Hello again my amazing viewers! Here's the next one! I hope you love it just as much as I do.
Love Ya'll A Whole Bunches,
Elise H. M. a.k.a
-RiceBunny
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"Where's Bella?"
"Oh I knew I shouldn't have left her alone."
"Seth was with her."
"Correction: We shouldn't have left that thing with her."
Growls erupted.
"Rose, come on babe."
The booming voice was only ignored.
"Seth is capable of watching her."
"Right, Seth is only a pup! That's like sending cream roses with pink tips to a revolting, furry turd. "
"Go to hell, you thwart!"
"I vacation there!"
"Let's all just settle down. She's probably coming any minute now. I think I smell something!" a stern voice shouted.
"Showtime," Victoria murmured in Bella's ear, grabbing a fistful of her hair.
Bella cringed and yelped. A fresh wave of tears flooded down her reddened and blotchy cheeks.
A sickly sweet voice broke her state of confusion. Wild red hair emerged through the clearing and whipped viciously to Mother Nature's disapproval.
"Oh hello everyone, look what I've found."
Victoria tightened her grip on Bella's locks, holding her up to her eye level. Her mouth moved close to her ear. "Someone to join our party,"
She sneered, arranging her fangs around Bella's earlobe. Bella's breathing was haggard, choking on every intake of oxygen that entered her lungs. Her heart hammered in her chest, beating frantically like a hummingbird's wings.
"But what might we be celebrating , some may ask..."
Victoria held a finger to her chin in deep thought. She looked at everyone with her red beady eyes, then came to stop on Edward's outraged and broken face. His fury towards Victoria warred with his concern over his mate.
Victoria smiled grimly at him. "Why, we are celebrating a bloodbath!"
Growls reverberated throughout clearing. Victoria laughed giddily.
"Oh, and I forgot to introduce our guest of honor. How terribly rude of me. It is my humble pleasure to present, Lady Isabella."
Victoria held Bella's hair higher into the air, presenting her to everyone. Bella yelped in pain, as she clutched at Victoria's hand, trying to coax her granite fingers to let up a bit.
Growls and grunts sounded, making the clearing seem like a street racing match.
"Please let go, please! Ow!" Bella wailed, bringing her hands up to her hair. She chocked on her sobs, trying to control her erratic breathing.
Victoria grimaced and grappled tighter. Bella screamed and wailed a long squeal.
Victoria looked at her face in disgust and threw Bella on the ground like litter.
Bella landed on her (probably sprained) arm and grunted. Victoria threw her head back and barked a hyena-pitched laugh.
Bella heard another grunt to her side and saw Seth coming in and out of consciousness, groaning.
Bella's eyes widened in concern. "Seth…." she whispered.
Footsteps drew closer to her. A sweet scented gust of wind framed her face.
All the while, ripping and shredding sounded far away, and paws grinding in to the ground crushed her. Growls and roars tugged at her heartstrings.
Sucking and smacking noises alerted her to who she was still dealing with. A wave of vertigo hit her, making her head spin.
"Baby, get the syringe."
"Anything for you."
Bella pushed her body up to bring herself to her knees. She cringed. The pain was too much to bear, so she stayed on her forearms, gasping for breath. Her chest felt as if it would combust, her lungs about ready to deflate, throbbing painfully against her close to shattering ribcage. Her throat was parched and on fire, her head throbbing and searing. She started to crawl, her head still turned down.
"You know you won't get far, hon'"
Bella groaned and kept going into the direction away from the harsh voice.
Bella shuffled forward, suddenly bumping into something. Her head was hammering and a sharp pain creased her hairline. Salt and rust filled her nostrils and her eyes almost rolled to the back of her head. Something warm ran down her forehead, down the bridge of her nose to the tip. It dripped slowly, splattering on her pale skin.
Bella's heart stuttered. She groaned, slowly pushing herself over so she was laying on her back. Bella didn't want to know what lay ahead of her. She hoped a tree uprooted and planted itself right in front of her.
"You know how hard you're making this. I just wanna suck the life out of you right now but I like to play with my food. You're such a tease."
She stood, towering over Bella and bent down to swipe her finger along the bridge of her nose.
Victoria lifted it up to her face and examined it. Her eyes went from crimson to scarlet to a grey charcoal in a matter of seconds. Her mouth was held ajar, her fangs swiped right from under her bloody lips.
"So tempting…" she said in wonder. She tilted her head back and propped her skeletal finger over her mouth and let it drop slowly. After swiping her finger clean with her tongue like a tigress after a meal she stood up and prowled over to Riley.
Bella's eyes followed Victoria's feline form, giving Riley a chaste kiss and grabbing something from his hand. As she stalked to Bella's sprawled, limp body, Bella averted her attention to the audience.
A pang of hurt hit her like a ton of boulders, crushing her immediately without the a sorrowful goodbye.
Edward's face was painted with a creamy oil. Grooves and riffs creased in his forehead, like a top layer of paint that's dry but the under layers fresh. If touched the wrong way, it would wrinkle.
If vampires could cry, Bella would have drowned with no accent as to anything keeping her afloat. His disheveled hair hung even more disoriented as usual. His jaw hardened, the angle straightly foreseen. His mouth was withered to a grim, pressed line. His nostrils flared, which led up to his glowing eyes. A dark shadow crossed his lashes.
The usual hypnotizing caramel shade was rimmed with a charcoal grey. His eyes were hollow pools of doubt and guilt. He had less hope than a child being adopted in a recession. Bella sought his gaze.
As if someone were beckoning him, Edward's eyes were acquainted with Bella's. He had the desire to race over to her and hold her in his arms and never let her go again. His topaz color surfaced momentarily at the sight of his love, sprawled and senseless on the ground, only feet away from him.
Copper tints blotched his irises, with tangy, golden-orange flecks flickered about.
"I'm sorry," he mouthed. Bella only stared limply casting her gaze for a moment over the desperately miserable audience to her darling sister.
Alice's panic stricken face resembled a wilted rose in death's vase.
Jasper held her steady, sending waves of calm throughout every body. Their muscles locked tight against their bulletproof skin. Alice was ready for anything and so was Bella.
Bella was ready for the excruciating pain. She was ready for the endless suffering.
Bella hoped Victoria didn't hold back.
Her gaze went immediately to the 'thump' that towered over her.
"Do you know what this syringe beholds, my dear?"
Bella shook her head.
"Let's nickname it, shall we? Call it a shot of death. Painful, excruciating death," Victoria said with a sickly satisfied smile.
"But what in this dreadful world would need such a name, some may ask. Well, to answer their question, this syringe is filled with a cocktail of venom. The venom of my Riley and myself... and some disgusting venom from savvy puppy over there." She nodded towards an unconscious Seth.
The pad of her thumb stroked the body of the needle in profound sincerity.
"The mixture is beautifully lethal - I've already tested it. The poor boy didn't even last an hour. Poor baby boy," she scoffed.
Victoria only sunk closer to Bella's face.
"Well this is it," Bella murmured.
"Oh, yes it is."
Victoria had the syringe in her hand, coaxing the 4 inch needle with her forefinger. Bella stared indifferently at it. The silver was thick but long and drew thinner and thinner towards the top. An easy access point.
Bella felt not one twinge of fear now. Death was always her destiny. Fate can do nothing but stare and cringe at the searing pain she would soon experience.
Bella watched ahead of her as the small little dot grew increasingly nearer and nearer. Everything happened in slow motion. She locked her muscles, clenched her jaw and exhaled thoroughly.
'God,
Can you hear me?
I'm asking you to keep my soul and lock it away. There may be someone I'd like you to meet who may come close behind. God, spare him at your golden gates please. I love him and I'd like for you to let him in. If you give him the chance that I did, you'll see what I've fallen in love with. When you meet Edward, enclose him in your arms. Love him like you love your children. Accept him along with me so we can live happily ever after in your arms. Bind us together until we form one being. Show him the light. Show him he is no monster, but a child of yours. Kiss your newborn son. Grace his back with virgin wings. Caress his unruly bronze locks with a glowing halo. Make his soul glisten. He deserves to be an angel in heaven.
I'll see you soon,
Isabella Swan'
Isabella Swan smiled at her last thought. She was ready.
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