Beginning of the Storm
It had been three days since Effy had disappeared. Tony didn't even feel angry, an overwhelming sadness had set in, because this wasn't like the other times. Even as a child, she would run off and hide for hours, craving isolation from the people who could never understand her. This time, it started to feel like she was never coming back. The talk of animal attacks made Tony feel sick and helpless, imagining how scared she must have felt if one had found her.
Effy had a bad record with drugs, so the other possibility is that she had run off during one of her trips. Edward also suspected this, having found her empty vial on the forest floor. Tony knew that his beautiful sister was lost to the world or the afterlife.
"She's not coming back."
Each of the Cullens had tried their own method of comforting Edward, though nothing helped him. Carlisle knew enough about medicine and vampires to see that Edward was losing his mind over this girl. He spent most of his time running around Forks' forests and up the nearby mountain paths and plotting things on a grid in his room. He explained to Carlisle that he's gathering information from scents of the imposter vampires and Effy's.
"I have to find her, Carlisle. The humans can't help her, but we can… Please help me find her?" Edward's eyes were filled with so much desperation, worry and love that Carlisle decided to cave and help his adopted son. He didn't, however share his suspicion that Elizabeth may have gone on a suicidal mission. Drugs, excessive drinking and smoking, sleeping disorders and associating with dangerous creatures as themselves…Carlisle hoped that she was still alive.
Alice had few visions, only one gave a clear indication of what might have happened to Effy. It came to her two days earlier, a blurred image of her in a forest, screaming and running from pale figures.
Forks High School was filled with talk of Effy's disappearance. Her few friends were distraught, the boys all said that Forks had lost its most beautiful girl and the other girls mentioned that it was unfortunate. They also said it might've happened as a result of a mental problem, because they refused to believe that someone could be so beautiful and unflawed.
Chief Swan blamed the incident on himself, as any dedicated policeman would. He was also trying his best to find the girl, he had alerted Port Angeles and asked the Black family to help in the search for her. Bella told him that she had heard Effy and Edward Cullen arguing late Friday night outside the Stonems' home, about half an hour before she supposedly went missing. Charlie concluded that Edward and her must be romantically involved in some way, but ruled him out as a suspect after questioning. He'd only suspect that boy for killing someone who had hurt her.