Rising Sun
Chapter One
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me...Unfortunately
"There's someone here," Edward growled, his lips slightly pulled back to reveal his strong pure white teeth. Bella looked at him, her eyes widening in fear, her breathing growing increasingly ragged. "Is it Victoria? Or the Volturi? Or someone new? Someone even more dangerous." All these questions flooded through her head, and the panic began to bubble up in her chest. Suddenly she felt a cold hand on her own, entwining its long icy fingers with those on her warm hand. She turned to see Alice's face smiling warmly at her, her short black hair sticking out at all angles and still managing to make her seem angelic.
"Don't worry" she whispered to Bella in her melodic tones, "we'll keep you safe, no matter what."
Bella looked at her and smiled, she felt comforted by Alice's words and realised that no matter what was upstairs, there was no way that it could beat two powerful vampires like Edward and Alice. She glanced over silently at Edward and noticed that he had begun to ascend the stairs slowly and lithely stepping over the creaking wood, making no more noise than the rays of light which the sun flung down onto the Earth in the early hours of its waking.
His nostrils flared catching a scent that only he and his kind could smell, suddenly his pupils dilated. Their butterscotch gold turning darker by the second. His body went rigid his muscles locking into place. Bella gazed at him, her eyes taking in his body in a position so familiar and yet...she just couldn't seem to remember. Beside her something seemed to flinch and she tore her eyes away only to see Alice standing there beside her. Perfectly still, her eyes further away than the stars. She was seeing. Then all of a sudden she jolted. Bending over her beautiful face disrupted by pain, her eyes firmly locked onto Edward.
"How...?" she gasped her voice slightly courser, "how can this be? How can I be feeling this pain, this..." Alice broke off just as Edwards eyes began to bore into hers. The look in his eyes was unbearable for Bella.
"Alice what is it?! Please will somebody explain to me what's happening?"
"I...I had a vision" Alice whispered her sweet, sweet voice ringing with unbearable pain, "it was so strong, so vivid...Bella, I could actually smell it"
"Alice, please what did you see, what did you smell?" Bella cried her eyes beginning to cloud over with tears at seeing her loved ones in such absolute pain.
"Bella there was blood and it smelt so good Bella delicious, I could sense its warmth and life. But Bella...it wasn't me drinking it...it was...it was Edward"
Bella stared at Alice, numbness creeping into her bones. She searched Alice's face for some sign of a hidden joke, knowing that her search was in vain.
Alice wouldn't joke about something like that.
"What do you mean," Bella mumbled, her fingers slowly rising till they touched her lips, "Edward, I mean our Edward he would never do something like that. You know that Alice, we both do. I mean he didn't touch me when we first met. He sat there for an hour and got through it because he loves you all and his love for you is so strong. And Alice I'm his singer, his La Tua Cantante."
Bella gazed at Alice suddenly noticing her lack of eye contact with her, and she immediately knew, "You aren't telling me the whole truth...are you?"
Alice looked up at her this time making sure her gaze was level with Bella's. "You're right Bella, I'm not," was all Alice whispered in reply. "I told you I could smell this person's blood, that I could taste it just as Edward would be. And Bella I can tell you right now that this person. Their blood. It also sings to him. They are also Edward's La Tua Cantante.
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Author's Note:
Thanks to mia1601 I have finally decided to get back to this fic. So starting here I'm going to edit all of the chapters, I was looking through them and they are awful in some places, and then when that's done I will start to update again :] thanks to those of you that reviewed.
Edit: 26th May 2009