I don't own anything but some OC's and a bit of the plot, S Meyer owns the rest.
Warning: sexual and physical abuse is mentioned and may be shown in this story in a flashback or dream, bad language and a supposed mental illness are in this story as well as a lemon or two later on. Read at your own caution.
Lot's of angst.
EdwardxAlice.
There will be shifters in this story, though not the wolves so go away if you don't like it.
Black Veil Brides- Fallen Angels.
We're bored to death in heaven We Scream, We Shout To those who sing alone Follow the mourning star We have no where to go
And all alone in hell
We only want to be ourselves
We are the Fallen Angels
We Scream, We Shout
Woah oh, Woah oh oh oh...
No need to feel the sorrow
We Scream, We Shout, Woah oh..
We are the Fallen Angels
A light when darkness fell
The passion left unholy
Now you find yourself
No one to wish us well
A cry to find our home
Our stories they will tell
Alice POV
I was jerked awake by the sound of loud thunder. I became disoriented as I realized I was not on a bed until I saw I was on the Couch in the living room. Bella had kicked me out of our room.
I kicked the patchwork quilt off of my body and stood up, wincing at the pain in my left leg from where Bella had kicked last night. When I said she had kicked me out of the room I meant that in the literal sense.
I walked to the yellow curtains covering the window that looked out over the from of the house and found pouring rain and rolling clouds. I smiled faintly, wondering when the last time I had smiled was. A few months? Probably. Maybe even years.
I watched the rain bucket down harder than Niagara Falls as the sky was lit up in a flash by powerful lightening. I could just see a metre in front of the window as puddles merged together. Thunder rolled through my ears again. I closed the curtains.
I picked up the throw pillow and quilt I had used and put them in the coat closet, I went into Bella's bedroom silently. Hopefully she wouldn't wake. I opened up my suitcase and pulled out a pair of skinny jeans, high top converse, a red and blue top and a navy blue hoodie.
I crept out of the room, seeing it was barely six o'clock. Going into the bathroom I turned on the shower after locking the door with chipped paint. After stripping off my clothes I stepped into the scalding hot shower.
Sighing as the tension was slowly burned from my body, sleeping on an old couch was not comfortable. It was even worse when I kept on moving as my nightmares plagued me.
I hummed quietly, it was barely audible to me with the sound of the water hitting the metal under my feet of the shower floor. After washing off my body and wishing the hot water would just wash off my scars and washing my hair I stepped out.
After drying off I got dressed, I had spent twenty minutes in the shower. I had at least an hour and a half left. Maybe even two hours.
What to do 'till then?
Well I could have breakfast, no, I'm not hungry. Watch Tv, good enough. I headed down the stairs and fished the remote from between the seats in the sofa and turned it on. It was on the News. CNN to be precise.
Fire somewhere in Seattle.
Car pile-up on some road headed from D.C.
Riots in London.
So basically it was a normal day.
Well unless you count moving god knows how many miles to some small town normal.
I sighed and turned off the TV. What else could I do?
Thinking it over as I walked into the kitchen, I decided to know my way around the house. Bella had had the chance to come here on holidays, she knew this place like she knew our house back in Phoenix.
I, however, do not. Not having a childhood took the liberty of finding out what Charlies' house and Forks look like. I had missed out on a lot and I had come to terms with it. Sort of.
The kitchen was simple and yet homey like Bella's room. Yellow walls with a round wooden table by the windows, sinks with a window above it, oven, fridge/freezer, washing machine. Normal. The cupboards were painted in a fading yellow with a scratched linoleum.
I searched through every cupboard, making note of where everything was. I pulled open every draw; cutlery, old bills letters, blank bullets, scissors, pencils ect. Just random junk. It seemed to add to the character, it gave me an idea of what type of person I was staying with.
I got a drink of water before deciding I was hungry enough to eat. I heard the shower turn on, it was Charlie. I made two servings of beacon, toast and eggs, I ate mine in record time and left Charlies with another plate over it to keep it hot.
After that it was ten to seven, I headed up the stairs just as the shower turned off. My fingers trailed along the peeling flower print wallpaper up the stairs. My eyes flickered to the borders which had been painted white. The stairs had a dark brown carpet, it felt good under my toes.
I spent the rest of my time exploring the house in silence. For once feeling calm. No one had something to whine about, no one said anything degrading about me, I just got to be by myself. Even in Phoenix I had never really been alone.
In the mornings I would be running about the house either trying to hide from my sister or doing the housework because Bella or Renee told me to. At school I was constantly tormented,not just by their words but just them. I didn't like crowds, loud noises or anything like that. It reminded me of the screaming.
So much screaming.
It was different. To be left with my thoughts, just me. No one else. Bella was in her bedroom getting ready for School. For once there was no loud music blasting from her bedroom, she knew how much I hated loud noises. It was the only reason she played screamo. She knew my aversion to screaming. It was cruel.
I could hear my slow, even breathing and sometimes I swore I heard my heartbeat as I slipped into a deeper state of calm. It was almost like a catatonic state as I wandered around the small house, not really seeing anything after the fourth time.
It was pleasant. To be lost in nothing, so different. It surprised me how much I welcomed the change, from madness to tranquillity. Pure silence, it was a breath of fresh air.
Unfortunately it all became shattered as I was pulled back into the world of the living. Such a pity. I had actually been enjoying part of my life.
"Mary! I said we are going to be late for school." yelled Bella angrily from the front door.
As if on instinct I was on my feet and was running to the door, images of what he had done to me when he was angry. I grabbed a black coat, it went to my thighs. Doing up the buttons I met Bella at the door, she didn't even look at me as she pulled up her coat hood and trudged to the cab door.
"You are not sitting in here with me." she added as I started walking towards the Chevy, I nodded.
I stepped out, the rain had lessened and the thunder and lightening had stopped. It was just a drizzle now. I walked to the back of the Chevy and threw my school bag in, a black and red messenger bag with Alice In Wonderland written on the front. I pulled open the door, water that had collected in the back poured onto the floor by my feet.
I watched as it drained away into the mud before standing on the back tire and hauling my light body into the pick-up. I pulled back up the door and locked it shut before moving to the back and leaning against the rust metal of the cab.
It started vibrating unpleasantly as Bella started it up, I sighed and hugged my bag to my chest. I looked to my left as we pulled out of Charlies' driveway. The first thing I saw was trees. At first it was just tress; boring, green, tall trees.
And then I really looked at them.
Different shades of green, melding together to a perfect tapestry of colours. Different size leaves, some shaped almost like stars. Some trees were thin and tall others thick. I could see thick roots weaving between, disappearing under the damp earth. Creeping towards the paved road as though reaching out for any passers.
They loomed over threateningly, I had to put my hand on my forehead to stop the rain from hitting my eyes as I looked right up. Seeing where they disappeared, clashing with the grey and white sky. Puffy clouds made up sky. Bland.
I looked to my right this time. A few shops; a hardware store, supermarket, diner ect. Trees were cut back to make room for them. I could faintly see mist floating over the ground where the forest started, I looked to my left and realized I had not seen the mist on that side.
It looked like it belonged in a horror movie- mist creeping up on the protagonist, alerting the viewers of the impending drama and gore that was about to surround them. My paranoid side cam out then as I forced myself to check Bella's future; no blood and guts. She was safe.
I started to hear the chatter of kids, I had sensitive hearing. During my time with Him my senses had improved, I had spent a lot of time in darkness and so had had to rely on my other senses. It helped with surprises, but I also had visions so I was almost never surprised.
I took a deep breath as Bella pulled into the school parking lot, I couldn't be seen from where I was and for that I was thankful, I could only have nightmares about how many stares we were getting. For now a least.
I all but threw myself from the back of the Chevy, almost falling flat on my face in a puddle. I heard my sister snicker, that was until she stepped right in a large puddle, her trainers becoming wet.
She jumped out of it and glared at as though it was my fault, I was sure it was. She hissed, "If your such a fortune teller why didn't you warn me about that?" she asked me coldly, I frowned.
Pulling my bag from the Chevy bed I slung it over my shoulder, another sigh leaving my lips as I walked around the truck. Time for school.