Book 9: World's Converge
Song: Hurricane By: 30 Seconds to Mars
"Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
Crash, crash, burn, let it all burn
This hurricane's chasing us all underground
No matter how many deaths that I die I will never forget
No matter how many lies that I live I will never regret
There is a fire inside of this heart in a riot about to explode into flames
Where is your god? Where is your god? Where is your god?
Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to torture for my sins?
Do you really want?
Do you really want me?
Do you really want me dead?
Or alive to live the lie?
Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
Crash, crash, burn, let it all burn
This hurricane's chasing us all underground"
Bella POV:
3 Days Later:
I was sitting in a hotel room in Chicago where I spent two years of my youth living and attending a prep middle school where I shared a room with a girl named Ashley. I was with both Rosalie and Lexi thinking about how much closer Rosalie and I got over the past few days and how so much has happened and changed. Rosalie told me about her adoptive daughter and why she chose to keep everything from the Cullen's. We both could see how the Cullen's would react if they found out, but I understood her. It made sense. It was one thing that she didn't have to share with anyone but her mate. And her magic was just hers. It was something that no one could take from her, something all her own. I found myself relating so much more to Rosalie. I was starting to feel annoyed at the way that both Edward and Alice were treating me, whereas Rose understood me. She understood my confused feelings about Edward. Edward already had it in his head that I was his mate, and don't get me wrong I love him in a way, I just feel like there's something missing. I'm not sure how I feel anymore, there's so many conflicting emotions. Lexi went down to the lobby to call the Cullen's and tell them we were in "Arizona" and everything was fine and Rosalie had just went out to get me food.
Flashback:
(3 days ago)
As soon as Rosalie left, Edward came to my house and invited me to play or at least watch his family play baseball. And so we went. The only thing we didn't quite plan on was the nomadic vampire that tried to attack me the other day to come back with two other cold ones. There was no time to get me away but luckily they left; though Edward said that the leader James was a tracker and that he's come for me so we made a plan. Lexi compelled Charlie and I was going to go with Jasper and Alice to Arizona while the rest of them tried to trick James but Lexi said it would be better for me to go with her and Rosalie. After a little convincing of Alice and Edward that's what we did, though I suspected that Jasper knew something or at least helped us in some unknowing way.
We were in the car far enough away the Edward couldn't read anyone's mind.
"Wait, what's going on?" –Bella
"We are improvising." –Lexi
"It might not be the plan that we first thought of but it works. While the Cullen's think we are going to Arizona, we'll be driving to Mystic Falls; Emmett is the only one that knows what we are really doing and Angela put a protective spell on him so if he thinks about us Edward won't know. It will take us at least 4-5 days to drive there." –Rosalie
"Also, she's going to try and use magic to keep them in Forks, but I don't think she'll be able to keep it up for long. I don't really like lying to our mother, but we have to. I'm getting worried that the situation in Mystic Falls is getting worse, if Stefan's last call was anything to go by."- Lexi
"Ok, besides I'm sure that's the last place James will look for me." –Bella
We drove across half the country for two days only stopping when we needed to. We decided that we'd stop for the night when we got to Chicago.
~~~Dream~~~
I was in the forest again. This time I saw two children, a girl with blonde hair and a boy with brown hair. Damon was there with them (she figured out his name from the last dream). I kept running toward them but I could never get close to them. I wanted so badly to get to them. I spun around and Edward was holding me and I looked back to see them gone. The scene changed to a dance, everyone around me was wearing old- fashioned dresses and suits while I was wearing what I had on in the car. Suddenly I was dancing with Edward (who was wearing an old fashioned outfit from the early 1900s), I started to panic and I could see Edward smiling and trying to hold me tighter. Just then Damon- who was in a leather jacket grabbed me away from Edward and I was then dancing with him and Edward disappeared. I was happy when all of a sudden the scene changed again. Damon was standing in front of me in a Civil War uniform and Edward was standing behind me in his normal outfit. I knew they needed me to make some sort of choice but I couldn't figure out what the question was. Just as they both ran at me I saw the two children appear in front of me as if protecting me from Edward and then I was at the river again but this time in a boat. In front of me in the direction the water was flowing I could see a hurricane coming, but for some reason I wanted to go toward it, while behind me I could see Forks and the Cullen's house. Just as the hurricane engulfed me I woke up.
~~~End Dream~~~
"Where are we?" –Bella
"Two hours from Chicago." –Rosalie
"Alright, is it ok if we stop at the rest stop?" –Bella
"Sure." –Lexi
Rosalie and Lexi stayed in the car while I went in. While I was coming out I thought I saw something in the nearby forest so I stepped closer and of course I tripped and a huge gash opened on my leg when I fell. I let out a yelp and Lexi came to my side and carried me to the car. While Rosalie started driving Lexi gave me some of her blood saying that we couldn't afford to leave a trail. My leg healed by the time we entered Chicago.
End Flashback
The sound of my phone ringing brought me out of my thoughts. I recognized the number as the number of my old prep school, it was odd that I'd be getting a call from them but I answered it.
"Hello?"
"Well, well, well, if it isn't little Miss Swan." –James
"James."- Bella
"Are you alone Bella?"- James
"Yes."- Bella
"Good, now listen carefully. You're going to find a way to come here alone." –James
"And why should I do that?"- Bella
"Bella, Bella? What's going on? Let me go! Bella!" – unknown
"Oh my god Ashley is that Ashley?"- Bella
"You'll come alone if you want your old roommate to stay alive."- James
"Fine, I'll be there soon, please don't hurt her." –Bella
"Good, you remember the abandoned theater on the schools' grounds don't you?"- James
"Yes."- Bella
"Good."- James
I hung up and rushed downstairs praying that Lexi wouldn't see me. When I got down to the lobby I could see her across the room waiting for the elevator. I was glad I had decided to take the stairs. I quickly ran outside and got into a cab. When I got to my old school I sneaked past the single guard by the west gate. It was the same guard that worked here when I was young. I sighed at the irony of it, then I was sneaking out, now I was sneaking in. When I got to the old theater I slowly walked in. That's when I heard it.
"Bella, Bella? What's going on? Let me go! Bella!"
I walked up to an old cabinet and opened it to see a tv that had an old recording of Ashley and Me in this very theater when we surprised her for her birthday.
"Come on Bella, Let me go already, take the blindfold off! What's this all about."
I was leading her to the stage. We had set up a whole birthday surprise. Just then the video stopped and I looked behind me.
"oh you were so easy to fool." –James
"At least Ashley's safe." –Bella
Then he rushed at me and threw me across the room. I hit my head.
"Scream, I want to hear you scream for your precious Edward."- James said as he took out a camcorder.
"No, I won't. I'm not afraid to die." –Bella
He got mad at that and slammed me into the wall. I could feel the blood soaking through my shirt and myself starting to lose focus.
"Scream, react. Scream for him to avenge your death. Scream for your mate." –James
"No! Edward don't do anything. James he's not my mate so there's no point in this. Shut the camera off." – Bella
"I see what you're trying to do, you want me to think that so he won't be put through the pain of seeing this. It won't work. But I will do you one favor. I'll kill you before I drain you dry." – James
He grabbed the sides of my head and I felt myself get thrown to he ground and James let out a scream and then there was blackness.
I was standing next to a flowing river when I saw a girl that I knew I recognized somehow but I couldn't place her.
"Bella, Bella, Bella, how many times do we have to go through this? It seems somehow the Fates are determined to have you a vampire or at least around vampires." – Girl (Sarah)
"What's going on? Where am I?" –Bella
"Where you are doesn't matter, just remember to keep moving forward, I have faith in you, I always have." – Sarah
"How? How do you know me?" –Bella
"You'll remember soon enough. You already have started to. Granted you weren't supposed to remember being Amanda before you remembered your last life, but one can't me too picky. You'll remember when you see him. You'll remember when the choice presents itself. You'll remember when it matters." –Sarah
"I'm confused."- Bella
"I know, but you have many choices ahead of you, many will be difficult. Let's just hope history doesn't repeat itself. I already know you'd die for those you love, but tell me, would you kill to save a life?"- Sarah
"What? Why-?"-Bella
"I must leave you now. Goodbye Isabella. Stay strong." –Sarah
Just then I slowly opened my eyes to see Lexi on the ground with a piece of wood sticking out of her and Rosalie fighting James, I felt weak but I could feel myself healing because of the blood that Lexi gave me earlier. I saw the old guard walk in and gasp, which caused Rose to look toward him. That was all the distraction that James needed to fling Rose across the room. James then looked toward the guard and then the guard started to come at me as if in a trance, I guessed that James must have had more then one power. He grabbed me and threw me toward the ground. As I struggled I looked to my left, I could see Lexi was doing badly with the wood in her, I suspected that James had laced it with Vervain. Then I looked to the right and saw that James had Rose in a head lock, she couldn't last much longer.
In that moment the girl's words echoed in my head:
"Would you kill to save a life?"
And I understood. I understood what would be one of the first hard choices I would have to make if I chose to continue down this path I was on. I could do nothing and die or I could take a life to save both Rose and Lexi. I knew that if I'd have to kill him if I wanted to attempt to distract James and give Rose enough time to go after James again. That meant I would have to get to Lexi too. And then I heard Rosalie's scream and I made my choice. I felt around me and saw a sharp piece of glass. I grabbed it and stabbed the guard that was on top of me in the neck. Blood gushed everywhere and then he went limp. I pushed him off me and ran toward Lexi. As soon as I pulled the wood out of her I felt myself get thrown across the room and James had his hands on my throat. Just then both Lexi and Rose had pulled him off me and were ripping him into pieces and setting him on fire. Rose and Lexi both had ran toward me and hugged me to them. I looked over to the guard; His shirt had opened some and that's when I saw the tattoo of one of the most dangerous gangs in Chicago on his chest. He must of got the job to have access to kids to recruit them. In that moment any bad feeling I had about killing him was gone. That night Lexi gave me more of her blood to make sure I healed and she had to find someone to drink from. We left on our way to Mystic Falls that night instead of the next morning. We had been driving for 10 hours when the fire came on the radio, I was shocked to hear my name as one of the people who died in the fire, someone must of seen me go in. Rosalie and I had both lost our phones in the struggle. Lexi had hers but so far the Cullen's hadn't called. We had decided it was best to leave it at that for the moment. We couldn't risk them trying to stop us and we were only hours from Mystic Falls. It was already getting dark and Lexi told me it was Founder's Day in Mystic Falls.
(Mystic Falls [Founder's Day]):
Jeremy POV:
It was morning and I had woken up to find Anna next to me again. She must of waited until John had left, to come back. I had a bad feeling about today just as Anna did. The argument I had gotten into with Uncle John last night had been extremely bad. He knew more about Anna and I then I wanted him too.
Flashback
"Do you think I haven't seen the way you and Anna are so close? Yes I know about Anna." –John
"You killed her mother! How dare you!"- Jeremy
"Oh so she's already been here?"- John
"Leave her out of this, she's done nothing wrong."- Jeremy
"Leave her out of this! She's part of this! They all are. But mark my words Mystic Falls will be rid of vampires once and for all very soon! Don't get so attached, I can already see that history is repeating itself between Pearl's family and the Gilberts. I just hope you have enough sense to follow through with the past and help rid this town of them!"- John said as he stormed out of the room.
End Flashback
I looked over to Anna, I would not let anything happen to her. Just then Anna woke up. We stayed in bed holding each other for a while until Elena came rushing into my room. She stopped when she saw Anna and I and she glared at Anna. She stopped when she saw me glare at her. She knew better then to get farther on my bad side. She had already kept so much from me.
"ohhh… uhhhh…. I was just going to say that you need to start getting ready for the the parade Jer, uhh.. sorry..I'm going to go now." –Elena
"She hates me." –Anna
"No, she just is protective even when she shouldn't be." – Jeremy
"Yeah I guess. I brought my dress. As much as I can't deal with my mom dying I need to stay with you today. I can't let anything happen to you. Bree will be there too. And we can go to the Mystic Grill after, I can't be at the event tonight. Bree is going over what to do with Damon right now. The tomb vampires are coming. I need to keep you away from them." –Anna
"Ok. Don't worry, everything will work out. I love you Anna."- Jeremy
"I love you too Jer, we should get ready."- Anna
"Alright."
General POV (the events leading up to the next main part are in list order because it's easier- it's more so you get an idea of where everyone is during that part of the day, then it returns to normal format):
3pm- Parade
Jeremy was on the Civil War reenactment float with Tyler.
Elena and Stefan were on Mystic Court Float.
Damon and Anna were watching from the crowd.
Bree was keeping an eye on Bonnie.
John Gilbert was in Sheriff Forbes office trying to convince her of his plan to use the device that night.
Jenna was with Alaric watching the parade.
Katherine was just outside of Mystic Falls at a bed in breakfast owned by a Mrs. Flowers.
Isobel was waiting for John outside the Sheriff's office.
7pm- 1 Hour before the fireworks display
Anna was in the Mystic Grill with Jeremy and Bree.
Elena was at the Boarding house with Stefan and Damon getting ready to go back out to keep watch at the fireworks display.
John Gibert was talking with Isobel about their daughter "Elena".
Bonnie was looking for Elena.
Jenna was with Alaric in the town square.
Caroline, Matt, and Tyler were hanging out and planning to leave before the fireworks display.
Katherine was still in the same place, waiting for Isabel to meet her.
Bella, Lexi, and Rosalie were about 45 min. from Mystic Falls.
Angela Weber's flight to Virginia had just landed and she was catching a cab to Mystic Falls and had just called Lexi to tell her that the Cullen's had left Forks.
Edward, Alice, Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, and Emmett were just arriving in Mystic Falls (they took a plane so they got there before the others). While Emmett was starting to get worried about what was going to happen. He talked them into going for a quick hunt and tried to keep them away from town for as long as he could. He wanted to give Rose as much of a head start to whatever was about to happen that he could.
7:45pm- 15min. before Fireworks display
Anna & Jeremy were playing pool in the Mystic Grill and Angela had just found Bree in the same place and began explaining the situation about the Cullen's and Bella, Rosalie, and Lexi.
Damon had just saw John Gilbert walk into a building and followed.
Stefan was with Elena in the crowd.
Alaric had taken Jenna home.
Bonnie was in the crowd looking for Elena.
Caroline, Matt, and Tyler were walking to Tyler's car.
Katherine was with Isobel outside of town and Katherine was just sending Isobel away to meet Mason Lockwood for her in Florida.
Edward, Alice, Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, and Emmett were coming back from their hunt toward town much to Emmett's displeasure.
Bella, Lexi, and Rosalie had just pulled up to the Salvatore boarding house and saw that no one was there, so they drove over to the town square; they would arrive in the town square in a few minutes.