I vaguely heard Carlisle come into the house. Quick as lightning, I raced down the two flights of stairs. Seth was walking, sort of, with Carlisle supporting him. Leah was not too far behind, hovering like a mother hen.

"Where is the rest of the pack?" I asked as Carlisle helped Seth onto the couch.

"Once they realized Seth was okay, they went back on patrol," Carlisle answered me.

"Then Jake came here and went hunting with Bella and Nessie," Edward finished. My eyes widened; perfect, just perfect!

I saw Briana sulking in the corner of the room with a cold stare on her face. "What's going on?" she whispered. "What is this place?"

I walked over to her and knelt down a few feet from her. She recoiled from me, as if frightened; I didn't blame her. "I've nicknamed it the Twilight dimension, after the books."

"'Books?'" She asked, her interest piquing a bit. "There's more than one?"

"There are four in all: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. Right now, we're sort of going through the events of Breaking Dawn."

"What's New Moon about?" She asked curiously.

"I'll tell you later." I looked at her sympathetically and walked over to the couch, where Seth was lying; there was a pale, round scar by his left shoulder.

"He's just asleep," Leah answered my unasked question as I sat down in front of the sofa. She was standing behind the couch, sort of leaning on it. "Thank you for finding him, by the way."

"You're welcome," I mumbled to her. I turned around. "No offence, but since when are you nice?"

She shrugged. "I never said I was going to be nice." She sighed. "Look, just give me some credit for trying to get used to you leeches."

"I am." I tried for a smile. "I understand your bitterness, Leah, really."

There was a football game playing on the TV.

"Isn't there anything else other than football on this thing?" I asked as I grabbed the remote, and started flipping the channels really quickly. I heard some shuffling of fabric from Briana's direction, but ignored it.

"We could watch a movie," Bri said hesitantly. I stood up and looked behind me; she was holding up the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie. "I mean, I know it probably doesn't exist here, but—"

"No, it's fine." I said, allowing her to put it in the player. "It's not my favorite one—On Stranger Tides is—but, yeah, we can watch it."

"On Stranger Tides?" My friend asked.

"Girl, let's just put it this way: You missed a lot." I saw the movie was at the main menu, so I hit play. No one really paid attention to it besides Briana. Seth slept like the dead. Eventually, Leah moved from her spot behind the couch and sat in one of the chairs.

"How long have you been here, Erin?" Bri asked during the middle of the movie.

"A few months, not that long," I shrugged. "Apparently, the car crash method must be the most frequently used type of dimension traveling."

"Oh." She replied quietly. "I'm sorry."

I heard the noise of running vampires in the distance, and knew that Bella, Jake, and Renessmee were coming back from there run-in with Irena.

Hurriedly, Bella came inside carrying Renessmee. Jake followed a few minutes later.

"Saw Irina?" I asked them.

"Yes," Bella replied. She handed me Renessmee and started pacing.

"Aw, c'mon, why don't I get to hold her?" Jake complained playfully.

"Because I was the first person she saw," I shot back at him, maturely sticking my tongue out at him.

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As it turns out, Carlisle and Edward hadn't been able to catch up with Irina. Her trail had disappeared into the ocean, and they couldn't find it after that. I, however, knew she was going to Italy. Bella was beating herself up over it, of course, thinking that Jacob shouldn't have phased, blah, blah, blah. Really, though, it was because Irina thought Nessie was an immortal child—you know; a toddler vampire.

Seth was doing better, just a little sluggish. He'd probably be better by the end of the week.

Alice kept catching glimpses of Irina's future, but all she knew is that she wasn't going back to Denali. And, since I was now the 'Supreme Advice-Giver,' the family wouldn't have to go down to Rio to find answers about Renessmee. Bella was going to Italy—allegedly—soon, though. I say 'allegedly' because she doesn't go. Ha! They come here. Of course, I'm not going to tell the quite yet, though. What I was really excited about though, was meeting all the other vampire covens. I totally loved that part of the book!

Anyway, Alice was cleaning up for some reason—I forgot why—and was carrying a vase of flowers to the kitchen. And then she dropped it. Accidentally. I also knew she was having a vision. I heard Edward choke out a gasp.

"What?" Jasper growled, rushing to her side in a blurred movement. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her sharply. "What, Alice?"

In the corner of my eye, I saw Emmett had his teeth bared.

Jasper shook his wife again. "What is it?"

"They're coming for us," Alice and Edward whispered together in perfect synchronization. "All of them."

Silence.

I was the one to break it. "Knew it. Bound to happen one of these days already."

"What do you mean?" Edward practically growled at me.

I backed up a little. "Geez, you don't need to get so ornery." He growled at me again. "Wow, such a fussy little one. This stinking happens in the book! I'm just gonna sit back, relax, watch, and let it play out like it should. Let's just say, that if you decide to do as you do in the book, this will all turn out perfectly fine." I grinned like a moron at all of them. "Meanwhile, I will be going shopping with Briana."

Edward growled at me again and launched himself at me. He was much better at fighting than me, so my main objective was to run away from him. I was half way out of the house when he tackled me to the ground by my legs. "How can you be so selfish?" He growled at me. "Do you have any idea how childish you sound?"

"Do you have any idea how immature you're acting?" I shot back as I continued to struggle with him, trying to kick him in the face. He continued to snap and snarl at me like he was trying to kill me, while I was trying to wrestle him off of me. "Dude, I'm not meant to be there when they come! Get over it!"

Someone pulled Edward off of me. Emmett. "Bro, calm down, will ya? What's going on in your head right now? Mutiny against our all-knowing dimension traveler?"

I searched through Edward's brain, and then replied with a smile, "Something like that." I got up off the floor with ease.

"What's going on?" We all heard a sleepy voice come from the top of the staircase. Briana. "It sounded like two boulders smashing into each other."

"That would have been Edward trying to kill me," I told her simply as Emmett released his brother. "Don't worry, though. I'm fine." After a split seconds hesitation, I added, "But I think Edward will need to go to a mental hospital. He keeps hearing voices."

Edward growled, but didn't say anything while Emmett burst out laughing. Nobody joined in with him.

"What is with you people? Don't you have any sense of humor?" Emmett asked incredulously. "That was the funniest thing ever!"

Edward growled again, but made no move to do anything.

"When are they coming?" Carlisle asked, breaking our little argument.

Alice's eyes went blank, and then she and Edward replied together. "Not long." Then she spoke alone. "There's snow on the forest, snow on the town. Little more than a month."

"Why?" Carlisle asked, this question was directed at me.

"Irina thought Nessie was an immortal child," I answered quickly. "It had nothing to do with Jake."

"They're all coming," Alice said hollowly. "Aro, Caius, Marcus, every member of the guard, even the wives."

"The wives never leave the tower," Jasper contradicted her, his voice flat. "Never. Not during the southern rebellion. Not when the Romanians tried to overthrow them. Not even when they were hunting the immortal children. Never."

"They're coming now," Edward whispered.

"But why?" Carlisle asked again.

"Didn't I just tell you?" I broke in, shouting. "When Irina told them about Nessie, they thought she was an immortal child! Get—it—in—your—head! Irina's family, Irina's mother, immortal children—you do the math! Irina hates immortal children because of what happened to her mother! Think, people, think! You're supposed to be smart!"

They all stared at me, their mouths agape. Alice said to me, "But she hasn't made the decision to go to the Volturi about it yet."

"Yes, she has! Nessie being so close to you had clouded your future-seeing." I crossed my arms. "Trust me, I know she has."

"Erin, could you please attempt to calm yourself down?" I looked over and saw Jasper holding his head in his hands, eyes closed tight.

"Sorry," I said. "I'll try." Actually, I was surprised I hadn't woken the baby up.

"Erin, was your temper increased when you were changed?" Briana asked from where she was sitting on the top step, listening to our conversation. "Because I don't recall you ever being that loud."

"Shut up," I called up to her, and I heard her snicker. The air in the room was tense.

"They're wrong, though," Bella said, her eyes wide and terrified. I hadn't realized throughout all my ranting that Bella had gone over to shield her daughter.

"They won't wait for us to show them that." Edward told her gently. You'd never know he'd attacked me a few minutes ago.

"What can we do?" Bella asked.

I held my breath. This one choice was crucial, and if they decided elsewise, they would be dead. Carlisle noticed, but thankfully didn't say a thing.

"We fight," Emmett said calmly.

"We can't win," Jasper growled.

"Well, we can't run. Not with Demetri around." Emmett made a disgusted noise, upset by the idea of running. "And I don't know that we can't win," he said. "There are a few options to consider. We don't have to fight alone."

Bella's head snapped up at that. "We don't have to sentence the Quileutes to their death, either, Emmett!"

"Chill, Bella." He said. "I didn't mean the pack. Be realistic, though—do you think Jacob or Sam is going to ignore an invasion? Even if it wasn't about Nessie? Not to mention that, thanks to Irina, Aro knows about our alliance with the pack now, too. But I was thinking some of our other friends."

Carlisle whispered. "Other friends we don't have to sentence to death."

"Hey, we'll let them decide," Emmett said in a placating tone. "I'm not saying they have to fight with us. If they'd just stand beside us, just long enough to make the Volturi hesitate. Bella's right, after all. If we could force them to stop and listen. Thought that might take away any reason for a fight…"

I wanted to hit him for saying that. Actually, I almost did.

"Yes," Esme said eagerly. "That makes sense, Emmett. All we need is for the Volturi to pause for one moment. Just long enough to listen."

"We'd need quite a show of witnesses," Rose said harshly.

Esme nodded in agreement, as if she hadn't heard the sarcasm in her daughter's tone. "We can ask that much of our friends. Just to witness."

"We'd do it for them," Emmett said.

"We'll have to ask them just right," Alice murmured. "They'll have to be shown very carefully."

"Shown?" Jasper asked.

"Tanya's family," she said. "Siobhan's coven. Amun's. Some of the nomads—Garrett and Mary for certain. Maybe Alistair."

"What about Peter and Charlotte?" Jasper asked half fearfully.

"Maybe."

"The Amazons?" Carlisle asked. "Kachiri, Zafrina, and Senna?"

"I can't see."

"What was that?" Edward asked, his whisper a demand. "That part in the jungle. Are we going to look for them?"

"I can't see," Alice repeated. Liar. "We'll have to split up and hurry—before the snow sticks to the ground. We have to round up whomever we can and get them here to show them." She zoned out. "Ask Eleazer. There is more to this than just an immortal child."

There was silence for another long moment while Alice was in her trance. I tried to read her mind, and got bits and pieces of a jungle, but that's all I got. She blinked slowly when it was over. "There is so much. We have to hurry," she whispered.

"Alice?" Edward asked. "That was too fast—I didn't understand. What was—?"

"I can't see!" she exploded at him. "Jacob's almost here!"

Rosalie took a step toward the front door. "I'll deal with—"

"No, let him come," Alice said quickly, her voice strained. She grabbed Jasper's hand and began pulling him toward the back door. "I'll see better away from Nessie, too. I need to go. I need to really concentrate. I need to see everything I can. I have to go. Come on, Jasper, there's no time to waste!"

We all could hear Jacob on the stairs. Alice yanked, impatient, on Jasper's hand. He followed quickly, confusion in his eyes just like Edward's. They darted out the door into the silver night.

"Hurry!" Alice called back to us. "You have to find them all!"

"Find what?" Jacob asked, shutting the front door behind himself. "Where'd Alice go?"

No one answered; they all stared at where Alice and Jasper had disappeared.

Jacob shook the rain from his hair and then pulled his arms through the sleeves of his t-shirt, his eyes on Renesmee. "Hey Bells! I thought you guys would've gone home by now…"

He looked up to Bella finally, blinked, and then stared. Bella watched his expression as the room's atmosphere finally touched him. Jake glanced down, eyes wide, at the wet spot on the floor, the scattered roses, the fragments of crystal. His fingers quivered.

"What?" he asked flatly. "What happened?"

No one answered him. I was still aware I was holding my breath, so I let it out in one big whoosh.

Jacob crossed the room in three long strides and dropped to his knees beside Renesmee and Bella.

"Is she okay?" he demanded, touching Renesmee's forehead, tilting his head as he listened to her heart. "Don't mess with me, Bella, please!"

"Nothing's wrong with Renesmee," Bella choked out.

"Then who?"

"All of us, Jacob," Bella whispered. "It's over. We've all been sentenced to die."