Bella shivered and pulled the thick cloak tighter around her. It was cold in Russia, unbelievably cold, but Seer had informed her that she needed to be here. In the six months that she had been back in her own time, she saw more of the Great One than she ever did in the past. Rather that was good or not was still a mystery, though, as Seer rarely brought good news with her visits.

The halfa was thankful Seer could create portals to anywhere in the world because, otherwise, she'd never get to the places she needed to go! It was thanks to the being that Charlie, and even the Cullens, never realized Bella was in a different country for weeks, sometimes months, as Seer could make it so only a few minutes had passed when Bella returned.

When she first awoke in her own time, after realizing it hadn't all been a dream, Bella planned to tell the Cullens everything. Then, she would talk to the Quileute pack and hope both groups didn't think she'd gone nuts, or blame it on the accident. However, whenever she found a chance to bring up the topic, she grew tongue-tied and nervous.

Really, Bella didn't want to involve them in her problems. After graduation, she informed Charlie she didn't plan to go to college, which he immediately blamed on Edward, but she also told the vampire clan that she couldn't be changed. Edward was immensely happy to hear this, thinking she'd finally realized what eternal damnation meant; she didn't have the heart to tell him she was half vampire. Not yet anyway.

One of the things that she had to do first, once she began her mission shortly after graduation, was to finish her training. True, Vincent and Tenzie had done a good job training her in fighting, but it had only been for a little while, and she still had a long ways to go. Seer helped her there as well, introducing her to various werewolf packs and vampire clans that helped her to learn control over her gifts.

Apparently, her scent was as it had always been with just a hint of something wilder underneath. The vampires assumed it was her vampirism, and the werewolves assumed it was her werewolfism. At the time of training, she hadn't dared speak to them about joining her cause, but eventually she knew she'd have to return to them and bring the topic up.