A/N: Okay, sorry for the late update, but now I have 2 exams to study for, one next month and the major one in October..
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!
I can't take it anymore, there's just so much stress! So take pity on me and don't go kill me just yet!
P Anyway, enjoy!
BTW, my current music obsession is Miley Cyrus's new CD 'Breakout', quite good! & Miranda Cosgrove's song on the iCarly playlist. She's quite a good singer. I like her song 'Stay My Baby' and 'About You Now'. Oh, and also the song 'Face In The Hall' by The Naked Brothers Band.
Chapter Thirteen: Edward's POV
Right after the prize giving ceremony, we decided to find the Volturi (Part of anyway) that were here.
I was still thinking about the dark-haired maiden when I stopped in my tracks.
I didn't even know her name, so why was I thinking so much about her.
I frowned and Jasper looked at me curiously, wondering what the cause of the sudden change of mood was.
I ran my hand in my already tousled hair.
Just what was it about her that made me so interest in her??
Her similarity to Bella, my love?
Her beauty that called out to me so much?
That was part of the reason, so what was the other half?
Darn, that was one of the questions that even I couldn't answer.
"Edward!" I heard someone call my name.
My head shot up to find the source of the voice. Oh, it was Alice!
But then I looked more closely at her, her eyes were frantic.
Why?
Then I heard her thoughts,
I can't get any visions! What happened? Did the Volturi get a new guard?
I shook my head, if that were true, I wouldn't be able to read her thoughts at all, and I was listening to Alice's thoughts now.
Out of the blue, I heard another voice in my head. A voice that I hadn't heard in ages, years, soft and sweet, it resembled Bella's a lot, just much more clearer, and slightly more tinkly.
It was as if my brain was the radio and the connection wasn't good – I could only get a few words, not even a full sentence.
Blue….F..rks…..Culle...Arlie
(In case you don't understand it, he's hearing only a bit of Bella's thoughts. Don't ask why, you'll understand soon enough.)
Blue, my favorite color on Bella, I still remembered the night I told her that.
Forks, where everything happened.
Cullens, us.
Charlie, Bella's father.
Everything made sense yet it didn't too! How could it be?
Just who was it?
Suddenly, I felt Alice go stiff all the sudden.
My head spun to face her. She was having a vision.
I entered her head and watched the vision with her.
Vision in Alice's head
The Bella-look/smell-alike girl, the dark-haired beauty was wearing a simple white dress and standing in a room surrounded by white.
Her dark hair contrasted with her pale white skin and white room.
It was a shock, but I recognized the background.
Our house in Forks.
She walked around the house, touching everything, gently, softly, as if they were things that would break with a simple touch.
She suddenly stopped and turned in one direction,
I knew what she was looking at immediately.
The piano. The one I had played numerous compositions on.
The one I played Bella's lullaby on.
She walked up to the piano – faster than her speed just now, so fast that she was a blur, even for my vampire eyes.
The girl used her hands to lift the white sheet that covered the grand piano, so it floated in the air before landing gently near her.
She used long, elegant fingers to lift the top up and stroked the keys like it was a newborn baby.
Looking at it with gentle eyes, she sat down on the chair, closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Then she started playing on the piano.
It wasn't her playing that shocked me, but it was the fact that she started playing Bella's lullaby!
I had never let anyone except my Bella and family hear it, much less teach it to anyone.
So how did she know how to play it?
As the composition came to an end, she suddenly slammed her fist on the keyboard, making a sound.
Next, she threw her fists over her eyes. And cried.
Liquid droplets oozed out of the corners of her eyes, and she sobbed, putting her head on her crossed arms that were folded on the keyboard.
She was mumbling something, but it was too soft even for my vampire ears.
"Edward.."
The vision ended abruptly. Leaving me still with shock.
It took me a moment before I realized that Alice was standing just as still as me, with Jasper cupping her face in his hands. Then, she broke down and started tearlessly sobbing too.
I just stood there, staring into space.
There were so many questions without answers that I wanted to know.
How did she know my name?
Why was she in our house?
How did she know how to play Bella's lullaby?
I had to find out who she was. Now.
"I'm going to Forks now." I announced.
"Not without us."
"Yeah, we want to find out who she is too!"
"If you're going we are too!"
My siblings started objecting.
I sighed and thought for a moment before I nodded resignedly.
Looks like a trip to Forks was ahead of us.
