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(A/N: Ahh I'm really unsure about this chapter… no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't get it how I wanted it. Stick with me though! Love you all Ellie xx)

Pushing Forwards

We spent hours under the stars, just being us again. It was nice having a break, not worrying, not looking ahead, and not even thinking.

But I wasn't able to ignore the vision of someone interrupting our special moment. Kachiri was getting fed up of waiting for us. Apparently she had returned to our meeting spot over an hour ago. Now she was heading this way.

I smiled and kissed Jasper on the side of his jaw before jumping up and heading to the backpack that he had been carrying for the last couple of weeks. I put on my replacement clothes and threw Jasper's to him.

"Already?" He grinned.

"Already." I repeated.

I threw both of our old clothes, along with the bag, into a pile of dry leaves and sticks. I immediately found two pebbles which I grinded together, just watching as the flickering flames fell onto the pile. I spat some of my venom onto it – the flammable liquid made the small fire soar. We didn't need to leave any evidence behind.

"Um… nice." Jasper mocked from behind me.

I nudged him playfully in the ribs and turned to wait for Kachiri.

I saw her newly filled blood red eyes before I saw the rest of her as she stepped from the trees into the early morning sunlight. She didn't ask anything… she just looked at us questioningly.

"Sorry, Kachiri… Jasper and I just had to talk about something." I apologised.

"Has a path cleared for us yet, Alice?" She asked quietly, getting us back on track.

"I haven't seen anything." I admitted.

She grimaced uncomfortably, possibly believing that she had upset me.

"But it doesn't mean that I won't." I smiled, bouncing on the balls of my feet.

The following week went slowly. Despite my regenerated attitude, we still weren't getting any closer to finding what we needed. The rainforest was just too large. There were just too many paths that we could take… none of them lead to the hybrid.

We had been running for the last eight days… we hadn't stopped. I had no idea where we were, not even which country we were in. Kachiri kept reassuring me that she did.

Apart from that we hardly spoke. We were all just waiting… waiting for something to happen. Waiting for me to see something. I sighed heavily and started to slow to a jog. Then a walk. And then finally came to a stop.

Kachiri and Jasper turned their heads and both halted simultaneously about seventy yards in front of me.

"This isn't working." I groaned.

My two companions were by my side in half a second. Jasper looked concerned, thinking that I had fallen back into my state of depression. But I hadn't, I was just… bored.

"I was just thinking that too…" Kachiri began, looking clearly nervous. "Perhaps we should not move until we know where to go… for all we know we could be running away from the hybrid. Perhaps we should just wait… it will be more peaceful that way – easier for you?" She spoke quickly, wanting to get her point out before someone stopped her.

"It doesn't work like that though, Kachiri." Jasper defended. "In order for Alice to see the future, decisions have to be made. If we don't move then we won't decide anything and if we don't decide anything then we won't find anything…"

"Jasper!" I interrupted, holding out my hand to stop him. "Maybe Kachiri is right. Let's face it… what we're doing is not working…" I spoke to both of them now. "We need to reassess our plan of attack." My voice was high and bouncy… more animated than it had been in weeks.

I saw Jasper smile widely in my peripheral vision.

"Tell us everything Alice." Kachiri pressed, stepping forwards in anticipation. "Everything you have seen. Perhaps Jasper and I will be able to make sense of some things that you were unable to. Isn't that what they say? Three minds are better than one?" She smiled.

I smiled in return, closing my eyes to concentrate. I laughed internally. If this were taking place at home Carlisle would have asked us to sit. It always came naturally to him – to act human even when there was no need. But there was no need to be civilised here, though it felt strange not to conform to our usual pretence.

"It all started when Carlisle asked me whether you and your sisters would witness for us. Almost immediately after he spoke your names I had a vision of the rainforest. Jasper was by my side and you were in front of us. And then, before I could even make sense of it, it was gone. It just vanished, in a similar way to when Renesmee becomes involved in a vision. I knew it was important, so Jasper and I left – making sure Edward wouldn't see it. It wasn't until we were alone that I came to the conclusion that the reason I couldn't see anything was because whoever it was is similar to Renesmee. That they were a hybrid too. The next day I had another, but this time we weren't alone – there were more than the three of us. You and Jasper were on my left, the blind spot was behind me and then to my right was someone else… nobody I recognised…" My voice drifted off into nothing.

"What did they look like?" Kachiri asked. "Are they from here? Are they even one of us?"

I pressed my eyes tighter. The vision of this immortal had only lasted for a second at best. I focussed closely on her face. "Female, young, braided black hair, olive skin…"

"South American then. Peru? Chile? Argentina?" Kachiri questioned.

"She was dressed in animal skin…" I continued. "... burgundy eyes..." They were unique infact, I had never seen an iris of that shade. But it was similar to Jasper's had been when he first tried animal blood. So I wondered if it was due to a diet of both animal and humans... she seems to be quite the opportunist.

"And what has she got to do with the hybrid?" Jasper asked.

"… She's looking at it. She's worried for them. Her face is the epitome of concern."

"She's in their coven? A mate, perhaps?" Jasper asked.

"Perfect!" Kachiri exploded with excitement, making my eyes flash open. "That means that they'll be together!" She turned to me, her eyes bulging with anticipation.

There was a small pause as I took a shallow intake of breath. "I've been searching for the wrong person." I concluded.

Jasper turned his head to me slowly. "Will you be able to find her Alice?" He asked, knowing too well how Jacob and Nessie always distorted my visions, even if they weren't what I was looking for.

I sighed, turning back to Kachiri. "It's not going to be simple, but it will be a lot easier than searching for something I can't see. The fact that I don't actually know her doesn't exactly help, but we can try!" I smiled.

I felt completely refreshed, like we had rewound time, like we had started again. But this time we were on the right track.

I closed my eyes, letting the image of the unknown female flood my sight. I forced to image to continue, I wanted to follow the progression of our journey. It was hard and uncomfortable to watch… all I wanted to do was turn my head and look at the hybrid, but every time my curiosity got the best of me it disappeared and I had to start again.

Many images flittered in my mind, but annoyingly we were in all of them. I couldn't see anything up until of race back to Forks. But they were patchy and disorientated – as many of my visions were nowadays – meaning I couldn't rely on them to become true at all.

I moaned. "All I can see is her possible future with us. Nothing that could lead us to her."

"The fact that you do see her with us is promising enough in itself isn't it?" Jasper soothed.

"But it has always been a possibility… that's why I've seen it before and why I can see it now… because it is a possibility. It's just been a very small possibility."

"Look at it anyway." Kachiri said persuasively. "The answers we're looking for might be in our future as well as hers."

I closed my eyes again but was greeted with a petrifying sight. My body whole body coiled and hissed, flying backwards, pressing itself into a trunk of tree. The faces looking back at me were daunting, absolutely set on our destruction… apart from two. Marcus looked his usual self, but the typically cunning Aro looked scared, his eyes glued on mine as if he was infiltrating every area of my mind and soul even though he stood fifty yards away.

"Alice!" Jasper's voice cried. "Alice what is it? What did you see?"

"It just… took me by surprise." I breathed, climbing down, but with my eyes still shut. "I'm at the clearing. Everyone is still alive. We're with them…" I smiled.

"This is Huilen… and her nephew Nahuel." The words that were being spoken belonged to me.

"Nephew…" I gasped aloud. "Huilen… Nahuel… Nahuel – the one I can't see."

Jasper's laugh rang out loud as he kissed the side of my head. "We know their names! That'll play in our favour when we actually find them!"

"A century and a half ago… my people… Mapuche… My sister… Pire… she loved the child inside her… when he grew strong… broke her bones… she loved him still." The olive skinned Huilen declared to the army in front of her as I repeated her words to Jasper and Kachiri.

The words were so distant, as though they would take place in a million years from now. So diluted, so week, but rang so true. So familiar.

"I couldn't save her…died quickly… begging… I would care for her Nahuel… dying wish… I agreed." She continued. "He bit me though… crawled away… to die… but he found me… when the pain ended… curled against my side, sleeping."

"We have never travelled so far… Nahuel wished to see the child here..." And then she was gone.

I shook my head and my eyes peeked open. "That's all I can see." I admitted. "It all goes black after that."

"But we've learnt so much!" Kachiri grinned.

"He'll be over a hundred years old! That's more than old enough to verify our case." Jasper began.

"And they are related! So there is no doubt that if we find her then we will find the hybrid. And that when we do find them that he will want to come with us!" Kachiri continued.

"He wants to fight for our niece just as much as we do!" Jasper whispered gently.

"And most importantly, you found out that she used to be a member of the Mapuche tribe. I know where that is Alice. It was the place where my sisters and I found that body, of the young pale skinned girl with all the interesting scents around her. Scents that I know… scents that I remember. If we catch on to anything then I'll recognise it immediately."

"Now we know this, Alice – now you know it – try looking for her again. Where are they?" Jasper asked.

He was right. It was always so much easier to find the future of people that I knew. But I knew enough of this Huilen to find her now.

I took a deep breath, steadying my mind as Jasper and Kachiri watched me intently.

It was dark, as I expected. I tried to look past it, past the darkness. I had tried this with Bella and Ness before - the time Charlie came round for the first time. I could just about see Bella by looking around the blind spot situated in her arms, absorbing the light in her future. I remember how I told her to stay still, because every time she moved, I lost her in a sea of blur.

But this was different. All I could see was flashes of Huilen's face… nothing but expressions. She wasn't still and she was far too involved with her nephew.

"It's not working!" I groaned. "I can't see anything. She's always too close to him."

"We might just have to wait for a while, Alice… Don't worry. Let's face it – the easiest way for you to see her is when she is away from her nephew. So we'll just have to wait till she decides to leave him… Perhaps when he's asleep?" Jasper reassured.

"It makes sense. So what do we do now?" I asked both of them.

"We wait, until you see something clearly?" Kachiri suggested.

"We wait here?" I wondered.

Jasper shook his head. "I don't know… We have a week to find her if we want to get back to Forks in time. I don't think we have enough time to just sit here and wait."

A week… is that really all we had? We hadn't accomplished anything yet. And despite all we had uncovered, we were still no closer to actually finding her.

I inhaled deeply. "We wait here until tonight. We'll see if I can see her future away from the hybrid… If I can't then we move on."

Jasper nodded and Kachiri smiled and I sat down… hoping and waiting.

The night came and went quickly. I watched the morning sunlight creeping along the ground until it reached us.

Damn it. "Let's go then." I said, jumping up enthusiastically. I closed my eyes, pretending that something was leading us in a certain direction. I ran off in a random direction and heard their almost silent footsteps following me.

Three days we ran for, not going anywhere specific… just running. I was getting worried now. Our time was ticking away with every step that we took. We only had four days left to find them if we wanted to get back home before our family was annihilated. And for some reason it appeared as though the universe believed that I needed to be reminded of this…

I was running fast, unnecessarily fast, but I wasn't aware of the scenery around me. I was back in Volterra, watching Aro address his minions which were now all gathered before him.

"You all know what is expected of you, you all know who are targets are… you know the ones that need to be punished for this insolence. I have no doubt that you will succeed in this task." He declared in a similar manner to a dictator rallying his army.

The team of thirty two did nothing but smile as they silently turned and began their slow procession towards my family.

"Alice!" Jasper's voice echoed. "Alice! Stop!"

I did as his voice asked and stopped my feet from moving, though I couldn't exactly feel them… I was numb.

"Alice, the rainforest is diminishing enough without your help." He nodded behind me to a path of flattened trees. I just about managed to see Kachiri's disapproving face before I turned back to Jasper.

"They're leaving Jasper…" I breathed, hardly moving my lips. "They are leaving and we haven't done anything." I sobbed.

Jasper reached out his hand and held mine in his, stroking it with his thumb. "But we will, Alice."

His words echoed in my mind, just reverberating off the walls in my head. The energy and honesty behind them made it feel like links in my mind were being joined, like connections were being made.

I watched the youthful and lean immortal spring through the night, tracking a jungle cat. I watched the decisions that she would make – whether she would stick to the trees above or run on the ground below, whether she would break its neck first as she would with humans or go in straight for the jugular…What she would do afterwards, carry on or return to a place which hid her from my extra sight.

"She's decided to go hunting." I exhaled.

"What?" Kachiri bellowed. "When?"

"Tonight." I smiled. "She must have just decided."

"Where?" Jasper almost growled.

"Close." I replied, recognising the area that we had happened to have passed through a few hours ago.

"How long do we have?" Kachiri asked, speaking quickly.

I examined the depth of the night's sky closely. "Four, maybe five hours." I grinned. "We'll get there with time to spare." I added, already sprinting of in the direction that we had just come from.

I could feel the energy and electricity buzzing in the air around us. We were like three super cars revving their engines. We were all smiling, we were all optimistic… We were all looking forward to getting back to our friends and family.

The sun was just setting behind the peaks of the trees when we arrived to the spot I had seen – the journey back to it went a lot quicker than the journey from it. We spread ourselves around the area, making sure we avoided the path that she would take in. If she caught our scent then she would run. She would come from the south so I stood east, Jasper north and Kachiri west. We waited in the densely packed trees unable to be seen from below.

The next two hours passed gradually. The adrenaline gushing through the three of us kept us on the edge. We were very aware of every sound, every scent, every tiny movement… everything.

I kept my mind open, waiting to see Huilen's immediate future. I gave the signal when I did. She was taking the exact steps that she had planned, found the animal that I had seen her feed from and was currently following it through the forest, directly beside us.

The burst of fresh blood got all of our attention. We heard the rip of teeth into warm fur and flesh, the sound of slurping blood and the thud as she tumbled to the ground with her meal.

And then we saw her. She landed right in the centre of our tight circle. Seeing her for real for the first time sparked a fire within me as well as a thousand different visions. I had seen them before… I had seen them every day for the last three and a half weeks. But now they were going… disappearing… vanishing forever… no longer a possibility… no longer inevitability. Yes, the Volturi would come; yes, there still would be death... but my family and our friends would be safe… Considering the majority of my future was now clouded by darkness, it looked completely certain… but by no means easy.

I snapped out of it just in time to see Kachiri and Jasper jump from the boughs they were standing on and land only a few yards away from Huilen.

Her fresh burgundy eyes looked up as she dropped the animal.

"She's going to run." I whispered.

She snapped her head towards me – taken by surprise. Her eyes were darting around her, flickering between the three of us.

"Huilen…" Kachiri's voice spoke softly, with a thick accent. "Necesitamos su ayuda." We need your help.

She said nothing. She just sped away, back the way she came. We followed her, of course, begging all the while that she stopped to listen to our story. She was fast. Faster than even Edward. We couldn't catch her. She kept pushing and pushing, extending the distance between us. We could see her approaching the river, but instead of jumping over it she dived into it.

"She's trying to hide her scent." Kachiri worried.

"Alice, where is she heading?" Jasper asked, a hint of smugness in his tone.

I just smiled widely and ran west along the river bank.

"We're so close! She's leading us right to him!" I called over my shoulder.

It didn't take long before her scent crossed my path heading south again. She wasn't in our sight anymore, but it didn't matter. Her scent was fresh, only a few seconds old. She might as well have left a trail of breadcrumbs. However, I was thankful for it, for every step we took, the more and more our future weakened. In a few minutes I wouldn't be able to follow her through my visions.

I looked at the scene around me with a deep sense of poignancy. Kachiri was ahead of me and Jasper was by my side. The vibrant green trees were flashing by, emerald now that the sun had set. This was the first clue I had seen, the first image that had given me hope when this whole debacle started… Now I was just waiting for it to go black.

We came across a small hut; it was covered in her scent, as well as another. The scent was sweet, but mellowed with the hint of moss and earth. It reminded me so much of Renesmee - the most beautiful scent of blood, but you did not want it… you just appreciated it.

We paused for a few seconds trying to find the freshest scent.

"This way!" Kachiri yelled. We were already following her before she finished.

"Nahuel!" A foreign voice screamed. "Más aprisa!" She was telling him to go quicker. He was not a fast as her… he was slowing her down… we would catch them.

I embraced the darkness in my head. I let it swarm my body and my mind. It was peaceful, it was liberating… It was imminent.

"Huilen!" A male voice rang like chimes only a few yards ahead of us, though you could not ignore the concern in it.

Kachiri stopped in front of me, as did Jasper who was now flanking her left. I didn't know why they stopped, but I could hazard a good guess. I was almost scared to step around Kachiri's tall body, but at the same time I wanted to do nothing more…

Slowly and deliberately I moved to Kachiri's right side staring into the determined and fierce eyes of the crouching Huilen and the worried, light brown eyes belonging to her nephew.