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(EPOV)

Trees sped past the windows as I drove towards La Push, ignoring the glare Bella was giving me. She hated it when I drove over the speed limit, but Alice kept telling me to hurry up. Alice sat in the back, wringing her hands next to the newborn who was gazing out the window, her mind blank. As usual when the werewolves were involved, Alice couldn't see anything and felt completely useless. Nevertheless, she had insisted on coming. She had told Bella that it was because she was interested in their theory. In reality, I heard her thinking about calling Jasper to help even out the odds. I'll admit, having Jasper with us would have been a nice advantage, but we didn't have time to wait for him; I wanted to get this over with.

I slowed as we neared the border line and pulled over to the side of the road. The whole drive had been quiet and the silence still remained. Alice was busy thinking of ways to get Jasper there while the newborn was still trying to figure out what had happened earlier. She was thinking about the werewolves when a sudden image flashed across my mind. It was a full moon shining above a forest, accompanied by a long, sad howl that pierced the night. It took me a moment to realize that it wasn't my memory but the newborn's. I looked back at her and saw that she looked just as surprised as I did about her sudden flashback.

"Do you remem-"

I groaned inwardly as two more voices filled my mind, one of them too familiar.

"Why didn't you tell me Sam was sending him?" I snapped at Alice. She looked just a little confused as the other two women in car who were looking at me.

"I didn't know. He never said who –" Alice started to explain. At that moment a car I had never seen before sped towards us and stopped at the border line, twenty yards away. I opened my door at the same time Jacob opened his.

"Cullen."

"Jacob."

The sound of three more car doors opening and slamming told me that my Volvo was now void of human and vampire presence.

"Jake!" Bella exclaimed before she reached my side.

"Hey Bells," Jacob replied, not really looking at her. I soon saw the reason in his head. He didn't want to see Bella. Not now.

"Where's Sam?" Alice asked from behind me. She was close to the newborn, ready for anything.

"Waiting," Jacob replied as he walked towards us. Stupid bloodsuckers.

"Such sweet names you have for us," I stated, a cold smile on my face.

"Stay out of my head Cullen."

"I would if I could, believe me."

He glanced at Bella before glaring at me.

"Sam set up a clearing not far from here on the line. Neutral territory."

I nodded then looked at Bella, "Come on."

I helped her climb onto my back and waited until she was holding on tight before looking at Alice. The newborn was holding tightly onto Alice's shoulders, looking perfectly at ease. Although she had regained some of her strength, I doubted that she would have been strong enough to keep up by herself.

"This way," Jacob said. The tone of his voice threw me off, but I noticed his lingering gaze on the newborn and the odd look in his eyes. I was one I had never seen before. Although I was immensely curious, Jacob was purposefully not thinking of it. Instead he was counting rapidly to one hundred then started reciting all of the old Quileute legends. I raised my eyebrow at him but he was already starting towards the woods. Seconds later he hurled himself into the dark mass of trees.

(BPOV)

I could feel Edward's muscles tense after Jacob ran into the dense forest. Seconds later he shot off after him. The breakneck speed hr was running at threatened to pull me off of him. Almost as if he could sense it, Edward reached back with one hand to help hold me close to him.

"We're almost there," he called over his shoulder. The wind was rushing past us, making it hard to hear him. I ducked my head under my arm, my eyes closed tight; the branches were starting to get precariously close.

What seemed like hours later, although it was probably minutes, Edward slowed down and I chanced a glance. I raised my head slowly and peeked above the shelter of my arm. The trees were so close together here that it already looked like it was dusk. Hardly any sun filtered through the leady canopy, making it harder for me to see.

Finally, Edward slowed to a walk and raised my head completely to see exactly where we were. Beside us, Alice and the newborn had caught up. Alice's eyes were narrowed and she looked frustrated. The newborn, on the other hand, looked at ease, barely holding onto Alice's shoulders. I looked down at my own hands on Edward's shoulders; my knuckles were white.

"Sam," Edward said to somebody in front of him.

My head snapped up and I saw Sam standing with Jacob, Quil, Seth and two other men I had never seen before. One looked vaguely familiar though. He was almost as tall as Jake and his brown hair was cut short. He had the Sam tan complexion as the rest of the Quileute pack. His eyes were a deep brown that showed a lot of worry and disbelief. Not for the first time, I wished I could share Edward's gift and discover what weight was on this man's mind. His clothes were scant and tattered, much like those of a werewolf.

The other man looked relatively the same except his short hair was the yellowy shade of dyed blonde and his eyes were a startling green. I couldn't remember ever seeing them in La Push before. I began to wonder about that and glanced at the newborn. She was standing behind Alice, carefully hidden from the werewolves' direct line of sight. I had only begun to wonder why when Edward spoke again.

"It's not her Sam. It's not possible," he stated clearly, his brow creasing in a frown. At once I was lost and knew that Edward would be too focused on their thoughts to help. Instead I turned to Alice and caught her eye.

"They think that the newborn is one of theirs," she hissed from between her teeth. Evidently, she disagreed. Still, I turned to Jacob.

"One of yours?" I questioned, hoping he'd answer me.

"Aidan's sister went missing after running into a pack of vampires in the city," Seth supplied after my questions was greeted with silence from the others. "They chased her across the border and clear across the state to a clearing near the Cullen's' hunting grounds. She switched to her human form after telling Aidan and the others not to come for her. That was almost two weeks ago."

"But it only takes three days for the transformation. It can't be her," I argued, it just didn't make sense.

"There's a quick way to know for sure," Sam finally said. He nodded to one of the men who took a timid step towards Alice. A growl ripped through Alice's throat, but after a look from Edward, she stepped slowly aside, revealing the newborn standing behind her.

The man looked like he was going to faint. He stared at her. A thick silence engulfed the rest of us as we waited for something to happen. After what seemed like hours, he finally spoke.

"Adia?"

I watched closely as he took another tentative step towards the newborn. Her calm face turned to one of polite confusion as she realized that he was talking to her.

"She doesn't remember you," Edward supplied quietly, reaching for my hand. The action was so voluntary and routine I didn't think anything of it as I intertwined our fingers.

"Adia? It…it's me, kid. Aidan. Your big brother," his voice began to sound desperate. He grabbed the other man by the front of his shirt and pulled him over.

"You remember Garrett, don't you? Good ol'cousin Garrett?" Realizing that he wouldn't get an answer from her he turned to Edward, who shook his head sadly.

Aidan closed his eyes and grimaced as if the loss of her memory was causing him physical pain. It was silent in the clearing for a few minutes before numerous things happened in quick succession.

Edward pulled me swiftly behind him, crouching defensively; he and Alice let growls rip through their bodies as Aidan turned to face Edward, screaming; Garrett reached for Aidan as he began trembling violently.

"You! This is all your fault! You turned my sister into a blood drinking, immortal, red eyed monster! I'll kill you!" Aidan screamed, lunging towards Edward and myself, clothes ripping to shreds as he transformed into his wolf form. He had barely reached the arch of his dive when Alice jumped even faster, knocking Aidan to the ground. The meeting had started with barely controlled dislike for each other and now, as Alice wrestled Aidan on the ground, the tension snapped.

Seth and Sam ran forward to pull Alice off of Aidan, both of them attempting to kill the other. Sam was yelling incoherently at Edward while Seth was trying to reason with them. In that moment I felt genuinely bad for Seth. His new friendship with the Cullen's didn't bode well with the pack, and now they were fighting each other. My attention for the poor boy was short lived as Edward chose that moment to place me behind a tree, out of harm's way. Quil had joined Alice and Aidan, also in his wolf form. Crawling from behind the tree, pine needles and leaves sticking to my sweaty palms, I noticed for the first time the other fight happening in the clearing. Alice had left the newborn unprotected when she knocked Aidan off of his war path. Despite the fact that we still didn't know if the newborn was Adia, Garrett seemed intent on eliminating the problem completely. He was circling the newborn, shaking so bad he seemed to be vibrating, a feral gleam in his eyes. In the centre of his range the newborn stood perfectly still. While Garrett circled her, her eyes remained closed and she didn't bother turning when he disappeared out of her range. Garrett paused in his circling, almost shocked by her lack of movement. I counted in my head as he waited for her to turn around and attack him. He started to change on the count of thirteen.

A panic started to well up inside of me. Garrett was going to kill her, with her back turned, completely vulnerable.

"Edward."

His name barely made it out of my dry mouth. I turned just enough to see Edward grappling with Quil, keeping him off of Alice who was still trying to tear Aidan limb from limb. Being so focused on keeping Alice safe, he didn't seem to hear me. I looked back at the newborn in time to see Garrett fully transformed, poising to spring.