From the Darkness - Alice's Story

Chapter 1: Waking Up in Darkness

Author's Notes: Aww, this was short… I wanted it to be longer… Oh well, next time... maybe…

I'm not sure any of this is accurate though, alright? For once I just plunged into the story from memory and I didn't even bother dong any sort of research before I wrote this… This is just the way I imagined it – or at least the way I now imagine it. A lot of it probably is wrong – I apologise.

I also apologise for mistakes. I haven't been editing my stuff that much lately.

By the way: I know, I know. I shouldn't start any more, but I can't help it! I promise I'll work on the others… I'm sorry!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Alice or the Cullens. You wish.

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I woke up, in the darkness. Strange. I couldn't remember anything – nothing at all.

I stumbled in the gloom, trying to find a way out to the light. I saw a pinpoint or brightness and ran towards it, but ran faster than I would have expected. Much faster than a normal person's speed, I decided.

Who am I?

I stumbled out into the cloudy light and looked around me. The land was barren, dull. There was no beauty around me and I could feel despair.

For what? For what reason did I despair?

I was thirsty for same strange reason – but not for water, for something else entirely. As I bent over the large pool of stagnant water near me, I peered at my reflection. A girl with pale skin, short black hair, blood red eyes and pixie-like features dressed in badly fitting clothing stared back.

I stumbled backwards in some fright and sat on a rock, trying to think. Who was I? Where was I? What had happened to me? I closed my eyes and thought back.

Alice.

My eyes snapped open again and I looked around for a second, as if someone had called me, but noone had. Where that – not really a memory, I supposed – had come from, I did not have a clue. Something caught my attention and I sniffed, smelling something and turned to face it. I could identify it as the smell of …

A human. My instincts told me, hungrily.

I shied away, worried at these thoughts, when the person shuffled into view. They were dirty and their clothes were falling apart with long use – a female. I fought something internal for a second, and then pounced at the speed of light, my teeth sinking into the human's neck, drinking greedily.

Suddenly I stopped, even as the taste flooded my mouth, and dropped the person's body with revulsion. She writhed as she hit the ground and I stared at her in horror. What was I doing? Was I what they called… a vampire?

But how would I know what they called anything?

I ran - as far as I could – in confusion. I didn't understand. I didn't understand anything. I sobbed, but there were no tears.

Was I human?

I couldn't remember anything. I didn't know who I was. I didn't understand anything.

Something flashed before my eyes and I skidded to a halt abruptly, but the vision – which seemed so natural to me – was gone before I had the chance to think. I looked at my surroundings for the first time since I had begun running and found myself in a sunny part of what seemed a forest. There was beauty in the small clearing.

I smiled a little and sat down on the dirt, eyes widening when I looked at my hands and noticed that they were sparkling, like I had trapped precious gems underneath the surface or was made of it. I held them up to the sun, watching them sparkle – tranquil.

Something tugged at my mind and I dropped my hands reluctantly.

"Wait a minute." I murmured to the images flooding my mind. "Be patient."

I closed my eyes and a vision shimmered behind my lids. There were five people – vampires? They had the same pale skin, but had gold eyes – and they were … happy.

I smiled as I continued watching. I learnt that one of the males was called 'Carlisle' and one was called 'Edward' and the other, 'Emmett'. The females were named 'Esme' and 'Rosalie'. I concluded that they were vampires from their pale, beautiful features and from when they headed outside to hunt, but my eyes snapped open once again in surprise as I watched them hunt.

Hunting animals?

That was a good idea, I mused. After all, I did not really want to be a monster – that was the reason I had left the human in that dreary place before. I did regret what I had done and the taste of the human's blood still lingered on my tongue.

What made me horrified was that I enjoyed the taste though.

I would find these other vampires; I promised myself as pushed the thought away and stood up, I dusting off my badly fitting dress and I headed further into the trees.

In the meantime though, I would try to learn their way of life.

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