Chapter 2

When I came down the stairs, everyone was sitting around the dinertable. I walked over to my father to sit on his lap, a thing I only do when I'm nervous.

"What's wrong?" I asked

"We got a letter from Aro, the Volturi clan leader. We need to go to Italy. If we don't, they will come here. And we really don't want them to do that." Carlisle said

'Why didn't Alice see the spy coming?' I questioned in a small voice.

"They have a new shield, probably the best to protect themselves from us. A vampire named Sophie. Her shield is like what the werewolves have, I can't see her and the Volturi anymore. The last thing I saw from them was when Sophie was asked to join them," Alice said.

"Why don't we want them to come here?"

"Because they're evil," Emmett said in a dark voice. Though he was grinning, as always, I could see he was just as tensed as all of us.

I looked at Carlisle again. "Then why are we not leaving? We don't want our lovely little village murdered by big old scary Vampires. And I've never been out of the US; I'd like to see Europe!" I was already daydreaming how lovely the Italian food would be, or the Scandinavian woods to hunt and change.

"We are not going!" Of course, Dad was here to ruin my dreams. "We are not going to get ourselfs killed. And Dawn, it wouldn't be a nice trip to Europe; this is serious, dangerous stuff!"

"Would you want your wolves to be murdered? You know you just can't fight the Volturi," Jasper said in his all knowing voice.

"And what about La Push, Jake? Even if you can defend your pack, you can't defend the people in town. We need to go, to protect our loved ones." Bella knew best how to make Dad do things.

"Where would we be without our little guardian puppies?" Rosalie said. They still liked to tease eachother.

"Alright, but I need to talk to Sam. And to Dawn. Honey, will you come with me?" Dad said. It was more a demand than a question. Hmmm, I thought he would stick more to his plan. And why did he want to talk to me? I followed him through the door, and we walked into the forest. Dad pulled out his t-shirt, and waited for me to do the same. I hated it when he did that.

"Come on, what are you waiting for! I won't watch, if that's the point," he said. "Change into wolf form, that will make it easier for Sam, you know how he is." Of course, that was not the only reason why he wanted me to change into a wolf. If I changed into antoher animal, which I usually did, the wolves of my fathers pack couldn't read my mind.

"I don't want you to hear my thoughts. Especially not when we have something serious to discuss," I said.

Dad sighed. I was very much like him; he didn't like wolf thing as much as I did. To change always felt great, but to change into a wolf was simply the best. But then you had to 'share your head', what I absolutely hated. That's why I usually chose another form.

"Alright, but then you have to promise me that you don't walk away if you get angry," he said. The thing he wanted to discuss had to be something bad...

"I promise. I'm not a baby anymore Dad, I'm fourteen." I didn't really meant it, but I had to promise. Of course I could always fly away, or swim away, if I could make it to the river.

"Good. I wanted to talk to you about Italy. If we go there, we don't have enough protection. We're only with five, and I don't want to take such a risk in a city full of well-trained vampires." Uh-oh, I really didn't see that one coming...

"I will not join your pack! I don't want you to read my mind. I don't want Quil and Embry to read my mind. I don't want to read your mind!" I was shaking all over, and I knew I needed to calm down. If I changed out of angriness, I would become a wolf.

"Dawn, calm down!" Huh, like I wasn't trying to do that! "It's for your own safety, and for your family's safety. I can teach you how to fight if you like, or you can just run patrols. You only have to run one patrol a day." Of course, like a true Alpha, he had already planned patrol schemes.

"One a day? Are you crazy? Fuck your patrols, I won't do it!"

'Don't speak like that to me! I'm your father! You are my daughter and I want you to join the pack! Now behave, and change. We need to talk to Sam." He had talked to me in his Alpha voice, and though I wasn't a member of the pack yet, I had to obey him. He pulled off his shoes, and I hid behind a tree to pull off the expensive jeans and top I got from Alice. I heard Dad change, and I did the same. When I was in my giant off-white wolf body, I walked over to stand next to Dad.

Good, now behave in front of Sam.

Sure, any other things you are going to prohibit me and force me to do?

Like I said, behave! He wanted it to sound solemn, but I could hear himself regretting he had been so hard for me. I apologize dear, but you still have to do it.

I will do it, but then I want to run the patrols with Leah.

Of course.

We waited for Sam to come over to the Cullen territory. He hadn't brought any company, Sam trusted Jacob after so many years.

Good evening! I couldn't hear Sam's thoughts directly, but I could read them out of Dad's mind.

Good evening Sam. I hope you and your pack are doing fine?

Sure, but you can quit the smalltalk. I can see that you're worried about something.

Thanks, Sam. Yes, we are in trouble. The Volturi had summoned us. We need to leave, there's nothing to do about it.

So you want me to and my pack to defend La Push and the Cullen territory?

Yes, I hope that's fine with you. The land is yours as long as we are in Italy.

How long will you be in Italy?

We don't know. It can be for a few days, a few months, even a few years is possible.

Will the other members of the pack go to Italy?

Yes. They will stay here for a few more days to get everything ready and then they will come to Italy too. Dawn will also be in the pack, since we need all the protection we can get.

Good. I wish you good luck on your trip.

Thank you.

Sam walked away. He seemed to be a little soft about all this, maybe he didn't see how serious it was. I changed and ran to the house. Dad needed to talk to Seth, Leah, Quil and Embry. And I needed to go to bed, the sooner the better. We would leave the next day.