Disclaimer: Don't own Twilight - obviously. Do own original character Lucy.
AN: This is an old story that I've rediscovered and thus writing more of lol ~Zyii
Kindly Edited by: Mione Boleyn
TWO
'You said she talked to you in your mind?' asked Carlisle.
'Yeah, one minute Jasper is drowning in her sadness and the next minute he's totally fine so I went to read her mind and she told me off' replied Edward.
'Fascinating, and she was human' stated Carlisle.
'Well she definitely wasn't a vampire' replied Edward.
'Alice do you see anything?' asked Carlisle.
'No, but it's not like the future is being blocked, it just hasn't decided yet' she said.
'Something else is troubling you son' said Carlisle to Edward.
'Yes but it is not important as of now' he replied.
Carlisle sensed that Edward didn't want to talk, so he didn't press him further.
'Keep me posted' he said. Carlisle had only ever met one person that could talk to another via mind speech, he had all but given up hope that they were still alive but perhaps fate was showing him otherwise.
LUCY'S P.O.V.
She had thought that things would get better, that people would forget that she was new and get on with their own lives but apparently living in a small town meant that there wasn't a lot to do and so Lucy remained the victim of a lot of bullying from her peers. Anyone who ever said that words weren't hurtful were lying through their back teeth, every word said to her was like another knife twisting in her gut. She had hoped that this new start would help her but all it was doing was suffocating her, if she didn't find someone to help her soon she didn't know how long she would survive.
She tried to keep her head down and only talk when asked in class. She tried to avoid her worst bully at all times, she's since learnt that the name of her worst bully was Bella. She didn't know what Bella had against her but she had heard murmurs through the grape vine that Bella had actively pursued Edward (the one that had tried to read her mind) until he decided to date her and now she was overly possessive of him. Of course knowing her past, Lucy knew why she acted that way but it didn't help her feel any sympathy for her main tormentor.
Lucy had since given up looking for friends, people either hated her or didn't want to be caught associating with her. If she could chose her friends she would have chosen Rosalie (the blonde she had English with) and Alice (the girl she had art and math with). They seemed like nice people, Lucy thought that Rosalie would make a perfect mother for she always seemed to be taking charge of her group. Lucy wished she was a part of that group, they always showed what it was like to be loved, and Lucy craved that above all else.
The weeks past and the bullying got worse, Bella was sneaky. She never bullied where people could see her and was always overly fake towards her when Edward or any of the other Cullen's (she'd learnt their name now) were around.
Lucy tried to keep her emotions in check because she knew how Jasper would be affected and didn't want to hurt him but it was hard when she herself was hurting so badly. She tried to ignore all the words and the hate but it was doing more damage than good.
The day she finally broke was a cold wet Tuesday, exactly four weeks after her arrival to Forks. Bella had been tearing her down in the hallway, shouting abuse at her; 'you're worthless, unwanted, you should have been killed, go die, no one wants you here' etc. Lucy thought she saw a familiar head of blonde hair down the corridor but it quickly disappeared. When she made her way to lunch it seemed that everyone was waiting on her with baited breath, she didn't understand until it was too late and she was covered from head to toe in slimy gloop and feathers. It was sticky and disgusting.
'No one wants you here, you're vile' said Bella, standing in front of a laughing crowd.
Lucy spared one look at the Cullen's, their faces horrified at the actions of a person they thought they knew so well and a girl who had done nothing to deserve this.
Opening her mind to talk to them all, she uttered these final words; 'What do you do when no one wants you? You die'.
She walked from the room, not caring who saw her cry.
She didn't turn up for school the next day, or the next, or the day after that.
On Friday morning all students and parents were called into the school.
Carlisle and Esme quickly found their children.
'Do you know what this is about?' asked Esme.
The group seemed reluctant to speak up until Rosalie stepped forward.
'The new girl Lucy, the one that spoke to Edward went missing on Tuesday. She was being severely bullied by members of the school community. She opened her mind to us the last time anyone saw her'.
'What did she say?' asked Carlisle.
'She said; what do you do when no one wants you? You die' said Alice quietly.
Carlisle was shocked but before he could further question his family the principle walked into the room and onto the stage.
'I'm sure you are all confused about why you are here but this is a matter of great urgency. It has also come to my attention that I have been unobservant in my dealings with the school's students. This will change today. Many of you will know that a student went missing this week. Known by the school as Lucy, her real name was Lady Lucy Summers. She came to us from England to escape a personal tragedy. She told no one but the school faculty about her past but this being a small town, the secret got out and it seems that students of this school were bullying her because of it' he paused to gauge the reaction of the parents. He was not disappointed with their shocked gasps of outrage.
'This morning I received this tape on my desk. It contained a note asking me to invite all the students and parents of this year group here this morning to watch it. The note said it contained valuable information that would make people question the need to bully others. When Lucy first came to this school I asked her if she would be able to manage, she replied by saying if she couldn't I'd know. I believe what's on this tape is her telling me she couldn't cope' said the principle and with that said he inserted the tape into the machine.
The audience was greeted with a blank screen before an image appeared of a small white blonde haired girl with blue eyes appeared. Carlisle gasped as if he had just seen a ghost but waved away his family's concern when they looked at him.
'Hello' said the image on the screen, 'I'm Lucy. Some of you may not know me at all, some of you only know me in passing but most of you know me as a worthless slut. A name given to me by my tormentors. I chose the town of Forks because I thought that a small town would care less and wouldn't ask questions. I'd heard that this town was known for being friendly but what a mistake I had made. Since day one people have been making assumptions about why I came here and it hurt a lot to know people could judge me without knowing me. So I will set the record straight and hopefully some of you will own up to your guilt and remorse' the image paused.
'When I was born I was not wanted by my parents so instead I was adopted by an overly wealthy couple that could not have children of their own. However their idea of children was a fantasy and one that I did not fit. I spent the first five years of my life with a Nanny that still believed in the cane. When I returned to my adopted parents I was further shown what it means to be unloved. They showered me with money and gifts but they were never there. I was never hugged, never had a bedtime story, never told I was loved, and mostly ignored by the people who had adopted me. I was a burden that they were stuck with. So I made my own life at school, I was on the cheerleading team, in the music club, popular and spent a lot of money on clothes. My adopted parents had a lot of enemies and one afternoon when I had come home from school I heard shouting and items smashing. Scared I ran into the nearest closet and it was there that I witnessed the murder of my adopted parents. They owed a lot of money to a gang and they had come to collect. Their murder wasn't a pretty one and I won't regale the tale of it. After the deed was done my sobbing must have been heard because the murderer yanked open the closet and dragged me out by my hair. I thought that was to be the end of my life but it wasn't. However small, that terrible man gave me a second chance at life, dragging me out of the house before he set it on fire'.
'However, I was then a witness to a crime and social services were called and I was put into a witness protection programme. It didn't go well and I ended up in a ward in a hospital. They weren't real doctors there, they were fake, all members of the same gang. They figured they could use torture and get me to sign over the fortune to them. It didn't work like that, at that point I didn't even know I had a fortune. It was luck that saved me, a private doctor was called him and he must have alerted the authorities for the next night the ward was raided, the fake doctors either killed or arrested and I was saved'.
'It took a year to gather myself back on track, by that point all the people had been sentenced to death and I no longer had to hide, I was given the option – even though I am legally and adult in England – to either finish my education as a home school student or in a high school of my choice. I longed for normality so I picked the latter but as it turns out that wasn't the best choice'.
'I could leave my story there but I won't. Some of the students here made my life a living hell without knowing the facts you do now. What school allows that level of bullying without interfering and what kind of person thinks that that behaviour is acceptable. Which is why I am going to name my bullies in the hope that something will be done about it so the next time someone gets bullied there will be actions in place to deal with it straight away'.
'These names will shock you, you won't think of these people and say 'yes they're bullies'. There were three main bullies in my torment the rest were just followers too afraid to break out in fear of being bullied themselves. The first Lauren Mallory was perhaps the one who through the least hateful comments. Mike Newton who I suspect was bullying me to impress another. The final bully and the one who inflicted the most damage, hurling emotional abuse at me from day one. She made it her personal mission to insure that I was constantly miserable. She made sure that no one would be my friend and made sure everyone called me by my nickname 'worthless slut', ladies and gentlemen I give you Bella Swan!'
The hall broke out into urgent whispers as the named bullies tried to buy their way out of the situation.
'You know the funny thing, Bella knew more about my past than others. I believe her father our Chief of Police had asked her to befriend me and make me feel welcome because I had suffered a hard past and what did she chose to do instead? Victimise me. If you want proof, the principle is holding it in his hands' said Lucy's image.
The principle gulped at being the centre of attention but held up two extra tapes marked 'evidence'.
The image of Lucy on the screen spoke one last time, 'I will disappear now. Do not look for me, you will not find me. This isn't a plea for attention it is a fact. There is nothing left for me here, so I shall end it'.
The screen went black and the hall erupted.
Esme turned to Carlisle and Carlisle in turn whisked his family away quicker than lightning. Once they were all back at the house Carlisle turned to his family, 'tell me everything you know' he said gruffly.
'We already have' said Edward.
'We knew of the bullying' said Alice.
'Not of Bella's involvement' said Jasper.
'Actually I did' said Rosalie.
'WHAT?!' the rest of them bellowed.
'I didn't get a chance to tell you of because the bust up at lunch happened and then she disappeared but right before lunch I was walking down a corridor and I came across Lucy and Bella. Bella was destroying her with words, just shouting continual abuse at her, calling her a worthless slut among other things and Lucy was just taking all the words. I could tell though, I could tell that Lucy was breaking under those words. I only saw a glimpse of what she was suffering, it must have been so much worse' said Rosalie.
Carlisle sighed, 'Remember when I was called to England in an emergency' he said, they nodded.
'I was the doctor that was called into see Lucy at the ward. She was in such a state, they'd used extensive electro pulses on her – among other things – and she was barely hanging on. I didn't believe a word they told me about her treatment being for her own good, she used the last of her energy to talk to me within the mind. She asked me to help her and I did but I lost track of her after that. Lucy is a very special person, I didn't believe it when I first saw her but I researched it after meeting her. She is the light bearer, the most important being on the entire earth. If she dies all is lost'.
'Then we must find her' said Esme.
Carlisle nodded.
They moved out, trolling every inch of available land up to ten miles from Forks, it was hard work and they were away from school and their jobs for an extended period of time. When hope seemed to be failing, Carlisle heard Rosalie calling.
'I found her' she cried, not waiting for the others, she picked up the small frail body and carried her back to the house.
'Is she alive?' whispered Alice.
'Barely' replied Carlisle, 'here put her on the table'.
'No' replied Rosalie, 'I'll take her to my room' at the look Carlisle sent her, 'Please, I want her to be comfortable, if she wakes up on the table she might get scared about where she is'.
'Ok but hurry now' replied Carlisle.
They tried not to crowd her as Rosalie set her down gently on her bed and Carlisle busied himself with making sure she was ok.
Esme ushered them out of the room, wanting to give Carlisle room to work but as Rosalie got up to leave she found she couldn't. Looking down she saw that Lucy had reached forward and was grabbing Rosalie's top tightly in her hand.
Looking down at her Rosalie noticed that Lucy's eyes were open.
'Don't leave me' whispered Lucy brokenly.
So Rosalie stayed.