Alice's POV
I watched as Edward was dragged away, his shoulders slumped in defeat. He looked so sad...I shook my head, trying to rid myself of my pity for him; after all, he had tried to kill Bella. I hate to think what would have happened if Carlisle and Emmett hadn't got here in time! I mean, Edward is so...stupid sometimes. I hope he read my mind just then.
I sat there all night watching Bella toss and turn. She screamed a few times...well, about ten times and I heard her muttering names in a long list, "Edward, Alice, Emmett, Jasper, Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Charlie, Renee, Angela, Ben, Jess, Lauren, Mike, Tyler, Eric..." She slipped in and out of consciousness but when she was conscious, she was able to have a normal conversation, surprisingly. Most people were in too much pain. I could hear her irregular heartbeat slowing, just ever so slightly.
"Alice?" I turned to face my best friend who was lying on the floor in obvious pain. I smiled sadly at her, "Yes?" Bella struggled with herself for a second before she asked, "Why isn't Edward here?" I smirked this time and she noticed, frowning.
"Let's just say he was thinking of his opinions of worldly good or your good anyway." I grinned. Bella groaned and rolled her eyes, "The idiot. He can be so naive sometimes. Oh well, what day is it?" I laughed at Bella's care-free attitude and answered, "Your second day. It's about 6 in the morning?" Bella smiled then as well, "Only another 30 hours to go then...that's good. Only another 30 hours until I see Edward. And everyone else." I replied teasingly, "Yeah, and another 30 hours until I'm allowed to bowl you over without being worried that I'll squish you!" We laughed together then Bella winced. She gave me an unconvincing smile as she pulled herself together as the pain took over.
"Ugh...it stinks of blood around here. Yuck! How can you stand it?" Bella complained as she drifted out of consciousness. My eyes widened as she said that. There wasn't any blood here apart from her own blood, but that was inside her body. I couldn't be certain though as I had been holding my breath for a while now.
I gave the air a quick tentative sniff. I couldn't smell any blood. I could only smell Bella and...then it hit me. There was another scent here. It wasn't blood though. I froze. Tense. There was a rustle of leaves and I slowly turned around to face a boy who looked like he was 16. I knew for a
fact that he had been 16 for a few years. It took almost all my willpower not to jump on him; how could he trespass on us like this? Didn't he know what danger he was in? I gritted my teeth together and got up from where I was sitting slowly. The boy was shaking a lot as he stared at Bella. I let a small growl rip from my throat. That did its job as the boy turned to face me. He took a few deep breaths as he stood shaking before he let his eyes meet mine.
I felt my body shake then as well and I sank to the ground, but not before calling out, "Carlisle!" Well, I couldn't let Jasper or Edward come because they were bound to overreact and Emmett was keeping an eye on Edward. I heard the boy step over to Bella and Carlisle's footsteps, as he raced to stop that thing from touching Bella...
I seemed to watch from a distance as these russet-skinned boys walked towards us. The whole place was deadly silent and I couldn't see any vampires.
I woke up with a jolt from my vision and glanced around to see Bella lying on the floor as she was before talking to the boy. Carlisle was at the edge of the clearing watching them. I growled as I jumped up to my feet. The boy's eyes met mine and there was regret and pity as well as a rather disgusted look on his face. Well it made sense. Bella probably was starting to smell like us as well.
"What did you want? Why were you trespassing? You know we could kill you now!" I hissed venomously. I saw Carlisle step over as I sank into a crouch, growling. The boy straightened up and answered calmly, though he was shaking violently like he was having a seizure.
"I just wanted to see Bella one last time and say I was sorry. I didn't break the treaty. You have. I'm not trespassing any longer. I also came to give you our terms. Get out of here by the end of the week or we will so kill you. Vampire. Bloodsucker." He sneered. I growled at him as I looked down at Bella. Her face was contorted with pain and she was screaming silently. The boy backed away as I moved towards Bella. I listened carefully for her heartbeat. It was painfully slow and getting slower, quicker by the minute. I let my eyes widen with shock. Her heart wasn't supposed to stop for another 27 hours at least! I turned to Carlisle and muttered, "Her heart beat."
He listened then ran forward to check her over. I turned to the thing and told him to get out of here. Bella was going to wake up soon and fast.
"I thought this was her second day?" The boy asked suspiciously. I growled at him, "Yeah. But I don't know why she's waking up early do I? I'd get out of here though because when she gets up she's going to be very thirsty." The boy scowled before murmuring, "Bye Bella." He then ran off and I heard the explosion as he disappeared from view. Relieved, I turned back to Bella to be met with a pair of haunted, wild, blood-red eyes. Shit. Only Carlisle and I were here and the others had been sent back to the house where they couldn't hear us. Carlisle had been close, to moniter Bella so I'd been able to call to him. Oh boy, were we in trouble. Shoot. I didn't even know how strong she was or what her powers were.
"Jasper! Rosalie! Help!"