Alice
Alice Cullen was content with her life. She was married to Jasper and she had many wonderful brothers and sisters, as well as two loving parents, Carlisle and Esme. After the stand off with the Volturi, many of the assembled vampire friends had praised her like a hero for coming forward and saving the day. She was just happy that Renesmee was safe and none of her family had been hurt. She supposed that she now included Jacob and the werewolves as part of her family; after all, they did help them out so greatly in their time of need.
It was now a month after that cold winters day and Renesmee was still growing at a rapid pace. However, it now did not worry her or Bella and Edward as they all knew that she would grow up and then stop aging to be immortal with them. The snow had cleared from the ground, wiping away all trace of there ever being any disturbance in the small sleepy town of Forks, Washington. Alice supposed that the last month had been exciting but had glad that everything had settled down. But, she still shivered at the thought of Aro's cold, blood red eyes piercing into hers as he turned and walked away. Shaking that thought out of her mind, she slowly descended the glass staircase in her house, seeing her husband at the bottom made her smile. "Alice my darling, you look so beautiful this morning, how are you?" said Jasper, his mouth opening in a huge beam, showing off a row of pearly white teeth that glinted in the sunlight. She smiled back at him, "I'm fine thank you young gentleman, your consideration is remarkable," she replied, joking with him about his past gentlemanly ways. She found herself thinking about just how lucky she was to have Jasper, someone who she could always rely on and that she could speak to in her times of trouble.
They walked arm in arm into the living room where Emmett, Rosalie and Bella were sat in a loose circle, talking about when it was next time to take Renesmee to see Charlie. Alice had always been very fond of Charlie and he definitely felt the same way about her. "Oooh, can I go and see Charlie when you next go and see him please, I do very much like him and Sue too!" she butted in eagerly and she saw Bella smile on the eagerness in her petite face. "Well of course you can Alice, actually, myself and Edward were thinking of travelling up to Denali tomorrow to see how Kate and Tanya were coping, maybe you can take Nessie to see Charlie then." Bella replied with a smile on her face. "That would be lovely Bella, and do give my best wishes to all of the Denali Coven." Alice said with a sombre look on her face, as she knew the terrible pain that Kate, Tanya, Eleazar and Carmen would be still feeling, only a little time after Irina's death. Alice hoped that Kate found some comfort in Garrett; she could see a bright future for them both together.
Alice could hear someone humming under their breath and turned her head to see Edward strolling into the living room. He crossed the room in one fluid motion and bent down to sweep Renesmee up in his arms.
She giggled playfully and went to touch Edward's face. He let her and then turned to Alice, "I'm glad you're going to see Charlie tomorrow, we haven't been in such a long time." Alice thought of the joy on Charlie's face when he saw Renesmee and smiled, so did Edward.
The next day came around soon enough and the whole family assembled outside the house to wave off Bella and Edward. "We'll take good care of Renesmee," Rosalie assured them, so they drove off down the long driveway and out of sight. "Right then little one, we're going to see Grandpa today!" Alice said in an excited voice to Nessie. "Yay!" shouted Nessie and Alice handed her over to Esme as she went to get in her bright yellow Porsche. As quick as a flash, Esme was back and strapped Nessie into the back of the car. Alice thanked Esme and swung out of the driveway with a quick kiss goodbye to Jasper.
Alice turned up the radio and drove along the road singing Frank Sinatra all the way to Charlie's house. When they arrived at Charlie's, he and Sue raced down the stairs to their small house and embraced Alice and Renesmee. "How's my little butterfly today, huh kiddo? " Charlie cooed at Nessie, who replied in a clear voice that sounded like bells, "Fine thanks, Grandpa, Mummy and Daddy have gone to our cousins in Denali, so I came with Alice today!" Sue beamed at Alice and said, "Well it's always a pleasure to have Alice here anyway."
They climbed the steps to the front door of the house and Alice could feel the familiar smell of werewolf travelling its way up through her nostrils. They went into the kitchen and three werewolves were stood around eating some of Sue's homemade flapjacks. Seth greeted them with a cheery hello and Jacob rushed to Nessie's side, picked her up and swung her around. "Nessie! I didn't know you were coming, I'm so glad to see you, I was going to come round later anyway." Jacob said in a delighted voice. "Nessie gave a radiant smile to Jacob and said, "I'm glad to see you Jacob," and gave him a big hug. Leah, who was now marginally friendlier to the Cullen family after the thing with the Volturi, gave a half smile to Alice and a real smile to Renesmee. Alice could hear the start of a football game on the TV and Seth and Jacob (who still had Nessie in his arms), hurried into the living room, while Sue gave them a fond smile.
Alice excused herself to go to the bathroom and climbed up the stairs, smiling at the door of Bella's old bedroom as she passed it. She went into the bathroom and shut the door tightly. She heard a big cheer from downstairs and knew that they must have scored. The loud noise rang in Alice's ears and she sat down on the side of the bath breathing deeply. She felt like she was going to be sick and her head shook and she couldn't think straight. Alice didn't know what was happening, something like this had never happened to her before and before she knew it she could feel a vision coming on. Alice felt like her mind shoot out of her body and she felt herself land on a cold, dark, stone floor in a filthy underground passageway. She could hear sounds of struggling so she whirled around and almost fainted at the sight she saw in front of her. She saw herself pressed up against the wall of the dungeon by none other than Aro, his face contorted in malicious glee. He moved to lick and bite her face, a gleam of triumph in his eyes, while Alice struggled and strained against his iron grip.
Alice took a sharp intake of breath and felt herself shoot back to her reality. She collapsed and the floor of the bathroom as she tried to take in what she had just seen. Aro had captured her and taken her but how did he manage to do it and why? Most importantly to Alice, did this mean her family were in danger again?