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Chapter 7

Alice's P.O.V.

Erika and I were still squealing when the dresses arrived. All of them were brought by two women, who were like everyone else around here, extremely gorgeous. One of them had blonde hair that she stuck out in unruly directions, thought it seemed to be her style. Her long flowing clothes made her seem rebellious but all accusations towards her vanished when she smiled at me. I gave her my best smile back.

"Hello, my name is Merina," she introduced herself, "And this is Heidi." She introduced the stunning brunette who gave us an annoyed look. Well that's fine if she wants to be all pissy, she wasn't ruining my mood.

I decided to take it upon myself to introduce everyone. "There are allot of us but here it goes, "I'm Alice and this is Bella, Erika, Alexandria, Skylar, Emmy, Rosalie, and Camile." I was surprised that I could say it all in one breath.

Of course, Heidi continued to unnerve me with her annoying and persistent stare. Sensing this, Merina held up a finger and walked out the door. She came back with a brown trunk that looked to be four feet wide and two feet high. She fumbled around in her pocket in search for, what I assumed as a key. After her search party failed she simply tore the lock of the trunk.

Unlike some of the other girls, I was able to hold in my surprise. I had a suspicion that there was more to vampires than being incredibly fast and breathtakingly beautiful. It seemed obvious to me that they would be super strong as well. "Now that that's done," she muttered to nobody in particular. She opened the trunk and it could have been someone else, but I think I gasped. There were stacks of gorgeous dresses.

A green one caught my eye and I pulled it out, feeling its silky texture under my fingers. It was strapless with a rounded, golden lining that stood out just enough to make the dress completely pop. One side of the dress stood out slightly, due to the extra piece of green silk that cascaded down only one side of the dress. (A/N: Picture of this dress on my profile!) "Perfect," I garbled incoherently to anyone but myself, "Simply perfect." It was my size and I wondered if they had known that I would pick this dress out of all the other ones. How could they? Normally, I would go with the exotic, high fashion, looking dresses but this one… there was something different about it.

Rosalie's P.O.V.

Merina opened the brown trunk to reveal the dresses that we would be wearing. Alice was the first to grab one, choosing upon a green, silk dress. Emmy picked up a teal one and that's when it appeared. The most striking dress I had ever seen in my life. It was red with a thick, pink sash that wrapped around the waist. Two artificial lilies pinned up one half of the dress to reveal the red-pink ruffles underneath. The material glittered a little with sparkles that were on the dress while the material was a slightly shiny netting that over-laid a normal fabric that were held up by small spaghetti straps. (A/N: Once again, picture of dress on profile) I smiled and picked up the dress. I knew what I was wearing.

Bella's P.O.V.

When the crowd of people cleared, I thought that I was just get the last dress that would make me look even plainer than anyone else. I walked over to the trunk to behold what my fait may be. At the very bottom of the trunk was a silvery blue dress that had diamonds embedded into the material, forming odd shapes and designs. It shined in t the light and my smile turned bright with happiness. The sleeves gave it a monarchy look but I noted that the sleeves would hang just off my shoulders. (A/N: Dress on my profile as well as all the other dresses that belong to the eight game players.) And with that said, I picked up the dress… my dress.

Also, at the bottom of the crate there was face paints and paint brushes. "There are no masks to go along with the dresses so you will all have to paint one." Merina kindly informed me.

I looked at her wide eyed, "I'm not an artist by any means."

"Get someone else to do it," Heidi replied like the smart elec she is. Merina elbowed her in the ribs.

Alice's P.O.V.

Merina and Heidi had long sense returned to there duties. Stepping in front of the mirror I realized that my dress looked wonderful on me, my make-up was of perfection (though we had all decided that we would not paint our faces, much to the distaste of some) and my hair was ideal. Anyone that wasn't me was going to get a shot at there ego tonight. I looked around the room to behold all of the colors, flying around trying to get ready. I guess I could offer my assistance to someone.

I finally decided that Bella would be my Barbie doll today. So, picking up my brush and a few other utensils I rushed over too her. "I have you covered Bella," I informed her, holding up my brush.

She sighed in relief, "Thanks so much, Alice."

"No problem," I said, looking at Bella's face like it was a canvas, and I was the artist.

Thirty minutes later, we were all ready to go. Hearing at knock at the door, Rosalie went to open it. All of the guys were dressed in various suits that made them look like they belonged back in medieval times.

"Are you ready to go?" Emmett asked, linking his arm with Rosalie's.

"I'm ready to win," She assured him.

He just grinned at her, "That's my girl." The couple sauntered out of the room.

"How about we just have some fun at the masquerade, shall we?" Jasper asked, following Emmett's lead and linking our arms.

"Sounds like a plan," I answered shortly before walking out the door with him in tow.

After a few seconds of walking down the hallway Emmett pried his eyes off of Rosalie and looked back at all of us. "Are you wearing a bra Alice?" He practically giggled. So immature…

"Emmett," Rosalie scolded, hitting his arm lightly.

None the less, the large man continued, "Really, I don't know why you need a bra; you don't have anything to put in it." He laughed, not even realizing that he had struck a long existent nerve in me.

Completely prepared, I matched his tone, "You where pants don't you?"

Emmett had nothing to say and Skylar laughed, "I always knew that he was overcompensating for something with those muscles!"

For the first time, I saw Emmett's face grow red and he turned around. He was actually silent! "Emmett I didn't mean…" I began but was cut off.

"It's alright Alice," Rosalie smiled, "Emmett needs a healthy dose of embarrassment every now and then." She then proceeded to whisper something in his ear that I couldn't understand because Jasper was now rubbing his thumb on the small of my back and it was driving me insane. I could feel his fingers easily through the silk of my dress.

"Alright," a man I didn't recognize gathered us together, "Are you ready for your entrances? You will go when Felix calls the names of you and your partner."

"Entrances?!" Bella's panicked voice reached my ears.

Reluctantly, I pulled my spare hand out of Jasper's, now oddly aware the he was so close to me, and places it on Bella's shoulder. "You'll do fine," I assured her. If Edward let's you fall then I'll just have to castrate him.

Edward's eyes grew wide as he stared at me in horror. I could feel Jasper's body besides mine moving up and down and I knew that he was silently laughing at his friend's expense. Bella just smiled over at Edward. "See Edward, you can't let go now. Your balls are on the line."

He leaned over and gently whispered in her ear, "Wasn't planning on it."

I wasn't supposed to hear, and I knew that, but I couldn't help but eavesdrop. They were, after all, standing right behind me.

"Emmett McCartney and Rosalie Hale!" Someone called and I could only assume that this was the infamous Felix. Rosalie gracefully made her way down the stares with Emmett at her side. Astoundingly, Emmett played the part of a gentleman right down to perfection. Little did the people/vampires below know that he was anything but.

We were the last to go and Edward was now safe for now. "Ready?" Jasper asked with a squeeze of my hand as our names were called.

"Of course!" I said. Really, I was excited more than anything.

Together, we made our perfect decent down the red carpet stairs. I looked around the room, trying to make it look like I was looking out into the crowd while I was really just admiring the room itself. The red carpet made way for a hardwood dance floor at the end of the long flight of stairs. The walls were cream at the top and burgundy at the bottom while a large crystal chandler hung from the ceiling.

"Wow," I breathed as I took at all in.

Jasper's warm breath trickled down my face, finding the tender spot on my neck. "It's amazing isn't it?"

Yes you are… I thought to myself. At least I hope I did. I really can't recall because my mind was focused on how close he actually was.

"We should probably socialize," he suggested, saving me from a coma. That is, if it's possible to go in a coma because of close proximity.

"I agree."

A/N: Sorry it took so long to write another chapter! I know it's short but I just couldn't bring them to the part just yet. In about two chapters from now. The next chapter will have all of the parties and who won the golden keys. After that chapter, you guys get to pick which couple gets eliminated! So, you might want to start making your decisions now so that you won't have to deliberate on it.