Disclaimer: All rights and characters belong to Stephanie Meyer; I'm just borrowing them for a bit.

Chapter 3

Alice - Heartbroken I will cry

As my horrible vision faded, the door was torn from it hinges with a sickening snap, as my brother disappeared in blind torment and pain. Edward was gone, and god knows what he would find when he got there. I hoped more than I had ever hoped for anything, that he would make it in time to save her.

Esme's arm wrapped around me tenderly; her motherly instincts shining through, as she coaxed me, her voice dripping with concern. "Alice darling, what did you see?"

I shuddered noticeably, and Jasper wrapped himself around me in a fierce embrace. I knew he was confused; he could feel my pain and horror, but he had no idea why I was feeling it. He whispered in my ear slowly and softly, knowing full well that everyone else would hear. "Alice, why did Edward leave?"

Anguish filled me completely inside, and I never wanted to utter the words that I had to tell them. It was too horrible to imagine, that my sister; my best friend could be gone forever, but I had to do it. I had to speak the words that would tear my family apart. Time seemed to stop as I whispered hoarsely. "Bella, she um… she jumped."

A collective gasp echoed throughout the car, as I forced out the rest of the information with a shaky voice, unshed tears glimmering in my eyes. "Somewhere at Chief's Head Peak, the highest peak I think."

Horror contorted their faces, as it all sunk in. Esme whispered softly, her voice aching with pain and disbelief. "No… Not Bella… not my baby…"

Then from in the distance, an inhuman cry of pain and despair echoed around us, heartbreakingly broken. "She promised… she promised…"

Within seconds, we were all running to the source of the sound; to a very broken Edward.

By the time we reached him, he was crouched motionlessly on the peak where Bella was supposed to be standing and sobbing tearlessly. Oh god Edward, I couldn't even imagine his pain. Until he looked up, into my eyes and my own soul splintered and crumbled to dust from the sheer anguish in his eyes. It was like he had died along with her, but was still alive and all that remained was total pain, suffering and torment.

I clutched Jasper's arm tightly to hold him up before he could hit the ground, writhing around in pain from all the emotions attacking him. He remained standing, but just barely; grinding his teeth against the pain.

"Alice." I looked at Edward now. He was holding a slip of vibrant blue fabric against his heaving chest as he spoke. A piece of cloth we all immediately recognized; it was a strip of Bella's shirt. He whispered hoarsely, but there was a conviction that lay in his words; steely and unwavering. "You will find her."

I just nodded dumbly at him, then closed my eyes and let the dark emptiness wash over me, and then I focused my entire being on Bella. I tried so hard to pinpoint her location, anything about her, but there was nothing; just an empty, black abyss where her cloudy future should have been. Slowly, hoarsely, I uttered one word; "Nothing."

My voice was cracking with pain; my heart breaking because at that moment, I alone knew the horrible truth. And I would have to tell them this horrible truth, but before I could explain, Edward's contorted scream brought me rapidly back to reality. "LOOK HARDER! DAMN IT, ALICE! LOOK HARDER NOW!"

Unphased by his anger, because all I knew was this pain heaving in my chest, I clung to Jasper as he winced at the rage flowing from Edward in waves. I couldn't bear to look him in the eye, so I looked down at my feet and stated softly, my heart going out to my poor, defeated brother. "I can't Edward."

I looked up then to gaze at their confused faces, and then I couldn't keep it all inside anymore. I couldn't stay strong anymore; and I broke down sobbing. When I finally stared him in the eye, I knew I was looking into the gateway of his broken soul, looking into my own feelings magnified a million times over.

Then I spoke the words I wished with everything I had never to speak, the words I knew would destroy him. "Edward, there is nothing. No future at all."

His very soul shattered before my very eyes, and I cringed away in pain, and I had to turn away from him. It was too hard to look at him.

Turning to my family, I whispered. "Bella…" My voice cracked over her name; my best friend's name, one I would never see ever again, "… she's gone."

Everyone just stared blankly back at me, before horror and disbelief washed over their empty expressions; except for Edward.

He just rocked back and forth on his knees, silent sobs wracking his body; as he whispered her name over and over and over again, begging her to come back to him.

As I looked around, I knew. We would never be the same ever again.

I wrapped my arms around Jasper with unshed tears in my eyes; as I listened, along with the rest of my shell shocked family, to my brother's broken heart cry out in anguish.