Disclaimer: I don't own Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, though I surely wouldn't mind owning Edward . . .
Bella stood by nervously while they chanted.
"Trouver encore pour tout temps. Restaure que qui est," uttered the first.
"Finden Sie wieder für alle. Zeiten Wiederherstellt dass, der ist," intoned another.
And the last, "Trovare ancora per tutto volta di. Restaurare che che è."
They continued faster and louder as they circled around her. Bella had faced vampires and werewolves, but this might be her breaking point. Standing in such a confined space in the middle of the night was unnerving. She wasn't scared though, at least not until the lights began flashing.
The three had stopped chanting and concentrated as the lights swirled around Bella. The blinding radiance reflected off the nearby lake and shimmered against the leaves. Their eyes were glazed over and they stood as still as statues, never even blinking. She stood as still as possible, like them; however, she desperately wanted to look back at Edward. She let her mind wander momentarily as she imagined his sparkling skin against the brilliant light. However, she soon snapped to attention as the fear finally started to settle in after all this time. Had she made the wrong decision? Was there a better way? Was there any other way at all?
She hadn't answered her questions when the light invaded her mind. It wrapped around her every brain cell, raided her memories, and almost painfully copied everything thing that made her Isabella Swan.
Bella screamed as the light fled from the deepest valleys of the inner workings of her being, taking a reproduction of her very essence with it. Suddenly, the brightness that had consumed the late night hour disappeared and everything went dark.
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Edward watched on helplessly, wondering if he never should have mentioned this to Bella. What if it didn't even work? What if Bella didn't survive the process? There were so many factors still unaccounted for.
He cringed when Bella's scream echoed throughout he abandoned woods they were in. Edward grimaced. He should have never put her through this. Not that he could have stopped her once she got an idea in her head.
Her screams came to an abrupt stop as the light vanished and darkness again filled the forest. After a quick glance to the others who nodded their consent, Edward dashed over to Bella only to find her passed out on the ground.
A/N: After writing a few Twilight one-shots, I've gotten an idea for a longer fic. Chapter one should be up very quickly behind this. We'll go back in time a ways and explain what happened here for quite a few chapters. Then there will be quite a few chapters after what happened here in the prologue. I have a good plan for this, so hopefully it will be updated on a semi-regular basis. Wish me luck!