Moonlight
Flashbacks
EmmettPOV
" I'll race you back," I said to Eleazar as we were running home after a hunt.
" You're on," he grinned, " See you at the Cullens,"
I grinned and lurched forward. I could hear Rose and Carmen discussing the idiocy of boys behind us. Kate and Carlisle were far behind us, walking at human speed, talking.
As I ran around a tree stump, I heard Eleazar swerving towards me. He planned to knock me over. Just as he came within my sights I stopped and he went flying into the tree beside me. Laughing, I burst forward.
As I rounded the corner and the Cullens home came within view, a crack of thunder sounded overhead. I grinned running, through the door.
" Baseball time," I exclaimed, my eyes alight with excitement.
Eleazar burst through the door and groaned when he saw me.
" Beaten again cuz," I laughed.
" Baseball?" Eleazar asked looking at Esme.
" Yeah sure, I'll just clean up here," she said as Carlisle, Kate, Rose and Carmen came through the door. I hurried to Rose's side.
" Baseball time love," I whispered in her ear. She shivered and kissed my forehead, laughing.
" I'll score," Bella said finishing her pancakes.
" Aw I want to see Boo play baseball," I groaned, giving her my best puppy dog pout.
" Later, when it won't hurt me to play. Last time I got tickled to near suffocation," she frowned shaking her head.
All the vampires laughed at that.
" Bella can score," Edward said kissing her throat.
" Let's go," Emmett crowed.
*****
BellaPOV
We hurried through to the garage. Edward, Kate, Esme and I were taking Emmett's Jeep while the others ran.
" I'll drive," I sang snatching the keys off Edward.
" No way. We won't get there till February," Edward groaned grabbing them back. My lips slipped into a pout. I hardly ever got to drive. My car, a red truck, was a gift from Dad and I had hardly driven it anywhere. Edward insisted on picking me up every morning for school. He doesn't even go to school anymore. Which I hate. Oh well, one more year.
" Edward, let her drive," Esme said gently but giving Edward a stern look.
" Fine," he grumbled. I chuckled, taking the keys.
It only took me five minutes more than Edward to arrive at the start of the forest. When we got out, Kate and Esme started to run. Edward slung me onto his back and we followed suit.
" Thanks for letting me drive," I whispered into his ear. He just shook his head and sped up. I jerked at the sudden speed and clung tighter to Edward's neck. I grumbled as I got my positioning right again. Edward just laughed.
" You're welcome," he said laughing.
We arrived at the clearing. Emmett and Eleazar were throwing a baseball back and forth between them so fast I couldn't see it. Rosalie, Tanya, Irina and Esme were lounging on the ground, chatting. Kate and Carlisle were setting up the field while Carmen walked towards us.
" Hey guys," she said warmly. I smiled at her.
" Hey Carmen," I grinned.
" You sure you don't want to play?" she asked me. Edward nudged me and I batted his arm.
" No thanks Carmen," I answered giving Edward a stern look.
" Well Carlisle wants to start soon so we should hurry over," Carmen said. Edward nodded and we walked over to where the others had started to gather.
" Emmett and Edward are the captains," Carlisle began but Emmett cut him off.
" That isn't fair. Bella will go for Edward's team," he moaned.
" Too bad," Carlisle continued, " Bella is scoring but she will not be biased-," I grinned,"- Now Emmett can choose first because he hasn't played before,"
Emmett grinned and began. Eventually the teams stood as thus: Emmett, Rosalie, Carlisle, Irina and Esme were Team Awesome (Picked by Emmett). Edward, Kate, Tanya, Carmen, Eleazar were Team Lightning.
" Let the games begin," I grinned.
Team Awesome were batting first. All the vampires walked out to their positions.
Just as Irina was walking up to bat, Ruby, Jade, Bailey and Tanner ran out from the forest.
Can we play?" Ruby asked. Carlisle raised an eyebrow but nodded.
" Sure you can, but you can split up. Ruby and Bailey on Emmett's team and Jade and Tanner on Edward's team," he said.
Ruby and Bailey walked over and stood behind me. I gave Ruby a quizzical look. All four of them were supposed to be in Seattle tonight for a double date. They were meant to leave two hours ago.
" I will tell you after. Away from the vampires hearing," she mouthed to me. I frowned but nodded. We basically looked the same age now that they had stopped growing and I was 16. I loved the twins but sometimes they acted a little strange. Jade was casting Tanner worried looks out on the field. I looked back to Ruby and she had the same expression on her face. Tanner and Bailey looked almost angry.
Irina had stepped up to bat. I glanced at Edward and he was frozen. His eyes were wide and fearful. I started to walk to him but he relaxed and got on with the game. My brows furrowed together. There was something going on. Edward, even though he looked relaxed, wasn't happy. I, knowing him the best, could see the tiny crease of his eyebrows.
All the while I had been studying Edward, the game had begun. Irina was already speeding towards me. I stepped out of the way as she slide onto home base. The ball landing in Carmen's hand just a little too late.
" Safe," I called. My voice cracked a little in my worry and Edward's eyes shot to mine. His brow crumpled slightly at my troubled expression.
The game continued with me hardly paying any attention except when needed. My eyes were on Edward. Occasionally he would glance at Tanner or Bailey.
Finally Emmett's team were finished batting and Edward's team took their places behind me. I glanced at Edward. He jogged over to me.
" What is wrong?" I hissed in his ear.
" Nothing at the moment," he replied casually. I scowled.
" What is wrong with the twins? Why didn't they go to Seattle?" I asked forcefully. I would get my information.
" They were too tired," Edward answered and skipped away before I could ask him any more questions. He hurried over to Jade and Bailey and started conversing with them quietly as Kate stepped up to bat. Other than Edward and I, no one else was concerned about the twins' appearance except for a slight wrinkle in Carlisle's brow.
The game continued and my attention gradually focused on it. Whatever was wrong was not of concern to me. Otherwise Edward would have told me.
Team Lightning was winning by two runs when Team Awesome came back to bat again.
" You might get beaten Em," I called as my brother walked towards me. He grinned and shook his head.
" Never Boo. No one can beat the great Emmett Swan," he laughed.
When Team Lightning came back to bat they only had to get three runs and they would win. Eleazar was up to bat first. Their plan of attack was for Eleazar to bat first and get a home run and Edward to bat last and get another home run. Then all the girls had to do was get home and they would win.
Eleazar smacked the ball far into the trees and cruised it home before Emmett had even reappeared in the field. When Edward went up to bat Kate was on first base, Tanya on second and Carmen on third. It would be easy. If Edward hit it right they would all get home and smash the other teams score.
Edward smashed the ball into the trees. Carmen sailed home before the ball had disappeared closely followed by Tanya. Kate reach home just as Edward reached third base. He was coming along the home stretched before he stopped. De Ja Vous hit me hard.
Flashback
Alice curved around and started the sprint home. Our team started to cheer, as Edward still hadn't returned with the ball. But then, when she was a metre off the home plate, Alice stopped.
Her eyes went unfocused as Jasper and Carlisle ran over to her with the rest of us close behind.
" Alice," Jasper whispered as he shook her gently.
" They're coming," she whispered and Alice snapped back to reality.
" The Volturi. Edward. Forest. Now," she said in a rush.
End Flashback
Edward's eyes slid out of focus, like Alice's do when she is having a vision. Edward's do it when he is getting a heap of information throw at his mind. I sprinted to him.
" Edward, what's wrong? Is it the Volturi?" I asked anxiously taking his face between my hands. The vampires had hurried over by now. Edward's eyes focused on mine and he grabbed my hands.
" We have to leave now. Before they come. Bella, Ruby and Jade are coming with me in the Jeep. The rest o you met us back home. Hurry. I'll tell you all at home, when I have the full story," Edward ordered, throwing me over his back. Emmett threw me a worried look, but followed Edward's instructions. No one dared to argue with him.
Edward took off towards the woods where the car was with Ruby and Jade struggling to keep up.
When we arrived at the Jeep another wave of De Ja Vous hit me.
Flashback
" You wanna get that?" Kate asked as we ran to the Jeep.
" Nah, I look later," I replied.
" Okay," she replied as she basically threw me into the backseat with Jazz. I was tense. I could feel it. I was so worried about Edward. Jazz felt my tension and he grabbed my hand. I instantly calmed down a little.
End Flashback
Edward chucked me in the front seat while the twins leapt into the back.
" Edward. What's wrong?" I asked panicking, " Is it the Volturi again?"
He started the Jeep and we sped down the highway. We were silent for a couple of seconds before Edward broke it.
" Who are they?" he asked. I frowned not understanding the question but Ruby answered.
" Do you remember when we first met and we told you we got in a spot of bother back in London?" she asked turning her answer into a question.
Flashback
" Why are you here?" Emmett asked suddenly, speaking for the first time. As he spoke I saw him give Jasper and I a sidelong glance. He was worried about us after all.
" We got into a spot of bother back where we were staying in London. And you all know that a vampire can hold a grudge for many, many years. We had to get away," Ruby answered.
" What happened?" Emmett asked.
" We would prefer if you didn't know," Ruby replied cautiously.
End Flashback
" Yes," Edward and I answered in sync.
" Well, the vampires you saw in our minds are the same vampires from back then," Jade answered talking to Edward.
" You said they had a grudge against you. Is that why they are here?" I asked. Edward answered.
" Yes, they are following Ruby and Jade's scent all over town. They are close enough for me to read their minds. They found the scent in Seattle and the twins only just got away then. That is why they came back. At the moment they are following your trek into the woods last weekend. It will give us at least half an hour to fill the others in," he said.
" What did you actually do to them in London?" I asked. Ruby and Jade twisted uncomfortably.
" We would rather not say," Ruby answered but Edward snarled.
" My Bella could be in danger from these vampires and it is your fault. Tell us," he roared. The twins and I cringed against out seats.
" Okay," Jade said, " There are three of them; Laurent, Victoria and James. They were in the same coven as we were. There were seven in the coven. Laurent, Victoria, James, Garrett, Alistair, Ruby and I. They took us in when we were really small. Well Victoria did.
James and Laurent used to tease us dreadfully all the time. Saying we were a worthless as the humans we killed and we weren't even vampires. They used to steal our "human" food and throw it out. They were all round idiots. Anyway, Victoria, who is James' mate, tried to put a stop to it but eventually she started to do it too. The only one in the coven who was kind was Garrett. Alistair wasn't really part of our coven, he just kind of wandered with us but not with us.
Back then we had the ability to change others appearances. The person we are changing couldn't feel it either. Slowly over time, we changed James, Laurent and Victoria's appearances until they were ridiculously ugly and disgusting. When they would go into town to get a meal, all the humans would laugh and point at them instead of gaze in awe and fear. Even the ones they did get to eat were laughing at them as they died.
Now all three were very vain and all of them loved that they were beautiful to humans. Garrett saw them one day and nearly died of laughter. Ruby and I were loving our revenge until all three of them ran past a river and saw their reflection. They knew about our gift and came looking for us with a vengeance. Now normally, other people would just laugh it off and continue on with their lives. Not these three. They tried to kill us. Eventually we escaped and ran to America.
The last time we saw Laurent, James and Victoria, they told us they would hunt us down until we no longer existed on this Earth. They would never stop until we paid for what we did.
Garrett thought it was hilarious, until they threw him across a river.
They are hell-bent on revenge. And they won't stop until they get it,"
We were nearly at the house by now.
" They would do all this because you made them ugly?" I asked astounded.
" All three were born in an era where beauty was everything. Beauty and money. They had both. That trait has stayed with them in immortality. As humans, they would have killed their parents for beauty tips and then when they were changed it just came with them," Ruby replied.
We arrived at the house and Emmett was standing there waiting. He took me in his arms and all five of us hurried inside where Edward told the rest the story. I stood near the window.
Kate came over to me.
" How you doing?" she asked me touching me lightly on the arm.
" Great, why is Edward so tense?" I asked her.
" These vampires eat humans. He is worried that if they come they will catch your scent and kill you," she replied.
" Oh," I replied. Then I sighed.
" I wish we had Alice. She would be able to see what will happen,"
*****
AlicePOV
Jasper was cooking eggs in our apartment in New York when it hit me.
Start Vision
Three vampires, two guys and a girl, were edging towards the Cullen house. Everyone was inside. One of the guys caught Bella's scent and stopped.
" There is a human in there," he said to the other two, " She is so mine,"
The other two groaned but didn't argue.
" Victoria and I will round Ruby and Jade and take them while you, James, can grab the human and get out of there. Make it quick we don't want a fight," the other male said.
Inside the house Edward had heard them. There was a flurry of activity as they tried to work out a plan in two minutes. In the end Emmett and Rosalie were going to take Bella, Ruby and Jade to Florida, while the others lead the nomads north. Tanya and Kate had on Bella's clothes so they would follow the scent.
The three nomads saw the disturbance and ran towards the house. But before they got there Carlisle's Mercedes sped out of the driveway. The nomads were too busy chasing the vampires they could see, into the woods. They didn't notice the car speed away.
The vampire who wanted Bella was a tracker and Bella was his new game.
End Vision
" Alice?" Jasper asked me cautiously.
" Sorry Jazz but we have to go to Florida. Bella is in trouble," I said getting up. Jasper froze for a second before following me out the door.
A/N: I am sooooo sorry.... But i have an explanation... My word got deleted off my laptop so i had to download it again and then school started and i have been so busy and this dance thing has come up but i will try get another one or two chapters up tonight!!!!