AN- Twilight and the characters are owned by Stephanie Meyer, I don't own anything
AN-Here is the story I mentioned on just a drop. Have four chapters, Will only upload the first two for now as I have mostly only done Bella at the moment. Need to add in some more Alice chapters in between.
I loved this forest and the small town of Forks. It was one of my favourite places to live and I had lived in a few. Don't get me wrong I loved nearly all the places we had lived in over the decades. We were currently staying in Denali with our cousins and even though we had only ever visited there I would say that was one of my favourite place too. We had only been there a couple of months while we got everything ready for the move and this time the move had been my choice, Rose and Edward had argued against me but I wanted to come back to forks. Still to mollify the pair Esme had suggested that they stay in Denali for a year or so and have repairs done to the house in Forks. It was no skin of my back I still get to spend a few years in Forks and as I said Denali is one of my favourite places. Nothing had the sentimental value of forks though. I inhaled deeply taking in the familiar scents as I sped through the trees. The mixture of moss, trees, flowers, mould, deer, bear, and the tiny tint of werewolf was unique. I had missed those smells. We hadn't been here though since 1932. In a year we would be back. The reason I loved this place the most. This is where we found our family, and Jasper found his mate. As I ran through the trees towards La Push and the treaty line I reminisced briefly on the past.
After being consumed by burning pain for what felt like eternity, I awoke completely alone in small woodland. As the pain slowly ebbed from my consciousness I began to become more aware of the surroundings. The scents that assaulted me where confusing at first and they sent my mind spinning, slowly my brain began to adjust, making room for me to analyse and differentiate between them. Pine, Oak, Grass and various other forms of plant or animal life. I lay there for god knows how long just cataloguing the different scents trying to name them all. This gave time for my other senses to gain a place in my now seemingly cavernous mind. I began to hear sounds that as a human you would not be able to discern. I began cataloguing this along with the scents. I began to match the sounds of different animals with that animal's unique smell, I could tell how fast their heart was beating, if they were moving and what direction they going and even how far away they were. Eventually I decided to open my eyes and see what was around me. Again I was confused at first by the assault of colours textures and movement. Gradually as I stared at the canopy above me my mind adjusted and I began to match these sights with scents and sounds realising I knew what everything around me was. However, I didn't know how I knew this information or what I was doing here or who I was.
I sat up and looked down at my body briefly acknowledging each of the different parts of my body and what they called. My attention was drawn to a piece of paper pinned to my chest. So I tore it away and looked at it. It was a note. It said simply enough ' Your Name Is Mary Alice'. "Well" I said to myself "Mary is just awful I'll go with Alice. And what the hell am I wearing." I looked down at the blue gown that hung on me like a sack. "I need a change of clothes badly" I moaned. As I sat there contemplating the fact that I was disgusted by my clothing, I was again distracted by another sensation. There was this intense burning thirst in my throat. I raised my hand to my neck wondering what would take away this pain. Just then the slight breeze that had been washing over me changed direction causing three events to happen so quickly, that they were almost simultaneous. The first was a mouth-watering scent that made the saliva (later I would find out it was actually venom) pool in my mouth. Second the intense burn in my throat increased and I knew instinctively it would be quenched by that scent. It was calling to me. I had to have it. The third was I rose to my feet and gave myself over to my senses, and in a flash sped towards the scent.
The two hunters that I murdered have, till this date, been the only humans I have fed from. As I lay next to their bodies rocking back and forth, with my knees hugged tightly to my chest, sobbing tears that wouldn't fall, I had my first vision, off me meeting Jasper in a diner somewhere. This panicked me because I didn't want to go near more people in case I fed from them again. That's, when I saw the Cullen's in a vision, Esme, Carlisle, Edward, Rosalie and Emmett. They were hunting in my vision and feeding on animals. It was like my visions were guiding me to something that I needed. I sat by the two corpses for a whole day, before I decided that I would follow their chosen lifestyle and search for them, Jasper first though. Staying away from civilisation as much as possible I searched for Jasper. Even with the help of my visions it still took five years to find Jasper and another ten after that to find the Cullen's just after they arrived in Forks. Esme and Carlisle became our Parents and Edward, Rose and Emmett our siblings. I was almost complete all I needed now was a mate, and then my life would be completely whole.
Esme and Carlisle had agreed to return to Forks about a week ago because they loved it here to. I was going hunting and told them I would run down this way to have a look around. While I was here Esme asked me to check the house and Carlisle had suggested that it might be a good idea to inform the Quileute's that we would be returning. I wasn't overly impressed with that idea as I knew I would end up smelling of wet dog. Still it would probably help if they knew we were coming. Carlisle had also given me a phone with his number programmed in so the Elders could contact him. I wondered if the current pack was going to be an issue, the last one wasn't too bad and we had even made a friend or two amongst the tribe. Most didn't like us though. Ah there was that familiar smell, wet dog and garbage. At the treaty line I slowed and began walking until I came to the old meeting place, I took a seat on a log to wait.
OK this is taking a while I thought to myself. They usually arrived within an hour or two I had been waiting for a whole day now. Wonder what is going on. I got up and started to walk up and down the line. I may be immortal and have all the time in the world but sitting here waiting for those damn mutts is just getting damn irritating.
"What you want Leech" a gruff voice said from the tree line. I looked in the direction of the voice trying to see who was talking to me but they were staying well hidden.
"To talk to you" keep it polite, keep it polite, keep it polite I repeated myself. You don't know how many there are and they can be very volatile.
"Why would I want to talk to a bloodsucker" the mysterious voice
"Look you damn smelly excuse for a dog" I snapped back stamping my foot and waving my arms in the air. "I've been polite and sat here at the treaty line for a whole day waiting for you patiently. What do I get for this, insults." I stopped in confusion as I heard laughter coming from the trees.
"Damn Alice you are just the same. When you stamped your foot I couldn't keep it up any longer. God it is so you. Sorry it took me so long but I only caught your scent twenty minutes ago."
Hang on I recognised that voice. "Seth I asked incredulously" |I watched as a young man, (well he looked young but I knew he must be in his late seventy's by now), walked out of the trees smiling at me. Seth had always been good friends with us. Mainly because him and his sister had grown up off the reservation and went to Forks high school with us. Sue Clearwater was always very forward thinking and hadn't let the tribes superstitions corrupt them. It was a shock when Seth phased though. I'll never forget the shock on Emmett's face. They had been arguing in Sue's front room over a baseball match at the time. If Emmett could of he would of messed his pants.
"The one and only truly gorgeous Seth Clearwater at your service" he said smiling and bowing before picking me up in a bone crushing hug and swinging me around.
"Ewwww Seth you stink put me down" I cried wrinkling my nose. I was still smiling at him though; it was good to see him after all these years.
"Well isn't that a good way to greet an old friend" he said pouting "you don't smell that good either you know".
"I guess we are just not used to each other's scents anymore" I sighed sadly, "Still we can get used to them again. I take it you didn't stop phasing then and that's why you are still here." I asked him.
"Yeah, didn't find my imprint. I could of stopped phasing and they tried getting me to but I felt that one day my Imprint would arrive. So I waited" He said obvious pain and loneliness in his voice "The others all did and stopped phasing one by one until it was just little old me to protect the tribe."
"Huh, what about the new pack members?"
"No one new has phased since you guys left. The Elders think it's because you guys left and there was no longer a threat to the tribe. At least that's what the histories imply. The new Elders aren't that bothered about it because they don't think you will come back. Most of the tribe now think you guys and the wolves are a myth." He laughed "I live in a cabin in the forest way on the other side of La Push, because the elders want to keep it that way, and having someone around who doesn't age could make people ask to many questions. I personally think that the Blacks don't like the fact I was so chummy with you guys. Don't want me corrupting any one. I spend most of my time as a wolf. It's easier, more natural and I can stay hidden deep in the woods. You are in fact the first vampire that's been this close to the reservation in fifty years. They usually stick out by Seattle and we have had the odd couple in Olympia other than that it's been all quite, plus I think there has to be some kind of prolonged exposure, it was a month or two before anyone phased when you guys where last here."
"True, the same thing happened to me if you remember. I couldn't have any visions around you guys for about a year, after you phased, and then they slowly came back. Although, it was only you that worked with, still couldn't see the others. Anyway, Carlisle and Esme want to move back next year so they asked me to swing by while I was hunting, check out the house and inform you guys we were coming. So you will have more vampires here next year" I noticed Seth give me a sideways look and a look of hope came into his eyes.
"Will Leah..." he couldn't bring himself to ask.
"Yes Seth, Leah will become with us. She's going to be so happy when she hears you are still alive" Leah had been the reason we left last time. She had decided to be turned when she realised that she wasn't going to phase, and as Jasper was her mate, she didn't want to live without him. So we had gone to Denali and stayed with Tanya and her sisters while she went through her whole new-born phase. Over the years she had asked about coming to see if Seth was OK and still around. However, she was always persuaded by Edward and Rosalie it was a bad idea.
"Cool I get to see my big sis again" he replied happily "Are her and Jasper happy"
"Yeah they are blissfully happy. It's sickening. Wait till you see her she is magnificent. Nearly as beautiful as Rose, she can hold her own against Emmett when wrestling. He says she cheats because of the shifting, oh and she's fast Seth, way faster than Edward and you know how fast he was. But again that is probably because of the shifting"
He glowed with pride "That's my sis giving Emmett hell. Hang on shifting?"
"Yeah, Carlisle reckons it's because she was Quileute and had a weakened version of the gene or that she was going to phase eventually. Said that she is sort of a hybrid. Mostly vamp with a dash of shifter. She doesn't change into anything she just kind of takes on some of their attributes and amplifies them."
"Wow that's so cool." Seth glowed with pride. "I've missed her so much since mum died; she always looked out for me you know."
"I do remember the teasing" I winked at him giggling.
"Yeah I remember her teasing me a lot." he moaned scowling "Better not carry on teasing me when she comes back."
"I wouldn't count on it she has years of teasing to make up for, plus her and Emmett love to prank Edward and Rose. Although Emmett always suffers when they get Rose, he never learns though." he groaned at that. "Look Seth I am going to have to go. I still have to check the house and Esme will begin to worry if I don't get back soon" I told him "Here, Carlisle gave me this phone for the Elders in case they wanted to phone and discus the treaty or any other matter."
"OK thanks Alice. It may not be a good idea to let them know you are coming through or to give them the phone."
"Why not." I asked
"They will probably use the phone and try and stop you coming by threatening you. So it's probably best you just show up. When you get here they will want to renew the treaty and make some changes. I don't think they will want the clause in it allowing you to change anyone if they are mated. That caused a lot of trouble when you guys left. Another thing is there are still a few people in Forks who will remember you guys. So you may want to wait a while before returning." He looked at me considering something "I'll get in the shit for this if they find out, but I should warn you guys things have changed on the reservation. Do you remember John Black?"
"Yeah, didn't he have a crush on Leah" I replied while trying to picture him in my mind. "God he hated us with a passion."
"Yeah that was because of Leah. He had massive rows with his Dad about the treaty change. He believed that when he phased they would imprint and she would leave Jasper for him. Luckily he never phased otherwise I don't know what will have happened. Especially as imprinting doesn't work like that."
"Why" I asked
"If he phased he would of become alpha by right, because he was Ephraim Blacks grandson. He was a complete psycho it turned out. He used to beat on his wife and kids, and constantly get in bar fights. He would probably just taken the pack and come after you guys. He ended up on death row because he shot old man Jenkins for fun. Anyway he became chief about ten years after you left. The first thing he did was start to change the stories we tell, about the tribes history, specifically the ones concerning you guys. You don't come off in a very favourable light, nearly as bad as red eyes. To put it bluntly anyone who phases now is going to hate you guys even more. On top of that because he never phased he has built up the wolves in the story to be more than they are, he has also changed it so some of the true facts are no longer in the history's, for example he took imprinting completely out, that's going to be a shock if any of the new wolfs imprint. Also before that it was always a matter of great pride and honour if you became a wolf. He turned that into a curse brought on by your presence. Luckily he was only chief for about six or seven years, and didn't do too much damage, so I thought that the former pack and I could change it back. Unfortunately his son carried it on when he became chief and they had changed some laws and the rest of the pack stopped phasing and moved away, I couldn't do much. His grandson is chief now, Tom Black, he blames you guys for what happened to his granddad and he's taught his son Billy that. Luckily they have always stopped short of saying you broke the treaty. They will be looking for any excuse to say you have though if you come back. "
"I don't think Carlisle will mind about the treaty change, that was only for Jasper's and Leah's benefit anyway, unless me or Edward find our mates here it will not be a problem, but I'll let Carlisle know about everything that you told me. If there are people around who may remember us we will delay coming here for a decade or two. So no need to give them the phone. You can keep it to keep in contact with Leah, we'll pay for it. Just give me a couple of days before your phone and I will make sure she is there." I replied as I handed the phone to him "It was great seeing you again Seth I've missed you so has Emmett, Jasper and especially Leah, Rosalie and Edward not so much though." I said winking at him "I won't tell Leah you are calling, it will be such a nice surprise." I would have to block my thoughts till he phoned or Edward would take pleasure in ruining the surprise, but that would also have the added benefit of irritating him. I would find some catchy tune then keep replaying it in my head. I giggled thinking of Edward's reactions to this. The arrogant arsehole would deserve it.
"I could couldn't I" he said getting excited. He then stiffened as the wind changed and a strong smell of human blood and smoke wafted through the forest. "Shit" he said looking at me with concern.
"I'm fine Seth my control is second only to Carlisle and Esme, I'll hold my breath to, but I think we better go check that out because it is coming from the direction of our house. If it's at the house that means there is a lot of blood." I turned and sprinted off. I heard him phasing behind me and then following. We raced through the trees in as straight a line as possible. As we got closer I recognised the smell of burning vampire mixed in with the blood. Seth began to growl. We burst through the trees into the clearing where our house stood.
I took a quick glance around me to see what was happening. The house was fine if not a little dishevelled. In front of the porch there was car upside down with a massive dent in the side. On closer inspection I could see that it was a police cruiser. I could see a figure inside crumpled and unmoving. Dead no heartbeat. Just outside where the remains of what I assume was a human. Whoever it was had been ripped to pieces. From what I could tell it was another policeman. That would be one of the sources of blood. To the right of the car was a fire with purple smoke reaching into the air. Behind the fire I could see a vampire standing over someone who was feebly struggling. I could hear the figures heartbeat faltering, she was dying. I knew it was a woman because of the sound of a fluttering heartbeat. She was pregnant. The vampire bent over the women and his arm briefly swung from side to side. He stood up with a baby dangling from his hand by one leg as the woman finally succumbed to her injuries. He said one word. "Abomination" I needed to save that baby. My mind had become overwhelmed by the need to save this child. I leapt forward followed closely by Seth.
The fight was brief for two reasons. The Vampire had become overwhelmed by blood lust and the smell of burning vampire must of masked our approach. Not until it was too late anyway. I was on his back before he had a chance to defend himself. Seth leapt past him phasing and spinning in one motion and catching the baby the vampire had just dropped. I had no time to admire his moves though. I needed to end this vampire. I squeezed tightly with my hands on both sides of his head. I twisted putting all my strength into it and with a loud metallic screeching his head came off in my hands. His body dropped and I jumped of landing lightly on my feet. I walked over to the fire and dropped the head into it. I would sort out the rest of the body later. I glanced over to Seth who was cradling the baby.
"The baby OK Seth" I asked
"As far as I can see its fine." He replied "Hey I know this women, I have seen her about."
"Who is she?" I asked walking back to him.
"It's Deputy Swans wife, err god what was her name, Renee that's it. She has been missing for a few months. There are posters up everywhere. The Elders have had me running round the forest trying to find her like I am some bloody bloodhound." he grimaced
"Wonder what she was doing here and with vampires? Do you think one of those guys is her husband?" I asked indicating the car.
"No that's a Port Angeles police car. Deputy Swan is at the reservation fishing with Billy Black. I saw them at the lake earlier. They are really good friends. Those two probably just stumbled on whatever was happening here. Port Angeles police took over the investigation to her disappearance because of a conflict of interest. Well that's what Billy told me, when they asked me to look for her." I stood looking at the baby trying to decipher what had caused the vampire to call the child an abomination. It was to my senses a normal human female child. Her eyes looked back at me with a slightly startled expression. They were a lovely shade of blue, from what I understood though that would probably change as she got older. However, what surprised me was that even with all the blood around I felt no blood lust. No burn in my throat when looking at the child. Just to be safe though I once again held my breath.
"I thought baby's cried when they were born." I asked. God what a beautiful baby, she's just so gorgeous.
"Don't ask me I haven't got a clue about babies." Seth replied "Call Carlisle, see what he says."
I sighed and pulled out my phone and dialled. I waited for an answer but got none. "He must be out hunting and has not taken his phone with him. Look Seth this must be Deputy Swan's baby. Why don't we take her to him?"
"Good idea, but how are we going to explain this mess though." he asked "It's going to be hard to explain." he was right. I looked around trying to decide what to do. We couldn't call the police because of damage to the bodies. It would also be a good idea if we avoided any questioning due to our supernatural origins.
"Right here's what we are going to do. We will take the human bodies into the forest and bury them. The car we will have to dump in the lake behind the house. Esme will not be happy about that but we need to hide it. We should also get this guy burnt quick or someone will notice that smoke." We quickly went about our tasks within 15 minutes the car and vampire were gone and Seth was carrying the women out to the burial site in the forest. I would finish that up before returning home.
I walked into my home for the first time since getting here. I knew straight away that this is where the woman had been staying. I sped around the house gathering anything that belonged to her. She had been staying here with a vampire I could smell it. It wasn't the one I killed earlier so it must be the one who was in the fire. I would love to know what had happened here. Unfortunately that would have to remain a mystery. As would the Vampires reaction to the child. No one left to ask. Looking through the materials briefly for clues, I found a letter to someone called Charlie. All it said was that she was sorry, that she didn't love him anymore and that she had met someone else. She had decided that life in Forks was not the life she wanted. Then at the bottom it explained about the baby. That she hadn't wanted to be a mother as she was to young. This was perfect she intended to leave the baby with the father anyway. We could just leave the baby with the letter. We need to get the rest of this done quickly though, before someone noticed the missing policeman. I picked out the few baby items the women had with her and through the rest in the fire. I locked the house up and went about cleaning and dressing the baby. She didn't like that and whined. Still not crying though and she hadn't even been fed yet. The baby's eyes just stared at me with trust.
"That's all done; I even buried the bodies for you." Seth stated walking up to me.
"That was quick" he shrugged as if it wasn't any mean feat. "I found a letter in there for the baby's father. Looks like she was going to leave her with him anyway. What I will do is wrap her in this blanket and you can take it to the house."
"Why me?" he whined
"He knows you, you can say you were visiting and found it on the door step!"
"No he doesn't, been keeping a low profile remember." he pointed out.
"Crap yeah slipped my mind." I began frantically running different ideas through my mind. An idea formed in my head. "Does Billy Black know about you?"
"Yeah course he does he will be Chief when his dad dies. Which isn't going to be long? Why would... Oh good idea. I'll have to tell them what happened here, so I can just get Billy to go round and say he found her on Deputy Swan's doorstep. That will have to wait till tomorrow though as he is with Charlie at the moment. I'll take her to Tom and his wife, they will take care of her till then."
"Great that's sorted. Here take her because I need to get home and tell Carlisle and the others." I handed the baby to Seth. I stared at the baby's face for a while longer wondering what her life was going to be like. The thought of leaving her made my heart ache. I shook my head to clear my mind putting it down to a remnant of my humanity. A mothering instinct that was lost when I became a vampire and was now giving me all these strange feelings towards the baby. "It's been great seeing you Seth. Remember to hold on to that phone and call in a couple of days." I hugged him tightly. "Bye and take care."
"Crap I left the phone by the treaty line. I'll pick it up on the way to the Res. Hey Alice can I ask you something before you go. " he looked nervous
"Sure thing Seth."
"Well while I was moving the bodies I had some time to think about things. Well you see I was wondering if I could come with you." that surprised me.
"What about the reservation Seth. Don't they need you?" I asked surprised at his question.
"Nah they don't really want me here and I can't really go there because people would notice. I miss Leah and you guys. I haven't any family here or friends, the only people I see are the elders and that's rarely and only when they want something. To them I am just a freak who is useful sometimes. Its damned lonely."
"Oh Seth I am so sorry. Of course you can come." His face lit up. It wasn't a problem Esme and Carlisle would just accept him into the family like they did the rest of us. The only people who would have a problem where Rose and Edward, but Seth would expect that from when we were last here. "I tell you what you take her to Tom and I will wait in the baseball clearing it's on the way and I need to hunt after being round all this human blood." I looked at him and smirked. "You will of course have to come shopping with me you know."
He groaned but it didn't dampen his enthusiasm "Great! I'll meet you there" he shouted as bounded off towards the treaty line. "Not sure about the shopping though, don't need much" he said jogging of.
I laughed and watched him heading off into the trees. I was sad knowing that we would not be coming here as soon as I had hoped. If there were people around Forks that knew us then it was too dangerous. Still we could stay in Alaska, we hadn't actually lived there since I had been a Cullen, well except for Leah's new-born years, but we stayed away from society then. Also it would be fun to spend a decent amount of time with the Denali's. Plus Seth was coming with me, which should be interesting when we got home. As I began to move of I noticed something lying on the ground where the two Vampires had been burned. I scooped it up and studied it closely. It was a blackened pendant of some sort. I didn't recognise the symbol so I rubbed of some of the soot from the centre piece. I recognised it straight away and my eyes widened in fear.
"Damn one of them is Volturi."