A/N: R&R if you so desire.

I do not own Twilight, I just play with the characters.

BELLA

A couple of days have passed since our planning session and Edward has been mostly okay. He kind of freaked out on me that day, but he has clamed down since then. Jen, Dakota, and I talked it over and we decided that step one is obvious. We need to bring Jen's mom to us. I mean, regardless of how we protect Jen's mom, it will work best if she is with us. What better place is there for her than amongst all these immortals that are vested in keeping the Council in power and the old magic family lines in check? Jen and Eliot ducked out right at the end of the school day to go and find her.

"I think that things will go well," Jasper quietly interrupts my musings.

"Do you, now," I respond.

"Yeah, you don't have to worry. Things will work themselves out in the end," he sounds so confident.

"I know they will. It's just in the mean time, the waiting thing is killing me," I sigh.

We meet up with the others and head out of the school. Jasper and I are still working together with some of the classes, so we usually walk together from the last class of the day. That vampire is just so easy to talk to. If witches were not immune to his special talent, I would be suspicious of that. All thought of Jasper flee my mind when Edward takes my hand. We depart on our own way home.

ALICE

Dakota calls me and wants to have a chat. That's not so unusual, I guess. We spend a lot of time together. Sometimes we even share classes for the beginning psychics. Somehow this time seems different. I kiss Jasper goodbye and head out to meet with Dakota. There is this cute café that we both love. I like to watch the couples that go there while Dakota loves their pastries and hot chocolate.

"Hey," she greets me with a grin as I enter the café.

"Hey," I smile back.

"I got you a coffee," she giggles. We do like to at least appear normal while in public.

"How sweet of you to think of me," I respond with my own chuckle.

"I suppose you are curious," Dakota teases.

"Maybe, just a little," I keep the banter going.

"Well, I suppose there is no time like the present. I am having a problem that I've never had before. I am having trouble locating Jen's mother in the present and the future," she starts.

"You don't want to worry Jen or Bella with this yet, I take it," I briefly interrupt.

"It's Jen's mother. I don't want her to freak out," Dakota informs me.

"Does Jen freak out? I don't think that I have ever seen that," I comment.

"Well, I have not seen it either. However, I'm sure that she is capable of freaking out. You know, I'm not sure if Bella has ever seen her freak out now that I think about it," Dakota sounds pensive.

"Have you Seen her mother before?" I can't help but ask the question that is tugging at my mind.

"Yes, she's of magical birth. She is a witch still, just with no more of her own magic left in her and she has no access to her family's magical reserves. Today is the first time that I have ever not been able to find her in the present and the future," Dakota's eyebrows come together in her efforts to See now.

"That is odd. I wonder what could make it that way now," I comment, almost more to myself that to my friend.

"I can't think of anything at all. I guess I'll have to discuss this with Jen when she gets back," she sounds like she is really dreading that conversation, not that I can blame her. I would be upset if I were Jen.

"You might want to bring the matter up with Bella so that she is prepared when Jen gets back," I suggest.

"Yeah, that is probably the best thing," Dakota sighs and looks out the window.

BELLA

"What, exactly, do you mean when you say that you can't see her?" I need clarification from my slightly nervous friend.

"It's like she does not even exist," Dakota winces at the statement.

"At all?" I persist.

"At all," she confirms.

"That's a little unusual for you, right?" this one is hard to wrap my brain around.

"This is really the only time that it has happened," she confesses.

"That could be a bad," I start.

"But we don't really know that for sure because I can't See anything," Dakota finishes my sentence.

"What are the odds that Jen will know what is going on?" I think out loud.

"I'm really hoping for in our favor. I'm not going to lie, this whole thing is kind of freaking me out," Dakota's pitch goes higher and higher as she talks.

We lapse into silence, each lost in our own thoughts. I'm not quite sure what to make of this. Jen's mom is not visible to our resident Seer. Dakota is possibly the most powerful Seer regardless of species. Things are just not adding up for me.

"So, is there anything that you would care to tell me?" suddenly Jen strides through the door of my office and plops down in her favorite spot on my couch. She looks expectantly at Dakota.

"Um, well I'm going to guess that you already know about your mom not being able to be found," Dakota hesitates all through her answer.

"I would say that is a safe assumption. Eliot and I went to look for her only to discover that I can't locate her through our shared, magical blood," Jen responds.

"I can't See her at all," Dakota rushes to confess.

"Did you look everywhere?" I ask Jen despite the fact that I know she is very thorough.

"Not yet," Jen sighs and sinks further in to the couch.

"Do you need help?" I ask, uncertainly.

"No, I just thought you two would want to tag along for the next stop," Jen yawns as she says this. Her answer has piqued out curiosity. Now, we have to go.