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Bella

The playhouse turned out to be what seemed like a house with a flat roof but was filled with only a kitchen, bathroom, TV room and a whole lot of work-out materials such as weights, machines, and possibly the thickest punching bags I had ever seen in my entire life, which is pretty long as it is. Almost immediately, the boys headed for the 'toys' and while the rest of us relaxed in the TV room, we could hear Emmett and Jake argue over who was stronger.

After about an hour though, TV was not good enough to keep hold of our short attention spans, so the girls and I headed outside where there was a volleyball/badminton/tennis court all in one. Not wanting to fail miserably, I suggested badminton.

We played for about two hours before the back door swung open and out came Emmett and Jake with determined looks on their faces.

"Where are you two going?" Amber asked, not even looking at them.

"We're going to settle this." Emmett said. They were both shirtless, both at a running pace now, heading into the woods.

"Where?" I asked. Amber shrugged.

"The metals I guess," she began, then blinking as if remembering something, "JAKE!! BE CAREFUL WITH THAT OUT THERE!!!" she yelled.

"I'M NOT STUPID, AMY!" he called back.

"Psh, sure you're not, ya big fuzz ball." She groaned under her breath. For the next four hours, we could hear them tossing things around and though none of us said anything, I'm pretty sure I heard several trees snap, making me a bit nervous about humans hearing us.

"Don't worry, we're pretty far from all the cities. It's like a 10 hour trip from all of them to here, we just don't feel it 'cause we all tend to drive at the speed of light." Amber joked. About an hour ago, she and I decided to lay down on a patch of grass while the other girls played and Jasper and Edward continued in the playhouse.

I put my hand up in the air, gazing at the sun shining between my fingers. Then I remembered what I'd meant to ask Amber for a while.

"Hey, Amber," I began. She turned to face me. "You said you'd been with Jake for some time now. Are you also a vampire?" I asked. She frowned and turned away from me, towards the sky, sighing.

"Not quite. But I am also an immortal, just…" she paused, looking for a word, "Different."

That doesn't really answer anything, I wanted to say. Obviously she's an immortal, but if she's not a vampire and obviously not a lycan, since she didn't change when I tossed her to the tree, I was beginning to wonder what other mythological creature existed that I should know about.

But considering her reaction, I figured she didn't quite answer because she didn't want to. Again, I played with the sunshine, noticing something dark covering it up. I moved my hand and stared up, curious.

"What…" I began, a rumbling sound seeming to come closer, followed by a deep roar, "is that?" I inquired. Amber's eyes shot open and she gasped, too shocked to move. I sat up to get a closer look at it.

It was…

"AMBER, LOOK OUT!!!" Jake screamed, his voice filled with worry and hostility. Amber still lay frozen in shock though.

"Iron." She whispered feebly to herself. I had a vague feeling that she should be moving away and yet I did nothing, frozen by her reaction rather than by fear.

"BELLA, MOVE HER PLEASE!!!" Jake screamed at me, but it was too late.

We both were taken down by a heavy piece of metal—iron, apparently—and fell hard against the ground. For a moment I could hear nothing. Or thought so, but apparently, my ears were being pierced by a sound so loud and fearful that it had numbed even my vampire ears of sound. As I crawled out from under the metal, I looked around for whatever it was making that sound, finding it to be a pale creature fumbling underneath the metal, unable to get out from underneath. The creature had ivory skin, overtoned by a hint of blue, and was writhing in pain and agony, caving in on itself as its back and wings were torn or burned by the touch of the iron. As I stared amazed, I realized that the creature looked like a faerie, though I'd thought faeries were tiny…this one was about the same size of a human.

I inched closer, amazed and astounded, too curious to help it free itself. I still could hear nothing when suddenly, I began to hear flutters, all different and yet all colliding, creating a bee-like sound. I turned around, searching for the source and came face to face with a disgusting creature with glassy teeth, coming right at me, sharp claws aiming for my face. Instinctively, I moved over, watching it fall to the ground and get back up almost simultaneously. It came at me again, screeching, followed by others just like it, or even uglier. It attempted scratching at me but the scars faded instantly and I reached for it, tossing it aside like a rag doll. It didn't rise again, but the others of its kind were reaching me at an increasingly fast pace.

Appalled by their monstrosity, I got myself up and glanced again at the creature underneath the metal.

"Amber?" I breathed. A sharp cry was my only reply and instantly, I yanked off the metal from her torso. Her back was scarred horribly, but she was able to turn herself over and stand weakly. Covered by a blood stained translucent dress, she tried to dizzily run away from the oncoming creatures, but she was too weak to run quickly, so I grabbed her and ran as fast as my legs could go. I was too scared to stop and before I knew it, we were at a Washington border. She breathed slowly, eyes empty and lips quivering.

"Jake…Jake, he's…" she could hardly even say his name.

"Also a faerie?" I asked. I really was not ready to hear that he'd been infected by three immortal creatures, truly, I wasn't.

She tried to laugh, but cringed. "No…he's" she paused to breathe, "he's not safe there without…without…me." She stated and although I knew that was an attempt to get me to take her back, she went limp in my arms. I could feel her heartbeat pump with life though so I ran a little further and settled her down in an alley, not leaving her side. I waited for her to wake but couldn't help keeping an eye out for horrible creatures to come out of every corner. It was so strange to fear them, since I knew I was practically indestructible, but to see what they could do to Amber…I feared losing her would mean losing Jake again. None came however, and eventually, I tried reaching Edward and the rest of my family to let them know we were alive.

"Bella?" I heard Jake looking for me in his mind.

"Yes?" I asked.

"You have her right? Cullen said you had her, is she alright? Where are you? Are you safe? You're not in woods right? God, tell me she's okay Bells, please tell me she's okay?" he pleaded, the words falling all over themselves.

"I think she'll be alright…her back was hurt, but it seems to be healing…she's just exhausted and ended up passing out, but her breathing is normal, so I'd say she should wake in about an hour or so…Jake?" I asked.

"I know, I've got some explaining to do." He replied, thinking ahead at my incoming question. "Just tell me where she is, I need to help her."

"We're between a restaurant and sports store near the Washington-Idaho border."

"Wow," he breathed, relieved, "you got pretty far." He joked, still showing his worry in his voice though.

"Yeah well, I'm not used to getting attacked by freakin' trolls with razor claws and glassy teeth that make me feel like I'll die even though I can't die. Oh and let's not forget the wings, no, not those." I replied.

"You wouldn't die. Hell, I wouldn't either, but…" he paused.

"But she could." I finished for him. He fell silent for a while.

"I'm like five minutes away Bells. We have to meet the others in Port Angeles though, it's not safe in Forks for her anymore."

"Why did they suddenly pop out though? I mean, couldn't they have-" I began, but he cut me off.

"I'll explain it later Bells, just wait." He replied. About six or seven minutes later, he found us. I watched him as he came running in for her, not even glancing at me. She was still knocked out, but her back was mostly healed now and her wings weren't visible anymore, her pale skin gaining humanly color again. As he put her in his arms, I noticed a tattoo on the small of her back, almost glowing. It was a crescent. He touched it and little by little, she became invisible to my sight.

"What the hell?!" I exclaimed, shocked.

"She's still there, Bells, I just can't risk having them see her and follow us." He replied.

"But how did you…?" I began.

"It only works if she or I do it, but with the mark, it only reacts to my touch." He explained. "Now come on, we have to go." He stated.

It was strange to see him so serious. But there was something else about him that was different and finally I noticed what that difference was as we made our way to Port Angeles. The tattoo on his arm, the sword that Edward had noticed first, was also glowing. But as soon as her body came to contact with part of it, it seemed to go ablaze.

I looked up at her face, then his, finding no explanation or comfort in either of them. Something told me there were dark times ahead for all of us now.

Very dark. And that alone scared the life out of me.

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