Twilight Bits Reality!, Heather Lawhun [best ereader for academics txt] 📗

making me groan. I heard soft murmurs and they were echoing off the walls. I opened my eyes and found myself lying on the floor with rope tied around my wrists and ankles. I was in a cave of some sort and the murmurs I heard from, oh God, newborns; about thirty of them. I focused on keeping calm so that I don’t attract any more attention than I already have. Ugh, I hate this. Why did Victoria have to show up when we were in the hospital? Why not after Shay was healed?
Speak of the she-devil. I thought as Victoria walked up to me with a satisfied smirk on her face. The newborns got quiet and focused their attention on her. I got tired of the silence and decided to break it. “Okay, what do you want?” I asked annoyed.
She chuckled. “Patience, you know what I want.”
“Revenge, yes but you want to get your revenge on Edward right?” She nods curtly. “Well then you grabbed the wrong girl.” I didn’t want Bella to get killed, but this chick needed to get her facts straight. She growled in fury and frustration. “Hey don’t get mad at me, you were the one who made the mistake.” Okay, time to shut up now. My conscious warned me, so I did. Victoria looked really angry and her glare, well let’s just say if looks could kill.
“Alright, then I’ll make him come no matter what. He cares about his brothers, right?” I did not like the sound of that. She smirked when I didn’t answer. “Good, oh and don’t worry, I won’t let them kill you…yet.” She said and laughed. When she left, the newborns went back to talking amongst themselves, ignoring me. Someone needs to find me and find me fast, because I caught some of the newborns staring at me with hungry eyes. I guess the best part is that the pain went away.
But I have a feeling that there’s going to be more pain. Great, I have nothing to do and I’m really bored. I wish I had my music to listen to, or TV. I thought about going to sleep, but I don’t trust those newborns. If only there was some way to turn them against her. That gave me an idea and I started planning it out in my head.
Shay to the Rescue
After a restless night of worrying about Pyper, I had to talk to someone. Edward read my mind and sent Jasper up. I had to write everything so I tried to make it short: CALL PYPER! I’M WORRIED! He pulled out his cell phone, dialed her number, and waited. I heard the click of a phone coming on, but all we heard was screaming and snarling. “I’ll track the phone.” Jasper said as I started freaking out. Where would Pyper voluntarily go that had lots of screaming and snarling? I got up and grabbed Eclipse to figure out what I could. Victoria keeps moving around. She isn’t after Bella anymore because she has another hostage. I have no idea what to do. I start trying to scream but slurry words came out.
I decided to write for now: VICTORIA HAS PYPER! I threw the book at him and he read the page. “Edward, Victoria has Pyper, you have to go help her.” Jasper said urgently. Edward just laughed.
“Why would I help her? She calls me Sparkles! I would rather never see her again!” Jasper took my board and hit Sparkles over the head with it, breaking it in half. Emmett walked in and laughed.
“What’s going on?” He asked. They boys were fighting so I tried to talk.
“Victoria has Pyper!” I said but it sounded like I said something about water vapor. Apparently, Emmett understood. I let him read the page and he told Sparkles to go save his girl. Again, Sparkles said he wouldn’t but Emmett is good at using his fists to persuade him. I refused to be left behind, voice or no voice. It was decided that we would leave immediately, but I fell asleep in the car.
Operation: Turn Newborns against Victoria Is a Go
I recognized one of the newborns to be Bree. That gave me a very good idea. I waited until she was close enough to talk to her. “Hi.” I greeted her hesitantly. I wasn’t really sure that it would work. She looked over at me curiously.
“Hi.”
“Uh, why do you do what that lady says?”
“Because if we don’t then we’ll end up like the others.” She said as fear flashed across her face.
“Does she ever let you guys go outside?” She shook her head ‘no’, sadly.
“No, but I wish we could. It’s boring here.”
“I know what you mean. So why don’t all of you go after here at once? She couldn’t possibly stop you all at once. Don’t you want to be free of her control?” Bree turned this over in her head. She nods after awhile.
“Yeah, but she’s scary.” I chuckled.
“Trust me, I’ve seen scarier.” I said thinking of Rosalie when she was mad. I wonder how scary Emmett looks when he’s seriously mad. I guess I’ll never know. Bree seemed to be encouraged by that statement and went to all of newborns, whispering each of their ears. For awhile they all seemed to look at me curiously. Then Bree returned and freed me of my restraints.
“So what’s your name?” She asked me sitting down in front of me as I sat up.
“Uh, Pyper.”
“I like that name. Do you have any siblings?”
“Yes, my sister Shay.”
“What’s she like?”
“Well, she loves kids and is a very nice person.”
“Would she like me?” She asked curiously.
“Oh very so.” I said smiling. Bree smiled back.
“Do you have a mate?” I blushed lightly at that.
“Yes and so does Shay. Our mates’ family is filled with nice people.” I said warmly.
“Are they coming to get you?”
“I’d assume so, yes.” She nodded. My phone vibrated in my pocket. I pulled it out and saw that it was Jasper. I answered it, but just as I was about to talk into the phone, Victoria showed up and gave a scream in anger. The newborns froze momentarily but soon attacked her. My ears started hurting as screaming and snarls filled the cave bouncing off the walls making it worse. My phone ended up getting smashed thirty minutes into the mess. I scooted myself up against the cave wall so that I didn’t get in anyone’s way. Bree ran over to me, crying. I pulled her into a comforting hug. She sobbed into my shoulder.
Hours had passed and they were still fighting. I decided to take Bree and leave. I hope Alice sees me. I carried Bree out of the cave and took off into a nearby forest. I didn’t want to leave Bree, because if I didn’t she was going to get killed and I’d feel responsible for it. I didn’t get far from the cave when Victoria, missing half an arm, was in front of me. I gulped and held onto Bree for dear life. Just as Victoria was about to pounce, Jasper jumped her and knocked her into a nearby tree. I sighed in relief. Emmett was next to me, putting Shay down on the ground. Shay ran over to me and hugged me.
“Oh God, I thought you were going to die.” She croaked softly. When she let go, she gasped. “Is that Bree?” I nodded. Bree looked up and stared at Shay curiously.
“Bree, this is my sister Shay.” Bree smiles widely and Shay takes her into her arms. Bree hugged Shay. Emmett pulled me into a bear hug and I hugged him back. I looked over to see that Jasper and Alice had Victoria headless and was burning her. “Not that I care, but where’s Sparkles?” I asked curiously. Shay glared at the ground and Emmett set his jaw glaring at a tree.
“Edward said that he would rather never see you again.” Jasper said softly. “So he’s not here.” Even though I don’t really like Sparkles, that kind of hurt to know that he wouldn’t want me around. I frowned but I didn’t let it get to me. Emmett kissed my forehead. Jasper and Carlisle went to go check out the cave. It turns out the Volturi were there earlier and we missed them. Good, I don’t want to mess with them. On the way home, Bree and Shay talked a lot and Bree warmed up to Shay quickly like I predicted she would. I ended up falling asleep because I was really exhausted. When I woke up, I was in my bed and there were bandages wrapped around my wrists, ankles, and head. I got up slowly and went downstairs. I ignored Sparkles as I went into the kitchen. I was starving. Esme smiled warmly at me as I sat down next to Shay.
“Emmett and Jasper are out teaching Bree to feed off animals.” Esme said sitting a plate of eggs and bacon in front of me.
“Thanks.” She smiles and leaves the kitchen.
“How are you feeling?” Shay asked.
“I could be better.” I said taking a bite of my eggs. I spent most of the day watching TV or reading and listening to my iPod in my room. I never spoke a word to Sparkles or even acknowledged him.
Stressed Out
Now that everything was back to normal, I decided to go to school. Jade and I were the only two that went since Pyper was seriously injured and it was a rare, warm and sunny day. Bree didn’t want me to go, but I needed to in order to keep from flunking out. Bella was there, too, but she ignored me mostly. Angela sat with me at lunch and I became friends with her. She really is nice. There were graduation signs everywhere, along with prom. I didn’t even want to think about prom. I might be old enough to go, but that doesn’t mean I don’t feel like a kid playing dress up when I try on dresses.
School really passed in a blur and Jade went home sick, so I had nothing to worry about driving home. I still went slow and watched for wolves, just in case. Once I safely made it home, I checked on Jade. The school nurse said it was a stomach virus, but Carlisle said she was worried. With everything going on, I hadn’t thought about how it might make her worry. Now that I think about it, we all had been pretty worried lately. She was just the youngest, so it was harder on her. I know school was out for now, so I needed to find a good babysitter.
Bree came in carrying dolls and toys for Jade to play with and that’s when it came to me. Bree could be here babysitter. It would be free, plus we wouldn’t have to worry about getting any other mortals involved. It would be perfect. I still had to go to school, so I decided to go to bed early.
Homesickness…Or Is It Just Doubt?
Carlisle finally let me go to school. He told me that he was impressed by my plan in turning the newborns against Victoria. Sparkles rolled his eyes, but I went on ignoring him and not saying a word. Carlisle seemed to notice this but didn’t say anything. At lunch, instead of going to the cafeteria, I went to the library, because one: I didn’t want to sit at the same table as Sparkles and two: I had to turn in a book and wanted to check out another one. It’s weird, ever since the whole thing with Victoria, I haven’t been eating much. Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, and Shay are getting worried. I just wasn’t