A/N - Stephenie Meyer owns all things Twilight. This is a collab between NCChris & SparklingFae

Alice POV

I curled my arms around my legs as I stared blankly out the back window of our home, rocking back and forth. I knew the family had gathered to hear if I had seen anything new, but I was past caring. All I could focus on was that I had lost my mate, my Jasper.

He had been beaten down before by Maria, but that had been nothing like this. The Volturi – their name was a sneer in my thoughts - I never knew how violent and cruel they could truly be, but my recent visions had forced me to understand better their methods and how vile they truly were. My poor Jasper was so broken. I saw how they forced him to violate my beautiful sister, Bella; how they broke all three of them and destroyed any bonds they had to us. I was broken just by witnessing what I saw in my visions. I had nothing anymore, just Carlisle,Esme,Emmett and Rosalie. Oh God! Poor Nessie! I was so lost in my devastation that I did not even hear Carlisle calling to me.

I whirled and hissed as a hand dropped onto my shoulder. Even surprised and distracted, I knew who it was before I completed my turn. There was only one vampire alive who could sneak up on me.

"Peter Whitlock! I almost took a bite out of you!"

There he stood; looking so much like Jasper that my eyes flooded with venom and my whole body trembled. The smile fell away from his face immediately and I threw myself in his arms. He had no scent, but everything about him screamed 'Jasper' to me. I shuddered and sobbed as he stroked my hair; I knew I was making him uncomfortable, but I just couldn't control myself.

"Shhh, Alicat. He's so fuckin' tough. You know this, darlin'. He's bad off…hell, they're all bad off, but they're going to be fine. We're gonna ride into Volterra like the motherfuckin' Calvary and save the goddamned day."

When I smelled Charlotte enter the room, I slowly regained some control of myself. Taking her hand in mine and squeezing tightly, I took a deep breath and pulled myself together. My visions might be nightmares right now, but I knew Peter would never lie to me. If he said it was going to be fine, then it would be.

I smoothed my clothes and squared my shoulders before looking at every family member gathered, including Peter and Charlotte. They were just as much my family as Carlisle and the others were, after all. My voice was strong as I tried to speak with a courage that I wasn't feeling.

"We need to have a family meeting and discuss our plan of action." I looked at Peter knowing he would have some sort of idea with that small little gift of his of knowing things. "Peter, I know you well enough to know you are itching to tell us what the plan will be."

With a wave of my hand, I sat down beside Esme, sagging against her as Peter began speaking.

"We're gonna take this fight to Volterra. A small recon group will rendezvous outside the city walls and will spring Bella, Edward, and The Major." He paused, focusing his piercing gaze on Carlisle. "Carlisle, you will not be a part of the recon group, but you will be in Volterra with us. Your job is to intercept Alec & Marcus. They're going to be coming with us voluntarily, so figure out how you're going to make that happen. I will be the one to confront The Major. He will not be Jasper. You can't imagine what those goat-felching sons of bitches," he paused, turning sheepish eyes to Esme, " 'Scuse my French, Miss Esme," he cleared his throat and continued, "have been putting them through. It's gonna take a fair bit of time once we get to Romania to get them settled and back to themselves."

He began to pace. "The rest of you will be waiting for the recon group at the castle in Romania. Miss Esme, I'm counting on you to have everything homey by the time we get back. They're gonna need the family some kind of bad and we won't have much time before the shit hits the fan again."

He flicked his eyes over to where Renesmee slept, curled with her head in Rosalie's lap and Emmett's beefy arm over her. "Little Bit there will need a safe place to stay. I sure do hate to separate her from her folks more, but truth is, neither of them is gonna be fit to be near her for awhile."

Jacob spoke from his perch at Nessie's feet, his face serious. "Ness always has a home in La Push. But, I know some of the Pack wanted to offer their services."

Peter nodded slowly. "Well, you aren't going to be coming to Volterra or Romania. I reckon that means you're stayed here with Ness and that's where you need to be anyway. The rat-bastards are gonna come lookin' for her, so y'all gotta keep her safe. Whichever of your Pack wants to help can meet us in Romania. It'll be helpful to have eyes in the forest."

I watched as Peter spoke, beginning to have faith that everything would indeed turn out okay. I could see Jake nod to Peter from the corner of my eye.

"I will meet with the others to decide who is going to Romania." He shifted then glanced at Carlisle with a bit of sheepish grin asking."None of the others have passports."

Carlisle quickly calmed any worries on that issue by telling Jake that it would all be taken care of by the time we were ready to travel. Jenks had already been notified that documents would be needed soon.

I was curious about who our allies would be, so I spoke up. "Peter, who are our allies?"

He frowned slightly, "Alicat, you know I don't get everything. I can see the recon team, but other than that, I just know that company's comin'. The recon team's a good one. I'll lead it with Char, Garrett, Alistair, and Liam. Beyond that, all I know is that there's gonna be a castle full."

Just as he finished speaking, I was swept into a vision; I began to smile as I saw them arriving. It was going to be fine. Peter said it, I believed it, and now I saw it.

"They're coming. We have powerful allies." Just as I finished speaking we heard the first car turn into the driveway and the whisper of nomads through the forest.

I was pulled from my thoughts as the Denali Coven arrived, having traveled by car. They were followed shortly by Charles and Makenna. Just behind them strode Alistair and Garrett. The nomads strode out from the depths of the forest.

A steady stream of vampires arrived throughout the night; Amun, Kebi, Benjamin, & Tia from Egypt, Liam, Siobhan, & Maggie of the Irish Coven, Zafrina, Kachiri, and Senna of the Amazonian Coven were closely followed by Nahuel and Huilen, Randall and Mary, and finally Fred, Shelly, and Steve, the only newborns from Victoria's army smart enough to escape before the battle.

This time, I knew the Volturi would fall. They had become power hungry leeches, cannibals consuming the talented of our kind. They would do so no longer. This was just the beginning, the beginning of the end. I just smiled as we greeted the ones who had come to help us. A new era was just on the horizon; my vision of the coming days was powerful and solid.