Hello Everyone. This is my version of new moon, called Red Moon. I'm making it a little darker, a little more desperate. Things will be out of order, I'm pulling events from the book but I am not following the storyline. After all if I wanted that, I could just read the books. :) So I hope you enjoy it, I know the first chapter is on the shorter side, but I'm at work...and I should get to it. :) Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Edward had left. The light had gone as quickly as it came, and I was lost in the darkness. How could he? All his promises…declarations of love, all fake? My mind had stopped, unable to process the news as I was left to the mercy of the woods. I wasn't scared. I wasn't anything but a statue of a girl named Bella. Time passed, I'm not sure how much, and I felt someone lift me into their arms. It felt odd to be leaning against something so soft after hours of being prodded by tree bark. Charlie… my father- I had never seen him so worried. In my disillusionment I took note of the downward curve of his top eyelid, how his eyes were so tense with worry they were almost closed.
"I'm okay Charlie…" I said, softly spoken.
I knew he didn't believe me, I didn't believe me. It was all I could do to attempt to ease his pain. After all I was the one left behind to suffer, not him.
The next thing I remember was the aid I received getting into my bedroom. The words were very unclear, almost fuzzy, so every time they stopped I entered a casual 'I was just going for a walk.' Or 'I'm fine stop worrying about me.' The next part was the hardest…the silence, the darkness, the window where I expected to see my Edward, smiling back at me with a crooked grin. I needed to feel him…and a panic rose in my chest, tightening and strangling me. My birthday gifts…where were they? Gone? My hands searched franticly… I couldn't breathe. Eventually I felt myself get dizzy through the blur of tears, and my body hit the floor.
Sleep wasn't much better. My first nightmare was running through the forest. We were laughing at first, Edward and I. Then he got…faster and faster. It got to the point where I couldn't see him anymore. I called out for him repeatedly until I couldn't scream or run anymore and stopped. I remember it getting dark and being surrounded by deep red eyes, I screamed.
"Bella, what's-"Charlie.
As soon as he realized what was happening he moved over to my bed, shaking my trembling shoulders. My eyes shot open wide and I froze seeing his face. I didn't have to say anything, I was obviously confused.
"Wh-What are y-you d-doing here?"
I was surprised how much my voice was shaking. I was even more surprised to learn that my whole body was doing the same thing. Charlie felt awkward. I could see it in the way he shifted on the bed.
"You alright?" Eloquent as always
"Yeah…I'm fine. Just a dream."
Time passed, life became monotonous. Get up, pick my clothes up off the floor…go to school, come home, have Charlie make me eat some kind of horrible take out, and go to bed. Weekends were quite similar…cut out the school and getting dressed part and you basically had my life. Something was different about today… I felt an uncomfortable sensation in my arms and legs… I couldn't sit still. Sitting up, I decided to go for a walk… just to get everything out and loosen up. I slipped on a pair of blue jean shorts and a black tank top.
"Going for a walk." I called to Charlie.
He looked over at me surprised; I should have felt gratitude that he looked at all. What with the game on the TV and all…I found myself walking into the woods, the woods where he left me that day. I was more clumsy than usual; I kept slipping and sliding down the uneven ground. One slip was when it'd happened. I screamed out in pain and reached around to my back where I felt an intense amount of pain. There was a broken bottle behind me, no doubt from the local kids partying in the woods where they thought people like my father wouldn't find them. While it hurt…I was grateful. I was feeling something… and even though it was pain; it was so strong, and it excited me. Then I realized I was bleeding, maybe…just maybe Edward would have to come out. He could smell my blood and wouldn't have a choice but to come to me. Before I knew what I was doing the bottle had been scrapped a crossed my arm, my thighs. I was bleeding everywhere, and my eyes searched the forest for that all too familiar outline. There was nothing…just silence and the sun slowly setting. I hadn't realized it, but I had been breathing rather heavily. I only noticed because I stopped when I saw a figure walking toward me. It worked! Edward came back; he must have still loved me.
"Bella? What are you do- what happened to you?!" No…not Edward. Jacob.