You guys are amazing! The reviews for the last chapter were great! Like a couple of you have said this is a very complex story that should resolve soon. So if you're confused ask me questions & it'll be clearer soon, I promise. Oh ya, Stephenie made most characters, you know the drill.

Edward's p.o.v.

Hours had passed since the sky explosion, and now we were all on the jet heading back to Italy. The bright lights of Rome were glistening below us even though it was only four pm. Each of the fifteen survivors were all thinking the same thing: how long was left? Uncertainty was everywhere, and I begged to be with my family again. Sadly, I'd have to wait a couple more hours before we were back inside the Volterra city gates. Beside me Jasper pulled out his phone.

"Alice, it's so good to hear from you again. Will you meet us at the airport? Bring Bella, too."

"Esme wants you to bring Emmett and Rosalie when you land. You are landing in Rome, right?" I usually didn't listen to others' conversations mentally, but as I said before, I missed my family and wanted to hear their voices again.

"You are sure?" Jasper teased. Since when did Alice ask questions like that?

"No. Things have got…hairier around here. We'll explain when you get home. Also, Edward, you're listening I hope." Jasper looked over to me, slightly annoyed, slightly what-ever. I smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, he's listening. What do you mean 'hairier'?"

"You'll see. Edward, you need to talk to Bella later. She's acting really weird- even for her!"

"What do you mean 'for her'?" I growled loud enough for Alice to hear. The other vampires stopped what they were doing to look at us. "Sorry," I mumbled before snatching the phone from Jasper.

"Well, you know Bella gets…depressed, hasty, panicky when things go bad, but this time she kinda freaked. She knows things before I do!" whispered Alice from the other line. I guessed that she wasn't alone.

"We're landing now. See you in a few hours," I said before handing the phone back to Jasper.

The plane smoothly landed, and we all climbed out. Three black and gold Lexuses were waiting a few yards away, each with a noble looking vampire driver waiting in front of the back door. Jasper and I told Aro that we needed to wait for our brother and sister. He seemed a little irritated that more uninvited Cullens were moving in, but we told our driver to wait on us.

"Rose? Where are you? Alice told us to pick you up when we landed in Rome, and speaking of that why are you here?" I asked as we waited against the airport wall.

"We're moving back in with everyone. We had planned on going straight to Volterra, but after Carlisle and Esme were attacked by wolves Emmett and I decided to wait till that was straitened out first. They're still there, aren't they?" she growled.

"Attacked?" Jasper snapped his head over to me in alarm. Rosalie groaned on the other end.

"I'll fill you in in the car. Give us directions to you and give us a few minuets."

After giving her the directions we hung up. Ten minutes later large, happy-go-lucky Emmett and high maintenance Rosalie ran to us.

"Get in," ordered Emmett. "A lot's happened since you left."

Bella's p.o.v.

Edward was home! I jumped into his arms and kissed him longer than I had since who knows how long. Beside us Jasper and Alice held each other's hands and stared into each other's eyes. Each were glowing that true love white and smiling affectionately. Carlisle and Esme were welcoming their other children and laughing about the last time we were all together. Was it really just last summer at their wedding? Five months ago? That's not long to vampires, but it seemed like it was forever and a day ago.

"Carlisle! Esme!" cried Edward after we broke free. Esme hugged her youngest son and then reached for her oldest. At least I think that's how the age order goes. The rotting wood smell spread around the room, abruptly ending our reunion.

"Bien. Piú vampiros," sighed Angie from the back of the room.

"Werewolves all over the world have come together to fight against the one behind the first immortal war. We'll let Leonardo explain," announced Aro. The male wolf stepped to the heart of the room and began.

"Things have happened all over il mondo, and they are no coincidence. Our kind has noticed larger groups of vampiros over the past two years, but since they haven't attacked any more than usual we didn't declare all out war. Over these two years human attacks have been less monstrous and more planned out. Clean wounds, little evidence of a fight. Someone has showed these vampires how to fight quicker…a disturbing thought to the lupi.

"Every leader of the clans have had a piece of paper with them. This." He held up a fading blue scrap of paper with a fading crescent moon. "Many times we would find a knife inside the clan. This is why we are confused. You don't need knives, do you?" We all shook our heads, and a few vampire guards who were listening outside the door laughed and showed off their venomous teeth.

"May I?" asked an orange Jasper. Edward also looked at the piece of paper in bewilderment.

"What?" asked Alice as she tried to look over her mate's shoulder.

"Shai-hong had one of these, too," noted Jasper. He dug in his pocket and pulled out the piece of paper he took from Shai-hong. They were identical!

"They also had knives," Marcus added.

"Someone is teaching vampires how to fight with blades, but who? Do you have any ideas?" asked Aro. The two wolves looked down to the ground.

"William Black. Dire ne parla di William Black," whispered Angie.

"What about the Quilutes?" asked Edward.

"The Indians have stories about you. You," Leonardo said to me. "are the Legend, no?" I nodded, remembering the almost ridiculous story Jake and his tribe told about me. "Is it true? You had a girl?" Edward and I both glared at the dog- Crap! I said it again! I never called the La Push pack "dogs."

"What is it to you?" asked Edward, steaming red.

"Chief Black says a French blades man killed you 'Halfling.' What is a 'Halfling'?" Under different circumstances I probably would have answered him, but I was too furious at the connection.

"Albert," groaned Edward. I leaned against him and hit my head hard against his chest. A loud rumbled of thunder echoed in the open room.

"Makes since. He prefers fighting with knives than teeth, and the moon might refer to the expert astrologist thing," I growled to my family. I glanced over at Esme, Alice, and Emmett- the ones who wanted Edward to kill Albert- and noticed all of them were gold and forest green, memories filling their minds.

"Where is he? Let's go! Edward and Bella gave him a second chance, but he's using it create wars everywhere!" shouted the overexcited Emmett.

"Why would a single vampire start wars between everyone all over the world? What does he get?" asked Carlisle, shaking his head.

"Attention," grumbled Edward. "Last time we saw him was at college, a few days before we came here. He missed the old days of destruction with Sierra, his partner. Together they were responsible for most of the world's most unexplained disasters."

"What did he want?" asked the wolf. Angie was fully alert and trying to understand the argument. Briefly Leonardo translated.

"I don't know. He knows things about the End, though. He was helping a human translate the Mayan ruins. Sounds like a connection to me."

"Describe him, and we'll send it to the Consul." The two wolves then ran out of the room, probably to call the Consul. So that was it: Albert was getting the fate he finally deserved- no second chances. He had the world against him, but could we extract his information first? He had hinted that bad things were coming.

"So, Bella, what's this about you predicting the future?" playfully asked Edward as he lead me to our room.