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Eddie: lots of music in this story…..
Me: You got a problem with that?
Eddie: NO , no, just… saying…..
ME: You want me to play Michael Jackson, don't you?
Eddie: Yes….. very much…
Me: (SIGH) You and your emo pale child molesters….
Alec:
I watched her. Watched her through slitted eyes as I slowly healed. Soon, I could feel my left hand again, it twitched spastically for a moment. I was still thirsty, and it was hard to resist such a pleasant scent in such a small room. Yet somehow, I stopped myself cold as those thoughts crossed.
Why, I thought crossly, why was I getting attached to a creature I had not only a day ago considered as an animal, a source of food? Nourishment?
I nearly jumped, so lost in my thoughts when I heard her voice scream
"NO! NO DON'T GO!" Her eyes closed, I watched in sick fascination as she began to squirm, locked in her mind, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"No, please don't leave me. Charlie…..HIM!"
She was clawing the linoleum tiles roughly. I suddenly felt like I was intruding, watching her, yet her scream wouldn't leave my head, even as she fell to whimpers, the sound ringing around and around in my mind. HIM!HIM!HIM! I clutched my head, grumbling a little. The burn in my throat was killing me, again.
Then a strange thought entered my mind. In here, this girl called home. Yet I was beginning to feel trapped, her scent too strong, her voice too loud.
In your golden cage
All I feel is strange
Strange
In your perfect world
So strange
Strange
I feel so absurd in this life
Those lyrics made my head hurt. This girl, despite the mystery surrounding her, probably had a good life, one I was messing up. I banged my head against the porcelain hard enough to get a crunch.
Hurry up and heal body!
This…did….nothing. And the girl was still crying. With an annoyed sigh, I used my power to enter her dreams.
Bella:
I dreamed of them that night. Their faces, cold and beautiful. Topaz sets of eyes glittered in the dark as I ran, unseeing through blackness, my screams of "Don't go!" sounded tinny and fake in my ears.
A song played throughout this nightmare, making me howl
I still remember the world
From the eyes of a child
Slowly those feelings
Were clouded by what I know now
I froze, too much! Much too much! I was losing myself….
*chorus*
Where has my heart gone
An uneven trade for the real world
oh I...
I want to go back to
Believing in everything and knowing nothing at all
Then, I felt a icy hand touch my shoulder. I turned to see the stranger, the vampire with crimson irises, awkwardly patting my pack, whispering "It's okay, be strong, okay.." He glared at the images swarming my head, with a sharp rebuke, he hissed "BE GONE." Things started to melt away, yet I wasn't sure I wanted them too.
"Edward." I sobbed quietly. The vampire's eyes widened, snapped to my face. "What did you say?" But my dreams were fading, I was waking up. I gripped the boys hand, taking him by surprise.
I still remember the sun
Always warm on my back
Somehow it seems colder now
*chorus2*
Where has my heart gone
Trapped in the eyes of a stranger
oh why...
I want to go back to
Believing in everything
Right as the dream was coming to an end, I thought I heard him whisper
"It's impossible…"
Alec:
I came out of that dream with a shudder, gripping the bathtub rails hard. They bent and broke almost instantly. That girl. I nearly choked.
That girl is the bloody reason my entire half got fried like no tomorrow.
And here she was, looking after me, just waking up!
I rubbed my eyes. Damn it, this complicated everything.
She was waking up, murmuring vague obscenities as she did, glancing at her watch.
"How'd you do that?" Her question was topped with a glare at me "How'd you get into my dream?"
I didn't respond, instead standing up shakily.
Her eyes flashed. "You have a talent. One that somehow gets to me. How?"
My teeth clenched with an audible clack.
"My ability is to cut off your senses completely child. Something I'm very tempted to do this moment." My growl caused her to flinch, but she pressed on "That doesn't explain the dream, I didn't dream you in there, you just appeared, and you woke me up."
I was beside her in a flash, so close our breathing touched.
"Listen to me," I snarled "What I just did is a secret that I alone knew I had. My powers have been evolving as of late, growing. Aro can't know, and neither can anyone else, got it!"
She gasped at my sudden rage, backing up against the corner of the wall. I didn't mean to frighten, but it couldn't be undone now.
I straitened from my crouch, teeth still bared.
"Let me set you on the correct path, human. I thank you for helping me, for your blood. I am NOT your friend. I WILL kill you if necessary. And this, Edward character of yours, is BAD news."
I brushed past her then, my cape still on, flowing behind me. She made a strangled cry
"Wait! W-where are y-you going?" I stopped, taking a deep breath.
"I must hunt. Your blood was good, but you can't keep losing it. I will return. For now, that's a promise.
Bella:
He was a warrior, I could tell by his prowl as he disappeared with a flash out the window. That made me worry. Coupled with his obvious fear of his ability getting out, I got the prickly sensation this vampire fought on a daily basis, was used and thought like a weapon.
Yet he thought very much independently. I stood, watching the snow cover his already fleeting tracks from the window pane.
I sighed. My head was aching from so much mystery. What had he meant about Edward? Edward was trouble?
The name ripped my chest, but I had to figure this out. This vampire had met Edward, so, what happened?
My breath came out in hard gasps as my imagination took hold. Did this vampire try to kill him? Did he succeed? Was Edward doing something illegal in the vampire world?
The name the vampire had spoken also brought vague memories.
Aro…Aro….. Something about that name brought a chill to my heart.
I couldn't remember, it was too fuzzy.
Sighing, I went to my room, just passing the time, waiting. My keyboard was still there, and I sat with it.
I began to play a tune, soft and miserable.
"You hold the answers deep within your own mind.
Consciously, you've forgotten it.
That's the way the human mind works.
Whenever something is too unpleasant, to shameful for us
to entertain, we reject it.
We erase it from our memories.
But the imprint is always there.
Can't wash it all away
Can't Wish it all away
Can't hope it all away
Can't cry it all away
Alec:
I listened to the voice that echoed from the girls closed window.
"The pain that grips you
The fear that binds you
Releases life in me
In our mutual
Shame we idolize
To blind them from the truth
That finds a way from who we are
Please don't be afraid
When the darkness fades away
The dawn will break the silence
Screaming in our hearts
My love for you still grows
This I do for you
Before I try to fight the truth my final time
I was shocked to hear her voice, soft, sad, like a delicate mirror of ice, frosted over. I leaned against a tree, hearing silently her plea for someone, someone she loved.
"We're supposed to try and be real.
And I feel alone, and we're not together. And that is real."
Can't wash it all away
Can't wish it all away
Can't cry it all away
Can't scratch it all away
Lying beside you
Listening to you breathe
The life that flows inside of you
Burns inside of me
Hold and speak to me
Of love without a sound
Tell me you will live through this
And I will die for you
Cast me not away
Say you'll be with me
For I know I cannot
Bear it all alone
"You're not alone, honey."
"Never... Never."
I suddenly found a piece of something, rising to my chest, something I hadn't felt in a long time. Sympathy. Respect. My eyes, reflected in a puddle that had frozen over burned with blood from a human, yet reflected a deep, frustration. I wanted, however irrational it was, to help this girl, make her feel better about herself.
Can't fight it all away
Can't hope it all away
Can't scream it all away
It just won't fade away, No,no, no ,no.
Can't wash it all away
Can't wish it all away
Can't cry it all away
Can't scratch it all away
I covered my ears finally, I couldn't take it. Yet I knew the lyrics to this song, they rang true in my subconscious.
(Can't fight it all away)
(Can't hope it all away)
Can't scream it all away
Ooh, it all away
Ooh, it all away
(It all away)
"But the imprint is always there. Nothing is ever really forgotten."
"Because I'm dying too."
"Because I'm dying too."
"Because I'm dying too."
"Because I'm dying too."
"Because I'm dying too."
I sucked in a breath as I heard the muffled piano stop playing from my hiding spot in the trees.
I slid into the snow, burying my head between my knees. I couldn't leave her, she had helped me, and I'd be breaking the rules. The problem, she'd have to be a vampire for Aro to let her live. I wasn't sure how she'd agree to that. Plus, I wasn't even sure I'd stay long enough to make up my mind about this. I needed to think, needed to….. think.
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Another day has gone
I'm still all alone
How could this be
You're not here with me
You never said goodbye
Someone tell me why
Did you have to go
And leave my world so cold
Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
But you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
But you are not alone
'Lone, 'lone
Why, 'lone
Just the other night
I thought I heard you cry
Asking me to come
And hold you in my arms
I can hear your prayers
Your burdens I will bear
But first I need your hand
Then forever can begin
Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
For you are not alone
Whisper three words and I'll come runnin'
And girl you know that I'll be there
I'll be there
You are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
For you are not alone...
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