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BPOV
DAY 3
"I hate camp. I hate camp. I hate camp. I hate camp. I hate camp,"
I heard the trumpet being called to wake up campers, I knew I was late, but I didn't want to face Edward right then. Not that Edward at least. A feeling of empty hollowness, a black abyss within me, pain from an undetectable wound-- those feelings swarmed through me.
I knew this feeling. It was like what happened when Edward left me. I froze, remembering the pain that came over me. I started trembling, the pain of Edward being gone burning through me. There was Jacob, but there'd still be Edward. I loved Edward. Besides, Jacob wouldn't even bother to help now that Sadie was there.
I leaned against a large tree, slinking down and sitting upon the cold ground, setting my shower-bag beside me. I pressed my fingers against my temples, trying to erase the memory. He promised he wouldn't leave me. I know he wouldn't, he hasn't left me either. But in a way he has.
I shook my head, biting my lip in sorrow. All I wanted was my friends back. What was so bad about that? I shut my eyes, laying my head against the wood. I had four more days at camp before we went home-- what was I going to do? My mind raced over the possibilities. Maybe there was a cycle that vampires went through? No. That wasn't it.
I hated this. Why was it happening?! Anger prickled at my veins, tears stinging my eyes. Why was everything horrible at this stupid Camp Bosalwakee!? I felt myself wanting to scream to let out the emotions, scream until everything went back to normal.
"Bella," "Bella, follow the petals..."
I looked around, and then I caught notice of a light blue petal laying upon the ground to my right. I was curious, because maybe I wasn't crazy, and I was really curious. I stood up slowly, leaving my bag. I walked to the blue petal and then looked forward. There was a path of blue petals flowing into the woods, each about a yard apart.
"Golden slumber kiss your eyes, Smiles await you when you rise. Sleep, pretty baby, Do not cry, And I'll sing you a lullaby. Care you know not, Therefore sleep, While I o'er you watch do keep. Sleep, pretty darling, Do not cry, And I will sing a lullaby..."
Slowly, I started walking. The amazing singing had me following th path. It was so soft, so smooth and velvety. I kept walking, now even more curious. I walked deeper and deeper into the forest, engulfed in the shadow of the trees. The singing became stronger and stronger as I followed the petals. Finally, they stopped as did the singing. I looked around at where I was, a clearing of grass, surrounded by trees.
"Bella..." "Don't be scared, Bella... I know how you feel. You've lost your precious Edward... You lost Alice, Jacob, Emmett and Rosalie... Who knows who next? Don't you wish it could go back to how it used to be like in your dreams? Before they all went against you?"
I did, but I didn't want help from whomever this was. I took another step back. Something cold hit my back, throwing me to the ground. I layed sprawled upon the ground, the voice teasing me.
"I can help you, Bella... But you can't run. I promise at the end of this, you'll never have to feel heartbreak, pain, or sadness again... Don't you want that?"
My eyes grew wide, I got up to my knees, slowly getting up to my feet. "I can handle it myself!" I shouted and the running vampire. "Leave me alone!" I turned around, making a dash. I crashed into the torso of a cold vampire, falling down to land on my butt.
Finally, he'd stopped, facing me. His hair was a mess of golden blond locks, his eyes were dark gold with dark rings beneath his eyes, his face was narrow and marked with scars on his jawline. The vampire stood around six foot seven, and he was lean-- clearly a teenager around my age. His black shirt was tightly held against his six pack abs, his jeans hanging down to his black Converse. I couldn't help it that he was hot-- but he was someone I didn't want to be around.
I braced myself, preparing for if he would attack me. My arms went up in front of my face and neck as if he were a cougar. My eyes closed tightly, ready to scream for help if he tried anything.
I heard him give a soft chuckle and then placed a hand upon my arm. I shut my eyes, wincing at his touch. I flinched back, opening my eyes. He wasn't there.
I pulled down my arms and looked around. With a gasp I saw him sitting next to me, just smiling. I scooted away from him and then muttered, "Leave me alone."
"Why?"
"Because I was taught not to talk to strangers," I tried.
He laughed a musical laugh and ran his hand through his hair. "Nice," he chuckled, rolling his eyes. I couldn't help but to relax a bit. He didn't appear like he wanted any harm done to me, but he seemed like an earlier Jacob.
My guard went back up as I stood up. "What do you want?" I asked sharply, glaring at him.
The vampire stood up, holding his smile. "I want to help, Bella..." He held out his hand to me, "I'm Skylar." I still held still, weary to shake his hand.
"How do you know my name?" I asked stepping back again.
Skylar laughed again, throwing his head back a if I just asked a clearly obvious question. "Who doesn't know your name? The human girl who's immune to everything..." He eyed over me then crossed his arms over his chest.
"How do you want to help?" I asked again.
He flashed me an innocent smile and said, "I want to help you try to get your friends back. There's always been something like this every year," His smile faded to a frown, his eyes becoming cloudy with memories, "I was a counselor here 89 years ago here. Something went wrong with my personality and I cold feel it. I became bitter, wicked... Angry all the time... When I get too close to the camp every so often... It comes back. I rescued myself only by heading up to that cliff," He pointed through the trees at a large cliff where I was with Jacob earlier in the week. "My father died when I was four and my mother died when I was fourteen. I was a vampire at age 16 after living with my Aunt and Uncle for a while... I accidentally killed them as a newborn and my girlfriend, Laura..." Skylar shook his head, trying to get back on track. "But when I was up on the cliff I felt control again. I was regular once more. I came back there and felt relaxed and myself again, after a while I started gaining control and the thirst for blood wore off drastically. I noticed it happening to others too. Humans, werewolves... This is the first time I've seen vampires be effected by it..."
Skylar smiled at me again and sighed, "What I'm trying to say is that you need to get your friends up there... Have them up there for a while and when you come back down they'll be back to normal for a bit. They'll be able to have any special abilities they had before increased." He chuckled then said, "I can slip into people's dreams and look through their memories. It's really cool."
I let my guard down, focused on what he said. "Maybe he can look at Jacob's dreams... See if there's anything unusual there. Look through memories and-- how can I trust him?! But... The cliff..."
"Does it really work?" I asked, feeling a strand of hope. My heart fluttered in hope that maybe my Edward will be back. Just maybe.
Sky nodded and said, "Yes, it really works." He placed one hand over his heart and then another up in the air, as if he was performing a scouts honor. He smiled at me then said, "If I'm lieing then you can have Jasper kill me."
"How do you know my friends?" I asked, a bit scared.
He laughed again and explained, "I know your friends because I've been watching the camp. I became interested when I saw Jacob run after you after the Bug Juice incident. I slipped into his dreams, flipped through memories and I pretty much picked up everything he knew. Then I got into Edward's memories when he was hunting. Sorry, I just like to know the counselors, and I was going to slip into the new guy's dreams but he kept waking up." I was a bit confused, what new guy other than Jacob? Who was he talking about. Right when I was about to ask, Sky sat down on the grass and sighed, "But if you don't believe me, I'll leave you alone..." He turned away and muttered, "You can just leave, I promise I wont follow you or bug you..."
I turned to leave but then I heard his singing under his breath,
"Why do you ask him, through heaven and earth, to prove his love has worth? Would he walk on water? Would he run through fire? Would he stand before you, when it's down to the wire? Would he give his life up to be all he can? Is that how you measure a man...?"
I think he knew I was there, but I wasn't sure if he cared. I had stopped and stood there, still in awe by his voice. He looked lost and so honest and innocent. I knew I shouldn't have but I looked back at him then muttered, "Listen Skylar, you're really nice, but how can I trust you a--"
"After James and the others?" he finished for me. He didn't look back at me, just looked off into the trees. "Bella... My best friends are dead. I killed my girlfriend. I killed the two people who were looking out for me. I learned to hunt for myself. I have no where to go, and I'm alone in the world... What would I gain by hurting you? The pain of all of that together made me realize that no one should be hurt like I was... When I saw how you and Edward were before all of this I felt bad for you... That you were being pulled away from the part of him you love...
"I don't know how I can make you fully trust me, but just believe me when I say that the cliff will help." Skylar stood up, glancing back at me. Pain and sorrow tore at his eyes as he looked at me. I felt a wave of pity for him stir inside of me. "If you ever need me, just come back here and shout m--"
Then he was gone, leaving a blur and a stir of leaves in his wake.
"Wh-What was that!?" I heard a voice shout from behind me. I looked back and saw Ace standing beside the tree with wide eyes, paler than he normally was. The bandages and bruises were standing thickly out on him as he stood beside a large tree-- frozen in fear. His hair was wet and he had a backpack, showing the evidence he got out of the shower.
I quickly thought of a lie and calmly said, "There was nothing there." I smiled and then started walking back to him, then stopped before him. "Why are you out here, Ace?" I asked, smiling like everything was perfectly normal.
"I-I heard," he started, still shaken up, "I heard singing... It was amazing... So I followed it and y-you were here." His eyes hadn't moved from the spot that Skylar had taken off at.
My hand set on his shoulder as I formed another lie, "I was on a morning walk, I wanted to just explore this part of the woods. I was singing to myself." I grinned, starting to walk.
I heard him tripping over his words then run back and catching up to me. "B-but it sounded like a guy's voice!"
I closed my eyes, thinking of the only thing I could. With a glare I looked at him and said, "Are you saying my singing sounds like a boys?!" I scoffed, rolling my eyes and walking along again.
"N-no! No, Counselor Bella! I just... I'm sorry! It scared me!" Ace shouted, chasing after me. He stood at my side, his head reaching up to my shoulder. "I'm really really sorry!"
I sighed, a bit excited inside. "No... No it's fine, Ace." A thought sprang in my mind, that maybe he could help me with Edward. I went back to the tree I had been at earlier and picked up my bag, the two of us walking back toward the Cabins to drop off the bags.
"Ace," I asked, not looking at him, "has Edward acted any differently? I remember you two being pretty close at the beginning of this mess." I tried to look sophisticated, but I knew that my excitement was showing since I kept glancing down at him.
Ace looked away, massaging the bridge of his nose. "Yeah... Yeah he has. All of the sudden he and Jacob are best friends and he's really peppy and hyper. He's not the same." He looked back forward, his face straight, "I'm not sure what's wrong with him but... He wasn't like this before-- was he?" Ace asked in a bleak voice, glancing at me from the corners of his eyes, reminding me of Edward so much.
"No... He was more like you..." I whispered, my heart in pain again. "Think about what Skylar said about the cliff... Use it to help..." I sighed, rubbing the back of my head. "You know, the one place that Edward acts normal is up at that cliff... I was going to try to get him to go up there. Wanna help?" I smiled at the teenager, trying to look innocent.
Ace smiled softly, and then asked, "What did you have in mind?"
I looked at the nearing cabins, then placed a hand on his shoulder, stopping him as I stopped the walk. "I want you to convince your counselors to go up there, okay?"
Ace nodded, and said, "Okay, Bella. I promise I'll try." He smiled then let a brief moment of silence before asking a new question,
"How do you get a girl lik--"
"ALL CAMPERS TO THE MESS HALL!" boomed the voice of Mr. Jeills.
I rolled my eyes, looking back at Ace, but he was already out of my slip and rushing to set his things back in his cabin. I went to my cabin and did the same.
Alice was standing at the door, waiting for me, with a smile she said, "Hello, Bella. You're late. The others wanted me to come check back here for you." I slipped inside, tossing my bag onto the bed and then walking back to the Mess Hall with her.
"Thanks, Alice. I was just talking to this g--" I stopped, wondering if I should tell her just yet. I decided against it for now. "To Ace."
Alice brushed her bangs out of her eyes and that's when I noticed it. A black sweatband around her wrist with the a heart that was shattered by the arrow that people normally drew if they were in love. I grabbed her wrist, stopping her.
"Alice... Why are you wearing that?!" I asked.
Alice puled her wrist away and scoffed, "It's freakin' cool, that's why." She pulled back the black sweatband, showing a press-on tattoo of a skull on her wrist. She was smirking at me, her other hand going to her hip.
"Where did you get that?" I demanded, eyeing Alice. "You hate press-on tattoos and you never wear black or sweatbands for that matter! What's going on?!"
Alice glared at me, then looked away, "I happen to love press-on tattoos! And black is amazing so shut the hell up!"
I stared at Alice as she walked with her head held high toward the Mess Hall.
It was official-- I was in hell. I placed my hands on my head, starting to tremble. "Oh god, oh please not Alice... Not this. Not now!" I pleaded. I looked at the Mess Hall, noticing the last people to head in. "Why?" I muttered, falling to my knees.
"Bella,"
I looked back to yell at Skylar, but he was gone. With a sigh I walked pass the dismissing tables who were getting breakfast as I went to the counselor's table. Edward had a seat saved for me between him and Jasper. "Thank god!" I though happily. I went and sat down, being welcomed by Edward hugging me and laughing.
"You're here! That's great! Isn't it great, Jasper?" Edward exclaimed, looking at Jasper.
Jasper gave a small nod, leaning against the table. Edward swarmed my cheek in pecks over and over for kisses. I winced and then heard him chuckle, "You wanna do something later? We could go swimming or... Or we could go on a walk or go pick flowers or go talk about butterflies! Anything you want, Bella!"
I frowned and then patted his head, "Er... Sure. How about later today we look at clouds?" I asked hesitantly. Edward grinned and nodded vigorously, looking like an over excited puppy.
Today would be so long.
Thanks everyone. Great predictions to the people who thought they all changed personalities but I'm not giving anything away. Though I will tell you, that's not right. Sorry. Spring break ended today and I'm working on Chapter 12. Thanks again!