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What's Scarier than Vampires?

In the morning, my body was sore. I slept in the same position all night, never taking my eyes off the mirror. Consequently, my eyes became dry and my body stiff.

I tried to move slowly and cautiously to wake my body. My bones creaked noisily.

"Bella, love, are you awake?" Edward asked, brushing my hair.

"Yes," I croaked my voice dry from lack of sleep. Technically, I lied. I didn't sleep at all.

He chuckled. "No, you didn't." What? Could he read my mind all of a sudden?

"How did--?"

"You didn't speak at all last night," he said.

Betrayed by my habit of sleep talking. That explains it. I racked my brain for a good excuse but couldn't find any.

"If you're still tired, just stay in bed." He kissed the side of my face and swiftly got out of bed. "I am going to make some breakfast for you."

I smiled. "Thank you," I said.

He left the room quickly, closing the door behind him. The moment the door closed I became alert. I was alone with the mirror.

"Edward!" I gasped, sitting up straight in the bed.

He quickly came into the room. "Yes, love?"

"C-can you please leave the door open?" I said, my eyes glued to the mirror.

"Alright. Are you sure you're okay?" he questioned.

I nodded.

He gave a crooked smile in return and left, leaving the door open behind him. I heard him humming as he went down the stairs.

I stared at the mirror for seconds, waiting for something to happen. After what seemed like forever, nothing occurred. I rested my head against the pillow, slowly closing my eyes.

Edward's faultless humming faded into silence. Until a new sound came.

Creaking.

The door was creaking.

My eyes shot open and landed on the door. The door was slowly closing by itself.

"No," I breathed, as I tried to get out of bed. I wrestled my way out of the thick blankets and landed with a thud on the floor. I got to my feet and grabbed the door handle just as it was about to fully close. I flung the door wide open.

I glanced behind me to making sure that Mary wasn't there. My eyes darted down the long hallway in front of me. Alice and Jasper's room was right across from mine. Their door was wide open.

"Alice?" I called out.

"Yes, Bella?" her soprano voice echoed through the hallway.

I let out a sigh of relief. It was calming to know I wasn't upstairs alone.

"Um… can you come here really quick?" I asked.

"You should know me by now Bella. Here!" she said, smiling. She was standing in front of me in less than a second. "What's up?" she asked.

I shook my head. "I'm not sure but I think Mary is still here," I said.

"Mary?"

I nodded.

"Well don't be afraid. She likes you," Alice said.

I remembered the rose on my dresser drawer. I looked at it. The rose was still drenched, making its petals shine with a blood red color.

"Than why is she still bothering me?" I asked.

Alice sighed. "Bella, maybe she just misses her human life. Like Rose, for instance. She wants to understand you because you have all the normal human qualities that she misses. Imperfection, clumsiness, awkwardness.."

"Okay, I get it!" I smiled sheepishly. I glanced at the mirror.

"You're never going to forget about this are you?" Alice asked. She slightly shook my soldiers. "She likes you, she will not hurt you," she said slowly, making sure I understood every word.

"Here, I'll show you," she said, grasping my wrist and leading me to the bathroom in the hallway.

"Tell me we're not going to summon her again," I said, my voice quivering.

"Bella, she won't hurt you. And the only way I can make you believe me is if I show you," Alice said, as she shut the door and turned off the lights.

"Don't we need a candle and at least 5 other people?"

Alice shook her head. "We've confronted her already, so we can contact her without a candle and everyone else."

She held my hand and began chanting, "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bl—"

"Wait!" I shouted. "Do we really have to do this?" I shrieked.

"Yes, Bella," she shot me a death glare. She chanted again.

"Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, B—"

"I need to use the bathroom! Can you step out for a minute?" I said quickly.

"BELLA!" she shouted. I imagine she gave me this look that I swear I would never be afraid of her shopping face again.

I shivered.

"Keep quiet, you need to get over this."

I sighed. She was right. I would never be able to sleep or do anything without fearing Mary was watching me or trying to hurt me.

She turned back to the mirror. "Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary."

"Blo-"

"BELLA I SWEAR ON EDWARD'S UNDEAD LIFE IF YOU SAY ONE MORE THING…!"

"I was chanting with you," I said quietly.

Seconds passed.

"Oh." She sighed. "One more time."

"Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary," she started.

"Bloody Mary," I finished. And I wish I hadn't.

The mirror turned dark, showing the wooden stairs just as I had remembered.

I looked over at Alice to make sure she was still there. Her eyes were looking far off again. She was having a vision.

"Bella," Alice breathed.

I looked back at the mirror. The pale woman walked down the stairs, her head hung low. She reached the middle of the stairs. Suddenly she looked up, her face bloody and shredded, and she let out an agonizing cry. She ran down the stairs with her messy hair flying around her head. She nearly reached the bottom of the stairs when I noticed a sharp butcher knife in her hand.

My eyes widened.

"Bella!" Alice screamed.

Uh-oh. Someone made Mary veryy angry. There were no scary stories in here, but one or two will be added in the next chapter (which will not take another 3 years to write since I have been working on them for the past 2 weeks). Speaking of scary stories, the ones that have been submitted to me are very good and scary, but I am running low on stories! Submit more people! Just send it to me in a private message (not as a review because you don't want to give away the surprise!) I am very sorry for taking sooo long to update a new chapter. I've been suffering from writer's block and it is very frustrating but I thank you guys so much for your patience. I know this chapter was very short, but I decided to at least give you guys something. The whole "I swear on Edward's undead life..." thing, I got from a review submitted by EdwardsBrandofHeroin. I thought it was very funny so I put it in this chapter. Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this very short chapter and remember! While you may think you're safe from mean, old Bloody Mary, think again... Legend has it that if you are near a mirror in total darkness, she can still come for you, regardless of whether or not you're trying to call for her...