A/N: I do not own any of these fandoms, I just play with the characters.
BELLA
Life without the twins underfoot is different. Sure, Draco and I always have time with each other, but we usually have our group of friends around us. Even Draco misses them. Okay, so he will never admit it, but I know he does. Sarah is staying with us and visits the Cullens.
"I seriously appreciate this Bella. Are you sure that you are okay with me and Edward?" Sarah seems uncertain.
"Sarah, for the billionth time, I am very happy that you found someone," I sigh and roll my eyes.
"I just feel like I'm not being very loyal to you and our friendship is very important to me," she whines.
"Look, keeping you under the radar for your visits was your idea. It would be fine if you just went over there yourself. Besides, our issue is with the Volturi, not the Cullen family," I feel like I am talking to a toddler.
"But won't you get in trouble?" she is very worried for no reason.
"The Council will not tell my mommy on me or send me to my room with no dinner," I tease her.
"But they are watching you and Draco very carefully," Sarah points out.
"They are concerned because Draco and I are the best team there is and we aren't even officially hired by them. We have tons of connections not only in our world, but also in others. You are human. And even though you have Jareth, they don't really find you that much of a threat. Nothing personal," I carefully spell it out…again.
"I guess…" she hesitates.
"For the love if all that is holy, how many times must we go through this?" I shake my head in frustration.
She finally quiets down and just follows along. Sarah is a great friend, always there when you need her, but so help me if she does not stop harping on the potential danger surrounding things, I may injure her.
ALICE
"Calm down Edward, or I will have Jasper make you calm down," I threaten my very irritating brother.
"Sarah just feels awful about being with us," he continues like he doesn't even hear me. How very Edward of him.
"I mean it," I growl.
"I just…" he wisely trails off as he sees the images of me pulling his head off. I know it is mean, but those thoughts are fun sometimes.
"Oh look, they are here," Emmett busts through the room and announces. Thank God for that.
Edward is polite to Bella, but his attention is really on Sarah. Bella knows this and slips some comments about her love life with her boyfriend in to see if he notices. He does not. The rest of us get a kick out of it though. Bella stays a minute to chat, but she soon starts saying her goodbyes. I follow her to the door.
"Uh, Bella? Can we talk?" I ask.
"Sure, Alice," she responds comfortably.
"Follow me," I lead the way to a small cabin out in the middle of nowhere. I don't want Mr. "no privacy in your own mind" to figure out some things.
"So…what's on your mind?" Bella inquires when we settle inside the cabin.
"I wanted to talk to you about a vision I had," I start.
"Can you See witches and wizards?" she ponders out loud.
"No, but what I Saw was my family in some sort of face off with the Volturi. Carlisle in particular was pretty pissed off at them," I finally tell someone my vision.
"Would he be pissed if the Volturi ended up kidnapping witches and wizards and turning them?" Bella inquires.
"Yeah, actually," I reply.
"I have a theory about what is going on. I think that Carlisle will find out what exactly is happening and that is his reaction. If you think that may be a very dangerous move for him or your family, you should tell him about it and try to change the outcome if you can," she volunteers just the thing I hoped she would.
"Okay, thanks. We really appreciate you keeping us in the loop," I grin.
"Like I keep telling Sarah, our issue is with the Volturi and not your family. Which reminds me, could one of you guys talk to Sarah? I try to tell her that her dating a vampire is not disloyal. It is not even that big of a deal, really," Bella shakes her head a bit.
"Sure, but Edward is usually really intense and he thinks dating a human is super dangerous, so he will not be any help at all. Since Sarah has the whole Jareth thing though, he seems to be getting over it. I guess he sees himself as the less dangerous of the two," we share a giggle about that one.
BELLA
"Okay, I think the twins are on their way back…and they may…possibly…have company…" Luna uses her dramatic voice. Okay, I have to admit that I hold her predictions in higher regard since she was so dead on about the last one. However, the Sight is a tricky thing for witches and wizards. Just because someone has the Sight does not mean they can always look into the future when they want to. Alice is lucky to have the abilities that she does in looking ahead.
"Okay, let's assume that at least Harry is coming with them," I turn to face Draco.
"We are going to need bigger and more secretive arrangements," he states the obvious.
"Charlie never finished his basement," I suggest.
"That would be a great place to expand," he agrees.
"If we are expanding, perhaps we can invite some others to come too," I think out loud.
"We don't know, exactly, what is going on for sure," he hedges.
"Why is there a white owl sitting in a tree outside? It is not delivering anything," Luna interrupts. Draco and I look out the window. Aside from the fact that it is broad daylight and the owl is not, in fact, delivering a message, something is suspicious. I recognize that barn owl.
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