I swallowed nervously as the playful mood twisted violently, turning dark. Edward tensed, no doubt reacting to the thoughts in the new HOH's head. Before I knew it he had pulled me to a standing position, and was leading me stiffly towards the house. I felt a swirl of calm alter the mood around us, but for once Jasper's ability did nothing. Even the humans glanced at each other warily, their sub conscience mind warning what their conscience would not, could not comprehend. I was steered directly to the room I shared with Edward. Jasper followed us, and after a moment Jacob appeared, a sandwich in his hand.
"Great, just great." Edward sighed, pacing beside me. I sighed, moving to the bed.
"No use fretting." I murmured, in an attempt to calm him. He completely ignored me, focusing on Jasper.
"This is war." Edward muttered, his expression truly frightening. "No longer just some silly stage Alice is going through. The thoughts swirling through their minds were sickening." Jasper nodded.
"Bu wa we do bout it?" Jacob asked, his mouth full. I glared at him and he swallowed. "But what do we do about it?" I sighed, falling onto the pillows and staring at the ceiling. Once I did so, I gasped.
"Look up!" I exclaimed. After they saw what was scrawled on our ceiling, a chorus of growls sounded. Because in dark, blood red paint (at least I hoped it was just paint) was written the message: 'Time for the human to see what real pain is'. Stapled next to it was one of the prank snapshots I had to take. I shuddered.
"Like I said. War." Edward growled.
I would leave it at that, but loyal readers = a loyal writer. So you get another chapter.
The tension in the air was suffocating as I sat in the kitchen the next morning, waiting for Edward to finish making my scrambled eggs. It had so far been a pleasant morning. Edward had pretended nothing had happened, much to my suprise, and the nomination ceremony passed quickly, with no suprises. I was officially on the chopping block beside Jacob. Like I said, no suprises. But I had a feeling that something was happening, something bigger than anyone expected. The house had divided solidly into groups. There was our alliance, then Alice's (Her, Rose, Esme and now apparently Leah), the humans, and the rest of the wolves. The only one who really didn't have a group was Emmett, but he seemed contented with drifting around. This morning, the barriers were huge and ominous. Edward was right. Somehow we had gotten in so deep that this had become more than a game. Alice, my best friend, was writing threats on my ceiling, for crying out loud. But of course, just when I thought things couldn't get worse, they did.
"Bella, diary room please." A voice sounded from the speakers. I sighed, taking one last bite of my breakfast before slipping off my seat. When I got to the diary room, there was, of course, a crisp envelope laying on the seat. My gut suddenly twisted. Something was wrong, I could feel it. I just didn't know what. I reached for the envelope, opening it with shaky hands. I pulled out the letter, and gasped when white powder fell onto my hands. The letter itself was blank. I shook the powder off, trying to brush it off of my clothes, to little effect. I made myself as presentable as possible with whatever it was, chalk dust maybe, clinging to my shirt. I decided the powder served no purpose but to annoy, and stalked out to the kitchen to finish my eggs before they got too cold. Edward met me with a hug, but stiffened before releasing me. He pulled away, hands on my forearms.
"What?" I asked. He was looking for something in my face. He glanced up over my shoulder, and his eyes narrowed. "What is it?" I insisted. For some reason his form was drifting around, losing focus. My mind became foggy as well.
"Bella? What happened?" Edward asked, his voice laced with panic. But I couldn't tell him. Not that I didn't want to, but I couldn't open my mouth. The edges of my vision were engulfed in blackness It hit me that maybe that powder was something more than chalk dust. Then I blacked out.
A/N: That was very random. And stupid. Kay, review and junk :P