So, basically I was rereading New Moon and got this idea in my head, what if Bella had been too late to save Edward? And that's really where this all came from. Also I love Edward, I'm totally and completely Team Edward and thus harbor no ill will to the character, so I hope you enjoy and please review.
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters, settings, etc. they all belong to the brilliant, Stephanie Meyer.
Too Late
I was screaming his name but he didn't respond he put his foot forward to take the fatal step and I knew I was too late. As the clock tolled again they rammed into Edward with such force that had the clock not been billowing already the entire square would have turned their heads to see the ruckus. As it was I was the only one who noticed, I heard a scream coming from their direction but both the figures had pulled Edward out of view. It wasn't enough to hide the truth from me though because at that moment I knew Edward was dead.
He was truly dead, not in his usual undead way but actually dead, gone from this world to the next. I collapsed, my knees hitting hard against the stone but I didn't care. As the tears filled my eyes all I cared about was that I had been too late Edward was gone. It was all my fault, I wasn't fast enough, I was the stupid, clumsy, slow human that couldn't even make it in time to save the man I loved. I let the agony take me, unlike the last time there was no hope no consolation. I knew some people around me had begun to stare, one lady was looking at me as if I was a total nut case, which I probably was, but none of it mattered. I hoped the Volturi would take me, kill me, I didn't want to live when he was gone.
I must have sat there for hours because the crowds were dissipating and it was getting darker. Then I felt a cold hand touch my shoulder lightly, I turned it was Alice. Her eyes gave away the depth of her sorrow. She knelt down next to me and embraced me in a strong hug that expressed both comfort and our shared pain, after all she had lost her brother today. Few minutes after sitting there in the embrace, with my tears staining her shirt, she pulled back.
"Bella." She said softly in nearly a whisper. I just looked at her, waiting for her to continue. "Bella, we have to go now." She said in a low voice again but it displayed her sadness more than anything else, except for in her golden eyes. I continued to stare at her blankly making no move to get up. "Bella, we have to go or the Volturi…" She let her sentence trail off, we both knew if we didn't leave soon the Volturi would kill us, too. Which at this point I thought wasn't such a bad thing for me but Alice, she had get back to Jasper, I didn't want him to loose his love too, nor did I want her to die, and even if I didn't want to come I knew she could easily carry me off, so I began to stand.
As we were walking away I stopped suddenly realized something, "Alice," I began, but then stopped. She waited for a second then asked, "Yes?"
"How are we still alive?" I was confused, shouldn't the Volturi have already killed us because of what Edward had done, or rather tried to do.
"Aro." She stated plainly. I was confused and I let it show through my already tear filled eyes. "He likes Carlisle," She began, "he doesn't want to hurt him further, and since neither of us has tried anything, or rather I haven't, they don't know your alive much less her, they've decided to let us go." I simply nodded my head in response, she wrapped her strong, cold arm around my shoulder as we walked back to where she had parked the car. I went around to my side, slid in and once again let the pain take me, as we drove away from the place where the love of my life had died.
Ok, so that's the first chapter, I don't know how long this story's going to be, that probably depends on the reviews I get so review, and constructive criticism welcome. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it. Yes, its short but there will be more.