A/N: Whoa, sorry! Meant to update this hours ago, but was in a hurry to go to volleyball games! Anyways, it's a tad bit short, but it's a pretty big chapter. Well, read and enjoy!
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Chp. 6
Disappear
EPOV
Weeks past, all in a blur. My life had become a routine. Go to school, take Bella to my house to do research, sing her to sleep, lay with her until she woke, then to school again. Almost every weekend Carlisle and I went out looking for the mysterious vampire that had effectively screwed up my life. But we found nothing. Nothing. Not even a single trail or faint scent of Hazel or any of her coven members.
I had officially given up. Bella hadn't. Which proves to me again how much stronger than me she really is.
She was the one comforting me everyday, she was the one assuring me that we could do this. But how could I believe her? If we couldn't even find any clue as to Hazel's location, how could we possibly get out of this?
I wanted to be the strong one, the one who never lost hope, but I was breaking with every minute I spent in this strange world. Everything had been so perfect in the real world, too perfect to be true. I had a beautiful wife, an amazing daughter, a loving family…and I lost it all.
What truly broke me was the fact that I had made promises to Bella in the real world, promises that said I would never let anything harm her ever again. I had made this promise to her so many times, yet it was always broken. It was the one promise I could never keep.
She didn't know that I knew how much she was hurting. But I could tell. Behind her calm exterior, she was breaking almost as much as I was. But she held herself together. As I said, she was stronger than I was.
Tanya left after a week, and Esme was still clueless of Bella and I's predicament. It was Carlisle's decision not to inform her. He didn't want to get her hopes up for having other children in the case that we never got the hell out of here. If we did, none of this mattered. Because it wasn't real.
This version of our lives was false. The people here were just created by Hazel as some sort of sick game.
I shook that thought off quickly, it angered me to no end. But getting angry here in this desk, at this school, would not be a very good idea. It wouldn't turn out very well if I smashed my wooden desk to splinters in front of all these people.
The final bell rang then, making me rush to get my things together as quickly as I could without using inhuman speed, so I could see Bella faster.
When we talked, kissed, touched, anything, it all went away. All my fear, doubt, loss, everything. It all went away when even just a smile donned her flawlessly shaped lips.
I met her at the door of her last class, and eagerly swept her up in my arms, causing a small giggle to erupt from those lips of hers. "I missed you." I whispered into her ear, nuzzling it.
Her tiny arms threw themselves around my neck, and she whispered back. "I missed you more." I felt her lips kissing just below my ear sweetly, lovingly.
After our brief public display of affection, I led her to the Volvo, as I would everyday. We drove to my house, to once again find Esme out shopping, and Carlisle at home waiting for us. This only occurred once before, the night we told him everything.
His mind was blocked, so I had no clue as to what he wanted when we approached the door and quietly crept inside. He was waiting for us in his study. I intertwined my fingers with Bella's and pulled her gently up the stairs and into his study. We sat down in the two chairs opposite of his, his desk a barrier between us.
He cleared his throat, and stood to pace around the room. "I found a trail today." He began, stopping mid-stride to look meaningfully at us. "I followed it of course, and …I found Hazel. She knew I was following her, she was playing with me. Leading me around town all day, just barely out of my sight. I don't know the reasoning behind her little game today, but I just thought I would inform you that I found her. Her trail ended near a run down cottage behind our house in the forest." He concluded.
I stood up quickly and gracefully strode out of the room. "Where are you going?" I heard Bella and Carlisle's voices ask in union from somewhere behind me, but I kept going.
I ran out of the house and to Bella and I's cottage before anybody could stop me. When I got there, I inhaled deeply, trying to pick on anything. I could smell something, it was a faint mix of lavender and… I took another breath. It was lavender and raspberries? I took one last breath to confirm it. Yes, it was definitely raspberries.
I darted off in the direction the faint trail came from immediately, not stopping until I reached it's end. I was in….Bella and I's meadow? I heard a rustling of bushes, and the lavender and raspberry scent was stronger than ever. I couldn't hear thoughts though, which honestly frightened me.
I could hear her getting closer, but I remained silent. I felt her presence very near to me, and out of my peripheral vision I could see a woman's silhouette just forming on the edge of the forest. Just as she was about to emerge through the trees and into the clearing, another noise from my other side caught my attention.
The silhouette was gone when I looked back, and I could detect Carlisle's hospital scent coming my way. With an aggravated sigh, I turned and waited for him to arrive.
He burst through into the meadow seconds later. "Edward, what was that back there?" he gestured to the direction in which our house was.
I shook my head slowly, frustrated with his timing. "She was about to come. Before you came, she was going to come here." I spoke slowly, my voice oddly calm.
Carlisle's brow furrowed slightly, his thoughts yearned for me to tell him what I was talking about.
"Hazel, the vampire who made this mess. She was just coming into my view when we heard you coming. I think she wanted to talk to me." I whispered.
Carlisle's eyes closed in apology. "I'm so sorry. Bella and I were worried after you just sprinted out of the house for no reason. I wanted to make sure you were okay. I had no idea that-"
I cut him off quickly. "I know it isn't your fault, but it's frustrating all the same." I sighed.
"Would you like me to leave?" he offered. "She may come back."
I shook my head. "No."
We ran back to the house together, I was slightly ahead of him. When we approached the house, the same lavender and raspberry scent hit my nose, coming straight from inside the house. I panicked, and sped up, going faster than I ever have before. But when I got inside, there was nothing. I searched everywhere, but I knew it was fruitless. I heard no heartbeat. My Bella had disappeared.
Chp. 6
Disappear
BPOV
After Edward fled the house, I became worried quickly. So I sent Carlisle after him. After a few moments, I settled myself on the big, white couch and let myself remember. Remember everything.
I rarely did this, seeing on how it brings so much pain, but when I sat in this living room alone with my thoughts, I couldn't help but remember.
I remembered the days after school and during the summer I spent here that first year we met. I remembered my awful eighteenth birthday party and what resulted because of it. I let myself remember the days when I was pregnant with Renesmee, how I would sit on the couch, Rosalie being my protector - always at my side. The worst was thinking of after my change. Like when I would glance at Edward's grand piano, I would think of that first time he tried teaching Renesmee to play. How perfect the father/daughter moment was.
I was violently snatched out of my thoughts, being grabbed by the arm in a grip that could only belong to a vampire. My gaze focused on the vampire dragging me out of the house, one I had never met before. I didn't protest to her forcing me out of the Cull- my home, knowing it would do no good.
I etched the details of her into my brain, knowing I may need it later. She had short, milk chocolate brown hair that fell to her shoulders. It was slightly curled and very beautiful. Her eyes were a deep crimson, making me shudder slightly and avert my gaze from them.
She tucked me under her arm like a football and ran in vampire speed. I shut my eyes tightly. I don't know how long we ran for, but she suddenly stopped, and I got a tickly feeling in the deep pit of my stomach. Just as I opened my eyes, the colors of the daytime swirled around me, and everything became a giant blur. My head spun, and my stomach was doing flips. I couldn't think straight, and I could feel myself losing consciousness. But before I could get that privilege, everything began to come into focus.
She set me down gently and backed a few paces away from me, and suddenly I cried out in pain. For only seconds, a fire swept through me. It felt like the fire from the transformation of becoming a vampire. But the pain evaporated slowly, and I was suddenly stronger.
When I opened my eyes, I saw everything. I saw it all in vampire vision. I looked up at the sun high in the sky, and back down at myself. I was glittering. That only meant one thing. I was a vampire again.
I gaped at the woman before me, sparkling in all her beauty only a few feet away from me. I knew who she was at once. She must be Hazel. The woman that so deliberately screwed up my life. I growled in anger at her, wanting to tear her limb from limb. I fell into my hunting crouch and advanced towards her.
She held up one finger, a smirk upon her lovely face. "Now, now. Don't do something you'll regret later." She warned, but I kept advancing.
Her eyes filled with amusement as she spoke again. "Take one more step and so help me I will send your daughter to a hell dimension." I stopped at once, and her smirk grew into a smug smile. "That's what I thought."
She cleared her throat unnecessarily and walked towards me slowly. "If you try to hurt me, poor Edward will be stuck in that dimension all by himself, and you'll be in this one." She said innocently, her eyes filled with mock concern before focusing on mine. "Forever."
"You wouldn't want that? Now would you?" she asked in the same, sickly sweet tone of voice.
I jerked my head side to side quickly. She walked away from me to the edge of the…meadow. We were in Edward and I's meadow, but it was an earlier time of day here, that much I could tell.
When she paused at the edge, she spun around on her heel, eyeing me with a strange look of power. "Now, you want things to return to normal…right?" she questioned, her gaze boring into mine.
I bobbed my head in a short nod. She sighed. "Don't be all dramatic, Bella. I'm trying to make this as easy as possible on you. Being rude and short with me won't help your situation."
"Why?" I whispered.
She knew what I meant. "I got bored…mostly." She shrugged as if messing with people's lives was no big deal.
"Bored?" I scoffed, my voice laced with venom. She nodded, her eyes still held that depth of amusement. "You're sick." I spat, shaking my head.
She laughed, throwing her head back. "Oh Bella, I knew that already." One last chuckle escaped her lips before she continued. "Now that we've had a good laugh, let me tell you about your situation and what you can do to fix it."
"I'll do anything." I vowed.
The smug grin appeared on her face once more. "Everything will go back to normal, I will send you all back into the correct dimension on one condition." She held up one finger to emphasize her point.
I nodded for her to go on. "You have to help me kill my coven."
"Why?"
She rolled her eyes. "I've told you before. I was bored, I needed something to do. And killing them will also prove a point. Those bitches think I'm so weak just because I don't like hanging out with their stupid asses. Trust me, Bella. This world would be a much better place if you just helped me kill them." She chuckled.
"Whatever they did, they don't deserve to die." I whispered.
She shook her head, her expression of pure hate. "But they do. Think about it, Bella. They kill innocent humans everyday. Just last week I saw Ava steal an infant away from his mother and suck him dry." She smirked noticeably when I flinched. "I drink from the bad guys only. Ones that deserve death. I drink from rapists, murderers, those kinds of people." She trailed off for a moment, lost in thought before she began speaking again.
"But you can help me rid the world of people like Sadie and Ava." Her voice was hypnotic, trying to lull me into thinking this was the right idea.
"Isn't there another way I could help you?" I asked.
"No, I'm sorry. If you don't want to help, fine. I will send you back with Edward and you two will stay there forever. And here, your child will yearn for you, as will your family. See, this is it the correct dimension were in right now." she gestured around us. "They all think you've disappeared. They've been frantically searching for weeks on end for you and your husband. You could be back with them in mere days if you just come help me."
My eyes closed in utter defeat. I nodded my head. "Okay. I will help you." I uttered.
Surprised you, didn't I? Anyways, I will try to put a link on my profile so you know what Hazel looks like, but it may not work! Reviews are greatly appreciated!
