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Royal Treaty

Chapter 10: Where oh where

"Are you sure Henry?"

A slightly scared and nervous Henry looked at me with wide eyes, "I'm sorry Highness, but there really was a man here asking for you. I swear."

Henry obviously thought I was going to punish him, poor fellow.

"Do not fret Henry, he must have had an important message and went to the Castle." I said as I began to head back in the direction of the stairs.

"I'm sorry highness, again, for disturbing you." Henry cried as he climbed the marble stairs.

I gave him a reassuring smile before I headed for the other side of the Palace, where Bella was no doubt waiting for me.

I hurried along the long hallways.

Everything was silent and eerie. Strange noises were echoing throughout the numerous corridors and I hoped that Bella wasn't getting anxious.

The rain was pouring down much more heavily than it was minutes ago.

Coming around the corner I was puzzled, Bella wasn't where I had left her.

Looking around, there was no sign of her anywhere, perhaps I'm in the wrong place.

I walked down every hallway yet I couldn't find her.

Maybe she needed to use the privy or she's hungry, I thought uneasily. It wasn't like Bella to just disappear with out telling me or leaving me a note or something.

Huffing I decided to spread my search net wider. I spent the next hour quickly running from room to room; I was luck to complete my search of the Palace in an hour, considering how large it was. But my hunt was fruitless. Bella wasn't to be found in any of the rooms.

It was round about the middle of my search when I began to panic. It seemed the entire Palace was deserted. There were usually, at least 10 more people in the palace than what I'd found, zero.

Obviously something wasn't right.

Bang!

At the sound of that, I bolted for the location of the noise.

"Henry? What… Have you seen the lady I was with?!"

"Highness! What are you still doing here? Are you aware of the hour?" Henry asked me, with horror in his old eyes.

"Sir please answer me, have you seen the lady I was with?!" I cried, impatiently.

"No I'm sorry Highness, I haven't seen the lady any-"



"Okay, if you run into her please send word for me and I'll come back and get her. I'm going back to the Castle. Good day." I said quickly before I ran to the stables.

"Where have you been Edward?"

"Rosalie! Have you seen Miss Swan?"

"No. Not since this afternoon. Why?"

"What? Oh no… nothing, where is Alice?"

"She is in the dinning hall, along with everyone else."

"Oh so is Miss Swan with Alice?"

"No Edward, I don't think so; Alice has been with me most of the afternoon."

"Edward!"

"Edward where are you going?"

I couldn't stop, I bolted for the dinning hall. Poor Rosalie, being pregnant must be tough, especially when many leave her waddling behind.

Before I charged into the dinning hall I took a moment to compose myself before I waltzed right in. A number of people, well most, turned my direction with quizzical expressions on their faces, but it wasn't their faces I wanted to see. Bella wasn't there as I had hoped.

"Edward dear, where have you been?"

"Mother I… I need to speak to father for a moment."

Obediently my father rose and followed me out to the hall.

"Son, what is it?"

"Father I need your help. Miss Swan is missing." I cried.

"What do you mean? Miss Swan… from La Push?" he asked and I nodded. It was silent for a while.

My thoughts were racing through my mind, I couldn't think straight. All I could think about was Bella, out there, safe or in danger. I didn't know and it was killing me.

"Edward what happened?"

"Father we were at the old Palace, she wanted to see what it was like… Henry came to us and told me a messenger had come and was looking for me. I left Miss Swan… I left her alone and went to see the fool. When I got back to where I had left Miss Swan she was gone." I took a few deep breaths to calm my racing heart.

"Edward, we've got to find Miss Swan immediately before the Prince or anyone from La Push find out about this, if they do… you realise what this means?" my father stopped, telepathically sending me the message.

"Father I don't know where she has gone."



"Edward calm down, we will find her. Come into the dinning hall, you don't have to eat, but if you or I aren't there, Prince Jacob may become suspicious." Carlisle explained, leading my back into the dinning hall.

When I walked in Prince Jacob was looking at me, confusing on his face.

"What was that about Edward?"

"Nothing Alice, well, I can't tell you just yet." I whispered.

"Where's Bella?"

I gave her a meaningful look, hoping she got the message and kept quiet.

Once Carlisle stood, announcing he was finished and had business to attend to, I casually rose and followed him out.

We raced to his study for some privacy and began talking tactics, though I wasn't sure what tactics we were working out, because we didn't have an idea where to start. It was basically like looking for a very small needle in a very large haystack.

BPV

It's cold.

I hear so many sounds; it's hard to make out what I'm hearing.

Something thick and sticky is drying on my cheek.

I wish my eyes weren't covered so I could see what I'm hearing.

I wish my hands weren't tied so I could scratch the itch on my shoulder.

I know right, now wouldn't be the perfect time to be worried about scratching an itch, but what else was I supposed to do?

Scream? Well I was gagged so tight the pattern of the material would surely be imprinting on my face.

I didn't know where I was, how long I had been here.

All I knew was that I was far from the old Palace of Forks. That much I was certain of.

When I had stupidly fallen over, it wasn't the women that tied and gagged me; someone else came along and dragged me off.

I was dragged down some very hard and rough stairs, then I was thrown into a box.

It smelt and I felt some gooey substance lining to walls.

I'm not sure how long I was in there, my throat was sore after screaming Edwards name over and over again, my feet hurt after kicking at the boxes' wall.

I could tell someone was opening the box and checking on me now and then, because of the sudden burst of fresh air that met my skin.

I leaned against the wall, exhausted after my wasted efforts. It was then, when I was silent that I heard him.



Henry!

What? Was Henry near?! Surely he would hear me and save me!

I began to scream, but they were muffled by the gag, I began to kick and that worked.

I heard the room hush and Henrys' voice ring out.

But then, something I didn't expect to happen happened.

"Make sure you take her out through the west exit, Prince Edward should be at the east end. Now go and don't you ever come back here."

With that I heard shuffling and the box began to move again.

My kicking stopped.

I couldn't believe Henry was in on this.

The rest was a blur.

I sat in my box and dreamt I was somewhere else.

EPV

It is past midnight and Carlisle just sent us away after hours of planning.

Jasper, Emmett and Alice joined us a little while after Carlisle and I had been in the study for a while.

They were shocked with the news and they too were struggling to think of possible places where Bella could be.

Alice had a scowl on her face, as if she was thinking extremely hard.

I was now pacing around my room. How could I rest when Bella was out there somewhere, just when I was about to ask her. Oh life was cruel.

It was going to be very hard to find Bella, especially with Prince Jacob around and there is the matter of her family.

They were due to leave soon, and if they found out Bella had gone missing the treaty would be broken and Prince Jacob would surely take this as a chance to get at me.

Oh I wish Bella was here.

I finally fell asleep due to the exhaustion from the day.

When I woke up I immediately felt guilty for sleeping while Bella was unsafe somewhere.

Changing and giving myself a little sprinkle of water I hurried down to Carlisles study.

I began to look over the map of Forks and the land surrounding.

"Edward what are you… oh please don't do that, we will find her, just come and have some breakfast so you don't collapse while looking for her."



"No Alice it is hard enough that I don't have a clue where she is. I need all the time I can get."

"Just make an appearance, besides mother is worried."

Oh she knew how to get to me. My mothers' feelings were one of my weaknesses.

On our way to the Dinning Hall Prince Jacob intercepted our path.

"Edward, may I have a quick word with you."

It wasn't a question it was a statement, and Alice narrowed her eyes at Jacob.

"Alice go ahead and tell mother I'll be there shortly." I commanded.

She reluctantly walked off in a huff.

I looked expectantly at Jacob, what could this be about.

"Prince Edward you know the conditions of the treaty, and it may appear that one of these conditions has been broken." He said in an informative voice.

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