Chapter Seven: Heritage

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight Saga; I'm just screwing with the characters. Have fun with whatever happens and characters I make up.

AN: I've gotten more votes on my poll and so far the yes for Maria being the enemy is winning by 2 votes while the maybes and no's has 1. I'm thinking of removing the maybe because that is making me curious of whoever voted maybe would chose instead. Keep voting and when the chapter comes I will see which has the most votes.

Edward's POV:

Rae stood against the counter as she drank her coffee. Once my family was settled in the kitchen and Bella was eating her cereal, Rae put her cup down and looked at us seriously. She blocked her thoughts from me not wanting me to reveal anything a head of her. She gazed around at us and her eyes stopped on Alice. I couldn't take the wait anymore but apparently I wasn't the only one who was impatient. Bella decide to break the tense silence.

"Rae, I can tell by your expression something is on your mind. What is it?" Bella asked seriously.

Rae took a deep breath and looked at Bella. "I have something to tell you," Rae began. "When I went to bed last night, I didn't go to sleep right away. I looked into the family tree my mother had made as a child and wanted me to continue for fun. As I was looking through it, a familiar face appeared in it," Rae told us as her eyes drifted to Alice. "My great-great-grandmother was Cynthia Brandon, who had a sister Mary Alice Brandon. I find it funny that I happen to find my great-great-great aunt a vampire when she was said to be dead."

My family gasped and Alice was the most surprised. Rae had to have hid this real well for Alice not to know about it. But Rae wasn't finished.

"So I stayed up all night trying to find more on you Alice out of curiosity. I found information about my great-great-great-grandmother and her husband and her death and him getting remarried to a woman a few years older than you were at the time Alice. Then there was a story in a local newspaper about your weird disappearance but everyone knew where you went; the asylum. But there were also family diaries that mentioned you," Rae told her.

"Can you show me any of this stuff?" Alice asked sadly.

"Do you not remember anything?" Rae asked curiously.

"Alice has no memory of her human years, Rae," Bella told her.

"Oh, well sure, come up to my room," Rae said and Alice immediately jumped out of the seat and followed Rae to her room with Jasper right behind them.

It was quiet in the room as Bella finished her breakfast. She got up to take her plate to the sink with a smirk on her lips. I knew right then that she knew it all along.

"Well, who would have thought that Bella's older sister would be Alice's human sister's descendant?" Emmett commented.

"I knew all along," Bella told him with a smirk on her face.

"What?" he asked her surprised.

"Yeah, from the moment I met your family formally. That's why I never mentioned my sister. When I learned that Alice remembered nothing of her human past, I did try to help her without revealing myself for who I was. Now Alice can learn everything," Bella told us as she took her seat with us at the table.

"But she won't know everything about herself as a human," Esme said sadly.

"Actually she can. Rae has some old journals from Alice's mother, Alice's sister, and even Alice's journals. She showed me the journals," Bella told us with a smirk.

"That's wonderful," Esme smiled.

Suddenly we heard Alice scream for joy and I could see that Rae had showed her all of her journals. I heard Jasper laughing with Rae. Bella kissed my head from behind me and hung her arms on my shoulder. I leaned my head back and she kissed my lips softly.

"Alice seems excited about her journals," Bella commented as she stood next to me, her arm hanging around shoulders.

"I would say so," I told her shaking my head as my family laughed.

Through Alice's mind I could see her going through her journals and decided I would give her some privacy with Jasper and Rae. I wrapped my arm around Bella's waist and pulled her into my arms and kissed her head. She snuggled into my neck and I heard her emitting a soft purring sound, but only I heard was very soft and soothing and I liked it. I snuggled close to her but something was definitely different about Bella or it's something she hasn't told me about. I stared into her beautiful brown eyes but this time I saw a little ring of gold in them around the circumference of her irises. There's something different about Bella though I didn't care, I just wanted to know what it was. Much like she wanted to know more about me and what I am.

AN: Sorry, it's a short chapter but I had to get it done with so that I could continue with everything. Can you figure out what's up with Bella, because I sure can't? LOL! I hope you like this chapter; if you did, review please.