Chapter Three: Is this real

          “I can ‘t see through the fog. I know this place but I can’t seem remember where I am. I hear a faint laughed swirling around, but I can’t pin-point where it’s coming from.  “Bella” a faint whisper called to me.  The laughter rang again, louder this time. I looked around wildly, trying to find my place. I studied my surroundings, and it dawn on me…I’m in our meadows! As a walked a little further, I could hear a faint whimpering. The fog lifts a bit and I can see in the middle of the meadow…a person…a person whom is so familiar to me…but who?  I saw a twinkle…it was a badge!  OMG!  “Charlie” I screamed and raced toward him, even though my legs felt like dead weight. Before I could even reach him, Victoria stood behind him, her crimson eyes staring me down. She was thirsty, and we were her next meal. I stopped without warning where I was. Charlie stared at me, bewildered. He did not know this world… and unwillingly I dragged him into it. She circled around behind him, a smirked frozen on her ghastly face.  “Bella” she whispered to me…”I only want you. Come to me, and he’ll live. Run from me and I feed him to my babies.” As if on cue, a group of strangers walked up behind her, stopping at about 20 feet.  Newborns…the most dangerous time for them. There were nine of them, ten if you included her. I watched them in horror, as they twitch in anticipation.  It would take one drop, and they would be on him-us- as lambs lead to be slaughter by the lions. Ironically, I thought of that phrase when it wasn’t so long ago when Edward and I stood here; in this very spot cracking a similar joke. My heart became heavy as the memory moved on and I stared back at her. “I don’t believe you…”  I replied hoarsely, knowing very well she’d hear me. Her immoral laughter rang once again, as though it were a game to her. It was…that is what it had been from the very beginning. Her stalking me in the darkness, creeping into my room when I wasn’t home, shadowing my friends. She knew just when to hit and how hard. Somehow, she also knew it would be just me, as if I was repeating the same scene as I did with James. There had to be a reason I came here…alone. I racked my brain to search for a logically explanation. I suddenly remembered the note ‘Bella, my love…Meet me in our sacred place. I have something to share with you. Be Safe on your way.  Love, Edward’. I gasped…that was her trick! In addition, I fell for it.  Boy, did I feel like an idiot; but how did she get Charlie out here? “One condition…Let me talk to my father.” Confusion flicker, if only for a second, as she pondered the thought. Her evil grin illumination upon her face as she leaned down, and in one swift move, he was free to go. Charlie ran to me…”Bella, are you okay?!” I hugged him as tight as I could, as I knew this would be the last time I’d see him. “Dad, how did you get here?”  He thought for a moment…”A note…a note you left me.” It registered, as he looked into my eyes that it was not me who left the note. Tears streamed down his face, but I bit my tongue to stop mine. “I love you, dad… Always. Now go!  Run as fast as you can and don’t look back…and whatever you do, don’t come back. No.  Matter.  What.  You.  Hear.” I pushed him away from me. He struggled for a moment.  “GO DAD!! NOW!” I watched, helplessly as he ran for his life, fighting the urge to save mine. I turned back to my angel of death…knowing it wouldn’t be quick. No, she would make me suffer and when she finally caught up with Edward, she would replay everything through his head just to see his reaction. ‘Edward’ I sighed. Oh how he would never forgive me, for I had broken the promise I made to him. I walked towards her, ignoring the eternal beauty that surrounded us…as she stoked me in. She sniffed the air, her eyes gleaming fiercely; like embers glowing in a fireplace. “Find him, and kill him….He knows too much.” I stared in her in horror.  “O and because I know you are hungry.” I watched as the newborns raced off towards Charlie, knowing that he didn’t stand a chance. “NO!!NO PLEASE!!” I turned to run back to Charlie when her icy hands gripped my arms and I screamed- withering in pain as I felt the venom curse through my veins.  This, I knew, was just the beginning.