Chapter Seven-The Fire Below and Meeting the Cullen's
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All I felt was pain. I was slowly drifting back into consciousness, but all I felt was pain. Fire and daggers were streaming through my veins. I realized I was thrashing in pain, and I screamed, trying to rid myself of some of it. I heard a thud a ways away. I managed to force my eyelids open and looked towards the noise, managing to condense my pain to twitches, whimpers, and the occasional moan.
What I saw made me gasp, but it was probably also the built up pain. There were three guys, probably in their early twenties or late teens, who were pulling a huge rock pile apart. Then I looked up. There was another man above me, with a worried expression on his face. The fire overtook me then, and I screamed and thrashed. The man quickly took action, jumping on me and holding my arms down. One of the guys at the rock pile saw what he was doing and raced over, holding down my legs. I felt much more pain at their touches, and started sobbing in between the screams and attempted thrashes. The man closest to my face looked at me sadly.
"Edward! I need you to switch with Jasper so he can come up here and help me calm the girl. Emmett, please continue clearing the opening of the cave and tell Sam to go back to La Push," he exclaimed, while struggling to hold my arms. I felt my legs go free and I kicked.
"Hurry Edward!" the man yelled. My legs were constricted again, all too soon. A young boy came up to me and placed his hands on my shoulders. His face was contorted with pain; I wondered what was wrong with him. I felt calmness wash over me, but it was replaced by pain. The boy's face was now in a determined expression, but the pain was still clear in his eyes. I now felt drowsy, and I welcomed the feeling, closing my eyes. I heard voices right before I blacked out again though.
"Carlisle, this was so hard. It normally isn't that hard to alter feelings!" a man exclaimed.
"I know Jasper, but think about what you did for her. This will, no doubt, be her last sleep and you helped her. Thank you for relieving her of her pain," another man said.
"This is so sad, she shouldn't be changed. I am so mad that a..a…monster did that to her. I am enraged! How could anyone harm an angel like that?" this voice turned sad at the end.
"I don't know Edward, I honestly don't," came the reply. The men continued conversing as I drowned myself in the bliss that was slumber. I embraced the feeling of relief, and the lack of fire. It wasn't completely gone, but it was duller. I felt eternally indebted to the one named Japer. I was thinking this as I fell into a dream.
I was sitting on the beach with Luke. We were dancing to a sweet song, and tears were on my face.
"This is perfect Luke, thank you for this night," I whispered.
"Anytime Bella, anytime," he chuckled, a bright smile on his face and his eyes aglow with pleasure. I then tucked my face into the crook of his neck and he buried his face into my hair.
He surprised me by saying," Lets go for a walk in the dark woods Bella. I will keep you safe. You don't need to worry about anything."
I smiled and grabbed his hand, pulling him towards the woods. He scooped me up bridal style, and started to sprint to the woods. I laughed and then he dropped me. I fell onto my back, looking up at him with a startled expression, but he didn't seem to notice. He was standing over me protectively, just like before. Then a beautiful man with jet-black hair strolled towards us.
"Luke, don't worry about her. She is only holding you back! Come join me, Lucas."
Luke started to edge toward the man when I screamed, "NO LUKE! I LOVE YOU! DON'T LEAVE ME!" I was now whimpering, "Keep me safe Luke, I trusted you. Please Luke."
He looked at me in surprise, and the beautiful man started talking again, "Luke, don't listen to her. She's lying to you." Luke looked at me, confused. Then he ran to the man who snapped his neck as soon as Luke got near him.
"Luke!" I screamed in agony. The man advanced on me and started shaking my shoulders, causing the fire to whoosh back in, and me to scream again.
"Girl! Wake up! Jasper, wake her up!" the beautiful man who killed Luke yelled in my face.
I jolted back into reality, my eyes flying open and the fire cascading through my body, worse now than ever before. I sobbed into the man holding me.
"Make the fire stop please. Kill me, I'll do anything. Please let me join Luke and escape this pain." He looked at me in surprise and I realized it was the man who had restrained me earlier. I thrashed as the fire burned me. I felt scorched everywhere and sobbed harder, but no tears fell. I tried again, hiccupping. One solitary tear trickled down my cheek and then the fire abruptly stopped, to be replaced with an icy feeling.
I looked at the man in shock, "You made it stop. Thank you, you are my savior," I whispered.
"It's not burning anymore?" he looked as shocked as I felt, "fantastic! Jasper, Alice, Esme, Rosalie, Edward, Emmett, come back in! Her transformation is complete!" he exclaimed joyously.
Six people rushed in. One girl, short and pixie like with black hair that reminded me of the man in my dream ran up to me. I buried myself in the chest of the man who was still holding me.
"No, not again. Please, I don't really want to die, don't hurt me. I'll do anything," I whispered, "I beg of you, please."
I peeked over his shoulder, where the girl stood, shocked. "I wouldn't ever hurt you Bella! Don't worry, you have Alice Cullen's promise," she said, raising her right hand as if in oath.
I whimpered again, "P-Promise?"
"Of course!" she said excitedly.
"Okay," I said a little louder now, pulling myself out of hiding, "I trust you. But how did you know my name?"
"Oh, that's a story for later," she said with a gentle smile, "for now though, introductions!" She pulled me up off the ground and the safety of the man's arms. He also stood up.
"I am Carlisle Cullen, and this is my wife Esme," he said pulling a sweet looking woman with Carmel-colored hair and a heart shaped face.
"Hello dear," she said gently, "It is nice to meet you." She then pulled me into a soft embrace. I stiffened, then relaxed. The couple stepped back, holding hands. Another couple stepped forward. I immediately stepped back upon looking them over.
The man was huge, in the strongest sense of the word. He had muscles stretched all over himself, thick and obviously he was very proud of himself as he flexed and chuckled at my expression. He stepped forward and scooped me up in a bear hug. I screamed, and he laughed harder.
"Hey little girl, I'm Emmett," he said between laughs. I heard that he had a rolling belly laugh that was infectious, and soon everyone, including me, was laughing.
"Bella," I gasped for air, trying to clutch my sides, but it was difficult in his death grip. He set me back down and I stumbled a little, trying desperately to regain my balance. He chuckled again, and stepped back to his partner, who stepped forward.
"I'm Rosalie, this moron's wife," she said with a smirk in Emmett's direction. Rosalie was beautiful, long blond hair and curves every girl dreams of. She looked at me with pitying eyes, but they had an intense hard edge to them.
"Hi, I'm Bella," I said, shaking her extended hand. She surprised me by pulling me into a soft hug, like Esme had. She stepped back, pulling Emmett with her. Now Alice stepped forward, dragging a lanky blonde man behind her.
"Hey Bella, you already know me. This is my husband Jasper," she bubbled. Jasper smiled and gave a little wave in my direction.
"Hi Bella, great to know you," he said. His voice was surprisingly calm for a man.
I smiled shyly,"Hi, Jasper, great to meet you too." Then Alice dragged him back again. There was only one person left. When he stepped forward, a smile automatically crept on to my face. He smiled a handsome crooked smile, and extended his hand to me. I took it and felt a spark go between us. I jumped, and he looked surprised.
"Wow, that was interesting," he studied our hands, still together, "I'm Edward by the way."
"I'm Bella, as you probably already know," I said, the smile on my face growing as I giggled. He chuckled gently, pulling his hand from mine. I felt a twinge of sadness as he did so, and let my hand swing limply back to my side. I watched him as he stepped back. He had a casual disarray of hair, all bronze colored. His eyes, like everyone else's eyes, I realized, were a beautiful, shining, topaz color. They seemed to sparkle with happiness. I was reminded of Luke's eyes. Luke? Luke!
I had completely forgotten him, again. I didn't think that was even possible at this point. I remembered he was dead. Gone forever, never to be seen smiling, chuckling, again. His beautiful emerald eyes would never glow with happiness or shine with pride again. I collapsed, my body heaving with sobs. I had shared my first kiss with him. He was my first, short-lived love. I would never see him again.
Carlisle and Edward hurried forward, Carlisle kneeling down in front of me, and Edward patting my back. Next came Jasper, and I automatically felt better. Almost gleeful, which was really weird. I shrugged it off and tried to stand. I stumbled again, but this time, Edward caught me. I collapsed into his arms, dry-sobbing again. He gently rubbed my back, and bent to my level.
"Bella, please calm down and tell us what is wrong?" he asked with a worried expression.
I looked up at him and whispered, "I don't know if I can, but I guess I can try."
"Thank you," he replied, with a calmer expression on his face.
I headed to the wall, leaning against it and sliding down to the floor. The Cullen's all followed suit, sitting on the opposite wall though. All except Edward, who came and sat next to me, rubbing my back again. I looked at him and smiled my thanks, he smiled back, but his eyes were sad and worried. I looked toward his family, preparing myself to tell the tragic story that led up to the present time.
Author's Note-Please review? And you may notice I changed my pen name and the story's title. I am now Fall Out Gal, and the story is now called She Will Be Loved. It is after one of my favorite songs! You guys owe me too, I spent like three hours writing, then typing this one all from scratch. Please tell me if I went in the right direction?
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Fall Out Gal