Title: A Comet On Its Way
Author: AngelofSeduction
Rating: T for now but it will change
Characters/Pairing: Canon Pairings, OCs
Spoilers/Warnings: Twilight/Midnight Sun to an extent. However it is AU, so it will diverge.
Disclaimer: The Twilight Saga belongs to Stephanie Meyer and her alone. I'm just here to play in the sandbox. :] Any unfamiliar characters belong to me.
Summary: What if Bella wasn't Edward's singer? But his soul mate who died just before he was turned. They've been reincarnated for centuries, never being able to come together before being ripped apart. But what happens when one's changed into a vampire while the other dies only to be reincarnated decades later? Their lives will change irrevocably. R&R
What if he could read her mind? How would their future play out?
Author's Note: So this is basically a rewrite of A Comet On Its Way. Basically, as I mentioned in my Author's Note (see link to chapter 10), this is the same concept and with a few new ideas (even one or two new characters) thrown in. Most of this is going to be in Bella's POV but I will inform you when it's another person's POV (mostlikely it will be Edward's POV but I might just put that as an outtake) Once I post this prologue, I will be deleting chapters 1 and up. So if you want to read the older version of this, just PM me with your email address and I'll send the files to you. But you don't really need to because, as I said before, certain things that happened in version 1 will happen in version 2.
EDIT 08/03/10: My new beta and a one of my faithful readers, aerobee82, edited this chapter so a big thank you to her!
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Introduction from version 1, an explanation of my ideas:
While I was reading Twilight and the sequels there were a couple of things that I noticed that really did affect the storyline and the characters.
For one thing, Bella's shield, while it did protect her from being mentally attacked by those who wished her harm, it did prevent Edward from knowing how much she loved him. This prevents him from understanding how much she loves him, how intelligent she is and able to make her own decisions. While, yes, he does love her unconditionally, he is unable to respect her fully.
Second is the fact that Bella is a flawed character. In my opinion, had she been stronger, she would have been able to convince Edward to stay with her in New Moon. If she had actually been paying attention to the vampire couples around her, she could have seen how each person is devoted to their mate; she would have seen that vampires mate for life. Then she could have realized that Edward was lying through his teeth.
Thirdly, because Bella was not only human, but Edward's singer, he is forced to act like a newborn. He is unable to get close to Bella and uses the excuse that he could lose control and kill her. But if he could stay in a small room with her, holding her close while she slept, he could have done more with her, even if they didn't have sex.
Prologue
310 Anno Domini
I quickly got dressed and packed, making sure that we had all that we needed. Food, money, clothing and weapons. I wish that neither of us had to do this, but it was necessary. It was the only way we could stay together without fear of the local judge finding us and forcing us to bend to their gods' will.
None of this should have happened, none of it.
Evil, abominations… that's what they called us. All because of the fact that some of our "brothers and sisters" insisted on preaching that God will smite the Roman people and a great catastrophe will occur, destroying all those who don't believe in Him… Now, the emperor, the senators and millions of other people want us dead.
With these persecutions, our misplaced brothers and sisters' cries escalate, their description of God growing more and more malevolent, seeming to say that even the most faithful followers of the Roman gods will perish in the fiery depths of hell, and their need to martyr themselves increasing.
We need to leave… before these insane, blood hungry people come for us. Neither of us could do what others seem to be doing. We don't want to. My mother calls me a coward, but isn't it better to survive and pass on the message?
"Stay," she had said gently, our identical dark brown eyes staring each other down, "this will all be over soon."
I shook my head, my eyes trying to convey the need deep in my soul to leave in order to survive. "I can't, Mother. You know that…" Before I could say another word, my soul mate rushed into the room. His beautiful, soft bronze hair covered by a black cloth. The only thing I could see was his emerald-green eyes full of love… Love for me.
"Love, we need to go before the storm hits," he said to me softly. He knew how much it pained me to leave. But nevertheless, he grabbed my things, checking to see that I packed all that we needed. I turned to my mother and whispered a goodbye before kissing her cheek.
I turned to my love, "I'm ready," I whispered, kissing him soundly on the lips. I grabbed an identical black cloth as his and wrapped it around my face. He smiled, wrapped his arms around my waist and lead me out the door.
We walked briskly for a few miles until we reached the outskirts of the town. I turned to him and brought his lips to mine. We kissed passionately, pouring all our love for each other into that kiss.
"Finally, we could truly be together at last," he whispered into my ear, "I love you." When he said this, my heart threatened to burst out of my chest.
"After so many lifetimes…" I whispered back to him, hope filling my chest, "I love you too." I placed my head on his chest. After a few moments, I felt something warm dripping on my face. I looked up and I felt as if my soul was ripped from my body. He collapsed, his blood, his life essence, was pouring out of his body.
"No! No! NO!" I turned to see a Roman behind him, knife in hand, dripping with my lover's blood. I ran towards our bag and took the sword that we brought with us.
"I'm sorry," I said, my face lifted towards the stars. Grabbing the sharp sword, I stabbed my already dead heart and fell on my lover's still warm body. Our blood mixed together as we slowly slipped back into the darkness…
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October 1349
I couldn't breathe, I couldn't see… The darkness surrounded me and I was forced to face my fear. All I could hear was my soul mate's plea for me to stay with him, for me to live so we can have our happy ending.
But I can't do it… My soul yearned to stay with her mate, but my body couldn't handle it anymore. My body was failing me and I couldn't do anything to stop it…
I tried and tried to breathe, to take in the essential air that I needed to survive.
"Mi amore… please, stay with me," I heard him whisper in my ear. He moved his lips to my hot, sweaty forehead and placed a sweet kiss on it. "Stay."
I opened my eyes, stared into the soft, familiar, tear-filled emerald-green ones and smiled lovingly at him. "I'm so sorry…"
"Hush, my love… it's alright. We will see each other again," he replied, brushing my dark, wet hair away from my face.
I nodded, knowing it wasn't the end for us and we would have another chance. Suddenly, I felt my heart beat faster and faster, fighting against whatever was killing me. "I… lo..lo..v...e yo..u…"
The darkness consumed me… and I was no more
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July 1799
I felt him leaving this world even before my mother told me. That familiar hole bursting open told me… he was dead… gone from this world once again. Tears slid down my face as I thought about it. It seems that the universe was against us. No matter how many times we have been reborn, something or someone prevents us from being together.
Now that he was gone, there was no point in living. I had already planned it out. Once my mother left the room, I would grab my brother's gun and shoot myself with it. Ironic too, considering it was the same gun that killed my reason for existing.
"You know you couldn't have married him, right? He is nothing more than a commoner, the fact that you two were… having inappropriate embraces destroyed not only your reputation, but your father's as well," my mother told me as she braided my long brown hair. The Georgia summer was not forgiving and the length and dark coloring of my hair did not help.
"So you would commend the murder of a good man? A murder committed by your own son?" I asked her, my eyes staring at the wall, the pain in them completely obvious.
"If it means that our reputation is safe, than yes, I do."
I shook my head; of course she would think that. She never understood. She smiled at me and kissed my forehead. "Good night my dear daughter, and don't worry, we will find you a suitable man. You are a beautiful girl and you have men knocking on your father's door asking for your hand."
She left the room and I quickly ran over to my bed where I hid the gun. Not thinking about anything but being reunited with my love in another life, I pulled the trigger…
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September 1918
We all got sick, my mother and father, my sister, Elizabeth and Edward Sr., and Edward. The universe was not merciful at all.
My parents died first, a few minutes after one another. My sister and Edward Sr. followed and by then my heart began to throb painfully. My heart went out to Elizabeth. I knew what she was feeling after having felt it so many other times.
I wasn't ready yet. Edward and I… we were so close… so close to reaching what we both wanted so much. I refused to believe that we were missing that train again…
After my family died, the nurses moved me to Edward's room. I guess it was okay… I could die with Edward close by.
I turned to my heart and saw that he was asleep. Sweat beads forming on his face and his breathing was short and full of pain, yet, he still looked like an angel. My angel. He always did look like one, no matter what.
We only had a few hours left, a day at the most, and I was going to cherish every moment of it.
Edward's eyes shot open and he immediately turned to me and smiled. "Hi."
I smiled back, reaching across the space between our beds. "Hi," I replied sweetly as our hands met.
Silence filled the air, neither of us wanted to speak knowing that we were going to be ripped apart once again. Minutes turned into hours and before we knew it, Elizabeth's breathing became labored. The angelic blond doctor came in and suddenly, she grabbed his arms.
"Save him… save both of them…" and she closed her eyes and succumbed to death.
Then my breathing became labored, my heart was pumping furiously. I could feel the darkness surrounding me, taking me by the arms and holding me there. Death wasn't done yet. I could hear Edward's tortured cries, more tortured when he realized not only was his mother gone, he was losing me again, too. Before the doctor could get to me to do what Elizabeth requested, I, too, succumbed to death. "I'm sorry…"
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The darkness surrounded me, engulfed me…
No light in sight, no way to escape.
Suddenly, I felt hands pushing my head under the water. They pushed and pushed while I fought hard, but I couldn't win. The hands were too strong. But then the hands disappeared and I was lifted out of the water.
"Come on my love, breathe!" the voice yelled. "Come back to me! I need you, now more than ever…"
I opened my eyes and saw myself gazing into a pair of butterscotch eyes. The color was shocking, but completely dazzling. Despite the color, I knew whose eyes they belonged to. Edward…
"My love," I whispered as I reached up to cup his face.
"Come back to me Bella… Come back…" His voice began to fade, growing weaker and weaker as he repeated those words.
"Wait!"
Wake up call
Caught you in the morning with another one in my bed
Don't you care about me anymore?
Don't you care about me? I don't think so.
Six foot tall
Came without a warning so I had to shoot him dead
He won't come around here anymore
Come around here? I don't think so.
"Ughhh!" I moaned, completely frustrated. I looked at the clock and read the time. "FUCK!"
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Yay! Hope you liked it. I obviously haven't had this beta'd so if someone wants to be my beta PM me. I'll repost this chapter tomorrow morning, edited since I need to go read some articles so don't be surprised if you see this twice in your mailbox.
Anyway, happy 4th of July to my fellow Americans. I hope that you guys have a good night and enjoy the fireworks :] I will be watching them on TV since I absolutely refuse to be in that large crowd when the weather here in NYC is -_-
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