A/N: in this story a couple of regular girls who've read Twilight and meet Alice. This is basically their encounter with the Cullens. This story takes place about 25 years after Breaking Dawn.

General Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever own Twilight.

Hope you enjoy!

Beverly's Point of View

Chapter 1- Aren't you fictional?

It was your typical drizzly August night in Hillgrove, Washington. My best friend, Lily Anognam, and I were getting ready to go to the annual Hillgrove County Fair. This had been a tradition of ours ever since we'd become friends in the 3rd grade. I pulled on my sneakers and ran out to my car (a 2029 used VW Beetle). I put the keys in the ignition and I revved the engine, something I loved doing, no matter how often my mom told me not to. I was meeting Lily at the gates at 5:30 so I had to go. I drove with my music blaring and me singing along at the top of my lungs. After pulling into the crowded public parking lot it took me nearly 10 minutes to find a space. Once that was done I ran to the gates–fifteen minutes late. Punctuality was never my specialty.

"Hey, Bev!" Lily greeted me enthusiastically. It didn't matter we'd been doing this since we were 9. We were two now-sixteen-year old girls who acted as if we were five. I pushed my long red hair out of my green eyes, and smiled at her. She was slim with shoulder-length black hair, dark brown eyes, and a large smile identical to mine.

Once we got inside we ran straight to our favorite ride- The Ferris Wheel. After about 5 minutes we boarded, still overly-energetic. As we climbed to the top the carriage started to sway, we were obviously stuck, and we knew it was going to be a while. It was then that we noticed a stranger sitting across from us; she was very short with dark pixie-cut hair. Looking over her it seemed impossible that I'd not noticed her initially. I decided that she looked friendly enough so I stuck out my hand and started to say hello.

"Hi, I'm Beverly Ryan."

She refused my hand, but smiled sweetly– her teeth were very white, "Hi, I'm Alice. Alice Cullen; it's nice to meet you."

Cullen… Alice Cullen… that name definitely wrung a bell… I started to think, and tried as hard as I could. The only Alice Cullen I could think of was a fictional character from a book I've read called Twilight. But something about this girl fit her description, I tried to think of everything I could remember about the Cullen coven I'd read so much about. This girl already fit the basic description; I made a check list in my head:

Short- check

Pixyish- check

Pale skin- check

Golden topaz eyes- check

White teeth- check

Pleasant attitude- check

Well, I thought- trying to get a grip on reality- I guess it was possible that maybe Stephenie Meyer based her character off this girl… we are in Washington after all. Though the time frame would be completely wrong… This girl here probably wasn't even born when Stephenie wrote the series! I wasn't getting anywhere with this so I shot Lily a questioning look. She appeared to be just as confused as me, but also with the vacant expression that she somehow knew this girl. She unexpectedly spoke, "Would you know an Edward Cullen by any chance?"

Alice looked taken aback. She seemed to consider this for a moment and then answered slowly, "Yes, he's my brother, why?"

I knew Lily was just as shocked as I was. I decided that we should take the questioning slowly, so I offered her to a game of 20 Questions. She looked, at first, nervous to accept, but in the end gave in.

"Okay," she said, a small smile dancing on her lips, "may I start?"

"Be my guest," I said. I hadn't been expecting that!

This made her burst into a smile and she began without any hesitation, "Be completely honest, okay?"

Lily and I nodded our heads in unison. Were we too trusting? Probably. I'm sure not everyone agrees to be completely honest when playing 20 Questions with a total stranger… And on that note Alice began…

"So," she started out simply, "What're your middle names?"

It wasn't a question I was expecting, but it was easy to answer all the same. "Kathleen. My middle name's Kathleen."

Alice nodded and turned to Lily, awaiting her answer. "Lily Marie." She said, with no hesitation.

Alice nodded, concentrating on us. "Where do you go to school?" she asked.

"We both go to Hillgrove High," I said, "Have you ever heard of it?" Alice nodded, not lingering on the question.

"Any siblings?" she said, so quickly I almost missed it.

I nodded, "Yeah, two. A brother and a sister."

Lily shook her head, "I'm an only child."

Again Alice only nodded before quickly asking another question, "How do you know my brother?"

"Um…" I replied awkwardly, "A lot of people do…" Lily interrupted the awkward speech I was giving. "I mean, he is Edward Cullen," Lily grinned, "and you're Alice!"

"Er…" Alice stuttered, "I'm not sure what you're talking about… and I thought that only people in Forks knew who my family was. How'd you hear about us in Hillgrove?"

"Look," I said, jumping right to the point, "if you're the Alice Cullen I'm thinking of then anyone who can read knows who you are."

Lily nodded feverishly, "What she said."

"What are you talking about!?" Alice exclaimed, frazzled and confused.

"We're talking about Twilight." Lily said.

"I'm sorry." Alice said, "You've completely lost me. What's Twilight?"

"A book, about vampires..." I said quietly, not wanting to freak Alice out. It seemed that she really didn't know.

"Actually," Lily said, "the book is not just about vampires. It's about the Cullen coven."

Alice looked absolutely and completely shocked at this. For a psychic we seemed to surprise her rather frequently. I decided to pull her back from her thoughts; it looked as though she was finally having a vision.

"Um… Alice? Look not that I mean–" Alice cut me off.

"I'm sorry; I have no idea what you're talking about," she informed us coolly.

Lily looked annoyed, and she decided to give a voice to that look. "Look Alice, I… it's actually our turn to ask you some questions, and make sure you answer honestly!"

Alice looked a little bit regretful of snapping at us, and so she nodded her head and agreed to answer our questions.

"Are you married?" Lily asked. I had a fair idea of where she was going with this, but I didn't want to jump in just yet.

Alice's eyes went very wide and her tone became dubious, "Really? Look, I'm only in High School, and I think–"

Lily shook her head, "I didn't ask for thoughts. I asked you a very simple question. Are you married?"

Alice's expression gave it all away. She was caught between a rock and a hard place.

Alice huffed, biting down on her lip, "Well, honestly, yes. But why on earth did you think to ask that?"

Lily grinned. I didn't want to think of the plan formulating in her head.

"Okay, Alice, I'm going to give a statement, just tell me if it's right or wrong." Lily said. The way she said it sounded sweet, but I'd known Lily long enough to detect the commanding tone hidden underneath.

Once again Alice only nodded her head in agreement.

Lily's face was stern. "Are you married to Major Jasper Whitlock?"

Alice bit down on her lip for a second trying to hide her amusement with the question. Apparently, though, it became too much for her to contain. She was suddenly laughing, hard. After she collected herself she responded, "Well, technically, yes. But nobody's called him that since– Wait, time out… you called him Major Jasper Whitlock? How could you possible know that?"

Lily grinned, she was done executing her plan, "We've read the book Alice, and we know it all…"

If I hadn't known Lily was being dead serious I would have laughed at Lily's statement. It sounded like something that came right out of a corny novel.

Alice looked disgusted. She seemed to be ashamed, hurt, and most of all regretful that she'd come today. I couldn't bear to see her like that. I'd only met her 10 minutes ago, and already I liked her. I could see the attraction that Bella had toward this family.

"Look Alice, I didn't mean to upset you, and we don't plan on exposing your family at all."

Alice was still looking shocked and so when she spoke it was quiet and slow.

"Okay, my turn again, and I want an honest answer to everything." Lily and I smiled and nodded our heads more enthusiastically then the last time.

"Alright," she started, "I'll let Lily answer this one. If you say you know everything," she looked disgusted at the thought, "then tell me about my family."

"Certainly," Lily replied. This, once again, was not what Alice was expecting, there must have been something much more important in the future that she was concentrating on.

"Where would you like me to begin? Just name a person and I'll start." Lily said sweetly, yet at the same time over-confidently.

"Umm… okay, tell me about… me. Tell me about me!" Alice said, she was, once again, energetic.

"Ok, your name is Mary Alice Brandon, except your married to Jasper Whitlock, except he uses the last name Hale. You are all pretending to be adopted by Carlisle and Esme Cullen. You were born in… what year, Beverly, I forget?"

I interjected, "1901 in Mississippi! Then you were sent to an asylum for seeing visions- which were enhanced once you were turned. Hmm… let's see, what else… you were turned by an old vampire to be protected from James, he was tracking you. You and Bella Swan, well, I guess it's Bella Cullen now, are the only two he ever tracked and didn't get. You had a sister named Cynthia and her daughter's children are still alive in Mississippi. You're married to Jasper and you are supposed to be in the same grade as Edward. You live with Carlisle, Esme, Edward, Bella, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, and Renesmee, and are frequently visited by Jacob Black. I think that that about covers it…"

Alice looked completely gob smacked; I smiled having told the physic something she didn't know, or at least wasn't expecting.

"Umm… wow…" Alice was at a loss of words. "That sounded a bit creepy. Almost on the level of a stalker." Alice lightly laughed it off, "At any rate, I definitely don't doubt you."

I couldn't help but smile, and Alice and Lily were quick to join in.

Alice, still awe struck, began to speak, "So, how much of our lives are books? Where does it start, and who wrote these things?"

Lily answered, "Well, actually, it's technically not your lives, it's Bella's. It starts in 2005 when she first moved to Forks, that book's called Twilight. Then it goes until after the Volturi leave from the baseball field. It's written by Stephenie Meyer, but it takes place from Bella's point of view. There is a partially-leaked manuscript of a book called Midnight Sun, which is Twilight through Edward's Point of View." Lily finished, with no breath left, having said that as if it were all one sentence. Actually, I think she intended it to be.

"All right, since you know everything could you give me a moment please?"

"Of course," I said, smiling.

Now Alice really was having a vision. I have to say, it was pretty weird. If I'd never heard it described I would have thought it very rude of her to just zone out on us.

"Okay, I'm back," she said, a smile dancing on her lips once again, "this is going to work out well, except my family isn't going to be too pleased… especially Bella, oh and Rosalie, but that generally goes without saying. By the way, we're going to be starting at Hillgrove High, too! Also, I think that you two should come back to my house tonight and explain for yourselves. I don't want to have to do this."

Great, just great, we're going to be sent to the house of vampires and knowingly upset them, this idea just sounds so brilliant!

Alice smiled, "We'll be moving again in about 30 seconds, and they'll love you– well, mostly. Oh, and," the ride started to move again, "don't let Emmett intimidate you, he does it on purpose."

Before I knew it we were off the ride and following behind Alice's bright yellow Porsche to a house full of unsuspecting Cullens, and, according to Alice, probably Jacob. The last thing Alice said to us before we got into the car was, "Control your thoughts, and don't let Edward find anything out until you tell him." Great, what comforting last words.

A/N: Tell me what you thought, yes? This is just a work in progress and a spin-off of a literature class assignment! So anyway… I'll try to update soon, but… well, you know how life gets! Anyway, tell me what you thought! Cheers!

~Beverly

11/27/09: Oh! An Author's Note from the future! This is an edited version of the original Ferris Wheel that I had posted. Basically, it's just grammatically corrected. I know, it still isn't good, and the sentences are run-ons in spots, but… eh, that's life! Thanks for reading! Please review!