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A quick look at the beginning of Alice and Jasper's journey to save everyone they love (a missing scene from Breaking Dawn).

-Invisible-

The last twenty-four hours had been a blur. Alice's vision of the Volturi coming to Forks, following her without question as she left a message behind for Bella and the rest of our family, then crossing the Quileute border with Sam and swimming for what seemed like days.

Throughout everything that had happened, I hadn't questioned her. I followed, blindly because she needed me… and because I couldn't stand to lose her again.

We emerged from the surf on a sandy beach bordered by palm trees and tropical vegetation. I made it to the shore just seconds behind Alice. She stood ramrod stiff and the ragged emotions pouring off of her seemed to magnify as she stood motionless.

It was suffocating to feel the sadness, grief, anxiety and fear that were wrapped around her tiny frame. It overcame by ability to stay silent.

"Alice?" My voice came out no louder than the soft breeze flowing around us.

She shook her head as she turned to me. Her eyes nearly shattered me as I stared into them.

"I'm sorry." Her voice broke as the words left her lips.

I didn't think, only flew to her and wrapped myself around her. "For what? I'd follow you anywhere… you know that."

She was silent for a moment, her arms tightened around me as she fought for control.

"What happened? Why did we leave?" The questions left my mouth before I could stop them.

"They would have died if we hadn't… they still might." She broke away from me and turned back to the ocean we had emerged from just moments earlier.

I was too confused to question. Only stared at her as she sucked in a huge breath and faced me again.

"The Volturi will destroy them. Some they might keep as new members of the guard. I'm almost positive that Aro would want Edward, Bella and myself for his own personal gain. He'll use Nessie as a way to make it seem justified to kill almost everyone we love."

Her hands fisted at her sides.

"The only way to stop him is to find what I can't see."

"To… find what you can't see?" I searched her eyes for some answer.

"I think that there may be another Nessie out there somewhere. I can see jungle but can't see who or what they are. If we can find them and bring them back as proof that Nessie isn't a threat to our secrecy… then we might be able to save them all."

I nodded. "It makes sense… but why couldn't we tell anyone? Is that why you left behind a message for Bella?"

The determination I had felt from her slowly melted away as the grief and pain took its place.

"No," Her voice was small, and she wrapped her arms around herself. "I had to make it seem as though we were running away to save ourselves. The message I left for Bella was the address for J. Jenks."

"J. Jenks?"

"Hopefully she'll understand that it was a way to make the necessary documents for Nessie and someone to protect her if I fail."

The pieces began to fall into place. "She would send her with Jacob, to run if they lost." It wasn't a question in my mind. Bella would trust Jacob to save Nessie.

"I made it seem as if they had very little hope… Aro can't know that I'm looking for evidence. That's why they think we've left them behind to save ourselves."

The grief welled up as I took her into my arms again. The magnitude of what she had done to protect our family and the pain that it had caused her ripped at me.

"I'm not letting our family die Alice." I grabbed her shoulders and shook her slightly. "Whatever we need to do we'll do it… you won't fail. I won't let you."

I stared into her eyes and pushed back at the pain and grief until I could see it fade from her eyes.

I smiled. "Good. Now… where are we and where do we go next?"

Her eyes unfocused for a few seconds before she took my hand and pulled me behind her into the trees.

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