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Chapter 1: The meadow

I stood in the meadow that Edward had taken me to it seems years ago. My stomach was tied in knots. For months I have been hiding my emotions, keeping control and not allowing myself to grieve the loss of my one true love. In that moment while noone was around to hear me cry I wept. My body fell to the ground, no longer able to hold the weight of my agony. After my last tear was shed my body felt hollow, just an empty shell. Just then I noticed movement on the other side of the field and I looked up to find Laurent standing there. At first I was unusually happy to see the vampire, but it became very clear as to why he was back in Forks, he was here for me.

"Laurent, wow what a shock, what brought you back to Forks?" I asked accusingly drying my face with my sleeve.

"Victoria sent me, she seeks revenge for her mates death, I am to retrieve you and bring you back to her," he said matter-of-factly, the way people say the sky is blue or that fish need water, absolutly no emotion involved. "To be honest I didn't think it would be this easy to get you alone, I never would have dreamed that Edward would leave you so vulnerable," he chuckled at the thought. I flinched at the sound of his name.

" Edward didn't leave, he is on a hunting trip with his family, he will be back and when he finds me gone he will come looking for me," I said in a voice that was almost sure enough to convince even me.

" Interesting, I stopped by the cullen house just an hour ago, their house is empty and their scent is months old," He countered with a smirk.

My mind raced trying to come up with a good enough excuse for their scent being aged and their house empty. I had nothing. Here I was staring death right in the face with no hope for survival. Maybe death wouldn't be so bad. At least I wouldn't be so alone. My thought was interrupted when something solid and heavy crashed into me. Suddenly I was on the ground starring at Laurent his body crushing mine. He hissed through his teeth, venom dripping off of his lips and onto my face. Something slammed into my face, after that everything went black.

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"Alice, Alice what did you see?" Edward asked shaking his sister.

"Bella, I saw Bella," Alice murmmered.

"I told you Alice, leave Bella ALONE! She is better off without us!" Edward growled.

" Really Edward, because I just saw her being tortured by Victoria," Alice sneered through her teeth.

"What! Thats impossible, are you sure?" Edward asked shaking in horror.

"Yes Edward she is in danger, we have to go now or she will die!" Alice said in a panic already packing her suitcases.

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Chapter 2: Victioria

I woke up to the sound of water dripping, my head was pounding and my body ached. I couldn't remeber why I was in so much pain. It was so dark that I could barely tell if my eyes were open or not. I could feel dirt under my hands and my wrists were bound by chains that went down my body and around my ankles.

"How did I get here?" I cried.

A few heartbeats later a door opened spilling light in and exposing my surroundings. Broken and battered stairs led up to the frail door, a small walkway was given just in front of the stairs leading to me. I was caged in what looked like a dungeon cell just big enough for me to lie down in. The walls were made of ancient chalky stone covered in moss, there was only one opening, a door made of decaying bars. Just then a figure walked in the door and stopped at the first stair. Victoria. I tried to move but my body rejected in pain.

The beautiful red-headed vampire elegantly glided down the stairs grinning at me. " Bella, your awake how wonderful," she said politely.

I sat there paralyzed with fear. She frowned not satisfied with my lack of response.

"Nothing to say to me huh?" She said with a giggle. She walked to my cell and wrapped her dainty hands around the bars. " To bad, I wanted to hear you beg for your life, I guess I could beat a scream or two from you before I kill you."

She reached into her pocket and pulled out and old bronze key, slowley she unlocked the my cell and opened the barred door. She reached out with a speed almost to fast for me to see and snatched my hair. She yanked me up untill I was at eye level with her and hissed into my face. She threw me and I hit the stairs with a force so hard I felt one of my ribs crack, the pain tore a scream from my lips. She smiled at the sound of my pain, " GET UP!" She demanded. I fought with everything I had to stand, if I was going to live I would have to ignore the pain. " Through the door," she hissed throught her teeth. I stumbled up the stairs as fast as I could and pushed past the rotted door.

The room behind the door was made of the same brick as the dungeon, it was quite large, lit by candles and completely empty. Victoria crouched down and lunged at me, she threw her body into me slamming me into the brick wall with her hands around my neck.

" You see Bella, your precious Edward killed James, so it is only fair that I kill you in return. A mate for a mate," she said explaining why I had to die.

Suddenly my memory came back to me, it hit me like a wave crashes into the shore.

" Edward wouldn't care if I died, he left me," I murmmured.

Her face hardened with anger and she dropped me to the floor. I focused on the brick trying not to look up at her, a moment passed before she regained her composure. She reached out and grabbed me by the chains that bounded me tight and pulled me to my feet. She raked her razor sharp nails accross my face spilling blood down my cheeks.

" Well, I am going to have to figure out exactly what I am going to do with you then," she said while dragging me back down the stairs and throwing me back into my cell.

" Don't get to comfortable Bella, it won't take me long to make a final decision," she said right before she disappeared behind the wooden door.