AN: So here's chapter 14. I want to dedicate this chapter to Sunshine Roses for her kind review, especially because her keyboard was broken. I'd also like to thank all the people who added the story to their Favorites & Alert list.
Enjoy the chapter, even if it's short.
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Vile Beauty
Chapter 14: Searching
Edward's Point of View
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I looked out at the muddy ground, letting my mind wander- it was one of the few ways that I could stop myself from fidgeting. Marie's death had left all of us uneasy, especially because we didn't know who had attacked her.
We had found a scent near her body and followed it to one of the roads that lead out of town before it vanished. Jasper was certain that it was the exact same one that we had detected near our home months before, but that in its self raised more questions. Why had the vampire come back? Had she even left town to begin with?
The possibility that she was watching us was rather worrisome, not to mention unnerving. We had been slightly anxious since the idea had presented itself when we had sat down to discuss the situation three weeks ago.
We tried to maintain our daily routine as much as possible; we currently had plans to go play baseball as soon as Carlisle arrived from work.
"Edward, it's time." I looked at Alice from where she stood by the doorway. I nodded and followed her downstairs and outside. We all ran together and within fifteen minutes I began to see the clearing that had served as our baseball field since we first moved to Forks.
We picked teams and got into our positions. The game started out well enough, just like all of our other previous games; and Rosalie, Jasper and I were winning against Carlisle, Alice and Emmett. Something that Emmett was not all too excited about, but we certainly were.
Halfway through the game, Alice suddenly froze in place, her eyes glazing over.
It was foggy, but I could see three dark figures running through the woods, their faces and bodies were obscured by dark flowing cloaks, they stopped suddenly and the vision turned black.
"We might have some company," I said as Alice tried to estimate a time.
"They'll be here in less than five minutes."
"Who are they?" Carlisle asked, concerned.
"They're members of the guard." Alice replied as we all began to move closer.
"Do you think it will turn into a fight?" Emmett asked, excited at the possibility.
"I hope not," Carlisle replied, trying to come up with plausible reasons as to why the guard was in the area.
"Twenty seconds," Alice whispered as I heard their steps approach.
Three cloaked figures stepped out of the trees and walked towards us with deliberate steps, stopping a few feet from us and removing their hoods. Carlisle's thoughts identified all three; the leader was a powerful small girl named Jane, the male to her left was a tracker named Demetri, and the muscular male that stood to her right was named Felix.
"Hello Carlisle, Aro sends his greetings."
"Hello Jane, please send Aro mine."
"I shall."
"May I ask, what brings you here?"
"We are looking for a female named Isabel-,"
"You won't find her here." Rosalie interjected quickly, not wanting to know any of the details.
"Her scent is all over town, she must be here somewhere."
"My wife just told you that the girl is not here."
"She was not addressing you brute," the one named Felix growled out. Emmett made a move to crouch but before he could he fell down to his knees, groaning in pain. The girl smiled in satisfaction and Emmett's agony suddenly stopped.
"Where is the girl Carlisle?"
"She is not here Jane," he replied firmly.
"Why do you insist on withholding the truth-?"
"He withholds nothing Jane," a satin voice cut in. "The whole town knows that the girl now lays in an urn." A figure cloaked in the darkest gray I had ever seen, much darker than even Jane's, stepped out form amongst the trees. The figure came to a stop at our sides, "Mortals, as you know, are easily fooled- weak minded as they are, but then again some immortals are as well." The female then revealed her face and what I saw rendered me speechless.
Chapter Completed: March 21st, 2011
Updated: April 1st, 2011
AN: I am so sorry I didn't update when I said I would, I tried but there was a problem with the 'my stories' page that took forever to be fixed...
I'm really disappointed that only one person reviewed the last chapter, therefore I want to see if we can get to ninety reviews within the week before I update again.
And, to give you all an incentive, if you are one of the first three to review, I will write and send you a couple sentences of any 'scene' you want from previous chapters and in any point of view of your choosing of course. If you are an anonymous reviewer then I'll put it up on my blog, which can be found in my homepage.
Anyway, the chapter was originally longer but I rewrote the first part again because I wasn't satisfied with it.
Until next time,
Med. :)
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