Waxing Crescent

Summary: (Set during New Moon) What if Bella really had been dreaming about the return of Edward and Alice and going to Italy? What if Jacob had been there to go cliff diving with Bella? How would it alter her life?

Authors Note: Bonjour mes amis! I am so glad that you guys loved last chapter and just to let you know, the poll is still open for those who haven't voted. The vote is close…! I promise there will be no decision until a little later. Pairings will become obvious sooner or later. So thanks again for all the wonderful reviews, you guys are amazing! Any questions that you have, I will be happy to answer them, so ask away! So some songs that I would recommend while reading this story are:

Wreck of the Day by Anna Nalick

Without You from RENT, the musical

Come Down To Me by Saving Jane

I Will Follow You into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie

Your Guardian Angel by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Leap of Faith by Michelle Branch

Just a suggestion because I was listening to those songs while I was writing this chapter actually. I don't know how many people listen to songs while they're reading something, but I do… maybe I'm the only one! So enjoy enjoy!

Co-writer and editor: Summer's Sun

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Chapter 4

I was breathing, but breathing wasn't one of my main focus now in life. I looked in the mirror, noticing that I was no longer apparent in it. Dammit, I couldn't even look at myself. I pressed a hand to the mirror and sighed. All this vampire transformation had taken a lot out of me. It was hard to even think straight. I was going to be eighteen years old forever and the thought dawned on me that I didn't want to be a vampire. I only wanted to be a vampire if Edward was going to be there for me. And he wasn't, so now what was I going to do with myself for the rest of eternity? It was the first day after the transformation formed and still Charlie knew nothing about it. Jacob had told me that Billy called Charlie and told him that I was sick and was going to stay at Emily and Sam's place for a little while. I sat down on the floor, tired or starring at nothing and looked towards the door as I heard that somebody was walking closer to the door frame. I looked up as Jacob came into the room. He winced, a deep scowl on his face. He hated me because of what I had become and I knew it. "Jacob," I breathed, my voice perfect, something that had happened over the few days. "I'm so sorry! I never meant for this to happen."

He sat down a couple feet away from me. He looked up at the mirror and I saw a reflection of him starring back at him. I cringed; I would never get to see myself again. "It's okay Bella,"—I didn't know what to believe, he turned his head towards me, he was cautious whenever he was near me. He knew that I probably couldn't handle this on my own and the lack of vampires in town only made it worse—"it was Victoria who did this to you. It was not you fault and I don't want you blaming yourself for this awful thing. I'm just frustrated that we couldn't do anything about it. Why did you go out that night Bella, why did you go there?"

I swallowed painfully. "I went because of a dream Jacob, you have to understand. When you dropped me off a few days before, I had a dream about Edward and Alice and going to Italy and everything. It seemed so real, but I knew that it was only a dream." Well, that wasn't the real truth, but I wasn't going to tell him what really had happened. I didn't want to believe that it was only a dream. "There were some things in the dream that turned out to be true and it scared me to death. I went to the Cullens looking for something to tell me that they were truly gone. I knew what might have happened, but I wished that it didn't. I was scared Jake and there was nobody to talk too. I don't know what else to say." I finished and he starred at me. He was shaking violently. I didn't know what was going to happen next.

"I don't get it Bella, you were supposed to say out of trouble and yet you found yourself in even more trouble then you probably bargained for. I'm not sure if it's safe to be around you and I know that you know nothing about how a vampire's supposed to live. What are we going to do with you Bells?" He questioned firmly and I shrugged, wanting to cry but knowing that I probably couldn't even produce a single tear again.

"I'm sorry…" I choked out. "I never meant for this to happen."

He nodded his head, his hair moving slightly with his motion. "I know that you never meant for this to happen Bells, but what are we going to do? What happens when you do get thirsty and you feel like you have to attack one of us to quench your thirst? I don't know how long that is going to be, but I hope that you would never think of turning on one of us. We are still on your side here and we are still looking for Victoria."

"I—I'm not thirst Jake, you have to believe me. I would never turn on you guys; I know how much you've done for me and how much you plan to do for me. I'm—I'm sorry about this, I never meant for this to happen." I was repeating myself, but I didn't care anymore. Jacob stood up and shook his head. Was he leaving? Was he leaving forever? How long was he going to be gone for? He reached forward and placed a warm hand on my frozen cheek. I rested my head in his palm and before I could even blink, his hand was gone. I looked up at him and there was a frown on his face. "This is horrible." I breathed.

"Not horrible, just not what we planned." Jacob confirmed and stalked off to the door. He looked back at me as his hand was placed on the door-knob. "Bella, promise me that you will stay here. There's something coming." I looked around and then looked back at him. There was nothing in this room except for a mirror. There was no window or anything. Just a single light-bulb and a mirror, that I couldn't even see myself in. "Don't move or something will happen, they know that you're here." He hissed before walking out of the door and closing it behind him quickly. I looked around for something that would console me, but found nothing.

"Dammit! Jacob Black, you let me see her right now! She is not your concern anymore! If she is already a vampire, then she is my concern. I am here to get her and then I will remove her from your life. I can show her how to live – if she doesn't know the basis then she will die and I know that you don't want that. Let me through and right now! I demand that you let me see her!" The voice was so familiar, that I thought I was dreaming. Alice Cullen. I thought dreamily, she was here for me; she was going to save me.

"No!" Jacob hissed. "She is not yours to worry about. She is with us now, she runs with us and she will be protected by us. You can't just waltz back in and inspect everything to be the same! You walked out on her and we walked in. We were here before you. I am not going to let you see her because I know that you will just hurt her over again!" I heard a stomp on the ground and I imagined one of them losing their temper. I didn't really expect Alice to ever lose her temper, but it was probably her. I stood up and walked towards the door, knowing that I was breaking Jacob's promise. I pushed open the door and found myself starring in Alice's eyes. Her eyes softened as she made a few steps forward.

"Alice…" I said breezily, so glad that my best friend had finally returned. In my dreams, she had seemed so real, but now she was even more real and so much more. I looked over at Jacob who was frowning and scowling at the same time, if that was even possible. Alice pushed past Jacob, who was clearly angry now, and ran towards me, pulling me into her arms. "Alice! Oh my god, I missed you so much and I was so scared and I had no idea what to do and there was nobody! Alice, there was nobody! Who was I supposed to turn too—"

"It's okay Bella, everything is going to be okay now, I'm here and Jasper is here with me and it's going to be okay." Alice soothed and I buried my head into her shoulder, so glad that she was finally back with me. I noted that our skin were the same temperatures finally. She stroked her fingers through my hair and rain her other hand around my back, trying to soothe me even though I wasn't crying at all. "Oh Bella, you have no idea how much I missed you and we were all so worried that something would happen to you! I'm sorry that I wasn't here, I could have stopped you, but my visions have been cloudier then ever since we left, I don't know what's going on, but I just wished that I could have stopped Victoria. You didn't deserve this, you still don't deserve this."

I looked over the doorway where Jasper was hanging back; he was still as timid as ever. Jacob was leaning against the opposite wall and I knew that it would never be over. Jacob would argue with me after this meeting with Alice and Jasper was over. He pushed off the wall and made his way out of the room; I knew that he probably couldn't handle this. "It's not your fault Alice, it was my fault, and anyways I shouldn't have gone to your deserted house where Victoria had been hiding. I was being an idiot like always and I was being reckless like always. I never meant for her to find me, but something had happened and it was reminding me of him and then I had to go to the one place to make sure that I would no longer think of him." Alice nodded as I explained everything. She pulled away from me and smiled.

"It's over now Bella, I should have gotten here sooner, and it was my fault on that. I could have stopped her and this never would have happened to you." She looked down at my body and my new defined features that Jacob had told me about, "though I must say Bella, you do look amazing."

I chuckled in response and smiled brightly at my best friend. I can't believe she had left me for all this time and then suddenly appeared again. I pulled away from her, thanking her for her comment and glided over to Jasper, hugging his lightly before pulling back. "You don't have to keep your distance anymore, there is nothing you could do that would hurt me,"—I hesitated because there was something that could hurt me—"unless you leave again, that would still hurt."

"Don't worry Bella," Alice said quickly. "We're not planning on leaving you anytime soon. I know what that could do to you and I know what it's done to Edward." Crap. She used his name, I could feel a pang go through my body and I shivered. This was not going to be fun hearing about him. Before I could question her, what had happened to Edward, she continued her story. "He's been wandering around the world for the whole time that we've been gone. I don't know exactly what he's been doing, but he's just going around searching. It's not like he's even around anymore. I haven't told him about this yet, but he probably already knows." I shrugged, pretending like it didn't matter to me, but it did, it meant the world to me to know where Edward was. I was slightly disappointed that he hadn't come with Alice and Jasper.

I inhaled, knowing that it was only to distract myself from my thoughts and that it was not really needed. "It's alright Alice; it's okay that he didn't come. I—I think that it's better this way. He said that he didn't want me and I know that I should respect that." I was folded into Alice's strong arms, this time it wasn't crushing; I was glad that she could be there for me. "Alice, Alice, what am I going to do?" I cried into her shoulder and I realized something.

I was thirsty.

"Alice," I whined. "I don't think I can do this. I'm not like you guys; I haven't had hundred of years to practice this! This is all so knew to me and I don't think that I know what to do and I don't think that I can attack an animal! That is just plain weird, I mean I'm not that thirsty, I'm just a little bit and it's not a really big deal." I was rambling, I knew it. "I just don't think that I can kill an animal just like that. It's really appalling in my mind." I explained and Alice rolled her eyes a smile clear on her face. Jasper reached out and touched my shoulder lightly.

"Don't worry Bells, you can do this, it's an instinct, I'm sure that you'll get the hang of it by at least the second try." He said and smiled reassuring as I stared out across the forest. I was not ready, I would fail and I couldn't think of what would happen to the animal. Jasper let his hand rest on my shoulder as I bit down on my lip. "Bella… Bella, you can do this, we know that you can."

I shook my head fiercely, I couldn't do this. I was not ready! I wasn't even that thirsty, it was just a little annoying pang in the back of my throat. I looked down at the ground and then back at them. Alice had moved forward a couple of steps, starring at me cautiously. "I can't do this Jasper, I just can't. It appalls me to think of how I will have to kill an animal and I don't know if I can—"

"Bella," stressed Alice. She was just a couple of feet away from me, I had never seen Alice lose her temper before, but for once I was glad that Jasper was standing next to me instead of Alice. She might have done something that would not end pleasantly. I bit down harder on my lip and waited for her to tell me something. "We can do this now or we can do this later. It appears that you aren't ready and I don't want to force you into something that is too much for you body to handle. So we're just going to take this slowly, one step at a time, alright Bells?"

I nodded, grateful that I had been let off the hook easily. I twirled a strand of my chocolate brown hair around my finger and then glanced over at Jasper and Alice, noticing that they were not muttering in low voices to each other. I pretended to look around – being interested in something else – while they talked. They stopped and Alice turned towards me. "What happened and why can't I be in on the conversation?" I questioned playfully and Alice smirked and rolled her eyes. "Are you going to tell me?"

"Sorry Bells," Jasper finally admitted. "Alice just saw something, nothing important, she was just telling me about what she saw,"—he looked towards Alice and then back towards me—"and that was pretty much it. We were just getting worried over nothing. You know Jacob Black?" I nodded, waiting for him to continue. "Well, he's decided that he doesn't want you hanging around with us. So that's all that Alice was telling me."

"And you couldn't tell me this… why?" I questioned and shifted my weight from either foot. I could sense that they were lying to me. I was not sure how, but I knew that Jasper was lying. He was suddenly looking around nervously at Alice who was keeping her composure. "Do you think we should go back to the house?"

Alice nodded her head fiercely, grabbing my arm and tugging me with her. For once, her stone-grip did not kill my arm, I could barely feel it. I watched as Jasper trailed at her side and then it hit me. We were not even going in the direction towards the house! We were going the opposite direction. Alice must have sensed that something was wrong, because she looked down at me, a frown tugging at her lips. "Don't worry Bella, we'll keep you safe."

"What? What happened?" I questioned and looked towards Jasper. "Did something happen to somebody?"

"No! No! Nothing like that, I just see somebody coming. I don't know who it is, but Bella I'm not sure if it's safe for you to be out here in the forest although we could probably take them – they will sense what happened to you and I don't know if that's such a good idea." Alice explained and tugged at me, trying to make me go faster. "It might be Victoria, I think that she wants you to go somewhere with her. Somebody wants you."

"Oh Isabella," she pronounced my full name and smirked as she leaned her head against my shoulder, sending shivers down my whole body. I was not sure I could handle much more of this. "I know that I talk of your death, but I just mean the death of your human life. I never intend of really killing you. The Volturi have plans for you Isabella and if I kill you now, they will never forgive me." She said quickly and I bit down on my lip harder. I wish that she could have just killed me. I didn't know if this was a good thought or not.

I blinked a couple times. I remembered now, the Volturi wanted me. What did they want me for? I had no idea. I remained speechless until Alice had pulled me through the bushes and towards the front door of their old house. I let her; I was helpless in this situation. I knew what the Volturi did and I remembered my dream clearly. They wanted me for something – but they feasted on people. I was not going to go there; I would not stand by and watch them do that. "A—Alice," I stammered out and she turned her head as Jasper pushed open the door. "Victoria said that the Volturi wanted me and that's why she changed me. They would never forgive her if she killed me. They need me for something."

She cursed under her breath as we entered the house. Jasper closed the door securely behind us. I was surprised to see that there were couches and different pieces of furniture inside. It must have meant that they were planning on staying for awhile. She cursed a couple of more times. What had happened to Alice, she was acting different. Jasper turned on his heels and pushed us both down on the couches. "Bella, she's going to take you there and I don't know if we can stop it."

"What do you mean you can't stop her from getting me?!" I was out-raged, I thought that they could protect me… but that didn't mean that they could protect me from everything, I realized. They protected me from James, but what would happen now? They weren't stronger then the Volturi, I didn't think that any vampire was stronger then the Volturi. "I'm sorry," I said sheepishly. "I didn't mean to say it like that, I know that I can protect myself, I'm just used to relying on other people." I whispered my voice barely audible, but I knew that both of them heard my words.

"Bella," Alice breathed, ignoring my words and comments. "Somebody's outside." I gripped her arm, fear trickling down my back. I ran my hand down my thigh back and forth. Holy shit… was I going to die? Was this the end to everything I knew? I sat there and gripped my thigh and Alice's arm as I tightened my grips on both. The door moved slowly open and I prepared myself to scream, Jasper turned his head towards the door and looked straight ahead, not moving an inch of his body. Was it Victoria? Was it somebody that I didn't want to see? I looked around and realized that it wasn't Victoria and it wasn't Jacob. It wasn't Charlie either. I was being stupid – like always. I looked at the ground and then glanced back up, a gasp caught in my throat.

My eyes widened as I realized who was standing the doorway, a grim expression on his face. I wanted to bang my head somewhere or do something that would wake me up from this dream. I didn't want it to be a dream, but he was too real to be standing there starring back at me, a frown spread across his beautiful features. I let go of my tight hold of Alice's arm and my thigh and stood up. "Edward…" I breathed.

End of Chapter 4

Ending Note: So how was it? I hope that you enjoyed it and sorry about the cliffhanger! It's the return of Edward finally! Dun dun dun, what will happen to Jacob and what will Bella do? Well you'll just have to tune in next time! Thanks for reading!

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