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Chapter Fourteen: All or Nothing
Bella POV
One thing was sure-Peter was quick.
He leap at me as sure and as quick as a snake, and it was often hard for me to be ready to defend myself. My arms were aching from trying to push him away from me over and over again.
I had used my telekinesis to help, but I found that in this new dimension, it didn't help as much. Somehow, there was something that reduced the effectiveness of my powers.
"Oof," I cried, as he barreled into me from the side. I landed underneath him, and his teeth snapped close to my throat, preparing to rip my head off. In a moment of desperateness, I used my invisibility and escaped from his grasp when he paused in confusion.
I started running in a wide circling, circling Peter as I debated how to attack him. When his back was turned, I darted quickly into the unseen circle he had made and gave him a hard jab in the back. His arm swung back to hit me, but I darted back to the edge of the circle.
Again, when he was facing the other way, I darted back and gave him a harder hit on his shoulder. This time, however, I wasn't so lucky. He managed to twist my arm in my socket, and threw me down. I cried out in pain as I hit the ground hard.
He didn't let me go. Using his hands, he pushed down my shoulders so I was firmly pinned beneath him. Stalling for time, I tried to talk sense into him.
"Peter, face it. You were never meant for this. Why can't you be back to the old Peter, the one who always brightened up my day and made me laugh?" I asked him, while I struggled to get up from underneath him.
"Because, Bella, after I got a taste of this power, I didn't stop. I wanted more. If I had more, then I could finish what Drake never had. I would become even more powerful than the Volturi. I would rule, and everyone would listen or I would kill them instantly." He spat back at me, while he pushed down on my throat even more.
I managed to grab a hold of his wrist and pull it away from me with help from my telekinesis. I knew I had to use my powers sparingly; I was running out of energy to keep using them. I stood up and grabbed his arm, trying to twist it away from his body. But he managed to land me flat on my back again, twisting me until I cried out in pain.
"This isn't over yet, Bella. I will fight until you have nothing left in you."
I sobbed internally, but my love for Edward kept me fighting hard.
In an act of last resort, I crouched and jumped, managing to flip Peter halfway off of me. Using another bit of my energy, I held him in place until I had fully righted myself.
Staggering, my chest heaved as I sucked in the air I didn't need.
I knew that I probably wouldn't last for long. As Peter stayed immobilized, I thought about my most precious memories.
I thought about the first day I had met Edward. Inside the Forks High cafeteria, I had never really thought about how it would change my life forever. What if I didn't take a chance and I didn't try to get to know Edward? I would have never found out anything about him, and I would have never known about how kind he is, even if he is a vampire.
Through the bad and the good, we had never stopped loving each other. He was my reason for everything, and I know for sure that we were connected by an unmistakable bond. You cut off one, you disconnect the other also.
I thought about the Principessas, Kira, Sophia, Desha, and Ginger. They were wonderful friends, and I remembered the good times.
I missed Alice; I missed shopping with her. I missed Rosalie; I missed the rare times when we would talk and when she would actually respect me. I missed Esme; I missed her warm hugs.
Edward. I missed him, and even right now, it was tearing through my entire soul. He had often said that we vampires have no soul, but truthfully, we do. How else could we feel love, how else could we feel anything?
The Cullens have morals. Can soulless monsters have morals? Continuously, I refuse to believe that our souls are dammed. It just doesn't make sense.
While my mind was running a mile minutes with my thoughts, I didn't notice a bright light that was surrounding my body. It rippled and waved, stretching and thickening. I felt my energy recharging, fueled by the shield.
I released my hold on Peter, and he launched himself forward. However, my bright shield didn't let him get through. When he hit it, a small dent formed, but was repaired almost instantly.
Reveling in this new power, I took the advantage and punched Peter straight in the gut. As he fell to the ground, I let my hard-trained Volturi instincts take my place instead.
Now, I was no longer Bella, but Isabella, the mistress of the Principessa guard.
I slammed against him over and over again, first ripping his arms and legs off. A high keening sound was ripped from his lips, but I ignored him.
"This is for me. This is for everything you have done to me." I screamed at him, as I tore apart his torso.
"This is for the Cullens. For all the pain you have done to them." I cut through his shoulder.
"This is for Kira, Sophia, Desha and Ginger. For everything you have said, for all the hurt your army has done to them." I ripped his limbs into smaller parts, scattering them around the dimension.
"This is for the Volturi. For the trouble you have brought down on them." I pulled a lighter out of my pocket.
Securing my hold on his hair, and my teeth close to his neck, I breathed, "And this is for Edward. For everything you have done to him, causing him the most pain of all."
I ripped his head off, and piled the pieces of his decaying body into a giant heap. Not feeling one ounce of remorse, I flung the lighter onto the pile, watching solemnly as they burned.
The dimension around me started to waver, and I recognize how the colors turned back into the bright colors of the sky.
Stepping away from the now scattering pile of ashes, I didn't look back, but instead, looked forward to a time where I could finally be in peace together with Edward.
Edward POV
I couldn't compose myself enough to even tear my eyes away from the spot Bella had just occupied. Why did she have to go, just when I got her back again?
"BELLA!" I screamed, towards the sky. "BELLA, PLEASE! COME BACK TO ME!"
I fell to my knees, sobbing. I could feel Kira's hand on my back, but I shoved it off. I didn't want anyone, I only wanted Bella to be back in my arms again. I wanted her to be safe, and I never would have let her go, never again.
"Edward, she made this choice for us. She did it because she loves us, and she cares for us more than anything in the world. She loves you, Edward. She always has."
I knew Kira's words were true, but I still ached, knowing that she might never return to me again.
I roared out loud, and the vampires around me flinched. They were all scattered, like sheep who just had lost their shepherd.
They were useless. Without Peter, they could do nothing. Right now, they stayed clustered in a small group, occasionally throwing glances or glares our way. I ignored them.
My mind was still tearing up at the thought of possibly never seeing Bella again. Never feeling her in my arms, never smelling her unique strawberry and freesia scent.
I walked over to the nearest column and starting punching it, turning it into dust within moments. After that one was demolished, I punched at everything any anything, not caring about what it was.
When I turned on one of the main pillars that was holding the hotel up, Sophia and Ginger had to restrain me before I sent the building crashing down. Kira was currently trying to calm down the other vampires that were murmuring and talking.
Finally, after I saw that they weren't going to give up, I slid down on the ground and just stared at the blank space in front of me.
I didn't know how long I had sat there, just studying the somewhat mesmerizing cracks in front of me. All I could see was Bella-all I could hear, all I could feel was her.
I remembered how she had felt in her mind, and her delicious laugh enticing me. Her sweet scent…Even now, just thinking of her clouded my mind, evicting all other thoughts from my brain.
"Bella!" Kira gasped, and I looked up in alarm.
Sure enough, my beautiful angel was walking, stumbling towards us. I ran forward to catch her, breathing a sigh of relief.
She collapsed in my arms, and I heard her soft voice say, "It's over. Peter's gone." I swung her feet into my arms, cradling her bride-style. I pressed my lips gently to hers, but instead, she kissed me back more fiercely.
I didn't know how long I stood there, just the two of us in our own little corner of the world. We didn't stop until we heard a nervous voice speak up.
It was Desha.
"Um, you guys, we might want to get the others inside the buildings. The vampires aren't looking too happy that you killed off Peter."
Willing myself to break away from Bella's tempting lips, I turned to the scene in front of us.
Over a hundred red-eyed vampires stared back at us, growling, with their lips pulled back over their teeth.
Bella stiffened, and she jumped out of my arms. As if on cue, the rest of the Volturi and our family surrounded us. Aro spoke behind us.
"Ah, how fun. Well, fellow brothers and sisters, let us be rid of these vampires once and for all!"
Simultaneously, both sides attacked. Fueled by my joy of having Bella back and determination to defeat our enemies, I ran faster, I fought harder than I ever had before in my life. I saw Bella out of the corner of my eyes, and her golden eyes were smoldering with fury. I saw her catch my gaze, and I winked at her quickly. She gave me a quick smile before facing the vampire in front of her again.
Without Peter to guide them, it was easy to kill all the vampires that we were fighting-they dropped like flies. Every so often, you would see a piece of white fly past your eyes, and it would land into the quickly growing pile of bits and pieces.
Afterwards, it was growing dark and twilight was nearing. Each of us lit a match and threw it into the pile of various body parts and limbs. I saw how Carlisle was frowning-he never liked to kill. Esme looked sad, but the rest of my siblings, however, looked proud of themselves.
Bella sided up to me and grasped my hand tightly. In turn, I turned to her and gave her a soft kiss on her forehead.
"It's over, Edward. And it's twilight." She looked up at the sky, with its bright reds and purple.
"Yes it is," I murmured. "The end to another day."
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