Seth POV

I took Skyler's hand and walked to the side of the highway with her.

I was dead tired. It was probably about 3:00 in the morning and all four of us showed the wear and tear.

Emmett's huge jeep screeched to a stop in front of us. I lifted Skyler up and stuffed her into the van.

Leah got into the front seat and Jacob and Renesmee squished in beside us.

Skyler immediatley put her head down on my lap and fell asleep.

I peered around the seat in front of me to see who was driving. It was Edward.

Jacob was already talking quietly to him.

"So how are Bella and Alice doing?" Jacob asked

"They're doing a lot better just slight headaches now, I wouldn't have picked you up if Bella was still in pain"

"True" Jacob laughed softly.

"So what did we miss?" I asked Edward.

He sighed, "There is a lot to explain, I think it would be best to wait until we get home"

Skyler was already dead asleep, but Jacob, Leah, Nessie and I exchanged a look, there was something very strange going on here.

The rest of the drive was silent except for our heartbeats and Edward's steady breathing.

It was about 4:00 in the morning by the time that we got back to the house.

Everyone was sitting around looking extremely worried.

Alice and Bella seemed to be doing a whole lot better.

They were standing around and talking with the others.

"I'm going to bed, you can fill me in, in the morning" Nessie said yawning.

"Here, I'll take Skyler upstairs too" I handed Sky to Nessie and she bolted up the stairs.

Wow, Skyler really was deeply asleep.

I sat down on one of the couches and waited. Carlisle sighed.

"I guess we have some explaining to do"

Edward nodded in agreement.

And then Carlisle spoke.

"Ten years after I had first changed Edward we went to go and visit the Volturi. At the time they had four prisoners"

Edward spoke next.

"Vivian, Alexandra, Charles and Gerard, these four vampires and talents way out of the Volturi's league, Vivian could hypnotize people just by looking deeply into their eyes, Alexandra had the ability to know what any person was doing at any given time."

"Charles could change his appearence to look like anyone that he wanted to and Gerard, well, Gerard was probably the most dangerous of all, because he could take away the powers of vampires at will"

Carlisle said.

"Of course, this was very painful for whomever he may doing that to." Edward finished, cringing at the memory.

I furrowed my eyebrows. Sure, those were some pretty impressive powers, but the Volturi could handle pretty much anything.

Edward sighed.

"Somethings are just out of their control. For example, they didn't have Alice to tell them that they were going to be ambushed."

"Usually, if the Volturi are threatened in any way, they will be taken out"

I saw Esme cringe in the corner of my eye.

"Unless, said vampire had a certain skill that could strengthen their guard" Carlisle stated.

"So, they kept them for many years, after being held in captivity for so long the four of them decided over time that if the Volturi were afraid of them over taking their guard, that they could possible take over- not only the vampire world but the human world too"

The room dropped into dead silence.

"While Carlisle and I were visiting, Gerard and his clan decided to revolt. They broke out of their cells and massacred at least twenty of their guard. That's how Marcus' wife died. When they caught up to Carlisle and I we, were preparing to leave, they grew even agrier at us. They were angry because we did not drink human blood as they did. For this coven had a very low tolerance for those who were different. We were outnumbered and not as skilled in fighting back then, there was a very high chance that we were going to die right then and there"

Both Esme and Bella tightened their holds on their husbands hands.

"Luckily, the brothers stepped in right before we could be killed and got the four of them under control"

Carlisle finished stroking Esme's caramel waves.

I was shocked to hear Rosalie's voice from where she stood looking out the window staring at the rain.

"I still don't understand why you didn't tell us about this earlier" She said angrily.

Carlisle sighed.

"The brothers swore us to secrecy, at first we were worried about it, but eventually, Edward and I just forgot about it. We didn't want you fret about unnecessary troubles"

Emmett slammed his hands down on the table splitting it in half.

"Well it seems like a pretty fucking necesary worry right now! All of our lives are on the line!"

Edward ran a hand through his hair.

"What's going to happen now?" Jacob asked his eyebrows knitting together.

Alice picked up a thick piece of paper and flicked it to Jacob from across the room.

Jacob snatched it out of the air and looked at it.

I went behind him and looked over his shoulder at it.

It was an invitation.

Cullen Family,

You are invited to a mythical get together among friends

Please arrive at 6:00 sharp at the Werdinshire Castle

This is a black-tie event

Food and drink will be provided

I stared stupidly at the invatation what the hell was that supposed to mean? The part that confused me the most was the last line. Food and drink will be provided. That worried me slightly.

"We've decided to invite you Leah and Seth as well" Carlisle said to Jacob.

Jacob nodded once, a far away look in his eye.

I immediately looked up when I realized that Skyler wouldn't be able to go.

"And of course you're able to bring Skyler, Seth, I'm sure everyone would like to see what a human thinks about all of this"

I exhaled contentedly, as long as Skyler was with me everything would be okay.

Alice gasped and jumped up from the couch then.

She lost her balance, but Jasper was able to steady her in time.

"Jacob let me see the letter" Alice commanded reaching her small hand out.

Jacob handed her the letter and she wrenched it open and stared at the print there.

Alice then began to hyperventilate.

"Do you guys know what this means!?" The tiny girl screamed waving the piece of paper in the air.

"It means that you're really excited and possibly dangerous at a time like this?" Jacob said sarcastically.

Rosalie glared at him. And Alice huffed an exasperated sigh.

"It says here that this is a black tie event"

Everyone stared at her questioningly.

"You bunch of idiots! It means we have to go shopping!"

A groan resounded throughout he house. Shopping. Great.

(A/N OMEC!! I am soooooooo sorry that I haven't updated sooner! But I do have a life, and a very busy one at that. I promise that the wait for the next chapter WILL NOT be as long. Thank you everyone for reading, reviewing and being so patient with me while I worked on this. I love you all!! Read and review my little ducklings!)