After Breaking Dawn...

A Story by Rebekah

It's my version of what happens after Breaking Dawn. Told from Alice Cullen's point of view.

I froze! Oh no! The Volturi!! Great. How do I warn the others? Just start having a conversation and then be like 'Oh I forgot to mention that the Volturi is coming here in a few weeks.' No! But Edward can hear what I'm thinking right now. Edward is always the first person to know what I see. I can see his face now. Shock. Confusion. Worry. All the things I'm thinking now. Except... Why? They just visited a few months ago when they thought Renesmee was an immortal child. It can't be about her. It's been too long. Could it be a newborn vampire attack? Maybe. I heard Carlisle speak. "Alice what is it?" Okay I guess I'll just go right ahead and just say it. Point blank. "The Volturi are coming in three weeks." Okay that was easy enough. I guess. "But it can't be about Renesmee. It's been too long." Yes I know. That's what I'm trying to figure out. They just visited. Why would they come here anyway? "Well no it can't be about Nessie. All I saw was the clearing. Them and a whole bunch of other vampires. Well at least I think those are vampires. I can't quite make out what they all look like. Their just a blur." If they were vampires I would be able to see them perfectly. Maybe this crowd is undecided. Yeah that's probably why I can't see them. But if they were undecided they wouldn't just be a blur they wouldn't be there at all. This is so hard! I wish Jasper wasn't hunting right now. He would be able to calm me. This blur. If it is vampires.... I can't even think straight right now. I just need to get it out of my mind right now and just relax and come back to it later. I noticed that everyone was more relaxed now. Even me. Jasper! Thank goodness! "Why was everyone so tense?" Of course he would ask that question. He could feel everybody's emotions. "The Volturi." That's all I had to say for him to know what was going on. "Do you know when their coming?" I almost didn't want to tell him that I didn't know why but I did. "Three weeks. I don't know why though. But they were in the clearing. Then standing across from them was a blur of people. I don't know if they're vampires or not or if they're just undecided. I just really need to not think about this right now and just relax. It will come to me. I know it." I have to figure this out. I must! I am the lookout for the family. If I don't figure this out soon we may all be in danger!! No. I can't put my family in danger. I will figure this out. I've been confused about visions before but not this much! And I fear that by the time I do figure this out it might be too late! Alice stop! You must not think like that. You are a very positive person. Just think positive! Maybe that blur was newborn vampires. Undecided newborn vampires! I froze!! The Volturi in the clearing! The blur are newborn vampires! Our family. Carlisle. Esme in tears. Well obviously not tears but if she was able to cry she would be sobbing her eyes out. “Carlisle, Esme, don’t go! Please!!” Carlisle... I couldn’t even think the word. “Alice what is it?”
“Newborn vampires. The Volturi came to stop it. But it was too late for one of us.” If I could cry I would be crying right now.

"Alice what's wrong?"
"We fight and we all don't return back or we don't fight and stay safe. Someone has to make the desicion. It doesn't matter who."
"If we fought..... Even if we choose to fight can't we change it. We can make whoever won't survive stay behind."
"No. If we all decided to fight we all decided we would go. After so many years you still don't understand. I see decisions once they're made. Who decided we fight? Who knew about this already?" No one spoke up. Even though I'm tiny I'm still an excellent fighter. They wouldn't want be to feel betrayed or hurt or upset.
'Edward' Edward walked over to me and whispered very softly in my ear.
"Everyone's mixed. But I'm hearing Rosalie or Carlisle." Rosalie was a surprise. I couldn't believe that they didn't figure in Edward when thinking about speaking up.
"Rosalie. Carlisle. May I speak to you for a moment." They were caught now!
"I can't believe you didn't figure in Edward! Which one of you knew? Rosalie I'm surprised Edward heard you. Of all people. You! Tell me!"

Rosalie and Carlisle just looked at each other for a brief moment. Maybe Edward can tell me what they're thinking right now.
"I'll be right back. Stay!" I walked into the main room. Everyone was still there. I could tell that everyone was anxious but since Jasper was there they weren't showing it. I walked over to Edward.
"Edward, come with me." We walked back into the kitchen. Where Carlisle and Rosalie were still waiting. I half expected them to try and make a run for it.
"Okay tell me. Which one of you knew." Carlisle was the first one to speak.
"Alice."
"Who?! Don't protect my feelings! Whoever did this, made this desicion, needs to undo it. If we fight...... Whoever did this put our entire family in danger!" I waited for what seemed like forever!
"Me." Rosalie! Rosalie! Wow. Rosalie!
"How? Why?"
"The first time. Alice when you told us the first time. Before you figured out more. When you said the Volturi was coming the first time. I assumed they would be coming because of a fight. Alice."
"No. Rosalie you can't assum---" More. Great. What more could possibly happen. The Volturi were already coming. Newborns. Rosalie put our lives at risk. All of us! More newborns. But they're different. I've never seen these kind of newborns before. They're different. I don't know how. But they're different. Like..... I don't know. They're worse than newborns. But they are. Half breeds. No that couldn't be possible. Could it?
"Carlisle can you explain exactly what half breeds are like when they are newborns. These.. these... these things! I'm not sure exactly what they are."
"Draw it." So I drew these things. Small. Bloodred eyes. They don't look like vampires. But they are. Well maybe. They look like humans.
"Humans. They look like humans with all of the vampire features. Bloodred eyes. Pale. Immortal. Speed. Strength. But they....... they look like they smell like humans. We don't fight but we wait. Just so I can smell them. I just need to smell them. They'll be here earlier than I thought."
"When?"
"An hour at maximum."

We went back into the main room.
"Okay well that changes things. We'll stay for a little so you can catch their scent. But wouldn't we just be safe here? Could we possibly stay?"
"It depends on if they can smell vampires and follow the scent. If they can't then we're safe but if they can then...." Everybody else looked very confused. I guess I should explain.
"They're newborns. Just not the typical newborns. They look like very small vampires but they look like they smell like humans. We're staying so I can catch they're scent. If they smell like humans we may be safe. If they don't then maybe not but they can still smell like humans and be dangerous. If they can smell us and follow our scent then we'll be in danger but even if they can't..." Now Emmett was speaking.
"So basiclly what your saying is these things are newborns that smell like humans and no matter what we'll still be in danger."
"Well I don't know if they smell like humans. That's why we're staying for a while longer. But yes."
"Damn! I say we fight them!!"
"Emmett that desicion has already been made. By your wife!" I scowled at Rosalie. "And she can't seem to want to change her mind. What did you do to her Emmett?"
"I guess I rubbed off on her. Then I agree with Rosalie."
"Fine we'll vote. I say we don't fight. Carlisle?"
"Don't fight."
"Edward?"
"Fight."
"Esme?"
"Don't fight."
"Emmett?"
"Fight!!!!!!!"
"Rosalie?"
"Fight."
"Jasper?"
"Fight."
"Sorry Bella but I guess your the tie-breaker." I could tell by her expression that she was nervous and kinda angry that she was the tie-breaker. She didn't want to be but she was. The fate of the family lies in her hands and she scared and angry and nervous because of that.
"Bella?"

Well at least Bella's human anymore because if she was at this moment she would be on the floor unconcious!
"Bella?"
"Um..... Well you said earlier that you wanted to stay for a while to see if they smelled like humans. But if they can track us or not...... How do we know if they can track us or not?"
"Easy. We run all around the clearing through the forest. Not to our house though we lead them to some plase in the forest. One of us hides out in the forest where our scent ends to see if they've found us and can track us. If they don't come we'll be safe. If we do come we'll need our fastest runner." We all looked at Edward. Bella nodded. Obviously she's made her desicion.
"Well I say we do what Alice suggested. We do the scent tracking thing. But....."
"What?"
"Nothing. Nevermind."
"Okay. So it's decided. They'll be here in twenty minutes so we should get moving. Sorry Edward. But you'll be fine. You are our fastest runner. This is the plan. Emmett and Rosalie will run to the clearing and to a random spot in the forest. They'll rub up against a few trees and to make sure that they're scent doesn't lead back to the house take Jacob. He'll run with you only on your way back home to cover up the scent." I hope this works. And that none of us gets hurt in the process.
"What do the rest of us do?"
"Well once Emmett and Rosalie return Jacob will run with Edward to the spot that they picked and wait. He'll have his cell phone if they can't track us. If they can he'll just run back home and tell us and we start running." I completly forgot about Renesmee in this plan. Great. What would she do if Edward gets hurt! Perfect. I can't really worry about that right now because our plan is already almost halfway fineshed. Emmett and Rosalie just left. Ten more minutes. They better hurry.
"Hello Nessie."
"Alice what happening?"
"Why don't you go talk to your mother and father okay."
"Okay. Mommy what's going on?"
"Well your father is going to do something but it won't take very long and if everything goes as planned we won't have to leave."
"Um... Okay!"

Emmett and Rosalie just got back.
Edward Jacob go! We've got 5 minutes!!" I hope this'll work.
"Edward cell phone!"
"Thanks." He kissed Bella and Renesmee and sprinted out the door. Oh dear God Edward please stay safe!
"They're here. Get ready!" Let's hope this works. My phone was ringing.
"Hello."
"Alice I was just going to say that we're all clear. Neither Jacob or I could smell Emmett and Rosalie running out there. Let's hope this works."
"Okay. Yeah. Stay safe."
"I'll try. Bye."
"Bye." I hung up.
"Edward just wanted to say that we're safe from them finding our house because he couldn't catch Emmett's or Rosalie's scent."
"That's good."
"Yeah. Now we wait." We all waited for what felt like the longest hour of our lives. After about half an hour I went into the woods to catch their scent. They don't smell like humans but I wasn't sure if that's a bad thing or not. My phone rang.
"Edward?"
"Yeah. They don't show signs of coming. Are they gone yet?"
"They're not coming. I've seen it. But they're not gone. Since they can't track us I guess you can come back now but we should still wait until they've left." Another ver long hour that felt like eternety passed before I had another vision. They're gone.
"They're gone. We should be safe...... For now."

"Alice what do you mean for now?"
"Well they might come back but not the newborns."
"Then I guess we should prepare for anything." I waited and waited for some sign of anything but I never saw anything. It had been almost two weeks since the newborn attack when I finally saw something. Us. The Volturi. And a whole bunch of other vampires in the clearing. But why?
Again I waited and waited for another two weeks when I found my answer. They're coming in twelve days. All of them. Even the wives. They request that we get as many vampires as we can together to meet us in the clearing.