Hey guys! So here is Chapter 29. Sorry for the late update. This chapter is all about Bella's dream and it is a bit graphic. Thanks for all the reviews:) Enjoy reading and I'll see you at the bottom :)
My heart was thumping in my ears and my breathing grew shallow. The raven haired beauty was staring at me with menacing eyes and a wicked smirk. I opened and closed my mouth like a fish out of water. I couldn't get enough oxygen into my lungs to be able to speak. Not that I was able to form a coherent sentence anyway. The more flustered I became the larger her smirk grew. My eyes met her icy blue eyes. Shivers started moving up my body from my toes and in its place a dark numbing feeling started to spread through my veins.
"Hello Bella," she said in a clear smooth voice. Oh, fuck she knows who I am. How the fuck does she know who I am? The dark numbing feeling is starting to paralyze me. "Get a grip Bella!" I mentally scolded myself.
"Who are you?" I said, deciding to play dumb.
"Haha, I know you are well aware who I am Bella" Amelia cackled. Yes, cackled.
"What do you want?" I asked in a low tone, no longer in the mood to play around.
"Ah, straight to the point, I like that in a woman." she said in a mocking tone.
"Why don't you get to your point then?" I asked irritably.
"What makes you think I have a point Bella? Perhaps I just wanted to meet you," she said with a sardonic smirk.
"Well, if you have no point then it's time for me to leave as I have no interest talking to you," I said in a dangerous tone. I was getting sick of her shit all ready. I turned around, determined to get out of there and far away from the evil bitch. As I turned around, I once again came face to face with my own reflection. I took a deep breath, in an attempt to calm my growing frustration.
I clenched my hands into fists at me side and slowly turned back around. Amelia was still there, with a smug smirk and arms crossed over her chest. I narrowed my eyes at her, really wanting to slap that damn smirk off her face. I took a moment to calm down before I spoke to her. As I tried to calm my nerves and growing irritation, I looked at her. She was slim but with envious curves in all the right places. She had full, glossy mane of raven hair that had a slight curl in it. Her hair looked like it has been styled by a highly experienced professional. Her skin was flawless and appeared as smooth as porcelain. Her powder blue eyes stood out against her pale skin and dark hair. Her lips were full and red as berries. She wore a long black dress that clung to her body in a seductive manner. For a second, I felt a pang of envy of her beauty, but then I remembered that her beauty is tainted by her evil heart.
"How do I get out of here, Amelia?" I asked exasperated.
"I can't tell you how to get out of here Bella. I was not the one to trap you here. I'm just as unwillingly stuck here as you are." Amelia said with her smirk still firmly in place. What the fuck?! What the hell does she mean by that? Why do all evil bitches like talking in riddles!
"What are you talking about? I'm in no mood to decipher your riddles Amelia." I said in a clipped tone, thoroughly annoyed.
"So impatient Bella," Amelia said with a mocking smirk.
"And quickly losing the little patience I have left," I said with a glare. Amelia let out a bark of a laugh that still manage to sound musical.
"I don't know how to get out of her Bella. If I did, I'd be gone by now. I certainly don't want to stand here and talk to you." Amelia said with a frown.
"What the hell do you mean you don't know how to get out of here?! How did you get here then? And you're dead so how can you not just leave?" I said in a raised voice.
"Yes Bella, I am dead. However, even dead people can get trapped in certain places by another powerful witch. I don't know how I got here. I can only venture a guess." Amelia said annoyed.
"Care to elaborate? I'm new to the whole witch and magic thing. And go on, venture a guess." I said as I crossed my arms over my chest defensively. Amelia let out a sigh and rolled her eyes at me. What a bitch.
"When a witch dies, her soul is moved to the spiritual plane until they are ready to let go. Unfortunately, there is a lot of witches with unresolved issues refusing to move on but that not here or there. My point is that witches on spiritual planes can be contacted in certain ways by powerful living witches. My guess is that someone has managed to trap me in your dream." Amelia explained. That was not what I was expecting. I was left with more questions then I was with an answer but I highly doubt Amelia would be offering to answer any of my questions. To my surprise, she has been very worth coming with information.
"You think this is a dream?" I asked as I tried to make sense of all of this.
"Your dream, to be exact. It's an old spell that is used to trap a dead witch in a person's dream. It's a very crafty spell and it requires a lot of power." she explained.
"So you're saying that a witch has trapped you in my dream?" I asked confusedly.
"Yes. And before you ask, I do not know who it is but they did want to give you a message." Amelia said mysteriously. My stomach started twisting, at her words. Chills ran up my body and that dark numbing feeling started spreading through my body again. This was going to be bad, very bad. I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that whoever is responsible for trapping Amelia in my dream is the same person who is responsible for all the other dodgy things that has been going on lately.
"Wh..What is the message?" I asked in a shaky voice.
"Don't worry I will give you the message in time, but first I want to give you a piece of advice," Amelia said a malicious smirk.
"Why would you give me advice? Am I not the key to your resurrection?" I said as a narrowed my eyes at her.
"Yes, I do need you to die but not yet. I'm not ready to be resurrected yet and I can't have a silly little witch kill you before I am ready to come back." Amelia said secretively.
"How nice of you," I said sarcastically.
"You're a little spit fire," Amelia said impressed.
"Whatever, can you get on with it," I said impatiently.
"Patience is a virtue Bella. Remember that." Amelia said amusedly.
"Is that your great insightful advice?" I asked mockingly.
"Haha not quite. Most people only look at things from one perspective, they never consider looking at it from a different perspective. Just like with mirrors, people always only concentrate on what is in front of them, their own reflection. They never think to look past the mirror, behind their reflection." Amelia said rather cryptically.
"Ok, you want to put that into terms I can understand?" I asked.
"Everything is not always as it seems Bella. Sometimes things appear one way because someone wants you to only see it in that way to hide their true intentions." Amelia added. I was lost. What did she mean by that? Who was she referring to?
"Um ok. Thanks for the advice." I said still confused as to what the meaning behind her words were.
"You might not understand just yet, but I do hope you figure out what it means before it is too late," Amelia said with a soft tone.
"Why are you telling me this?" I asked curiously. There was something suspicious about her giving me this advice. It felt like there was more to it than she is saying.
"Like I said, I need you alive and I can't have someone kill you yet." she said with a smirk but there was an emotion behind her eyes that confirmed there was more to it.
"That's not all is it?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm not looking to have a heart to heart with you Bella." she said irritably.
"Sore subject for you? What's wrong Amelia? Did someone only look at what an evil bitch you are before getting to know you?" I asked in a mocking tone. Yes, I know I was being a colossal bitch but she sure as hell deserved it.
"Watch your mouth Bella," Amelia said in a warning.
"Oh, I hit a nerve did I?" I asked smugly.
"I might be an evil bitch Bella, but all those book you have read only tell one side of the story. No one ever told my side or Constance's side. It was just easier for people to paint me as the evil one and Constance as the good old little heroin." Amelia said. I thought back to what I have managed to read in the book about black magic and I do remember there not being any explanation or reason for Amelia acting the way she had, but that is still not an excuse to torture and kill people the way she had done.
"That's not an excuse for the vile things you have done!" I said defensively.
"I'm aware of that and I am not making excuses for what I did Bella. There is more to the story and you would be shocked if you ever knew the truth about what happened a hundred years ago." Amelia said in a raised voice.
"Go on. Enlighten me then." I challenged.
"What I did was cruel and evil but I stand by what I did. I fought for freedom and not everyone will agree with the manner in which I went about it but damn it I fought while other sat idly by and did nothing." Amelia said angrily.
"Torturing people and killing them the way you did is not fighting for anything! You were a malicious evil hateful bitch that got enjoyment out of hurting innocent people." I defended.
"They weren't all innocent! Just remember Bella, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter," she retorted.
"You of all people should be questioning the past considering that certain members of the royal family would readily kill you if they knew who you were." she added.
"Yeah, because they don't want to risk your coven resurrecting you," I said resentfully.
"That's only part of the reason naive little Bella." she said mockingly.
"Well, go on tell me the truth then since you are all so wise." I mocked her in return.
"Why should I?" she said with a raised eyebrow.
"Because you don't want me dead yet, remember?" I said. She glared at me and huffed in annoyance as she crossed her arms again.
"Certain parts of the witch community has this twisted idea of how the world works. They believe that the world resets itself when the people reach a place beyond redemption. My father believed that my actions will cause this 'reset' of the world to happen. These witches believe that the world and life are like a tape. It will run its course until there is nothing left and then reset itself and start all over again. The people who believe in this nonsense think that if they can eliminate this 'threat' that will ultimately cause the reset of time then they can discover more." Amelia explained. Well, that is one theory I haven't heard before.
"What do they think they will discover?" I asked fascinated.
"Immortality," she said in disgust. Ah, the leaders of the witches were seeking immortality, how original.
"That's what you were trying to prevent?" I asked.
"In a way, but there is more to it. The thing is people never looked past these figureheads of royalty and leaders. They never looked past the titles and they were oblivious to what was going on, just as you are Bella. You have this idea in your head as to who is behind the things that has been going on, but you need to look past it. You will lose more than just Alice if you don't," Amelia said in a hastily. My blood ran cold and my heart stop as I listened to her. She knew about Alice. How did she know about Alice? Is this part of the message she is supposed to give me?
"How did you know about Alice?" I asked in a shaky voice.
"I know a lot more than you might think Bella. Your blindness to the truth will cause you to have to choose between the ones you love the most. Who would you lose and who would you save Bella?" Amelia said seriously and then points to the mirror to her left. Edward appeared in the mirror and then Emmett appeared in the next and then Jasper on the following mirror. My head snapped back to Amelia and the mirror to her right caught my eye. Alice step forward and then the next mirror had Rose and the one after her held Esme. My heart was beating frantically and I could feel the tears starting to roll down my cheek.
"Who would you save Bella?" Amelia asked gravely. This isn't happening! This is just a dream Bella. You need to wake the fuck up right now! I was having an internal war with myself and then the screaming started. My friends and loved ones all started screaming in fear and terror and they were surrounding me. I had no way out. I was trapped having to listen to their cry. I kept looking from one to the other as they cried for help and started banging on the mirrors, trying to escape.
"Stop it! Stop it!" I screamed at Amelia.
"Only you can stop this Bella." she said.
"How?! How do I fucking stop this?!" I screamed in anger. I looked back at each of my friends and then my eyes fell on the last mirror, the empty mirror. There was no one staring back at me. The cries from my friends started to increase dramatically. I started crying full on and dropped to my knees, hopelessly. I covered my face with my hands as I sobbed uncontrollably at the pain of my friends.
Everything suddenly went deadly quiet. There was no screaming or cry out for help. I dropped my hands to my side and looked up at the blank mirror in front of me. There was a dark figure slowly approaching. I watched, entranced, as the person came into view. I could see a face or any distinct features of the person as they were wearing a dark cloak that covered nearly every inch of their body. They had the hood of the cloak up and it covered most of the person's face, making it impossible to see. The was a slight glimmer coming from the person's side and my eyes traveled down their body. In their hand, they held a beautiful silver dagger. To my horror, the mystery person moved over into the next mirror, to Esme. Esme started screaming and tried to fight the person of, but she wasn't strong enough. I watched in horror as the mystery person took the dagger and slid it across Esme's throat. Esme gasped and fell to the ground, her eyes never leaving mine. I jumped up and started screaming.
No! No! This can't be happening. Not Esme, no this isn't real! I kept screaming at the mystery person to stop, I beg as the person moved over to the next mirror. Alice, just like Esme tried to fight the person off but failed. I closed my eyes as the person stabbed Alice with the dagger in the stomach. This was too much. I couldn't take it anymore. It felt like my heart was being ripped into a million pieces and then set on fire. The person moved on to Rose. Rose put up a good fight but failed. I watched as she dropped to the floor, already covered in her own blood.
"Pleas stop! You can't do this!" I screamed at the unknown person. The person ignored me and moved on to the next mirror, where Amelia was supposed to be. Amelia was gone, the mirror was blank. Where did she go? I watch petrified as the person moved onto the next mirror, Edward's mirror. My heart clenched and my stomach twisted. Tears were streaming down my face as I watched Edward trying to fight the person off.
"NO! NO! Not him! Oh god no! Please, not him!" I kept screaming. The person managed to knock Edward down to his knees. I watched in fear as the person went and stood behind him and placed the dagger against his throat. I couldn't take this. I closed my eyes and screamed as loud as I could. I poured all the fear, pain and anger into the scream. The mirrors around me shattered into a million pieces. I watched as it rained pieces of glass all over the room. The mirrors were gone and the room was deadly silent. I stood up on the platform and dusted the pieces, that fell on me, off. I could feel someone shaking me and a faint voice calling my name in the distance.
My eyes landed on the opening of the room, that I spotted earlier today. I could faintly see the outline of the black cloak standing in the middle of the opening. I stepped off the platform and took a step closer as the shaking feeling increased and the voice was getting louder. I took another step closer and then the person started running. I was about to follow after them when the shaking feeling got too intense and the screaming was right at my ear.
"Bella! Bella! Wake up! Wake up Bella!" someone kept screaming. With one final shake, I was ripped from my dream, back into reality. I shot up straight in the bed, slightly knocking Edward to the side.
My breathing was heavy and my heart was thumping loudly in my ears. I could faintly hear Edward talking, but I was too focused on the mystery person running away to make sense of what he was saying. I quickly jumped out of bed and ran into the closet. I grabbed a pair of sweatpants, sneakers, and a jumper and got dressed in less than a minute. Record time for me, just saying. Edward was right behind me having followed me into the closet.
"Bella, what the fuck is going on? What are you doing? Are you ok? You were screaming like a crazy person in your sleep. It took me nearly ten minutes to wake you up." Edward asked worriedly.
"Get dressed and do it fast. We need to go down to the room we found earlier today." I said as I dressed.
"Why? Bella what's going on?" Edward asked concernedly. I riffled through his drawers and picked out a pair of sweats and threw it at him.
"Get dressed. I'll explain everything on the way." I said in a hurried tone. As Edward got dresses, I searched for a flashlight.
"Ok, I'm ready. Let's go." Edward said as he walked out of the closet.
"Good," I said as I made my way out the door with the flashlight in hand. Edward took me hand in his as we hurriedly walked over to the assembly hall.
"Want to start telling me what's going on," Edward said softly.
"I had a bad dream. I'll tell you all about it later but the important part is that I saw this mystery person in a black cloak running away through the opening I spotted in the room earlier today. I think the person is the rat we are looking for." I explained.
"I'm going to hold you to that. You think there is a connection between your dream, the person behind all this and the room we found." Edward asked.
"Yes, I do. The person you saw in Alice's dream is the same person I saw in mine. My dream was a warning or a message of sorts. I need your help figuring it out though" I said with a frown.
"Are you ok? There was a lot of screaming and tossing around." Edward said with so much concern that it made my heart ache at the thought that I could lose him.
"Well, it certainly wasn't the most pleasant of dreams. We can talk about it later." I said as we made our way off to the entrance of the room with mirrors in the assembly hall. I pull the torch and then the circular ball downwards and stepped aside as the door slid open. I turned on the flashlight and Edward and I made out way down the stairs. The room appeared perfect, just the way we had left it this afternoon. The mirrors we still intact. I quickly moved over to the opening I saw and lit it up with the flashlight. I took an experimental step into the gap. The gap seems to be the entrance to a tunnel. I slowly started walking down the tunnel with Edward closely behind me.
"Bella, maybe I should walk in front. Just in case there is someone there, I should be able to protect you." Edward said.
"No, it's fine. I can take care of myself. Thanks." I said as I continued walking. I knew he wasn't happy about me being in front, but I was happy that he didn't push the matter any further. I guess he knew he would lose that argument anyway.
After a view minutes of walking, I could see the end of the tunnel. There was a soft light coming through. We finally made our way out of the tunnel and outside, standing in the peaceful moonlight. I looked around me, trying to figure out where we were. There was a magnificent full moon, it was rather cold and the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow. My eyes grew wide, my breathing grew uneven and my heart fluttered erratically. I looked over to Edward who was wearing the same shocked expression as I was.
"Edward, are we in the Unknown?" I asked in a shaky voice.
"Yes, we are." Edward breathed out.
Well that was Bella's dream. What do you guys think? Any idea as to who the mystery person is yet? Till next time :)