"Yeah, I am going to get ready now," I said. I walked up the wooden stairs and turned down the hallway into the bathroom. I took a shower and brushed my teeth. The steaming hot water was exactly what I needed after that pounding headache. I changed into my blue sleep shorts and tank top and went to jump in my bed when I realized what was sitting there. Sitting on my bed was five huge books. Not any books, but the five old, torn books Sydney checked out of the library today.
How did these get here?
"The books + The dance = DRAMA"
Chapter 15
BPOV
What were those books doing sitting there? Sydney took them with her, so I thought. I walked over to my bed and picked up the books. They were definitely the books Sid had borrowed from the library. I sat down on the bed a flipped to the table of contents. I gasped. There was a note taped to the page with my name on it. I opened up the note and read it carefully.
Bella-
Read ALL the pages I marked. Check the rest of the books too.
-Sydney
Why would she mark certain pages and have me read them all? I glanced at all the marked pages. There were many yellow sticky notes sticking out of pages. It was going to take me a long time to finish reading all of this. I put back the book I was looking at and found the one with the most yellow sticking out everywhere. It was called Vampires A-Z. I flipped open to the first marked spot. (The next few paragraphs are from Twilight, Chapter 7: nightmare, pages 133-135! I will put them in bold)
There were two quotes written on the page.
Throughout the vast world of ghosts and demons there is no figure so terrible, no figure so dreaded and abhorred, yet dight with such fearful fascination, as the vampire, who is himself neither ghost or demon, but yet who partakes the dark nature and possesses the mysterious and terrible qualities of both. – Rev. Montague Summers
If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of the vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires? – Rousseau
I read carefully through all the information. It had an alphabetized list of all the different myths of vampires held through out the world. I read the Danag vampire. The vampire was a Filipino that used to work along side humans for many years. There were only two vampires in the section that drank blood.
Only three entries really caught my attention: the Romanian Varacolaci, a powerful undead being who could appear as a beautiful, pale-skinned human, the Slovak Nelapsi, a creature so strong so fast it could massacre an entire village in the single hour after midnight, and one other, the Stregoni benefici.
The last one only had one sentence. Stregoni benefici: An Italian vampire, said to be on the side of goodness, and a mortal enemy of all evil vampires.
Vampires cast no reflections, and their images can't be captured on film. Their appearance is usually of pale skin, black or blood red eyes and they wear dark clothes to keep the sun off them. It vampires are exposed to light they will burn to ash.
Vampires do not age, except on some but not all occasions when they had been deprived of blood for lengthy periods of time. They are the age of when they died. (Ex. If a 21-year-old person died, and if they were to become a vampire, they would be 21 forever.) In the case of some vampires, minor injuries they received would heal within moments.
I went to the next sticky note. There wasn't much marked on this page.
All vampires have speed, strength, beauty, pale skin, and eyes that shift color. Some of them are blood drinkers. Vampires only have one enemy, werewolves.
"Werewolves, why would they be afraid of werewolves?" I mumbled to my self. The rest of the page went on about their strengths and weaknesses. Vampires strengths were that they were beautiful and attracted their prey easily, their amazingly fast speeds, their sense of smell, and eyesight. Vampires can't be exposed to sunlight, garlic, and any religious crosses or signs.
I finished reading all the marked spots in the one giant book around 2:30 in the morning. I needed to get to bed. I had school in the morning. I yawned and turned off the lights.
*Dream*
I was in a forest surrounded my green, mossy, trees. I could hear the crashing of ocean waves. It was very dark and cold in the forest, but a few feet away a sunbeam shown through the canopy of the trees and warming a rock below it. I followed the sound of the ocean until I could smell the sea slat floating in the air.
"Bella, come with me. You need to run," a deep voice said echoing off the trees. I looked around for the owner of the loud voice, but there was no one in sight. I listened hard for it to say something again.
"Bella run. They are coming. Run Bella, run. It is the only way to live," The voice yelled at me. As I listened to the voice, I could hear the rustling of leaves from all around me. What ever was out there, there was many of them. The voice's warning scarred me, but I could not find my self to run.
I heard a branch snap. My head shot up to my left. Standing there was seven long shadows. They encircled me at lightning speeds. I had blinked once and they had gotten closer. I tried to look at their faces, but the shadows caused them to be too dark. The only things on their face that I could see were two long fangs in each mouth and their eyes were glistening a dark cloudy black. I fought the resistance to stay where I was even though there were seven hunger vampires wanting to eat me.
I stood there watching their every move. The shortest vampire took a step closer to me and smiled.
*End of Dream*
Suddenly the scenery changed. I was in my bedroom and my alarm was beeping loudly. I rolled over and turned it off. I rolled back over. I had gotten less then three hours of sleep. I had better stop reading scary stories before bed.
The day went in a blur. Sydney was not at school today and neither was Luke. It worried be. Luke was the last person to see Sid for as far as I know. The tests weren't as hard as I thought they were going to be. It was everything I had studied last night at the library.
I couldn't stop thinking about my dream. I had so many questions. The book didn't say anything about vampires moving in groups larger then two sometimes three. Why did the one vampire smile at me when she was going to suck my veins dry? Something about the dream did not seem right, like something was wrong or out of place.
When I got home from school, I went straight to my room and started reading the second book. This one was Indian legends. I flipped to the middle of the book where a yellow sticky note was and I read. There was a list of states and the Indians in them. There was a page or two describing their legends. I scanned the page and Washington was highlighted.
Washington has several Indian tribes. Here are a few of them and their information.
Hoh: Significance unknown
Connections: The Hoh spoke the Quileute language and were often considered part of the same tribe, constituting one division of the Chimakuan linguistic stock and more remotely connected with the Salishan family.
Location: On Hoh River on the west coast of Washington
Quileute: Meaning wolf
Connections: Together with the Hoh and Chimakum, the Quileute constituted the Chimakuan linguistic family, which is possibly more remotely related to Wakashan and Salishan.
Location: La Push, located 12 miles from Forks Washington on the west coast of Washington
Connections in which they have become noted: The town of Quillayute in Clallam County preserves the name of the Quileute and it was formerly that of Soleduck River. Otherwise, the tribe is particularly noted because of the uniqueness of its language, which was spoken by no other known tribes except the Hoh and Chimakum.
(A/N: More from twilight Page 124 chapter 6: scary stories. I just summarized most of it)
Legends: Some of there legends date back to the flood-supposedly, the ancient Quileutes tied their canoes to the tops of the tallest trees on the mountain to survive like Noah and the ark. The Quileutes are descended from wolves and still believe that the wolves are their brothers. It is against tribal law to kill a wolf. Then there are legends about the Thunderbird and the cold ones. These legends date back to the flood also. According to legend, the elder Ephraim Black is known for making a treaty with a pack of Vampires, or cold ones, that kept them off there land. The cold ones are the natural enemies of the wolf or werewolves. There is not much information of the legend of the cold ones, but the Quileutes still pass the story down.
I stopped reading after the Quileutes and set down the book. I had a major headache as soon as I started reading their legends. The legend of the cold ones and the descending of wolves sounded so familiar. The name Ephraim Black stuck the most. Who was he? Was he still alive? My headache was getting worse the more I thought about it. I decided to take a nap before Renee and Phil got home.
*About an hour later*
"Honey, wake up. Bella…" Renee said shaking me a little bit. "You aren't going to be able to sleep tonight if I let you sleep now," Renee said shaking me a little harder. I yawned and sat up in my bed.
"What time is it?" I said trying to look around Renee to see my clock.
"It is 3:30," Rene said turning to walk away.
"Thanks," I said. I jumped out of bed and started looking for my cell phone. I needed to call Charlie right now. I knew Ephraim Black sounded familiar. He was related to Jacob Black. I remembered. Ephraim was Jake's great-grandfather. Some of the memory of Jake and me on a beach flooded my mind. There was a big group of people at the beach with us, so Jake and I walked off. He started telling me some of the same stories as I just read, but I couldn't remember every detail about the stories. I went back to looking for my phone down stairs in my backpack when I remembered I was suppose to meet Chase, Luke, Logan, and Sydney at the school to decorate the small gym. I was going to be thirty minutes late. I found my phone, said good-bye to Renee, and ran to my truck. On the way to the school, I called Charlie.
"Hey Bells, how is it going?" Charlie asked.
"Good, hey do you know what Jake's phone number is. I remembered something and I need to ask him a few questions," I said getting to the point.
"Yeah, here it is," Charlie, recited off the phone number and I hung up with him. I dialed Jacob's number into my cell phone and called him. The phone rang and rang, but nobody answered. I left a voicemail for him to call me back ASAP, that it was important.
I finally got to the school and ran to the small gym. Luckily, I didn't trip and made it there with out a scratch on me. I burst through the door into the gym. Every one looked up at me.
"I am so sorry. I totally fell asleep. I am sorry!" I said in between gasps of air. They started laughing at me, but I ignored them and put my stuff on the near by table.
"Hey Sydney, Luke, Chase, Logan, and Dakota, how much do we have left," I asked looking at everyone. I saw Dakota laugh and then smile at me. Wait…Dakota….here…at Alexis's surprise party…now.
"Umm…Dakota, when did you…umm…find out about the party," I asked looking at her.
"Oh, I overheard Chase talking about it. I promise I won't tell her. Just let me help," she begged.
Today was Friday. Friday was the day of the dance and Alexis's birthday party. On Thursday night, Sydney, Dakota, Logan, Chase, Luke, and I decorated the small gym of the school in birthday banners, balloons, and pictures. We had Chase's ipod and ipod dock on a table surrounded my fancy lights. On another table were some gifts for Alexis from all of us. Dakota found out about the party from Chase. She promised she wouldn't tell a soul, but I had twenty invitations in my locker and in Dakota's hand writing was a note telling me to pass them out to the following people. I was careful passing out the invitations and Alexis still had no idea what was going on. After the dance, the people that she invited were going into the small gym and turn off all the lights. It was my job to get Alexis there on time. Jacob still hasn't called me back. I was worried. I remember him returning my calls right away. Renee told me to give it another day or just wait to talk to him in person.
I slid on my new silver dress that fell to my knees. I matched it with a cute, red jacket.
You got mail!
I turned to my computer and looked at who was online. It was from Alice. I opened up the letter. It read,
Dear Bella,
What are you wearing to the dance tonight? I know you are planning to just blow-dry your hair, but don't! You should, I mean…you HAVE to, curl it and put a clip pulling back your bangs. Send me pictures NOW!
Love Alice
I laughed. Alice knew be better than I knew my self. I took a picture of my self and sent it to Alice. I explained my outfit and told her I would be curling my hair just for her also in my letter.
I waited two minutes before she replied. It read,
Bella,
OMG, I didn't think you had it in you. I absolutely LOVE that dress. I like the red cashmere cardigan you paired it with. Have a great time. I can't wait to see you Bella!
Love Alice!
I smiled, I had picked out the dress and cardigan all by myself. I spun around in the mirror. I looked amazing. I gathered my high heels and purse before heading out the door. I was going to meet everyone at the dance. It seemed like I was at the school more then I was at home packing for Forks this week. It took me almost twice as long to get to the school them it did in the morning. The streets were packed with cars and the parking lot was almost full. I eventually found a spot and walked to the gym were the dance was.
"Oh my god Bella you look amazing! You are not going to be able to walk out of this dance with out at least five boys asking you to dance tonight," Alexis said. It looked like she and Chase were the only ones here yet.
"Hey Alexis, you look really good too. Where is everyone?" I asked. We walked over to a table and sat down to talk.
"Sydney called and said she and Luke were going to be late. They had something to take care of first. Dakota and Logan are nowhere to be seen. Dakota hasn't even called. I am starting to get worried. I was going to call her, but Chase said she's fine, I quote, probable kissing Logan somewhere. Most likely Logan's car," Alexis said imitating her boyfriend's voice. We laughed.
"But I am still worried. I still think we should call her," Alexis sighed and pulled out her phone to check the time. Dakota was never later. Her fashionably late time is right on time.
"How about this, let's wait fifteen minutes and if she and Logan don't show up them I will call Dakota myself," I said. They might be at the small gym setting up more decorations. Alexis and I grabbed at drink at the food stand and went back to our table. We talked for what seemed like forever. Fifteen minutes past and Dakota was still not here.
"I am going to call Dakota now," I said digging through my purse. I grabbed my purple razor and found Dakota's number. As I waited for her to answer, I listened to the music, bouncing my foot to the beat.
"Hello!" Dakota answered her phone.
"Oh, you're still alive. Where are you? Did you forget that there is a dance tonight and that there is a surprise later after the dance?" I said into the phone.
"Bella, listen to me. My phone is almost dead and we had a car accident. Logan is out cold and I barley was able to pull him out of the car. I looked for his phone to call you guys, but I don't know your number by heart. My screen is cracked so I could not call you from my phone either. We are out in the middle of nowhere. I have no idea where we are…Logan was going to take me somewhere…before the dance and now I'm lost! Bella…you have to…find us!" Dakota started crying hard.
"Oh my god, have you called 911 yet?" I asked. I grabbed my purse and motioned for Alexis to follow me. I mouthed to her that I would tell her later.
"N-No, I haven't," Dakota said.
"I will call for you. Are you hurt, bleeding, and any broken bones?" I asked.
"The glass from the wind shield cut up my face and arms, but I am more worried about Logan. He is barley…breathing. I think he might have broken a rib or two…when we crashed," Dakota cried. As we walked by the entrance, I grabbed Chase by the back of the shirt and pulled him out the door. He starred at me as if I was crazy, but Alexis filled her in on what she knew.
"Dakota, tell me what you see? Is there any houses or signs to show you where you are?" I asked.
"Umm…I see…a street sign. It says Dragoon Ave. Please hurry...it is getting dark!" Dakota started to say something else, but her phone had died.
"What is going on?" Alexis asked as we got into my truck.
"Chase call 911, tell them Dakota and Logan was in a car crash. They are on Dragoon Ave. I don't know where exactly, but she said they are in the middle of nowhere," I said starting the truck and backing out of the parking spot. Chase pulled out his cell and dialed 911.
"OMG, are they okay?" Alexis asked.
"Dakota has cuts all over her face and arms from the glass and Logan is out cold and barley breathing. Dakota thinks he broke his ribs," I said. I heard Chase explaining the situation into the phone. I decided to call Sydney.
"Hello Bella," Sydney said into the phone.
"Where are you? We need to find Dakota and Logan. They were in a crash. All I know is that they are on Dragoon Ave. Do you have any idea where that is?" I asked Sydney.
"Oh my god, we are on our way. I don't know where that is, but Luke knows where Logan was taking her. Maybe they stuck to the main highway. They are going to the new art gallery in Phoenix. Dakota was begging him all week to go," Sid said.
"Thanks Sid. We will meet you there. Remember, they probably took the scenic route," I said. I hung up with Sid and drove my truck to the new art gallery.
I just hoped we found them before it got any worse.
Ha Ha, a cliffy, I was not go to add this part I had the dance and the party all planned, but it was really boring so I changed it. Tell me how it is!
Bella is getting her memory back! Yeah, should I make Bella start falling in love with Edward all over again when she visits them in Forks? Tell me what you think!
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Forever and Always,
iloveedwardcullen12 or Jess
