A/N: Sorry it's late, I've been busy the past few days. Better late than never, huh? Oh, and as a side note, I've gotten a blogger account where I'll be posting about not only the stories I have on here, but new stories I'm working on. Check it out, if you want. The link's in my profile.

I don't know if it was just me, but ever since I had my most recent vision of the Volturi, it seemed time was passing even quicker. Like it meant nothing anymore. Desperately, I was holding on to every second I had with my family, but even that wasn't working.

Lately, Jasper had been contacting old friends and explaining our shitty mess to them. Most were agreeing to come help.

And Peter and Charlotte had returned from the vacation they had taken to the South. Only to find that me along with my whole family were vampires and Jasper and I had a daughter.

"Well…this is a nice surprise," Peter muttered, wrinkling his brow in confusion.

"We're not quite sure how it happened, either," Jasper told him, shaking his head.

I smirked. "I know how it happened, I'm just not sure how we were able to make Daniela."

Jasper raised an eyebrow at me. "Being smart, are we?"

I nodded and giggled. I was trying so hard to forget about our impending possible doom and focus on the present. Do you know how hard that is for a psychic?

When I brought Daniela out, both Peter and Charlotte stared in shock.

"Isn't she so adorable?" I asked, running my fingers through her blonde hair.

"She's so…cute!" Charlotte cooed.

"She looks like an immortal child," Peter offered.

I remembered Jasper saying something about immortal children before, but he had never explained it like he had promised to.

Later that night, back at home with Daniela asleep downstairs, I finally asked. "What are immortal children?"

Jasper frowned. "The immortal children…years ago vampires started biting children. Unlike newborn adult vampires, they couldn't develop any sort of self control. The Volturi had to step in and get rid of anyone who created them. That's what happened to the Denali sisters' mother."

My eyes widened. "Why would anyone do that?"

"Because they were so beautiful, like Daniela. Only they didn't grow. Vampires just wanted their own kids, I suspect."

"That's why we can't change Renesmee just yet?"

Jasper nodded. "Yes."

"Are the Volturi going to think that Daniela's one?"

He shrugged. "Hopefully, once they're close enough, they'll realize she isn't and give us time to talk. That's all we can hope for."

The next morning, the Denali clan showed up and after explaining about Daniela and assuring that she wasn't an immortal child, they agreed to help. I was relieved they believed us, knowing what happened to Tanya, Kate, and Irina's mother and all.

And if everything else wasn't enough, Bella was also practicing using her newfound power. So far, she could only cover herself and one other person (Edward), but she was working on it. She was our best hope for stopping the Volturi, if it came to that.

And lastly, Jasper was teaching my family and me how to fight, since most of us knew nothing about vampire fighting. He, being in the vampire wars, knew very much about fighting and therefore was the best to teach, along with Peter's help.

"Can I try?" I asked Jasper.

He frowned. "I don't want to hurt you."

I rolled my eyes and stepped out of the group to join him. "You won't."

Jasper sighed warily and dropped into a crouch.

"Don't go easy on me," I warned him.

And it began. I closed my eyes to watch his moves before they happened. Before I blocked out the rest of the group's voices, I heard Edward laugh.

I stepped out of the way at the exact second that Jasper would've gotten me. And again. And again. It got faster as Jasper tried harder to grab me.

I smiled and seated myself on his back, kissing his neck. "Gotcha."

Ha, I could beat my husband in a fight, no contest. That must be humbling for a Civil War and vampire war veteran.

"Whoo! Alice!" Bella cried, grinning. She was holding Nessie in her arms. We were still trying to decide what to do with Renesmee when the Volturi came.

I got off Jasper's back and rejoined my family.

"You were just lucky, Ali," Jasper called.

I shot him a look. "If you want to get lucky, you should stop talking."

Jasper rolled his eyes, but laughed. "I'll just make you horny."

I laughed so hard at the faces everyone made. If anyone could make me forget about everything, it was Jasper. He was truly perfect. And then my mind returned to the fact that I might lose this perfect life in just a month. There wasn't enough time. It was too soon.

Edward touched my shoulder. "We'll do everything we can, Alice. I promise."

I hugged him, silently thanking him for all that he's done for me. Edward was really my brother, in my mind. He made me feel like maybe he could be right. Maybe everything would be okay.