I had just come in from hunting with Edward. We still lived in the tiny stone cottage behind the massive Cullen mansion. We had just moved back to Forks after
many years away. Now 100 years later all of the humans that I had known were dead. Charlie and Renee were the worst though, they both passed within 2 years
of each other. I had been unable to go to the funerals, as I would not have looked like I was 40, I still would have looked like I was 18. Most of Jacob's pack was
gone as well. The only ones that were left were Embry, Leah, and Seth, all of the others had imprinted and chose to stop ageing once the vampire threat in the
area was gone, so that they could live out their lives with their mates. Jacob was still very much a part of our lives as he had imprinted on Nessie. Since those four
still continued to change there was no need for anymore wolves, since the only vampires in the area were the Cullens and the occasional nomad. Nessie had
become fully matured about 7 years after her birth just as Nahuel had said. Jacob, since he was still the chief of the Quiluetes, allowed us on to La Push, which was
good because that was where him and Nessie lived. Edward and I raced up to the large white house, even after all these years we still liked to race. When we had
returned from the hunt, Edward had said that Alice needed to speak to us about something. By the time we reached the house, everyone, including Nessie and the
wolves, were gathered in the living room. Edward and I quickly sat down on the couch next to Nessie, and Carlisle rose to speak.
"Alice has informed me that there is trouble stirring with the Volturri. We expected this from when we last saw them," he said.
"I saw them going after the nomads in Europe first, then coming over here to take out Peter and Charlotte, Randall and Mary," Alice told us when she got up to speak.
"When do you see this happening Alice?" Esme asked from her chair.
"They are already planning their attack, picking out who will go where. The plan to launch their attack within the month," Alice answered.
"Then we must go warn the others, since they were so helpful in our time of need," Esme said when she took in the information.
"Wait, wait," Jacob said from where he was standing behind Nessie, "You say you know where the bloodsuckers are gonna be, right? Why don't we just go and
meet them and take them down? Cause as I see it after they take out the little groups they are gonna come for the big groups, which includes us so why not try to
decimate their numbers before the launch a full scale assault on us? I mean if we reduce their numbers it'll make it harder on them to try to attack us, or maybe
they'll think twice before doing it."
"Nice plan," Emmett commented.
Jasper sat there pondering for a minute before speaking "That does sound like a good plan, the best defense is a strong offense."
"Alice, where do you see them attacking first?" Edward spoke up from next to me.
"That's just it," said Alice, "they keep changing their minds, either they send most of the guard to one place to wipe out the nomads, or they create smaller groups and send the smaller groups out to overpower the the nomads."
"Hmmm, that does make it more difficult," Jasper mused. "What if we send out warning to the Denali clan, the Irish coven, the Egyptians, Romanians, and the Amazons to tell them that trouble has begun, just as we feared it would."
"Yes, maybe if we all gather together again and break out into small groups and send each group to one of the spots that Alice sees as a potential target?" Edward added.
"That could work," Alice said, "though half of the spots just disappeared."
Even after all these years, Alice still had trouble seeing the wolves, though Nessie had gotten easier to see once she had reached adulthood, but since she was
almost always with Jacob that didn't help much. Esme and Rosalie had gotten up to start to call our other friends to explain the situation. Emmett and Jasper pulled
out a large map of the world and Alice was pointing to the spots where she saw the Volturi's potential attacks.
After spending hours and hours planning, and calling our friends, Edward and I made our way back to the cottage. When we entered Edward pulled me into a
sitting position on the couch.
"Tell me what's wrong, you've been unusually quiet," Edward asked.
"Nothing," I lied.
Edward frowned.
"Come on something is wrong, what is it?"
He knew me too well.
"Well, its just that something doesn't feel right. I can't put my finger on it but, I feel like something bad is going to happen with the Volturri," I explained.
"Bella, nothing is going to happen, we have Alice on our side, the Volturri don't know that. We have the element of surprise too. Jasper and Jacob are right the best we can do is surprise them and thwart their plan."
"Ok, I guess your right," I told him still feeling uneasy.