Chapter 5

Things can change in 30 years

Alice was sitting talking to Edward and Jasper when suddenly Alice's eyes went blank. Edward stared at her for a moment before listening to the vision in her thoughts before he too gasped. It had been thirty years since Edward had allowed anyone to interfere in Bella's life and now Alice had a vision of Charlie's funeral. Edward stared even more when he realized that the brown haired beauty was not in the group of mourners. Which was odd because Bella and Charlie had been rather close when he had left Bella for her own safety. Alice looked at Edward guiltily "I am sorry Edward I didn't mean to see anything it just happened." Alice apologized. "Alice I didn't see her there where is she?" Edward asked in almost a panic. Alice shrugged "I don't know Edward you told me not to look any more so I don't". "Well I am telling you too look now I don't feel right I think something is wrong I know she would never miss Charlie's funeral even if they had had a fight." Edward was grasping at straws now but Alice decided to humor him and hoped that Bella had kids and all to upset Edward more for what he had done to her all those years ago. Alice's eyes went blank again as she looked into Bella's future and did not even notice that the rest of her family had gathered closer to hear about how Bella was they all missed her and they all wanted her back. Alice gasped again for the second time that day because instead of seeing a 48 year old Bella chasing after her kids like Alice had hoped she saw a Bella that could barely be 20 years old stalking a grizzly bear. And then as Bella stalked closer she launched herself at the bear, which weighed easily 5 times what she did. And when Bella slammed into the bear there was a resounding creak as bones were snapped it took a moment for Alice to realize that it was the bears bone's that had been broken not Bella's. Alice gasped in surprise as Bella drained the bear of its blood and easily tossed it aside one handed like it weighed little to nothing instead of the 400 pounds of muscle and bone. Alice turned to her family before speaking. "Bella's a vampire".

The whole family gasped in wonder. Edward groaned when, how had this happened?" Alice looked at Edward before telling the rest of her family about her vision she had. Esme looked at her son and sighed. "Edward I know that you didn't want this to happen to her but it has and the only way that you will be able to answer your questions is to go see her". Esme tried to smile a little to cheer up her son before turning to ask Alice where Bella was. Alice dazed out again before she answered she watched as Bella took down another bear to sate her thirst before she made her decision to return to forks to say goodbye to her father at his grave, Bella was very helpful to Alice then because she calculated how long it would take to get back to Forks. Alice looked up a little happier "Bella will be in Forks in four days give or take to run all the way from Maine to Washington." Emmett smiled "how come she just doesn't take a plane?" Alice gave Emmett a crocked smile "well now that you asked Bella prefers to run much like someone else we know" Edwards head popped up at this and looked at Alice who was still smirking. "Bella is even faster than you" Alice finished looking at Edward smugly. Edward groaned this couldn't be happening to the girl he loved. It just couldn't it wasn't fair he had left her to give her a chance to have a life that did not involve her having to give up her humanity to stay with him. And now Alice saw that Bella had become a very successful killing machine. But it did gladden his heart to realize that Bella was not feeding on humans at least not during the time of Alice's vision. Edward wondered how much else had changed since he left Forks and his beloved Bella. "Edward " Alice asked tentatively "Edward I know that you don't want to hear especially right now but things do change sometimes and some things don't but that's what your going to have to ask her about after all you did put her thru a lot". Edward nodded his head sullenly. And sighed he was going back to Forks and from the looks of the rest of his family so were they.