"Tell me where our time went
and tell me if it was time well spent

just don't let me fall asleep
feeling empty again
cause' I fear I might break
and I fear I can't take it
tonight I'll lie awake
feeling empty

I can feel the pressure
it's getting closer or now
we're better off without you.."

-Pressure by Paramore

Chapter 1:Ere

It's been two years since anyone saw Edward. No one knows what he's up to, but he's up to something. As I walked through the halls of the mansion I noticed an ere feel in the air.

It felt as if time was repeating itself. Everything was fine until I went hunting one day and saw a bronze blur brushing through the forest. It startled me and I knew something would happen. Soon.

Lately I had been getting two feelings.

One: Edward's presence.

Two: Danger.

Both mixed was not an uncommon thing. I walked out into the air, I was getting the mail.

Having a house in the woods had ups and downs. A down was I had to run two miles a day to get the mail. I didn't mind it really, which is why I was the only one who did it.

When outside I heard something rustle the bushes and I turned to them and pounced.

"Ow! What the hell?!" Emmett yelled at me while Rosalie simply said, "Get. The. Hell. Off. Me." separating each into it's own sentence.

I squirmed and stood up, brushing off my shirt. "Sorry.." I mumbled.(A/N:Bella cut a dress in half to make a shirt and a skirt, but the bottom of the dress was not the skirt.)

"S'okay," Emmett said, grinning. He had become a really good friend of mine so far. Rosalie... we were getting better at not hating each other. That's all I have to say on the subject.

I proceeded to run to town as if nothing had happened and once there, I sifted through the letters.

I found a strange one from Volterra, Italy from an Alec. I didn't know any Alec's...

Dear Isabella, we are very interested to meet you. We hear Jasper had a new romance and wanted to check in on that. Sincerely, Alec Volturi.

PS:If you have no idea who we are, ask Carlisle.

This guy was out of his freaking mind. I decided to ask Carlisle anyway and see what he had to say on the matter.

This would be very interesting...

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"It was the early 17th Century when I went to study in Italy, when I discovered other vampires. Aro, Marcus and Caius were their names-"

I interrupted with, "Were?"

"Oh no, they're still there." he smiled and continued with the story, "I greatly admired their civility, other human-drinkers are usually savage in a way. I stayed with them for only a few decades time, but still it was glorious and intriguing. I would have left sooner had their lifestyle not sparked my curiosity. Anyways, they were persistent in trying to persuade me to hunt their way, the so-called 'normal' way. I didn't budge on my stance. I also tried to persuade them to move to a natural food resource, as they called it. I did not succeed and neither did they. I soon ventured off on my own into the New World, trying to find kind like me."

And with that he ended. I was slightly confused. "So, who are they exactly?" I asked, cocking my head to the side.

He answered this simply in a matter-of-fact tone of voice, "The best way to put it is, vampire royalty."

Me jaw dropped at this. "We have kinds and queens and stuff like that?" I asked.

"I call princess!" Alice screamed from down stairs, obviously listening in on our conversation.

"Well, not exactly, but something like that, yes."

My head was spinning. And I noticed this was what my feelings were missing. I knew what was going to happen.

Oh my god.

Edward asked for their help. They had powers.

Someone's power would help him in what we all knew he wanted more than anything in the world.

What he would give absolutely anything to get to.

Me.

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We still hadn't heard from him and it had been two days since the letter. I was scared out of my wits.

I remembered what he did when we first met and shuddered. But I had prepared for anything of the sort. I was stronger now. I was still a new born in a way so I had all my strength. I couldn't go into town a lot for fear of attacking someone. After all, my eyes were still red.

I hadn't slipped once in my two years of being a vampire, but I wasn't taking any chances.

As I walked in the forest, hunting once again this week, I noticed a little boy crumpled in a heep.

As I walked closer, I noticed his pail skin and in despicable beauty.

He had his eyes closed, appearing to be dead, but I knew better. I realized all too slow before it was too late. I was caught by my hair, my scream echoing through the forest.

I felt my hair wrenching from the roots at his pull. A newborn.

I flipped my leg around to kick him and he fell harshly against the ground, taking my head with him. I bent my arm in an awkward position to bring him to my face.

I quickly saw an arm flailing around, pushing me away. I moved my face forward a centimeter and caught the wrist with my teeth, he screamed loudly as the venom went in, and released my brown locks of hair.

I felt my teeth touching together at the tips through the bone and ungripped my jaw, taking my teeth from his wrist and ran.

He followed me, but I was faster, leading him to a false trail and then turning around, into the small river.

I jumped through the air, landing in a splash that made no noise to my luck.

As I swam away, I knew my trail would end at the edge of the river. I could still be tracked. The reason I got out along the edge, walked to a tree, walked back and swam, under the water, for shelter from the gusting air. The path would seem like I had climbed the tree.

Never would he be able to track me now.

I smiled tightly, not opening my mouth. The water was slightly murky and I didn't want my white teeth stained with it.

When I was out of the water, I made sure I was still dripping, washing my trail away. I even had to wring my hair out along the outside of the door. I didn't touch anything, using my shirt to open the door.

Once inside, I ran quickly to the bathroom to grab a towel. I dried off quickly and changed my clothes into a day dress and walked down the wooden spiraling stairs.

I got to my door and flicked it open, bashing it against the wall.

Jasper was on the larger couch we had gotten, staring at the ceiling.

I walked over to him and he watched my from his peripheral vision. I smiled and sat down beside him.

He looked me up and down, obviously noticing my change of clothes.

"There's another vampire close." I said. He slung his legs over the edge to sit up right and cocked his eyebrow. "I know it's crazy. I don't know why, but something is here."

His eyes widened and I knew who he thought it was. "It's not Edward. This vampire was too small. And had brown hair. It practically attacked me and I bit him. I don't know why he would, but he did. I lead him on a false trail, and went into the river. I covered my tracks, don't worry." I said in a quick breath.

He stared into the distance, thinking. I had an idea of who it was, but I wouldn't share this theory until I had it confirmed, even if only by the slightest bit.

I heard a sharp knock on the door, and Mary Alice walked in. She grinned hugely and came to sit by me. She plopped down and sighed. I knew why, too.

She had seen something big in the near future and I had to act quick.

"Umm... Mary Alice? Can you come and help me pick out my clothes for tomorrow?" I asked, and threw Jasper a glance, seeing him perfectly at ease.

I pecked him on the check, grabbed Mary Alice's arm and ran to the back yard.

She was still grinning as I spoke, "Mary Alice, please, please don't tell him?" I begged.

"Why? You want to surprise you lover?" she said, giggling. I rolled my eyes.

"I haven't exactly told him that I even decided to let him, yet." I said, keeping a hushed town.

She gasped with a look of mock horror spreading across her face.

I glared at her and said, "Ha. Ha. Ha."

She stuck her toung out and replied with, "When are you going to tell him?"

I bit my lip. I hadn't even thought about this. "I don't know." I simply said and walked a little away. She put her small hand on my shoulder.

I sighed and knew what she would say; she said it anyway. "You need to tell him. Do you seriously think he'll just try to do it again after two years of you holding it off?"

I groaned. "I know, I know. It's just... it'd feel weird just blurting it out like that – which we both know is what I'll do. It's either that way, or I won't tell him at all."

She rolled her eyes. "Write him a freaking note, Bella. It's not that complicated," she said to me.

I huffed and slumped in my position. My shoulders bending awkwardly. I brushed a fallen bang from my face and thought about my plan.

I really didn't know when I would tell him.

I didn't know how I would tell him.

I realized all at once I needed to answer the questions and that I had no plan on what was going to happen. I clamped my jaw together, pressed my eyes shut until they hurt and breathed in deeply.

I exhaled after a few minutes.

While in my thinking stage, I had brought up a very important question.

What would he do when I told him? Would he immediately pounce on me? Or would he wait?

The answer to those questions were obvious. And for the first time today, Elizabeth made herself noticed in my head.

Question one: you know this already.

Question two: yes.

Question three: you must really be stupid not to know this answer.

I rolled my eyes at this. Thanks for all the help, I commented her, heavy sarcasm coating my voice.

She laughed and I ignored her response. I had learned to block her out occasionally. It was nice to keep my thoughts to myself.

"So what are you going to do?" Alice finally asked.

I turned to her and gave the only answer I could give at this point.

"I don't know."

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Okay, I know this got out really fast, but I JUST finished it. (: the first chapters of a lot of my stories are usually pretty long (: lol Okay, the first book-fanfic-thing has gotten over 500 more hits since I completed it.! :D (yeah that one looks wierd with fangs, w/e) the top song is my new fav song and the last line doesn't have anything to do, but it looked wierd without it. the name comes into the story later, and if all of you are just reading this one and havnt read "What I Found In The Woods" read that one first (: the playlist is: Say Anything (Else) by Cartel;; This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arm's Race by Fall Out Boy;; Sophmore Slump Or Come Back Of The Year by Fall Out Boy;; A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me' by Fall Out Boy;; Sugar We're Going Down by Fall Out Boy;; Presure by Paramore;; Misery Buisness by Paramore;; Vegas by All Time Low;; Chocolate by Snow Patrol;; Seventeen Forever by Fall Out Boy. Wow that was a long list. lol, and the reason it was is because I was helping my frend with music for theyre party and I had to constatnly change songs to hear them to see if they were good for it. (: mkayy, review please and thus ending my chapterly rant. (: