AN: I know it's been a while since I last updated, but I was on vacation in Florida and now time is against me. :-( Well... none of you want to hear it so I'm going to shut up and type.

Disclaimer: I only own Stephanie and the idea...

Chapter 7: Seeing the Past

"How is that possible?" Alice finally managed to ask. "We look nothing alike!"

I shrugged. "We were always opposites in every way. I was tall while you were short, I saw that past and you saw the future. I took after our 'mother' more while you took after dad. Cynthia was the 'normal' one... a mixture of you and me. Of course, she wasn't cursed with our gifts..." I trailed off.

Alice was looking down at her hands; I couldn't see her face. The other Cullens were looking at me in disbelief. I stood quietly. "I'm sorry. I knew that I shouldn't have said anything." As I turned to flee, a hand grasped me by the shoulder.

I turned and discovered that the hand belonged to Alice. "You said that Stephanie can pull up old memories right?" Slowly, I nodded my head. "So she can pull up my memories so that I can remember you can't she?"

I shrugged. "If she wanted to, she could try. It depends on how far gone your memories are."

Steph stood beside me. "I'll do it. Give me your hand Alice. Bella, hold Alice and I up." I grabbed a hold of both of them just before Alice grasped Stephanie's hand.

The strangest thing happened...I found myself watching Alice's memories also; somehow, I had joined Stephanie and Alice in Alice's mind.

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"What the hell are you doing here Bella?" Stephanie asked as I materialized.

"I don't know! Let's just find Alice's memories quickly before the Cullen's freak out." Alice nodded in agreement. Stephanie closed her eyes and memories started to show themselves. After about 5 minutes of searching, Stephanie managed to pull up the first memory from mine and Alice's human life.

I watched the scene of the day where Alice and I were taken away. Again I watched Cynthia cling to us, and again I watched the person whom I had once called my mother say that we no longer existed.

As the scene ended, Alice, Stephanie, and myself all passed out...

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I awoke to a ferocious growling. I quickly opened my eyes and jumped into a crouching position. Both Alice and Stephanie were lying on the ground, just barely beginning to stir. The scene in front of me shocked me.

Edward and Esme were in front of me, facing away just as Emmett was doing with Carlisle in front of Stephanie and Alice.

"What's going on?" I asked in shock as I slipped out of my crouch. Jasper's furious eyes instantly met mine.

"What did you do to my wife?" he snarled. Edward and Esme shifted more towards Stephanie since she was still coming to.

"I didn't do anything to Alice!" I replied just before Jasper lunged at me in anger, catching everyone off guard. I didn't have time to react before I found myself pinned to the ground.

Jasper tore at me, managing to rip my arm off. As I cried in agony while Edward and Emmett fought to get Jasper off of me, a voice stopped Jasper dead in his actions. "Jasper!" Alice yelled, "What the HELL do you think you're doing?!?!"

He immediately dropped my detached arm and ran to embrace Alice. What he got instead was a swift knee to the groin. As Jasper slumped to the floor, Alice ran over to me. "Bella, are you okay?"

Carlisle and Stephanie rushed over to me along with Esme. "Just peachy," I replied as Carlisle quickly pressed my detached arm to my shoulder. He sent Esme to grab bandages so that he could bind my whole shoulder, keeping my arm still until it was fully reattached.

As the muscles and everything else began to reattach, Carlisle quickly bandaged it tightly. Stephanie and Alice lifted me and careully carried me to a couch though I protested. A few moments later, Jasper was able to pick himself up off of the floor successfully. He sent an incredulous glance at my sister.

"If you EVER do that to my sister again, you will regret it. You may be my husband, but you will not get away with hurting her," Alice said quickly.

I almost smiled; my sister was back!

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AN: Alright... I'm ending it there. I've been typing for 2 hours to update this and One Minute of Heaven, so my back hurts. This chair is really uncomfortable. If you could leave a review, that would be great!! Also, please take the time to read a new one-shot I've posted recently: Catch Me When I Fall. Reviews would be much appreciated!!!!