Falling by EvrlstngStar
*Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters involved in Twilight. *tear* I can wish and dream to someday have Edward Cullen as my own, but sadly Stephenie Meyer owns him and all that is included in the Twilight empire. I do however own the characters Selene and Bridget.
Summary: One day a college girl named Selene falls into the world of Twilight and of course meets the Cullen Coven. What will happen when they realize where she came from? And can she ever return to the real world? Takes place between Twilight and New Moon.
AN: Bold = Alice's visions
Italics = Thoughts
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*Edward's POV*
I was just turning onto the drive of my house when I got a feeling I didn't like one bit. It felt like my love was in trouble. But I was just getting home from spending the night at Bella's and I knew that she was perfectly fine and asleep in bed. Actually, she had been sleep talking again. Even though it wasn't the normal mentioning's of me, it was still normal for Bella. I would never have left if she wasn't alright but since she was fine, I left needing to get ready for school. So I shook off the feeling and went inside after parking my silver Volvo in the garage next to Rosalie's red BMW. It was Alice's thoughts that greeted me the second I walked into the house.
"Don't worry Edward, Bella's fine. I just checked. Oh and you need to get ready for school. I've laid out your outfit on your couch for you." Alice thought from somewhere in the house.
I was thankful that Alice could see Bella, because I didn't need to worry more than I already did. But how could I not worry, she was human after all; and she was one of the clumsiest humans I knew. But I decided to ignore the feeling and get changed. I mean I would be seeing her shortly and I could make sure that she was fine myself. So I ran vampire speed up the stairs and into my room, where I stripped myself of my clothes and jumped into the shower. Even though I didn't need to shower, I still liked to. It was calming in a way, even though the heat did nothing for me unless it was at full blast. Then I felt a little warmth. But the warm feeling I wanted and enjoyed was only when Bella was in my arms.
After about 10 minutes of standing in the shower, I got out and found the outfit that Alice had laid out for me. She does this everyday for us boys, since apparently we can't dress ourselves. I don't mind in the slightest, and especially not today because it allowed me to get dressed quickly so that I could meet Bella in time to take her to school. Just as I was about to head down the stairs, Alice greeted me outside my room. Jasper of course was only a few feet behind her. She just looked at me for a moment, as though she didn't know what to do. That was when I realized Alice was blocking her thoughts from me, or at least she was trying to. All I got was it had something to do with Bella. My mind automatically jumped to the feeling that I had had earlier.
"Alice what's wrong?" I demanded, stepping towards her.
"Now Edward don't freak," she said raising her hands defensively. "But you can't drive Bella to school today." She flinched waiting for my response, of course knowing what would happen.
"And why in the world can't I drive her to school?" My voice was rising with every word I spoke and at the end I was fighting back a growl. This feeling had me on edge today and I was in no mood to beat around the bush when Bella's safety was involved. Suddenly, I was able to read her mind again and Jasper started to send calming, understanding waves at me. I could see that there was nothing wrong and that I had no need to worry. But that didn't mean that I was going to stop. The problem before was Alice just wasn't sure how to tell me because of the different ways I could have reacted. She had seen different visions of what could happen, and some reactions I was embarrassed about. But thankfully those visions didn't happen. Next I saw the vision that was going to show me why I couldn't drive Bella to school today.
I was driving my Volvo home (from the scenery that was flashing past the windows I was guessing it was home), but there was no Bella in the car with me. There was however, Alice in the backseat and she appeared to be worried about something. She urged me to go faster. Next thing you heard was the sound of the car accelerating. Her vision then switched to Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper pulling out of the school parking lot in Rosalie's BMW and shortly after, Bella pulled slowly out in her ancient truck. It switched yet again to Bella pulling into her driveway safe and sound.
Bella seemed fine, but that still didn't explain why in the world I needed to drive without her. But I had enough experience to know that I just needed to trust Alice and her visions. She had yet to be wrong, and that was why we never bet against her. As soon as Alice knew that I was going to follow what she told me, even though I didn't want to, she backed up till she made contact with Jasper, who loving wrapped his arms around his tiny wife.
"You should still go to Bella's to tell her that she's going to have to drive. Then you can follow her." Alice started to giggle while trying to finish. "Though it's going to kill you to have to drive behind that ancient truck of hers." She burst into laughter and Jasper soon followed suite with her joyful attitude.
Ugh, she was irritating for one so tiny. I was now pinching the bridge of my nose in frustration, there had to be a way to be with Bella. Even though it would pain me to drive behind Bella I would do it… But I didn't have to.
"Alice." She suddenly stopped laughing and got the glazed over look in her eyes, meaning she was getting another vision. This one caused me to smirk and her to scowl.
"Fine. Ruin my fun." She said stomping her foot and rushing down the stairs. Jasper just looked confused and quickly followed behind her. She was right I was ruining her fun, too bad I was smarter than she was. Well not really, but she didn't see this one coming ahead of time.
I was planning on letting Emmett drive my Volvo to school and I would run to Bella's house. Then I would drive her and her truck to school. This allowed Bella a ride home from school and me not stuck behind her ancient truck. I smiled to myself as I headed down the stairs and out the door, only pausing to toss the keys to my beloved Volvo into Emmett's hands. He caught them and looked up at me, like Christmas had come early this year. I laughed and was on my way to Bella's house. I made it in just a few minutes. Bella looked surprised as she looked out the window to see if I had arrived yet. She only saw me, without a car. A few minutes later Bella was locking the door and walking over to me.
"Hello Beautiful." I said walking towards her and giving her a hug. This of course caused her to blush in response. I pulled her at arms length to give her a look over. She seemed fine, but a little confused.
"Edward, what in the world are you doing?"
"I'm just making sure that you didn't hurt yourself getting ready for school today." She looked up at me with a little anger in her eyes. She raised her fist to hit me, but I caught it before she could make contact and hurt herself. I just laughed and gave her the half smile she loved so much.
"Love, I know you can get dressed without hurting yourself, but I had a bad feeling this morning and I wanted to make sure that you were okay. I don't know what I would do if you got hurt again. Remember, you are my life now. And I want to make sure that I protect you." As I said this I pulled her closer to me and held her as tightly as I thought possible without causing her harm. It seemed that I had dazzled her yet again without meaning to. She took a few moments to clear her head before she responded. She seemed to 'recover' quicker than usual. Maybe I was losing my talent of dazzling, but before I could think more into this Bella spoke up.
"I know that you want to protect me and even more since the James incident." Here I winced, but she continued anyways. "And it's not your fault. But Edward I can take care of myself. So you can stop worrying more than you need to. But we're going to be late for school. Where is your car? Are you not going to school today?" She started to look around, as if she was going to find my Volvo somewhere.
"Alice said that you needed to drive your car to school today. So I figured I would ride with you."
"Oh, okay then." We started to walk towards her truck and I automatically went to the driver's side, but Bella stopped me.
"Edward, it's my car and I want to drive." She tucked her hair behind her ears and tried to push me away from the door. She of course couldn't move me so I moved, reluctantly.
"But I could get us to school faster if I dro-"
"BUT it's my car and I can drive myself, Edward. I was planning on driving my car to school today anyways. I need to go to work at the Newton's, so I won't have a chance to see you or your family after school. And I'll probably be really tired after work, since I'm working a double shift. I was planning on just going to bed early. You don't need to come watch me sleep tonight, either." I just stood at the hood of her car, confused. I turned to her slowly, putting my hands in my pockets.
"Bella, I come to watch you sleep every night."
"Well missing one night won't hurt, and to make sure you do what I ask. I'll be locking the window tonight. And if you try to unlock the window, you'll end up waking Charlie up, which would end very badly." I was in shock at her words and it was the slamming of the car door that brought me back to reality. I didn't know what to say, so I just got into the car and let Bella drive me to school. I was still in a daze by the time Bella pulled into a parking spot in front of the Gym. As soon as the car came to a full stop, I went to lean into Bella for the normal pre-school kiss, but she was already getting out of the car. I quickly got out as fast as I could without attracting attention to myself, and caught up to Bella. She was just receiving a text message. …Wait a minute! I had no idea she even had a phone.
"Bella. When did you get a cell phone?" As I said this I reached out to take the phone to look at it. The second that my hand was in reach Bella pulled away and slapped it.
"Charlie thought that it was time for me to have one. He gave it to me a couple of weeks ago. I just use it to contact him and talk to Jacob Black. He's an old family friend, whose been going through a very rough time lately. His friends have been acting weird on the reservation and he doesn't know what to do. So I've been texting him. No big deal." By now we were in front of her first class and she was waiting to go inside. I leaned in for a kiss and it took a few seconds before she leaned in to kiss me back. She ended the kiss after a few seconds and went into the classroom. I watched as she sat down next to Mike Newton and Jessica Stanley, then took out her cell phone and began texting. I glanced up at the clock and knew that I would just have to talk to Bella later about what was up. I quickly walked to my class, making it just in time. I sat down in the back of the class and endured the next couple of hours without Bella.
Finally, the first half of the school day was over and I was just about to head to lunch to see Bella, when Alice stopped me before I could get into the lunch room.
"Edward!" She was running down the hallway towards me. "Edward! You need to come with me, NOW!" Everyone had stopped what they were doing and they were looking at us. I grabbed Alice by the arm once she stopped in front of me and I pulled her closer to me so we could talk without being overheard by the prying ears of the humans.
"What are you talking about, Alice?" She got the hint when I spoke so only a vampire could hear. She looked around and acted as casually as she could for the humans that were around us.
"Come on silly. You didn't get to see the new interior done on Rosalie's car! You have to see it!" She was smiling sweetly at me, and talking loud enough for everyone to hear. A few people just rolled their eyes and the rest just went on doing what they were before Alice came running down the hall. Edward, just play along, but you need to come outside with me. NOW! I gave a quick nod, that only she would see.
"Of course Alice, I'll come outside with you." She quickly grabbed my hand and we weaved in and out of the crowd, going towards where Emmett had parked my Volvo. Once we were no longer in range of human ears, she explained why we needed to leave the school.
"Edward, while I was sitting in my math class, I was looking out the window. And I swear I saw something fall out of the sky. Actually, I know I saw something fall out of the sky. Here, I'll just show you."
Suddenly I was in Alice's math class and she was staring out the window to her left. Then out of the blue there was a quick flash of light that only Alice noticed which was followed by something coming tumbling out of the clouds. It started off fast but slowed before coming in contact with the earth. She looked around to see if anyone else had noticed, bur no one had.
"Edward, we need to see what it was. For all we know it could have been a vampire. Come on it looked like it feel over there in the woods." We quickly walked towards the woods she had pointed at and as soon as we knew no one could see us we took off running, vampire speed into the woods. We didn't have to go very far, before Alice stopped. There was a little clearing up ahead, and whatever it was seemed to have fallen there. Alice looked back at me and then went to walk into the clearing, but I grabbed her before she could set a foot into it.
"Alice! What in the world are you thinking? We have no idea what fell from the sky. Let me go first, because Jasper would never forgive me if something happened to you." This caused her to frown. Everyone knew Alice was stronger than she looked, but we couldn't help but think of her as the weakest of us all in strength. Alice stood her ground for a minute before she looked me into the eyes and said, "I have a feeling that whatever it is needs our help. So go ahead and go first, but go now." I released her, giving her a small smile and I did exactly as she said. I walked into the clearing, shielding Alice, expecting the worst. But what I saw and heard surprised me, it was a human girl and her heart was still beating. Alice gasped as she followed me into the clearing. Neither of us had expected for it to be a human, and a small human at that. She should be dead from a fall that high. But she was laying on her stomach in the grass, not moving. However, her heart beat assured us that she was alive. Even though it was faster than a normal humans should be. We walked closer, not knowing exactly what to do. She must have heard us approaching, because she stirred and struggled to look up. She was dazed and even her thoughts didn't make sense to me, but what she said rang loud and clear.
"Help me."
Alice rushed forward as the girl passed out again.
"Hurry, carry her to the edge of the forest and I'll run back to tell the others were leaving and I'll get your car. I'll meet you in a few minutes." She turned to go, but stopped just before she left the clearing.
"Be careful with her, she looks like she's in pain." Then she ran out of the clearing and I turned to the small girl. I walked to her and carefully picked her up. I was suddenly filled with energy as I looked at her in my arms, she looked so delicate and I wanted to protect her. And now that I could see her properly and not face down in the earth, I realized she was not as young as I had first thought. She had to be at least 18. I walked quickly towards the school, trying not to jostle her too much. I was so busy focusing on not moving her and wondering how she could have fallen that I didn't notice her start to wake back up.
"Vampire." Her sweet voice said to no one in particular, though this caused me to almost drop her. How did she know? I looked down at her and the richest chocolate brown eyes looked back at me. "Vegetarian too." Then she passed back out but not without giving me a small smile. I had no idea what to do but thankfully, Alice showed up and took her from me, settling her into the back seat of my Volvo. Alice then sat next to her and put the girls head into her lap. I quickly recovered and jumped into the driver's seat, hitting the accelerator. I saw a glimpse of my family through the cafeteria window, and I knew that they would be home as soon as it was possible, without drawing attention to our sudden leaving. I pealed out of the parking lot and went as fast as I thought safe. But apparently, it wasn't fast enough.
"Hurry, Edward." Alice said urging me to go faster towards our home. I took a quick vampire glance back and saw what Alice's vision had showed me earlier. Alice looked worried and she was bent over the girl trying to soothe her. Even though I was sure the girl, had no idea what was going on, considering she was still unconscious. I stepped on the peddle till it was almost touching the floor. I quickly pulled onto our driveway and headed to the safety of our house. After a few seconds, we were stopped in front of the house. Alice was quickly out of the car and had the door to the house open for me. I ran to the backseat and gently grabbed her, running her into the living room, where I laid her down on the couch. She looked better than she had when we found her but, apparently not comfortable enough for Alice. I'm going to grab her some blackest and pillows. I'll be right back. She turned to leave, but I decided to stop her.
"Alice stop. There is something you need to know." She paused where she was, with one foot on the stairs.
"I'll be right back Edward, you can tell me in a few seconds." She then dashed up the stairs and was back very soon with fluffy blankets and pillows. She ran to the couch and tucked the girl in. Alice made sure that she was as comfortable as possible and when she was finished she turned to me.
"Alice, while you were getting the car, she woke up again. She looked at me and said vampire, then she noticed I was 'vegetarian,' " I used air quotes when I said vegetarian since it was my families nick name for non human drinkers. And few knew that's what we called ourselves. "After that she passed back out." Alice started to walk back towards me and was about to speak when she stopped, her eyes glazing over again. Then she slowly turned around and froze, staring at something. I moved to see what she was looking at and when I saw that Alice was staring at the girl. I moved to stand next to Alice. As certain as I was that the girl wasn't going to harm us, I felt the need to move closer, though I wasn't quiet sure who I was protecting. She started to stir. And soon she was awake and rubbing her eyes. Just like that Snow White did when she woke up from being kissed by the prince in the stupid movie Emmett made us watch. Then she pushed herself onto her elbows, winching in pain and started to look around the room. When she found us she froze, then she smiled timidly.
"Ummm….hello."
*Selene's POV*
Owww….okay I must have fallen harder than I originally thought. I was sore and I just didn't want to move, knowing it would just bring more pain. But I knew I needed to open my eyes to see where in the world I was. All I remembered before passing out was lots of green. After a couple more seconds of trying to fully wake up, I heard something in the distance. I froze the little moves I had been making. Since I had no idea where in the world I was, I had no idea if something was going to hurt me in my weakened state, or what could hurt me. I tried to focus, and it didn't sound like an animal, it sounded like people. But I couldn't make out what they were saying. Wait, people! Maybe they could help me! I knew I wasn't going to die, but I knew I was going to need help or at least some pain killers. I was still trying to gain complete consciousness, when whatever it was walked towards me. I raised my head with much difficultly and saw a small woman and what must have been an angel walk towards me. As much as I needed to stay awake and talk to them, my vision was already starting to turn black again. I must have pushed myself too hard to wake up. Thankfully, I got out, "Help me" before the world once again went black.
The next thing I remembered was moving, but I wasn't walking myself. I tried to focus on what was going on, then I realized I was being gently carried, but it was cold. Not freezing cold, but a nice chill. I found I could open my eyes and what I saw surprised me. We were moving faster than we should. And he was cold….oh dear! Where in the world was I? I don't know what my body was doing, because I was sure that if I spoke I would be killed, but I spoke up anyways.
"Vampire." He looked down at me in shock. I liked being able to see his face properly and that's when I noticed he had honey colored eyes. "Vegetarian too." My body had betrayed me yet again, since I didn't mean to speak. And now the blackness was closing in again, at least this time I got a good look at his face. And while I was in the blackness, I was able to dream of him. This had to be a good thing, right? I mean being able to dream, it probably meant I was waking up. Also in my dreams I heard a bell like voice telling me everything was going to be alright, that I was completely safe. I shouldn't be trusting voices I didn't know, but there was something in this voice that made me trust it and believe in what it was saying.
I could tell I was going to wake up soon. I was able to know I was being carried and then I felt something soft. I was able to relax for a moment before gathering my energy to try and wake up. All the sudden everything was even more comfortable than it was before. This allowed me to gather the energy I needed. I was finally successful and I knew the darkness wouldn't close in this time. I laid there for a minute dreading moving because of the pain that would come. But I needed to see where I was so I moved my stiff, very sore arms and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. Then I sat up on my elbow, causing me to wince in pain. But I couldn't focus on what hurt because I was scared of where I was. I looked around and it was very different from before. For one thing I was inside and on a very comfortable sofa instead of the hard ground. Another thing was that everything was very white and not green like before. As I scanned the room I saw them, frozen into place. Perfect statues. This scared me for a moment, and then I remembered their eye color. I cleared my throat and spoke, knowing I could trust them in my heart.
"Ummm….hello."