The proud Native tribe gathered together for a camp fire telling old stories. Billy Black was leading the camp fire but neither his son Jacob or Renesmee were present. A sinister force however caused the fire to flicker. Without warning Aro, Caius, and Marcus were sitting on folding chairs among the tribal members.
"Greetings," Aro smiled.
"What the fuck!" Sam said outraged ready to turn into a wolf.
"We mean you no harm. We came with gifts," Aro said politely.
"I sense anger, resentment, and distrust," Marcus said.
"Calm down Sam or else we will have another war on our hands," Billy said.
Sam looked flustered but sat back down as well as the other tribal youths. Aro handed over a bag to Billy containing the gifts. "We brought you Whiskey and tobacco," Aro said.
"How very inappropriate. Thank you," Billy said respectfully.
"We wanted to come here to apologize for that misunderstanding five years ago," Aro said diplomatically.
"Had we actually fought half of our pack would have died by your hands," Sam said angrily.
"Had you left the battlefield we could have destroyed the Cullens. The casualties on both sides would have served your interests," Caius smirked.
"Have some of this Sam. It will lighten you up," Billy said throwing him a bag.
"I am wondering why you came to the defense of the hybrid vampire child. Was it because of Jacob?" Aro asked.
Sam took a huff from a pipe and immediately his eyes became bloodshot and he started to relax. He proceeded to give it over to some of the young men. "Actually, we had planned to kill the child before Jacob and his pack intervened," Sam said.
"Tell me more," Aro said intrigued.
"We thought the kid would eat everyone and be uncontrollable. We plotted to give the kid an after birth abortion," Sam said.
"And what method were you planning to use?" Caius asked.
"Well, probably chew the child up like a chew toy," Sam replied.
"What stopped you?" Aro asked.
"That kid of yours got himself a pack of his own. We weren't going to shed tribal blood over it," Sam said pointing at Billy.
"And how do you feel about your son being romantically involved with a five year old girl?" Aro asked Billy.
"Sounds like my younger years," Billy said reflectively.
"We know that your kind are not werewolves. How do you acquire this power?" Caius asked.
"A long time ago when of your kind came to Forks and killed some of our people while also spreading lethal diseases," Billy began.
"You mean white people?" Aro asked.
"Yeah, and then one of us just snapped and turned into a wolf. Go figure," Billy said.
"That's it?" Caius asked bewildered.
"You want some kind of biological explanation? Like how do we gain mass and lose mass in seconds, how do we keep our human minds, or how do we use telepathy?" Sam asked.
"Yes, I am very curious about how all of that works," Aro said.
"I have no clue," Sam admitted.
"So, reading Edwards thoughts I came to the conclusion that Bella didn't know of your shape shifting powers until you killed that Jamaican vampire," Aro remarked.
"It is a tribal secret," Billy said.
"But she was already aware of vampires," Aro pointed out.
Billy shrugged. "How did you kill Laurent anyway?" Aro asked.
"We chew him to pieces," Sam said proudly.
"But to kill a vampire one must burn them too," Aro pointed out.
"Well, we just kind of left the pieces there," Sam said.
"I cannot think of a worse existence than being a headless head in the middle of the forest with one's limbs everywhere for all eternity," Aro said.
"Well, we don't take kindly to his kind," Sam said.
"Have you ever considered not being shape shifters?" Caius asked.
"We were born this way," Sam said.
"And?" Caius continued.
"So, we can't just get rid of it. It's part of who we are," Sam said.
"But you can choose not to change form correct?" Caius pressed.
"Yes," Sam said.
"So, you do have a choice," Caius presumed.
"Not sure what you're getting at pale face. Did you choose to wear silk and eyeliner?" Sam asked.
"It is the current fashion in Volterra," Caius said offended.
"Let me ask you this. How did you become so tan?" Aro asked curiously.
"We're born tan," Sam said still offended.
"But you can choose not to be...," Caius continued.
"I think you have made your point clear brother," Aro interrupted. "I am also curious as to why Alice isn't able to see into your future."
"Well, the sad truth is that we don't have a future," Billy said huffing his pipe.
There was awkward silence between the Volturi and the tribe. "I mean in a more physical sense rather than metaphorically speaking," Aro clarified.
"The spirits did it. That way we can attack the pale faces without them knowing ahead of time," Sam smirked.
"Even so, Alice was able to see into the future even when your pack was involved in the battle five years ago," Aro said.
"Sounds kind of contrived," Billy huffed.
"So, now that you no longer wish to kill Renesmee will the packs reconcile?" Aro asked.
"No, Jacob isn't a team player. His thoughts about Bella and Renesmee were disturbing," Sam said. "No offense," he said to Billy.
"None taken," Billy said relaxed.
"Another thing I am wondering about is why Edward needed to go all the way to Volterra to have us destroy him when he could have come back to Forks. You all seem very capable. Edward could have verified that Bella was dead and he could have asked you to destroy him," Aro said.
"Also, Alice wouldn't have been able to anticipate this move," Caius added.
"We would have been happy to oblige him. Maybe because of the treaty," Sam said.
"What treaty?" Aro asked.
"The treaty that we don't go on the Cullen's land and they don't come onto ours. Since Bella became a vampire and Jacob got matched up with Renesmee we have been allowing a lot of things to slide," Sam said annoyed.
"Tell us more about this imprinting," Aro asked.
"That was something we made up so Jacob wouldn't feel bad," Billy said.
"How romantic," Marcus sighed.