The "Whisked Back" FAQ
First, we'll start off with the only question I was asked…
Question from beautifulinblck: Why couldn't Bella have brought Edward on her own, and much sooner with Ellie's power, since she can mimic other vampire powers?
Answer:
The reason Bella didn't mimic Ellie's power and bring back Edward sooner, was because no one knew that Ellie could bring back dead humans/people. Also, if Bella had figured out that Ellie might be able to bring back Edward from the dead. She would definitely have tried. Then, if Ellie's power did not include bringing back dead people (And everyone had figured that out when Bella tried to bring back Edward.) then Bella would have most likely been torn up for the rest of her life, the realization of Edward's death finally sinking in. It's not like Bella wasn't thinking about Ellie' s power and bringing back Edward, it's just that Bella was afraid of the true fact of Edward's death, tearing herself up, and not being able to care for Ellie at her best.
Excerpt from "Whisked Back":
"Wow. She can bring back dead things to life?" Alice asked.
"Yes, like maybe a dead animal, or a dead plant like she just did with the sunflower. I must admit, it might come in handy some times…" Carlisle told us.
This excerpt shows that no one was aware that Ellie could bring back humans yet. No one actually knows except Bella, Ellie, and Edward that Ellie can bring back humans. You'll see the others reactions to Edward's homecoming if I end up writing a sequel.
Color Codes.
The answers to why I named the chapters the colors I did.
(I'll put a '0' next to the chapter title if the chapter actually had the name of the color typed clearly as a word in the chapter.)
Chapter 1: Seeing Red 0
Well, Victoria came and killed Edward and Bella….and she had red hair. Pretty simple.
Chapter 2: Seeing Green 0
Edward's green eyes as a human…Again, pretty simple.
Chapter 3: Seeing Pink 0
Edward's pink cheeks from having the Spanish influenza. A tad bit harder then the last two chapter colors.
Chapter 4: Seeing Black 0
Now in this chapter, Bella didn't actually see the color black. Bella collapsed into Edward's dead arms and sort of fainted into a haze of black. In other words, black represents Edward's death, and Bella's emotional pain.
Chapter 5: Seeing Bronze 0
I thought this chapter was fairly easy. Bronze was for baby Ellie's bronze hair, like her father's.
Chapter 6: Seeing Yellow 0
Easy shmeezy. Yellow for the sunflower that let Ellie's power be known.
Chapter 7: Seeing Edward?
No color, the only one. I wanted to show Bella's confusion with seeing Edward, and decided to name this chapter a non-color to kind of confuse you! And, do I really need to explain this? Edward comes back!
Chapter 8: Seeing White 0
One of the hardest chapters…The word white shows up when Bella and Edward were running together, but white was meant more to represent hope, joy, and happiness.
Chapter 9: Seeing Silver and Gold
Silver and gold represent completeness to me, and now Bella is complete with Edward and Ellie.
Congratulations to the following readers who participated and got one or more colors correct:
TotalVampire-holic
PrincesslazyPants
jellybeans4u5150
Kristilee
Thank you so much. All of you got tons of colors right. And if I missed you, and you're thinking, "What's wrong with her? I reviewed for the color jamboree thing and she didn't put up my name," Then I'm sorry. I didn't mean to miss your name. The only thing I could think of was to skim every flippin' review (That's 250 reviews to skim, folks.)