Forks Academy for Special Gifted Students

by StarStrellaStar

Twins Isabella and Christabel are not your ordinary, everyday girls. At least that's what the teachers of FASGS, a magical school, say. Now, the two contrasting girls have to deal with their new lives and an unexpected secret that awaits them in the dark.

19. Elegant Like the Everlasting Ice

A/N: Err... sorry for the long wait -.-' hehehhe I meant to update a lot earlier, but I got stuck every now and then and distracted and there is a 9 hour time differnce between me and my beta, who has once again done a great job ( lot's of love You And Me Up In A Tree) Despite teh fact that I'm not always capable of updating fast you guys took my totally empty threat seriously and reviewed like crazy, so that eventually we made it to 110 yay [insert cheering here]

Well now let's put the party hats and the confetti aside, because I gotta say, I probably made a mistake when I calculated how many chapters will be left. If I'm not changing my mond once again there should be... 3 or 4 more and then it'll be over :D Well, this part at least...

Okay, that's all I have to say right now, just go on and read I'll continue at the bottom

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Bella POV

"Bella, don't worry so much," Edward soothed as he pulled me onto his lap. "I'm sure Dylan will be back soon."

"You already said that half an hour ago," I sighed as I leaned back against his chest.

"And I'm going to say the same thing again in another thirty minutes," he murmured softly.

"Could Dylan get stuck there too?" Emmett asked.

Edward sighed. "It's possible, but I don't think he will."

"So much faith in an idiot," Rose mumbled. Edward only glared at her in return, which she simply shrugged off.

Suddenly Jasper bolted straight up in the same moment we heard a crash in the kitchen. We all jumped up immediately to see what happen. When we stormed into the kitchen, we saw Dylan and Alice on the table. While Dylan was groaning in pain, Alice happily skipped off straight into Jasper's waiting arms. It was so cute, it almost distracted me. Almost.

"Dylan, where is Chris?" I asked sharply.

Alice stopped kissing Jasper's nose and turned with a worried expression. "She's still there," she whispered with wide eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm on it," Dylan moaned when he moved. He must have hurt himself when he landed on the table.

"Hurry up, she's in danger," Alice urged, but before she was even finished speaking, Dylan had already vanished. We all turned to her for a moment. "Didn't you guys miss me?" she asked with a pout.

Before any of us could react, Edward dashed over to her and hugged her fiercely. That was when all of us became a flurry of people as we stormed over to Alice and threw ourselves at her. In the middle of our group hug, we heard yet another crash sound, this time from the corridor.

"What's wrong with Dylan?" Emmett asked when we all moved to see what he'd done now.

Dylan and Chris were lying on the floor and had knocked over the little glass stand next to them.

"Get off of me," Chris griped and attempted to push Dylan off of her body. He didn't budge. "Come on, you're heavy," she whined.

Dylan only grunted in response before slowly rolling to the side.

Chris coughed and then sat up, throwing a dark look in Dylan's direction.

Without really thinking about it, I ran over to her and threw my arms tightly around her.

"Bella, I need to breathe," Chris gasped out after a while.

I let her go. "Sorry," I mumbled with a sheepish smile.

She grinned back at me.

"Christabel Swan, how dare you scare all of us like that? I could have cared less if you'd disappeared on your own, but you took our cute little Alice with you," Rose yelled and hit Chris on the head.

"Rose," Emmett tried to interfere, but his girlfriend just continued on.

"I was worried sick and my poor brother had to stand the misery from all of us. Do you kno–"

"Rose, if you wanna hug me and tell me how much you missed me, just do it," Chris interrupted her with a sigh.

Rose looked at her with a surprised expression before she hit her on the head again. "Idiot," she hissed and then pulled my sister in for a tight embrace.

I shook my head at the two of them. Until now, I'd never even noticed what a weird friendship those two had.

"It's strange, isn't it?" Alice whispered from beside me.

I smiled and put my arm around her shoulder. "So how was being all alone with Chris?" I asked her lightly.

"It was aw—"

"Guys, did anyone notice that Dylan still hasn't moved?" Emmett asked us. We all turned our attention to Dylan, who was still laying on the floor, not having moved an inch.

"Is he still alive?" Alice asked quietly.

"Yes, he is," Jasper replied, "He's just exhausted."

"Since when does beaming drain him this much?" I asked.

"He was jumping around in different dimensions, so I guess this is quite a normal occurrence," answered Edward.

"I wasn't just jumping back and forth, I also had to find them there," Dylan grunted and slowly sat up, rubbing his face with his hands.

"I thought they were at the elementary school," Rose said.

"They weren't. Chris somehow managed to get them into a nest of lost souls."

"Lost souls?" I asked, shocked.

"How in the world did you manage that?" Edward asked Chris.

"I don't know," she answered with a shrug before she went on to defend herself. "I was way passed caring where we landed and I don't even know where I beamed us."

"How did you find us then?" Alice asked Dylan.

"After looking at every possible place for you to be, I kind of gave up, and then this wolf just appeared out of nowhe–"

"The wolf that attacked us?" screeched Chris.

Dylan frowned at her. "No, the wolf that led me to where you were."

"Why would the wolf know that?" Alice questioned.

"My guess is that it was someone's animal spirit," replied Dylan, yawning.

"But that spell takes a lot of skill and strength," Edward mumbled, sounding thoughtful.

"I know that, but I can't think of anyone who could perform this spell, and to be honest, I don't really care right now." Dylan slowly got himself up and then trotted up the stairs.

I saw Chris looking after him. Then both she and Alice turned to look at the rest of us. "Where are we?" they asked in unison. Apparently the time they'd spent trapped together had brought them closer.

"Mr. Decour's house," Edward replied in a bored tone. The look Chris and Alice gave him was just comical.

"This is Mr. Frenchy-French's house?" Chris asked in disbelief. We all nodded. "Let's get some baguette then. Where's the kitchen?"

Alice's eyes widened and she threw a smug smile in Chris' direction before she pranced off to the kitchen.

"Wha–I am so gonna get you!" Chris hissed and hopped to her feet to rush after Alice. All we heard after that was a lot of noise from the kitchen, consisting mostly of squeaks and crashes.

"I think they're hungry," Emmett noted.

"Oh really?" I replied dryly and went to peek in the kitchen. Alice and Chris were standing in front of the fridge, or rather pushing each other away from it. "Should we do something?" I asked Edward, who had just appeared behind me.

"And die in the process? I think I'd rather not," he answered with a chuckle as he watched the two girls act like hungry wolves.

Thinking of wolves...

"Do you have any idea who might have led Dylan to them?"

Edward looked intently at me. "No, I'm afraid not. Maybe the two of them just have a guardian angel looking out for them."

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Chris and Alice stumbled into the living room together where the rest of us were currently seated, watching TV. It was amazing how we all went back to a somewhat normal state as soon as the girls returned.

"I'm not eating anything for the next three days," Chris announced as she heavily dropped herself on the couch.

Alice went over to Jasper and snuggled herself into his side. "Not even sweaty Emmett-cheese?" she asked with a giggle, earning a glare from Chris.

"Especially not sweaty Emmett-cheese."

"Do I even want to know what you're talking about?" Emmett asked, sounding a little offended. The two of them looked at him.

Alice opened her mouth to say something.

"Alice, if you say even one word, I will take you back to the meadow you love so much," Chris hissed menacingly.

"Whatever," Alice answered breezily, waving her off. "I want to sleep."

Her commented reminded me of something. "Did we even have a plan for the sleeping arrangements?" I asked no one in particular.

"Can't we just go home?" Chris asked.

"No, we can't," sighed Edward.

"Why not?" Alice asked. I'd almost forgotten that we hadn't told the others why we were here in the first place.

Before I could explain, though, Edward summarized the whole situation quickly. When he was done, Chris was left with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"So how are we all supposed to sleep?" questioned Alice, getting back to the original topic.

"Well, there is the master bedroom, and two guest rooms up stairs. The living room could be used as well," Jasper spoke thoughtfully.

"Dylan's currently occupying one of the bedrooms," Edward threw in.

"And we have seven people left...one of us has to join Dylan," Jasper calculated quickly. For some reason, all of us turned to look at Chris.

"No way," she grumbled, her face buried in the couch, which made me wonder how she even knew we were all looking at her.

"I could just bunk with Dylan and the twins cou–" Edward started to offer, but Alice interrupted him.

"But Bella doesn't want to sleep without you. Right Bella?" she urged as if she were trying to convey some sort of message to me.

I looked at her and frowned a little at the meaningful glance she gave me.

"Alice, don't you think you're being a little obvious?" Chris mumbled. "If you want to set me up with Dylan, just say so." And with that, she got up and strode out of the room.

"Did she just...she didn't even put up a fight, did she?" Rose asked in disbelief.

"I think she volunteered, babe," Emmett told her.

"Why are you surprised? Everyone knows she loves Dylan," Alice said simply and then got to her feet and pulled Jasper along. The two of them disappeared up stairs as well.

"In a way, it's weird that our clique only consists of couples," Rose murmured.

"So one bedroom left," Emmett said, ignoring Rosalie. "Who wants to take it?"

"Just go," Edward and I sighed at the same time.

Two minutes later, we were alone in the living room.

I yawned.

"Exciting day, huh?" Edward asked as he got up. I didn't know why Edward knew that this was a pull-out couch, but I didn't say anything as he pulled it into a bed.

"Exhausting is more like it," I told him.

He smiled crookedly at me for a moment before he dashed out of the room. I heard a door open upstairs and a complaint from Rose before the door closed again and Edward appeared with pillows and a blanket in his arms. "There," he said and threw all of it at me, successfully burying me underneath.

"If you're trying to be funny, let me tell you now that I am not laughing," I grumbled as I tried to free myself.

I heard his chuckle and then saw his face in front of me. "I'm sorry," he said, not sounding at all apologetic.

Before I could snap something at him, he'd quickly arranged the pillows and blanket in a way that allowed us to lay comfortably. Sometimes his speed was a little unnerving. He hardly ever used it, but when he did, he always managed to get me off track. He was already laying there, looking comfy, relaxed, and perfectly content, while I was still occupied with breathing out. His arm snaked around my waist and he pulled me gently to his side.

I let out another yawn before snuggling closer to him. Inhaling his scent always had a calming effect on me. "Do you think it's safe to let Dylan and Chris be in one room together?" I questioned in a quiet mumble.

"I don't know why you're worrying about this now," he replied. "They managed just fine the last time."

"Yeah, but she was in a good mood then."

Edward sighed. "I can't believe I'm doing this," he murmured under his breath. A moment later, he flinched. "I think they are perfectly fine."

Through the bond, I felt calm happiness that usually occurred when Chris was sleeping, so I wondered what Edward had seen.

"Wha–"

"We're spending way too much time talking about your sister. She's fine and safe now, so you should be worrying a bit more about yourself," Edward said to me.

"There is nothing to worry about."

"Except our current situation." He pulled me even closer to his body as if to protect me from the rest of the world.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him. "I'm sure we're safe for now," I told him.

"Don't be too sure," he whispered in my ear and I felt his lips lightly graze over my skin.

I shivered and heard a quiet chuckle come from Edward in response. I felt his lips on my forehead before I slowly succumbed to some much needed sleep.

The next morning came far too quickly for my taste, and it didn't help that I was woken up by the sound of girlie giggles.

I opened my eyes and saw Alice, Chris, and Rose standing there, watching Edward and I. I could tell by the light snores in my ear that Edward was still fast asleep.

"I never thought I'd see the day my sister was spooning with a guy," Chris giggled.

I didn't reply to that as I ignored the following giggles from Alice and Rose. I was still half-asleep and being surrounded by Edward's warmth wasn't helping me wake up. Plus, it seemed like Edward didn't want me to get up either, since he just pulled me closer to him and nuzzled my hair. No matter how many times we'd already slept in the same bed, we had never been this close, mostly because my bed was bigger than this couch. You'd think we always slept like this, cuddled in each others arms, especially if you consider the amount of time we spent lip-locked.

"Um...we should go see what Emmett and Jazzy are doing in the kitchen, and maybe get Dylan to help us with a new set of clothes," Alice suddenly suggested and pushed the other two girls out.

I didn't know what that was all about until I jumped suddenly. Sometimes there were these certain situations in which my mind worked at a speedy pace, which was why I jumped before I had actually registered that something was poking me in the back and what exactly this something was.

I was pretty sure my head would combust if I blushed any harder, but in that moment, Jasper entered the room.

"Bella, what's wrong?" he asked, concerned.

"Nothing," I mumbled in response as I worked to calm myself down a bit. "Hey, where is Dylan? I need some new clothes," I asked as casually as I could.

He only quirked an eyebrow at me, then glanced at Edward, grinned, and looked back at me. "He's upstairs with the girls," he answered, fighting to keep the grin off his face.

I nodded gratefully at him as I got up and rushed to where the giggles were coming from. I really didn't know why they were being so girlie today. Maybe it was home sickness.

"Thanks Dylan," both Rose and Alice sang as they waltzed out of the bedroom with a stack of clothes in each of their arms.

"Knock, knock," I said lamely and entered the bedroom.

Chris turned and shot me a huge grin before she vanished inside the bathroom.

"You want clothes too?" Dylan asked, not sounding like he want to do it.

"That would be nice," I answered with a slightly hopeful smile.

"What do you want?"

"I don't care, just summon whatever is on top," I told him with a shrug.

Dylan eyed me for a moment before he nodded. He flicked his wand in a manner similar to Edward and made a stack of clothes appear in front of me. "We'll have to go to our rooms today," he noted.

I nodded at him.

He grimaced slightly, but it wasn't directed at me. It was for Rose, who was dancing passed the open door. "I'm gonna leave you to get dressed," he said and left the room.

I slumped back on the bed and let my mind wander for a brief moment, until I heard a laugh coming from the bathroom. A moment later, Chris stepped out, fully dressed with her hair a little damp. She ran her fingers through it, drying it in the process. I never really understood the workings of our powers. Certain things worked as if they were second nature to us, while others only worked in certain situations.

Chris looked at me with an amused expression. "I thought you already had the pleasure of meeting him, considering how much time you spend with Edward," she said smugly.

I only quirked an eyebrow at her.

Chris rolled her eyes. "So naïve, my dear sister. But it had to happen sooner or later. I hope you'll still be able to look Edward in the eye without blushing," she said, running her hands through her hair one more time.

Then it clicked and I knew what she was talking about, causing me to blush once more.

Chris laughed as she left the room.

Stupid bond. She knew way more than she should.

I hurried to get ready fast and then rushed downstairs to join the others in the kitchen. Alice was blabbering happily about the fair, while perched on the lap of Jasper, who was nodding at everything she said.

With Alice's return, the light in Jasper's eyes returned as well, and I smiled fondly at that.

"What are you smiling at?" Edward's voice was right beside my ear and I let out a yelp, causing everyone to look at me.

"Don't creep around like that," I said, putting my hand over my racing heart.

Chris was smiling knowingly along with Alice. The two of them looked at each other and then laughed loudly.

I really hated them in that moment, causing me to glower at the girls.

"What's the joke?" Emmett asked, not wanting to be left out.

Both Alice and Chris simply shook their heads before they composed themselves and continued their fair planning as if nothing had happened.

"Ahh," I heard Edward breathe out before he cleared his throat awkwardly. "Um...Bella..." he started, but was cut off by Alice.

"Bella, do you already know when you will have your breaks?" she asked me.

"You mean to look at the other parts?" I asked in return.

Alice nodded.

"Today, I don't. I'm going to have to hang around all day, and I don't know about tomorrow." I slid into the chair next to her and Jasper.

"They're keeping you hostage all day?" Emmett asked from the other side of the table.

"If that's what you want to call it, then yes."

"What are you and Chris doing that's making your groups keep you?" Alice asked us.

"What? I can leave today. Just not tomorrow," Chris commented.

"Yeah, yeah. Same shoe."

"Jasper and I are free at noon," Rose piped.

"Time?" demanded Alice.

"Twelve 'til two," Jasper answered.

"Okay," she replied in thought. "I'll have my break from eleven-thirty 'til two o'clock, so I can visit you guys. Edward, when are you free again?" Alice called over to her brother.

Edward was standing at the counter, looking deep in thought.

"Edward?" Alice called impatiently.

"Huh?"

"Your break," she prompted. "When?"

"Um...one 'til two," he answered absentmindedly.

"So short?" Emmett asked curiously.

"Yeah, I get to finish a little earlier."

"Emmett, your break?" Alice asked him.

"One-thirty to three-thirty, ma'am," he replied quickly, giving a salute.

Alice rolled her eyes. "And Chris?"

"Eleven-thirty to three," she replied lazily, occasionally glancing at me and then at Edward.

"Why is your break so long?" asked Jasper.

"Because I'll be promoting the Pyros while I walk around with you guys," Chris answered.

"Fine. The fair starts at eight and it's six now. I think we should get going, since none of us were at the final rehearsals." Everyone agreed, so we hastily started to gather our things and shuffle out the front door.

On our way, Alice went over her plan. "So Chris, I'll meet you in front of the Special room and we'll go and check out what Rose and Jazzy are doing there. Then we'll visit Edward, then we'll get Emmett to go over to see what Bella is doing all day. Did I forget anyone?"

"Yes, you forgot Dylan," I informed her.

"Oh, no I didn't, Dylan gets to take breaks whenever he wants to," Alice told me.

"So wait...you're all going to come watch me?" I asked, feeling terror seep into my veins.

"Yes, of course," Rose answered for Alice.

"Oh great," I mumbled dryly as we stopped in front of the building where the classy rooms were supposed to be.

Only the building itself was not how it was supposed to be. I already knew that the classrooms were some kind of gate to get to the back door where our main attractions would be, but I didn't know that the front facade of the building would be cut off.

The corridor was somehow melted with the front yard with grass and benches, although I could still make out the original shape of the corridor. The doors were still at the same places, only bigger now, but still closed. There was a tag above each door describing which group occupied it, and where the whole front side of the building usually was, there were concession stands with a few kids setting up a giant archway, made up of flowers, which somehow had the words 'Forks Academy Fair' written onto it.

Right now, the place was fairly empty, with only a few students roaming around here and there, all of them probably working on the last minute preparations.

"Wow, this school really knows how to clean up," Chris remarked.

"Yes, but next year, I should be on the decorating committee," Alice replied, scrunching up her little nose.

"Well guys, I guess we'll see each other later," Emmett said and marched straight through the wall of what was left of the building.

"Right. We should get going. Come on, Alice," Edward agreed and beckoned for his sister to follow him. Dylan was already gone somewhere.

"Alright, I'll see you later," I called to all of them and jogged over to the Hydro room. When I opened the door, I was quickly pulled inside and the door was being shut again. "Wha–"

Bryce gestured for me to be quiet. He motioned to what we usually used as our rehearsal/class and meeting room.

I knew that it was supposed to be the passage that would get the visitors to the actual thing, but I didn't know that they'd planned on icing it as well.

"We don't want anyone outside to see this," Natalia said, appearing from what seemed like no where. She was already wearing her white fur coat, but her hair and makeup were only halfway done.

"When did you do that?" I inquired.

"Oh, me and Japree did it really quickly yesterday. It wasn't that hard. All we had to do was ice it, unlike our little town out there."

She was right. The walls and the floor were made up pure ice, but there were no forms or shapes like the ones we used for the stands. Icicles were hanging from the ceiling, and glistening beautifully.

"Come on, Bella, you need to get to that pool and rehearse one more time with the rest of them," Bryce instructed and pushed me toward the back door.

As soon as I stepped outside, I shivered. It was cold out here and I wasn't dressed appropriately for the weather.

"Bella, there you are!" Carmen called, grabbing my hand and pulling me along. "We need to hurry so we're just gonna get straight to rehearsing."

When I stepped inside the dressing room, I realized that it was probably the only place within our attraction that was actually heated. I quickly changed into the the bathing suit that I was supposed to wear outside in the cold, and hurried after Carmen.

Our rehearsal went by in a blur, and I felt like some kind of toy the whole time because of all of the pushing and pulling from every direction. I sighed in contentment when I was finally able to sit down.

I took a seat in front of my personal dresser and had to wait for Cynthia, who was responsible for my costumes and makeup. Carmen was just finishing up with her hair when she sent me a beaming smile.

"It's already 8," she squealed. "I am so excited!"

"I'm not really looking forward to being the center of attention," I mumbled, feeling absolutely no motivation.

"Oh you'll do fine. I better go do my job now before I get in trouble." Carmen skipped out of the room, happily humming to herself.

I leaned back in my chair with a sigh, then closed my eyes. Hopefully this would all go well.

Edward POV

We exited the Physios sweaty gym and quickly sucked in huge gulps of air.

"Seriously? A sports centre? I can't believe so many people actually liked that," Alice complained.

The Physios had set up some kind of sports town with different categories and such. They had a lot of things to offer and they had a whole bunch of workshops with competitions.

I wasn't even surprised to see Emmett wrestling, though I was rather shocked to see that, apart from being a wrestler, he was also a good instructor.

"I think it's great. I'm gonna go check out the yoga tomorrow," Rose said.

"Dammit, I want to go too," Chris whined.

I'd been a little confused this morning when Chris had said that she was supposed to be promoting the Pyros by walking around with us, but now that I saw her, I understood completely. She was wearing a red Indian Sari with very exotic makeup. The Sari had a white floral pattern along the hemline, dancing beautifully along the edge of it. Until today, I'd never noticed that, if she really wanted to, Chris could pass as an Indian. She was drawing a lot of attention to herself, which was probably the plan. A few times, people would walk up to her and ask her why she was dressed like that. She would only smile mysteriously, throw the scarf over her shoulder, and tell them to check out the Pyros' display. When I'd asked her, she'd given me the same answer. None of us knew what the Pyros had in store, except for Alice, who wasn't willing to share that information with us. I'd let it go after a while, not really interested. I would find out what the Pyros did within the next few days, anyway.

"So we're going to see Bella now?" Emmett asked enthusiastically.

"Yep, that's the plan," Alice answered and led the way.

"I've already heard some things about the Hydros. Apparently they actually managed to do something decent this year."

"Oh good. I was so worried that we would have to act like we liked it for Bella's sake," Rose sighed.

I frowned at her and received a glare in return.

"So...what exactly did you hear?" Chris asked Emmett.

"Not too much. Just something about a Queen that's as beautiful as a Goddess. I really don't know what that was about," he answered, shrugging.

We walked into the Hydros place and immediately, all of us started to shiver. We were in a completely frozen room that gleamed arcanely in the dim light.

We weren't the only ones here, either. In front of the entrance to the actual attraction was quite a long lineup of people at a booth. I noticed that the booth was beside the door and had a familiar looking guy passing out coats and occasionally handing out ice skates in it.

"I think the Hydros have really outdone themselves this year," Alice noted, looking around the icy room in awe.

"You haven't even seen anything yet, Alice," I said to her.

"Yes, I did," she sang. "It was weeks ago. Thanks to Irina, you never let me finish that prediction, though."

I quirked an eyebrow at her, but when she didn't elaborate any further, I simply shrugged it off.

When it was finally our turn, I realized who the boy at the booth was. He was, in a way, one of Bella's mentors, Bryce.

"Ah, the Queen's supporters. On special demands of her Majesty, you are going to be treated like royalty yourselves. Here are your coats," Bryce said politely while he handed each of us a nice white coat. "Does anyone here want a pair of ice skates?" he asked us as Dylan appeared in our midst. He'd been there and gone all throughout the day, which I guess was the downside of being a transport service. Bryce handed him a coat as well.

"We want ice skates," squealed Alice as she gestured to herself and Jasper. He didn't really look like he was up for it, but it seemed like as long as it was for my baby sister, he didn't mind.

"I think we should skate too," Rose said to Emmett, who looked at her with wide eyes.

I snickered along with Chris at the thought of Emmett on skates.

Before Emmett could protest, Rose shoved a pair of ice skates in his hands.

"I don't think I can skate in a Sari," Chris mumbled. "By the way, I think I'm going to look really stupid with the coat on."

Bryce eyed her curiously. "You know, I heard that you and your sister were nothing alike, but to be honest, I think you look pretty much the same. Maybe not so much, but you do have the same facial features apart from the eyes," he mused.

Chris only shrugged at that.

Bryce snapped out of his thoughtful state and handed Chris a small fur cape instead of the coat. "Just throw that over your shoulders. Should keep you just as warm as the coat, and it looks better with your dress."

"It's a Sari."

"Whatever." Bryce turned his attention to me now. "Her Majesty has a special pair of skates reserved for you," he told me, grabbing them, and handing them over. They looked like ordinary skates, only the blades looked like they were made up of glass and were shaped beautifully. "It's ice," Bryce told me with a grin.

"Hey, I want skates like that too," whined Chris.

"Sorry. Her Majesty wanted to see Mr. Cullen on these ice skates, not you," Bryce said, unapologetic.

"You know, I really don't care what her Majesty wants, my sister is by far the coolest—"

"Like I just said, these were her Majesty's wishes. If you don't like it, then go and complain to her about it."

Chris huffed in annoyance, snatching the regular skates from Bryce instead.

"Have fun," he said happily when we went to sit on one of the benches next to the door that led outside.

We quickly put on the skates, and then got up and went through the door.

"Whoa," Alice breathed the moment we were out the door.

All I could do was gape and nod slightly in agreement. In all the years I'd attended the fair, I had never seen anything like this. The Hydros were commonly known for their rather unexciting events, mainly because they didn't know what to do with theirs powers, or they weren't enough. But this year, they definitely managed to outdo themselves.

Everything was frozen. It looked like a huge ice city.

There were little ice-made fountains littered here and there, and booths and shops all around. People were skating around all of them, wearing brown coast that didn't look as nice as our crisp white coats did, which made me start to wonder about this whole Queen business.

"This is so cool," Emmett boomed.

"In every sense of the word," Rose agreed as the two of them strode into the middle of the central plaza.

"This is way cooler than the Psychs," Dylan whispered next to me.

"There's no way the Pyros can beat this," I muttered.

The Pyros and the Hydros always had this little competition going. Mainly because apart from the Technos, they were the two smallest groups and could do a lot less with their gifts than the Psychs or Specials. The Pyros usually won, but not because they were so great. It was just more exciting to watch their little fire shows than trying out waterslides that didn't look at all exciting. Still, the Pyros weren't known for any kind of creative spirit. They usually just got some costumes and played around with fire. So maybe I already had my answer for Chris' attire, although there was a drastic difference between this and the usual Pyro style.

"Hey, did you guys see that?" Chris asked excitedly as she pointed to the ground.

We all looked down to where she was pointing. The ice was thick, but I could still see water moving beneath it. Right in that moment, something dashed through the water. Or rather someone, followed by a swarm of fish.

"That is so brilliant," Alice sang and started jumping like she always did. In all of her excitement, she seemed to have forgotten that she was on skates. She started falling, and probably would have hurt herself badly, had Jasper not caught her.

I slid passed her with a shake of my head. "Let's go find Bella," I said to the others, who were still looking around in awe.

Chris was the first one to move to my side, and both of us led the group around, occasionally turning to see either Alice or Emmett fall.

"Oooh, let's get ice cream," Alice suddenly yelled, pointing at a shop in front of us. According to the ice letters hanging above the door, it was called Japree's.

"Maybe Bella is in there," Dylan said. "She did say something about tasting and Japree."

I shrugged and just followed the overly-motivated Alice inside. Looking around, it seemed like any regular old ice cream parlour, only it was incredibly full. Before Alice could run, or rather slide, anywhere, she was stopped by a hostess.

"I'm sorry, we're full right now. If you want to see the water show, you can go stand outside or come back tomorrow," she smiled.

"What water show? I just want—" Alice started, only to be cut off by Rose.

"I thought her Majesty wanted us to be treated like royalty?" Rose said icily.

The girl looked up from her book and eyed Rose. Then she smiled brightly. "Of course, I'm sorry, that was my mistake. Follow me," she gestured for us to follow her lead, and she quickly dashed away on her skates.

Alice and Emmett had a hard time keeping up, but we made it safely to the back of the shop. We were led outside where a beautiful ice garden was set up with tables all over the place. It looked more like a five star restaurant than an ice cream parlour.

The hostess led us to a group table at the far end, right next to a wall that wasn't very high. A moment later, I realized that it wasn't even a wall, but the edge of a pool. A giant pool that stretched over quite a few meters, and the ends were pretty far from the garden. The water was frozen and the whole thing looked like a huge skating rink with a few frozen elements in the middle.

On the other side of the pool, I spotted a building that I couldn't exactly make out due to the distance.

"What's over there?" I asked our hostess before she left.

"Oh, that's the palace," she told me with a smile before she slid away.

"What water show was she talking about? The water's frozen," Chris complained, reaching out to knock on the ice.

"I bet we'll get to see that in a moment," Rose told her and motioned toward the palace.

A group of people walked out of the palace, and judging by their protective formation around a single person, I guessed that this was the Queen. Because of the distance, all I could tell was that, aside from the person next to her, she was the only one wearing white like us. The other people around her were all wearing blue. When they descended down the stairs, everyone starting shuffling around the Queen, cutting off our view so we could no longer see her.

"Maybe we should call Bella," Emmett suggested.

"No need to do that," both Alice and Dylan said.

"Okay, I get why Alice seems to know something, but what about you, Dylan?" Chris asked sharply.

"I'm a transporting service, don't you think I've been here more than once already today? Though I haven't really been at the Pyros today..." he told her with a smirk.

Behind the fence of the garden, people started gathering at the rim of the pool, all seeming to be expecting something.

On the other side, the people in blue started to shuffle around once more, and one of the people in white climbed onto the rim of the pool. It looked like the person touched the ice with the tip of their foot, and suddenly, all of the ice inside of it turned into flowing water, causing the ornaments in the middle to crash.

The woman stepped aside and suddenly there were several people on the very side of the pool, diving into the water. Again, they were all wearing blue. Then there was just the one who made the ice disappear left, her small figure clad in a white bathing suit which matched her white hair. I couldn't make out any details, but even from the distance, the body shape seemed familiar.

I looked at Chris for a moment to confirm my suspicions and then back. "That's Bella!" I exclaimed at the same time as Chris let out a little squeal. "She's going to get a cold if she jumps in there!" I said and waved hastily with my arms, signalling for Bella not to jump inside the water. I didn't know if she was me, but if she did, she ignored me.

"She's ignoring you," Chris informed me, watching her twin in amazement.

I threw a glare in her direction, which she didn't seem to notice.

"Just sit and relax, Edward," Alice said quickly. "Don't worry, she'll be fine." She turned her attention back to Bella.

Bella was still standing at the edge and I watched as she slowly lifted her arms. While she did that, a string of water followed her movements. She dropped her arm again, letting the water sink back into the pool. Then the people who'd jumped in earlier started moving. All of them quickly swam to the middle, splashing the water in a beautiful manner as they did so.

When they met in the middle, they formed a circle and started to do something that looked like a dance. They all swayed slightly, moving their arms around them, letting the water rock back and forth. Then somehow, some of the water around them lifted and circled them. It moved so fast that I wasn't even sure it was moving, but then it slowed down and started to climb up the air in a spiral. Then it all dropped back into the water, earning an applause from the audience while the ones in the water started creating little forms out of the water. Bella lifted her arms again, but this time, only to her sides, before she dropped them back down, slow and elegant. At first, nothing happened, but then I saw the water mimic her movement, creating waves to Bella's left and right and leaving a hole in front of her.

The waves got higher and higher, and then just as the water was above her head, Bella jumped into the hole in front of her.

I nearly jumped out of my chair to jump into the pool to save her, but Alice held me back, giving me a reassuring look.

The water crashed down around Bella and then everything went still. I could practically hear how every person in this ice town was holding their breath. And then in the middle of the silence, a spiral of water shot up with Bella spinning on top. She held still for a minute before the water beneath her crumbled and she fell.

The others below started to move quickly, creating a whirl at the point where Bella would land. She fell right into it, head first. It looked so elegant, which made me assume it was planned. The elegance made her last name suit her even more perfectly than it already, which left me in awe.

Another round of applause followed, while the ones in the water moved quickly to different positions here and there. I could see Bella slowly swimming to the middle, while the others pushed out various water 'jets', making it look like the pool was one giant fountain. Then they all moved back to the sides and climbed out of the water, still creating little forms and shapes until they froze. I saw that the girl who had unfrozen the whole pool was now freezing it again, recreating the ornaments from earlier, which I could now tell were little tricks done by the water manipulators. Bella was still in the middle, and when everything around her was frozen except for the spot where she was, she slammed her hands down in the water. She was pushed up once more, although not as high as before, but the water around her made her look like an angel with wings. And then it all froze. First, the water trail behind her, then her water wings, and finally, her body.

"Don't even think about it, Edward," Alice warned when she saw that I was halfway out of my seat.

"Am I the only one who sees that she's frozen?" I asked in disbelief.

"She's not frozen, there's still water around her," Chris informed me.

I saw the girl who had frozen all this quickly slide over to where Bella was tripped in the air along with a few of the blue people. Meanwhile the crowd was applauding like crazy.

"Encore! Encore!" Emmett shouted along with Rose and Dylan.

Chris applauded as well, although she did look a little worried.

The girl in white was now more visible for me and I could now see a tiara on her head.

"Is that the Queen?" I asked. Nobody answered me, but I didn't actually care. I saw the girl touch the frozen water trail, and suddenly, Bella fell from where she was. A little mass of water dropped down as well, but by a simple movement from the girl in white, it was turned to snow. The guys in blue caught Bella before anything could happen to her, and wrapped her in a thick towel.

"You know, she's good. The angel's still standing," Alice remarked, and she was right.

"Well, I hope you enjoyed the show," a male voice suddenly spoke from behind us as Bella and the rest of the people walked back into the palace.

I turned and recognized him as Japree. He was dressed like a waiter, carrying a tray with empty glass goblets. "So what ice do you want?" he asked as he pulled out a bottle of water. He placed the tray on the table and set a goblet in front of each of us, then handed out a few menus. Another waitress joined him then, carrying a tray with various little bottles.

I looked at the menu and noticed that these were basically snow cones in a goblet.

"I want pineapple-cherry," Alice ordered right away.

Japree nodded and took her goblet. He handed it to the other waitress, who seemed to be some kind of assistant, and she quickly mixed the contents of two bottles in there. Japree took it back and then let his hand linger on it for a moment before he handed Alice her pink ice.

She tried it and then a happy smile lit up her face. "Best snow cone I've ever had," she complimented.

"Oh, we call them snow balls because we don't serve all of them in a cone," Japree told her, flashing a grin. After that, he quickly worked on all of our orders, and when he as done, he handed me a little note. "From her Majesty," he told me, giving me a meaningful look before he and his assistant went to serve some other people.

I opened it and found shiny silver writing inside.

Invitation for an audience with her Majesty the Water Queen, and her Majesty the Ice Princess.

There was a time written beneath that.

"We have to be at the palace in twenty minutes," I informed them others.

"Oh yay!" Rose mumbled enthusiastically and then continued to munch on her ice.

"We should hurry, I have to get back to work soon," I said.

"Oh please, what's more important?" Chris asked. "Your girlfriend, or a bunch of girls – who you don't even know – drooling over you?"

I only looked at her to tell her that this question was highly unnecessary.

Then her eyes widened in amusement and she giggled. "Although considering the current awkwardness between the two of you, I understand why you would rather be with the drooling girls."

"What awkwa—" I started to ask, but quickly shut my mouth when I realized what she was talking about. So she knew. Had Bella told her? On a scale from one to ten of embarrassing things that could have happened to me today, this was definitely an eleven. How exactly do people deal with situations like that?

"Chill, Edward," Jasper said with a roll of his eyes. "You're not the first guy on Earth who's been in your place, though you are probably the first guy to be this embarrassed. You might wanna chill out a bit more – after all, she is your girlfriend."

Did he honestly have to say something like that now where everyone could listen?

Dylan looked curiously back and forth between me and Jasper, as did Emmett, while Chris and Alice giggled like little school girls.

Sometimes I felt like I was in the wrong place.

"Can't you people hurry up a little? I thought we had to see the Queen," Rose urged impatiently. That got everybody to hurry with their 'snow balls', and when Japree reappeared, he kindly told us that this was on the house. We thanked him and started to make our way over to the palace.

Of course with Alice and Emmett, it took a big longer than it should have for us to get there. After a few moments, Chris started to be a burden as well. It seemed like the Sari was now starting to get in her way, so she stumbled almost as often as Alice. Well, at least she wasn't as bad as Emmett, who was barely standing on the skates as he merely let Rose push him around. At some point, Dylan took Chris by the hand to keep her upright. Alice eyed them curiously, completely forgetting to stumble as she did so. I started to wonder if she tripped on purpose so she could have a reason for Jasper to hold her the whole time.

When we finally stood in front of the step that led up to the palace, I realized that it wasn't as big and impressive as you would assume a palace in real life to be, but it still had us all staring in awe and fascination. Because the palace too was made up of ice and had beautifully carved patterns along the walls.

"How do we get up the stairs on ice skates?" Alice asked, staring at the stairs like they were a death trap.

"You'll just have to be careful when you climb them," Rose advised and then took Emmett's hand to lead him up the stairs.

Chris was apparently not in the mood for any careful walking, so she simply took the skates off, ran up the stairs, and put them back on.

That was one way to do it. I quickly dashed up, barely even touching the steps, and arrived somewhat at the same time as Dylan.

Rose, Alice, Jasper, and Emmett all glared at us as they continued their careful climb while the three of us watched them, encouraging them along the way. When they finally made it up, we all turned and stood in front of the big ice door.

"Now what?" asked Rose.

"Maybe we should knock," Emmett suggested. We all turned to look at him with raised eyebrows, but he just shrugged and hit his fist again the door, which was smaller than the big one, and built into it.

"Do you have an audience?" the guy who opened it asked lazily. I showed him the note that Japree had given me earlier. He looked at it, nodded, and then let us go through. We were in a small entry hall that was, like everything else, made out of ice. Even the chandelier on the ceiling was ice. He led us to another set of doors, opened them, and loudly announced, "Your Majesty, you have guests."

I heard an answering groan come from inside before the guy pushed all of us through the door, closing it behind him. We were in what I suspected to be the throne room. I came to this conclusion when I saw the two icy thrones that were on the other side of the room. One of which was occupied by Bella. Next to her sat Natalia, who was having a quiet conversation with a girl to her right, who was dressed in blue like the rest of the people standing on each side of the room. I counted twelve people dressed in blue.

"Welcome, my subservients," Bella greeted us calmly, though I could detect a little grin etched on her face.

"Bella is the Queen?" Chris and Rose screeched, making everyone jump.

Even though this was supposed to be the throne room, the atmosphere in here wasn't royal at all, except for the aura around Bella and Natalia. Their servants were just lounging around, playing Chess or attempting to look stoic, but failing horribly.

I looked at Bella and was immediately reminded of Emmett's words. She was indeed as beautiful as a Goddess. Her usually mahogany brown hair was now as white as the dress she had on. Her makeup had an icy effect and matched the overall look perfectly. On top of that, she wore a little tiara on her head. She smiled gently down at us, giving her an even more Goddess-like look.

If I'd ever thought she was beautiful before, she was truly stunning now, looking at us the way she was. She had this incredible air of charisma around her and I wondered if it had anything to do with her being the Queen.

"I knew you were going to be a stunning Water Queen, but the Ice Princess looks pretty beautiful as well," Alice complimented the two girls sitting on their ice thrones.

Natalia pulled a grimace at her, but grinned at the same time.

Bella's eyes fell onto me and as soon as I caught her gaze, she looked away. I detected a faint blush underneath of her white makeup.

"Well, now that we're here and all, I can complain," Chris started and marched up to her sister. "Why does Edward get those pretty skates and not me? I am your twin and he's just...Edward," she whined, causing everyone's eyes to turn to her. I could see the curiosity within some of their facial expressions when Chris mentioned being her twin. I guessed that, especially today, the differences between the girls were visible and emphasized with Bella dressed in this Arctic style and Chris looking so oriental.

They truly looked like fire and water. I grinned a little to myself at the thought.

Bella sighed. "Because we only had these left, and they're hardly your size."

Chris simply huffed childishly and mumbled something under her breath.

"You know, as much as I love these awesome thrones, I'd really like to take my break now, so can we please drop this facade now?" Natalia groaned, squirming around on her throne.

Bella laughed quietly at her. "Sure, I'm done showing off anyway," she replied and gracefully slipped off her seat. "I'm just gonna change real quick and then I will show you around," she then said to us before she vanished through a door behind the thrones with Natalia and a few others by her side.

"Well Chris, it seems like you're the bad luck charm for the Pyros. This is the first time in years that the Hydros are going to win the bet," Rose said to Chris, obviously trying to rile her up.

But Chris just smiled broadly. "I wouldn't be too sure about that."

"Are you sure? Because I'm sure water beats fire," I commented.

She grimaced at me like she so often did. "Yes, but fire melts ice. Who asked you anyway?"

I let out a quiet chuckle, shaking my head at her expression. Sometimes I really thought that she didn't like me, but Bella always reassured me that she did. The few times I'd gotten to see inside Chris' head, I saw that her sister was right and that she didn't dislike me, she just liked being a bitch to me, partly because I was dating her sister and she was protective. It's good that I have a thing for the much more bearable twin. I didn't think I would survive in Dylan's shoes.

Speaking of Dylan, he suddenly turned to me after casting a look at his watch. "Um, Edward...don't you have to go back to playing escort soon?" he asked with a smug smile.

I sighed. The Psychs always build a fair as their display along with the Technos. We kind of had separated displays, but collaborated here and there. Anyway, since we just had to have as many interesting things as possible, we always tried to use every person's potential for something.

Last year, I played the Mirror of Truth. Someone could drag their friend, sister, father, or whatever, to me and confront them about a topic, then ask me if they were lying. A liar would get hit on their head with my scepter. It was actually really fun, but Miriam, one of the council members, didn't want me to do the same thing again, so she came up with an escort service. As I mentioned before, the fair was all about using a person's potential, and apparently Miriam took that very seriously or she just didn't get it.

A few girls and boys had been chosen to be escorts, which basically meant that some boy or girl could rent one of us to escort them to their fair as their date. Our task was to make it seem like a real date, only we weren't supposed to go any further than holding hands. And since the Psychs were a democratic party, we chose who got the wonderful task of being an escort. Unfortunately, I was one of them. Apparently it didn't seem to matter that I had a girlfriend, because when I'd mentioned that Bella might be upset about it, Miriam just told me to break up with her if she couldn't handle the competition.

Dylan was also one of the escorts, but he'd gotten himself out of it for today by volunteering to help the transporting service. Now all he had to do was walk around with the shirt that had 'Transport'written on it along with the amount of people. In his case, it was two. Then someone could just walk up to him and request to be brought wherever they wanted to go next.

Originally, Alice had been chosen to be an escort as well, but then we all agreed that we needed a fortune teller at our fair, so she was let off the hook. So basically, I was pretty much the only one who had to suffer today, but I would make sure that Dylan's day tomorrow would be just as horrible as mine.

My thoughts were interrupted by the reappearance of Bella. I really didn't see the sense in her changing, mostly because she was wearing the dress again. It was white and had fur along the neckline, which was off both shoulders sort of like a wrap, and had fur along the hem of the wrists. It looked a little thick and fairly warm, which was good seeing as she was surrounded by ice, and the skirt of the dress had a small train.

"I'm really starting to hate this whole Queen thing," she complained.

"Why? You look wonderful!" Alice stared at her, wide-eyed.

"Maybe so, but I don't necessarily enjoy having to wear a dress the whole time."

"Quit whining, you look awesome. Now show us around," commanded Chris.

"I don't think you should be ordering the Queen around," I said to her.

"Oh please, you're only saying that because you're the one...oh wait, no you're not." The grin on Chris' face was definitely never a good thing.

I narrowed my eyes at her, trying to read her mind. Unfortunately she seemed to have her shield in place today. I looked at Bella, who was staring at her sister in concentration.

"Hmm...I guess we'll never know what that means," Bella said and shrugged. Apparently Chris defeated her sister. I wasn't even sure how she'd done that.

Rose quickly processed her words and then she started laughing hysterically.

Thanks to Rose, I knew what Chris meant and I groaned as I shook my head. "Let's just go," I suggested and Bella nodded, sliding gracefully to my side.

Alice POV

Chris was already waiting for me in front of the Special room.

"What are you wearing?" I asked her immediately, not bothering to greet her properly.

"A Sari," she answered curtly.

"Not that it doesn't look good, but why?"

"You'll know as soon as you see the Pyros display," she said with a smile.

I rolled my eyes. I'd probably know sooner than that. "Well, then for now, let's go visit Jazzy and Rose," I exclaimed in excitement. I couldn't wait to see what Jazzy was doing. I'd purposely tried my best not to look into that particular part of the future because I want to be surprised.

We entered the room and hurriedly shuffled into the line. The guy who sat at the info desk looked pretty bored. When it was our turn, he didn't even really look at us, he just started taking immediately.

"Here are your numbers. Sign your names here and here," he said lazily in a monotonous voice that made it sound like he'd repeated it a million times already. We did as he asked, quickly signing our names. "If you get lost, just tap your wand against the wall and you'll get out," he took a deep breath. "The rules of the game are simple. Try to find your way through the labyrinth and complete the tasks the God's ask you to do. If you're not capable of doing so, you will be disqualified and escorted out. If you win the game, you will get to choose one of the Gods to be your slave for one whole day. Enjoy yourselves."

"Another maze?" Chris shrieked as soon as we were through the entrance.

"You got a problem with that?" I asked her.

"Oh no, not really. The last time I was in a maze, someone did, but no, I don't have a problem."

"Chill. This is hardly like our Halloween maze."

"Whatever. Who or what are the Gods anyway?"

"We'll see soon enough." I led the way through the maze and soon we landed in an aisle where a blond haired girl in a toga was waiting for us. I noticed mirrors in the aisle and briefly wondered what they were for.

"My name is Samantha. I am the Goddess of the Mirrors. If you succeed in catching me within one minute, you may pass through."

"What do you mean 'catch you'?" Chris asked, bewildered.

Samantha turned to one of the mirrors and simply stepped inside. "Get me out of whichever mirror I am walking around in," she stated.

"How the—"

"Your time starts now." And with those words, she walked out of the window frame and appeared in another mirror. She was quite fast and slipped quickly from one mirror to the next. She was above our heads, beside us...everywhere.

"How are we supposed to get her out?" Chris asked.

"She only said that we have to get her out of the mirror she's in, right?"

"Um...yes?"

"Okay then, I have no idea," I told her truthfully.

She groaned in response.

"Can you punch through glass?"

"Shattering mirrors isn't the most wise idea," Samantha commented from above us. "It will only create more places for me to be." Suddenly she was beside Chris. "You have ten more seconds."

Chris sighed and reached her hand out for the mirror where Samantha was currently in.

"You can't pull me out."

Chris made no move to comment as she began poking Samantha's face, though she never actually touched it. At first, I didn't even realize what she was doing, but then I saw her other hand on the lower corner, blazing up and slowly melting the glass. Gradually, the whole mirror became somewhat liquid. By the time Samantha realized this, it was a little too late.

"What are you doing? That's not—" Before she could finish, all the glass started to drip out of the frame, causing Samantha to fall with it.

"Did we pass?" I asked, excited.

She looked at her watch. "Yes, just in time. You may proceed."

I squealed, thanked Chris quickly, and skipped off down the aisle with Chris trailing behind me.

"Alice, don't you think it'd be useful to know what's next?"

I looked at her and sighed. "That would just ruin all the fun," I told her wisely.

Chris rolled her eyes at me, shaking her head.

Yes, we'd really grown on each other. Even without my power, I had an excellent sixth sense, which was why I led the way. Chris just strolled lightly behind me, muttering something under her breath. By the sounds of it, she was complaining.

It wasn't too long before we spotted a guy in a toga. He looked kind of bored, but when he saw us approaching, he jumped up excitedly.

"I am Ryan, God of Duplication. You must find which one of us is real before you may pass. You will have thirty seconds to complete your task," he said in an unnaturally deep voice as eh pushed his chest out in an attempt to look buff and impressive.

"You're not getting a lot of action over here, are you?" Chris asked him in a bored tone.

"No, not really," he admitted, letting his shoulders slump.

"How many people have made it here?" I asked.

"Not including you, just two others."

I nodded in understanding.

"So, what weapon did you use to get Sam out of her mirror?" Ryan asked.

"I melted it," Chris said nonchalantly.

"Melted it? I didn't know they gave out such dangerous weapons."

"What do you mean they give out weapons?" I asked him, a little confused.

"Um, did you not get any at the entrance?" he asked slowly, his brow furrowed.

"No," Chris and I answered in unison.

"Well that sucks. You're supposed to get three items at the entrance to help you with some of the talents you encounter in here. Others you'll have to deal with yourself – for example, me."

"So what kind of items are handed out at the entrance, and is it bad that we don't have any?"

"Well, they give out things like earplugs, robes, chill pills...that kind of thing. Of course we don't know what path you will take, so the things you get may or may not be useful. And since you seem to have made it passed Sam without any help, I wouldn't say you are at a complete disadvantage. Using talents is allowed," Ryan told us with a shrug.

"Well, if that's the case, let's get to it already," Chris said, now a little impatient as she interrupted the conversation between Ryan and I.

"Right. Like I said before, you have thirty seconds." Ryan stepped back and before I could even blink, there were nine more of him. All of the Ryans stood in a line, grinning at us, and together, all of them said, "Your time starts now."

I looked at Chris, who was looking at me expectantly.

"You're the psychic, don't look at me," she said.

I smiled briefly at her before I channelled my concentration on the different possible outcomes in front of us. Nine out of ten scenarios weren't the ones we wanted. I opened my eyes and looked the one that I knew was the real Ryan straight in the eyes. "You're the real one," I said, pointing my finger at him dramatically.

All of the Ryans jumped up and their laughter filled the air. "Congratulations," they screamed. "You may proceed." The ten Ryans moved to make room and continued jubilantly as we vanished around a corner.

"I am so glad you cannot duplicate," Chris murmured with a shudder.

"That wouldn't be as bad as if you were the one who could duplicate," I retorted with a grimace. "Ugh, more than one of you," I shuddered, wincing at the thought.

"Whatever, Cullen."

The next few minutes we spent teasing each other, until I came to a screeching halt, causing Chris to bump into me.

"Seriously, Alice—"

"Oh hello. Long time no see, huh? Oh wait, it actually hasn't been that long," Irina said with a wicked smile on her face. She too was wearing a toga and until our arrival, she had also been fairly bored. Now her eyes were gleaming viciously as they darted between me and Chris.

"See," Chris hissed next to me. "This is why I said it's useful to know what comes next."

I would have retorted something, had Irina's voice not interrupted me.

"You know, Nightmare has been looking for you. I told the boss that I could do it, but he thought I wasn't capable of completing the task. So Nightmare has been given the task to get you, and being the idiot she is, she wasn't capable of finding you. Now I'm just sitting here all day and two of you are in my immediate reach, and the another two have just walked straight into my arms. Now who's the incompetent one?"

"Do you honestly think we care about the problems you have with your job?" I asked her with a sigh, hoping to cover up any fear with sarcasm.

"If you have issues with your boss and co-workers, maybe you should see a guidance counsellor or maybe even a therapist," Chris added.

Irina quirked an eyebrow at us. "You two should be a little more submissive. You do realize that I am going to take you to my boss now, right?"

I opened my mouth to say something, but snapped it closed with a pop. Behind me, I felt Chris shift uncomfortably before I felt heat radiating from her.

"How is that burn I gave you, Irina? Healed yet?" Chris asked through clenched teeth.

Irina narrowed her eyes at Chris and I saw her hands twitch.

"If you touch Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, or any of my friends, I will make sure I hit you more precisely next time."

From the corner of my eye, I saw Chris raise her blazing hand to emphasize her threat.

"I can make you disappear before you can even say 'hot'," Irina replied cockily.

Chris mumbled something about a bad comeback and then suddenly there were ranks growing out of Irina's back, making her look like Dr. Octopus. Chris moved to push me aside, a vicious gleam now in her eyes as well.

"You two are both idiots. You do realize that students and teachers keep tabs on what happens in here, right? If someone gets hurt, they'll know who did it, and the same thing goes for if someone disappears, so you two might wanna cool down," I interceded, feeling like I was explaining something to five-year-olds.

It was obvious that neither of them had been thinking this far ahead. Of course not. It was sad that a self-proclaimed genius like Chris wouldn't think about something as simple as that.

Chris sighed. "I totally forgot about that," she murmured and hit herself on the forehead. "Well, I guess your threats are kinda empty then, hey Irina?"

She grimaced at her.

"Instead of standing there doing nothing useful, how about you just tell us what our task is, we do it, we pass, and you can keep dreaming of catching us."

The evil glint returned to Irina's eyes. "I think I'll just let you two pass. I might not know where your hiding place is, but this campus isn't big enough for you to hide forever. I will find you and even if I don't, I think I know how to get you where and when I want you." She was mostly threatening Chris, but her eyes kept flitting to me.

"Ugh, even for your standards this sounded bad and disgusting," Chris complained and quickly pulled me along to get passed Irina. "Thanks to this little baby here, I'll know when you're coming and I'll be waiting for you," she said, patting my head as we passed Irina. The two girls glared at each other for a moment before we continued walking.

When we were out of hearing range, Chris let out a deep breath and let her shoulders slump a little. It was then I realized she wasn't nearly as tough as she acted. She seriously was far too protective for her own good. I smiled fondly at her when her eyes found mine.

She opened her mouth but I shook my head, immediately knowing what she wanted to ask.

"It's the fair and I think they all just got out of a depressing mood after our disappearance. Let them have some fun, at least for now, before we let them all freak out again," I told her gently.

Chris seemed to think for a moment before she nodded in agreement.

"Great, you know we also deserve to have some fun, so come on, let's win this game," I said to her, back to my usual excited self as I pushed away any dark thoughts and pulled her along.

It wasn't too long after that I felt a familiar presence and I immediately quickened my pace.

"Alice, what are we running from?" Chris asked anxiously when I hurriedly tugged on her hand.

"Alice," said a surprise voice.

A grin spread across my face when I saw Jasper sitting on the floor looking entirely relaxed. "Jazzy!" I squealed, throwing myself at him, feeling completely safe and content when he embraced me tightly.

"Let me guess," Chris said, then turned sarcastic. "We weren't running from anything, we were just running to Jasper."

I nodded and peppered small kisses all over Jasper's face as he sat there, allowing me to do so.

"I thought looking ahead would ruin all the fun," Chris continued mockingly.

"I didn't use my gift. I know when Jasper is close," I informed her. Jasper was obviously pleased to hear this as an insanely handsome smile spread across his face, making me want to kiss him even more. As if he'd read my mind, his lips were pressed urgently to mine, sending chills throughout my body.

In the background, Chris sighed. "You guys are so sweet, it's giving me a toothache, so could you please cut it out?"

Jasper frowned slightly but let go of me anyway.

"Don't look at me like that. Don't you have a task for us?"

"Actually, I don't," he answered. "My break just started, I'm just waiting for my replacement to get here."

"Already here," a voice called and a small girl skipped around the corner.

"Great, you can name your task then and I'll just lean back and watch."

"Alright," the girl said excitedly while my Jazzy leaned against the wall. "My name is Renata and I'm the Goddess of Confusion. Your task is to try and touch me. You have 120 seconds to accomplish this task. Your time starts now."

I looked at Chris, who didn't make a move to get close to Renata. Judging by her expression, she was trying to find the difficulty in the task. I sighed and approached Renata. She was just standing a few steps in front of me.

A strange wave of energy went through my body and when it passed, I found myself standing several feet away from Renata. How did I land here? The look Chris gave me said the same thing but I just shrugged at her in reply.

Renata stood there, smiling smugly at us.

Chris let out a sigh and approached Renata herself, but for some strange reason, she just walked in a completely different direction when she came closer to her.

I frowned at that and saw Chris open her mouth, probably to complain or curse, but I didn't get to hear what she said. My sight became blurry and the scene in front of me was replaced by another one.

"Alice, you're doing that creepy eye thing again," Chris noted, pulling me back into reality.

"You should be thankful for that because now I've got the answer," I told her. Having unannounced visions wasn't something I was used to yet. It was only the second time it had happened to me and I wasn't the least bit in control of it.

"Answer to what?"

"Renata's projecting a shield that confuses people in her radius. It's a purely mental defense, so if you just start using your mental shield a little better..."

Chris didn't even let me finish as she turned around to quickly walk to Renata's side. She tapped her lightly on the arm and grinned. "We won," she sang while Renata looked disgruntled about being defeated.

"Have fun," she griped and motioned in the direction we were supposed to go.

Jasper was at my side again, walking silently with us.

"Doesn't Rose have her break now?" I asked.

"She does, but she also probably has to wait for her replacement. They take some time to make it through this place," Jasper answered.

"I wonder why," mumbled Chris.

Jasper ignored her. "How was your day so far?" he asked me quietly.

"Kind of annoying, really. Those people all ask such stupid questions. Most of the guys just want to cheat with their bets in the Physios display, which results in all of them winning next to nothing since they all knew who would win. And all of the senior girls ask me where Edward is, if he is currently available, and when he will break up with Bella. As if I need to be a psychic to answer those questions."

Jasper let out a quiet chuckle and squeezed my hand. "I'm sure you're doing a great job anyway."

I grinned at him and wanted to kiss that beautiful face when Chris' voice ruined the whole thing.

"Rose!" she exclaimed.

Rose was sitting in front of a closed door and when she heard her name, she glanced up from the magazine she'd been reading. "You guys actually made it this far?" she asked boredly.

"Just tell us what we have to do to win this thing and then we can be done with it," Chris sighed.

"I really don't think it's going to be that easy," I noted, but Chris just waved me off. She was such an idiot sometimes.

"Alright. I'm the Goddess of Love and all you have to do is walk through that door. You have 30 seconds to do so, starting now." Rose flipped her long blond hair over her should and smiled beautifully at us. She seemed to be glowing as if a spotlight was directed at her, and then suddenly, some kind of pull made me want to be close to her. I forgot all about Jasper's arm being around me and I forgot about Chris standing close by. All I saw was Rose. Beautiful, stunning Rose.

It was like an angel's choir was singing as she stood in the light, and then suddenly, it all stopped. I felt strangely empty for a moment and was a little disoriented.

"I'm sorry, but you didn't pass," Rose said with a pout. She was still beautiful, but this unnatural light around her was gone and I let out a frustrated groan. I really really hated her pheromones. I made a mental note to start carrying pheromone blockers around at all times. She'd used that gift of hers often enough to get her way, even if in this case it was just part of a game.

"I hate pheromones," I heard Chris murmur and I couldn't help but laugh at her.

"I seem to remember a day when you were pretty fond of them," I said innocently.

She glared at me and behind me, Rose giggled and started making cat noises.

"I really don't know why I'm friends with you people," Chris hissed.

"Don't worry, sweetie, we ask ourselves that every day," I said to her, flashing a grin.

Before Chris could come up with a retort, we were interrupted by the boy who was supposed to take over Rose's shift and we gladly slipped through the door that Rose had protected earlier. Behind it was a little hall that was set up for a part with a few people lounging around.

"Still no winners?" a boy asked.

Rose shook her head with a proud smile.

"Awesome," he cheered.

"Aren't you getting bored though?" I asked him.

He shrugged. "Doesn't matter, we can entertain ourselves enough. The thing with this game is that everyone wants to win, and if they don't, they just start again. You two are actually the first ones who have made it this far and also the only ones who walked through one of our doors. You might wanna try it again, I'm sure you could win."

"He just wants you to waste your time in there," Jasper said with a sigh and shook his head at the boy before he led the way out of the little hall and back to the entrance.

"Well lets go get Eddie boy now," Rose encouraged.

"Don't you guys want to change out of the togas?" Chris asked her with a giggle.

"Right. Come on, Jasper."

Jasper breathed another sigh and quickly followed Rose. It took them five minutes to reappear in normal clothing.

"You know, I liked that toga," I said to Jasper.

"I know," he replied with a grin.

We made our way to the Psychs display, and like every year, the crowd was huge in this part. Everyone was pushing and screaming, laughing and crying, winning and losing. We passed different booths and cafes along the way.

We came passed a stand called 'Flying with Peter Pan'. Sure enough, there was a guy dressed up as Peter Pan in an anti-gravity field. The Technos had built that with the help of Justin and Sarah, who had the ability to suppress gravity. If I'd heard it correctly, one of them always had to be connected with the machine that was somewhere beneath, in order for it to work. The only thing that we saw was Peter Pan and a girl soaring up in the air.

"Looks like fun. I think I'm gonna do that later or something," Rose commented.

"Later? Don't you have to get back to work?" Chris asked her.

"Unlike you, we actually get free time. We work in shifts and get more than one break. Most people do, but the first breaks are always the ones that overlap."

"Does that mean everyone gets another break later?" Chris asked with a pout.

"Yup," answered Jasper while I nodded.

"Please tell me you're not coming to see me."

"We're not. We'll do that as a collected group," I reassured her with an evil grin, knowing that this was a lot worse to her.

"I never thought you were as shy as Bella," Rose laughed.

"I'm not, I just don't want you people there."

"That hurt our feelings," Jasper mocked her, grinning.

Chris didn't reply as she turned her attention to a kissing booth instead. "A kissing booth isn't very original."

"It is when you're kissing a shapeshifter," I told her. "From what I've heard, there's a lot of girls lining up to demand Edward. Mandy's not particularly pleased with her task."

"Can she shape into whoever I want?" Chris asked excitedly.

"Yes."

"Lets go and smooch her then."

"I don't see the sense in that since Jazzy's already at my side," I told her with a roll of my eyes.

"Oh please, don't you have a secret fantasy?" she retorted. "Brad Pitt? Matthew McConaughey? Pete Doherty?"

"Ew, that was just plain disgusting," Rose commented with a shudder.

"Who is Pete Doherty?" Jasper asked.

Chris bit her lip to prevent herself from laughing and I narrowed my eyes at her, and then suddenly, I was hit with another of those visions that I didn't summon.

"There is no way in hell I am going to do that," I protested instantly.

Chris laughed loudly now that she knew I saw what her evil mind plotted.

Rose sighed. "It's not the time for stupid dares right now."

"Why? It's not like we have something important to do," Chris protested.

"Oh, look over there Seven Minutes in Heaven! How about we try that out?"

Chris looked to where Rose was pointing and frowned. "Doesn't look like much fun," she noted when she took in the tent that had called Rose's attention.

"We should go check it out anyway. The illusionists combined with the readers should be able to create some really nice illusions," I encouraged.

"You might not want to go in there. I heard that the front is Seven Minutes in Heaven and the back is Seventeen Minutes in Hell. I wonder how they kept it a secret from the whole group," Dylan's voice was suddenly right beside me, causing me to jump. Everyone turned at the sound of his voice.

"Don't ever do that again," I said, placing a hand over my racing heart and scowling at my brother.

He saluted and grinned at me with twinkling eyes.

"Were you already in there?" Chris asked Dylan, pointing at the Heaven/Hell tent.

"I'm not crazy," he answered.

A smile slowly spread across Chris' face. "How about you and I check it out?"

"I just said I'm not crazy."

"You mean you're not brave enough."

"Are you implying that I'm scared?"

"Obviously."

"Oh please, as if you would go in there."

"I will if you do."

"Why? Are you scared to go in without me?"

"No, but having you by my side would make everything else seem less scary."

"So you are scared without me."

"No, I mean it can't get much worse than you."

"I—"

"Shut up already. You two go in there and lose your minds and we'll..." I looked around for something that was worth spending time with. "We'll go to the robot auction."

"I thought we were going to get Edward?" Rose said, not really impressed by my idea.

"Edward?" Dylan let out a loud laugh. "He's still working and I wouldn't free him from his suffering any time soon."

Jasper looked at his watch. "We still have time anyway, Edward's break starts at one."

"So it's settled then. Lets see if we can get a cute robot," I squealed.

"Wait, wait, wait. You mean you guys are going to look at some machines while I have to go through Hell?" Chris asked hastily.

"It was your idea," Jasper murmured with a shrug.

"Are you scared, Swan?" Dylan asked her mockingly.

"Lets go." She grabbed Dylan's arm and stomped toward the tent.

"She is such an idiot," Rose sighed. "Hard to believe she's related to Bella."

"One of them had to get all the stupidity," I said, shrugging as we strode to the auction house.

"Rosalie, I didn't think I would bump into you two here," a familiar voice called. I didn't even need to look to know it was Ms. Hale. "And I see that you've got little Alice back," she said when she stood in front of us. "I hope the same goes for the second Swan girl."

I lifted an eyebrow in confusion. Why did she know that I'd been gone and when did she meet Bella?

"Yes, she's back as well. She went with Dylan to the Heaven tent," Rose replied swiftly.

"Yes, yes, that's great," her mother answered distractedly.

I've never really been able to figure this woman out. She seemed so stiff at times that I wondered how she had managed to raise two kids like Rose and Jasper.

As my eyes drifted to her, I noticed that she was dressed up in an expensive black dress with matching pumps. I'd always admired her sophisticated, polished style, but she seemed to be so out of place right now in the middle of this colorful crowd.

"Justine," another voice called. I immediately recognized my mother on the arm of my father.

"Why are so many parents here?" Jasper asked, motioning his head toward all the adults entering the auction house.

"Because they're the ones who can afford to actually buy these robots. And it's not like everyone is a parent of a student here," Rose answered quietly.

Justine Hale had turned her attention to my parents, greeting them pleasantly.

"Alice, where are the others?" Dad asked me when he saw that there were only three of us.

"Emmett, Edward, and Bella are working," I answered.

"Ah yes, I saw the Hydros display, very impressive. Have you seen it yet?"

"Not yet, we're planning to go there as a whole group," Rose told him.

"I won't tell you too much then, but I can tell you that it's quite impressive. After the auction, your mother and I will see if the Pyros can top it this year," Dad grinned playfully, looking a lot like Edward in that moment.

"Well if the others are working, where are Chris and Dylan then?" Mom asked.

"Seven Minutes in Heaven," Jasper replied curtly.

Mom sucked in a deep breath. "They do know how the thing ends, right?" she asked worriedly.

"Oh yes," Rose and I chorused.

"Well, shall we go inside now?" Ms. Hale suggested.

"Oh yes, I want to see if I can get something new for my kitchen," Mom agreed and pulled my father along.

We followed our parents inside and got ourselves seated. The next minutes we spent watching different demonstrations of robots that the Technos had built. Not exactly robots in the sense of a human-like machine, although they did also have something like that as well. Mostly it was just some freaky kind of holographic computers or self-working kitchen aids. Not much that a spell wouldn't do. The auction didn't take much time, and soon, we were all stepping out of the house again.

Not a second too late, Chris and Dylan appeared in our midst.

"How was Hell?" Rose asked the two of them and they both shrugged in response.

"It's not that bad, really. The readers aren't rummaging through minds anymore because apparently there have been quite a few breakdowns after they dug out the greatest fears and let the illusionists project them. Now it's like a real life haunted house," Dylan explained quickly.

"So it's not scary?" I asked him.

"It might be to some people. Chris threw a fit when she saw the spiders."

Chris smacked him on his arm, grimacing.

"Um, excuse me, but you are not really Isabella's twin, are you?" Ms. Hale interrupted our conversation.

"Yes, I am, and who are you?" Chris asked boldly, not even bothering to sound polite.

Ms. Hale only lifted one of her delicate eyebrows at her.

Rose groaned and shook her head at Chris.

"Is she a friend of yours, Rosalie?" her mother asked.

"Yes, but I assure you she is not always so—"

"You better watch what you say, Hale, or I'll smoke your ass," Chris interceded. Did she intend to make a bad impression on Rose and Jazzy's mom? But then again, she didn't know that it was their mother, although she should be able to figure it out seeing as Rose looks an awful lot like her mother.

Ms. Hale eyed Chris carefully while Jasper chuckled quietly beside me. I really didn't see what was so funny in this situation, but I didn't say anything.

"Well, don't you want to introduce yourself, young lady?" Ms. Hale's question sounded more like an order.

Chris looked at her, a slightly amused expression on her face. "I'm sorry, my name is Christabel Swan," she then said perfectly polite, sounding like an innocent girl.

Ms. Hale merely pursed her lips before she turned and walked away.

As soon as she was out of reach, I turned to Jasper. "Why in the world was this situation so amusing to you?"

Jasper only shook his head, not answering my question. We all exchanged looks of confusion for a moment before he reminded us that Edward was probably expecting us any minute.

We quickly said our goodbyes to my parents and then fought our way through the crowd to get to the escort rental place. They'd built a little shop for it, which was basically a room in which the chosen escorts lounged around until a customer paid for them at the front counter. When we entered, Miriam was standing behind the counter.

"I guess you're here to pick up your brother," she noted, her eyes on me and Dylan. She wasn't particularly happy with us since Dylan got out of his duty for today and I got out of it for the whole fair. She was like a collector and seemed to be displeased about the fact that she didn't get all the Cullens at once. I had a feeling that she was already plotting something for next year.

"Dylan, I don't think I've ever been this happy to see you in my life," Edward called as he walked up to us.

"What about the rest of us?" Chris asked him. "Aren't you happy to see us?"

Edward looked at her for a moment then shook his head. "I'm happy to see all of you. Can we go now?" He seemed to be in a hurry to leave.

"What's the matter, Eddiekins? Can't handle all the girls?" Rose laughed. As if on cue, a group of giggling girls stormed in and went straight to the counter, all of them demanding to get Edward, before they caught sight of him and started shrieking like a bunch of fangirls. Then they noticed Dylan and Jasper and their screaming got even louder.

"I've never seen so many lesbians at once," Chris noted and laughed at her own joke. When all three of the boys glared at her, she defended herself. "What? I was talking about the ones who seem to be crushing on Edward."

That was good enough for Dylan and Jasper. Edward didn't bother to comment and instead pushed us through the group of crazy girls to get us out.

Soon we found ourselves at the Physios display. It was like the capital city of sports. There were all kinds of workshops for different kinds of sports, along with competitions which the visitors could enter. There was also competitions between the members of the Physio group, who used their abilities against each other in some way. Searching for Emmett, we landed in a wrestling stadium which was filled with screaming fans, all of them wearing various fan articles. I already knew the outcome of every battle that would take place in here, thanks to the people who asked me earlier. Apart from doing sports or watching others sweat, the thing that a lot of people did here was lose money. I never understood why people liked to bet so much on sporting events, but then again, I mostly knew the outcomes.

"Do we really have to sit between those sport fanatics? I really don't care much for wrestling," Rose complained when we moved through the rows to get to our seats. Apparently Emmett had set cards somewhere in the front row just for us. According to the guy who let us in, these were the best seats in the house because you could 'smell the sweat'.

"Oh, come on, Rose, it'll be fun," Jasper said encouragingly with a wide grin stretched across his face. Even if he would never admit it out loud, Jasper enjoyed these kinds of things. Not necessarily watching them, but definitely being a part. Dylan wasn't any better, either. Only Edward seemed to stay somewhat civilized.

"I really don't see the point in watching a couple of idiots beating each other up," Rose had complained twenty minutes ago. Now she was jumping up, screaming and yelling more than Dylan and Jasper. "On the head dammit. You're hitting like a girl. Man up and take him down already," she yelled loud enough for the dead to hear. Even Chris had joined them, leaving me and Edward to be the only ones not acting like lunatics. Although I must admit, I did occasionally cheer as well.

Wrestling in the traditional way would definitely not be something I would waste my time with, but of course, our school made it a lot more interesting since the use of talents was permitted.

The usually quiet Dario put on a pretty impressive performance against a girl whose name I didn't know, but she could stretch herself to an extreme length. He actually put her in a knot, which made the audience go wild. Dario seemed to be invincible, seeing that even the invincible guy, who was up against him, lost. It was really interesting to see that he was able to dominate invisibility, animal mimicry, and superhuman reflexes with his inhuman strength. He eventually lost though, against Emmett, who was then the new champion of the ring. After a lot more screaming, shouting, and cheering, the people started to clear out of the stadium and Emmett, who'd disappeared earlier, came out to join us, dressed and ready to go.

"It was so insane. I thought for sure he was gonna hit you straight on the head, but it just went through. And how you brought him down...just wow!" Chris gushed on our way back out. We passed all the different attractions again, but since I was desperate to get to Bella, I made them all move.

"Can't we look at the Capoeira for just a minute?" Rose and Chris whined, turning back every now and then.

"No," I barked strictly.

"Alice, I think Bella will be there all day, let us at least check out the fitness centre," Dylan suggested.

"Bella may be there all day, but our breaks aren't going to be at the same time again and I think you really wanna see that, or don't you?"

"Sometimes you're worse than Mom," Dylan grumbled.

"I take that as a compliment."

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Bella was sliding gracefully in her dress over the ice, leaving everyone she passed in awe. It seemed like she had some kind of force around her, because not only did people move out of our way, but some of them actually bowed while Bella smiled pleasantly.

I was still stumbling on my skates, doing my best to seem as if I was incapable of ice skating. Jasper was being helpful and held on to me tightly so I couldn't fall.

"How does she do that?" Rose asked from beside me as she watched Bella practically float over the ice.

"It's like she's dancing or something," Emmett added, looking like the complete opposite of Bella.

Bella chose that moment to halt gracefully by twirling around before she stopped. "You really have to see the perfumery, it's like Heaven," she said with a smile on her face, gesturing toward the shop in front of us.

"Don't you have to enter first, your Majesty?" Edward asked her.

Bella rolled her eyes and then hooked her arm through his before she led him through the door. The rest of us followed the happy couple and were met with an unusual warmth in the icy shop.

"Shouldn't all this ice be melting?" Chris asked as we all took in the beautiful crystal decor.

"Oh, the inside is made up of glass, not ice," a girl who had been by the crystal shaped bottles on one of the glass shelves answered. "Wanna buy some eau de glace?" she then added, holding up one of those little bottles.

"A perfume," Chris said. "Really?"

"Sure, it's the princesses favourite."

"Cynthia, I don't think she ever even smelled it," Bella said to the girl with a sigh.

"You don't have to say that so loud. The main reason why I've sold so many of those is because it's the 'princesses favourite scent'," Cynthia whispered and then smiled at some customers on the other side of the room, who were all staring at Bella.

"And what does it smell like? Ice?" Rose asked sarcastically as she inspected a shelf with different cosmetics on it.

"Um...yes and no. Obviously ice doesn't have an exact smell, but we combined scents together – since, for humans, none in existence smell like ice – to create the perfume, and most of the other things here. The bathing crystals, for example. You throw them inside your bathtub and get an amazing ice-scented bubble bath. We also have lotions that go along with it as well as shampoos..." Cynthia immediately got carried away and I found myself engrossed by her words. She led me and Rose through her shop, pointing out different articles.

There was, for instance, a skin regenerating lotion, which wasn't entirely new on the market, but definitely had never been this affordable before, and I actually found myself liking this ice scent. It was hard to describe, but it somehow managed to really capture the essence of ice. It was a fleeting scent that was sharp in the first moment, but not so strong that it lingered. It was fresh and chilling and definitely different.

While the boys absentmindedly looked at the cosmetics for men, us girls decided to spend some money. Well, Bella didn't, but she would get everything anyway, seeing as she was the Queen.

We left the shop with little shopping baggies in our hands and apparently the word that the Queen had been shopping in here had got around, because quite a few people were lining up in front of the shop, all of them waiting to get a good look at Bella.

"It's like she's a celebrity or something," Emmett commented and waved at the surrounding people who were being kept at bay by a few people in blue that were some kind of royal security.

"This is really ridiculous. I haven't done that much today," Bella sighed and leaned her head against Edward's shoulder.

"What did you do to make everyone go this crazy?" Chris asked.

"Except for the water show? Well, I once overdid that one and actually raised every drop of water from that pool above their heads. I also helped fix one of the fountains by adding water to it, and I might have had some kind of dance session with Natalia on the ice of the pool."

"Oh, that's it?" Chris mumbled sarcastically and Bella grimaced at her.

"We also opened the doors of the castle in the morning, allowing everyone to come and gawk at me and Natalia in our thrones. Other than that, I just walked around the place with my little companions, who are currently helping out the others."

"Little companions?" I asked in confusion.

"If you keep your eyes open, you'll see that we have some sixth graders skating around here dressed as little elves or something," she answered with a giggle.

"You really put a lot of effort into this whole thing," Edward noted.

"We sure did."

Bella showed us every single shop and booth in this little ice city. Everything followed the ice scheme, although they had this one walk-through aquarium filled with the most beautiful fish I'd ever seen. The aquarium seemed to be some kind of tunnel that was connected to flowing waters beneath us. I noticed that they actually had a few mermaids in here as well. I didn't even bother to ask how they managed to pull that off – I was too awestruck.

Our last stop was what Bella called the 'workshop'. The line in front was long, but thanks to Bella's social status, we got in right away. The inside looked kind of similar to a pottery. It seemed to be just that, only they also made sculptures – of course made out of ice – here too.

"Hey, Bella, perfect timing," a boy called and waved her over to one of the work tables.

"What's wrong?" Bella asked.

"This little girl here wants an ice fairy," the boy told her, pointing at a little girl in front of him, who was holding tightly onto her mom's hand.

"Why aren't you making one?" Bella asked him.

"She wants it three times the size our water manipulators here can manage. I sent Christian over to Isaac so they can work faster on the pots, and I was just about to call for you."

Bella glanced at the little girl, who seemed to be entranced by Bella's beauty when she smiled at her, briefly. "So you only need me to shape right?" she asked the boy.

He nodded.

Bella freed her hands and held them above the table, closing her eyes in concentration. It seemed like everyone in the workshop knew that this was some kind of moment or they'd been watching the whole time. Either way, everybody was suddenly quiet.

I knew that Bella had become a lot more in control of what she does with the water that she contains, but seeing her now topped most of the things I've ever seen her do in class.

Her delicate hands seemed to glow for a moment and then slowly, little streams of water appeared on the backs of her hands. They moved around her hands, not dripping down until her entire hand was surrounded by a coat of water. It looked like she was wearing fitted gloves made of water.

Bella moved her hands to touch the table lightly before she lifted them slightly again. Between the surface she'd just touched, and her hands, she created more water as she lifted her hands higher. She held her arms in a straight line in front of her and the curled her fingers as if to disconnect the water from her hands. Where her hands just were, there was now a bar of water that she'd created. It was strange that the bar was still able to stand on it's own.

Bella looked at one of the sculptures close to the table before she moved her hands to the side of her water bar. She moved her hands in little wave-like motions, causing the water to move around. At first, I couldn't really make anything out, but then I saw that it was shaping itself.

First came the little pedestal on which the figure would stand, and then slowly, it built up. Starting with one leg, then the second, the body, the wings, and then finally, the hair.

The fairy was only a water shape now, but it was already beautiful. Bella shaped the flowing hair and then nodded at the boy beside her. He moved over to her and placed his hand on the head of the figure, effectively icing it and stopping any movement. The fairy Bella had created was different than the ones that stood around the room. Every other one was standing on one leg with their body tilted to the front as if to hug the person who stood in front of it. Bella's also stood on one leg, but in a dancer's pose with one hand in the air and the other one in the hair, which seemed to be flying around the fairy's head. The wings had a very delicate pattern on them and there seemed to be a glow coming from the middle of the sculpture.

Bella stepped away from her work, looking a little disorientated.

"Are you okay?" I heard Edward whisper quietly to her.

She nodded and simply leaned into him while the whole room suddenly erupted into applause. Bella smiled gratefully as the boy who'd iced her work seemed to be working a few spells on it before he handed it to the mother of the little girl. The girl smiled proudly when she saw what was now hers and then she ran up to Bella.

"Thank you so, so much, your Majesty!" she whispered gratefully and hugged Bella's legs tightly before she ran back to her mother.

"That had to be the coolest thing – in every sense of the word – that I have ever seen," Emmett boomed and grinned at Bella, who wasn't listening to him or anyone else who was complimenting her. Instead, she wore a dreamy smile on her face as Edward whispered something in her ear.

I knew they were having another one of their incredibly cute moments, partly because both of their expressions, and also because of the scowl on Chris' face.

Unfortunately, after Bella's amazing performance of her abilities, Jasper, Rose, Edward, and I had to take off. Bella and the other three accompanied us to the entrance. Again, everyone was gawking at Bella while Edward glared at quite a few guys who were no doubt having some nasty thoughts about his girl. I had to practically shove him out the door, otherwise he might have used those guys to make himself a new pair of ice skates.

Back at my tent, I quickly changed back into my black robe and went into my room. My tent was one of the smaller ones and had only two rooms in it. The one in which I sat in the middle of dark satin sheets and pillows with a glowing 'crystal ball' in front of me, and then the one in front with the counter and the waiting area. Jessica was the one who had been assigned to be my assistant, meaning she had to stand there and coordinate the stuff that was going on in front.

The rest of my day wasn't nearly as eventful as the first part, but still a lot of fun. Between working and having to deal with new stupid questions, some of them including Bella now and occasionally even Chris, I got out for my breaks. Once I met up with Jasper and we both tried out the tunnel of love. The illusionist there definitely did a good job with that one, creating different romantic scenes such as sitting on clouds and watching a sunset over a lightly rippling ocean.

My other break I spent with Edward, effectively saving him once more from a large group of fangirls who seemed to be a lot worse than the last ones. Unfortunately for Edward, he was the most wanted escort, not only because of his looks, but also because he knew exactly what his 'date' thought. Good for him, the escort service closed down early and so when his time came, he decided to hide out in the darkness of my tent for a while before he decided to go visit his Queen.

The first day of the fair ended a little too soon for my liking. Jasper and Emmett were waiting for me to walk back to the house with me since the others had apparently already left. Emmett informed us that his parents had visited him while he was teaching a wrestling class, and his father actually took part in the training. I merely shook my head at that. Emmett's father was sometimes a little too much like his son.

We entered the house and sure enough, the others were sprawled out in the living room.

"Dylan and I went to get clothes for each of us from our rooms," Rose announced when we walked through the door.

We only nodded.

"We officially survived day one," Bella noted, trying to make conversation.

"Yes, and you were awesome. You were more of a goddess than a queen," Emmett told her honestly.

Bella, who was back to her usual skin color, blushed at his words and mumbled her thanks.

"Well, tomorrow we get to terrorize Chris," Rose grinned evilly.

Chris didn't comment on that, but her expression showed that she wasn't very impressed.

"You know, I actually didn't get to hear much from the Pyros today," said Edward.

"Of course you didn't, we didn't really start today. We only had enough to peak people's interest to come back tomorrow," Chris told him.

"How did you do that?"

"It's quite easy, actually," she said. "People get curious when they see signs telling them that this particular part will open one day later."

"I bet you can't top our gorgeous goddess right here," Emmett teased her.

"We'll see," Chris said with a mysterious smile before she sent a taunting wink to her sister. "And for the record, Dylan is not my boyfriend."

"Nobody ever said he was," I said with raised eyebrows and Dylan looked at her in amusement.

"I know, but still, I want you to keep that in mind for tomorrow. Especially you, Dylan."

"Does that mean you won't cuddle with me tonight?" he asked with a pout.

"Are we keeping the sleeping arrangements?" Chris looked mainly at her sister and Edward as she asked this.

"Um, yes," Bella answered as if that had been obvious all along. She was sitting there comfortably with Edward's arms around her, looking at her sister with wide eyes.

Chris threw her hands up dramatically. "Fine. Just don't be all awkward like you were last time when you get poked by Edward's morning wood again."

Rose gasped audibly at her words while I giggled along with Jasper, who laughed quietly. Bella was most definitely blushing and even Edward showed a faint coloring on his cheeks as he buried his face in Bella's hair while Chris walked out of the room, clearly satisfied with herself. I could see a familiar glint in Emmett's eyes and I knew then that Bella and Edward would be in for a lot of teasing on his part.

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A/N: Okay, I hope you guys enjoyed part one of the fair. Just so that you know, the fair is two weeks before they write their exams, which will take one week and then they'll have two more weeks of classes before the vacation starts. I thought this might be interesting to you.

At the end of the chapter I also came to realize that I probably already went over the boundaries of Rated T a couple of times, although it wasn't so bad, but seriously this whole rating thing is jsut confusing me. I mean, sure I read the ratings but that doesn't tell me what I'm allowed to say and what not. But since nobody complained and my beta ( a person that curses worse than a sailor) says it's all good, I guess I shouldn't be worried :)

Hmm...what else is worth mentioning? Not much really...

I'm already working on the next chapter so hopefully I'm not going to take so long to finish.

So next chapter we are going to see what Chris is doing and some other parts of the fair and probably some more Water Queen things... I just don't know what else there could be at a magical fair? If you ahve any ideas just tell me, no matter how weird they are I can work with weird.

Anything else? Well, you should review just like you did the last time let me know if you have any ideas, tell everyone you know at FF how awesome this story is and try not to dream about Pete Doherty. ( I find him disgusting and scary) Alright, I love all of you mainly because you are still putting up with me and my weird ideas:) Love and cookies to all of you