This chapter is very short, but I hope it gives you a lot to think about. As promised it should provide answers. Please bear in mind that we are jumping back in time here ( and will be back and forth for a while) which might be confusing, but it was necessary to keep the mystery and keep you guessing.

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Stephenie Meyer still rocks for letting me take her characters out to play.

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A Different Point Of View.

Leanne's POV

The difference was very subtle at first. The odd glance out of place. Seemingly speaking to themselves. Nothing I could pin down. I never imagined there could be someone there that I couldn't see.

Ever since Aro discovered my talent as a scryer, I had watched whoever he told me to. It was just a job and most of the time I was bored to death, but the Cullens peaked my curiosity.

I had never seen anyone like them. I knew they were vampires of course, but the way they integrated into society—especially the coven leader Carlisle, was fascinating. He was the starting point.

I can find anyone that I have been in contact with, either directly or through the scrying of others. I can also scry out persons unknown to me if I have an item which has belonged to them.

Aro brought me an old book that Carlisle Cullen had left with him hundreds of years previously, and I was able to seek him out. After watching him interact with other coven members, I was able to find them at will, too.

Was it my fascination or the little inconsistencies that compelled me to scry for them in my own time? I don't know, and I guess it doesn't really matter. The fact is, one day it dawned on me that they were acting as if someone else were there.

Thanks to my vampire memory I was able to go back over other times when actions or expressions had not made sense.

When I was convinced, I went to Aro with my findings. With one touch he saw precisely what I meant, and fully agreed.

"We will have to keep a closer eye on the Cullens," he said. "Dedicated work, Leanne. Such a shame that it highlights a flaw to your talent, that you cannot see the one who is missing."

While I kept a closer watch on the coven, picking up what clues I could about the mystery person, Aro sent Demetri to find out more.

I became certain that it was a woman, so wasn't as shocked as some when Demetri discovered a human girl with two of the coven. I was watching them at the time and was able to confirm she wasn't visible to me. Following their progress as they returned to their base, I was disappointed by the unassuming house they stopped at briefly. I'd expected something more from such an unusual human.

As I'd thought, the house was where the girl lived, and Demetri was instructed to bring one of her possessions back to me. Holding something personal should give me a better handle on her.

The day Demetri returned I was excited. He had seen the girl and I was curious. I couldn't wait to scry her and see what she was up to. I hadn't had any clues that she was even there since I'd followed the vampires home from Seattle.

Demetri was his usual annoying self, mistaking my excitement over the mystery girl for pleasure at seeing him again. His delusion wasn't helped by my eagerness for information.

Aro was almost as agitated as me, and leaned over my shoulder as I clasped her hairs to scry her out. I had never tried so hard to do something in my life, but try as I might I couldn't find the girl.

Demetri had told me what to look for. Not much over five feet tall. Brown eyes and hair. Slender with pale white skin. But I got nothing.

When scrying someone new, even without a possession, I'd get something. Demetri might be brought in to sense their direction, then I would get little snippets of their lives—whether it was day or night, the weather conditions, type of terrain. Sometimes all I got was a jumble of colours, a meaningless scribbled patchwork, but always there was something.

I knew exactly where that girl was and I got nothing. I might as well have been staring into a cup of coffee.

I jumped at Aro's touch as he held my shoulders and began to rub them. "Don't fret, child. Clear your mind and find the Cullens for me."

Surprisingly, they were all together.

"Interesting," Aro hissed by my ear. "A serious meeting, or maybe an argument."

Then the picture froze, like a TV when you pause it. "What?" I was about to ask what the hell happened, when Aro caught an eye movement. He chuckled enjoying the intrigue.

At speed, one male took up a defensive posture, and soon after two others left the room. The dark haired female sat down while the other two appeared to search the room before also leaving. The leader, Carlisle, crouched almost back-to-back with the first male.

Soon they were all back in the room. The largest male approached the defensive one, holding his hands out. When he peered behind the first guy and started talking, I knew that the girl must be there. The two males were protecting her, but from what?

Finally, everyone relaxed and sat around talking or arguing again.

"Well," Aro said, definitely having seen it all. "That human intrigues me. We have her hair and still you can't see her. She must be special the way the males are so protective of her." He smiled. "Thank you, Leanne. Call me if you see anything else that might be important." With a flourish, he left.

Aro's POV

I could only think of one reason why Carlisle and Edward would be so protective of a human—she must be talented. What I couldn't understand was why they hadn't turned her.

I had suspected for a while that Carlisle was gathering a force capable of opposing us, and was well aware of Edward, Alice and Jasper, and their capabilities. Although the other two women seemed regular enough, the large male, Emmett, was possibly as strong as Felix.

I knew that we would have to deal with Carlisle and his little brood. I had been putting it off for far too long, reluctant to believe that my friend had turned against me. I would not allow such weakness to give them any more advantages. They must be stopped.

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Making Sense? Do you like the reason behind the nausea? Do you think it's silly? Always happy to discuss your thoughts or ideas. Review or PM me.

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Let me challenge you to spot the subtle difference in Leanne's effect on Bella, and the reason.