Our Shining Moment
Chapter 1
Bella POV
"Bella! Where are you?" Alice yelled. I snickered. Alice has been going crazy with wedding details. I quickly ran out into the forest from my hiding place under Carsile's desk. I yawned. I had been way too tired lately, because Alice has been keeping me up doing wedding details and other things that I don't even understand. Dad and Edward are at the Hospital, today. Edward does not work there, but Dad needed extra help today. I sighed. Edward help me! I silently begged
. I knew Alice was going to find me sooner or later. You can not hide well, when you have a heartbeat, and your vampire friend has super hearing. I decided to go hunting. I hunted down and killed a few deer. Then I layed down in the grass. The grass of our meadow. Just then I heard an animal. I sat up and sniffed. It smelled odd, and I didn't hear a heart beat. I stood up and looked around to see a panther enter the meadow. I was confused. I have not seen any panthers around this area before. I shrugged, who cares. I pulled down to a crouch and got ready to pounce. It looked like the panther did the same, it is messing with my head.
I lunged at it, and it lunged at me. We both fell to the ground. I got some punches at it. I had the upper hand. Then the panther scratched me along my stomache. I screamed. Why did this hurt so much? It is just a panther. I got up and felt the pain on my stomache and growled. I shrugged off the pain and pounced on it again. I hit it in the ribs and it scratched my cheek. Man, that stung! All of a sudden, I went into the dark and I could see no more.
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I woke up and looked around. I was still in the meadow. The panther was no where in sight. I winced as I moved. I stood up quickly and looked at my stomache. Three long gashes covered my pale skin. I touched my cheek, I winced. But I had to see how bad it was. It started from the bottom of my eye to the side of my face. They both hurt so much. I need to get back to the house. I put my hand around my middle, and started to walk. I didn't think I went that far out, but I must have sense I am not even close to the house yet.
My cell phone started ringing. I kept walking as I tried to find it in any of my pockets. Before I knew what was happening I tripped over a branch and hit the ground. My eyes widened in shock. I had not tripped since I was human. I quickly forgot about that and found my cell phone in my left pocket. I pulled it out and put it to my ear.
"Hello?" I said breathlessly. "Bella? Are you alright? Where are you?" Edward asked. "I am in the woods." I said, hoping I could dodge the other question. "Why are you in the woods?" "Hunting." I said, as I got off the ground. I whimpered. Big mistake. "What's wrong?" Edward asked. "Nothing. Don't worry about me." I continued. "I will be back at the house in a couple minutes." "Alright. See you soon, Bells." Edward said. "Bye." I said, and hung up. I knew Edward couldn't see me like this. So I decided to go to my apartment first, to patch myself up.
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Edward POV
Something is wrong. But Bella will be home in a couple of minutes. I stood by the front door anxiously. Edward. Something's wrong. I can't see Bella in my visions. Alice said to me in her thoughts. I frowned. I decided to call Bella again.
Bella POV
I had my first aid kit out and was just finishing wrapping my torso, when Edward called again. I sighed and answered it. I tried to make my voice sound better than before. "Hello." I said in a normal voice. "Bella, where are you?" Edward asked worried. "Don't worry, Edward. I just finished up, I am coming back now. But I cant, if you don't stop calling me." I said. "Okay." Edward said saddened. "Love you." I said. "Love you, too. Bye." "Bye." I said. I hung up and grabbed a band aid to cover the scar on my cheek. I knew he would question it but if I have any pain I can just say it was an animal, and it will be gone soon. But the truth was I didn't know if these scars were going to disappear. Because I was not even sure if that was a panther. I mean it looked like one and everything, but something was off about it.
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I walked into the house and was quickly crushed into a hug by Edward. My stomache was screaming in pain. "Edward. Remember she is still half-human. You are hurting her." Jasper said. Edward quickly let go. "I am sorry. I just missed you." Edward said. "I missed you too." I said, looking down. I had not looked up yet. "Bella. Look at me." Edward said. I still didn't look up. Edward put his hand under my chin and pulled my head up to see my face. His eyes immediately rested on the band-aid.
"What happened?" Edward asked worriedly. "Edward don't worry. It is nothing. I just tripped in the forest and got a scratch." I said. Technically, I was not lying. I did trip, but that's not how I got the scratch. "You tripped?" Emmett asked, coming into the room. I smiled even though it hurt. "Yes, I tripped." I said. "A half-vampire." Emmett laughed. My eyes narrowed as I said, "Yes, me. Actually I tripped multiple times. Which is weird because I have not tripped since I was fully human." If anything, Emmett just laughed harder. Edward growled.
"Really, Edward. I am fine." I said again. Edward walked up and slowly pulled the band aid off. I knew what the scar looked like. This one had started to go away already but my stomache still looked the same. "See? It is already disappearing." I said. He was about to say something when Alice yelled, "There you are, Bella!" I groaned. "Come on, Bella." Alice said. She grabbed my hand and started to drag me out of the room. I mouthed Help Me, to Edward who just laughed. We went up the stairs and into Alice's room. "Alright. What kind of fabric, detail, etc. would you like for your dress?" She asked. I groaned again.
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Still Bella POV
That was horrible. I walked down the stairs slowly, not wanting to feel any pain. Everyone was in the living room watching TV except Alice, Carsile, and me. Alice was still upstairs planning things, and Carsile will be home in a couple of minutes from the hospital. "How did it go?" Edward asked, coming over to me. "Scary." I said. He smiled, then frowned. "What's wrong?" I asked. "Are you feeling alright?" He asked. "Yeah. Why?" "Well, its just you look paler, than normal." I shrugged.
Just then Carsile came in the door. "Good evening." He said, and smiled. He went over and kissed Esme. He smiled as he looked at our family till he looked at me and frowned. "What happened?" He asked. Now I frowned. "What is wrong with everyone? It is nothing. Just a little scratch. Don't worry." I said, frustrated. "What happened?" He repeated. I sighed. "I tripped, when I was in the wood's, hunting. But really it is nothing. It is already disappearing, daddy." I said. He loved it when I called him daddy. "Alright." He said. "I'm bored." Emmett said.
All of a sudden, Alice cam bouncing down the stairs. "Let's play truth or dare." She said. "Yeah!" Emmett shouted. Jasper and Rosalie were playing also. So Edward and I joined in. We all looked at Carsile and Esme. Esme shook her head and Carsile said, "We think we will stay out of this game. Have fun." Then picked Esme up bridal style and ran upstairs. I giggled. "ME! ME, FIRST!!" Emmett screamed. I giggled again. "Okay. Emmett. Truth or Dare." Alice asked. "DARE!" Emmett screamed. "Okay. I dare you to eat a ham and cheese sandwich." Emmett wrinkled his nose, but stood up and started walking to the kitchen. Suddenly he stopped, "I don't know how to cook." He said. I stood up, "I will make it for you." I said.
Even though I usually don't eat human food, I still know how to make it. I walked into the kitchen with Edward and Emmett behind me. As I was making it, I smelled this really gross smell. "What's that smell?" I asked Edward. "What kind of smell?" He asked. I shrugged. I picked up the sandwich about to give it to Emmett, when I smelt the sandwich, I wrinkled my nose. It smells revolting. "That's odd." I said. "What?" Edward asked, coming over to me. I handed the sandwich to Emmett and he went into the living room. "Usually, human food smells good to me. But I have to throw it up later. But right now it smells revolting." I said, as we went back in the living room together. Edward frowned. Then I felt pain. I froze. "Bella?" Edward asked. "She is in pain." Jasper said. Edward's eyes widened. Suddenly the pain increased. I screamed and fell to the ground clutching my stomache. It almost felt like my change but worse. I heard Dad and Mom coming down the stairs. I clutched my stomache harder, and blacked out.
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When I woke, I had no clue of where I was. I looked around to see three people staring at me. "How are you feeling?" One asked, stepping up. I automatically shrunk back in the pillow of the bed I was on. "She is confused." Another one said. The last one stepped up. "Bella. You were in pain. Carsile cant figure out what is wrong." "What's going on? What are you talking about? Who are you?" I asked. "Bella?" It said again. "Who's Bella?" I asked. His eyes widened along with the others. "Your name is Bella. I am Edward, your fiancé. Carsile is your father. And Jasper will be your brother-in-law." Edward said. "What are you talking about?" I asked, getting off the bed.
I walked out the bedroom door and down the stairs. "How are you feeling?" A lady asked, she had perfect features, and brownish, blondish hair that has curls. "Um…fine. Who are you?" I asked. She frowned. "Esme. Your step-mom." She said. I nodded, still confused. My "dad" cam down the stairs. "Somehow, she lost her memory." He said. Just then I felt searing pain at my stomache. It felt like da jay vu. I fell to the ground. I felt my body go cold, I felt a burning in my lungs, and I blacked out.
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I woke up again. I felt different. "Bella?" I looked over to see Edward next to me. "Yes?" I asked. "You remember?" He asked. My eyes widened. "I am so sorry. I cant believe I forgot you." I said, sobbing. "Bella, your sobbing." He said. "Thank you, Captain Obvious." I said. "No, Bella you are dry-sobbing." He said. My eyes widened. "Edward I feel different too. I feel like my abilities are enchanced. Everything feels enchanced." And it was true, my eyesight and hearing seemed better. "Bella. You don't have a heartbeat anymore. I think you became full vampire."
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Hello Everyone. I know that this story probably went in a whole other direction than you thought it would go. Because I know I did. But I like stories that usually throw a curve. So yeah. Lol. I hope you liked it. I am starting to get a little bit stuck, on what I should do for more chapters so if you have any ideas feel free to tell me. Please Review. Thanks.
Vanessa
(Vanessa Cullen 17)
