-1PROLOGUE

Edward Cullen got in his silver Volvo and took off. He was just coming back from a hunting trip alone. He felt better now, more relaxed and calm.

He needed this trip, and he wanted it to be just him. Unknowing to any of his family or Bella, Edward was rapped in many emotions at the moment, many of them not good. From an outside observer Edward had everything he wanted. The girl he knew was meant for him finally proposed to him, and they were going to be married in a few weeks time. What more could he ask for?

Yes, the thought of him and Bella together forever thrilled him. It was just what he wanted. However, there were things he wanted that he knew Bella would never consent to giving him. He'd tried.

He wanted her to go to collige and experience that in her human life. He wanted her to have all the experiences a human girl of her age got to have. He wanted her to keep her carefully created bonds with her family and friends, but he knew that would never happen. Bella was adamant about changing, and changing soon.

Now, as he drove home, he felt better about things. His trip lasted the whole weekend, and he felt calmer than he'd been for a while. The emotions were still undoubtedly there, but more calmer, more controlled. He had finally had to face the facts, and now he was slowly accepting it for the way it was going to be.

His cell phone began to ring. Edward picked it up, and glanced quickly at the number. It was Alice.

"Edward?" Her voice came through the phone sounding distressed.

"Hello, Alice. Is everything okay?" He kept his voice calm, even though loads of bad thoughts flitted through his mind.

"Where are you?"

"Just coming home. I shouldn't be long. What is it?"

There was silence on the other end for what seemed an eternity. He heard a small gasp. "No!" She said, a tone of pain and anguish clear in her single word.

"What happened?" He was trying to keep calm, but the words came out harsh and demanding.

"She… Bella… The bridge… No! Why? Why didn't I see this sooner? How could I have missed that bridge collapsing?"

Edward had heard enough to figure out what had happened. A bridge somewhere had collapsed, and Bella had been on it.

All ability to stay calm had vanished from him. All Edward could feel now was fear and pane. "Where?" He demanded just as Alice was going to say something else.

Edward arrived at the scene in ten minutes. There was wreckage everywhere. Rescue crews were rushing around everywhere trying to pull as many people they could out of their cars. Camera crews darted around interviewing those who would talk and taking pictures of all they could see. None of that mattered. Only one thing mattered. Where was Bella?

A few feet away Edward spotted to men loading a girl into the back of an ambulance. Edward flung the door open and rushed out of the car, not noticing his family approaching.

It was all over. Everything was all over. Edward sat on the couch, the TV on. He took no notice of the people on the screen, but stared blankly at the floor. They couldn't do anything for her. She was gone.

"Edward," He turned slowly, his eyes still not focusing on any certain thing. The rest of his family turned to face him. "Edward," The voice came. Finally he looked up to see Alice next to him, and everyone else close by.

He nodded slowly, not wanting to speak. That seemed to be enough of a sign for Alice to continue. She opened her mouth to speak, but Esme beat her to it.

"We're leaving tomorrow." She said. "We're going far, far away from here. Don't do anything rash. We'll go a ways away, and stay away for a long while. That'll give you time to move on and forget about everything."

Edward let out a sad sigh. "I can't forget. No matter where we go and for how long, I can't forget her. I'm leaving tonight to go to the Volturi."

"No." Carlisle said firmly. "Give it a few years or so. If you still can't, then there's not much we can do to stop you. But at least give it a chance."

The Cullens moved out of the country for a long time. A hundred years to be exact. Edward never completely forgot Bella, but the pain became a little more bearable over time. However, no one thought that soon, his life would change once again.