Chapter Nine: No Mirrors
Alice's POV
Visions. I've had them all my life, but never as many as I had since Bella had come. These weren't the boring visions I usually had; they were actually life changing, worth something. Worth the curse being broken.
People gathered around what I presumed to be Bella's house. They were shouting things, and Bella was yelling at them as her father was dragged away.
Bella sat alone inside the house, crying. She leaned her head against the wall and mumbled 'Edward.'
I leaned against the door frame to the balcony. Edward had the rose out there with him and was staring at it with an unfathomable look on his face.
"Leave me in peace, Alice," he murmured without looking at me.
"Edward, have you not seen what's happening to her? She's going to be all alone. The reason you sent her back doesn't matter anymore—or rather, it does, because they're ruining it."
"What are you going on about?" he said flatly.
I replayed the visions in my head, trying as hard as I could to shove them at him, to get him to pay attention. It must have worked, because his head snapped up.
"How do I stop this?"
I frowned at him. "You go to her, of course. And quickly."
To my great satisfaction, he got up and headed for the door.
Edward was being attacked by wolves while Bella lay crumpled in a heap next to the stones of the house. Edward reached out a hand for Bella and said slowly, "I love you, Bella..."
The vision faded to black. I looked at the door, but Edward was already gone.
"Jasper? Em, Rose? Come on, we have to go!"
Edward's POV
I ran through the forest at top speed; running to save my Bella. I arrived within sight of the house just as Alice's first vision was coming true.
"But it's true! There is a vampire!" Bella screamed, but the crowd didn't seem to hear her, save for a few people that snickered in disbelief. A blonde man guffawed loudly at her words. I smiled a wry smile. I would show them—especially him. There was definitely something off about him...
I launched myself at the people who were dragging Bella's father away, knocking them to the ground and picking her father up. I ran to the bottom of the porch steps and ordered him to run inside along with Bella and lock the door. They obliged, and I turned back to the crowd.
"It does exist!" a woman's voice cut through the air.
I glanced around and found the blonde man, who was staring at me with an astonished look on his face. As I stared, he seemed to snap out of it.
"Wolves!" he yelled. "Attack!"
A pack of gigantic wolves burst out of the trees, snarling. The crowd quickly cleared, the people cowering. I recognized these wolves—they were the same that had tried to attack Bella in the woods. I assumed a defensive position and waited for their move.
In a flurry of fur, the wolves launched themselves towards me. I whirled in every direction, trying to fend them off, but they were vicious, and they didn't plan their moves, they went on instinct, so I had no upper hand. I could tell I was losing.
I heard the door to the house creak open and Bella came out onto the porch yelling, "Get away from him! Don't you realize that he's a genuinely nice person? Leave him alone!"
"If I didn't know any better," the blonde man sneered, "I'd think you had feelings for him!" The crowd laughed nervously behind him. Bella glared indignantly at him.
"Bella," I groaned out as I continued to attempt to fight off the wolves, "go back into the house."
"No, I won't leave you!"
"Bella, go back inside," a peppy voice commanded. Alice was here. Bella frowned, but hesitantly started to obey.
"What's this? Bella takes orders from the puny little pixie?" the blonde man cracked. Bella turned back, but Jasper was already across the little space between him and the blonde man.
Jasper snarled and dug his teeth into the man's neck. I slipped my guard for a moment, allowing the wolves to remove a few chunks of skin from me, making me look like Swiss cheese. I roared and fell to the ground, turning my head towards Jasper. The man lay dead on the ground and Jasper was looking at him in disgust.
"No one insults my Alice," he hissed.
Jasper, Alice, Emmett, and Rosalie then decided to make themselves useful by attacking the wolves. I concentrated on pulling myself over the stairs. I made it there by some miracle and lay on the steps, not breathing. Sharp pains cut through me; they reminded me of when the curse had been put upon us. I wondered how I hadn't noticed before.
Then, hovering above me, I saw an angel. Was it time to die? I hoped so, if this angel was going to be with me.
Bella's POV
I leaned over Edward. He looked delirious, and with good reason.
"You came back," I marvelled, not expecting an answer.
"Of... course. Anything... for you," he stammered out. I threw my arms around him and let out a sob.
"Please don't leave me, I only just met you, I don't want my life to end now!" I lifted my head to look at him. His eyes were closed and his face looked peaceful. Was he dead? Was that possible?
"Edward?" I asked quietly. "Edward, I... I love you. Please don't go." I buried my head back into his chest.
All of a sudden, there was a flash of light accompanied by a cracking sound and Edward's body twitched underneath me. I sat up quickly and watched as Edward's skin glowed a strange yellow colour.
The light became blinding, and I realized it was coming from behind me, too. I glanced back to vaguely see the silhouettes of the other four before I had to cover my eyes from the light.
My eyelids became dark a few seconds later and I chanced a glance up from my hands.
Edward was sitting up and rubbing his eyes. He looked at me and smiled. I could have sworn I died and went to heaven. His eyes were the most beautiful shade of green and they glinted with the light his vampire eyes had never had. The lines of his face were smoothed out, and he actually looked soft, not like a sculpture. And that smile—there are no words. It was the imperfections that made him so much more beautiful to me.
I reached out a hand to him and brushed my fingers against his face. It was warm, not ice cold like his skin had been before.
Edward took my hand gently and pressed it to his face. He took a deep breath, and the smile overtook his face again.
I smiled along with him.
AW AW AW AW AW and again I say AW.
*sigh* Edward and Bella, together forever—in a non immortal kind of way. :D
That was just short and sweet. So, to give you a good laugh, I give you a scene I wrote based on a review.
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Jasper leaned against small oak table the rose was sitting on. "Why?" he groaned out. "I don't understand, you stupid thing. It's simple. He loves her, she loves him, the curse is broken. Why isn't it working? I don't understand!!"
Jasper stared at the rose, willing it to tell him what was wrong. When it didn't he sighed roughly and his stare turned to a glare. "Stupid rose. Must be broken."
Infuriated, Jasper grabbed the glass case covering the rose and shook it. "WHY ISN'T THE CURSE BEING LIFTED??"
Disgusted, Jasper turned to leave, setting the rose wobbling on the table. It wiggled it's way to the end and fell off with a crash. Jasper turned back just in time to see the last petal fall off the stem.
"Shit."
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Lol, poor Jasper. That didn't really happen guys, it's just a joke. :D
Only one more chapter after this; an epilogue, I suppose.
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