Chapter One

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I was dreaming. I must have been. I tried to open my eyes but the soreness and puffiness of them made it impossible. I could hear an angel's voice calling for Dr. Carlisle Cullen. The angel held me close in his arms. His beautiful voice was soothing as he hummed a lullaby. The lullaby that he made for me. I felt another pair of stony hands touch me. This time it was a woman. "Esme?" I tried to speak but the sound was unclear. It was just a murmur. Enough for them to know I was awake.

"Bella!" The Angels voice was filled with relief and happiness. I had finally remembered was had happen. It attacked me.

He attacked me.

After the death of James, Laurent was infuriated and knew that I must be killed. It was unbearable to realize it but the truth was never good. Especially when it came to vampires. "He didn't bite her, but he got away." I heard Edwards voice. I was filled with rejoice as I forced my eyes to open and I got up to hug him.

I finally got a good glance at the room. It actually wasn't a room at all. It was the parking lot of the school. It was still night. Around two o'clock am. Carlisle and Esme helped me from the ground. Edward grabbed my arm to help me balance on the floor. My eyes were swollen from when he punched me to the floor.

"This hasn't ended I guess." Was all that Edward mumbled to himself with anger. His eyes were sincere but black and his teeth bearing, it was hard to not notice he was upset with me for walking at night. I thought back.

It was light out when I left home and Charlie would be worried sick. I remembered that it started to get dark as the long walk started to head home. But I guess it was too late. But once again, Edward came to my rescue, most likely with the help of Alice of course. Edward took me with home back to his house with the Mercedes. The car roared as he flew down the highway.

Finally in a mere ten minutes, we were there.

Edward lifted me from the car and took me into the house laying me on the couch beside the Grande Piano. Alice and Emmette followed into the house seconds after Edward set me down. Finally Esme, Carlisle, Rosalie and Jasper came through the door. They all moved like a cat across the floor; accept for Alice who danced her way to the couch.

They all smiled sincerely knowing that I'd be alright, accept for Rosalie, all she did was role her eyes and stomp/ ran up the stairs to her room. "This is obviously not ending soon." Emmette said with a strained face. Edward looked at him with almost the same expression. "He needs to know that he's never going to get her on our watch." Jasper said trying with his special 'powers' to try and calm everyone down.

No one seemed to notice. They were to strongly aggravated to be eased by his powers.

Alice paused in one position sitting on the couch. She must have been having another vision. Everyone went silent. Alice's tightly closed eyes flashed open, wide with despair, everyone worried.

"The…" She trembled. "Laurent is planning a trap." She started. "I see him, in a graveyard, its dark out." Alice looked as though she could barely picture her vision, like it was as vivid as her memory of her human life. "He has a gun." I looked confused. Why would a vampire need a gun to kill me? The question lingered until she spoke again. "He is waiting for something, or…" she stopped and looked at me.

"Someone."

She finished her sentence finally. Edward darted to my side. Like something was about to come. "Do you know when it is?" Esme asked eagerly. "No." Alice spoke blankly. She tried to look again into her vision. "But it will be between tonight and tomorrow night. It looks about midnight." Finally she finished looking.

I looked at Edward, his face serious and protective; he had his arms around me now, sitting on the edge of the couch.