Chapter 10

The incident

I tried to spend as much time as I could in Carlisle's office, but that was not an easy task. First of all, there was barely a second that I wasn't with Edward, and secondly, Carlisle was almost never away. But in those sparse moments, I would scavenge through as much of his office as I could. After two weeks of scavenging, I still hadn't found anything.

Charlie had been getting much better in the hospital. I might not have an excuse to see Jacob soon. Abby was always my faithful sidekick in the hospital. One day Abby didn't have a ride home to her house so I volunteered to take her home. Abby was pleased and skipped alongside me, while holding my hand as we got to the car. I made her sit in the backseat just for safety. I tried to go the speed limit, but the slowest I could manage was 65. She seemed un-disturbed as she hummed in the back seat while I sped along the road.

The foster home was small, It was a white house with green window panes and shingles. It was surrounded by tall trees and lots of yard to play in. It looked like the perfect home for a child. I walked Abby to the front door and rang the doorbell. A young boy about the age of twelve answered the door. He smiled at Abby, but then he looked at me and was instantly fearful. I felt bad for coming here, this was Abby's home and I had intruded. The little boy was slowly backing away. Abby seemed equally as shocked as I did at the boy's reaction. The boy left and returned with an older man. Upon seeing me, the man had the same look of fear in his eyes. He motioned for Abigail to come inside. She squeezed my hand a little, and then ran inside. The man moved toward me and said sternly, "What do you want?" He held a fierce scowl on his face. "Oh I was just dropping off Abby, she didn't have a ride." I said weakly. The man looked like he was about to yell. His fists tightened, and he swallowed very hard. After what seemed like an eternity, he returned to his house and locked the door. Baffled, I walked back to my car and drove away as fast as I could, trying to rethink everything that had just happened.

Humans were usually intimidated by me, but they never reacted like that. Confused, I drove around not even thinking about where I was going. I ended up at a little church. I got out of the car and walked around, trying to make some sense out of the situation. I walked through the wooden doors of the church and sank down in a pew.

I heard a gasp. I turned to see Embry Standing in the aisle. "Embry!" I said in surprise, but stopped when I saw he was shaking. "Oh Crap, Embry, wait..." I said trying to stop him, but it was too late. A wolf exploded from Embry and he lunged at me snarling. I jumped onto the ceiling rafters. I looked down and saw some people run out of the church screaming from below. The wolf soon joined me atop the rafters. "STOP IT EMBRY!" I yelled trying to pull him to his senses. He threw a huge paw at me snapping the rafter in half. "EMBRY WAIT!!! CALM DOWN! I CAN EXPLAIN!!" I shouted at him with no success. He was far too consumed by his instincts to stop. He lunged at me again and again, but I dodged left and right. I jumped from the rafters and tried to run out the door. Embry jumped in front of me and crouched down preparing to spring. I jumped backward just in time to avoid his massive jaws. He had such speed that he couldn't stop, so he crashed through the wall on the other side of the church. I took my opportunity and ran through the double doors.

Once outside, I started running, But I found myself surrounded by three more wolves. From the looks of it, Sam, Quil, and Jared. I knew that more wolves would be here soon, So I jumped onto the roof. I could hold off one wolf, but not four. If this continued someone would get hurt. I tried to think of any way to contact the Cullens, but Alice wouldn't be able to see me because I was around the wolves, and Edward wouldn't be able to hear me anyway. I scrambled for my cell phone, but I had left it in the car. Just then teeth grazed my arm. I felt the granite skin peel off. I looked down to see a nasty gash. Two wolves were on the roof, one in front of me, and one behind. I prepared to take flight, and run into the forest, maybe that way I might be able to escape them. But where would I go?

Before I could finish my thoughts, the answer came. A large red-brown shaggy wolf appeared in front of me. It let loose a fierce growl, that hurt my ears, but I sighed in relief. The two other wolfs jumped onto the roof to see the situation. The large Black wolf walked forward and stared hard at Jacob. I could tell they were having a telepathic conversation. Every once in a while a pair of shiny black eyes would look at me, then back at Jacob, or I would hear a small growl from one of the wolves but then they would turn to Jacob as he reassured their thoughts. Finally, after much "discussion", all the wolves turned to look at me, they nodded at Jacob and jumped down from the roof.

I let out a huge sigh, and then remembered the cut in my arm. It stung in pain, something I had not felt for a long time. I watched as the skin slowly pulled itself together. I had to look away as it sealed itself. When I looked at it again, all that was left was a white line. Jacob was staring at me, almost amused. I remembered the way werewolves healed quickly as well. I smiled when I realized we were both thinking the same thing. He walked toward me and licked my arm where the cut had been. His tongue was rough and very hot. Especially against my newly formed skin. I had to pull my arm away, but I smiled to make him feel better. I looked down and saw three Quilette boys standing on the ground, waiting for Jacob and I. "Should I go down?" I asked. Jacob nodded and nudged me toward the edge of the roof. I patted his nose, and then jumped down to the ground. I tried to land as smoothly as possible, so I wouldn't startle them when I came down. But it still made them jump when I landed in front of them.

Quil was smiling, Sam had a blank expression, Embry was extremely embarrassed, and Jared looked angry. I was very uncomfortable as I waited for Jacob to accompany us in human form. Jacob walked around the corner with just sweat pants on, but I had never been more pleased to see him. He walked up and put his arm around my shoulder. I knew it must feel awkward to him, I tried to step out from underneath him, but he gripped me tighter. Sam was the first to say anything. He said, "Bella, you have broken the treaty twice now, the deal is off." I sighed and tried to hide my guilt. "However," Sam continued, "Jacob believes that you are trustworthy and is willing to make a new deal." I felt my face brighten at this, Sam smiled too. "We have also taken into consideration that your coven will also abide by these rules." He said. "Of course!" I said. "We believe that vampires and werewolves may be able to co-exist peacefully" he paused, "However, should you harm another human in any way we will have to step in. Not just you, but any vampire, and the old treaty will be back in order." I nearly jumped up and down, this was wonderful news. Embry stepped forward and said sheepishly, "Sorry for jumping at you like that earlier. You surprised me, I didn't even smell you coming." I realized that I had not noticed him either. "It's fine," I assured him, "Could have happened to anyone." A light laughter shook around the group because they knew perfectly well, than not just "anyone" would attack a vampire.

"Check out all the cool stuff she can do!" said Jacob excitedly. I smiled and rolled my eyes. All the werewolves looked at me expectantly. I sighed and walked several feet in away from them. First of all I looked at a brick that was lying around on the ground. I stared at it, and it jumped into the air, I danced it around all the awed Quilette boys then dropped it on the ground. Jacob was enjoying it the most, he obviously enjoyed showing me off to his friends, like he was in on a secret joke. "Show them the other one!" he said enthusiastically. "There's more?!?!?!" said Quil. "I'm not as good at this one, so be patient." I told them then I turned around and leaned my head back. Slowly the white fog enclosed me, then it drifted away and I was on top of the church. I looked down to see four bewildered boys looking around to see where I had gone. Jacob however, was smiling at me. I couldn't help but smile back at his brilliant face. Then I repeated the process and stood right in the middle of them. They all jumped, and then laughed lightly. I caught up with the boys for another hour or so before leaving them to return home.

After saying many goodbye's, I was finally alone with Jacob. He walked quietly beside me, as I walked back to my car. "Come back soon." He said as I opened the door to my car. I turned to say the last goodbye and was startled by his face. It was an expression I had seen before, and hated. He looked almost painful as I turned to leave him, but at the same time he looked like he had true happiness in his eyes. "Jacob." I warned him but he had already begun moving toward me. " I love you so much Bella." He whispered. As he drew closer the sound of his heart became louder, his breath became clearer, and I could smell the blood pumping through his veins. "Jacob." I said again trying to warn him, but he still drew closer. I felt venom building up in my mouth, and the strong urge to kill him filled. Me. I tried looking away. Jacob, misunderstanding, thinking I was pushing him away drew even closer and put his enormous arms on either side of me. I had to leave quick, or I wouldn't be able to contain myself. I covered my nose to try and concentrate harder, but the smell of his blood was so enticing. My muscles flared as I thought of the different ways I could kill him. There was no one around, no one would be able to hear him scream. I mentally scolded myself for thinking such thoughts.

My arms began shaking and raising toward his neck. I tried to restrain them, but they seemed to have a mind of their own. They closed around his neck slowly. His skin was on fire compared to mine. My hands seemed to bring him to his senses first. He immediately backed away from me. "Oh Bella I'm so sorry," He said, "Calm down." he told me over and over again. I tried to obey by breathing in deeply, but that just made it worse. I inhaled his scent again and was filled with a need for his blood. Just a little taste right? It would be very quick. "No!" I told myself, it took me a few seconds to realize I had actually said it out loud. Jacob began backing away slowly, but I could already see he had begun shaking as well. I slid down to sit on the ground trying to force the monster back inside of me. "Bye Bella." He said before disappearing and running away. I finally reached my senses as I gasped.

That was horrible, I had almost destroyed my best friend. I secretly wondered what would happen if a werewolf was bitten by a vampire. Would they still be able to morph into a wolf? I laughed slightly, but stopped when I heard a rustle in the leaves. I looked over my shoulder to see a pair of beady eyes looking at me from the forest. My first instinct was to chase after it, but instead it seemed to paralyze me. I thought it was just the exhaustion from the previous situation, but this was different. These eyes were holding me here on purpose. They almost didn't look real. They were too shiny, and too big. After a closer look a noticed they were also too blue. They were electric blue, unnatural looking. Finally the eyes released me by closing. But when I blinked they were gone.

I sat stupidly on my butt, re-thinking everything that had happened in the last hour. First, I had been shoved out the door by Abby's foster parents, then Embry accidently attacked me, then I almost attacked Jacob, and now I was having hallucinations. I leaned my head back against the car. "Wow, what a day." I thought inwardly. I slowly rose and climbed into my car. It took a lot of strength to turn the ignition. I thought about teleporting, but I was already so worn out, there was no way I could manage it. I took me a full thirty minutes to drive back to the hospital. And when I got there I could barely manage walking up the stairs. When I got to Charlie's room I hopped in the vacant hospital bed next to his. Then the strangest thing happened, I had my first dream–or sleep for that matter– since I was a human.

At first there was nothing recognizable, just shapes and blurs. Then slowly objects started to form. I saw myself standing alone in a room. There were two other blurs, but I couldn't make out what they were. Time seemed to be stopped, everything was moving at once, yet not moving at all. It was quite dizzying. The view was coming in and out of focus, different every time.

Then the scene changed. I was outside in broad daylight. There were two of me, walking right next to each other. They were walking toward something, what I didn't know. I followed behind careful not to get too close. Colors started to form. Everything was glowing, like a fairy tale. The grass reflecting light like a thousand tiny mirrors, the sky was shining so much the sun was barely visible, yet very present. That was when I noticed the others. There were people all around me, watching me, glaring at me. They were angry. Why? I wondered. They began following me too. My twins turned around and I realized why. This was only a dream, but it was far too vivid. My skin was translucent and sparkling, clearly giving away my identity, but not only that, my eyes were glowing deep red. The red reflected off of everything and seemed to spread from one face to another. I realized all to late the danger that was approaching. All I could do was watch as I devoured the people around me. There was nothing I could do. I had finished all but one, the person seemed familiar, but I couldn't make them out. It was a big person, bigger than the average person, but at the same time it looked like a much easier target. It would be so easy, yet I couldn't bring myself to do it. It was at that instant I ran away.

After that things stopped making much sense, things were blurred together, and seemed to be out of order. Like I was a DVD skipping a scene every so often. I remember seeing a lake, and running into the lake, but not much after that. I knew I was running away from something, but what? Why was I running. Shouldn't I be the one chasing? Once in the water things became a little clearer. I wasn't alone, some body, or something was with me. I couldn't see them, but I knew they were there, invisibly guiding me somewhere.

Someone started calling my name. "Bella!" they said over and over again, but their voice was distant and I tried to ignore it. "Bella1" it said again. I looked and say no one around me. I continued trying to reach my destination. "Bella1" It said again, this time closer. The closer the voice got, the farther away my destination got. I wanted to reach my destination very badly, but I realized that it was impossible. My vision disappeared. Everything was black. Then I woke up.