Goodbye Forks, Hello Mystic Falls
Chapter Seven
Author's note: Wow. Thanks to all of you awesome people who have taken the time to review. You have no idea how much it means to me. Each one of them brightens my day and inspires me to write more. :)
Some questions I should answer . . .
Yes, the other Cullens (Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, and Emmett) WILL make an appearance. Just be patient. :)
Jacob and Tyler WILL meet . . . and you'll love it. :)
Bonnie? She's in this chapter! And, yes, her powers WILL work on the Cullens. *Evil grin*.
Enjoy!
EPOV
To be completely candid, the last thing I wanted to do right now was attend a carnival. But here I was, standing in line for the ferris wheel, with Bella by my side. We had come to Mystic Falls to check out the vampire scene, so why was I complaining? Hadn't this been the plan? There were other vampires all around us. It wasn't as if we were here nearly for a good time. We were still checking out the scene.
"Edward, it's our turn," Bella said, interrupting my train of thought.
I took her hand as we both sat down on one of the ferris wheel's benches. Jasper and Alice were already on it and were seated in the bench behind us. "I wouldn't think you would be keen on riding a ferris wheel," I mumbled to Bella, holding her close. "You seem to get nauseous over anything."
She shrugged. "I've actually never been on one."
I grinned at her. "You may want to close your eyes then, love."
I sat back into the metal seat and, for one second, simply delighting in the feel of Bella's thermal body so close to mine. She smelled incredible, and not in the way she once had. Her smell no longer triggered any danger, but it was still extremely alluring to me. It is what I imagined heaven to smell like, though I doubted I would ever get the chance to prove it. That was one reason why I didn't want Bella to become like me . . . I didn't want to take a chance with her soul.
"Oh, gosh," she whispered as we reached the top and began to go back down.
"It'll be alright," I replied, kissing her on the forehead.
I then made eye contact with Damon, who was in line standing next to Stefan, Elena, Caroline . . . and a girl I hadn't met yet. It must be Bonnie. Elena had told me we would meet her tonight. Damon glared at me and then smiled at Bella, waving at her. I kept myself from grunting when she waved back.
"You doin' okay, Bella?" Alice asked from above.
"Yeah. I think . . . "
I could hear Alice's childlike laughter. "Enjoy yourself!"
When the ride was over I had to help Bella out of the seat, noticing her uneasy look. "Thank you," she said to me, leaning into my arm for support. "Maybe the ferris wheel wasn't the best idea." She laughed slightly.
"You don't want to take a ride again?" Damon offered.
She shook her head violently. "Definitely not."
"I'll go with you, Damon," Elena offered. "Be right back," she told Stefan, kissing him lightly on the lips.
"Edward, Bella, Alice, Jasper, this is Bonnie," Stefan said, introducing us all. I leaned over to shake Bonnie's hand, but she just glowered a me.
"Bonnie, what is it?" Caroline asked.
All of a sudden, in an instant, I was thrown to my knees, an agonizing and piercing pain being thrown into my head. It was almost like the feeling I got when Jane had done a similar thing when I had went to Volturra . . . but it was, somehow, different. It seemed almost even more intense, if that were possible.
"Stop! What are you doing?" I heard Bella scream.
Before my brother and sister had any time to act, I felt the pain lifted just as fast as it had started. "Sorry," Bonnie said, staring down at me. "I just wanted to see if my powers worked on you."
"Did you have to do it here?" Jasper shrieked.
"Bonnie, somebody could have seen," Stefan jumped in.
And sure enough . . . they had. "Are you okay, son?" It was an elderly man, with a look of concern on his face.
"Yeah, uh, migraine," I lied. "I'm alright."
He nodded, looking perplexed. This thoughts told me I looked like a complete maniac when she had attacked me.
I suddenly was face to face with Bonnie. "What was that?"
"I'm a witch."
"I know."
"I know you know," she replied simply. "Mind reader."
"You didn't have to hurt him!" Bella screamed, putting herself in front of me. I would have smiled if I hadn't been so concerned and riled up. My little Bella wanted to protect me.
"I apologize, Bella," Bonnie said. "I just had to see . . . "
"That is no excuse!"
I placed Bella safely behind me, whispering in her ear, "It's okay, love," as I did. I explicitly didn't want Bella to get on Bonnie's bad side. Sure, she seemed like she was on the good side, but anyone with those kind of powers concerned me. If she had done that to Bella she could have killed her. The thought alone made me want to get Bella on a plane and take her back to Forks.
"What was that?" Alice asked, coming forward.
Bonnie shrugged. "It's just something I can do."
"Don't let it happen again," Jasper muttered.
"Don't give me a reason to and I won't."
"Wow, that was sure a sight," Damon said happily as he exited off of the ferris wheel with Elena.
"Edward! Are you alright?" Elena asked, coming up and hugging me, which was a bit shocking. She had only known me for 24 hours. "Bonnie? Why did you do that?"
"I'm sorry, Elena," Bonnie said. "I just needed to see just in case . . . "
"In case what?"
"You don't even know them or what they're capable of," Bonnie said, glaring at me and my siblings.
"They're not here to harm any of us," Stefan added.
"How can you be so sure?"
"Come on, Bonnie," Caroline said, linking arms with her. "Let's go get some cotton candy."
"Yes, please, get rid of her," Jasper agreed.
"That was great," Damon said, coming up and patting me on the back. I stared icily at him. "You looked like such a weak, pathetic little thing."
"Damon, cut it out," Elena said.
My head actually still felt a little fuzzy, as if it were still trying to recover from the sudden attack. I had never drank alcohol as a human, but I assumed that I was feeling the effects of what an atrocious hangover would feel like.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Bella asked, rubbing the side of my body with her hand.
I smiled at her reassuringly. "I'm fine."
"Bella, Alice, do you guys wanna go with me to the bathroom?" Elena asked.
"Sure," Alice replied. "Come on, Bella."
I'll take good care of her, Edward. I heard in her mind, and I knew she would. The bathrooms were close by, anyhow.
"Sorry about all of this," Stefan started. "Bonnie is a little untrusting. It takes her awhile to get used to people."
"Especially vampires," Damon added.
"Yes, we see that," Jasper replied.
"I'll have a talk with her," Stefan promised.
Suddenly somebody's thoughts caught my attention . . .
Who are those girls next to Elena? The taller one . . . I can smell her from over here. I gotta get me some of that . . .
I looked over into the bushes where the thoughts were coming from.
Oh, shit . . . does he see me?
"Jasper. Get over to Bella . . . NOW!"
Stefan and Damon followed me, curious to what I was doing. And suddenly we came face to face with . . .
"Katherine," Stefan stated simply.
"Hello boys."
