted.

"What is it exactly?" I asked curiously.

"Just look it up online," Edward said casually.

"Okay..." I replied and went off toward a computer and looked it up, as well as various other types of modern day dancing. My jaw dropped, "I don't have to dance like that, do I?!"

"Of course not! ...but if you did..." He said suggestively before laughing.

I slapped his chest playfully.

"Shut up. ...but if I did you would be the first to know," I replied, teasing. Edward broke out in a grin.

"Hey now, don't forget about your big sister over here," Alice called from behind us.

"Oh sorry Alice, I forgot you were there, Edward and I were about to engage in passionate sex on the floor," I replied sarcastically.

"I'll see you guys later," Alice said before leaving.

We burst out laughing as she left.

"I'm so glad Alice found you," Edward said when we calmed down.

"Me too," I replied.

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