A/N: here we go! Let the games truly begin! :)

Also, there are a couple of you who have commented and don't have your PMs activated so I can't reply back to you. So I may reply to you from time to time in the author's notes. For example. The reviewer who brought up being happy Alice has a mate. Yes. I didn't really want to bring in a love triangle- no offense to the great authors out there but I feel they're so overdone and they annoy me sometimes- do I will not be having one. There will be no Jake falling for Bella either. Just a bad guy and some death and mayhem. Lol. I'm glad everyone is liking this story so far. I want you to know that I've actually started writing some chapters on an all-human Jasper/Bella fic as well. But due to its content and my desire to get it right and looking good I won't post that one until I have it finished or close to finished. So it'll probably be the next story I post after this one is complete. There is a Pinterest page to this story. I just haven't had the chance to add the link to my profile so you can just look up Ashley Mercer seralynsmom929 on Pinterest and the board is entitled simply 'Twisted'. And now on wit he the story!

Chapter Three

Alice

Today is the day I put my full plan in action. Thankfully I've seen all turns out ok. I make my way to the Cullens. I didn't need to follow their scents as Jasper suggested, but he didn't need to know that. Yet. I think I've come up with a plausible story for them to be unaware of my gift but feel safe with telling Bella what they are. I walk up to the door and it's opened by the woman I know from my visions as Esme. She's a sweet, gentle woman who will take me in no questions asked.

"Hello, you must be Alice. Jasper said you'd be coming. I'm sorry he's not here, he went off to the beach after the ceremony, so it's just myself, my husband and two of our other children. Won't you please come in?"

"Thank you Esme, I've heard so much about you." She turns and looks at me warily. Good thing I have a legitimate reason for knowing her name.

"Oh? Who from?"

"How about I wait to tell you my story after we're with the others?" She thinks about it a second and then nods and continues to lead me to the other members of her family.

"Of course, this way."

She leads me into the Great Room. Which is beautifully decorated, much to my delight. It's done in creams and reds with plenty of seating. Situated on a sofa before me is Rosalie and Emmett. She'll be the hardest to win over, she's suspicious of everyone and everything. Emmett will be the easiest. Carlisle will just take me at my word as will Esme. It'll be Jasper and Edward who will disbelieve everything I say about myself until I prove it to them.

Edward because he won't be able to see my thoughts except what I wish him to see and Jasper because that's just his way. The soldier within. That's why he's perfect for what's coming. He won't accept anyone at face value, he'll force them to prove themselves before he trusts them. With the spies that we've been hearing about in Volterra, we'll need someone like Jasper to ensure we don't have any in the actual citadel. It's now just a matter of gaining his trust and telling him what my original vision, and the many I've had since, has shown me.

That he and Bella and the Cullen family are an integral part of the fight that's coming. After we've taken each other in, a natural vampire reaction, Carlisle rises from his seat and holds his hand out to me.

"Hello Miss Brandon. I am Carlisle Cullen. You've already met my wife Esme and my son Jasper, this is my daughter Rosalie and her mate Emmett. We have another son, Edward, but he is visiting our cousins in Denali at the moment. I understand from Jasper that you wish to change your diet."

"Yes Carlisle. I'm tired of feeding from humans, I feel ashamed everytime I kill one. A friend of yours, someone I met recently in Colorado, Garrett, told me where to find you. And please, call me Alice.

"Ah Garrett. Yes, he may not be willing to join us in our diet choice but he is willing to send us those who do wish to change. That's how Jasper came to be here. Well you're welcome to stay. We have an extra bedroom next to Rose and Emmett's."

"Thank you Carlisle. I was staying in the hotel, but a more permanent home sounds wonderful."

"It's our pleasure Alice. How about you tell us about your story?"

"Sure. Well I was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. When I was a girl I had dreams, so vivid it was like they were real. Eventually they drove me crazy and my father placed me in an asylum. I met my sire there. He was an orderly. One day another vampire came for me. My sire fearing for my life stole me from my cell and bit me, the other vampire found us and in his rage attacked my sire. My sire managed to kill him but not knowing he was mated, lost his life to that woman who then walked into the flames of her mate's pyre.

"I had just woken to this life when the other vampire attacked, my sire told me to hide and not make a sound; and to not try and help, no matter what. I wish I hadn't listened, maybe he'd be alive still. Thankfully I was found by a member of the Volturi. A man named Felix. He took pity on me and taught me what I needed to know, once I was more controlled he left me on my own at my request and I've traveled ever since. I got tired of killing humans for food and sought a different way of life. That's when I found Garrett and he pointed me to you."

"Wow, you mean Felix didn't take you to the brothers? That seems unlike him." I had to tread carefully. They would never trust me if they thought I was Volturi.

"He was on assignment, he was actually tasked with finding any newborns without a sire. As I'm sure you know that's against the law and both newborn and sire would be destroyed but when he heard what happened he took it upon himself to teach me what I needed to know. I traveled with him as he completed his task. Since I never actually broke the law there was no reason to kill me. I actually keep in touch with him from time to time." That's the explanation I decided to use as to why I would talk to him sometimes and to bring up the brothers.

"That story seems almost too good to be true."

"Rose! There is no call for that, we don't treat guests that way."

"That's ok Esme, she wouldn't be the first to disbelieve. No matter how true it is."

"So you keep in touch with the Volturi? Any knew news?"

"Not the Volturi, Emmett, just Felix. And yes actually. I spoke to him about a month ago and interestingly enough he was telling me about how the brothers made a decision. They were supposedly going to make an addendum to the law about keeping humans out of our world. I guess about six months ago a vampire came across his mate in a human, he told her what he was before he turned her because he wanted her to know. They made the choice to possibly allow others in a similar situation to do the same as long as they turn their human within a year. He said it wasn't set yet but it was more than likely a sure thing."

"Really? You're sure about this Alice?"

"Yes Carlisle, pretty sure. But I can call Felix if you'd like me to. Is there a reason? Or just curious?"

"Just curious Alice. If it's not too much trouble could you confirm that?"

"Sure just let me call Felix."

I made a show of calling my mate. When he answered he was prepared since I saw this would happen. He confirmed the rumor and said the brothers would be announcing the new part of the law within the next month. We thanked him and I hung up. I'd make up not saying I love you later on when I met up with him. After I rocked his world he'd have to forgive me. The stage is set, now it's just a waiting game.

Bella

I'm sitting on the beach, it's a nice warm yet cloudy day and I'm finding myself thinking about Jasper. We talked about him, I could tell he wanted to talk about me but as I was eating I convinced him to tell me about himself. He told me how he came to be one of four Cullen foster children. His sister Rosalie and he lost their parents ten years ago. He was nine and Rose, as he calls her, was eight. He's an orphan just like me. They moved to Alaska with the Cullens and then here to Forks two years ago. I was surprised Social Services let them move, but he just said they couldn't go anywhere else. They apparently had some type of dietary need only Carlisle could take care of.

I guess it made sense. I didn't pay much attention to anything other than the way his lips moved. I can feel myself blushing yet again at the way I keep thinking about wanting to kiss those lips. To run my hands over those strong muscular shoulders and down his equally muscular chest and abs. And oh dear Lord I can feel something coiling deep in my belly and moisture pooling between my thighs and stop it! Stop it Isabella Swan! He's so beautiful I doubt he'd ever want me that way anyway.

Heck he probably already has a girlfriend. But something clicked between us right? I mean the conversation just flowed yesterday. Surely that has to mean something. I'm just sitting here watching the waves when I feel a presence. I turn around and there he is. Jasper Hale. Tall, blonde and sexy and he's smiling at me. Little mousy, virginal Isabella Swan. I can't help the smile that appears in answer. There's something about him. He makes me feel... Safe. Wanted. Loved. Which is weird since we just met yesterday.

"Can I sit down," he says gesturing next to me.

"Sure, it's a public beach after all. I thought you graduated today."

"I did. I am officially a high school graduate."

"What are your plans now?"

"You know, I haven't given it much thought. I'm in limbo at the moment."

"No plans for college?"

"Not at the moment, no. I think I'll just stay here and maybe volunteer at the hospital or something."

"That sounds like a plan."

"What about you? Don't you want to go to college."

"Not really no. At least not now. Now I just want to get through a day without missing my parents. I didn't tell you yesterday, I wanted to know about you, but my parents died in a car crash six months ago. I'm like you, an orphan, only difference is I am a teenager and now emancipated with a GED, and I don't have a sibling like you. Does it ever go away? That pain."

"Honestly? No. It gets lesser, but never truly goes away. You just kind of move on with your life, keep thinking about how they wouldn't want you to put your life on hold because of them. It helps. I'm sorry to hear about your parents but you'll have to tell me more at a later time. Ok?"

"Thanks. And yeah, later."

"You're most welcome ma'am."

"You know that accent of yours is enough to drive a girl crazy? And saying darlin' and ma'am just makes you sound so sweet. Do you do it on purpose? I'm sure the girls are all falling at your feet."

"No, I don't so it on purpose. And as for the girls I wouldn't know, don't really care if I'm honest."

"No girlfriend?"

"Nope."

"Why?"

Jasper

She claps her hands over her mouth with a wide eyed look on her face. I can feel her embarrassment and it makes me desperate to relieve her. Even if the blush on her cheeks is adorable as hell. So I give her a chuckle and smile.

"Because none of the girls here entice me. That is, none of them until you." Now she's blushing for a different reason. I can feel her pleasure at my words which of course pleases me.

She's so lovely and I really want to make her mine. I asked Carlisle for permission to request her presence for dinner Tuesday at the house. It should hopefully give us time to prepare. To be ready to eat human food without being too grossed out by it. We can eat human food it's just difficult and disgusting.

"Bella? Would you like to have dinner with my family Tuesday?"

"Well, I have a shift at the grocery store but it's just a short one. I get off at twelve. So sure. I'd love to." The relief I feel is palpable.

"Good. Well, I gotta go. Grad party. Esme insisted. I'll see you around, and if I don't see you before Tuesday, I look forward to it." I would invite her but since the party consists of a hunt, I can't.

I go to walk away, but on an impulse I turn back and take her hand and kiss her knuckles. The blush she gives me brings a smile to my face. I release her and turn to walk away again. Just before I'm out of ear shot I hear a happy "yes" and can just picture the fist pump she probably does with it. I can't help the chuckle that leaves me. At least now I know she feels the same way I do.

Bella

Tuesday

I'm driving down the driveway of the Cullen's home and have to say so far I'm impressed. The driveway is long, surrounded on either side by trees. The entrance would be hard to see if you weren't looking for it. As it was I almost passed it. Finally I pull out into a clearing and am met by a huge, two story house.

It reminds me of one of those old England Country homes with it's white stucco sides, light brick chimneys, dark wood cross gables and such. It's just a large, graceful looking old rectangular house. Nothing at all like what I would have imagined a doctor in. I would have pictured something more modern.

As I step out of my car and move to the walk that leads along a porch and courtyard, the front door opens and Dr. Cullen walks out.

"Hello Bella. I'm glad you decided to come. Please come on in and meet the rest of my family."

"Thank you Dr. Cullen." I walk past him and into a large foyer.

"Please, call me Carlisle," he says as he motions me through the foyer and into what I think they call a Great Room.

I step inside and am immediately in awe. It's large and open, with one wall full of almost nothing but glass. There's a beautiful view of some river. To my left is a raised dais equipped with a beautifully polished baby grand piano. Someone clearly loves it and takes great care of it.

"The piano is my son Edward's. He's not here right now, he's visiting family in Alaska. He's supposed to be gone for a couple of months, so you won't meet him until late August, just before he has to start back at school. He's a year behind the others."

I just nod and continue my perusal. The walls are cream, couches in a matching cream color sit throughout the room. There are two separate seating areas. One facing the fireplace that has a couch and two chairs. The other faces away from the fireplace and consists of two couches.

There is a beautiful landscape in a gold gilt frame above the fireplace, black lamps with white shades are placed throughout the room and there are different plants placed strategically around the room as well. In the wall of windows is a set of French doors that lead out onto a wide veranda. What I can see of it is rattan seating and more cream walls.

A brown-haired woman is seated on one of the couches facing away from the fireplace. A really large brown-haired man and an extremely beautiful blonde-haired woman on the couch across from hers. The first woman stands and comes toward me: I prepare to shake her hand but she pulls me into a hug instead. A warm, motherly sort of hug that makes me miss my mother.

"Bella, this is my wife Esme Cullen," Carlisle says from beside me.

"Bella it's very nice to meet you."

"You as well Esme."

Carlisle then introduces the other two on the couch who must be a couple as they're holding hands.

"The two on the couch over there are my foster son and daughter Emmett Cullen and Rosalie Hale. "

Emmett gives me a huge grin and a hello but Rosalie just looks at me as if I were something on the bottom of her shoe and ignores me. How rude!

"Don't mind Rosie here Bella, she's always like this." Emmett tells me.

I look around for Jasper, but don't see him. Carlisle must notice because he's smiling widely at me.

"Dont worry Bella, Jasper is just getting ready. He went hiking today and didn't get back until a few minutes ago. He should be down shortly."

"Oh, thank you for telling me Carlisle."

"My pleasure Bella. Have a seat. Would you like something to drink?"

"Thank you Carlisle, but no."

I take a seat on the couch facing the fireplace as Esme and Carlisle move to the two chairs. Emmett gets up and sits in the floor next to Esme's chair, but Rose stays where she's at. A few moments later Jasper joins us. He's wearing another longsleeve button down shirt, this time in purple, and a pair of black dress slacks. On his feet are a pair of cowboy boots and he looks delicious. His hair still damp from his shower and a smile on his face.

"Hello Bella. I'm so glad you could make it. Esme is putting together a cabbage casserole for dinner, right Esme." He takes a seat next to me on the couch, his hand so close to where mine lays on the cushion that I could reach my pinky out and touch it.

"Yes dear. It's a cabbage and hamburger casserole. I hope that's ok."

"Oh yes. My mom was part Irish so we practically lived on cabbage. I love it."

"I'm glad to hear that. So, how about you tell us something about yourself?"

"Sure. What would you like to know?"

"Well, Jazz couldn't tell us much since he didn't know, he did say your parents are gone and you have a GED and are emancipated, so how about more on that? And why did you decide to move to Forks?"

"Well, Emmett. As I told Jasper, my parents died in a car crash six months ago. New Year's Day to be exact. They were coming home around one when a man leaving another party, driving drunk, hit them head on. They died at the hospital. Last I saw them they were lying on a cold steel table in the morgue. Sorry, that was too much. I was put in a group home and hated it, so my court appointed lawyer helped me take care of my affairs and get me emancipated after I got my GED. As for why Forks.

"Well, It's going to sound crazy, but after I got my GED and emancipated I felt like I needed to leave. I just couldn't live in the house I shared with my parents. I went online and began looking at places, but something led me to looking into property in Forks. It sounds weird but it was like I was destined to come here. It's probably just my mother talking. She was prone to flights of fancy. Believed in the supernatural. Like fairies, werewolves and vampires. I guess I learned it from her."

I expected laughs but they were all silent, looking at me wide eyed like I had just discovered some great secret. It's making me nervous.

"I'm sorry, did I say something wrong?"

"Of course not darlin'. It just took us aback a moment to hear about you being drawn here. So do you believe in the supernatural like your mom?"

"Well at risk of sounding crazy, yes I do. I mean we learn new things about this planet everyday. Why can't there be things, beings, on it that we don't know about? I mean I once thought they didn't exist but recently I've remembered some things I couldn't explain, besides the pull to come here. It made me begin to wonder if my mom wasn't right about things we didn't know existing."

I think I've shocked them again. They're looking between each other like they're having a silent conversation with each other. I'm missing something but I don't know what. Just then another voice breaks the silence. One I recognize. I turn to the entryway and there stands Alice. Strange. I didn't think she knew Jasper when they first saw each other at the diner, but now she looks as if she's at home.

"Go ahead and tell her. She'll find out eventually and I promise she'll accept it more readily than you think. It's destiny after all." I wasn't sure what she was talking about, but I had a feeling I was getting ready to find out.

Jasper

When the others told me what Alice told them about human mates in our world, at first I didn't want to let myself believe it. Was it possible that I could really tell Bella what I am from the beginning. Would she believe me? Or run from me shouting for the police to arrest the crazy lunatic. The only way to know for sure was to tell her. I would rather have her run from me than lie to her or deceive her. So I'm going to do what Alice has said, and tell her. I just hope she understands and doesn't run from me.

She's lovely today, wearing a pretty little sun dress in a light blue. White flats on her feet. As clumsy as Carlisle said she told him she was I'm guessing she's never worn heels. Her legs are smooth and long and heels would really accentuate them, but we'd save that for when she was a vampire. She'd be more graceful and confident then. I draw in a deep breath, preparing to tell her the truth when Rose shoots up from her seat and starts yelling.

"Please tell me we aren't really considering this! You're just asking for trouble! You shouldn't have even let him bring her here!"

I was preparing to dress her down when Bella, of all people, beat me to it.

a/n: now you know who Alice's mate is and the false story she's concocted. I'll have it in a later chapter, but she really does know Garret and did speak to him, just in case the Cullens checked out her story. And you now know a fight is coming. But who will the Volturi have to face?