Andy had been keeping tabs on the Cullen territory since Edward called to say the Volturi were hunting her. She had planted spies in Washington and around the area. Her connections ran deeper than many thought and she remained on good terms with those that were loyal to her coven back in the day. 

Carlisle was an enigma to her. She couldn't figure out why he would deny his nature and feed from animals. He had a shot at trying to change her diet and she just laughed and replied, "I've been a vampire for over half a millennium, I'm not going to change Carlisle I prefer to follow the natural order of things."

He respected her decision but not without trying every time they met. The truth was, animal blood makes you weak. She could feel it the first time she slaughtered a carnivore out of seer desperation to feed two hundred years before she crossed paths with the veggie-vamp. The blood doesn't fill you up like human blood, it doesn't satisfy the burning. Their bodies were designed to process human blood for a reason, human blood is what they lost and human blood is what they constantly need to replace. It's the venom that burns, tearing through the veins searching for blood. Animal blood can sustain them, but it's like living off tasteless nuts while staring at a block of chocolate. Sheer torture. 

Though she wasn't overly fond of his diet, Andromeda did enjoy the Doctor's company. She respected his strength to do what he does. His compassion knows no bounds, which is why she was drawn to him in the first place. 

Flashback 1848 Paris, France:

Carlisle felt like he was being watched. 

He'd just spent the last two decades with the Volturi and was now travelling through France on his way to England. He knew from his time under his father's teaching that vampires tend to seek out conflict as easy feeding grounds. Political tensions were high in the city, they had been since 1830 and he'd picked up whispers of a revolution and how the monarchy was about to fall. That wasn't his concern though. He'd been patching up the odd human as he passed through, not wanting to get involved in the fight. He objected to any and all fighting and will always remain a pacifist at heart. 

He bound the broken leg of a man insisting on no charge before leaving his head down as he walked through the twilight lit streets.

"Why?" He heard a musical female voice question from the darkness of an alley and spun on his heel looking for the culprit.

"Because it is the right thing to do." He answered honestly looking for her. 

"They are food." Came her reply.

"They're still people, still human, like we once were."

"We've left them behind," came her reply, "why pretend to be something you're not?"

"A life is still just that, it should be given every chance to flourish." Carlisle felt like he was talking to air, even with his vampire senses she seemed to be incredibly skilled at remaining hidden. "Do you not remember what it felt to be human?"

"I do not, but I respect them nonetheless. They do give their lives to sustain mine." Came her reply like a true hunter and Carlisle spotted her red eyes reflecting the streetlamp. He took a tentative step forward trying to see more of the mysterious vampire. 

"May I have the pleasure of knowing your name?" He asked politely not wanting to scare her off, though between them he was the only one actually feeling any semblance of fear.

"I'm Andromeda." She said and he could swear he could hear the smirk in her voice as she spoke. 

"I'm Carlisle Cullen."

"I know."

"You know?"

"I've been following you, since you left Italy." She says and he seemed astounded by her honesty and a little confused as to why she would trail him over such lengths.

"Why?"

"You intrigue me. Not many vampires can do that." He could hear the amusement in her voice and watched in awe as a figure stepped from the shadows. She wasn't dressed like a noble woman, though she wasn't dressed like a peasant either. She wore a long pale blue dress with cream trim. Over the top she wore a grey hooded cloak the fabric hiding her golden hair. Though her most startling feature was her blood red eyes. He would never get over his reaction to the eyes of a true hunter when he was brought up to believe they were all monsters. "You recently spent time with the Ancient Ones, how was it?" She asked tilting her head to the side curiously.

"They were, accommodating." Carlisle answered.

"And no doubt they tried to change your diet." She grinned her pearly whites at him though quickly turned back into the curious child he heard the first time like a switch was flicked. "How do you do it? How do you stand the blood? How does it not drive you insane."

"I do not wish to ever take a life, only to preserve them."  Then an idea hit him. "Would you like to learn?"

"No." She said simply, "but I'm sure you will be able to find others that will."

"You don't even want to try."

"I respect your strength to deny your nature, but mine is to hunt." She gave him a once over before speaking again, "Thank you."

"For what?" He said confused.

"Satisfying my curiosity." She said, "I'll see you again soon Mr Cullen." With those final words she vanished from sight leaving only a memory of her presence. 

Carlisle didn't know why he was suddenly thinking of his first encounter with Andromeda, she had left her mark on him like many others. He knew the Volturi wasn't aware of her existence then and she asked him to keep it that way. He wasn't sure why, but she just said she was respecting her father's wishes. 

His attention was quickly grasped by the smell of wolves and his children heading for the room he was in. "Alice?" He questioned his daughter who wore a shocked expression as her mate, Edward, Bella and three wolves piled into the room.

"The newborns." Edward said clarifying Carlisle's unspoken curiosity.

"They'll be here in four days." Alice spoke up.

"This could turn into a bloodbath." Carlisle said relaxing his stance against the case.

"Who's behind it?" Edward asked before shuffling through Alice's thoughts.

"I didn't see anyone I recognized." Alice shook her head gripping her mate's hand. "Maybe one."

"I know his face, he's local, Riley Biers." Edward spoke and Carlisle recalled treating the boy a few years ago, "he didn't start this."

"Whoever did is staying out of the action." Alice added.

"They must be playing with the blind spots in your vision." Carlisle said thinking it over a hundred plans running through his mind on how he's going to protect his family and the rest of the town.

"Either way the army is coming and there aren't enough of us to protect the town." Jasper said holing his breath to combat the scent of fresh blood.

"Hold up, what damn army?" Jacob asked, Quill and Embry beside him in support.

"Newborns, our kind." Carlisle's thoughts were lingering on a certain blonde as he spoke.

"What are they after?" the younger wolf asked his eyes darting between the vampires wearily.

"They were passing around Bella's scent. Her red blouse." Alice said her eyes on her human friend a wave of protectiveness coursing through her.

"They're after Bella?" Jacob stated slight fear leaking through his pores. "What the hell does this mean?"

Carlisle shifted from his spot to look upon the children in his presence, they'll always be children to him. "It means and ugly fight. With lives lost." 

Jacob took a moment to look to his pack mates who both nodded. "Alight. We're in."

"No." Bella said a slight gasp in her voice. "You'll get yourselves killed no way."

"I wasn't asking for permission." The wolf grit out.

"Edward?" Bella tried to plead for him to support her case but he refused.

"If it means more protection for you."

"Jacob, do you believe Sam will agree to an... an understanding." The patriarch made sure to word his statements carefully.

"As long as we get to kill some vampires." The wolf gave a smirk at the Cullen's.

"Jasper?" Carlisle turned to the vampire who had the most experience in a fight.

"It'll give us the numbers. Newborns won't know they even exist. It'll give us an edge." The Major was pushing at the restraints Jasper held him in at the prospect of a fight. He was a fighter at heart, and though his diet change weakened his other half, there were still times when he needed to let him out. Carlisle knew that, which was why he was letting the younger vampire take charge. 

"We'll need to coordinate." 

"Carlisle, they're going to get hurt." Bella protests.

"We'll all need some training. Fighting newborns requires knowledge that Jasper has. You're welcome to join us." The doctor spoke to the wolves as he decided on something that might change how well their alliances worked.

"Right, name the time and place."

"Jake, you don't know what you're getting yourself into." Bella's pleads went almost unnoticed.

"Bella, this is what we do. You should be happy, look at us, working together. You are the one who wanted us to get along remember." He replied in a condescending tone. "Anything else."

"There is someone I want to call in. She is an old friend but doesn't adhere to your treaty. She's not a Cullen." Carlisle said. "She's deadly, and not someone you want to be on the wrong side of, but she will be willing to help."

"Another leech?" Jacob sneers, "does she feed on humans?"

"She does." Carlisle replied. "I can make sure she doesn't hunt in the area."

"How do you know she will be willing to help?" Edward asked.

"Because you are going to call her. I just need your word Jacob that she will not come to any harm at the hand of your pack. Not for her protection, but for yours. She will not hesitate to kill you if she believes you to be a threat, she's not overly fond of wolves."

Jacob snorts but is silenced by the looks he's given by the surrounding vampires. "She can't be that hard to kill."

"She's fast. She could kill all of you before you blinked." Jasper speaks up, "she knows how to kill vampires, anything hunted by her does not stand a chance. She could help."

"As long as she doesn't kill any humans and stays in your territory." Jacob spoke slowly unsure if he was making the right decision. 

Carlisle gave a nod to his son who pulled out his phone and dialed a familiar number.

"Andy, we have a problem, and I need your help." An exhausted sounding vampire spoke down her phone and she wondered how a vampire could even feel exhausted.

"What have you done this time Eddie?" She said following the movement below with her eyes. They were bright red given she had to feed as soon as she arrived at her destination. It had been a couple of days since she left the tracker on the roof of the building in Paris. Her contacts had informed her of the current situation and she was still deciding on what kind of action she needed to take.

"Remember when I told you about the nomad tracker James that came through and tried to kill Bella, and you said you'd owe me because you couldn't come and help." She snorted at the name of the so-called tracker. He was good, but not overly great. He would never compare to the trackers she'd met throughout her lifetime, he was more of an annoyance. He tried to track her once, and she just laughed in his face.

"I did say I'd owe you. Yes I remember. Isn't his mate hunting yours?"

"We've got that under control its just... Well there's a newborn army and they're coming for Bella." 

She took a second to deliberate. "I'll be there shortly," she replied curtly closing her phone as she watched Demetri from her perch. He stood with three other vampires on the top of a building assessing the damage the newborns were causing.  She knew he could sense her which was only confirmed as his eyes glanced in her direction every few minutes. He could sense her, he just couldn't see her, and she could tell it was annoying him greatly.

Andy watched as the newborn leader glanced in the direction of the older vampires who were hidden in the shadows. He didn't seem the type. Someone else was pulling the strings, she suspected it was Victoria, given the lengths the red head would go to make someone suffer, she wouldn't put it past her. The destruction they were causing for their species was overstepping boundaries though.

If the Volturi didn't put an end to them, as was their job, she would.