Chapter 1 - Going to Las Vegas and Meeting the Crew

After Edward, the young boy who had been stalking me, since I moved to Forks, had raped and abused my body and soul, I had thrown myself into my studies and graduated high school with the highest scores on their records.

Dad was proud of me and he was happy that I had become healthy again, after everything that I have been through. He knew what that boy had done to me, after stalking me all the time.

After Edward raped me, I told my dad of his stalking and that he was in my room at night, watching me sleep. Dad had asked me how I knew that, and I told him that I had caught him, in my room one night with his shirt on the floor. He tried to jump out of the window, but I stopped him and confronted him about being in my room. I told him to stop and to leave me alone and when he left, I closed the window and nailed it down so he couldn't open it from the outside.

One day he followed me home, when I least expected it and he attacked me. He brutally raped me, abused me, and almost strangled me to a point that I lost consciousness. He just left me lying there, broken and bleeding.

Dad had been furious, that he had fled in such a cowardly way. Dad paid his parents a visit, and they were shocked to think their beloved son had done something like this, but angry and disappointed, that their youngest had done something like this to the chief's daugther of all people in this god forsaken town.

When their other children (his adoptive siblings) got word of their brother's acts, they rushed home only to see my bruised and broken body, getting out of the car after being released from the hospital, where I had to endure humiliating exams. They were angry, sad and horrified and the promised to help catch him.

He hadn't succeeded to kill me, when he strangled me and I was very scared that he might come back to finish me. Even now, after two years, I am still afraid of unknown men around and I didn't allow hugs or even touching.

The school thought it was a joke when they found out, but after they had seen the evidence, they had been horrified and angered that a boy in the school had done something like this. They became more protective over all the girls, and had even set up a security shift up to ensure the safety of all the students.

After many months of breakdowns, I started healing with the help of my closest friend, Tyler. Tyler was the first boy that I had hugged after the rape, when he had said that he would be there for me forever, and that he would help me through it all.

Dad, the teachers and my friends had never been as proud of me as they were that day.

Jake was another thorn in my side. He wouldn't take no for an answer, and one day when we were at the beach he tried to touch me, so I punched him. Tyler supported me, as I told him to never touch or call me ever again and that I hated him, and that I would never love him in that way he wanted me to love him in, as his own father too wanted for his only goddaugther, whichi felt more gross over, my dad from that day told Billy Black off and told him to stop this shit or he would lose him and me for good as friends and family. After he didn't want to believe that, my dad broke it up from him being friend and family to him.

His sister that was home for the holiday asked why, and I then told the whole fucking La Push crew why. To say that they were in shocked and angry was an understatement. Paul, Rachel and I were very close since we were kids, and when Paul learned of what that monster had done he swore to find his sorry ass and beat the crap out of him.

He asked where he was, and when I told him that Edward Cullen had fled like a coward, he was more determined to find him.

After a couple of months Edward's family made him believe, that it was safe to come back as I had fled to Phoenix. He came back, he was arrested for rape and attempted murder, and he was sentenced for life in prison.

After that shit, I could finally move on with my life though I would never be the sweet innocent Bella Swan. I had grown a lot and pushed myself to success. And I made something of myself, and now I was on my way to Las Vegas, to start over.

After 2 days of driving I arrived in Las Vegas and stopped at a café. I called Dad, to tell him that I had arrived safely, and then I called Ty and told him to take care and visit, whenever he could and he promised that he would. Then I went inside to eat some breakfast.

While I sat there, everyone broke into catcalls and the door opened and in came three huge guys. One had tattoos on his muscular arms. All three was dressed in black and I wondered what the commotion was about.

I heard the bald guy with a beard say: "I wonder how the new season of Ghost Adventures will be!" They sat down at my table without seeing me so I said: "Er hi!"

They jumped and the older looking one with a shaggy beard said: "Oh! Hi. Is it ok for us to sit here?"

I smiled and said: "Of course it is, please sit down!"

They smiled back in thanks and sat down and I introduced myself: "I am Bella, Bella Swan. Who are you?"

They looked at each other, and then the tattooed guy said: "I am Zak; those two are Aaron and Nick. We have this programme called Ghost Adventures!"

I looked up and said: "I've heard of it." I smiled at them but I knew Zak saw something in my eyes, because he looked at me in concern but he didn't say anything.

"Do you need help with anything in the program?" I asked hopefully.

They looked at each other before Nick said: "Well, we do need a woman's touch in it, as well as someone who are good at doing research on the places, that we visit!"

I smiled and said: "I am good at research. In high school, I did a project on the spirit world, and how it could affect the living people in both good and bad ways, and what kinds there are of the unknown. So if you want me to join, I would love to!"

Aaron asked: "Have you ever experienced a spirit then? It sounds like you have, if you don't want to tell us it is ok!"

I just smiled softly at him, as I rummaged in my bag and took two painkillers. I still experienced pain especially, after sitting for so long, before turning back to them and saying: "When my grandmother died, I saw her ghost or spirit in my father's house. When she visited, she always pushed me to move on and try harder. She especially helped me through my last high school years. I wouldn't be the same or as strong as I am now, if she hadn't told me to move on and let the past go. That made me push myself harder in my studies after my attack!"

I stopped, as memories of the attack flashed before my eyes. They could see the pain on my face, Zak reached out and laid his hand softly on mine, and the others followed. I just smiled in thanks.

After a while, our food and drinks arrived and Aaron said: "You spoke of an attack, what happened? If you are up to talk about it?"

I said softly: " I am ok to talk about it, I mean I still hurt because of it, but I am able to talk about the night that I got attacked by a long-term stalker. He was a bit older than I was and he stalked me everywhere, and when I threatened to tell my dad, who is the Chief of Police, he became violent. One day when I was on my way home and dad was on night shift, he attacked me. He raped and beat me before he strangled me, running off leaving me unconscious, bruised and bloody. Dad found me 2 hours later. I lived in fear, scared that he would come back to finish me until he got caught by my dad."

They were shocked into silence. After they recovered from their shock, we got to talk again and after we finished eating, we went outside and drove to Zak's home to talk about the program and my roll in the show.