Okay, it's late again. I'm sorry. But school's out so I should be able to update faster. Enjoy.

Chapter 7: Forgotten

"We're surrounded! It must have spread without us realizing it, and it's getting closer by the second," Kristina told us worriedly. Sure enough the flames began to circle around us, devouring the trees and anything else it could get.

"Can't you just, you know, extinguish it," Alice asked Michael.

"Not when it's this big," Michael answered, and then we all formed a circle, our backs to each other and facing the greedy fire that crept its way towards us. Right now I could only think of two things, one we were going to die. Two, if we did make it out alive, I was going to help Jade with the attempted murder against Michael she was probably thinking of.

Bella

Here we were, my coven and Edward's, surrounded by a forest fire, which is partly our fault to begin with. It wasn't that far from us when I heard something in the distance.

"Guys, can you hear that noise," I asked, searching the sky for anything.

"You mean besides that giant forest fire coming towards us? No," Jade answered. I don't get how even when we're on the break of death she's still a smart-alec.

"Wait, I hear it, too. Just listen," Katie said, her voice shaking slightly. Michael held her closer to him. We all quit breathing to listen better. When it came again, I recognized it. It was a helicopter!

"It's a helicopter," Emmett yelled, voicing my thoughts.

"No shit Sherlock," Jade snarled. See what I mean?

That got Rosalie mad. "Don't yell at him! Only I can do that!" Suddenly, Kristina (who was closest to the fire) yelped as a spark almost hit her shoe.

Shadow grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her back towards him. He turned towards Michael. "Can you hold it off until the helicopter gets here?"

He nodded. "I think so."

"It should only be about fifty-five seconds," Alice told him. Michael nodded again. It was painful waiting for the helicopter, but when it stopped in front of us I recognized the people inside.

"That's Carlisle and Esme," I shouted. The Cullens turned to look at me as they lowered the ladder.

"How do you know that," Edward asked me. Whoops.

"We've seen them around town before," Kristina lied and gave me a look. I quickly double checked the shield so Edward wouldn't catch our lie. It was there.

"C'mon," Alice said impatiently. She already had started to climb. We all climbed up, me coming last. Michael didn't have to hold off the flames 'cause why figured the wind from the helicopter would do that. Just then we found out were wrong. There was a large crackle and I felt a whole lot of heat come up. Looking down I let out a large shriek and let go of my footholds on the rope ladder. The fire had caught the ladder and it was making its way up. Fast. All the others gave me worried look.

"There's no one else up here," Esme called down. We didn't need to be told twice. Using our vampire speed, we were all up in the helicopter in less than ten seconds. Carlisle released the ladder and it was sent down to the forest floor in ashes. Luckily the helicopter was big enough to hold all of us and had a great autopilot. Thank God for the future.

"Since that fire was so big and started for no apparent reason I have a feeling one of you did it," Carlisle said sternly, looking at my coven. We all looked at Michael and he kept his eyes on his feet.

"How could you let it get that much out of control," Carlisle asked.

"I-I'm sorry, it's just, see my powers are tied to my emotions, and I got angry, so the fire started, and then I got distracted, and it got so big that I couldn't put it out," he answered rubbing the back of his neck. Katie frowned and sat down next to him, wrapping him in a big hug.

"Please try and be more cautious in the future okay," Esme asked in a kind voice. Michael looked up at her and nodded. Alice then skipped up and started to chat away.

"Well, since that's out of the way, Carlisle, Esme, that's Michael, Katie, Kristina, Shadow, Jade, Christopher, and…Bella." I didn't fail to notice their change in mood when Alice mentioned my name. "They're vegetarians, just like us, and they don't live to far away either. Oops there's the buzzy thing, we're about to land, you should probably take control now Carlisle."

Right after she said that the buzzy thing came on. I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but Alice never ceases to amaze me. As Carlisle was landing the plane I walked to the window and looked down at the ground. We were hovering over the baseball field. By the way, that's like a halfway point between our house and theirs. As soon as we landed Katie threw the door open and flung herself on the ground. Even though she's a vampire and it's nearly impossible for a plane crash to kill her, she still hates flying. It's so weird. I thought we were going to be able to go home without Alice pestering us, but she proved me wrong as soon as she stepped off the helicopter.

" 'Kay you guys live, like, a minute away from us, and some of you need to hunt, so I'll let you go today, but tomorrow we WILL go shopping since the school will need two weeks of rebuilding and modeling. So, see ya!" She grinned, and then sped away the rest of the Cullens following after.

We followed suit, and as soon as we stepped through the door, I sped off to my room and the others didn't try to stop me. They knew I needed to be alone. My room was in the back of the house, had a balcony over looking the backyard, the other side was filled with books and CDs, and, even though I didn't need it, a single bed. I sat down on the bed, my mind swirling. The Cullens were here, with us, and they don't even know who I am. I just don't get it. How could they forget? Do they want to forget me? Had I changed that much? I couldn't think anymore. Lying down on my bed, I took out my I-phone Nano (it's an I-phone and I-pod Nano combined. Each of us have one) and put the ear buds in my ear. But not that long after, my door opened and Kristina slid through. She sat next to me and I sat up, pausing Skillet.

She tried to smile. "Skillet?" I shrugged. Skillet was her favorite band. I didn't listen to it that much.

Kristina sighed. "Are you okay?"

"I don't know." I looked down at me feet. "It's just, how could they, forget me?"

"I'm not sure. But, by the looks of it, they didn't forget about you, they just think that you're a different person. A different Bella." She shrugged. "That's just what I think."

"You're probably right."

Kristina looked back up at me. "Is that what you want? You can tell them you know." I shook my head.

"That would be, too awkward. It's better this way. We can just, be friends."

"Are you sure that's what you want?"

I hesitated. "Y-yes." There must've been something in my voice, because Kristina pulled me into a big hug. This was why Kristina was my favorite in the coven. She's a tomboy, like me, and she can be harsh sometimes, but she does have a soft spot. Even if she rarely showed it. I heard the door opening, and we broke apart to see Michael standing in the doorway.

"We were fixing to go hunting," he told us. "Do you two want to come?"

"Yes," Kristina said, standing up. She looked at me. "Bella?"

I nodded. "I'll come, too."

We all ran into the Canadian Mountains, the whole time I was telling myself that this was better. It was better for the Cullens not to know me. To be…forgotten.

You know, if this was a sob story, with a terrible, sad ending, this would be the perfect ending. Again, I'm sorry for slow updates. My mom takes collage classes, and the only computer in the house is in her room. Also, my sister hogs my dad's laptop. And I just found my flash player. So, hopefully, I'll be able to update quicker. Hopefully. But for now, R&R?