I'm sorry for such a long wait! I know it's been more than a week since my last update…

I was delayed with all the happenings of the 4th holidays and work has been hectic the last few days so I haven't had much time to write.

I'm going to try and finish up the next chapter for Domino Effect today too.

Alright, on to the next chapter!

Lights! Camera! …Read!


I took a step forward as they came into view.

"What are you doing here?"

Jacob stepped out of formation from the other three. His eyes met mine for a moment and then turned to Carlisle.

"We've come to ask for your help."

Carlisle walked up beside me.

"Help?" He furrowed his brows. "What can we help you with?"

Jacob sighed. The girl standing behind him rushed up next to him with anger in her eyes.

"Do you leeches know where my brother is?"

"Your brother?" I asked. I had never seen this girl before, but from her scent she was definitely a werewolf. I didn't even know there was a female wolf in the pack.

"Yes, my brother!" She sneered. "Where's Seth?"

My body went ridged. Seth was missing?

"He's missing?" I gasped and stepped closer to them. "What happened?"

The girl snarled and took a step forward. Jacob held out his hand to stop her.

"Yes, Seth is missing. We came here as a last resort. We were hoping you would be able to help." He frowned.

"Come inside, we can discuss this in the living room." Esme said suddenly.

Jacob looked up at her with a sad smile and nodded. The girl grimaced and growled. "I'll stay outside." She hissed quietly. Jacob turned to her with a fierce glare.

"Leah." He said sternly. Leah stiffened and groaned as Jacob started to walk towards us. She along with Embry and Quil followed in step.

Jacob shook Carlisle's hand and introduced the rest of them by name to the family. We all gathered in the living room and took seats opposite of each other.

"You all look famished. Would any of you like something to eat?" Esme offered.

The pack looked at Esme and then at Jacob as he answered for them. "We can eat later. But some glasses of water would be nice. We've been running for hours."

"Sure thing, dear." Leah glowered at Esme but her eyes softened as she met her eyes. Leah winced and looked away. "I'll be right back." Esme then swiftly glided out of the living room in the direction of the kitchen.

For a few moments we were all silent and looking in different directions avoiding each other's eyes.

"Jacob." I started. His head whipped around to meet my gaze. "What happened?"

He sighed and shifted in the couch. Just then Esme came back into the room with four tall glasses of water. He took the first glass and drank down half of it. The others took a sip of theirs, and Leah's glass remained untouched. Jacob set his glass down and folded his hands in his lap.

"Three weeks ago we were celebrating my sister's birthday. Seth was there but left later that night to take Jessica back home. It had only been about fifteen minutes after he left that we heard a howl in the distance. I immediately shifted and ran towards the howl. Right as I shifted I saw someone coming towards Seth. I couldn't see his face though. The man threw a quick, hard punch at Seth and knocked him out. I followed Seth's scent and pushed myself as fast as I could to reach him. But it was too late. When I got there all that was left was an empty car with the driver's door ripped off and the heavy scent of vampire."

"He was taken by a vampire?!" I growled.

"What vampire would be stupid enough to kidnap a werewolf?" Emmett questioned.

"A really stupid one." Leah growled under her breath.

"Jacob, while in your wolf form have you had any kind of contact with Seth since?" Carlisle asked.

"When we shift, we can still feel his presence. It's been giving us hope that he's still out there. A few days ago we got a glimpse of someone's face. I had never seen him before. We have been searching nonstop for him. He seems to have just disappeared into thin air. We couldn't even follow his scent, because it ended just a few feet away from his car." Jacob took a deep breath and then turned to me. "We came here so you could look into our thoughts and see if you recognized the vampire's face we saw."

I looked away and tried to hold back my cries. I felt a blanket of calm wrap around me. I let out a breath and turned back to Jacob.

I hung my head and began to tell them of the recent events. Jacob was shocked.

"Impossible…I'm one hundred percent sure that there has to be some other reason."

"He doesn't want me, Jacob. He told me to leave…" I said quietly. Jacob furrowed his brows.

"What if he's being blackmailed?" He asked suddenly.

The room went silent.

"What if someone was threatening your life Bella, and he was just trying to get you out of there." He continued.

I looked away from him and considered his reasoning.

"Bella…it makes sense. Edward would do anything to make sure you're safe." Alice confirmed.

"If it's true, how would we know? How would we prove it?" I asked. The room stayed silent.

"There's nothing we can do." I whispered.

"You aren't giving up are you?" Jacob asked. "You love him. So save him."

"It's not that simple…" I hesitated. They would have to know eventually. "After I lost my powers…I was held back. The leader of the Volturi…he bit Edward."

"He what?!" Leah growled jumping to her feet.

"No!" Embry snarled.

"I'm sorry. I tried. Trust me I tried. I didn't want this for him either. I was overpowered…"

"Shit…this is… Is it too late to stop the change?" Jacob asked hopeful.

I nodded weakly.

"How long ago was this?" He growled.

I opened my mouth to answer him but then realized I hadn't asked what day it was. I didn't remember how long I had been gone from the castle. I turned to Alice.

"It's been almost four days…" she answered.

I buried my face in my hands. Edward's change would be done now. He was a vampire and I failed him.

I could feel my sobs raking my body again. Jasper took me in his arms and tried to make me relax.

After a few minutes I was able to compose myself back together.

"Why don't you try to describe the vampire you saw? Maybe one of us could still recognize him." Carlisle offered.

"We weren't able to see much, and it was a bit blurred. What we did notice was his red eyes and short curly black hair. He also has some kind of scar that runs from the bottom of his right ear to just under his chin." Quil described.

Shit.

I looked towards Carlisle. He was already looking at me knowingly.

"What?" Jacob asked. "Do you know him?"

We hesitated. "Tell us…" Leah growled.

"Yes I believe we do know him." I paused and Carlisle nodded. "We think it might be Felix, he's part of the Volturi."

I could hear the family's whispers of "oh God's" and "Fucks."

I couldn't agree more.

This is worse than I thought possible.

But I couldn't pay attention to the questions they started asking me. My mind was tugging at my memory. There was something I was missing.

"Shit! I knew he was up to no good!" I yelled at no one. I jumped up and started pacing. "I should have looked into it. Maybe I would have been able to help! Ugh!"

I punched the wall, leaving a good size hole in it. A few picture frames that were near by fell to the floor and shattered. I instantly felt completely awful.

"Damn it, I'm sorry Esme."

She came up next to me and took me in her arms. She rubbed soothing circles on my back. "It's ok Bella. Don't worry about that right now." She whispered.

"Bella?" I turned to look at Carlisle. "What else aren't you telling us?"

I groaned and began pacing again.

"Remember that vision I told you about Carlisle? The one about Felix?"

He furrowed his brows. His eyes widened a moment later in realization and understanding.

"Of course, it all makes sense now." He whispered to himself.

"What makes sense?" Emmett asked impatiently. "What is it?"

"Bella had a vision of Felix leaving the castle's dungeons. No one ever goes down there. They hadn't in years. It was suspicious, but the Volturi are always doing things in secret…" He looked up at Jacob. "I believe that could be where Seth is being held."

Something else suddenly tugged at my mind.

I fell to my knees on the floor.

Alice rushed to help me up.

"I know that's where he is. Oh god, I will never forgive myself if anything happens to Seth…" I sobbed.

"How do you know for sure?" Carlisle asked.

"That random vision I had…It wasn't as random as I originally thought. It was blurry so I didn't realize it then. He was a tan boy with blue eyes…it was Seth! I know it was!" I cried.

"It had to be…" I whispered.

"But how?" Alice spoke up. "He's a wolf. I can't see them. How were you able to see him?"

"I don't know…maybe something happened and I was able to."

"We have to get him out of there!" Embry said as he stood up. His fists were shaking wildly.

He was trying to control himself from shifting. I felt a strong wave of calm spread through the air.

Embry's shaking calmed down and he was pulled back down to the couch by Jacob.

"Yes we do have to get him out of there. And we have to get Edward out too." Jacob agreed. "But we can't just run in there and expect to come out alive. This coven is much larger than the Cullen's. We would be walking in to a minefield."

"This will be a long shot but…" Jasper came forward and stood in the middle of the room. "How opposed would you all be to working together?"

I noticed Leah wincing and Rosalie shifted in her seat.

"Hell yeah!" Emmett cheered. "I can see where you're going with this, Jazz. We're going to kick some Volturi ass!"

"Emmett." Esme scolded.

"No, he's right."

Everyone whipped their heads in my direction.

"The Volturi have taken things too far. I will not let them take away everything from me. If the prophecy is right, then it is my destiny to stop them. As much as I don't want any of you to get hurt, we need to fight. If I still had my powers I would never think of asking you. But I can't do this alone…"

"Don't worry baby sis, we'll be right with ya!" Emmett boomed.

"I normally don't condone such things…" Carlisle started. "We should try to be civilized with them first. We need to think this through all the way." He paused. "If it comes down to it, I will fight for my family."

"You can definitely count us in too." Jacob agreed. "No one messes with our pack or our friends."

"Those leeches are going down!" Quil bellowed. "No offense guys."

"None taken." I said.

"So how exactly are we going to do this?" Jacob asked.

There was a sudden knock at the door. We all stilled and looked towards the door. I walked towards it and Carlisle followed right behind me.

As soon as I opened the door I was pulled into a crippling embrace.

"Ella! Oh god, I'm so sorry about what happened!" She cried tightening her grip around my shoulders. I held her just as hard and I breathed in the lingering scent of Edward on her.

"Bethany what are you doing here?" I asked.

"I needed to see you. I couldn't let my best friend down in a time like this. I came to keep you company." She pulled away slightly and smiled sadly.

A throat cleared from the door way and I pulled away from her embrace. Two vampires stood before us.

As I took in their appearance I immediately knew who they were. They were short, one with dark hair and one with ashy blond. Their skin was the olive tone of the ancients like the Volturi.

"Well, well Carlisle. It's nice to see you again." The dark haired once said.

"Yes very nice indeed." The blond one agreed.

"Stefan, Vladimir." Carlisle shook their hands. "What brings you here? You're quite far from your home."

I stiffened. The Romanians weren't ever seen often. They mostly kept to themselves. After the Volturi had defeated them they went into hiding and would only be seen every few centuries.

"We were sent here." Stefan answered.

"Sent here? Who would send you here?" I asked confused. I looked up at Bethany. "Did you bring them?"

She shook her head.

"I came at my own accord. I was running here and came across their scent. I went to question them and they showed me this." She handed me a letter.

I gasped as I saw the familiar crest that marked the marred wax on the letter. I opened the letter and read.

Stefan and Vladimir,

We are sworn enemies so I know you must be wondering why I, of all people, would be writing to you.

I know it won't take much to convince you, you already know of my gifts. I know you will not need much of an explanation.

On the 21st of January in the year 2009 you will come across a scent of a female vampire in the town of Timisoara. Follow it if you still wish to seek revenge of the Volturi.

In regards,

Didyme Volturi

I was shocked.

She had known. This is what she had expected, the change in the vision.

I handed the letter to Carlisle and he read it quickly.

"We don't care what you say they did," Vladimir started. "and we don't care if you broke the law."

"We've been waiting a millennium and a half for the Italian scum to be challenged," Stefan started. "If there is any chance they will fall, we will be here to see it."

"Or even to help defeat them." Vladimir added.

"We intend to try and reason with them first." Carlisle said. "We don't know if there will be a fight."

"We don't care either way." Vladimir grinned. "As we said before."

"We'll just cross our fingers." Stefan added with a smile.

"And hope we get lucky." Vladimir finished.

"Then you're welcome to join us." Carlisle continued.

"When will you be going to Italy?" Stefan inquired.

"We don't know yet, we've only now just started to discuss it." I joined in.

"Very well, we will stay close by until you decide." Stefan handed Carlisle a piece of paper with a number on it and then bid their good byes.

I closed the door behind them and when we turned back to the living room everyone stared at us in confusion.

Carlisle read Didyme's letter out loud.

I had to fill in Bethany of all I knew about Didyme.

"Wow, I never knew…I didn't even know Didyme had a gift. All these years, and I had no clue." Bethany sighed. "Bella we have to help Edward."

My stomach twisted in a knot at his name.

"How is he…?" I asked softly.

"He's a complete mess." She frowned. "When he woke, Laurent had a human waiting for him at the foot of the bed. Edward drank from the girl without hesitation, being a newborn and all. The poor boy was devastated after he realized what he had done."

"Oh Edward…" I cried. "He'll never forgive me for this."

"Shh…Bella." Bethany held me in her arms. "It'll be ok. He loves you. He won't hold this against you. It was Aro who did this to him, not you."

"He loves me…" I repeated wearily.

Does he love me?

Are they right, was he just trying to protect me?

My heart ached to believe them, but my mind was still on overdrive. Right now I could only let myself think of how to help him get away from the Volturi.

"Will you help us?" I asked Bethany.

"I will go to the ends of the earth with you, Ella. And if this is what Didyme has foreseen, I know my place is beside you." She smiled.

I hugged her furiously. "Thank you." I whispered.

Jacob cleared his throat to grab our attention.

"We need a plan."

How's that for a chapter? =)

Hope you guys liked it!

Next chapter will be the build up to the Volturi confrontation.

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-Jan