"Alice I am telling you this won't work." Nathan stubbornly said as the crouched behind the line. "She won't believe it's you." Alice shushed him.
"Maybe not, but she'll no it's you." Nathan drug his hand angrily across his hair.
"You don't understand. Things aren't like they used to be!"
"Well then it's a good thing I don't remember how they used to be." Alice stood and walked to the edge of the line. "Roxy!" She yelled. Nathan shot to his feet and tried to clam a hand over her mouth. Jasper growled and he backed down.
"Please, Alice you have no idea what happened! Calling her here would be……will be….just don't!"
"I thought you loved her!" Nathan's face became weary and his eyes lost.
"I do. I truly do, and I always will, but did you ever stop to think there is a reason I'm not with her now!" Alice paused. No she hadn't thought about that. The winds began to howl as a figure came into sight.
"What do you want?" Its voice was less then calm as it stepped into the light. It wasn't Roxy, it was Baa.
"Where's Roxy?" Baa came closer and Alice stepped over the line.
"Who wants to know?" Alice crossed her arms. Baa was taller then her as well.
"Mary Alice Brandon." Baa stopped and her eyes widened.
"No." She stated simply. "You are a liar! Alice is dead."
"Shouldn't you be dead?" Alice shot back and she could see the panic begin to rise in Baa's eyes.
"That's….That's different!" She stumbled before finally whispering. "She told us you were dead!"
"I'm the one that sees the future not her. She would have never known." Baa froze and stared at her threw glazed eyes.
"Oh Alice!" Baa ran and hugged her tight before pulling back. "I knew it was you earlier! But you have to forgive Roxy she's not as she used to be."
"So I've heard. I must ask you though does Cathy…."
"Baa, What the hell is taking you so long?" Cathy began walking towards them, and then froze. "Wh…what are….you doing?" She stammered, and Baa smiled.
"We were right Cathy! It is Alice!"
"But Roxy…"
"Roxy was wrong, Cathy. It's me." Cathy looked over for a moment before finally running and hugging Alice.
"You're telling the truth! Oh thank god things can go back to normal around here." She said squeezing Alice tighter.
"Where is Roxy?" Alice asked, and the girl backed up and exchanged a look before turning their heads towards the sky.
"It's day break."
"She won't be back until night fall."
"Oh that's…odd." Alice said. "But I brought…" Alice and Jasper turned around. Nathan was gone as well.
"So who is this?" Baa walked over to Jasper who smiled awkwardly.
"This is my husband, Jasper." Jasper extended his hand to Baa who shook it.
"Beth Ann Austin or Baa."
"Qadr Cathy Luther, Cathy, please." Jasper smiled politely.
"So why does Roxy stay in during the day?" Cathy and Baa bit their lips in response.
"She's a vampire, Alice." Alice waited for them to go on, but they just stopped.
"Yea, and so are we your point?"
"Ugh, follow us." Cathy and Baa began to walk back to the where the path forked off to go to the graveyard and then the Asylum. They kept walking straight off the path to a stone with words.
Roxy and Nathan
Not even in death will we part.
"The curse fell upon them the night of her death." Cathy explained.
"Curse? What curse?"
"Oh you don't remember! Nathan's father cursed his betrothed to Roxy." Baa told Alice, but she didn't remember any of this.
"He said 'When life can no longer obtain her pitiful soul then may you both be bound by the night, and separated by unimaginable sorrow. Then will you realize she will never be one of us.'" Alice stared at Cathy for a second before something clicked.
"Are you telling me that Nathan is Dracula?" Cathy looked at Baa who sighed.
"Yep, pretty much."
"Did Roxy know?"
"Yes. Why do you think she saved your friend this evening?"
"How did she know about Edward and Bella?"
"God Alice! You did forget everything!" Cathy cried. "I have Clairvoyance. You know the ability to internally hear information that is passed from the dead. Edward's dead so I could read his memories and thoughts. I told Roxy and that is why we didn't attack you all when you crossed the line." Alice began to process what Cathy said as another thought surfaced.
"You called me here!" Cathy jumped in surprise.
"Um…"
"You took Roxy's dead image and projected it to me using your power! You've been haunting me with Roxy!" Cathy backed up a bit as Alice began to scream.
"Calm down Alice."
"Calm down! I've been going crazy for the past few days because of you!"
"You were never crazy, and in all fairness I didn't think you were alive! I can talk to the dead Alice. I tried to call you from beyond the grave because we needed you to break the curse. Imagine my surprise when you show up on our side of the line." Alice stood in shock and so did Baa.
"You knew it was her this whole time!" Baa yelled and Cathy shamefully nodded.
"Yes, but Roxy didn't believe me."
"Why didn't you call me after my 'death' then?"
"I tried! But I wasn't dead yet, and I can only communicate with things I know about. I didn't know there were actually vampires so I couldn't call to you. I tried to call Roxy after she died, but I gave up on that because she came to me." Cathy explained in a panic.
"Roxy, changed you?" Baa shook her head this time.
"Nope, if she had we'd be bound to the night as well, but she did look after us until we died." Alice sighed in frustration.
"Explain this curse to me."
"She died trying to save you from the asylum, and poor Nathan was heart broken. So instead of watching her die he changed her. Nathan's father is also a vampire, and Nathan knew they had to leave before he found out." Baa broke off lets Cathy continue.
"They faked her funeral, and were preparing to leave town when the line was drawn. Roxy can not leave our side she is bound to her grave."
"Then why doesn't Nathan stay with her." Alice leaned against a tree for support and she felt Jasper's arms around her.
"He can't neither one can cross back over the line. He said they would be separated by unimaginable sorrow, and that sorrow was your imprisonment, and her death. Roxy felt horrible about you being in there so she was bounded to her grave by guilt and pain."
"Why does she think it's her fault?" Alice sunk down against the tree she remembered none of this.
"You weren't insane, Alice, and Roxy always believed that she was. She was always looking after us, and them finding out about you was a failure to her. She considered us her family, Alice. After her parents died when she was fifteen we were all she had."
"That's why we need you Alice. You being here can free her from her grave, and the barrier will fall."
"So please can you help us?" The girl's eye bore into Alice's soul. She had been caught and while she lived a happy after life her friend had stayed behind and suffered.
"When can I see her?"
"Meet us at the grave at dusk alone." Cathy looked and Jasper who snarled in protest. "Relax, nothing will happen to Alice. Roxy would be damned if she made the same mistake twice." The birds squawked at the orange pink sky as the sun rose.
"Until night fall." The two raced off at a vampire speed back to where the dwelled.
Ok this chapter may be a bit confusing so if you have any questions feel free to ask. But I hope for the most part you understand what is happening. Until next time Italianamerican