2. Dreams and Goodbye
(Dream)
I watched in horror as my half-sister brought a huge army into Camelot, an army of immortals. We can only win this if Merlin can spill the blood in the cup of life but how many live we are going to lose before that I honestly fear to even consider. As the battle started with the first cannon being shot off; everything became a blur of pain, blood and screams of death, I fought every savage man as hard as I could but each time they went down they seem to come back alive twice as strong, from the distance I heard a cry, a very familiar scream. I turn in haste and watched in horror as a sword stabbed at my brother's leg, but my enemy seeing my distraction took a swing at me and the blood curling pain that shot through my side was excruciating. I shoved the knight off and sliced my word through his neck only disabling him for a while. I pushed to my brother's aid; he had more of Morgana's men around him.
"ARTHUR!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I thrust my sword into one of the men's neck. The anger in me bubbled to the top and it literally exploded as I ignored the shooting pain in my sides and I thrust the sword straight through their hearts, I looked over at Arthur who was also fighting just as hard but I noticed that he was losing a lot of blood.
"Arthur" I whispered
"Bella" he chocked out as his eyes flew to my stomach "what happened?" He spat out
I didn't reply instead I grabbed his arm and wrapped it around my neck, I might be small but I'm strong and it helped that I was one of the knights. I dragged Arthur with me as I fought hard against those who came at us but it was getting too hard and Arthur tried his hardest to help but he was slowly losing consciousness.
"Hang on, Arthur" I whispered and I heard him grunt in reply as he also thrusted his sword at the son of a bitches
As soon as we were inside the castle I yelled out for Gwen, she came running from one of the rooms
"Bella? oh god Arthur" she whispered and I noticed tears in her eyes
"Gwen, get Gaius to help him immediately" I ordered and Gwen nodded her head, I felt sick to my stomach with the way Gwen looked at Arthur; there was so much of pain and fear in her eyes. I grabbed a cloth that was lying on the floor and tied it around my stomach shoving the pain aside, I needed to find merlin.
I was going to run to the throne room but the scream I heard made me stop in my tracks and made my blood run cold. I pushed my legs to go as fast as they can but the pain in my sides were making it difficult when I shot out of the castle, what I saw would haunt my for the rest of my life.
I watched as Morgana my half-sister thrust a dagger through my best friend's heart but I couldn't do anything the promise that I made to Gaius rendered me useless from using my magic around Morgana or anyone for that matter.
"Elizabeth" I yelled and I ran over to her as Morgana fled into the forest as soon as she caught sight of me
"Elizabeth" I cried out as I sank to my knees and cradled her broken body towards me….
I woke up with a cry, my heart was pounding and I could feel the sweat running down my spine; it has been a long time since I had that dream but the pain that accompanied it was always the same, always excruciating.
"BELLA" Charlie called out as he barged into my room and looked around for the source of my scream.
"Bella, what happened?" Charlie asked with worry after he realised there was no one in the room
"Elizabeth" I whispered and Charlie understood as soon as I whispered her name
"Oh sweetie, come here" he murmured
I moved over to him and he put his arms around me and gave me a side hug, Charlie's hugs are always comforting, it's a place I always feel safe
"What's going on Bella?" Charlie asked
"I think it's time we leave forks and go back to Camelot" I stated with sigh it was something I didn't want to do but it's for the best
"What about Edward and the Cullens?" Charlie asked confused
"Edward has become distant since my birthday, I knew he was terrified of me getting hurt because of him but what happened on my birthday with Jasper, I think it pushed him over the edge and anyway its safer for him if I left" I murmured
"Are you sure you're ready to go back Bella?" Charlie asked softly
I nodded my head "it's time I face the music, I can't run away from my past Uncle Charlie and we were going to have to leave sooner or later but it seems like we'll be leaving sooner" I stated
"Okay Bella, I'll pack the things up here" Charlie spoke as he got up and moved towards the door
"I love you kiddo" Charlie whispered
"I love you too, Uncle Charlie" I replied
I pulled on a jacket and left the house; I climbed into the sad excuse for a truck and started it up, it woke up with a mighty roar and I drove towards the Cullen's house.
Elizabeth was my friend and my sister in a sense, I have known since I was in diapers since her mother worked in the castle. She was killed a year ago that's also the time when the battle had occurred, we won that day; Merlin managed to spill the blood and he got Morgause but Morgana killed Elizabeth and fled. She took revenge on Elizabeth because we killed Morgause.
It was a time of mourning, no one was in any mood to celebrate; many men died that night. Many loved ones lost their husband, son, father and brother. In the occasion children and women had also been killed.
It was a month after the battle and it was too painful for me, everywhere I went the memories of Elizabeth or as I always called her Lizzie was always around me; it was too much and so I called a meeting in the throne room with my family,
(Memory)
"Bella, what's wrong?" Merlin asked with confusion written all over his face as he walked into the room
I looked at my family one by one, Arthur sat on his throne with Gwen on the throne next to him and they both held hands with a concerned look on their faces, Merlin stood there with his daughter Angel in his arms, next to Merlin stood Gaius and on the other side stood Leon, Gwaine, Percival and Elyan with uncle Charlie next to them. I took a deep breath preparing for their reactions, I know Uncle Charlie won't be surprised because I talked to him about this already, surprisingly he didn't put up a fight like I excepted but he made a condition that I could only go if he went with me.
"I'm going away for a while" I stated in a firm voice
"What do you mean Bella?" Gwen asked and everyone else except Charlie looked confused
"I need to get away from here" I spoke up
Everyone looked surprised and devastated
"I'm sorry, but I need a break I need to clear my head" I stared at my shoes
"It's alright Bella, we understand. All we want is you to be happy" Arthur spoke up
I gave him a forced smile; it meant a lot to me that they supported me
"When are you going?" Gwen asked
"Today and before you start to worry, I'm going with Charlie" I replied
I walked over to Arthur
"Take care of sister, brother" I whispered in his ear and I gave a small peck on his cheek and tight hug as he nodded
"Take care of yourself Bells, I love you" Arthur replied
"As I love you too brother" I murmured
I turned to Gwen who was already standing up "Take care of my brother Gwen" I murmured as I gave her a kiss on the cheek and Gwen pulled me into a bone crushing hug
"Take care of yourself Isabella and I don't want to see a scratch on you when you come back" she told me with a stern look, I gave her a small smile and a nod
I walked over to baby Angel and Merlin
"Now, you be a good girl to your father my little princess" I placed a kiss on her tiny forehead and I looked at Merlin "you gonna be okay?" I asked
"Of course Bella" he muttered before kissing my temple, I didn't hug merlin since Angel was asleep in his hands and I honestly don't want to wake her up
"Take care, Merlin" I whispered and then I pulled Gaius into a hug "look after yourself old man and don't let merlin get you into trouble" I told him in a teasing tone which earned a chuckle from him
I walked over to the boys and I looked at them,
Gwaine gave me a sad smile "so, I can't come with you this time?" he asked and I chuckled at him
"No, not this time Gwaine" I stretched my hand out to give Gwaine a hand shape but he pulled me into him for a hug and all the other boys joined the hug with me stuck in the middle
"Take care of everyone and yourselves" I spoke to them and they nodded their head and together they whispered "always, your highness" I smiled at them. I walked over to Charlie
"You ready to go kiddo?" Charlie asked
I could only nod at him and I turned to my family, it truly hurt to see their sadness reflected in their eyes even though they tried to hide it for my sake. I hate to hurt them like this but right now I have to do this.
"I love you all" I murmured
"Love you Bells" they all replied
I looked at Charlie "where to?" I asked
"Forks, Washington. You're going to be the divorced and current chief police of Forks daughter, Isabella Marie Swan" Charlie answered
I chuckled "so, I'm the police Chief's daughter"
"Yep" he answered
"Do you know how to shoot a gun, chief?" I asked just for the fun of it
"I could arrest you for that sort of question, young lady?" He replied with a grin
And with that I opened the portal to the other realm.
I was brought back to the present as I came to a stop in front of the Cullen's house. I never wanted to do this but I have to and I know one thing is that they are all going to hate me after this.
I took a deep breath as I walked to the front door and I knocked on the door, the door opened immediately
"Bella" Esme's cheerful face opened the door and I just nodded in acknowledgment.
"I need to talk to you all, it's important" I stated, my voice was emotionless
"Of course, come inside" Esme spoke up with worry lacing her voice
We walked to the living room and I noticed that everyone was sitting on the sofas with their mates and Edward was sitting on the single sofa, I stood in the doorway and took a deep breath before I started
"Look, Charlie and I are going to leave Forks" I spat out bluntly, way to start Bella
"For how long?" Emmett asked
"Forever, we're not coming back" I murmured
"What? Why?" Alice asked shocked
"Because I don't want to live here anymore" I answered
"Would you stop being so Miss. Cryptic" Rosalie spoke in a bitchy voice
"Listen Blondie, I have had enough with your stupid fucked up attitude alright, I don't care If you hate this life, so stop being so self-centred and selfish" I yelled at her and everyone looked so shocked at my outburst
"I'm leaving because I don' want to live here, to be perfectly truthful I don't like any of you should I tell you why because one, you're all monsters. Two, you disgust me and Carlisle your annoying and your stupid compassionate side is just a mask because you are in denial of what you really are. Esme you should stop trying to be motherly because face facts you're never going to be a real mom and Emmett you're the most dumbest person I have ever met; Rosalie you are a sad excuse for a women or vampire for that matter and Jasper you should learn to control your thirst and with all the people you killed, well you don't deserve to live. Alice you and your stupid obsession for shopping makes me sick to the core and Edward you disgust me to no end" I finished my rant not taking a breath to stop, everyone looked shocked, which slowly turned into hurt, anger and disgust but Rosalie looked like she would kill me any second.
"You fucking bitch" Rosalie growled
"Get out of my house" I heard Edward growl at me and I looked over at him and rolled my eyes at him before I left the house and walked into my truck as I was about to start the truck, I heard crashing and roaring coming from the house. I backed out of the house quickly and I whispered a quiet goodbye as I let the tears flow and a black hole started to form in my heart, for this would be the last time I would ever see them again.
Or so I thought….