Okay, I hope this chapter is as good as the others, it is the longest. This is the first one that actually made me cry. I hope you enjoy it, and please, please comment when you're done. :D
Soundtrack (good to listen to while reading): My heart will go on - Celine Dion or Human - The Killers or Halo - Beyonce.
EdPOV
Seth and I were just finishing up with Victoria and Riley when we heard the screams.
"Alice!"
I heard her thoughts.
I heard the thoughts of everyone in the clearing.
Jasper, "No, no, no, NO!!!"
My stomach clenched.
"Finish up here, and keep Bella safe," I told Seth.
I quickly sprinted to the clearing.
She was picturing her life, before and with us.
I ran faster than I had ever run before.
Not Alice, no, not Alice.
The thunder roared overhead, and the rain fell silently upon the forest floor.
My copper hair clung to my face, and it ran down my face like visible tears.
Not Alice…
"Tell him I love him, Edward."
NO, don't give up!
Dammit Alice, fight!
Her thoughts were fading.
The raindrops pounded against my skin, I choked on the moisture.
I felt like I was drowning.
Anguished cries filled the air, and the animalistic growling soon followed.
I heard the unmistakable metallic sound of one of our kinds' destruction.
Vengeance.
The blind rage and sorrow of Jasper.
Magnified by our own family's grief.
As he tore the offender's self apart, his thoughts were filled of her face.
He didn't even know what he was doing.
Alice…
I sucked in a breath, nearly blinded by my own grief.
Not Alice…
I reached the clearing shortly.
The rest of the newborns were gone.
The dark smoke curled into the dark sky, and the sweet smell filled the air.
I choked at the scent.
Alice…
It was as if I was watching all of this that was happening from a distance.
Like I wasn't even here.
It was all a dream.
The silent sufferings of those I loved filled my head.
Their voices were a roar, and the individual sounds blended together.
I made my way to where they stood, as if in a trance.
Jasper fell to his knees.
Alice…
His voice was the only one I could distinguish, for it was the most pained of all.
The terror, the loneliness, the hopelessness, it filled his thoughts, as did her face.
Alice…
I watched in silent reverence as Jasper and my family mourned.
I couldn't look away.
I didn't even turn my head when I heard my beloved run into the clearing with human Seth.
Seth's face was grim, and looked much older than his 14 years.
Silent tears ran down Bella's face as she stumbled over to me.
Seth stayed at the line of trees of the edge of the clearing.
He didn't want to interfere.
I am sorry for your loss.
That was all he said to me directly, because his thoughts were filled with his father's death. He empathized.
He knew how we felt.
And then he was gone.
The sound of paws hitting the ground faded into the distance, and a single wolf howled up, and the sound carried through the raging storm and driving winds.
I wrapped my stone arms around Bella's trembling figure, and she ran her pale fingers through my hair, muttering, "Oh, Edward…"
I looked to Jasper again.
His fists pounded the ground, screaming her name.
I felt disconnected, still as if this was all a dream.
Alice… where are you?
Why did you leave us?
We need you.
Alice, I love you.
Jasper collapsed on the ground, sobbing.
Esme covered her mouth with her small hand, trying desperately to hold back her own cries.
Emmett held Rose close to him, his large, muscular arms wrapped tight around her, as if she too, could be lost at any moment.
Carlisle stared off into the distance, deep in thought, and his mouth set in a pained line, his eyes tired.
I barely registered Bella clinging onto my t-shirt, her tears silently soaking the cloth.
Alice…
We miss you.
The noise surrounding the clearing was nothing more than a buzz now.
We were in our own little universe.
Jasper grasped his neck, and Carlisle stepped forward.
"Emmett, Edward."
Emmett and I stepped forward, grasping Jasper's hands before he could try and decapitate himself.
"Jasper, Jasper…"
The voices were undistinguishable.
His head hung low, his body shaking with anguished cries.
He did not struggle; he was weakened.
"I know, I know." The voices were attempting to comfort the man that had just lost half of himself.
Jasper screamed once again, "Alice, ALICE!"
I began to shake.
There was nothing we could do.
What could we do?
What could we do?
I needed to do something.
I couldn't stand this; not being in control.
I needed to do something.
I needed my sister back.
Alice…
Why did you leave me?
Why did you leave Jasper?
Why did you leave us?
The storm raged on.
Our clothes stuck to our granite bodies, but only Bella shivered.
Jasper, he was seeing Alice.
He was hallucinating.
Or was he?
Alice…
"Kill me, kill me, kill me!"
Jasper screamed.
I cringed from his thoughts.
Something needed to be done.
We could only prolong the inevitable.
I looked to Carlisle.
Our leader.
But now, he just looked like a 23 year old man, who had lost someone he loved, and he didn't know what to do.
Jasper, Jasper….
Alice. Why?
Why didn't we save you.
We let you down, Alice.
You didn't deserve to die.
You were too young.
Alice…
I miss you.
I love you.
We all do.
Where are you Alice?
Are you happy?
Are you alone?
Alice?
I need you.
Please come back.
We need you, Alice.
I hung my head, sobbing quietly, still hanging on to Jasper.
The rain slid down my face.
The world was quiet.
It moved in slow motion.
Alice…
We'll never move on.
Emmett will never laugh as much again.
Rosalie won't be the same.
Bella will be lonely.
Esme will nearly die.
Carlisle will work more.
Jasper won't move on. He won't want to live.
I love you Alice.
Be happy, Alice.
We miss you.
We love you.
Jasper screams again, struggling in our arms.
"Kill me, kill me, kill me!"
"Jasper, it'll be okay." I don't know who spoke.
He screams again.
His pain is immeasurable.
He began sobbing again.
I stare up at the dark sky.
The rain still pours down, thunder crashes.
Mourning the loss of an angel.
Never a monster.
We miss you Alice.
Jasper spoke.
Emmett and I are still restraining him.
"Esme," he chokes out.
Esme looks up from her hands and smiles, her lips trembling.
"Please, kill me Esme,"
Esme looks at him in shock, her slight smile frozen.
"Kill me," Jasper moans.
Esme sobs into Carlisle's chest, her shoulders shaking up and down.
Jasper is screaming silently, "I want to die, I need Alice, I can't survive without her, Edward, it hurts."
"I know, Jasper."
Carlisle steps forward.
"Are you sure, Jasper?"
He can't believe he's doing this.
But he knows how much pain Jasper much be in.
He sympathizes.
He would want the same if Esme was gone.
Though it pained him to do so.
He was going to kill his friend.
His son.
"No, Jasper…"
"Carlise, no…"
"Allicccee…."
The voices whisper, barely carrying through the air.
The pain is unfathomable.
Carlisle steps forward.
Esme cries harder.
Emmett steps away and goes to comfort Rosalie.
I stay with Jasper and Carlisle.
I look to Bella.
Go, I tell her silently.
I know she can understand.
She shakes her head, tears still streaming down her face.
I sigh, but I understand.
She wants to be here for him, for me, for all of us.
"Are you ready, Jasper?"
He chokes out a sob.
"Yes," he says in his head.
He is silent now.
Still.
He is comforted, knowing he will be with his one true love soon.
Carlisle puts on a brave face, holding back his own cries.
I kneel beside Jasper, gently touching his shoulder.
Be happy, Jasper.
I love you, brother.
Jasper closes his eyes, slowly, as Carlisle grips his right arm.
Bye, Jasper…
He's coming Alice.
He loves you so much.
We all do.
Be happy.
Don't be lonely.
Take comfort in each other.
Know we miss you.
We love you Alice.
We love you Jasper.
One last fire is started.
The cries of my family, my loved ones, increase.
We have lost two parts of our souls today.
We will be grieving for what will seem as if for eternity.
But yet, we will take comfort, knowing that they have each other, wherever they may be.
And we know that they would want us to be happy, even if they are not here with us.
Alice will be whole again.
I love you Alice.
Well, I hope you liked it. Maybe you even cried, I don't know. :D Please tell me if you liked it though, or constructive critisism, or even just who I should do next! Thanks for reading!
-Ember Sage