Death Sentence

I was standing in a huge meadow. I felt someone's arms set around me, and turned to see Jasper. He looked solemn, and stared ahead into the trees. I looked ahead as well, and someone walked out from the foliage. My eyes bulged, and I cowered closer to Jasper. He tightened his grip.

"Hello, Jasper. Decided to leave me, did you? Yes, you left me. Forher. I don't see what's so special. She can see the future, but how does that do you any good? Hmm. You can come back to me, Jasper. I still need help with my army," she said. She smiled at him, then glared at me. Jasper tightened his grip again.

"Maria, I'm not coming back to you. I don't want to kill you. But I will if you don't give it up," he told her. I studied her face. She looked like she was concentrating, and so did Jasper.

"Ah, Jasper. You know I've become immune to your power. Don't waste your energy. And I'm afraid I hold a grudge, as you may remember. Goodbye, Alice," she said. Jasper pushed me away as she pounced, and tackled her to the ground. That sent me into a panic attack. Jasper was the best fighter I'd even known, but he had to learn all that from someone better. Maria was his teacher. She rolled, and he was the one on the ground. She got up and sauntered over to me.

"Maria, this is our fight, don't bring her into this!" he demanded. She stopped.

"Okay, Jasper. I'll kill her when you're dead, anyway. You could've saved her, saved you both. But no. Well, not my choice to make. Goodbye, Jasper." He was off the ground by then. She attacked again, and I woke up hyperventilating.

"Alice! Alice, you're okay, you're okay. What happened?" he asked, and rubbed my back. I waited until he calmed me down a bit.

"Maria…she came to get me."

"What? Why?"

"I'm not way too sure. She looked pretty angry though. And tried to get you to go back and join her." He stared across the room at the wall for a moment. I still wasn't completely calmed yet, and was still hyperventilating a bit. He was so distracted that he didn't even notice that.

"She's going to do WHAT to Alice?" Edward bellowed from downstairs. He usually blocks out my mind when I sleep, because my dream-visions can get kind of gory, or in case I'm cursed with the Emmett and Rosalie at Isle Esme incident. He learned his lesson after that. Apparently Jasper was replaying what he could in his head.

"Alice, this is my fight. I don't want you getting caught up in it. She thinks you'll be with me, and you're not strong enough for this. You have to leave," he said, breaking the silence.

"But what if she figures out I left, and follows me?" I asked.

"We'll sent Rosalie or Bella with you. Alice, I don't want that vision to happen. You have to leave," he repeated. I think that sent me into shock. Because I can't remember anything but seeing the wall for the next ten minutes. Until I finally broke down sobbing in Jasper's arms. That lasted a while too. I knew he wouldn't let me stay here. On any chance. And Anna would be here in a few days. Wait. Anna! I could stay with her until Jasper took care of Maria.

"Alice, are you sure you'll be able to? Why don't you ask before just knocking on the Volturi's door," Edward said.

"Oh, yeah," I mumbled. I pulled out my cell phone to reverse the visit. She replied saying that Aro agreed to it. I squealed.

"I am so going to turn this into a total vacation!" I said. I went down to settle it with Rosalie and Bella.

"Okay, so all the girls are going to Italy, and all the guys are staying to finish off Maria?" Renesmee asked.

"Yup," Emmett replied. Everyone said goodbye, and all the girls headed out to the airport. I was having another panic attack.

"Don't worry sweetie. He'll be fine. It's just Maria, anyway," Esme told me. I nodded as we got on the plane. The ride was relatively boring. Just me, the plane, and a lot of fluffy white clouds. Exciting! We got off in Volterra, and went off to find Felix. He was waiting in an alley.

"Let's go, Felix," Rosalie said. She never really liked him. I didn't either, but I didn't know all the reasons why. He led us through the sewage tunnels, and finally out to the castle. It was the same, dark black bricks surrounding the throne room. The same wooden chairs. The same dullness that Esme would die to redecorate. Anna ran out of the line and gave me a hug. Then she greeted Renesmee, Rosalie, Esme, and Bella.

"Oh, and Anna? I never kept my promise from last time," I said, as I pulled out the dark blue eyeshadow. She squealed, and thanked me. The others went off to show Renesmee some of Italy, while Anna and I went to her little chamber to discuss what we were going to do.

"Okay, we so have to go shopping in Milan. I heard Adrienne Vittani has these new boots out, and they're only available in this little boutique there," she said. She went on her computer and pulled up a photo of the cutest boots I'd ever chosen to buy.

"I want the ruby. How about you?" she asked. I looked over all the colors on the page.

"I want the indigo. What should we do after?" We thought for a minute.

"We could go to this fashion show here in town, it's supposed to have a lot of Jacque de Lores dresses. I want to check it out."

"Sounds cool. I should probably call the guys and tell them we got here." I said, pulling out my phone. Before I even flipped it open, the vision hit.

The same one from the dream started. We were in the meadow, and Maria came out and attacked. But it didn't cut off this time. The fight went on, but an army eventually came in. the newborn army. Jasper was still focused on taking Maria down, and the whole army was intent on me. One lunged at me, and I dodged just in time.

"Jasper!" I called. He realized what was happening, he started towards me. Maria grabbed his arm, and held him back. The newborns kept attacking, but I didn't have the energy to dodge them for too long. It was easy to see the hurt in his eyes as I was pummeled. I saw them start a fire.

"Jasper, I love you," I told him. I knew it was the end. He closed his eyes, and looked like someone was waving a bleeding human arm in front of his nose.

"I love you too, Alice. So much," he said. I looked at the fire, right before they threw me in. I saw the flames rise around me, and Jasper looked like he was dying. I knew it wasn't real-yet-but I'd never be able to forget that agony. Then the vision blacked out.

I came back with Anna shaking me, looking panicked.

"Alice! Alice come on!" I shook my head and began sobbing. She held me, as I explained what happened.

"Anna, I have to go back. All of us have to. They need us…" I trailed off.

"No, Alice, that might not come true. If you go back, you'll get hurt too. I will not let Felix let you out of this castle until Jasper calls you to come home. I will not let my friend put herself in danger." I closed my eyes for a moment.

"Fine. But I'm calling to warn them." I continued with my phone, which was still in my hand. The tone kept ringing, until it went to voicemail. I tried Emmett and Edward's phones, and the house phone, to no avail. That sent me into panic.

"T-they didn't answer. A-any of them…" I trailed off.

"Alice, why don't you call Rosalie and Bella and send them back here?" I nodded, and called them.