A/N: So, this chapter is not all that good. It's really hard to change what I've already written without deleting the whole thing and starting fresh. Anyway, I got really close to the reviews I want and now I want 23!

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Chapter 4-A Road To Somewhere

I saw a small pixie-like girl standing there, beaming hugely with wonderful golden eyes. She opened her mouth and spoke with the most enchanting voice, "I knew we'd find you again."

"What?" I said, a slight shake in my voice. She beamed at me. I gripped the bench, trying to hide my trembling.

"What did you just say?" I asked again, a little louder this time. The air around me seemed to shrink and I couldn't see anything besides the little pixie girl standing before me.

She smiled hugely and shrugged. "I'm just glad that I can finally talk to you! I've been waiting for so long for you to come back," she said as she walked over and sat beside me on the bench.

"I told them that you'd be coming back one day, and that you would find us again. They didn't believe me. Which was a little weird since I'm usually right about this kind of stuff. And they know that. Anyway, I said you'd be seeing me again, so here I am!" She looked at me, excited and waiting for me to speak.

"Why haven't you changed?" I asked stupidly. I knew that I shouldn't have voiced that particular thought, but it'd been swirling around my mind ever since lunch. I just had to ask it.

"You look exactly the same," I said quietly, speaking to my lap. I was a little embarrassed that I'd even said it. "Why?" I continued.

"Why Bella, now's not the time for those sorts of questions. We've got to get to gym."

It was obvious that she was avoiding my question.

I looked around. The locker room was filled with girls changing and talking and laughing.

It was a little odd since I didn't remember any of them being there. I was dazed, and very confused when Alice pulled on my arm. I slipped off the bench and landed on my butt on the hard, cold tiles.

Alice looked down at me, rolled her eyes, and held out her perfectly smooth, white hand. I grabbed it and pulled myself up.

Her hands were freezing. They were just as cold as Edward's hands. Why were their hands so cold?

She quickly pulled away and started walking. "Are you coming Bella?" she called over her shoulder as she walked through the door, letting it swing shut behind her.

Girls were staring at me wide-eyed and watching me with curiosity. I blushed a deep scarlet, and quickly followed Alice away from all the staring.

OoooooOoooooO

I rubbed my hip where I'd smacked it against the ramp. I'd probably have a bruise in the morning. I rolled as best I could over the bleachers, trying not to fall in the process. Alice was already sitting there, rollerskates off, and filling out today's reflection sheet. I managed to skate over there without hurting myself further.

I sat down on the bleachers with as much grace as a marionette that's strings were just cut off. I lifted my foot up and unbuckled one skate. I started puling it off, but it was stuck. I pulled harder but it wouldn't budge. I pulled as hard as I could and the skate slipped off my foot and came barreling towards my head. I ducked, but I still got hit really hard.

"Stupid rollerskates," I mumbled. Alice looked over and started laughing. It was such a sweet sound-just like wind chimes. I tried my best to glare, but she just laughed harder.

"It wasn't that funny," I said while blushing a deep scarlet.

"Yes it was!" Alice blurted out between her laughs.

I looked down and pulled of the other skate a little more carefully. Coach Clapp handed me a sheet, looking at me with a cross between a smirk and a look of pity on his face. I blushed deeper and got to work on the reflection.

What was your favorite part of today's class? Why? The sheet read. Hmm, I thought, I'd say tripping over my own two skates and then falling and smashing my hip against the ramp. That was the best part of today's class. I sighed and wrote, Being able to skate around the gym once without falling. I filled out the rest of the questions in the same way. Alice had been sitting next to me, tapping her fingers and sighing. When I finally finished she grabbed my hand and said, "Come on Bella, lets go change!"

Alice had been treating me like her best friend throughout the whole period. She skated with me, helped me when I fell, and even mocked me once or twice. Now I'm not saying that I didn't have fun, but I've only known Alice for about forty-five minutes. She seemed to know a lot about me, while I knew barely anything about her. The only stuff I did know was that she was wild, crazy, a little insane, always freezing cold, had four siblings, and her last name was Cullen. That's like a drop of water in the mysterious waters known as Alice.

On the other hand, she knew almost everything about me, almost as if she'd been following me my entire life. It was creepy. She knew about my old home and school, she knew about my life here. She even had my class schedule memorized.

I walked into the locker room slightly dazed. I stood in front of my locker, lost in thought, trying to come up with the best way to ask Alice about her strange life.

"Bella," Alice said exasperatedly, "You have to change. Come on."

She grabbed my clothes and pushed them into arms. I stripped down and changed quickly, wanting to talk with Alice as soon as possible.

"Alice," I asked, "Was that really you back in the forest?"

"I was in the forest? I don't remember being in the forest very recently. Maybe you saw someone else," she replied breezily, not looking at me at all.

"No, I'm absolutely positive it was you. I talked to you, and you gave me this ring," I said while walking out of the locker room and holding my hand out for her to see.

"Oh that ring is so beautiful!" Alice replied, obviously dodging the question.

"Yes, I know. You should too because you gave it to me," I said, trying to steer the topic back to my interrogation.

She looked at me slyly, watching my face intently-it was almost like she was waiting for something.

I sighed. "Alice, will you please just tell me what you're going to say. I'm dying of curiosity over here."

"I did used to wear a ring very similar to that, but it wasn't mine," she replied vaguely.

"Oh, whose was it?"

"A friend's…or maybe Rosalie's."

I was stumped. She wasn't answering my questions, or letting out any information. Hmm, what to ask next? I did want to know more about her family…

"Hey Alice, what about your family. What're they like?" I asked, a little more enthusiasm in my voice than I'd intended.

"What do you want to know?" she asked warily.

"Well…First of all, which one's which?" I asked as we reached my truck.

Alice laughed, "Okay, I'll tell you."

I climbed into the drivers seat while Alice climbed into the other side.

"Well, since I only have one sister, she's obviously Rosalie."

"Yeah, I figured that one out," I said, laughing a little as I started the engine.

"Okay, now for my brothers. Emmett has dark brown hair, and he's very big. He's tall and has a lot of muscles," Alice paused.

"Continue!" I not so subtlety urged her as I pulled out of the parking lot and started driving down the highway. She gave me an exasperated look and continued.

"Edward has reddish-bronzy hair."

Yeah, his hair's quite amazing.

"He's pretty tall and thin, but he's strong. No doubt about it." She said that last part so quietly that I assumed I wasn't meant to hear.

"Okay Alice, what about your last brother?" I asked, even though I knew the answer. She didn't respond.

"Alice?" I asked again. She still didn't say anything. I quickly pulled into my driveway and looked over at her.

Her face was hard and cold; her eyes were distant and glazed over, but they were moving rapidly back and forth. I'd seen that look on Alice before, about four years ago.

"Alice?" I asked, a little more scared this time.

"Alice!" I shrieked. I was so worried; I leaned over and put my hands on her shoulders.

I suddenly saw a gruesome picture in my head. There was a car crash and it was furiously raining. Edward was standing in woods nearby.

I shook my head and leaned in close to Alice's face, looking directly into her pitch black eyes. Wait, weren't her eyes golden this afternoon? How did they do-

"Umm, Bella, would you mind?" Alice said.

"Oh, right, sorry Alice," I mumbled while scooting back over to my side of the bench.

"Um, actually Bella I have to go. I'll see you soon, bye," she said. I watched as she got out of the car. I called out a quick "Bye Alice!" in reply.

I got out of the car and started walking towards the house. Then I realized that Alice would have to walk back to school since I drove her to my house. "Oh Alice!" I yelled while spinning around to where Alice had left. She was nowhere to be seen. "Alice!" I called out. She didn't respond. I ran over to the road and looked to see if she was walking away, but there was no one, not even any cars were driving by.

"Where did she go?" I murmured to myself.

Well, this was something else to put on my list. I would need to go over this later, the list was getting long.

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