Legacy: A Twilight Fanfiction

Chapter Five

Alex was in a constant state of bliss. Ever since she had learned about Seth, he was all she could think about. The logical part of her brain told her to be afraid, to run and hide. But that part of her brain was muted by the part that was seeing his adorable smile and his compassionate expression. It didn't matter that he wasn't human, because she could feel in her gut that she could trust him.

Alex and Seth were sitting in her room, with the door open, talking about the Cullens. It had already been established that they were vampires, but Seth wasn't talking about that, he was talking about them as people. He told her things like Edward was really good at piano, Rosalie was a great car mechanic, and Jasper was just really great to talk to. He even told me about Renesmee.

"Actually, its interesting, I recently found out that you and Alice have the same last name," Seth said. "I mean Brandon isn't an uncommon last name, but from what I'm told, you guys look related," he said, frowning.

Alex went over to a her computer and pulled up a genealogy site.

"What did you say her full name was?" Alex asked as she logged into the website and bringing it to the right page.

"Mary Alice Brandon," Seth replied, shifting in his seat so that he was sitting beside Alex and could see the computer screen. Alex could feel him resting his head on her shoulder. She felt so comfortable with him and so at peace, she often found herself wondering if he was real or just a desperate fantasy. As she thought about the name, it sounded really familiar, like she had heard the name before whenever some of her older family members got together.

Unfortunately, Alex was the last of the family still alive, so she couldn't talk to them.

After a few minutes, a result popped up.

Mary Alice Brandon brought up a family tree. Every names before Mary Alice was unknown to Alex, but every name that came after her was easy to recognize.

She knew each of the names from Mary Alice's son, all the way down the line to her mother and then finally her name.

"Alice Cullen is my great, great, grandmother," Alex whispered, seeing the evidence in front of her. She knew the woman looked like her but she would have never guessed they were related. Okay, she would have but now that the evidence was right in front of her, it seemed to be a little different. Alex looked at Seth and smiled.

"I have a living relative," she cried as she threw her arms around his shoulders, and smiled happily. She didn't know what to do with the information but the knowledge seemed to jog some memories. Her grandmother had mentioned Mary Alice before but never in the most cheerful of ways. She had disappeared from and asylum. Seth had told her that Alice was psychic, and once that memory was triggered, it clicked that that's probably why she was there.

"Alice lost all of her human memories," Seth told her, frowning.

Alex couldn't believe what she was hearing. How could someone forget their entire life?

"Can we see them?" Alex asked, smiling.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Seth asked, clearly knowing her well enough to know she wasn't going to be talked out of this. It hadn't taken Seth long to learn that when Alex set her mind, he should just go along with it.

"Alright, I'll call over, see if they're up for company and we'll head over," he said taking out his cell phone.

When he finished making a call, he smiled at Alex and took her hand.

"Let's go," he said as they headed out the door to his car.

The drive over to the Cullens was quick with Seth considering he actually knew where he was going and knew where to turn off. As they went down the road,

Alex's stomach twisted nervously.

"They won't hurt you," Seth assured. "I wouldn't be taking you if I thought they were that dangerous."

Alex shook her head and sighed at the statement.

"I'm not nervous that they'll hurt me, I'm just..."

"Nervous," Seth finished for her and smiled warmly at her. Alex's cheeks flushed as he took her hand and rubbed it between his large, warm fingers. It was moments like this that she wished never had to end.

They pulled into the Cullens' driveway and Seth opened Alex's door for her. It was too late to back out now. She had to offer some type of explanation for why she was there. She was pretty sure they couldn't drive away and pretend they had never been there. If Alex was right, they'd known they were there upon pulling off of the highway.

They stepped towards the steps and Seth walked up to the door, reached out and opened it. Alex wasn't surprised, the way Seth talked made it easy to believe that Seth practically lived here. He took Alex's hand and guided her into a family room.

"I'm guessing you did some research," Carlisle said, stepping in from another room.

Alex nodded. Carlisle knew already. It was clear in his eyes, and once she nodded, he smiled.

"I'm guessing since you're here, Seth has filled you in on us," he said quietly.

Alex bit back the urge to laugh.

"He filled me in on a lot," she said thinking about how Seth had told her he'd witnessed the calm, placid doctor, dancing and singing to Abba.

"Is it true?" she asked him, seriously. Clearly a doctor had access to better genealogy resources than she did and would know for real.

Carlisle nodded and smiled. "From what I found, it is."

Alex smiled at Seth, who wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

"She knows about you," Carlisle said pointing to Alex. "But I'll let you guys fill her in about you!" He pointed at his arm around her shoulder. By looking at the couple, Carlisle could tell this boy would clearly die for this girl. And once Alice found out her last living relative was imprinted on, there was a chance he would.