A/N: Okay when I wrote this it was weekend and I had nothing else to do

None of the characters belongs to me etc…

What is love?

The big question (almost) everybody thinks about sometimes. Is it happiness? Ore does love just hurt so bad that you can't stand it?

Isabella Swan wanted three things in her life. To ride her horse Negro, who was given to her from her father when he had been in Spain, every morning, to have a great friend…and find true love. Negro was the horse Bella rode every morning and she saw him as a great friend thought he could not pronounce a word, since he in fact was a horse and horses did not speak.

But one thing Negro would never give Bella was true love…

Isabella Swan was fifteen and she was close to her marrying age but she could not marry someone she did not love and she had tried to see if the boys in the small town where they lived were the right ones for her. Sadly they all were big selfish jerks, so her parents decided to move to London to see if they could find somebody that Bella could or wanted to marry.

Of course they would take Negro to London and Bella would surely meet new friends. But two years passed, Bella turned seventeen and they had not yet found a man for her.

"We always argue about this mother, I am sick and tired of it!"

"You have rejected twenty three men the last two couple of years; soon people are going start talk about you. Bella, how can we not talk about it?"

"Well then you should not force me in to a marriage" She shouted wildly at her mother. Renee Swan stared at her daughter with angry eyes.

"But what else should we do? You can't just sit there and wait love to come around the corner."

Her father Charlie had been given the post of head chief police of the Scotland Yard when they had moved to London. All the luxury had been a little strange to Bella at first but she was now quite used to it. "Let's make a deal Bella, you will go to the masquerade that they are hosting in the palace this year and if you find someone there you think you …love then you can marry him." Her father suddenly said. The two women turned their heads as Charlie Swan entered the room. Bella thought about it for a moment. She smiled and seemed happy with the proposition that ahd been given to her.

"Father thank you so much I will do my best to see if I can find my true love." She said in a happy tone.

"But you understand that if you do not find somebody there that you like then I and your mother will choose for you."

Bella nodded and then walked away from the salon. The grand masquerade ball was hosted by the queen who loved parties. But every now and then some buffoons tried to crash the party so the security always became larger every year. The party was held in two days from now and to be honest, Bella did not look forward to it.

Two figures were talking with each other on the streets of London. Their walk was quiet. Their talk was silent. The darkness embraced them, but then again these two persons did not have to worry about that somebody would see them, that somebody would hear them.

"What should we do then?" A voiced asked.

"We can't just let them kill the Queen of England." Another voice said.

"But Carlisle if we intend to save her, we have to save her as humans and not as…you know, the last thing I want is that everybody in London knows that vampires exist."

"I know. But it is a masquerade isn't it?" Carlisle said and a smile came across his lips.

"I am not going to do that" The other person said.

"Edward it's for the best. Just go there and make sure that no one recognizes you."

Edward looked down and suddenly chuckled.

"Yes, Alice the newspaper tomorrow will be most interesting." He said.

"Well, should we get back home before anybody spots the Cullens on the streets…at night?" Alice asked. The two other agreed and the three walked away.

The Cullens were well known in the city. They were known for being one of the wealthiest families in London. When they had moved in two weeks ago everybody was amazed by their great looks. But even so they were uncomfortable around them. The Cullens soon discovered that they had to be careful in the city since false rumors had a tendency to appear.

For example, Ben Huginn had a good job and he was quite wealthy. He and his family were really well known in London. Ben was actually the police chief of Scotland Yard before Charlie Swan. One day he "messed up" and the rumors were flying over the place. It made his reputation sink to low and they said that he was forced to move out to the street. Soon he got arrested for murderer. No one knew who he had killed but then again, all things that people said was not true.

Bella had been talking to her room maiden about her dress that she would wear at the masquerade.

"I love the dress, but I don't feel comfortable in a mask of any kind. Do you think I can skip that part?" Bella said.

"You do not have to wear any kind of mask if you do not wish to. Some guest does actually come without masks." The maid named Clara said.

"Oh, then I'll skip the whole mask thing. If it is okay" Isabella Swan smiled. She was still treating all the maids in the house with warmth as if they were her friends and because of that she earned their silent gratitude and respect.

The maid nodded and stepped out from the room. Bella had that day heard that Dr. Cullen would be attending the masquerade with his family. The two girls that had talked about the Cullen family had mentioned…Edward. In curiosity Bella had asked:

"Who is this Cullen family?"

"You do not know?" One snobby girl asked. Bella felt her cheeks turn red.

"Well they are one of the wealthiest families in London." Bella didn't understand why that made them so special; there were other wealthy families as well. Maybe it was that they had recently moved into London and that they where the latest gossip in town. "And they are ridiculously good looking, but everybody is taken, except Edward Cullen." The other girl said with a dreamy voice."

"Okay." Bella said and put on her smile to show gratitude. The two girls started to laugh at her. Bella looked down. Why didn't people like her?

She was sitting at her bed. "I hope tomorrow is my lucky day or else I will be in a big mess." She said to herself and after some hours filled with thousands of thoughts, she fell asleep.

The next morning Bella awoke of the sunshine coming from the window.

"Only one day left and then I must go to the masquerade." She said in a sad tone.

Well, Bella had a rough day. Her mother wanted to take Bella with her when she was going for a shopping tour in the city.

"Note to myself…Never go and shop with mother again. Ever." Bella muttered as she was dragged down the streets.

She was happy to come home finally, from the suffering process off shopping, but then her dad wanted to talk to her.

"Bella I was thinking about tomorrow and thought to give you some advice." Charlie began.

"Father you know that I can choose by myself."

"Well, there is this young man named Mike Newton that I think…" He was cut off by Bella.

"Father I am old enough to decide which man I shall marry."

"I just want to guide you along the way." Charlie said.

She walked to her room. She sat down at her bed. Lonely tears were streaming down from her chocolate brown eyes. She cried silent that night. Bella's parent did not see their daughter cry often. And she thought that she was pathetic. She was clumsy and she could not dance and she always blushed.

But even if she had seen some downfalls she always tried to look happy for her parents.

The next day the room maiden let Bella sleep till midday so that she didn't get tired at the ball.

Then the room was full of maids who were putting the dress on her. The dress was baby blue a color that Renee had chosen for Bella. It was of course long and without straps, she didn't have to wear the long white gloves but she couldn't avoid the corset. That was always the worst part, the corset. She hated to have it on feeling like she would suffocate if she wore it ay longer than five minutes, but it seemed that she always managed.

And she was pleased that she didn't have to wear a mask.

The family walked to the carriage, all dressed wonderfully, the women with dresses fit for a queen and Charlie had his finest uniform with his medals and straps on it. None of the three had masks on. Even so Bella hoped that the night would end quickly.

They arrived at the palace. There outside Bella could see that this year the whole Yard had to attend as guards.

"Father why are there so many guards? I do not think that you have to be so serious just because some idiots ruined a party ten years ago."

"You never know Bella. I want the queen to be safe." Charlie said.

They walked to the bottom stairs along with many other guests. Then Bella stepped into the ballroom and was amazed by all the decorations, all the light.

Bella saw the entire room filled with people and at the end of the room, she saw the Queen.

A/N: I made some changes to this chapter and I'm thinking of making a POV since I actually write better in Point of View, anyway R&R