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Chapter: 6

Faces in the Forest

We all went to bed that night, Edward (who doesn't sleep) in my bed with Torrance and Ryan, Jacob and I on the fold out couch, and Alice eventually went home to talk to Rosalie. I didn't really talk much to Jacob about Edward and my conversation, he didn't ask. Between what was happening to my parents and the incident we just had at home I knew this was the calm before the storm. Tomorrow was going to be an interesting day and I was more than happy to simply forget about today and fall asleep wrapped up in Jacob's strong arms.

The dreams came on fast and I was lost in a sea of trees and moss. It was an unfamiliar place, but I didn't feel lost. I scanned my surroundings and as I did I saw faces coming out from behind the foliage. They were faces that I recognized, and as the light began to show on them their features became distinct. Edward was the first one I recognized, he stood strong, face blank of emotion, but his eyes were on me. Torrance followed, holding Ryan whose face was just like his father's. Alice was next, then Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, Esme, Carlisle, Renee, and Charlie; all their faces were the same, showing no emotion but each meeting my eye line as I scanned them. I was in the middle of them all and they simply stared, no one said anything, no one even looked around at each other. Then out of a hole between Carlisle and Charlie walked a stranger with eyes like the night sky, and he showed emotion.

The smile widened on his face, as he came closer to me in the center of my loved ones. He looked at me only for a moment before he looked over at Torrance and Ryan. Torrance didn't move when he scooped up her son in his arms and walked back towards me. "Interesting," He said, holding Ryan high above his head.

"What do you mean 'interesting'" I said starting to feel very unnerved by the way he was looking at this baby.

"That this little thing, this tiny little baby, could ruin everything for you."

I was confused, "Ruin?" I asked.

"You don't see it yet, but everyone here will betray you," He said placing Ryan back in his mother's arms.

"They would never-"

"They will, they won't notice they're doing it, neither will you, but the fact remains in the end this baby will tear apart everything that you love." The word love brought out a deep emotion of loss, something was missing here. These were all the people that I loved lined up around me, but someone was missing. I could feel it in my gut, but as I searched around the circle I couldn't remember who it was. He must have sensed what I was looking for because he came closer to me and put his hand on my cheek, "He won't be coming here my dear Bella," He said.

"Who won't be coming," I said trying to get him to say the name that I had forgotten.

"For right now he will remain nameless, but in time he will mean nothing to you. Just as all of these people will mean nothing to you."

"They mean everything to me," I said pushing his hand away from my face.

"For now," He said and walked over to Edward, "but it will be me that replaces them in your heart," he softly put a hand on top of Edward's head and Edward fell to the ground. Panic ripped though my body and I ran to Edward, his eyes were closed. I grabbed at his shoulders, yanking and pulling for some sort of response, but his body started to turn black, his skin became brittle and he disintegrated, turning into ash.

I looked at my hands that were now black and covered in ashes, I became furious, "WHAT DID YOU DO?" I screamed, but the smile remained on Eli's face.

"What I needed to." He walked over to Torrance, placed a hand on her cheek, took Ryan and placed him on the ground, and she too dropped.

"STOP!"

"This is the only way we can be together my love," Alice was next, I looked around for help, searching my family's eyes for some sort of pain, but their faces remained blank.

"Please," I felt the tears run down my face.

"This only hurts now because you don't know the extent of how they will hurt you," Rosalie then fell.

"I don't want this; I don't want to be with you!"

"You will," Emmett fell.

"No! Never! I will never want you!" I was trying to be strong, but the thump that came from each of them hitting the floor was like an anvil being thrown at my chest.

"You don't know what you want," Jasper fell.

"I want them, all of them. They love me."

"None of them love you," Esme fell. "Edward's love was based on a lie," he walked over to Renee and my whole body went numb, "His family loved you because he did, but you were replaced weren't you?" Renee fell, "Your mother left you for a fling, and your father is more interested in her than you." Charlie fell.

"You can take the world from me, but how does that help you. I will hate you, loathe you. You will never get what you want out of this." I wanted that to sound angry, strong even, but it came out monotoned and lifeless.

"No one knows what the future will bring, not for sure," Carlisle fell. "All I can do is make sure that when that opening happens, and I get my chance, I take it."

Just then a scream was heard from the distance, a scream I was very familiar with. In that moment his name came back to me, and I could think of nothing else but his name, "JACOB!"

"He cannot save you," Eli said, his smile finally leaving.

"JACOB!"

"He is not all yours," Eli was backing away from the circle.

"JACOB!"

"He will hurt you more than anyone," Eli's voice was fading away.

"JACOB," I screamed once more and my eyes shot open and when my vision cleared the green was gone. The forest and all of the trees were replaced with familiar faces, but I wasn't at home. Carlisle's study had a certain smell to it, the old book smell that I could have sniffed out a mile away.

When my thoughts came back to me panic hit. My family, including Renee and Charlie were standing around me again like in my dream, but their faces were worried. "She's back, somebody go and get Jacob," I heard Carlisle say.

"What do you mean I'm back?" I said sitting up, again looking around the room to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

Renee held my hand in hers, "Bella honey, you have been out cold for 19 hours."

I looked at everyone; this had to be some sort of joke, "19 hours?"

"I heard you talking in your sleep again, then you started to cry and I tried to wake you," Edward was standing by the doorway, he looked like he wanted to get closer, but he didn't.

I touched my cheek, and it stung. "Sorry about that," Torrance said getting up from the chair in the corner, "You started screaming and Jacob tried to shake you awake, but nothing. I slapped you…I was scared…"

"It's okay," I said, "I guess I was just really tired."

Nobody bought it; I don't even think I bought that. Jacob came running into the room, and to my side, "Bella, you're awake."

"Yeah sorry about that," I laughed, "I guess I just had a busier day yesterday than I realized."

"Sorry, Bella. That thing that happened last night, with Rosalie, it's over now. I was just over reacting." Torrance said.

"I don't think that's what this is," Carlisle said.

"Then what is it," Renee spoke up.

"More of your vampire crap I bet," Charlie was the only one whose face didn't show worry, it showed anger.

"Charlie please," Renee said, and placed her hand on his shoulder. Before my eyes I saw his anger melt away, his teeth became unclenched and his stance less ready for attack. He left the room with Renee, and I felt a twinge of jealousy.

"What he is saying isn't completely out of the question," Carlisle pondered.

"What do you mean," Edward said, now coming fully into the room.

"I'm not sure exactly, I'll have to look more into it. For now though, it's best if Bella not sleep tonight." Carlisle went to his books.

"Not sleep?" Jacob said appalled. "You may have forgotten, but she is human, we need to sleep."

"No… it's okay Jacob, it's not like I'll get tired, I just slept through the whole day." I said trying to comfort him.

"Do you remember what your dream was about?" Torrance said.

I remembered everything about that dream, but I couldn't tell them. This was all getting ridiculous, so what if I slept a long time, maybe I was tired. Ryan crawled into the room and I knew I had to lie, "No, nothing." I was not going to let myself get in the way, that baby was more important, and right now we needed to figure out a way to keep him safe, not me. "He's crawling now?"

"He's a quick one," Carlisle said smiling for the first time since I had woken up. In fact as I looked around, it was the first time any of them had smiled. I knew I made the right choice when I saw Jacob scoop him up and throw him in the air.

"Bella," Edward said and when I looked over at him, I knew the face immediately, he wasn't letting this go.

"Don't Edward, Everything is fine," I said before he could work himself up again.

"So, no sleeping tonight?" Jacob began, giving Ryan to Torrance, "What are we going to do all night?"

It's about to start making sense, please keep reading, and please let me know what you think about this chapter, or the story so far. It helps a lot.