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A/N: This was a sad week. After seeing her every weekday for nearly four years, Dalloway5906 has left me. She made me laugh and I made her cry. Now we have to communicate via email and texts. You are the apple to my orange or the Bella to my Edward (and yes, I totes made myself Edward). You own me Dally.
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Ok, now onto the drama!
BPOV
I was moving so quickly through the forest, I was not even able to recognize the blurring greens and browns I passed as trees. I don't even remember getting out of the car. As soon as I recognized Edward's scream I was running. I might have even run straight through the door of Jasper's car in my haste to get to Edward. He was going to make me pay for that, I was sure.
I was almost positive I knew the reason for his outburst. One quick look down the road and I knew we were well within his two mile radius. He had heard Jasper's thoughts as to why I was able to access my shield. I knew how he felt about his time spent feeding on the worst of society humans. Even though he rationalized it by killing people who had already taken lives, the fact remained that he was still a murder. The taste and essence of human blood was far superior to that of what we lived on. I could already feel I was stronger and faster after having ingested just that small amount. My shield was floating around my body, the translucent film protecting me from the low hanging branches as I ran through the woods.
The closer I got to the house, the louder Edward's exclamations were. I could hear him shouting at Esme and Carlisle.
"No, you don't understand. I cannot let this happen. If she starts feeding on human blood, I will never get her back. Carlisle, you understand. You have spent time around Stefan and Vladimir, you know how different they are from us." He shouted.
"Yes Edward, I know that we exhibit many differences since we deny our true nature. Our relationships are stronger as is our ability to be compassionate towards the future of the human race. But that does not mean that Bella has to forsake our entire lifestyle." Carlisle said calmly.
"Edward, we do not know what Bella wants to do. Yes, this discovery changes things, but it does not change who she is and what you mean to her." Esme soothed.
"It changes everything. You heard Carlisle, partaking of human blood makes our relationships weaker. How do you think I stayed away from you for as long as I did? You were, for all intents and purposes, my parents and I left you without a second thought, just for the taste of human blood. I had been with Carlisle for a decade and was still able to leave. Bella has only been with me for, what a week? In that time she has been sold at an auction to a vampire, lost her virginity to said vampire, been abducted twice, was forced to change into a vampire herself and now has discovered that the thing that might save us all, only works when she drinks a human's blood. Her life has been shit ever since I entered into it. Why would she want to deny herself the one thing our bodies crave above anything else … for me?" He said, his voice only a whisper.
I had had enough. I ran faster through the trees and when I approached the house, I did not even slow down. I burst through the glass French doors, sending glass and wood flying everywhere. I did not stop until I was standing in front of Edward's kneeling form. I dimly recognized that Esme and Carlisle were still in the room before I started in on Edward.
"How dare you." I whispered. His head whipped up to look at me. I would have thought my noisy entrance would have alerted him to my presence, but he looked genuinely surprised to see me standing there.
"Bella…" He said as he reached his hand out towards me. I batted it away, knowing that if he touched me I would not be able to say the things I needed to say.
"How dare you doubt my feelings? Yes, we may have only been together for a week, and in that time I have had to deal with a lot. But for you to think that I would put our love in jeopardy because of the way human blood tastes… that is ludicrous and down right insulting. I thought you were smarted than that Edward. You are my mate, my other half, my reason for existing. Without you I would not be able to continue." I breathed as I slowly lowered myself down to him, pressing my forehead against his.
"I'm sorry precious girl. I was just so frightened. I have spent nearly a century in the presence of true love, never able to experience it for myself. And now that I have found you… the thought of having you leave me...it overwhelms me." He said, his voice thick with emotions.
"We will work through this Edward. Our love is more important than anything." I whispered as I leaned my lips against his.
"We Bella, I hate to disagree with you, but if we don't find a way to get your shield to work before Maria and her gang of newborns get up here to kick our asses, you won't be here and neither will your love." Emmett's booming voice interrupted.
I could not stop the snarl from exploding from my mouth as I whipped my head around to where Emmett was leaning against the door jam. I jumped up from the floor and threw myself at him, forcing us backwards through the broken door. He landed hard on his back and grunted as I pounced on him, sitting on his belly as I pummeled him with my fists.
"You." "Need." "To." "Stop." "Being." "An." "Asshole!"
I yelled as I beat my little fists against his chest and face. He did a good job deflecting my jabs, only taking one in the nose and another in the throat. I felt hands gripping my arms as I was pulled off of him, kicking at his legs as I went. In my agitated state, I had not even thought about trying to use my shield. I was dumped on the floor after I had calmed down and just looked at the ground until sexy red stiletto heels came into my view. I drew my eyes up from the shoes, over dark wash skinny jeans and a black halter top, to find a very pissed off Rosalie.
"Now Bella, I am all for a good ass whooping when someone deserves it, but really, come on. You have been around Emmett long enough to know that he has no filter between his idiotic brain and his big, fat mouth. That is one of the things I love the best about him." She said as she looked over to where he was snapping his nose back in place after I broke it. He grinned back at her as the bone popped loudly before setting into its rightful position. I felt bad for taking out my anger and frustration on Emmett. He was so sweet and kind hearted. I carefully pulled myself up from the ground, wary of the way Rosalie was standing over Emmett, still looking like a very angry momma bear. When I was close enough, I put my hand out to Emmett as a peace offering. He gracefully accepted my hand, giving it a little squeeze as he allowed me to pull him to his feet. I wrapped my arms around his waist and buried my head in his massive chest. I was embarrassed that I had let me emotions overpower me.
"Ok Emmett, I think you can let her go now." Edward said as he moved over towards us to forcibly remove me from Emmett's embrace if necessary. I released Emmett and he gave me an Eskimo kiss to let me know we were fine. I turned to fall into Edward's arms as Alice and Jasper finally came running through the door.
"So we missed all the action huh?" Alice said as she looked over the broken glass and wood that covered the floor.
"Yeah, I guess I got a little carried away." I said quietly.
"Edward, pay up man. You owe me $50." Jasper said as he nudged Edward with his shoulder.
I saw them exchange money and raised a questioning eyebrow.
"Umm, Jasper bet me $50 that you would lose your cool and kick Emmett's ass before you were a month old." Edward said, putting his wallet back into his pocket.
I turned and glared at Jasper before I looked at Edward who had the good grace to look embarrassed.
"So I guess that means that you bet I would not beat up Emmett." I said, glad that my soon to be husband had sided with me.
"Ha! No, Edward bet you would not make it 2 days without trying to kill him, which you did. So that means that I won!" Jasper laughed.
I would have attempted to kick Edward's ass right about then if Alice had not suddenly dropped to the ground, her hands covering her ears. We all froze, staring. I had never seen a vision affect Alice this way before. It was making me nervous that she had still not come out of her trance. Jasper pulled Alice into his arms and slowly rocked her, sending an overdose of soothing vibes through the room. Her screams pierced the silence of the room and I instinctively threw my hands out to cover my ears. Edward was staring blankly at Alice, as if he was trying to comprehend what was happening. I knew he would be able to see her vision through her thoughts, and wondered why he was not having a similar reaction.
Her screaming suddenly stopped and her eyes flew open, searching for and locking onto Edward's. They stared at each other for a full minute, before she jumped up from Jasper's embrace and pulled me into her arms. I continued to stare at Edward over Alice's shoulder, knowing that his expression would tell me all I needed to know. When he finally met my eyes I had my answer.
EPOV
I had never seen one of Alice's visions so clearly. The detail was amazing.
I could count the drops of blood that oozed out of the gaping wound in the child's throat. Bella's eyes were not just red, but flecked with black and gold. Her mahogany hair was matted with blood and pieces of flesh and her clothes were torn and unrecognizable. She was standing in the middle of a playground, surrounded by the remains of a kindergarten class. I could see a tall black haired vampire swinging gleefully from the jungle gym, her hair flowing through the wind as she moved forward and back. As Bella drained the last child, the woman jumped gracefully to the ground, sprinting towards Bella as soon as she landed.
"You did wonderful my child. Didn't I tell you that children were the sweetest?" She said as she swept her finger along Bella's lower lip to collect the drops of blood that had escaped. She wrapped her tongue around her finger, savoring the blood as she looked into Bella's vacant eyes.
"Yes Maria, it was everything you said it would be. Can I go home now?" Bella asked, her voice hollow.
"Not yet child, there are still many things I need you to do before I can allow you to return home. Have you contacted the doctor yet?" Maria asked.
"Not yet, I will try to get in touch with Carlisle later tonight after Edward has gone out hunting." Bella answered.
"Where does Edward think you are now?" Maria questioned.
"Shopping with Alice and Alice thinks I am hunting with Rose. Rose thinks I am with Edward. It can get very confusing." She said, her brow furrowing.
"Not much longer until you can tell them all the truth, but by then it will not matter." Maria said as she stroked her hand down Bella's dirty hair. "Let's go get you cleaned up so you can get back to your family. I have your new set of color contacts that should hold out until I come for you again."
"Yes Maria, thank you." Bella said as she allowed Maria to lead her away from the massacre.
I could do nothing but stare at Bella's face as Alice wrapped her in an unforgiving embrace. What was happening? How could Maria lure Bella away from us? I only hoped that now that we could see what she was planning, we could be on alert. There was no way I would ever let Alice's vision come to fruition. I could hear Alice's thought screaming at me to keep quiet about what she saw, but there was no way I could keep this from Bella. She could always know when I was lying about something.
Alice finally released Bella with a forced laugh. "That was really scary there for a minute. My vision was of your wedding and you refused to wear a veil. I thought I was going to have to staple one to your head!"
Esme and Rose joined into the laughter, but I could tell that they both knew Alice was lying. Bella stood there with the same expression on her face, staring at me. I dropped my head into my hands and shook my head. The thought of trying to explain to Bella what Alice saw made me nauseous. Emmett managed to break the remaining tension by wrapping his arm around Bella's neck and dragging her out the door.
"Let's go kid, I think I deserve to try and get some payback. I can smell some bobcats about 3 miles away. I bet I can beat you there." He said as he released her and sprinted towards the trees, Jasper and Rose following behind him. She looked back at me before following my siblings into the forest.
Carlisle and Esme were demanding answers as soon as we knew they were out of listening range. Alice recapped her vision, while I collapsed onto the couch. Not only did we have to deal with the fact that Bella's shield only worked when she was drinking human blood, now we had to be worried about Maria somehow getting her from right under our noses.
"Edward, do you have any idea how this could have happened? Is there any way for us to stop it?" Carlisle asked.
"In the vision, Bella acted a lot like she does when Jasper is manipulating her emotions. Maybe that could have something to do with it." I said, my voice emotionless. Alice was quick to dispute my suggestion.
"Edward, there is no way that Jasper would do that. He hated what Maria made him do when he was with her, you know that. He would never help her, especially against his own family." Alice said adamantly.
"Alice, I am not suggesting that he would. I was merely trying to explain what I thought could have been causing Bella to go along willingly with Maria. You know she would never do that if she were in control of herself." I said.
"Yes Edward, I know that there is no way our Bella would have done that. You should have seen her today at the mall. She never once lost her control. It would have taken most newborns at least a year before they would have been able to be around that many humans." Alice said, pride evident in her words.
"What are we going to tell her? You know she did not buy the answer you gave her Alice." Esme said, her thoughts clearly telling me that she thought we should tell Bella the truth.
"What would that do except scare her Esme?" I demanded.
"Edward, she deserves to know what Alice saw. If we keep her in the dark, she might not recognize the threat when it comes. It was obvious that in the vision you had no idea what was happening with her, so we might not be able to keep her safe without her knowing she is in danger." Esme said as she sat down next to me on the couch. "I know you don't want to scare her son, but we need to tell her so she can help keep herself safe."
I knew Esme was right. Keeping Bella in the dark about what her future may hold was ridiculous. We could not be with her every second, although I might try. She needed to be prepared to help alter her own future and she would not be able to that without all the information we had. I was not looking forward to the discussion I was going to have to have with her when she returned.
BPOV
I found myself enjoying hunting with my new siblings. Jasper and Emmett were constantly trying to one-up each other. I could not tell you how many times I had to duck a flying tree branch as they raced through the woods. Rosalie stayed back with me, encouraging me to open my senses to try and find my prey. It was hard to abandon what was left of my humanity and give in to the primal instinct that surfaced when I hunted. I especially hated looking so feral in front of the eternally perfect Rosalie. I watched her take down a huge deer without getting a speck of dirt or blood on her clothes, her hair still perfect. Meanwhile, I looked like I had bathed in dirt and I had only run through the trees.
After we had gorged ourselves on the local wildlife and taken care of the evidence, we started to walk back to the house. I could tell that Jasper was hiding something from me, he was not totally successful in keeping his anxiety to himself and I found I wanted to hurry back. He motioned for Emmett and Rose to go ahead of us as he pointed out a large rock to sit down on.
"I can't see Alice's visions, but I do get a really big hit of her emotions when she is having one. I know that she was not lying when she said the vision was about you, but I can tell you sure as shit that it was not about some stupid veil." He said, reaching down to pull up a blade of grass.
"What does that mean?"
"It means that we are out here so that they can figure out what to tell you. I am hoping that they tell you the truth, but I can promise you that if they don't, I'll know. I think you deserve to know what your future holds, even if it is subjective." He said as he carefully tore the grass into two even pieces and started to tie it in a knot.
"They would lie to protect me." I said, knowing that Edward and Alice would think nothing of lying to my face if it meant I would not worry.
"I know, and I think that is a stupid reason. You are much stronger than they think darlin'." Jasper said as he dropped the grass knot on the ground and pulled me up. We ran back the way we came, stopping as we saw our entire family standing on the porch. I could tell by Edward's body language that he was anxious, which in turn made me nervous. What was Alice's vision, and was it possible to change it?
A/N: So no Maria yet, but I promise soon! Dalloway5906 already got chapter 35 back to me and Wednesday is right around the corner! Leave me some love to cheer me up!
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