Written by NeuroticPlatypus. Posted on Jul 12, 08:44 AM.

Edward is a Statue: What Really Happened in Twilight

Disclaimer: I have yet to read the Twilight Saga (I hate how in all the interviews Stephanie says “the saga” instead of “the series.”) I have, however read summaries of all the books in the “saga,” and I have read all the EWW’s about it on ImpishIdea, so I know most of the main points.

This idea came to me the other day when I was thinking about how Edward is always described as “marble” and other statue-like references. What if he really was a statue? And Bella was crazy and imagined everything? I thought that would be interesting. So this is pretty much how I think the story would’ve gone with a third-person narrator if the above conditions were followed. It’s not necessarily in story-format; it’s more like a general summary.

Bella is diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of fifteen. She takes medication and is okay until her mother re-marries. Then she goes ballistic. She starts using heroin (that’s why Edward compares her to heroin; I just had to throw that in). Then she is sent to live with her father in Forks at age seventeen because there is a special institution/high school for kids and young adults with mental illnesses. The kid can either live at home and attend it like school, or they can live in the institute. Young adults can live there or come for therapy sessions. It’s called the Cullen Institute. It’s named after the Cullen family, who were put to death 108 years ago on the suspicion of being vampires. They were thought to be vampires because Edward Cullen was caught drinking the blood of a cow (that’s why drinking blood is the only vampire trait they have). He did this because he was mentally unstable (A.K.A. crazy). The entire family was killed by plunging stakes into their hearts. The institution took on the name because they want to help teens with mental disorders cope and not be considered monsters and freaks.

When Bella begins attending the institution, she gets to go home everyday just like any other teenager. The first thing she notices is the life-size marble statue of Edward Cullen. The only parts not made out of stone are his hair and his eyes. His hair is made of bronze, and his eyes are made of topaz. The inscription says “We Will Always Remember Edward Cullen.” There are statues of the rest of the family, but Edward’s is the most prominent. Anyway, Bella immediately becomes obsessed with the statue.

All of the other kids are very friendly to Bella because they all want her to recover as they are doing. There are two very special patients here also: Jasper and Rosalie Hale, who believe that they are vampires married to Alice and Emmet Cullen, respectively. The Cullen Institute has traditional high school classes, and there are required therapy sessions (both group and individual) throughout the day. Bella is so out of it that she just thinks she’s going to a regular high school.

Soon after starting classes, Bella begins hallucinating about Edward Cullen. She has conversations with him and develops a crush on him. She visits the courtyard often to stare at his statue as it sparkles in the sunlight. She is particularly entranced by his eyes. She often stays after school just to stare at the statue.

As Bella stands in the rain one day, staring at the statue, she hears a voice in her head. He calls himself Jacob Black, and he is Bella’s rational side. He hates Edward Cullen because Bella’s obsession with him is bad for her health. Jacob tells her to go inside before she catches a cold. She reluctantly obliges.

It is this night that Bella first wanders into the woods. Her father has gone to bed, so Bella sneaks out to see Edward. He “tells” her to come with him. She unwittingly follows the hallucination, ignoring Jacob’s protests. It is now that Edward introduces her to his family. Bella finds them all stunningly beautiful, and she even assigns them special powers.

When Charlie finds Bella missing, a search begins. They find that she has exited the woods and is now conversing with the Alice Cullen statue. Charlie takes her home, and she misses school the next day to recover from exhaustion as well as minor scrapes and bruises.

When Bella returns to school, her peers are very worried and even friendlier than usual. This upsets Bella, as she usually keeps them at a distance because of her overwhelming love for the statue. That night, she escapes again, and she is beat up by a gang. She thinks that they are the “evil” vampires that eat humans. She ends up in the hospital, crying for Edward to stay with her.

Now, we skip ahead to Bella’s eighteenth birthday. She has a small party at the institute. She gets a paper cut, and one of the patients, Jasper, tries to kill her and drink her blood. Because of this incident, the administrators decide to take down the statues of the Cullen family, hoping it will help those afflicted with Cullen Syndrome, as they have decided to call it. Rosalie and Jasper are fine with this, for their hallucinations allow them to talk to their “spouses” as if nothing has happened. Bella, however, can no longer see Edward without the statue. She can hear his voice, but only when she is doing something dangerous.

Jacob is a prominent voice during this time, attempting to win over Bella so that she will forget about Edward. This doesn’t work. Bella attempts suicide by trying to jump off a cliff near her house. She is then committed to the institution, and the statues are brought back to prevent further suicide attempts. As soon as Edward is back in his place, Bella goes to him. She “talks” to his family and believes that she will soon become a vampire. Jacob is silent, for a while.

Bella begins watching the news in her free time, when she isn’t allowed outside to visit the statue. She sees a story about murders being committed in Seattle and becomes convinced that it is the work of vampires. When no one believes her concerns, she begins to miss Jacob. She talks to the statue about this, and Jacob’s voice reappears, though not as frequently as it used to. Bella now believes him to be a werewolf.

It is about this time that Bella decides that she is engaged to Edward Cullen. She happily tells anyone who will listen. Bella’s fantasies become even wilder when she believes that the werewolves and vampires will be fighting against the “evil” vampires. During this “battle”, she sneaks out of the institute and sleeps at the foot of the statue. She thinks a lot about her “engagement,” and this angers Jacob. He wants to go and fight with the others, so Bella “kisses” him. She then falls in love with Jacob (essentially falling in love with herself). When Bella chooses Edward over Jacob, Jacob’s voice leaves her again.

Later, Bella spends a full day in the courtyard among the Cullen statues. She then “marries” Edward. That night, she escapes from the institute and goes into town. She later returns in the company of several men that she picked up in a bar. They drop her off after learning that she is crazy.

About a month later, one of Bella’s doctors learns that she is pregnant. When asked who the father is, she claims that it is her husband Edward Cullen. They can’t get a straight answer out of her. Because of Bella’s unstable state of mind, she reverts into Jacob’s mind. This is why this part of the book is from his point of view. Bella is unable to properly deal with her pregnancy. She is under constant watch and has trouble caring for herself because she thinks that she is Jacob.

Because of Bella’s many issues, it is constantly suggested that she should not have a child. Both of Bella’s personalities oppose this. When she finally gives birth, Bella almost dies and has to have a C-section, which is performed using medical instruments, not a certain sparkly dude’s teeth (I’d really like to know who told Stephenie that was a good idea anyway). This is so traumatic that after her recovery, Bella believes that she is now a vampire. The institute wants to take the baby away from Bella because she is unstable, and they do not believe that she is ready to live on her own and raise a child. Bella names the baby Renesmee because, well, because she is crazy.

Bella comes back to herself shortly after the child’s birth. She fights to keep her daughter, who she believes will be taken by the evil vampires. She will really be placed in foster care until she can be adopted. Jacob “imprints” on Renesmee because the rational side of Bella loves her child and wants to be sane, so she can take care of it.

It is later decided that instead of foster care, Renesmee will be placed in the care of her grandfather Charlie Swan. Bella is given visitation several times a week. She is fine with this because she believes that Renesmee lives with her. This is where we leave Bella. She is still insane, but with new medications coming out every day, her schizophrenia may eventually be brought under control. At which time, she will leave the institute and regain custody of her daughter.

Tagged as Bella, Edward, Neuroticplatypus, Twilight.

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