Chapter 1

The Unbelievable, Unfortunate, Unfathomable Truth

"Isabella, bring me my towel." "Isabella, bring me wine." "Isabella, Isabella, Isabella!!!"

"My name is Bella!" I yelled back.

"Bella, don't talk like that, especially in front of our master! Because we both get punishment, even if only one of us messed up!" Alice scolded me as she got the towel from a cupboard and I got a bottle of wine.

"I know that, you're not my mom." I replied.

Alice is my best friend, and we are so close that we act like sisters. But, Alice is a few months older and acts like a mom because of it! I have to admit though that she is much more mature than I am, but that gives her no right to boss me around. The only person who can boss me around is my dad and our master. We are servants to Prince Edward, Son of King Carlisle and Queen Esme. Our friend Rosalie and Alice's brother Emmett are servants to the King and Queen. They say that they are so nice to them and they are always forgiving if they mess up. Prince Edward is the exact opposite! He is always bossing Alice and I around like well, servants! The worst part is, is that he has never showed his face! I have been serving him since I was five, and I am now 17, and I still haven't seen his face. When ever we go up there, he sends his butler Jasper to the door. Unbelievable!

Alice has a thing for Jasper though. She always wears her best dress whenever we go up there. This one has a little bit of lace and a clean crisp white apron. The King and Queen don't care if we dress fancy, as long as guest aren't around. Alice even 'fixed' her dress to fit snugly around her already beautiful body. She even puts cranberry juice on her lips to give them a pretty red tint! But I think that it's worth it because they both get a look in their eyes whenever they are near each other. But Alice has to finish cooking for the King and Queen's guests, so I will be traveling the long hallways alone. I grab the towel and the bottle of wine and start towards our ruthless master's room.

The King, Queen, and Prince all drink the weirdest wine! The drink only a special red wine that I have never seen outside of the castle. It is as red as blood and as thick as maple syrup! And it has a repulsive smell that makes the weak stomached upchuck. I have such an urge to touch it, or even better, drink it, so I can find out what's so special about it! But, the last servant to do that died within the hour, he was hung. Maybe its used to ward off the plague. I see no need to worry, the plague ended 3 years ago, it killed my mother. My father (servant and doctor towards the servants) says that the plague is caused by blood sucking demons. He says that they drink all of your blood and then poses your body and fill in the empty space. By the time that they're done with you, the have drained ever ounce of life from your body and you die when they leave your body. I don't really believe any of it, and I don't really care. It's over now and it's not coming back, I hope.

I finally reach the door of my master's room. I am standing in front of 2 oak doors engraved many animals that I have never seen before. Birds that swim, large cats, some with spots others with stripes and many other strange animals. And around the edges all of the beautiful Greek gods look down upon me. It is beautiful. I knock on the door and hear Jaspers muddled footsteps immediately hurry to the door.

"Do you have the wine?" he asked as he opened the door.

"Jasper, are you alright? You look very pale, are you sick?"

"I really don't know Bella, I…" Suddenly, Jaspers body went limp and he fell to the ground. I quickly went over to him o feel his heart rate when I saw a red and black bump on the back of his neck. The universal sign of the plague.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" I screamed. I dropped the bottle of wine and the towel, the bottle crashing at my feet sending shards of glass and the vile liquid everywhere. I stepped back and slipped on the wine and fell, cutting myself on glass covering the floor. I was now covered in the wine and I was bleeding everywhere. But then I noticed that my blood didn't look any different than the wine. In fact, they blended together quite well. They were the same in every way. I realized a very important fact.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" I screamed again. Suddenly everything seemed to kick into gear; people were finally realizing that something was wrong. Strong hands lifted me up out of the blood stained pool that was forming around me and I look up to see the King and Queen looking at me. I suddenly felt dizzy and faint.

"Are you alright?" The King asked me.

"I'm...I'm just a little light headed…….." I tried to say but, my head rolled and I started to lose conciseness.

"She is losing blood, fast. She won't be able to make it long." I heard the Queen's soft voice say.

"Jasper won't live long either, he probably doesn't have more than a day left." said a musical voice. I lifted my head enough to see a person standing in the doorway. Although this wasn't a person, it was a god! He had bronze-brown hair. His moves were graceful and his muscles danced as he moved. His features were perfect. Why, he was perfect in every way. Although, the best part was his eyes. They glimmered and they shinned like stars in a midnight sky. They were an amazing shaded gold. They hypnotized me until I saw black spots in front of my eyes. But I could tell that Prince Edward was walking towards me. Suddenly, the king said,

"No, she will be fine, I'll bandage her up, he has to be dealt with though."

"Yes," said the Queen, "Do it now. You can save him If you do it now." They could save him? Is that possible? I started to speak my thoughts and said,

"Yes, almighty god, save him, save him like the god you are."

"Don't pressure me into these things! I'll take the girl, Carlisle, you do it, I don't want to lose him." said Prince Edward's heavenly voice as his masculine arms swooped me off the ground and he started to carry me into his room.

"Speak more" I said. His voice was beautiful, and I didn't want it too stop. I was quickly being overwhelmed by the darkness and I couldn't hold on much longer. Prince Edward placed me on something soft and started to wrap cloth around my arms and hands and anywhere else I was bleeding.

"You can faint whenever you want to Isabella." he said in a stern voice.

"I will...when you get my name...right." I replied just a sternly.

"Fine, Bella, just faint, it will make this a lot easier on me and you." I saw him pull out a long needle.

"Will you call me that from now on?" I tried to hide the fear in my voice.

"Yes, Bella." he chuckled. "I will call you that from now on."

"Thank..." was all I was able to get out before I was enveloped into total and complete darkness. Only one person was there to accompany me in this ever lasting sleep. And that was Edward and we danced until the end of time. Because I knew it deep down in my heart that we were meant to be.