Chapter 2: The Power Of Edward's Love

I looked around the room wildly searching for Edward.

Charlie burst into the room.

"Bells?" He hurried to the side of my bed and held me like when I was five and had a nightmare.

"Edward," I whispered. I closed my eyes. Images of the dream flashed through my head.

"Bella, Tell me," Charlie gently squeezed my hand and I looked him in the eye.

"Edward's in trouble," I choked back a sob, "He needs me,"

Charlie frowned, "Wait here Bella, I'm gonna call Alice to come look after you. I have to go to work but at least she'll be here"

Charlie left the room with a small sigh. I heard him dial a number on the phone.

A low muttering filled the air as Charlie informed Alice about what had happened.

I lay in bed thinking about the dream. What would could it mean? And what was that thing that took him. And how in the hell was he contacting me.

I heard Charlie's cop car start up and drive off. I sighed and slowly got out of bed.

I got up and walked to the bathroom. Before I closed the door, Alice appeared at the top of the stairs.

"Bella," She rushed forward and gave me a hug, "How did you know?"

I stared at her in confusion, "Know what?"

Alice sighed, "Don't play dumb, Bella, the dream. How did you know that Edward is missing. He was with you last night. I know that. I also know that he left at midnight to go hunting but he never came home. Emmett, Carslie and Jasper are searching our hunting grounds. The only clue we have is Edward did make a kill but he never drained its blood. He was taken at his weakest. We did find some blood that didn't belong to the animal he hunted. It belonged to Edward. Whatever took him…it can make vampires bleed".

I stared at Alice in shock. Words couldn't describe what I was feeling let alone thinking. My precious Edward was hurt. It was a lot to take in as I thought it over.

Alice looked at me in concern, "Come on, Bella," she gently grabbed my hand.

"Pack some stuff and let's go," She whispered, "You can stay with us for a few days. Maybe even until we find Edward. I'll leave a message for Charlie"

I nodded slowly, not trusting myself to speak. The tears were there but I didn't want them to come. I walked numbly to my bedroom. I wasn't quiet aware of what was happening.

Dimly, I packed this but I wasn't quiet sure of what they were. Eventually, after Alice had repacked my bag, we were driving to the Cullen's estate.

I felt a little happiness at the sight of the tree-lined driveway. All I could think of was my family inside the wonderful old house. They were waiting for me and that made me fell so relaxed and happy.

Inside the house, the Cullen's were huddled around the fireplace. Whether they were actually feeling the cold of just there to stare at the fire, I'll never know but what really was upsetting was the same expressions they wore. Despair and fear. The entire time I've known the Cullen's, I've never seen them afraid…well except being afraid for my safety but never for themselves.

I walked into the room slowly and the vampires got up slowly. Each one walked forward to hug me gently, even Rosalie. She smiled gently.

"It'll be okay, Bella," she rubbed my arm in concern, "We'll find him…I promise. You'll be together again".

For the first time in my life, a felt a sense of fondness for Rosalie. She finally seemed like my sister. I felt truly grateful that I had met the Cullen's.

Carslie stepped forward and grabbed my shoulder gently.

'I need you to tell about what you saw. Alice says that you weren't very clear,' he whispered, his face firm but comforting.

'I'm not quite sure,' I shook my head trying to un jumble all the confusing images in my head, 'He kept saying something about an Ice Rose and a cloaked thing grabbed him. He was bleeding. But it was a dream. How can Edward talk to me in a dream?'

Esme looked at Carslie. The Cullen's relied on him for all the answers. By his expression, he didn't have any.

'I can tell you about the Ice Rose, but how Edward was communicating with you, well, I have no idea. I can only guess,' Carslie sat me down by the warm fire. I held my hands before to heat them up and get feeling back into them.

'The Ice Rose…well, it's an extremely powerful artifact. It's a crystal rose with the power of purity and peace,' Carslie began uncertainly, 'It was created by vampires for us to use but when we did, the first vampire also saw that it had created jealousy amongst us. So she hid it. From what you have told Alice and me, the creature that took him is Death or a servant of death. I cannot tell you much bout how Edward is communicating with you but I can guess. I think that his love for you combined with his telepathic abilities, he was somehow able to reach you.'

Carslie looked at me carefully, waiting for my reaction but all I could feel was an overwhelming feeling of love for Edward.

'He truly does love me,' I whispered.

After he had left Forks for the first time, I had been so broken but when he came back he still loved me but I had always had a small doubt that he did and was only there to stop me from blurting out the truth about the Cullens.

I gave a small smile. The fact that he choose to try and contact me even though he couldn't read my mind instead of someone he could read. But I still wondered, how did he do it?

Could love really be so strong?