BPOV
Then out of nowhere I saw a blinding light, as brilliant as a diamond, from the corner of my eye…
A Burning Sensation
I had no time to react. From the first glimmer of the intruder, to the time I was on the ground, less than a millisecond had passed. Going down, though, seemed to be in slow motion. At first, I felt no pain, just shock. The whole meadow looked as if it were spinning out of control, lines and colors blending together. There was no up from down, no right from left, all my senses were ineffectual. Then with a sickening thud, we hit the ground. I lay there for a second, trying to compose my thoughts, but then it hit. The pain. Pain as terrifyingly powerful, pain similar to what I felt when Edward left, I shudder at this part, it may have even hurt more, if that is conceivably possible. My whole being felt as if it had collapsed in on it self. My lungs, crushed. My heart, surrounded by broken ribs and beating so immensely fast, it felt as if it were about leap from my chest. I tried to open my mouth, to scream, but nothing came out. Except blood. Blood. Suddenly my thoughts were on Edward, how tempting, how invigorating the aroma of the meadow must be to him right now. I felt sorry, sorry that another creature had trodden my body and that blood that had pulsed through my veins, which had enticed him so, was now spilling at his feet. The very substance he had refrained, for so long and so successfully, from feasting upon. Now I was at the mercy of the monster he was so sure lurked deep within him. I heard growls, that derived from low in his chest, and felt an immense weight being lifted from my body, almost flying off, or being pushed off. By now I was far from awarness, on the brink of falling into a vast, murky black hole of unconcousness. Thunder was ripping through the air, the evidence of a battle appearing around me. Then I fell. Everything went black, sounds disappeared, and my pain subsided.
All in less than a millisecond…
Slowly, quietly, discreetly, my senses returned to me. I could move my head, my lips, my arms. My memories came rushing upon me like the tides on a shore. The meadow, the diamond, the crunch of bone, my angel, my blood, enemies. And my memories were not the only thing that came back. Pain. Intolerably, excruciating pain. My neck was on fire, my heart; I couldn't even bring myself to think it, the pain so horrible. Emotions over came me, I couldn't tell where I was, just that I was being moved, and… and… nothing… I could decipher no more. Just movement, very rapid movement, almost like flying. I tried desperately to open my eyes, to stretch my arms and legs, but something prevented my movement. Ice? It was cold indeed. Almost as if I were being cradled.
"Oh, my… Edward I am soooo sorry!" The acute voice, belonging to a close friend of mine, rang, cutting through the tension that was building around me. "I came as soon as I saw it! You will never guess who the vampire was! It was…" Alice broke dryly weeping there. Pain and sorrow, dripping from her voice. There was a apprehensive silence that followed, only broken by Alice's sobbing. Pain was now eminent in my body, buring through my veins, wrecking my mortal being. Sensations over came me that I cannot even describe. I still could not will my self to open my eyes… almost afraid of what I might see. More so frightened that any more movement would bring on a new wave of pain. I felt myself being lowered on to the soft grass. And then I couldn't take it any longer.
"Edward, help… fire" I mumbled, not sure he could hear… not sure if I even said it. Then from my mouth escaped the most terrifying, most bloodcurdling scream ever known to myself and apparently the meadows current occupants. For within seconds of my outburst, I felt a piercing pain in my arm, and a sudden dowsing of the raging fire within my bloodstream. I relaxed my muscles and waited for the inferno to pass entirely.
A/N: Hello my lovely fans, here is Bella's version of Too Late and Impending Ache. Now it is supposed to sound dazed and confused, because she was in a coma-like-state for most of this. I tried my best to clear things up, if it is still muddy, tell me and I will fix it… or try at least. Ok, so I also tried to make this longer because people were saying that my chapters were short… and they were, so thank you for pointing that out. They will get longer as the story progresses, but for now I can only elaborate so much. Oh, and for those of you who wanted to find out who the vamp was… (I was going to tell you in ch. 4, I had it all planed out but now I have to move it to either 6 or 7) you can thank my so-called BFF Rose for saying she hated the last chapter because that is not how she pictured it… well she didn't write the story did she… NO! Srry, for taking my anger out on you… but anyway… I thought that maybe if you saw it from Bella's POV it would make more sense so TA-DA! Review! Constructive Criticism welcome!