Well I watched Atlantis today and this idea just popped into my head. I have never written a story like this, so I hope you all like this.I want it to be an adventure. And I might switch up the P.O.V's in later chapters. Maybe. Please review, I need the feed back so much I cant even tell you.
Chapter one: And so the story begins
BPOV
We sat in my fathers old library as it poured buckets outside. we were used to it though, living in Forks, you kinda had to. I was perched on my fathers lap, Alice on the floor by his legs and Rose lounged out with the fluffy crushed red velvet pillows by the fire place. It was cozy, with only the fireplace and a the small lamp that glowing dimly, but still was enough light for my father to read out of the book that was sitting on his lap.
"Daddy, there is no possible way that is true" My older sister Alice said. I glared at the back of her black spiky hair. She had chewed gum while sleeping, so daddy had to chop off all of her hair. I told her to spit it out before we went to bed.
"But Alie, why don't you believe?" Daddy asked. Yeah Alie, i thought in my head. The stories were to magnificent to be fake. Rose sat up and wrapped her arms around her legs.
"Because, some one would have found it by now" Alice said in a 'duh' voice. I rolled my eyes.
"Its miles under the Alice. Of course no one has found it" Rose huffed. Alice glowered at all of us, hating to be ganged up on.
"Alice is right girls. There is no reason to believe that the great city of Atlantis is real. I mean certainly someone would have found it by now! But maybe they just aren't looking any more, girls. Maybe they have given up" My father said. The excitement in his voice seeped into my skin and made me excited too. I looked and saw Alice and Rose had the same looks in they're eyes that I knew I must have had.
"One day we'll go, right daddy? We'll find it?" I asked excitedly. He looked at me and laughed.
"Yes, my dear. We will all go together!" He said. Alice squealed and Rose smiled one of her 'light up the world' smiles. I heard the clearing of someones throat and I looked to the door to see out nanny standing there, arms crossed over her chest, but a smile on her face.
"Isn't it time that you three start heading to bed?" She asked, trying to keep the smile out of her voice.
"Aww, no Beatriz! Cant we finish the story?" I begged, using my sad face. Being the youngest had it's perks. My sisters plead with me and my father looked at her.
"I guess 15 more minutes wouldn't hurt... but I mean it Charles. Only 15 more minutes" She said sternly. She then walked out of the library. Rose rolled her bright blue eyes and then looked back at my dad.
He closed the book and looked at us. His eyes twinkled with happiness.
"Do you want to see something that has been passed down the Swan family line fore generations?" Was he stupid? Of course we did.
We all practicably yelled yes in unison.
"Shh" He said, putting a finger to his lips. He then lifted me off his lap and sat me on the floor next to Alice. He went to the door and shut it, and then locked it. He then closed the curtains and went to one of the book shelf that expanded the length of the wall. I would say that there was 2,000 books in this room. Easy. The library was the biggest room in the house and it had a book shelf on each wall that reached up to the ceiling. The only wall without a book shelf was toe one with the fire place and windows. And even then, there were books on the mantel.
He climbed the small ladder so that he could reach the top shelf. He dug around for a moment and then came down with a big box. He cleared off his desk and then set it down. He ushered us over.
"What is this dad?" Rose asked, looking at the big dusty box with wondering eyes.
"This is the out come what of my great-grandfather, my grandfather my father and I have dedicated our lives to" He replied, As he opened the box and began pulling stuff out of it.
Alice picked up what looked like a deformed fish. It was big as her head and had long flowing tail and fins.
"Careful with that Alie. Its fragile." He said. Rose was looking through pictures, her eyes big as saucers.
"Are these real" She choked. My dad nodded enthusiastically. I picked up a paper that looked so ancient that I was afraid it might fall apart in my hands. I unfolded it and looked at it. A gasp left my lips.
"Daddy... this isn't... Is it?" I stuttered as I looked at the parchment. I couldn't form the words in my head.
"Yes Bells. That is the map to Atlantis" He said, his voice was in awe. Alice and Rose came to look at it too and they both gasped as well.
"Oh my god" Rose said, covering her mouth with her hand. Alice said said nothing, she just stared. My dad suddenly became very tense and serious.
"You can never tell any one about this girls. Never" He said. I looked up at him and nodded slowly.
"I would never daddy" I promised. Rose and Alie said similar things. He then smiled his usual smile again. We were then interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Girls, it is time for bed" came Beatriz's voice, muffled by the door. I sighed. She was so annoying sometimes.
"Come on girls. Lets put this away" He whispered. We silently and carefully put away all the artifacts that my family had collected over the years and my dad put the box away. He then opened the door for Beatriz. She huffed, her hands at her hips.
"Come on girls. Bed time" she said. Alice hugged Daddy tightly.
"Night dad" She said my dad squeezed her tightly. Then Rose, my dad kissed the side of her head.
"Good night daddy" I said. He picked me up and hugged me tight to his body. I giggled quietly.
"Good night, my little Bells" He said. We walked out of the library and I looked back to see him on his type writer. He was always writing or reading. The door then shut closed.
When we got to our room we hopped up into out beds and Beatriz tucked us in.
"Good night, girls" She said, turning off the light and leaving the room, closing the door behind her. I stared up at the ceiling.
"Bells, are you awake" I heard Allies voice. I flipped over to look at her.
"Yeah" I said. "Is Rose?"
"No, shes asleep. Can you believe it? its all real, Bella. All of it" She said, her voice seemed distant, like she was day dreaming. I smiled to my self, and then yawned.
"I told you so, Alie" I said. I then fell asleep, dreaming of a glorious city under the sea.
That was nearly 10 years ago. I am now twenty four, I'm a marine biologist and I live in Orlando Florida, but I was back in Washington. My father had died last night. Heart attack. I closed my eyes tightly, trying to block out all of the noises of sobbing as my Rosalie said her speech.
"He was the most brilliant man I ever knew... and he was the most caring. It couldn't of been easy raising me and my sisters after mom died, but he always tried his best. I remember when I first got my period and we had to go get... the necessities. He was mortified, but he never complained. He will be missed by many people, but we will always remember him in out hearts and souls" Rose's voice rang out. Me and Alie laughed through the tears as she said the part about her period. I remembered that day so well. I wiped the bottom of my eyes, careful of the eyeliner Alice had so carefully applied. The reception was beautifully catered. It looked just as he would have wanted it to. I wasn't crying anymore. The tears had dried up. And I knew my dad had lived a long and happy life, and now he was in heaven with my mom. Even if it hurt so badly I had to clench my fists that he wasn't here with us any more. I was at the4 buffet table, getting a cup of champagne when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to come face to face with the most vibrant green eyes I had ever seen. They were deep and shining and gorgeous. And my fucking god, the face that they belonged to was even better. His hair was a messy auburn mop on his head, his jaw was chiseled and defined and his nose was strait, and his lips... were so full and plump. They looked so soft.
"Hi, I'm Edward Cullen" He said with a smile, offering his hand. I was dazed. But I soon snapped out of it. I must look like an utter freak, just staring at him.
"Bella Swan" I offered back, shaking his hand. His eyes then tinged with sadness and his lips pulled down at the corners.
"Yes, I know. I'm so sorry for your loss. Your father was an amazing man" He said. I forced a smile.
"Yeah. He was. How did you know him?" I asked.
" He taught with my father Carlisle at the University. They shared many of the same...theories you might call them" He said. I nodded, I remember hearing about a Carlisle.
"Oh. Is Carlisle here?" I asked, I had always wanted to meet him.
"Yes. Hes over there, with my mother Esme and my friends and colleagues, Emmett McCarthy and Jasper Whitlock" He said, pointing out a table where four people sat. I assumed the older blond was Carlisle.
"Would you like to meet him. We have so much to discuss, Bella" He said, his voice tinged with excitement. I looked up at him questionably. What in the hell did I have to discuss with this Adonis?
I smelt her before I heard heard her. Aunt Pearl. She smelled of BO and a too strong floraly perfume. The same smell since I was six. I looked over to see her coming towards us, her eyes filled with tears.
"Oh, Isabella!" She cried dramatically, throwing her arms around me. I winced. Aunt pearl was always such a drama Queen. She was my fathers third cousin, but we had always been forced to call her our aunt. She had this.., grudge against us because when grandpa and grandma died, they're only child, my father got the money instead of her. Weird, I know.
"Hi Aunt Pearl" I choked. Her large frame was squashing me. She finally let go and then put both hands on my face.
"Look at you! All grown up and beautiful" she said sweetly, but with a sharp undertone. I glared at her. Bitch.
She looked over at Edward who was looking at us, biting his lips together to keep from laughing.
"And who is this handsome young man?" She asked, looking him up and down. Yuck, she was like what, 50?
"Hello Aunt Pearl" I heard Rose's voice and I swear hallelujah rung in my ears. I looked over and saw Rose coming over and Alice behind her. Rose was smiling fakely, but Alice was just glaring at the older woman.
"Rosalie dear, And Alice!" She said, finally letting go of my face. I rubbed my cheeks as I watched her gloat over my sisters.
"You are both so beautiful! And you Rosalie, you could be a model!" She said, touching Rose's long golden hair. Rose winced and pulled away.
"Thank you, Aunt Pearl... but I think is looking for you" Rose said. Mrs. Hemmingway was Aunt Pearls gossip buddy. They were pathetic.
"Oh really? Well i will make sure to talk to you girls again before I leave" she said walking away. We all smiled brightly and fakley and waved to her.
"Oh, please don't" Alice said, still smiling. Me and Rose laughed. I spun around when I heard a deep chuckle.
"Well wasn't she pleasant?" Edward said sarcastically. I smiled at him.
"Yeah. She is just the best. Who are you?" Rose asked bluntly and slightly rudely. That's Rosalie for you.
"I'm Edward Cullen" He said. His name so matched him.
"Cullen...like in Carlisle Cullen?" Alice asked, I could see it took her some thinking to dig up the connection.
"Yes. He's my father" Edward said, pointing back over to the table. I could tell he was becoming impatient.
"Oh" Rose said.
"I think we should go meet him... plus Edward said that they had many things to discuss with us" I said. My sisters looked at me questionably and I looked back.
"Okay" Alice dragged out, her voice suspicious.
"Great. Lets go" Edward said, hurriedly ushering us towards the table. When we got there I looked the residents over. There was a older blond man who looked to be in his late thirties, early forties. A very pretty woman with caramel colored hair that fell in waves around her shoulders and had bright green had to be Edwards mother. An attractive big guy, no not fat big. Like muscular big. He had short brown hair and brown eyes and a wide almost child like smile. And a tall blond guy who had dark blue eyes and his hair was long and shaggy.
"Guys, these are the Swan girls" Edward said, interrupting a conversation. All eyes were on us.
"Hello, girls. I'm Carlisle" I was right. Older blond dude was Carlisle.
"I'm Rosalie and that is my sister Alice, and my sister Isabella" Rose said, pointing to me and Alie. I hated when she used me full name.
"It is so great to finally meet you! It is unfortunate that it had to be here, but it is still a pleasure" He said, shaking our hands. It wasn't a normal handshake. It was warm and it was almost like a hug...but it was a handshake.
"Please, sit" The caramel headed woman said. We smiled and sat down. Edward sat across from us.
"So... you wanted to talk to us about some thing important I presume?" Rose said, taking off her cardigan and leaning forward on the table. Her tone of voice was so mean sometimes, and I don't think she even noticed.
Carlisle and Esme looked semi stunned and the other men glared at Edward, who just smirked back.
"Well yes... but I cant tell you everything here" Carlisle said. My eyebrows knitted together.
"And why is that?" Alice asked, her voice nervous and calculating.
"I don't want any one to over hear, and your aunt and her posse of gossipers are looking over here, just itching to know what we are discussing" Carlisle said, giving a smile to the table behind us where my Aunt Pearl and her well... posse of gossipers sat.
"We should go to the library. The walls there are the thickest in the house" I said, flipping my hair over my shoulder as I got up. My sisters and our guests followed me. As we walked by Aunt Pearl's table, she interrupted us.
"Girls...where are you off to?" She asked. Rose rolled her eyes and I could tell that she was done being nice.
"Where ever the fuck we want to in OUR house" She growled. She the started to walk again. Alice let out a stream of laughter and I snorted. She deserved Pearls face was devastated
"Wow... dude, I call dibs on the blond" I heard the big dude whisper. I smiled. Dad was looking down on this laughing his ass off.
When we got to the library I closed the door and locked it behind us, then flipped on a light.
"Okay, now spill" Rose said, sitting down on one of the plush couches. Alie sat next to her and the Cullens and the other men sat as well. I leaned againts a bookshelf.
"Your father... he was one of the most brilliant men I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. But he was... well criticzied by the other professers at the university" Carlisle started.
"When I first started working with him I was shocked by how... all over the place he was. But I learned that that was how he worked to prove his ideas. Ten years ago he told me of his theories on Atlantis, and I thought he was insane, but he wasn't. In the Atlantic ocean, close to the Bermuda triangle lies an area that doesn't come up on any signal. Of course its been checked out, but if I remember correctly, your father said the door way was a cave. And I don't think they checked the caves" Carlisle said. I gaped at him...my father had shared our secrets with him.
"Why are you telling us this?" Rose snapped defensively.
"Hon, do you know about Cullen enterprises?" Esme asked. Rose nodded. Who didnt? Cullen enterprises own everything.
"Well your father and I were making plans before he passed" Carlisle said.
"What kind of plans?" I asked.
"We were building a multi million dollar ship" Carlisle said. Me and my sisters gasped. They were going to find it.
"And he wanted to bring his girls, we want to bring you. That is if you want to come" Carlisle said. Hells yeah we want to come!
"This is asinine. Your going to go on search for Atlantis? Really?" Alice said, her voice raising a notch with each word.
"Alice, this is your dads dream. Please come with us" Edward begged.
"I'll go" Rose said. I looked at her. Her eyes were watering ans there was a smile on her face.
"Me too" I said. I had to go. Dad had wanted me to. We all looked at Alice who's legs were crossed tightly and her head was resting on them. She then looked up, her spiky hair bouncing.
"I'll go, too" She said. Rose and I squealed and hugged were going to go and live our father and grand father and great grant father and greatt great grand fathers dream!
"When do we leave?" I asked. Edward looked at me, smiling brightly.
"Tomorrow morning at eight a.m" Edward said.
"So hurry and get packed up. We have to take a plane down to Florida then hop on the ship" Jasper finally talked. His voice had a southern twang to it.
And so our adventure begun.