First off, I would just like to say though the character's personalities were all the work of Miss Meyers some of the situations that they go through actually did happen. Bella for example, though she is still the same Bella that we all know and love, her experiences are dedicated to the man that actually lived through them Mr. Leon. Here is chapter 5 written from BPOV. All the conversations will be written in polish however translated sentences will be on the bottom ENGOY!!!!
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Everything seemed fuzzed, I did not know where I was but it was somewhere beautiful with flowers everywhere some that looked like różas and stokrotkas but then there were others that looked like they came from a different world. I turned to see a girl a small girl with beautiful curled hair and a white dress; she was running.
"czekać! dlaczegojatutaj?" I called to her hoping she knew where we were.
She didn't answer instead she just kept running through the field of flowers getting farther and farther away each time, I didn't want to be alone here so I ran after her. As we ran, I noticed that we were running to a different world, a world were all the life was withering. Eventually, I got close enough to grab onto her shoulder and then she stopped. The world then began to shake and break apart, I tried to grab onto the little girl so that she wouldn't fall but when I touched her skin my hand started to burn and I screamed.
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"uspokajać! uspokajać!"
Suddenly I saw my father standing over me telling me to calm down, we were still on the train on our way to Berlin and I was already having night terrors. 'Unbelievable' I wish I wouldn't have to have night terrors every time I left my home 'I was sure I would've outgrown that a long time ago.' As I looked out the window from the train I thought about how much I was going to miss my home in Nowy Sacz and my country of course. My village a small Jewish based community where everyone knew one another, my older sister and her husband practically knew each other since they were in szkoła średnia and now they are married. My sister Alice, how I missed her so terrible she was always my best friend and now I didn't even have her anymore. I sat there in my misery remembering the last day we really spent together.
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"Bella,są ciebie jasne sąnie imprezachcieć do odejśćszał zakupóww Warszawa?"
Every since father told us a month ago about our move to Berlin Alice had been wanting to take me to Warsaw to shop for a new wardrobe. Though I told it was a useless cause, she wouldn't hear of it, saying how now that I was going to a big city like Berlin I should wear clothing that was in style. I knew it wasn't truly the shopping Alice wanted to do but really us spending alone time together was the real goal. Now I wasn't going to be living a few houses away from her and Jasper but now we weren't even going to be in the same county. I looked up to see her face waiting impatiently filled with excitement for my answer.
"Alice, ja chciałabym pojechać Warszawaz ciebie."
Her face lit up with my answer and soon she began to sing about what we were going to do together once we got there. I smiled at her happiness, thinking about how much I would miss seeing her smile everyday. 'I really don't want to go to Berlin.' Was the only thought running through my mind.
The next day was wonderful; Alice and I got a train to Warsaw then went to the marek teatr. Afterwards, we spent the rest of the evening shopping; we went into a store with beautiful cheap clothes. There the shopkeeper actually asked if Alice was an actress or something when she said that she was actually 3months pregnant the shopkeeper was almost as surprised as when she found out Alice and I were actually sisters.
It didn't usually bother me when people don't think at first that Alice and I are sisters or even related. Alice was so much more beautiful and graceful then I could ever hope to be, I was not envious of her but actually very proud of the fact that I had such a beautiful older sister.
After buying a few outfits, all for very cheap prices, Alice and I decided to end our day at a kawa shop to talk. There we both didn't want to talk about me leaving but instead lighter subjects such as Jasper, what to do when the baby arrived in the spring. Alice was so sure that it was going to be a girl that she didn't even bother thinking of any boy names. My sister had a way of being able to tell when something was going to happen. We sat there in silence for awhile I could tell that Alice wanted to say something but she was debating whether to ask or not.
"są ciebie przestraszony wyjeżdżać, iść sobie."
Her voice was a serious tone that I was not used to hearing often. Was I afraid of going? I wanted to say no that I knew that I would be okay but my mouth didn't agree with my brain on the answer
"nie wiem." Was all I could say 'I don't know.'
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As I sat on the train I mentally started trying to convince myself that everything would be okay. I had heard of the rumors from the Newspapers about how the Jews in Germany were slowly disappearing or relocated. When my father told us about the move, he had also assured us that since we were not German citizens they could not move us without the permission of the Polish ambassador. However, I had heard Jasper telling Alice one night, after the news that Czechoslovakia was taken over by Germany, that it would be only a matter of time before they started to try to invade Poland.
I looked out my window wanting to see what the city looked like from afar. I could not believe how beautiful the city was, Warsaw looked like a village compared to Berlin 'this is where I will live from now on.'
We did not have much to carry since most of our furniture had arrived at our new apartment this morning. The company had had a hard time finding us a place to live since so many buildings refused to allow Jews to live there, but my father assured us that out of all the buildings in the city this one had the greatest view. As I walked through that city, I noticed that there were people wearing the Star of David on their arms and on their chest; I assumed they were Jewish but it confused me as to why they had to wear those yellow stars. There were also Nazis on the streets as well, I tried not to show I was afraid or even pretended not to notice them as they walked by. I wasn't wearing anything to show my beliefs and I didn't think they could tell if my family was Jewish or not just by looking at us, but all those stories of what Nazis did to Jews came flashing in my mind every time I walked by a man with a Nazi emblem on his shoulder.
When we made it to the building I saw that it was painted a lovely shade of red with white window lining, the building looked to be well-taken care of. I was beginning to think that living here wouldn't be so bad. When we got up to the rooms I immediately looked out the window wanting to see what sorts of shops surrounded the building. My father was right the view truly was amazing I could see that there was a kawa shop and a ciastko shop near by. I heard my father's voice then call to me
"Bella, kielonek zapraszać twój rzeczy!"
In the all the excitement of looking at my new house I forgot that I had to put away my clothes and furniture I had brought with me. Then I heard a knock on the door my father answered it. It was a very beautiful woman that from what I could understand lived across from us and wanted to welcome us to the apartment. My mother invited her to sit and have some tea but the woman looked inside and saw that we still hadn't unpacked and refused politely. She then mentioned that her son was due any minute and he would help Father move the furniture and left. I didn't expect people to be so nice here, I always thought that people were less friendly in the city. 'oh no, I left my clothing box outside.'
I went out the front door to go get it when I looked up and saw a Nazi walking down the hall . . .
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Originally I wanted Edward and Bella to meet a different way but I realized that Edward was going to go through a lot and it would be better for Bella to be with him.
Translations as I promised starting in order from beginning to end
różas and stokrotkas- rose and daisies
"czekać! dlaczegojatutaj?" - Wait! Where am I?
"uspokajać! uspokajać!"- Calm Down! Calm Down!
Nowy Sacz- Is an actual town a few miles outside of the Czech border whether it was a Jewish town I do now know for sure
szkoła średnia- Secondary School
"Bella,sąciebiejasnesąnieimprezachciećdoodejśćszał zakupówwWarszawa?"- Bella are you sure you don't want to go shopping with me in Warsaw?
"Alice, ja chciałabym pojechaćWarszawaz ciebie."- I would like to go shopping with you in Warsaw
Marek- is a very low form of currency in Poland during this time
"są ciebie przestraszony wyjeżdżać, iść sobie." – Are you afraid to go away ?
"nie wiem."- I don't know
Kawa and Ciastko- Coffee and Pastry
"Bella, kielonek zapraszać twój rzeczy!"- Bella, go put away your things.
For the record I cant actually speak polish, German, or Dutch
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