Chapter 6
"Come over, Alice, and see for yourself," James said, motioning her to the pensieve beside him.
Alice walked towards the pensieve and peered her head inside it. Inside, a young boy was embracing a young girl as they slept soundly in a couch.
"Don't you recognize them?" Harry asked.
"Or at least one of them?" Bella asked hopefully.
Alice shook her head.
"That's my daughter, Renesmee," Bella said. "Named after your 'mom' and my 'mom'."
"Our daughter," Edward corrected.
"Oh my gosh, she grew taller," Alice said. "How old is she?"
"Seventeen," Edward said.
"How long has she been seventeen," Alice asked?
"A while," Edward said.
"Yeah, the time in Deathly Hallows is different from earth. Thirty minutes here is already a day there," Bella said. "And you know how fast our daughter grows, right?"
"Oh, right," Alice said.
"And that's my son, Albus Severus," Harry said. "Named after the two bravest wizards of all time."
"How touching," Charlie said sarcastically.
"And this is why we called the show REAS, short for Renesmee and Albus Severus," James said gleefully.
"People think they are so original with names, but they are so not creative," Harry muttered to himself.
"Okay, so they're together, fine, but what makes the show interesting?" Alice asked.
"Aside from the obvious reason that Albus Severus is my grandson—" James started.
"—And that Renesmee is my daughter," Bella said.
"Our daughter," Edward said.
"—and that Renesmee is my granddaughter," Charlie said.
"—not to mention, my—" Billy started, but Harry interrupted him.
"We'll explain that to her later," Harry said to Billy.
"Anyway, aside from those reasons given, what makes it so interesting is that there is a love triangle involved," James said.
"And that is where my son comes in," Billy said.
Everyone was silent to look at Alice to see if she was on the same page. Then, she opened her mouth.
"The dog!" Alice remarked. "Jacob!"
"He is not a dog!" Billy said.
"Oh, shoot, sorry," Alice mumbled.
"How very tactless," Edward said.
"As if you never said that," Alice said.
"Anyway," James said, trying to change the flow of the conversation. "We all know Jacob imprinted on Renesmee. Did you notice him awhile ago in the pensieve?"
"No," Alice shook her head and peered once more.
Right behind the couch was a window. Staring through that window was a sad Jacob. Alice put her head up.
"Very visually dynamic," James said.
"This is why this show is interesting. My father and I are team 'Albus Severus' while Billy is team 'Jacob'," James said.
"And Bella, Charlie and I are Team Renesmee," Edward said.
"Whenever Jacob gets his way, Team Jacob cheers and whenever Albus Severus gets his way, Team Albus Severus cheers," Charlie said.
"Renesmee is being very me right now…always the girl in the middle of two men," Bella said.
"The vampire woman unable to choose between the werewolf and the wizard," Charlie sighed.
"The intertwining of three worlds," Edward said.
Alice now understood. "So, who else are you expecting to join us?"
"That's a good question," Harry said. "Let me take you to the other pensieve."
Harry led Alice to the other pensieve. Everyone else followed. All six of them peered their heads in the big pensieve.
The place inside the pensieve was no other than the Volterra. It was the exact same place where she died. She can see Marcus, Caius and Aro sitting in their respective thrones.
"So the Volturi are joining us?" Alice asked. "How fun," she muttered.
"Not all of them," Edward said. "Just Marcus and Caius," he added.
"Why them?" Alice asked.
"Take a really good look at them," Harry said.
Alice did.
She was shocked that she recognized one of them.
"Marcus is Marcus Flint!" Alice said. "How can I not notice it before?"
"Because he became a vampire, which means he became better-looking," Edward said.
"Oh, Quidditch days…" Alice muttered, without smiling at Edward.
But this time, Edward smiled back. Alice did a double-take to look at Bella who was staring at her.
"No, no, zero weirdness. You guys were great together," Bella said, answering Alice's ashamed expression.
Alice was totally embarrassed.
Bella added, "Alice, I know you liked Cedric before. It is okay. I understand. I did like Voldemort after all,"
"Yeah, that's kind of weird. You fell in love with the man who killed Edward," James said to Bella.
"So the lion fell in love with the lamb," Edward started.
"Oh, shut up," Harry said.
"Anyway, so Marcus will go to Deathly Hallows when he dies because he is a wizard who conquered death by becoming a vampire," Alice said, trying to understand. "How about Caius?"
"Caius is Grindelwald. He was defeated by Albus Dumbledore centuries ago, but in truth, he wasn't killed yet. He became a vampire. We don't really know who created him," Edward said.
"No wonder I didn't recognize him," Alice sighed. "Yet he looked so familiar. Must have read it from somewhere,"
"Gee," Edward said sarcastically. "Can't wait for them,"
"The ones who arrive here always arrive during dawn," Billy explained.
"So when they come here, you guys have to tell each of your stories again?" Alice asked.
"Yes, it has apparently become tradition," James said.
"It always happens when there is an addition to Deathly Hallows after Breaking Dawn," Harry said.
"Oh, I see," Alice muttered. "Wow, I learned so much about everyone today. So many interesting revelations,"
Bella said, "Yeah, one moment I was powerful, next thing I know, I'm a klutz."
"Yeah, God works in mysterious ways," James said. "One moment I would do anything to protect my son, next thing I know I would do anything to drink his blood."
"I wonder what it would be like if Marcus and Caius are here," Alice said.
"I don't want to think about it," Edward said.
"But they are not the only ones who are bound to come here, though they are the only ones we expect," Charlie said. "I mean, could you imagine if Rose Granger was actually Rosalie?"
"Hahaha," Harry said. "Good one."
"But it's possible," Charlie said. "Anyway, it's hard to tell right now. She hasn't conquered death yet. All we have to do is wait until there is an addition to the Deathly Hallows after Breaking Dawn."
Alice completely understood. She saw the light at the end of the tunnel that took all her confusion away.
"Awesome!" Alice said. "So, now that I'm in the same page as all of you, can we go shopping? Do they accept credit card or just cash? Where can…"
Edward rolled his eyes.
"Oh, still stubborn aren't we? Is that what makes you so special to Edward?" James taunted.
Alice blushed once more.
"You'll get over it," Edward chuckled. "It's just a crush."