Carlisle's POV [totally optional to read]

"Hey! There's a new girl coming to school!" Alice said happily.

"What are you happy about Alice."

"Oh come on Rose, barely anything happens but...I thinks things will be different."

"Did you see something?" Jasper asked.

"Just her face but I hardly get visions of humans and she's pretty clear to me. I think I have a human friend!" Rosalie turned up her lips at that that.

"I think she's Cheif Swan's daughter. They look exactly alike except her face is long and narrow. Good for him; isn't this great Edward?"

"Sure."

"Shouldn't you all be going to school?" Esme 'asked'.

"Oh we're going."

It was an ordinary day that day, as was the day after that. However later I found out Edward was finding it hard to be around Bella Swan and left after arriving home. We weren't worried and we were sure he would return. I suppose we weren't sure of what state he would be in.

"Kayla, please order and MRI for and a blood test for Annie." My cell phone started to vibrate.

"Yes Doctor."

"Thank you." Looking down at my hand I saw it was Alice.

"Dad! Edward's gone and he took Bella!"

"What?" I seperated myself from the eavesdropping ears of the nurse. "What are you saying?"

"I think...I think Edward's not coming back. He's almost fed on Bella. I already saw Charlie Swan filing a missing person report. We're going to be in big trouble; I don't know where he's going. His mind is moving too fast, I can't see her!"

I was almost paralyzed where I was. Not again.

"What happened?"

"He wasn't at school and he never came home. I'm running to their house to see if he was there."

"Don't get caught, call me whenever something comes up. In the mean time, none of you say anything to the police till I get home."

"Yeah."

What was it that made it hard for young vampires to avoid temptation? Was it the age they were when they were reborn? Or was it something that couldn't be helped? Even I desire the life force of someone else.

Alice called again and saw evidence of when Bella was taken. The blanket she layed on and her novels were still in the yard. After a few minutes of deliberation we decided it was best to clean it; we didn't know what it looked like, a mere disappearance perhaps, but we knew it was better than kidnapping. Her visions stayed the same.

That evening the town police came to our home and questioned us all seperately while a few searched the house. We last saw him yesterday afternoon. We didn't know where he was. The children don't share classes so they didn't know he wasn't in school. He doesn't runaway often and he always returns. I never heard anything about him being friends with Isabella Swan.

They asked if I wanted to file a missing person's report, I declined. My wife and I were sure he could return. However they still thought Edward was with her and told us they would need us to participate. With my cell phone attached to a tracker I was told to call him. I did, over and over, and he didn't pick up any of them.

They whispered amongst themselves if Edward couldhave detroyed his cell phone, if it was premeditated, or a planned runaway. They mentioned what the students who were questioned said. Cullen was weird, he always is but today he seemed to like Swan. He must have liked her, everybody was interested in the new girl. Bella acted smart, she probably was but even she thought Cullen was good looking. They didn't see them talk but they were made partners in biology. Their weirdness was eerily similar.

Charlie Swan came through the door like a grief sticken father, shouting questions at me, while still in his uniform. His comrades tried to calm him. They couldn't have gotten far, they said. Bella seems like a sweet girl, but we can't rule out runaway as the reason. Children from divorced parents were always troubled.

They told him he couldn't be an officer on the case, and convinced him to go home. They were already contacting Reneé to find out if she called her, and advised that he didn't do any investigation on his own to keep the case pure.

I was given a few days off to cope with my missing son. We all stayed together trying to think of a way to handle the situation here while Alice pushed herself to try to find them. At long last Alice saw something, the sign on a building. We searched the name on the web and found an address. Immediately Alice started dialing. We heard his voice and we were relieved. Angry, Rosalie yelled at him and I took the device from her to keep Edward from feeling threatened.

I tried to remind him I would never be ashamed of him or angry, I tried to remind him about what we talked about the last time he couldn't deny his desire. I tried reminding him we were all in trouble and needed him to return with the girl. He didn't seem to be able to help himself but no matter what, we couldn't let the girl die.

He would be hunted down by the police and soon the Quileutes would find out what's happened and so we would also beomce the hunted. I had an entire family to look out for. If she was found dead and empty of blood, the wolves would know who was to blame and the Volturi would investigate.

We had to find him, but as protective as he was of his catch, it was best if no one went in 'hot'. We came to the conclusion of telling the officer in charge of the case that Edward called, filled with regret and afraid of the consequences. With Jasper and Esme with me t the station, I used our reputation as a good-to-do family and Jasper's ability to persuade him to allow us to do it. This would end the case right now.

But back home the Quileutes appeared from the woods in front of our home. The treaty was broken and so we would be eradicated. We argued none of us knew that for sure and I tried to reason with them that it wasn't just to punish those who didn't break it. We would find Edward and bring him back. They would need our help to find him and save the girl.

They insisted on coming with us and followed our vehicles into Canada. Using burner phones, we called every news outlet, and any digital newspapers and offered a blank check if they didn't cover the story. If we kept it as unsearchable as possible, it would contain the damage and leave no trace. We won't have to cover up a murder, we would bring the girl back.

We parked near the park and under the cover of night searched for his scent. The cabin they stayed in was clean of blood but her scent was stronger than usual. It was clear she once had an open wound. It shocked everyone else. We left and scanned the entire forest. To my surprise they found a different scent in the woods. I interrupted Edward's trail but when it led them to animal carcasses they knew others found him.

This complicated things. We weren't sure how we felt about turning a blind eye to the possible murder of a family member but we agreed we couldn't let him die. He would be kept in the basement of our home if we had to, to keep this from happening. We would move, he seemed fine with other humans. And we weren't sure if the 'new ones' liked human meat or not.

Alice saw that Edward had decided to cross the border, avoiding any area with first-natives. Taking a quicker route we arrived and saw nothing. The wolves were impatient but thankfully still trusted us. But no long after we heard a car in the otherwise empty land speeding through the thick forest and crash. A pair of footsteps ran while five four sets of paws pounded on the ground. He skidded to a stop when he saw us waiting and we all looked on in surprise when we saw the ten foot bears.

It was clear Bella Swan was alive and human, a disappointment to a few wolves. Edward mouthed what their leader was thinking. Sam Uley couldn't say the treaty was broken, even Bella had confirmed she was never bitten. They couldn't do anything but the treaty would be altered. If it ever happened again we would all pay for it with our lives, he thought and led the pack across the border and into forest.

After an agreement with the Algonkian bears we were able to to go home. But the trouble felt far from over.

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