Here you go, the second part to the mad dream I had. Enjoy!
He can't have known you were here! You leave no trails anymore! He must have heard Emmett hit the ball, and got curious about what was happening here.
I didn't hear his approach and I didn't hear his voice. I was too overwhelmed by the sudden information. So it gave me a fright when Edward's hands took my face and pulled it up to look at him. I jerked out of his arms and he held his hands up. By now everyone had stopped laughing and were all paying very close attention to what was happening.
"Sorry!" Edward apologized quickly. "What's wrong Bella?" His voice was covered in worry, and his face was slightly unaware, trying to listen for thoughts or sounds that might have triggered my reaction. He wouldn't be able to hear him. He was too far away right now. His ears were not strong enough.
I couldn't answer. I was too busy trying to figure out a plan with Midnight.
Bella, it's a fight or flight situation. Which do you want? Midnight was telling me.
I don't want to fight him, Midnight.
He's not going to stop Bella. He'll find us again. We're going to have to kill him at some point. You're just going to have to accept that. And I knew she was right.
I know that. But when I fight him, I don't want those that I love around him. They might try to help and I don't want them to get hurt trying to protect me. I told her.
So flight this time. But we'll hunt him down and get him next time? This idea intrigued her. She would do anything to hurt a vampire. This wouldn't be normality for her but with me denying her the opportunity to take down seven vampires was wearing on her.
Okay, unless he finds us first. I agreed.
Someone was shaking me, and many were shouting my name. I looked up toward Edward. He was the one shaking me. When he caught my attention, he stopped and everyone stopped yelling my name.
"Bella, please tell us what's wrong!" Edward was desperate. Pleading with me for some sort of response to anything he asked.
"He's coming." When I spoke, my voice was horse so I cleared it once. "Fast. And when he finds me he'll want to kill me."
"He? Who's coming Bella?" Esme asked me. She looked just as worried as Edward did a minute ago when I first heard his footsteps travelling towards me on the earth.
I answered using one word. "James." They were silent for a moment. Most likely, trying to find out if they'd ever heard of a 'James' before.
"James? What does he want you for? Why would he want to kill you?" Edward was asking so many questions. I didn't have very much time but I thought it best for them to know everything about him. Maybe this would keep them safe. Well, safer.
"Well," I started. "When I was younger, about a month after I'd completed the change, I came across two vampires, James and Elizabeth. They were partners, soul mates. Of course at the time, I had no idea. I crossed their trails quite a small distance away from where they were, and I lost control. I shifted bodies and killed Elizabeth. As soon after I'd lit the fire and thrown her body in it, I realized what I had done and ran for it. I've never forgiven myself for that, and I don't blame him for wanting to me killed." I finished my story looking at my own feet, too scared to look at any of them in the face. I was ashamed to think that they would think I was a monster.
To my astonishment, I felt Edward's arms wrap around me and pull me tight against his chest. "It's okay Bella. I won't let him hurt you." He was comforting me? Why? Why didn't he think I was a monster?
Before I could say anything to him though, Jasper said "Is he alone?"
I turned to face him, and started listening for James' footsteps, closer than before. Instead of just the one pair, I could hear his and two others.
One is female. A females footsteps sound a little different to a males. There are two males and one female. The female has a feline quality to her step and the male's sound well built.
"Midnight says that there are three of them. Two well built men and one feline-like female." I told them.
"Three? That's easy! We'll destroy them!" Emmett was getting himself all psyched up for a fight.
"No one's going to fight." I told him.
"Why not?" He sounded a little miffed.
"Because I said so." I growled at him. "I'm not ready for a fight and none of you are going to fight with or for me. Understood?"
"Bella if someone wants you dead, we're not going to just stand by and let them!" Edward was yelling at me. He didn't understand.
"And you think that
Midnight would let them kill me do you?" I asked him. "Don't be
ridiculous."
"Then what do you want us to do?" Alice asked
me, sounding very confused. "He's coming right? You might not
leave a trail but we do."
I thought this question was coming and Midnight had already conjured up a plan. "You're going to carry on playing baseball. I'm going to switch bodies just in case I need to defend myself or someone else." I looked at each member of my family. "Which won't be necessary if you stick to the plan, and hide in the forest. I'll come back when he's far enough away that he won't return. If he asks about me, you've never heard of me, seen me or whatever else he might ask you. Basically, I don't exist to any of you." I looked long and hard at Edward until he nodded in agreement.
Two minutes Bella. Midnight let me know.
"Okay, he's two minutes away. I'm going to go now." I told them. Turning towards the forest.
"Wait Bella." It was Edward who spoke. He caught me in his arms, turned me around and kissed me quickly once on the lips. I looked up at his face, smiling. He smiled his crooked smile and released me.
I turned on my heels and started to run and switched body mid stride. From behind me I heard my vampire family utter words to each other in astonishment at my new form of a huge wolf with deep black fur even my eyes were black. I ran faster than anything in the world, I might have teleported to my destination of the heart of the forest.
Again, I didn't have enough time to finish it. Stupid homework! But I must say I do enjoy giving you cliffhangers. Another part will be on shortly hopefully, if I don't have too much homework. Review please!
