"Bella, I forbid this," Charlie Swan said as his daughter packed up her suitcases.

"Well, Father, you don't leave me with very many choices now, do you," Bella swan replied, glaring at her father over the raised top half of her suitcase. "I told you that I didn't want to marry someone when there is no love between us, and what do you do? You ignore what I say and arrange a marriage between me and….and….this stranger, and expect me to be okay with it?"

Charlie sighed in exasperation; he had to explain this to Bella too many times. "I told you! He is a gentleman, and marrying him will be good for you. It's time for you to settle down, Bella. You're the only one in the family that hasn't married yet, and that's not good for the family image."

"Forget the family image! What about what I want! The family is not the one marrying this man, I am!" Bella screamed, slamming the top of her suitcase down and glaring daggers at her Father. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and when her eyes opened again they were a bit calmer. "Frankly father, I'm just not comfortable AT ALL with marrying this man and unless you change your mind I am leaving. There is nothing you can do about it." With that last statement made, she took her suitcase and swam out of her room.

"ISABELLA SWAN!" Charlie yelled as he chased after her, dashing in front of her and stopping her from going any farther. "As your father and the king of this ocean, I command you go back to your room at once! I will not tolerate this behavior of yours, and suggest you stop acting like a rebellious child. Now do as I tell you."

Bella smirked at her father and simply said, "No." She went past him, swimming out the front door of the palace. Before she left, she said over her shoulder, "You'll see, father. I will find love, and when I do, you will never see me again."

With that comment, she swam away from the palace and into the vast, unoccupied areas of the ocean. As she left, she heard her father yell after her, "You will not run away from this, Isabella. I will find you wherever you go, and when I do you will marry Edward, whether you want to or not."

Bella shivered at the truth in his words as she swam away from her old life as fast as she could, definitely ready to start a new one.

This was kind of a spur of the moment story, so there might be some mistakes

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~Mariko~