Chapter 1: Payback
Edward and I had just pulled into the school parking lot with the others in Rose's BMW. Edward parked his Volvo and walked around to open my door. He always is a gentleman. Edward's siblings came to join us and together we walked toward another boring day of school.
We then split up to go to are separate classes, I was with Edward and Alice, whereas Rose, Jasper, and Emmett went to the other side of the building. All the classes were boring, and I just wanted the day to be over. After this day our April vacation begins, and Charlie is going to spend it all with Billy Black, his best friend. I, on the other hand, am going to be with the Cullens. A whole week of being with Edward and his family, and no Charlie! But of course, the classes last longer to me than what they really are, even passing notes with Edward and Alice can't lesson it.
We were in Biology with Mr. Banner making it extremely hard to stay awake during his lesson. Just then, Edward passed me a note while Mr. Banner had his back turned. It said 'From Alice' on it. I opened it to read it.
"I had a vision. Look out for Lauren and Mike at lunch, keep them away from you and Edward."
I folded the note and placed it in the back pocket of my jeans, Mr. Banner's back was still turned. I turned from him and sent a silent nod to Alice and she gave the same one back as we both turned back to the boring lesson.
Finally class had ended and we walked to lunch. At the cafeteria Edward grabbed some food and we walked over to sit down with his family. Alice and Jasper were next to each other hand in hand, looking away from the scene next to them. To their side were Rose and Emmett having their latest make out session. Edward and I sat down in the two empty seats next to Alice and Jasper, and across from Rose and Emmett.
"Alice, what did you mean when you were talking about that vision in Biology?" I asked. I grabbed an apple off of Edward's tray while waiting for her to reply.
"Because Lauren is going to going to do worse then she ever has before, and Mike is going to try to get you to go out on a date with him again." I nodded and took a bite out of my apple. I set it down on the table and pulled out my newest book to read; The Haunted House in the Wood. It was so far the best horror book I've read. I left off last when there were only three people left alive out of the ten that had gone.
I was just getting to the good part when another character dies when I heard,
"Hey Swan!" I pulled away from my book and there I saw Lauren and Mike.
"What do you two want?" I asked then angrily as I set my book down. I glared at them along with all the Cullens. Even Rose and Em stopped making out to glare! Whoa!
"Well, I for one," Mike said, "Came over here to see if you wanted to go out some time during vacation? Will you go out with me Bella?"
I sighed and leaned my head against Edward's shoulder, he never gave up! Edward drew small circles on my hand to keep me calm.
"Mike, how many times must I say no before you stop? Besides, I'm with Edward and I'm only dating him." I picked up the apple again and took another bite. Mike's face fell a lot. I would usually let him down easy or have someone bail me out, but I was in no mood for it today.
Mike I wasn't really worried about. I was more focused on Lauren, walking away from Mike and over on the other side of Edward.
"Why do you stay with her Eddie?" Lauren whined. I was about ready to barf while I listened. We both hated it when anyone called Edward, Eddie. "I'm so much better than she could ever hope to be. I just don't understand you anymore. Maybe your starting to give in to the ugly girls here. But don't worry, I'm still here for you Eddie."
She was about to touch him when I stood up swatted her hand away. And I was about to do much more but Edward held me back.
"Listen here, you slut, don't ever call him Eddie again, neither of us like that name and you never knew him in the first place! You don't know anything about him or his family! Get away from us before I ruin your plastic nose!" I was furious at her. I didn't care what she said anymore, I just wanted to punch her square in the face and much more.
"How about we settle this with a little game Bella?" She said with a little grin on her face.
"What kind of game Lauren?" I spat out through clenched teeth.
"Well, I was thinking maybe a game of Truth or Dare tonight would maybe put one of us in our place."
"What are you, Lauren, a ten year old?!"
"I am not a ten year old!" She said though her teeth. "But I thought a few rounds might help us get revenge on each other. And you're welcome to bring Edward and his family with you. I hope you do. My place at five. Good?"
I was to mad to think straight, so all I did was nod.
"Great, I'll see you later Edward." She said seductively to him before she ran off back to her table with Mike at her heels. Edward helped me sit back down and began to draw small circles in my back.
"Did I really just agree for us to play Truth or Dare with Lauren and others?" I asked openly. Edward put his arms around my shoulders and pulled me closer to kiss my forehead.
"Yes Bella, you did." I groaned and threw my head into my arms on the table.
"Bella?" I looked up to see Alice's sad face. "Bella, I'm so sorry. Right before Lauren came to the table the vision changed. She was just going to insult you but then it changed into that fight and the game of Truth or Dare. It was a vision right before it happen, and by the time I knew what happened it had already happened. Can you forgive me?"
"Of course I can Alice. There was no way you could have told me before it happened."
I then slumped right back down into my seat and threw my head into my arms again.
"Love, don't worry," Edward whispered. "You weren't thinking straight. You were very angry and it wasn't your fault. We'll get through it." I raised my head to see his dark golden eyes and gave him a weak smile. Then I thought of Jasper and his powers with emotions.
"Oh my god, Jasper, did my anger hurt you?" I asked softly. He looked to be in very grave pain. His eyes were no longer golden, they were black.
"I'm fine Bella. But yes, I will say that it did hurt. I was lucky that Alice and Emmett were next to me, or I would have lost it from all the anger that radiated off of you and Lauren."
I gave him an apologetic nod before I plopped my head back onto the table for the third time.
"I want to get back at Lauren so bad." I mumbled in my arms.
"Well, we can't physically hurt them, but I bet that we could pull a prank on them." Emmett suggested. Right behind the suggestion came a slap on the head by Rose.
"One little prank wouldn't be enough Emmett. We need at lot of big ones to repay them for what they did to Bella." Rose said with a growl. I was too miserable to think much so I grabbed my book and looked at the cover.
The old house on the front cover reminded me of an old house I saw outside of town. Then I thought of the story itself I was reading, the kids were dared to go into the house and stay there for a week. One by one, each day, at least one person would die in the house and no one could get out.
Then I thought of what had Emmett said, '...but I bet that we could pull a prank on them.'
"Not a lot of pranks, just one big one." I said. Everyone looked at me like I had gone crazy, but I just smiled wickedly back. I instantly began devising the plan in my head and thinking of what we would need. I also thought I could include Angela and maybe Ben, her boyfriend; I'd need someone who wasn't a Cullen for parts of this plan. "We are going to get back at them. And with a very big prank, Emmett." I chuckled when I thought of it. They all began to get scared of what I was thinking, even Rose looked scared.
"Bella, please tell me what you're thinking. You're beginning to scare me with that face." Edward pleaded. I laughed and looked back at him.
"We all, if you agree, are going to conduct a major prank that will last from tomorrow to next Saturday to scare Lauren and whoever else she brings to the Truth or Dare tonight. Have any of you read this book?" I said while pushing the book in the middle of the table. They all looked at it before shaking their heads no, but Alice nodded yes. "Do you remember the story Alice?"
"I do, but just barely. It was about some kids and a haunted house right?" I nodded as she picked up the book and looked at it more closely. "I'm sorry Bella, but I don't get what your getting at." She said as she handed the book back to me.
"Don't worry; you will when I explain it back at your house. Oh, and just to let you know, Angela and Ben will be coming over there too. And before you ask, she is part of the plan."
I got up with my book in one hand and the apple in another and began walking over to Angela's table. She was sitting with her boyfriend Ben and his friends.
"Hey Bella!" She called out when she saw me.
"Hey Ange. Listen I need a favor from you." I said as I sat down next to her.
"What do you need Bella?" She asked as I took another bite from my apple. "Well, you see, I have a plan to pull the biggest prank ever on Lauren, and I need your help."
Her mouth dropped and her fork fell from her hand. "You want my help to get back at Lauren? There are very few people I hate at this school but she is at the top of that list. Count me in Bella. Do you want to get back at her too Ben?" She asked her boyfriend. Ben just looked at her for a moment before answering.
"Yes, I want to get back at her, but she won't get hurt will she Bella?"
"No, she won't get hurt. But she will get scared to death and never bother us again hopefully." I said with a wicked smile. Ben sighed and took Angela's hand.
"I don't know what evil things you're thinking of in this prank, but as long as no one gets hurt, I'm in."
"Thanks you two. Meet me and the Cullens at their house, here is the address." I grabbed a napkin and pen and wrote Edward's home address on it. "I'll see you this afternoon!" I said and walked back to the Cullen's table.
"So how's the plan working?" Emmett asked when I came back over.
"Actually, it's going quite smoothly. Alice, I also need a favor."
"What is it Bella?" She asked resting her head on Jasper's shoulder. I smirked at her.
"I need you to buy clothes. Two outfits for each of us and for Angela and Ben. Buy something that we'll all be happy wearing but not to expensive and they have to look as alike as possible."
"So... your saying that you want me to shop for this plan of yours?!" I nodded and she jumped on me. "Thank you Bella! When do you need the clothes?"
"I need them by tomorrow morning. So you better shop fast Alice. And make sure that they do look as alike as a human could see. I also need you to get some props. I need you to get makeup and a lot of it. Also I need you to get some power tools, like a chain saw and a few others, along with some fake blood." She nodded and squealed.
Just then the bell rang and we hurried off to our last few classes.
School had just ended and I ran out to meet Edward at his Volvo. Just as I was about to reach him I tripped, no surprise there, and Edward caught me.
"What am I going to do with you?" He said as he turned me around to see his face.
"I can't help it if I was born with two left feet. Now lets go, I bet your dying to know what I have planed."
"Yes and no. Yes, because I don't like it when you keep things from and this might just be fun. No, because the look I keep seeing on your face makes me want to run for my life." I giggled as he set me back on my feet. He opened the passenger door and held it open for me and I slid in as he shut the door. He was then in the drivers seat before I could blink. His car burst to life and he sped off.
We arrived at his house moments later; I had already seen Rose's BMW in the driveway so they were home. Before I even noticed he had moved, he was at my door and holding it open for me again. I had an evil smile on my face the whole car ride and now it had just gotten bigger. Edward held my hand and led me into his house. We walked into the living room to see Emmett and Rose making out again on the love seat on the far wall, Jasper was in too.
"How long until Alice will get back-"
"I'm already here Bella. And I have all the clothes and supplies you asked for. Now how long until you tell us about this little plan of yours?"
Everyone looked at me as my smirk grew bigger.
"All we have to wait for is Angela and Ben." I said with a chuckle.
Alice sat down in Jasper's lap and then squealed. Everyone jumped but me and Esme came out of the kitchen.
"Is something wrong?" Esme asked. Alice sprung herself out of Jasper's lap and brought me into a death hug.
"Bella, that is the best prank ever! Its even better then Emmett's best prank! Now I remember and I know how you're relating it to the book!" She began to squeal more and jump up and down like a four year old. Everyone's eyes were on us, but I have to say that Emmett's were almost out of his head.
"Her prank is better then my best prank, Alice? No way! It can't be better than when we went to Volterra a few years ago."
"Oh yes it is Emmett! I swear, I was almost scared to death while watching the vision. If I could have, I would have cried. Can I please tell them Bella?! Or can I let Edward at least see the vision?" She begged.
"No Alice, I want to wait, it will only make it better. And don't even try to look into her mind Edward!" I said sternly as I shot him a glare. "If you really can't wait, find Angela and Ben and get them here."
As soon as I had finished talking, Alice and Emmett rushed out of the room and sped off in the car.
"Do I even want to know what your planning Bella?" Esme asked, looking a little scared.
"No, you don't. But just to let you know we all will be gone for the whole week, till next Saturday."
Esme looked even more scared, but she dropped it and flew back into the kitchen.
"Love, please tell me, I hate not knowing." Edward pleaded for the millionth time.
"Nope" I said. He sighed again and sat down on the couch by Jasper. I ran into the kitchen to grab a Coke when Esme pulled me aside.
"Bella, I don't want to know all the details but I would like to know some of what your planning."
"If you want to know more, you have to come to the meeting when Angela and Ben show up. I'm not saying anything until everyone is here. But I will say that it is a very frightening prank, payback against Lauren and Mike actually. No one shall die or be harmed though."
I turned on my heels and walked out of the kitchen, just as I walked back into the living room, Carlisle walked in.
"Hello everyone, are you all up for hunting this week?" He asked.
"Actually Carlisle, all of us are doing something over the week. If they want to hunt they can, but only during the day." I said to him as I sat on Edward's lap.
"What are you planning Bella?" He asked as he saw my grin.
"You'll see." I said smugly and took a long drink of my Coke. He dropped it and walked to the kitchen to see Esme.
Just then, Emmett burst through the door pulling Ben in, Alice was right behind them dragging Angela in.
"We got them Bells. Now would you just spill already?!" Emmett yelled. I only grinned at his outburst.
"Alright Emmett. Alice, since you already know, I need you to get the stuff into the cars and take the props over." She nodded and grinned her evil pixy grin as she ran upstairs.
"Alright," I said, "now I will tell you my prank to get back at Lauren and Mike. First, I have to tell you about the book I'm reading. Its a horror book that's about ten people who go into a haunted house for a week. Each day though, during the night, at least one person would disappear from the group and then reappear dead within the same hour. Sometimes, the others could hear the screams of the ones that were being killed. But, when they heard it they had to turn away or they would suffer the same fate. Some though, were brave enough to go find them, only to find the corpse of their dead friend and to be killed themselves.
"Now, where the story and what we're doing are related is because we are going to dare every one of us to go to the haunted house on the outskirts of town and pretend for each of us to die and then scare Lauren and Mike. Angela and Ben, where you two come in is that me and the Cullens and going to be dying off first and we need you there too incase of any problems or if any of them want to get outside of the plan. Lauren and Mike don't trust any of us, so that is a big part of why we need you two. All the supplies I had Alice get is to help us with this plan. I had her buy clothes, two sets of them for each of us. One set of clothes for us to wear tomorrow and one set to shred up and wear when we 'die'. I also had her get a lot of makeup to make it look like we really did die and she got fake blood to put on the floor, as well as on our wounds to roll down our faces. We also have power tools to rip up the clothes and for sound effects.
"Just so you all know, each of us will be dying in the basement of the house. Either one or two of us will be dying every day. Tomorrow, Edward and I will be the first to die; it will hit Lauren and Mike hard because they both have a crush on the two of us. Monday, Rose and Emmett will go. Tuesday, Alice will die, Jasper on Wednesday. On Thursday Angela and Ben will go. Then Jessica and Tyler on Friday. On Saturday morning, before the sun comes up, we will scare them one final time and knock them out. When they walk up, we can explain to them that they had a bad dream and slept most of the time. And when we come home we get to watch it from another point of view. We will place cameras in every room in the house so we can remember this forever. Further details about the plan will come when its time for someone to die." I ended my speech and looked to the open mouths that filled the room. Even Carlisle and Esme were shocked by my plan. "So... what do you guys think?"
"You came up with that?!" Emmett asked.
"Yes, I did." I said proudly.
"Wow. Alice was right, that is better then my best prank. So, how are we all going to 'die'?" He asked. The smirk on my face grew a little smaller but still held its place.
"I'm not sure how some of us are going to 'die', but I know how a few of us are. Edward and I are going to die from a chain saw and have vital wounds that will make it seem like we died fast in the basement of the haunted house.
"Next will be Rose, who is going to be dragged down the basement stairs and ripped apart by the first of the living dead, me and Edward. Emmett will be held back by Jasper and Ben while Rose lets out a whimper of a scream calling for Emmett. Edward will growl really loud and Rose will let out a blood curdling scream as Emmett breaks free of Jasper and Ben's grip and charges after Rose. When he gets down there, the basement door will slam shut and will be open again an hour later to reveal them dead.
"Alice will be walking with the group near the basement door but closer to the stairs. Edward and Emmett will punch through the wood in the floor and grab her legs, she will freak out but will hold onto the edge of the hole in the floor. Jasper, you will run at human speed to Alice and try to get her out of the hole. Then Rose and I will climb onto Emmett and Edward's backs to get a better grip on Alice and drag her down. Ben and Angela will hold him back and you will hurry back to your room. Then, when you turn back to see where Alice had disappeared, the hole in the floor will be gone.
"Those are all the deaths that I've thought of at the moment, but I'll think of more." I looked around at all of them trying to absorb all that I said.
"I just don't understand one thing," Ben said. "Why do you and Edward have to go first? Or can this be done in a different order?"
I sighed and ran my hand through my hair.
"No Ben, we have to go first. You know that Lauren and Mike like us, so we have to go first so it makes them even more scared. The sight of our dead bodies will freak them out and make our job more fun." I replied with a grin. "Now, lets go, we need to get over to the old mansion and start setting up the traps and props."
Everyone got up from where they sat and went out to there cars, I climbed into Edward's Volvo and he climbed into the drivers side. He didn't say anything the whole ride and I began to get nervous.
"Edward?" He turned to me, he face hid his emotion. "Are you mad at me?" I asked in a whisper. He turned his face quickly to me, shock on his face.
"I could never get mad at you Bella. I was just so surprised by your plan and at first I didn't know what to think. I'm sorry if I worried you." He placed his hand under my chin to bring my face to his. His cool, marble like lips were soft and gentle to mine, as if to relax us both, and it was working on my end.
He pulled away from me and turned his eyes back to the road. I quickly saw the old haunted house on my right and Edward slowed down to drive in. When Edward pulled to a stop I saw that everyone was already at work, grabbing this and that from Alice's stuffed Porsches. Last time I was here, the cellar door had been locked up tight with thick, heavy chains that covered most of the door. Alice had already opened it with her super strength and chucked it into the bushes. We'd get new ones later for fixing the door. Edward opened my door and I followed him toward the others as he grabbed two gallons of fake blood and I grabbed two cases of makeup from Alice's car.
Once we'd reached the basement, we followed Alice in through a doorway that led into another large room filled with computers, TVs, two very large beds and a large, cream colored clean bathroom.
"Alice, this room is amazing! How'd you do it?" I asked her as we placed the makeup and blood in the bathroom and turned to see her standing by Jasper and the 60 inch plasma screen TV.
"Well Bella, after you told me a couple mouths ago about your evil little plan I began to work this place in to shape. Just this room though, the rest of the house looks very gloomy. I brought in the TVs and computer so we can watch everyone's terrified faces that we caught on tape. And before you ask about the video cameras, I already put them in place and no one will see them. They are the size of a lady bug." She said, grinning.
I knew she did this in the past couple hours with her supernatural abilities by being a vampire but I wasn't complaining. This was the best thing I've ever thought of.
"Alright everyone." I said. They put down what they were doing and looked at me. "We need to finish this place up. The girls and two of the guys will come with us and put certain props in their correct spots. Meanwhile, the two other guys will close this doorway and make a hole near the floor, small enough to not be seen from behind a piece of furniture but big enough to get all of us through. Emmett, since your the biggest, you should stay to close the doorway so that it's big enough for you to get though quickly. You can chose one other guy to help you with the door, the rest of us will head upstairs and make sure everything is in place. When you're done, we'll head over to Lauren's and get her and others here."
They all nodded their heads and we turned to Emmett.
"Ok... umm... Jasper, you'll help me, right?"
"Sure bro. Its better than being up there. This place has the most safe feeling in the house. I'd rather be here, changing a door to a hole to crawl through, than go up in that hell of a place." Jasper said in a slightly shaky voice.
"Yeah," Emmett replied, "I know what you mean, bro. If this place isn't hell, then something worse is yet to come."
I stared at Emmett. When did he become smart? Edward chuckled at his response and Emmett threw him a playful grin back.
The rest of us climbed up the old creaky stairs that led up to the front of the house. Now I understood what Jasper meant. Even though there was sun outside, the house seemed to repel all light, which made the place seem like it was forever night in this place. It made it feel like it was really haunted. It was very dark, other than a few candles lit and the flashlights in our hands. Everywhere things were rotten, torn, and broken, the windows covered in old wooden planks and the curtains above them were hanging on to the top of the window by a thin thread. The floor creaked loudly when you walked across it and there was a stench of old, molded wood and of a dead creature, I could smell the old, dirty blood and the decaying flesh. I would have Edward find it and throw it out. If we left it, it could make this place a little worse than it should be and not to mention if it had a disease.
Everything seemed to be in place, Alice showed us where the hidden cameras were and how small they really were. Jasper and Emmett came up about two hours later. All that was left was for the wall to dry. The hole had been blocked and we headed over to Lauren's place, it was one of the worst places I've ever seen. Outside, for a paint job, was none other than hot pink and around the windows, doors, garage doors, and the chimney were all an electric blue.
She and her family had no taste but I couldn't think about that now, I had to keep a clear head to get Lauren to do the dare. We pulled in to see two other cars in the driveway, more people, excellent. We all got out and I knocked on Lauren's door, Mike answered it.
"Hey, you guys made it!" He said, a little to happily. "Lauren was beginning to think you wouldn't show up. You're the last ones to come. Come on inside." He said urging us in.
Edward growled so low it was almost hard to hear it and I was next to him. He slid his arm around my waist and pulled us in. We walked into Lauren's living room and it was not as bad as outside the house, but still bad looking.
There was an ugly shade of red on all the walls and old chipped and torn furniture was all over the place. It looked like a dump. I bet she spent all her money on clothes and makeup rather then living arrangements and home necessities. But I got over that quickly and sat down on the floor with the others that were here. I sat between Edward and Angela with Lauren and her 'guests' next to her. Besides Mike, Jessica, Mike's current girlfriend and Tyler, Lauren's current boyfriend were here too. We all sat in a circle, and began to dare one another. At first it was simple, but it got heated after Lauren tried to get me to do something embarrassing or get Edward to do something with her, but she failed countless times as the others would save us from her.
I finally knew it was time to get her to the haunted house, she was pissed and ready to do anything. I watched as Jessica finished the dare Angela gave her, drinking a whole bottle of white vinegar. She placed down the empty bottle and everyone looked at me.
"Alright, I'm going to dare Lauren. That is, if she is brave enough or just chicken." I knew it was kinda mean, but she deserved it and I wanted to get her mad so she couldn't think straight.
"I am soooo brave enough to do it, Swan, so spit it out!" She screeched.
"Well if your so sure, then the others have to do this dare."
Everyone looked sacred, even the people on my side, but they were faking that look.
"They'll do it, so just say it!" She screeched again.
I'm going to lose my hearing if this keeps going.
"I dare all of you to pack your bags for a week and stay in the haunted house in the woods for a week, and you can't leave the house until next Saturday at 3 o'clock that afternoon." Now all I have to wait for is her yell back at me...
"Fine, but I dare YOU to come with, but you have to stay one extra day. So you don't leave until Sunday at 3 o clock." She yelled at me. She though my plan had backfired. Wrong.
"Fine, lets go pack our bags, but you better be there by 6 o'clock, or else I'll hunt you down. Lets go you guys."
They all got up and followed me out. We didn't bother to go back to any of our house we already have everything there. We all got into our cars and drove toward the haunted house. Edward and I were just about to pull in when we both burst out laughing.
"I can't believe she fell for it so easily! Her face was priceless!"
He pulled us in and got out to help me, I needed help, alright, I could hardly stand from laughing so hard. He pulled me out and I clung to him to stay on my feet, but he wasn't doing any better, he leaned against his car to keep us from falling. But we weren't the only ones like this. All the others were bent over with laughter, too. Jasper, being the one to feel others emotions, was on the ground next to Emmett both laughing and clutching their sides. Rose and Alice clung to each other against Emmett's jeep, hardly able to stand. I looked for Ben and Angela but they weren't even out of their car. They though were able to stop laughing and came out of the car to walk around us. We all stopped laughing and walked up to the house.
The boys gabbed a old looking chain and wrapped it around the handles to the basement. When it securely locked we sat at the front of the house, Edward put his arms protectively around my waist and pulled me into his lap. We waited like that for about a hour before the four of them came up to the house. They grabbed their stuff and followed us in.
It was still pretty creepy but it had much more effect on them than us because this was their first time here. We all went upstairs and picked our rooms. Edward, Ben, Angela, and I had the room right in front of the stairs, Rose, Em, Alice and Jazz had the room to our right and Lauren, Mike, Jess, and Tyler were in the room to the left. We all said our goodnights and headed to bed. When I knew that Ben and Angela were asleep I turned to Edward,
"I figured out how Jazz is going to 'die'," I whispered. "I'll tell you in the morning."
He nodded his head. I gave him a goodnight kiss and curled into his chest and fell asleep in his arms.
AN: Hi guys! This is my first Twilight story! I'll try to get the next chapter up in the next couple weeks but I'm going up to my grandparents on Saturday and they have really bad internet, so I can't upload the chapter until I come back. Have a great April Vacation People!
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Witch's Note 2:
Hey People, this is the new updated version of this chapter, hopefully this one makes more sense then the last. Also if you have any suggestions on what I should do for my future characters 'deaths', let me know on a pm, because I know that most of you can't review a second time on this chapter, or the others.
