A/N Sorry that I haven't updated in a while but I am writing 100 one-shots as fast as I can while still making the story good. Here is chapter four of Shadowed Paths.
Standing in front of me was a tall boy that looked about seventeen, had tussled bronze hair and forest green eyes. He waved politely at the table before looking at me.
"I'm sorry to have startled you," he said, his voice sounding like bells, "but I couldn't help but listen to your conversation. My name is Edward Cullen. You, Shadow, have a fine, strong blockade around your mind."
I looked at Edward and a smile spread to my face. I didn't know this stranger but I liked him already, and I could tell that he liked me… a lot. I don't know why, but I felt drawn to him and I stepped closer to him, reaching my hand out to shake his.
Our skin touched and thee first thing that I noticed was that he was ice cold and really hard. The second, more predominant thing, was that I knew what he was thinking, how he felt and his past, before he came here.
He gasped and stepped back. "You remind me of my family; of Bella and Renesme. How Bella had a strong shield around her mind so that I couldn't read it, of how my daughter showed me pictures that she remembered by touching my hand." He paused and looked at me before whispering, "I've found you Bella, don't leave me again."
I looked at David before looking at the sad green eyes of Edward and saying, "I'm sorry Edward, but I'm not Bella. When did you, um, get here?"
"Fifteen or sixteen years ago; after Onyx separated me from my family and friends. My family had a hard time getting along with some of mine and Bella's friends. Except for Renesme, she loved one of Bella's old friends, even though he was a wolf like my friend Seth Clearwater. He's one of the wolves I hung out with, the other being Jacob Black, Nessie's soul mate. Seth had been waiting for a girl to get older so he could marry her. His soul mate was a four year old named Rose Crestheart. She was a beautiful young girl, her eyes were like yours, her hair was as dark as night and Seth loved her.
"Then one day Rose disappeared and Seth was devastated. He wanted to look for her and I couldn't stand to see him like that so I told him that I'd help. We never found her and while we were gone, my family had been killed. Everyone was dead; my father Carlisle, my mother Esme, my brothers, Jasper and Emmett, my sisters, Alice and Rosalie, my wife Bella, my daughter Renesme and my soon-to-be son in-law Jacob."
Edward started shaking violently and David stood up to stand by me and let Edward sit. Edward sat slowly, breathing deeply to calm down.
"I'm so sorry Edward, but there is something I have to tell you," I looked over at David hoping that he'd know what I was about to do and if it was a good idea. He saw me watching him and he nodded. I took a deep breath and continued, "My name used to be Rose, before I was taken here; and David told me that Seth Clearwater was my fiancé, but that all changed when I came here."
When I had finished talking, Edward stood up and started pacing, looking at me hard.
"Yes, you do look like her. Goddess, I don't know how I could have been so blind or deaf as the case may be." He turned on David suddenly, eyes cold and hard, "You could have told me, Jake," he hissed the name like it was poison, "you could have told me she was here. We could have gotten out earlier before she was altered. But you couldn't be bothered because you LOVE her. You could have saved Seth so much pain if you had just let her stay."
"No, Edward, I couldn't have let her stay; I love her too much and she loves me. You can't change what I've done." David's voice was calm and quiet compared to Edwards fuming.
"What do you mean David? That you couldn't let me stay?" I asked, "You told me that my sister betrayed me"
"Is that what he said?" Edward growled, "He lied to you Shadow. He turned you over to Onyx so that he could have you to himself, so he could break Seth's heart."
"I swear that I didn't do it! There was someone inside your fam-"
"Leah!" David and Edward said together.
"That traitor! She turned us all in! I knew she was a good for nothing mutt," Edward hissed. "She broke her brother's heart with that stunt of her's, all because she hadn't imprinted or anything."
Edward looked around the room, nothing looked different, although we couldn't tell whether or not someone had heard us talking.
David spoke up including the whole table in our conversation, "Listen, we need to talk but we can't do it here. Does anyone here have a key to the whole place?"
"I do but you have to promise to include us all in whatever plans you have, and fill us in on the story," Ash had spoken up and looked pointedly at me.
"Ok," I nodded, "let's get out of here."
A/N Tada!!! Chapter 4 is up!