Hey guys! So here is Chapter 28. Sorry for the wait, I'm just busy with college assignments. Enjoy the chapter and I'll see you at the bottom. Thanks for the reviews guys :)
Ps: Mireads, no it's not Banner either.
Cindylee99 - The protection spells placed on Edward and Rosalie's rooms are the same as the one on the forbidden section in the library. If someone was to enter their rooms without consent then it would notify them with a magical signal. So if the person tried before to enter the room Edward and Rose would have known. The person doing this had another way of figuring out about the protection spells and how to break them ;)
All I could do was stare at her in disbelief. Did she really just say she died? This couldn't be happening. My mind was running in circles, refusing to accept what Alice had just said. My heart painfully constricted, rejecting what my ears had just heard. I had to ask her to repeat what she said to make sure I heard correctly and that I wasn't simply going crazy.
"Alice, what did you just say?" I asked in a flat voice.
"I died in my dream Bella." Alice sobbed. No! No! No! NO! This can't be happening. I could feel my heart beat frantically as I replayed her words in my head. Not Alice, no not her. She can't die, this can't be happening. I could hear my breathing becoming laboured and I could faintly hear footsteps getting closer to me. I couldn't move a muscle. I just sat there in complete and utter shock.
I felt someone place a hand on my knee, but I couldn't focus on anything other than what Alice had just told me. I was going into full panic mode. My breathing erratic and I was short of me hyperventilating.
"Bella, love. Look at me." I heard someone whisper. I slowly lifted my eyes and was met by emerald eyes. I looked at Edward and his expression was filled with worry. I swallowed hard and I could feel tears starting to burn my eyes. I looked over to Alice and saw that she had gotten up and was in Jasper's arms sobbing.
"Love, we need to go. People are coming and they will ask questions we can't answer." Edward said as he slowly helped me up. I blinked away my tears and stood up straight. I can't be weak, I need to be strong. I need to be strong for Alice and show her that we will find a way to save her. I will not let her die.
"Edward, I'm going to take Alice back to my room and take care of her," Jasper said with the concern for Alice evident in his voice. Jasper and Alice walked back down the hallway. Edward grabbed my hand and pulled me in the other direction of the hallway. I realised as we were walking that Edward and Jasper must have known where Alice and I were. Edward was supposed to wait for me in the gym unless he already knew I wasn't going to be there.
"Edward how did you and Jasper know where Alice and I were?" I asked softly as we walked pass a group of skanks. They're bitching about Edward and I went over my head. I hardly even heard their rude comments as I was too distracted by the whole Alice situation.
"God I wish these girls will get over themselves and realise I was and never will be interested in them," Edward said angrily and sped up.
"Don't mind them. They are sad girls with no lives and have nothing better to do then bitch about other people. Now answer my question." I said impatiently.
"I can read minds Bella," Edward said softly.
"What do you mean? Did you 'hear' Alice's mind and then followed us?" I asked.
"No, not exactly. I heard what Alice was thinking when we all met for coffee on the roof top. She tried to pay attention to the conversation, but her mind kept drifting back to her dream." Edward explained.
"So you knew what her dream was about and that she will die and you didn't think to tell me?!" I said angrily. How the hell could you not at the very least warn me?!
"It was scattered thoughts Bella. I could only make out some of what she was thinking. I saw a werewolf in her mind and she seemed so panicked. I could see how she wanted to tell you about it when the two of you were alone, so I didn't mention it." Edward explained.
"How did you guys find us?" I asked as we walked down another hallway.
"I suspected that she would tell you about it after your lecture, so I waited for outside your lecture hall. You didn't see me as you pulled her down a hallway. I kept my distance and allowed her to tell you about her dream. I have to admit that I did look into her mind as she told you about her dream." Edward confessed.
"What did you see? Did you see all of her dream?" I asked nervously.
"She has quite a powerful gift and yes, I did see her dream. It was like she was reliving it in her mind as she told you." Edward said.
"Yeah, her gift is extraordinaire. Tell me what you saw. She didn't give me a lot of details and when she drop the bomb about her dying my mind kind of just went crazy with panic." I said sadly.
"You sure you want to know more about her dream? It's very graphic and upsetting Bella." Edward asked in a worried tone as we walked into the assembly hall. I looked around me and felt chills running up and down my body. Why did he bring me here? This is where Alice saw the massacre happen. Did I really want to know in more detail about Alice's dream while we are standing in the middle of the room where it is suppose to take place? Yes, I did want to know, I have to know.
"Yes tell me, please," I said and then swallowed the nervous lump in my throat.
" Ok, if it gets too much then just tell me to stop Bella. Her dream started with her walking down the hallway leading to the assembly hall. There were students screaming and running. Some of them had blood on their clothing and some were injured badly. Alice started running into the assembly hall and blood and body parts scattered all over the room. There were werewolves attacking students and professors. They literally ripped them apart. It was a very gruesome scene. I could see Emmett, Rose and Jasper fighting werewolves. However, it wasn't just werewolves in the assembly hall, there were vampires and Banshees as well. It was absolute chaos. Her dream went on to show how these creatures killed students. A few moments later a werewolf spotted Alice and that when she ran and it caught up to her. There wasn't too much detail in her dream. It was all from her point of view and was a little distorted." Edward explained. I could feel my stomach turning as I pictured it all happening.
"Did you see me or you in the hall?" I asked.
"No. I paid careful attention when she started going over her dream in her mind. I couldn't see you or me anywhere." Edward said. That's a bit odd and slightly worrying. Where the hell were we? Oh no, what if we were among the scattered body parts? What if we died before we could try and safe Alice?
"Edward what if we died? What if we were among the dead students?" I asked solemnly.
"I thought about it and it there could be a possibility of that having had happened in her dream. I don't think that's what happened though. I think there is a reason why I couldn't spot us in her dream. There is just something about what she saw that doesn't make sense." Edward said frustratedly.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I can't put my thumb on it just yet but there is something missing. It's like her dream is only a small part of a picture." Edward explained.
"Ok, so if you are right then we need to figure out what the bigger picture is. Maybe if we figure it out then we could find a way to save Alice." I said optimistically.
"Yes, hopefully we can figure it out before it's too late. And that's also why we are here. I kept going over what I saw in Alice's head about the trouble that was going on here in the assembly hall. There was someone in a dark cloak standing at the very back of the room. It looked like the person was just watching everything unfold. Alice didn't really see or pay any attention to this person so I couldn't really discern what the person looks like." Edward explained as he started walking to the back of the room. I followed after him. The stage area covered most of the back area but to the side there was a small gap. Each of these gaps on the sides of the stage held massive golden torches attached to the wall. They were nailed to the wall and were placed pretty high up. Edward walked over to the right side of the stage and started touching and pushing on the wall below the burning torch.
"Edward, what are you doing?" I asked confused.
"The person in the dark cloak pushed or did something and a door appeared and they walked through it. I'm trying to find it." Edward explained. Right, well that makes more sense. I stared at the wall where Edward was randomly pushing and then my eyes moved up over to the torch. It was really quite extraordinaire. It was shaped like a cone with drawings of woods and valleys carved into it. At the bottom of the cone, there was a solid golden bobble attached that had italic writing on it. The structure that was attached to the wall that held the torch looked like two golden hands wrapped around the torch, holding it up. I remembered back to movies I've watch and in all of them the secret passageway always opened when you pulled on the torch.
"Edward, move over. I think I might know how to open it." I said as I moved over to the torch. I tried to pull on the torch and it moved slightly towards me. I took a step backwards and waited for something to happen. We waited in anticipation, but nothing happened. I frowned and stepped forward to inspect the torch again.
I looked at the torch and ran my fingers over the golden bubble at the bottom of the torch. It started to move slightly as I placed more pressure on it. I wrapped my hand around it and pulled it downward slowly and watched, amazed as a part of the wall slid away. The opening lead to a small landing and then there was stairs that led down to something. It was very dark and I could hardly see. Edward stood next to me and looked around.
"Do you have a flashlight? I can't really see anything." I asked Edward.
"No, but my phone has one," Edward said as he took his phone out of his pocket. Edward turned the flashlight part of his phone on and provided us with some light. Edward walked through the hole first and I followed close behind. We slowly walked down the stairs with Edward lighting up our path. Edward set to the side to let me down the stairs and into a room.
The room was shaped like an octagon. The room was small and the walls were made of grey stones. Six of the eight sides of the room had a painting of a family hanging on it. The paintings seem very old and from the clothing and jewellery the people in them wore, I assumed they were of the various Royal Families throughout the centuries. The seventh side of the room was, where the stairs came down into the room. The last side of the room was opposite us and simply looked like a dark passageway. What did shock me about the room was the circular platform in the middle of the room. The platform had eight long, rectangular mirrors placed around it. I couldn't understand the purpose of it. It looked intimidating.
"Edward, what is this place?" I asked as I continued to look around.
"I don't know Bella. I've never heard of this room. I was always told by my granddad that there are many secret rooms in the university, but I haven't found any of them." Edward said as he walked towards the platform. Edward stepped onto the platform and I held my breath as I waited for something to happen. Nothing happened though. Edward stood there staring at his own reflection and then turned in a circle and still nothing happened. I decided to look around at the paintings. One in particular caught my eye. There were two older people, a man and a woman, in the painting and in front of them stood three younger people, two girls and one guy. It was one of the younger girls that caught my eye. She had wavy raven hair that went down to the middle of her waist. She had light powder blue eyes. Her eyes held secrets, dark secret. Everyone else in the painting was smiling, expect her. Her berry red pouty lips were turned into a scowl.
"Edward, who is that in the painting?" I asked as I pointed over to the painting. Edward stepped down from the platform and came and stood next to me.
"That would be the de Corcella family, the last Royal Family to rule over the Unknown," Edward explained.
"The girl, with the raven hair, is that Amelia?" I asked nervously.
"Yes, I think so. Amelia was always said to have dark hair, where Constance had auburn hair." Edward said. Well, that would explain the eyes that were filled with dark secrets. I could feel an icy cold shiver run down my spine. I looked over across the room to the side of the room that had no painting and simply appeared to be another passageway. I got a dark twisted feeling in the pit of my stomach. The hairs on my arms and the back of my neck stood up. It was the same feeling I got when Edward and I were in the meadow in the Unknown and that day when we left Esme's office. It felt like someone's eyes were on me, watching me. I was just about to tell Edward when his phone rang.
Edward looked at his phone, I assume it was a text message. I continued to look at the passageway. I tried to see if there was someone there, hiding in the dark. I took a step towards the passageway to try and get a closer look.
"Bella, that was my mom. She is still at the hospital. She wants me to call her as soon as I can. I'd prefer to do it back in my room. We can come back here tomorrow." Edward said hurriedly.
"Yeah, ok that's fine," I said as I reluctantly tore my eyes from the passageway. Edward and I made our way back up the stairs and the moment we went through the door it slammed closed, giving Edward and I a fright. Edward took my hand in his and we walked back to his room quickly.
We dropped our bags in the corner and kicked off our shoes and got on his bed. Edward rang Esme and put the phone on loudspeaker so that I could hear too.
"Hi mom. It's Edward and Bella. How's dad?" Edward asked.
"Hi Esme," I added softly to be polite.
"Hello, Edward and Bella dear. I have some bad and good news. The good news is that Sue and I were able to see your father. The bad news is that your father has been put in a medically induced coma. He has contracted an infection and the doctors feel he has a better chance of getting through it if he was placed in a medically induced coma. Sue was able to find out that the infection was caused by the Banshee claw. The claw infected his heart and it's getting worse due to someone magically interfering. Sue isn't clear how they are interfering but she is trying to counteract the magic. We will be here for a few more hours." Esme informed us.
"That's bad. Do you think Sue will be able to help him?" Edward asked.
"Yes, I do. Sue is very good and she will try and sneak your dad a potion she will make to treat the infection." Esme said.
"Is there anything we can do to help?" I asked.
"No dear, we will be ok here. I have to go, but I'll keep you up to date." Esme said.
"Ok mom. Be careful and call me when anything changes." Edward said.
"Will do dear. I'll talk to you guys later." Esme said.
"Bye Esme and good luck," I said before she hung up the phone.
"You ok?" I asked Edward softly. Edward rubbed his hands over his face and let out a big sigh.
"Yeah, I'll be ok. I'm just worried about everything that is going on. I feel helpless. I wish there was more I can do." Edward said frustratedly.
"We are all doing the best we can do Edward. Don't be so hard on yourself." I said softly. I know he is also under a lot of pressure but we can't be so hard on ourselves when something goes wrong. We need to stick together and figure a way out of it.
"I know you're right Bella but I just wish that there was more I could do," Edward said quietly.
"I know, I wish I could do more as well," I said.
"Maybe we should just get some food and relax tonight," I added.
"Yeah, I think we could do with a relaxing night in. What do you want to get to eat?" Edward asked.
"I'm not fussy, what are you in the mood for?" I asked really not caring what we eat.
"Well, I have been having a craving for Indian food lately. What do you say?" Edward asked.
"Indian sounds good," I said and I could feel my stomach growling in agreement.
"Ok, well why don't you tell me what you want and I'll run and get it while you jump in the shower," Edward said as he got off the bed and went to put his shoes back on.
"You sure you don't want me to go with you?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's fine. I need to call Rosalie and give her the news about my dad anyway. I can do that on the way to the Indian place on campus. I'll only be about 15 minutes." Edward said.
"Ok. I'll have chicken korma with pilau rice and see if you can get some chicken pakoras too." I said as I hoped off the bed and headed for the bathroom.
"Ok, I'll be back as soon as I can," Edward said as he left.
I got in the shower and turned on the extra high-pressure setting and let the shower spray massage my scalp and back. It felt good to have the warm water all over my body. The pressure and heat of the water started to relax my muscles. I washed my hair with my favourite strawberry scented shampoo. I spent a little extra time washing my hair as I massage my head trying to get my headache to subside. I washed the rest of my body using Edward's shower gel. I loved the fact that I smelled like him, it was oddly comforting. I towel dried my hair and put on a pair of black silk shorts and a matching tank top. It was one of the skimpy pyjama sets I had gotten at Victoria's Secret on my shopping trip with Alice. I grabbed a book and crawled into bed. I read my book until I heard Edward coming through the door.
Edward sat the takeaway bags on the bed and kicked off his shoes. I saw his eyes run over my body as he got into the bed. Edward didn't say anything about my choice of attire but instead started taking containers out of the bag. He placed three containers in front of me and I knew I was not coming to be able to stop myself from stuffing me face. Edward also placed a small bottle of water next to my food along with utensils.
"I didn't know what you would like to drink so I just went with water. Hope that's ok?" Edward said sheepishly.
"Water is fine. I don't like fizzy drinks. I only drink water, coffee and some fruit juices." I said with a smile.
"Thank you for the food, by the way," I added as I started opening containers.
"Your welcome," Edward said. Oh wow, everything smelled so good. We ate and talked about random things that had nothing to do with magic. We talked, ate and laughed and it felt really good. It was nice to focus on something other than magic and our problems. Edward cleared away the containers and bag and I laid down rubbing my tummy. I was so stuffed, but the food was so delicious that I couldn't stop eating.
"I ate too much but it was so good Edward. Thank you." I said.
"You're welcome love. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm just going to take a quick shower." Edward said.
"Edward, do you mind if I just brush my teeth before you get into the shower," I said as I rolled out of bed.
"No, go ahead. I have to grab clean clothes anyway." Edward said as he headed for the closet. I quickly went into the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I walked back out into the bedroom and gave Edward a small kiss on his way to the bathroom. I crawled back into bed and pulled the covers over me and snuggled into it. I fell asleep rather quickly and didn't even hear or feel Edward crawl into bed behind me.
I started dreaming about the secret passageway we found earlier today. I walked down the dark stairway and I could feel the nerves tightening my stomach. The octagon room was empty and I walked over to the platform surrounded by mirrors. I slowly stepped on the platform. I looked at my reflection in the mirrors. It was odd being able to look at yourself in so many angles. After a few minutes of nothing happening other than me staring at my reflection I decided to leave. Just as I was about to move to step down from the platform, the mirrors moved and snapped together effectively locking me in. I started panicking and frantically looking around my trying to find a way out. I stopped dead in my tracks as I looked up at the reflecting in the mirror. I was no longer staring at my own reflection. Instead, I was looking a young raven-haired girl with light, powder blue eyes.
"Amelia," I breathed out.
Wonder what will happen with Amelia in Bella's dream. Until next time :)