TRUE DIMENSIONS
All characters belong to S.M. and twilight, but the plot is all mine…
CHAPTER TWENTY
Still in the Earth Dimension
THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE
Jake called Tatika and Leah and within the hour we all sat around the living room at Billy's house. We began to talk about what was to be done about fixing the rip, they were throwing ideas at me, I had to admit that a lot of what they were coming up with was amazing but had consequences, for instance.
Someone came up with the idea of bring Lizzy back from the dead, Jake's eyes lit up, and made my stomach lurch, it was idea but the powers that be would have to do something like that and the Thunderbird would have thought of that, and besides it would require too much power, and I'm sure even the Great Spirit couldn't bring back someone from the dead. But the idea was out there and I told them I would talk to the Thunderbird about it, but even Tatika said it was impossible, and besides it still wouldn't solve our problems.
The other idea came from Tatika, who would only be the one to suggest something like this. He suggested that we end the other Lizzy's life, Jake growled at his suggestion, and I looked at him like he had lost his mind as the rest did.
"We are here to save lives not take them," I told him sternly.
"Hey, I'm here to suggest idea's even if it sound inhuman, they are what they are, Idea's, I wish no harm to any creature," he said. I understood that we had to search every avenue, whether it is in a human or inhuman way, we had to discuss every option.
"What if you go to their dimension and somehow put them on the right path?" Billy suggested, it was a thought but it would only solve one problem, the point is that Lizzy's mind did travel through the rift and the other Lizzy was still dead, it wouldn't fix the problem and also it would take too long to put them on the right path, it was because of the rip in the rift that they were on the wrong path.
What if we backed up time? Would that be possible? Stopped what would happen, before it happened," Leah suggested. I looked at her and thought about it for a minute, it sounded like an idea, but the more I thought about it, I began to think, things would change even if we backed up time, that change would be me, I would be the one doing the magic, if we backed up time, I would still be in the present, and the other Bella would be in the past, it would still cause a rip in the fabric. Although we could stop the other events from happening, I would still cause it to be off kilter, and the rip would still be there. It would still mess up both worlds and throwing both worlds into different paths, and still would cause the worlds to come crumbling down, it was a good idea except for that one problem, something about the idea did spark an idea in me though, I had to think it through first and I had to talk to the Thunderbird and see what she thought of the idea that was forming in my head, I would meet with the others in their dimension first to see if they have another idea, then I would speak to the Thunderbird.
That night as I laid in bed I kept thinking of the idea that I had, it was a good idea, and I would need the help of the Thunderbird, it would take a great deal of power and between us both I think it could be done, it had one drawback and it wouldn't be anything to do with a consequence to the two worlds but to me and me alone, one that I had to buck up and take, to save billions of lives, you see this wasn't just about the reservation or the people around it, it had to do with the whole world, both worlds, billions and billions of people who lived on these worlds, although they didn't have a clue what was happening around them, they were still in danger and even when we fixed this, they wouldn't even know how close they came to dying, or who saved them. Only the few that sat around me here and on the other dimensions would ever know.
"Bella, are you alright?" Jake asked me. I looked over at him and gave him a small smile.
"I'm fine Jake, just trying to figure out a plan to save us all," I told him. He sighed, and softly stroked my cheek as he stared into my eyes.
"It's not fair that you should take all this on your shoulders," he said sadly.
"It is what I was put on the earth to do," I told him. He sighed once again and slowly reached down and kissed my lips.
"I wish I could help you, I feel so helpless," he said. I smiled at him.
"I know you would help if you could Jake," please don't worry about me, this will be over soon, and you won't even remember anything about it," I told him. He looked at me confused.
"What are you talking about?" he asked, "what do you mean I won't remember anything about this?" he asked, looking at me puzzled.
"It's nothing Jake, I still have to work out the details and talk to the Thunderbird about it," I told him.
"You know what has to be done don't you?" he asked, looking at me confused and a little afraid.
"Please Jake, I can't say anything right now, I will tell you before anything is done," I told him, trying to console him. Jake kept his eyes on me trying to figure out what was going through my mind. Jake was smart he knew something was about to happen, and it scared him, but he knew it would scare him anyway, whatever had to be done, he as well as all that I worked with to solve this problem knew it would take a great amount of power to fix this, they didn't understand where this power would come from, they knew I was powerful but to what degree they hadn't a clue, even I knew it would take more power than what I had to fix this problem, and I would need the aid of the Thunderbird to fix this problem and so did the Thunderbird…that's why she told me to come to her when I figured it out, I knew this and after I talk to the group in the other dimension I would call upon her to tell her my idea, I knew she would do it and I knew I had no other choice as of yet, but the thing is, would I put my life "up" to save two worlds?
"Changing Dimensions" Back to the Ertha Dimension.
I arrived at 1o'clock as I promised in the other dimension, I sat in the center of their living room as the wind died down and I released the magic. I opened my eyes, I seen the group that sat around me, I looked around to find them all watching me in awe of how I just appeared in front of them, Billy, Tatika, Leah and Jake, sat around me, and next to Jake sat Lizzy, with a huge smile on her face.
"Welcome back Bella, it's so good to see you again," Lizzy said as she got up and came to me and hugged me.
"Hello Lizzy it's good to see you as well I told her. She offered me some tea and I turned her down and looked around the room, as she took her seat next to Jake.
"Are you alright?" she asked, I looked at her and smiled.
"I'm fine thank you," I told her.
"No…you look sad," she said. I looked to her and shook my head.
"You've decided something," Jake said, I looked over to him and seen the look of fear on his face, the same look as I seen the night before while talking to my Jake, I ignored him and looked around the room at the other before I spoke.
"I am here to hear idea that you all may have come up with, yes I have some idea's but I want to hear from you all before I make a decision," I told him.
"Will you tell us what decision you have come up with?" he asked.
"Yes, when it has been decided, I told him.
"Then you haven't really decided yet?" he asked.
"No, not yet," I told him, "I need to hear your idea's I told them again, as I turned and looked at them one at a time, I don't know why I even asked, it was almost like I was listening to the meeting I had in my own world, the same ideas crossed their lips as it did from my group at home. I sighed. I was hoping they would give me other ideas something different from what I had just heard, even one good one, so I wouldn't have to do what I knew I had to do, but with no prevail. I explained to them why each of their ideas wouldn't work as I did in my dimension, and they were as upset as the group in my dimension was. We sat and talked for over an hour, no one came up with anything different and I knew what I had to do, but first I had to talk to the Thunderbird.
"So, will you tell us your plan?" Jake asked. I looked at him.
"You will know of my plan, but first I must talk to the Thunderbird," I told him. He looked at me and pondered what I was thinking and I could see the worry in his eyes.
"Will Lizzy be alright?" he asked, and I knew what was going through his mind. I smiled at him.
"Jake…I would never harm someone to save either worlds," I told him. "Lizzy will be fine," I told him, he let out the breath he held waiting for my reply, I smiled and shook my head.
"Listen…Yes I have a plan but as I said, I must talk it over with the Thunderbird, I will need her help in pulling this off, I can't tell you what it is just yet, but I will let you know, as soon as I have figured this all out," I told them.
"Can you at least tell us if you think it will work?" Billy asked.
"Yes, I think it will, but it will take a lot of power and I will need the help of the Thunderbird if she agrees I told him. I will go to her when I leave here, after I talk to her, I will come back and let you know," I told them. They agreed and I left.
"Changing Dimensions" Back to the Earth Dimension.
As I returned to my own dimension and the air swirled around the living room, I lowered my head and let the magic settle, I jumped up but there was no one here, I turned to look at the kitchen when I felt and saw at the same time a bloodsucker, she swiped across my stomach with her claws as the blood started to trickle down my abdomen, I fell to the floor calling on the magic as I hit the floor, "Seemot," I said as I slowed down the leech to a crawl, I pulled up my shirt to see a perfect line and slightly open wound and the blood that was starting to flow heavily, I put my hand on my wound and said the healing world "Helio," (Heal). But nothing happened, I couldn't heal myself, I closed my eyes.
"Jacob, Help," I said hoping he could hear me, and a second later, Jake and Paul burst through the door, Jake looked at me on the floor and seeing the leech that was barely moving next to me, Paul phased and ripped the leech to pieces and phased back, Jake picked me up and carried me to the bedroom as Paul carried out the pieces to burn them. Jake laid me down on the bed.
"Can't you heal yourself?" he asked, clearly worried about me.
"I tried it's not working," I told him. "I guess I can't heal myself," I continued, he placed a towel on my wound and ran to call Leah, when he came back he started cleaning the wound, he looked up at me.
"Your magic is still up," he said. I closed my eyes and let the magic drift back down. I looked up at him.
"Better?" I asked, with a smile, he nodded his head and smiled back.
"Hold on baby, Leah will be here soon," he said, and with saying that Leah walked into the room.
"Bella, why didn't you heal yourself?" she asked.
"Why didn't I think of that?" I said sarcastically.
She gave me a smirk, "It didn't work?" she asked a little worried.
"Ahhh…No!" I told her, as she poured something across my stomach that burned like hell, I groaned and squeezed Jake's hand. The wound bubbled and closed and sealed itself. She wrapped a bandage around it, and told me to leave that on for a few hours that I would be okay.
"What was that?" I asked, she looked at me and wagged her eyebrows at me, "my secret remedy," she said, with a smirk.
"I don't understand, why your powers didn't work, it should have," she told me, as she thought for a minute, "Unless, you were suppose to learn something from this," she said. "Did anything different happen, I mean different from what your use to?" she asked. I looked at Jake, trying to think of anything else happened other than getting attack by a vampire in Jake's living room. Jake looked at me and raised one of his eyebrows.
"Bella, did you call me, I mean with your mine?" he asked. I looked at him and nodded my head.
"Yeah, I knew I couldn't take care of the leech on my own due to the pain I was in, I managed to slow her but I didn't want to set her on fire in the house, so I closed my eyes and called for you, I was hoping you would hear me," I told him.
"Is that one of your powers?" he asked.
"No," Leah and I said at the same time, as we looked at one another and smiled.
"How did I hear you then?" he asked, as we both looked to Leah. She looked between us both.
"I don't know," she said, still looking at us. "Unless…it's the imprint, Jake did you imprint on Bella?" she asked
Jake looked at her, I looked at Jake, didn't he tell anyone? I thought to myself. Didn't he want anyone to know?
"Yes, I did, but the only reason I hadn't told anyone is because, no one would have believed me, I imprinted on Lizzy, I wasn't suppose to imprint on anyone else, but dad said, that because Bella has the same D.N.A. that I imprinted on Bella as well," he said.
"Jake…didn't Billy tell you what was in the journals?" Leah asked him.
"No, I haven't talked to Billy about those journals yet…why? What was in the journals?" he asked, as he looked at Leah, she smiled.
"You're great-grandfather Ephraim Black, wrote that he imprinted on the wrong woman, or so Taha Aki told him, he also told him that another would imprint on the wrong woman, I think that the other one he spoke of was you, you need to read those journals Jake, it also says that you will go through a trial with your true imprint, if that imprint is Bella, you will go through a trial, I don't know what it will be but it will happen," she said.
Jake and I looked at one another. I knew what was about to happen, but Jake didn't not yet, I need to talk to the Thunderbird, then Jake and I must sit down and talk this through, it's the only way to save the two worlds, that I can figure out, yeah it scares the hell out of me, but I had to do this, I lowered my head.
"I need to rest for awhile," I told them," Leah looked at me and could see something was bothering me, but agreed to leave me alone, she left and Jake sat down next to me.
"Baby…Are you upset that I didn't tell anyone about the imprint?" he asked.
"No Jake, I'm just really tired, I need to rest awhile, before I talk to the Thunderbird," I told him.
"Do you want me to stay with you?" he asked. I looked up at him and smiled.
"No baby, I'll be fine, I just… need to rest for a little while," I told him. He looked at me and reached down and softly kissed me.
"Alright honey, rest…I'll check on you in a little while," he said, as he walked out of the room, he turned and looked at me, I smiled at him as he closed the door, I could hear him talking to Leah and Billy outside the door, they didn't think I could hear them but I also had the advantage of hearing just as good as the pack could, which they knew nothing about, I wasn't trying to hide this from them, it just never came up.
"I want to read those journals dad," Jake told Billy.
"That's fine son, there in my room, I'll get them for you," he said.
"Leah, I think she's made a decision on what she's going to do about the problem with the two worlds," Jake told her.
"How do you know? Did she say anything to you about it?" Leah asked Jake.
"Yes, but she won't tell me anything until she talks to the Thunderbird," Jake told her.
"Why does that bother you?" Leah asked him.
"I don't know…It's just a feeling I'm getting, it's scaring the hell out of me, and I don't know why," Jake told her.
"Well if she says she'll tell you about it, then just wait and see what happens," Leah told Jake.
"I know this isn't going to be good," Jake told Leah. I heard him sigh.
I closed my mind off from them, I knew Jake was worried and I had to talk to the Thunderbird soon, I couldn't leave them all in the dark much longer, they were worried, they had ever reason to be, Jake more than either of them, Jake wouldn't remember anything, it was I who would be the one who would have to deal with the outcome. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.