Rosalie and the young girl was walking hand in hand ahead of everybody else. But suddenly she stops, and turns to the vampire Nikolai and asks him,
"Could you ask her what her name is? We can't keep just keep calling her, 'her' or 'it' or whatever"
He sighs and bends down then asks the girl and he says:
"Isabella"
Bella smiles then Edward speaks up and asks Rosalie,
"Can you and Isabella go on up ahead?" "Why?" "Sigh, I don't think she needs to see us feed" "Oh"
Rosalie picks up the small child and she runs in vampire speed to miles ahead of them. Isabella just laughs at t he sensation of it and back where the rest of the Cullen's are, the go into a crouch like position and go hunting in the dense forests surrounding them. Felix, Demetri and Nikolai just look in fascination.
Several minutes later, they all come back, and with the reborn glow of their eyes, you can tell that they are all well satisfied. Except for Jasper, who also stayed behind with the other vampires since he slipped and drank the sweet blood of one the killers.
They all catch up with Rosalie and the little girl and she asks to anybody,
"Are we anywhere near Gavle?"
Nikolai sighs then says,
"It has been years since I was here but yes, I think so"
Suddenly Isabella looks up and points to a mountain and excitedly says something in her language and Jasper asks Edward,
"What is it?" "I don't know, it doesn't help a mind reader when you don't understand the language"
Just then Nikolai speaks up and says,
"I do! It is the mountain near her home! I climbed that mountain as a child!"
Emmett speaks up and says,
"All right! Let's get her home!"
Rosalie and the child squeeze hands then they all get to running.
In fifty miles, they reach the outskirts of Gavle. They all look at the quaint Swedish village and baby Isabella squeezes Rose's hand tightly and says something. Edward asks,
"What is it?"
Rose smiles at the child then says,
"She's scared…of what we are doing and why we are doing it" "You can tell all that without her saying anything?"
Rose gives her a smile only a mother could and softly says with a crack in her voice,
"Yeah"
They all look at each other then Nikolai sniffs the air and coolly says,
"She is here"
Bella Cullen looks at Jacob and he shakes his head then Edward says,
"She is in the same place we are taking Isabella too, it's almost like we were lead to her!"
Felix says,
"Or meant to find her"
With a dark cloud overhead, the vampires feel free to walk through the busy village, through the winding streets then finally the little girl says 'Grandparents' in her native language and acts like she recognizes a place. Rose looks at Emmett and he says with a soft touch in his voice,
"Time to let her go Rose"
Rose takes the little girl in her arms to hug her then stands back up and says,
"I can't" "Rosalie, she has to go" "How do we know if she'll be taken care of? Loved?"
Edward steps forth and says,
"Rose, I can't understand her language but her thoughts are warm, she has warm memories of this place that she is too little to say, let her go"
Alice picks up the little girl and gently runs with her to the front steps and places the little girl down and rings the doorbell then with vampire speed, runs back to her family and watches as t he grandmother opens the door and in surprise sees her little granddaughter.
Rose dry sobs as they walk away then they look around and ask,
"Where do we go?"
Nikolai sniffs the air then says,
"She is this way, further up"
They go in silence up the street. Strangers pass them but they all pay them no mind then they stop in front of a building and they all look at each other in agreement and Jacob goes in front followed by Demetri and Felix.
There is a man behind the hotel desk who stands up and starts yelling something in Swedish, Demetri just looks at Felix and says casually,
"Take care of it"
Felix strides over there and 'takes care of it'…silently and swiftly. The Cullen family looks away, but Alice who saw it coming, takes Jasper's hand and sweetly says,
"Let's stay out here for a minute"
He looks at her with confusion but all he sees is pure love from his wife's eyes.
Inside, Jacob and a whole stream of vampires go down the hall. They stop at the elevators and one box comes and opens and Jacob looks at it and says,
"Too small for all of us"
Demetri says,
"Let's take the stairs in case she tries to escape"
Nikolai growls and Jacob glares hot hatred at him. Bella touches his arm to hold him back and Edward says,
"Let's go"
They all go up the stairs and open the door to a long hallway of rooms then Jacob says,
"She's in that one"
He points to the middle room. They all walk over and Demetri starts to pound on the door but Jacob stops him. Jacob knocks instead and after a few seconds, Leah answers.
He face goes as pale as a ghost, she steps back and they all file in. When they all get in, Leah closes the door and Jacob tells her,
"Leah, we know you stole the formula, where is it?"
Suddenly, she goes defensive and she says in a sharp and brutal manner,
"I don't know what you are talking about'
She just walks over to the little round table by the window and Jacob starts to say something when Rosalie cuts him off by saying,
"Leah, we need the formula back" "No"
Jacob points to Demetri and the other two red eyed vampires and says,
"Leah, these three vampires are here to get it back at whatever means. Now, you might kill them, that's true but I believe they will find a way to destroy you in the process"
A lone tear falls down Leah's cheek and Rose says,
"Leah, that formula is for vampires, how, how can you expect to use it?"
Leah puts her hand on her head and rolls it around then says out of desperation,
"M Maybe if I took it to our tribal leaders, they could make sense out of it"
Jacob looks at her with as much love and sympathy as he can and says,
"Leah, our leaders are old and frail. They are storytellers, not scientists or doctors…if scientists are having a hard time figuring it out. How can they?"
Leah just starts crying harder and harder. Rose goes over to her and wraps her arms around her and Leah says in a weak voice,
"It might be my only chance"
Rose takes Leah's hand and says in a soft voice,
"It might be mine but it won't be either one of ours if we don't take it back to people who know"
Leah slowly turns her head to the bed and her eyes go to the floor and Edward follows her gaze and reaches down and pulls out a briefcase and opens it and looks through the papers and he says,
"This is it"
Rose asks,
"Can you understand it?"
He reads a few pages then says,
"I can understand the basics of it but only a mind like Carlisle can understand it"
Just then the bathroom door opens and out comes Sam and he yells,
"Leah, no!"
Everybody turns to look at him and Demetri, Felix and Nikolai growl.
Back in Norway, Gianna still lays in a 'hospital' bed, clearly in pain and Carlisle, Esme and Aro look at each other while Katrina is deep in thought.
A/N—This was a emotional chapter for me to write. I hope you find it pleasing.