Lifetimes

The headache got worse. Somehow. I thought it was bad already. Now it felt like someone was burning me, or that I'd just been bitten. Pain seared through my head, and the world started spinning. I gritted my teeth and closed my eyes, trying to keep from knocking out. But the blackness overcame me as a cold hand gripped my arm. It didn't feel like I was gone. Just…out of that world. Just floating above my body. I was there, but it felt more like I was having a vision. It confused me when Jacob showed up in the picture.

He was standing in a meadow. Edward and Bella's by the look of it. Then he turned to the forest, and someone approached. Renesmee. But one thing stood out to me. Any other psychic would've never noticed. She was wearing a sundress. A cute, green and blue, expensive sundress. That wasn't the weird thing though. The sundress was the gift I had picked out for her birthday- which was two days away. She didn't have that dress yet. This had to be more than just some dream. Or whatever may have been a side-effect to this sickness.

Someone else emerged from the foliage. I had no clue who, though. All I knew was that it couldn't be good, because they were covered in a dark cloak. But not the deep grey of the guard. The infinite black shade of the Volturi family. The creature pulled his hood down, to reveal the opposite white hair that was of Cauis.

"My, my. Cooperating with such beasts, are we, child?" he stated, and sauntered closer. Renesmee's eyes were shot through with panic, as Jacob's filled with determination and protectiveness. Caius lunged, and the vision ended. I awoke, hyperventilating beyond sense.

"Alice, okay, what happened?" Jasper asked. For once I actually had an answer.

"Wait, where are Jacob and Renesmee?" I asked. I wasn't in the mood for handing out the story first.

"They went for a hike, I think…" Carlisle said.

"Someone go get them. Now!"

"Alice-"

"No! Just go find them and bring them back! I'll explain later!" Bella and Rosalie left to go find them. Jasper sat me upright, and sat on the sofa next to me. I laid my head on his lap and closed my eyes.

"Do you think that might be the reason for her headaches? She's gaining vision of werewolves and hybrids?" Jasper.

"Maybe. It sounds very likely right now." Carlisle. They went into another conversation, and Jasper began stroking my hair. This was one of the times where I was completely happy about his power, because I fully liked the relaxed state he put me in over the painful one I'd previously experienced. I fingered the extra cloth hanging from my bandage. This was becoming boring. I wondered if I could see Jake and Nessie again…then it was dark. The meadow came back into view, and the vision restarted. Ness ran to the meadow, Caius joined, attacked and…? And? It stopped again. That frustrated me. I realized a new vision had begun, because I heard foreign sounds from close by. But there was no picture. It was still pitch-black. Then a thin sliver of white interrupted my observation. A tall man came in, pale skin, red eyes. A vampire. He seemed familiar. Was he the one who'd changed me at the asylum? It seemed correct. Why was he here? And where was I? Then he spoke.

"My dear. I apologize deeply for the torturous life I am about to curse you with. Forgive me. I believe it is the only way to protect you. I fear I may not be here when you awake. Good luck." Then he picked up my arm, and bit deeply into my wrist. He pulled his teeth out quickly, as not to consume any blood. Then the burning began. It traveled up my arm, and from there it went straight to my chest. It flooded from my heart, through my blood to the rest of my body. It seemed to go on forever. I tried looking around to find the strange man, but all I saw was red. Bright, flashing red, swirling in my eyelids.

It seemed like a forever before the burning ceased. I felt strange, reborn. I stood, and turned to the open doorway. There was a face, too familiar, standing enraged beneath the frame. James. And then light flooded through to my mind, and Jasper's voice interrupted the dream.

"Alice, sweet, are you alright?" he asked.

"I don't really know now. I had the vision with Jacob and Nessie again. But it left off where it had at first. Then I saw when I was being changed into a vampire. Weird," I replied.

"They're back, by the way. You mind explaining why you needed them home so quickly?" I think that was Rosalie.

"Well, I had a vision about them while I was knocked out. Jacob was standing in a meadow, and it looked like Edward and Bella's. Renesmee came running in from the forest, and they had their little mushy session. Then Caius came in, said something about how she was with a werewolf, and attacked them. That's where it left off before…" I trailed off. They probably didn't want to hear about the asylum vision.

"Before what?" Bella asked.

"Well after that, it went into a vision about when I got changed into a vampire. But bottom line, Jake and Nessie don't leave the house, especially to go to the woods. Not until the vision changes. Especially after her birthday. Understand?" I didn't know how else to end the conversation. They both nodded. I could see how confused Renesmee looked about the birthday part.

"Ness, you were wearing my present in the vision. That's why you can't after your birthday," I answered the unspoken question. She nodded again. Everyone cleared out of the room.

"How do you feel, Alice?" Carlisle asked.

"Better. Not dizzy anymore," I said. But something was weird. I felt tired. Like I wanted to sleep, tired. That confused me even more. How could I sleep? Is that what getting knocked out all about? I had a million questions for Carlisle, but we didn't have time. Then something happened. I yawned.

"Did she just…?"

"No, it's impossible…"

"But…?"

"Oh, what is wrong with me?" I turned around and buried my face into the cushions of the couch. Headaches. Passing out. And now I was involuntarily yawning? I really must've been sick. I just sat there for a moment. Then I rolled back onto Jasper's lap.

"Carlisle, how many tests do you think it'd take to figure this out?" I asked. I just wanted this over with.

"I'm not sure."