Inset usual fan fiction disclaimer :)
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1 : The Awakening
I could barely remember. While the scorching pain throbbed through my body and limbs, I could hardly think coherently. Nor could I comprehend the reason for the frantic voices around me. My eyes were tightly shut. My hands clenched in unrelenting fists.
We can't keep her here. She's a danger to us!
One bite and we are as good as dead.
Two different voices sounding from either side of me accused.
A third voice said my name and something else, but my mind was clouding over again. Before I lost conscience, I recognized the angry but familiar third speaker. Jacob.
My personal sun after Edward's departure. I smiled.
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The next time I woke, I found my surroundings disturbingly quiet. I made an effort to open my eyes but my lids felt heavy under some phantom weight. A thin line of light slipped into my sight before my lid instinctively shut together again.
As my conscience returned, so did the unexplainable pain. Then a realization hit me: I must be on the operating table. My last memory was jumping off the cliff and fighting the monstrous current that I forgot to take into account before my leap. Now I am remembering the blue and gray waves gripping me with its ice cold arms and Jacob wrestling with the water, trying to drag me toward the shore. It was probably Jacob who brought me to the hospital. Couldn't they give me something for the pain?
The throbbing was intensifying and I couldn't help but let out a scream.
The sound pierced my ears. I realized that I've not only been holding my eyes shut but also my lips. With good reason because my scream was the most frightening sound I've ever heard. Obviously this caused some reaction from the medical staff because I heard footstep quickly scrambling in my direction. I waited for the shot of morphine but no one arrived until a good minute passed.
Finally a door opened and slammed, followed by a stream of profanity.
Damn bloodsuckers! Bella, can you hear me?
It was Jacob's voice again, and I made a real effort to open my eyes this time. The blinding light was there again, but as my opened my eyes further, I saw that the light had formed a halo around the shadow that must be Jacob's head. I tried to focus my sight on the face that leaned toward mine but the light behind him was distractingly beautiful, casting a thousand rays each in a difference shade.
"Where am I?" I demanded to know the source of this magical light that was at the same time monochromatic and colorful.
"Bella, how are you feeling?" Jacob ignored my question but his voice drew my attention from the light.
"Better."
As I said this I realized that the pain was receding. The morphine must be kicking in. I wonder how much damage I manage to do to have caused this much pain.
"Am I going to be ok?"
"Of course," Jacob answered after the briefest pause.
"Good," I decided to believe him. For now. "Can I get up?"
"Can you?"
Concern was evident over his face. Jacob was never good at hiding his feelings. But since he didn't outright say "No", I must not be covered in bandages and casts. So I moved my arms beside me and pushed down on the hard surfaced where I laid.
Three things happened all at once. First, my arms newly freed from pain were stronger than expected and I was upright in no time. My movement was so fast my face almost collided with Jacob's. Second, an unfamiliar but tantalizing smell filled my nostrils and clawed at my throat. Third, I had an irrational desire to kill my best friend.
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End Notes: Please leave in the comments any suggestions for where the adventure should lead. Although I have most of the storyline mapped out, I'm still in the process of writing so I am flexible enough to add in or change the plot. Let me know what you think!!!