1 hour earlier at the Cullen house ----- 1 hour after Alice called Edward

Alice's POV

"What do you mean; 'we have a problem'?" Rosalie growled at me.

An hour after I had called Edward, the whole family, expect for Jacob (he was unaware of the situation) and Nessie, were at the house. We all gathered around an antique table that Esme was fond of, a poor choice to have a meeting in my opinion.

Without answering Rosalie, I slid my open notebook to her. She eyed it carefully, observing the Volturi's faces I drew from the first vision, and turned the page. She didn't wince at the surprising scene of the next drawing. She curled her lips in, as if upset. I could guess she was, not for the poor boy on the parchment, but for herself.

"What's so unusual about it?" Bella asked. She cocked her head to look at the second drawing. "Hey, wait, is that Jane?" She cringed.

I hadn't told them anything yet. Only Edward had an idea of what was going on. He wouldn't say a word though; he had wanted to leave that up to me. For me to continue to give bad news. I looked at Edward now, his face was blank and more like a ghostly white than ever before. I casted my eyes down; upset by the face change. I shouldn't have called him and been the one to tell him over phone, but it would've been fair for him to find out picking words out of my mind.

"The unusual thing is…" I stood up and leaned across the table to point at the drawing of the dead boy on the pavement. "This is Alex."

"So?" Emmett asked. "I know it's sad that Alex is going to be dead and all, but wasn't he kind of a jerk to us?"

I cracked a smile, despite myself.

"What I'm trying to say is..." I paused, taking a pointless deep breath. "The two pictures are two drawings of the visions I just had, and they're connected," I flipped the notebook page over to show my first drawing. "The first one is the Volturi coming for us."

A gasp went through but someone hushed them up. I didn't have to look up to see who it was – I knew with my future-seeking powers that it was Esme who quieted them.

"Why?" A chorus of them.

I grinded my teeth together, "I need to find out why I had these visions first, then I can figure out that 'why'. These visions weren't ordinary."

Rosalie shook her head, "So, let's get this straight. Why are they unusual?"

I was about to answer, but Edward shook his head slowly at me, and I backed off, letting him speak.

"What Alice means is," Edward started. "Alice can see Alex's future because of Nessie. Alex connects to the vampire world because of Nessie. Alice usually can't see Nessie's future or anyone else's that she affects. So, yes, that is unusual." Edward paused, "It is most likely true that the Volturi are coming because of Nessie also."

I nodded at Edward and looked back at the rest of my family, not looking any of them in the eye. "That's right."

Esme pursed her lips. Bella's gaze unfocused. Emmett's jaw fell slack. But no one said anything for a few heartbreaking moments.

"Could this be because," Carlisle spoke, "Nessie is fully grown now? She's more like a vampire, so the connection with your visions and her are stronger?"

I was shaking my head before he even finished.

"Impossible." I said, "And even so, we still don't why the Volturi are coming. I keep trying to find out why, but I can't see."

Another long pause.

"We can't figure this out without Nessie here," Esme finally said. "She might know what's happening."

"I'll find her," Edward offered. He got up and brushed off his shirt, though there weren't any seeable specks of dirt.

In that moment, something else occurred to me. I was reminded of what else was in my vision. It sprang in my mind for the first time since I hung up the phone with Edward.

Edward was still walking toward the door; he must've been blocking everyone's thoughts. "Edward, everyone, wait." I said, "There was one more thing."

"Another thing made this vision unusual," I breathed. "There was a paper in Alex's hand before he died. He was carrying it in his right hand. When Jane killed him, she took the paper from him." I paused and added, "I don't know what was on that paper. I don't know why she would take it either. Like I said; I can't see."

My headache proved to that.

Everyone's eyes widened a little. "We might have to leave Alaska," Someone muttered. My headache was too distracting and annoying for me to tell who it was.

"No!" Rosalie cried. I looked up at her. Her eyes were a blazing black. "I'm not leaving. I had settled in the last place, and we had to pick up our stuff and leave again. But I'm not leaving again! I want to stay in a place longer than two months. I don't want to move because of her."

I bit my lip while Rosalie's tone made me wonder how Nessie's relationship would be with Rosalie after this. Not very good, was the obvious answer. I shifted my gaze to Bella, who was grinding her teeth together trying to not defend Nessie at this particular time.

"Well," Edward said. "I'll go get her then."

Edward dashed out of the house, leaving the door open. Bella looked crushed; reaching an hand closed hand out to the direction of the open door. I couldn't tell if that was because she really needed Edward by her side truly all the time, or that just the thought of the Volturi coming and then it being Nessie's "fault" of that so unbearable that she couldn't bear it alone.

I focused back on the drawings. I flipped through the two, comparing them. I had a lot of future-seeking in my future. I sighed. That was the only part I disagreed with. But we had to see the future, right?

I glanced at the door, "Get Jacob too!" I shouted. I knew it would be loud enough for him to hear.

A/N: Is the story getting confusing so far? Maybe. But I didn't want to slowly descend into the plot; I wanted to jump right into it. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please R&R – I'd really appreciate it.