Harmony

by J.L.Boyce

A story about Alice, Emmett and all the other Cullens.

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - Upside down and Inside out.

The high sand dunes raced past on either side of me, I could still see them clearly though I knew they should be reduced to a blur, well they would have been If I were human. I smelt the delicious smell of blood and could hear the healthy, wet heart pumping the fluid through the person's veins on the other side of the wall of sand to my right. The sand dunes looked like tiny, misshapen mountains. I could hear the person's heavy footsteps striding through the sand at a slow, human pace.

I just climbed over the top of a high sand dune, not sinking into the sand like a human would have, I barely even left foot prints. I studied the man that I was hunting; he was alone, dressed in all white, with his head and most of his face covered like every one did in Egypt, to protect them from the sun. I looked up at the glowing ball of gases, the humans were so weak, they could die just from being under the sun for too long. I still felt sympathy for them, they had no protection if they didn't have guns or a knife. No rock hard skin to protect themselves, no super speed, no inhuman strength, not even any sharp claws or teeth to attack with. They didn't even have natural ways to draw their prey to them.

But we, the vampires were the complete opposite. Our beauty drew humans in easily; we had strength, speed, teeth and skin like stone. And not only did we have those qualities, some of us also had extra powers.

I stopped studying the man, and got ready to throw myself at him, hopefully knocking him out so he wouldn't have to suffer. I felt my muscles coil, ready to spring, and the venom pool in my mouth, and I would have sprang, except I got sidetracked, a vision was coming to me, and I could tell it was something important, because if it wasn't then it wouldn't have invaded my mind on it's own, I would have had to search for it:

I was sitting in a brightly lit high school, surrounded by teenage humans; surprisingly I was fighting NOT to kill them all. In the vision I was excited, though I didn't know why the vision me was so excited. I watched as a few groups of people entered the door and sat down at tables, laughing and talking about unimportant human things, the things that all humans seemed to talk about. I tried to look around at what the future me was so excited for, but I couldn't turn the vision me's head so I had to try and figure out what was so important from where I was looking. I didn't seem to be looking away from the door, so I studied the scenario.

A lot of the humans were staring at me and whispering, but I paid them no attention. I looked out the window that I could see beside the door, I saw that the weather was cloudy and I could see a sign that said: 'Forks High school, home of the Spartans.' So I was some where called Forks, but why was i there? Suddenly my full attention was drawn to the door and I could feel the mounting excitement, I felt the vision me smile wider. The next people that came in, I could tell they were vampires. It was a blonde man and his mate. The woman was also blonde, she looked a little stuck up and the blonde man looked like he was in pain, both of them had dark brown eyes, which was curious.

The next couple came in about ten seconds after the first, they both had brown hair, the female's looked like it had a little tint of red to it, the mans looked golden bronze, they too had the same color deep brown eyes. The man was laughing, but when he turned and saw me, he stopped laughing, and just nodded in my direction, smiling, almost like he knew why I was there.

'Wish I knew why I am there.' I thought to myself, frustrated.

The next man who came in was the best looking of them all, almost the complete opposite of me. He was tall and brawny, his hair was short and curly and his eyes were the same brown as the others before him, except a shade lighter. He seemed to get more stares then the rest, especially from the human females. The man walked by with too much grace from a man his size, but it was expected from a vampire.

'What is this coven doing in a high school?' I wondered.

The big vampire must have caught my scent because he looked me straight in the eyes, then stopped dead in his tracks. He looked over at the other brown haired man who nodded to him, almost like he was confirming the other's thoughts, which he could have been for all I knew. Then the big one's smile returned and he started walking towards me, but I wasn't sure what happened after that because my vision faded....

The endless sand was back, I could see the human still trudging along slowly, not even noticing me, no normal person would have been able to climb the sand like I did with out sinking in, it would be near impossible, so there was no point for him to look up to see if any one was there, every now and then he would look back to see if any one was following.

I quickly tried to search the future for what was going to happen after that, but I couldn't tell because it was too hazy, which meant it all depended on the decisions I would make after that. The vision had been one of the few that felt certain, like no decision could change what I had seen, but that didn't help because what I had seen made no sense. Some how I felt that there was something that my vision didn't show me, something that would happen during the real thing that hadn't during my vision.

"Only one way to find out..." I muttered to myself. I had already decided to finish the hunt, then go to this place called Forks. I tensed up my muscles again, calculated how much force it would take to hit the human and knock him out then sprung. I landed on him, and his head hit a hidden rock with a crunch. I smiled before biting into the soft flesh on his neck. The blood felt hot going down my throat and tasted sweet. I wiped my mouth off on his sleeve so I wouldn't dirty my clothes then I took off running. If I was correct, Forks was in America so that's where I was headed.

I was careful to avoid any civilization of any sort by day so that no one could catch a glimpse of me glittering in the sun. I travelled at night or on days where the sun was covered by clouds. I fed off of hikers, hunters or just any people I found in the woods, careful to knock them out before feeding so they wouldn't be scared or feel much pain. I tried to make it look like animal attacks as best I could, but it was hard for humans to believe that a pack of wolves, or a bear was travelling that fast and far and killing humans on it's way.

Eventually i made it to my destination, i knew school for that day would just be ending so I stole some one's cell phone and called the school to register. I wasn't planning on staying If I could help it, especially not in the school, but the only way I could get in to the cafeteria where my vision had taken place was to attend the school. I registered under the name 'Alice Stone'. I also told them I was seventeen and was in grade twelve.

I entered the cafeteria, and made my way straight to an empty table, the same table I had seen in my vision, I could hear people whispering and see them pointing, but I ignored them just like in my vision, I realized the excitement was from knowing that the big vampire that I was waiting for would change something majorly in my life. I bit my lip while I waited, the excitement rising as each second ticked nearer to a major moment in my life.

I felt excited just as I had in my vision; I wasn't worried because I knew exactly how things were going to work out. When the people finally entered I almost jumped up and cheered but I managed to hold most of my excitement in, but I couldn't help but smile wide, showing all my pearly white teeth. My heart would have been racing, if it weren't dead. The first couple walked by, the girl seemed stuffy. She had long blonde hair, it was done up nicely and she probably spent the good part of two hours working on it, and her clothes were modern and seemed to be designer.

Her eyes seemed to be hard, uncaring, though I knew that since she had a mate that she must be caring, she just didn't let many people see that side of her. She seemed like she might be some one I might be good friends with, after I got accepted by her of course, if I ever did.

The man she was with was also blonde, he looked like he was struggling with the same thing I was, trying not to kill every one of the humans, except I was less obvious about it. His hair was a lighter blonde then the girls, and it was just simple, like he had barely bothered brushing it. He had crescent shaped scars all over his jaw and neck, too faint for the human eye to see. Even if a human would have been able to see them, they probably couldn't have guessed that they were from hundreds, maybe thousands of vampire attacks. And just by the fact that he was still alive meant that the ones who attacked him weren't, which made him dangerous if the situation turned hostile, I couldn't see a certain future past him stopping when he looked in my eyes. He looked slightly crazed, like fighting the thirst was making him insane, it felt the same for me, really hard. He studied me closely, like I was studying all of them.

The couple went and sat at a table, not far from me, just far enough for me to be able to hear them if I wanted, I could see them out of the corner of my eye, but when I tried to listen I only heard them whispering of their love, and things like that, so I turned my attention back to the door as the next couple came.

The next, brown haired couple seemed friendlier. The man's hair was golden brown that matched the shade of his eyes. It was styled in casual chaos, but it looked good. His eyes looked careful and guarding, but they also looked all-knowing, as if he could read every thought in the room and he could have for all I knew. He glanced over at me, laughing at something his mate had said, but a second after he saw me, he stopped laughing. He gave me a nod, almost as if he knew why I was there, which made me think he must be a mind reader or something of the sort.

His partner looked up at him and followed his gaze to me. She had long hair that went down just past her shoulders; it was a little curly and a little straight at the same time. She had the same color eyes as her mate. She looked like a new born; I could tell by the way she handled herself, moving a little too fast to be an average human's stride. Her eyes looked happy, and unguarded, like I could see right into her soul, well, that is if she had one.

They too sat down at the table where the others were. I bit my lip; I knew that he was coming next. Within a few seconds he walked in the door. I watched him as he walked in. He was huge, tall and muscular, almost twice the size of me, then again I was small, and pixie like. He had short, curly, dark brown hair, the same color as the brown haired female. He walked by, smiling a confident smile, a lot of people stared, more stares then the others had gotten.

I imagined that he looked intimidating to the humans, but to me he looked just glorious. When he was nearing my table he must have caught my scent for he looked over at me. My smile widened as our eyes met and he stopped dead in his tracks. He quickly looked over at the others that were at the table, the brown haired man gave him a quick nod as if confirming the other man's thoughts. He smiled again and walked towards me.

My breath quickened out of habit, like it always did when I was nervous or excited. This was the deciding moment of my life, or death…. What ever it is that I was doing at the moment.

He pulled out a chair and sat on it back wards, across the table from me.

"Good food isn't it." He said, smirking at the fact that I hadn't bothered to grab food and pretend to blend in that much.

"Delectable." I replied. He looked back into my eyes and we sat like this in silence for awhile.

"What class you got next?" He asked, finally breaking the silence.

"Chemistry."

"Same here."

"Really?" I raised my eyebrow.

"No. Not really." He said, laughing. His voice was deep, but seductive, and he had a booming laugh that carried across the whole room. I laughed with him. My laugh was like a bell, and my voice was so much more high pitched then his. Our voices together sounded like a symphony.

"I was actually planning on skipping this afternoon, these contacts are annoying." I shrugged, it was true, but I was also hoping that he would come with me, I had now figured out why my vision had focused on him, we were in love, or at least going to, I could see the love in his eyes, weather he realized it or not.

"I'll skip with you; I've done this so many times it doesn't matter." He lowered his voice when he said the last part, so the humans couldn't hear him, not that they were all paying attention to what we were talking about, they were too busy gossiping, making up rumours about me most likely.

I raised my eyebrows. "You've done school before?" I said my voice low too. This confused me too, they not only were going to school, they have finished it before. And their eyes were all a curious brown, I thought I recognized the color from some where, though I wasn't sure where.

"Yea. My family and I aren't nomads." He said, gesturing to the two couples that were now all watching us, and probably listening in, even though they seemed to be staring at things, and not paying attention to anything.

Then it hit me, I had met Tanya and her family before, we were pretty good friends, well compared to most vampires. They fed off of animals and they had the same brown color eyes as this family. I wondered if they knew Tanya's family, I figured they must because Denali wasn't that far from Forks, which reminded me I should probably stop in and visit them.

"I figured as much." It was getting harder and harder to ignore the pumping of the wet hearts in the room around me now that the excitement and suspense was done with, and I didn't want to have to kill every witness in the room, not to mention I was sure how the family would react, they probably wouldn't be too happy with me if I did.

I was about to stand up and suggest that we leave and ditch class, but he beat me too it.

"Shall we go?" He said, standing up. I nodded and we both walked out.

Both of us together got more stares then we had when we came in separately, I could hear the whispers of several groups, they all were talking about the same thing, Emmett Cullen dating the new girl. I smiled; my brilliant white teeth glittered in the artificial light. He led me outside where it was dark and gloomy. Cloudy, I guessed that it must always be like that in this town, that's probably why they chose this town, keeps them more concealed.

"So where are you from? And what brings you to Forks?" He asked, shoving his hands in the pockets of his dark blue jeans.

"Well, it may sound weird, but a vision of you and your family brought me here from Egypt." I replied.

"Oh?" He said it like it was a question; he raised an eyebrow at me.

"Yep. I can see glimpses of the future, but it's not always certain, it can change depending on whether a person changes their mind. But there are always visions that won't change no matter what." I explain.

"That's cool, some in my family have powers too."

"What about you? Do you have any powers?"

"Nah, just my brute strength." He smirked.

"I noticed." I looked him up and down, he seemed to be nothing but muscle.

"I could take you." I declared after examining him, he may be strong but I had speed and strategy.

"Could you now?" He smirked as he said this, like he didn't believe that I could fight him and win.

"Yes sir."

"Follow me and we shall test this," He said as we reached the edge of the forest. He looked around to make sure that no one was around to watch then he took off running. I took off not even a second after him; I easily caught up and passed him, laughing as I did. He sped up, but I easily stayed ahead of him. I stopped in a clearing, far from any civilization. He stopped, smirking at me. He seemed cocky, and I wondered weather I would be able to fight him after all. He didn't seem like he would be much of a challenge, I had fought quiet a bit in my lifetime, but I had never come across an opponent as big as him.

"You're pretty fast... but that's not going to help." He said as he ran at me, I easily side stepped him to his right, he growled and ran at me again, this time I jumped him and landed nimbly in a tree. I laughed at him, but he just smirked. He wrapped his huge arms around the trunk of the tree and ripped its roots from the ground.

He was going to throw the tree but before he could I jumped to another tree beside it. I swung down on each branch like an acrobat and landed on the balls of my feet silently. I ran into the trees and quickly circled around and snuck back into the clearing. He was standing there, facing the wrong way, expecting me to have tried to come from the way that was behind him before he turned. I ran and jumped on his back, putting my teeth on the soft flesh of his neck.

"Looks like you loose" I whispered to him before jumping off of his back. I stood there, innocently smiling at him.

He smirked and shook his head. He started walking south and I followed, falling instep with him. We sped up a bit so we were jogging. He didn't seem mad that I won, he seemed like a good sport, except he seemed to be pouting a bit, but he tried not to show it. That made me laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" He asked me.

"You, your trying not to put." The childlike look in his eyes reflected his childish attitude, it was cute.

"Am not." He said, just like a little eight or nine year old would say. I laughed again.

"So, what was this vision of me? What's supposed to happen?" He asked, trying to change the subject.

"It's already happened, your family walked in, then you did, we looked at each other and I knew... that we are destined to be together for eternity." I said the last part a little hesitantly, hoping that he wouldn't think it was a little weird, after all we just met.

His smile widened. "I could deal with that, but we'll have to wait and see, you'll probably get tired of me within a week. Most of our kind does." He smirked; it didn't seem to bother him that I just told him that we would be together for ever. That was a good thing. I laughed a high, tinkling, bell like laugh.

"Not going to happen." We broke through the edge of the trees and there was a clearing. In the middle of the clearing was a large white house, shaded by a few old oak trees. I could hear a river running on the other side of the house. A lot of the walls were made of glass, probably to let the sun in, but it was also for aesthetics.

"So how do you and your family manage to live together and not kill one another?" I asked as we slowed to a walk. I knew that when most vampires that lived together in big covens usually ended up killing a few members, or at the very least splitting up. We vampires weren't good at getting along with one another, which made me wonder how I was going to stay with Emmett, if we would be able to stay together and not try to kill each other. At least I knew that if need be I could win a fight.

"Because unlike nomadic covens, our group is based on love instead of strength and power." he explained as we entered the house. Love, I had never heard that word being used when describing a vampire coven.

The first thing I looked around for when we entered the house was where the various other vampires were, it was my instinct to scope out any potential danger. The blonde girl and her mate were playing chess in the middle of what seemed to be like their recreation room. They had more then one chess board; they had several side by side.

I guessed that they had added these because normal chess wasn't much of a challenge. The brown haired man was at the piano, playing a complex harmony of lower and higher notes together, reminded me a lot of me and Emmett, the lower notes were him, and the higher notes were me, though they were the complete opposite they blended together harmoniously. The brown haired girl was simply sitting on a plain white couch, flipping through the television channels, too fast for a human to be able to tell what was on.

I wasn't expecting to see two more vampires come down the stairs as we entered. The man was blonde and his hair was casually brushed back, the woman seemed to be his mate, she had long, reddish brown hair, much like the other brown haired woman, except hers was straighter with just a tiny hint of curliness to it, but it didn't have the tinge of red that the other womans had. They both gave me a friendly smile when they saw me, both of their smiles made me smile back.

"Welcome to our home. I'm Carlisle Cullen, and this is my wife Esme." He said as they reached the bottom of the stairs. I knew my contacts had dissolved by then and they could all see the blood red color of my eyes, it didn't seem to phase them.

"This is... umm..." He seemed distracted, his eyes kept wandering to the television, I could hear that the woman had stopped on a foot ball game. I laughed, there was the child in Emmett, making his appearance again.

"You can go watch the game Emmett; I can talk to Esme and Carlisle without you." He smiled gratefully before bolting over there and landing in an off white chair. The brown haired woman didn't seem to be shaken at all by this action, I knew that if I had seen some one like Emmett come running at me from the corner of my eye, I would have hissed and gotten into a defensive position, they must be really comfortable with each other.

"Please, won't you join us in the dinning room?" Carlisle said, gesturing towards a room that I could see was kitchen. As I walked through it into the next room I noticed that it looked unused, they seemed to really like having props to make them seem more human, even if they didn't use the stuff.

Carlisle sat at the head of the table with Esme on his right, I sat across the table from him.

"So, first off, whats your name? And why have you come? My son Edward told me you were here for something important, but he thought that you should be the one to explain it to us since it was about you, and in case he heard something wrong." Carlisle started.

"Well, I'm Alice. And well, I've got a power to see visions of the future. Most of the visions can change, depending on if the people it involves change thier minds. Usually I have to search the future for these visions, but once in awhile I get visions that just come to me, and I know they are special visions. First because they come to me with out me having to search, and secondly there is always a feeling of certainty about them. These visions can't be changed no matter what." I started, I went on to explain about the vision, and how the exact same thing had happened today at the school, I even told them about seeing the fate that was between Emmett and I, how we were meant to be together for all eternity.

"That's wonderful." Esme said, she seemed to be the mother of the family, Carlisle is like the father figured and the rest of them seemed to be their children, though they both clearly looked to young to have teenage children. I liked that, it made me feel wanted, the way Carlisle and Esme smiled at me like I was thier child, made me feel like i belonged for once.

I spent most of my life in remote places, avoiding people mostly, only getting near them when I had to feed. And when a passing vampire stopped by I never stuck around for long, just enough to acknowledge them. Even the Denali coven, I hadn't felt like I belonged there. And the reason for this was because I truely belonged with the Cullens.

"If you don't mind coming with me to my study we can discuss arrangements, that is if you want to stay with us?" Carlisle said, standing up.

"Of course, Dad..." I said, saying the word for the first time since I could remember. It sounded nice, like I was meant to be calling Carlisle that. My smile widened.

His smile widened as he lead me up the stairs, I saw Esme go to a bunch of computers and start them up. She started using the touch screen to choose colors and fabric and things, it looked like she was designing a wardrobe, probably for the blonde woman.

Carlisle opened an oak door and I noted a cross was hanging over it. I shut the door behind me as Carlisle sat in a comfortable looking arm chair behind a cherry wood desk. I sat in the armchair across the desk from him.

I looked around at the walls, instead of books and shelves as was expected in most study's, the walls were full of old paintings and photographs, more often then not the pictures or paintings were black and white.

"I keep them as sort of my personal history." he explained when he noticed me looking at the pictures on his walls... "The cross you saw overtop of my door once belonged to my father."

I nodded, and looked at him. I studied him, his eyes were a light golden brown, they were warm and kind, his wife's eyes had looked the exact same, the rest of them seemed to have varying shades of brown, Emmett's were only a shade darker then Carlisle's and as well as being warm and kind, they had a hint of playfulness, like an innocent child, this thought made me smile.

"Well, first you should know about our history I guess. If you would like?" He said.

I nodded again.

"I was born in England, London to be exact, in the sixteen forties. My father was an Anglican pastor. My father, along with allot of other pastors lead hunting parties for creatures such as witches, vampires and werewolves. They almost always got humans, thinking that they were one of these creatures. As my father got older, he put me in charge of leading the hunting parties. I was a little smarter then him when it came to hunting these creatures. One fateful night I discovered a hidden coven of real vampires that were living in the sewers. The vampires attacked me and one other. I was bitten and left to die and the other was dragged off." His eyes seemed to be glazed over, probably remebering that night, with weak human memories of course, I had heard that if you tried hard enough you could keep certain human memories, though they were always hazy and dull.

"The others in my group didn't know how a vampire was created, thinking I was dead they left me laying in the street to go after the vampires who had fled even though they could have killed all of the men. Through the burning pain of my transformation I dragged myself into some one's cellar. I hid under a pile of rotting potatoes, knowing that society would never accept me. I endured the transformation silently, and when I awoke and realized what I was I tried so many ways to kill myself. But one day, the thirst just became too powerful, so I fed on a passing herd of deer. It was then that I realized I could feed off of animals, that I didn't have to be a monster." He looked me straight in the eyes as if trying to read my thoughts.

I smiled at him, encouraging him to go on.

"Esme was born in the late 1800's in Ohio. I treated her for a broken leg when she was sixteen. She married a man she thought she loved, but he was abusive. She found out she was pregnant so she ran away with the child. She gave birth to a little boy, but he died a few days later. Esme was so grieved about it that she threw herself off of a cliff. The medics back in those days didn't bother to check for a pulse if they thought there was only a slim chance of the person surviving, so they brought her straight to me in the morgue. I remembered treating her when she was sixteen, and it saddened me to see her life ended so young, but I heard a faint heart beat, and I knew that she wasn't dead, so I changed her... Shortly after we were happily married."

"Rosalie, the blonde woman you saw was born in 1915 in Rochester New York. She was the daughter of a wealthy banker. Even in her mortal life she was a beautiful woman. Rosalie wanted nothing more then to marry a rich, handsome man. And her wish was too soon to come true, or at least she thought. A man by the name of Royce King the second took an interest in her, soon they became engaged. Rose went over to visit her friend one day, and she became envious of Vera because she had a baby, a little boy, and she noticed that Vera and her husband had a closer, more loving relationship then she had with her husband." He paused for a second, letting that part of the story sink in.

"Rose dismissed it, and left her friend's house, walking alone in the dark. Rose soon came across and intoxicated Royce and his friends. Royce bragged about her beauty to his friends. Eventually they beat her, raped her and left her to die." He said solemnly. "That when I found her, laying there, dying on the street. I knew I had to save her. After she was transformed, she tortured and killed the men who had done that to her, including Royce, but she never drank their blood. She had amazing control for a newborn during that moment."

"We aren't sure where Emmett was born, but he was living in Gatlinburg, Tennessee where he was mauled by a bear. The injuries from the attack were severe. I had been hunting in the area at the time, and it was lucky I had enough self control not to feed off of him right then and there. When I brought him home to change him, Rose was pretty pleased because his curly hair, dimples and his innocent, child like face reminded her of Vera's baby."

"Jasper was born in Texas, and joined the confederate army in 1861. He ascended ranks quickly because he was so charismatic. Jasper was turned in 1863 by a vampire by the name of Maria when he was twenty years of age. As a vampire he gained the ability to manipulate the emotions of those around him. Recognizing his high rank Maria used him to claim her territory in Monterrey. Jasper's responsibility was to train young vampires and then kill them when they were no longer useful. After about a century of doing Maria's work he grew tired of it." He said the last sentence with a tiny hint of pride for his son, he had been able to walk away from everything he had known.

"He soon joined his old friend Peter and his mate Charlotte. He left the two eventually because he didn't want to feed off humans, he could feel their emotions as they died. That's when he found our family, he has the hardest time with our diet because he isn't use to not being able to feed off humans when he wants too, and our diet isn't his first choice. He doesn't have very strong willpower."

"Edward was born June 20th 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. His mother and he were both hospitalized, dying of the Spanish influenza. His mother suspected what I was, and the last thing she asked of me was to do anything in my power to save her son. She died soon after. I could tell Edward didn't have much longer to live, because I was lonely I changed him, there were so many patients being rushed in that no one noticed."

"And now you know the stories of our family. What about you? What's your story?" He asked me.

"Well, I'm not exactly sure. All I remember of my human life is blackness." I shrugged. Carlisle pursed his lips like he was deep in thought. Then he seemed to snap out of it.

"You and Emmett can share a room; I know you probably don't have many belongings, if any. Esme or Rose can lend you some clothes for tomorrow, after school you can go shopping, buy some clothes, or anything else you might need. I can get easy access to some deep brown contacts for you, until your eyes turned brown. How well can you blend in with humans?"

"Pretty well." I said, smiling.

"Good, if you need any pointers ask any of us. Emmett and the others will keep a watch on you, make sure that you are moving and blinking often enough.

I nodded. "Thank you Carlisle, you and your family are being too kind."

"Our pleasure, your part of our family now. But I'm afraid you're going to have to go hunting with the boys tomorrow."

I wrinkled my nose.

"It's not really that bad." Carlisle said. "Not as good as your use to, but I have faith that you can handle our lifestyle." He smiled at me once more before speaking again. Carlisle had more faith in me then I did, which made me feel bad... I was going to try my absolute hardest to keep to the Cullen diet... not only for Emmett, but for the kind and caring family, especially Carlisle. This moment seemed to good to be real, and I came to the realization that I didn't have to be the monster that I thought I was. There were alternate options.

"Feel free to use any of the things we have here, there are computers, television. Or if you're feeling restless one of them will be up for a play fight, especially Emmett." Carlisle said, breaking me away from my epiphany and back to reality.

"Thank you again." I smiled before getting up and leaving the room. I went back down the stairs. The blondes had ended their game of chess and the woman was now at the computer with Esme. She was helping her design the wardrobe too. I walked over to them, I loved clothes, especially designing them. But i hadn't really had time for clothes shopping or designing, lately my life had been centered around living day by day, feeding and keeping away from contact with others of my kind.

"It would look better if you did this." I said, using one of the various touch screens to change the dress they were designing to a light blue, I took away one strap, and made a small slit running on the outside of her right leg. They had the computers designed so you could do virtually any thing with the clothes with a simple touch, and you could design the clothes by drawing, which is something we vampires were excellent at, as was mostly everything else. The blonde haired Rosalie smiled at the dress.

"She's right, that looks amazing." Rosalie said. "Care to help us with the rest of the project?" She asked, looking at me. Her eyes seemed more opened, like she had opened a door and let me in. Probably because she knew my reasons for being here, I had already foreseen Edward telling all of them about why I was here while I was busy talking to Carlisle and Esme.

"I'd love too." I replied, pulling out one of the chairs and sitting.

"Esme, you keep working on that computer, I'll take this one and Alice can take that one." She said, pointing to the third computer. For the rest of the night we all worked on designing new clothes, we finished the project.

The sun was risen and it was just about time to got to school, we had a little more then an hour left to get ready, which was enough time when you can go super fast and still make sure everything was perfect.

"Feel free to go in my closet and take an outfit." Rose said, smiling at me before heading to do her hair. I headed up the stairs and easily found Rose and Jasper's room, there was a metal sign that said 'Rosalie and Jasper' on the door. I entered; there was a large bed with light baby blue blankets with about ten or more matching pillows.

The closet was directly across from the bed. I opened the doors and walked in. The closet was about as large as the room itself, maybe bigger, and all of the shelves and hangers were full. It reminded me of something that I would have to install in Emmett and my new room, a huge closet to put all of my clothes in.

I looked at all the clothes, admiring them all, but I settled with greyish pants, a button up white blouse and a black vest. I took a pair of boots that went halfway up my calves and had one and a half inch heels. I put on a long white coat that I absolutely loved. I put in silver hoop earrings and I smiled at my reflection.

I went down the stairs; my hair was straight but flipped out a bit at the bottom. Every one was ready and lounging in the rec room waiting for me.

There wasn't one person that wasn't smiling. We were all in good moods, especially Emmett and I.

"Comon Alice, we're taking my jeep since we can't fit all of us in Edward's Volvo." He said, taking me by the hand and leading me to the garage where a huge red jeep was parked. I climbed easily into the jeep, I took the drivers seat and when he looked at me I just smiled. He smiled and shook his head at me then closed the driver's door; he hopped into the back and stood up, hanging onto the bar. I turned the key in the ignition and the jeep roared to life. I chose an old 80's rock station and blasted the music.

I quickly backed up and he had to duck under the garage door so he didn't wreck it. I didn't drive to school I sped to school, I took every turn sharply, and skidded into the student parking lot, I parked beside the silver Volvo.

People were staring, partly because of my driving, part because of the loud music, part because of the fact that Emmett was standing but mostly because Emmett and I got out of the jeep together. Some girls were glaring, like they had staked a claim on him before I came, and some of the guys were staring at me, like they were in love.

I smiled as he threw his large arm around me, and everyone continued to stare. He led me into the warm office. He took his arm from around my shoulders and walked over to the red-headed woman behind the desk. I could hear her heart start to beat irregularly when she saw Emmett, I tried to ignore the sound.

"Excuse me, . Could you… please, switch Alice's classes to the same as mine?" He asked, his voice more seductive then usual, he was leaning towards her, looking her straight in the eyes.

It took her a few seconds to be able to reply. She swallowed heavily, her heart beat increased just a little more, I tried harder to ignore it. It proved to be near impossible to get the beating rythm out of my head.

'Think of Emmett, and Carlisle. Emmett Emmett Emmett..' I chanted in my mind, trying to distract myself, but part of me was still listening intently to the heartbeat.

'Just this one human, just one...' The monster in me tried to persuade me.

'No! Emmett, Carlisle, Emmett Emmett!" I shouted at the monster.

"I...i can try." The woman stuttered, Emmett smiled gratefully at her, that made her blush, and that set me off. I felt the monster in me roar with triumph as it rose and took over my sense. I sniffed.

'No other humans near, I could kill her, quick and clean and drain her before Emmett could get over his shock. Not sure how the Cullen's would react, though I know that I can outrun Emmett, I might have a chance of escaping thier rath, that is if they get mad. I was sure Carlisle wouldn't go after me, nor would Esme or Emmett, that just left the four others. I didn't know if Edward or Bella would, but I was fairly certain that Rosalie and Jasper would be pissed off.

I quickly ran through the future, but my eyebrows knitted in confusion, I couldn't see me attacking the lady, and I couldn't see me running from the Cullen's. So... that has to mean that I wouldn't attack the woman, but I felt like I had too, like everything depended on me killing this human.

I snapped back to the present. Emmett must have realized what I was doing, I was surprised he didn't figure it out earlier, I was sure even the human could tell there was something wrong, the look on my face was a little unhuman, the monster had been unmasked.

Emmett put his arm back around me, this time squeezing me to his side. He lead me out the door, and in the fresh air my mind cleared and the monster was subdued.

"I was going to kill her." I said, as soon as I got control of myself again. I wasn't surprised, but I didn't think I had that low of self control, how was I suppose to pretend to attend a school if I couldn't even control myself when one woman blushed, the sound of her heart pounding in my ears... i shook the memory from my head. I wasn't going to give up my new life with the Cullen's and eternity with Emmett just because I was weak. I quickly searched the day for any other things that would set me off, but smiled when I saw none.

"I know" Was all he said. His grip loosened when he saw that I was calmed but his arm stayed on my shoulder, partly cautious, but partly cause he wanted me close to him.

"Hold your breath when we go in." He advised me.

I took a deep breath before walking into our next class which was English. I held my breath, it was uncomfortable not being able to use my sense of smell, but Emmett led me to the back where we sat in two desks side by side, he moved his desk right beside mine.

The teacher didn't say anything but she glared, like she wanted to yell at him but she was too scared. I was just glad that she hadn't made me speak and use up my air supply, it was crutial that I breathed as little as possible.

I tried to pay attention since I had never done school before, but Emmett took my hand, and the heat of his skin on my skin was distracting. I not only had the burning desire of thirst but the desire for… well, Emmett. He carefully traced patterns on the back of my hand, which made the desire for him flare up and over take the desire for blood.

I managed to pay attention to enough to do the homework. When Emmett was leading me to our next class I chastised him.

"You can't distract me like that, I've never done school before I've got to pay attention so I can pass this year."

"Why though? You and I could just not go to school, we could get 'home schooled' by Esme." He smirked.

"Because if I'm going to have to try to fit In I've got to have some common knowledge and I've got to get use to being around humans so one day I can have as much control as you. You remember how close it came In the office!" I scolded as loud as I dared, careful not to let any humans hear me.

For the next three months we kept inconspicuous, the talk of the 'new Cullen' had resided, and we didn't get very many stares. Every day before school I searched each day for anything that might set me off, and I also watched the weather for any sunny days, or major thunderstorms.

The reason I had to look for thunderstorms is because they wanted to play baseball, but there wasn't a good enough storm, the whether was being good for Forks.

Life was good, not at all what I could have expected back when I was in Egypt. Carlisle, Emmett and I had even gone to visit the Denali clan, they were happy to hear the news, and gave me hugs.

They were glad to welcome me into the family, they considered themselves Carlisle's extended family. For once I felt like I fit in there too, everything had gotten brighter in my world of dark.

The life I had thought I had known and had mastered had suddenly gotten flipped upside down. Though with the support of my new family I found it rather easy to fit in, and hunting animals wasn't as bad as I figured it would be. And some of the animals, like bears even gave up a bit of a fight.