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So, I am generally not much of an Alice fan, but I felt that as it is her vision that we see, it would be appropriate to use her point of view. Hope you like it and please review if you do. Every writer loves reviews, and they are very motivating. So, please do. It will hardly take you more than a few seconds.

Part V- Togetherness

Chapter 2- The Vision

Alice POV-

I hummed to myself as I lay on the bed in my room, sifting through my collection of nail polish and checking my visions to see which color would suit me best- Neoprene pink or Poppy red. I smiled in glee and almost clapped my hands in joy when my vision showed me the sight of my perfectly manicured nails coated with a perfectly applied coat of Neoprene pink as I read through the latest copy of Vogue and made plans of going to Paris for the weekend with Rosalie in the living room of our house.

Paris…hmm, I smiled to myself. I couldn't wait to tell Rose of our weekend plans. I was in desperate need of a new wardrobe anyways, and I knew that Emmett too would need new clothes as he ended up tearing most of them while fighting bears and Rose and Esme were anyways always up for new clothes and shoes and accessories and make up and….. Oh the possibilities! How wonderful would my closet look by the end of it!

I was extremely close to actually start jumping up and down as the excitement filled through me. I could hear Edward chuckling, reading my mind as he sat playing the piano, but I could not help it. Shopping was my guilty pleasure, and I was just glad that Carlisle liked to treat us like pampered teenagers instead of his coven mates, or I would have been doomed. Yeah, going to school decade after decade really did nothing to add to our bank accounts. Sure, I helped our family get the stocks which would rise and prove beneficial through my visions, but even more than that Carlisle was a genius when it came to investments and how to make money double in a short while. I was not sure how the man did it, but I guess after living for so long you sure do pick up a few tricks and it also definitely helped that he was a successful doctor. In our family that was how it was. All of us had separate duties that we had to fulfill. Carlisle looked after the monetary aspect and made sure that we always had our black credit cards on us and the bills of that were always paid on time, each time. Esme was our mother for all intents and purposes and made sure that we never missed our mother and even pampered us a bit too much in the process, convincing Carlisle when we made absolute ridiculous extravagant demands like my Porsche or when Rose had convinced Esme that she just needed a Hermes Birkin bag to complete her look of a pink cocktail dress and a pair of Christian Louboutin when she went out on a date with Emmett. Luckily Carlisle cannot refuse Esme anything, or like I said before I would have been doomed. So, coming back to the topic, Carlisle looks after the monetary aspect and Esme dotes on us and makes sure that we never miss the love of a mother, Edward, my Edward, makes sure that no one suspects anything and that our cover is still in place, by reading the minds of everyone around. Emmett is the goofball of our house, but he too makes sure that our technology is in place, and we have all the latest technology required to remain and make an impression in the human world. It just wouldn't do if we did not adapt to the latest technology and gadgets while trying to act like teenagers who in today's world are obsessed with said technology. Luckily we have Emmett for that, or I don't know what would have happened of us. Edward would much rather prefer to play the piano than be on that app… what is the name? Facebook, I guess….., and Jasper, he is always reading whenever he has a free minute to. He is least interested in 'trying to act human', but he knows how important this façade is for Carlisle to be able to practice medicine without anybody suspecting anything, and yeah, Jas is also our legal person who makes sure that we have all the correct identification in place, so that we can move to a new place with a new name and identity easily. Moving to Forks we had chosen Carlisle's surname 'Cullen' for our surname as that was what they had used the last time they were here and they needed to keep the same name according to the treaty signed, but plans were so that the next time we moved, we were either going to be the McCarty's or the Platt's.

Hmm…., Alice Mary McCarty? Or Alice Mary Platt?

I would have to think about it, for sure before we once again had to move to a new place, with a new name, hopefully soon. I was already tired of living in Forks. There was nothing interesting to do around here. I had to travel hours if I just wanted to shop for a new dress or a pair of shoes. Sigh!

Except Whitlock which was Jasper's human surname, the rest of our human surnames were used every time we moved to a new place every few years. At times we were the Masens or the Brandons or the Hales. We could never use Whitlock ever as Jasper's that moron of a brother Peter too shared the surname Whitlock and years back when Jasper had just joined our family, Peter had very clearly told Carlisle on a visit, very rudely I repeat, that he was not comfortable with 'the golden eyed freaks sharing his surname and so he would appreciate if we kept away from his surname.'

Huff! As if we were the freaks! We were trying to maintain our humanity here, unlike him!

I had wanted to protest to that absurdity of a demand, but Jasper had just said that we should respect his brother's wishes as he had this surname before us, and Carlisle had agreed with Jasper on that, much to my annoyance and displeasure.

I rolled my eyes as I thought back to that day. How annoyed had I been, but coming once again back to the topic. Sigh! I tend to digress a lot…., Rosalie's job in the family was to keep the crowds away, however mean that sounded. Her icy queen image made a person think twice before they came close to us, and risked getting to know our secret. People were wary of the rest of us, but they were outright terrified of Rose, and at times that fear worked in our favor when we did not need someone getting too close to us and getting to know our secrets, and my job in this family was to shop and make sure that everyone looked perfect and beautiful in the family.

Can I just say that I loved the job that Carlisle had thought suitable for me?

I looked down at my now coated nails, noticing that they were looking as gorgeous as I had expected them to.

Perfect!

"Alice sweetie, could you come here for a minute?" Esme's soft voice came through the living room downstairs. I checked my vision quickly to see what work she had, and smiled when I realized that she wanted to discuss buying a new armchair that she had seen online a while back. She wanted to know if it would look good in Carlisle's study. While Carlisle worked through his medical journals when he was not in the hospital, often Esme would sit opposite him and read her magazines or just surf the internet for the latest designs and so she wanted to know if this armchair that she had selected would complement the already existing décor of the room.

Hmm, I checked my vision to see Carlisle's future of the next few days and realized that it would be perfect for the corner she had in mind.

Have I mentioned I love my visions?

"Coming, Esme" I whispered, knowing how particular she was of us all talking softly and what she considered ladylike, and obviously she would be able to hear me either way.

I got up from the bed, running a hand through my short black hair, wishing for the umpteenth time that we could our grow hair again after we were changed. I at times hated how short my hair was, but at least it was longer than it had been when I was human. When I had been human, living in the asylum, my hair had been shaved close to the scalp due to the typhoid outbreak and it just never got the time to grow back. Luckily it grew a few inches during my change. But I guess it could be worse. Charlotte, that idiotic Peter's wife, had been blessed with long voluptuous hair in her human life, that had only become prettier after her change, but soon after leaving Maria's camp she had got it chopped into a pixie cut, as she wanted a change and was tired of having long hair for all of eternity.

Phew! People really don't know the value of what they have. Luckily for me, Edward thinks that my look suits me. He often says that it gives me the cute, adorable vibe.

I started walking towards the door of the room, skipping out in my usual exuberance when I felt the blurring that usually came when I saw a new vision. I stopped suddenly, my eyes gazing over nothing as the vision played out in my head, the intensity of it such that I fell down to my knees in pain, wishing for it to end.

"You stupid human, stand up" growled a voice, menacingly, coming in the sight of my vision. It was one of the Volturi witch twins, the female one, I recognized. Her Volturi necklace with the 'V' written crest and her pitch black robe laid a confirmation to that. Her deep red eyes were focusing on something, or rather someone, as an evil smirk appeared on her face, soon turning into a sardonic grin.

"Please! Please in the name of God let us go!" pleaded another voice, a woman or rather a girl yet, no older than fifteen was begging to the female witch twin, tears falling down her eyes as she hit at the doors of the human sized cage she was trapped in. "Please, let me go. My parents must be worried for me."

The vampire smirked. She was having way too much fun in this, trapping humans in a cage, acting like they were captured animals at the mercy of the one who held the key to their cage.

"Let you go?" she laughed, "You stupid, stupid humans. You have no sense, do you? You are our pets now, and we don't let our pets roam around freely."

"Please!" the girl pleaded again. Her green eyes begging for mercy, as her long hair fell to her waist, covering her face in the process "Why are you doing this to us?"

The female vampire laughed; her laugh even more maniacal than usual "Because you are a human, a stupid plaything for us. We can treat you and play with you however we want. We are a predator and that is how predators live and rule." She sneered, in a tone that said that she truly believed in every word that had just left her mouth.

"You are crazy" shouted another voice, the owner of this one another female, of no more than twenty years of age. She too was locked in the massive human sized cage, which on observation seemed to be under the Volturi Castle, in the dungeons.

This girl was fiery and bold, and more importantly unafraid to speak her mind. Her shoulder length golden hair was pushed behind her ears as she stared at the vampire, looking right into her eyes, giving her the unsaid gesture of 'I am not afraid of you.'

"You!?" growled the vampire, taking a step ahead and roughly shaking the cage, making it move and the girls inside cry out in terror.

I tried to count the people, all young girls, who were held prisoner in the cage. There were around twelve different blurred figures that I could make out, maybe more, or hopefully less.

"Jane" said an equally evil voice, a threat clear in the tone, as a huge vampire, bigger than Emmett, entered my vision.

"Felix" said the one named Jane, once again looking as bored as possible. "Why are you here? I thought I was the one on guard duty."

She did not like to be disturbed, and she did not like to be questioned or interrupted. The masters knew this well and so her missions were generally always alone.

"The masters have taken their decision." Said Felix, his tone depicting the finality it held.

Jane raised her eyebrow, the only indication that she was even listening into the conversation.

Felix sighed, shaking his head "Master Aro is going to read their minds tonight and see if they hold a power, however small or useless it may be in their human life. If they do, then they are to be changed and trained as soon as possible, and if not…., I am pretty hungry at the moment." He smirked, sneering at the human who stood closest to the cage, as she immediately ran to the back, in fear.

"You are sick." Shouted the same blonde girl as before, taking a step in front of the other cowered prisoners "How can you kidnap us from our homes and keep us locked here. You will pay for this!"

"Shh little girl" Felix whispered, lowering his voice to make it sound as threatening and maniacal as possible "Don't bite more than you can chew. This is not a place to be the leader, it won't take me more than two seconds to break this cage and make a snack out of you. Now, don't tempt me. Like I said, I am very hungry."

The human girl stood at her place, her eyes widening and her heartbeat quickening the only indication that she was terrified by Felix's words. Unfortunately for her, her captor knew exactly how much his words had affected her.

Felix grinned "I hope you don't die. It will be fun to have you around. It gets pretty boring here you know, with this ice queen glaring and growling at everyone who even comes in her sight and the others too chicken to do anything with the fear of the masters disapproving. We need some entertainment here."

"Felix leave" said Jane in a tone that spoke volumes of her annoyance and frustration at having Felix around.

Felix rolled his eyes, but left the dungeons and my vision.

"What are you?" asked the human girl, fear prevalent in her voice "Why have you locked us here?"

Jane chuckled, shaking her head "What we are, is least of your concerns. Just know that we are your death, either way, and…." She made the mock action of thinking hard "because I am feeling so good today, I will tell you why you are here. The masters need new strong powers in the guard. Of course, no one will and can be as powerful as me, but there are rumors that a newborn extremely powerful telekinetic is roaming around in Malta. The coven that is protecting him is strong and will not let him be taken, and the masters are worried that if they try to get him by force, it will end up in a fight, and the coven that is protecting him is filled with shields, who can block most of our powers, and so you all have been brought in. If either of you turn out to have a power that can be used, good or bad for you, really I don't care."

"You are sick" whispered the human under her breath, full of disbelief and disgust.

"Now, what did you just say?" Jane glared at the human, sizing her up and down, before deciding that she did not need trouble from the masters. These human pets would soon be taken care of, and the problem would resolve its own. There was no need for her to get her hands dirty, and risk the anger of the masters. Smirking one last time, she walked back towards the door of the underground prison that led to the castle, leaving the poor human girls locked in those unbreakable cages, as they cuddled close to one another, whispering and questioning what they had done to deserve this in life. Their only mistake had been to agree on a tour to see a Castle, centuries old.

"Alice" said Edward, cuddling me closer to him, as I came back to reality, with my vision ending.

"Edward, those girls…." I whispered, leaning into his warm embrace. Being an unchanging vampire, I had never been this…. this disturbed by a vision. I did not even want to accept the implication of what I had just seen. It was too much to bear.

"Shh" he cuddled me close to him "We need to tell the family." Edward soothingly whispered "Aro has gone too far in his craze for power."

I nodded my head, sighing. Even talking about this was going to be bad, something I was definitely not looking forward to.

"We need to help them, Edward." I whispered, knowing that this was the correct thing to do. Being forced into this life was not something desirable, and our entire family was a proof of that. Probably neither of us would have chosen this life if someone would have given us that option, and being held captive and pulled into this world for a power you could hold, was even worse. It instantly reminded me of Jasper and his birth into this world. He had been so depressed and suicidal when I had seen him in that diner in Philadelphia. I knew that my destination was with the Cullens, where I would meet my mate- Edward, but my visions had told me that I had one stop to make and one person to rescue before I walked towards my destination. I had been confused at first, but had soon realized that Jasper needed to be saved. He would have found a way to kill himself if I had not met him that night. My purpose in his life was to bring him here, show him that destruction and killing was not the only way to live. At times I could see that he was lonely, that he was feeling low, but I wish that I could see his mate. I had tried several times over the years, but all I could see was blank space, making me believe that she was either a shield or a human yet to be born. The last time I had tried to see his future mate had been nearly two decades back when we had been living in Boston, and when I had still not been able to see anything, Jasper had been heartbroken, stating that he was probably meant to be alone for eternity, and had made me promise that I would not deliberately see into his future. He did not want to know, for the fear that the news would be disappointing.

Edward kissed my forehead lightly, bringing me back to the present "We will do our best, I promise you."

I nodded my head, accepting his assurances, before he took my hand in his and pulled me up from the floor, leading me towards our dining room, where coincidentally all the family meetings occurred. We did not need to eat, and so originally the dinner table had been bought for appearance sake, but we had soon realized that having family meetings there were much more convenient and formal, in comparison to having them in the living room with Emmett goofing around or in Carlisle's study where there were just not enough seats for everyone.

"Rose, Em, Jasper, Carlisle, Esme" Edward called out, whispering from our room "Please come to the dining room. Alice just saw a vision."

I shuddered once again thinking of the vision that I had just seen. I could not erase those pictures from my mind of those terrified kids, their fear was palpable. Edward took me in his arms, supporting me and soothing me, knowing my trail of thought.

"What did you see, Alice?" Carlisle asked, as soon as we walked into the dining room. Everyone was already seated on the chairs, waiting for us to arrive. Rose looked worried, she did not like the possibility of our family being in danger, Jasper looked tensed and I could see him utilizing his military training to think of what could the problem be. Emmett was smirking, he wanted an opportunity to showcase his strength and Esme too looked worried. She did not want any trouble to come our way. Carlisle's face showed no emotion, as he waited for me to speak.

"Oh Carlisle," I started. I would have been crying if I could "It was terrible. Those poor girls are being kept as prisoners. They are monsters of the worst kind."

"Calm down Alice" said Carlisle, taking an unneeded breath in "Now, slowly explain to me what you saw."

I sighed "I saw the Volturi Castle, and the supposed dungeons that other vampires say exist. I have never been able to see the Volturi before, but for some reason I could see them today. They have captured twelve young girls and have kept them as a prisoner. Aro is going to read their mind to see if they have any power that will manifest after their change, and if they do they are to be changed and forced to join the guard. If not….." I trailed off; knowing that everyone in the room knew what filled the blanks.

Carlisle sighed, disbelief clear in his eyes "I don't believe this. Aro liked to be powerful, but I doubt he is capable of doing something like this."

"He is" Jasper interrupted "You remember we had met that nomad a decade back on a hunt. He had told us of how Aro had broken his coven, killing the rest of his coven mates, and had taken one of his coven mates by force because he was an empath. The only reason why that nomad had survived was because he had been on a hunt at the time."

Carlisle sighed "I can't believe he would fall so low. Kidnapping young girls…."

"Carlisle" Esme whispered in a heartbroken tone, as Carlisle took her in his arms "They are kids."

"We need to save them." Rosalie spoke, determination seeping through her voice.

"Yeah we do, babe" Emmett agreed with her, nodding his head and flexing his muscles.

"I agree" said Jasper, sitting straight on the chair. I could guess that he was already making plans in his head, of how we were supposed to go ahead with this.

"Alice" Carlisle questioned.

I nodded my head, squeezing my eyes shut, trying to see what my visions pointed towards. I made the decision of helping those girls, and let my vision play out.

"Jasper, no" the blonde girl I had seen in my previous vision, giggled out, but there was something different this time around. Her eyes were red, the newborn red. "Stop tickling me" she pleaded, laughing and trying to run away from Jasper, a feat that seemed difficult as Jasper pulled her closer to him.

"Say it" he murmured, wrapping his arms around her in an attempt to not let her escape. They were somewhere in a meadow, surrounded by flowers. It was not Forks, that much was clear.

She shook her head playfully, giggling still "I let you feel it."

"Please" he pleaded, kissing her neck softly "Please Riley"

She smiled as he continued assaulting her neck with kisses and moan worthy bites, something he knew she loved and was turned on by.

"I" she took his face in her hands and kissed his eyes softly "Love" she kissed his nose, making him smile "You" their lips met in an intense passion of want, need and lust, and Jasper pulled her closer to him, her hands in his hair as they lost themselves to one another.

Their happiness radiated through their eyes as they lovingly gazed at one another, before they held hands and ran through the woods, their laughter filling the air.

I slowly opened my eyes, looking at Jasper who was staring at me with keen curiosity in his eyes.

"What did you see?" he asked, his voice heavy and tense, assuming it to be something bad.

I shook my head, a smile breaking onto my face "I saw your mate."

When I got no response from him, I continued "Her name is Riley, but she is one of the girls taken prisoner by Aro." I whispered the last part, nervously and hesitantly. I knew how big a deal it was for a vampire to find their mate, and Jasper had been waiting for his since more than a century.

He sighed, taking his head in his hands. The worry he was feeling was radiating throughout the room.

"This settles it then." Carlisle said, taking the decision on the family's behalf. "Either way we would have done what we could, but this just makes our decision more firm. We will do what it takes to get Jasper's mate out of there, safe and hopefully human."

Rosalie, Emmett and Esme instantly nodded their heads, huge smiles covering their faces.

"But how?" said Edward "I agree we need to do this, and I too want to save those girls, but don't you think it is a deathtrap for us. They are the leaders of our kind, and extremely powerful. We seven against them are no match."

"She is my mate." Jasper growled out. I put my hand on his arm, calming him down. I looked at Edward; we had to do this for Jasper. We had to let him experience the happiness that we had, that Rose and Emmett had and that Carlisle and Esme had.

"We could ask Tanya. They would surely help us." Esme whispered.

"No use" Carlisle shook his head "Tanya and her sisters will never go against the Volturi."

"Oh" said Esme, looking at her lap "Now"

"I can try to talk to the vampires I had met during my travels, before I changed Edward, but I can't guarantee that they will help." Carlisle sighed.

"I know who to ask, and who will help." Jasper said.

"Who" asked Rosalie, I felt my vision go black. I couldn't see anything of our family, or of the coming days, but my vision of Jasper and Riley or of me and Edward stayed constant.

"Who" I whispered, confused. This had never happened to me before.

"The wolves" said Jasper, with a nod of the head "I will talk to Bella."