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Chapter 20: October
EPOV
It's been two weeks. We still haven't found Bella. Where is she?
I had been going crazy for the past couple of weeks. We had been searching everywhere. There wasn't even a trace of James or any of the other vampires. They could have been anywhere. Well, anywhere without sun...
"I'm going back out. I think we're going to need more help. I'm going to La Push and getting the mutts." Alice had foreseen this and I didn't want them to help. When Rosalie and Emmett get to the border, their futures disappear. As does everyone else's soon after.
"Rose, I want to find her as much as you do but our futures disappear as soon as we reach the border. It does us no good if we're not around to save Bella." I had been concentrating very hard on finding Bella.
I followed the direction of any vampire scent I caught but I never found her. It was always some nomadic vampire who had come around the area to relax.
I always told them that we did not drink human blood and the treaty with the wolves. I asked them not to hunt near town and to tell me if they see my Bella.
"I'm tired of waiting around and hoping some nomad will find her. What happens if they do find her and kill her? Or if she already is a vampire and she's nothing like the Bella she used to be. What if she drinks human blood and not animal blood? I'm tired of wondering if Bella is OK. I want to find her and bring her home. I want my friend back." Rosalie would have been crying if it was possible.
Jasper was concentrating on keeping her relaxed and trying to keep everyone else calm.
"Rosalie is right, Edward. We need some help. Maybe they can help us. It's worth a try." Carlisle was at the door with Esme by his side. The whole family was devastated.
"Fine, but if they attack us then we fight back. The treaty will be broken." Everyone was already at the door, ready to run to our cars and get to La Push faster than was allowed by law.
BPOV
Two weeks. A lot can happen in such a short amount of time. In that time I had come to know my kidnappers.
James, ex-bassist of The Cold Ones and evil to the core. He just wanted to use me.
Laurent, a man from 17th century France (a/n: I don't know if it's true or not, so correct me if the real info is out), who loves fine music and art. He loves to hear me sing and always made some very good food...
Victoria, the girl I bumped into at the spa. I never cared much for her so I never bothered to learn any more.
Bree, the last one and most innocent. She was against keeping me hostage and would always try to convince everyone to let me go home to my family and friends. I think she knows how it feels to be away from your loved ones and have them worry about you.
In two weeks though, many things had changed.
Originally, I was not allowed to leave my room. After a few days Laurent showed me around his mansion. I was to do the laundry and clean up. Just like living with Charlie, minus the cooking.
About one week after, he told me to do what I want. I just had to stay inside. Two days after that is when it happened.
*Flashback*
"Ah, Bella, there is no point in you cleaning the cookware. It almost never gets used. All of that is for show." Laurent told me from his seat at the kitchen table.
"It gives me something to do...I don't like just sitting around and doing nothing." I still couldn't stand being alone and doing nothing. With Rose and Alice I never had time to sit around and think. With...the boys...I was always laughing and playing...even though it was pretty much all a lie from one person.
"My dear, you can do many things. There is a piano in the main room. There is also a library on the second floor stocked with the greatest literature of all time. I've added some books from the list I found on the computer. Sorry for peaking at your private documents but it was opened and I saw the words Vampire Kisses and it caught my attention." He got up and came next to me.
"Put that down, and come with me." The coldness of his skin startled me and my grip on the knife I was holding slipped.
"Oh my, Bella..."
*end flashback*
That's how I got this way. A hundred times more beautiful than before. Slightly longer, more luscious hair. Mysterious loss of 10 pounds. And my beautiful face.
I had been through the second hardest time of my life. Transformation. The only thing that hurt more was learning how...he...really felt. I couldn't even say his name for fear of a breakdown.
"Bella, stop looking at that mirror like you have never seen your beautiful self before and come with me to the main room. I want to hear you sing. You promised you would!" Laurent took me away from the mirror with such speed that I didn't even realize I had moved until we were in the main room.
"Please, Bella, I have heard you practicing a beautiful song every day for the past two days. I would like to hear what your heart yearns to say!" He was always enthusiastic about the arts. Especially good music.
"Alright, but please don't laugh...I have been trying very hard." He nodded and I sat at the piano and tested the sound.
I took a deep breath and started.
I can't run anymore,
I fall before you,
Here I am,
I have nothing left,
Though I've tried to forget,
You're all that I am,
Take me home,
I'm through fighting it,
Broken,
Lifeless,
I give up,
You're my only strength,
Without you,
I can't go on,
Anymore,
Ever again.
My only hope,
My only peace,
My only joy,
My only strength,
My only power,
My only life,
My only love.
I can't run anymore,
I give myself to you,
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry,
In all my bitterness,
I ignored,
All that's real and true,
All I need is you,
When night falls on me,
I'll not close my eyes,
I'm too alive,
And you're too strong,
I can't lie anymore,
I fall down before you,
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.
My only hope,
My only peace,
My only joy,
My only strength,
My only power,
My only life,
My only love.
Constantly ignoring,
The pain consuming me,
But this time it's cut too deep,
I'll never stray again.
My only hope,
My only peace,
My only joy,
My only strength,
My only power,
My only life,
My only love,
My only hope,
My only peace,
My only joy,
My only strength,
My only power,
My only life,
My only love.
I finished the song and would have cried had I been able to. That song was for him. I knew it and deep down Laurent knew it was about Edward.
"That was beautiful. If he really cared, he would have loved it."
I knew he didn't care for me. He was probably with a new girl now. Maybe Lauren...or Jessica...
He probably told Charlie that I wouldn't be found. I was probably dead and they should stop searching and get on with their lives.
"I would like to be along now. I'll be in my room...If you go hunt, could you bring me back an elk?"
"I do not understand why you do not want to drink human blood. It is much better for you and tastes a thousand times better than animal blood." I heard this a thousand times.
Since I wasn't allowed to leave I asked him to bring me back an animal. He would tell me how much better human blood was but he would still bring me something. It was all that kept me attached to my friends and family.
"I'll be going a little later. I'll see what I come across. You don't have a preference?"
"I haven't really had much more than elk or dear so I wouldn't know what others taste like." I answered truthfully.
"Let's see what I can get you." He then disappeared into the forest.
He was the only one who would bring me something. James and Victoria were appalled by my choice and James avoided me now that I wasn't human anymore.
Bree was too nice, she would try to bring me an animal but she didn't want to hurt it, so it ended up getting away. She meant well at least.
I walked up the stairs to the library and picked out a book.
Hmmm...Let's try...a short book...this looks short. The Clique.
I took the book to my room and started reading it. Waiting for Laurent to be back with lunch...or supper...whenever he got back.
Note: I know some people will hate me for doing this but I got the idea in my head and anything I wrote other than that just didn't work in my head. If you don't like it, I'm sorry but it's the only way that I liked it. Please R&R!