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Alice POV

The wind shifted, and I caught the scent of elk just north of me. I wasn't in the hunting mood, however. I had just hunted four hours ago. Hunting, looking into my past, staying with my family in Alaska (with one exception), and locking myself in my room. That was my life now. It's been that way for months. Ever since Edward made us leave Bella.

Flashback

"We have to leave, Carlisle! Don't you understand? If we stay, we're only putting her in more danger!" Edward was arguing his side of the case mere hours after Bella had fallen asleep.

"But we can't leave! I'm not going to let some human drive us away from here." Rosalie crossed her arms defiantly.

"As I recall Rosalie, you and Emmett and Jasper are supposed to be across the country. And if you ever call Bella 'some human' again, not even Emmett will be able to stop me from ripping your head off," Edward growled.

"Edward, you cant leave her. If you do, she'll just break down." I begged for him to see reason.

"Alice, we'll have to leave anyway. Even if she stays safe-" Edward glared at Jasper as he spoke "-we'll have to leave one day. She'll die eventually." His eyes never left Jasper's shame-filled face.

"Enough, Edward. What happened tonight was an accident. If you think leaving will be best for Bella in the long run, then we will leave," Carlisle stated.

"No! Carlisle, you can't do this!" My voice broke.

"I don't want to leave!" Emmett cried.

"We can be almost normal here." Rose was backing Emmett up.

"Guys, you're killing me over here," Jasper whispered.

"You heard your father. Go pack. We leave in the morning." Esme turned to Edward. "And you are positive it'll be easier if we just disappear and you are the only one to say goodbye?"

Edward nodded. I choked back a cry, then followed Emmett and Rosalie upstairs.

"Where is it? Where is it?" I searched frantically for the diary, the video tape, and the photo albums I was saving for Bella. "Aha!" I put the tape, albums, and another diary in a secret panel in my closet, then opened the first diary and scribbled a hasty message to her.

"What are you doing? You know Edward wouldn't approve," my husband whispered from right behind me.

"He already knows about this diary." I turned to face him. His face was creased with worry and sadness. I reached for his face, but he turned away.

"It's my fault we have to leave. If I had more control…" he whispered.

"It's not your fault, Jazz. It could happen to any of us." I held the diary out to him. "You want to leave her a message?"

Jasper smiled sadly at me, taking the pen and book from my hands. After he put the pen down, I saw Emmett coming.

"Emmett," I hissed. Too late.

"What are you two doing? Can I see?"

I sighed and handed him the book. He took the pen and began writing a message. He closed it and started walking out of the room- with the diary!

"Emmett! What are you doing?!"

"Take a chill pill, pixie. I'm just seeing if anyone else wants to leave Bella a message."

Jasper and I looked at each other, then raced downstairs towards Emmett's voice. Everyone but Edward was there.

"Come on guys! Think of what this would mean to Bella if she finds this in the future!" Emmett looked like a little kid begging for candy, I thought as the diary I had made for Bella was passed around, with everyone's personal messages added to it. Everyone but Rosalie and Edward.

End Flashback

I sighed. I wished I could just run back to Forks, to check on Bella. Something touched my shoulder. I jumped. I had been so absorbed in my thoughts, I hadn't heard him coming. That's saying something, since we could hear almost everything.

"Oh, hey, Jasper," I greeted him.

"I was hoping you'd be feeling a bit more cheerful. Everyone's impossibly miserable."

"Even Rosalie?" I asked in astonishment.

"Well, I think she just hates to see our family in so much pain."

"And everyone else?"

"Probably because Edward's not here. To tell you the truth, even though he can get annoying, he's really helpful when it comes to keeping this family together. I miss him."

"I do too, Jazzy. He's been with this family through almost everything. When Esme and Rose were changed, when Rosalie brought Emmett back, and when we came into the picture. He's our brother."

"I think everyone thinks that. I wonder if-" Jasper's voice was suddenly cut off.

Vision

Bella was sitting on the edge of our old bed. I had convinced Esme to keep our furniture in the house, and she agreed, taking only those few pieces that were very special to her and the rest of us- the dining room table and Carlisle's desk, along with her own. She picked up a book from beside her and opened it. I recognized the book instantly- the diary we left for her! She found it! Her skin was pale, her clothes covered in blood and torn, and her eyes were red. Bella was a vampire! She smiled.

"I'll be waiting," she breathed.

End Vision

I squealed and jumped up and down. My vision from so long ago had finally come to pass! Bella was one of us.

"Jasper! I've got great news, but we have to tell everyone at once!" I cried, racing in the direction of the house.

"What did you see, Alice?" Jasper asked. "I'm picking up so many happy emotions from you."

The house came into view. I grinned at Jasper as Emmett opened the door. We stopped just short of a collision.

"Emmett, is everyone inside?" My grin slipped off my face a little as I saw that it was only Emmett and Rose home. Esme and Carlisle were visiting Tanya's family. I shrugged, stepping past Emmett and nodding toward Rosalie.

"I guess we'll just have to…"

Vision

Edward sat in a tree near Bella's house, looking down at the chaos below him. Police cars covered the lawn, Billy Black and Charlie sat on the porch step, and Charlie was sobbing.

"I'm sorry, Charlie. The boys found her truck in the at the bottom of the cliff, smashed. There was no sign of her," Billy Black said. Edward's face contorted in shock, horror, and sadness. It broke my heart. The two men went inside, along with several police men. Edward dropped out of the tree and ran to his and Bella's meadow. There, he sat silently.

"No!" I cried in terror.

"Alice?" Jasper asked worriedly.

Edward knelt before the Volturi, begging them to kill him.

"Alice? You okay?" Emmett asked.

Esme sobbed into Carlisle's arms. Emmett was silent, Jasper was sitting next to me, Rosalie drew in a ragged breath. Bella was with us, her face buried into her arms. I looked like someone had just died. Like someone in my family had been taken from our midst forever.

End Vision

"No…Edward…" I whispered, almost inaudibly. Jasper, leaning in close to me, was the only one who heard it.

"Edward? What's wrong with him?" he asked.

"Is he okay?" Emmett asked.

"He…he…he's going to go to Forks. Then he's going to go to the Volturi," I breathed.

"But he could change his decision, couldn't he?" Rose asked.

I shook my head. "No. It's inevitable. After he goes to Forks, he'll know she's missing-"

"Bella's missing?!" Emmett cried.

"-And then he'll automatically want to go kill himself," I finished, ignoring Emmett.

Esme and Carlisle walked in and I leaped up.

"We have to go save Edward!"

"What? What's wrong with him?" Esme asked, turning around and running next to me. I never turned to look at her; instead, I put on another burst of speed and Esme was left behind. I didn't know who else was coming, but I knew I had to get to Charlie's house.

Vision

My family and I searched the woods near Charlie's house. Edward wasn't there.

Okay, to the meadow.

Edward pulled his phone out of the pocket and I tackled him. Emmett caught the phone and squeezed it. The phone crumbled to dust.

End Vision

"Come on, everyone! We're going to make it!" I screeched over my shoulder. I leapt over a river and kept running.

I lost track of time as we raced to Forks. Soon, I caught his scent in the wind. I turned in the direction of the meadow. I could hear him take something out of his pocket as I drew closer.

Edward! I thought, leaping out of the bushes. I tackled him as he held the phone to his ear, just like in my vision. Emmett, on the other side of the meadow, caught the flying phone. He destroyed it. I wasn't paying much attention to anything but my brother. He looked like a zombie.

"Alice? What are you doing here?" he asked in a dead voice. He looked into my eyes. They were pitch black. There was no light in them. I squeezed his arms tightly.

"Edward, if you go to Italy, I will find you and beat you to a bloody pulp!" Emmett threatened.

Edward shook his head, smirking sadly. "Emmett, you wouldn't carry out that threat even if you tried."

"You were ready to go ask the Volturi to kill you! I saw it!" I told him.

"And if you saw that, then you know what happened to Bella," he whispered.

"What happened to Bella?" Esme asked from beside me. I turned to look at her.

"She's gone, Esme." Edward's voice broke. Esme gasped.

"If you go kill yourself, this family won't be the same." I showed him my vision of the family without him. Our faces, broken beyond repair. Esme crying without tears. Emmett and me, no longer our cheerful selves, but Emmett holding Rose and Jasper holding me. I left out the part about Bella, though.

Edward's face looked even sadder, if that was possible.

"Bella wouldn't want you to do this," I whispered.

Edward stayed silent for a long time.

"Edward, please, say something," Esme begged.

"Rose, I didn't know you cared," Edward joked weakly.

Rosalie scowled. "I just don't want to see this family miserable because of you."

"Okay, Carlisle. I'm coming."

I turned to look at the rest of my family. Carlisle nodded.

"Jasper, Emmett, can you make sure he doesn't run?" I asked. They both nodded.

"You don't need to do that, Alice," Edward reprimanded me.

"Well, I just want to be on the safe side. For all I know, you could make a split-second decision that I won't be able to see. Then we'll never be able to catch you. You're the fastest runner in the family, after all," I reminded him.

"Fine," he sighed.

"Don't worry, Edward. I have a feeling you'll be happy again one day," I consoled him.

"What are you talking about, Alice?" I blocked my thoughts from him. "Alice!"

"Wait and see," I sang cryptically.

"Thanks, Alice," he snarled.

"Edward, you know things like this need to unfold on their own."

"Okay, it's all fine and dandy. Can we go back to Alaska now?" Emmett asked.

"Yes, Emmett. Let's go," Carlisle ordered. We followed him and Esme through the woods, on the way back to our house; to me, it was not our home. Our home wasn't complete without Bella.

Bella will see the Cullens again in the next chapter! I feel really bad for Edward, but at least Rosalie wasn't the one who called him. See? My story is so much different from Nwe Moon. Do me a huge favor and review!

ASHLEY