p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Bella's POV:/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"We were racing through the trees, and although Jacob was avoiding them there was still a few close calls. Before I could ask anything of him we broke through the tree line. I slid off his back and looked across the ravine. Edward and his family stood on the other side and I felt somewhat safe now that they were waiting. Whether Edward had been waiting to pick me up or Alice had seen Victoria. Jacob returned back to my side in human form but distracted. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"The rest of the pack was still racing throughout the trees. I could only make out one other wolf who had stayed with us as Jacob raced to the border. I looked back across to see Edward and his family. He was tense and I understood what was at hand. Victoria had come for vengeance and I was stuck. I looked back to Jake only to have him pick me up and throw me over the edge. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"He threw me. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"This wasn't how I expected things to turn. He threw me to save me, but neither I or anyone for that matter would be prepared to hit ice cold water. If I hadn't had cliff dived earlier this spring then I wouldn't have survived the fall. I hit something hard but continue to swim up to surface. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"As soon as I break the surface of the water I gasp. It's cold and if I could I would just float, but the water is moving fast and if I don't continue to kick then I'll fall under the water again. I don't have time to look up and wonder where Edward is because a flash of red makes me want to sink under and hide. I try to turn around only to slam into another rock and move farther down the ravine. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Edward's POV: /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"He threw her and I stand still. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"My whole family doesn't move until Victoria's scent causes us to look up and see her jump onto the side of the ravine. Jacob has shifted yet again and more pack members line their side of the border. I look down to see where Bella is and find her clinging to a rock. Carlisle and Esme move before I can say anything and the rest of my family take off. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"No ones POV:/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Victoria takes off before the wolves have a chance to move and so does the rest of the Cullens. Both respectfully stay on their side and Victoria uses this to her advantage. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Bellas POV:/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I cling to a huge rock before the water sweeps me away and I slide under the surface once more. When I resurface something crashes above me and I look up in time to see Victoria slide against the side of the ravine. A part of me wants to stay put and another part of my mind is telling me to let the river take me farther down. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"My body lets go of the rock and I drift farther down the stream. I know Victoria can easily catch me and kill me but I'm praying that Edward and his family catch her before she does. I slip under the water again and I can't feel anything. The water if freezing and my arms and legs are becoming numb. I resurface again and feel something beside me. I open my eyes and see Esme beside me. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I nod at her and she clings to me and pushes away from another rock beside us. She pulls me onto the small river bank and I grab onto the ground around me. I look into her eyes and smile only to look back down and cough up the water I swallowed. It burns my throat and makes my head pound. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Something is thrown across my back and I feel hands pulling my hair away from my face. Its only then that I realize I am shaking with cold. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Edwards POV:/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"My brothers, sisters and I take off trying to catch Victoria from getting to Bella. Esme and Carlisle have taken off to try to get to Bella before she gets too far away. The wolves race along their side of the ravine and Victoria jumps between both of our grasps. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Jasper and Emmett both lead the way and at one point Emmetts hand rakes across Victorias back before she flings him into a tree. I take off faster then any of them when Victoria crosses again to the wolfs side and look down to the ravine. Bella is still in the water but thankfully Esme is next to her and bringing her to the small river bank. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I look up just in time to see Victoria cross again but look to Jasper. He's annoyed to say the least and is worried. Alice is right beside him racing through the trees just missing them as she tries to look ahead to see anything. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I can hear the pack members thoughts as they race to stop Victoria. They're too slow however and miss her each time between her crossings. All of a sudden she's gone and so are Emmett and Jasper. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"emShe took off Edward, we're following her or trying to at least right now. /em/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Damn!" I look to Alice and Rosalie. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"They both shake there heads and then we all look across to the other side. The wolves are growling but slowly they retreat back into the trees. I focus on Carlisle's thoughts and jump down to the small embankment next the ravine. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I find Carlisle and Esme both beside Bella who is struggling to stay on her hands and knees. I crouch down beside her and run my hands across her back and neck. She looks up and then goes back to trying to catch her breath. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"They've moved her from her original spot where I can see water and bile mixed together. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"emI'm worried about her lungs, she's thrown up a bunch of water she could have water in them. /em/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I nod but keep my eyes on her. She's trying to hold her side the same time she is trying to stay on her knees. Before I can relay the information I have perceived to Carlisle she collapses but not before I catch her and turn her into my arms. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"We were racing through the trees, and although Jacob was avoiding them there was still a few close calls. Before I could ask anything of him we broke through the tree line. I slid off his back and looked across the ravine. Edward and his family stood on the other side and I felt somewhat safe now that they were waiting. Whether Edward had been waiting to pick me up or Alice had seen Victoria. Jacob returned back to my side in human form but distracted. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"The rest of the pack was still racing throughout the trees. I could only make out one other wolf who had stayed with us as Jacob raced to the border. I looked back across to see Edward and his family. He was tense and I understood what was at hand. Victoria had come for vengeance and I was stuck. I looked back to Jake only to have him pick me up and throw me over the edge. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"He threw me. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"This wasn't how I expected things to turn. He threw me to save me, but neither I or anyone for that matter would be prepared to hit ice cold water. If I hadn't had cliff dived earlier this spring then I wouldn't have survived the fall. I hit something hard but continue to swim up to surface. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"As soon as I break the surface of the water I gasp. It's cold and if I could I would just float, but the water is moving fast and if I don't continue to kick then I'll fall under the water again. I don't have time to look up and wonder where Edward is because a flash of red makes me want to sink under and hide. I try to turn around only to slam into another rock and move farther down the ravine. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Edward's POV: /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"He threw her and I stand still. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"My whole family doesn't move until Victoria's scent causes us to look up and see her jump onto the side of the ravine. Jacob has shifted yet again and more pack members line their side of the border. I look down to see where Bella is and find her clinging to a rock. Carlisle and Esme move before I can say anything and the rest of my family take off. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"No ones POV:/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Victoria takes off before the wolves have a chance to move and so does the rest of the Cullens. Both respectfully stay on their side and Victoria uses this to her advantage. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Bellas POV:/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I cling to a huge rock before the water sweeps me away and I slide under the surface once more. When I resurface something crashes above me and I look up in time to see Victoria slide against the side of the ravine. A part of me wants to stay put and another part of my mind is telling me to let the river take me farther down. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"My body lets go of the rock and I drift farther down the stream. I know Victoria can easily catch me and kill me but I'm praying that Edward and his family catch her before she does. I slip under the water again and I can't feel anything. The water if freezing and my arms and legs are becoming numb. I resurface again and feel something beside me. I open my eyes and see Esme beside me. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I nod at her and she clings to me and pushes away from another rock beside us. She pulls me onto the small river bank and I grab onto the ground around me. I look into her eyes and smile only to look back down and cough up the water I swallowed. It burns my throat and makes my head pound. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Something is thrown across my back and I feel hands pulling my hair away from my face. Its only then that I realize I am shaking with cold. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Edwards POV:/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"My brothers, sisters and I take off trying to catch Victoria from getting to Bella. Esme and Carlisle have taken off to try to get to Bella before she gets too far away. The wolves race along their side of the ravine and Victoria jumps between both of our grasps. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"Jasper and Emmett both lead the way and at one point Emmetts hand rakes across Victorias back before she flings him into a tree. I take off faster then any of them when Victoria crosses again to the wolfs side and look down to the ravine. Bella is still in the water but thankfully Esme is next to her and bringing her to the small river bank. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I look up just in time to see Victoria cross again but look to Jasper. He's annoyed to say the least and is worried. Alice is right beside him racing through the trees just missing them as she tries to look ahead to see anything. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I can hear the pack members thoughts as they race to stop Victoria. They're too slow however and miss her each time between her crossings. All of a sudden she's gone and so are Emmett and Jasper. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"emShe took off Edward, we're following her or trying to at least right now. /em/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';""Damn!" I look to Alice and Rosalie. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"They both shake there heads and then we all look across to the other side. The wolves are growling but slowly they retreat back into the trees. I focus on Carlisle's thoughts and jump down to the small embankment next the ravine. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I find Carlisle and Esme both beside Bella who is struggling to stay on her hands and knees. I crouch down beside her and run my hands across her back and neck. She looks up and then goes back to trying to catch her breath. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"They've moved her from her original spot where I can see water and bile mixed together. /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"emI'm worried about her lungs, she's thrown up a bunch of water she could have water in them. /em/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 12px;" /p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"I nod but keep my eyes on her. She's trying to hold her side the same time she is trying to stay on her knees. Before I can relay the information I have perceived to Carlisle she collapses but not before I catch her and turn her into my arms. /p