"I can't believe we're leaving again. We just got to the arctic a few days ago!" I complained to Edward as we packed again. Esme had put the houses back on sale again, already people had offered prices on some of the houses. Sometimes I really hated being a vampire.

"I know, but it's for the best. It's a matter of life or death. Or scientific study," Edward said. "And I can attest that being prodded and poked by doctors or scientists isn't very enjoyable."

I laughed quietly. "That's true," I said. "I'm sure that would not be fun. At all."

"I say that we should go and take a walk. We're leaving soon again, and we haven't ever even gone hunting," Edward said.

"Well, we don't need to hunt," I pointed out.

"Does that mean we can't go on a walk?" Edward teased.

"Well, no but... oh, let's go, we can pack later," I caved.

Edward smiled. We walked outside. It had begun to snow - again. The sky, which to human eyes was black, was a beautiful blue. The stars were unusually bright, even to my eyes. There was no street, and therefore, no street lights. The road was far behind us. We stopped on a hill and lay down, staring at the sky. As we stared at the sky, a familiar smell of animals drifted by. I looked over to Edward.

"Just one for fun?" he asked.

"One, together," I answered, getting up. We ran towards the smell of carribou. They were running away from where we were, though it wasn't us they were running from. It was another vampire, running towards them and top speed. He took one down easily. I hesitated at going now. Edward did also.

"What should we do?" I asked him in a hushed voice.

"Go find out who he is," Edward suggested. We cautiously emerged and ran out to kill our own carribou. We killed it near the other vampire. He looked up at us. His eyes were blood red, but seemed to be changing ever so slightly. There was a hint of gold in the center. He was trying to convert to being "vegetarian." Or so it seemed. With two of us drinking, the carribou was soon drained of blood. We walked over to him.

He looked up at Edward and I. He smiled. "How nice to see other like me," he said. He stood up. "I am Alex."

"I'm Edward, this is my wife Bella," Edward said rather stiffly.

"You are new to the area," Alex observed.

"Yes. We're leaving also," Edward said. "Us and our family."

"So soon," he muttered.

"The village people have discovered my coven," Edward explained. "We leave in a week."

"I wish you and your coven all the best," Alex said mysteriously. "And if ever you need a friend here, just give me a call..." With that, Alex was gone.

"Ok, that was just a little weird," I said.
"Well, new friends can be," Edward commented.

"I guess we should be getting back now," I sighed.

"True, packing is a nice idea..." Edward muttered.
"We don't have to pack all night," I growled.

"True," Edward murmured.

We ran back to the house, packed our belongings once again. It took very little time, so we sat on the sofa the rest of the night, talking about plans.

The next morning, before dawn, Edward and I brought our belongings over to Esme and Carlisle's. Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Renesmee and Jacob were all there. Jacob had a grin on his face.

"Why are you so happy Jake?" I asked suspiciously.

"Oh, my pack will be joining us later today," Jake answered with a grin.

"What does that mean?" I asked. "Who is included in your pack?"

"Dunno," Jake shrugged. "Leah and Seth are coming, and they said whomever else they can convince."

"Hm," I responded.

"So Alice, any idea where we are moving?" Emmett asked.

Alice closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again and was about to answer when Edward answered for her.

"A large island with only a very few people on it. It's close to here, a few hours run and then a half hour boat ride at the most," he said.

"You know, it really gets annoying to always get beaten to saying things by you," Alice sniffed.

"I know," Edward answered.

Alice rolled her eyes. "Carlisle, may Jasper and I go today?" she asked.

"No, Alice, it's not ready. You may leave in a week like the rest of us," Carlisle answered.
"Our cover won't last that long," Edward warned us.

"We may leave sooner, due to circumstances, but we will not go to the island until a week is passed," Carlisle said firmly.

Alice looked rather annoyed, but sighed. "OK," she agreed.

Around 7 o'clock that evening, there was a knock on the door.

"It's the pack," Alice said boredly.

"I'll get it!" Jake said, bouncing to the door. He opened it and Leah, Seth, Quil and Embry stood there. Claire stood at Quil's side, smiling.

Seth waved at the Cullens. Leah stood like stone behind Seth. Quil had his arm around Claire and Embry gave Jacob a hug. Renesmee smiled warmly at Jacob's pack.

"Hello Claire," I said.

Claire smiled at me. "Hello Bella," she said. "Isn't it nice that we can all stay together?"

"Yes, of course," I answered.

Claire was now a werewolf and part of Jacob's pack, along with Quil and Embry. Sam and all the others had reformed their pack and made the rivalry stronger, much stronger. Especially since Jacob had been together with Renesmee.

"Well, I'm sure we can find you all beds," Esme said.

"I can sleep outside," Leah said.

"If you need, I could also," Seth said. "I'm just glad I could come."

"Quil and I would be glad to sleep anywhere, outside is perfectly fine," Claire said.

"I don't care where I sleep as long as Jacob isn't near me with his snoring..." Embry muttered.

"We'll find you all beds! Now, the couch becomes a queen, so Claire and Quil can have that. We have an extra twin that someone else could use. We have an airmattress that someone else could use. That just leaves one person... Ah! We have another bed in Rose and Emmett's house," Esme said.

"I'll take whichever," Seth said.
Leah said, "I can use the twin here."

"I'll have the bed in the other house," Embry said.

"I get the airmattress!" Seth said.

"Perfect. You can go there whenever you please. Rose, Emmett, can you bring Embry to you're house when he's ready?" Esme asked.

Rosalie rolled her eyes. "Sure!" Emmett boomed.

"I'll go whenever," Embry said.

"You want to go now?" Emmett asked.

"Sure," Embry said.

"C'mon Rose! Let's go!" Emmett said as he and Embry walked out the door. Rose let out a growl but followed.

"Where's the airmattress, I'll get it out," Seth said.

"Closet in the kitchen," Carlisle said.

Seth bounded off to get it.

Claire and Quil wandered to the sofa and set it up while Leah went upstairs to find her bed. They were all asleep in moments, tired from the long run.

"We can plan in the morning," Carlisle told us.

I nodded and Edward and I ran back to our house for the night.