Bad Dream

AN: After finishing Twilight for the third time i'm now back to writing and getting this finished so i can start a new Twilight fic :) Anyway, read on.

Oh and the stuff in the italics is the dream.

There she was, a woman down an alleyway. The smell of her blood was delicious and her quickened heartbeat made it sound all the more appealing. However she was not intended to be the victim, the man backing her into the end of the alley was the real target. His blood didn't smell as good as hers but it'd have to do. Drinking the blood of a potential rapist was always better than drinking the blood of an innocent.

Edward's stomach gave an inaudible growl before he decided to strike. Firstly he was going to have to distract this man to make sure the female got away, then he was going to play around a bit and have a small fight before finally killing him. Yes, that would be the best part, the world rid of another bad guy and he, Edward would be quenched of his thirst.

A fair deal all in all.

"Keep away from me!" the woman shouted at the man. But he just grinned evilly and continued walking forward; it was only a short while now before he could get what he wanted. He was at least two paces away before something hit him in the back of the head; he spun round to see a skinny teenager looking at him smugly with a hungry look in his eye.

"Leave her alone" Edward commanded as he stood there surveying this pathetic excuse for a human.

"I don't take orders from teenagers." The man replied. He was confident that he could take this kid in a fight.

"It's for your own good." Edward replied looking over at the frightened woman, she'd be free in a minute; Edward just had to lure the man out of the way.

"What do you know about my own good?" he sneered as he moved closer to Edward.

"That you just made a big mistake." Edward smiled before quickly hitting the man in the stomach. He wheezed to the floor and that was the woman's chance of getting away, she ran out of the alleyway with her high heels click-clacking as she made it to a main road.

The man stood up again and made a lunge for Edward, but somehow he was behind him and pushed him to the floor. At the moment Edward was goading the guy, trying to get angry before he finished him off. He got up again now fuming; this kid was going to pay for making him look like a fool. He tried to throw a punch at him, but Edward was already out of the way and had his hands on either side of the man's head. He twisted it sharply and the body thudded to the floor, the man was now dead.

"Dinnertime." Edward smiled to himself; no one was around so he was safe for about two minutes. The dumpsters were near the end of the alleyway so all he had to do was haul the carcass into one of those before making his way back to the hotel. Hunting humans was just too easy.

He bit deeply into the dead man's wrist and greedily started to suck the blood out from the vein. God it tasted good! Why hadn't he broken away from Carlisle sooner? Why should he let people like this live, and place himself in constant hunger which was only slightly quenched by animal blood, what a pitiful substitute that had been. But now he was living off the real thing, human blood, and that's the way it was going to stay from now on.

Once all the blood was drained he looked down at the dead body and picked it up with ease, he walked a little way before throwing it in the dumpster like it was a stuffed toy. He turned right and made his way back; life was good now he didn't need to abide by Carlisle's rules.

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April woke with a start and ran straight to the bathroom to be sick. She'd just dreamt about one of Edward's hunts whilst he had fed off humans, it had to come eventually but it still sickened her as she watched it happen all from his point of view. She'd felt the desire to kill, the excitement in taunting his victim before finally killing it, the lack of compassion he'd felt when he thought about how much he resented Carlisle's diet.

As she wiped the vomit from the side of the mouth she had to reassure herself that what she'd dreamed was the old Edward, the Edward she'd never known. The new Edward would never hurt a human; the new Edward felt guilt for the lives he'd taken away in the years of rebellion. That was the Edward she was in love with.

As she went back to her bedroom April wondered whether she should tell him about what she'd dreamt tonight, but decided against it. She didn't want anything to spoil their days together, everything was always perfect nowadays, except for the fact that Rosalie still disliked her, but she had a feeling that Rosalie didn't like anyone outside of her family.

She smiled and returned back into sleep where she dreamed of the meadow again, this time it was the meadow when it had just been planted, the trees were young and the flowers were still bulbs, but the sense of peace and serenity was still there.

April stayed in this dream for the rest of the night and didn't wake up till morning in which she was late again.

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Alice had gone into a trance, her hands gripped Jasper's arm and Edward came running in after he'd heard the thoughts of his sister.

"What do you see?" Jasper asked Alice as he watched her come out of a trance.

"Visitors, the Volturi."

"The Volturi? Why are they coming here?" Edward asked confused.

"They want to visit Carlisle. They want to catch up but they're secretly checking to see if he still keeps to his diet."

"That's nothing to worry about is it?" Jasper asked her after feeling Edward's slight unease.

"I don't see it being a problem." Alice replied as she sank back into the sofa "Just don't make them aware of April. You know what they do to humans who know about us." She looked over at Edward and tried to look positive, "I better go and tell Carlisle." She added and left the room leaving Jasper to get to work on Edward's emotions.

"She'll be fine, you heard Alice. Just don't make them aware of her." He said as he changed the emotions to one of calm and ease.

"I know she will." He replied feeling the calmness wash over him making it seem as this was nothing to be worrying about. "I'll just need to explain everything in the morning as to why I'm going to distance myself from April for a little bit."

He smiled over at Jasper who in turn rolled his eyes. "Never get mixed up with humans, it always makes things worse." he muttered as he too left the room.

Edward was left alone and the feeling of calm disappeared and the worry started to settle in. What if the Volturi couldn't stick to the 'no feeding' policy whilst they were in Forks? And what if one of them came across April?

He was exactly right to worry, because what unfolded in the next few days would shake Forks up, and not in the good way.

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