Authors Notes

I haven't done this for a while now but I DO NOT OWN Twilight all I own is two over-active dogs.

Great news well great news to me anyway, I have now surpassed my 3000 readers goal and I am well on the way to 4000, 42 reviews have made me so happy thank you so much to every single one of you. Special mention time Dixie and Zoe thanks for enquiring on my health, I am completely better although I do have to see a neurologist – for the life of me I cannot understand why as my brain fell out of my ear years ago LOL – and I also have to have more dental treatment but apart from that I am completely 100% now and I thank you both. Also to the reviewers there are so many of you I can't mention everyone, but I than all of you for the wonderful reviews. Just one more appointment left to go now so my updates should start coming better than they have been I do apologise for everything being so scatty over the past few weeks. Anyway we are 49 years into the story and three years from the date when the prologue comes into play, we are starting with Alice and the story takes a dramatic turn. Say no more please read and review.

Chapter Twenty Four

Alice POV

I was sitting in my bedroom at my vanity applying my make up for the day, it was very early in the morning around six. Jake and Nessie were still sleeping and I was thinking a lot about William. Wondering to myself when he was going to be born, when it came to me suddenly. Esme, Rose, Bella and I shopping in Seattle, I didn't know which store but we were in the baby department. And because of my new found habit of writing the date on my arm, I could see clearly that the date was three years from now. As quick as a flash I got another vision straight away, our whole family standing in the baseball clearing waiting Nessie standing protectively with her arms around the girls, and Jake holding a bundle of blue blankets, which obviously had William wrapped inside them and his arm around Nessie. Behind our family, where all the vampires we had contacted and in front of us where all of the wolves, with me being surrounded by wolves most of the time now, it was becoming a lot easier for me to see them in my visions. Frustratingly though I couldn't see the date on my arm.

My normal vision came back to me and as I was finishing up my daily routine I heard a shriek from outside in the back yard, well I say back yard but it was more towards the forest than anywhere else. I stood up and walked toward the window. When I looked out I saw Bella on her knees, with Carlisle, Emmett, Jasper and two wolves standing still as if they couldn't move an inch. It seemed as though Bella was working on her shield again, the shriek of delight obviously coming from her at being able to work with it and make it stronger. Even though her shriek of delight seemed genuine I could tell it wasn't, Bella being the way she is and the way she always was in her human life, wanted to work on her fighting skills so she wouldn't have to have other people protecting her if it came to a fight. She needed to work on her fighting skills instead of working with her shield. She knew what she could do with her supernatural abilities but her fighting needed a lot of work, she had never fought against the Volturi before, she knew what they could do as she had seen it with her human eyes but fighting against them was another thing altogether. I knew I had to talk to my delightful brother about this matter, but I also knew that he wouldn't take it lightly, he always thought Bella too weak to fight, but seriously Bella is a vampire she can handle a fight as good as anyone else.

I looked back out of the window and mentally asked Edward to come up to my bedroom, asking him to not mention it to Bella about where he was going.

I saw him look up at my window and quickly nod his head once. He turned around and stated to walk slowly for a vampire toward the house, I heard him come in and practically fly up the stairs, apparently he had heard my thoughts. The bedroom door slammed into the wall ad I turned around to face him, and the thunderous look he had on his face.

'No way' he said in a whispering voice, so no body would hear him except me. 'No way Alice, absolutely not, I can't stand it if she fights, I can't bare the thought of losing her to them. If they killed her what would happen to Renesmee and the children, think of them.' he said to me.

I could see the pain I his eyes at the thought of losing Bella, of course he would hurt if she died in battle to them, but this was us we would protect her during the fight, and if we saw that it was too much for her during the training for the fight then we could handle it before hand.

I looked at my brother with compassion, I knew how he felt about his Bella, I saw the pain he went through when they first met. 'Edward I know what you are thinking, and we can handle anything that they throw at us' he went to speak but I stopped him. 'No Edward let me finish first before you say anything, I have seen it Edward, Bella stands with us on the front line protecting the girls I know she can fight with us, she is ready to do this, for the sake of her family.' I finished with a sigh. I knew that I was playing with fire so to speak with confronting him like this but he needed to know.

Edward sat down on my bed, and looked at me, his eyes shining with unshed tears, I knew he would never express his feelings about the situation we were in to any other person in the family except Bella and myself, so it was up to me to do the work that was needed to make him see that she was up to the battle.

BPOV

I saw out of the corner of my eye, Edward nod his head, then he walked towards the house. I could picture the scene easily Alice had seen my new little trick and she wanted to talk to Edward about letting me fight, obviously he would say no because I knew what he was like with things that involved me and fighting. The boys well they are always up for the challenge of trying to wrestle with me. I always ended up rolling on the floor laughing when I fought against Emmett and Jasper, because it is so easy to over throw them with my abilities and them not know about it until it is to late. The wolves on the other hand are a little harder, considering their size, speed and them teeth that could kill a vampire so easily. So anyway I had spread myself to thinly and called for a truce while I had a break, I wanted to go hunting, so I decided to go into the house, and find Edward and my pixie like sister to ask if they would like to come with me. My plan, we can thrash this out together between the three of us. I can put my case forward with Alice's vision, and Edward can once again worry for my life. My case simple as anything, it's I give up my life while fighting, or my family lose theirs, and that is the one thing I do not want.

'Alright, that's it for now, I need a break see you guys later.' I called before running into the house, and up the stairs. As I neared Alice's bedroom, I heard them whispering urgently and I knew then that Alice had had a vision of our battle with the Volturi.

I ran into the room, slamming the door against the wall, but fortunately it didn't break. 'What did you see Alice?' I practically screamed. The others must have heard me, as I heard them come running into the house and up the stairs. They all came running into Alice's room expectant looks on their faces.

'Alice, tell me' I said impatiently.

'Fine I'll tell you, I've already shown Edward, but I had a vision of just before the Volturi arrive, we were all standing in the baseball clearing, and Bella was their with us on the front line. All of our family and friends were with us. And there was a load of wolves as well, which is surprising because I can't see the wolves, but I suppose my ability is getting stronger because I'm constantly surrounded by Jacob and other wolves it is getting easier to see them. I also saw some other things as well but I need to talk to the people involved alone about that because it is a private matter.' Alice finished.

'Well, that's it then isn't it, I am going to fight and nobody can stop me' I said indignantly. I knew what Edward was going to say, but I was determined to not let him stop me from helping to save my family.

I looked around the room, and saw Alice's face go blank for a few minutes, her eyes glazed over as she was overtaken by another vision. Edward saw it at the same time in Alice's mind, and he dropped to the floor, dry sobbing started to take over the room's silence.

I ran over to him wrapping my arms around his body as he was overcome with grief. I knew then that we would lose someone precious but I didn't know who.

'Edward.' I whispered softly in his ear. 'Who is it? Who are we going to lose?' he looked at me his eyes black with anger and grief. He said one word to me and my own sobs were released.

'Renesmee.'

Authors Notes.

Sorry for the cliffhanger, next chapter up soon. Please don't hate me it is imperative that this section happens.

~Mary~ xx