Chapter 12
Alice POV
So there I was sitting on my bed thinking about how things could have been different like when we were children life for my family seemed so simple … or so I thought.
Flashback
Life way back when I was no more than five years old it was one of the happier times. Stefan and Damon used to be my best friends oh the many times the three of us pintsized being used to event different new and exciting games to play. I just barely fitted into the gowns my mother had me dress in I am two years younger than my brothers so even back then I was tiny I only reached half of my brothers height.
At that time in my life my parents were very good at hiding things from us especially father we didn't have a clue about how manipulating he could be. Even now I don't understand why he did the things he did or why mother would disappear into the cellar or else go into the woods my life is still a big mystery to me.
"Come on Ali" said Damon shouting over to me to join Stefan and him 'Ali' used to be Damon's nickname for me. Little old me used to run then as fast as my tiny little legs could take me over to him.
"Da" I shouted in my childlike voice when I jumped into his open arms.
"So Ali are you ready for an adventure?" said Damon to me he was nine at the time
"Yeah Da lets have fun!" I squeaked back at him
"Damon that's not safe" said Stefan in his cautious tone even then he still acted so mature and serious.
"Come on Stef stop being so boring" said Damon playfully even back then Damon was always the source of entertainment
"Fine" said Stefan after a pause to think of a response
The three of us off on another adventure back then nothing could stop us. There was a large enough wooded area filled with pine trees not too far from our house where we used to play from time to time. We played those usual kid games like catch and hide in go seek as it is called nowadays. You see we weren't the only ones to visit the forest that day the forest also had another visitor too our mother.
I first started to see our mother in the woods a couple of years before then my brother took no notice of her but I always did. She used to come in there to search things like herbs or spices sometimes other things unknown to me and stored them into jars being a child I always just accepted things as it was. She then would continue the routine of after going to the woods disappearing into her room to store them I sometimes saw small creatures like squirrels in that room of hers too.
The herbs I realised later on my mother sold to people to be used for various things like cooking or cures but the animals till this day make no sense to me. when it started to get dark we would follow our mother back to our home which was a mansion oh the simple life right. My father would kiss us goodnight and our mother would tell us another story old about our homeland Italy.
My father also had his own private room so that when he even made it to our house as he was always busy with the council meetings. The things my father did whatever they were seemed to last the whole day.
End of Flashback
The days are starting to turn into weeks and the weeks are starting to turn into months. My once flat stomach has gradually turned into the seize of a slightly oval football well what do you expect when you are eight months along in my pregnancy. My brothers are becoming creepy stalker protective I mean come on I can't even go for leisurely strolls (more like a fast run for humans) anymore I feel like this whole boarding house is slowly becoming my own personal prison/hell.
I haven't seen any werewolf attacks as of recent so I have to assume that there tiny little brains are hatching some sort of a plan I also assume to worst. I worry for the sake of my child I mean they attacked me once before and the next time they do could be catastrophic not just me life could be at stake. I am continuing to waddle around waiting for the inevitable to happen and it is killing me.
I own nothing … the only characters that are mine are Alice and Isabelle Salvatore the other characters are owned by L.J Smith and the TVD TV show. The next chapter will introduce the werewolves to see what they are doing silence is never a good thing. I thank you all for reading my story so far and I look forward to seeing what you think of this new chapter please review to share your thoughts with me .