Disclaimer: I own nothing Twilight. I own not the original character that is mentioned in this chapter. That nod goes to the genius Hollowgo.

A/N: With that little clue in the disclaimer, can anyone guess who might be mentioned? :P

AndiePOV:

Before Alice could make her announcement she wanted to twist into a public speech (bless her), I heard the utter silence instill in the room connected to the one I was now dressing in, telling me she was in a vision. When she came to with her sharp intake of air, and the outburst to Carlisle, I hastened to put the Etnies I held onto my feet and bolted through our open bedroom door. Alice was already half way across the back yard, but I caught up quickly with a newborn sized leap to level with her, and she threaded her fingers through mine with a light squeeze. Not thirty seconds into our run, a sharp howl rand through the air, and Alice gave a miniscule shake of her head, her eyes hardening. Coming to a halt in the tree line of a tiny break in the trees, I saw what I thought I'd never see: the silver wolf that I had come to know as the bane of my existence was bowing at the feet of a terrified female vampire with long black hair. Carlisle came to a stop on my right, and he gave a chuckle. "Looks like Leah has a new friend," he said in a low whisper, and enter Rosalie's scoff stage left.

A low rumble and accompanying heavy footsteps galloping up announced Jacob's arrival on the other side of the pair in the tree break, and even from a hundred and fifty feet I could see the disbelief in his eyes. There was silence in the tree break, with no one moving or breathing, aside from Jacob and Leah, who were both panting heavily. Then Leah did something else and began to scream hysterically in her wolf's form, sounding like it was being slaughtered before our inquisitive eyes, only the vampire frozen in front of her had not even so much as taken a breath since she had come into my range of vision. I didn't turn around as two more sets of foot falls approached quickly, as the scents that wafted beneath my nose told me it was Edward and Bella come to join us.

"What's wrong with her? What are you doing to her?" Esme asked the stranger, but Edward placed a gentle hand on his mother's arm to quieten her.

"She's doing nothing. Leah has imprinted, and she's not taking it very well," he said grimly, and at his words Leah tore away from the beautiful girl and ran into the woods, nearly bowling Jacob over as she ran past him. As soon as Leah had disappeared, the vampire looked at us with her eyes as wide as dinner plates, but still did not speak. The only sound now was the sound of Jacob taking off after Leah, and her tortured snarls and barks, growing fainter as she ran away from her fate.

"Cullens?" she asked after a second, with a startled and confused look at me, and then my yellow eyed family. Her soul was glinting a cornflower blue. I trusted the color, it seemed honest to me for some reason. I also had a feeling why she looked at me so; I knew I stood out from the rest of my family, and why her eyes kept returning to me.

"Newborn," I answered her unasked question simply, pointing at myself.

Her eyes bugged out. "Controlled?" she asked in awe, still fearful of lil' ol' me.

"Who are you?" Rosalie demanded loudly, breaking into the initial exchange. Leave it to Rosalie to force her way to the bottom of the situation.

She let her gaze fall on my drop-dead gorgeous sister-in-law and it seemed all words escaped her, making Rose growl a little at her hesitance to answer, and the girl's eyes widened just that much more in fear of Rose's aggression. I could have related, once. But then she ignored Rosalie and her eyes, once again, rested on me.

"Her name is Kalilah," Edward answered over his sister's warning snarls, studying the new vampire with slitted eyes. "She's just left the Volturi... they were trying to induct her into the guard. She is a Fire Child." Gasps were heard all around me, except from Bella and myself, and the two of us exchanged a confused look.

"She told me there was a mind reader," Kalilah said softly, ignoring the reaction divinely, and gazing at Edward thoughtfully before once more shifting attention back to me.

"Who told you that?" Alice asked from beside me, attempting to catch the drifter's attention from me. I could see the frustration lying beneath Alice's calm and cool exterior.

"Jane," she answered easily, barely sparing a glance at Alice, but her eyes settling back on me in apprehension. What, did she think I was going to go on a newborn rampage at any minute?

"Please stop looking at my mate," Alice blurted out loudly; I winced at the volume of her command, as she was so close to my sensitive ear.

"She's afraid of her, Alice, not attracted to her," Edward muttered, and Alice snarled at him, making him chuckle to himself and pat her on her head.

Carlisle stepped forward, his hands up in a peace offering. "Please, allow me to introduce myself and my family. I am Carlisle Cullen, this is my wife, Esme, and our children: Emmett and Rosalie; Alice and Andie; Edward and Bella. We make our home just east of here, but I think you were aware, correct?"

Kalilah nodded slowly, and glanced at us kids nervously before looking back at Carlisle. "I was seeking you out. I need advice, and the rumors of you in Volterra run rampant that you live a... an alternative lifestyle."

"As in, our diet?" he asked gently, and she nodded again, uncomfortable. "It seems you are well on your own way to sharing it," he went on, noting her orange tinted eyes.

"I am trying," she said, looking away. "Only, I find that I fail sometimes... I've taken three humans since trying to change. One was less than a week ago. But I hate being this, this thing that is always burning me. I need your advice, Mr. Cullen," she repeated, looking at Carlisle imploringly, and he looked at Esme, who nodded.

"Please, call me Carlisle," he said with a small smile, and Kalilah gave a tiny smile in return. "Perhaps we would be more comfortable with a change of venue? Follow us."

Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, and Emmett escorted our visitor back to our house, leaving the remaining four of us rooted to the spot beside the tree break.

"I think she's genuine," I said in a fast blur of words, feeling compelled to vouch for the girl. "Her soul is cornflower blue, and it shines, just as the rest of yours. There's an innocence to her."

"Her thoughts are just as pure, only she's as curious as a young human child," Edward agreed, nodding his head at my assessment. "She is terrified of Andie, because she doesn't trust newborns; and of Leah, because of the freaky effect of the wolf imprint." He shuddered. "It's like she's had choice stripped away, and she's so inquisitive it makes my head hurt."

Alice folded her arms across her chest and glared at the ground. "She looked at Andie too much. It was more than just a fear of newborns," she grumbled, making me giggle at her sullen attitude.

"You called her a Fire Child?" Bella cut in, a frown of deep thought etched onto her beautiful face. "What do you mean? She's gifted with fire?"

Edward and Alice both nodded. "Il Fuoco Bambini. There's supposedly only three in existence," Alice told her. "Before tonight, I had only heard the name of one of them, a woman called Amara. She made a name for herself in vampire lore. The other female must be Kalilah. And the last one is a male vampire, so the stories go."

"I see why Aro was interested," Bella said darkly, scowling.

"Clearly," Edward replied as we began to slowly make our way back to the house. "But I don't think her character is what he is looking for. She's too decent for the Volturi."

"And Leah imprinted on her," Bella murmured thoughtfully, and I looked at Alice.

"What is imprinting?" I asked her, and she looked at Edward, who sighed.

"Really, Alice?" he groaned, then took a breath when she merely waited for him to continue. "Imprinting is similar to the way vampires mate themselves. It's something that happens when a Quileute wolf sees their soul mate for the first time, like a magnet to metal. There's no force stronger than that of an imprinted bond, just as with our mating. A prime example of imprinting that you have seen for yourself is Jacob's imprint on our daughter."

My mouth fell open. "He is her mate?"

Edward nodded. "By definition, our Nessie belongs to Jacob perhaps even more than she does to Bella and me."

"So, Leah- homophobic leech hater extraordinaire- has imprinted on a person that embodies what she hates most," I stated for clarification, and the three of them nodded.

"I think it's hilarious, honestly," Bella said with a grin, and Alice giggled as she elbowed her best friend. "All that 'leech lover' shit she spat at me when I was still human... she is definitely owning up some karma right now."

"Leah has never been homophobic," Edward disagreed, shaking his head. "Now that the wolf's out of the closet, so to speak, I'll tell you." He paused, and then said with a laugh, "Leah's gay, and she's been gay since before Sam... he was her cover at first, then she actually fell for him, despite the fact that she never... was satisfied with him, physically speaking. She's had a hard time coming to terms with it, hence most of her attitude. And the day Andie met her, she was pissed off that a girl as gorgeous as Andie could be with a corpse, but not with a real girl. Her hatred for our kind is very real, though the homophobia is not."

"Which is why she made such a big deal out of her imprint," Alice muttered. "At least she won't be drooling all over Andie now."

I rolled my eyes and linked my arm through hers. "Cheer up, love," I said in a chipper tone, smiling at her. "It's you that gets to meet me at the altar, not anyone else."

"Speaking of altars, and meeting people there, when were you two planning to explain the new jewelry on those particular fingers?" Bella said in an offhanded way. Alice made a face at her.

"When we were good and ready," Alice shot back, making Bella stick her midde finger up in a salute.

"Seriously, Alice... you remember the big deal you made about my wedding when I planned to elope to Las Vegas?"

"Yeah...?"

Bella grinned deviously. "Payback is a bitch."

With that, she took off at a full run, and Alice gave a squeal when she saw a flicker of what Bella planned to do, taking off after her. "Isabella Marie Cullen! You better not, this is my news to tell!" she yelled, and I shook my head at them as Edward and I picked up speed so as not to be left in the dust. We came upon them short of the intended destination, tangled up in a rolling ball that was knocking trees down as if they were bowling pins, Alice cussing under her breath and Bella laughing uproariously at Alice's efforts, but fighting back just the same.

I looked over at Edward as they destroyed the forest around us, and deflected a falling evergreen with a lazy flick of my wrist. "What do we do?" I asked him, and he laughed.

"Just let them get it out of their systems," he answered with a shrug, looking back at our mates rolling through the foliage.

Alice seemed to be slowly getting the upper hand, as she swung Bella out away from her body and launched her into a pile of brush they had created with their tussle. Bella hopped back onto her feet with a small hiss, her eyes getting a bit darker, her posture reeking attack. It was going too far, and I snarled at Bella as I shot in front of Alice, crouching to pounce her if she moved. Alice groaned at me, and gave my shoulder a push from behind. "Andie, it's no big deal. She's just moody, and besides... I can handle Bella myself, she never beats me in spar," she said to me, adding that last playful taunt for Bella's benefit. Bella scoffed, and I eased up as she stood straight and relaxed her body.

"Sorry to upset you," Bella said to me, offering a smile. "I get carried away sometimes."

"She's an absolute tigress once she's in a passionate state, be it violence or-"

"Got it, thanks!" Alice cut her brother off, making them laugh. "Let's just go see what's going on at the house, because I can't see anything now that Kalilah is there."

"You can't see her?" I asked, and Alice shook her head.

"Nope. Her future disappeared just as soon as Leah intercepted her, and I haven't seen a flash of it since."

"What does that mean?"

Alice grinned. "It means that Leah is certainly going to like at least one leech in the world. I knew she snuck up on us in that field for a reason. She was being a peeper! Being all defensive when she got too close and got caught. Bah. Hypocrite."

"She really can't help how she thinks, Alice," Edward said patiently as we wove through the rest of the trees between us and the back yard. "Leah is, for lack of a better phrase, a product of her environment."

Alice rolled her eyes. "You know my opinion on that theory, Edward," she said.

"Still... either way, this will most likely be an eye-opening experience for her, so we'll get to see how she'll grow through this," Edward finished as we broke free of the forest.

"Less than an hour and the cousins will be here," Alice said softly, pausing on the back steps as Edward and Bella entered the house. I stopped with Alice, giving her a questioning look. "A newborn with a unique talent, a Fire Child that wandered onto our territory seeking counsel then imprinted with a Quileute wolf, and a wedding announcement," she went on, whispering the last part where only I could hear, no more than the brushes of her lips and tongue forming the words for my ears. "That's a lot for us to throw onto them as they exit the vehicle. Tanya especially may be a little perturbed."

"Well, love, the way I've heard it, your family is nothing short of the most unique one in the world. I should think things like this would be expected."

She laughed at me, holding my eyes as she reached to touch my cheek. Her soul winked at me in good humor, but her tone was serious when she said, "You haven't seen anything, yet."

"You have got to do something about those eyes, girl!"

Those were Kate's first words as she exited the Mercedes-Benz SUV they had arrived in, shutting the door behind her. I grinned, racing over to her to give her a hug, and she laughed. "Whoa, easy now, you're stronger than I, remember?"

"Sorry," I said sheepishly, releasing her and taking a step back. She looked me up and down from head to toe, her lips pursed in a tight line before she finally gave a warm smile.

"You look good. Alice, kid, you did a good job. It happened sooner than I expected, though," Kate admitted, looking from Alice's shy smile to my full blown grin. "So, how are you doing? Kill anybody yet?"

I winced at the brutality of her query, and Alice hissed at her, lying a hand on my shoulder. "I haven't even smelled human blood, yet. I think that's the only reason I am keeping my sanity," I replied, and Kate gave a sympathetic smile.

"It will be the hardest thing you'll ever do, but you are strong enough to abstain, I'm sure." Kate gave Alice a wink. "You have an amazing teacher in this little pest here."

Alice wrinkled her nose and stuck her tongue out at Kate, making me giggle. "Come on, Andie," Alice said, grabbing my wrist. "You have to meet everyone else!"

So I was passed along from individual to individual, being introduced to the two beautiful women with Kate, her mate Garrett, and lastly, Alice stopped me in front of a tall immortal male with short black hair. Unlike before, she merely stood silent next to me while this man looked me over, staring in my plum-colored eyes for fifteen seconds straight. "Hunter. Tracker. Sees the essence, then knows it forever, storing it away like a file. The essence leaves traces that only her senses can pick up. Souls... what do they look like, young one?" The man looked at me with a face devoid of emotion, only a curious thing happened with his strawberry colored soul. It shrank to nothing before blinding me so that I had to look away from his gaze.

"Colors, sir," I answered softly. I was still mulling over what he had said. Hunter. Tracker. "Colors that reflect like light in the pupil, deep behind the eyes."

"Any defining feature per individual?"

"I've not seen the same shade of the same color of the same spectrum twice. Completely one's own, it seems."

He seemed to be at a loss for further words, and Alice smiled softly, taking the silence to introduce us. "Andie, this is Eleazar. Eleazar, this is my mate, my Andie." I gave him a weak smile, which he returned.

"Special, Alice, she really is. However, do not forget that it is dangerous for her as well, if you catch my drift. Perhaps it should not be a widely known talent. You may get more attention than either of you would like," he said gravely, and Alice gave a nod.

"I know he'll ask her. It's inevitable. But I believe he will respect her decision."

"One can only hope," Eleazar sighed, looking towards the house. "Where is Carlisle? Usually he greets us in the yard."

Alice bit her lip, hesitant to tell Eleazar that they weren't our only company. "Um... he is entertaining an unexpected guest."

"Oh? Who might it be?" Eleazar asked in an interested tone.

"Oh, you know... one of Il Fuoco Bambini," Alice replied as casually as if it were something she had said every day of her life. Only judging by Eleazar's face, it definitely wasn't something one heard on a regular basis.

"Amara?" he asked in a hushed whisper, almost in an awed fear. I wonder what this woman was like? Sheesh. But Alice shook her head against his question, and he relaxed. "Then which is it? Kalilah or Bydrontine?"

"Do you know them?" came Tanya's sharp voice, and Eleazar turned his gaze to her.

"No, but it was quite the gem of Aro's dead heart once upon a time. He dreamed of having all three of them at his command. I heard rumors that he had coaxed Kalilah into staying with them for a while, using Chelsea to tie her feelings to Jane for a brief moment."

"You speak of me as if I cannot hear the words you say," came Kalilah's high pitched tone from the house, sharp and irritated.

"Forgive me, ma'am, I intend no insult," Eleazar murmured, looking again past us to the house. "You are one of the last people I would want to upset, Miss Kalilah."

I was still lost in my thoughts about what Eleazar had said about my Sight (this feels to be the right term), and found myself wanting to test it, to see if it were true. I wondered what traces of essence he meant, and how my senses would perceive it. After I began my restraint training, I would talk Alice into helping me develop that aspect of myself. I was curious to know it at its full potential. The only thing that snatched me back to reality was when Kate grabbed my left hand and gawked at the ring that rested there in its eternal home. "Uh, maybe I just missed it before, but... correct me if I am wrong, but this is a new addition to your hand, is it not?" she asked me with her eyebrow cocked and sly grin on her face.

"Kate! You weren't supposed to- ergh, I guess we might as well tell everyone now, because if Kate didn't just ruin it, then Bella is still debating on it! Is Rosalie the only person I can trust around here to keep their trap shut?" Alice rubbed her hands in her hair in agitation, stomping her foot, and I laughed at her little tantrum, convinced it was the cutest thing I'd ever seen. "Hey, guys, once we get the new issues out of the way- my newborn mate, the move, the meeting with Aro- there's going to be another wedding." She paused as she looked away from the room at large, and the vampires gathered in it, and looked directly through my soul. I felt something lock and click securely in my chest. It made me smile. "I am marrying Andie," she went on, looking back at them after a few too-short moments. "I've asked, she's agreed, now we just have to wade the water and make the plans."

"Congratulations, girls!" Esme said happily, clapping her hands softly. "Alice, dear, you know Rosalie and I will be honored if you'd allow us to help you plan it..."

"Of course, Mom," Alice replied with a smile, accepting the hugs that Emmett and Carlisle placed on her shoulders before giving me hugs as well. "I have to call Jasper and tell him; I'll need my best man!"

"Best man?" Rosalie and Tanya asked in unison, with twin looks of confusion.

"Well, I can't call him my Maid of Honor, now can I?" Alice said with a playful roll of her eyes.

"Phew," Tanya said, feinting a heart attack. "I thought for a second that you meant you were going to do something ridiculous, like wear a tux." Everyone in the room burst into laughter, save Kalilah, who did not know my Alice well enough to get the joke. My diva wouldn't be caught in the real death wearing men's attire of any sort.

"No, I'm wearing the tux," I said, and Alice's smile slid off her face as she looked at me with a new expression. It was the one that clearly said "I'm getting my way, don't bother to argue".

"No, you're not. Esme and Rosalie will pick out your dress so that I can't see it before the wedding," she said matter-of-factly.

"But I want to wear a tux."

"No."

"Alice-"

"No, Andie. Drop it."

I folded my arms over and chest a gave a sharp huff in my frustration. I hated dresses. I could count on one hand how many times I wore dresses in my life. But if it made her happy... I could live with it. "You're lucky I worship you," I grumbled, and she tinkled a laugh, leaning over to peck my cheek.

"I am," she agreed.

A/N: A big thank you to Hollowgo for allowing me to briefly borrow Amara, as she was the first character to come to mind when I thought of the trio of fire gifted vampires. There's more back story there, but I really don't want to dig too deep on it.

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