Sorry this took so long to get up. I have been working on other writing projects. So here it is, the long awaited Chapter 4.
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I glanced around the room at everyone’s faces. They were all looking at Alice. Sheesh, I thought to myself Enough visions for one day! I knew my dad would have smiled if he wasn’t concentrating on what Aunt Alice was seeing so hard.
In the same second, both there heads snapped up.
“Soon” They whispered in synchronization.
“What’s soon?” Uncle Emmett asked obviously frustrated. He had no patience.
I looked around and everyone’s faces held a different expression. Mother’s was wary. Grandpa Carlisle’s was curious along with Grandma Esme’s. Uncle Emmett’s was frustrated. Aunt Rosalie’s was…well there was no dominant expression on her face. Uncle Jasper’s was upset. He was obviously worrying about Alice. As usual.
My mother grabbed my father’s arm and turned him so he would look at her. “Edward, what did Alice see?”
As she said this he snapped out of whatever force had held him before. He quickly glanced back at Alice but his eyes always went back to my mother.
“The Volturi have changed their plans. They are coming earlier than planned.”
“When are they coming?” Grandpa Carlisle was the one to ask this question.
“Soon. We have four days.”
“How many are coming?”
“Demetri, Felix, Jane, Alec, Renata and Aro.”
“Bella will be able to stop Jane and Alec’s gifts. I’m surprised they’re not bringing fighters.”
“I don’t know the reason behind this decision Carlisle. I guess I’ll know when they arrive.”
“What can we do?” Grandma Esme asked. She didn’t want a fight and that was quite clear.
“Why don’t we do what we planned to do before?” Uncle Emmett responded. “Why don’t we just fight them?”
“Emmett, as we battle, I am sure Bella won’t be able to keep individual shields around each of us and as soon as on of us gets uncovered, Jane or Alec will attack. We can’t take chances.” Grandpa always hated violence and I was sure as he said this he would do everything in his power to make a fight the last possible outcome.
“Aunt Alice?” I asked in a small voice “I don’t want to go anywhere.”
“Don’t worry Renesmee, I have a plan” She replied
Everyone looked at her. “You do?” Emmett asked.
“Ha, that’s absolutely brilliant Alice!” my father exclaimed.
“Maybe I should share my idea with everyone else. See I was thinking, Demetri can’t get a read on Bella and if Bella covered all of us with her shield, he couldn’t track any of us. Bella, how long do you think you can keep your shield up for?”
“I don’t know. Maybe an hour but I have to be angry. It helps” My mother answered.
“Ok then. Emmett it will be your job to keep Bella angry” Aunt Alice ordered.
“Eye, eye captain!” he responded.
Alice shot a glare his way.
“When do you think my mom should put her shield up?” I asked. If we had four days, I didn’t think she would be able to keep it up all the time for those four days.
“I will see when Demetri is order to start tracking. It will be the day they come and then your mother will put up her shield. Hopefully, once he can’t track us, they’ll give up”
We all started to get hopeful as we planned. We could do this, I just knew it.
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I glanced around the room at everyone’s faces. They were all looking at Alice. Sheesh, I thought to myself Enough visions for one day! I knew my dad would have smiled if he wasn’t concentrating on what Aunt Alice was seeing so hard.
In the same second, both there heads snapped up.
“Soon” They whispered in synchronization.
“What’s soon?” Uncle Emmett asked obviously frustrated. He had no patience.
I looked around and everyone’s faces held a different expression. Mother’s was wary. Grandpa Carlisle’s was curious along with Grandma Esme’s. Uncle Emmett’s was frustrated. Aunt Rosalie’s was…well there was no dominant expression on her face. Uncle Jasper’s was upset. He was obviously worrying about Alice. As usual.
My mother grabbed my father’s arm and turned him so he would look at her. “Edward, what did Alice see?”
As she said this he snapped out of whatever force had held him before. He quickly glanced back at Alice but his eyes always went back to my mother.
“The Volturi have changed their plans. They are coming earlier than planned.”
“When are they coming?” Grandpa Carlisle was the one to ask this question.
“Soon. We have four days.”
“How many are coming?”
“Demetri, Felix, Jane, Alec, Renata and Aro.”
“Bella will be able to stop Jane and Alec’s gifts. I’m surprised they’re not bringing fighters.”
“I don’t know the reason behind this decision Carlisle. I guess I’ll know when they arrive.”
“What can we do?” Grandma Esme asked. She didn’t want a fight and that was quite clear.
“Why don’t we do what we planned to do before?” Uncle Emmett responded. “Why don’t we just fight them?”
“Emmett, as we battle, I am sure Bella won’t be able to keep individual shields around each of us and as soon as on of us gets uncovered, Jane or Alec will attack. We can’t take chances.” Grandpa always hated violence and I was sure as he said this he would do everything in his power to make a fight the last possible outcome.
“Aunt Alice?” I asked in a small voice “I don’t want to go anywhere.”
“Don’t worry Renesmee, I have a plan” She replied
Everyone looked at her. “You do?” Emmett asked.
“Ha, that’s absolutely brilliant Alice!” my father exclaimed.
“Maybe I should share my idea with everyone else. See I was thinking, Demetri can’t get a read on Bella and if Bella covered all of us with her shield, he couldn’t track any of us. Bella, how long do you think you can keep your shield up for?”
“I don’t know. Maybe an hour but I have to be angry. It helps” My mother answered.
“Ok then. Emmett it will be your job to keep Bella angry” Aunt Alice ordered.
“Eye, eye captain!” he responded.
Alice shot a glare his way.
“When do you think my mom should put her shield up?” I asked. If we had four days, I didn’t think she would be able to keep it up all the time for those four days.
“I will see when Demetri is order to start tracking. It will be the day they come and then your mother will put up her shield. Hopefully, once he can’t track us, they’ll give up”
We all started to get hopeful as we planned. We could do this, I just knew it.
