Hey. So, this story starts off where Bella is talking to Laurent. The wolves don't come, but Victoria does. Yeah, I know these fanfics are overdone, but I'm hoping to put my own spin on it.

Prologue

As he mentioned Victoria, a shudder ran through me. Even after it was all over, she still freaked me out. I was constantly worried she'd return to finish what James had started last year.

But the thought of her wasn't what paralyzed me with fear. Seconds after he had mentioned her, she appeared in the distance. I froze, ignoring my instincts to escape, to run away. But i wouldn't get far. I didn't bother. It would be pointless.

"Vic-Victoria," I stuttered, barely able to form the words.

"You remember me? Isn't that nice," she purred in a feline voice.

I wanted to answer back with some sarcastic comment, but my mind had gone completely blank. I just kept remembering that afternoon in the field when I saw THEM for the first time.

In a split second, Laurent and Victoria were on either side of me. Laurent held my arms, keeping me still, while Victoria smirked at me.

"Where's your precious Edward now?" she taunted.

I gave up struggling. "I don't know," I admitted.

She mock-gasped. "What? Your Edward left you here and didn't tell you where he would be?"

"He's not mine anymore."

This just made her more annoyed. "What!" she screamed at me. "Why would he do that?"

"He-he doesn't love me anymore." The hole in my chest was ripped wide open. I winced at the internal pain.

"Hmm..." she was quiet for a minute. "This changes things."

Victoria deliberated for a moment.

"Well," she said slowly, "if I can't hurt him with you, I'll have to try something else."

She approached me. "Have you ever wondered what its like, being a vampire?"

I could only stare at her, wondering why she hadn't snapped my neck. She bared her teeth and lunged. Her teeth sunk into my neck and I screamed with pain. I expected her to finish me off, but she just watched. Laurent let go of my wrists and laid me gently on the ground as I thrashed about. The venom was excrucitingly painful. I could feel it, blocking out most of my memories. It was as if I would never remember.

I couldn't remember. I felt it all slipping away. I desperately held on to Edward's face. I would not- I could not...

A fresh burst of pain cleared my mind. I tried in vain, but I couldn't remember a thing. The only thing I knew was 'My name is Isabella Swan and I'm a vampire.'

"Are you okay?"

I looked up into a face I vaguely recognized. But I couldn't rremember where from or who it was.

"My name's Victoria. Who are you?"

I sat up, studying the redhead. She had red eyes full of kindness. I wasn't sure how real it was, but it wasn't like I had anything to lose.

"My name's Isabella. What's going on here?"

Victoria looked sympathetic. "You dont remember?" she asked. "You were attacked by a bear, and it was too late to save you, so I turned you into a vampire."

I felt her studying my reaction, but I felt no surprise.

"Are you... in shock, or something? Cause, you seem to be taking it pretty well."

I took an unnecessary breath. "No, I- I'm fine. I don't know, its like... I always knew things like this were real. It's strange, but its like I... expected this to happen."

When I said this, I watched Victoria's face. It was unreadable, full of mystery and secrets. But she had saved my life...

So maybe I imagined the flash of hatred in her eyes when she first looked at me.

"Hey, do you want to go find some food? We're near enough a big city, only two hours run from here."

"I guess. Lets run." It felt wrong to be hunting humans, but the burning in my throat was unbearable now. I needed to quench the fire.

We moved like bullets from a gun, fast and focused. I loved the feeling.

Almost too soon, we stopped to hunt. Instinctively, I let my hunger for blood take over. I paused as my ears searched for the sound of a heartbeat.

I heard a flutter deeper in the woods. Without stopping to think, I was gone toward the scent of the blood. I barely noted the prey before predatory instincts took over. The blood smelled wrong now that I was gourging myself on it.

I didn't notice that I had hunted a mountain lion until after I had finished. It didn't taste bad, just a little wrong.

I felt Victoria looking on in disdain. "Why would you drink that?" she asked, slightly repulsed.

I shrugged. "Its not that bad. I didn't even realize what I was hunting until now."

She shuddered. "It smells awful. Human is so much better."

"I- Its just- It just feels wrong, to me, to hunt humans. I dont know why."

She seemed to just move on and accept it then.

"Whatever. Drink what you want. We should probably move on now, though. Dont want to attract attention."

Her eyes glanced behind, afraid on something that may be coming.

"What is it? Is something coming now?"

She hesitated. "There are werewolves nearby. They will hunt us if they catch up."

I grimaced, and we started on our way again.

For the past 27 years, I've been traveling with Victoria. Neither of us have anyone else, and we became friends fast.

I still haven't recovered my memory, after all this time, but Torie isn't worried. She says it doesn't matter. Thats one of the only things we disagree on, apart from our tastes of blood. Torie never could stand to even try animal blood. I couldn't stand to kill humans.

Victoria thinks it doesn't matter who I used to be, because I'm a different person now, but I still want to know what I was before this. Still, I wont argue with her. I know how lucky I was to not be alone when I was a newborn. In all my years, I've run into only a few other vampires. Every once in a while, we meet some coven of nomads. I hear about other groups that drink only animal blood, but I've never met any. I probably will eventually, but Torie prefers it to be just us two for most of the time.

I trust her, so I listen to what she tells me to do. Still, sometimes I wonder what it'd be like to settle down for a while in one place, make some new friends.

And that's the prologue! Bella is a vampire! And she doesn't remember anything! What will happen next?

Please review and let me know. Depending on feedback, I may or may not continue, so let me know! :)

-NicoleLettie3