Chapter 8- Bella

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Heidi stood there leaning against the door frame; she squinted at me and tried to cause me to go into freak illusions, but to no avail.

"Excuse me, Bella, can I speak with Heidi alone?" Chelsea didn't wait for a response, instead she dragged and pulled Heidi's arm, yanking her into the room. I stood far from outside of the closed the door but I could hear them just fine. I think I still had time to get Renesmee, and find Edward, but something told me that my key to finding and helping him and Jacob….was through Heidi. I listened in:

Heidi: Why must you pull me like this all the time? I told you what I was out doing!

Chelsea: Doing? You have one job and one job only, and that is to search for our food and bring it here!

Heidi: I did, what's the big idea?

Chelsea: Should I summons the wolves back to tear you limb from limb? I want to know what you been up to. Bella-"

Heidi: (snorts) Who cares about her? Why should you anyway? She is an overgrown baby who can't control her ass!

A brief pause.

Chelsea: You-did you cast an illusion on someone? Would it be perhaps, Jacob? Edward?

Heidi: I don't owe responses to you-traitor!

Chelsea: Traitor! Ha! You are a traitor to us Heidi. Whoever you cast your spell on, brought them all here. I just want to know when it began.

I couldn't listen anymore. I slumped along the wall, a very human characteristic and bent my head to my knees. Heidi was right about one thing. I was hot to trot. Sleeping with two guys at once, and Edward…who knew where he was? I think I now had the puzzle figured out.

1)Back at home Chelsea was using her bonding powers in a negative way, but it lead to Jacob bedding me.

2)But then Jacob made a decision to stick with my daughter, which was fine…

3)All of this started with me still loving Jacob, but learning of Edward's infidelity..Somehow Heidi played a role in all of this. But how? How many had a stake in me and Edward's relationship?

I stood up, determination in my heart. I had to put what was important first: My family. I will get Nessie from downstairs and have her show me what Heidi have done. Maybe she'll forgive me-I hope. I flew down the steps like a bat and found myself knocking lightly on Gianna's door. No one opened so I opened it slightly and found-

No Gianna.

Renesmee's hands were on either side of Afton, Chelsea's husband's head. He was smiling, but looked devilishly handsome while giggling with my child. I sensed no ill will from him.

"Renesmee." I said. She turned around to me and I sensed a soaring of butterflies in my body. I had no beating heart, but it was so full of love I couldn't contain it. Renesmee came over to me.

"Ginanna is meeting with others in the Main Hall," Afton said. He rose from the chair while still looking down admiring my child. "A gift that child does has, Chelsea was right, the girl is worth it."

"Why has Gianna gone down to Main Hall?"

He shrugged, it didn't suit him, too human a gesture. "A meeting, I guess."

"The two of you are uniquely beautiful." He came over and kissed Nessie's head and left out the door.

"Nessie, I need your help." I parked myself on the door and scooted down so we were eye level. "Mommy needs your forgiveness first, baby. I need to know where daddy is. I need you to help me."

Renesmee gave me a toothy smile. "I can help you, but where's My Jacob?"

"He is home." I sighed. "Where we all should be. So please, forgive me, and let me take you to someone I want you to touch, okay?"

"Yes." She nodded once and pushed herself into my arms hugging my side. Lord she smelled so sweet! How could I have ever wanted this creature dead? My own selfishness led to all of this, I will correct it. I pounded up the steps, Renesmee close to my thighs. She was as quick as I am.

"Who is it mommy?"

"A very bad lady."

"Shall we kill her?" Renesmee peered into my eyes when we stood near the door.

"We'll see," I grinned.

The door flew open, and before I could even process the situation, Renesmee ran into Chelsea's room, bolted like a cat right at her, Heidi tried to go past me.

"Uh, Renesmee?" I grabbed a tight hold on the Bait.

"Let me go, or I'll have your head, Slut!"

Nessie, poor thing left from Chelsea who was white with confusion and leaped into my arms. Then stretching out her hands touched the side of Heidi's face and head. Heidi was in my death grip and could not budge. I have gotten stronger.

"Bella! What on earth are you doing?" Chelsea pierced my concentrating on Renesmee.

"I'm learning what happened to Edward." I replied and then took Nessie from Heidi. Heidi didn't move.

"Whatever she learns, it'll all be lies anyway."

"That's what you are big liar, but not this time." I took my daughter's hands and was about to place them on me when I heard a loud, maddening scream. If it's possible for a vampire to lose more color, today I've seen it all-Chelsea's face drained to a chalk white. Heidi bounced and Chelsea flew past me. The screaming voice sounded familiar. I raced downstairs, Renesmee on my hip and found a crowd standing outside the Main Hall's wide double doors.

A body, just a mass of a body was pulled out, by pale hands. Her smooth skin battered and torn beyond recognition- but I knew her.

Gianna.

They ripped her to shreds. Her lids drooped open and I swear they were looking at me, the word "sorry" in them. Renesmee squeaked and I covered her eyes. Her warm hands found my neck. Where were my tears? Where is the humanity in me? I couldn't be mad at the members who did this-its what they did when I weren't around anyway, but Gianna?

"Bella." Chelsea spoke to me, but I couldn't move from my spot.

"Mom, Chelsea-"

"Yes, what is it?" I snapped.

"You best find Edward."

Another scream. No, a moan escaped from somewhere in the castle. It ricochet off the walls and bounced around our skin, making us aware that he or it was coming.

"Mom. That's daddy."

"God." I raced toward where the sound may be, Nessie running along side of me.

"Going somewhere?"

I knew that voice, how it was sarcastic, and seductive all at once. Demetri. He stood before me, in black leather and hair swept back.

"To find my husband, where is he?"

"He shouldn't be here, he said stepping towards me." Demetri advanced towards me and Nessie, I wasn't afraid of him. Edward didn't like him one bit, he was a tracker and put all of the Cullens in danger at one point. I had nothing to say to him.

"Move away or I'll have your hair growing from your eyes, Demetri."

"Oh?" he cocked his head to the side. "I honestly see why he always kept you as a pet, ha! You are even more loyal than I thought, even though he may tear you to shreds…" he looked down at his nails nonchalant.

"Demetri, let them pass." Chelsea clicked her heels over to me and Renesmee, then placed herself between us and Demetri. Her white hand swept the center, motioning for him to back off.

"I don't get it, what do you see in them? They are still not us!"

Chelsea looked at me and my daughter. "I know they are more like me and my mate than anything else, this is why. Be gone." She turned from him and faced me.

"Thanks, Chelsea."

"Don't thank me, go to your husband."

"Mom, here is what I got from that short skirt monster up stairs." Renesmee put her hands to my head and I saw.

When she put her warm hands up to my face, I saw inky black water, with a marble statue sitting in the middle of it, the back was pale, tight and smooth. Nude. The porcelain turned to face me in my vision, and his eyes were honey but clouded with blood thirsty anger; hair matted to his face, but there was a cage thrown around him, with jagged ends at their tip all about him…

Edward was locked up somewhere in here.