Bella shivered as Laurent held his hands against her face and tried to convince her he was doing her a kindness. He pulled his hand back ready to strike but Bella had a sudden thought.

"Wait" he paused "why do you have to kill me, why can't you just turn me then I can have a fair chance against Victoria" Laurent moved his hand to his chin and started thinking.

"Bella Don't" Edward pleaded from next to her she just glared at the apparition then turned her attention back to Laurent.

"That's an interesting idea" he put his hand down and grinned "very well to even the playing field but Victoria must never find out it was I who changed you" before she could react he had her arm in his hand and bit down in the same spot that James had not so long ago. As he started to pull his head away a deep growl came from the trees and a large black wolf moved towards them with his teeth bared. Laurent started to back away as four more wolves emerged from the forest "I don't believe it" he turned and ran for it causing the wolves to chase after him all except the large russet wolf who looked at her with concerned eyes before running off after the other wolves. Bella grabbed her arm and let out the cry of pain that she'd been holding in then stumbled back towards the trees trying to keep herself upright. The fire was spreading quickly through her veins and everything became a blur of green since her mind could only focus on the pain.

"I have to get as far away from people as possible" she whispered to herself. She hadn't expected Laurent to bite her right then and there, now she was once again all alone in the woods.

Alice sat on her windowsill of her room of the Cullen's home staring out into the surrounding forest a lot of the sparkle gone from her eyes. It had been five years since they'd left forks and Edward was coming home today Alice was the only one who knew, he hadn't told anyone he was coming back but she had seen it. Alice wasn't looking forward to seeing him again since she knew she would have to keep her thoughts hidden around him. She had a suitcase packed and the keys to her Porsche in her hand she would say hello then leave. Jasper was the only one who knew she was leaving but she'd told him she had to leave to protect everyone from what she knew. Alice shuddered at the memory.

It had been about 6 months after they'd left Bella in Forks and Alice had been watching Bella every day. To begin with she didn't do much but she was suffering endlessly and Alice pleaded with Edward to go back but he'd stuck to his belief that she would be better without the Cullens in her life. Then for a long time there were a lot of blank spots and Alice assumed that maybe Bella had just stopped making decisions or just stopped doing anything. Then when Alice was finally able to see her again it wasn't good. She'd seen her going to the meadow that Edward had shown her and she'd seen Laurent there then she'd seen him kill her then everything had gone black and she didn't see any more of Bella. Immediately she'd packed what she needed and headed straight for Forks but when she got there she found that according to everyone Bella had just disappeared.

Alice shook the memory from her head and pulled herself back into her room as she saw a car in the distance heading for the house. She heard the others slowly fill up the living room all wondering who was pulling up outside. She grabbed her case and made her way down stairs at a human pace while trying to keep her mind on translating the harry potter series into Arabic. Edward walked through the front door as Alice reached the bottom step. Esme was the first one to grab him and pull him into a hug and it wasn't long before everyone else had welcomed him home. But Alice stayed on the last step with a look of irritation on her face.

"Hello Alice" Edward said cautiously

"Hello Edward" Alice stepped onto the wooden floor "and bye" she pulled her suitcase towards the front door. Jasper was the only one who didn't look shocked though there was a flicker of sadness in his eyes.

"Alice where are you going?" Carlisle asked concerned

"I have to go sort some things out I don't know how long I'll be gone" she flashed everyone a bright smile "don't worry I'll be back before you know it" Alice was lying but everyone in the room seemed to buy it except Jasper who took Alice's face in his hands and kissed her desperately for a few moments before pulling away.

"I'll miss you and if you need my help just call and I'll be there" he let go of her face and took a step back

"I love you Jasper"

"I love you Alice" she looked at him for a long moment then left through the front door and headed straight for her Porsche.