WOOOT chapter 2 is up! :D

Now as you may know, I will now be attempting to update every Thursday, but with all the other fanfics I am currently writing, it might be a little late. Of course, I'm really only working on this one and ignored the rest XD

Anyways this chapter involves one of my favorite things…. CHOCOLATE! 8D

Ok enjoy lol

CHAPTER TWO: DISASTER IN DENVER

I woke up to Nico shaking my arm lightly. My eyes slowly opened and were temporarily blinded by light. When I was able to see, I looked up and saw Nico looking down at me. He wore a neutral expression. I heard a snicker and noticed that my head was on Nico's shoulder. I blushed deeply and sat up. I scooted a few inches away, ignoring the sarcastic laughs.

"Well, we're here," Grover said, pointing out the window. I peeked through the curtains. My eyes lit up, and my face curled into a brilliant smile. I was home. I could see the Rocky Mountains in the distance, and Percy and Annabeth shivered a little. I wondered what was so bad here that made them despise the place. I let it go, and followed Nico off the train. When I stepped off the train into the outdoor world, I was looking around in awe. Everything was so beautiful! Nico tugged at my sleeve.

"Come on, we're going," he said.

"Yeah, I'll be there in a sec," I mumbled, not caring. It was so good to be home again. I was wandering off without knowing it in the direction of the mountains. I thought I heard someone calling my name in the distance, but I didn't look up. I just kept slowly walking, still in wonder. I was finally snapped out of my trance when I ran into a pole. I winced and rubbed my nose, which was a little purple. I looked around me. I was in a completely different part of the station. The train next to me said 1045 - ALTLANTA EXPRESS. I turned around. The station said, THANK YOU FOR RIDING AMTRAK! I slowly walked through the door. It looked the same as any other train station… except my friends were nowhere to be seen. I walked around for a few minutes, until I wandered my way into my favorite store: The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. It was the world's greatest candy store, with all the chocolate home-made. Then a thought suddenly occurred to me: why the Hestia was there one in a train station?

BELLA'S POV

"Edward, please don't get mad!" Alice begged as Edward stormed out the door. Alice had another vision of the girl, Crystal. But this time they were in Denver, and she was being chased by another vampire at a train station. Alice had described it to us, drawing more pictures.

There was a candy store, obviously to attract stupid humans to the vampire. She had walked in, her eyes making it seem like heaven. She bought a bunch of chocolate and as she was leaving, the vampire attacked. She screamed and ran, knowing exactly what he was. She was mumbling to herself, probably not knowing it.

"Ok, ok, relax. As soon as no one else is around to get burned, I'll just combust and be good… but gotta find Nico… oh Gods, help!"

Gods? Ok then… and then she had smacked into a pole. She wasn't blacked out; not yet. The vampire suddenly caught up to her and grabbed her throat. It looked like she couldn't breathe. He raced outside with humans staring after him and threw her against a wall. She fell back, a cut on her arm bleeding gold and red blood. Wait… gold blood? Who has GOLD blood? I let it slide, and watched at the vampire closed in on her. She concentrated. Suddenly, I heard a voice calling her.

"Crystal!" I saw a boy with black hair and black eyes call to her. Behind him was a boy with black hair and sea green eyes, and a girl with curly blonde hair and grey eyes. Also there was a nervous-looking dude with a little goatee and a weird hat on, limping after them. She saw them, and the vampire immediately turned his attention to the first boy.

"Nico, look out!" Crystal screamed. He pulled out a sword - wait, why did a 15-year-old have a sword? He charged at the vampire, but before they even made contact, the girl - I mean Crystal - suddenly combusted. My eyes widened in horror. She was on fire! She charged towards the vampire and jumped on his back. He cried out in pain and tried to shake her off. But she was furious, her blood-shot red eyes drilling into him with anger. There was no shaking this cowgirl. She curled her arm tight around the vampire's neck, and he was engulfed in flames. She jumped off, kicking him to the ground. Her body went back to normal, not even a scratch on her. She ran to her friend.

"Crystal! Are you ok?" he asked in a panic. She laughed.

"Uh, yeah. Daughter of Hestia. Duh," she replied. They smiled, but it quickly faded as the smoke from the dying vampire rose up. Crystal began to cough and choke a lot, and they quickly dragged her to their next train. It was bound for Port Angeles.

"Why did Edward get so mad?" I asked.

"Well, he knows this girl is a threat, and she will probably be able to tell that we're vampires, too. If she tries to harm our family…" Alice trailed off. I sighed.

"I figure she won't have any reason to unless we try to bring her harm. I mean, they're staying down on the reservation with Jake. That means that they should be going to that school," I said hopefully. (A/N: I know that somewhere I said it was summer and no school etc. etc. but I realized that they're gonna have to go to school for my plot to work out… so yeah…) Alice sighed. I went into the other room and picked up the phone. I dialed a familiar number.

"Hello?" Jacob Black said with a yawn as he picked up the phone.

"Jake? It's me. Alice has another vision about your cousin," I said. He stopped yawning. "Get down here now."

I hung up and ran to my truck. I jammed the key into the ignition, and started it up. My truck was extremely slow, so it took 20 minutes to get there. I found Jake pacing in front of the house, and he smiled and waved as I pulled up. He ran up to my truck and helped me down.

"So, what did she see this time?" he asked, concern spreading on his face.

"She was at a train station, being chased by… by a vampire," I said quietly. "It was about to get her friends when… she caught herself on fire, Jake."

His eyes widened. "She did what?"

I shrugged. "I don't know how, but, this isn't good. She might be a danger to us."

He shook his head slowly.

"No, she's not like that! She wouldn't do that unless she had a good reason!" Jacob insisted.

"Is being attacked a good reason?" I asked quietly. Jake looked pained that his cute little cousin would do something like that.

"That… that's just not her!" he yelled, shaking his head.

"People can change, Jake."

"Not HER!"

He ran into the forest, and I heard clothes rip. I slowly followed him. I walked for about 10 minutes until I found a huge, russet-brown wolf pouting. He was really hurt. I decided to leave him to his thoughts, and go back to tell Edward and Alice about his reaction. Oops, again.

MY POV

We were already on the train, and I could feel the anger boiling up. I didn't care if a filthy vampire attacked me, but Nico? No. No one is aloud to harm a hair on is head. I know I probably sound like an over-protective mother, but, he means a lot to me.

"Look, Crystal, it's ok! You killed him! Problem solved!" Nico insisted. I tried to put his hand on my shoulder, but I was so mad that my skin was on the verge of bursting into flames. he pulled his hand back like he had touched a hot stove. He wasn't burned (thank the Gods) but his hand was red. He winced slightly, but shook it off.

"Geez, Crystal! Calm down!" Percy said. I ignored him, and he sighed.

"Crystal, please calm down," Annabeth whispered. I ignored her, too.

"Well, I didn't want it to come to this, but…" Percy began. He pulled out a bottle of water. I knew exactly what he was planning. I intensified my heat. Just as I was doing that, Percy shot the contents of the bottle at me. Normally, that would cool me down no problem. But I was pissed, and I mean PISSED! I was so mad that when the water made contact with my skin, it sizzled up and I was steaming. Everyone's jaw dropped.

"Crystal, if you don't calm down, you're going to set the train on fire!" Nico said nervously.

"I don't care! Those filthy vampires can attack me all they want, but going after any of you? That is NOT OKAY!" I yelled. I stormed out of our little room/car thing and to the bathroom. I slammed the door. I looked at myself in the mirror, and sure enough, I was steaming. I sat down on the toilet, and began to cry. Even my tears were hot. I cried because I knew I couldn't protect all my friends, because I had hurt Nico, and because those creatures were ruining my life. I probably sat there for about 10 minutes before someone knocked. I sniffled and did my best to sound normal.

"Uh, sorry, it's occupied!" I called.

"Crystal? It's Nico. Won't you please come out now?" he asked. I sniffled one more time, then opened the door. I cooled myself down, until I was just a little bit warm. He carefully touched my arm, and found that I wasn't steaming anymore. As he wrapped his arm around my shoulder, I noticed that he was taller than me. Only by about an inch, though. Ok, so when did I get short? I could have sworn I was taller than him. Oh well. I felt one, boiling tear spill over my eyelid. When it hit the carpet, it left a little hole, exposing the metal underneath. I looked down the whole rest of the ride, until about 11 p.m. We would be arriving at 6 a.m., and everyone was settling down to sleep. I leaned my head against the window. I looked over and saw Annabeth passed out on one of the bunks. Grover was moaning about food, chewing on his pillow. Percy was lying still, though I couldn't tell if he was awake or asleep. Nico sat next to me, still awake.

"Are you ok? You should really get some sleep," he whispered. I nodded. Before I could pass out with my head on the hard window, Nico pulled my head over on his shoulder and put his arm around me again. I blushed, and we both fell asleep.

"Nico, we have to get out of here!" someone yelled.

"Right! Should I Shadow Travel us?" Nico replied loudly.

"Can you take us all?" I finally recognized the voice at Percy's.

"Yeah, I think so!" Nico yelled. I could hear people screaming, and something really loud roaring. I opened my eyes. I was still in my seat, with Percy and Nico yelling at people to get off the train. I stood up.

"What the Hestia is going on?" I demanded.

"There's a pack of Hellhounds on the train!" Annabeth yelled. I gasped.

"Why didn't you wake me up!" I screamed.

"We didn't want you to get hurt," Nico replied, grabbing his bag. I followed his lead and grabbed mine. I hustled Grover and Annabeth out, white Percy and Nico fought off any Hellhounds that got too close.

"Come on, let's go!" I urged. Nico finished off one more, then they both followed me. I stayed in back, my senses sharply tuned. I kept my hands on fire in case anything tried to sneak up on us. Once a Hellhound tried to attack us from the front. I quickly pushed Nico and Percy aside and set it afire. I watched for a moment to make sure it died. We continued running until we were off the train, where we found Annabeth and Grover telling the mortals where to go to reach safety.

"Ok, now, everybody grab onto me!" Nico commanded. Percy and Grover grabbed his shoulder. Annabeth clung to his arm, and Nico took my hand. I blushed, but didn't care, since a Hellhound had spotted us. Nico was concentrating, and repeating "Forks Washington!" over and over. I knew we wouldn't make it in time, so I dropped my bag to Percy, and stepped in front of everyone. I set my hands on fire again, and let Nico hold onto my foot. As the Hellhound charged, my hands missed it completely. It pounced on my chest, and just as it was about to tear my sorry head off, we Shadow Traveled. I didn't know where we were. I didn't care. The pain was awful. Those dogs are freakin' HUGE. And I'm not talking like Great Dane big. I'm talking like so-big-it-could-kill-a-baby-elephant big. It left huge claw marks and bruises on my chest and stomach. I hit the ground, curling into a ball, wincing in pain. I refused to cry. I tried to get up, but any use of my stomach muscles was excruciating. So I just decided to stay lying down.

"Crystal? Crystal! Are you ok? Say something!" Nico said, shaking my arm. I groaned.

"Ugh… thanks for getting me outta there…" I managed. He sighed in relief.

"Annabeth, did you bring nectar and ambrosia?" Percy asked. Annabeth nodded and pulled them out. Nico fed me a square of ambrosia and I drank the warm nectar. I was feeling better, but still in pain. I knew there would be a few scars on my stomach. I was able to stand and walk a little ways. I opened my eyes and got the first good look around me. We were in the middle of a forest. And surrounding us were 5 huge, deadly, bigger-than-a-Hellhound wolves. One was grey, one was sandy-colored, one was brown, one was black, and the last was blonde. They were snarling and snapping at us. Percy, Nico, and Annabeth had their weapons drawn, ready for a hopeless fight. Grover fed me more ambrosia, and I prayed I wouldn't burst into flames. I quickly struggled to my feet with Grover's help, who stepped in front of me.

"Arf!" he greeted. Apparently, he spoke wolf. The biggest wolf, the grey one, took a step forward and barked.

"Guys, he said we need to leave right now or he'll tear us to shreds," Grover translated. I shivered, but stepped up.

"Ok, look, uh, giant wolf thing… you probably can't understand me, but, we're not here to like, cause any harm. We came so I could visit my third cousin, Jacob," I explained. The wolves looked around at each other. The big grey one nodded, and threw back his head. I didn't even have time to wonder what he was doing before an ear-piercing howl ripped through the trees. About 10 seconds later, an even bigger, russet-brown wolf emerged from the trees. He looked around at the other wolves, then at us. I was shaking, as he was even bigger. Nico stood protectively in front of me. The wolf's eyes immediately widened, like they understood something. The wolf retreated back into the woods enough that we couldn't see him. I heard a weird sound, then before my eyes, out walked the most surprising thing of the millennia.

Ohhh, I cliff-hanger! But ya you should all know what she sees unless you like, forgot or whatever. Anyway remember to review, cuz I LOVE feedback! I don't care if its flames, because honestly, if you don't like it, you're really missing out ;) also, I work faster when you review and give me tips. Ok? Thanks!