APOV
I don't know how long it had been but now the pain was getting worse. It was awful. I could hardly stand it; all I needed now was Jasper by my side. He probably was sitting next to me, watching me burn. He must have been because I felt very calm, even though it felt like someone had thrown me into a fire.
Suddenly, I could start hearing the world around me. I was listening to Jasper and Emmett play a game of cards. Jasper was winning.
Then, without any warning, my heart started to beat faster. I heard Jasper call Carlisle.
"Carlisle, she's almost ready," he said, and I felt relieved to hear his voice so close.
Good, not too long left now, Jasper. Maybe a couple of hours." Hours? I would be burning for hours? But I would do anything for Jasper. I lay there in pain, it was horrible. But now, it was even worse. My throat was burning too, I was thirsty.
"Alice?" said Jasper, and as I heard this I started breathing quicker. Knowing that if I said anything, I would loose control, but I didn't care. Only a few more hours.
"Jasper," I shrieked out in pain, but my voice was different. More soft and bell like than before. I decided that I wasn't going to talk again until this was done.
"It's alright, Alice. It's almost over," he said, and his comforting words made me feel a little better, yet I still lay there burning.
All of a sudden, the pain started to leave me by the fingertips, ever so slightly though. It was also leaving my toes. The pain was leaving me very slowly, but I was grateful. Yet, when the pain moved from my hands, my heart just got worse ad worse and worse. It was horrible. I was about to scream, but I controlled myself.
It felt like it had taken ages, but soon, the burning was only in my heart and throat. My heart was going really fast, and it hurt like hell, or worse.
"Don't worry about it, Jasper," I heard Edward say, "Her thoughts are fine. She shouldn't be that much trouble," he must have been answering something that Jasper had thought of.
"She must be in so much pain," said Jasper. Well that was an understatement.
"It's almost over Jasper," said Edward, and with that, my heart stuttered, and thumped a couple of times then stopped.
I opened my eyes and stared into the bright world. But I was seeing something else at the moment. Jasper was taking me hunting in 5 minutes and 38 seconds, Bella and Esme would walk through the door in 47 seconds, Edward would then take Bella to their room, and Emmett would come down in 7 seconds to see me. Then I was back to the real world. It was so bright and clear. I looked around and saw the faces of my new family. They were much more defined now then what they were through human eyes, and I could hear everything! The cars on the highway, Emmett getting ready to come down in 3 seconds, Rosalie asking him to stay, Bella's Ferrari, arriving at the garage. It was so neat!
Then I eyed Jasper, and saw his perfect face. But something was different this time, he was covered in scars. Bite shaped scars. Jasper was standing in front of everyone else. Then Emmett came down. His muscles much more defined now than what they were before. I sat up, but in a blurry movement.
"Wow," I said, hearing the same, perfect voice that I had heard before. But then I felt the extreme pain of my throat, and clasped my hands around my neck. My neck was as hard as rock. I looked down at my hands, and they were pale white.
"Hey, it's the latest little sister!" cried Emmett.
"It is," I said, and then I stood up, then Jasper stepped away, but for some reason, I knew he was going to do this 10 seconds ago. Finally, Esme and Bella walked in the door carrying bags of clothes. Bella looked bored and happy to be home.
They both gasped as they walked in.
"What? What have I done?" I asked.
"Nothing," said Bella, and she ran over to Jasper. Esme followed her. The burn in my throat was severe now, very bad. But why was I seeing the future so clearly and precisely? It must have been that gift thing that Jasper was talking about.
"Jasper," I said, slightly worriedly, and he was feeling my emotions.
"Yeah?" he replied, anxiously.
"Is it normal for… us to see what's going to happen in the future?" I asked. Then he and Carlisle exchanged glances.
"Alice, you know how I was telling you about gifts?" he asked, I nodded. "Well we think you may have one too. I don't see the future. Neither do the rest of my family. Your gifted, Alice," he said.
"That's so cool," I said. I had secretly been hoping that something like this would happen. "Jasper, it hurts," I added, and I gestured to my burning throat.
"I know, we must go hunting soon," he said, "But first, I think I need to show you something."
So Jasper led me into the bathroom. As soon as I looked in the mirror, I gasped. For this was not the Alice that was there 2 days ago. This was a different Alice, one of perfection and Beauty. But my eyes, they were a frightening shade of red. I gasped, but I could see in the mirror that my skin colour matched Jaspers. I reached forward to hold his hand, but it wasn't cold. This was wrong.
"Can we go now," I said, still holding his hand, "Please!" I said, desperately now. My throat was burning, and I needed to hunt, or whatever, soon. It was horrible, and if I didn't do this… hunting thing soon, I was sure that I was going to lose control. But I couldn't help to notice, the pure emotion of relief on Jasper's face. It was like he had just been freed from a terrible trap.
"As soon as possible," Jasper said, and then I saw that in about 34 seconds time, Jasper and I would leave the house.
"Please," I said again, and put my right hand to my throat. It was as hard as stone, and cold.
"Does anyone else want to join us? Maybe give my Alice here some advice?" he asked, happier than he usually was.
It turned out that Edward, Bella and Emmett wanted to come and join us. I thought Emmett was only coming to laugh at me if I made some mistake, and I could see that that was true.
So we headed off. It was amazing! I could run so fast! Even faster than Jasper.
Jasper and I stopped at the river as Emmett though himself across it. I turned to Jasper.
"You want… me to do that?" I asked.
"You'll be fine, just take a few steps back and jump," he said. So before Jasper and I left, Edward and Bella jumped holding hands. It looked easy, so I volunteered to go before Jasper.
I lunged into the air, feeling the power in my muscles.
"Wow," I said as I landed. Jasper soon followed after. Suddenly, I throat of my throat and closed my eyes with thirst. "Ouch," I added.
"It's alright, Alice, we're almost there. Then you can hunt," he said, and he made me feel calm. Then I had another one of my visions.
"Jasper, we can't hunt where we're going," I said.
"Why?" he asked, surprised.
"There will be humans! I don't want to kill anyone!" I said, and as I stared into his face, past the new mood of a happier Jasper, he was still a bit anxious.
"Don't worry Jazz," I said, "I'm not going to hurt anyone. I would see that if I was going to," and then I smiled at the thought of this cool new gift. Jasper smiled at me. He believed me.
"Hurry up slowpokes!" called Emmett. My human ears would have failed to hear that. "If we're going to be hunting somewhere else, we better get going before my little sister get's vicious," he said, and then I heard his thunderous laugh. I smiled.
"Where should we go?" he asked.
"It seems safe over that way, to the north east of here," I said.
"Let's go then," said Jasper, and then we all departed. I soon caught up to Emmett. Edward was definitely the fastest here. His legs moved so much faster than ours did.
We continued running together like this until we got to a small opening. This place was safe, I could tell. And that's when I heard it, the sound of thumping hearts. It sounded so warm and tasty, but when I smelt it, it wasn't very appealing. Jasper must have seen me make a face.
"It's alright, Alice. We all have to get used to it," he said and smiled at me. But I didn't reply. I just ran straight up to the source of the sound. It was better than nothing though. I followed my instincts and raced towards this warm sound. As I got closer to it though, I saw that it was a group of elk. I didn't stop running though, and as the elk started to run away, I lunged towards the biggest one I could see. Jasper and Emmett had followed me whilst Edward and Bella had found another herd somewhere else. I sunk my teeth into it, and it felt good. It calmed down the raging burn. Emmett and Jasper were done way before me. And they remained clean. When I had finally finished, I looked down at my top and it was stained with blood.
"Oh Dear, how will I get this out?!" I yelled but Emmett and Jasper just laughed at me.
"What's so funny?" I said, somehow angry. I didn't know why though. Jasper suddenly stopped laughing, and Emmett tried to control himself.
"I'm so sorry Alice, please don't get angry, please?" Jasper pleaded.
"I would never hurt you Jasper," I said, wondering why he was worrying so much.
"Alice, you could loose control so easily. You are doing so well, though! Brilliantly," he said, and placed calm over me.
"Jasper, if we go west 57 miles now, in about… 2 minutes and 37 seconds, we will meet some lions," I said, looking in the future for more information.
"How ca….. Oh, I see. Thanks, let's head there now, shall we?" he said, sounding surprised by my new gift.
"Should we tell the others?" I asked.
"No, they can follow our scent easily, come on Emmett," said Jasper, and so we headed off again. When we arrived there, I could hear them and smell them. Instinctively, (with a bit of myself as well) I yelled out, "Mine!" and charged towards them. They smelt a bit different to what the elk had. The lions smelt a bit better. There were two of them, and I could see that Jasper and Emmett would let me have them both. So I dived forward to feed.
After that, I felt all sloshy and odd. I felt much better, so I just watched everyone else hunt. The others had come to join us. Edward was the fastest, so when he had finished, he had come back to talk to me.
"So, how do you feel?" he asked.
"Sloshy, but still slightly thirsty," I replied.
"But better?" he asked, very politely.
"Much," I said, and then smiled up at him.
The others finished soon after, and then we headed back off to my new house. As we ran, I thought about Charlie. Was he OK? I bet by now he would be wondering what had happened to me. He would have called Renee already to see were I was, but she didn't even know I was going there. I felt a bit sad when thinking of him. I wanted to see him again. But I couldn't. If he saw me... I don't know what would happen.
"Are you OK?" asked Jasper, obviously feeling my sadness.
"Charlie," I replied.
"Oh," he said, "You know you can't see him again?" he added.
"I know but… maybe later when I'm more controlled and the eyes are a little different," I said, "Maybe I could buy contacts."
"But it's too dangerous. And you looked so…. Different to what you did before."
"I bet he's worried sick about me," I said.
"Don't feel too bad, but it's too dangerous, he probably thinks your dead. I can send Edward over to check on him later if you would like," he suggested.
"Maybe," I said, and then sighed.
"It's alright, Alice," he said, and just when that happened, we jumped back over the river and returned to my new home.