A/N: Ok, I just want to thank all my reviewers so far up to this point. You're probably all thinking, how wacko is this woman who dares to write this angst story? I have a saying, I'm related to Victoria…
Once again, Amber, even thought I haven't said it but once in this story, but this is dedicated to you. Why? Because if I'm Victoria's relative, then your Victoria herself…
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.
I held the phone up to my ear. "What now…" I asked silently.
I heard clapping in the background, "Tell Esme, well done. I didn't expect her to do the unthinkable. Well, unthinkable to her…" She was quiet for a moment then let out a long whistle. "It seems everyone has played. I might just tell you where Bella is." My eyes widened. We won?!
"Oh, wait," Victoria cooed, "It's your turn Edward."
I gulped.
"You remember Phoenix?" Victoria asked, "A so-called sadistic vampire doing what he was created to do, a human with a delicious smell, and you, rescuing her in the nick of time. But I wonder," A moment of silence, "Could you do it again?" I heard her laughing in the distance.
What did she mean, Could you do it again? The minute I had Bella in my arms, I would never let her go.
"My last game is for you, Edward." She said, "There is a girl in the coffee shop across from you. Her name is Sarah. Has brown hair and brown eyes, just like Bella. All you have to do is keep her safe until the last chime at midnight, and then you get Bella. If you don't, I'm throwing her to the storm….literally." I heard silence for another moment, "OH! And I forget something, the sadistic vampire. You better hurry, Edward, You only have four hours left…" I stood there as I heard the dial tone ringing in my ear.
I was vaguely aware my family was trying to snap my out of my thoughts, with little success. I let my feet take me to the coffee shop across the street, my family thoughts ringing in my ear.
We have to hurry, Edward. Alice reminded, All I see is a girl dying…
We have to get Bella, Esme thought.
I'm not going back to Forks without Isabella, I was surprised to hear Rosalie think about Bella.
I opened the door to see the woman who we were protecting. She looked about fifteen, with curly brown hair and piercing brown eyes. She was as thin as a toothpick, a long sleeve black V-neck framing her body. I looked over at Alice and she nodded. She is the one… I nodded back, walking over to her and introducing myself.
"Hello." I said, startling the young woman out of her reading book entitled Wicked Lovely.
"Hello," She replied, "How are you?"
"Fine," I answered, flashing her one of my smiles, dazzling her, "What's your name?"
"Sarah," She replied, He looks hot. Probably taken…, "And yours?"
"Edward." I said, "This is my sister, Alice, and my brother, Jasper." I replied, having them come next to me.
"Nice to meet you." She spoke.
"Is that Wicked Lovely?" Alice asked.
"Yeah," She replied, "I love it. Have you read it?" And so started out a three hour phone conversation about the pros and cons of a book I had just heard about. It seemed easy enough. Man, wait, Faerie tried to court her and the woman can see the tricks the invisible people can pull. Faerie that tries to court her is actually the Summer King and is really in love with the last woman he tried to crown. Fun.
Finally, the shop keeper tells us to leave, and we obey.
"Thank you," Sarah said, "I usually don't have anyone to talk to…" She shook her head, "I'll see you later!" She waved good bye and started running away for us. Little did she know that we would be following her.
We followed at a good distance, just enough that she wouldn't see us. That's when she turned a corner. We quickly hurried to follow, but she had disappeared. Damn! We followed her scent and it led to the road, disappearing there.
It's just like what Bella did…Jasper thought.
We hurried around the square, trying to catch any scent. The clock struck midnight. The first chime went off.
"Edward!" Alice yelled, "I caught it!" She yelled.
The second chime.
I ran as quickly as I could, hoping to make it in time.
The third and fourth chime.
The scent divided, I went left, Jasper and Alice went right.
The Fifth and Sixth chime.
The scent started to wear off, a diversion to where she really was.
The seventh and eighth chime.
We met back at the fork in the road, looking everywhere
The ninth and tenth chime.
The wind blew her scent to us again from two directions, a set up.
The eleventh chime
The phone started to ring as I picked it up.
The twelfth chime.
Victoria whispered two last words in my ear as an ear shattering scream washed over the town…
"Game Over…"
A/N: Don't stop reading this story! This is not the last chapter! K! I just wanted to make a point…