A/N: I'm back! Sooner than expected, but what is one to do when there is no homework? Same drill as usual: please read and review, and for the disclaimer I've been forgetting… I own nothing. Just the characters that I created. Enjoy!

Surprise

Alice struggled in Felix's grasp, trying uselessly to get to the now screaming Jasper. I watched coolly, satisfaction rising in my chest. To tease the girl I set fire to the air, inches away from Jasper's writhing body. Alice collapsed on the ground.

"Alright! Alright!" She sobbed, relenting, desperate to save her soul mate. She avoided Jasper's eyes. "I'll tell you everything." Mustering up her courage, she began.

~*~

We waited. We were aghast that Alice and Jasper had been abducted from under our noses. We knew why they wanted Alice: her visions. Jasper was needed in case Alice refused to tell her visions. Whether or not they were still alive was debatable.

"Tanya." Carlisle had finally made contact with Tanya's clan, two days later. We needed their help. He spoke quickly and quietly, explaining our dilemma.

"No, the wolves aren't helping. They'd rather keep to themselves this battle." A pause. "Tanya, please. We need the help. There are only ten of us!" His tone became more desperate. "Esme, Edward, Bella, Rosalie, Emmett, Andrew, Mel, Emily, Fred, and me." Another, longer pause. "They kidnapped Alice and Jasper." His voice was bleak. I tensed from my position on the couch. Surely the Denali clan would help us!

"I understand. This may be… Never mind. Take care of Renesmee if we fail." He hung up, looking lost and desolate. He raised his bowed head and met Esme's head. "They don't want to help." Edward hissed, pulling Bella to him protectively. Emmett was silent, for once, stroking Rose's trembling back. Rose looked miserable, had she been human her eyes would have been red and swollen from tears.

"What will we do?" Emily whispered from the top of the stairs, sounding more like an eight-year-old than usual. Fred sat next to her, stroking her silky blonde hair.

"We wait. Maybe the pack will change their minds. We'll be ready when the arrive." Carlisle answered. Emily opened her mouth to reply when a strange look crossed her face. Her eyes went out of focus; looking at something only she could see. Edward looked up, confusion and hope lighting his amber eyes.

"They're coming." She whispered. "Coming now. They meant it to be a surprise attack." We stared at her in shock: could my little sister see the future, like Alice?

"No. Edward, get out of my head. I could never see the future before." Emily answered.

"Emily, no one said anything." I ventured, looking around the airy room for Andrew.

"Edward did!" Emily pointed to where Edward sat next to the grand piano, Bella on his lap. He met my eyes evenly.

"I asked her mentally if she's ever seen the future before. It was a test." He explained. "Emily can absorb other people's powers. It's very rare, but the power she absorbs is a weaker version of the owner's power. She can only absorb two powers. When one fades away, she can find another to use."

Silence echoed around the room, interrupted by a low chuckle.

"Well, well. It seems the immortal child does have some use. We might spare her." Guinevere sauntered through the door, looking at our flabbergasted expressions. "What? Did you not expect to see me?"

"Get out." Andrew appeared at my side, a fierce expression on his usually warm face. "We don't need a battle."

"Well, I've been thirsting for one."

"Get out." Andrew's voice was low and menacing, slicing through the tense air like a whip.

"Meet you in the baseball field! If you don't show, Forks won't have much of a population left." She smiled angelically, and, with a flirtatious flip of her hair, strolled out of the room.

"We have to go." The bell-like voice was Bella's. I knew that she was thinking of her human friends. Human friends of hers that had family here, that could be in Forks to visit with family. Edward nodded minutely.

"Of course we'll go." Carlisle made eye contact with every member of our family. "We'll go down fighting."

~*~

I'm scared, more scared than I've ever been in my entire life. I know I'm not wholly accepted in this clan, this family. More than one vampire holds a grudge against me. They may appear to love me on the outside, but I know the truth. I can only hope that I live through this battle, live to tell everyone that I'm not perfect, live to ask for forgiveness. Somehow, though, I feel like I won't. A feeling deep in my gut tells me that I won't be alive much longer. Oh, God, let me live, I pray silently as the baseball field appears on the horizon. Let me live.

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A/N: There you go! An update! I hope you enjoyed it… Virtual cookies to all who figure out whose point of view it is at the very end! Please review!