Okay, I am on a roll! 2 updates in a week is amazing for me. I guess it's because I am off of school (for a week, which is amazing!). So, enjoy this chapter, and I will see you at the bottom...

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Chapter 14: Edward's point of view

"Clearly, this menace in the city poses a threat to us," Caius chimed for the third time today. Bella had not been allowed to come to this meeting for fear that she would find out about us. If she didn't remember, though, she would be killed. If she did, she would be killed. There was no way out.

"Caius, let us reevaluate the facts. There is a vampire in this city that does not know about us. Either that, or whoever it is wishes for death," Aro said. I did not want to be here. I wanted to be with Bella, who was hopefully alone in the room. I wonder what Aro had planned for her.

Alice then had a vision, saving me from the boringness of the minds around me.

The meadow did not look like anything that I had ever seen before. It was a luscious green, but it was not like the meadow that Edward and Bella stayed at all the time. The meadow that Edward brought a picture of. He would never forget that.

Everyone seemed as if they were tensed to fight. Carlisle was here, along with the rest of the family. There was something striking about this vision though. Not only was the whole family here, but the werewolves were also here. Why? They also seemed tensed, as if they were about to fight. On the other side, it was blurry. There was no definite answer.

The Volturi were with our family, fighting with us. I wonder why, but it is no big deal. The time looked soon. It seemed as if it was in the next two weeks. Apparently, this was set in stone.

I brought my mind out of Alice's vision, not happy at what I saw. There was going to be a fight, which was sure. The vampire in Volterra would not be around much longer.

There was another idea bugging me. Why were the wolves there? They had been extinct since the beginning of time, it seemed; at the very least, it was before I met Bella.

"Alice, can you please show me what was so enthralling?" Aro replied sarcastically, staring at Alice's blank face.

It pulled me out of my worst nightmares.

Alice, knowing that we would all be severely punished if she did not show him her vision, nodded and walked forward toward Aro.

Aro pressed his delicate hand to Alice's palm, and he immediately seen everything about Alice. Her shopping addicts caused his delicate eyebrows to rise. He seemed to be scared because Alice spent too much money, but he calmed down later when he seen that she paid in cash.

And finally, he got to the present. He got to her vision, and I immediately tensed, hoping for the best. He couldn't get mad at us if we didn't want this vision, right? The problem: we did. We wanted to make sure that Bella made it out with a heartbeat, and I know that my family would do anything to protect that. It was a pact that I had made to her from the beginning, and I wasn't going to go against it, no matter what.

Aro seemed shocked that Alice had seen this. He seemed to be in a different mood from the rest of the meeting, knowing that there would be a fight…

Aro decided to talk about the fight that Alice had seen, knowing that the Volturi would always dominate. No one knew, though, that the Volturi were scared to fight when there were more than 4 people. They didn't like uneven numbers, and they knew that they would lose in an uneven fight. But, they had to be strong.

Alice thought, Edward, the Volturi want us on their side. We will have to agree. Also, we aren't going to win unless we have a strong force behind us. Let's call on some help.

I minutely nodded my head, thinking about the vampires that we could gather. Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Emmett, the Denali clan…

Aro pulled me out of my thoughts, saying, "Edward and Alice, you will join us, correct."

Alice and I nodded our heads, knowing that we would have dangerous consequences if we did not fight with them.

"Good," and Caius just smiled.

"Edward and Alice, we will meet in the field outside of Volterra to discuss strategies tomorrow night at 6 p.m. Please, be there."

We both nodded. We had approximately 24 hours to get people to come.

"Also, it seems as if we have another issue to discuss: Bella. It has been one week," Caius reminded us. He would never let it down, and he just smiled menacingly when Alice and I stiffened.

It's been one week already?! Alice and Aro both thought.

"Of course, Caius," Aro said, taking charge again. "It has been one week, and Bella has not remembered. She must remember this week," Aro reminded us.

Alice and I both nodded our head, hoping for the best. After that "enthralling" meeting, Alice and I were allowed to return back.

When we got to the room, Alice quickly left to make phone calls. I could hear her on the line, telling Carlisle and Esme what happened. They agreed to find anyone that could help, and they promised to catch the next flight out.

I ran to Bella, making sure that she was okay. She was sleeping lightly, but it was only 6:00… I had to get her up so she can eat.

"Bella, love, can you please wake up?" I asked while gently shaking her.

"Edward?" she asked groggily.

"Yes," I answered back. "You need to eat. What do you want?"

"What is there?" She asked while sitting up.

"What would you like?"

"Eggs," she said, making me wonder.

"Okay… How would you like them?" I wondered.

"Scrambled," she answered, surprising me.

"Okay."

While I was frying up some eggs, I heard Alice trying to get people to come and fight. She ended up calling the Denali clan, who agreed to come and help.

Did you like it? I hope so!

There are a few things that I would like to mention. First, the egg thing is merely a coincidence. This has nothing to do with Breaking Dawn and the beloved Nessie. It's because eggs are a common food, and they can be found anywhere. Also, I love eggs. :D

Next, the rest of the story is written out! There will only be 17 chapters, and an acknowledgements chapter. So, we only have 3 more chapters to go. I will start another story a little bit before Christmas time. I have the first chapter written out, but I do not want to put anything up that I can't update on for awhile. Plus, I have finals in 2 weeks which means that I will be studying my behind off for the next few weeks. That's why I finished up the chapters. That way, I can just put the chapters up once my beta gives me the okay!!!!

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