Chapter 5: Meeting the vampire pixie

"Alright then," he agreed reluctantly, "you asked for it." I wasn't sure what he meant but I beamed at him anyway; He won't back down from friendship and I trusted he won't hurt me either. It was a done deal.

Alice Cullen's entering pitch

When people think of seeing the future their first reaction is normally to think about tarot cards, crystal balls and maybe even stars and the like. Well maybe not the first reaction… that pedestal belongs to thinking its bull shit, but if they spare it a second thought… That's not what I do.

I don't have much control over it either. There's no on and off switch I can just try and dull out the constant stream of information running through the back of my mind. With me being a vampire I can't really forget anything but I can do my best to ignore what isn't relevant. And then there are just some visions that force their way to the front no matter what and I have to see them through on the spot even if I wasn't looking. But I generally manage to stay away from someone else's business.

Also my visions can be short or quite long depending on what they're about, but they are always, always vampire-vision clear. Always. And they make sense. Maybe not always directly telling me why something will happen, but the result is always clear as a sunny day. So imagine my confusion when that fails to come through for me… repeatedly.

For what felt like years but was really just a month or so I've been having this single vision, if you can call it that, Every. Freakin'. Day. And believe me, eventually it gets to you and you get stuck with it in your head pondering on it, but it never changes; it's always more of a feeling than vision. It screams family with big warm letters drawing you in. then it shows you startling green eyes with subtle forest colours mixing in them, yeah you heard me – human eyes, and then it ends and leaves you breathless. I mean, seriously, what was that all about? Are we getting a new family member? A human? Why would we need to take a human in… unless they're on a verge of death and we save them? But then why green eyes? Shouldn't they be a shade of golden like ours or even red like other vampires'? Really it was maddening not knowing at least a bit more about it. And what was that with flickering of the visions? Like they weren't sure themselves sometimes…

I had no idea today will be the day I come face-to-face with those eyes that have been hunting me for so long and still… no real answers, bugger.

Back to Kristen… err… Bella :) you know what I mean!

When I woke up next morning I knew what he meant by 'You asked for it'; in front of 'my' house was parked a shiny Volvo waiting to take me to school. I quickly went through my morning routine and grabbed a toast on my way out. It was already warmer than yesterday and I could tell it'll get at least a few degrees more before that'll change.

As I was locking the front door (Charlie already left for work) Edward came out of his car and waited patiently for me to walk to him with my human speed.

"Mornin'," I greeted. "What made you come all the way here at this hour?"

"Well, since we're friends now I thought I'd give you a ride to school."

"There isn't much I can say to argue with you on this, is it?" I asked not really wanting to do so, anyway.

"No." He confessed. "There really isn't."

"Stubborn." I mumbled knowing he heard me, especially when he chuckled and escorted me to the other side of the car and opened the door for me. "But gentleman, nevertheless." I added and sat down. I watched him gently close the door and walk back to his side suspiciously; he had way to smug expression on his face for only opening the door for me.

He sat inside too and started the engine. I was still watching his every move like a hawk as he drove away from the house.

"You're up to something." I stated after a minute of silence.

"Bella, have you met my sister?" He asked innocently. I knew he was up to something! Now I just had to figure out what… before it was too late.

"Which one?" I asked narrowing my eyes at him.

"Oh, you know… the pretty one." He continued like it was a normal conversation about weather or flowers. What was he playing at?

"Well that surely narrows it down." I huffed. "They're both vampires, remember. That happens to come with naturally unnatural beauty." I crossed my arms in a small pout.

"Alright then." He said barely containing his chuckling. "How would you describe them?" I watched him for a second.

"Wait, you're seriously asking me that?" I asked disbelieving. When I only got a nod in return I threw my hands up in desperation. "I don't know, start with their names, maybe. And surely you noticed some differences in them, they're your sisters!" I should've realised right then and there it was that something he was up to slowly catching me in it; it was almost too obvious to be obvious and I was falling for it. Stupid.

"Well then how would you do it?" He asked me like it was really that hard; they were black and blond, tall and small, pixy and siren; take your pick… I watched him like I just realised the smartest kid in school was actually really dumb, which is exactly what this situation revealed to my distracted brain.

After a few long moments with me trying to collect myself from the shock I finally closed my gaping mouth and swallowed. I still hadn't figured it out.

"Aright then… um… Rosalie is the tall blond… siren," I decided to throw in for the good measure and subconsciously noticed his lips twitch in amusement and his eyes shine with mirth, "And Alice is the black haired pixie." I finished like talking to a slow child. No offense intended, either, but for a vampire he was playing it pretty dumb. And then I realised just how dumb I was for falling for it when someone behind me shifted and a highly pitched voice that reminded me of a happy mountain stream said:

"Aw, thank you! That's so sweet." I yelped and jumped in my seat. My heart was pounding and Edward and the person behind me were laughing at me shamelessly.

"Are you trying to give me a heart attack?" I asked no one in particular. And then turned around not really looking at whoever it was: "How long have you been back there, anyway?"

"The whole time, actually."

"I knew you were up to something." I accused Edward.

"I still got you though." He replied not bothered a bit by what I said.

"You can't say you were really imaginative either, big brother." Came from behind me again. Big brother, huh? Well that (plus thanking me for the comment) meant it was either Alice or Rosalie. Though she couldn't imagine Rosalie cracking up jokes like this… wasn't really her stile. Though scarring people to death…

I briefly wondered why I couldn't identify them by voice, but then I realised Edward's voice was different too; silkier and had a tendency to draw you in. so I figured it must be the vampire thing… It wasn't the only tell either; his skin was clearer, eyes were brighter and no matter how messy, his hair managed to look better than Robert's did on set right after makeup artists had their go at him. Perfection really wasn't accessible to humans apparently. No matter how much we tried.

I turned around and recognised one of my friends, and then I had to remind myself I was still in a different world… the Twilight world to be precise and we weren't acquainted here yet. So instead of Ashley Green I was met by the perfected version of her as Alice Cullen, the pixie.

"Hello, Bella." She said offering her hand. I took it without hesitation. "I heard so much about you." I smiled at her and met her golden eyes.

"You did?" There was a brief flash of recognition and then her carefree face returned as he answered:

"Of course! Edward just couldn't shut up about the girl who can protect her thoughts from him and knows our secret."

"Oh really?" I asked amused and glanced at Edward. He huffed in annoyance but the corners of his mouth were playing a smile.

"No,"

"Yes," Were simultaneous answers.

"I didn't talk about you that much."

"He did." They completed them together.

"Liar!" They accused each other. I laughed; they were just so in sync with her seeing the future and him reading her mind. It was like a perfectly rehearsed play.

I choose that moment to look out the window having a vague feeling the drive was getting a bit long. And rightfully so since we were nowhere on the road to Forks' High School.

"Um… Edward?" I started carefully. Releasing Alice's hand I just realised I was still holding.

"Hm?" He turned to me innocently.

"Where are we going?" I realised I had a slightly higher voice than normal; you try keeping your calm after a jump scare from two vampires and then being kidnapped by the same ones. Trust or not, it wasn't exactly a calming experience.

"Oh, yeah! I forgot to mention we're ditching school today." He smirked.

"I've noticed…" Damn my voice was still too high.

"It's not like I'm ruining your reputation." He got a bit defensive, now.

"Not the worry on my mind right now." I confessed. "Where are you taking me?" There was no answer and all I could read from his face was just a tiny bit of guilt but mostly amusement and expectation. I huffed and turned to my other kidnapper.

"Alice, where are we going?" I demanded.

"Well…" She started with a wide smile that would have any sane person running the other way. Oh, uh. This can't be good. "You'll just have to wait and see." There was this sparkle in her eyes that made my skin crawl with warning and fill me with excitement at the same time.

Before I knew it I had a smile reflecting hers on my face and a pounding heart to prove my excitement. My instincts were still warning me of a predator, but they were pulling me towards the danger too. I was completely caught in the intoxicating feelings clouding my other senses for a moment there. It just felt so… good! It was kind of addicting.

"Damn Bella, you smell so good right now." Alice's voice brought me back and I realised she was leaning towards me inhaling deeply. The next second she flinched and her eyes refocused on me. "Sorry." She quickly apologised at my surprised face. "Wasn't ready for that one." She continued embarrassed.

"No, no it's fine. I understand." I quickly said checking on Edward with a corner of my eyes; it was no secret he was the most attracted to Bella's scent in the books. He was clenching the wheel so hard his knuckles became completely colourless and it looked like he was holding his breath, too.

"I'm the one smelling too good to resist here." I added trying to lighten the mood again. It worked and slowly the tension left the car as they both muttered under their breath:

"You have no idea."


As I was writing this chapter I still had no idea whether to take her to school or not :) decisions made on the spot, hope you like it. Oh, and from now on there are probably going to be more scenes from different POVs… If no name is mentioned the default is Kristen/Bella's.