Okay. So I lied. You only have three new surprises, four if you count Once Upon A Never After. I intended to upload a Harry Potter story that I have been working on but it's not on my flash drive or my laptop so I'll have to look for the flash drive its on when I get the change. I originally planned for this story to be much longer but after a while, I developed writers block so I left it off with a boring cliffy. Now, after a VERY long wait, here is Chapter 29 of Reincarnated. Be sure to review.

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Voices

We arrived in Brazil late that night. No one seemed the need to talk to one another especially with my near breakdown on our flight. They seemed to think that I was some fragile human. I didn't know what a possible vampire baby would bring to my life but I did know that I was capable of surviving. It had showed in the past.

Too bad the Cullens didn't see it that way.

I kept to myself, refusing to share a bedroom with Edward. Instead, I made myself comfortable on the white couch in the living area. Jacob had offered to share his room with me but I graciously declined. No need to piss Edward off.

The way everyone was treating me bothered me but what was really eating at me were the voices that I had heard on our flight. A woman had been speaking to me yet we were the only ones on that plane. I also wasn't capable of hearing someone's thoughts like Edward. All of this troubled me. I didn't understand why any of this was happening to me.

"Hey."

I sat up to see Alice and Rosalie standing there. Alice handed me a hot mug of steaming brown liquid before she and Rosalie sat down. I took a slow sip from the mug and sighed in contentment. Hot chocolate. Just what I needed.

"I know it's a lot to take in, Bella," Rosalie said.

"We really haven't been treating you the way you should be treated," Alice said. "I have to admit, we all expected you to just accept everything that I saw. You were always so very accepting in your past lives. We assumed you would be the same way now."

"You shouldn't assume, Alice," I mumbled. "It only gets you into trouble."

Alice gave a light nod and looked away. I shouldn't have said anything but deep down, I was sure Alice knew that I was right. She always made assumptions due to her psychic abilities. Sometimes her visions worked with her but she has definitely found herself in trouble before.

"Don't be too harsh on Alice, Bella." I glanced over at Rosalie, biting my tongue to keep from insulting her. "You're correct when you said she shouldn't make assumptions but she only wants the best for you. Out of all of us, she has been the one always on your side. She's your number one fan, you know."

Alice glanced back at me and I immediately felt guilty. I could see the sorrow in her tearless amber eyes. "I never had a lot of friends, when I was living and even now that I'm dead. You're my first real friend, Bella. You never once shyed away from me. When I was in Biloxi, I was that strange Brandon girl. People either didn't like me because of my gray eyes or because of my supposed mental illness. After a while my own family didn't even like being around me. I know I can be obnoxious; i've always been like that but now it's to impress you. I've only ever wanted you to like me and after a while, to love my brother."

"Oh, Alice..." I sighed and pulled her into a tight hug. I could no longer be mad at her. She was my absolute best friend and I had no idea how she had felt. Alice had always been so cheerful. She surprised me with her confession. Her words even caused my heart to soften towards Edward and the rest of the Cullens.

Be firm. Remember that they think you're weak!

I quickly squeezed my eyes shut, trying to will the voice of my head. It was starting to become painful. Alice pulled away from my embrace, sensing my body tense up.

"Are you okay? Bella, what's wrong?"

Someone needed to know what was going on within my head. I couldn't take it. It suddenly made sense to me why Edward welcomed the silence when he was around me. I would give anything to have that luxory now.

"I think someone's trying to play with my mind," I told Alice and Rosalie.

Rosalie and Alice immediately straightened their postures. They were in full protection mode now.

"What are you talking about, Bella?" Rosalie questioned.

"Ever since our flight..."

They don't care about you.

"Ever since our flight, I've been hearing a woman talk to me. I don't know who she is but she's driving me crazy. She wants me to rebel against all of you."

"I think we should go to Carlisle with this little bit of information."

EPOV

I was immediately alert when Bella had made her confession to my sisters. No matter how much we argued lately, I still loved her. I always would. We were in Brazil to protect her. When she said that she thought that someone was playing with her mind, I quickly snuck out the window of my room and ran down the beach of Isle Esme to alert my surrogate parents.

Esme and Carlisle, along with Emmett and Jasper, who had also been on the beach, weren't very happy. Together we rushed back up to the quaint little beach house, surprising my sisters and Bella.

"We figured you would have gone down to the beach with the others," Alice said. Her darkening topaz eyes burned into me, as if she was silently accusing me of something.

"Good thing I decided to stay behind," I replied back. "Mind telling the rest of the family what's going on, Bella?"

Bella, stubborn as ever, crossed her arms and looked away from me. "I don't really think this concerns you, Edward. Actually, I wish you would have stayed behind. Your family may need you but I certainly don't."

those words hit me hard. Everything I had done over the last ninety years had been for Bella and her memory. She knew where to hit and it just so happened to be a low blow.

"I think you both need to cool it," Emmett snapped. "This is no time to be arguing like you're in the fifth grade."

"Emmett's right," Esme agreed. Emmett immediately straightened up with a goofy grin on his face. He always welcomed praise. "Now, Bella, you said you heard voices?"

Bella glanced away but nodded.

"Sweetie, we need to know what's going on."