Chapter 1

It was only a few seconds ago when Alice was looking down at her own dead body in the deep chambers of the Volterra. Now, she was standing in front of an ancient castle surrounded by an evergreen forest much like Forks.

"Wow," she sighed. "Is this really Heaven? I thought Heaven was supposed to be a palace in the clouds?"

Alice felt unexpectedly light-headed. Wasn't it only a few hours ago when she was tortured to death by Jane after she refused the Volturi's persistent offer that she join their coven?

It was either death or a life of murder, yet she chose death however unaware she was of an after-life for vampires. She did what she did even if she had to leave Jasper behind in Forks. Edward and Bella did the same thing when they died, anyway.

"Death is peaceful – easy. Life is harder," Alice thought.

Then, she exclaimed, "Carlisle was right. We do have souls!"

"Yes, you do," a familiar velvety voice replied.

Alice jumped. Wasn't she supposed to see this coming? She closed her eyes and tried to focus.

Nothing.

"My ability is completely gone?" She thought to herself.

"No, your ability is temporarily gone," the velvety voice said.

Alice turned to the direction of the voice. Behind her was a familiar face.

"Edward!" She shrieked. "You are alive! You're here! Where are we? Is this Heaven? Am I a zombie? Am I still Alice? What time is it? Why is my ability gone? Where should I go? Can I go shopping? Do they accept cash—"

"Alice," Edward said calmly. "Stop. I cannot believe you are still the same shopaholic, talkative vampire sister I used to know," he chuckled. "You'll see later why your ability is temporarily gone. It's pretty obvious actually, sis. By the way, this is no shopping area. And yes, you are still Alice, you are in Heaven and it's dawn right now."

"Awesome! For a minute there, I thought I really was Alice in wonderland," Alice giggled, slowly forgetting about her lost ability.

Then, she stopped and waited with raised eyebrows as Edward's face turned stone-like.

"Well, actually, you are Alicia Spinnet in Deathly Hallows," Edward said matter-of-factly.

Alice's face turned into a huge question mark. Was Edward joking or what? Seriously, I don't get his joke.

"Welcome to Deathly Hallows, the after-life place for vampires, werewolves, witches and wizards," Edward said musically.

"Witches and wizards too? You're kidding, right?" she chuckled softly.

Edward glared at her. Alice's jaw dropped as she realized he was dead serious. Literally dead serious.

"Remember when you said you couldn't remember details of your human life?" Edward asked.

Alice nodded.

"Well, try remembering them now."

Alice closed her eyes. She was used to looking at the future, but certainly not the past. But as she concentrated, images began to fill her head.

She saw a vision of herself wearing what seemed like robe that read 'Puddlemere United' at the back. Holding a broomstick in one hand, 'Alice from the past' looked very tired, thirsty and sweaty as if she just engaged in some sport. She saw a golden cup nearby and started to drink it to quench her thirst.

After a few minutes, she dropped unconscious to the floor.

Then, the vision changed. Alice from the past was lying in a hospital bed, apparently an unconscious vegetable. A familiar man approached her, told her he was the Minister of Magic, and bit her on the neck.

The next visions came in two short glimpses. Alice from the past was now in an asylum. Then, in the next glimpse, Alice was knocking on the Cullen house.

Alice in Deathly Hallows opened her eyes as she knew the rest of the story. Then suddenly, the past began suddenly clear to her.

As clear as the diamonds that sparkles on a sunlit vampire skin.

"Oh, Edward, I remember everything! Every bit of my human life! I was a Gryffindor quidditch chaser in Hogwarts! I hated Slytherins! I loved Charms and Divination! Then, I was a professional Quidditch player. I had—"

"I know," Edward replied. "I can read your mind, remember?"

"I forgot."

Edward smiled his crooked smile.

"By the way, how come you can read minds while I can't predict the future?" Alice asked.

"I said I'll explain later," Edward reminded her.

"Isn't it later already?"

"Patience, sis,"

Alice dropped the subject. "Wait, so the man who created me was Rufus Scrimgeour?" she asked.

"Yes. Don't you remember when we were still in Hogwarts the rumors that he was a vampire?" Edward asked.

"Oh yeah! I remember that too!" she shrieked with joy. "But hold on, I recall when I was in my seventh year, I heard rumors that he died. How can he have recreated me many years later if that were true?"

"Alice, the answer is sparkling clear," Edward taunted. "He never died! Did you actually hear from the papers or any epic book the full details of his death? I do think he just cleverly ran away from that expected fate and disappeared from public eye completely."

"That makes sense," Alice agreed.

"Oh, Edward!" she continued. "How I do miss my friends like Angelina Johnson and Katie Bell! And the hot boys too! Like Fred…George… Harry…Cedric Dig…Diggo—" she stopped.

Edward curved his lips.

"Wait, did you just say 'we' awhile ago?" Alice asked abruptly.

Her jaw dropped. She had clearly recovered 100% of her memories as a witch.

"Holy shit," was all she said.

She looked up timidly at Edward. "You're Cedric Diggory! Oh my gosh, I cannot believe it! After all this time?"

"Always," Edward replied.

"Really?" Alice asked.

"Nope," Edward chuckled. "When I was killed after I refused the Volturi's offer, I was immediately sent to this place. After a few seconds of pondering at this exact place, I suddenly remembered full details of my human life."

"I was Cedric Diggory. Everyone in the wizarding world thought I was dead after I was "killed" by Voldemort in the Triwizard tournament," he continued. "Truth is, I was just paralyzed. Every part of my body stopped functioning, but I could still hear and my heart was still beating."

"Then, at the middle of the night, Rufus Scrimgeour found me in the middle of that graveyard. It turns out he has the vampire ability to hear heartbeats, limited at a certain distance, and he was an accomplished Legilimens, too. Every bit of my body hurt but sadly enough, I couldn't move them. All I could do was think aloud repeatedly, 'Bring my body back to the way it was. Bring my body back!' He heard my thoughts and my heart and gave me a second chance in life. He erased my memory, brought me to Carlisle and made him lie whenever I asked about my past," Edward explained.

He stared intently at Alice. Alice blushed.

"So what happened after I recovered my full memory?" Edward asked rhetorically, speaking out Alice's question in her mind. "Someone sent me to enter the castle."

"Oh," was all that Alice replied.

"You're still upset that I now know you had a crush on me, don't you?" Edward teased.

"Stop reading my mind!"

Edward chuckled.

"It's kind of weird. Because we became freakin' siblings!" Alice cried.

"I think it would be better if we weren't friends," Edward said.

"What?" Alice said, surprised.

"Just kidding. Stop being serious!" Edward said.

"Your mood swings are kind of giving me a whiplash," Alice said.

"But you still love Jasper, don't you?"

"It does make things a lot more complicated," she said. "I'm still calling you, Edward, okay?"

Edward smiled. "Everyone here still does."

"So who else are here?" Alice asked, changing the subject.

"See for yourself," Edward said excitedly. "Let's enter the castle, shall we?"