Lost & Found - Chapter Four - Home.

Disclaimer: Everything you see (except for any OC's) all belong to Ms Stephenie Meyer. I'm just borrowing them.

Summery: While watching Jasper hunt Alice looks back over their life together, and their journey to find the Cullens.

Authors Note: The final chapter :) I probably could have carried on for a little longer but this chapter feels like the right place to finish. Thank you to those who read and/or reviewed the previous chapters :) As always, everything is Alice's P.O.V, the non flashback moments are set somewhere between Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, but contains no spoilers. Everything else takes place pre-Twilight. All canon, and if they were a vampire in the books, they're a vampire in here too. Please review, they really mean a lot to me.

The sound of the deers struggles and Jasper's snarls soon quieted until I could hear nothing but the birds in the trees above me. My tawny eyes were still fixed on Jasper's back as he stared down at the fresh kill by his feet. For one short moment while I watched him, I wished I had my brother Edward's ability to read minds. I waited for my love to turn to me while my mind brought me another memory, the memory that marked the beginning of the happiest years of my existence.

I had no idea where we were, somewhere in Canada was all I was certain of. We'd long since given up trying to keep track of where we were going. Not that I even particularly cared where we were. No, all that mattered to me at this precise moment were the arms wrapped comfortably around me, the strong chest I leaned back against while his chin rested on my shoulder. It didn't even bother me that we were sitting in the snow, with more of the fluffy white flakes falling around us, and onto us. Jasper sighed softly, his sweet scent – which I was sure I could recognize better than my own by now – tickling the exposed skin of my neck, while another wave of contentment washed over me. My jewel bright eyes opened but I stayed silent, not wanting to break into our peaceful little moment. Instead, I concentrated on sending out waves of love towards my empathic soul mate until I felt his lips press softly against my neck, followed by a quiet chuckle. "Thank you." He breathed against my pale skin. "Anything for you, my sweet Jasper." I answered him as I turned slightly, snuggling myself closer to him. I felt his arms tighten around me, and let a contented sigh slip from my lips. "So, Miss Cullen, what is on our agenda today? Have you seen anything interesting?" Jasper asked me after another seemingly endless quiet moment. "I'm not sure, let me check..." I answered him with a laugh before I had to concentrate. My eyes became distant and unfocused, my face blank while I looked into our futures.

I didn't see much, not that I had really expected to when neither of us had decided how we were going to spend the day. All I saw was Jasper and I, sitting just as we were now, until the day turned into night. A delicate frown crossed my features then, as my vision took on a look of being blurred and out of focus – usually this meant that some kind of outside decision, that would affect what I saw, hadn't been made yet. This always frustrated me a little, trying to see past the blur made my head hurt. Jasper sensed the change in my mood and shifted me slightly in his arms to better see my face. "What is it Alice? What did you see?" He asked me softly, though worry and anxiety were both obvious in his voice, as well as on his face. I smiled at him, working to get past my frustration and radiate calm again. I brushed my fingers lightly over his forehead, trying to smooth out the worried lines creasing his forehead. "Everything's fine, I just can't see what we're doing after the sun goes down, that's all." I watched his face relax and felt another wave of calm surround me. I'd been with Jasper for almost two years now, and in that time he'd come to understand how my visions worked almost as well as I did. "I wonder who's decision is going to affect us.." He said quietly. I was fairly sure of who it might be, but didn't want to voice my suspicions to Jasper just yet.

I'd been keeping a closer eye on the Cullens decisions for the last few weeks. They were getting close to being in the right place for us to find them. They were in New York now, but had been toying with the idea of moving on to Alaska, or somewhere in Europe very soon. I already knew we would find them in Alaska, but whether that would be now or at some later date, I wasn't sure. Everything was resting on their decision. Jasper, obviously seeing that I was lost in thought, pressed his lips softly to my snowy cheek. This simplest of things claimed my attention immediately, my eyes focusing intently on the most beautiful face I'd ever laid eyes on. Though the sun was safely hidden behind the large clouds that were the source of the current snowfall, the daylight still gleamed dimly – and much too weakly for human eyes to notice – on his skin, making the countless crescent shaped scars on Jasper's face stand out even more than they already did. To any other vampire who looked at Jasper, these would have been his most defining feature, they'd be the first thing anyone noticed when looking at his face. But not for me. Though his battle scars were never hidden it was almost like I could see right passed them, they rarely ever held my attention. I was usually more focused on his eyes or his smile. For the moment, however, they had my attention. I reached my hand up, my fingertips barely touching Jasper's skin as I traced one of the scars closest to his jaw line. I watched the corners of his mouth pull up into a small smile while his topaz eyes fluttered closed.

I remembered a time – it felt like a whole lifetime ago now, but it was only really a little over a year ago – when I'd done this, asking if it bothered him. He'd looked at me with a smile that would have stopped my heart if it hadn't already been still. "Alice, you are the only thing in this world that has made these scars worth everything I went through to get them. Each of them was another step that I took closer to you. So no, it doesn't bother me." he'd held my hand to his face then and closed his eyes, just like he had now. "Maybe we should go hunting today." I said quietly, breaking the silence we'd both settled into. Jasper's eyes snapped open immediately. "Alice, I hope you're not suggesting this because you're worried about me. I'll be fine for a few more days. You really don't have to baby me so much." I knew he was trying very hard not to let the irritation show that he sometimes felt when I pestered him to go hunting. But this time he was wrong. "I know you don't need to hunt again yet, but I was thinking more about myself actually." He arched one brow then, clearly wondering how I could be thirsty when my eyes were still so light. "Well, you wont let me shop because we're supposed to be traveling light." I did my best to shoot a disgruntled glare at him. "So how else do you expect me to entertain myself?" My face had slipped into an unmistakable pout. I could feel Jasper's eyes on me for a moment before he chuckled. "You want to go hunting because you're bored?" "Mm-hm." I answered, nodding my head once. I felt Jasper's fingers under my chin, lifting my still pouting face up to look at him. "How could I ever possibly say no to such a beautiful face?" He kissed the tip of my nose and watched a smile replace the pout on my lips. "Yay!" I squealed with delight as I jumped to my feet, pulling Jasper with me. I loved to get my own way as often as possible.

I turned around to face Jasper, stretching up on my toes as I tried to reach his lips with my own. Jasper's arms wrapped securely around my waist before he lifted me off the snow covered grown, my feet dangling a foot in the air. I slid my arms around his neck, my wind chime giggles filling the air around us both, and pressed my lips softly to his. Every kiss Jasper and I had ever shared was like a bolt of lightening to my long silent heart, and this one was no different. I lost track of how long we stood there, locked in each others arms, trading waves of love and passion between us. With snowflakes settling in our hair, Jasper parted his lips from mine and set me gently back on my feet. "Wow.." I giggled and took Jasper's hand in mine, twinning our fingers together. "Lets go hunt!" I darted through the trees, almost disappearing in a blur of movement. Jasper ran at my side until we had to trade running on the ground for jumping from tree to tree. My pealing laughter could probably be heard from miles away, which I suppose wasn't the best way to stay unnoticed; but I wasn't too concerned, we were moving much too fast for any human to even begin to guess where my laughter was coming from. We carried on swinging through the trees until we came to a small clearing by the side of a mountain. I stopped, hooking my legs over a branch and hanging upside down. I inhaled, scenting a small herd of Elk grazing not too far away from us. Jasper caught their scent too, his nose wrinkling in disgust. "Elk. Lovely." He sighed as he jumped down from the branch he'd been balancing on and landed lightly on the ground. I stayed where I was, hanging upside down. "It was your idea to travel through Canada. We could have gone somewhere with a tastier food supply." I reminded him with a giggle. I knew that Elk was Jasper's least favorite choice of prey. He looked up at me and rolled his eyes but I could see a smile on his lips. Even upside down his smile still stunned me. "Do you know what you look like up there?" He asked, clearly fighting laughter now. "A monkey in the Zoo." Jasper answered his own question. I shrugged my shoulders, a smile lighting up my pixie like features. "I'm your little monkey." I giggled and unhooked my legs from the branch, Jasper caught me effortlessly in his arms before my feet touched the ground. "You certainly are that." He laughed quietly and set me on my feet. We both sniffed the air in the direction of the Elk herd, Jasper's nose wrinkled again. "Come on Jazz," I giggled at the nickname I'd given him a few months ago. "They're not that bad. Hey, wanna see who can kill the most?" I asked, arching one of my perfect brows. Maybe the idea of a challenge would help him overcome his distaste for Elk. "You already know who's going to kill the most Alice." I shook my head quickly. "No I don't, I'm not going to look." "You promise you wont look?" I could see the corners of his mouth twitch up into an easy smile now, and knew my little challenge idea was working. "I promise." I answered as solemnly as I could while holding back a giggle. "Well, what are we waiting for then?" Jasper crouched and sprang, darting in the direction of the herd. "Hey! I didn't say you could have a head start!" I laughed as I took off after him.

It turned out to be a fairly even split, Jasper killed four Elk while I got three. I watched Jasper drain his last and sprang at him, growling playfully while I tackled him to the ground. His arms locked around me as we landed, holding me tight to his chest. I could feel his body shake under me while he laughed. I loved to hear him laugh like that. "Ah, my sweet little Alice. How truly terrifying you are...for a monkey." I giggled and pressed my lips softly to his throat. "I love you, Jasper Whitlock." I breathed against his skin. I felt a wave of love wash over me, Jasper's own unspoken 'I love you.' We lay there, watching the sun peek through the clouds and filter down through the thick canopy of branches and leaves above us, reflecting off of our skin like we were made of thousands of tiny diamonds. We watched the reflected light shine on the trees for ours, until the night began to fall.

And then I saw it, the vision I'd been waiting for. The Cullens would be in Alaska by morning. I already knew that Jasper and I would find them, only a day after that. Suddenly I could keep the smile off my face, two more days and we would finally find our family. Jasper sensed the change in my emotions and sat up, still holding me against his chest. "Alice?" "I saw them Jazz. Carlisle and Esme, Rosalie and Emmett, and Edward." I'd seen them all so many times in my visions that they were already family to me, I knew everything about them that a sister would know about her siblings, or a daughter would know about her parents. "They'll be in Alaska by morning." My voice seemed to climb higher with excitement, though I could see the nervousness that Jasper was trying to hide in his eyes. "Don't worry Jasper, they're going to love you almost as much as I do." I tried to make my emotions as reassuring as I could and placed my hand gently on his cheek. His mouth pulled up into a small smile and he held my hand to his face. "I trust you Alice. When will we find them?" "Two days or so. But we'll have to start running now, I want to get as far as we can before the humans wake and we have to be careful." I sprang, lithe and graceful, to my feet and held my hand out to Jasper, just as I had the first time we'd met. Jasper got to his feet and, just as he had that same day, took my hand in his and we ran together, towards our family, towards home.

Jasper turned, leaving his drained kill on the ground and was at my side in a heartbeat. I smiled up at him, both of our emotions matching as they so often did, both of us radiating love. He held his hand out to me and I took it in mine, my gaze locked on his face as I got to my feet. "My sweet Alice.." he brushed his fingers over my cheek. "You looked so deep in thought while I was hunting..what were you thinking about?" "You mostly, us, the family, home...nothing much." I giggled softly as we began walking – slowly for us – towards home.