A/N: Hey guys! Ok, so I am trying to get better at getting chapters out. I just posted last chapter last night, so hopefully I will have this one up tonight or tomorrow.

Just so everyone knows, the A and J are not Alec and Jane. This is where I introduce my OC's.

The party began to calm down after that. I wasn't sure if it was just my family being tense about the note, or I the humans were all just getting tired. At some time after 2 in the morning the last of our guests were gone. We all sat around the living room, still in our costumes.

"Well that went well." Rose was curled up next to Emmett on the sofa.

"My big stuffed animal." Emmett glared at us all as we snickered at Rose's comment.

None of us mentioned the note, because none of us knew what to make of it. Alice had spent the last couple hours searching for what she missed. How had she not seen someone walk up to our door and leave a note. She found nothing. It was as if it had never happened – which we knew was not true because the note was sitting on the coffee table in front of us now.

I wasn't sure how long we sat there, still as statues, but eventually Rose and Emmett left to change out of their costumes. Carlisle and Esme left soon after them.

"Don't worry. Light will be shed on this soon." Carlisle patted Edwards shoulder as he passed us.

Jasper pulled Alice away soon after that, leaving Edward and I in our silence. I am not sure how much time passed as I watched Edward, deep in thought.

"Edward, love? We need to go get dressed." He turned to face me. "The people who left that note said they would be back soon. Now, 'soon' could mean in a few hours or it could mean a couple months. Either way, I do not feel like sitting around waiting – in a toga."

When I mentioned the toga, his eyes wandered down my body.

"But it is such a lovely dress. I wonder if I could convince you to wear it often?" His eyes found mine and I laughed at him.

"Not a chance." I stood reaching my hand out for him to take. As he stood, his arms snaked out to lift me up, bridal style. I giggled as he carried me upstairs to our room.

A few more hours past, and Edward and I lay in bed next to each other. The house was silent again. I lay listening to he quiet sounds of Edward breathing, when suddenly he stopped. His whole body froze. I lifted my head to look him in the eye but his expression was distant. It was a moment before a felt him relax again, just before the door downstairs opened. I heard the two heartbeats that I knew so well now, and got up to get dressed and go see them.

Edward followed my lead and before long we were downstairs. Jacob and Nessie were sitting on the floor at the coffee table watching cartoons. They each had their respective breakfasts sitting in front of them. Nessie with her cereal and Jake had what seemed like an entire households worth of scrambled eggs and sausage.

I took a seat behind Renesmee running my hands through her hair as she ate. When a commercial came on, she turned to face me.

"Momma? What's this?" She held up the note. We had all apparently forgotten it and left the paper on the coffee table. Jake turned to face me as well. He seemed to search my eyes, trying to find the answer to the question Nessie had voiced, then he turned to stare at Edward.

"It is a note, sweetie." I stated the obvious.

"Who is it from?"

"We aren't sure. They did not leave their full names." I hated not having answers. Nessie turned back as the cartoon came back on, but Jake's stare lingered. I really did not like when he acted the part of wary mother for Nessie, she was my daughter.

After about half an hour of cartoons I felt Edward stiffen beside me. He stood suddenly and started walking towards the front door. Renesmee jumped into my lap and Jake jumped up as we watched him. The front door opened slowly and we listened to Edward moved out to stand on the porch. I stood and began following him slowly.

"Guys? I think they are back." I spoke normally and soon heard doors open and shut above us. The steps of my family were hurried as they made their way down to stand with Jake, Nessie and myself.

The low thud of two hearts and breathing of Jake and Renesmee were the only sounds we made. The rest of my family – myself included – stood, still as statues. Waiting. When the sound of approaching footsteps reached us, the tension in the room got thicker somehow.

"Hello, Edward Cullen." A soft female voice greeted. Two sets of footsteps sounded on the steps then stopped when they got to Edward.

"Hello. And you are?" The confusion in Edwards voice was obvious. I did not sense any fear or anger so I relaxed a bit. The rest of the family did as well, except for Jake.

"My name is April. This is my husband, James." The name alone sent a wave of fear down my spine. I knew it could not be the same one, but the memories were still there.

"I cannot tell you how excited I am to be meeting you and your family!" The female spoke again. I heard movements again as Edward must be letting them in the house. We all stood silently, waiting for the new people to come into view.

Edward was the first one to enter my line of sight and I noted that he was confused. The female followed behind him slowly, looking around the house in wonder. She was only five foot three inches tall, maximum. Her light brown hair flowed down her back in waves. She had small features to match her frame. A small nose and mouth. Her eyes were wide as she looked around the room, not looking at any of us yet. Her eyes were the same butterscotch that my family had. I compared her to Alice, only this new comer had a few more curves and a heart beat. I had not noticed before now, but she had the same thrumming heartbeat as Nessie.

The man followed close behind her. Where she took in her surroundings with awe, he seemed to be looking for a threat. He was easily a foot taller than his mate, with short dark brown hair. His nose was a little too long and pointy, but it fit his face. His eyes seemed to be the same butterscotch, but I could not be sure because they were narrowed as he looked from face to face.

When his eyes hit Carlisle, they relaxed.

"James? It's been years, how have you been?" Carlisle moved forward to greet this man.

"I am well, friend. We have heard much about your family and had to come see you."

My attention was pulled from their conversation when I saw the female take a step towards me. My arms tightened around Renesmee as I turned to face her.

"Hello Bella." She smiled tentatively at me.

"Hello." Even though Carlisle seemed to know her mate, I did not trust them.

"I suppose we should tell our story now, shouldn't we?" We all moved to sit down in the living room. Edward, myself, Alice and Jasper took one sofa, with Jake and Renesmee on the floor in front of us. Carlisle and Esme took the chair on my side of the sofa, Emmett and Rose on the chair across from them. April and James took the smaller sofa across from us.

"Well, I am not sure where to start." The female admitted. Carlisle smiled at her.

"How did you two meet?"

"Well, we met in Italy. During James' time with the Volturi. I was… research. Aro had found me one day and decided I was worth his time for study. I am a half-breed. A very, very rare half-breed. I have been told my scent is very confusing. It repels and pulls everyone to me at the same time. My father was full vampire, my mother was a werewolf." A gasp sounded through the room. She proceeded to tell us all about growing up with her father – her mother's tribe did not accept what had happened and she had been killed.

She had spent the first half of her life with her father, hunting humans and moving constantly. When they had ended up in Italy, Aro had gotten word of them. Of course, he wanted to see this rarest of rare breeds himself. So, her father had been killed for some rule that was broken, and she was taken in, to be studied. She had a gift as well, that she had been working to understand fully herself over the past years.

"I can read people. It is sort of an extension on what Jasper and Edward can do. Edward hears voice and Jasper feels emotions, I see aura's." She explained. "Everyone's aura is different, a different color, a different intensity. I have yet to meet two identical people."

"How does an aura compare to what they do?" Emmett voiced the same question that ran through my head.

"Oh, well, an aura tells me a lot. Like the emotional state of someone. Also I can tell from an aura if someone is lying to me, or if this person is, to the core, a good person or not. That is what I feared the most from the Volturi - most of them were not good people. They enjoyed the power they have, and they enjoyed showing others how much stronger they were. Aro was the worst, when he found something that interested him, his whole being would be consumed with making it his. Be it a shiney jewel, or a new being to study." She shuddered at her memories and James' arm wrapped around her shoulders.

"James found me there. He was a member of the Volturi guard at the time." Her eyes lit up as she looked at him.

"I walked into a room to find Aro, he was studying her. She was so beautiful, and he had her squirming. Asking her questions about things that she had no idea the answers to, but he would not accept her responses, he thought she was lying to him. Jane was with him, causing her pain when Aro wished. Trying to force answers where there were none." It was the first time James had spoken since greeting Carlisle.

They explained how Aro had found her just after the planned attack on my family. Since he had been unable to attain Nessie, he was excited to find an even rarer specimen. It was as though he were a child on christmas. Having unwrapped his gift, he found that it was a toy no other kid at school had, so he had to have it for himself.

It sickened me.

James had been a part of the army that Aro, Caius, and Marcus brought with them to attack us. That was how they had learned of our family. We had all tensed at that, but he quickly explained how things had been described to them. A clan of vampires who were planning to over-throw the Volturi. A large coven who disregarded any and all laws that had been put into place for our protection. They had been lead to believe we were everything the Volturi stood against. When they had arrived in the feild last year and saw us with our own small army, so to speak, it seemed they were right. When Carlisle and Edward spoke, obviously trying to avoid a fight, things changed. At least, they had for James. He saw what was really there. A family, trying to protect each other. Witnesses, who were willing to stand with them if the Volturi attacked.

When Irene had been killed, that put things in perspective for James. He saw Caius trying to start a war, and we fought not to. Holding back the sisters so there would be no immediate war, keeping communication open, instead.

It seemed like only minutes we were talking before Nessie turned to me and placed her hand on my cheek. The image of a sandwich flashed through my mind and I glanced at the clock. It was, indeed, lunchtime. Nessie was hungry, and since we guests who interested her, she would settle for human food instead of a small hunting trip. Edward, having seen that she was hungry, stood to make her the food. Nessie and I followed him to the kitchen. I leaned against the counter as she hopped up to sit and wait for her food, Jake made his way in after us.

"I hope you are making enough for me too, Pops." Jake grinned when Edward growled at him.

"Jacob." I gave him a stern look as he high-fived Nessie.

"He is old enough to be my grandfather, ya know." I rolled my eyes at his defense.

There was a loud thunk, and Jacob grabbed his forehead. I leaned down and picked up the now dented can of soup and placed it back into the cabinet Edward had just grabbed it from. Nessie giggled beside me. Edward quickly put together a couple sandwhichs, handing one to each of them. Jacob stared at his then looked back at Edward.

"Just one?"

"Don't you have your own house? With your own food? Go it eat for once." I supressed a giggle of my own as Edwards arm wove its way around my waist.

Jake mumbled something as he bit into his sandwich. I kissed Edward lightly, then leaned my head on his shoulder as we watched Nessie and Jake eat. Nessie was stealing bites off of Jake's sandwich when she didn't think he was paying attention. When they finished, I picked Nessie up and we walked back into the living room. Conversation was still going, my family was very interested in finding out what they could about these new people. Rose, Emmett and Jasper seemed to just want to know if they were safe, Alice and Esme were just plain curious. Carlisle was amazed by the idea of a half-vampire-half-werewolf existing. Jake was still wary of them, no doubt just for the sake of Nessie.

"Can you phase?" It was the first time he spoke to them.

"If I concentrate hard enough, yes. But it takes a lot out of me to do it, so I don't normally."

"How does it work, with the venom, I mean. I was under the impression our venom killed wolves." Carlisle questioned.

"I do not have venom. We fear that venom would kill me as well, which is why James will not attempt to change me fully. I do not blame him, the risk is too high, and as it is, I love my life and why mess with what we have?" She smiled at him.

"How does the whole aura thing work? What color am I?" Alice asked now.

"You are a vivid yellow, sparks of red and green here and there, but mostly yellow. I sense that you are almost a fearless being, you know what you want, and you get it. A little murky, but that is a good thing." Alice smiled at this, then frowned at her clothes. Edward chuckled.

"I am going to need to know what everyone's colors are so that I can dress them appropriately. My family cannot clash, and that goes for aura's, too!" We all laughed at this, a little nervously because we knew she was serious.

Ok, so I had this ready to go a couple days ago but I am not sure if I was the only one having issues signing onto ffn or not but it was ANNOYING! It would not let me log on to do anything. gr!

Well, that was the next chap! Let me know what you all think!