AN: To clarify some stuff: Alice told everyone about the vision, all the details and everything already, but everyone was still in the living room when the Flock came in to get Nudge fixed up. Nessie is still sleeping (it's only been about ½ an hour since Alice started to tell everyone about it). Hope there isn't anything I left out. Review and tell me if I am confusing everyone and if I need to clarify some more things. Thanks for reading guys! ~AphroditeWriter

Powerful

Chapter 9

Jacob's POV:

I stared openly at the bird-kids. I mean, seriously, who didn't? They were so cool! They could fly! And I thought that seeing the future was cool. I wondered how they had gotten here.

"Well, the voice told us to," the little blond girl piped up.

"Huh?" I asked confused. Edward seemed to understand. He was looking at Max.

"You have like a self-conscious voice in your brain?" he asked, as if to check if he were right.

"No, I have an actual voice in my head. The Voice. He gives me advice and stuff and seems to know everything. Like, the capitals of every single place on Earth." Max said flatly, as if that were clear.

"Max," Angel tugged on lead girl's sleeve. "I can't hear him," she whispered urgently. Max narrowed her eyes. "Who all are you getting?" Angel (I think that was her name) pointed at everyone (including me) except for Edward.

Max crossed her arms. "Explain," she demanded.

"Well, seeing as we both have a telepathy gift, I would guess that our brains built up a defense, a sort of mind block. So that we can hear everyone but the other people who can read minds. But Carlisle may have a different theory. I do have one question though. Did you say you can read my wife's mind?" He directed the question to Angel. He looked extremely curious.

"Well, yeah. Why shouldn't I?"

"Bella's gift is a shield. She blocks other people out of her mind. I can't read her mind, Alec and Jane can't hurt her, Demetri can't track her, Aro can't read her, Kate can't shock her, Zafrina can't put images in, and so on. So it's most curious that you can read her. I don't understand it."

I looked at Bells. The creepy little kid could read her, but the bloodsucker couldn't? Cool!! I wondered what she was thinking.

"She's thinking about a girl with bronze hair…and there's a connection between the girl and Bella." Angel said to me, frowning.

"That's Nessie. She's Bella and Edward's daughter, remember?" Carlisle said from Nudge's side.

"How old is she?" Angel asked innocently.

Carlisle and Edward exchanged a look. "Well, right now, she's technically 6…but she looks and acts like a 16 year-old. Since she's half vampire and half human, she grows and matures fast."

"Oh. Ok." Angel said, a little disappointed.

I didn't want Nessie to meet them. I wanted to protect her, and even though I knew everyone else trusted these kids, I didn't for some reason. Something about them. I believed that the girl was really hurt, and that they weren't lying about who they were, but I felt as if they still had one more secret.

Edward? I thought trying to get his attention. I'm going to check on Nessie. 'k? Edward nodded and I left silently, while everyone else talked about vampires and bird-kids. Seth came with me and he headed back to his house. I thought about Alice's vision. They were coming in two weeks. The entire guard to get Alice to join them. I knew that the Cullens would do everything in their power to stop it, but this time I had my doubts. They were the freaking Volturi for crying out loud! I shrugged and went to wake up my imprint.

AN: Sorry guys, I know it's a bad chapter and I know it's been a while since I updated, but I hope it wasn't too bad. I will try and get some more chapters up soon, but I have family over and it won't be easy. I will definitely try my hardest though. Thanks for reading! ~AphroditeWriter