Hey, guys! So…I'm trying this whole fanfiction thing again;)
Special thanks to my friend FortheLionandLamb, who was the Beta for this story. She gave me the encouragement and constructive criticism I needed to really bring my best foot forward for you wonderful people. So I thank you, Bings, for being the fabulous person you are:) I am honored to call you my friend.
There is going to be a shore A/N at the end! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: As much as I wish it wasn't true, the wonderful world of Twilight belongs to the legend, Stephenie Meyer:) I'm jealous.
Pushing her way through the trees, Bella saw light and her heart filled with joy. Joy. Feeling the emotion almost knocked her back. She hadn't felt anything but despair, fear, and sorrow for so long. All she could hear was her ragged breathing and the frantic rustle of leaves as her feet pounded the earth beneath her. Just as she thought she had finally lost them, she heard her captors behind her. The bastards were chuckling. Her life was nothing but a game of cat and mouse to them.
Her eyes, drowning with frantic tears, stayed fixed on the light straight ahead that promised her warmth, promised her safety. Pants started to turn into cries as she heard the men from her nightmares gain on her. Leaves and hair alike were whipping her face, but she could not afford to pay attention to any of that. She had to somehow make her way out of the dreaded woods.
The atmosphere shifted when her captures realized that she just might make it to civilization after all. As they picked up the pace, she started to slow down. Her legs were starting to move at a more sluggish pace of their own accord, failing her. The body that had betrayed her with its clumsiness was burning. She knew that she did not have much time left. Just when she was losing hope she saw it. The break in the trees that she was searching so desperately for. She stretched her arm out as far as it would go. If she could just touch it, touch freedom, she would maybe live to see her twenty-fifth birthday.
When she felt the hand push her from behind, she knew it was all over. Hitting the ground with a thud, she let out a piercing scream that cut straight through the tension in the air. She was agonizingly close! The same hand that pushed her wrapped around her ankle like steel, sealing her fate. Her screams filled the night air, bouncing off the trees that knew only tranquility for so long. A gag was shoved violently into her mouth, morphing her terrified screams into muffled cries. If she was going to die, she at least hoped that everyone she loved knew how much she cared about them. That Edward knew how much that she loved him. The blinking lights now seemed to be mocking her instead of providing safety.
She knew she was not going to make it out after all. She never saw the knife make its descent.
This is either a One Shot, or the preface of a new story! You tell me what you want and we'll see what happens.
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