The party ended soon after Alice's vision, and the Cullen's now sat in the living room, waiting for Bella and Edward to return, hopefully with both Jasper and Theresa.

What they weren't expecting was to see Bella rush in the room angrily, "I'm not giving her new clothes" She stated, causing the Cullen family to look at the human, confused.

Their question were soon answered though, as Edward walked into the room, smirk plastered on his face, and Jasper and Theresa walked in behind him, water dripping off of them.

"Sorry."

"I don't even want to know" Carlisle said, standing up from his seat, arms crossed, "We have bigger issues."

"What's bigger than a vampire hunting Bella and I?" Theresa asked him.

"An army" Alice said for Carlisle, causing Theresa to look over at her, shocked, "What?"

"Newborns" Alice said, causing Bella and Theresa to look at her, confused.

"Someone is creating an army of new vampires, and they're heading towards us" Carlisle said, clearing up the confusion.

"The first few months are when we're the most dangerous" Jasper said, grabbing Theresa's attention, "That's when we're at our most uncontrollable. Vicious. Insane with thirst."

Theresa looked down at her feet. She didn't like the sound of that.

"Something to look forward to" Emmett commented, causing Rosalie to smack him lightly on the arm, "Ow!"

Theresa sighed before tearing her eyes away from the floor and speaking, "Well it's not someone, it's definitely Victoria" Theresa said, but Alice shook her head at this, "I can't see who's behind it. For all we know Victoria could be gone by now."

"I think the Volturi might be behind this" Edward said, causing everyone to look over at him.

This caused Carlisle to raise an eyebrow, "Why's that?"

"In Italy, I read Aro's mind. He wants me and Alice to join him, but he knows we'll never choose him as long as our family's still alive" Edward paused and looked at Theresa before continuing, "He also has a deal with the Scarlet Witch."

"Which is?" Carlisle question his son.

Edward looked at Theresa, sadly, before speaking again, "She wants to be the most powerful witch. The only, powerful witch."

Theresa stood still, shocked. It didn't take a genius to figure out what Edward meant by this. Her mother, her own flesh and blood, wanted her dead.

What a plot twist.

Jasper looked over at Theresa, noticing her paying attention to the floor now. He could sense her emotions, anger, sadness, confusion, etc. Her emotions were all over the place, rightfully so considering that she had just found out that her mother wants her dead. Jasper wanted to help his mate. He wanted to hold her and change all of her emotions to happy ones, but he knew he couldn't. He had to let her feel her own feelings, decide for herself how she feels. And as of right now, Jasper was only concerned with figuring out how to keep Theresa safe against the strongest witch. Thankfully, Bella thought the same and spoke for them both.

"So then how do we handle this?" Bella asked. Once she saw how upset Theresa was and how Jaspers hands began to clench, she immediately changed the subject. Bella reached her hand up to grab Edwards as she sat on the sofa, him now looking at her instead of Theresa.

"We take turns watching over your house" Carlisle said to the human girl, "Making sure you, Tess, and Charlie are safe."

"What about hunting?" Rosalie said, her arm wrapped around Emmett's bicep protectively.

Bella shook her head, "Rose is right. You guys need to eat and stay strong, especially with an army of newborn vampires heading towards us."

"Don't call me that" Rosalie said to the human, causing Theresa to roll her eyes.

"Listen" Esme said, stopping an argument before it occurred, "Theresa and Bella are family, and we protect our family" She said, shooting Rosalie a look.

Rosalie glared at Esme before letting go of Emmett's arm and walking out of the room, her stilettos tapping on the floor.

The rest of the family stayed in silence until Emmett groaned, "I got her" He said, before walking out of the room after her.

"Rose!"

One by one, people began leaving the living room. The last three in the room were Jasper, Theresa, and Esme.

Jasper just stood next to Theresa, waiting for her to make a move, not wanting to do anything to upset her more.

Esme got up from her seat on the sofa and walked over to the human girl.

She smiled before putting an arm around her shoulders, causing Theresa to look up at her. Theresa saw her smile and Jasper noticed an immediate calmness in the girls emotions. You could tell that Theresa trusted Esme like how a daughter trusted her mother.

"Why don't we get you dry and drink some tea?" Esme asked with a smile, rubbing the girls shoulder with her hand, "I know Emmett gave you a bit of alcohol so you can sleep in Jasper's bed tonight" She said, Theresa nodding in response.

"Not like he uses it anyway" Esme said jokingly as she scrunched her nose and smiled, making Theresa crack a grin.

"There's that smile" She said before turning the two of them around towards the entryway of the living room, "Let's go get you in some new clothes" She said to the girl, rubbing her arm once more before leaving the room.

Esme shot Jasper a smile as she left. She knew he was trying to help Theresa and just didn't know how.

Jasper stood in the living room, a puddle of water beginning to form around him.

How could he protect Theresa without hurting her?

If he fights the Volturi with his family and some how wins, then Theresa looses a mother, not a good one, but a mother nonetheless. And if they don't fight, then they all die.

There must have been something he could do to help her...right?

"" Esme's voice broke the vampire out of his thoughts, "Get dried off! I don't want to have to mop more than I have to!"

The vampire shook his head, trying to get rid of his anxious thoughts, before sighing and walking out of the room.