This is the next chapter! I've been updating pretty quickly.

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I don't own Twilight

I closed my eyes and imagined cool arms around me, a gentle female voice, like long dead Renee's, softly speaking into my ear.

I smiled.

Until I bolted upright and realized that I wasn't imagining those arms.

I stared into the eyes of the girl's whose arms I was in, who was gently comforting me.

I realized I'd been whimpering out little phrases of my thoughts, such as "world…no light…hurts"

"I know," was all she said. No "it's gonna be okay" or "Everything's fine".

Just "I know".

I couldn't see her features clearly in the dim light, and we sat like that until the early rays of dawn touched us.

"We'd better go inside, Lucky, the sun is rising," I didn't even question her name. My eyes had been closed for the past few hours. Enjoy the hours of peace, comfort from a stranger, and darkness while it lasted.

My eyes still closed, I let the girl guide me back to my room.

I finally opened my eyes, facing the inevitable cold world.

And I saw the shock of my life.

"Oh, my gosh! Al--" I started, before remembering that I was Lucky.

There was no mistake. Alice's physical features looked the same as ever. Short, spiky hair and long, skinny arms. Bt there was something different about her eyes. They were weary, older. Just beginning to show her true age. And the spark was dimming.

That only dampened my excitement by only a little. I mean, it was Alice, alive and well before me.

"Hello, Lucky. My name is Alice. I only know your name because I can see the future. I'm so sorry. You look like you went through a lot, and I just couldn't resist trying to comfort you."

""I have. Nice to know you. And thank you. For everything you have done," I said, putting in a secret meaning behind my words. I had never gotten to thank Alice. She left without me ever knowing, I hadn't seen her since. Well, until now.

"You look like you've been through much too. You are part of the Volturi, aren't you?" I said, noticing how much she was different from the bright, happy Alice I of my memories.

"Yes, I am part of the Volturi…" she said faintly, as if she were hiding something behind her words, too.

"What's your story? Why are you here?" I asked, curious about why Alice was here, and why she waited until now to come join these sadistic, human- bloodsucking vampires. Wanting to know about a someone.

If Alice were here, maybe he was here, too! Maybe he was waiting! But then I remembered that he didn't like me anymore.

Nevertheless, if I could just even see him again… It would still be some light in tunnel of pure black.

Alice started slow, first asking," Do you like Aro? Were you forced here? Many of us were."

I thought about it for a moment. No, Aro didn't take grab me and make me work here, but I was still forced. Forced by my will to save Jacob.

She breathed a sigh of relief. Something had obviously been bothering her, but my answer had made that all okay.

"Well, I was changed over a century ago. I found a happy family to live with, especially one person, my Jazz… Well, I had a mother, a father, a sister, a brother, and a, well, husband, you could call it." I nodded at her words, knowing more than she thought I did.

"Well, we were happy alone for a time. But that's when my brother fell in love. With a human girl. Her name was Bella. She was everything to us. Adorable, funny, pleasant to be around… Well, you smell exactly like her, strangely. But she must have died a long time ago."

She paused, and I knew that she had gotten to the hard part.

"Well, you see, she found out about our secret, and my brother was ashamed at first, until he found out that she didn't care. It was probably the happiest day of his life. My brother was ecstatic. Until she almost died. Because of our world. So he left her, and he never was the same. Just a broken shell. And so were we."

I was shocked, but Alice's words still didn't convince me. Edward had never liked me, she was wrong. I was never enough for him.

Alice's voice cracked as she continued.

"Aro.. He found out. About Bella. It was none of sweet Bella's fault. We were just too stupid to hide her well enough. They came for us, and burned all of them. I was away hunting, but it was too late. The house was on fire…"

Now she was sobbing.

"They never came out," she stated, ending a section of her life.

She broke down shaking so hard, I was worried that she was going to shatter to pieces. My how the tables turned.

I put my arm around her. After some time, she regained enough composure to continue.

"And so I came here, about 50 years ago. I wanted a new start, but I think it was mainly because I didn't want them to kill Bella. If they did, I don't think I could handle it. She was the only person who I really knew in the world, even if I couldn't see her again. I'm glad that she, at least, had a long life without any more trouble from us. Because that's all we ever caused her, and we brought about our downfall.

"All I want is to see her again, and Jazz, too. I wish…" she closed her eyes and we sat there for a moment. I didn't know how long it was, and I didn't care. The world could wait.

So he was dead. After all these years, he was dead. I couldn't believe it. I expected to go absolutely crazy, to go deep into shock. Deep down, I guess I sort of knew that it couldn't be possible, even when I first knew him. And now he was gone. Forever.

I also knew that there would be no one else ever again for me. For a moment, I felt only sheer pain, deep down inside. He had taken a vital organ, and he wasn't ever giving it back, taking it with him into the grave. I knew I could never function correctly again without it. But sometimes I think that I really don't' want it back…

A knock on the door shattered the peace.

"Lucky! I know you're in there! Come out! It's Roger, your beloved! I have looked for you everywhere, and I couldn't find you! So you have to be here!"

Right then, it was different. Instead of being annoyed, I was angry. Pure anger. Because now I realized that no matter how hard he tried, he would never reach me. If Roger became the perfect boyfriend, the smartest person in the world, and more perfect than him ( of that were possible), all his efforts would still be a waste.

There was no earthly power, or heavenly, for that matter, that could make me.

Alice opened her eyes beside me. She looked at me, and then smiled.

"How would you like to get away?" she asked.

"But there are no other doors, and no places to hide," I said.

"Oh, but there is," Alice replied, and she quickly led me to the bed. She easily pushed it out of the way, and I saw a trapdoor underneath.

She opened it, minimizing the squeak as much as possible, and jumped in. I looked at the darkness, realized that it wasn't that far, and followed her.

Talk about a sweet escape.

Hahahaha! I got that last part from Gwen Stefani. Not that her song has anything to do with the story.

Please review, and I'll update faster!

I was pretty nice. It wasn't that much of a cliffy this time.