A/N Hey you guys! i finally got this chapter up! im soo sorry. I have been busy but i will try to get some chapters up. Blood Countess and Stranded are getting pretty intense if i do say so myself! tell me what you guys think. I will try to finish my stories soon because i have a challenge that I asked someone to use the story for. It is an Eragon/Twilight mix, if you like tell me! if you don't want me to waste my time then tell me that please!
Disclaimer I don't own Twilight! Wish I did but Meyer does. I just write stories about her stories.
BPOV
I rolled over only to hit something hard. Groaning, I pushed myself up and opened my eyes. Shaking my head, trying to get the blood back in my brain, I could see different shades of white and green.
"Bella, are you okay?" I jumped at the proximity of the voice but turned around and saw Edward trapped in a cage.
"Uh yeah, I think so, why are you in a cage?" I whispered. If something put us here, I didn't want to let them know we were talking.
"I guess we are captives, damn could this get any worse!" He lightly punched the structure holding him.
I leaned back a little and noticed the slightly brownish, ivory colored poles that made up the cage. They looked a lot like bones, these guys didn't know how to make plastic, did they?
"Hey Edward, are these…bones?" I shivered at the thought that I was touching remains of others that had been here before me.
"Human, I suppose." He whispered, but I heard him.
I jumped back from the cage, and stared at the structure. Wrapping my arms around my knees, I rocked back and forth, trying to decipher what was going on.
"Tika doshinki me conki deni kiki." A voice boomed from next to my cage. I jumped back and stared in horror as people flocked to where we were. They all had very dark, tan skin, except for one older looking woman, with pale skin. She had a wooden staff in her hand that had different feathers and strings attached to the top.
They all had a white, pasty, substance covering their faces and some of the males had red stripes on their cheeks. I felt like I was in a movie with the tribal people that capture lost souls.
I was knocked out of my musings when a door on my cage was yanked open and two younger men ducked through, reaching for me. I couldn't help it, I screamed. I swallowed back my smirk as the two boys shrunk back in from my yell.
"Get your hands away from her! Do not touch HER!" I heard Edward yelling, trying to grab anything. His tries were to no avail as the boys grabbed my arms and pulled me out of my haven.
I would not go down without a fight! I started kicking and pulling and pushing with my arms, trying to find a weakness in my captors. One of the boys lost his grip but the other just tightened his.
They roughly carried me up to a small stone table and pushed me down onto it. I could see Edward punching the bones and I watched as his knuckles became bloody from the force. I whipped my head around and watched as the villagers created a circle around me.
My gaze stopped on an older man with a slight pot belly who was slowly walking up to me, twisting his stick in certain movements. Finally reaching me, I wiggled away from him but he grabbed my ankles and pulled me towards him. Screaming, I grabbed the other edge of the stone and tried to pull away.
Suddenly, I felt two warm hands clamping down on my ankles, and a rough material rubbing across them. Glancing down, I noticed they had tied my feet together with rope.
Realizing I had no way out, I turned around and watched them all with cautious eyes.
"Toto boka nini maoh uh uh hili ninu conu mini dini wewe wepo" The mans voice echoed off of the trees, creating a loud speaker effect. I flinched when the people around me yelled. I felt like a sacrifice. Of course looking down didn't help the matter, you could see blood stains, splattering the marble beneath me.
When I looked back up, I noticed my vision was blurred, but soon realized I was shaking. One of the boys that had grabbed me earlier, came up and pulled out a jagged, sharp stone.
Before I could react, the boy had my right arm, and another man held me down. Wriggling, I tried to yank my arm away from the boys hand but he had a tight grip.
I let out a straggled scream as the sharp knife cut from my for-arm down to my wrist. My eyes were wide with horror as I watched my blood drip down into a bowl the boy was holding beneath my arm.
I faintly heard Edwards voice yelling, but my mind was so blurred over with images of the tribe, and the cutting of my arm. After the bowl was half way filled, the boy dropped my arm, and I felt another man pick me up. The stone disappeared from underneath me and was replaced with earth.
"Bella, oh my god, Bella, speak to me honey, oh I'm soo sorry!" I sat still as Edward fussed over me.
"Yeah, they just cut my arm." My voice was hoarse. I don't think he bought it. His eyebrows scrunched up, and he glared daggers at the people.
I reached my hand through the bars and grasped tightly to Edward's hand. I wouldn't let go, they wouldn't make me unless they ripped my arm off.
I closed my eyes and just imagined Edward's hand holding mine. I blocked out my surroundings as I recreated my lullaby Edward had made me. I imagined us together on the couch, with Alice and the whole gang with us. Jasper and Emmett were busy playing guitar hero, while everyone else looked on, giggling whenever Emmett lost.
My dream was broken up however when I heard a small gasp beside me. Looking over, I noticed Edward's face was broken out into a pure look of disgust. As hard as I tried not to look, my body disobeyed.
The old lady I had seen earlier with the light pale skin had the bowl my blood was in, above her head. Her eyes were closed and her small mouth was moving fast and silently. I picked up a few words, but hell I couldn't understand their language!
She slowly lowered the bowl to her chest, saying a few more words, then she gently lifted the bowl to her lips. I gagged and tried to look away, but I stayed frozen. She took a sip, then another. After the bowl was clean, she looked around and shoved the bowl out, I guess so everyone could see it was gone.
She nodded her head vigorously and pointed directly at me, a sick smirk covered her face. Cheers erupted from the group.
I stared at Edward, hoping to find some comfort, but he looked just as horrified as I probably looked.
"Please tell me they hated it and they don't want more." I squeezed his hand tighter.
"I don't know, but I promise Isabella, I will get us out of here! I swear you will not die like this. We will get old together, have kids, have an amazing marriage, and eventually we will die old and natural...together. That I promise you Bella." He vowed.
"Get some sleep, if something happens, I'll let you know, but just rest, it's almost dark anyway." He whispered, glancing at me through his bangs.
"I'm scared, they might be those people that do a bunch of ceremonies at night or something!" I tried to calm my imagination, and leaned against the cage, squeezing Edward's hand tighter.
"Damn, strong grip." He gave a slight, forced chuckle. I couldn't help it; I let out a small giggle.
This couldn't get any worse. Well unless it rained like it did in cartoons, which would suck. I watched as all the people slowly worked their way to their small huts. By now, you could see the different shades of pink and yellow stretched across the skies, as the sun set behind the mountains. It would be worth a picture take, but I doubted I could borrow one.
I didn't even realize I had dozed off until a rough hand shook my shoulder. Whipping around and getting into a defensive stance, I noticed a man maybe in his thirties standing by our cages.
"I don't know how to explain this but, I was just like you guys here. My plane crashed around 5 years ago and I had four other people with me. Two of them were women and one a small girl and one other guy. One of the women, like you, had their blood tasted, and the same thing with the cheering happened to her. She was sacrificed the next night to their god, Axiki. The young girl was burned along with the other woman because the lady didn't approve of their blood. The other man was eaten after he lost games where he competed against me. See they take the men and make them compete, the loser gets eaten, and the winner gets taken into the trib. You with me?" He whispered.
Whoa, didn't see this coming. I looked up to Edward, and noticed he had a hard look marring his features.
"I am the only man; does that mean I compete against one of them? And does that mean Bella, here, gets sacrificed?!!" He raised his voice as he got to the ending.
I don't think my brain was working right because I wasn't screaming yet. A shiver ran through my body though at the thought that I might be sacrificed.
"Yeah, and yes, unfortuatly, they like Isabella here. But I don't want you to go through the same thing as I did, so I will try to get you guys out of here. I need to get some supplies for you guys, I'll be back soon." He darted off.
As I realized I might have a hope of getting out of here, my heart swelled with the thought of surviving. Only to be shot down with deep thoughts.
"Uh Edward, what will we do when we get out? I mean we don't have a way off the island, so do we run?" A silent sob racked through my body.
"Yeah, but maybe we can build a shelter far away from here, and now that we know what other people are on this island, we shouldn't end up in this situation again." He reached out and rubbed soothing circles on my palm.
I glanced up as I saw the man from earlier unwrapping the rope, keeping our doors locked. When Edward was free, he reached in and grabbed me out, lightly setting me down. He grabbed my waist and pushed me into him hard. A cough finally broke us out of our musings.
Looking towards our savior, I noticed he has a small bag full of who knows what.
"These are the essentials, a knife, some clothes, and a blanket. But I think they left your stuff alone on the shore. I would grab all the stuff you can from there and then run to the other side of the island. Now go!" He gave us a slight push and handed us the bundle.
Sprinting, we ran through a space in between two huts. Ignoring the cuts and bruises I surely got from the underbrush, I kept running after Edward. I noticed we had passed a young boy, and ran even faster as I heard him run back and I could faintly hear his voice screaming. Uh-Oh.
"Ugh can't a boy let someone pass without tattling!" Edward let out a frustrated laugh and grabbed my hand, pulling me faster. We broke through the trees after several minutes of running. Running down the beach a little ways, we found our campsite. Grabbing as much stuff as we could, we hurried and shoved it into makeshift bags. As we started running down the beach we saw several figures appear on the beach.
My heart dropped as I saw more and more pile out of the jungle and start running towards us.
"Come on!" Edward yelled, as he took off into the forest again. Huffing, I ran after him. We dodged several hills that appeared out of nowhere. It was like they were hiding and when the underbrush stopped, the drop offs appeared.
We took a sharp turn to dodge an oncoming tree and noticed the yells and shouts were getting closer. I could feel my heart thumping against my ribcage widely. I looked back only to see lost of green, eh reminded me of Forks.
I let out a scream when a hand clamped down on my arm, pulling me down into a ditch. My yell was short lived however, when another hand clamped down on my lips.
We rolled down a steep dropdown. I went airborne for a little bit until my back made contact with whoever had grabbed me. I could hear the air being knocked out of the man underneath me. I started screaming again only to have them muffled by the hand on my mouth.
"Do you want us to get caught?" Edward hissed in my ear.
I froze and relaxed.
"Sorry, I thought it was a tribal boy." I admitted.
"Just stay quiet, and we won't be caught." I tried to make myself smaller and turned so my face was buried in his chest.
"Please, someone help us, get here and save us." I whispered under my breath before bracing myself so I could start running again. This was one hell of a night.
A/N Hope you guys enjoyed it! It took a long time to write which is very sad for me! Anyway i was planning on doing a story challenge i asked to complete. It is a cross between Eragon and Twilight. Tell me if you think i should do it, if not tell me that too i want to make you guys happy! Anyway review and i will try to finish my stories soon i promise!