I will write a chapter of Undying Love later for you guys! ^_^
*Edward's POV*
In all of my existence I have never seen someone in so much pain. Who has lived through unimagineable pain, and is still existing to this day.
Bella Swan has, and now she was sharing her story with us. A story of how she came to become an immortal being, which in fact transpired vampires. . .
It was a story that took on a forbidden-like quality. Children taken from their families by these cruel, unforgivable scientists who experimented on them. . . on Bella. I might not can read her mind - for it has become inaccessible once again after she became unconscious after destroying the dragon in the forest - but I can read her eyes. And in them, I saw just how much pain and suffering she went through as she told us her story. All of the screaming. . . the pleading she must have went through.
I wished more than anything that I could take away all of her bad memories of that time, but I knew that I could not.
All I could do was try and comfort her as much as I possibly could.
But then she told us of the story of how she came to know Addy, and I, along with my family, assumed that this would have led to a more peaceful ending than the beginning had been.
But we couldn't have been more wrong.
Addy had died in Bella's arms, and then Bella herself began crying, only these were not clear. It was blood.
"Bella?" I gasped, growing incredibly anxious.
She reached her hand up and wiped away one of the blood-tinged tears.
"It's okay, I haven't cried in so long that I've forgotten my old human tears, and now I only cry blood," she explained in a heavy voice, not phased at all.
"Here dearie," Esme said, coming up and handing her a handkerchief.
"Thank you Esme," she said, giving her a small smile.
"Your welcome dear," Esme replied kindly, stroking Bella's silky dark hair in a motherly gesture.
"What happened next? Where are the immortal children?" Carlisle asked after a moment and Bella looked away from us, her face a mask of ancient sadness.
"They are all dead. I watched them die from the Change. One. By. One." Bella spoke in a dead, lifeless voice, and no one could comment on her unbearable loss. "I was the only one who had survived, I became completely immortal shortly after I turned seventeen, and thus, becoming frozen in this stage for all of eternity.
"And now I wander the earth. Dawn after dawn, and dusk after dusk. I am forever bound in this world, never ceasing to exist."
Silence fell upon everyone before the question came to me.
"What about the scientists?" I could not help the growl that escaped me when I spoke of those demented people, I wasn't the only one; at least half the room continued to growl when I mentioned them.
Bella looked at me and settled back into her story.
"I escaped from them. That night, after I had completed the Change, I ran away. And I continued to run for decades. . . until, finally, they all perished with old age."
Then she looked down at her hands that rested on her lap.
"After my pursuers were long gone, I went back to my old home. . . hoping to find my family, but I knew too much time had passed. . ." she murmured sadly before continuing, "My house was empty and worn from time, and then, in our backyard where my brother and I use to play, were there graves. My mother. . . my father. . . and my little brother's graves. All aligned together," she then broke out in tears, and I quickly reached for her hands; cradling them in mine.
She looked at me with heartbreakingly sad eyes while everyone's thoughts around me were grieving for her; and I do mean everyone.
Alice was sad and was sickened by herself for assuming Bella had a happy ending in all this. Jasper and Emmett were repentive, and felt terrible for her. Carlisle and Esme both had a fatherly and motherly concern for her. And, shockingly, Rosalie felt sorry for her and was actually beratting herself for hating her before. . . So this is what would win her over, Bella's past would settle over everyone, and, as Alice had predicted, we would all love and accept her into our lives, into our hearts.
So sorry, I would have gotten this out earlier but let's just say my cold took a turn for the worse, but I'm kinda feeling better now so it's all good! ^_^
*Edward's POV*
In all of my existence I have never seen someone in so much pain. Who has lived through unimagineable pain, and is still existing to this day.
Bella Swan has, and now she was sharing her story with us. A story of how she came to become an immortal being, which in fact transpired vampires. . .
It was a story that took on a forbidden-like quality. Children taken from their families by these cruel, unforgivable scientists who experimented on them. . . on Bella. I might not can read her mind - for it has become inaccessible once again after she became unconscious after destroying the dragon in the forest - but I can read her eyes. And in them, I saw just how much pain and suffering she went through as she told us her story. All of the screaming. . . the pleading she must have went through.
I wished more than anything that I could take away all of her bad memories of that time, but I knew that I could not.
All I could do was try and comfort her as much as I possibly could.
But then she told us of the story of how she came to know Addy, and I, along with my family, assumed that this would have led to a more peaceful ending than the beginning had been.
But we couldn't have been more wrong.
Addy had died in Bella's arms, and then Bella herself began crying, only these were not clear. It was blood.
"Bella?" I gasped, growing incredibly anxious.
She reached her hand up and wiped away one of the blood-tinged tears.
"It's okay, I haven't cried in so long that I've forgotten my old human tears, and now I only cry blood," she explained in a heavy voice, not phased at all.
"Here dearie," Esme said, coming up and handing her a handkerchief.
"Thank you Esme," she said, giving her a small smile.
"Your welcome dear," Esme replied kindly, stroking Bella's silky dark hair in a motherly gesture.
"What happened next? Where are the immortal children?" Carlisle asked after a moment and Bella looked away from us, her face a mask of ancient sadness.
"They are all dead. I watched them die from the Change. One. By. One." Bella spoke in a dead, lifeless voice, and no one could comment on her unbearable loss. "I was the only one who had survived, I became completely immortal shortly after I turned seventeen, and thus, becoming frozen in this stage for all of eternity.
"And now I wander the earth. Dawn after dawn, and dusk after dusk. I am forever bound in this world, never ceasing to exist."
Silence fell upon everyone before the question came to me.
"What about the scientists?" I could not help the growl that escaped me when I spoke of those demented people, I wasn't the only one; at least half the room continued to growl when I mentioned them.
Bella looked at me and settled back into her story.
"I escaped from them. That night, after I had completed the Change, I ran away. And I continued to run for decades. . . until, finally, they all perished with old age."
Then she looked down at her hands that rested on her lap.
"After my pursuers were long gone, I went back to my old home. . . hoping to find my family, but I knew too much time had passed. . ." she murmured sadly before continuing, "My house was empty and worn from time, and then, in our backyard where my brother and I use to play, were there graves. My mother. . . my father. . . and my little brother's graves. All aligned together," she then broke out in tears, and I quickly reached for her hands; cradling them in mine.
She looked at me with heartbreakingly sad eyes while everyone's thoughts around me were grieving for her; and I do mean everyone.
Alice was sad and was sickened by herself for assuming Bella had a happy ending in all this. Jasper and Emmett were repentive, and felt terrible for her. Carlisle and Esme both had a fatherly and motherly concern for her. And, shockingly, Rosalie felt sorry for her and was actually beratting herself for hating her before. . . So this is what would win her over, Bella's past would settle over everyone, and, as Alice had predicted, we would all love and accept her into our lives, into our hearts.
So sorry, I would have gotten this out earlier but let's just say my cold took a turn for the worse, but I'm kinda feeling better now so it's all good! ^_^
Dawn of a New Era - the past
