Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

An Imperfect Life

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 25: Where’s Bella

(BPOV)

With all the new information that Carlisle gave me it’s hard to think straight. I don’t remember leaving the hospital or driving home but that is where I found myself. I was sitting at the desk in the corner of the living room. Carlisle had said there maybe a possibility that I could be related to the oldest “possibly” living vampire in the history of the world. Well I guess that just believing in vampires is a leap on it’s own but to believe that you are blood related is just flat out strange. I wonder if Carlisle can find him? I know that if a vampire does not wish to be found that there is no chance in hell you are going to find him. From what I have been told not even the greatest trackers can locate him. That could be where I get my gifts from! What am I going to tell Emmett?

 ” oh hey Emmy how are you? Oh I’m fine everything is just peachy, and by the way we may be related to Dracula. Yeah the one from the books and the movie. No I’m not sure! Carlisle thinks it’s a possibility though so he is trying to track him down so we can have a heart to heart chat with our only living or non living relative we have left! Are you okay with that?”

yep that would go over real well. He would have me locked away for sure this time. But then again this is Emmett we are talking about. He would probably go ape shit for this info. God I wish I could be as easy going as him, but no I have to be the worry-wart. I’m so glad I’m here by myself. They would take one look at my face and it wouldn’t be twenty questions, it would be the Spanish inquisition.

Knock, knock, knock…

Now who could that be? Alice or Rose, hell even Kate would just walk in. The guys are off doing god knows what. I can see the outline as I approach the door. Too tall to be Alice or even Kate, but not tall enough to be Rose or even Jasper. I open the door slowly…*gasp*

“Riley?”

“Hello there Isabella”

“What are you doing here? How did you find me?”

“Well I told you we weren’t finished, and I could follow your scent even in the depths of hell.”

“Leave now before the others get here and tear you apart.”

“Now you and I both know that isn’t going to happen Isabella. Your boyfriend and his friends are off doing who knows what and your girlfriends are off shopping. Typical girls! So it’s just you and me.”

I started to back up into the house slowly. I needed to reach my phone. I left it sitting on the desk. He must have noticed my direction and saw the phone there. He rushed to me and grabbed me by the wrist.

“Now, now Isabella. What do you think your doing? Did you think I would let you contact your little friends. Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way?”

“What do you mean?”

“Your coming with me Isabella. You can either come willingly or I can force you to come with me”

He said this last sentence with a smirk on his face. It made my skin crawl. I decided to do this the hard way. I was not giving up with out a fight.

” I will never come with you” I spat.

” The hard way it is then”

I turned to run but just as I was about to I felt a sharp pick in my arm. I looked down as my eyes grew wide. There in the groove of my arm was a hypodermic needle filled with some reddish liquid. Riley’s smile grew as he took in my face and realized that I noticed the needle. I was about to say something when everything went black.

What is going on? Where am I? why is it so dark here?

Well your knocked out with some strange drug given to you by some deranged vampire who wants to make you his mate!

Who the hell are you?

I’m your conscience. We haven’t spoke in a while, how are you?

Good. What? wait a minute! Where am I and why is it so dark?

Well we are inside your head and it’s only dark cause you perceive it that way. Just think light or whatever and it won’t be dark. If you really want to get creative you can imagine us anywhere in the world.

Alrighty lets just say that I believe this and I’m really talking to my inner self. What do you look like?

Similar to you I suppose. But you can have me look anyway you like. Remember we are in your head.

This is just really strange. I must be going crazy.

Whatever helps you sleep at night!

Your not helping any.

Sorry didn’t know I was supposed too. We are unconscious you know.

Shit! We are aren’t we. Where is this psycho taking me?

I guess we will find out when you wake up.

My eyes began to flutter slowly and I could see light. Well at least it’s not dark anymore. But it smells funny here. Almost like we are outside somewhere. It has a stale mildew smell.

Maybe a cabin in the woods somewhere?

Yeah right like he would make it that simple.

Oh great your still here!

How could I leave you. I am you!

Right. Okay let’s see where we are.

Opening my eyes slowly I took in my surroundings. We were in a cabin but where are we? I can hear movement close by and turn my head to see Riley cooking food on a stove in the corner of the room. I felt around myself, it was soft and plush like. A couch maybe?

Well at least we aren’t on the floor of some cave somewhere.

Stay out of this.

Riley looks over at me and notices I’m awake and looking around.

“Nice of you to join me”

“It’s not by choice let me remind you.”

“Either way I hope your hungry I took the liberty of making you some lunch”

“Lunch. What time is it?”

” Around 11 in the morning”

“Where are we?”

“Northern Russia”

“What?”

“You didn’t think I would keep you close to those nosey friends of yours did you. They would find you to quickly, at least this way it will take them awhile to track you down but by then it won’t matter cause you will be mine.”

“How so?”

“I plan on making you one of us. Don’t tell me you don’t want to be one of us!”

” No. no I do, I just didn’t think you would change me. I thought you wanted to drain me? don’t you?”

“Oh no, my sweet Isabella. I do not wish to kill you at all. Well not technically. I want you to be like me so we can be together Isabella. I love you!”

“OH”

That was the only response I could come up with. Even Belle ( that’s what I’m calling inner me) was speechless.

(EMPOV)

I spent most of the morning and afternoon with the boys. I was just pulling in the driveway at home when I got this weird feeling that something was wrong. Bella called it my spidy sense. I would just laugh at her. As I got out of my jeep I noticed that the front door was hanging open. I stopped dead in my tracks.

“Bella!”

I yelled as I approached the house. No response. Maybe she is in the basement where she can’t hear me. The closer I got to the house the weirder I felt. I stopped just before entering the front door. Maybe I should call the guys and have them come check out the place with me. I grabbed my phone out of my pocket and hit 2. Rosie.

“Hello”

“Rosie”

“Emmett what’s up?”

“Could you come to the house and bring Edward and Jasper”

“Emmett what’s going on”

“I have this really bad feeling. When I got home the front door was hanging open and I called for Bella but she didn’t answer. Now she might be in the basement where she can’t hear me but I don’t want to go into the house without the guys encase someone broke in.”

“Okay Em we will be right there”

“thank you Rosie”

We hung up and I sat on the porch steps waiting for them to arrive. It didn’t take long. I saw the three of them slow down as they entered the yard from the forest edge.

“Emmett what is going on?” Jasper asked.

“I came home and found this” I said pointing to the front door.

Rosie came and wrapped her arms around me, while Jasper and Edward moved closer to the front door. They couldn’t have been more then two feet from the door when they both crouched and growled at the same time. I have never seen them like this before and it startled me. Rose looked at me with a sympathetic smile. Jasper then stood and walked into the house. Edward headed around the perimeter of the house sniffing the air. Moments later they were both standing in front of me looking very much like vampires.

“What is going on?” I asked getting pissed cause no one was telling me anything.

“Emmett a vampire was here at the house earlier” Jasper told me.

“Well that’s normal though right you guys all come and go as you please being as this is just as much your home as ours and vise versa.”

“that is not what I meant Emmett” Jasper was scary the more pissed off he got

“then what did you mean?”

“A vampire other then us has been here” he snarled.

“What?”

” It’s the same sent as before in Cape Cod.”

“You mean that Riley guy has been to my house. How did he find us and where is Bella?”

” I’m afraid he followed us home and now he has taken Bella” Edward said sullenly.

“NO. We have to find her. She is all I have left!”

“We know this Emmett and we will do everything we can to find her. We need to inform the others and see if they know anything, or are willing to help.” Edward said.

” Okay. Let’s go and get this over with”

Rose got into my jeep with me and we drove to the Cullen’s house. Jasper said he was going to call Carlisle on his way home. Him and Edward were running. By the time I pulled in everyone was waiting on the porch to hear my whole story as to what I came home to. We walked into the living room together and all took our seats. Moments later Carlisle entered and looked at all of us.

“I have something to tell you all before we begin”

“What is it Carlisle?” Esme asked.

“I have been doing some research on Bella’s request and may know where she has gone off to.”

“Carlisle I don’t think Bella went off on her own accord” Jasper growled.

“Wait what do you mean? I thought you said Bella left?”

“There was another vampire scent at the house Carlisle and it wasn’t one of ours. We should have told you before but we ran into, or should I say was followed by a vampire when we were in Cape Cod. He came to Bella and Emmett’s house with the intention of making Bella his Mate, but she told him it would never happen and then threaten to allow us to rip him into tiny pieces and then burn them if he was to ever come near her again.” Edward told Carlisle.

“And you all didn’t find this pertinent information to share with the rest of us?”

“Sorry Carlisle we just figured he would go away it was four to one and he was definitely not strong enough to take us on. Now what did you mean when you said you were researching stuff for Bella?” Jasper asked.

The never ending conversation between Carlisle, Edward and  Jasper was getting tiring so I started to tone them out. I was worrying for Bella’s safety. Why would he follow her here, how did he get her alone long enough for him to get that close? So many questions were running through my mind I’m surprised I wasn’t making Edward dizzy with the constant circling of concerns. I looked over at him and he was pinching the bridge of his nose like he had a headache. I guess maybe he was getting dizzy. He looked over at me with a slight smile on his face. I was brought out of my internal monologue by something Carlisle said.

“What was that about Dracula?”

Everyone just stopped and looked at me.

“I was saying that there is a large possibility that you and Bella are direct decedents of Dracula.”

“As in Vlad Tepish?”

“No. Emmett I mean the real Dracula. Father of all vampires, and apparently of some humans also.”

“You mean that creepy vampire guy from the movie and book that Bella loved to read is real and is most likely some distant ancestor of ours?”

“Yes Emmett.”

To say I was shocked would be an understatement. But that did not answer the question on the fore front of my mind. Where is Bella?

“But how does that help us find Bella?”

“Well I was doing research trying to locate Dracula’s resting place”

“What do you mean Carlisle. Dracula is just a myth, and if he isn’t he is most likely dead. No one has heard of him for centuries.” Jasper added.

Being the second oldest of the surrounding vampires he would know some of the myths and legends surrounding the father of all vampires.

“Would the Vulturi be helpful or not?” Esme added.

” We can not involve them. If they knew we were searching for Dracula it could mean a world of trouble for us. Not to mention death for Emmett and Bella if they were to find out about them.”

“What does this have to do with Bella?”

“Well I thought when you said you couldn’t find Bella that perhaps she went looking for him on her own. We all know how stubborn and impatient she can be.”

“Carlisle has a point. But the other vampire smell should not be taken lightly. We all know how angry Riley was when Bella told him to basically take a flying leap.” Jasper added.

I was fed up with all the talk. We should be doing something to try and find Bella. Edward looked over at me with a look on his face that I recognized.

“Emmett has a point. We should be trying to find Bella. Carlisle what have you turned up so far?”

“Well from the data and phone calls I have made so far they all speculate that Dracula is resting somewhere in northern Russia.”