Shadow
By Lily Orange
Summary: A shadow of fire walks amongst the trees - the same shadow which blights the forest. Can Edward, Bella and the Cullens figure out what's going on... before it's too late?
Disclaimer: I am definitely not Stephenie Meyer and admire her work a lot.
A/N: I'm sorry about the late update - this weekend has been busy :) Please review this chapter!!!
CHAPTER FOUR
"Bella, shouldn't you be getting some sleep?" Esme asked kindly. I glanced up at the ornate silver clock on the Cullens' mantelpiece. Half twelve. My dad would be asleep now, all comfortable, thinking that I was okay, that nothing major had happened.
How upsettingly wrong he would be.
"No, I'm fine," I said, stifling a yawn. Edward tightened his grip around me. I was sitting on the sofa next to him, curled up with his arm around me. "What are we going to do tomorrow? I can't just hide out here, Victoria will know where I am!" I persisted, not wanting to sleep until I got some answers.
"We'll think of something, Bella. Meanwhile, you need sleep. Edward, take Bella upstairs," Carlisle said. Everybody watched me and Edward move up the stairs with alert eyes. It was inevitable - it was the only point of interest at that moment. Oh, apart from the fact that Victoria seemed to want to kill me viciously.
"Where am I going to sleep?" I asked him drowsily, looking deep into his beautiful, captivating eyes.
"My room," he said, not taking his eyes off me. He held me close, carrying me effortlessly as if I weighed as light as a feather and was as fragile as a china ornament.
"But... will you stay? I don't want Victoria to..." I dragged off, silenced by his handsome face.
"I will stay for you Bella, I love you," he reminded me, leading me into his room. "I don't need to compare you to a summer's day to let you know that - you are my reason for living. If that is what I am." I smiled weakly, and slowly walked through the door.
I'd been in here before. It looked the same, except there was a huge bed in the centre of the room, ready for me. "Sleep." He sat in a comfy looking armchair in the corner of his room by the big windows. I lay down on the bed - it was the comfiest thing I had ever been on, and the moment my head touched the pillow, I was gone.
While I was asleep, I dreamt.
In my dream, it was dark, there was a road bordered by trees ... and a car, a strangely familiar purple car, was driving down the road ... a familiar boy of my age was sitting in it - a boy I'd seen before and could recognize without placing his name ... no-one else seemed to be there ... he was driving calmly, singing along to the CD playing on his car stereo, and then suddenly, out of nowhere ... CRASSSH! I didn't wake up, but the boy had swerved to miss someone who had been standing suicidally in the middle of road and had driven into a tree. He got out the car, fine, but shaken, and saw no-one was there. He was perplexed - that bizarre woman had gone ... but suddenly, he was aware of a presence behind him ... he span round ... fire engulfed his face while his neck was bitten into ...
"Oh my god!" I sat up, and screamed hysterically. Edward sprang into action, he was instantaneously sat next to me on the bed, soothing me, consoling me.
"What is it?"
"Victoria's just bitten this boy ... he crashed his car – I feel like I know him!" I cried, tears pouring down my face.
"It was just a dream," he told me, hugging me softly. I could smell his delicious smell, totally unique, totally Edward.
"But she didn't kill him ... he was writhing on the floor in agony, while she laughed! I know him Edward!"
"But Bella –"
"It was not a dream! It was real! Like I said, I know him! Please could you check?" I begged. He nodded, and holding me like I was a limp rag doll, carried me downstairs.
Once he recalled the events of my dream, Emmett and Jasper were out. I was aware of my backpack on the floor next to the sofa I was once again curled up on, in Edward's arms. A fait sound emitted from it momentarily.
"Edward, I think my phone just vibrated," I whispered.
Edward opened my bag, and produced my phone. I saw on the clock on screen that it was now nine in the morning. I opened the text message to see it was from Lizzie, my friend at Forks High School. She texted me regularly.
Hi B, have u seen Jonas? He hasn't picked me up yet – he is 15mins l8 & I know he lives near u. Luv L xxx
Cogs were whirring in my brain. Jonas Redman was Lizzie's boyfriend. He was her life, and now he was missing?
"Edward, what car does Jonas drive?" I asked him, concerned. Edward got on seemingly well with Lizzie, even if both Lizzie and Jonas were unacquainted with Edward's vampire identity. They sat with us every day at lunch, and Lizzie and Jonas gazed into each other's eyes like no-one else existed. It was sweet. But I had my Edward – and no-one could beat him.
"Beaten up old Jag, isn't it?" he replied vaguely.
"What colour Jag, Edward?"
"Purple, I think," he answered, as if something else was in my mind.
"Oh no!" I yelled, springing up. An image of Jonas' face materialized in my mind - he was the boy...
Edward looked at me quizzically, for the umpteenth time this morning. "The car and the boy in my dream ... the car was an old purple Jag, I can be sure of it now! And the boy – the familiar boy – Jonas Redman! Poor Lizzie – poor Jonas!"
I was aware of two people coming into the room. Emmett and Jasper! They had grave looks on their faces. "What's the matter?"
"There was a crashed car, purple, in the exact place you described. There was a distinct amount of blood on the floor, and Jasp could smell new vampire," Emmett said.
"A newborn?" Edward clarified.
"We know him," I said tearfully.
"Jonas Redman," Edward told them.
"Jonas Redman? Is he the tall one with the brown floppy hair?" Jasper asked.
"Your friend – is it Lizzie? Her boyfriend? The one who sits with you at lunch?" Emmett inquired
I nodded, sobbing soundlessly into Edward's shoulder.
"We need to find him, before he becomes a malicious newborn. He may have finished transforming, but we need to find him. Bella – it isn't safe for you with Victoria on the loose," Alice said.
I shook my head. "I'm coming with you to find him. I'll stop in the car with Edward if I have to!" I cried. Edward put his arm around me. They agreed.
They are going into the twilight zone... please review!
:) x Lily Orange x (:
