Chapter 12
We sat down in the lobby chairs to wait for our plane. I still couldn't believe we were leaving our honeymoon a week and a half early to go fight in a war. It didn't exactly fill me with joy.
"Come on Cass, cheer up," Jack pleaded, lifting my chin so he could look into my eyes. "Once this whole thing is over, we can go on another honeymoon. We'll go to the Bahamas; nothing magical enough to start a fight, but enough to where I'm sure you'd love it."
"But it's not the same as a first honeymoon," I grumbled, trying to look down. He didn't let me move an inch.
"Cass." He waited patiently for me to lift my gaze. I sighed and looked up. "Everything will be fine. As long as we're together, does it really matter which honeymoon it is?" He didn't give me time to answer; his lips brushed against mine and all train of thought ran off the tracks. He wasn't playing fair.
"I guess not," I admitted hesitantly, trying to hide my smile. It didn't work.
"It shouldn't. We can stay there for a whole month if you want, I promise. But we have to do this. Do you really want the Volturi to get away with everything they've done? They made you forget your life, forget ME. Can you imagine what it felt like to be without you for a whole week?" I shuddered and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"I guess I see your point," I mumbled, scooting closer. "They need to be stopped before they abuse their power any more than they already have." He nodded.
"We must hurry," Kianna said, looking down at her dog. "All these humans are making Tasha… uncomfortable." I looked down at the shepherd as well.
"I'll bet Aleka is getting rather impatient as well," I replied. "What with her entire herd not fifty yards away from human civilization." Aleka was the herd's leader, as we soon found out, and they'd been hidden in that glade for millions of years, ever since life was first created. They knew humans were dangerous the moment they came in contact with them, and hid away to keep from being tainted by their ways. They knew vampires were dangerous as well, of course, but our auras were kind, benevolent. She knew we wouldn't hurt them. Plus, she'd heard of the Volturi and wanted to give Aro a piece of her mind.
"Attention all passengers. Flight 7562 will be leaving momentarily. Will group A please board the plane."
"That's us," Jack said, standing up. "Come on, let's go get our seats. We'll need to signal Aleka as soon as possible." Yeah, we'd figured that out too. Since the unicorns would have no idea which plane was ours, we decided to use Tasha as a 'verbal signal' as we were boarding. According to Kianna, unicorns had very sensitive hearing and would be able to tell which direction it was coming from within seconds. I had absolutely no idea how they were supposed to follow us after that, but Aleka said she would take care of it, so I tried not to worry about it too much.
We managed to get on board with only a few complaints about the barking. Nobody bothered to tell us to leave, since everyone was too scared to approach, and we made it to our seats pretty quickly as well. It would take a while for the plane to get completely loaded up, so I decided to ask Kianna a few questions while we were waiting.
"How exactly is Aleka going to get her entire herd to Alaska? There's a bit of a barrier between here and there, and by that I mean an ENTIRE OCEAN." Trying not to worry wasn't working very well.
"Relax, Cassandra," she soothed, looking up at me. "They know what they are doing. Aleka is a very… special type of unicorn, so travelling is not an issue for her."
"How 'special?'"
"Well…" She frowned, trying to think of a way to explain it. "Without further complicating things, I believe Pegasus was her great, great grandfather. She is related to each horse in her herd somehow, so they all have the gift as well." My eyes widened. "There are many other herds that only have the horns, but that is why I led you to that particular island. I have seen them fly before." I smiled slightly.
"Aro is going down," I said under my breath.
The flight took about 12 hours overall, and I was extremely glad once again that we didn't need sleep. It wouldn't be good to suffer from serious jetlag just days before you took down the rulers of the vampire world. Besides, before we could concentrate on that, we had to make sure the Cullens and the La push pack would help. Hopefully Alice had seen this coming and told them to meet us at the house.
"…I can't believe I didn't see this sooner!" I heard Alice's voice grumble from inside our house. "That stupid shield, or whatever it is, around the Bermuda triangle completely blocked up my vision. It's a good thing the airport was so far away from the islands; otherwise I never would have seen them coming!" Jack and I stepped through the doorway to greet our family. Kianna was searching the skies for Aleka.
"Cassandra, what's going on?" Tanya asked, looking at us in shock. "Alice just got here a few minutes ago saying that you need our help. Why aren't you still on your honeymoon?"
"I should be," I mumbled. Then, louder, "Something came up while we were on the islands. We made a few new friends, but they have a bit of an issue with something." My friends looked at me in confusion. "The Volturi are after them, and it's amazing that they've managed to stay alive for this long. Apparently that shield blocks more than just Alice's talent. But we couldn't just sit there while the Volturi were after our friends. Not to mention that they still have a grudge against us for escaping their layer, and the fact that the Cullens are growing more and more powerful each day because of us. It's time to end their reign of terror." As if on cue, Kianna entered our little cottage, along with Tasha and Aleka. Everyone gasped in unison. "It's time to fight back."
