?.P.O.V.

I sat up gasping for breath. Why the hell can I not leave that place alone? What is it that draws me to the calm every single night? I so desperately want to know who the person is that sits on the other side of the river but doubt I ever will. It does not seem right that a place of such beauty should be tormented by such evil and hatred. I don't know whether it is meant to mean something but I don't think now is the time to dwell on it, I mean I nearly spent the whole day doing so yesterday and I didn't get anything done. I think maybe I should go for a walk to clear my head.

I grabbed my coat and walked out the door. I was going to escape to my secret garden, that is in fact a lot like the one from my dreams but it never ends the same way, which is probably why I like it so much. I slid behind the hedge dividing the school from its fields. I followed down the inside of the hedge and then stepped through a little gap in the corner where it met a large oak tree. I walked diagonally through the trees, following the sounds of water and eventually they opened up to my refuge. I sighed in relief and went and sat by the wide river which would meet up with the sea fairly soon.

When I was younger I had often dreamed of swimming down the river and in to the sea but I was never much of a swimmer and didn't really fancy the idea of having to explain to everyone why I was so wet. I like to picture something floating down, and following its course all the way to the bay and then out in to the ocean. I once imagined that a small shiny black pebble that I had spotted would float out and end up on an island where a little boy would pick it up and add it to a collection of stones and shells like I had once owned.

My favourite thing about this place was that I didn't have to share it with anybody, that it was completely untouched and there were no signs of anything else. There was just peace and time for myself. I felt ever so slightly selfish but then again, who would I share it with? My roommate that ignores me? The people to whom I only say a few words a day? My mother? I laughed mercilessly at the fact that there was nobody and although it was lonely, I liked it.

A.P.O.V

I woke up after a peaceful, dreamless sleep and yawned, stretching my arms above my head. I looked at the clock on my bedside table – 6.30 exactly– and slid out of bed, deciding that coffee sounded like a good idea. I skipped through to the kitchen, focused entirely on the kitchen, I stopped once reaching the machine and pulled my phone out, checking my messages as I went and then turned the thing on. I stood jumping on the balls of my feet and then turned the radio on, starting to dance a little to the music. It was then that I felt that there might be someone behind me and I turned to see Bella and Edward were both looking at me as though I was completely crazy. Hmm, they're probably right. I waved at them still bouncing up and down. I always find that I have so much energy in the mornings. I think it's a good thing although Edward normally complains about the fact that I can be 'this chipper so early in the morning' but he's just grumpy.

"Hey Alice" Bella said smiling at me. I looked between her and Edward; I think something might be going on between them. Oh I hope so; they would make such a cute couple.

"Hey Bella, hey Edward, what are you doing here?"

"I kind of fell asleep on the couch last night" I feel bad now, I should have made sure he was okay to get back home. Oh well, he seems fine. I think I ought to leave those two alone; it looks like they need to talk.

"Right, well I'm going to get changed and then go for a walk, see you later" I proclaimed skipping out of the room. I think I heard Bella say "Where does she get so much energy from" but it might have just been my imagination.

I was out of the door pretty fast, wrapped up in my new Chanel coat. I skipped along for a bit, whistling to no tune in particular. I was walking along next to the hedge that separated our boarding house from the school fields when I saw a figure duck in to a gap that I had never seen there before. I was a little curious as to where they were going but didn't want to follow them and seem like a stalker so I decided that I would go and explore it later.

I went left at the corner of two hedges and ended up at a little fountain. In the middle there were six figures and the water was shooting of two their hands. For some reason they looked oddly familiar. I noticed a bench on the other side and went and sat on it so I could examine the figures properly. They looked like they were made of marble. There were three girls and three guys, one of the girls and the three guys were very tall, while the other two were clearly much shorter. The girl and guy on the outsides had water shooting out of their hands which crossed over the heads of the other figures. It was really pretty. As I was staring at the familiar faces of the people it suddenly hit me who they reminded me of.

Ha ha, I'm not going to tell you yet, wow, I like feeling evil

You'll never guess who the mystery person is ... hence the reason they are a mystery!

You know what else is a mystery? Who the people on the fountain are

And of course there's the mystery of what will happen at the end but of course I'm not going to tell you that, it would spoil it, however, if you're really good at linking things up, you might get it fairly soon

Wow, with all this mystery around I think it's time for a review don't you?