Twilight saga Eclipse Fanfiction

Transitionals: Eclipse

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the other books in the Saga, they belong to Stephenie Meyer. I do use some phrases dialogue and some descriptions from the book though, they all belong to her.

Alright everyone, I would just like to start this chapter off with saying, I hope none of you thought the last chapter wasn't too boring. I know they spent the entire time on the flight, and most of it was just Bella's thoughts and descriptions. My apologies if the lack of dialogue made it either hard or boring for you to follow the story. I would never want my readers to have trouble following the story line.

With that said, there will be more excitement in this chapter. We basically are going on a scavenger hunt, and that should naturally be fraught with peril. It shouldn't be too bad right?

Any who, now that I've rambled on. This chapter is dedicated to all the readers who enjoyed the last chapter. This is for you guys. I wouldn't be here (as in the third book) if it wasn't for all of people reading these. So thank you.

Chapter 2

We were once again staying at Toby's family's house. Thankfully it wasn't nearly as hard as it was the last time.

Anna took Rose and Cissy to show them her room, and then Cissy's room, or what would have been Cissy's room. She hadn't ever gotten a chance to sleep in her room, Toby had his family living in our family house with my mom and me. Some of the other family members had been staying there too.

"Do you have a permanent room in this house too?" Edward wrapped his arms supportively, around me.

I nodded, but I had other things that I had to do, and I wanted to get them done. So I would have to wait to show him my room.

"What are we looking for first Bella?" Jasper asked.

I quickly thought that over. "Let's get Toby's briefcase."

I headed upstairs to get the key to Anna's mystery door. Anna was waiting for me. She had already retrieved the key from the right book.

"Thanks Anna." I kissed the top of her head, and headed for Anna's play room.

In the playroom along one of the walls was a bookshelf, at least a person from the human or mythical world would see a bookshelf. I could see the bookshelf, but I could also see that it was just an illusion.

When I tapped the side of it, it vanished revealing Anna's mystery door and surprising the Cullens. I took the key and unlocked the door.

The room behind the door was small, hardly big enough for an adult to be inside. That hadn't stopped Toby though. He would crawl on his belly, cramming himself into the small room to play with Anna.

Before I could try to crawl inside Anna slid in before me. She searched the little room while I waited at the door. It didn't take her long to find it.

"Here Auntie." She pushed the great big briefcase Toby used, towards me.

The weight of the case shocked me. Whatever Toby had in there was heavy. It looked like he had crammed as much as he could into the bag, while he could.

I took it to Toby's office, dreading having to go through it. I reached for the first latch when Edward stopped my hand.

He rested his over mine taking hold of my hand to stop me. "Maybe you should wait Bella. Today's already been hard on you, and you'll want to focus on whatever Toby has in there for you."

I knew he was right, I honestly didn't feel like going through all the stuff that would be in the case. I had to argue though. Time was limited and I needed to be able to get this stuff to Ruby.

Jasper pushed the briefcase to the other end of Toby's desk. "Bella, I think it would be a good idea for you to wait. At least give yourself tonight to rest. This has been overwhelming for you, I don't know how much more you can handle."

A hand settled on my shoulder and I knew who was going to speak before he did. "There's more we have to do tonight Bella. Let's finish with everything in the house and then use the rest of the evening to relax. Tomorrow isn't going to be any easier. I think you should wait until you get back to Forks."

I sighed, knowing that Carlisle was right. They were all right. I nodded and followed everyone out of the room. Out of the corner of my eye I watched Jasper take Toby's briefcase. I glanced at him curiously.

He smiled reassuringly. "I don't want to leave anything as important as this out of our sight. I'll keep it, and I promise not to let anyone go through it," he added teasingly.

I rolled my eyes and opened up Tessa's office which was across from Toby's. Tessa's office was far cleaner than Toby's which was something no one ever believed. The people who knew Toby, knew that he was thorough and always made sure he was prepared. Ever office he owned that they had seen was spotless. Everything had a place and was kept in its place unless it was being used.

Toby always told me since all his other offices were tidy, he needed one that wasn't. The one he spent the most time in, and the one that basically was his headquarters for his entire workforce; Rebellion and non-rebellion work. The clutter was everywhere, filling the cabinets, the book cases and every corner.

Tessa's office looked like Toby's other's offices except she had better taste in decorations. Her office was painted a deep burgundy, as was the rug that covered the center of the tan carpet. The furniture was fashioned to look like it had come from the baroque era.

I bent down and pulled back the rug, only to be confused to find the tan carpet.

Alice knelt beside me. "I don't understand, there's supposed to be something there."

I didn't know what to say. She was right, there was supposed to be something, we just didn't have a clue what it was supposed to be.

I let the rug fall into place. As the last corner flopped back into its spot, a pink glow rippled a crossed it.

"What happened?" It couldn't be that easy. Simply lift the rug then let it drop, Toby wasn't that careless.

Rose lifted Anna, settling her on her hip. "Anna touched it with her foot; that's what caused the glow."

I glanced down at the now stiff rug, trying to remember anything that might help me figure out what I needed to do.

Cissy beat me too it. Excited about the strange glow she wanted to touch it too. When her hand settled on the rug, it flashed green, before disappearing. In its place was a staircase leading down into the dark.

I glanced around at the others, finding them looking to me for what to do now. We were in Toby's house, it had to be safe.

The stairs were not the easiest thing to maneuver. There wasn't a rail and although my hands searched the darkened wall, I couldn't find a light switch.

Edward had a tight grip on my hand. He knew I could see better in the dark than a human but he could see perfectly. He led the way down the stairs and I gave up looking for a light switch. He would have flipped it on if he had seen one.

My ears picked up the sound of six more feet behind us. Everyone was coming down it would appear.

Edward came to a stop at the bottom of the stairs. "There's a door." He let the others know.

But it wasn't just any door. I recognized it instantly, though I had never seen it before in my life. "This is Toby's workshop."

"Really?" Anna's excited voice echoed in the silence. She had never been in the room, but like the rest of the family she knew it existed.

"You've never been inside squirt?" Emmett asked playfully. "I would have thought you'd be in there helping your dad build stuff."

I let my hand trace the edge of the door, remembering everything I had ever been told about this room. "Toby was the only one who has ever been in this room. Tessa knew where it was, but she never was inside."

"Open it Auntie," Anna cried. The excitement had doubled inside of her.

"Open, open, open, open." Cissy added. I glanced back, seeing her in Esme's arms bouncing eagerly. She was just as excited as Anna and I even though she didn't know why this room was so important.

I reached for the handle and pulled.

The room was absolutely, a mess.

There were unfinished projects scattered everywhere. Every shelf was filled with parts and tools. The floor was littered with blueprints. Some were crumbled up and discarded while others laid where they had fallen.

Emmett whistled when he saw all the stuff. He looked like a kid in a candy store. "This is incredible."

Jasper reached for a strange device on the counter but stopped himself from picking it up. Instead he turned and faced me. "What are we supposed to do in here? There weren't any instructions for what we would find."

"We didn't need them, and Toby had to make sure no one else would find this place." I bent down and picked up a piece of crumbled paper. "We need to destroy all of this. Everything in the room." It was what Toby wanted.

I fought back a surge of anger. Toby had told me that something might happen where I would need to destroy his hidden work. I hated that he knew and didn't tell me straight out. Why he was always so vague was beyond annoying. He had warned that the information would be too dangerous, especially if it wasn't clear. It all made since.

"We need to destroy everything. Don't let yourself read anything, try to keep from seeing what is on the blueprints. We don't want anyone reading our minds and learning about and of Toby's projects."

"If someone found out about this stuff but didn't have all the information they needed it could be disastrous." Carlisle knew and understood the problem immediately. He grabbed the first thing his hands touched and crushed it into dust.

"Come on Anna, Cissy, help me get the papers." I took Cissy from Esme and set her on the ground.

Edward pulled an empty bin down from on top of a cabinet. Anna, Cissy and I put the papers in there.

It was hard for me not to look at the blueprints. I was hoping for information about that phone that was supposed to be in Toby's safe. I knew I shouldn't, but I also couldn't help myself. It wasn't like my mind could be read. I reached for another blueprint.

Anna stopped me from reading it. She shook her head before snatching it from me.

I couldn't help the small chuckle. I didn't try reading anymore. Anna wouldn't have let me.

We made quick work of the room. Soon the only thing left to do was to burn the plans. I grabbed the matches that Tessa had in her desk and lit the blueprints. They caught immediately and after a few minutes there was nothing left of Toby's projects but ash and dust.

We closed up Toby's shop and headed back upstairs.

Anna's stomach growled loudly. Cissy laughed at her until hers growled too.

"I'm hungry."

I shook my head, a small smile on my face. Cissy's vocabulary had already surpassed what a normal human toddler should know. Our kind though doesn't have the long babbling stage that the normal humans do. Once our kind start learning words, we can string them together in sentences in a few months' time. It also only takes a few months for our kind to learn how to pronounce all the letters correctly.

Cissy struggled with only a few letters besides L and she learned how to properly say them in less than two months.

I was used to the accelerated speech, but it was still funny when Cissy caught the Cullens of guard.

"We'll get something to eat right now, Okay Cissy?" I asked her.

She nodded and rubbed her tummy. "Okay!"

Carlisle checked it watch. "Dinner, then I think it would be best to rest. We'll have all day tomorrow to get the rest of the stuff from Phoenix."

I could tell that he wasn't saying everything. He purposefully left something out. I didn't let it bother me though.

"Esme, if you don't mind cooking, I want to go check the basement."

"Of course I don't mind," She told me. I could see in her eyes and the others that they weren't sure why I wanted to go check the basement.

I know the phone hadn't been there, the last time we had been down there, but maybe there was something that we missed because we didn't know to look for it.

"I'll go with you," Emmett and Jasper offered at the same time.

Edward and Carlisle came too.

The five of us headed to the basement. I didn't know what exactly I was going to look for but I knew I had to, otherwise it would bother me.

I pushed the wall out of the way to get into the actual basement.

The room was trashed. The couches had been slashed and ripped apart. The door to the safe was open and its contents was dumped all around the room. It looked as if a bomb had gone off in one of the corners.

"Looks like Carlos or someone else came and ransacked the place." Jasper picked up a broken bottle. It was one of Tessa's healing jars.

I shook my head at the horror of the room. "Why would someone do this?"

No one answered.

We went over the room, cleaning up as we went, hoping we'd find something. But there wasn't anything to find. By the time we had the room cleaned we still hadn't found anything that could possibly help us find that phone Toby wanted me to have.

We trudged back upstairs. I felt defeated as I mindlessly ate the food Esme had cooked. I was so lost in thought I didn't even notice what it was. I didn't even notice getting up from the table or being led into my room.

"Bella, please talk to me," I heard Edward plead softly.

I couldn't stop the words once I started. They flooded out and nothing was stopping them.

"I want so badly to find out that they are okay. Nothing could get passed them. Toby was so careful, he was always prepared for the worst, so was his dad. It makes no sense for them not to have been prepared. They have to be fine.

"I don't know what's wrong with me. I understood, I did, I knew that they were gone, but now it's like every little thing we find or hear about proves against it. I feel like I've doubted Toby's ability. Like I gave up, and I don't want to do that ever again."

"Go on," Edward knew I needed to get this off my chest.

There was something I needed to get off my chest but I couldn't. I couldn't bring up my biggest fear.

"It just doesn't make any sense. I don't know what to think anymore."

"We'll figure it out Bella," Edward kissed the top of my head. "I promise."

The soft silky sheets confused me. I was used to my cotton sheets. I clearly wasn't in my bed. I ran my hand over the sheets trying to figure out where I was. Neither of my hands brushed against anything but silk sheets.

My head shot up when I realized Edward wasn't there. Edward wasn't anywhere in sight, but I recognized my bedroom in Toby's house.

I got up and grabbed some clothes to wear. I went down the hall to the bathroom to take a shower. It would help relax me, and I would definitely need that since Today I would have to go back to the family house. What was left of it. Technically all that was left was the underground area. All the debris from the fire was cleared away by Grandpa Ray and volunteers.

The shower didn't help as much as I wanted it to. It felt wonderful, but every time I thought about what we had to do, I would remember that night. That would make me think of what happened in Volterra. I never wanted to remember either of those awful days ever again.

"Bella, you need to get out. Your breakfast is getting cold." Alice called through the door.

I didn't bother arguing. I shut the water off and hurriedly dried off and dressed.

Alice was waiting outside of the bathroom door for me. "Good morning."

I smiled at her enthusiasm. "Good morning Alice."

She wrapped her arm around mine. "Everything is going to be fine Bella. We will all get through this with only minimal difficulty. It'll be okay."

I really hoped that she was right.

The other were already in the kitchen. I was not surprised to find the Esme had made my favorite.

Anna and Cissy was already stuffing their faces with the breakfast casserole.

Esme gave me a quick hug, and set a plate in front of the only open spot since Alice had taken the other one. I sat down, sitting between Alice and Edward.

"We have everything set up and ready to go once you and the girls are ready." Carlisle let me know.

I thanked him with a smile, since I had started eating. I swallowed my bite. "What's the plan?"

All eyes turned to Carlisle. He quickly filled me in. "Once we're ready to go, Dukes going to take us to the house. He let us know that we wouldn't be able to get there through conventional means of travel."

It was true. You couldn't get to the actual house by conventional ways of travel. We could drive to the illusion, the house that was seen by everyone outside of the Other World. "Duke will have what we need to get to the house." I confirmed.

Carlisle nodded. "Once we arrive Duke is going to leave and then it will just be the ten of us."

"Duke says he doesn't know any door like we described." Emmett added.

I didn't recognize ever seeing a door with a star on it. I couldn't imagine Toby leaving anything important behind a door I didn't know about. "I don't know where that door could be, but we need to find it."

"I don't know if we can find it though, before we need to leave." Carlisle's voice left no room for arguing. "We need to keep up the human façade, so we need to get back by Monday morning at the latest.

We all nodded.

Esme took care of the dirty dishes while Rose took care of the girls. She helped them brush their teeth while I brushed mine.

I was not looking forward to seeing the ruins of the family house.

Duke was gathered with the rest of the family when we finally came back downstairs. "Ready to go?" He asked.

I nodded.

Duke pulled out a silver ball, just like the Undermining had used to escape Toby's safe house. Would I always remember that, whenever I had to look at the transporting orbs? At least with a group this size the orb wouldn't be used the same way thankfully.

Duke twisted the top of the orb up. The entire thing turned to a charred looking black ball, in a split of the second. It flouted over Duke's hand for a second before zipping to the middle of our group.

"What exactly is…" Emmett's question was cut off immediately.

We landed at the back of the house, close to the entrance we'd be using.

My attention was dragged to the remains of the house, or the lack there of. Grandpa Ray and some volunteers had dragged away the debris. All that was left was the wood flooring for the main level. The carpets had been ripped out for the rooms that had had them.

I tore my gaze away and headed straight for the door that I needed. I didn't bother with any of the Cullens while they all had their first glance at the house. They were still disoriented by the strange means of travel.

My gaze focused on the door in the ground that led to the lower level, but I couldn't make myself open it.

"It's okay, I'll be beside you all the way." Edward grabbed the handle and pulled open the door.

There was a short flight of stairs leading down, but then it leveled off to the top floor of the underground area. We wouldn't be needing to get into the basement below though, so we were fine just staying on the top floor. I didn't remember seeing a star door down in the basement.

I fought back all the flashes of memories that I had of this place. It had been in the Higginbotham family for hundreds of years. Now it was just a shell of what it had been.

"Where to Bella?" Edward asked. He kept his voice low, and patient.

I turned the group, passing when I saw Anna as she appeared to be strangling Rose. Her eyes were shut tight.

"Is she feeling anything dangerous?" I had to ask. She looked like she had when we had been in Volterra.

Rose shook her head, running her hand over Anna's hair. "She's not sensing anything here. She just…" She didn't have to finish, I understood. I didn't want to be in this house either.

"We need to find Anna's pendant." I finally answered Edward's question.

"Let's split up," Jasper suggested. "We'll find it faster."

We all agreed, and split into groups; everyone going with their mates. Rose and Emmett had Anna, while Esme and Carlisle had Cissy.

Edward's hand tightened around mine as we walked.

We went looking through the rooms, focusing on our task at hand. I couldn't help noticing Edward's curiosity. He'd find an Other world object and he'd stop himself from asking me to explain it.

I wanted to, I did, but I wanted to get out of this house as soon as possible too. Edward would wait to ask until we had left.

After searching for hours, and twelve rooms just the two of us, Edward stopped me with wonderful news.

"Alice says she found it."

"Thank goodness," I sighed with relief. Searching for hours with no luck finding it, had drained me. I was tired. With my transition so close, my energy levels were either dropping likes stones or soaring.

Edward led the way to the room where Alice had found the pendant.

Rose was attempting to get Anna to take the pendant from the jewelry box. Anna wouldn't let go of Rose though.

"We didn't know if Anna would have to take it, like Cissy had with hers." Alice told me as we stopped beside her and Jasper.

I took the jewelry box, closing the lid. "Normally it wouldn't matter, but she's been without it for over a year. We can just take it with us and she can put it on when we get back to her house."

Carlisle and Esme walked in then. "Did anyone see the door while they were looking for Anna's pendant?"

We all shook our heads. We had tried to find it while we were here, but it didn't appear to be in this house. I didn't have a clue where else it might be.

"What do you want to do Bella?" Carlisle and the others turned to me.

I glanced over at Cissy who had fallen asleep already. Turning to Rose I found Anna still clutching her tightly, her eyes still fiercely remaining closed. We needed to get out of the house. "I think we should head back to Toby's place, maybe get something to eat on the way."

Carlisle agreed to that. "Esme had snacks for Cissy, but you and Anna definitely need to eat something."

I nodded in understanding. "Anna, you want to go ransack Duke's kitchen?"

No response. Her head moved slightly, but that was it.

"Isn't that a little mean, taking Duke's food?" Emmett tried to get a reaction from Anna.

She still didn't respond. Her grip remained as tight as ever around Rose's neck. It was probably a good thing she didn't need to breathe.

I sighed and headed for the exit. The sooner we got out of there the better. Eventually I'd have to come back and sort through all of the stuff, but I could wait a few years. Hopefully by then it wouldn't be so hard on me.

The main level of the basement was like a maze, and I was glad that my memory was almost perfect. Otherwise I never would have managed to get out of there as a child. I knew I didn't have to worry about getting lost though, while the Cullens were there, they would remember the way out. It just naturally took a little time to get through the house, or what remained of it.

I rubbed my eyes, feeling the drain. I would have to rest before going and searching out that door. We'd go get something to eat and then rest for a little while. I doubted we would find it before Duke was supposed to fly us to California, but that was something we'd just have to deal with. It could take weeks to find the door. I had never seen it before so maybe it would take longer. For all I knew it could take years for us to find it.

My foot caught the back of the other one and I tripped. The movement was so unexpected, especially since Edward had gotten really good at catching me before I could actually fall. My body fell backward and I hit the wall before Edward was able to catch me.

The wall gave way behind me and I screamed as I tumbled through. Edward had grabbed me by my wrist and elbow, holding gently so I wouldn't get hurt. I was partially in the hallway and partially in a hidden room.

Carefully, Edward pulled me towards him, out of the hole in the wall. Carefully so I wouldn't get hurt by the broken pieces of the wall trying to come away with me.

"Only you could fall through a wall Bella." Emmett chuckled softly so he wouldn't wake Cissy. It was a miracle she hadn't woken when I went through the wall.

I chose to ignore Emmett's comment, and once my feet were firmly on the ground I moved closer to the hole.

Edward's arm wrapped around my waist, making sure I couldn't fall through.

The room surprisingly was at least four feet lower than the hallway was. The room was also empty of any furniture and decorations as far as I could see.

"I need a better look." I told Edward.

He moved me out of the way gently before making the whole big enough for himself to go through, doing his best to keep quiet. He jumped down into the room then reached for me.

Carlisle stood behind me for support, just in case.

Edward set me down, and I glanced around the room. I had been right, there wasn't any furniture or any decorations. In fact the only thing in the room was a door.

A green door. A green door with a star on it.

I was thrilled to have found it. I ran over to the door and grabbed the handle, only to find it locked.

"Step aside lil sis," Emmett pushed me out of the way. He gripped the knob and forced the door open. He didn't forget to grin back at me and silently gloat.

One of these days though I'd be strong enough to take him on. That thought allowed me to smirk back at him as I walked through the doorway.

The room was filled with a thick layer of dust making it look like it hadn't been used in years, in centuries.

It hadn't been, I realized what room we were in when I saw the picture hanging on the wall. It was my family, the family who had helped start the rebellion.

"It's scary how much you look like her." Alice pointed out the young women standing in the middle of the group painting.

The woman and I looked almost exactly alike. The only difference were our eyes. Hers were green, mine were brown. I had Charlie's eyes. I was often told that I looked more like Charlie's family. This picture proved that I was also a Higginbotham though.

"She was a cousin. During the huge battle, where they tried to destroy the Undermining, she used her power to allow the remaining members of the Rebellion to escape. She and everyone in this picture were destroyed."

I stopped, unable to say anything else. It was really hard on me to talk about that part of my family. Their failure almost destroyed the Rebellion, not because they were almost completely eradicated but because no one wanted to trust the next generation of Higginbothams. The ones who managed to escape. They no longer trusted that they could stop the Undermining who was far more powerful than they all had believed. Most of the people left in the Rebellion had wanted to surrender. Some had. If it hadn't been for Rune, they all would have.

"Bella?"

A hand placed on my shoulder broke me from my thoughts.

Edward nodded away from the picture. "There's a trunk with everything we were supposed to find in here."

I glanced in the direction he pointed out and found Emmett carrying a black trunk. I recognized the trunk as Tessa's. "Let's get out of here."

The need to get out of the room flooded me. I didn't want to be in there anymore. I didn't want to think about that part of my family history, I didn't want to think about them. Thinking about them led to thoughts about the newer generation and their downfall.

My world blurred as I hurried out the door. An arm snaked around my waist and I was lifted into strong arms. I closed my eyes so I wouldn't have to watch the streaky colors of the things we passed.

In a matter of seconds we were outside. I could feel the warm heat against my skin.

"Bella you shouldn't let yourself get so worked up, like that." I heard Carlisle say sympathetically. Even though it sounded like it had come from a ways away, I knew by his scent that he was standing beside Edward and me.

I nodded, I knew I shouldn't have run, it was stupid and I could have gotten hurt; it just happened though. I thought about needing to get out of there and then I was running. This was not good.

"Come on, let's get you back to Toby's so you can rest," Edward suggested.

I shook my head. "Call Duke. We have everything we need here so let's head to California. We can rest on the flight over and then head for the cabin. We'll get there in time to go to bed. The more time we have there the better."

I waited, hoping everyone would see my logic.

Finally Carlisle replied, "Alright, let's get you and Anna something to eat and get our things."

Author's Note

Well there you have it, the second chapter for Transitionals: Eclipse is done. What did you think? Did you like it? As always

I would love to hear your thoughts so question time.

What do you think Bella's biggest fear is? What makes it so bad that she can't even tell Edward?

Any idea what was so important about the objects in the trunk from the room behind the door? The baby blanket, notebook, cd, and binder.

What did you think about the small knowledge we learned about Bella's family? I know it was no better than a tease but we will be learning about them soon. Are you excited to learn more?

Do you remember what they are going to be looking for in the next chapter?

What do you think Bella is going to find when she finally gets a chance to look through all the stuff Toby hide for her?

Where do you think Carlos is. and what is up to?

Look out for the Undermining.

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