"The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side." - Margaret Carty

About a week later, Emmett and Rose had searched through Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic and the Netherlands. While Élise and Sophie went to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Both of the groups came back with pretty much no information whatsoever, and we all were getting more irritated as time went on.

Since none of the covens we'd gone to for information after France had nothing new to tell us, or anything at all, our hopes were low, but we still weren't going to give up. Rose, Emmett and I were in Poland now, planning on meeting up with Élise and Sophie within the next few hours as they make their way to us, passing through Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. I hoped they came upon someone that knew something, because we were only running on the last information we had gotten from the girls, and that wasn't enough.

I kept wishing that I could help them, but I couldn't do that while I was still a stupid human. If only Edward would have changed me when I asked, maybe this wouldn't have happened. Or at least if I did, I would be able to assist in the hunt someway. Carlisle and Esme had made their way back to Alaska a little bit after we started this search, where they stayed in case Edward was to show up again unannounced.

They didn't want him to show up and everyone be gone, that would raise his suspicions, and most likely tell Jasper. And we would have even a harder time finding them then we already have. Rose and Emmett had contacted all the covens again, not only to see if they've come across anything since we were there, but to also ask them to keep quiet about it in case they do come back through their areas again, we wouldn't want to scare them off.

The only thing keeping me sane through this whole process is my dreams. Yes, I had the recurring again, but nothing really came from that. Once everything was crystal clear, and I could even read the sign outside the window...it was in another language, so a lot of help that did. But there were also a few new dreams as well, and I didn't know what to make of any of them either. There were of places I didn't recognize, and had no clue where they were, but I knew I must be having them for a reason. I just had to figure that part out.

I didn't know if these places were just random and had some hidden message in them that I needed to decode, or was I seeing these exact places because of their actual meaning, and nothing hidden about them. It confused me, but also intrigued me, and I thought about asking Carlisle about it. Since he's a doctor and all, I figured he would know a little something about dreams.

But for the time being I kept quiet, not wanting to distract anyone with my thoughts that could be me being silly and just looking too deep into things. The last time Emmett talked to Carlisle was when he asked for the Irish conven's phone number, and that was over a week ago. I knew Carlisle must have been waiting for new information, but everyone was pretty much going all the time doing something, they didn't even have a minute to call in as of yet.

I did know that Emmett was planning to call Carlisle when Élise and Sophie met up with us, maybe with some info that we could share, other than the fact that we teamed up with them. Maybe tonight I would speak with Carlisle about my dreams, when things settled down a little, and while the rest were planning our next move.

"I hate just sitting around." Emmett commented as he got off the bed and started pacing.

"Think how I feel. I can't contribute one bit." I replied.

"That's not true, Bella."

I looked at him skeptically.

"Oh, really? Name one thing I've done to help."

He was silent, thinking to himself with his mouth open for a few moments before I had enough.

"Exactly. I've contributed nothing, and if anything, I'm an anchor weighing you down. I made you guys drag me along, and now I'm thinking that wasn't the best idea." I admitted.

"Don't say that." Rose interjected. "You are not an anchor, and you didn't make us drag you along. You are my sister, and whether you think so or not, you've helped us just by being here."

"Maybe so, but-"

"No buts!"

"I can see that you two are thirsty!" I raised my voice. " And you can't survive off the little critters you find while out running around. On top of that, my scent is just making it worse for you."

"We're getting by fine, Bells." Emmett started. "We'd never ever lost control around you...we love you too much."

"I hate that I'm making it hard for you, I just want to help, but I can't!"

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Both had left me alone for a little bit after my emotional outburst, while I hid in the bathroom for some privacy. So many thoughts were running through my head, and I just wanted to have a break for all of it for a while. I was exhausted and stressed from worrying about Alice all the time for I don't know how long it's even been since we left.

I rose up from the floor where I had been sitting for at least the past hour, thinking. My leg was asleep and I stumbled backward, only to be caught by Rose.

"You okay?" She asked quietly, getting the double meaning in her question.

"I'll be fine." I answered.

"Élise and Sophie will be here in a few minutes."

"'Kay."

She let me go and walked out of he bathroom. I washed my hands and splashed some cold water on my face before I heard a knock on the door. I dried my face and met them out in the bedroom, where, by the looks on their faces, they had nothing good to say.

"Hello, again, Bella." Élise greeted me.

I smiled to both of them before I took a seat on the bed by the window.

"Anything?" Emmett asked for all of us.

Sophie shook her head no before lowering it, almost as if she was ashamed that she didn't have anything for us.

"That's okay." Emmett sighed. "We'll keep looking. We will find them."

"Have you talked to Carlisle yet?" Sophie asked.

"Naw, I was waiting until you two got here, just in case there was any new info."

"Sorry to disappoint. I can't believe that no one has come across them."

"We will eventually. There's only so many places they can hide..."

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"What are you thinking about?" Rose asked as she sat next to me on the bed. "You've been quieter than usual, and you always look like you're in deep thought about something."

I scooted over and laid my head in her lap. She began running her fingers through my hair, lightly scratching my scalp as she did.

"Just these dreams I've been having...their confusing me."

"What are they about?"

"Not really about anything, just...of places I've never seen or been to. I don't know what it means, if anything."

"Well, describe one for me."

I decided to tell her about my first one that I had, since I knew it the best.

"There's this recurring one that I have, it started with me looking out a window onto a nice, green countryside. But then I move through the apartment I'm in, and look out the front window, where there is a narrow street with tan buildings. Some people are hanging clothes on a line to dry, other locals are walking along the streets, or riding bikes. Occasionally a tourist passes by. There is a sign at the end of the street, but I can't read it because it's in another language."

"Hm. Tell me about another one."

I then chose the most recent one I had just the other night. Not only was it the most vivid, but it was the oddest one to me.

"My last dream, I was in what looked like a town square. Cobblestone streets, a big fountain. Everyone was wearing red...and they were all gathered in front of a huge clock tower..."

Rose's fingers stopped for a split second, but then continued what she was doing.

"I don't know what was going on, but it seemed like they were celebrating something." I continued.

"Maybe you're onto something, Bells, and you just don't know it."

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"I can't believe Jasper is killing humans again." Esme said sadly.

"I thought he had gotten his urges under control." Carlisle thought aloud.

"That dude is gonna get his ass handed to him by me when I find them!" Emmett threatened.

"Pfft." Rose scoffed. "Get in line."

"I think the main reason for that is strength." I spoke up. "Vampires who drink human blood are more powerful, right?"

"Yeah." Emmett answered.

"So then he wants to stay more powerful that Alice so he can control her, and its easier now that he's drinking human blood."

"It wouldn't take much to overpower her now, if she s still refusing to drink." Esme commented.

"Maybe at first it was for the power, but now he's just...addicted to the human blood ?"

"Maybe so, Bella." Carlisle replied. "But if so, that's his choice, and we can't do anything about it. But he knows that he won't be welcome back to the family as long as he keeps doing it."

"As far as I'm concerned, he was out of the family along with Edward when I found out the reason they made us leave." Rose said.

Emmett nodded. "I second that."

"Now, I know those two have made some bad choices, but-"

"Don't make excuses for them, Carlisle." Emmett interjected. "They knew what they were doing the whole damn time, and I don't want two liars and manipulators in this family."

"I just can't believe they did this..." Esme sighed heavily.

"I know you two always want to see the good in people," Rose started. "...but you can't ignore the bad. What they did isn't something they can just say sorry for and everything will be fine. They lied to us to get us to leave, and that almost killed Bella, the exact opposite of why we supposedly left. Not to mention that Jasper is holding Alice against her will. That, all combined, makes me not ever want to forgive them."

"Rosalie, I'm not defending their actions." Carlisle replied. "I know what they did was wrong, and I want to get Alice back just as much as you all do." He took an unnecessary breath. "Which is why Esme and I are coming to help. I have a feeling that you're getting closer to them, and we should be ready. Jasper is a clever man, and we don't know if he has anything up his sleeve for when you find them. Esme and I can also retrieve some animal blood for Alice, so you don't have to stop your search and do that."

"Alright, the more people the better. But I don't think that he's expecting us to find them, being the cocky bastard he usually is."

"That's it!" Rose's face lit up and I could almost see a light bulb blink on over her head.

"What is it, babe?" Emmett asked.

"What you said, that he isn't expecting us to find them."

She waited for us to catch on, but we were all silent, not knowing what she wanted.

"Yeah..." Emmett tried to get her to hurry up and tell us what she was excited about.

"Ugh, fine. Where is the absolute last place that we would go looking for them?"

I still had no clue, but waited for someone to figure it out.

"Bella said she's been having dreams about places she's never been, her most recent one was of a festival outside of a clock tower, sound familiar?"

Carlisle gasped in response, knowing what she was describing, and answered. "Italy."

"Why would that be the last place you'd look?" I asked, apparently out of the loop.

Rose cocked her eyebrow at me before answering.

"The Volturi reside there..."

A/N: That's right, we're going to Italy!

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