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I hope you guys like this chapter…lots of stuff going on…

Melanie is my girl as always. She managed to get this chapter back to me while writing the epi to 'Awaken' and man…is it amazing…can't wait for it to post.

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The wind blew her hair off her face as she stood at the edge of the cliff.

The sun was high, covering her with comforting warmth as the smell of the ocean overpowered her.

Her smile was blinding as she felt little arms wrap around her legs and she looked down to see bright green eyes looking back up at her.

"Hello my love." She whispered as she ran her fingers through his wild copper hair.

"Hello mommy. Daddy says we are going to go down to the beach today and find shells. Will you come with us?" He asked, somehow making his big eyes even bigger as he pushed out his full lower lip in a pout.

"Colin, how can mommy get down there with my belly so big?" She smiled and he scowled at her swollen stomach.

"I don't think I'm going to like being a big brother." He grumped as he tentatively placed his hand on her abdomen, giggling when his sibling pushed against his fingers.

"Of course you will. Just look, your brother or sister already loves you." She encouraged as she held him close.

"Will you and daddy love the baby more than me?" He asked in a shy voice and she pulled away and looked down at him.

"Colin Edward…I don't want to hear you say such a silly thing again. You know we will always love you. You are our miracle, never forget that. You were the key, my sweet baby…you saved us all."

*()*()*

Bella came awake slowly; her body protesting as she pushed herself off the bed and sat at the edge.

She was still reeling from her dream and she found it was incredibly difficult to get her limbs to cooperate, but she was desperate to get down to the workroom. She reached her hands up to her face, still able to feel the warmth of the sun on her cheeks. Taking a deep breath, she stood, proud when she only swayed slightly.

She finally knew how to find Edward. ..

She only hoped it wasn't too late.

*()*()*

She was restless and frustrated.

It had been weeks now that she kept him in the cave and it didn't take long for her to realize that she wasn't able to touch him.

Her hands went right through him like smoke.

The first time she tried it, he had backed up against the stone wall, putting his hands up to stop her.

He didn't want to hurt her…

But he would not betray his Bella.

He closed his eyes as her hand approached his face…

And all he felt was a chill.

She had raged…

Screamed and yelled when she realized she couldn't touch him.

But she was still going to get what she wanted.

Every day that passed, Bella was growing weaker without Edward at her side.

He felt her soul fading.

And he was desperate to try and find a way back to her.

*()*()*

Bella was glad that there was no one in the hallway as she slowly made her way down the stairs. Voices carried from the kitchen but she managed to get down to the basement without being noticed. Halfway down the steps her legs gave out and she had to slide down on her behind the rest of the way. She sat on the bottom step, remembering how Edward had waited there when she had bound Elizabeth. And now her ancestor had him trapped and without him…

She was dying and so was their child.

With her hand on her belly she summoned all of her strength she pushed off the stairs and walked over to the work table where herbs and candles were scattered around, as if left to just gather dust. Magic couldn't happen without someone to attend to it, she thought, as she pulled over one of the high stools and sat down. She reached out and grabbed a map of the town that was sticking out of her mother's Book of Shadows and smoothed it out. Looking around, she found a golden Herderite crystal sitting on the high shelf and carefully made her way over to it. It took her just a moment to tie a string around the crystal and make her own pendulum. She set her hands on the worn wood surface and closed her eyes. Her breathing regulated as she brought the calming scent of lavender and wax into her lungs.

With her mind completely centered, she opened herself up to the Goddess. She knew she needed to somehow harness the power of her unborn child in order to find Edward. Bella held the end of the string in one hand, letting the point of the crystal just barely skim the map. Keeping her eyes closed, she let the stone swing free as she spoke.

Child created by truest love

Bring your power from above

Join with me to help us see

Where our dearest one may be

With the power of three times three

As is our will so mote it be.

Bella felt the vibration move through her hand and into the string. She opened her eyes when the movement stopped and looked down at the point where the crystal had landed on the map. And then she opened her mouth and yelled as loud as she could.

*()*()*

"You're killing her…you realize that? With your stubbornness you are killing the woman I love." He rasped as she paced around the opening of the cave.

He could feel Bella growing weaker.

And he worried that their child would be lost as well.

What would he do then?

He would have been able to go on without her somehow, if he had that little piece of her with him.

But if he were to be left alone…

Utterly and completely alone…

That he wouldn't be able to survive.

Elizabeth stopped walking and turned to him, her form transparent as the setting sun streamed into the cave.

"Why can you not grasp that I do not care about her? She is nothing to me but an obstacle. Perhaps once she and the child are gone, you'll see that I am the one you should be with."

Edward shook his head sadly.

"If she and our babe perish…I will find some way to follow them. I will never be yours."

"Why can't you love me?" She screamed as she walked towards him.

Edward slowly unfolded himself and straightened to his full height, towering over her ghostly form.

"She is the keeper of my soul." He said quietly, standing tall as she approached.

"You are MINE!" She cried as she brought her ethereal hands up and attempted to cup his face.

"NO! He is mine." Bella growled as she slowly walked into the cave, Carlisle standing close behind her in case she faltered. Alice and Esme were positioned on either side of them and Jasper stood in the rear.

A united front.

"And I've come for what's mine."

Bella has arrived! But is she too late? Can Edward still save her with some good lovin'? We'll see…

Next Saturday!