DISCLAIMER: I don't own twilight. Never have. .. . . Never will. . . .
A/N – Well, thanks again to you guys who reviewed! If you get confused at the start of this chapter don't worry, this IS the right story, it will make sense soon, I swear.
Chapter 4
Seths POV:
I woke up very early. I immediately sensed that something was different. I don't know why, I just. . . felt weird. Then it clicked. 25th of December. Christmas day! I jumped out of my bed and grabbed my cell phone. I dialled the number easily, barely needing to look at the phone. It rang for a few moments before the answer machine kicked in.
"Hey, you've reached Ionas cell phone, leave a message if you're Seth!" I sighed. And hung up before a message started recording. Iona always answered her phone. I had only imprinted on her 2 months ago, but we were already as close as we could be, even if we'd known each other all of our lives.
All morning I kept trying to call her, but she would never answer. Was she angry at me? Had I done something wrong that was making her deliberately block my calls?
By the time it was 7pm, she still hadn't answered her phone. I was starting to get worried, and decided to phone her house. I didn't usually phone her house phone, because her mother thought I was a nuisance, and that I wasn't good for Iona. Of course, we couldn't tell her about the imprinting thing. She had no idea about the werewolves or the phasing or any of it. She hadn't even heard any of the legends, as Iona and her family had only recently moved her from a town in Wisconsin called Spooner. * Get it? Spoons? Forks? Lol, I crack myself up. . . But Spooner really is a place in Wisconsin * But when I had imprinted on Iona, I was allowed to tell her everything. At first she thought I was kidding, that I was trying to trick the new girl at school, but I had dragged her out into the forest after school and phased, proving that I was a werewolf. After that she had believed everything. About all of the old legends and even the Cullens, though the thought of vampires had freaked her out a bit.
I Dialled her home number, and wasn't surprised to hear her mother answer. Though her voice sounded shakey, as if she had been crying.
"Hello?" Her mother asked in a low, hoarse voice, before sniffing and coughing slightly
"Hello, its Seth here. I was wondering if Iona was there. I just wanted to wish her a Merry Christmas. . ." Before I could finish, Ionas mum burst into tears, and by the time I had thought to ask her what was wrong, her fathers voice echoed through the phoneline.
"Who is this?" he boomed.
"It's Seth. . . .Seth Clearwater. I was phoning for Iona. . . ." it came out more as a question than a statement.
"Have you not heard?. . ." he asked in a strained voice.
"Heard what? What's happened?!" My blood was pulsing quickly now. It felt like a lifetime until he eventually answered me.
"There was an. . . . accident. Iona. . . . . . She's. . . dead." My whole world stopped turning right at that moment. I couldn't talk. I couldn't breathe. I hung up on her dad and ran outside. Even outside it looked like the room was spinning. Before I could phase, my mum came outside, wondering what was wrong with me.
"Is everything okay, sweetie?" I couldn't answer that. Nothing would ever be okay again. In cheesy movies, people say that when their love left them, their love took half of them away with them. This didn't feel like that. She had taken all of me with her. I phased and ran into the woods. I had to think things through. Her father had said an accident. What had happened? If anyone had hurt her-
My thoughts were interrupted when another persons thoughts were shouting in my head.
Sam : Seth, I need to talk to you. NOW!
Me : I don't want to talk. Leave me alone.
Sam : No, Seth. I . . . I have to tell you something. Its about Iona.
Me : I know that she's gone.
Sam : Yes, but I know why.
Carlisles POV:
I picked her up carefully, knowing that the pain and the burning would now be spreading, paralysing every square inch of her body. I walked to the edge of the hospital building roof, and stepped over the edge, landing silently on the ground at the back of the hospital. Within a few seconds Edward was standing next to me, closely followed by Bella.
"Carlisle, what the hell did you do that for?!?" Edward said in a low voice, making sure that no one could hear, though no one was around to hear anything.
"Edward. . . ." I began, but realised that Bella was standing, staring at the girl in my arms. "Bella, is everything okay?"
"I. . . . ." she began to speak, but it took her a moment to continue speaking. "I. . .Know her. I know who this is." Both Edward and I's eyes widened in shock.
Mwahahahahahahaa! Me with the cliff hangers again. Okay, tell me what you think, and I promise, Louise, only a few more chapters to wait.
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