Nightmares

My family seemed frozen, like Jake's pack, and I drifted towards them like a ghost of myself. I moved to Rosalie first and touched her hand with my own, which looked transparent as it reached for her. There was another flash of light and I was suddenly standing on an old cobbled street with candle lit street lamps and people with horses and carts trotting by. The day was ending and the sun was just setting so everyone seemed to be heading away from this little street. I saw someone at the end of the street in a long dress with sleek blonde hair and I rushed over to her quickly. It was Rosalie. I immediately knew where and when I was. It was the night she was attacked by Royce and his friends; I could hear them approaching from the other end of the street and I desperately wanted to warn her to run, to get out of there as soon as possible, but I couldn't.

Rosalie was beside me then. She looked into my eyes with bright blue ones of her own, a look of fear etched into her features. She gripped my arm tightly and tears began to trickle down her face in thin lines,

"Bella? Help me Bella! Help me! I'm so scared!"

I opened my mouth to speak but it snapped shut as who I presumed was Royce and his friends turned the corner. Rosalie screamed and tried to run but she fell and cut her hands on the cobbles. The men jogged to a stop beside her and one of them, a man with dark curly hair, gripped Rosalie's arm and flipped her over onto her back. She screamed and started to cry weakly as the men began tearing at her dress. It was like watching a nightmare unfold.

I looked around frantically for someone to help but somehow I knew that it would be no good. I heard a faint whimper from an alley adjacent to the street and stepped into the shadows to investigate. There was a man sitting rocking back and forth on his feet with his arms curled around his knees, he was sobbing quietly.

"Are you okay?" I asked, kneeling down beside him.

"I couldn't save her. She saved me but I couldn't save her!"

I frowned, confused, and placed my hand on his broad shoulders. He looked up, his face puffy from crying and his eyes red and watery. It was Emmett.

I gasped and spoke with a soft tone, like talking to a child, "Emmett? What are you doing here?"

He shook his head briskly, "I don't know Bella. I was in the woods and now I'm here and I can't save her! I could never save her!" he sniffed and wiped his nose with the back of his hand, "She's my Rose and I couldn't stop them, I couldn't save her!" He buried his head in his hands and continued to shake and sob as I stood up.

"This is a nightmare, it has to be", I was talking to myself, "It's not real".

As I spoke I returned to the clearing; Leon was still staring at my family like they were his next meal and everyone else but Adam were still frozen. I stepped forward and tried to touch Leon but it was like there was some sort of invisible barricade that wouldn't allow me to reach him and so instead I moved towards Alice.

As I stepped towards her my surroundings changed; the grass faded to a dark grey and became solid, the trees faded away to reveal concrete walls and the air seemed to disappear and became clammy and thick. Alice was standing in the corner of the concrete room with her head pressed against the wall.

"The asylum she was in", I spoke aloud but she didn't look round. Instead Alice started to slap her palm against the grey wall and started to bang her head in the same way. She was muttering something under her breath and I moved towards her to listen more carefully.

"So many pictures, too many pictures. I don't want them. Go away! Leave me alone!" She turned to face me and slapped her fist against her forehead with an audible thunk. She opened her eyes, which were a blazing emerald green, and she looked at me, completely transfixed for a brief moment, before her eyes glazed over and she began to mumble again.

I began to step away, walking backwards as though Alice had somehow become a feral animal that I couldn't turn my back to. As I walked the ground underneath my feet became loose and I turned to find myself standing in a desert-like landscape. I looked up into the blazing sun and saw Jasper standing in a line with a few other men. His skin didn't glisten in the sunlight and, even though his face was in shadow due to the brimmed hat he was wearing, I could tell he was human.

A tall, broad man with a hat on and a sword strapped to his belt was walking up and down the line of men with his hands behind his back; he stopped in front of Jasper and pushed the blonde in the chest firmly, causing Jasper's hat to fall off and forcing him to stumble back slightly. The man spoke with a broad Texan accent,

"You! You are the traitor among us!"

I watched as Jasper ran his hands through his curly locks and held his hands out, palms up, in front of him, "No Sir! I am not a traitor!"

The broad man shouted this time and pushed Jasper to his knees, "You were told to kill our enemies and you did not! You are a coward and I will not have you in my army!"

"But Sir I –"

"Leave!"

Jasper fumbled through the sand for his hat and watched as the rest of the men rode away on their horses. He looked up into the bright blue sky and yelled a cry of utter defeat.

I turned to walk away and found myself back in the clearing with the wolves and my family. I moved towards Edward and tried to shake him out of his frozen state but my hands passed right through him. I looked into his eyes and the bright white light encased me again; I was still in the clearing but I had moved a few inches. I looked down to see that I was inside Edward's body, as though I actually was Edward.

"Bella?" his voice was like an echo in my own mind but it soothed me nonetheless.

"Edward? It's Leon, he's making us see our nightmares or our fears, he-"

"I know. I can't move but I can still hear their thoughts", he sounded strained, like it was a struggle to speak, or even think.

"Are you seeing the nightmares too?" I needed to know if my beloved was suffering the same fate as the rest of my family.

"Yes. Can't you see? I'm stuck here and I can't help you. This is my nightmare".

"How do we stop him? I can't get to him".

I heard Edward sigh and when he spoke his voice sounded further away, "You have to do it. You're the only one who will be able to break through and stop him".

"But I can't! I've tried and I can't!" I was starting to panic.

"You can do it Bella", his voice was fading quickly, "I believe in you…" he was gone.

I felt myself return to my own body, my physical body, and I forced my shield out around my family. It felt stronger this time, more like a thick, heavy piece of armour that would protect them from anything, rather than a thin piece of silk slipping around them. I relaxed as I saw Edward grab Renesmee's hand and then my own.

Leon's smug grin faded instantly and he frowned deeply, obviously trying to break through my shield again. This time it didn't work. Emmett and Jasper sprung forward and forced Leon to the ground; I listened as they tore him limb from limb until there was nothing more than a disturbed patch of earth.

"You'll never win bloodsuckers!" Adam shouted, "You can't beat me!"

I ground my teeth together as I extended my shield around Jacob's pack and watched as they finished their descent on top of Adam.

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