What if Edward hadn't been the first person had dated, what if Bella had trusted and perhaps been in love with someone when she'd been in Pheonix who ended up raping her. What if when Edward left Bella in the forest, heart shattered, he had destroyed the last of her trust in men(excluding her father and maybe a Jacob she thinks of as her brother). What if as she recovered from the incident, she kept a journal telling of all that had happened to her, maybe writing songs or poems to vent. And when Victoria starts to come after her, what if Victoria checks on Bella herself and finds her behavior interesting. What if Bella managed to confront Victoria and reason with her about the 'mate for a mate' thing seeing as she is no longer Edwards mate or that if James had listened to the warning he had been given to not hunt her he would probably still be alive. What if Victoria had gotten ahold of Bellas' journal, read it, and felt sympathy.
I can see this as going towards a friendship between Bella and Victoria(hopefully) or an asexual Bella or a femslash between them or even Victoria helping Bella heal enough to be in a herosexual relationship
A bonus would to see the Cullens come back after Victoria and Bella have a slightly concrete relationship and having Victoria or even Bella telling them off.
The rules are that:
1. Bella has to have been raped in a previous relationship.
2. She must have a journal of some kind.
3. She must be at least mildly distrustful of most men at first.
4. Bella will NOT get back together with Edward
5. Victoria needs to give her a chance
If you accept this challenge please leave me the link to what you wrote in the comments.
