Lost Souls
A/N: Now the drama begins :) Enjoy
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Chapter 3:
Dreams
"What do you have for me?" Aro asked. His voice showed that he did not expect much from the female vampire in front of him. He seeked revenge, she claimed to have his answers.
"She is still at her home- it was foolish of her to return. The other is with her. The werewolf still is with that same pack. They are large, five apart and guards of that small town." She recited it as if she had written it down and cue cards were in her pocket.
Aro looked up, surveying her with his clouded eyes. "And the human?"
The vampire smiled. "Not with her. She is unprotected."
The old vampire's eyes showed a glimmer of surprise. "Hmm strange, I thought there would be protectors around her day and night. I suppose they think we have moved on."
"The girl is at a human school- a university. I posed myself as a student. I didn't go near her, I'm sure she would remember me even with her weak memory. She talks to her and the other vampire on a regular basic." The vampire stood proud as she reported this information.
Aro nodded his head in satisfaction. "I had my doubts in you Victoria, after all the leader of your old coven- James wasn't it? He was destroyed and fooled by her when she was a mere human."
The vampire bowed her red hair, ashamed of her dead mate. But her red eyes blazed with determination. "I will destroy you Bella Swan," she thought in my mind. "You will be nothing but a cloud of smoke."
"Demetri!" Aro called, and a tall vampire with wavy hair entered the room. He bowed to his master and stood strong in front of him. "Remember our dear friend Bella Swan?" Demetri's eyes flicked in alarm, startling on his masculine face.
"I do, master." He spoke in a hard voice.
"Round up the best. Corner the human Sarah-Anna, capture the boy Derrek, kill the traitor Lucy, and bring me back Bella without a hair missing from her head." Aro smiled at Victoria and her own white teeth flashed back at him.
"Normally we would not have helped you Victoria," he spoke honestly, his voice friendly and opened. "But this is a very special case."
The dream misted over, a gray fog clouded over and smoke blocked my vision. Then it cleared like I knew it would.
Victoria stood at the school, she was wearing simple clothes- a baggy sweatshirt that displayed the letters "Uni Phoenix'. Her usually wispy red hair was pulled into a ponytail. Her stroll was confident as she walked to a tall building. "Dorms," she thought in her head and she smiled wickedly. Her face was still oddly beautiful.
The dorm room building neared closer. Victoria's hand reached in her pocket and pulled out a thin card- it granted access into the dorms.
"Vicky!" a shrill voice called from behind. Victoria cringed; she knew the girl would scream after her if she tried to ignore her. The vampire turned slowly and forced a smile on her face- she had to look like a student after all. The horrible girl standing in front of her was supposedly her room mate with her brown, unwashed hair in pigtails and her flower print polo shirt, she always kept track of Victoria's whereabouts.
"Hey…" Victoria began, but she realized she had forgotten the girl's name. Instead she said, "I'm kind of busy right now-"
The girl cut her off and started rambling. "Where have you been? I've been so worried! You just disappeared- do you want to give me a heart attack?" She began chuckling and snorted through her large swished in nose.
Victoria's head swan with visualizations of biting the girl's neck off and ripping her to little pieces. She shook her head quickly to clear her mind.
"No?" the girl asked surprised. "Then what are you doing by this dorm? We're on the other end of campus." Victoria knew this, her memory was excellent. She glanced around to see if there was anyone around. "A little snap won't hurt…"
A blond girl in a tank top and shorts was about to enter through the door.
"Visiting a friend," Victoria said and her tone was a dismissing one. "See you back in the dorm," And she turned back around knowing that she would happily never see this girl again. The blond girl was gone. It did not matter anyway; she had already stolen a pass from a geeky boy that had tried to carry her books. He now laid in a gutter, dead with his blood drained.
I awoke, my hands shaking and my eyes wide. I didn't move, I couldn't move. My mind was racing from what I saw, the dreams had never invaded me once in a six years. Lucy was hovering over my face, her golden eyes starring down at me. She looked overly concerned. She knew I hadn't dreamed of reality since Jacob died.
"Are… are you okay?" she whispered, her voice strained.
I nodded numbly, but I knew I wasn't. I still lay down at the couch, I blinked a few times trying to see better. There was nothing wrong with my eyes, I just couldn't believe what I saw. The Volturi never forgot.
I shivered at that name. I tried not to think of the vampires that murdered my husband. I refused to even know that name. But with their presence creeping back into my mind, I could not longer ignore the feeling of worry and panic building in my stomach.
Standing up in a rush, I ran upstairs. Lucy was on my heels as I flew upstairs in record speed. She found me a second later in my room, I was throwing clothes in my bag, grabbing the table stand's drawer and throwing it onto the bed. Money flew onto the soft cushions, but they were in my hand before they managed to blow away from the breeze through the window.
"Mom!" Lucy cried as my hand shot out to grab a stray bill falling by her shoulder. "What are you doing? It's like your running away!"
I turned to her, my eyes dark black. I could feel them screaming that we had to get out before they came here. Lucy was in more danger than me, but I cared for her safety before mine.
"That's exactly what we are doing Luce. Go to your room- pack whatever you can. We don't have much time," I commanded as I threw in more clothes and grabbed for my car keys.
"What-?" Lucy began startled, but I cut her off.
"Please Lucy, just do what I say." My eyes had turned a soft golden as I looked at my daughter's scared and worried face. She didn't know what was happening, but there was no time to explain. "Go now, I'll meet you in the car."
Lucy nodded and was out the door in a second. I ran downstairs, stopping briefly to take my last glance of the mantelpiece above the fireplace. The rows of pictures were so beautiful, there was Lucy, Sarah-Anna and I in one picture smiling at the camera and beside it was a picture of Derrek and Jacob wrestling on the ground. Without thinking, I grabbed a photo in a simple black frame- I could not part with that one picture. It held too many memories. Quickly I placed it gently at the top of my clothes to not break the fragile glass.
My daughter's voice broke my trance of pain as her hand closed on my wrist. "I'm ready, let's go." Around her arm was a large bag that I knew carried every article of her clothing. Just like my photo, she could not part with the accessories of her beauty.
"Alright, in the car now. We'll go get Derrek." We both jumped into my shaded car, so fast that no human eye could see. With a touch of the pedal, we were flying down to La Push.
My hands were slightly shaking, I was nervous as I stood by the border. It was all by a foolish invisible line. Even with Jacob by my side, I never did cross this line- I honored it and respected the old traditions. But now, what was keeping me from going past this line? Before I had no need to go onto the werewolf land, but now I needed to get to my son before the deadly vampires crossed the border without thought.
I took a deep breath before running across the line. I told Lucy to stay, if it got rough I didn't want her in the middle of it. Within five seconds, I was standing on Billy's driveway, a few steps away. I was surprised that the werewolves were not already attacking.
"Just because your son lives here now, does not mean the rules can be broken." I grimaced, I had spoken to soon. Paul had spoke and the werewolves were circled around me, in human form. I wondered why they were not wolves, tearing me apart.
"I did not come to start a fight," I began, my voice was slightly scared. I had never feared werewolves, especially since living with Jacob all my life- but now, outnumbered and surrounded- I felt very small and weak. All of them towered over me by a few feet.
"That would be wise," Jared said, nodding in approval, but his eyes were hard.
I stepped a pace closer to Billy's small house. That was not smart, they hunched closer to me, I heard Paul growl. "I need my son," I stated pulling my hands up slowly so they knew I would not try to fight. "Please, let me through."
"You could have used a phone," Sam explained in a rough voice. "He could have come to you."
"There was no time," I argued, getting tired of this game. I needed to flee and to save my daughter. "I am leaving Forks tonight."
"Oh!" Embry gasped, quite surprised.
Sam looked unbelieving. "Rachel and Rebecca said you were not willing to leave."
"I'm not scared of some dogs," I hissed in a strong voice, but I swallowed- indeed I was frightened of them. "I have my reasons to leave."
Paul was hunched over more, his body was quivering. I knew he was getting ready to transform. "Please," I added, looking at Sam and willing him to believe that I was sincere.
"Mom!" Derrek cried, and he came out with his hands on Billy's wheelchair. My late husband's father looked old and dying- wrinkles lined every bit of his face, and his eyes looked cold, dull and black. "Get away from her!"
He came off the porch, leaving Billy there in his chair, running into the circle to me. Derrek clutched my hands, and turned to his pack that did not accept him. "What are you thinking? This is the wife of Jacob Black! Does that mean nothing to you?" His words burned, Embry put his head down and Sam looked sharply at Derrek, then I.
"Der, It doesn't matter," I started. "Please, let's go. We have to get out of Forks." I began to tug his hand, back to the Cullen territory.
Suddenly Derrek looked startled. "What do you mean?" He cried, trying to pull me back. "I have to stay here with Billy." My eyes strayed to Billy who looked too old to even wheel his way back into the house.
"It's not safe," I whispered harshly. "Please, you have to come with us."
"Us?" Derrek questioned, dropping my hands.
I noticed that the werewolves and Billy were all watching, it made me uncomfortable. "Lucy, and I. We have to get Sarah-Anna before Victoria does."
The werewolves all gasped in shock. Embry had taken a step back, Sam's eyes grew wide and Paul was growling in fits. "The red haired leech is coming back to Forks?" Sam began in a calm, but demanding voice.
I turned to him for a second. "Don't worry, she won't come. We'll be gone before they come. The people are safe." They weren't the only ones who cared about the people of Forks.
Derrek interrupted. "What do you mean? Is Victoria going after Sarah?" His voice was raised with hysterics, I could see he was edging to go now.
"Yes. Please, we must save her." Derrek was about to start running towards my car, but he turned and looked at Billy first. His eyes shone for his grandfather to know he could not stay.
"Go," Billy croaked. And just like that, Derrek was pulling my hand towards the car. Lucy was waiting outside leaning on the tinted windows, her foot tapping impatiently. We all slipped into the car, then we were speeding down the road to Phoenix.
"Mom!" Lucy hissed, below a whisper. "There she is!" We had made Derrek stay in the car, fear for his smell with attract Victoria's attention. Quickly Lucy and I had run across campus in a human pace. Many heads turned as we moved almost too quickly.
I looked to where Lucy was starring. Victoria's back was facing us as she walked to the dorm building. Her hand was getting closer to the door. I wanted to cry, we were too late.
