Yay for updates! Sorry this one has taken so long! I hope you like it. The idea for this chapter was given to me by one of my close friends, so the credit goes to her.
People have always told me that dreams are they key to reality. Even Don had told me to pay attention to my dreams. So, why didn't I pay attention to the dream with Edward? Maybe it was sheer stupidity. Or maybe I had a crush. Who knew? I knew that dream was trying to telling me something. But, that night, I had another dream. I was with my parents. What kind of cruel person would put me through this? It was hard enough to think of them, but to have a dream was like opening the hole in my heart all over again. I loved them and they were taken away from me.
"My daughter," my father said, "my bright and shining Bella." He smiled at me. "You have grown up to be a beautiful girl. You look more and more like your mother everyday!"
"Dad," I sighed almost in tears. "What are you doing here? Is mom here?"
"I came to visit my daughter. Don't cry, honey. I'm here now. I know things have been rough on you, but everything will be ok. Your mother was right behind me."
"Dad, how can everything be ok? You and mom are both dead! You have no idea how hard this has been on me!" I was crying. After so many years, why did they decide to show up now?
Suddenly, a beautiful figure appeared. She was wearing a flowing white gown and looked like an older version of me. It was my mother. She was truly an angel from heaven. I cried even harder because I missed her.
"Baby girl, don't cry," she said. I couldn't believe that she was right there in front of me. My mother was the one person I always wanted when something went wrong. I reached for the ring that still hung around my neck. It was right next to my pendant.
"Mom, I miss you so much." I reached for her embrace. She was actually there. She pulled me into her arms.
"I'm here honey. I'm sorry I've been gone so long." I couldn't move. I was with my parents. My family was together again, for however brief a time, but we were together. I wished the moment would never end. I wanted to stay with my parents.
"Mom, why did you have to go? Do you know how hard it's been for me?"
"Bella, I never wanted to leave you, but I had to. It's the only way you would discover your destiny and embrace it. Look at the woman you have become. I'm so proud of you, my daughter." She knew?
"Mom, what- how did you know? Why did you know? Why- why did you never tell me?" She had known all along. She let this happen. My parents knew what was going to happen. How did they know? I pulled out of my mothers embrace and stalked off.
"Isabella Marie Swan, come back here right now." My father demanded. Even when I was little, I knew I was in trouble when he used that tone, so I turned around to listen to what he had to say. "Your mother and I didn't have a choice. Do you think we wanted to leave you? We knew from your birth that this was your destiny. We didn't know when all this would happen, but we knew that at some point we would have leave you for everything to happen. Your mother hoped you would have been a little older so we could explain what was going to happen, but it happened so fast, we never got the chance. When you were at the cemetery on you birthday, do you remember what happened? The wind with bad directions? That was your mother and I. You needed to embrace this destiny that has been given to you. You have a chance to rid this world of the evil in it."
"Dad, do you know how hard it's been for me? What if I decided not to accept this? What if I decide right now to quit? Hmm?"
"Even if you don't want to, it's started. Once you get the ball rolling, it won't stop." Both of my parents turned as if being called. They gave each other a nod and turned back to me. It didn't look good.
"Bella, we need to leave now," my mother said.
"What?" I exclaimed. "You just got here! Don't leave me again."
"I'm sorry, honey. We need to go." My parents smiled at me. How could they smile at a time like this? "You need to wake up. You have school, remember? Just remember something; sometimes, what you're looking for is staring you right in the face. And remember, sometimes people don't choose their path, it's chosen for them."
"Great. That's s ton of help."
"My beautiful daughter, just look around you for the answers you need. Your father and I are always with you, even if you don't realize it. We love you so much. Good luck."
And with that, they were gone. They just left. I was standing in the middle of nowhere.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
And that was the alarm. It was a dream. It was just a dream. But dreams are the key to reality, right?
So...by now, you know what I'm gonna say! Please review. Thanks to anyone who reads the story. And thanks for your patience.
-Schuylerstwin
