Age of Edward Contest
Pen Name: boots-7
Title: Transcending Time
Type of Story: One Shot
Type of Edward: Egyptian Empire Edward (3000 Years Ago)/ Modern-day Edward (1984)
Rating: M/LR, AU
Beta: Ninmesarra and Melanie
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or any of the characters. I only own this storyline and a portion of coffee that keeps me going.
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Part Two: Rebirth
I gazed up at the golden-colored sky. The clouds overhead moved at a snail's pace while the sun shone brightly. I was lying in a field of silver grass beneath a large tree. The grass was so soft that I often fell asleep on it during these days in the Egyptian Afterlife.
"My love, what's bothering you?"
I turned my head and saw Isa standing by the tree. Her big brown eyes alight with concern.
I sighed and sat up on my knees. "Not much. I'm just wondering if it's all too good to be true."
"What do you mean?"
"During my second lifecycle on Earth, I never felt a moment's peace because I always felt something was missing. Yet, here I am in the Afterlife with you and our baby and I've never been happier. It all seems so … strange. I went from being alive and miserable to dead and happy. It's cliché."
Isa bit her lip and sat down next to me. "Your restlessness is my fault, love," she replied sadly. "In my selfishness, I robbed you of your second chance to live when I had no right to do so. Your life already had a predestined course and I—"
"No! Never think that, Isa!" I interrupted fiercely. Grabbing and pulling her on top of me, I silenced her with my lips on her mouth. She cried out and threw her arms around my neck in surrender.
I rolled us over, mindful of her stomach where our baby still grew, and stared down at her. Without breaking eye contact, I quickly rid us both of our clothes and spread her legs. She wrapped her ankles around me as I aligned myself with her entrance and slowly pushed my cock inside her.
Isa moaned delightfully.
I bent down and kissed her again. Capturing both her hands and entwining our fingers together, we began to make love.
...
I awoke with a yawn and reached for Isa's warm body next to mine, only to grab at thin air. Confused, I opened my eyes and gasped in surprise. I was back in my apartment in Chicago.
How could this be?
Throwing the blankets off, I ran out of the bedroom calling to Isa over and over again, but she was nowhere to be found.
A previous memory of a similar scenario played across my mind, making me sick with dread. I staggered back into my bedroom like a lost man. Just as I was about to collapse onto the bed, I spied a piece of papyrus on the bedside table. Desperately, I lunged forward and snatched it up in my hands and began to read it.
My only love,
While our time together was brief, I want you to know I shall always treasure it deep within my heart. After we made love in the Afterlife, I could no longer allow you to stay here with me. I'm sorry, but nothing can excuse the fact that I robbed you of your second chance at life on Earth. For this reason, I pleaded with Anubis to send you back to whence you came—the year 1984, before you decided to go to Egypt.
You deserve a chance to live the second life Ra predestined for you. So please, my love, live it. Live your life … as Edward Anthony Cullen, teacher in Chicago.
Live, love and laugh, and we shall meet again someday.
Yours eternally,
Isa
The papyrus slipped from my fingers and landed on the ground. I fell back onto the bed and screamed, clutching my hair as tears ran down my cheeks. I didn't bother rubbing them away. I couldn't. I felt like a hole had been punched right through my chest.
How could Isa do this to me—to us? After everything we'd been through, we had only just found each other again! I refused to do what she asked of me. I wouldn't live in a world without her or our child. Quickly, I hurried to my closet and changed my clothes. I put on my sneakers and left the apartment, not bothering to lock the door behind me in my haste.
…
"Do you really think this is the answer, kid—jumping off the Chicago Bridge to be reunited with your long-dead love and child? Don't make me laugh," a tall man with pointed features and ebony mussed hair said, staring at me from the other side of the bar I was holding.
I scowled in confusion. "Who are you?"
He smirked and clicked his fingers. Suddenly, there wasn't a man standing behind me, but a menacing looking Egyptian with a jackal head.
I swooned. "A-Anubis?"
My grip on the railing loosened.
The Egyptian God swiftly grabbed me and pulled me back over to the safe side of the bridge. He righted me on my feet and released my arms. Taking a step back, he glowered down at me from his seven-foot-something height.
"Are you stupid, kid? How do you think your wife would've felt if I had returned to the Afterlife to tell her you had committed suicide?"
"What else am I supposed to do?" I said. "I can't live without her. She's the other half of me."
"I know." Anubis sighed. "I never should've listened to your wife … but it's too late now. I can't take you back to the Afterlife. It's one of Ra's rules."
"Fuck."
"Watch your language. I'm not in the mood to deal with your attitude."
"Sorry," I apologized sheepishly. "I just want Isa and my baby back."
"You and me both, kid," Anubis replied. "So be quiet while I try and think of a loophole in Ra's rule." I watched as the he started pacing back and forth with his arms folded behind his back.
As the minutes ticked by, I turned my head and looked out onto the deserted bridge. There was no moon tonight, and the bridge lights weren't working, so everything was bathed in darkness. I felt my chest tighten unexpectedly and quickly shifted my eyes back onto the Egyptian God. The scene before me had reminded me too much of what I was feeling right now.
Empty.
"Eureka! I've got it!" Anubis suddenly pivoted around on his foot and smirked at me. "I'll send Isa's soul out of the Afterlife and have her be reincarnated with you again. How does that sound?"
"Y-You … can really do that?" I questioned in wonder.
Anubis snorted. "Of course I can, kid. I'm a God. I can do whatever the heck I want."
I nodded but frowned when a sudden thought occurred to me. "Will Isa and I definitely be together again in our reincarnated lives?" I asked worriedly.
Anubis shrugged. "I don't know. The fate of your love isn't up to me. It's up to Ra and the other gods."
"What about our child?" I whispered.
He shrugged again. "The same thing applies, kid. Now, sleep."
My entire body succumbed to Anubis's command. With my eyes closed, I fell back into the abyss of darkness.
…
I sat in my favorite café and looked out the window. The forecast was horrible outside, it was pouring down with rain.
Eyeing the magazine next to me with faint interest, I moved to grab it when another hand suddenly intercepted mine. I looked up into a startled pair of chocolate brown eyes, coupled with pale skin and mousy brown hair.
She's beautiful. I quickly checked her left hand for any sign of rings. She had none which meant she was single. I smiled as I caught her looking down at my own left hand.
She blushed, and my heart skipped a beat.
"Hi," I said, breaking the ice between us, "I'm Edward Masen. Would you like to sit down and join me for coffee?"
She blinked before giving me a dazzling smile. Taking the seat across from me, she replied shyly, "Yes, please. I'd love to join you. My name is Bella Swan and …"
FIN