Hey everyone -

Sorry for such the delay in updating - I just haven't been up to it... And I really couldn't think of what to write. I guess you could call it writer's block... I don't think so though.

Ah well, here's the chapter!

Alice

Even with the changes in him, it was still possible to believe that Edward was harmless.

But Alice wouldn't take any chances and planned to confront him. As the shrill shriek of the school bell rang throughout the school, Alice urged Bella to go back inside and continue with her day as normal – if she could.
Alice too went inside, but lingered in the hallway until the last students left. Edward was waiting for her; he had obviously heard her thoughts of coming here. His amber colour-contact lenses were reddening around the edges, showing that the venom in his eyes was close to dissolving the entire contact.

"Hello, Alice." Edward said in a low tone. "I didn't get to talk to you back there."

"Why are you back?" Alice demanded, jumping straight into the subject. Edward glared for a moment and clenched his jaw.

"You act as if it's unusual. This town is my home; of course I would come back." He gave an obviously forced smile.

"You're lying." Alice said quietly, glaring at her brother. "You came back for Bella, didn't you?" At the mention of her name, Edward's smile faded quickly and he took a deep breath, pinching the bridge of his nose as if to calm himself.

"Why do you have such a problem with me returning?" Edward avoided her question and replied in an annoyed tone.

"I know that you've been killing again. I speak for all of our family when I say you're not welcome here." Alice snapped coldly. A growl erupted from Edward's lips – so low that only a vampire could hear it.

Instantly Alice thought of Jasper – when he had turned Jason, he had drunk some of the human's blood. He had left in the thought that Alice would hate him, when she forgave him quickly.

A smirk was soon the new expression for Edward – he had heard what she had thought about Jasper.

"So you took him back, but not me?" he pulled a fake sad face, and then chuckled. It had – no matter how ironic it sounded - a sort of sinister edge to the laugh, and it sent chills down Alice's spine.

"He didn't kill -"

"So you call us alive?" Edward quickly retorted, interrupting her. Alice was silent, unable to say anything to that.

"Thought so." He smirked again. After those words, silence fell over them. Alice tried not to think of anything important – but found herself worrying about Bella.

"Why, Edward?" Alice burst. She knew that Edward could hear her think of it – why he was now killing humans. Edward was quick to answer.

"In my...time away, it started as an accident," he admitted. "But I got intoxicated – addicted. Finally, I gave in." The venom in his eyes had burned through his amber contacts, and he looked down at Alice with a piercing crimson gaze.

"It's amazing, Alice." Edward breathed. "It's so...easy! I don't have to be careful anymore – there's no reason for me to control myself!" He was now yelling, and took a deep breath with a smile.

"I'm free. I can do whatever I want," he said. "Kill anyone I want."

Alice was now staring at her brother in utter disgust – and fear.

"Edward...No, No, no!" she cried. "You're not my brother anymore!" She stepped back.

"I never was!" Edward yelled, his voice echoing through the empty halls. Alice was backing away quicker now, and Edward was following.

"The Cullens," he spoke of them as if he were not a part of their family.

"They stay together out of fear! They're cowards who need the support of family. The life that I now lead is what we were created for!" Edward shouted.

By now, Alice was stepping outside of the school and into the parking lot.

"This isn't you, Edward!" she cried. "This isn't you!"

"Yes! This is what I am!" Edward roared.

"Stay away from Bella!" Alice blurted, taking in a shaky breath.

"Or what?"

Bella

School seemed to go on forever, and Bella was dying to leave.

Not that she hated school, but she needed to speak with the Cullens about Edward. Before he had left, he was in all of Bella's classes. But since lunch no one had seen him, and the teachers didn't seem to notice either. He wasn't even a student at the school anymore, so anyone that missed his appearance at lunch would be oblivious to his 'visit'.

When the bell rang, Bella was up in a flash, barely managing to grab her stuff whilst moving towards the door. Once out she found the halls already crowded with students that had gotten out early from other classes, and Bella had to squeeze past her classmates to find her locker. When she had opened it, she looked around the halls frantically for Edward, a chill passing down her spine. Faces were moving everywhere, laughing and talking, but Edward was nowhere in sight. Bella turned back to her locker and thrust the last book into her bag, nearly forgetting her keys to her truck hanging on a little peg on the inside of her locker door.

With her backpack slung over her shoulder, Bella stepped back to her locker and found it unlocked. She frowned and closed it, the quiet noise drowned out by voices. As the door swung closed, a figure was revealed. Bella gasped at his sudden appearance, and jumped, nearly bumping into someone behind her. Edward smiled his familiar crooked grin, but Bella's face was frozen in fear and shock. She tried to hide it, but most of his colour-contact lenses had disintegrated and his amber eyes were ringed with a terrifying crimson.

"Hi." He greeted her, lifting a porcelain finger. Bella's keys were hung on a little ring that Edward had on his finger. He let them slide off into Bella's hands.

"Thanks..." she murmured, shoving them in her jumper pocket. This time, she shut her locker fully and started walking quickly. The halls were emptying as quickly as they had filled, and when Bella turned the corner she was the only one there. Well, that wasn't entirely true. She knew that Edward was following her – he used no stealth. Bella tried to ignore him and pushed the glass doors open, feeling a cool breeze lift her hair. Pulling it back behind her ears, Bella hastily made her way across the busy parking lot to her truck, watching out for the car pulling out next to it. When she got to the door, her hand was already reaching forward to unlock the car. The little 'click' sounded that she was able to now enter, and she did so as fast as possible, throwing her bag on the passenger seat and slamming her door. Beside her, a pale figure jumped into the other seat, making Bella jump.

"It's just me." Alice reassured her, moving Bella's bag to her feet.

"What do we do?" Bella whispered, looking around for where Edward had disappeared to. Alice was quick to answer, avoiding her eyes.

"Right now, there's nothing we really can do. Let's go back to my house... He'll follow." she seemed to have left something out, but Bella didn't ask more. Instead, she started the truck and heard its familiar roar as it came to life and Bella carefully manoeuvred her car out of the parking lot, passing other cars. She took the opposite route from everyone else, going down the familiar road to the Cullens' home. Surely enough, a black Volvo was following them after only a few minutes on the road. Instinctively, Bella went faster, pressing down hard on the accelerator. She wasn't yet uncomfortable with her speed, and so pressed on faster. Bella nearly missed the turn up to the Cullens' driveway, but was able to do a sharp turn and slow down as she ascended the winding path. It seemed dark because of the long shadows the tall, looming trees created. Bella came to a stop outside of the big white house, waiting for Alice to exit before she did. Bella locked the car behind her, and heard the quiet Volvo approaching without looking back. She quickened her steps up the stairs and pushed open the unlocked door, Alice beside her. They were met in the living room by Carlisle, who sprang up.

"Carlisle -"

"Alice -"

They both spoke at the same time, urgency in their tones. When Carlisle paused, Alice hurried on.

"Edward's returned. He's here." She persisted. The doctor's eyes widened as he heard something coming from outside. With a quick nod, he murmured a few quick words to Alice, far too low for her to hear. She nodded as well, and led Bella into the kitchen where April followed. Alice then ran back to the living room.

Bella took this chance to look at April – she had barely talked to her in the year that they'd known each other. Her skin was as white as any other vampire's that Bella had seen, and her eyes were reassuringly amber. She wore a button-up black and grey striped shirt under an unzipped brown leather jacket. On her long legs were just dark blue jeans and black converse. The bottoms of her shoes were slightly muddy, Bella noticed. She must've been out in the woods...

April's hair was a dark sandy-blonde colour and was styled to a pixie cut.

"Hello." Bella heard Edward's voice through the thin walls dividing the living room and kitchen.

"Edward, you know that you are not welcome here anymore." Carlisle said flatly. That was followed by a chuckle from Edward.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." He said in fake innocence. Bella could hear the smirk in his voice.

"Edward," Alice hissed. "You know perfectly well! And what Carlisle is trying to say is that you should get the he...ck out of this town!" There was a muffled whisper of scold from Carlisle, and Edward spoke again.

"If I don't want to, what are you going to do about it?" he snapped, a growl rising in his throat. That brought silence for a few moments. No one except Bella breathed.

"Edward, as a family we can do something about it if you refuse to leave. I hope this will not result in that, but until you change your ways... Like I said: You are not welcome here." Carlisle said, straining to keep a calm voice. Bella frowned – when did Carlisle ever have trouble controlling his temper? This time a growl ripped through the air, fierce and feral. A quiet hiss met it, and there was a loud crash in the other room.

Bella's eyes widened and she looked at April to see if she would go out and help them, but she was frozen in her place, sat on the small sofa at the back of the kitchen. Her arms hugged her legs, which were pulled up in front of her. Her eyes were half open and staring at nothing, her expression was blank as well.

"April?" Bella whispered. At first, the vampire didn't move. The sound of glass shattering in the other room made Bella yelp and instinctively run to the back of the room with April. A familiar voice gave a spine chilling cry of pain, and Bella gasped.

"Alice!" she shrieked, running towards the living room door. A cold hand wrapped around her arm, pulling her to a stop. Bella turned to see April, her eyes now focussed.

"Stay here," she ordered, disappearing in the course Bella was heading for. In the quick moment that the swinging door was open, she noticed the mirror on the wall was now just a frame with jagged, sharp fragments of the glass. In the reflection, Bella caught a glimpse of Edward's face in the reflection, and it was probably the most horrifying thing she had ever seen.

His face was twisted into a fierce expression, and he snarled viciously. His eyes blazed even brighter crimson and they seemed to glare right at Bella through the reflection. Before the door closed, she caught a devilish smile on his lips.

Alice

Alice was up in a second, having retrieved her dismembered arm.

Carlisle and April, who had joined them, were barely keeping Edward from destroying them, and all of their moves were defensive. After her crazed brother had torn another limb gruesomely from Carlisle, another two vampires joined them. Alice didn't see Jasper enter, but he got behind Edward and attacked, grabbing his arm and twisting it to hold it behind him in a restraint.

This gave Carlisle a chance to back up in a flash and April and Alice an opportunity to attack from the front. Before anyone else could touch him, however, Edward slipped out of Jasper's hold easily and kicked him, sending him flying across the room. He hit the wall and dented it. Jasper's companion was at his side in an instant. A vampire, turned when he was probably around twenty years old. He wore all black which contrasted his porcelain skin and ash blonde hair.

After looking at Jasper up and down, he joined the fight. With a shiver, Alice noticed that his eyes were red. Finally, everyone was struggling to stop Edward. The stranger, Jasper, and Carlisle held him from beside and behind, whilst April disappeared to check on Bella – or so Alice presumed – and Alice herself grabbed Edward's shoulders from the front. He was growling and resisting, thrashing wildly.

"Edward!" Alice yelled over his noise. "Edward, you need to stop!"

"Alice," Carlisle warned. "We have to..." he trailed off, but Jasper and his acquaintance seemed to get it. They grabbed an arm each and twisted as hard as they could, ripping them off of Edward's torso. He cried out in agony but wouldn't stop thrashing, and took his chance when the two vampires' arms were off of him to try and run. Jasper lunged for him and Alice tried to step in his way but Edward snarled and turned at the last moment, diving towards the kitchen.

The door swung open and everyone followed him through, crowding the small hallway. Inside, Alice got a view of the action. Or rather, the stillness. Everyone had frozen and stopped their attack. Alice could see why.

Edward stood behind Bella, two hands around her neck. The poor girl's eyes were wide and filled with fear. The only breaths she could draw out were tiny and fast. A small whimper broke through her lips.

"No one move!" Edward boomed, taking a step back with Bella. The scene looked like any from some sort of comic book – Edward was the villain, Bella was the innocent caught up in the mess. A new hand reached from behind Edward and skilfully pried his hands away from Bella. The figure was out of sight, and grabbed Bella before pushing her towards Carlisle, who stood in front. Edward spun around to face whoever was behind him, and snarled again.

The girl behind him shouldn't have been strong enough to do that, especially with her petite body and amber eyes. But sure enough, there she was. Everyone, except April, had a dropped jaw.

"Hi," Rosalie smiled.

Ta DA! =D Rosalie!

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