Chapter 2:

Running

As soon as Edward and I were outside of the house I stopped on the porch steps, dreading what I now was supposed to do. Slowly Edward turns around with a questioning look on his beautiful stone like face.

"What's wrong, Bella. Don't you want to go?" He whispered softly to me.

"No, I want to still go, its just that, just that…" I stuttered hoping that I wouldn't have to admit to the childish thing I feared.

"What is it honey." He said as he ran over to me and kissed my forehead.

"Well, it's just, just… I'm going to have to run." I could feel my lip pouting before I could stop it. I knew I must have sounded ridiculous because as soon as I said it Edward started to laugh. He was trying to hide it, but he wasn't doing a very good job.

"I knew you would laugh at me." I stated as I turned away from him and started walking in the opposite direction. But in a moment there was a body blocking my path.

"I'm sorry." He said, and I believed him as I looked into his golden eyes and melted.

"Ok, I will try this, but if I cant promise we will walk?" I said.

"Fine." He whispered into my ear before he slowly kissed my lips. Way too soon he backed away from me, grabbed my hand, and the next thing I knew, I was running.

It was a rush. The wind ripping through your hair as if it was trying to hold you back and the quiet noise of the forest around you as you dashed through it with inhuman speed. I felt Edward let go of my hand and start to speed ahead of me. Quickening my speed I was soon next to him, both of us leaping through the forest with ease. But what happened next caught us both by surprise.

I was running, silently gliding through the woods, and then I felt a tingling sensation start to ripe through my body, bringing both pleasure and pain, and the next thing I knew, I was in the air. I was flying. My breathing shortened from the shock of it, as I looked down and all I could see were the treetops and a speck that must have been Edward. The tingling sensation started to slip away but I was still sailing through the sky. It was even better than running. It brought a sense of freedom, of wonderment. But that feeling was soon crushed by fear. How was I going to land?

"EDWARD!" I screamed as I slowly stopped moving and started floating in one place, a foot away from the treetops. "How do I get down!"

"Bella!" I heard Edward holler in utter joy. But his joy quickly turned to him being confused as I saw him climb up a tree and see me floating above it. "How did you get up there!" I heard him shout.

"I don't know I was just running and then, well, I was sort of flying…" I stated as I looked down, and realized exactly how far I was up.

"Um, then, well…" Edward seemed lost for words. I had to think of something, some way to get back to the ground. Suddenly it just popped into my mind, all I had to do was think of going down, to stop accelerating through the air. It was as simple as that. Slowly I carefully lowered myself to the ground. As soon as I landed Edward was wrapping me in his arms in a tight and passionate hug.

"Bella, your ok." He whispered to me as he kissed me passionately. "But, how did you fly? I didn't think even vampires could do that…" He questioned himself as he slowly dove into thought about the subject. "We have to go tell Carlisle."

"But I thought you promised to take me to our spot, even if something went wrong with running." I pouted.

"I will, but after we tell Carlisle, ok?" He still looked dazed, and so I took advantage of the situation and my new found power.

"Race you there!" I yelped joyfully, as I began to run but quickly took off into the air. The feeling was so extravagant, no words could ever describe the complete sense of freedom and life you feel. I could hear Edward shouting below me, but that only made me fly faster, beating him home. I landed on the porch and passionately waited for Edward to appear. Only a few seconds after I had arrived he stormed onto the porch looking angry.

"What are you doing, you could have gotten hurt!" He screamed in frustration.

"Ah, Edward, I'm a vampire now, remember. I don't break as easily." I happily stated as I walked into the house, Edward not far behind about to yell at me some more for my apparently 'foolish behavior'. Soon Alice was running to me and jumping up and down.

"I can't believe you can FLY! That is so cool Bella!" She screeched.

"Bella can fly!" Everyone in the room shouted at once. All shocked all astounded. So I decided that they would need a demonstration to prove that I could do what Alice said. Slowly I began to hover, and then I raised myself, quickly beginning to accelerate and fly around the room. Making everyone's mouths drop and make them become speechless as I landed.

"That was awesome!" I heard Emmett stutter as soon as he could think of something to say. But Carlisle didn't seem as impressed as Emmett was.

"Edward, Bella, come with me to my office, now." Carlisle stood up and walked up the stairs, apparently hiding his thoughts from Edward because he looked just as confused as me. Dreading to hear what Carlisle had to say we walked up the stairs, went into his office, and sat down in the two chairs.

Slowly Carlisle turned away from the wall that he had been facing and, with a very stern face said, "Have you ever heard of the Muerte y Condena?"