Jeezuz, it's been a long time since I updated this. Like, one and a half months. Doesn't matter, though- I'm back with a brand new chapter!

The entire chapter is told from Alice's POV. It's a bit short, but starting from the end of the Breaking Arc, the chapters will gradually get longer.

Anyway... Go forth and read!

Alice POV

I was bucking and heaving now, holding nothing back as I tried to escape my family's grasp. Only Edward was refraining from joining the fray. Emmett, the man holding my arms behind me, was also the one receiving the worst of the punishment. After all, he had been Rosie's best friend before she had met Isabella- and yet, here he was, trying to stop me from going and helping her.

Another vision was beginning to overtake me. I was fighting it off, as hard as I could; the last two had been more then I could stand. They were so graphic, so violent. I didn't want to watch any more of what Alec was doing to my Rosie. Of course, it was a losing battle- it was damn near impossible to fight off one of my visions. Still, if anything would be able to help me fight them off, this would be it.

Edward was staring through me, his gaze haunted. He wasn't faring any better than I had, knowing what was happening to Rosie. But he was still traumatized by what had happened to Emily, and would be no help. Carlisle was too busy stopping my legs from flailing wildly to pay attention to my screams. Esme, her hands on my stomach, was putting all of her energy into pushing me down. And Emmett was probably in too much pain to think of anything but holding me still, preventing me from going to my Rosie. Jasper, of course, was focusing everything on calming me. All it did was make me more focused.

The vision was beginning to form in my head. I stopped thrashing around for a second, putting everything I had into making it disappear, before resuming my fight. The second I stopped putting my everything into making it go away, but, it started to come again. I had two options; I could keep fighting and watch the vision, then start again after, or I could stop fighting and make the vision go away. I opted for the first.

My eyes grew clouded, and distantly, I could feel my body still thrashing around. But the majority of my attention was on the scene unfolding in front of me.

Rosalie was hanging limply from the grasp of two hulking vampires, her face lifted toward Alec. The night sky behind her, illuminated by streetlights, made her look breathtaking. The two vampires holding her, but, looked threatening. And immensely satisfied; after my other visions, I knew how they had gotten satisfied. I felt anger swell through me, as Alec started talking.

"You know," he said conversationally, crouching so he could look into Rosalie's eyes, "we already knew exactly why Carlisle disowned you. Well, not the reasoning behind it, but all about your little thing with the infant human. If you had just come with us to Volterra, then none of this would have happened."

Rosalie trembled, licking her lips. "Why?" she rasped, glaring into her eyes. "Why couldn't you just let us be? We hadn't done anything to you!"

Alec grinned, his blood-red eyes glinting horribly in the light. "Master Aro learned about your thing with the baby," he chuckled. "And, of course, he couldn't take the risk of having an immortal child, could he? But after you refused to come with us- well, now, that was quite rude. We couldn't just leave without teaching you some manners, could we? And now, I'm afraid, you're going to have to die."

Rosalie stared at him, disgust written all over his face. Then, his face contorted with fury as she spat on him, the venom splashing over his face. From his pocket, he withdrew a box of matches.

"Hold her arm out," he told the other two, as he took out a match and struck it against the box.

My vision disappeared just as sparks were leaping from it. I trembled, knowing just what Alec had to have in mind with that match. I had to stop it happening; my Rosie would already be traumatized for life, without having to walk around without an arm.

Edward was staring at me, horror and shock filling his eyes. Of course. He would have seen my vision, too. A small jerk of his head told me that he was planning to help me. Hopefully, there would be a way out of this mess that wouldn't result in anyone being dead- except maybe Alec. I wouldn't mind if he died.

Edward's fist flew out, catching Emmett by surprise. He flew backwards, hitting a wall. With my arms now free, I lashed out at Esme, who landed on Carlisle. Behind me, I could hear footsteps, and I knew that Jasper would be following me. Too bad for him. Reaching into my pocket, I took out the keys to Jasper's motorbike. It would be faster than running.

Alright. So, now we know- Aro wanted Rosalie, because she posed a threat of creating an immortal child. I think it's a perfectly valid concern, don't you?

Well, it shouldn't be long until my next update. Keep an eye out!