200!!!!! Yay I love you guys! I never expected this, you are the best readers ever. OKay, quick thing. I got a review from someone called ashes, and they didn't have the account. I'm sorry but i didn't understand your review. Anywho, This story is almost over! How sad! But, I might have a little something up my sleeve for when it's done :D
Alice,
I saw him again today! Jake still wasn't here, so I thought if I went to the meadow, our meadow, he would be there... but he wasn't. I was debating whether to go home or stay and wait until the flowers grew again and it looked like our meadow, when the most amazing thing happened. Laurent was here! A real vampire! Solid proof that the last few months of my real life weren't a dream or a hallucination inside my head. He was real!
Laurent said he was here on a favour to Victoria. He said he had to check if I was still under the protection of... of you. He said he was out hunting when he smelt me and now he was going to kill me. He said he was doing me a favour because whatever he would do to me Victoria would do a thousand times more painfully. Then he... Edward told me I had to lie, then he said lie better (he knows I'm a terrible liar), and he told me to plead. That's when the wolves came.
But they're not ordinary wolves, they were massive wolves, bigger than Emmett. There were 5 of them, and they chased after Laurent. They saved me... for now.
I know Laurent will have killed them. I know he will have went back to Victoria and told her I'm alone. I'm so scared. Help me Alice. What do I do? I don't want her to hurt Charlie. Should I try and find her by myself, so she kills just me?
I miss you, I love you,
Bella
As the days passed on, Irina became more and more anxious. About two days before the Cullens arrived, Laurent had left mysteriously, saying only that he had a favour to do for an old friend. He hadn't been seen in two weeks. She kept her worries to herself though.
And two weeks was when Bella's next letter came. The two families watched as Alice re-read the letter to herself. They watched her lips fall into a frown, and her eye's widen in surprise and horror.
Emmett grew impatient. "So, are you planning on freaking us out a bit more, or can we see the letter?" Alice handed it to him wordlessly.
Alice, said Emmett.
I saw him again today!
"Who did she see?" asked Tanya.
"Edward," replied Jasper. "She... um... hallucinates in dangerous situations," he said, trying not to make Bella seem so strange.
Jake still wasn't here, so I thought if I went to the meadow, our meadow, he would be there... but he wasn't. I was debating whether to go home or stay and wait until the flowers grew again and it looked like our meadow, when the most amazing thing happened. Laurent was here!
"What!?" Irina ran in from the other room.
Carlisle wasn't looking to happy. "You said Laurent was helping out an old friend. Did he say what friend he was helping?"
"No," Irina said, looking striken for her lover.
A real vampire! Solid proof that the last few months of my real life weren't a dream or a hallucination inside my head. He was real!
Laurent said he was here on a favour to Victoria.
The Cullens knew now why Alice still hadn't moved since handing Emmett the letter. She was scanning the future, looking for Victoria's plans. With the time it was taking, they all guessed she had come up with nothing.
"How would Victoria have gone to Laurent if she's in South America?" asked Emmett.
"The fake trail!," realised Jasper, going into full Major Whitlock mode. "When Edward said she had laid a fake trail, it must have been where she really went. She laid a fake trail of her scent down to Brazil that was stronger than her real sent that came up here."
"He did say that he met the friend when he went out hunting," confirmed Tanya, still not entirely sure why the Cullens were so worried. "What is so bad about Laurent being up there?"
Alice came out of her trance. "Dammit! I got nothing! Not one tiny sliver of information!" She stood up furiously and began to pace. "She must have found out somehow that I'm psychic..." she trailed off and stopped pacing. Slowly, she turned and looked at Irina. "How much did you tell Laurent about us?"
Irina looked at Alice determinedly. Her love for her mate was stronger than her love for the Cullens. "Everything he wanted to know."
Alice resisted the urge to scream in anger. "Do you realise that you've given him the tools Victoria needs to kill Bella?"
Irina was angry now. "If Laurent told this Victoria the information, then he must have had good reason too. He is not to blame for this!"
Time to break it up, thought Carlisle. "Do any of you know the full story of what happened with James?" The Denali clan shook their heads. "Okay. Well, when Bella and our family were playing baseball one day, and James, Victoria and Laurent came onto the field. James realised Bella was human, saw Edwards tie to her, and thought it would be fun to manipulate and kill her. We didn't realise at the time the bond that Victoria had towards him. It came to a fight and Edward killed James. Now it looks like Victoria is after Bella for revenge."
"If there's anything we can do to help, we'll do it," said Tanya. Kate nodded. Irina looked away.
"Now that little disagreement's over, let's continue to read," said Jasper, calming down after the flood of emotions he'd just felt.
He said he had to check if I was still under the protection of... of you. He said he was out hunting when he smelt me and now he was going to kill me. He said he was doing me a favour because whatever he would do to me Victoria would do a thousand times more painfully. Then he... Edward told me I had to lie, and Edward said to lie better (he knows I'm a terrible liar), and he told me to plead. That's when the wolves came.
Carlisle's eyes widened immensely. "That's not possible," he gasped, astounded.
"The werewolves?" asked Alice. She wasn't there the last time the wolves were seen, and she knew very little about them.
Esme was anxious. "But the last time the wolves were here was to get rid of the-"
"Vampires," finished Jasper.
But they're not ordinary wolves, they were massive wolves, bigger than Emmett. There were 5 of them, and they chased after Laurent. They saved me... for now.
"Laurent could kill the wolves, right? Or he could out run them, couldn't he?" asked Irina desperately. The Cullens bowed their heads.
"If it was the werewolves," said Esme slowly and sadly, "then I'm sorry but he will be dead."
"No. He's not, he's not!" yelled Irina in denial. She tore out of the room and into the forest. Her two sisters followed.
The room was silent, Eventually the silence was broken by Jasper. "What I don't get is, why'd they suddenly come back? The werewolves " he said.
"No idea," said Alice. "But whatever it is, they saved Bella. Keep reading."
I know Laurent will have killed them. I know he will have went back to Victoria and told her I'm alone. I'm so scared. Help me Alice. What do I do? I don't want her to hurt Charlie. Should I try and find her by myself, so she kills just me?
I miss you, I love you,
Bella.
"You know," Emmett said, addressing the group. "I think Bella must have the Curse of the Mythical Creatures or something, because all things weird and that aren't supposed to happen seem to happen around her."
Alice agreed. "I might start to believe that soon."