A/N: Sorry! I know I'm about two days late on this update but I had school work to do and honestly it completely skipped over my mind Teusday and Wednesday. I only remembered around 4th period today... I know... Shame on me...

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Summary: Bella Swan is suddenly teleported to the Bronze Age through a mysterious portal where she's suddenly accused of murder. There's a mysterious man helping her and it turns out he's the queen's son, heir to the throne! Join Bella in her quest to prove her innocence, and more improtantly, to return home before it's too late.

Rating: M (For several reasons, enough said.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, it belongs to SM. What does belong to me though is this plot and any original characters that I add in there. I repeat: I make no profit off of this.

CHAPTER THREE

It was currently early dawn, the sun probably hadn't even blessed the earth with its presence yet. The roosters were not singing yet. There were no voices around the city except for the soft whispers that couldn't be heard. Since that was the case, why was someone furiously knocking on his door so early in the morning? The knocking never stopped; it continued for several seconds. After what seemed like an eternity, Alice burst into his room with a wide grin on her face. Damn it, that grin never meant well.

"Mind telling me why you woke me up before the sun's even up?"

"Um yeah, duh, why else would I be here, stupid Edward, if I wasn't going to say anything?" Alice crossed her arms.

Edward shrugged. "I don't know, because you're stupid?" A hand swatted his head. "Hey! Don't do that!" he complained while rubbing the now sore spot on his head.

"Well, that's what you get for calling me stupid." Alice stuck out her tongue before flopping down on his bed. "I need your help trying to prove Bella's innocence."

"Who the hell is Bella?" Edward snarled then sighed, realizing she was referring to the alleged murderer. "Alice..." His voice lowered, suspicion clouding his tone, "Please tell me you did not go see the killer."

Alice shrugged, "I didn't."

"Tell me without lies."

"I didn't," she replied again causing Edward to sigh. Oh what he would have done if she had gone to see the vile creature that murdered his brother... "She's not the killer."

Edward's eyes widened, "For all that is holy Alice!" he hissed, rage clearly evident in the veins pulsing by his temporal. "You can't go see criminals like it's okay!"

Alice crossed her arms and tapped her foot on the ground, almost as if she was impatient. "She's not a criminal! I can feel it!"

Edward shook his head, oh gosh, this was happening all over again.

"Come on, you believe me, don't you?"

Edward shook his head, vigorously, enough to give him whiplash. "No, actually I don't."

"Well, you have to!" Alice whined, like a child.

"Why is that?"

"Because I'm your sister and you owe me!" Alice lifted an eyebrow deviously, obviously catching him off guard. Edward snarled at her and clenched his fists.

"That's a low blow, even for you Alice." He hissed, "You know what happened with Tanya was unavoidable."

A loud, sarcastically evil laugh passed Alice's lips, "Oh please. The point is, I cleaned up your mess, so you need to help me to pay me back."

Edward sighed then stood up, trying to put as much distance between him and his sister as possible. "Alice..." He was getting exasperated. "They caught her in the act. If she didn't do it, then who the hell did?!"

Alice chuckled, as if he was spouting nonsense, as if he was the one who was not understanding what the situation entailed. He knew exactly the risks, making Alice's chuckle very annoying. "Silly Edward. That's what we need to figure out."

It took a lot of willpower to not drag her out the room and present her to Esme. She would know how to deal with people like Alice. However, her threat still hang in the air, he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. "Meaning, you have no idea who could have possibly done it."

Alice lifted an eyebrow, again, as if to say he was stupid for even thinking that. It was a I-can't-believe-you're-so-dumb look. "Well, of course not, otherwise Bella wouldn't be in jail and whoever did it would be."

Edward sighed again; he'd been sighing a lot lately. Now that he thought about it, how could someone like this so-called Bella enter the palace anyway? She did not sound normal, appearing out of thin hair. Generally people who want to kill royals try to be as sneaky as possible; they would rather end their lives than get caught and this Bella person did not. Why was that?

"Bella." Edward whispered, "That sounds foreign. Where is she from?"

Alice shrugged. "I don't know. But gosh, Edward, you should see her! She's so beautiful, like her name. Her hair is so long and such a dark brown; well, I couldn't see much because it was dark and I only had my small lamp Oh, and she wears these weird clothes. They look nothing like ours, they make ours look really flimsy but hers are tight and hang close to her form. Isn't that weird?"

Edward stared; he was already used to Alice's long-winded chatterbox self but it had been a while. He sighed. "Yeah, that is weird. Is there a new merchant around? Selling cloth from other kingdoms?"

Alice stared in thought for a moment, "Not that I know of. It's always the same five people..." She thought for another moment, then shook her head, "Yes, that's all."

Edward crossed his arms, his eyebrows knitting in thought. "Then where could she have gotten them? We are at peace with other kingdoms, well except for one, but they never resolved to murder before. Are they trying to throw us off?"

Alice's eyes narrowed. "That's exactly what I was thinking." Gosh, how he hated when Alice did that. Her weird split personality was just scary at times. The usual chipper Alice was completely different from the now serious and calculating Alice. "She looks absolutely foreign, and I have not heard of any new materials on the market. That's why I can tell she didn't do it. Besides, you should see the poor girl's face, you can clearly see she didn't do it."

Edward leaned against a nearby table, his hands aimlessly wandering around the smoothened rock beneath his hand. "Good point." He agreed, "It just doesn't make any sense. The guards checked the room thoroughly, there was no one there and no signs of anyone leaving before mother entered."

Alice frowned, "What are we missing?"

A silence stretched in the room; this was a really complicated question. Alice suddenly clapped with a bright smile, "All right, well I think it's time for you to meet her!"

Edward's expression darkened, in disgust, revulsion, and something else that definitely was not positive. "No." He bit out, "Not going to happen." Commoners were not worth his time and effort. He agreed to help the girl and nothing more.

"Edwaaaaard," Alice sang, letting the threat hang in the air once again.

Another silence stretched, this time the two stared into each other's eyes, almost as if they were having a staring contest.

"Fine, I'll be there in an hour," he bit out reluctantly and when Alice showed no signs of leaving, he motioned towards the door. "The door is that way."

Alice giggled and bounced over to the door. "Make it thirty minutes." And with that, she left, the bronze door clanging loudly where it met the hinges.

"I hate her," Edward muttered, before walking inside his shower to bathe and ready himself.

Alice one, Edward zero.

A/N: Oh Alice, typical of her I know. What do you guys think so far? Can anyone guess who the killer is? I'll dedicate each chapter to the first person to guess right once the killer is revealed. :D

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Next chapter: Bella meets Edward... Any thoughts as to what first impressions are going to be?

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