Well the tallies from reviews as well as from my website are in and…well there was a lot of different responses. None of them really won, it was an all around tie (Some did get knocked out for low votes) so after much thought I decided Bella will stay single for this story and you can draw your own conclusions when you read the end. That being said my next will be Edward/Bella.

I've decided to write Saving Me (see summary on my profile) next, many people requested it off the list of stories I have on my website. Remember you can request stories just email me and I'll consider it.

Comments on reviews:

Hippie 4 Lyfe: Thank you for your compliments! I thought about Edward and Pam, but every time I did I kept thinking of Pam killing him. She's not patient enough for his overprotective crap haha.

patch138: Funny you say that because I was going to have her smack her forehead, but I decided that was something I would do, not Bella.

TDTwifan: I know I kept going back and forth on the Bella/Edward subject so I decided to save myself the headache. The next story I write will be Bella/Edward.

smfogleman: don't be sorry, I feel dumb a lot, I needed that little push. Yeah Bella made a slight mess with selling half her soul.

Thanks for all the reviews. Sorry that Haley's Wicca ritual gets a little lengthy but I didn't want it to just happen and to have answers. I wanted some actual Wiccan in there. I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or Southern Vampire Mysteries, just OC's.

Chapter 10 out of 13: An all out war

"You gave up what!!" Haley screamed at me as we sat in the kitchen, I woke up just an hour ago, around noon, so I was not ready for this. I winced, refusing to look at her face instead staring at the tea I was stirring. I didn't say anything, I knew she heard me the first time I said it. I just didn't think she would get this pissed.

"What's the big deal? It's only half my soul." I grumbled, before taking a sip of my tea. All the while I couldn't meet my cousins eyes.

"Depending what half she took, there could be a big problem." She snapped, before getting up, "Stay here, I'll be right back."

Which half? What did that mean? I questioned silently, waiting for her return. She just took half of my soul, I didn't know there were different parts of it. I laid my head on the table; I think I made a big mistake.

When Haley came back she was holding a bag. She dug in it and held out her hand. Quietly, I lifted my head and took the item. It was an Ankh, which looked like a Christian cross only looped at the top. It symbolized the afterlife and immortality of the soul. Raising an eyebrow I looked from the item to my cousin. She was glaring at me. Okay, she was pissed. I could deal with that…maybe.

Haley, then, turned to the table and removed everything off it. Once that was done she laid down a White table cloth, then over half the White table cloth that she laid a Lavender one, and finally over half the Lavender cloth she laid a Silver cloth.

"Maybe I should use Red as well…" She mumbled to herself.

"Can you explain the point of the table cloths? It's an interesting fashion statement." I announced, which earned me another glare.

She sighed, "All these cloths are blessed. The white one symbolizes purity, spirituality, cycle of life, psychic matters, and dispelling evil spirits. The Lavender one invoke spirit. The Silver one helps with visions, connecting to Spirit, and astral travel. You made a mess and I need all the help I can get to assess the damage. Now be quiet for a minute, I'll explain everything when I'm done."

With her scolding she went back to work. I sat back in my chair and watched her. It was interesting, I've never seen her do a full out spell like this. She lit a white candle in the middle of the table. She then sprinkled a few oils around the base of the table and chairs, making a huge circle, walking around it three times. After the circle was complete she faced the four cardinal directions one by one bowing each time and mumbling under her breath. She threw some herbs into the candle fire.

Finally she handed a stone to me to hold with the Ankh and kept a stone for herself. She turned to look at me.

"Care to explain all this now?" I asked.

"I told you we need to see the damage done to your soul. I told you what the color cloths meant already. I lit a white candle to start the circle casting before making a circle using oils. Cedar creates spirituality, Jasmine heightens psychic awareness and Pine cleanses the soul.

"I, then, cast a circle by asking the four elements to push out all evil presence by bowing to the four cardinal points. The herb I threw into the fire was Basil it promotes astral travel and protection.

"Finally the stone you're holding is Smokey Quartz it is used for healing and absorbing negative energies. I have Tiger-eye it is used for protection, divination, to find the truth of a matter."

"Okay," I was a little confused, "What's all of this for? I only gave up half my soul."

"Exactly. You didn't think your soul is one thing mixed of many parts, did you? Your soul is complex, there are different parts to it all separate. I fear the part you gave up and what it could mean. Your soul is your life, your ability to move to the afterlife, and it is you: your emotions. Maybe she took a little bit of everything or she could've took one whole piece. That's what I'm going to find out." She looked at me. I guess I looked a little pale, "It's alright, Bella, we'll figure this out. Now put your hands on the table face up, in your right hand hold the Ankh and the Smokey Quartz."

I did as she instructed. She laid her hands on top of mine; the tiger-eye in her left hand. She looked straight into my eyes:

"Let me in

Never fear

I cause no harm

Keep me near

The truth I seek

Into the soul

To find what was lost

To the one who stole"

I felt a haze come over me and I knew it was Haley's influence. I let it in, I wouldn't be able to fight it anyways; she was a seasoned witch, I wasn't even close. It was strange, I felt like I was floating yet I knew I was still sitting in the kitchen on a chair. The haze became thicker and thicker, my head felt like it was spinning. The next thing I knew…I blacked out.

"When is she going to wake up? Its been two hours." I heard a fuzzy voice float over my head

"Soon, shut up Nikel." I knew that was Haley's voice so I assumed the first one was Nikel. When did he get here?

First I decided to assess where 'here' was. I was laying down so I knew I was no longer in that chair and since I felt really comfy I wasn't in the kitchen in general. No way is tile this comfy. I moved my hand slightly getting a feel for what was under me. Sheets. Bed. I was in a bed; I really hoped it was my bed.

"Why did you tell me to come over if you don't want me to talk or do anything?" Nikel snapped, I could hear humor in his tone.

"So if she died, I could blame you?" She replied, I could practically hear her smirking at him.

Groaning I open my eyes, everything was blurry. I glared at the two blobs next to me, "I'm not dead yet."

"And you better hope it stays that way. If you die…well it won't be happy for you."

My vision started to clear as the conversation progressed, I was in my room, "What do you mean?"

She closed her eyes, not speaking. I took that chance to sit up and situate myself against my headrest, "Haley? What are you talking about?"

Her dark Green eyes bore into my Brown eyes, "The seer didn't take your emotions, those are completely intact. But Bella, if you die, you will forever be stuck in the in between, you can never go to whatever lays beyond this world. You can never be reincarnated."

"So what will happen to me? I become a ghost like the ones I see?" I asked, that wasn't as bad as I thought. The ghosts kept each other company.

"No, those souls became ghosts because they refused to leave this world not because they couldn't. You will become Nothing. Dead yet in some sense alive. You will be a ghost but no one can see you, no one can speak to you nor hear you. Not even other ghosts or the most talented of psychics can come into contact with you.

"You will walk this world forever alone screaming to be acknowledged yet never so. For all eternity, you will become hungry, thirty and lonely unable to touch anything to satisfy your pain. Not even other Nothings can see you. You will see people but hear no words. The only noise you'll hear is yourself. You'll slowly go insane and nothing will cure it."

I couldn't look at her any longer. I tore my eyes away as hot tears rolled down my cheeks. What she described sounded awful. Worse part was I was doomed. I will die within the next ninety years and that's what I have to look forward to. I faintly heard Nikel and Haley step out of my room to give me some privacy. I wasn't sure I wanted to be alone with my thoughts.

I wrapped my arms around myself and cried. I cried for myself, for my future, for my past…and I cried of what could've been. I didn't know what I had anymore or what I could do. I felt hopeless of this fact. What did I give up? I laid back down and sobbed, I needed it more than I would've thought: just to be able to cry.

The sun was just about to set when I got a call from Sookie. She wanted all of us to meet at her house. Edward was back with some news and we needed to finalize our plan. Everyone else was meeting us there as soon as the sun has finished setting.

I quickly got up and ready. I reapplied my make-up since it had washed off with my crying. I went out into the living room to see Haley and Nikel sitting there.

"We're finalizing plans at Sookie's. You guys in?" I told them. They looked at each other quickly and nodded.

"We're leaving now?" Haley asked first. I nodded.

"My car!" Nikel yelled running out the door. We both stared at each other before following.

"Why do you date him?" I asked my cousin.

She shrugged, "Sometimes I wonder that. Then I remember I, for some reason, love him."

I snorted, getting into Nikel's mustang. He made short work of getting to Sookie's, luckily there were no cops on the road. Nikel would've went to jail for those speeds, stupid shifter.

"So why are we gathering at your house?" I asked Sookie as soon as she answered the door.

"Hello to you to Bella. So great to see you." she rolled her eyes, "I told Eric I wasn't driving all the way out to Fangtasia again, so he compromised and said we could meet here for once."

"Wow."

"Yeah, the Cullens are already here. We're just missing Bill and the Fangtasia crew." Sookie told me, "Hey Haley, Hey…Nikel…you're not going to start my house on fire are you?"

"Seriously!" Nikel yelled, "I started a hamster on fire…and a potted plant. Let it go."

"You started the microwave on fire yesterday." Haley added.

I turned to her, "When?"

"After you left to see the Seer. Don't worry about it, he already bought us a new one."

"This one has a popcorn button." Nikel threw in. I rolled my eyes; this guy was a disaster waiting to happen.

"I don't know what you're talking about and I don't care. Get away from the door so other can come in." Eric's voice snapped from behind us.

"Geez, pushy, pushy." I grumbled heading into the living room with Haley and Nikel in tow. The Cullens were already sitting there just like Sookie said.

I sat down on the floor next to the couch Alice was sitting on with Jasper.

"Hi Bella!" Alice said cheerfully.

"Hi Alice," I was less than enthused. She smiled brightly at me anyways.

Eric, Thelia, Pam, Clancy and Bill walked into the living room and took their spots against the wall. All together there was 16 of us, it was a small group and didn't look good.

"What did you find out Edward?" Eric asked, looking at all of us, commanding us to order.

"He has a small army, not too many people. A lot of Vampires didn't want to side with him out of fear of your King. He got the Cold Ones too because they don't care. I couldn't quite figure out what they get out of the deal but I'm sure its well worth it for them. He has about fifteen Cold Ones and five Vampires." Edward stated, "I couldn't hear when he planned to attack, it was as if he was very careful not to think about it. I can assume its soon. The newborns fight with each other often; twelve of the fifteen are newborns. He also has two witches under his control. "

"Interesting." Eric murmured, looking thoughtful.

"So what's the plan?" Bill questioned. Apparently that was the magic word: plan. As soon as it was uttered there was a lot explosion from the left side of the house….

"MY MUSTANG!" Nikel screamed…where we all parked.

Everything from there on happened fast. The Vampires and Cold Ones both were out the door faster than we could blink. Nikel ran into another room only for a Black panther to come back out. There were random Blue streaks in its fur. So the highlights do stay…that's answers that question. He ran through the living room and out the front door. Us "humans" followed after that.

There were four piles of fire throughout the yard and it was like a bloodbath. Parts of Vampires were everywhere. I quickly scanned the yard to find our vampires. The Cullens were running around, fighting. I found Eric and Pam easily enough. Thelia took a minute to locate but I couldn't find Bill or Clancy.

It didn't take long for Haley, Sookie and I to be separated. Sookie stuck near Haley and I was off on my own once again putting up a barrier to keep the others away from me. The problem with the barrier was I couldn't move to far. If I did I would leave its safety.

A Newborn jumped at me only to be repelled by the barrier. Alice quickly grabbed a hold of it and threw it into the fire. I just shook my head at her. I couldn't help but laugh as I saw Haley throwing fireballs at the enemies. She was good at that. My laugh died as I looked around. It wasn't starting to look good. Thelia disappeared as well and Sookie was knocked unconscious. Emmett was placing her on the porch out of the way of the enemies and fight. Bill and Clancy still haven't resurfaced from wherever they were.

We were doing a good job with the Cold Ones, there was only maybe five left which Emmett and Jasper were having a blast going after. Rosalie looked a little more refined as she took another one out. Out of the five Vampires Victor brought only two were still standing. One of the witches were dead. The problem was Victor was still running amuck giving Eric all kinds of problems as he tried again and again to catch him. Finally I saw Alice and Esme go to give him a hand.

I stood there, looking at the blood all around me. I ignored the smell, not wanting to gag. I felt useless. I just sat there in a protective shield not doing anything besides an occasional blast to send them back. I glanced around, stopping dead at the sight before me. Apparently the enemy witch took Haley's idea of fighting. No…

I ran towards Edward, out of the safety of the barrier, knowing he didn't see the threat. He was distracted by the Newborn in front of him. It happened in slow motion; three things simultaneously: The witch let go of a ball of fire directing it towards Edward, I jumped in front of Edwards back and Edward turned around, killing the Cold One, just as pain surrounded me.

I screamed, blinding pain surrounded me. I didn't feel the cold ground though. Instead I felt two cold arms around me, catching me before I fell. I was whisked away.

The next thing I felt was the warmth of the house and softness of the couch. That didn't stop my screaming or crying. I never felt anything like this, even when James bit me.

"What happened?" I faintly heard Haley's voice over my own.

"She was hit by a blast from a Witch." Edward responded, holding onto me. I didn't know what I looked like but it couldn't be good.

I felt Haley's hand against my neck, "Her heart rate is slowing down. Shit."

"Move aside." Carlisle's voice joined the mix. I remember he had been on the porch tending to Sookie. I didn't hear anything else, I just felt the Black void surround me.

Tell me what you think? Live or Die? what will happen?

Note: Nikel talking about burning things is brought up in chapter 5.

Three more chapters to go…maybe I might just make it two. Depending on what I want to do with the next chapter.

Saving Me is coming soon, be on the look out for it.