Chapter 6: Visions
Over the years of being a vampire, Alice had more visions than she would like. At first it seemed normal considering that she was a newborn and her abilities were growing, however over the years of living in Alaska, hunting the wildlife and making friends with the Denali clan, the visions seemed to grow. Grow in quantity and in detail. It started with her and the heart shaped face girl in the forest.
After almost a century of living in Alaska, Alice began having more visions about the girl. More and more of them began to scare her in their detail. She began having visions of this girl from the day she was born to the time she was in high school.
One vision that really scared Alice was one where the girl was standing in a parking lot standing by her truck. It was winter and she was standing on the tarmac very content with her headphones plugged in her ears searching for her keys on the hood of the vehicle. Her friend known as Tyler says his goodbyes to his friends, goes to his van and starts it up. Just as he was about to peel out of the high school parking lot, the tires began to skid and slip all over the ground and it was suddenly out of control. The girl finds her keys and turns around only to see the massive van coming towards at full speed. She screams and closes her eyes tightly waiting for the killing blow. That's when the vision ends and Alice is left with no hints as to the girl's fate.
These visions gave Alice a sense of fear and insecurity. Thank god Jasper was there with his gift of empathy to send her a wave of calm to keep her from going insane, and also for the fact that Edward was somehow absent when these visions occurred.
It had been many years since Alice made her promise to Edward but he always found ways to remind her of that day. Telepathic communication being the number one. Often when Alice saw a vision of the heart shaped girl, Edward would read her thoughts seeing the vision for himself and would tell her, 'Alice.' The girl would often huff and glare at her brother telling him that she always remembered. There wasn't a day where she forgot her promise. Thinking of the Volturi hurting the girl in any way kept her thoughts at bay most of the time. Alice shuddered to think of what could happen.
The Cullen's had told her of the council of vampires and their abilities. Their leader a vampire known as Aro had an ability similar to Edwards, only he had to touch the person to look into their minds. The one that scared her the most was a little vampire girl known as Jane. Jane had the ability to cause physical harm to anyone with just a thought. A chill ran through the girl as she thought of the council interfering with her families' affairs. Alice never had the pleasure of meeting the council herself but the others in her family had and they seemed to have a mutual respect as well as fear for them.
Night after night, day after day, the same vision of this girl invaded Alice's thoughts. Everyone was filled with her face but her name was still a mystery to her. It was like fate had a plan for Alice where this girl was concerned. Only when the time came would she learn her name. That heart shaped face, bright green eyes and bright smile would haunt her every thought. Alice sighed and ran a hand through her hair. The little vampire had a feeling, when she first saw the girl, that it would be a long time before she would even be born and even longer before they would even meet, and that all depended on if her family would move back to Washington State.
Alice soon learned that her visions were based on the decisions people made and it wasn't necessarily fixed by time. Alice loved living in Alaska with her family and the Denali but for some reason she missed the trees and wildlife in Forks. She missed the smell of redwood trees surrounding her, even though she had been there for a matter of five minutes. She often drew the trees of the forest in Washington, she drew the area in which she met the Cullen's. The first of many happy days in her immortal life.
Drawing was one of Alice's outlets. Along with dancing and hunting with Tanya and Rosalie. They were the sisters that she never had. She had a little sister named Katie but that part of her life was behind her now. Alice prayed for her every night but she knew that searching for her would be pointless. Seeing as how she most likely would've died from old age. Something that Alice never had to worry about. Rosalie and Tanya had been there for her when everything got to be too much. Tanya was very much like Rosalie in the sense of beauty. She was Edwards mate and at first the bronze haired boy tried to fight it but he soon found that he wouldn't be able to resist her charms forever.
Alice laughed as she remembered the marriage ceremony the two had not long after they arrived in Alaska. They were both so head over heels for each other by this time that it would be stupid to wait any longer. Tanya looked beautiful in her white dress as her father walked her down the aisle. Alice stood with her at the alter and tears welled up in the girls eyes as both of them expressed their love for each other. She hoped that she would be able to find her mate whether it be man or woman fairly soon. Although no one expressed an interest in her, Alice proved to be a very patient woman. For some odd reason though when she thought of a suitable mate for herself, her thoughts would always venture towards the girl from her visions.
She wanted to know everything about the girl; what her favorite hobby was, the company she kept, she wanted to know what her parents were like. Alice wanted to know so many things about her. Of course she had many visions of the girl, ones where she was laughing, where she was crying, ones where she was sitting by herself at the lunch table and ones where she was talking with her friends.
One such vision had the girl sitting with her friends. They looked to be in high school in this vision but she couldn't be sure. Alice could see the girl through the blinds and walked toward the door that led into the cafeteria. She walked into the large room with Rosalie on one side and Tanya on the other. Emmett and Edward were following closely behind. The bronze haired boy looked over to the girl and kind of gave her a glare. 'Hey Angela, who are they?' She asked her friend with long dark hair and glasses. The girl known as Angela set her half eaten apple down on the tray and answered her question. 'Oh those are the Cullen's. They moved here not long before you did. They're all adopted by a young doctor and his wife. Their dad works over in the small hospital here in Forks.'
When Alice looked over at the girl from her table, she smiled and stared at her for a moment and turned back to what Tanya was talking about.
That's when the vision ended and that's when Alice knew that she and her family would be returning to the small town of Forks Washington. Of course she smiled at the thought but she was a little on edge at the thought of meeting the girl that haunted her thoughts and her visions. Alice knew she would, there was no debate about that. The only issue that had her on edge was when.
Not a second later a slight wave a calm flowed into Alice's body. She smiled and looked to the door of her room and said, "You can come in Jasper." She chuckled. The blond haired empath walked into the room and sat down on the edge of the bed. Of course vampires didn't need to sleep, the whole bed thing was to both keep up appearances and just to stay relaxed. They were cold hard creatures of the night but that didn't mean they couldn't relax. "You doin ok darlin? I can feel how tense you are from downstairs. What's troublin you?" Alice just smiled and said, "Nothing's wrong Jazz, I promise". She sounded convincing enough and if it weren't for the drawing in Alice's lap, Jasper would've believed her.
The blonde boy raised an eyebrow and asked, "Does it have anything to do with her?" He pointed to the face of a girl drawn on a piece of canvas. Alice gasped as she realized she had the drawing of her dream girl in her lap. It was the one from her latest vision. She was wearing a green and white shirt looking over her shoulder at the group in the lunch room. Alice got up off of the bed in a flash to discard the drawing far away into her closet.
"Who is she Alice?" Jasper asked concerned. Alice seemed to feel like this all the time. Ever since Edward and Tanya's wedding she'd been feeling very on edge. It was taking its toll on the entire family. He wondered if this girl was the reason for the way his sister was feeling.
Alice ducked her head in embarrassment. "I don't know who she is yet. I keep having visions of her but I never hear her name." Jasper rested his chin on his fist and wondered, "What are these visions about Alice?" The girl rubbed the back of her neck to relieve some of the tension and when she felt a familiar wave of calm settle or her, she smiled. "It's weird. One vision is where she asks about us at the local high school it seems and the other is when she's about to be impaled by a black van. I just don't know what these visions have to do with anything."
Alice sighed and plopped back down on her bed next to her brother. "I want to meet her. I feel this pull to her that's really strong, but I fear the future and I fear what she might ask." Jasper nodded in understanding. "I understand that darlin and I appreciate your concern for the family, but you've been alone for so long. It's been almost a century since you came to us alone in nothin but your pajamas."
Alice was sure that if she had the ability to blush she would be crimson red right now. "Now that's a memory I would really like to forget." The boy chuckled and gave his apologies.
Alice heard two sets of footprints running up the stairs and she instantly knew who the two people were. One beautiful blonde girl ran in followed closely by another. "Hey Rosalie," she said as her sister came and sat on the windowsill. The other blonde came and tackled the pixie to the bed. "Oh jeeze, Tanya. I may not need to breathe but give a girl warning next time." She laughed as Edwards mate got up off of her.
Tanya laughed and said "This coming from the girl who can see the future. What are you guys talking about?" Alice and Jasper just looked at each other for a moment and that's when the empath decided to speak up. "It's your decision to tell them Ali. Not mine." He stood, smiled and kissed the pixie on her forehead. "The only thing I can tell ya darlin is just follow your heart. It may not beat anymore but that doesn't mean it doesn't work."
With that Jasper left the room to go find Emmett and challenge him to a game of Dead or Alive. "Tell us what pixie?" Rosalie asked Alice when it was clear to speak. The blond was right along with her husband in giving that Alice's nickname.
Alice got up off of the bed to retrieve her picture from the closet. She held the side that was drawn on toward her and ducked her head. 'Do I really wanna tell them?' She asked herself. Alice thought about this for a while and she almost smacked herself in the forehead. 'Of course I do. These are my best friends for Christ sake.' It didn't make her feel any better but she needed to tell them. She didn't want to keep her sisters in the dark about her visions.
Alice turned the picture around revealing the girls heart shaped face peeking over her shoulder. "Who's that Ali?" Tanya asked pointing at the canvas. "Yeah who is it? It's not a good angle but she's very pretty." Alice smiled as Rosalie commented her vision girl's beauty. She nodded in agreement and said, "I don't know who the girl is but she's been in almost every single one of my visions lately. Ever since you and Edward got married, Tanya."
Rosalie's and Tanya's eyebrows scrunched together as they heard this. "That's odd." Rosalie commented. Tanya thought about this for a while and then came up with the most logical explanation. "Maybe she's your mate Ali." Alice's and Rosalie's eyes widened at the thought.
Of course, Alice didn't care who her mate was-male or female-but a HUMAN girl? That would definitely complicate things, but it would also make a lot of sense. Why else would this girl haunt every vision she had since the wedding that took place only a few months ago? It was still scary because she didn't have any further visions of the girl so there was no real way to tell.
Alice shrugged her shoulders and said, "Maybe you're right Tanya. I don't wanna jump to any conclusions just yet though." The girls nodded and continued to ask questions. Questions like 'How old is she, what's her name, and what's she like' spewed out of their mouths like the local gossip. It made Alice chuckle thinking of her sisters as the local high school gossip girls. The persona kind of fit them if you didn't know them but the two blondes were far from it. They never gossiped but they were full of questions. Alice had to hold up both hands and yell, "HEY! Chill out guys." Rosalie went quiet but Tanya still had something to say. "Oh c'mon Alice we wanna know what the skinny is on this girl. If we can't get it one way..." she held up her hands and curled her fingers in a tickling motion. "We'll get it another way." Rosalie smiled and laughed as Tanya pounced on her sister and started tickling her sides and feet mercilessly.
Alice couldn't stop laughing as Tanya tickled her sides. "Stop!" Alice yelled between laughs. "Stop Tanya please! I can't take much more!" tears began to well up in her eyes as the tickling and the laughter continued. "Alright I'll tell you everything I know ok? I-I swear!" The blonde finally released her hold on the pixie and went to stand next to Rosalie waiting for Alice to speak. Alice took a couple of unneeded breaths before speaking. "Ok look guys, the only thing I know is that I'll meet her soon. I had one other vision of her before we even came here."
The two nodded in response and Alice continued. "Her and I were both standing in the forest over near Forks and she knew what we were." Rosalie was about to speak up but Alice held up her hand to quiet her. "To answer your question Rose, no I didn't tell her. Or rather I won't tell her. I already made that promise to Edward when I first met you. It was very odd because she didn't seem at all afraid of what I was." All three girls thought about this for a long time. Their thoughts were interrupted by a loud voice calling out to them. "Hey guys, c'mon down here! We got something to tell ya!"
Alice smiled as she looked over to Rosalie. "As much as I love the boulder Rose, he has the worst timing." Tanya nodded in agreement as she and the pixie headed out of the room. Rosalie followed closely behind and said, " What? It's not my fault my husband acts like a 5 year old in an 19 year olds body." The girls laughed as they headed down the stairs to the family meeting.