It was the middle of Summer. One of those afternoons when the air was so thick you feel like you can swim through it. Of course, the vampires felt nothing of the air pressure, they were only concerned about the unrelenting sun that stopped them from going outside. So they remained in the house, reading or watching TV. Until the loud knocks echoed from the front door.

As one, they all looked up. They hadn't heard anyone approaching, nor had Alice foreseen this. For a moment they sat still, looking in the door's direction. The knocks came again, louder and more desperate than before. It was Bella who got to her feet and drifted out to answer. Her daughter, physically fourteen at the time, glanced round at her father. He was watching her go, wondering who would knock on the door so loudly. He raised an eyebrow when he heard her speak.

"Mike? How did you get here?"

So, Mike Newton had managed to find where they had moved to, had he? And he was probably going to try and woo Bella again. These were Edward's thoughts as he closed his eyes and gave a single, low laugh. It was Mike's answer that made him stop.

"You're in danger. You need to come with me. Now."

Pushing himself to his feet, Edward marched out into the hallway to stand beside his wife. She was looking at the person on the doorstep incredulously.

""What are you talking about?"Bella asked, folding her arms and tilting her head on one side.

"If you and your family don't come with me, then you are all going to be killed,"Mike said through gritted teeth. He glanced past the two of them at the rest of the family in the living room. Edward tensed and moved to one side, blocking his daughter from view. No humans knew about Renesmee and he wanted to keep it that way for now. Just until she stopped growing so rapidly.

"Oh?"he said, getting the blonde boy to focus on him. "And how exactly are we going to get killed?"

"I imagine they'll use their swords,"Mike answered bluntly, meeting Edward's unblinking gaze. "It's how they usually do it."

"Look Mike,"Bella sighed, rolling her eyes. Would she ever be able to get rid of this strange boy? "I don't know what kind of joke this is-"