A/N: It's late, I'm tired and posting this. I hope you like it. Have fun reading!
The train arrived at Hogwarts and we got out, not showing our concern. We walked to the carriages with the other transfer students. Professor Sprout was waiting to show us the ropes and welcome us to school. I remembered her from our last Hogwarts experience. No doubt she would guess but she would never know. I saw Bella and Edward talking a little bit ahead. No doubt sharing experiences of their previous education. Emmett was joking around with Rose and Jasper walked beside me. I noticed he was tense. "What is wrong?" I asked him in a soft whisper. "I'm nervous. I know the teacher."
"So do I, did she recognize us?"
"She feels a certain amount of familiarity."
I focused on the future. Professor Sprout is talking to Dumbledore, she tells of her doubts about the new students. Dumbledore assures her nothing is wrong. She stops worrying. She asks Emmett whether he is related to Emmett Brandon. Emmett gives the grandfather excuse I told him. "All is fine Jasper. We're giving them the grandparent excuse. It'll work."
Jasper sighed and smiled at me. "Thank you."
"You're always welcome."
"I know. I worry too much."
"You just worry for the both of us." I told him and I took his hand. He squeezed my hand and we entered the school. The great hall was exactly as we remembered it. Professor McGonagall took over from Professor Sprout. "You will all be sorted into the four houses. There's Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Huffelpuf and Slytherin." She continued the talk and I saw Edward looking at me. I played the vision I had in the train in my mind again. Edwards face went slightly pace. I'll explain later. I said to him in my mind. He nodded and turned his attention back to professor McGonagall. "Please follow me to the sorting ceremony." She said and we followed her. I heard the whispers and saw the stares. Nothing new about that. The sorting hat sang its song and the names were called. Cullen, Edward was first. "Ravenclaw." The hat called. Hale, Jasper followed Edward and was soon sorted into Gryffindor. I knew this side of Jasper, it was relatively new. He used to be willing to do anything at all for the sake of the family, Bella showed him some things just can't be stopped, no matter how hard you try. This taught him to be a little less extreme. Hale, Rosalie got sorted into Slytherin again. "McCarty, Alice." McGonagall called and I walked up to the hat. I sat down and my old friend greeted me again. Hello Miss Brandon. It said in my head. Nice to see you again.
Please to see you again as well. I responded. The sorting hat had a really nice way of 'speaking'.
You agree with my decision about Mr. Whitlock?
Yes, Gryffindor suits him well.
May I ask what brought on the change?
A girl named Isabella Swan, prefers to be called Bella.
Ah, the new girl. Mr. Mason seems very fond of her.
They got married.
I'm sure you enjoyed the planning. I laughed mentally, the sorting hat really new me well.
Where are Emmett and Isabella going? You've seen it all in Edwards mind.
I shouldn't tell you about Mrs. Mason, keeping the surprise for Mr. Mason although we need to converse about that little girl later on. She fascinates me. Mr. McCarty will make Huffelpuf, his recent behavior did prove him rather… The hat paused. I guess he is not the type to think. He is a little too happy about the fights that were coming.
That's Emmett for you. Where am I going? I asked the hat, already knowing the answer. I'm sure you already saw it. Say it with me. He teased and so I murmured along with him as he said "Gryffindor!"
He knew about Edward and did not decide upon Bella yet, to keep the surprise for him. Not that Edward would like that. I walked to the Gryffindor table and sat beside Jasper. "McCarty, Emmett." Professor McGonagall said and Emmett walked up to the hat. He sat down, obviously comfortable. There was a short silence and the hat called out. "Huffelpuf!" I giggled along with Jasper and Rose. "My big brother is in Huffelpuf." I giggled. I saw people gawking, looking back and forth between me and Emmett. Jasper pulled a theatrical face. "My sister is in Slytherin." He looked disgusted. Everybody started making sympathetic noises. We joked around a little more until McGonagall called Bella's name. "Swan, Isabella." I heard her murmur the usual complaint. "Bella, just Bella." I giggled and looked at the hat intently. The hat and I had a certain pattern to tell me what house before Edward. He didn't know and he couldn't tell. There were four movements belonging with the four renamed houses. A thoughtful frown was Ravenclaw, in my mind it was Thinkersland. Yeah, it's obvious. Raised brows were surprise, Huffelpuf, in my mind it was stuck-up-folks. Then there was the blank expression, Slytherin, the bloody sneaks. Again obvious for all who share my train of thought. Edward is not one of them. The last was a wink. He had winked at me with Jaspers sorting, leaving me without worries. I looked at the hat. The hat raised its eyebrows in surprise. Bella was going to be with the stuck-up-folks? Now that is a little strange, although her suffer in silence did explain a lot. "Huffelpuf!" The hat called and Edward glared at me for not relieving the tension. I smiled back at him with a sweet smile. Dumbledore gave a greeting speech, after which the banquet started. I just stared at my empty plate, making small talk with the surrounding people. A girl introduced herself to Jasper and myself. "Hello, I'm Ruth Florence. I'm a sixth year as well. What subjects will you be taking?" I looked at Jasper. "I'll be taking charms, potions, defense against the dark arts, ancient runes and herbology." I smiled at Jaspers choice. Typical Jasper, anything but divination. "I'm taking potions, charms, defense against the dark arts, divination and herbology."
"Well, I can't see why anybody would want divination, the teacher is mental. She keeps going on about somebody who is going to die this year. I'm taking potions, charms, transfiguration, defense against the dark arts, herbology and divination."
"You just said you think divination is a joke." I said, fully confused.
"But it's the only class that allows you to sleep properly." Ruth explained. "I won't be sleeping in divination. I think I might be able to ace the class." I said thoughtfully. Ruth raised her eyebrows at me. "As if. Nobody has ever aced divination in the history of Hogwarts."
"You're wrong. There is only one person who didn't die after acing the class. There is a curse on acing it."
"Whatever. If you have a death wish, ace it. If you don't, please, do keep you marks lower than mine."
"Ruth, are you obsessed with high marks? You should be in Ravenclaw."
"I am only obsessed with divination. I've been top of my class for two years in a row. This should be my third year."
I looked at Jasper and we started laughing. Perfect, somebody to tease. "What's so funny?" Ruth asked. "Nothing." I said with a sugar sweet smile. Ruth looked suspiciously at me and Jasper and I started behaving more human. We talked about the castle as if we had never been here. We looked at the ceiling with wonder in our eyes and started thinking out loud about quiditch. "They play competition here. The houses play against each other. Perhaps you should join tryouts. They're next week Friday." Ruth said.
"How do you know?" Jasper asked.
"I was chaser last year. I have been invited to the tryouts. Do you think your brother will join the Huffelpuf team?" Ruth asked me, obviously worried.
"I am quite sure. He loves a good match." I answered.
"How about your sister?" She asked Jasper, sounding a bit more hopeful.
"She's sure to try. Don't underestimate her though. She's the type of girl to stop at nothing to achieve her goal. I think that is what got her in Slytherin." Only I could hear the 'still' in his warning. We had a little hope for Rosalie to be sorted in a different house. Slytherin was anything but friendly to the other houses in this time and a family war was something we wanted to avoid. We would have to deal with Rosalie later. "Where to tonight?" Jasper whispered in my ear.
"The usual place." I said with a wink. "Up north. We have some exploring to do."
"What are you two planning to do tonight?" Ruth asked. "Please don't sneak out! You don't want to be caught after hours!"
"We won't be. We were both very good at the whole sneaking out stuff on our previous schools."
"I'm going with you then. To make sure you will have some place to hide in case you get in trouble."
"We never do Ruth. Trust us." Jasper said, using his power to power trust. I knew he hated manipulating people but we had no other choice. "I have to talk to Emmett." I said. He would hand it over to Bella and Bella could tell Edward. "I have to talk to Rosalie." Jasper said, looking displeased. We both walked over to our siblings and told them that our start of year meeting was to be held at the normal time and place. I saw Emmett walking up to Bella and talking to her, befriending her. He told her about it as if he told her a great secret. She just pretended to understand though she was just as confused as the other people on the table. No matter, she would tell Edward and he would take her with him. I took Jasper away from Rosalie and took him upstairs to the Gryffindor common room. "I am worried." I told him. "I saw Renesmee sneaking into school and getting caught. Do you think we can control her?" I asked him.
"I think not. She wants her parents. She even wants Rosalie. Jake can't keep her happy anymore. She's like a spoiled brat."
"Oh dear. Wait, how did you see her? You can't see her." He said astounded.
"You're right. I can't, how did this happen?" I wondered out loud. Jasper touched my crest. "You're special, but you're changing. Something has come to Hogwarts that makes everybody change. I can feel it. Everybody's emotions are changing, slowly and not to be noticed by anyone but me. The only person who doesn't have altered emotions is you, you have altered visions. Something is very wrong and we need to find out what."
"What could be so strong?" I asked him.
"I don't know. It's some sort of energy. Spiritual energy that has taken a form and is now changing people. Do you think I've changed?"
"No." I said, looking at face. My eyes went down to his neck and his arms. I sighed at the many scars. "Make it a yes." I said, feeling scared.
"What?!" He asked, slightly panicked. "One of your scars is gone." I didn't know how but I knew Jaspers past was vanishing from both his skin and his mind. If this didn't stop, he would lose all his memories, and I, I would lose him. I hugged him close and started crying tearless sobs of panic. "What is going on?" Ruth asked.
"Alice just got an owl. Her aunt is sick and might be dying." Jasper lied. Ruth gave me a pat on my shoulder and went to our dorms. "See you later." She murmured. I just nodded. This was bad. We stood there until the common room was empty. "We should go. The others are probably getting impatient. There are only a few minutes left until midnight." Jasper said. I just nodded and stood still. I didn't know what to do. Jasper understood my shock and took me in his arms. He carried me all the way up to the room of requirements. He opened the door to face every single person of the family staring in shock. "What happened?" Emmett said, shocked.
"I don't know." Jasper said. I could hear his worries but I couldn't move. This motionless feeling was better than facing the truth. "Let me see her." Carlisle said. He sounded calm but I knew better. He was worried. "Edward?" He said it as a question. "Her mind is analyzing our every move, apart from that, it's empty. She doesn't think, she only analyses. Emotions, tones of voices. Nothing there save what you can see and hear." There was a silence. "She looks like she is in shock. What happened Jasper?" Carlisle asked Jasper. "She saw Renesmee sneaking into school."
"She can't see Nessie." Edward interrupted.
"She can now. Please don't interrupt me. As I said, she saw Nessie sneak in and I told her people had been changing slightly. Their emotions were slowly being altered without them knowing it. I asked her if she had noticed change in me. She hadn't seen any but then she noticed one of my scars had disappeared. She freaked and started crying. I had to carry her up her, she couldn't walk or talk or anything. What is wrong with her Carlisle?" Jasper asked, feeling absolutely helpless. "Is this my fault?" I heard Nessie asked. "No hunny." Bella said, she wasn't sure about it. "It's not your fault, Alice is just surprised." Rosalie told Nessie. "Alice doesn't feel anything Rose!" Jasper bit at her. "She is completely void of anything that resembles emotions. How can you not be worried?" He asked her, fury being in his every word. "I know Alice. She'll be fine." Rose said, confidently. Emmett was being unusually silent. "Emmett should say something." I said, completely flat and emotionless. "I have nothing to say." Emmett said.
"Any theories?" Carlisle asked, ignoring both me and Emmett. Esme still hadn't said a word.
"I should leave." I said, getting on my legs and making for the door. "You're staying here until we know what's wrong with you." Carlisle said. Emmett blocked the door and Nessie walked up to me. "Stay aunty. We need you. We miss you." She said and she gave me a hug. "Fine, but I need to sleep." I said. Everybody looked at me with surprise. "Alice, vampires don't sleep." Esme said. "Right, I'm sorry. I'm just going to… yeah, I don't know." Jasper laughed. "I've got an idea. Only happening if you snap out of the zombie thing."
"Time to flee." Edward said and everybody left the room. Jasper pulled a bed out of the wall and sat on it. "Hugging time!" He said and took me in his arms. "What can't we face if we're together? We survived the Volturi, being separated from our family to save them without being able to trust on your vision, we've seen so much more than they know. If we can't make it, who can?"
"I'm just scared Jasper. We've never dealt with things that changed us. Not like this. What if we can't find the thing that does this?"
"Don't start the what if's, they only bring worries. Can you see anything?"
I looked. Emmett and Rose standing in front of an empty wall//Bella playing with Nessie in Hogsmead//Edward punches Jacob and breaks his nose//Carlisle in the hospital//Esme buys a cat as pet//Ruth needs to borrow a pencil//Jacob buys an engagement ring//Nessie steal a pie from Esme//Jasper is scarless and scared. The last one hit my like a wall. "I saw you, without scars. You were so scared." Jasper just nodded. I sat in his arms until it was time for breakfast. The awful future would have to wait. I had to focus on being happy-go-lucky Alice. Jasper had changed his entire timetable to match mine. He didn't want to leave me in a time like this. He loved me and not even this strange and evil new force could change that.
A/N: I know it's a bit freaky and all but this basicly is the plot. Evil force that has to be stopped and Alice and Jasper are the ones to do it. Main chars would be Alice Jazz and Ruth, Cullens as most important other chars... Yeah, bit lame-ish I know. Still begging for reviews though. Will get better as it devellops.