Hey people! Here's the second Cullen chapter :D I'm planning on having alternative chapters of the Cullens and of the 'other coven'

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It was a surprisingly quiet day in the Cullen household. The boys went off to hunt in the forests of Idaho, or so they said. Rose was out getting some stuff for her car and Carlisle was at the hospital. Bella was going over to Jacob's house for a campfire or something, so she was at her place preparing the food she had promised to bring. That left just Esme and I in the huge mansion we call home. I was feeling unusually restless today, so I muttered something to Esme about hunting (at least I think I did) and ran out of the house into the woods. I wasn't all that thirsty actually, Jazz and I had gone hunting just a few days before, so I just loitered around the forest for some time.

Suddenly, a vision struck me with a ferocity that I had hardly had before. It was a vampire who seemed to be around 20 plus in human age, a brunette with hair not too unlike Bella's. She was a human drinker- her eyes were blood red, she had just finished feeding not too long ago. I didn't get it. Sure, I sometimes got random visions of random vampires who just happen to hang around and therefore cross the path of someone I know in passing, but this vision was too strong for something as casual as that. The vampire, the same one as before, was now going to a cave in a sheer rock face, presumably where she was staying. There were other vampires in that cave as well, a slightly older couple and- oh my! Was that an immortal child? She had to be, her eyes were red and her skin was a deathly pale, trademarks of a vampire, but she couldn't be over 6 or 7 (human) years old. Crap! I really hope that this coven doesn't get too close to us. We already have our own fair share of run-ins with the Volturi and if they find us knowing about the existence of an immortal child, who knows what their course of action might be? I tried to dig deeper, but I didn't get anything else after that, so I decided to resume my roaming around the forest.

I was wandering around near the treaty line when I smelled something horrendous, but slightly familiar all the same- and then caught a whiff of an unmistakable scent, Bella. Curious, I climbed up the nearest conifer and looked out to the other side of the invisible line that had the potential to start a World War Three right here in Forks. I almost fell off the tree when I saw my little sister walking (and tripping) down a path through the woods, the huge wolf form of Jacob Black carrying bags of what looked like food in his mouth and following her dutifully like a well trained pooch. Jacob seemed to have smelt my presence for he promptly dropped the food bag- which caused Bella to groan exasperatedly- and look around the forest.

"I'm here, pup." I decided to expose myself to the ambling pair, the relationship between my family and he had improved since the incidents of the past few months anyway.

"Alice!" Bella exclaimed and ran toward the tree I was on, or shall I say tried to run. The moment she turned on her heel, she tripped on the untied laces of her Converse and started on another of her not uncommon one-way journeys to the forest floor. Thankfully, the mutt managed to catch her (looks like he does have a purpose in life after all). Then, something that I only believed because I was standing there watching it in real time, Bella jumped on Jacob's back as if he was a pony and he trotted over to the boundary line where she jumped off and ran to hug me. I returned her quick squeeze but immediately pushed her away and held her at arm's length.

"What the hell just happened, Bella?"

Bella cocked her head innocently. "It's not dangerous, Alice, don't worry. Jake and I have been doing this for quite some time now, it's perfectly safe. He doesn't go very fast either, just about the speed he did now, isn't that right, Jake?" The dog nodded in agreement, his tongue sticking out of his mouth like an over eager Labrador.

I rolled my eyes at their stupidity. "Whatever, Bella, but Edward will hear about this, understand?" Bella looked down ashamed, but nodded all the same. Then she hugged me again and turned back to Jacob who lay down to let her climb on his back, then picked up the food with his mouth and went off down the path but not before turning around and giving me a toothy grin and a wag of his tail, that cheeky little mongrel.

TNMEBD

The boys came back late the next day, and Jazz found me sitting on our bed, knees drawn up to me chest, staring off into space. I sensed the mattress shift and felt Jazz come up behind me and capture me in a hug. He pressed a kiss to the side of my neck and held me for a while like that. "Anything wrong, darlin'?" He asked eventually. I shook my head before turning around and kissing him, then nuzzled my face into his chest. Jazz obviously wasn't satisfied at my answer, but didn't push the matter too far. I was grateful that Edward had gone over to Bella's place, even if it was at the expense of my favorite sister. Poor thing, she wouldn't be hearing the end of Edward's lecture for a long time to come.

Jazz felt my change of mood and frowned at me the way he always does when he wants to know what's going on. As I recounted the incidents of the day before, his eyes became as big as the antique china plates that Esme had in the kitchen cabinet and then some. Emmett, the family eavesdropper, proceeded to burst into our room, shirtless and with a very pissed off Rosalie in tow, the moment he heard about Bella's little escapade. The two were soon after followed by Carlisle and Esme and I was forced to retell the story of Jacob's little pony stint again.

"Dang, the mutt should've chosen My Little Pony as his ringtone instead of Barbie Girl. That would've made so much more sense." All of us burst out laughing at Emmett's quip.

"What in the HELL is her problem?" Edward appeared suddenly in the room and he was not in a good mood. Uh oh. "After I specifically tell her not to get into anything stupid or dangerous with that mutt again, she goes and rides him like he's a pet horse?" Emmett exploded with laughter, taking Edward words wrongly as always, only to be shut up with a glare from Edward that honestly scared me straight as well.

"Calm down, son, nothing bad happened, thank goodness, and I'm sure Jacob won't let anything happen to her. He might be our enemy, but he is her friend and he truly cares for her." Everybody appreciated Carlisle's calming words- everybody except Edward.

"And I'm supposed to trust him? Yes, maybe he wouldn't let anything happen to her intentionally, but he's a wolf- a young wolf who was born to be Alpha and has more strength that he knows. He could snap, don't you remember what happened with Sam and Emily? With Alice not being able to see her while she's with them, how am I going to be certain that she'll be safe?"

"I guess everything needs a little bit of blind faith, Edward. Jacob trusts Bella with us, why can't it be both ways?" Edward scoffed and rolled his eyes at Carlisle, a disobedience I had last seen when he first fell for Bella, then jumped out the window and disappeared again. I shrugged at my family who look to me for insight into his actions. All I saw was him going back to Bella's house, nothing special there.

TNMEBD

A few days later, I found myself alone at home, rare for us but not unusual. It was the vampire I had seen in the forest the other day. This time, her coven was traveling. She had the immortal child on her back and the couple was running a few steps behind her. The seemed to be in a rocky, sandy place of some sort, almost like the vicinity of the Grand Canyon. They stopped at yet another cave and she put the child down. I saw some sort of necklace on the child, the pendant was a locket in the shape of a heart with the initials A.N.W. Snapping out of my vision, I sighed. I really didn't get what was going on. Who were these people, and why was I getting so many sharp, clear visions of them?

"Did you get anything about them running in with us?" Edward's voice made me jump. I hadn't known that he was there. "After all, the last thing we need is for the Volturi to think that we are harboring an immortal child." I smiled. That's why I loved my brother so much. We had the same thought processes so often, and the fact the fact that our powers were uncannily complementary helped too.

"That's what I was thinking too. I mean, we're in enough trouble with them already as it is…" Just then, a thought popped into my mind. "You know, it could be someone who was of special importance to one of us back when we were human. Can you remember if anyone has been thinking about a similar group of people?"

"No, not particularly, but I can start paying special attention now, if you want."

I nodded. "That'll be great, thanks bro."

Edward pinched the bridge of his nose between his thumb and first finger. "Oh, and could you try and see if they want something to do with Bella? For all we know, they could be past buddies of Victoria and company."

I shuddered, but nodded again. "I'll try to get a vision where they talk. Hopefully we can try and gather what they want that way."

"Do you want to ask the rest of the family if they know anyone similar?"

"I think we should wait for some more time until I get a few more hopefully clearer vision. We don't need to panic them unnecessarily right now. Not after that all that happened in the past few months."

"Be on the lookout but don't stress yourself, okay sis? We can't afford to have a repeat of last time in case if this should go down badly," Edward smiled, a mixture of pain, understanding and hope in his eyes, then hugged me.

TNMEBD

Bella came over that evening, and all of us were just lazing around the main living room area when another vision of the mystery coven struck me again. This time, the woman and child were alone. The child was drinking blood from a cup and the woman was writing something on the sand with a stick. I couldn't make out any words or anything clear like that, just some lines that didn't seem to make sense. It didn't seem like a map or battle plan or something, so I just assumed they were random scratches. When I came back to the present, my whole family was staring at me, concern on their faces.

"You okay, darlin'? You were out for longer than usual back there. What did you see?" I sighed deeply. Should I tell them now? I looked over to Edward who was frowning deeply. The family then followed my line of sight to him and Carlisle asked him what I had just seen.

"Oh, it was nothing, just the Volturi. Again. They're just waiting around for the letter from us to confirm that Bella has been changed." Taking my cue from him, I agreed and basically parroted what he said about my vision. Carlisle just shook his head and muttered something about patience and how the Volturi don't trust vampires, especially those from covens as large as ours. I let relief flood through me as the rest of them believed the fib that Edward and I had just made up. It was a wrong move though, the sudden rush of relief only served to rouse Jasper and make him suspicious of us. Edward caught my eye with a look that clearly meant busted.

"Alice? What is it? What did you really see?"

I froze at the accusation in my husband's voice. "Nothing, we… we just told you. It was just the, erm, the Volturi. You know how they are, when they want something they want it immediately and-"

"Damn it Alice! I know you didn't see the Volturi. Your visions of them are never this intense, no what you see them doing and I am NOT going to believe that you had such strong vision of them just sitting around in their pretty little castle waiting for a letter from Carlisle." I bit my lip nervously. I didn't know what to do. I had just lied to not only him but the whole family and while I was acting under Edward's direction, everyone was staring at Edward and I as if waiting for us to tell the truth.

Slowly, Edward gave a barely noticeable but very certain nod, giving me the go ahead to tell the family the truth. Taking a deep breath, I proceeded to tell them about all the visions I had been having. As I finished, Carlisle, ever the one in charge, immediately started asking us about what the coven could possibly mean. Edward and I offered us the options that we had come up with earlier and everyone considered them, and agreed that they were the most probable reasons.

As we continued discussing the implications of the vampires I was seeing, we came to a general consensus that they probably didn't have anything to do with Bella since most people who had something against Bella usually acted fast and in bigger groups. It also couldn't be the Volturi since they would never dare have an immortal child with them. Emmett offered some stupid idea about reverse and reverse-reverse-reverse psychology, but nobody took any notice.

"Well, now that it's settled that Bella's not in danger, I'm going to take her home."

"AWWWW…. I'm going to miss you Bellsie Wellsie!" Emmett hugged her as if he would never see her again.

Ignoring his newest (in order of coming into the family) son's antics, Carlisle told Edward to alert the wolves anyway, just in case the vampires decided to 'drop by'.

TNMEBD

The coven was there again. This time though, they were having a conversation with each other. "Honey, are you sure you really want to do this?" The older woman was addressing the younger one.

"Yes, Momma. I know what I want and I will get it. Why can't I have something that I like for once in my life?"

"Don't you like me, Mummy?'' The child spoke.

"Yes of course, baby, but that's not what I mean. You wouldn't understand. Go play with Pops, okay sweetheart?" The child pouted but obeyed her mother and ran off to her grandfather who sitting slightly away from the three of them.

Her mother turned back to the older female. "I believe that he will be happy to see me, Momma. I just can't imagine what he's doing right now, but he will be happy and then we will be happy. Please, Momma, just go with me on this, okay? Please."

The older one sighed. "Okay Kathy, but I need you to know that this can't go on forever. We can try this once, but if it doesn't work, we have to lay low at least for some time. We can't risk anyone knowing about Abi."

"Okay Momma, but let's finish this one try, okay?"

"Okay baby girl, okay."

Wow. That was… informative. At least I know the name of the main vampire I was seeing, and her daughter was named Abi, possibly a short for Abigail or something. That doesn't exactly help too much, though. It still didn't tell me what they wanted or why, just that there is a guy that they want to meet. Edward came down the stairs and sat down next to me on the couch.

'"Who's 'he', Alice? Did they mention a name earlier?" That drew the attention of the rest of the family who began bombarding us with questions about what else I had seen. As I related the conversation in my vision to them, I noticed Jasper begin to tense opposite me. Edward's head shot up and he looked straight at Jasper who seemed to be having a silent one-way conversation with him.

"Are you sure? 'Cause if you're right., that explains, well… everything, kind of."

"Okay then, I think the rest of them have a right to know, don't you?" It was usually really hilarious to watch Edward seemingly talk to himself, but Jasper looked like he was in so much pain today that even Emmett did not laugh at his faster, mind-reading younger brother.

Jazz took a deep breath and looked around the room, making eye contact with each member of the family individually and saving me for last. Finally, with a long, intense look filled with emotions I couldn't place, he spoke.

""Her name was Kathleen Sierra Morhew. She was my fiancée when I was human."

Yay! Phew, that's was the longest chapter yet, I think. Hope you liked it! Once again, since this is my first fic, please drop in a review, hopefully with some constructive criticism ^^