Chapter Twelve- One, two, buckle my shoe…I can't, I'm in pain.

They had arrived at Voltaire, were Edward would soon be exposing the mythological world to a bunch of unsuspecting humans. As they started driving up the long cobblestone road that lead into the city, Bella started having a panic attack.

"Alice! Five minutes!" She had her knees up to her chest, clutching her seat with clawed hands.

"Bella, breathe." Alice was calm as ever, one of the good things about being a vampire. "Diane, help me here, please."

"Bells…" Diane moved up to put her face between the other girls', "Imagine what Jake would say if he saw you having an anxiety attack. C'mon, loca, what would he say?" she used one of Jacob's nicknames.

"He'd laugh and tell me that I needed to stop giving myself a heart attack."

"Very good, now do exactly what you just imagined."

"Laugh?"

"No, stop giving yourself a heart attack. Breath in through your nose, and out through your mouth."

Bella finally started breathing, but it did little to calm her, Diane knew that they really needed to hurry if they were gonna save the idiot they called Edward."

"Alice, can't you just tell him about Bella?" they were just inside the city now.

"No, he knows as well as anyone that it is possible to lie with your thoughts. If he hears me coming, he'll rush into it. Here…" Alice pushed a bundle of clothes into the back seat.

"What are these?"

"An outfit for the Festival of St. Marcus. You need to wear red during the day and black at night."

"Why don't I get some?"

"Because if we survive this, you are not going to be outside until it gets dark. But I need Diane to stay in the crowd. That way, if we get killed, she can tell Carlisle what happened and make up some excuse for you."

"Wow, chica, you got some serious issues if you're able to talk about getting ripped to shreds by a bunch of blood-thirsty vampires as if it's some…oh I don't know,…chess game."

"I try to be an optimist, which is why I said if we get killed."

"Alice!"

"Bella, calm down. You are no good to us with your blood pressure up by ten percent."

"Look, Houdini, I don't know what kind of plan you got, but I'm just gonna go with the flow. These windows are tinted dark enough for one to change in here, Right?"

"Yes…"

"Good, no peaking." Diane undid the bundle and found that Alice had equipped her with black tights, a white bellowed sleeve shirt, black mini-skirt, and a black corset. Also, there was a red cape that reversed into black.

"Nice. How do I look?"

"Like a million bucks, now go!" the two humans ran like the demons of hell were on their tails.

"Bella! Bella, I see him!" Diane pointed and the other girl bolted towards the clock tower. Come on, come on…YES! Her costume flapped a little as Diane did a little jump of victory. Bella had managed to push Edward back into the shadows right as his face started shining. The light that bounced off his skin made her feel as if she were being hypnotized.

Then she smelled them….

Cliffhanger

Cue *du-du-du du* evil music.

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