AN: Sorry, this is not a chapter! This is just a little one-shot to tide you over until the next chapter. I got bored at school during 6th period and ended up writing this. Enjoy. I should post the next chapter in the next two days.
IMORTANT! POLL: I need suggestions. Bella will be playing an instrument and I can't decide what. A violin, cello, flute… what do you think? NO Guitar. It just doesn't fit her, more old fashioned. Tell me what you think and I'll decide. Thanks.
Nightmare
They face each other head on, good vs. evil, Edward vs. a demon. Edward crouched his eyes black with rage. They bore into the red eyes of his enemy with a fierceness that could turn one to stone. On the ground at his feet lay another. A girl. Her beautiful long hair hid her face from view. She wasn't moving. She wasn't breathing. She showed no sign of life. Not one movement to prove that she was all right, that she would be okay.
There was blood everywhere. The smell hung thickly in the air. Edward broke she his glare from the red evil, to glance down at the girls dormant, broken, body. His eyes filled with tears he could never shed. Such pain, such loss, was in his eyes that it was nigh impossible to look at them for more than the briefest of seconds. His love, his mate was taken from him. Hurt? Dea… he could not bare to think it. He had not been there to stop it. Too late, he had arrived too late. It was his entire fault. He would never forgive himself. He did not deserve forgiveness. Not ever.
Hatred filled him. Hatred for the monster that had done this, and hatred toward himself for not preventing it. His eyes were locked with his enemy's now. Loathing seeped off of him to cling with the blood in the air, making it thick and hard to breath form all the tension. The monster was smiling; it knew he wasn't strong enough to defeat it. But worse, Edward knew he could not defeat this horror. Not without her.
Edward looked down once more. A small, painful smile played on his perfect lips. He bent to his love, gently placing a single sweet kiss upon her lips. As he straightened to face his foe he did not see her eyelashes begin to flutter, he missed the slight quiver of her full lips; he didn't see her lovely long fingers start to twitch.
Edward stepped in front of her and prepared to attack. Behind him the girl moved. Slowly Edward crouched into a fighting stance; the enemy did the same, that cocky smile still on his lips, taunting and merciless. The girl sat up still hidden behind Edward. Neither one heard her. Her eyes opened slightly, barely a slit. She reached out her hand to Edward, to touch him. She smiled to herself. He was here; everything was going to be fine now. As long as they were together. Everything would be just fine.
And then she smelled him. The demon. The evil creature that was the cause of all her suffering. She tensed, her hand frozen in mid air. She looked closely at Edward, his muscles clenched. And just as she was about to call out to him he lunged. The evil one did the same. He eyes flew completely open, wide in horror, in terror. She screamed one moment too late.
" No Edward, DON'T!"
But it was too late. The demon already had his evil hand wrapped around Edward's slender neck, sinking his black fangs deep into Edward's veins. Releasing his poison into Edward's powerless body.
She couldn't move. Her body refused to do as she demand. It refused I cooperate; it was physically incapable of doing as she begged it to. All she could do was watch helplessly as the demon killed the man she loved. And await her turn.
Edward's hands stopped moving, his legs ceased to kick out, blood poured down his neck. Edward could no longer fight the demon's poison. The enemy dropped Edward to the ground, licking his lips. Edward wasn't moving. His lifeless black eyes stared at her. She stared back as tears of blood rolled silently down her cheeks. Her body was shaking. She didn't breathe. The monster looked at her. Gazing in wonder as if her tears confused him. He stepped toward her, kicking Edward's lifeless body out of his way. His hand reached out to her.
And she stared to scream.
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Bella was startled out of her daydream by her own screaming. Edward's arms were around her, rocking her, begging her to stop, telling her everything was going to be all right. She turned in his arms and clung to him, dry sobbing. She tilted her face up to his. If she could cry tears would still be streaming down her cheeks. He leaned his head in to kiss her sweet lips, rubbing her back with his hands in soothing motions. She kissed him back, calming down, relaxing into his chest.
"Never leave me Edward, please promise me you'll never disappear," she begged him desperately.
"I will always be by your side my love, I will never leave you," he replied gently, pulling her closer into his embrace.
Hope you enjoyed. I'll post soon, I promise.
Thanks
- Feye