Disclaimer Twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer! The plot here is mine though!

Author’s Note: Here it is! The beginning of what I believe to be a long awaited sequel! It’s really amusing because I actually started to receive PM’s from other authors reminding me to start! Those made me laugh hysterically! In the end the voting swung in favor of the title I personally liked best. (Undertones, as you can see.) It isn’t long here, but my prologues never are. I will get the first chapter up before I leave on August 9 so I don’t leave everyone on the edge!

Thanks to my editor! (ALittleMoonlightMoment)

Summary of Whispers

Bella’s new school year started off with a bang as she received a surprising visit from Laurent. He warned her to be wary as Victoria was out for revenge for James’ death and how he had tried to contain her within James’ old coven under his new leadership. Bella tried to hide his visit from Edward but failed as she let it slip out at the meadow with him later only leaving Victoria out of it. He brings her back to her house after they agree for her to tell him these things only to leave for an unspoken matter. Charlie gets caught up due to flooding after a major storm hits and Bella is all alone until Laurent shows up at her front door. Victoria has just had a fight with him and appears in Bella’s kitchen. Laurent defends her as Bella makes a desperate drive to the Cullen household. Rosalie is the only one at home and when Laurent is sent through the living room window and Victoria threatens Rosalie who has stepped in to protect Bella, she does the unthinkable. Bella steps in front of Rosalie as a means of protecting her.

Victoria tries to attack but is driven away by Rosalie who tends to Bella’s wounds and they become friends. Edward and the rest of the Cullens’ return from hunting and Bella tells him the whole story. She dreams of darkness and water when she passes out from the blood. He leaves in a fit of rage for a few days which results in a few panic attacks on Bella’s part. He returns three days later, explaining his reasons and making up with Bella before they discover Jessica, dead, outside the Cullen home. She dreams of Victoria having her and water again and they attend Jessica’s wake.

Bella makes a landmark decision so the Cullens’ aren’t in any more danger. She meets Victoria at her house and tells her she’ll meet her at First Beach. Bella spends the last day with Edward at the meadow before fleeing in tears when he tells her that he will change her. Bella sees Jacob on her way to meet Victoria who, without her knowledge, mentions it to Billy. Billy, sensing trouble, grudgingly calls the Cullens’ to help. Bella is trapped in a fight with Victoria and is thrown into the ocean when the Cullens’ arrive to save her. She has been bitten, though, by Victoria. Bella becomes just like Edward, a vampire. Bella awakes to discover that Edward blames himself and on the way she finds her new power. She can speak to people’s emotions and calm them or influence them from the inside. She and Edward find they no longer have to hold back.

While running around the house she runs into Billy Black who has come to see her. She finds her immediate disdain for the smell of human blood but stays to convince him that she is happy and the Cullens’ saved her. Once he leaves they go hunting to see if she likes animal blood. After she does, she runs when Edward won’t even look at her. She goes to the clearing where they first saw James’ and she speaks with Laurent who is leaving. She calls Edward and he comes to find her. They talk it over and come to an understanding before returning to the Cullens’. They go up to Alaska while Bella stays to fake her death. She doesn’t have the heart to do it so she tells Charlie and her mom that she’s leaving with them. With some convincing they understand and she runs to Denali, straight into Edward’s arms.

Prologue: Murmurs

The voices crowd my ears. They murmur softly at first before they grow in volume and then become too much to bear. I’m alone here. Nobody and nothing can stop what’s coming for me. I should have realized it a long time ago, before I ever became a vampire. There were warnings for me all around but I didn’t notice nor did I acknowledge them if they were made clear to me. Nothing can stop the inevitable. How can I protect everything dear to me again? Why am I always in danger? Why do they want me? I can’t do anything special. I’m not anything special. I try to resist lying down and closing my eyes but I don’t. I tell myself that it’s just for a moment. That moment pulls me under into one of my now frequent dreams. Vampires aren’t supposed to dream. Why do I dream? I’m not asleep so I shouldn’t dream. I can still hear everything going on around me. I wait for the dream to take hold as I know I can’t stop it. I’ve tried to before.

Murmurs filled the air all around me. I couldn’t escape them no matter what I did. I spun around, searching for Edward or any of the Cullens’ for that matter. I was in our new clearing. Everything was as it should be yet all wrong. I ran to the tree at the edge, somehow believing that I needed to be here. The murmurs began to get louder to point where I had to cover my ears. The noise wouldn’t stop, it was making me dizzy. I fell to my knees crying out.

“Stop!” They surprisingly stopped. Everything became silent. I slowly stood and cautiously removed my hands from my ears. The only noise was the slight movement of nature as the wind blew. I knew he was coming again. I heard him before he was in striking distance. Thinking fast I pulled myself up into the tree, climbing as high as I could. I peered through the branches as his figure emerged from the thick woods.

“No.” I breathed out as silent as possible. I still couldn’t understand why he was doing this. His piercing eyes found my hiding spot. He advanced so he was a few feet from the base of the tree.

“Come now, Isabella. Is that any way to say hello?” I didn’t answer. “Come down before you force me to do something I don’t want to do. I don’t want to hurt you.” His voice was like I remembered it to be, back when he was the same person I knew. I moved slightly before freezing myself still as stone, telling myself it wasn’t him. He growled loudly at my hesitation.

“Fine! Have it your way!” The murmurs began again, quietly but they grew in number until I was once again forced to cover my ears. My eyes closed of their own accord and I cried out again.

“No!” I fell from the utmost branch, hitting the ground hard. The last thing I remember was looking up at his face, the face that held only an undertone of the person I once knew.

My eyes fly open the second I feel myself out of the dream. This will happen soon. It will come to pass. I can’t stop it anymore. I can’t let him be hurt anymore. Edward would have stopped me from coming here. I need to be here though. I need to try to calm him, find the person I once knew deep beneath the monster he’s become.

A/N- So there it is! The beginning of what I hope to be another great story. I didn’t have any reviews on the prologue for the last story but I really want you to REVIEW this! I want to know how I’ve done with starting it off. Thanks! REVIEW!

A/N - Just to clarify something because I don’t want people to think badly of Edward:

“Edward would have stopped me from coming here.”

The figure is not Edward! I’m sorry if this confused people but only myself and soon my editor will know who the other figure is!

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