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~K.K
It was a few miles from the school where the gars lay in wait. It would of only took them three minutes to get to the school full of innocent children and slaughter them all—gars fly extremely fast, they're even faster than vampires and werewolves.
Because they're part dragon and gargoyle, they have smaller bodies—but that's what makes them faster and more agile. They're a slimy color of green and yellow with scales, their wings are the same as a dragon's and their legs and arms are of that of a fearsome dragon too. Their head has the same features as a gargoyle—they even have the same round yellow eyes as a gargoyle with sharp-edged teeth.
But their is one down-side to this formidable creature. They're blind, so they rely more on their instincts of smell and hearing than anything.
When I began approaching them, I sensed how many their were.
Ten in all, and this confused me; normally gars travel alone or sometimes in pairs, but ten?
This is going to take a while . . . Looks like I won't be seeing any of the Cullens for the rest of the day.
Edward's POV
I had waited in our Biology II class expecting her to show . . . but she never did. And then a new emotion came over me. Anxiety.
She should be here!
No Edward. Just wait, she'll show up, Alice thought as she had a vision of me bolting out of class in search of Bella.
I mentally sighed, but stayed in my seat till the end of class.
.~ * ~.
When the final bell rang and Bella had still not returned, I wasn't the only one brimming anxiety.
"I don't get it! She was suppose to have already been here!" Alice was saying as she searched the now hazy future.
"Calm down, it shouldn't be hard to re-trace her steps," Emmett said as we all walked to the parking lot.
"It will be okay Alice. We will find her," Jasper comforted, squeezing her hand lovingly.
"Thanks Jasper," she said back, leaning into him.
When we reached the parking lot, I stopped dead in my tracks.
"Why is Bella's truck here?" I asked, my tone alarmed.
My siblings looked in the direction of where I was looking.
I don't get it, was she here? I inhaled deeply, hoping I would find her mind-blowing fragrance lingering in the air . . .
But there was nothing. Bella's scent was long gone from here.
Alice began searching the future.
"I can't see her anymore!" Alice said as she searched.
"What do you mean you can't see her anymore?" I asked her, though I was seeing it as well.
"I'm not sure . . . it's all really hazy . . . like it's covered in some kind of mist, or fog. I don't know what her next move is," she answered.
"We need to search for her!" I ordered, and they all nodded as we split up to find my only love . . . the only one who has ever captivated me so entirely.
Bella.
Bella's POV
I'm dead. Or rather, I should be dead.
I had successfully vanquished the gars, but at the price of several of them biting me viciously—sending their venom and poison coaxing through my veins.
And the very last one managed to crush my rib cage—making me vomit my own blood.
I could only walk back to my truck, which was still parked at the school parking lot.
I was, literally, the walking dead. Because this blow should have killed me, if I were still human . . .
Edward's POV
We had all split up and searched the area.
I checked Bella's house, but found it as vacant as the now empty school parking lot.
After half an hour of searching, my siblings and I met up in the parking lot.
Bella's POV
When I'm in a state like this, all of my senses are dulled, and that makes me extremely vulnerable.
I went straight to my truck and threw my bloodied daggers underneath my seat, and then I saw that my truck was not the only vehicle still parked here.
There was a silver Volvo on the other side of the parking lot, and I could feel five pairs of golden eyes on me.
Edward's POV
It was Bella.
She was different. Her beautiful white skin was as pale as a corpse, her hair was dead black, and must have fallen down at some point; her clothes were a bit torn and had mud and grass stains everywhere, and her eyes were . . .
Coal. Black. With deep, dark rings under them.
"Bella?" I gasped, sure I was just imagining this.
She didn't say anything, she just stared at me. There was no expression on her face.
I only stayed frozen for a moment until anger built inside of me. Someone had done this to her.
I ran to her—at dreadful human speed—while my siblings followed behind me.
"Bella! What happened to you? Are you okay?" Alice blubbered frantically, her thoughts concerned like a sister.
Bella broke her gaze with me and locked eyes with Alice.
"I'm fine," she answered her, her voice strained.
"Who did this to you?" I demanded, feeling fury like I've never felt it.
She shook her head and leaned against her truck, she looked so . . . weak. She needed help. I had to help her.
"Let me help you," I murmured, taking a step towards her, preparing to take her into my arms if I have to.
"I can take care of myself," she said weakly, though her eyes were fierce and the deadly scent filled the air.
Edward we have to help her, Alice thought.
"Please Bella? Our father is a doctor . . . he can help you." I pleaded, and her knees became slightly shaky.
"Where?" she asked quietly.
Alice must have known what she was talking about because she quickly spoke.
"You will be treated at our house Bella."
Bella nodded, her gaze unfocused and distant. Then her shaky knees gave out, and she fell to the ground.
Alice and I quickly caught her. She was unconscious.
"Go call Carlisle—we'll take her there," I said to Emmett, Jasper, and Rosalie and they ran into the woods.
"Are you going to hold her while I pull the car over here?" Alice asked and I nodded while gently scooping Bella into my arms—she was so much colder than usual.
Alice quickly pulled the car to where I was and I got in the back seat with Bella in my lap.
Bella's POV
With my very last strength, I managed to heal my broken ribs, but then I was immediately exhausted, and I blacked out. Right there, with five vampires present before me.
The next thing I knew was that I was attached to a heart monitor, and that only four vampires were present with me. I knew two of them were Edward and Alice, but the other two's scent I didn't recognize.
"Alice, can you see her?" Edward's soft, velvet voice asked from beside me.
"Yes, she is clear now—as clear as she was before all of this happened . . ." Alice mumbled from somewhere near me.
"I wonder what could have happened to her . . . the poor dear . . ." A motherly voice asked anxiously.
And then I felt something that I thought I would never again feel in my entire immortal existence. A mother's touch. Whoever she was with the motherly voice and touch was softly stroking my cheek, and I could faintly hear my own dead mother's voice in my head . . .
. ~ * ~ .
"Wake up Bella dear," my mother's soft and caring voice woke me from my sleeping.
I was only seven at the time . . .
"No," I whined, and she laughed and began stroking my tangled mess of brown hair.
"I thought you promised to help your mother in the garden today?" she asked teasingly.
I opened my eyes and smiled weakly up at her.
My mother had hazel brown eyes, ivory, creamy skin, and she had short, curly, caramel brown hair—I had always hoped as a child that I would grow up and be just as beautiful and caring as my mother was . . .
"Okay . . . " I grumbled, and she laughed again and pulled me into her arms, into her motherly love that I always long for . . .
. ~ * ~ .
I opened my eyes and saw a woman who looked exactly like my deceased mother. The only differences was that her skin was much paler and her eyes were golden brown . . .
Without thinking, I blurted out,"Mother?"
Her eye brows knit together in confusion.
"Excuse me?" she asked me, her eyes shining a bit, and I snapped out of my flashback.
"Oh, sorry, you just look a lot like . . . my mother . . ." I whispered, almost sadly, as embarrassment flushed my cheeks.
"Oh!" she said, and smiled kindly at me, showing a dimple at the corner of her mouth like my mother use to have . . .
"It's alright dear," she said, and then placed a hand on mine. "How are you feeling?"
I looked around me and saw Edward and Alice first, both sitting beside me.
"I'm so glad you're awake Bella!" Alice said, giving me a small hug.
"How long was I out?" I asked, and then a man with tidy blond hair and golden eyes wearing a doctor's suit stepped up beside me.
"You were only out six hours Bella," he said, but then re-traced his steps. "I'm Carlisle, Edward and Alice's father, and this is my wife, Esme."
I looked at the two of them, they both reminded me of my father and mother.
"Hello," I greeted them.
They smiled warmly at me.
"Now, can you tell us what happened to you?" Edward asked me, and I turned to look at him. He was strangely upset.
What could I tell them that would seem, well, human? I couldn't exactly tell them that I fought a pack of ten gars . . .
"I don't remember," I said, that would be understandable since humans can't really recall tragic events that be-falls them . . .
"You don't remember?" Edward asked me incredulously, I was hoping none of them would see through my lie . . . that's something I've never been good at . . .
"What is the last thing you remember?" Carlisle asked me very doctrinally, pulling out a clipboard and pen.
"Um . . . I said bye to Edward and Alice and I was walking on the sidewalk . . . but after that, I can't remember anything."
"Hmm . . . interesting," he mumbled, scribbling down something with his pen.
And then I noticed the IV in my left wrist, and I could barely contain my fear.
"Carlisle, can you please remove the needle from my arm?" I asked, my voice rising in fear, and I had to close my eyes so the unbearable fear would not show.
"Bella, are you alright?" Edward's soft, velvet voice asked me from my waking nightmare.
I swallowed convulsively, trying my hardest to not remember why I especially feared needles . . .
The heart monitor went wild as my heart did, both of them racing as the fear inside of me grew to a near point of a panic attack.
I had to calm down. Don't remember the past, I told myself and took a deep breath.
I opened my eyes and every single vampire face in the room were anxious and worried.
"I'm fine, it's just . . . I'm not that fond of needles," I told them, and Carlisle came closer to me, his face concerned.
"Very well, I take it you have had a bad experience with needles?" he asked, lightly starting to pull the IV out.
'Bad experience' doesn't even BEGIN to explain all the hell I went through because of those demon scientists . . . But I wasn't about to explain how I came to be.
"I guess you could say that," I winced as he took the needle out and began wrapping my wrist up.
Then Edward—as if in an act of comfort—held my other hand in his. I could barely feel the coldness of his marble skin . . .
"Are you okay?" he asked, his golden eyes burning into mine.
I smiled, letting him comfort me.
"Yes, I am now."
Edward's POV
Bella was far too tired and weak so I could not give her a proper tour of our home.
Don't worry, another time, just get her home Edward, Alice thought to me as I helped Bella into the passenger side of my car.
I nodded at her when Bella wasn't looking, and I swiftly got into the driver's seat.
Alice leaned into Bella's open door.
"Get well soon Bella. I'll come and check on you after school, oh, and I'll get your homework for you too," she said.
"Thanks Alice," Bella said, giving her a smile.
"Oh it's no problem, and if you need any help during the day just call this number," Alice said, handing her a piece of paper which undoubtedly had Alice's cell number written on it.
"Alice I'm pretty sure I'll make it on my own—I'll probably try and sleep."
Ohhh, maybe a sleep over! Alice thought enthusiastically.
"Alice, I think it's time for us to go," I said reproachfully and she childishly stuck her tongue out at me.
Fine. I guess it is too soon for that and Bella really does need to rest.
"Bye Bella," she said, and shut Bella's door.
. * . * .
The drive to Bella's house was relatively quiet . . . I had no idea of what to say to her so instead I turned on a cd that was already in my radio.
Its soft music filled the car, and Bella stirred.
"I'm sorry," I murmured, turning down the music; maybe she preferred the quiet atmosphere.
"No, no, it's alright," she quickly reassured. "It's just . . ." she began shaking her head.
"What?" I whispered, intrigued to find out more about the mystery that is Bella Swan.
She turned her gaze from the radio to me, and I tried desperately to hold her gaze.
She took a hesitant deep breath, and then let it go, and her warm breath caressed my face.
"It's been . . . quite a long time since I've listened to music . . . especially classic music like this," she explained sheepishly, blushing a deep, beautiful red.
"You like Clair De Lune?" I inquired.
She bit her bottom lip, and it seemed to be a nervous habit of hers.
"It's one of my favorites."
"Mine too," I said, hope swelling inside me at the fact that me and this beautiful creature have something in common.
By this time, I was parked outside Bella's house and she seemed to notice it too.
Damn! Bella did not know that I knew where she lived, I had slipped up.
But instead of questioning me like I thought she would, she just stared out at her house and then back at me with a smile on her angel face.
"You're welcome to come in if you like," she said very politely, and the hope swelled inside me even more.
"I would be delighted."
Ooooo! I know what you're thinking, but the rating is still T, I don't do M-rated things... So I hope you all enjoyed this! P.S. The next chapter is sort of forshadowing the next sequel, so be prepared to drink it in!:P Man, Eclipse was AWESOME! I really loved it, it was the best one to me so far... And I'll update Sisters of the Origin real soon so keep me on alert so you don't miss it!:D And plz review if you loved this speedy update!
