Silver Blood

Benjamin POV

I left the house while James was 'engaged in conversation' with Rosalie. My sister was sleeping. My mission would have proven easier if I'd brought Bella with me, but more suspicious. I was really in tune with the element( and Bella with the weather), so I thought my spell would work well enough. I went to one of the lakes that were near and stared into the frozen waters. I tried to turn the surface into a looking glass and was amazed at what I saw.

Mother! Alive, vamperically, and at Silver academy. We had never known what had happened to her. If she was there, she must be looking for us. We had to get to her. If there was ever a time for us to escape, it would be now.

I took advantage of Bella's sleeping to tell her the plan. I told her to come out here, to wake up. It took her too long, but she did it within a few minutes of my telling her to. She came out to meet me and I took her hand.

"Come on, Bell. Run, now." I pulled her.

She followed me unsteadily. "What's going on?"

"We need to cast a spell to reach vampire speed, so don't trip." I told her, starting the chant. She joined in, confused. We used this spell in escapes before, so we knew it by heart, now. I felt her search my memories and heard her gasp with surprise.

They'll catch us! She said frantically in my mind. It wasn't a plea to go back, but a question of how to keep them away.

We'll take care of it when it happens.

We were outside the lands of frozen water when they caught up. I made large cracks in the ground and pushed the wind against them. Bella had lightning strike at them, but Rosalie sheilded them and James was fast.

I tried to make a wall of fire and Bella tried to blind them with flashes of light. We got closer. We could have done better if we stopped to fight, but their goal was to separate us, weaken us, which they might accomplish if we stop.

An earthquake split the ground we were running toward. We attempted to stop, but still fell in. Then James grabbed us.

"Rosalie." He demanded.

Chains caught Bella's wrist, coming up out the ground. James pulled our hands apart, pulling me away.

"Always misbehaving, Benjamin." James said.

Rosalie looked a bit tired. Powerful spells cause wiccans to become exhausted. Bella looked out of breath, but not tired. I was tired, but not out of breath.

Ben, you have to go without me.Bella said in my mind. I turned to her with a horrified expression.

"Don't look like that."James said, completely misreading the reason for my mood, for which I was grateful. "All you need to do is to stop misbehaving to stay together."

Rosalie is easier to escape from and you are more powerful than me. Bella continued.

No! I was determined. It wouldn't be right to abandon my sister to them.

Listen to me, Ben. She said louder. She was playing images in my mind of me and Renee, under her plea. One of us has to make it to her. Once you're together, you can come for me.

Bell.

No, Ben It's the only way. Play the good boy for a while, then escape.

I watched James stroke my sisters cheek. "Sleep, Isabella. You are tired."

She was tired, but was holding on until she got my answer. She was right, of course. And I would do it, of course. But i felt bad for leaving her with them.

I won't fail you, sis. I promised.

She smiled, then she fell into James arms, tired. At least he wouldn't hurt her, like Rosalie might. The blond had turned her anger to me. She hated being away from James and I was forcing her to be.

I should have known that it wouldn't work. It never has before. This time, though, we got closer than before.

I suspected that Rosalie and I wouldn't go too far for a while. We were both tired. I felt Bella fall asleep, or maybe she passed out. After that, so did I.

A/N:I think this chapter was a little sad. I knew that they had to run, and I asked my find if they would make it. She said no. But it does work for the story. We'll be seeing more familiar characters soon.

So, does anyone think Bella and Benjamin will make it to Renee?