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Chapter 8- Timeline

Isabella's eyes shot open to an unfamiliar room, even though its woodsy, wet dog smell was a very hard scent to forget.

The disoriented newborn blinked furiously in an attempt to clear up her blurry vision.

Bella made a move to stand up but she realised that her arms and legs were being restrained. She looked down to see that her arms and legs were tied to a wooden chair with thick, sliver chains.

"Great, being held hostage is just what I need right now!" Bella groaned, struggling to free herself from the tight chains around her. She felt weaker than usual. Breaking out of these chains for a normal vampire wouldn't be a problem, but for her it was.

Bella cried in defeat, both at the fact that she couldn't get out of the chains and that she may never get her life back. She desperately missed Edward. She missed the way his cold lips felt against her warm ones and the way he would hold her at night until she fell asleep against his chest.

It was as if that giant hole in her stomach was opening itself up again. She missed Charlie. She missed Renee. She missed Angela. Hell, she even missed Mike Newton!

The events from earlier this morning at school came rushing back to Bella and she broke down, sobbing.

The door to the room she was being held captive in suddenly swung open, revealing a dark figure.

Bella blinked away the venom in her eyes and was shocked to see who stood before her.

Leah?

The she wolf inched closer to the vampire in front of her. She couldn't believe Jacob talked her into helping him kidnap a bloodthirsty vampire.

~~Xx-Earlier this morning-Xx~~

"Leah!" Jacob yelled urgently, barging into her room like a madman.

"What?" Leah groaned, wiping the sleep from her eyes and glaring at Jacob's large form.

Jacob flicked on the light, revealing his troubled eyes, "Bella is not Bella! I was at her school this morning, trying to tell her bloodsucker boyfriend to stay off of Quileute land and then 'Bella' was trying to tell the leech that she wasn't who he thought she was but only I understood and-"

"Jake! Slow the fuck down! It's too early in the morning for this shit!" Leah sighed, sitting up in her bed and trying to wake herself up enough to listen to what Jacob was trying to tell her.

"The gem made Bella switch bodies with someone. That girl I saw this morning was definitely not Bella! I mean it was Bella's body but not Bella inside of it!" Jake tried to explain.

" So what do you want me to do about it?" Leah asked, her voice still groggy.

"I need you to help me figure out what body Bella is in" Jacob begged, giving Leah his best puppy dog eyes.

" You owe me big time for this one Jake!"

~~Xx-Present time-Xx~~

After witnessing the chaotic food fight in Forks High's cafeteria from afar, Jake and Leah had agreed that Rosalie and Bella had switched bodies. At least they hoped it was Rosalie or else they were gonna have to take on a very pissed off vampire who would most likely try to kill them for bringing her into forbidden territory.

"Leah? What the hell are you doing? Why am I here?" Bella asked, quite baffled.

"Jake! The vampire chick is awake and she knows my name!" Leah yelled, taking a few steps back just in case. Jake hurried into Leah's bedroom.

"Jake?" Bella called out, even though it was Rosalie's voice, the way it rang made Jacob's heart swell.

"Bells?" he smiled.

" Ya" she laughed happily.

Jake ran over to his best friend and embraced her lovingly, ignoring the sickly sweet smell that was assaulting his nostrils.

"What happened? Why am I all tied up?" Bella asked all at once.

" We ripped your head off so you wouldn't attack our asses" Leah answered.

"You decapitated me?" Bella gasped in shock. No wonder she felt so disoriented and weak. She had just gotten her head bitten off by two werewolves!

"What Leah meant to say was that we weren't sure if it was you or not and it was the safest way we could get you here" Jake clarified.

"So you know everything about the switch? How is that possible? I've been trying so hard to tell somebody about it but I can't!" Bella admitted.

"How is it possible for Jake to know about the switch when I haven't told anyone about it?" Bella thought, suddenly very suspicious.

"Listen, Bella, it's a really long story…" Jake started.

"Which we don't have time for. We need to make this visit fast before the pack figures out that you're here!" Leah finished.

"You took me over the treaty line! I can't be here! That would break the whole treaty! Are you crazy?" Bella exclaimed, struggling against the chains.

"This was the only way we could talk to you in private-"

"Jake, get to the point! Who knows what kind of trouble we'll be in if Sam finds out there is a vampire on the rez!" Leah snapped.

"Alright, where is the bracelet I gave to you at Alice's graduation party?" Jacob asked Bella nervously.

Out of habit, Bella looked down at her pale wrist, expecting to see the amethyst gem and wooden wolf attached to a silver chain. Instead she saw a thick, plain black strap with the Cullen crest on it.

" I'm not sure. I think I was still wearing it on the night of the switch? Rosalie must have taken it off already. It could be anywhere by now! Why do you want to know where it is?"

"Fuck!" Jacob cursed, kicking something over in his anger. He had to calm down before he phased in the middle of Leah's bedroom.

Leah growled and lowered her face down to Bella's level, "Einstein over here gave you a cursed gem!"

"What? Jake… I don't understand" Bella said, wide-eyed. Would Jacob purposely give her a cursed gem?

Jacob pulled at his short hair, silently going over in his head how he was going to explain this to Bella.

"Bella you're really going to hate me after this" Jacob confessed, pulling harder at his hair strands, " I gave you the cursed gem so Edward and I could switch bodies".

"You wanted to switch bodies with Edward? Why?" Bella asked in disbelief.

" To be with you," Jake admitted with watery eyes, getting down on both knees before Bella.

"Jake" Bella whispered, " Why would you do something like that? Why would you take such a big risk? I love Edward! I thought you knew this already!"

"I did damnit! That's why I did it! I love you so fucking much that I was willing to give up everything just for you! Don't you get it Bella? I'm in love with you!" Jacob confessed taking hold of her restrained, cold hands in his warm ones.

"Alright guys, this isn't a soap opera! Do you have the bracelet or not?" Leah asked Bella impatiently.

All Bella could think about in that moment was that she would still be with Edward if it weren't for Jake! Because of him, Bella may never be with Edward ever again! The thought of being without her vampire boyfriend scared her immensely.

"I don't know. I have to ask Rosalie. That's if I can get anywhere near her again after what happened today. I'm such an idiot! I almost exposed the Cullen's today!" Bella cried with regret.

" Can't argue with you there Bella but we have more important things to worry about. Well, you do, because this is really not my problem. Just know if you don't get that gem back soon, you and Blondie will be stuck in each other's bodies permanently" Leah informed the conflicted vampire.

That got her attention.

"Permanently? How do you know?" Bella demanded.

"The story of that gem has been in our Quileute legends for years. Apparently the body switch curse is not a myth and your ass will be screwed if you don't find the gem in time. You're on a timeline. Soon you will start forgetting everything about yourself and will eventually be lost forever. You will literally turn into Blondie and you won't even know that it happened!"

"Oh my god! I have to get back! I have to find that gem!" Bella yelled in panic, finally breaking herself free from the chains and standing up at vampire speed.

"I'll phase and watch your back until you get back over the treaty line" Leah told her.

"Thank you Leah" Bella said gratefully.

"I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing it for Jake" Leah said, glancing at Jacob who was silently fuming beside her.

"Well if it wasn't for your buddy Jake, we wouldn't even be in this mess!" Bella growled, narrowing her eyes at Jacob Black. She still couldn't believe that Jacob would give her a cursed gem!

"Bells!" Jake pleaded, grabbing hold of her arm to stop her from leaving.

"No Jake! Whatever happens after today, I never want to speak to you again!" Bella snapped, yanking her arm free from his hold.

And with that, Bella left the room.

TBC

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