Thank you all for guessing. You all got what she could do, but not what the power was called or what she is. Bella is……… Well actually I can't tell you because that would ruin future chapters.


My breath quickened, my eyes growing wide with terror.

"Please, help me," the woman rasped. I could tell her voice had once been beautiful. "You have to help me. You're the only one that can."

"Go away," I squeaked. "Leave me alone, I didn't do anything. Please."

"Bella?" Emmett's voice brought me back to reality.

The dead woman's head snapped up to look at him before with a gust of cold air, she vanished.

Edward knelt, his forehead furrowing in confusion. Pain and sadness splayed across his face. "What's wrong?"

"Don't wanna take the elevators!" I gasped. A hot, fat tear, ran down my cheek.

"Why not?" Edward wiped the tear away, leaving his hand on my cheek.

I looked down at my feet. Would he think I was crazy? Would he be angry with me?

"There's nothing to be scared of in there," Emmett comforted me. "You'll have all of us in there with you."

Jasper rested a hand on my shoulder. "We would never let anything happen to you squirt."

Emmett pulled me up into his iron grasp. "It'll all be okay. Come on."

I cringed against him when he stepped into the elevator.

"See we're all still alive," Alice laughed, patting my back.

For now. I thought.

Tears, hot and salty flowed down my cheeks.

I barely notice Emmett setting me down in the back and Edward's arms wrapping around me. I leaned into him, ruining his shirt with the salt. He just held me, rocking me back and forth, whispering words of comfort in my ear.

Eventually I fell asleep in his arms.

The car jerked suddenly. I screamed, my eyes flying open. Edward's hands caught me before I hit the ground.

"Emmett Swan!" Rosalie snapped. A loud slap resonated through the car as she hit him.

Then I saw another one. A man, wearing a black raincoat, was staring at me from the tree line. Blood was splattered across his face.

"Bella are you alright?" Edward asked.

When I didn't respond, Edward unbuckled my seat belt, lifting me gently into his lap. Once his hand touched me, my eyes cleared and the world came back into focus.

Emmett called my name but I could barely hear him.

So many. I thought numbly. Too many.

I curled tightly into Edward. My fist closed around a handful of his shirt.

I felt the slow rock of Edward's walking as he carried me to the house. I kept my eyes shut tight trying to block the memories. Try as I might, they came.


Flashback

I sat in the backseat of Phil's car. He had just picked me up from school and I was babbling cheerfully about how my day went.

I glanced out the window and froze. A man's face was gazing back at me. Blood dripped down the side of his face.

"Help me please," he begged. "I know you can see me. Please help me!"

My mouth opened in a scream.

The car jolted as Phil stomped on the breaks. "Bella?" he asked.

"A man," I gasped. "A man, dead, blood, talking to me. He was just here. Outside the window!"

Phil chuckled though his eyes darkened. "I think someone needs to sleep a little more. Don't worry. There's no one there."

Tears welled in my eyes as he turned the car back onto the road and continued down the highway.

I looked back to the window. The bloody man was gone. There was a man. I had seen him and I wasn't going crazy. I knew that. There was one more thing I knew. That man I had seen standing outside my window and heard talking to me, that man was dead.

End Flashback


Edward's warm hand stroked my hair.

"Bella?"

"Bells?"

"Bella?"

"Bella?"

Everyone, Emmett, Alice, Jasper and Rosalie, they were all calling to me. Edward still had me in his arms, which I was grateful for.

"What do you think is wrong with her?" Rosalie asked in small voice.

"I don't know," Jasper answered her question. "Should we take her to the hospital?"

"No!" Emmett protested veremently at the same time that Edward said, "That won't help."

Slowly, my eyes cracked open. "Too many," I groaned, breathless.

"Too many what Bella?" Edward asked.

"Nothing," I lied.

"Bella," Emmett warned, his tone stern but under it, I heard relief and sadness.

I could tell they wanted to ask more questions but at that moment the door opened.

"Kids?" Charlie's voice called. I heard the stomp of his boots as he trudged into the house then the rustling of fabric as he slid them off. "Emmett did you pick up your sister from the airport?"

"Daddy!" I squealed, jumping out of Eddie's lap and racing down the hall. My dad was standing in the hall, his police coat still on, his gun in his belt and the badge pinned to his chest.

"Bells!" he cried happily, scooping me up in his right arm, on the opposite side of his gun and holster. "How are you sweetie?"

I shrugged. "Tired."

"Well we can order pizza than you go take a bath and go to sleep," he instructed. "Where's Emmett and everyone else?"

"We're in here Charlie," Rose called from the living room.

Dad unhooked the gun holster from his belt and hung it on the wall, taking the bullets out and putting them in a side pocket of the leather.

"Why don't you go sit the big kids and I'll go order the pizza?" he asked.

I nodded, blowing at a piece of hair hanging in front of my face. He set me on my feet and I ran back down the hall.

"Weeee!" I squealed, launching myself across the room and bouncing on the couch.

"This isn't over Bella," Emmett said. "I want to know."

"Not now," I mumbled looking pointedly at the kitchen. Charlie's voice could be heard as he ordered three pizzas.

"Fine," he huffed angrily. "We'll talk about this later."

"Fine," I said flatly.


Please review. This time I would like six reviews. The number might go up or down with how many chapters I have or with how the plot goes.

The reviews for this story are doing very well compared to the other story I have. This has gotten two updates since I started writing it and on the day the story was posted, was the day I last updated I'm Scared. So good job.

If you like Harry Potter X Twilight, my other story is one.

Summary: Audriana Isabella Potter, Harry's 8 day old sister and 3-year-old Harry were left at the Dursleys. Audra's godfather Moony and Harry's godfather Padfoot are, after four years, finally allowed by Dumbledore to visit them. Remus and Sirius take the Potter children away when they realize they are being abused. Harry and Audra are scared of everything so what happens when the mysterious and beautiful Cullens move in next door? Bella and Audra are the same people.

I really hope the twist wasn't too much.

I just read this book called The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong. It was about a fifteen year old girl who could communicate with the dead. I highly recommend it.

There's a TV show called Ghost Whisper. Melinda Gordon can speak to the dead and she spends all her free time trying to help them crossover. It's really good.

Love ya all,

Sea of Topaz