The Crash
Genre: Drama, Romance, Family, Thriller
World: Twilight - Books/Movies
Rating: MA - Language, Adult Situations, Violence, mild sensuality and dark themes
Couples: Spoilers!
Changes to Canon: See details in Author's Notes
Twilight is owned by a bunch of people and corporate entities that are not me. I fully acknowledge that I am using those characters without permission, but with no intent to distribute for profit. In other words, no Copyright infringement is intended!
Part One: Fire and Blood
Bella arrives in Forks to her new life and starts school without many expectations. She meets some new friends, and has an instant attraction to Edward Cullen, but of course everyone in school is infatuated with the Cullens. But when Tyler's van spins out of control, Edward makes a different choice.
Prologue: The Hostage
With a deep breath I got up and opened the door back into my room only to find a figure standing in the corner. At first, I thought it was him waiting for me, I felt butterflies in my stomach hoping I could spend more time with him.
"That was…" I started. Then I turned on the light. The butterflies in my stomach quickly turned into snakes, as my stomach clenched. The person lurking in the shadows of my room wasn't friendly. I knew that it was pointless to fight, run, or scream because that would put my parents and brothers in danger.
"I'll go without a fight if you leave my family alone." I said plainly. He examined me for a long moment, and then nodded once.
"Fine, take my hand. I promise I won't harm them." He said with a small frown. I nodded with a terrified quiver. But I couldn't see another alternative. I stared at his extended hand for what felt like hours, before reaching out and taking it. I hadn't quite realized how badly I was scared, until I saw my hand trembling uncontrollably. His next action was so swift, that I only partially saw it coming. I couldn't process it fast enough for me to react. In fact, I was unconscious before the knowledge that his hand was moving towards my head finally registered.
When I awoke, I was cold and sore, and my head throbbed at my left temple. The left side of my shirt from the collar down my left breast to the hem of my pants was hard and sticky. The world was a little blurry, but more than that, it was stark. The sky was overcast, but it was still bright and the thick snowflakes falling gave the world a surreal atmosphere. It felt like I was still in that strange nightmare, but the wet grass was soaking into my pajamas and the cold was making me shiver. That's when the truth of my situation crashed through my senses.
I was in a field, surrounded by trees just like in my dream. The pain in my right shoulder was the next thing to filter through. I looked up and found myself dangling sloppily from one of the vampire's hands, like I was a hunting trophy he wanted to show off but didn't actually care about. I looked back and found that my legs had made drag marks in the rain drenched ground next to his footsteps, but only for a few meters. He must've carried me most of the way in his arms.
I reached up with my free hand and checked my temple. It was sore, and the skin was sensitive, like I had a bad cut or scrape, and when I brought my fingers back down, they were covered in blood. I wanted to tell him to let me go, that I wouldn't run. But I was afraid he would hurt me again, and I wanted to be awake for what was about to happen. They had brought me here for a purpose, and I could only imagine it would involve my death.
Off to one side I saw Victoria, pacing. They both seemed impatient, which made me think that one of the Cullen's was going to be here, or hopefully all of them. As long as it wasn't him risking his life for mine, I could slip into death without complaint. He was so much more than me, I couldn't cope with the idea of them killing him.
But after a few minutes my worst fears were realized as he appeared across the field from us. I knew he was strong; I knew he could possibly best one of them. I had no such illusions that he could match them both at the same time. The silence continued for several seconds before I couldn't stand it anymore.
I made quick eye contact with the man who was as much a stranger as he was someone I wanted to be with, the ancient man whose loneliness touched my soul. Through chattering teeth and quivering lips, I managed to silently form the words, "Don't. I'm not worth it."
Author's Note:
Welcome to my version of Twilight. This will diverge fairly heavily from the original, and will only follow the original plot to a certain point before branching off. For most chapters there will be a singular POV designated at the top of the chapter. In a few rare instances there will be two or more POV's in a chapter, when these occur, each section will be clearly marked and separated with that character's voice. There are five primary character POV's: Bella, Edward, Alice and Angela. The fifth POV will be introduced later in the story and is an original character. There will be some other original characters in this story, for the most part they are roles that cannot be filled by an existing character. To further explain would spoil future events in the narrative.
This story will be broken up into three parts:
Part One: Fire and Blood
Part Two: Crash Into You
Part Three: A Grand Destiny
Between each part there will be an interlude that foreshadows a future event like the prelude above. These segments do exist in full form later in the story, but are edited to remove context clues and names.
Thank you for reading!