I'm not longer the frail little human you left in the woods on that fateful day. Bella Swan died that day, now I am Izzy Elizabeth. Your worst nightmare. You will pay for what you did, I will do that the one way I know how to. Revenge. Using your lost love, Bella. Ready for self destruction Edward?
Chapter One: The Visitor
Bella's POV:
Pain ripped through my aching chest sending me into a huddled position. There I sat on my bed alone, silent tears rolled down my color drained cheeks, my arms wrapped around the hole punctured in my chest as the haunting memories flooded through my brain. His words replaying in my head.
'I don't want you to come.'
'You don't belong in my world.'
'It will be as if I never existed.'
'You're just not good for me.'
A fresh set of hot tears poured from my red rimmed eyes. Each tear I shed reminded me that he's gone. I lost my best friends, family and the love of my life. My future is gone. He stole my heart leaving me behind with a massive hole that tears open every time I think of him leaving me in immense pain. How am I supposed to fall asleep without him here to hum me my lullaby? Instead I toss and turn till I wake up screaming as his words flood through my mind. How do I continue living like this? I can't even speak his name without collapsing in excruciating pain.
My eyesight blurred as I retrieved the only pieces I have left of him. The ones he hid under the floorboards. Staring down at the crumbled pictures from one of the worst days of my life. My eighteenth birthday. The day before he left me. It's been months since I've seen the love of my life.
I pulled the CD out of the blank envelope and gently placed it in my player. The sweet melody filled the miserable air. The hole in my chest grew causing me to break down in pain. He's gone. He never loved me. A wave of dizziness flooded over me as I curled up on my bed. Soon enough I was fast asleep. Exactly what I didn't want to happen.
I woke up shaking at the sound of ear piercing screams realizing they were my own. Nightmares. His words haunting me with every breath.
My entire body ached as I stumbled trying to get up from my unmade bed. I don't even remember the last time I got up. I headed to the bathroom and the reflection in the mirror shocked me. My dark hair frizzy and full of tangles. I had huge purple circles under my eyes, my cheeks were stripped from all their color. My eyes drained of all happiness, the once beautiful brown irises now a dull grey color. They were blank, lifeless. I now look like a vampire. My collar bones stuck out as well as my hipbones, I had lost a ton of weight. I was a zombie now, my body was empty, my soul gone. Just a body walking around like a robot. I tore my eyes away from the mirror and used the bathroom like I intended to do.
I slowly walked back to my room, I turned the cold doorknob with my shaky hand and caught sight of a flash of fiery red.
"Victoria." I choked out. My voice raspy from days of not speaking. I stood there frozen until she sneered in her musical feminine voice,
"Bella." She smiled that sick smile. Her lips bright red and her fangs dripping in venom. She tossed her curly electric red hair behind her perfectly defined shoulder.
"What do you want?" I tried to act brave but my voice broke at the end. The words burned in my dry throat. I was absolutely terrified. There she stood right across the room staring down at me with her majestic wild beauty.
"You of course." Victoria smirked as she stalked toward me. As she got closer I slowly backed up against the wall.
"Please don't hurt my dad." I pleaded.
Victoria cackled, "Too late, he was quite tasty..."
It felt as if the ground shifted underneath me. My knees buckled and I limply fell to the floor.
"W-why a-a-re you doing this?" I choked out, my throat thick from the sob threatening to escape.
"I thought you would have figured it out by now." She taunted, "But if I must explain."
"I am avenging my mate. I'm going to make Edward pay. He took my only reason for living away, I shall take his. Mate for mate." The mention of his name brought on an uncomfortable ache to my shattered heart. "It seems this will be quite easy. Nobody to stand in my way. Almost too easy." Victoria paused, but I knew more was coming.
"Now Bella. You must tell me, where are the Cullen's? I know they haven't been here for a long time. There scent is faint."
The hole in my chest ripped open as I shook in unbearable pain.
"Answer me!" Victoria screeched as she stomped on my fragile ankle. A sick crunching sound filled the air as I screamed in agony.
"I don't know!" I cried, tears poured down my pale cheeks.
"I WANT A BETTER ANSWER!" As another crunching noise came; the smell of sickening rust and metal filled the air. Blood.
"He's gone, he left me along with the rest of them. He no longer loves me, he told me himself. I was never his mate!" More hot tears flew from my eyes as I wrapped my fragile arms around my chest hoping the pain would lessen.
"Lies! You're just trying to save your sorry ass." Victoria yelled as she grabbed me by my neck. Her cold hard marble hand blocking any air from coming in. I strained trying to receive oxygen.
Don't give up! You have to keep fighting! Ed- his voice yelled in my mind giving me motivation.
My eyesight began to fade though I struggled to remain conscious.
"No wonder Edward left you. You are just a pathetic, fragile, stupid little human!" She taunted in her feline voice.
Victoria was right. How could I ever think I was good enough for Edward? I was plain and boring, I should have known he never cared for me. I was never good enough for him. Maybe if I realized this in the beginning I could have saved myself a lot of pain and suffering. Too late now.
"Edward must have really hated you considering he left you here unprotected!" She spat giving me a slap to the cheek leaving a rosy mark and a little sting.
At this point I gave up. Dying would be the best option. No more hurt and pain from the loss of him. I have no one left now, Charlie is gone, and Edward wouldn't even care if I died. Neither would any other Cullen. Alice probably saw this coming, I'm sure they are all laughing right now.
"Kill me." I croaked. Little black dots started to invade my eyesight.
I slipped from her grip then landed hard on the polished wooden floor.
"What did you say?!" She shrieked.
"I want to die. Kill me. I don't want to live with this terrible pain any longer."
The corners of Victoria's perfect lips turned up into a vicious scheming devilish smile.
"You know what, I won't kill you. Edward never wanted you to become a vampire. You know how I know that? James infected you with his venom. As your transformation began Edward stopped it." Victoria cackled once more before adding, "So that's just what I will have to do. You will be in the miserable torturous pain for three days then have your emotional pain intensified for the rest of eternity."
I stood there horrified. Too shocked to say a word. She wouldn't? I only wanted to be changed to be with Edward for the rest of eternity, not spend the rest of eternity without him. All alone. I tried to open my mouth but in a flash Victoria lunged for my pale neck. A searing pain shot up my neck as her razor sharp teeth cut through my flesh, then the unbearable burning began. The fire inched further away from the bite, the pain increasing with every second. Feeling as if my entire body was engulfed in ferocious flames. I could hear loud shrieks knowing they were my own, my body shook in pain and agony. My hands shot up to my neck and pressed down on the bite. Blood pooled out from the infected wound. My fuzzy eyesight could make out the scarlet blood left on my hands. The burning intensified, slowly blackness surrounded me.
Hours later...
The fire continued to saturate every inch of my body. Tormenting me, every time I thought it couldn't get any worse it did. Seconds felt like minutes, minutes felt like hours, hours felt like days. I withered there on the ground and looked out the window. It was twilight. My hands clawed against my skin trying to extinguish the fire but was unsuccessful. I just wanted to die.Please let me die. I want to die! Though I knew I wasn't going to die, well I was, but not the way I wanted to. So I tried to endure the pain. My body was filled to the brim with torturous flames, I clamped my mouth shut trying to swallow the screams. But the fire intensified, my body plunged into the hottest flames, more shrieks left my mouth unwillingly. When will this ever end?
Day two...
Dawn. What day was it? The time was forgotten as I was lost in the agonizing pain. The sky brightened, through the window lightening up the room as I thrashed and screamed, my voice raw. The venom continued to sear through my veins. I painfully shut my eyes and scrunched up my face tightly. More screams slipping out as I plunged deeper and deeper into unconsciousness.
The third and final day...
Still drowning in the scorching flames. It has to be over soon. I kept chanting to myself. As if on cue the burning in my fingertips started to fade. Then my toes. Relief washed over me but then the burning in my chest changed. Became excruciating, no beyond that. I hollowed out loud. Surprising me, my yelp of pain was sounded like music, the chime of bells. The thought quickly slipped from my mind as the venom soared up penetrating my heart. My screeches became louder and more extreme. The fire slowly faded from my hands and feet leaving a tingling cool feeling. My heart rate sped up dramatically, driving to a new frantic pace. Much too fast. My face scrunched up in the increase of the fierce pain.
Thumpthumpthumpthump...
The beating of my burning heart still managing to pick up speed. Suddenly it felt as if someone drove a sharp blade through my heart, I cried out in my musical voice. My heartbeat stopped, extinguishing all the flames leaving my entire body cold. All except my throat, which burned intensely. As if someone heated up a chunk of metal and shoved it down my dry parched throat. I was thirsty.
My eyes fluttered open, everything sharper, more defined. I could see the individual stitching on my bed, ever groove in the wood floor. It was quite fascinating. Completely forgetting about the fire in my throat, I got up from the floor and turned to open the door. Forgetting my strength, I tore the door right off the hinges. Oops.
I peered into the bathroom mirror staring at my new appearance. I was beautiful. My marble skin cold, flawless and pale. My dark chestnut hair falling in smooth ringlets reaching the middle of my back. Full red lips, a blemish free complexion, sharply defined cheekbones, blood red eyes fading into a dark black. I now had perfectly shaped eyebrows with a nice arch, a slimier nose and long full black eyelashes. I was tall, skinny, had an hourglass figure as well as perky rounded breasts. My fingers slim along with shiny long manicured fingernails. I could be a model, well except for the scarlet eyes of course.
Walking back to my room I could smell blood. My throat instantly turned to flames as I followed the scent. I was led to Charlie's room. There he lay on the floor beside his bed drained dry. A small sob escaped from my mouth. I completely forgot about the burning in my throat as I dry sobbed, my eyes glistened with venom tears I could never shed.
After a little bit I realized somebody would come looking for Charlie since he never showed up for work today. I needed to leave.
I took my time packing knowing this was probably the last time I would ever set foot in this house. I changed my clothes into a pair of dark wash skinny jeans with now hugged my new figure nicely, white eyelet lace shirt with a pair of black combat boots and a grey cardigan. Shopping for clothes now would be much more fun with my new body. Would I need to bring anything? I could use my college fund for new clothes and toiletries, I no longer needed to eat or drink. But what I do need is memories of this place. And him. The hole in chest tore open, caused me to collapse, the pain much more intense and sharper now that the transformation was completed. Venom tears stung my scarlet eyes. If only I could let it all out. I barely managed to rise to my feet. I really needed to get going. I ran downstairs and grabbed a picture of Charlie, Renee and then back to my room in seconds. Stuffing it in a cloth bag then rummaged through my closet looking for something in particular. My prom dress. The one I wore when Ed- he bought me to junior prom. I really wish I listened to Jacob that night. Anger bubbled up inside of me, so much anger, I didn't think I was even capable of feeling. Almost hate toward Ed- him. I pushed the anger aside and my stone hand touched the midnight blue fabric. Out came the ruffled V neck dress. My human scent still clinging to the material. Taking a large Ziploc space bag and neatly folding the dress inside and sealed it tightly. I tossed the bag and reached for another dress. The deep emerald green dress Alice got me for my last birthday and then wore for my party. I took the shoe box that held all my memories of him with me, once I had everything I needed, I took one last look and then jumped through the window landing gracefully on my feet. That's when I started running full speed not knowing where I was heading. I just ran. Straight into the forest, the place I dreaded the most. The place my life fell apart.
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