Quote of the day: "Out of all the animals man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it."
Chapter 15
APOV
In the end, one had killed anyone and the nomads left without incident. We played baseball until the storm had I am still questioning whether it was the right thing to do, I was worried about what Bella had told me. James had known me when I was human, I could tell that when he looked at me. There was a lustful glint in his eyes.
So I continued to look into the future. As I did, I saw as they ran past Forks but before they left the wind shifted and James caught a scent. I saw him as he drew in a long breath that expanded there lungs to there limit. Then his eyes flashed red and be began to hunt... his prey, Bella.
BPOV
"Night, Dad." I called to Charlie as i walked up the stairs and I heard a muffled, "G'night" from him. That's usually the best I get, especially when Charlie was watching football.
I went through the normal routine of brushing my teeth and getting changed, however before I could go to bed I heard the unmistakable sound of cracking wood. It didn't sound like anything alarming and I assumed that Charlie had just broken or dropped something. So at first I brushed it off but then I Charlie was shouting.
"What? What are you doing here? That is breaking and entering you two."
I ran downstairs just in time to see Charlie let out a strangled cried as Victoria lifted him up by the neck. "NO, DAD!" I screamed and ran down the remainder of the stairs until I reached the bottom.
Suddenly, James spun around and his gaze landed on me and i knew it. Somehow he had caught my scent and now he is here to feed. I wanted to run but Charlie was the only thing that stopped me. I didn't want to leave him to die because it would be my fault. If I hadn't changed the future then Charlie would live, love and be
happy again. But instead death was literature holding him by the throat.
Tears leaked down my cheeks and an idea constantly swam around in my mind. Fire, I needed fire. So I did the only thing I could. I backed up against the stand that was by the staircase and pulled it open searching desperately for the one thing that I could use to slow a vampire down. I found it but as my hand wrapped around it I was suddenly thrown into the wall next to Victoria and Charlie in the living room.
"Victoria, are you going to eat or not?" My eyes widened as I watch Victoria smile,"Of course I am." and then sink her teeth into Charlie's neck. I couldn't believe it. This couldn't happen, this wasn't suppose to happen. It was all my fault...
"No, stop it. Let him go, please." I pleaded weakly but I knew it would not help. James just laughed and slowly walked toward me.
Quickly, I lunged for the candle lighter that I had dropped when James threw me. James seeing what I was going for lunged at me at vampire speed but he was too late, I had already gotten i head start. Then as he came toward me, like a lion lunging for it prey, ignited the lighter and it touched a flammable piece of clothing. But James didn't falter, he simply took off the jacket and allow the flames to consumed it.
This was it. I was going to die, all because I didn't go to one stupid baseball game. I closed my eyes and thought about the future and I wished that I was still there. I wished I was still in my dream where every went right. I wished I could hold Renesme one last time, laugh with Emmett one last time.
I waited for death. I waited for the sting that will come when James' fangs pierce my skin, but it didn't.
As i opened my eyes I saw a figure that I had only seen twice and even then I had only seen her in my dreams. "Amias" My voice was thick with confusion and it sounded weak even to me.
She smiled at me and said, "You are lucky that you lit a fire. It is the only way i can travel."
I smiled as well but then it well as I glanced around me, James was nowhere to be seen and Victoria was crouched beside the now dead Charlie. Her eyes flaring with anger and hate. Then I looked more closely and saw a pile of ash, James. Amias had killed James.
The smile also fell from Amias' face and she began to walk towards the flames that were now climbing the walls. Then she vanished into them and the flames were suddenly extinguished.
Victoria growled wildly and raced for the door as one, two, three blurry figures race inside. The last two caught her and quickly ripped off her arms and then began to tear other part of her. The first figure raced towards me. Edward.
I saw his lips move. I saw the panic in his eyes. I saw the guilt that was beneath the panic and I knew. He had chosen not to kill James and Victoria and now Charlie was dead.
Burning hot tears were running down my checks and I still couldn't comprehend my surroundings. Charlie was dead. My dad... He can't die... He can't be dead. This is just a dream. Just like my dream during my coma. It was a dream. Dad would be alive when I woke up. He would be sitting on the couch with a bottle of beer watching the football game.
That right... Dad isn't dead, I was just asleep.
I closed my eyes and the world went black.