The characters belong to Stephenie Meyers, I'm just injecting them into my own storyline, dont take them; its not nice!
Summary:
In the year 2071 a widespread pandemic wipes out most of the United States population. The government is in an upheavel, no longer ruled by a democracy, the most powerful family in the country is governing it as a kingdom. The crowned prince, is married, he and his wife have been trying to conceive an heir for over three years, unsuccessfully.
Bella finds herself becoming the prince's mistress. Now three months pregnant with his child, and the only heir to the throne, her life is in danger. Although the prince does not love her, he fears for her life and his unborn child's life. He enlists the help of the mysterious Cullen family to take her out west, and protect her. What will happen to her as they venture into the wild, untamable west?
It was pitch black outside, as we sped away from my home. A life I had finally become comfortable in. We were heading west, towards a home I once had. After that scary year, my father and I left, moving back East where medicine was more readily available. Almost everyone on the West coast was gone. Only a few survived, and those few didn't take kindly to anyone encroaching on their open land.
The car ride was silent. The strange Dr. Cullen and his wife sitting in the front seat, their son Edward in the back with me. The rest of their family in the car behind us. I had a few possessions with me, the rest was left behind. My small house laid in shambles, courtesy of the large Emmett. I unconsciencously rubbed my stomach. I wasn't showing yet, but I knew she was in there. Well, I was hoping for a girl. Then, maybe my life would be alright. No one would hunt for me or her. She wouldn't be a male heir. I bit my bottom lip as a tear spilled down my face.
I should have known who he was. I guess I did, somewhere deep in my mind; but he was so handsome. Paying attention to me, wanting me. His dark warm skin. His straight teeth. I squeezed my eyes closed. I tried to block his face from my memory. I could feel the overwhelming urge to be sick.
"Pull over please," I whispered. The car slowed, and I threw the door open. Unbuckling my seatbelt as fast as I could. I stumbled from the car, out into the brush. I emptied the contents of my stomach all over the weeds. A cold hand held my long hair back.
"Shh," a soft female voice comforted me. "Its ok Bella," I lowered myself to my knees. Nothing was coming up, just dry heaves. I could feel her shifting along with me. She was rubbing my back, trying to relax me.
"Thank you," I mumbled to her. I looked at her, taking in her fancy clothes. She was kneeling in the dirt in designer jeans. She had a pale, beautiful face. Her dark hair was short and spiky in the back. She handed me a cool cloth. I wiped my mouth with it. Feeling better. "I'm sorry, I never learned your name," I started to get up, she placed her cold hand under my arm and helped.
"Alice," she hugged me, and placed a soft kiss on my cheek. "When we get to our house, we will have lots of time to get to know each other," she smiled at me. I smiled back at her, and climbed back into the first car. It was almost as if they hadn't moved. All three of them, were still sitting, facing forward, waiting for me. Before my door was fully closed, we were pulling back onto the road, speeding towards the west.
My eyes flew open, taking in the scene around me. Nothing much had changed, other then the sun rising and the doctor and his wife were now holding hands. I looked out my window at the passing mountains. They were a deep purple and blue, with white caps. The sun was barely hitting them revealing more colors hidden. The windows of the car were tinted dark. As dark as a limo, blocking any sunlight from coming in.
Slowly the mountains became smaller, eventually leaving the horizon altogether. Dr. Cullen slowed his car down when we reached a cloud covered rainy city. It was sparsely populated, but the resturant was open, and I needed to pee. I got out, and stretched a little. Alice got out of the second car, and linked her arm with mine, leading me inside towards the bathroom.
I took care of my business, coming out towards the sinks. Alice was sitting on the counter, along with a beautiful blonde. I felt extremely self conscience next to them. They made me seem plain in comparision. I washed my hands, and turned towards them. I smiled, and they smiled back.
"Ready to eat?" Alice asked me. I nodded, and followed her out to our table. I settled in and glanced at my menu. I wasn't very hungry, like every other day. Being pregnant was really messing with my body. I settled for dry toast and water. No one said anything through the meal. It was awkward. Every now and then I would feel someones eyes on me, but by the time I would look up, no one was looking at me. Once I was done with my toast, and everyone else was finished with thier meals, Alice looked at me, I met her golden brown eyes, and refused to look away.
"Bella, did Carlisle tell you where we were headed?"
"Who is Carlisle?" I was confused.
"I am, Bella," Dr. Cullen answered. "I just realized you might not know all of our names. My wife Esme, you know Edward. Alice, her husband Jasper. Rosalie and of course Emmett you know," I nodded slowly. Yes, I knew Emmett. He scared the living daylights out of me the day before. Showing up at my door demanding I pack a few things and leave with him.
"Nice to meet you all," I spoke timidly. Suddenly aware that I was being dragged across country by seven strangers. I took in a ragged deep breath, tears threatening to overflow from my eyes. "I'm sorry," I blubbered out an apology.
"What for?" Alice asked me.
"For putting your lives in danger like this," I whispered. A few tears spilled over. The whole family laughed.
"You aren't putting us in any danger Bella. We will be fine, all eight of us," Carlisle tried to reassure me. I stood abruptely, heading straight for the bathroom. I threw open the stall door, leaning over the toliet, bringing breakfast back up. I held onto the rim of the toliet, heaving everything up. Sweat beaded on my forehead, running down into my eyes. They mixed with my salty tears. I pulled some toliet paper away from the roll, and cleaned my mouth up. I sat there on the resturant bathroom floor, crying. Crying for my ruined life, for the screwed up world I was bringing this baby into. Crying for putting Charlie into the middle of it all, and the Cullen family.
"Bella, come on, lets get going," I felt cold hands wrap around me, helping me up. I buried my tear soaked face into her shoulder. Alice rubbed my back, helping me out into the hallway.
She stopped walking, and I felt someone pick me up, and carry me out to the car. I kept my eyes closed, burying my face into the new person's shoulder.
"Bella, wake up," I slowly opened my eyes and looked at Alice. "We are here," she motioned to the large white house in front of the car. I took in all trees and then the empty car.
"How long have we been here?" My voice hoarse with sleep.
"About an hour, I made them leave you alone, so you could rest," I nodded. I unbuckled my seatbelt, and headed into the large house. It had a very neutral tone, lots of beige's and whites. The whole back wall was glass, overlooking a small yard that had a stream running through it.
I could see my frail frame reflected back at me next to the beautiful Alice. The disease and now pregnancy had left me weak. I took a deep breath, and followed Alice up the staircase. At the top of the first set of stairs she turned left and led me to the end of the hall. She opened the door, leading me inside dark room. It held a musky scent, from having been closed up for so long. She pulled open the floor to ceiling curtains, showing the view. I could see part of the creek and the woods.
She pulled the covers off the chairs, and the bed. She took them all out of there. She returned with fresh folded sheets, making the bed quickly. I sat on the edge of a chair. She flitted from the bedroom to the bathroom, turning on lights, and fixing up the room. It seemed like no time had passed and she was settling in next to me. It was all so overwhelming. I could feel a few tears run down my face.
When her cold fingers wiped at them, I jumped surprised by the feeling. I looked over at her she furrowed her brows a bit, then her face straightened. She pulled back, and stood. She headed towards the door. She stopped and looked back at me.
"Feel free to lay down, I'm sure Esme will be starting dinner soon. Someone will come get you up," she half smiled and left the room, closing the door softly behind her. I stood and walked over to the bed. I pushed down on it with my hand, it was soft, and gave way easily. I pulled the sheets back and kicked my shoes off.
I climbed into the bed, fluffing up the pillows and burrowing down. I turned to my side, looking out the window. I pulled the blanket up around my chin, and watched the sun set, turning the green trees black. I closed my eyes, settling in. I let myself drift into a restless sleep.
Author's note:
I'm just posting this to see what kind of response it gets. If it's good, I'll continue it. So if you like this, please please please leave a review, because if you don't it might end up dissappearing!