The others nodded in agreement. Mom turned her head to look into my dad's. It had always bewildered me, to see two people that were so in love. It was like they lived just for each other. "Remember what Siobhan said?"

He shook his head and smiled crookedly, "No. What did Siobhan say?"

"She said 'Alice will tell us when they intend to strike. And we'll gather again. Perhaps the time will come when our world is ready to be free of the Volturi altogether.'" Mom smiled. "Siobhan was right."

"So there is hope?" Grandma asked in a little voice.

"Of course. There is always hope. This time we can actually be a bit more cocky about it." Garrett said in a sure and casual voice.

Kate nodded. "So when do we get started? Finding our fighters, I mean."

"As soon as possible," Jasper said.

"Rose and I'll take one of the cars to get plane tickets," Emmett said excitedly. Dad pulled the Volvo's keys out of his pocket and through them at him. Emmett reached above his head and caught the keys effortlessly.

"See you guys in a few!" Rosalie said and walked out the door.

Jacob jumped awake when the door slammed. "God, mutt, it was just a door!" Tanya said. I elbowed her and she giggled. I didn't like when they picked on Jacob. It wasn't fair. He was outnumbered. It was all in good fun, though.

Jake rolled his eyes and walked into the kitchen. "Food?"

"Fully stocked since you were last here," Kate said her tone thick with sarcasm. She gestured to the fridge

"Are you hungry," Carmen asked me. I raised an eyebrow and shook my heal. I placed my palm to her pale olive skin. "Oh, of course. How silly of me!"

Mom looked at Dad with a confused expression. "Thirsty, not hungry."

"Oh."

"I'll take her!" Jake said from the refrigerator he'd been raiding. Dad's eyes tightened slightly, but he made no objection to the offer.

"Wait!" Alice said and ran outside to the Mercedes. She quickly pulled out a medium sized carry on bag from the trunk. She was back in the house before I'd blinked. She opened the purple bag violently and yanked out a neat square of thick black fabric.

Alice unfolded the square and held it up to me. It was a coat. A beautiful black winter trench coat. I smiled at her and hugged her around her neck. She had always had an uncanny perception of what kind of clothes I would like, even if she couldn't "see" me. I thanked her and slipped the coat on. It fit perfectly.

"You ready?" I asked Jake.

"Yup," he said making his lips pop at the P.

I was kissed on the forehead and hugged multiple times before we were permitted to leave.

I suddenly realized how thirsty I really was. I ran out the door at my fastest, which still didn't wind me. I heard Jake- still in his human form running close behind me.

"Be right back!" he said and ducked into the opposite direction of the trees I was running in. He was back in seconds and found me easily, though I never stopped running in the direction I'd been in the first place. He was a big reddish wolf now.

It was like nothing had ever changed. We challenged each other to see who could get the biggest game. I caught the scent of a mountain lion quickly and followed it. It wasn't instinctual, just habit. Jacob ran so he was on my right side. I giggled and threw my weight toward the sparkly snow, but swung my feet back over my head so I landed on Jacob's back.

I pressed my palm to his back and told him to follow the scent of the cat and not the deer that I could tell he was following. He made an almost annoyed sound in his throat, but turned around to follow the mountain lion's scent. He thought it wasn't good to let me fight with the more fierce game, though I've never been hurt by anything like that before. Jacob thought I was soft and more human then vampire. I, however believe otherwise.

We finished our kills off quickly and then headed back up to Tanya's place. The Volvo was back, so that meant Rose and Em were back with the tickets.

We walked up the stairs quickly and entered through the front door. We turned the corner where the elevon vampire stood almost exactly as they were before. Emmett was throwing each of the tickets to the person they were for. Mom lifted a hand to greet Jacob and I.

"Today, Emmett?" Tanya asked.

"Jasper said as soon as possible," Emmett shrugged.

"He did say that," Mom said quietly.

"What time?" I asked.

"Nine." Rose said. Huh. It was 3 now. I shrugged out of my coat and ran over to the closet to hang it up. When I came back into the kitchen everyone seemed a little dismal...

"What?" I asked.

"It's just... we feel like we all were reunited only to be apart again," Dad answered me.

"But we need to do this. It's not just about us. It's about all us," I said in a confused voice. We were doing this for a reason.

"I believe you are misunderstanding," Grandpa said softly. "We don't have any doubt about what we are planning on doing. It is only that we want to stay together in a time of need."

"Oh." I get it.

An avid thought popped in my head at random. When was the last time I had been measured? I frowned. My dad probably picked that out of my head.

"Carlisle?" Dad said. I huffed loudly. I already knew what he was going to say. Dad glanced at me with a smile. "We should probably take Renesmee's height."

I mumbled unintelligently out of annoyance. I hated this. We didn't follow such a strict routine since I was little, for it has slowed dramatically, but it was a precaution Grandpa had continued to take. I thought there was no point to it, considering we already know from Nahuel that I will eventually stop growing and aging. But they still took the damn precaution.

"Ah, Yes," Grandpa said. He walked outside to the Mercedes, slowly for him, and grabbed a medical bag. He took out a measuring tape and brought it back inside. I stood up straight and he ran it down the length of my side.

"5'2," he said. "Hmm. Last time you were 4'11."

"What a shock. I grew. Grandpa, we're already aware of my growth rate," I whined.

"I know, I know. It is just very interesting. I wonder if..." he continued on, using medical terms that I didn't understand. I payed little attention to his contemplation, which, later, carried out into a conversation with a few of my family members.

*~*~*

We had finished divvying up our bags and luggage that Alice had packed in the Mercedes. The Cullen and Denali families were preparing for departure. The Denalis had packed their things as well. It was finally setting in that we would all be worlds away from each other.

Jacob, Mom, Dad, and I were going to take the Volvo. Grandpa was taking most of my aunts and uncles back to Oregon to get their cars, and Tanya's family had their car. A few of us were going to 'rent' cars. More like steal... Not that I have a problem with that, considering the circumstances. But that was just getting to the airport! It's not easy to travel with such a large family, you know... though we would only travel together for a short while.