A/N: I had major writer's block, but I finally finished it, even though it is short. Sorry for the wait.

Disclaimer: Twilight and all its characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. Daniela, however, belong to me alone.

"What the fuck do you mean?" Jasper asked. His eyes were narrowed, focusing on my panicked face.

"The Volturi! They're going to take me and I'm going to make sure all of you are dead!" I sobbed.

Jasper let out a fierce growl, crushing me to his chest. "I'll never let them take you, Alice. Never."

"That's the least of my worries," I whispered, looking up at him. "I…made sure you…" I shook my head, biting my lip to keep in the horrific scream I felt building up in my throat.

"Alice," Jasper took a deep, steadying breath. "As long as I'm fucking alive, you will never be a member of the Volturi."

"That's the thing!" I cried shrilly, not recognizing my own voice. "You're DEAD!"

Jasper shook his head, his gaze on mine unwavering. "I'll protect you. I won't let it happen."

I didn't say anything. I couldn't say anything. I just pressed my face to his shoulder and cried tearlessly.

Later, Jasper and I gathered the family and the wolves in order to share the terrible news.

"Alice has had a vision," Jasper started. Daniela glanced at me, as if knowing what I knew. She gripped Seth's hand tightly.

"I saw myself as a member of the Volturi," I whispered. Gasps of horror and shock filled the room. I stared at the ground. "And I was telling Aro how…the Cullen clan was no more."

"Why would Aro want us dead?" my father, Carlisle, asked, ever the reasonable one.

Jasper sighed. "We're a threat to the Volturi."

"Us?" Bella asked incredulously. "Why us?"

"Vampire covens are rarely more than three or so vampires. Even the Denali's are unusual. Us…well, besides the Volturi, it's unheard of. Aro must determine us a threat not only because of coven size, but because of Alice, Edward, Bella, and Daniela. Extraordinarily talented vampires. Or half breeds, in Daniela's case."

I frowned in confusion. "I thought Aro wanted you too."

Jasper waved away my words. "Obviously not if he makes sure I'm destroyed. He would most likely separate us, for reasons that only makes sense in his twisted mind."

My heart ached and I felt numb at the thought of being alive while Jasper was dead. I just couldn't think about it. It was too painful.

"If Aro had his choice of only one of us, he most desires to have Alice," Edward said. "Her power would be of the most value to him."

Jasper shook his head, wrapping his arm around me. "They'll all die before they take her."

And then it hit me. This time, it would come to a fight. Someone would die. We couldn't all make it through alive. It was impossible.

My eyes moved across each member of the family, taking in their either solemn or terrified expressions. I felt as though their terror and destruction was my fault. I knew it was my fault.

Edward shot a glare at me. "Don't start thinking like that."

Everyone turned to stare at me, but I kept perfectly calm. "I wasn't thinking anything, Edward."

He shook his head and looked away. He and Jasper met gazes and he nodded.

"Alice," Jasper whispered, "This is not your fault. It's not your fault that you have a power Aro desires."

Every single person in the room was giving me sympathetic looks, like I was some child. I couldn't take it anymore. It was too much.

Jumping up, I headed toward the door. "I'm going for a walk." I slammed the door behind me and took off for the woods at full speed.

Eventually, I stopped and leaned against a tree, closing my eyes. I slid down the tree to the ground and pulled my knees to my chest. Nothing was going right anymore.

The past ten years had been perfect, normal. I had all but forgotten about the damn Volturi and Aro. And now this? Life just had to fucking come and screw me over, like always when everything seemed to finally be going my way.

In the past, we had always been able to overcome each challenge without injury, without loss. This time, it was different. We had no secret weapons, no element of surprise. Aro knew about my visions, the wolves, Daniela. This time, I feared it would be the end.

"Alice?"

I looked up quickly at the sound of my name. There stood the last person I thought would have come to check on me. Once upon a time, she would have been the first person, but she had changed and become twisted and cold-hearted.

"Rosalie," I murmured.

She tentatively sat down across from me, crossing her legs and folding her hands on her lap. "Jasper wanted to come talk to you, but I figured you wouldn't want to talk to him right now."

I sighed. "It's not his fault…I just know that…"

"That what?" Rosalie asked gently. It was as if she was back to her old self.

"That we won't survive this time. Or at least, someone won't. And Rose, you know, everyone knows, it's all my fault."

She didn't say anything for a moment. Finally, she said "Alice, you can't help you fall in love with. You just happened the fall in love with a vampire. So what? We all supported you. We all chose to join you in eternal life, though it was more for survival that anything else. We're all in this together, as a family. I know you'd do the same thing for me if the roles were reversed. We all love you Alice. You're my sister and if I have to fight to keep you here, with us, where you belong, then I will. Don't doubt that."

I looked up and met her kind golden eyes. "Why are you being so nice Rose? I don't get it. For the past…ten or so years it seemed like you were out to get me."

Rosalie sighed. "I fucked up our relationship by letting it be tainted by jealousy. Recently, Emmett and I have been talking it out and well…I can't blame you, Alice. I need to get the fuck over it and this is me trying."

"Thank you. It means a lot to me, Rosalie. I missed the old you so much."

She stood and closed the small distance between us, pulling me into a hug. "You'll always be my sister Alice, always."

"And you'll always be mine, Rose." Even when I'm a member of the Volturi, I added silently.