Visons

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Alice had been in the middle of tearing into her dinner when the vision had clouded her mind. Suddenly her prey wasn't lying before her and she was kneeling in snow. Looking up, it played like a horrible nightmare, one she couldn't walk away from or simply wake up.

To her surprise and horror, she stood in between what looked to be a battlefield. Wolves and vampires stood on the opposite side, snarling and growling as the Volturi walked calmly from the opposite direction, towards them, their army standing full circle.

Aro stood in the middle, hands clasped together as though he meant only peace, his eyes betrayed this however, gleaming. "All I want is the girl. Hand her over and your wolves and I will allow the rest of you to walk away unscathed."

She watched as someone she couldn't make out the face to, grabbed onto Bella, swiftly pushing her away as the faceless person stood face to face with the Volturi leader. The look of composure on Aro's face melted off and the scene faded again.

Now she was in the Volturi Castle, seeing the three vampire brothers in their throne room.

Aro stood, watching as Jane burst into the room, throwing a human at his feet.

To her horror, it was Bella, who quickly stood up, backing away as he eyed her hungrily.

"Bella mio….." He all but purred as he moved closer, hands trailing over her arms, she made to step away when he suddenly grasped her arms roughly, "You will become one of us and you will be mine…I will taste you." His eyes gleamed a bright red and before her best friend could so much as scream, his mouth descended on her neck, tearing into her flesh, scream after scream ripping from her throat.

Alice screamed aloud, watching the scene unable to do a damn thing as it flashed to the battlefield.

Blood everywhere, her family in pieces. Her eyes welled; Carlisle lay headless next to Emmett. The wolves were scattered, broken and torn apart. Unfamiliar faces of men and women whom obviously fought alongside them lay dead.

Death was all around her and she could only watch as the Volturi dragged Bella away, the human kicking and screaming, crying hysterically as she was forced over the shoulder of Aro who smirked, looking back at the lifeless bodies before speeding away into oblivion.

Alice fell to her knees.

This couldn't be…..this couldn't happen….

It wasn't just that Aro wanted her to become a vampire. He wanted her….for himself.

And she couldn't stop it.

She screamed in her vision, wondering why she had yet to fall back to reality when the scene faded into wisps of smoke, another vision surrounding her.

The faceless man she'd seen before, he stood with the wolves, more faceless strange men stood surrounding them, speaking in hushed tones, and shaking hands with Jacob and his pack.

And suddenly she was back to reality, blinking and nearly stumbling as she rose up, not even bothering to finish her meal.

She wasn't sure how but she could see this stranger tied into the fate of Bella. He would save her, she had no idea who he was or why he was important, the only thing she knew is he wasn't human and he would come here to speak with the pack.

Quickly, she sped off out of the forest and back to her house. She had to warn her family and the pack about the future to come.

One thing she knew, her visions were subjective which meant they have a chance, a chance to stop this horrible future from happening. One chance.

"You are sure?" Carlisle asked again, still reeling from what his youngest daughter had just told the entire family.

Bella was pale, her small frame shaking as Edward held her close, attempting to comfort her.

Everyone had been in the middle of dinner, sitting around talking and laughing as Bella had been digging into the pasta dish Esme had whipped up, all smiles and laughter until the youngest Cullen sped into the room, out of breath, disheveled, tears running down her face.

Now everyone stood, shocked, disbelieving, unable to speak until Carlisle found his voice once more, "And you couldn't see this strangers face?"

Alice shook her head, "I just know it was a man, and he wasn't human but I don't think he was one of us. There were many other strange men and women who I did not recognize and I think they came with him to fight with us."

Bella swallowed, taking a deep shaky breath, stepping away from Edward, "We have to tell Jacob, you said you saw them shaking hands, there's a connection, maybe this is another shifter?"

The pixie vampire nodded in agreement and sighed, "We have to stop this, we can stop this from happening, but we will need all the help we can get."

"We need to alert our cousins and friends in South America." Esme spoke finally as Carlisle embraced her.

"Alaska too." Rosalie pitched in.

"When do we go?" Bella looked at her family whose expressions all changed at the question, obviously knowing the answer as Edward grasped her hand, forcing her to look at him, already reading his families minds.

"Bella, we have to go but you cannot, I will not risk you being killed along the way or any danger coming to you. We will inform the pack tonight and then you will stay here; they will keep you safe and Charlie. The family and I will go to South America and out to Alaska to get the cousins and friends who reside in those areas and bring them back with us."

"But…." Bella's face was crushed; she wanted to go with them. He was leaving her behind again, her heart hurt.

Edward shook his head, decision firm, "No I will not risk your life."

She sighed sadly, knowing she would get nowhere; it was the same look she got the day he left her after the birthday incident.

Waves of calm swept through the room and she gave a small smile to Jasper who nodded at her, obviously trying to defuse the situation.

Without another thought, she whipped out her phone, dialing her best friends number. "Jake."

"Bella?"

"Are you at home?"

"What's wrong?"

"I will be down there momentarily with Edward and Alice, something's happened."

"Bella…."

"Be right there."

And she hung up, looking pointedly at the two vampires before walking out of the room, deciding if she couldn't go with them to help search for family then she would help out as much as she could here in Forks.

Jacob was already standing outside his house, the pack sitting in chairs surrounding the fire his father had started. They had been in the middle of sharing stories about the old legends when he'd gotten her call. He could hear in her voice something was wrong and for her to bring the leeches with her…..something was really wrong.

He couldn't stand still, pacing back and forth as his father attempted to calm him down until he could make a faint outline of her and the smell of blood suckers filled his nostrils. He growled softly and watched as they came closer, everyone falling into silence as Billy wheeled himself forward, curious as to what was going on.

"Jake." Bella embraced him and he hugged her back, watching as Edward glared at him before he let her go.

"What is going on, why are they here? They are not supposed to cross the line…."

"Alice…she had a vision."

The pixie haired vampire moved closer, face scrunched as she attempted not to breathe in the wet dog scent. "It's about Bella….and the fate of your kind. Of all of us."

"Continue…" Billy spoke up.

And so she delved into the story, sharing what she had told her family of her vision. The deaths, the stranger, and ultimately Bella's enslavement to the Volturi, ending with how she knew this stranger could be the key factor in changing everything since her vision hadn't allowed her to see any further.

As she finished, Jake was snarling, barely able to contain himself, the pack all standing behind him now as Billy mulled over it.

"What do we do…." The youngest of the pack looked at everyone, Seth.

Jacob opened his mouth to speak when his father cut him off. "This isn't the first time the cold ones have attempted to enslave the shifters."

All eyes fell on the old man and he continued, "Thousands of years ago the 1st generation of werewolves or children of the moon as you know them," He glanced at Jacob; "They were hunted, killed or enslaved to be the watchers of the original vampires. These cold ones could not walk in the sun as your generation can, "He gestured towards Alice and Edward. "They needed daylight guardians and what better ones then wolves, wolves who could never become man again, cursed to walk for eternity in their beast forms."

"These are the children of the moon, they are extinct, the blood suckers killed all of them." Jacob interrupted.

"Yes but not before a new generation was born, a new breed of werewolves or lycans as they prefer to be called, who could retain their human form, able to shift at will, similar to you and the pack ….."

Edward spoke, "Carlisle told me tales of these creatures, how the shifters are descended from them, not as powerful as the lycans whom most of the older generation of our kind wiped out…..death dealers…."

Bella looked at him in confusion, "What's a death dealer."

"Just like the wolves have different generations of their kind, so do we. Death dealers are older than us, they are different in that they cannot be out in the sun, they have fangs, and they will kill any lycans or shifters that come upon their path."

"These are like the more….classic vampires…..like Dracula?"

Edward smirked, "Sort of. Before Aro ruled, we had another ruler, Viktor."

"Viktor?"

"Yes he was a vampire elder, a crazy power hungry vampire according to Carlisle whom had the displeasure of meeting him many years ago when Aro was his right hand man. He is the reason that generation believed in the enslavement of any and all shifters or wolves, he was the one who originally imprisoned and killed off most of the 1st generation of weres."

Bella blinked, reeling from all of the information being thrown her way. She hadn't realized just how in depth the war between the wolves and vampires ran, and from the look on Jacobs face, neither had he.

He glanced back at his father, "So then there are children of the moon….werewolves that still exist?"

Billy nodded, "These creatures, men if you will, prefer the term lycan to anything else. I have heard a tale or two of one in particular who is a brother to Aro Volturi himself, rumor through the older shifters before your time." He patted his sons arm, knowing his son was just completely shocked at the turn of information.

"Brother?" Edward raised a brow, "Do you remember his name? Perhaps Carlisle may know more about him."

"His name is as uncommon as the current leader of Volterra, Lucian."

No sooner did the name fall from the old man's lips did Alice gasp, her small outburst not going unnoticed as she froze in place, her eyes lost in her vision.

Blood dripped off of Aro's chin. Bella's blood, crimson and bright, leaking down his face and oozing from her neck as her eyes began to roll into the back of her head.

A corpse lay on the floor of the castle and the vampire king drug Bella towards it, "You will revive him before you become one of us."

Her moan of helplessness echoed around the room as he thrust her towards the ground, her sweet blood dripping all over the corpse.

Alice screamed wishing she could do more than just watch helplessly once more.

"Viktor will be with us once again, brothers." Aro laughed madly, his brothers watching, waiting.

The scene changed and she watched everything on rewind as though it never happened, might not happen and then she saw his backside as he stood speaking to Jacob and the shifters.

The faceless man turned from the pack to face dream Alice who suddenly threw herself at him, hugging him and thanking him repeatedly for saving Bella's life…..

He froze in semi shock, eyebrow raised as she pulled away. His face cleared, rugged but handsome and lupine golden eyes looked back at her, long hair splaying down his shoulders as he nodded at her swiftly. "We will forever be in your debt Lucian."

He snorted and shook his head, "You owe me nothing."

Alice sucked in air, nearly choking as she was released from her vision, everyone staring at her now.

"I saw more of Bella of what Aro intends to do…" Her voice cracked, "He is using her to raise Viktor before he turns her, her blood will revive him….."

Edward froze, "It's not just about the weres and the shifters…"

Alice shook her head, "Even so I had another vision that came to me, an alternate vision if you will…..Lucian, he is going to save her life." She nodded at Bella, "I saw him clearly. He will be here with his own pack." She swiftly willed her mind to clear so Edward wouldn't catch onto her reeling over the last part of her vision now, suddenly grateful for heading across country away from her brother where she could possibly figure out what that part meant.

Jacob was now pacing, running a hand through his short hair, "So what then, we just wait for this shif…werewolf, to show up?"

"Maybe Carlisle knows how to get in contact with him?" Bella finally spoke up, everything soaking in finally, "He was living in Volterra for a time with Aro…." She trailed off unsure.

"She's right, if anyone knows it would be him." Edward agreed, kissing the top of her head affectionately must to the distaste of Jacob.

Billy nodded and responded, "When you find out any more information on him, let my son know." He turned and began wheeling himself back inside his house without another word, Jacob stepping closer to the two vampires and his best friend, "Tell me as soon as you hear anything, I will be patrolling tonight." And with that he pulled Bella into a hug before bounding off into the night, Leah and Seth at his heels.

Edward turned to his fiance and sister, "We need to talk to Carlisle now and get everything together for our trip." He slung his arm around Bella before she could say anything in response and lifted her up, prepared to run back as she wrapped her arms around his neck, Alice taking off ahead.

Carlisle stood in the kitchen, cleaning up the dishes and helping out his wife as much as possible while Emmett and Rosalie helped Jasper load the cars up.

Suddenly his son's voice echoed in the room and he and Esme turned to see their son with Bella in tow and Alice standing beside them in the living room.

"What happened? What did the pack say?"

Edward gently placed his fiancé on the floor before quickly filling them in on the new situation.

As Edward finished speaking, all eyes fell on Carlisle, Alice voicing everyone's thought, "Do you know who Lucian is?"

The older vampire thought back, lost in thought momentarily before he spoke, "Lucian….I remember Aro speaking of him in the lowest regards. He hated his brother…..he followed and hung onto every word Viktor spoke right up until his death and then rose to power with his new followers or brothers as he refers to them, Caius and Marcus. I remember one vampire in particular, she was a death dealer, one of the vampires who would hunt down and kill any weres that she came upon. Her name was Selene and the one time we met in person she was on the run, searching for Lucian. I can try to get into contact with her, last I heard she had taken residence somewhere outside of her hometown in Hungary." He thought back to the day he had run into the older female death dealer, Selene.

She had been on the run from some of the hunters in the area and he had stumbled across her whilst out hunting.

Gunshots echoed in the clearing and he looked up from his prey, blood dripping off of his chin. A loud scream followed and he recognized as feminine. With a growl, he shot up and sped through the area where he found her, she lay on her side, blood pooling at her waist where she had been shot.

The bullets were made to kill their kind, filled with sunlight. Whilst on his generation it would be a lot harder to kill him with, she was not so lucky.

Before she could speak, he'd torn his own arm open, knowing she needed the blood and allowed her to feed.

The wound slowly closed and she sat up, groaning in pain, drinking her fill before moving away.

"Thank you." Her accent was a light British one and he smiled, "Of course. I am Carlisle."

She smiled a small smile back, "Selene."

"May I ask what happened?"

"Humans."

Carlisle nodded, understanding, "What were you doing out here?"

"Seeking out Aro, I wondered if he may know the whereabouts of his brother, Lucian."

"As far as I know, he hasn't spoken to him since the last he saw him when he escaped from Viktor years ago. He told me he's dead."

"I have reason to believe otherwise. I must be on my way, but thank you for helping me. Your kindness has not gone unnoticed," As she spoke, she slipped him a phone number into his jacket, "Watch your back with Aro…"

And before he could respond, she was gone.

Since that day he had seen her a few times whilst out hunting away from Volterra and they had formed a bond up until he had to leave for the United States.

He had attempted to keep in contact, with her informing him of the death of Viktor and Aro rising to the top with Marcus and Caius at his side, whilst he would speak of his family in their few conversations they had together.

The last he had heard was that she had taken residence with a hybrid; he suspected more to the story but had politely decided not to further pry if she wasn't willing to speak on the subject.

She was one of the few older generations of vampires whom he considered an ally, a friend.

Snapping out of his thoughts, he grasped his cell phone, flipping it open and quickly dialing what he hoped was still her phone number.

It rang twice before someone picked up, a female someone, "Selene."

The voice gasped on the other end, clearly recognizing the good doctors voice, "Carlisle?!"

"How have you been?"

Her voice paused, "Good so far….but I take it this isn't a call to see how I am doing?"

"You know me too well. I am calling because I need to know how to get into contact with Aro's brother….."

"His brother…..Lucian…..why?"

"You remember my youngest daughter I told you about, Alice?"

"Yes."

"She had another vision…..this one involves him…..it involves us all. Do you have time for me to explain?"

Another voice could be heard in the room asking if she was okay to which she responded briefly before speaking into the phone once more, "Explain."

Carlisle drifted into the other room while Alice turned to Jasper, allowing him to wrap her into his arms, "So once this is settled then I say we all split up, Alice and I will take the northern part up to Alaska and get our cousins out there while you and the rest of the fam head out to South America."

Edward nodded in agreement at his older brother before turning to Bella who was frowning, "When will you be back?"

He brushed back a strand of hair, "Soon, I promise we will be back."

"I know, I just wish you would let me come with you."

She wrapped her arms around his waist and he sighed, breathing in her scent, "Charlie needs you here and the pack will keep you safe in my absence." He insisted, rubbing circles on her back.

Just as she began to respond, Carlisle rounded the corner, snapping his cell phone shut.

Everyone stared at him, awaiting word, "She knows where to find him and she will tell him the news. We can only hope he will aide us….he was never known to help our kind after what Viktor did to his wife."

Bella raised a brow in confusion but no more was said on the subject as she was picked up like a doll by her lover and taken out of the house, "Promise me you will not get into trouble and will stay with Charlie? Even if the lycan shows up, I do not trust this stranger no matter what Alice's vision might suggest."

She clung to him as he ran through the forest at inhumane speed, trees blowing by until she was suddenly in front of her house. "I promise."

He smiled a small smile and kissed her lips gently, "I will call you when I can."

And with that he was gone; tears of sadness at his departure fell down her face.

She stood at the edge of the forest next to her old house, drying her eyes, just looking out unbelievingly, her human eyes scanning the forest for any sudden movement. She still couldn't believe it, couldn't believe Edward had left her once again, refusing to take her with him. Granted this time there was a legitimate reason to his departure but it didn't ease the hurt she felt at being left behind again. While she appreciated that they were all ready to defend her for still being mortal on top of defending her best friend and his kind, she was ready. She was ready to live out her life with her soul mate as a vampire but he had kept pushing off as much as he could.

It infuriated her when she truly thought about it because she should be the one to make that decision, it wasn't up to him for her to remain human or not, it should be her decision and hers alone, his family accepted, even Rosalie reluctantly but not Edward.

Her life had just been turning around and now it was breaking into pieces all over again.

With a sigh, she turned and headed back towards her house, back to do nothing except twiddle her thumbs or listen to Charlie attempt to make awkward small talk with her, she was still trying to get over his 'sex talk' he had forced her to listen to, talk about embarrassing…she shuddered and moved inside her house, hearing his footsteps as he moved around the kitchen, most likely trying to find some sort of frozen tv dinner for his supper.

Sure enough, she caught sight of her father rummaging in the freezer and a small smile played on her lips, "Want me to cook dad?"

He nearly jumped out of his skin, not hearing her come in the door and turned, "Jesus Bella you scared the hell out of me." He caught his breath, "Yeah that would be great." He gave her a lopsided grin as he put back the tv dinner he'd found and moved out of the way so she could pull out the pots and pans.

"Need help?"

"I got this."

He smiled, "Of course you do." And kissed the top of her head before walking into the living room.

Hungary:

The door the house Lucian was currently occupying flew open, nearly flying in the air off of its hinges. The wolves in the coven growled menacingly, ready to attack, some already shifting.

"ENOUGH!" Their leader's voice tore through the room and it became silent as he descended the stairs, seeing his former enemies in the living area.

Her bright blue eyes, a sign she must have fed on her way here, bore into his as he came closer. "To what do I owe the surprise?"

The hand that had been holding onto her gun dropped and she spoke, "I got a phone call earlier….Carlisle Cullen….."

"Cullen….ah the good doctor," He sneered, his mind flashing to the blonde haired doctor he'd seen in the paintings standing next to his arrogant brother. "What about him?"

Michael spoke up, cutting his mate off much to her annoyance, "He informed us that your brother Aro is currently making plans to wipe out your kind….my kind….and anyone who may oppose him." He glanced at his lover, "The youngest daughter of Carlisle saw a vision of death, all of us…..and the capture of a human, a woman named Isabella whom your brother is obsessed with. This girl, if he is allowed to capture her, she will become his pawn as he takes away any and all lycan's freedom and he will raise Viktor again with her pure and untainted blood, total domination."

Lucian's brown eyes flashed as the coven growled in both fear and anger, tensions rising in the room. "This is why I have come, so we can unite together, this time we fight on the right side. If Viktor is allowed to rise again, your kind will be enslaved once more and my kind will be forced to follow him or be killed…..Michael would be killed." She squeezed the hybrids hand, not wishing a repeat of his near death that had happened with the other elder she had killed.

His rage consumed him in that thought and he yelled out; slamming his hand through the table he was leaning on, "NOOOO…." Breathing in deeply, "We cannot and will not allow this to happen. Where is the girl?"

Selene sighed, "In America, a place in Washington called Forks. The Cullen's are leaving to gather more of our kind to stand with us in this war. They have left the girl with shifters who will protect her for now."

He shook his head, running his hand through his hair, "Not good enough, not when my brother is concerned. Especially not with shifters, they are not as strong as we are…." As he rambled on, he turned to one of his youngest pack members, Dasheen, "Secure me the earliest flight to Forks."

The young teenager nodded and headed quickly out of the room.

"What if we just kill him now, we are not that far away from Italy…." Raze trailed off, his coal black eyes focused on his pack leader.

"No Raze, he would be expecting that and he has the advantage in his …. castle." Lucian sneered, "We need to draw him to us and since the girl is in America that is where he will go. Once he is out of the castle, we will have more leverage. I know how my brother's mind works, he will bring his followers and he will expect to have the human handed over to him. Any promises he may try and make will be false, only to get what he desires before he wipes out anyone who will not submit to him. I will be no one's pet again, none of us will." His voice took on a hard edge.

He turned to Selene and Michael, "Gather as many as you can who will be willing to stand by us united. Then head to America and contact me once you arrive. It's time we end this war once and for all."

Michael nodded swiftly and pulled his lover alongside him and out of the old building.

"What about us?" Raze moved closer as Lucian turned to him, "You will lead in my absence and when I call for you, all of you will follow me to America."

Raze nodded and the alpha turned to the rest of his pack, "You will answer to him as though you are answering to me, understood?"

The pack bowed in response, acknowledging and agreeing with his decision as he turned back to his desk.

Without another thought, he grasped an old dusty container in the room next to his writing desk and opened it. Maps upon maps lay rolled up neatly within and he grasped one, spreading it open on the table, moving a finger along its dusty creases.

"Forks…." He pointed to a place in the western united states, "Interesting….." He quickly rolled the old paper back up and turned, walking towards his rooms to pack a bag of extra clothing for his first trip overseas.