Summary: The gang plans a horror trip to Bella's father's ancestral house in the country. What started as an innocent holiday turns into something a little more complicated when Bella's ancestors acknowledge their visitors.
NOT all human but the Twilight characters are. (read: ghosts) AU.
Disclaimer: These beautiful Twilight characters aren't mine. They all belong to the goddess that is Stephenie Meyer.
a/n : This is my second fan fiction and I just wanted to try and post this first chapter to see how it goes. The idea has been in my head for a while now. It might be a bit confusing at first.
The first part of each chapter will be in italics because it's a flashback to Bella's "ancestors". The "Gang" consists of Bella, Alice, Edward and Jacob but the rest of the characters will be part of the story line as the story progresses.
Okay, enjoy!
3rd Person POV
"Will you be here?" Will you be waiting again tonight?" Marie whispered quickly as the sun descended into the horizon.
"Ssshhh." He whispered softly and they both watched the setting sun painted the clouds and the sky a light red and purple. Twilight, the best part of the day, and also the most predictable: it signaled rest and a time of parting for Marie and Anthony but twilight welcomed then night – the time when Marie and Anthony would see each other again.
Anthony turned to her. "Yes, yes. I will be waiting."
"Will you never tire of me? Of how we have to be this way?" she asked after a moment's pause, her eyes full of apology.
"Of course not." He stared deep into her eyes, unperturbed, as though the question was asked more than once before. "Do you so doubt my love for you?" he asked, a smile playing around the corners of his lips.
"No!" I only fear that you will find someone who will not ever put you through what I am putting you though, that all this will someday scare you away. I shall be happy that you will have found your life of peace, but, it shall be the death of me." She said sadly.
He took her into his arms then and sighed. "Marie," he murmured her name over and over. "It shall not, nor will it ever be a life of peace, much less a life at all, if you are not the center of it. Do you understand?"
Their lips met and Marie nodded when they pulled away. "Now go in, love. We do not want your mother to shriek blue murder when she sees you out here. The peaceful night deserves more than that."
She giggled and stood on tiptoe to kiss him again and he locked her into his arms. Her hands found their way to the back of his head and started to fun her fingers through his hair. He reluctantly ended their passionate kiss while gently pulling her hands away.
Marie pouted but his gaze was firm. "Go." He whispered again, his gaze softening.
She smiled, her brown eyes glistening in the pale moonlight. Then she turned and ran into the house.
a/n: the coming chapters will have flashbacks in the beginning. you can skip if you wish but later in the story you will have to go back and read these flashbacks because it explains the history of these earlier characters.
a/n: here goes nothing...
BPOV
"Okay, meeting." Alice said authoritatively. There was a collective groan from everyone on the table. "Oh, come on guys. I need your input. Or would you rather have me plan everything?"
"And get stuck carrying around your bags while you're on our shopping spree? No way." Jacob shook his head, his shaggy hair flying all over his face.
"You'll still end up doing that, Jacob, wherever it is we go. You know that, right?" Alice said wryly. "I just wanted input on where we're going this year. I mean, I don't want to seem like I'm dragging you guys somewhere you don't want to be."
"Which wouldn't be so different from the past two years." Edward muttered beside me.
I tried to stifle a giggle but Jacob heard and he turned to me, his eyes pleading. "Come one, Bells! Say something!"
My jaw fell and Alice grinned triumphantly. Now the spotlight was on me and even with my friends I still shied away from it. I racked my brain for an idea. For the past week we'd been trying to come up with the perfect getaway during the school holidays. It was something we did together as friends. This was our bonding time.
Two years ago we went to the Black's beach house. The year before we were at the Cullen's penthouse in the big city then spent the day at their beach house. It seemed like it was my turn to be hostess.
"But we don't have a beach house," was all I could say.
Jacob barked a throaty, almost hysterical laugh. Apparently he was pretty scared about Alice and her sprees since the only other obvious option if I hosted this year's holiday was to go to the week-long party that my mom's closest and richest friend indulged on. Phil was always inviting me and my sister to go. "Of course you do, Bells."
"Yeah, we do but we can't stay there. My parents will be there for the holiday and the week after." I said.
"Really" Jake and Alice said together, but Jake had a panicked look while Alice looked like she was already planning our week-long party wardrobe.
"Yes, really."
"How about Rose?" Edward asked.
I made the mistake of looking into his darn green eyes ad my brain instantly turned into mush. That has been happening quite a lot lately; I have no idea why -- okay, maybe I did but I was absolutely not going to say that our loud or even thing about it. Edward was my friend, my best friend's brother, no less. I was obviously going slightly insane.
"Sorry, what?" I blurted out.
"How about Rosalie, where is she going?" he repeated with a grin that I so loved.
"Oh, she's going to Phil's party this year." I mumbled, looking away from him. I needed to gather my thoughts.
"Cool." Alice squealed. "If there are no other ideas, I say we vote on it."
"Will our 3 votes even count?" Edward asked in mock exasperation.
"Of course not." Alice grinned evilly.
"Thought so." Edward shrugged.
"I love you, brother dear." Alice practically beamed.
"I love you too, Alice." He said and I was suddenly daydreaming about Edward saying the same words to me but with my name in the end… it sent butterflies in my stomach even though I knew it was really silly to think about it. Bella. Bella. Bella.
My daydream was so real that I could actually hear his velvety voice saying it, "Bella."
"Yes?" I said with a stupid grin on my face. Then I felt him touch my shoulder lightly and I felt a slight jolt that I instantly landed back on earth. Alice giggled as Edward grinned and pointed to Jacob who obviously said something while I was daydreaming.
"Huh?" I said blankly.
"I asked, do we not have anywhere else to do? Somewhere far from malls, please, Bells."
I shook my head and then a sudden childhood memory flashed before my eyes and I suddenly had an idea. "Oh."
"Ha!" Jacob cried, grinning from ear to ear. "Go, Bells!"
Alice raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
I hesitated. I wasn't sure if they'd enjoy it there. "Well, there is one place we could go, if you guys really insist that I host this year."
"Where? Where?" Jacob was bouncing on his seat.
"It's a house that belonged to my family for years. It's in a small province. I remember going there as a kid. I had fun but I heard whispers that it was haunted. I never really stayed in the house long enough to prove it…" I trailed off as I realized I was inviting my friends to a horror-themed holiday.
"It's haunted?" Jacob said in awe.
"And you actually tried to prove it?" Edward asked, a smile playing on the side of his lips.
I bit my lip. "Well, the other kids were daring me because I didn't believe them. But mom was calling me to go home and we were too preoccupied having a real holiday than to stay in the old house."
"I don't understand…" Jacob said.
"Well, no one lives in the old house anymore. Caretakers live in the compound but not in the house itself. Then my dad had a new house built close to the old one close to the town."
"Ooooohhhh." Alice suddenly piped up. We looked at her, a glint in her eyes. "This is going to be a great trip, Bella!"
Alice had a way of saying things like that about our plans like she could see the future and knew exactly what was going to happen.
"Horror house, check!" Alice grinned. "What else can we do there?"
I tried to remember. "A lot, actually. My dad had one of his cousins take care of it and we have horses. There are loads of fruit trees around the old house which we can visit during the day. I bet you guys have never learned how to climb trees." I chuckled.
"Come on, Bella…" Alice said it like I was being silly. "Oh, you're right." She shrugged. "That would be cool. Tree-climbing, check! Horseback riding, check!"
Edward spoke, "I think it's a great idea, Bella. Far away from the hustle and bustle of the town, is it?"
"Yes, but we wont be staying in the old house, obviously" I pointed out.
"Then where will we stay?" Both Alice and Jacob's faces fell.
"In the new one, closer to town, of course. Come on guys, no ones lived in that old house for years!"
Alice clapped her hands. "Yay! Ghost hunt!"
"Oh yeah!" Jacob grinned. "What do you think, Ed?"
Edward looked like he was thinking about it, a cute wrinkle appearing just beneath his brows. "I think… it's going to be amazing!" He and Jacob laughed and gave each other high fives.
"Yeah, cool." I said. "I better call dad and tell him." I took out my phone and started to scroll through my contacts. I pressed Send when I got to his number and mumbled as the phone rang. "You guys, we can always pig out in the other house. You can bring your Xbox and PSPs. We have internet in the new house as well."
Alice shook her head. "Nope, no need. We're staying in the old house!"
I rolled my eyes and leaned away from the already psyched-up trio. The phone was still ringing as I started to walk away just as I heard Jacob say, "This is going to be one heck of a holiday!" I inhaled as my dad picked up, I really hope so.
a/n: its not a very long chapter. please, if anyone reads this R&R would be the best possible motivation for me to write the rest of the story and get them out as soon as I can. :) thaaaanks! choc-chip cookies for the first five reviews!
xx, Zia