Disclaimer: I am not Stephani Meyers, nor do I own twilight... If I had, Edward would have been beaten with a wet noodle and Bella would have ahd a spine! Anyway... no copywrite infringement is intended!

A/N: Okay so yeah this is my first attempt at fan fiction... please be gentle! I have only seen the movies and have never read the books... I could barely handle Bella's weak reaction in the movie without her thoughts being written out on the page. I think I would have ended up chunking through something breakable during the second book pretty close to the beginning.

Anyway, so yeah this is going to be seriously AU... While Bella will outwardly appear weak inside she is a vengeful, manipulative soul... and Edward WILL be her target.. so sorry to any of you Edward lovers out there... I hated him! So yeah there will be some serious Edward bashing... so if that isn't you're thing please don't read this!

I know the first chapter is short but it was what my muse screamed for me to write when I began thinking about this. It will leave you, gentle reader with alot of questions... hehehehehe I'm just evil that way.

So some things I should address before I post this:

1) The title... I have recently been studying Sun Tzu... and trust me when I say as this goes on you will see why the title fits if you know anything about Sun Tzu's The Art of War...

2) This will be filled with Violence and the occasional lemon.. so if you aren't 18 please don't read this... if you do and are under 18 for God sake don't comment... I don't want to know you read it... let me keep my delusion that I am not corrupting children.

3) If you take the time to read my original work on Fictionpress... you will see I am evil when it comes to my writing, I don't pull punches... and yes I write things that give people nightmares... just ask my husband Darkmoon99.

4) This is unbeta'ed, if you wish to offer me your betaing services please PM me. But either way... sorry for any misspells or bad punctuation.

5) I am not Italian... nor do I speak it... if you do... I am sorry if I am butchering it... I am currently at the mercy of google translate. Please forgive me... I will try to keep the Italian to a bare minimum!

6) This will be written from the third person, so you, as the reader will get an overview of everyone's thoughts and feelings... it's just easier for me that way.

So that's about it... thank you in advance for anyone who chooses to read this... and on with the show!

"... Isabella, Cara mia, I don't like this." The deep accented voice came across the cellphone crystal clear as if he was speaking over her shoulder rather then across the ocean from her.

"I know, Padre, but I can't stand being in the way of Madre's happiness. She wants to travel with him, and she can't if she has to stay here in Phoenix keeping an eye on me during my senior year in high school." Bella sighed into the phone as she tossed a curly lock of chocolate hued hair over her pale shoulder. "Besides what could happen, Charlie will protect me. He is Capo della Polizia... who is gonna screw with the Chief's 'daughter'?"

"Dolce Madre di Dio, Isabella, think! That town stays under cloud cover for most of the year. There are more then humans to take into consideration!" The deep voice snarled on the other end of the call, filled with worry for the teen.

"Padre, please... what do I have to worry about really? The Vampiri Vegetariani? They won't touch me, I'm suppose to be human remember? Not that either of us should worry about that bunch of weaklings," Bella snorted in disbelief that her father would be worried about her being near the Cullens, "The Lupi? I smell human... they will never know the truth! So I don't see what you are worried about."

"As long as you are surrounded by nothing but humans, he can't get to you." came back the soft rely.

"I will still surround myself with humans, make sure I have good strong ties to the community. I promise, besides he would never be stupid enough to try and take me so close to the Lupi. They would tear him apart!" Bella sighed. She understood her father's concern, but serious she knew he wouldn't be that stupid. "I promise I will be just fine."

"Why do I get the feeling there is something you are hiding, il mio piccolo?" The deep voice chuckled into her ear.

"Who? Me? Keep something from mi Padre? Never." Bella laughed.

"Fine, but I want my objections on record. I can't lose you, tesoro, you're all I have left." the man sighed heavily, knowing his daughter would do as she pleased whether he liked it or not.

"I know, papà. I'll be careful." She said softly, trying hard to sooth him.

"Then have a safe trip. Ta amo" He said his accented voice thick with emotion.

"Ti amo, Padre."

Translations:

Mi Padre: my Father

Madre: Mother

papà: papa

Ta Amo/Ti Amo: I love you

Capo della Polizia: Chief of Police

Dolce Madre di Dio: Sweet Mother of God

Vampiri Vegetariani: Vegetarian Vampires

Lupi: Wolves

il mio piccolo: my Little one

Tesoro: Sweetheart

A/N 2: I will add in translations everytime I use another language.

So who was Isabella speaking to? What plan does she have for when she gets to Forks? How does she know so much? What is she? Want to know all this and more? R&R... it's the only way to find out!