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She Sleeps
By : bcullen1026
Category: Twilight Series > AU/AR
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Chapter 22
BPOV
One Step Closer – Linkin Park

I cannot take this anymore

I'm saying everything I've said before

All these words they make no sense

I find bliss in ignorance

Less I hear the less you'll say

You'll find that out anyway

(Just like before)

Everything you say to me

(Takes me one step closer to the edge)

(And I'm about to break)

I need a little room to breathe

('Cause I'm one step closer to the edge)

(I'm about to break)

I find the answers aren't so clear

Wish I could find a way to disappear

All these thoughts they make no sense

I found bliss in ignorance

Nothing seems to go away

Over and over again

(Just like before)

Everything you say to me

(Takes me one step closer to the edge)

(And I'm about to break)

I need a little room to breathe

('Cause I'm one step closer to the edge)

(I'm about to break)

Everything you say to me

(Takes me one step closer to the edge)

(And I'm about to break)

I need a little room to breathe

('Cause I'm one step closer to the edge)

(And I'm about to break)

Shut up when I'm talking to you

Shut up, shut up, shut up

Shut up when I'm talking to you

Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up

I'm about to break

Everything you say to me

(Takes me one step closer to the edge)

(And I'm about to break)

I need a little room to breathe

('Cause I'm one step closer to the edge)

(I'm about to break)

Everything you say to me

(Takes me one step closer to the edge)

(And I'm about to break)

I need a little room to breathe

('Cause I'm one step closer to the edge)

(And I'm about to break)
I didn’t let myself dwell on what I had just done. I walked out of the house and into the forest behind the house. I started running. I didn’t have destination in mind, but I needed to get away. Not long after I started running, I found a clearing in the woods. I stopped and let myself sink to the ground. I slapped him. I slapped Edward. I couldn’t believe it. I think what surprised me more was that I didn’t feel bad about it. I wanted to hit him. He needs to understand that I am not the same person he left behind.
Just thinking about it made me angry all over again. I looked up and I could see the sky between the trees. The stars were out, it was beautiful, and I hated it. I screamed. I put all my rage and fear into that one scream and pour it into the heavens. When I was done I just sat and listened for any signs that I would have company, but there was nothing. There were no signs of wildlife either, which made sense when I thought about it. I had probably scared them all away.
I looked around the clearing I was in and suddenly felt trapped. I couldn’t stay here. I started running before I knew where I was going. I thought as I ran. I needed away from green, away from the trees, away from the closed space. I needed the beach. I was half way there by the time I realized that’s where I was headed. I needed the open space.
I reached the beach in La Push faster than I thought I would. I found a decent sized rock and perched myself on it looking out over the water. The moon and stars reflected off the surface. The scene was so serene it was infectious. I could hear the waves hitting the beach. The sound drew me from my perch to the waters edge. I slipped out my shoes and stepped into the water. And just like that, the ocean took my rage and my fears with each slap of the water on my feet. I was at peace for the first time since before my dreaded birthday.
Time was meaningless. I stood in the water and let the water bring me peace. I closed my eyes and tried to imagine what my life would have been like if I never came to Forks. I never thought of having my own family. I was too busy being the mom to my mother. I always wanted to get away, go to school, and finally figure out who I was, without my mom. But I had moved to Forks and I met Edward and my life was forever changed.
I then tried to imagine my life if Edward had never left. I would like to think we would still be just as in love now as we were then, but I just wasn’t sure. I knew I was never enough to hold his attention, so I imagine he would have left eventually anyway. And I would have been just as heartbroken, but I imagined that I could have picked myself up, gone away to school, and forgotten him. I really tired to imagine it, but no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t convince myself that I would have gotten over him and moved on with my life. I sighed. It was hopeless, no matter how angry I was, no matter how much I hated him at the moment, I still loved him.
A branch snapped in the trees behind me. I spun around and scanned the tree line for the danger. What I saw made me pause. There were 3 sets of eyes staring at me from the trees and even my enhanced vision couldn’t see exactly what they belonged to. Wild animals were no threat to me, not anymore, and they usually ran from our kind. These were different. I dropped into a crouch and hissed at them, hoping to scare them away, but it just seemed to make them bolder. They all loped out of the trees at the same time.
They were massive, more like bears than wolves. The largest came forward and growled at me. The fact that they weren’t running away scared me. I knew it was an irrational fear, I was indestructible, but I was scared. I ran. One second I was standing still and the next I was racing down the beach. I had to get away. The wolves gave chase. I pushed myself harder than ever before. I had to lose them in the woods.
The wolves were fast, but I was faster. I was going to make it, I was pulling away, but at the last moment, instinct told me to duck. I ducked. The largest wolves flew over the spot where my head had just been. And just like that, I was surrounded. I stood my ground and waited. The wolves circled me like vultures. It was then that I heard him. “BELLA! BELLA!” He was in the distance, but he was there. The wolves stopped for a moment and seemed to look at each other. The biggest one disappeared into the trees.
A minute later a man emerged from the exact spot the wolf disappeared from. I was thoroughly confused. The man spoke. “You’re Isabella Swan?” I just nodded. “Who is your father?” The question was so random I froze for a second. “Umm…Charlie Swan, the chief of police in Forks. Who are you?” The man ignored my question. “Who turned you?” My jaw dropped. He knew what I was, or maybe he was just fishing. “I don’t understand.” He was angry now. He stalked forward and grabbed my upped arms and shook me. “Don’t play dumb with me. Who turned you into a bloodsucker?”
How did he know? I decided to change the topic. “What are you?” He frowned but didn’t answer my question. “Fine, don’t answer me. We’ll find out soon enough. Follow me.” He let go of my arms, turn and walked away. I now had a choice to make. Did I follow him or try and run and risk being chased again? I decided to follow him; he was walking toward Edward’s voice after all.
I followed him through the forest. We broke through the tree line and all the Cullens were there. Edward was pacing alone the same path as if he were held in place by an invisible wall. When he saw me he stopped pacing, but the man in front of me stopped moving. Had I still been human I would have run into him, but my new reflexes had me stopped before I could form the thought. Edward was obstructed from my view by the large man in front of me so I tried to step to the side to see him, but the two wolves behind me growled, which in turned caused Edward to growl.
The man was the first to speak. “What is the meaning of this Carlisle? Tell me this newborn doesn’t belong to you. I would hate to have this be a breach in the treaty.” Carlisle froze. “You know who I am and you know of the treaty?” He laughed, and it wasn’t a nice laugh. “Of course I do. I am Sam Uley and my ancestors make the treaty with you and yours. Now what is the meaning of this blatant breach in our agreement?”
Carlisle sighed. “I’m sorry Sam. She is family, but we did not turn her and she was unaware of any treaty. I believe she was even unaware of your existence just as we were unaware that there were any wolves left here.” The man, Sam, looked at me for confirmation. He sighed. “It doesn’t matter if she knew about us or not and the treaty didn’t have a time limit on it. She was on our land. And why are her eyes red?”
Carlisle glanced at me before answering. “She is new, less than a month old. Her eyes will fade over time. I’m sorry she was on your land, but she didn’t know. She ran from the house seeking solitude. We didn’t have a chance to warn her. It won’t happen again.” Sam looked at me for a moment. I still had no idea what was going on so I didn’t say or do anything. He sighed. “Fine, just go. You get this pass because this life was forced upon you, but do not return to our land Bella Swan. We don’t give many second chances.” He stepped aside to let me pass, but apparently the other two wolves did not agree. They both moved closer to me and growled. I dropped into a defensive crouch and hissed. That’s when all hell broke loose.
EPOV
She hit me. I know I deserved it, I actually deserved much worse, but it was such an un-Bella like thing to do. I wanted to follow her out of the house but Carlisle stopped me. “She needs time to calm down. Give her some space. I’m sure she will be fine.” He looked to Alice for confirmation. I saw the vision. She would be fine, angry but fine. Alice spoke up for everyone else. “She’ll be fine. She will be back before sunrise.” Everyone let out a sigh of relief.
I stood by the back windows and stared out into the trees. Everyone else went about their business. Something wasn’t right, I just couldn’t figure out what it was. So I stood and I waited for her to return. I was actively tuning out my family’s thoughts. I couldn’t stand the idea of hearing them right now. I heard a small gasp behind me. I whipped around and saw Alice’s eyes. She was having a vision. I tried to see what she was seeing, but all I saw was black. I didn’t understand. “Alice what’s wrong?”
She looked pained. “Bella just disappeared. I was looking into her future and she disappeared.” I was worried, but I didn’t understand why Alice was in panic mode. My confusion must have shown. “Edward you don’t understand. She decided to go to the beach in La Push and she disappeared.” Now I froze. She was going to La Push. The wolves were in La Push, or at least they were many years ago. Maybe they had died out after we left, but I knew I was wrong. I had a bad feeling all day and this was the reason. It still didn’t explain why Alice couldn’t see her though.
Song: Requiem for a dream by Clint Mansell
I turned from the window and looked at my family. While I was having my revelation, they were preparing to go to the border. In the next moment we were running toward the trees. I didn’t know what would happen when we got there, but I needed to get to Bella. We got to the border quickly and while I was ready to run headfirst into whatever lay on the other side, my brothers and father were thinking more clearly.
Emmett and Jasper stepped in my path to block my progress and Carlisle spoke from behind me. “Son, we need to be careful here. For all we know she is absolutely fine and the wolves are no longer a problem.” I sighed. “She’s not fine Carlisle. I can feel it. Something’s wrong. It has been since she left. It may be the wolves, but it could be something different. I’m just not sure and I don’t want to take that chance.”
He was silent, but then Emmett spoke up. “What if she wants to be alone?” I looked at him like he was crazy and he frowned at me. “Think about it. What if all she wants is to be alone and you go barging in on her. She is already angry with us. I think we should wait for a bit and see if she shows up.” I rounded on the rest of my family. “I can’t even believe we are having this discussion! She’s in trouble. I can feel it. And if you won’t come with me, so help me I will go by myself!” Emmett and Jasper may be stronger than me, but I was faster. I spun to run past them, but Alice stopped me. “Edward wait. She may be in trouble now, but she will be fine. I can tell.”
I rounded on her. “How do you know when you can’t even see her?” She looked me straight in the eye. “Because I can see your future. You have already decided what you are going to do if something happens to her and I don’t see you doing that, ergo Bella will be fine.” Her logic was sound, but that didn’t mean that Bella was completely safe. I started pacing the invisible line that separated me from my love.
Then I heard it. Someone was moving in the trees, they were a long way off yet, but I could hear them. And then they stopped. “BELLA! BELLA!” I shouted as load as I could, hoping she would hear me. I didn’t know for sure it was her, but I had to try something. After a moment, they started moving again, only this time at a much slower pace and I started pacing the line again. They were coming in this direction. A few moments later they broke through the line of the trees.
I relatively large man was walking towards us and from his thoughts he knew exactly who and what we were. I was more interested in where Bella was. She moved from behind the man and one of the wolves behind her growled, which immediately caused me to react.
All of my attention was focused on her and the danger that was behind her. I knew Carlisle was talking to the man, Sam I picked from his thoughts, but I wasn’t listening, so I didn’t know what was happening when he stepped aside. I quickly ran through Carlisle’s thoughts and got caught up on the whole conversation. He was letting her go. He was letting us all go. I felt some of the tension in my shoulders ease, but it didn’t last long. When Bella tried to come toward us, one of the wolves growled and lunged at her.
I was moving toward her before she hit the ground. I felt Emmett and Jasper behind me, but what happened next stunned us all. Bella twisted and hit the ground with the wolf on top of her, but before he could do any damage she rolled and used his momentum against him. She kicked him away from her and he landed at our feet, but we were too stunned to do anything. Bella sprang from the ground without a scratch on her and there were suddenly two more wolves between us and their fallen comrade.
Bella took one look at the three wolves and calmly walked over to us. We were all staring at her. “What?” I couldn’t wrap my mind around this new version of my Bella. Carlisle spoke. “Well I think we all have had enough action for one evening. Let’s go home.” I expected Bella to object to the idea of our home being her home, but she was silent. We all followed ran toward the house in silence.
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She Sleeps	By : bcullen1026 Category: Twilight Series > AU/AR Views: 5823 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or make any money from this story.

She Sleeps