AN: Sorry for the long wait, it might take longer than i thought to get chapters up. This one is really metaphorical and supernatural. I kinda played off of Stephenie's idea of sinking under water in Twilight. Hope you like it.
Chapter Four
I swam in an inky sea, miraculously pain-free. Black water like tears enveloped me from head to toe. Strange creatures, not mammals, but not quite fish surrounded me. I felt scintillating weeds brush against my legs, then float away and reveal themselves as the strange inhabitants of this world. Small, slimy beasts stared up at me with great glowing orbs for eyes. I curled myself into a fetal ball and shut my eyes to block out these visions.
Water caressed my naked skin like velvet and I felt a swift current carrying me in an unknown direction. I stretched out my limbs and let myself be swept away with it. Cautiously I cracked open an eyelid and was confronted with the same mysterious world. Slowly, the tide beckoned me towards a kaleidoscope of darkness. Yet, from within the darkness emanated a strange panorama of color and light. The only worldly occurrence I could relate it to was an imploding sun.
As I approached the light, my body seemed to weigh less and less, until, when I glanced down at myself, I saw nothing. I had no physical state. My spirit floated on and upwards, escaping from all of the eerie beasts that spent their lives drifting through the impenetrable murk. I was now only a few moments away from the glowing darkness and I reached out towards its pulsating shape. Suddenly, all around me I heard voices from my past, ghostly whispers of my existence.
"Bella! Don't put that in your mouth!" I heard Renee reprimanding my toddler self. She had always been the best mother to me, even if it occasionally seemed like our roles were reversed. Moving to Forks was the best decision of my life, but I sometimes I still regretted leaving her in Phoenix.
"What's for dinner Bella?" I heard my dad holler. From his weary tone I could tell he'd had a long day at work. Charlie was easygoing and neutral, up until the motorcycle incident. He had left me to myself, yet I felt a kinship towards him, for we had many personality traits in common. Life in Forks wouldn't have been the same without seeing his police lights and siren meandering through town.
"How's Mike? Did you pass the English test? How about the beach this weekend?" Now the sounds of my classmates' chatter filled the water around me, and though I hadn't made any very close friends in Forks, they filled a part of my life that had been missing in Phoenix.
Finally, all around me I heard the melodic voices of my newest family: Esme, Carlisle, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and Alice. They were all there except for one: my soul mate, my other half, my true love: Edward. Where was he? I looked frantically around, craning my head to catch any sound from him, even as the current carried me on towards the indistinct glowing orb.
All too suddenly, every single voice vanished, all remnants of my life gone, but for one. A familiar form stepped forth from the center of the underwater sun, and strode towards me. My Edward. His face became clearer, and I recognized a look of intense pleading. "Bella," he cried, "Don't do this! I love you, I always have! I swear I'll never leave you again, my love!"
I smiled tenderly up at him, and stretched out to touch my personal angel. Somehow, my physical self reappeared, free of all imperfections. Edward clutched me hazardously close to him and delicately whispered in my ear, "This is how you appear to me, my Bella. Even if you chose to become a vampire, you could not be any more beautiful." As our lips touched, a blinding white light illuminated the sea for miles, and the world around me faded.
I opened my eyes, only to be shocked with the sight of a face rivaling that of an angel's itself; a face I knew would always be there for me, no matter what. The face of my past, future, and present.
The last moment visible to me was his pitch black eyes, shot through with agony, gazing deep into mine. And then, letting out a tender sigh, I fainted once more.
AN: The end isn't meant to be a cliff hanger, she'll come to in the next chapter's beginning.