Hey, Hey people! This is my first fan fiction on this wonderful site. So be nice please! Constuctive critism IS good - yeah just keep telling your self that, me.

Disclaimer: Everything belongs to the wonderful Stephanie Meyer, not me *sniff*

Summary: Bella Swan is princess of The Island, The Least Developed Land. The Island is literally stuck in The Middle Ages. When Bella gets lost on an evening stroll, she bumps into her best friends brother. As they get closer, secrets unravel and with all things come conciquences. Each one worse than the last. AH, BxE

Chapter 1

"Ouch!" I exclaimed as my corset winded me. "Alice! Please, not so tight!"

"Bella, I know you're the boss and all but let me do my job, I'm good at it."

"But-"

"But nothing. You'll be just fine. There, done." I turned round to face the evil little pixie. Alice Cullen was my four foot-nothing 'servant', but first and foremost, she was my best friend. I'd known her all my life, my mother thought it would be best for me to socialize with other girls of the community thought the girls nursery. My father, the king, on the other hand, thought I should be a spoilt brat. I would have preferred neither. I would've liked to be normal like all the other families in the village.

"Ah, lighten up, princess." Alice joked noticing the look on my face.

"Alice, you know I hate that!" She would call me princess because of my 'post' in the community. Alice practically lived in the castle with me. She would've stayed over every night whilst my mother was still alive. But since my mothers demise, my father had decided she was not good enough for that and hired her as a servant. Sometimes I truly did hate him, but it was better than not seeing her.

"Bella, how many times do I have to tell you to lighten up?" She didn't wait for an answer as always, instead she changed subjects. "Are you coming over tonight?"

"Sure, he'll probably say no, but what the heck." I would sneak over to the Cullen's farm most nights; there was something about their family that I loved. They were genuinely the nicest people I had ever met. Alice had two brothers. Emmett the oldest was 18, he was huge. He had curly brown hair, dimples, pale skin and a real baby face as my mother used to say. With his massive size and muscles you'd think he would crush you with a glance but Emmett would never do that, he's a big teddy bear.

Then, there was Edward, Alice's twin brother. He too had his brother and sisters pale skin. His bronze hair was always causally messed up. Honestly it looked like he had just rolled out of bed. He was 15, like me and Alice. He was skinny and looked weak compared to Emmett, but he was actually quite strong. He was also very fast. And he had the most stunning emerald green eyes. Edward worked at the castle as a kitchen helper.

Alice's parents treated me like a 2nd daughter, this I liked. Her father was the village doctor, Carlisle. He was in his 30's, 37 I think, but still looked like a man of 20. His hair was blond and his skin a pale white like the rest of his family. His wife Esme had been my mother's secret best friend, just like Alice was to me. She had caramel hair and dimples like Emmett's. They where extremely fantastic people.

"The Hales will be there as well." Alice said whilst pinning my hair up. The Hales consisted of Jasper, Rosalie and their parents. Their parents rarely did anything; they just sat in their shop, so it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't come. Rosalie and Jasper on the other hand, where almost permanently at the Cullen's house. Rosalie was the oldest, she was 18 in a few weeks. Jasper was 16. They were both blond. Their skin was nearly as pale as the Cullen's, like mine. Rosalie was absolutely, drop-dead gorgeous. Just looking at her made you feel insecure about your self. She was currently dating Emmett. They spent almost every waking moment with each other. Jasper was madly in love with Alice but was afraid that she didn't feel the same way. Ha! If only he knew how much Alice talked about him. Jasper's so cute… Jasper has the most gorgeous eyes… Jasper's hair is wonderful, don't you think? Jasper, Jasper, Jasper.

I walked over to the window and sighed at the view. I looked out at the sea, and on a fine day like today you could see just the corner of the mainland. I had never been of the island, nobody had that I was aware of. Apparently, the mainland was hundreds of years ahead of us in 'technology' as they call it. Some say, here on the island we are stuck in a period that on the mainland was called 'the dark ages'. I can't see why it's hardly dark. We had a very simple way of life, according to them.

"One day we'll go live there, won't we Bella?" Alice joined me. "All of us. Me, Jasper, You, Edward, Emmett, Rose, Carlisle and Esme. It'll be great."

"Yeah…" I mused, thinking what the mainland would look like. Probably all sparkly with huge birds. Hmm…

"Come on, dreamy. We've got shopping to do!" Alice jumped up and down like her normal overly excited self.

"No, Alice, please." I begged.

"You're coming or I'll… hmm… get Emmett to wake you up every morning for the next fortnight, using ice cold water."

"OK, OK, pushy. Just promise me no Emmett!"

"We'll see." We linked arms and she dragged me of to the market. Here comes hell.