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"She should've been back by now," Emmett stated frustrated. His eyes blinked from brown to gold as he tried to suppress his anger.

"Calm down," Jasper rested his hand on his brother's shoulder. Emmett, however, wasn't going to have any of it.

"I don't need to be calm! I need to find Vie!" The large vampire started from his seat towards the door.

"We're going with you. We can cover more ground if we split up," Alice offered, standing up beside her brother.

"Check Jake's house first. They could still be there-" before Esme even finished her statement, all her vampire children were out the door in search of the rest of their family.

Jacob Black sniffed the air as they approached. Vamps, he swore under his breath, calling Nessie out from behind the play ground of Quileute Elementary School where he and his 'soul mate' had been playing.

"Hey Bella! Edward," Jacob snarled, however, when he noticed the way they were advancing on him, his expression changed from annoyed to concerned.

"What's up-" Emmett was on the werewolf before he even got two words in.

"Where's Violet?" he growled low in his throat, hoisting Jake up by the front of his shirt. Even with all the Native American blood in him, Emmett was still taller and more intimidating.

"Hey, paws off blood sucker. Last time I saw her was at my house," Jacob pried himself from Emmett's grip and straightened his shirt.

"He's telling the truth," Edward concluded quickly with a quick mind scan.

"I don't appreciate being mind zapped, you know," Jacob muttered hastily, to which Edward completely ignored.

"Thanks for playing with Nessie Jake, but we're going to take her now. If you could have the pack watch out for Violet too, that'd be great."

"Yeah, well it's his fault she's missing," Emmett snapped, thinking that it should be more of a priority to look for Violet than a suggestion.

"So she's really missing…" the irritation fell away from Jake's face. If he'd have known this was going to happen, he wouldn't have left her all alone.

"I'll let the pack know right away," he saluted and ran off into the bushes to transform, phasing quickly and heading out into the now setting sun.

Soon, the Cullens were on the hunt as well. Emmett was the first to pick up her trail.

What did they teach her in Girl Scouts anyways? Doesn't she know she's supposed to stay where she is?

Emmett's mind immediately went to Jacob. His eyes narrowed at the thought.

"Don't blame him. He's just a boy," Edward interjected running beside his brother as they headed towards the scent that was steadily getting stronger.

"I know, I just can't stand that idea of something happening to her-" Emmett was speechless as they arrived in the clearing. Alice and Bella were already at Violet's side, putting pressure on the wound that was still bleeding. It was on her neck.

A bite.

Surrounded by an all too familiar scent.

Rosalie?

Emmett's body stiffened, and when Edward and Jasper caught on as to why, they exchanged confused glances.

"What would she be doing back here? Hunting mortals?"

Emmett didn't wait for the answer to that question. He was right beside his love, stroking her hair away from her pale, seemingly lifeless face.

"Vie? Can you hear me," he whispered, stroking her colorless cheek and slightly parted lips.

"Her heartbeat is really slow," Alice noted, although her speech was skewed because she'd plugged her nose. Alice and Jasper were fairly young vampires, so they could hardly stand the smell of blood without having a taste. Bella was unusual in that her control over the urges was more mature. She could stay until Emmett or Edward arrived.

Moving out of the clearing, the three youngest headed back home to let the wolves know she was found. They'd just be in the way if they stayed.

"I'm gonna kill her," Emmett hissed as Edward picked Violet up in his arms. He knew his brother could be rash at times like these. He needed Carlisle, and he needed time.

"Don't do anything stupid. Rose didn't know-"

"I don't give a fuck what Rose knew!" Emmett exploded at his brother, running off into the woods to try and pick up his ex-girlfriend's scent.

Edward read his brother's thought's briefly. They were so clouded with rage there was hardly anything coherent to cling to. Deciding he could track his brother later, he decided that Violet first needed to be taken to the clinic.

A thought drifted through Edward's busy inner-workings. He called after his brother to get him to stop.

"She's going to be scared and confused when she wakes up. You're going to let her go through it alone?" Edward knew it wasn't necessarily the best thing to do, baiting Emmett, that is, but he couldn't let him do something so brash, so stupid. Rosalie would see reason in her own time. He would see to it that she did, and then receive punishment for her crimes.

"W-where am I? My head is killing me," Violet began as she sat up in bed. It didn't take long for her to get pushed back down though.

"You lost a lot of blood. You need rest." Carlisle's voice wormed its way into her fuzzy brain.

"I told you I can't die-"

"I never said you were dead," Carlisle smiled, placing a hand on Violet's forehead and pushing it back against the pillow. As soon as Emmett heard voices in the room, however, he busted through the locked door. It blew off its hinges and hit the wall.

"A little discretion if you please son. She'll be experiencing headaches for the next few hours." Carlisle instructed as Emmett flew over to the bed in the blink of an eye.

"Vie? You okay?" His brown eyes were deep with concern.

"Peachy," she smiled, trying to hide the sarcasm. "My head really hurts," she whispered, trying not to let the anguish show on her face, however, the pain of the migraine betrayed her and a tear slipped through her closed eyelids.

"Baby," Emmett murmured comfortingly, stroking her hair and placing gentle kisses up and down her hair and face.

"Is there anything we can do for the pain?" Bella asked Carlisle, hearing blurbs of the conversation from outside. Jasper had been beside her as well, until the emotional turmoil between the pair on the bed sent him reeling with a headache of his own.

"I'm afraid the vampire venom in her system won't allow it, but it should be gone by tomorrow."

The word vampire shuttered through the room like an ill omen. Bella clenched her fists.

"I can't believe I stood up for Rosalie in the beginning! She's a monster! How could she do this to anyone?" Bella's eyes were golden with rage. Edward steadied her by placing his hands on her shoulders.

"She will have to be dealt with. From what I learned from Jacob this afternoon, Violet wasn't the first human she's preyed on." Edward whispered, loud enough for only the vampires outside the room to hear.

Inside, Emmett lay beside his lover, his arms wrapped tight around her, as though his love and affection in that small gesture could keep out all the harms of the world.

"Violet, I love you so much. I'll never let anything happen to you ever again." Emmett's sincerity combined with the grief in his voice…

"You make my heart ache… as if I wasn't already sore enough," she laughed.

"Fine. I promise not to have sex with you while you're healing," he joked, trying to cheer them both up.

"Haven't you ever heard of sexual healing?" Violet asked astonished. The expression soon faded however, because soon, her eyes lids were drooping, and her words were nearly incoherent.

Although Emmett couldn't sleep beside her (vampires didn't sleep), he still enjoyed seeing her at peace, away from all the pain. Her rest was not fitful however. She wrestled her head from side to side on the pillow and let out pained whimpers of Emmett's name.

All he could do was watch helplessly and hold her hand.

It was killing him. And it hurt knowing there was nothing he could do to take away the pain.

Violet awoke from a hideous nightmare only to find herself lying flat in the room she'd come to know so well over the last couple months. It was dark outside and the curtains were closed, as if she was hidden away from the rest of reality in a cool, prison.

She felt relieved that she was alive, but at the same time, couldn't help wishing she was dead.

I can't take this mortality thing anymore!

She flopped back down on her pillows, realizing that she was alone and un-supervised… for the moment.

"Hey, I heard you wake up," Bella whispered as her silhouette appeared in the doorway, considering the door that was there previously had been evicted by Emmett's sudden outburst the night before.

Another perk to being a vampire… heightened senses.

So much for the silence and alone time… well, at least her head didn't hurt anymore.

"Everyone's been really worried about you. You wanna come down and grab a bite?"

Bella couldn't see Violet grimace in the dark, but those very small words did a lot of harm.

"I don't want to bite anything, and I don't want anything else to bite me," she grumbled, hoping her nasty mood didn't offend Bella. She took it with surprising grace, smiled through the dark and then left the girl to her own devices.

"At least Emmett's not here. He'd be a basket case-"

"You're awake! How are you doing?" came another voice. Once again the a silhouette filled blocked the light from the hallway. Violet cringed as the extra noise throbbed in her temples, a residual side effect from the venom in her system.

"Em, you worry about me too much and it'll make you sick," she joked. He moved towards the bed silently and took a seat beside her.

"I can't help it. I love you."

"I know, its just… I kinda want to be alone right now," she whined pathetically, hoping it would drive him away. She knew all he would do was hover and fuss, when he really needed to go out and feed.

And I am definitely not in the mood to be snacked on… again.

"Alright. I'll see ya later," he whispered understandingly and once again, the room was full of silence.

Poor guy. I just hope he doesn't do anything stupid.

"Rosalie's trail grew weaker out by Bremerton… but there's something else," Jasper began. Three days had passed since the fateful sighting and the Cullens had been on the hunt ever since.

Carlisle had not forced Emmett to stay behind, but assigned Edward, Bella and Renesmee as Violet's babysitters. Meanwhile, Jasper, Alice, Esme, Emmett and Carlisle had gone out to locate (with the intent of rehabilitating) Rosalie.

"What is it?" Emmett asked hesitantly as they raced through the forest back to Forks to reunite with the rest of the family. The trail had been hard to pick up, almost as if someone was trying to confuse them.

"Where Rose's trail ended… I could smell… Volturi." Emmett came to a dramatic halt at these words. And only one thing ran through his and everyone else's mind;

What was Rose doing with the Volturi?

"What would they want with her?" Esme asked, knowing full well the Italian vampire aristocracy had never taken an interest in her before.

"Who knows? But we have to find her before they do." Alice looked worriedly from her father to her brother, Emmett.

"She's right. The Volturi were the ones who had slain the Immortals when they lived in Europe. She must have known something was wrong when Violet didn't die right away." Carlisle began apprehensively. It was in all of their and Violet's best interest to reach Forks as soon as possible.

With the Volturi on the loose, anything could happen. But for Rosalie's sake, they better not have gotten to Violet, or I'll kill her.

"Emmett, we have to think rationally. If we don't watch our step, we'll have another all out war-"

"Shut up and run," Emmett huffed out as the forest went whizzing past them.

"Five little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away…" Violet began singing to Nessie as she lay tucked beside her on the porch swing. The picture book she was holding fell out of her hands as Renesmee shocked her with images of the reservation and Jacob.

Violet shuddered and looked at the child in her arms who was looking at her with an innocent and helpless plea. Biting her lip, Violet sighed heavily before nodding.

If Emmett's hunting this vampire woman… Vie paused as she recalled Emmett's initial expression of longing and regret when he mentioned her. Then there's nothing for me to worry about.

"Alright," she agreed, hoisting the now happy half human child out of her lap and marching down the porch towards her car.

When they arrived on the reservation, Violet scanned the woods hesitantly, hoping that nothing more would go wrong on her adventures out there.

Violet stood on the porch of the Black family for some time before a pouting Nessie tugged on her winter coat.

"Where Jakie?" she asked, her big dark eyes searching, confused.

"He's probably out patrolling or something. Billy's probably at Bella's dad's house, and we're here by ourselves," Violet once more thought of grim, bleak outcomes as they stood in the growing darkness.

"Let's go, hm?" Piling back into the beat up SUV, Violet drove back towards the Cullen's house nestled deep in the woods, their mission turning up fruitless. Unfortunately, Edward and Bella would be out in Port Angeles for another hour at best.

I should really get paid for my ferrying and baby-sitting services-

Vie's thoughts were cut off abruptly as the car was slung to the side of the road by an unseen force. Nessie was nearly chucked out of her car-seat and through the front windshield, but she seemed unshaken.

In the blink of an eye, Violet's forehead slammed against the steering wheel and left her vision spinning and her mind reeling. Blood dripped down her nose as the car came to a jerky stop against an evergreen tree that crunched the silver metal of the car like tin foil. The door had her arm pinned uncomfortably to her side and her legs nearly over her head as the roof caved in, preventing the vehicle from rolling any further.

Nessie whined and whimpered frightened from the back seat while Violet struggled to remain conscious. If she could only reach a phone to call for help, they would make it through… but no such luck.

Just as Vie's vision faded to oblivion, an enormous shadow engulfed the waning darkness that had removed the door from the passenger side of the car and was hauling her to what seemed like safety. Then, it was black.

Violet came to and struggled to remember what had become of her and Nessie. Right now, she was sitting, her split lip filling her mouth with the taste of blood, and her injured arm throbbing at her side. It was all she could do not to cry out in her helpless state.

"Viowet!" Nessie called out, struggling in the arms of a strange vampire and reaching for her blonde haired, Immortal guardian who sat dazed in the middle of the forest.

"It won't be long before the wolves find the car. Let's move," another vampire spoke huskily, dragging Violet to her feet. She cried out as her body immediately reported all its aches and ailments, however, she was soon lifted off her feet onto the back of a large, blood drinking fiend and whisked off to the unknown.

Violet gasped out, trying to find words to comfort Renesmee as they both stood captive in the arms of a very distinguished looking vampire who'd yet to introduce himself. She recognized the forest where they stood as on the outskirts of the Cullen's home.

They were waiting for Bella and Edward to return before moving in.

Huh, I've found so far that I'm a writer who is relatively brief as far as author's notes go… you guys should be thankful and REVIEW! Please…

~Dmar