"Awww, man! I was hoping that you had managed to solve it already" Jasper moaned, sinking further in to the chair that he was sat on.

"Can I just ask why, if, as you say this thing actually involves Tanya, James, Pieter and Joe, why are they not here?" Rosalie asked as she too sank in to the chair she was on.

"Ummm, yeah, well, as in the journal she kind of says how they betray her in the end I didn't really want to involve them"

"Oh, okay then"

"Can we solve the riddle now please!" Alice said as she jumped up and down a little more than before.

"Okay, so I think it sounds like they are possibly giving directions?" Edward suggested

"Yeah! Shall we go and see if they lead somewhere?" Alice practically shouted. "Come on, let's go!" She skipped out of the door and we all looked at each other, shrugged, then followed, skipping too. When Alice stopped outside of the building she turned around and saw us all skipping in a very ungracious manner and just raised an eyebrow. At that we all burst out laughing and Rosalie shouted out,

"Anything you can do, we can do better!" and we started laughing harder. Alice continued to look at us with the same bemused expression and we eventually calmed down.

"Okay, so 'turn once to the forest where the ground lies clear' any ideas?"

"That could mean that there's a clearing in the forest somewhere" I suggested and Alice smiled

"Yeah! Okay, we need to search the forest then! Everyone split up in to teams of two!" As she said this I heard the door open behind us and turned to see Joe trying to sneak away.

"Hey Joe!" Alice squealed in her hyperactive state, having clearly completely forgotten that she had wanted to not involve him.

"Hi guys, what are you all doing out here?"

"Solving mysteries!" She replied in a sing-song voice

"Cool, do you want any help?"

"Sure, you can go with Bella, we're going to hunt through the forest for a clearing and then I think we should meet back here at 2 and share our findings. I'm with Edward and Jasper is with Rosalie"

"Can I just ask one thing?"

"Yes Bella?"
"What's up with the random pairings?"
"I dunno, I wanted to shake things up a bit" I just shrugged at her "Okay, let's go!" She shouted again and then grabbed Edwards hand before running off with him tripping slightly being pulled along behind her.

"Okay then partner, let's go" I said to Joe and we left Rosalie and Jasper who were walking in the other direction completely talking about getting ice cream before starting searching.

"Just quickly, what are we looking for and why?"

"Oh, well you see, Alice has found this book and this statue and stuff and is basically following riddles around because she thinks it might lead to something big"

"Okay, so what are we trying to solve now?"

"For the next step to saving what was once here

Turn once to the forest where the ground lies clear

And walk past the dark, show no fear

In the water an answer to be found

And more questions for one to sound"I quoted at him, proud that I had managed to remember it word perfect. "So, any ideas?"

"Hmmm, well I think there's a clearing about half a mile into the forest which has a river running through it, do you think that might be it?"
"I don't know, I think it's a good idea to start with though?"
"Okay, let's go!" At this, for some reason we started running to the forest but being my usual clumsy self, I tripped and fell in to Joe's back and we both ended up on the floor. "Well that wasn't very nice"

"Well, I'm sorry but it's not my fault that I'm almost physically incapable of walking across a flat surface without tripping"
"Really, so whose is it?"
"Yours" I replied

"Nu-uh"

"Uh-huh"

"Nu-uh" Joe stood up as he replied and I just stayed on the floor staring up at him

"Uh-huh"

"Nu-uh, come on, this is childish, shall we go look for the clearing" He offered me his hand to help me up

"Fine" I sighed as I stood, taking his offered hand for extra support. We walked in to the forest and once the light started to fade Joe started whistling again. I didn't recognize the tune at all, it sounded kind of like classical music. "What are you whistling?"

"Oh, ummm, it's a piece of music called Danse Macabre, it's the music to the opening credits of a TV show called Jonathan Creek and it's been stuck in my head since I watched it this morning."

"Still morbid I see"

"Hellz yeah! The piece of music has a pretty awesome background, it was originally written about the devil playing music in a graveyard and then all these demons started coming out for the night and stuff" I just shook my head at his enthusiasm for the topic.

"Okay, it sounds pretty cool" I said and he just grinned before starting humming something different entirely. We walked further in to the forest with Joe leading for a while until I knew that there was no way I would be able to find my way out by myself "Okay, so, tell me about yourself" I said, wanting to take my mind off of the fact that I was in a rapidly darkening forest that I couldn't navigate.

"Well, what do you want to know?"

"I don't know, parents? Childhood? Whatever you want"

"Well, I lived in a town about two hours away from here up until I was about five but then my dad was murdered and my mum couldn't handle the constant reminders so we moved to Alaska for about three years but then my mum apparently couldn't handle me so I got sent to a foster home here in England and Edward's dad's cousin took me in which is how I know them and why they call me a second cousin even though we aren't actually related. I don't know where my mum is now but I wouldn't say I miss her, we were never close."

"Oh my god" I couldn't believe that this happy but slightly morbid guy had a history similar to mine in a way.

"Okay, so that was boring, how about something different!"

"What do you have in mind?" I asked, suddenly suspicious of what he could possibly think of as an activity for the middle of a forest.

"Don't panic, it's a wonderful idea!" He stated loudly with a grin spreading across his face.

What could Joe possibly have planned? All shall be revealed in my next update of course! :)

And there's a possiblity that the riddly thing will get solved but it might prove a shock for a certain character or two

Okay, so i'm like super proud that i managed to update twice this weekend and now that the story is flowing again i'll try to update on wednesday (i'm busy on mondays, tuesdays, thursdays and fridays so there's little chance of an update on those days)

Oh, i would like to say that blondiegirl44678 is particularly awesome (see look, i wrote a new chapter since yesterday!)

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