BOPV- Chapter 3— the Dead boy in the ditch.

When I woke we weren't moving, I was sitting on the ground.

Emmett and Rose were close, looking through the trees.

"You're awake" Rose stated.

"How long?" I asked.
"Not long, 3 hours actually, you were crying too" Emmett added.

I got up brushing the dirt from my pants.

"Let's go" I enthused.

We started walking straight away. Rose's phone rang again, this time it was Jasper.

I asked as soon as she finished.

She smiled a little bit, "We are on the right track, and Alice has seen he is in the forest, that Nomad is probably Edward"

Fear overwhelmed me, "Wait, Edwards in the forest, what could have happened for him to be stuck in a bloody forest?"

"I have absolutely no idea" Rose shrugged.

Suddenly she shrieked.
"Oh! No...Humans and they're crossing his scent!"

"So?"

"If he's in trouble...and he probably is... then the humans will see he's different."

"NO!" I started to run then.

Emmett and Rose took the lead. We had to find him.

A raging river came into our path, Emmett swam over with ease.

"You can't swim it Bella, it's too strong, and you will get swept away"

"Rose and I will swim over and continue for another 3 kilometres we will be back in 5 minutes." Emmett told me. They disappeared.

I slumped against a rock; i couldn't do anything to help him.

I was tired and I fell asleep again, when I woke I could hear footsteps, i had only been out for a couple of minutes.

"Esme is coming to pick you up, the scent is further away than we thought, and we are going out to

Mount Baek , it's too rugged for you." Rose said her voice hushed and calm.

"He's still in the forest right?" I asked

"Yes" she sighed.

"The humans?" I asked.

"We led them East, away from the scent." She spoke in a calm and masked manner.

Esme and Carlisle travelled with me into the forest, Carlisle had to carry me, and it was extremely rocky.

Emmett, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper were already waiting.

Esme and Carlisle were running at an inhuman speed, green flashed around me.

We continued searching for him, I couldn't do much. Stupid human limitations.

"I think it is best we turn in for the night. It will be sunny tomorrow; we will not be able to look for Edward." Carlisle said gravely.

The Cullen's and I sat down on the ground waiting around.

I fell asleep quickly, my ankles hurt and my grazed hands were still open wounds.

When I woke it was sunny, the Cullen's were sitting under a tree talking.

Their skin was sparkling, i marvelled at it for a while, when I could speak, I stammered.

"Can-I –go for a walk..?"

Carlisle looked at Esme, he nodded.

I walked away, they kept their eyes on me, and I could feel it.

I stopped for a minute in a clearing... I could hear the birds chirping and the slight wind ripping through the trees branches.

This was Edward, I had to find him, he was mine, and I was his.

I could find him.

I closed my eyes, still the ordinary forest sounds. I sighed. I walked following a row of ferns.

Suddenly I saw an animal- a dead animal, it was an Elk. Its neck had been had snapped and there was a wound, from a Vampire.

I ran, and then I saw it,

A steep and shallow ditch in the ground.

And an unmoving Edward in it.

I screamed loudly, as loud as I could scream.

They were all at my side quickly, staring at him in the ditch,

I was the first one to slide into the ditch, the bandages unravelled,

"Edward! Edward!" I shook him, his eyes fluttered open and he mouthed my name.

And then he let out a muted, but crying scream.

He mouthed my name again, his eyes were black, but there was something much more shocking,

Burn scars covered his pale stone limp body.

Carlisle slid down beside me, "Son?" he asked. Edward didn't respond. His eyes were shut. Carlisle tried to speak to him again "What happened?" he asked in a slow voice. No answer.

I fell back on my feet.

"Let's get him out of here" said Emmett, his voice was shocked and worried, which was a first for him.

EOPV

I was struggling to keep my eyes open now. Yes I was doomed.

I still couldn't move and the ditch was filled with muddy water. I could see someone, it was a girl, I smiled slightly, and it stung. It was my Bella.

I wanted to scream out to her, but my lips barely moved.

She was coming this way again, but my eyes shut at that moment.

It was quite a shock when her warm body hit me, for I couldn't see or smell her.

She was stronger than me, and it hurt when she pulled me up.

"Edward! Edward!" she screamed.

My eyes fluttered open. I tried so hard to speak her name but nothing came out.

My family appeared at her side now. All of them.

Carlisle slipped down into the ditch, "Son?"

He asked, I wanted to speak to him but I couldn't I was exaughsted.

"Let's get him out of here" one of my brothers said.

Carlisle, Emmett and Jasper put their hands underneath my body, picking me up very slowly.

They were careful, like they would be with an injured human.

It hurt so much, it was almost unbearable, I groaned.

"His condition is worsening, Let's get him home, Alice and Rose make sure you bring that Elk with us, it could help us see what has gone wrong here."