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I smiled at the open sea. My dad designed the ship to be almost the exact interior of the Titanic. The only difference was that it was a little bit more modern. That fact comforted me- modern meant that it wouldn't sink. Hopefully. AH BxE EmxR JxA
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Present Bella POV
Her voice was like chimes, but not like Alice's soprano voice, more muted almost.Our heads all snapped to where she was standing, Edward's gaze was a mix of pain, terror, frustration, and something else…. Wonder? Awe? It was almost… smug?
We all waited for her to speak again, to see what had alarmed her so much."Alice, I think that I should enlighten them a little of what's going to happen before he tells her," she murmured in a rush to Alice. The pixie that had made me feel like I had lost my left arm when she had left pressed her lips before nodding.
She faced us and started to walk toward us, and Edward noticeably crushed me closer to him in response. The closer she got, the more attractive she appeared with each step. Her beauty almost too glorious for me to bear. The little green monster bit me inside my head. She was perfect for Edward.
"What's your name?" I whispered, wanting to be able to put a handle to this unexplained face. A small smile graced her face and she came to a stop at the tree I used to be positioned at.
"I'll tell you in a bit, but right now isn't…, isn't the best time," she replied quietly. Her answer stumped me. I opened my mouth to ask another question, but Edward interrupted me..
"I think you should get this over with now," he growled through his teeth at Alice.
"Edward!" I reprimanded quietly. They ignored me, Alice staring at Edward with even, determined eyes, obviously trying to keep something important away from him. The silence was like static again. The nameless vampire quickly broke the mind numbing stillness, her voice on the edge of panic.
"We came here in order to save someone specifically," I didn't miss it when Alice grimaced at this, pain almost tangible in her eyes, " Edward… does something, and it causes," to my surprise, she glanced at me before she continued, "… a war with long time enemies. It came down to one big fight, and… we lost somebody in our family." My eyes could have popped out of my head, buzzing with questions.
What did Edward do?
Who did we lose?Names whizzed around in my head. Carlisle, Esme…. I couldn't go on."What did you do?" I questioned, looking up at him with wide eyes. The expression on his face made my throat close up.
"It's what I was going to do, Bella," he whispered back, looking into my eyes, so many fervent emotions in his eyes at once that I couldn't focus on just one. "What were you going to do?" I breathed, staring back. He took another huge breath, placing his large snowy hands on the sides of my face again, seeming to stare into my soul.
"After Jasper- after your birthday party, I wasn't going to let you get hurt again, Bella. I couldn't. I love you far too much to stay with you- to harm you when I'm the reason. I was going to leave you forever to let you have a normal life. To keep you out of danger." I stopped breathing. He was going to separate from me like when James came after me. Tears flooded my eyes, blurring my vision. "No no no, Bella! I'm staying!" He mended swiftly, using his thumbs to wipe the fallen tears away tenderly. He kneeled down to meet my gaze evenly. "I'm staying," he assured me again, in a murmur so fervent with genuineness, eyes serious and sincere that I had to believe him.
"Don't leave me," I sobbed into his shoulder. The thought of him ever saying goodbye forever shook me to no end.
"Never," he vowed, pulling me close to him, resting his hand on my face. I only nodded into Edward's chest, forgetting everything around me; all I cared about was that I could trust Edward. With a long, cold finger, he tilted my chin up so that I was looking at his face. He slowly leaned his head down to kiss me on the lips.
FUTURE BELLA POV
I gasped in shock as it overwhelmed me.. I leaned against the tree, feeling weak with relief.
Edward wasn't going to leave. All of the pain that I would've gone through when he left, a hazy memory of anguish through my vampire eyes, never there.
Time had been changed.
Present Bella POV
A small breath of grief and consolation stole my attention. I was, once again, stunned to see the other beautiful vampire that seemed to have no name relaxing against a tree, seeming to be taken over by something. I looked up at Edward in confusion, but he just shook his head at me.
I tried to focus on the present (Yeah, I know confusing time things going on- present, past, future… :D). Alice revealed that we had lost someone. My eyes stung at the very thought of any one of my vampire family taken away from this world. I looked at Alice's face, and it seemed like she had composed it enough to cover up the raw misery just enough to keep up her façade.
"Who did we lose, Alice?" my voice was a trembling mumble, barely loud enough for my own ears to distinguish the sound. She clearly heard me, though; the calm mask disappeared with my words and was replaced with that same anguish that made my heart throb with hurt.
Her voice came out in a soft whisper, overflowing with head-pounding heartache and agony of someone who has lost everything.
"Jasper."
Not Jasper.
I never would have considered Jasper someone in the Cullen family who would leave this world first.. He always had seemed so… strong. Like he was unmovable by the things on this planet that would ever threaten him. I then realized something that I had always known; it just had never really occurred to me.
Alice couldn't exist without Jasper and Jasper couldn't exist without Alice.
It made sense. Why Alice was here, why she was risking so much to save not only Jasper, but herself.
I blinked away tears I hadn't realized that had swam in my eyes to see her delicate features crumpled in torture. If she could be crying, she would be. Edward let go of me for the quickest seconds to pull Alice into a strong, tight hug. "I am so terribly sorry, Alice. If I ever knew…." he trailed off. Alice pulled away, smiling a little. Edward was next to me before I could blink, always angling me away from the quiet vampire who was mourning all by herself.
"But you can change it, Edward," Alice whispered. "If I'm correct, you already have. You promised to never leave Bella!" her voice grew higher and faster as she grew even more excited. "You never leave, so the werewolves will never start a war when our family returns… Jasper is safe!" she sighed, pleased, but I was far too distracted with something else she said.
Werewolves.
Something Jacob said to me a long time ago echoed in my head, putting all of the pieces together in a rush.
"Well there are alot of legends, some from claiming to date back to the flood-supposedly, the ancient Quileutes tired their canoes to the tops of the tallest trees on the mountain to survive like Noah and the ark. Another legend claims that we descended from wolves- and wolves are our brothers still."
I closed my eyes, trying to hide the shock from my face.
The legends were true. Of course they were. How could a world with vampires subsist without their enemy? It couldn't. I had to whisper the name in my head, just to make sure. Make sure I wasn't going insane. That I wasn't going to explode.
Werewolf.
I slowly opened my eyes to the gold, sparkling atmosphere to see Edward staring at with concern. He was stroking my hair nervously. He opened his mouth, starting to ask me a question, but I cut him off.
"I'm ok." The look in his eyes told me that he didn't believe me one bit. "Really," I tried to reassure him. He tightened his grip on my waist, kissing my hair before turning to Alice.
"Is it really going to be okay, Alice?" I asked, suddenly feeling the need to be reassured. That Edward was staying, that Jasper would live. That my family would stay in one piece. She smiled a sincere smile.
"I am 99 percent sure." her smile faded. She turned to the beautiful vampire. "I'm almost certain," she bolstered. "But like I said before, I can't see in the future. Nonetheless when time is frozen," she muttered this last part to herself, seeming extremely piqued by this. I turned to the other vampire; Alice had reminded me of something vitally important.
"What is your name?" I asked again. Edward exhaled sharply. Her beautiful copper eyes landed on me, curiosity and wariness clear in them. I watched as they slowly left me to Edward, a tinge of hurt in her eyes as she stared at him with unfathomable eyes. I winced internally. She took a deep, unnecessary breath.
"My name…" she started slowly. Edward held me closer, his body rigid with stress. "is Isabella."
I couldn't breathe. Everything was a blur of frozen gold.
I could only stare at her, at myself, in utter shock. A torn sigh coming from Edward's direction made me blink in surprise.
"M-me?" I mouthed, feeling as if my whole body was ice. I was vaguely aware of Edward pulling my body into his arms, cradling me to his chest protectively. I stared at him with wide eyes. He looked back at me, his eyes endless, melting topaz. I took a huge breath of the dully shimmering air. Then another. One more before nodding to Edward. He slowly put me back down on my feet, all the while never releasing me from his iron hold on my waist.
Alice and my vampire self stared at me, Alice with deep delight, the other with guarded eyes. "I become a vampire?" I asked slowly, uncertainly. It made perfect sense now, why Edward had tried to keep me from this other vampire. The look on his face, the terror in his eyes when he saw his worst fear standing right there, before his eyes. Me.
Alice only nodded, sharing a quick look with me. I stared at the golden leaves on the ground before a slow smile formed on my lips. I looked up at Edward hesitantly, and he moaned, letting his head fall back on the tree behind him. "So many times I've tried to save you. From other things. From yourself. From myself!" he whispered in anguish. I pressed my hand to his cold cheek until he opened his eyes.
But it was Alice who spoke. "Edward, both of you wanted it so much. You both are tremendously happy. I have proof, you know." Before Edward could do anything about it, I knew what was happening.
Alice was showing Edward.
I could only stare at myself as Alice proved to Edward that my being a vampire was something that he truly wouldn't regret. It was exceedingly surreal.
Without warning, Edward spun me, pressing my back against the large tree, placing both large hands on either side of my head. He leaned close, his glorious, radiant face inches from mine, his sweet breath whirling, caressing my face. "Is this what you truly want?" he breathed, nose skimming my jaw. I could only nod helplessly.
His lips pressed to mine, kissing me softly and passionately, making me knees go weak. He leaned away, pulling me with him to face Alice and… Bella.
"Thank you," Edward whispered. They both grinned, brilliant teeth reflecting sunshine.
"Everything has been repaired," the brunette vampire murmured, sounding exhausted. I had to smile.
Alice pouted. "I really do love all of this," she sang, gesturing to the gold, frozen, lovely forest, the wind current in the air from her movement causing one of the many shining leaves to loop in midair slowly. I blinked. "But, we do have to go. I miss Jasper," her last sentence came out in a whisper. My heart ached.
"I am genuinely remorseful, Alice," Edward said in a voice no louder than the gentlest murmur. Her face brightened.
"I get to see him soon. Though, he'll have no idea why I will be so happy to see him at first," she laughed, seeming delighted with this. I smiled and looked up, freezing when I saw myself smiling right back at me.
"I guess we'll see you soon," Alice continued, her voice seeming a little sad.
"Wait," Edward exclaimed, moving to stop them from leaving. We stared at him, surprised to see Edward looking at my vampire form.
"On your hand…. My mother's ring…" he trailed off, eyes glued to the sparkling ring that had blinded me earlier. It was my turn to stare off in fear. I was getting married. Me!
Edward pulled me close to his body, and I immediately melted against him. I had plenty of time to get used to that idea….
Isabella Cullen flashed her gleaming teeth, nodding. "I guess Alice left that part out," she murmured, laughing, turning to glare at the pixie. The sound was enchanting.
"You don't know how hard it was to keep it from him, Bella." she shook her head slightly, seeming amused. I let out a shaky breath.
Edward smiled lovingly down at me, stroking my hair gently. "We have to leave now," Alice chimed quietly. Isabella Cullen nodded, staring at a frozen leaf, an unfathomable look on her face.
Edward picked me up, bridal style and started running through the forest, Alice and my vampire body following. I snapped my eyes shut, the thick air whipping my hair back. The wind cut off, and Edward sat me down. I opened my eyes to see our meadow, enchantingly glorious in this frozen world. I watched as the others came to a stop next to us.
"Hopefully, we'll see you soon," Alice joked, her laughter pealing chimes in the yellow sunlight, her skin reflecting diamonds. They started for the edge of the trees, ready to depart and unfreeze time. I huddled myself closer to Edward as he wrapped both of his arms around me. My brow furrowed with curiosity when Alice stopped with the other vampire, a good distance away.
"And Edward?" The mirror image of my future called back, turning to look at us with a mischievous smile on her face.
"Yes?"
"If… in the future… something happens to your Volvo, and it's my fault… blame Emmett." I pressed my lips to keep from giggling at the expression on his face.
"Wait! What happens to my Volvo!?" he was frantic, on the edge of hysterics. A small bubble of laughter escaped my lips.
Alice arched a perfect eyebrow and smirked wickedly, nonchalantly placing a delicate hand on my vampire self. Right before a blinding flash of white and blue light shattered my concentration, we all heard the musical voice that would soon be mine echoing through the forest.
"Oh, you'll find out… in time."
PHEW. That is the last chapter of Time. Please REVIEW and don't forget to read Sinkable Love! Please?
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