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Chapter Five: Starstruck

Alice's Point Of View:

We ran into the forest behind my house quickly. I was a little surprised by how fast Isabella could run, about as fast as me. When we finally stopped we were next to a pond about five miles away. Safe enough to talk without intrusion. I looked over at Isabella, who was sitting indian style on the ground now. She looked as though she were trying to calm her self down.

"Isabella..." I began.

"Please," she interrupted, "Call me Bella."

"Of course, Bella...Could you explain what's going on. Why you called me a fairy. How would you know if I'm vampire now?"

"Please Alice, sit here with me?" Bella asked.

I sat down across from her, sitting on my knees carefully.

"Alice...I can tell that you are a fairy because...I just can. I'm not sure how I could explain it. Fairy magic—it's different then regular magic—."

"Regular magic?"

"How much do your vampires even know?" She asked rhetorically. "I have never met vampires so...complacent in their own ignorance. I, of course can read your families minds. Besides the blonde leader no of them even knew of our existence. Do you know of any other magical creatures?"

"I know of Werewolves and shape shifters...and now fairies...what else is there?"

Bella scoffed. She wasn't exactly laughing at me though, I could tell she was bitter about this whole ordeal.

"Witches, demons, sprites, centaurs, angels...I mean really the list goes on. Vampires are of course the leading race. They have the highest population and they are the most organized as far as a government. Which really—says a lot. Don't you think. You have a monarchy...kind of. A group of very old and gifted fangers...It's not much, but vampires are the only magical creature that can produce offspring by spreading venom. The rest of us...we're just born this way. You were born this way Alice. It was easy for the vampires to take control they only need to bite someone to create an army."

"Where do all of these other—magical creatures...reside?" I asked, because really besides werewolves (whom I've never come across), and shape shifters, I had never heard of or seen any of them.

"We are hiding." She said as if it was the most obvious thing ever.

"From Vampires?" I whispered.

"Yes! They had most of us enslaved from...I don't know, 800 BC, to the 17th century? My family was on the run. It was my mother and father, my little sister and my older brother. The Volturi found us though, only I could get away though. It's hard for us to get away from Vampires. When I chose to come here I did not know a coven resided here. Had I known, you would not be sitting here with me right now. But...I must admit, I have not been at my best. I've been running for so long. When your adopted brother...Edward is it? When he asked me to come to your house, I thought for sure that I would be killed, or at the very least have my powers and wings taken. When that happens we become mortal. Which...isn't exactly bad, but once you've lived as a fairy...It's just I couldn't imagine a worse fate for a fairy. We lose our memories, we become lost. Beyond the existential crisis it would put an individual in, the physical ramifications are horrible. We usually succumb to death shortly after wards. The change from immortal to mortal is not as kind as mortal to immortal. As I'm sure you might know. Who ever changed you...well they must have had some agenda. Do you have any special gifts?"

"I can see the future..." I said plainly.

"My sister could do that too. To a certain extent. She was somewhat clairvoyant." Bella whispered bitterly.

"Mary?"

She nodded serenely.

"Do you think that—."

"You are not my sister, Alice." She concluded sadly.

"My name is Mary-Alice. I have not gone by that for a very long time. Well—never, really. That was my...human name?"

"You are fairy."

"As in I still am."

"Of course you still are, Alice. They may have taken your wings—."

Before she finished I interrupted her.

"I have scars on my back! Only Jasper has seen them. Maybe Edward has seen them in mine or Jasper's thoughts, but he has never brought it up. I've never know what they were from. I suppose I feel a certain shame about them...I don't know."

Bella leaned closer to me. "May I see them?"

I leaned up on my knees and reached for the hem of my shirt and pulled it off quickly. I was left in a royal blue bra that I unclasped quickly from the back. I did not take it off though. I turned around on my knees and bent my head forward. I could hear rustling behind me...Bella getting up on her knees. I could hear a quick noise. Almost a tinkling. Did she let her wings out? I turned my neck to look at her behind me. She was on her knees, her wings extended. She looked glorious like this. Her braid was over her shoulder covering her torso. I could see a faint golden glow emanating from her upper half. Her tank was now covered in a bit of dirt. It didn't matter. She was beautiful. One of her wispy hands were reaching out towards my back, as she did this patterns of colors materialized slowly, drawing intricate patterns on her hands. From the tip of her finger that was extending towards me, past her wrist. Her eyes reached mine. And she smiled reassuringly.

"This is how I know you are fairy Alice." She then looked down at my scars.

"May I touch them?"

I only nodded at her.

She touched my back then. A sudden warmth spread through me. A shudder ran down my spine causing blinding pleasure. It wasn't sexual, but it was not platonic at all. A deep breath released from me. As a vampire, this kind of bodily reaction had not been released from outside of the bedroom ever.

"Do they cause you much pain?"

I couldn't hold my sob back then.

"Yes..." I cried.

"I am very old Alice," Isabella considered.

"I can heal your wounds. I can give you your wings back. I can not change you from a vampire, but I can make you feel more like yourself then you have in a very long time. You wouldn't need to concentrate on material things any longer. You don't need to...constantly...reinvent yourself through those human things. Not as a fairy, not even as a vampire. I can give you peace Mary Alice." She offered softly.

"Will it hurt?" I croaked. It almost felt as if a tear was leaking out of my left eye. I couldn't be sure.

"No. Never." She blew out softly, her hands splaying across my shoulder blades.

"Do it."

AN: Okay so I know it would be a double chapter but I am too excited for this one. After I get back later tonight I will write out Edward's chapter which will involve Carlisle talking to the entire family about fairies being enslaved and blahblahblah. And then after that, another Alice chapter. More excitement to come, I promise. I've got plans...

The song for this chapter is Starstruck by SANTIGOLD. YouTube that shit.

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