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A/N: Hey everyone! Okay sorry for not updating a little sooner but my notebook was -tearful sigh- stolen from me. Unfortunetly it happens, luckily I have many things stored and multiple copies so I was not at a complete loss. This is the last chapter of flashback, or as my friend calls it, fluffy (my name) crap. lol Next chapter is entitled "Welcome to Forks High" meaning you get to see the good stuff, the people and their interactions in my A/U! Yay! In this chapter the song used is Welcome to My Life by Simple Plan which I do not own either. Pretty long chapter, Edward and Bella's POV good stuff is next, enjoy! thnx, freeyourminddreamer:)

In Someone's Arms…

BPOV

I heard my front door slam followed by my mother, probably drunk, stumble into the kitchen. My dad heard it to, he ran downstairs to "greet" her.

"Where have you been Renee?! It's three in the morning!" Charlie was hissing at her, trying not to wake me.

"Why are you whispering?" Renee practically screamed.

"Because, Renee," he practically spat her name, "Our 11 year old daughter is upstairs sleeping." I was almost positive Charlie was rolling his eyes at her.

"Well it's morning so she should get up! Bella, it's time to get ready for school!" Yup, Renee was definitely intoxicated.

"Were you with him Renee? Were you out with Phil?" My father's anger was seeping through his composed voice.

To be hurt

To feel lost

To be left out in the dark

I started humming to myself and walked to the mirror. A pretty girl stared back at me, her eyes were surrounded by pretty lashes and her nose was petite and her lips were in a big pretty smile. She was playing with Rosie and Alice and they were in a pretty field holding hands in their pretty dresses and dancing and spinning and it was just so pretty.

To be kicked when you're down

To feel like you've been pushed around

But I had never actually moved from the bed, I was hugging my knees under the blankets of my bed, shivering, crying. I heard them yelling and I heard a third voice downstairs with them. It was a man. He joined in the yelling. I heard Renee's favourite vase crash to the ground. I shoved my hand in my mouth trying to stop myself from screaming.

To be on the edge of breaking down

And no one's there to save you

Anywhere, I wanted to be anywhere but here. I heard Renee scream and I flew to the stairs, Phil and Charlie were only a few feet apart. I closed my eyes…

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A choking sound was coming from my chest, I tried to stop the convulsing but I couldn't. I was all alone and I needed help. Someone to help me, anyone at all. Phil and Charlie and Renee everyone was screaming for help from me. Two arms enclosed around me, sleep my Bella they commanded in the most familiar and beautiful voice I had ever heard. I had no choice but to obey, and so I closed my eyes.

No you don't know what it's like

Welcome to my life

EPOV

I was shocked, that was the easiest way to describe it. Bella Swan, or soon to be Dwyer, should've been like any other human, you can peer into their future to prepare for any large, dangerous events. Of course, the future is decided by decisions, but you can have a general idea. Bella was different, of course she was, and I shouldn't have been surprised. But I was, when I tried to use the machine to investigate her future and found a blank.

"Ricardo!" I yelled.

"What's up?" he asked casually, as he sat in the chair next to mine.

"Why can't I see her future?" I whined.

"Didn't anyone tell you about her?" he was smiling his all-knowing smile again.

"Nope." I rolled my eyes.

"Bella is a PM."

"Of course!" I sighed, she has a Personal Mind! That would explain the excess energy required for tampering with her memories and how it was nearly impossible to understand her way of thinking, I could only get tiny glimpses every once in a while.

"Wait, but that doesn't explain why I can't see her future!" I moaned, why couldn't they just explain it to me?

"She's also a dark beat." His eyes grew a little dark at the mention of this condition.

I gasped, "Bella, a dark beat! That's…impossible!"

"It's true, she is a special case."

I frowned a dark beat was unique, special yes, but still I didn't believe it made her anything too special.

Ricardo sensed this and rolled his eyes, "Be prepared, something's going to happen soon."

I glared at him, "Stupid all-knowing angel."

He laughed, "Stupid immature, stubborn teenager," as he disappeared again.

So she was a dark beat, that made this very interesting. A suicidal person has very small, distant futures that change almost in the blink of an eye, but still they are there and they can become dominant with the help of a GA's work. A dark beat is a very rare and unique person whose condition and mind is so full of demons and despair that they have no future present; they could be gone any moment. Naturally, some glimpses can occur with lots of effort to give the GA some advanced warning, but dark beats have their GA's working constantly. I mentally scorned myself for not looking into this sooner. I was very laid-back with Bella, I would have to be more prepared in the future, a PM and a dark beat together was going to very troublesome.

As if on cue, a light flashed across the screen. I focused, making the light grow clearer into images, I saw Bella's parent's I saw…I was shocked. Renee was having an affair with Phil! There was going to be a fight! I was annoyed with myself once again, I should have thought to look into the future of her family as well, I would definitely next time.

I was staring at Isabella, huddling under her covers, crying, shaking, convulsing as the screams and noises grew louder beneath her. I caught glimpses of her thought waves, there were girls dancing in a field and dark caves demanding to swallow her. Again, I underestimated her mind's power to block mine; I was not prepared with strength to dismiss the darkness from her mind. She ran to the stairs and I followed her footsteps. Turn around Bella! I tried to order, unsuccessfully. She watched the events as clearly as I viewed them, and I knew they would scar her for life.

She was back lying in her bed again, on the brink of hyperventilating. Tears swelled in my eyes, I could have helped her, hidden her from some of the pain, weakened its effects, if only I had been prepared. I sat on her bed beside her shaking body, hidden from her eyes and wrapped my arms around the sweet child, trying to forget the images she had just seen. My instinct took over and I kissed the top of her head whispering, Sleep my Bella. This time I managed to get through and she feel asleep in my arms. I was shocked at the events I had just witnessed! I would be prepared next time, I would protect her, keep her from harm, she was mine and I would make her safe. Unsure of my sudden possessiveness to the child, I drifted back to my world and prepared for her future, and mine as well.

"Bella, honey, smile!" Renee's camera caught the back of my hair; I refused pictures that would remind me later of this horrible event. Grade Eight Graduation, but I only knew it as my personal Hell on Earth.

"Hey Bells over here!"

"Charlie!" I ran to him, Dad was my saviour, the only reason I put up with my mom and Phil.

He gave me a hug, "Gosh you look so grown-up Bella." He looked almost sheepish.

"Aww shucks Dad you know how much I hate this."

He laughed, "You're my daughter all right, so let's get out of here I'm taking you out!"

I frowned, "Sorry Dad I can't, I'm being forced to head back to the gym for the dance."

"Alice and Rosalie?" he guessed.

"And Renee and Phil, apparently skipping my dance is not proper behaviour." I rolled my eyes, stupid eloping parents.

Charlie guessed what I was thinking, "You're not still blaming yourself are you honey?"

I shook my head, "Just mad that I have to go through with this, look at these shoes Dad! I'm going to break every bone in my body! Why do I have to be like all the other girls, I'm not like them so I shouldn't have to go?!" I knew I shouldn't be taking this out on Charlie but he understood what I was talking about.

"I know," he sighed, we were so similar, "But for their sake you have to go through with this but I promise as soon as its done you can come sleep in your room at my place and spend the weekend with me okay?"

I smiled, a weekend at Charlie's for just two hours of a dance, I could handle it. "Deal!"

He gave me another quick hug, "I'll pick you up okay?"

"Thanks dad!"

"Beh-laa! Hurry up!" Alice and Rosalie were attacking me.

"Okay see you then Dad!"

"Bye, Bells."

"I'm coming, I'm coming." I sighed as Alice and Rose dragged me to the gym.

It was as horrific as I'd imagined, the theme was the Academy Awards and there were large cut-out cardboard Oscar statues, red carpets, stars, streamers, it was a living nightmare.

"Hey gorgeous ladies." Emmett said in a sexy voice.

"Hey yourself." Rosalie tossed her hair behind her back, but she was practically purring back to him.

"Eww will you two please get a room, I have to last two hours and then I'm free for two days." I rolled my eyes.

"Suit yourself, we're going to dance I presume you're not joining us?" Alice asked, already in Jasper's arms.

I snorted, "Hell no, go enjoy yourselves I'll be here stuffing my face with," I turned to the snack table, "A bit of everything."

They all laughed, "Gosh Bella would it kill you to loosen up?" Emmett joked.

"Smile Bella," Jasper's voice always had a soothing effect so I decided to humour them and smiled.

Emmett grabbed his face in shock, "Oh my Carlisle!" We all said oh my Carlisle instead of God because we'd heard Esme say that to her husband (Rose and Jasper's mother and father) and we'd become obsessed with the saying. "She cracked a smile, the world as we know it is ending, the apocalypse is coming, the pigs are flying!" Emmett was running in a circle with his arms wailing above his head, teachers and children alike were staring at us.

"Okay, okay," I smacked him in the arm, "Don't draw attention to me please. If you leave me alone I'll join you guys for the last song." Why, why, did I just promise that?!

Alice smiled, "Deal, let's go guys!" They all ran in the direction of the DJ.

I sighed and took a seat, just tapping my foot along with the music. I was lost in my train of thought and had missed the cue that the first slow song was coming and was then attacked by Mike.

"Bella, would you like to dance?"

"No thank you." I replied calmly.

"Oh," his face was hurt and he turned and slouched back to his friends.

"Hey Bella! Dance with me?" I had missed Tyler behind me.

"Uh…No thanks."

"Bells, swing yeah around the beat?"

I had no idea who that was since I dismissed the idea of turning around so I just pointed in the direction of Mike and Tyler. I decided to avoid further confrontation by hiding behind a shrub. It worked, I heard the music pick up speed and I moved back to my seat. All too soon the music slowed again and this time, I ran into the hall telling the teachers I needed a drink.

I decided to wander through Forks Elementary School since I would not be returning here again. I passed the library, the office, the assortment of classes, and lastly my locker, conveniently beside my best friends. I then remembered Kate, I hadn't seen her since the awards ceremony, I'd have to talk to her when I returned. I sighed and decided the song must be over and turned around, that's when I saw them. I couldn't see all of their faces but it didn't matter. I suddenly regretted not telling anyone where I'd headed, I silently wished someone had seen and would send Emmett and Jasper, but I knew I had avoided their sights, fearing they would've stopped me.

"So, you think you're pretty now do you Bella?" that voice came from the right side, definitely a girl.

"Well I'm sure we can bring her back to reality." A hand grabbed at my hair and pulled.

I screamed and sure enough a hand tightened around my face.

"You will not scream." The voice commanded.

I bit his fingers, he yelped and I tried to kick something but they had me pinned against the locker.

"No, no, no." I heard them taunt, a wicked laugh escaping her lips, "Into the locker with you."

I tried to scream, tried to thrash, but it was no use.

"Such a pretty blue dress, such a waste on someone as hideous as you." Her voice spoke the truth, I agreed with her.

"Into the locker?" the boys asked, there were more than two people, from my glimpsed views in the dark, there were a handful, if not more.

"Into the locker." The first and most predominant male voice, the leader, spoke.

The door opened and I was shoved inside, hitting my head on the shelf. I screamed, loudly, and the boy swore. I pushed against the door, begging them not to lock me in; I was claustrophobic. They all laughed, yelling rude names at me. I heard the lock snap and I let out one last scream…

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EPOV

This time, I was prepared. The machine had shown darkness in her future, at her grade eight graduation, I was unsure of the darkness but something would be happening to her, the poor child. She was just barely a teenager, still just my duty, I reminded myself not to think of her feelings, or her dress, but the event that I would have to save her from.

I meditated, preparing myself for the control that would follow soon.

"Good luck." Ricardo bade me a soft goodbye, "You'll need it."

I nodded, heading for the first anchor, Charlie, her father.

I arrived as he was telling her she could spend the weekend with him in exchange for her good spirit about the dance to follow. I tried to track her thought waves but most were angry about the dance, I was puzzled, didn't girls enjoy dances? Dresses, heels, boys? I dismissed this and followed her to the gym. She allowed her friends to dance but she herself sat off on the side. The first slow song approached and three boys asked her to dance, she told each one no.

I focussed harder on decoding her thoughts; it was true, her emotions showed only hatred and disgust for this entire dance! I laughed to myself, what a strange girl. The next slow song was approaching and I almost missed her run into the hall. I followed her, her emotions growing stronger, as she filtered through memories of the school she was leaving. She arrived at a locker I presumed to be hers and that was when I saw them, the boys and girls coming for Bella. They grabbed at her, taunting her, provoking her.

I became enraged, what had she done to them? I focussed on the girl who had called Bella's beautiful dress ugly, the one who had pulled her hair. I tried to find her angel, but could locate none. AWAY! I roared, she moved back from Bella, but there were more. GA's could not control people, only attempt to alter their thoughts, their wants. If I tried to move more people I would draw attention and alter the event that was to occur. I was here for Bella, to help her survive; I could do nothing with these people. Reluctantly, I stood to the side as they pushed her into the locker and snapped the lock shut, running away.

I vaporized through the locker, by her side. Her emotions were overwhelming, she could feel the walls closing on her, the darkness, she was screaming. I wrapped my arms around her, it's going to be alright Bella I instructed her mind. It reacted by trying to soothe her, but she was a wreck. I held her tighter, the oxygen was getting low, but where was Emmett? He was going to hear her screams, I had seen that! I became angry; I had forgotten to incorporate her dark beat status! Her mind was closing itself off, trying to dull her pain before the lack of oxygen could kill her, before Emmett would arrive. She let out a scream before I felt her skin cool to the touch, her lips a softer blue. NO! I roared, stay with me, my Bella I begged, pulling her body to mine…

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BPOV

Arms, someone's arms, I was in someone's arms. It was so cold, so dark, and so tight. I couldn't breathe; it was getting harder to scream. I begged my mind to kill me, release me from this pain! As if it could understand, I felt the pain loosen, my chest tighten, and with my last scream the world went dark.

Someone was holding me, whispering, stay with me, my Bella; I didn't understand but they pulled me tighter in their embrace…

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