I own a random hot pink metal piggy bank that is huge and full of money (last time I counted there was over £200 in there) but I don't own this.

Chapter 1 - five months after Day Break.

Bella's point of view:

I lay limply on the ground. Conn had had me for five months now and I hadn't hunted since. My strength had all but deserted me and even though I was still slightly stronger and faster than a human I wasn't by much and I would tire quickly.

Conn had teleported away to hunt and I surveyed my surroundings for a minute. I was in a forest somewhere and it was quite warm and quite humid. Maybe I could catch the sound of an animal and hunt quickly while he was gone. I let my sense of smell and hearing expand and soon found a deer about half a mile north. I dragged myself to my feet and jogged forward. The deer was drinking at a stream and I knew I had to act fast because I couldn't chase it down. I tensed my muscles and leapt forward, landing on the deer's back. It bucked and I snapped it's neck, my teeth instinctively finding the vein at it's neck. The hot salty blood ran down my throat and I felt some of my strength returning. I searched for another animal - something bigger if possible - and caught a horrible scent from behind me. It smelt like really sweet wet dirt. Eww. I spun and found Conn a few metres behind me, his face stern.

'I thought I told you to stay put,' he said grimly. I crouched down and hissed at him.

'I decided this would be more beneficial,' I told him.

'I'd watch your tongue or I'll hurt you again,' he told me. I spat at his feet.

'You can't rule my life. Not now. Not anymore. You used to scare me but you know what? This time I'm not scared. You just bore me. You hit me and tear limbs off but I don't feel the pain. You know why? Because I'm past the point of caring. You can't make me love you and you can't dictate my life,' I told him and he looked shocked by my speech for a second. Then he grinned wickedly.

'It's a shame it doesn't hurt anymore. That means I'll have to find something that does,' he told me and grabbed a handful of my hair, pulling me to him. 'Or maybe pain isn't quite the right thing. Maybe humiliation would be better,' he said and pulled out a video camera. 'Maybe we could make a little tape and send it to your family. I'm sure they'd like that,' he ripped my clothes from my body and threw them somewhere. He put the camera on the stand and pressed record. A little red light came on. 'Bella! Smile for the camera!' He said cheerfully. I rolled over and brought my foot up sharply, meaning to kick him straight between the legs. He was faster though and he caught my foot first. He twisted it sharply to the side and I heard a sickening snap.

'Ha! Again you fail! It didn't hurt! Try something else,' I spat in his face and he wiped it away.

'Fine. I will. Like I said. Maybe pain isn't the way to go. Maybe humiliation is,' he said and grabbed me by my hair again, producing a knife from his pocket. 'Everybody say bye bye to Bella's hair!' He called cheerfully and started to cut it off. When I had large chunks of my hair missing he smiled at me. 'What do you think of that?' He said nastily and I burst out laughing.

'You loser! Did you honestly think that would humiliate me!? Did you forget my power!?' I howled with laughter. I snapped my fingers and my hair reappeared as normal. Conn scowled.

'Stupid bitch,' he growled and started to punch and kick me viciously. I was still laughing my head off when Conn let up. I faced the camera.

'Hey everyone! You don't need to rush finding me this time because he's just trying too hard! It doesn't hurt and it isn't humiliating. It's funny as fuck!' I cried cheerfully, a smile on my face. Conn slapped me.

'Listen up you slut. If you even say one more word today I will rip your arm off,' he growled in my face.

'And it won't hurt. We've already discussed this,' I told him. He frowned at me for a second then the glint returned in his eye and he glared down at me.

'Maybe. But what's the one thing you've always hated?' He asked and I knew what he was getting at. I hated it when he raped me. It made me scream and not in pleasure.

'You wouldn't. Not on camera. Not in front of them,' I said and his smile turned mocking.

'Wouldn't I?' He asked, smiling leeringly at me. Then he turned to the camera. 'Ladies and gentlemen. Prepare to see the one and only thing that has ever made Bella well and truly cry,' then he turned back to me and stroked my face. I shook his hand off and spat at him. Then he took his clothes off and faced me. I clamped my legs together as tightly as I could. He put his hands on my knees and wrenched my legs open. He crawled up me then pushed himself into me. I screamed loudly and started to punch and kick at him.

'Get off of me! Get off! You sick bastard! What is wrong with you!?! Why can't you let me live a normal life!?!' I screamed as loudly as I could. He slapped me and a few bones in my neck cracked. I snapped them back into place and I glared at him.

'I told you not to say another word today. It would be wise to listen to me,' he said darkly. I punched him in the face but my new-found strength was already dwindling again. I didn't, however, stop yelling.

'No! You fucking jerk! I hate you! Get off me! Someone help! Please! Help me! Edward, help me, please! I'm sorry!' I screamed, the desperation ringing through my voice. Conn came and got off me, putting his clothes back on. I curled myself into a ball and started to cry. Conn just laughed and walked to the camera.

'See everyone. Bella's having fun. Just like she said,' he said into the microphone. Then he walked back and stamped on my stomach as hard as he could. I was okay for a second then I spun onto my hands and knees quickly, facing the camera, and started to vomit all the blood I had just had. Conn crouched down next to me and pulled my hair from behind my ear so he could whisper something to me. 'And that's what happens when you hunt when I say you can't,' he whispered then pulled some duct tape out of his pocket. He tied my arms behind my back and my feet together so I couldn't walk or use my arms freely. 'Now stay there. I'll be back in a few hours,' he told me and walked off, leaving the video camera to record.

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A few days later. Edward's point of view.

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We hadn't stopped trying to find Bella apart from to hunt but we couldn't find anything. Demetri said he was teleporting around too much to track him and Alice just got visions of a forest. Then Aro called us into one of the more modern rooms. This one had a sixty-something inch plasma screen TV in. Aro was in there and so were Marcus, Caius, Demetri, Jane, Matt, Victoria and my family.

'Ah, Edward. You're here now. Good. We got a tape from Conn about ten minutes ago and I thought it only appropriate that you all should watch it as well,' he said and clicked the tape into one of the wires coming out the TV. He pressed a button and we were suddenly confronted by a picture of Bella. She was naked and her eyes were nearly black. Then Conn's voice came through.

'Bella! Smile for the camera!' He said cheerfully and walked forward to her. She ignored the camera but spun over and tried to kick him between the legs but he was faster and he grabbed her ankle. He jolted it and there was a sickening snap that made everyone flinch and hiss. Bella didn't even wince.

'Ha! Again you fail! It didn't hurt! Try something else,' she barked out then spat in his face. He wiped it away contemptuously.

'Fine. I will. Like I said. Maybe pain isn't the way to go. Maybe humiliation is,' he said and grabbed a chunk of Bella's hair, pulling a knife out his pocket. 'Everybody say bye bye to Bella's hair!' He called cheerfully and started to cut it off. We all hissed as he continued to cut chunks away. 'What do you think of that?' He asked her and to our utter surprise Bella burst out laughing. I zoned out for a bit as Bella laughed while he beat her black and blue. Then he said something that made her expression horrified. I zoned back in.

'You wouldn't. Not on camera. Not in front of them,' she said and his smile turned mocking. I looked around and it became apparent that no one else new what they were on about.

'Wouldn't I?' He asked her before turning back to the camera. 'Ladies and gentlemen. Prepare to see the one and only thing that has ever made Bella well and truly cry,' he caressed Bella's cheek but she shook it away and spat at him. He didn't respond but took his clothes off and Bella closed her legs together as tightly as she could. Oh god, please tell me he isn't going to ... He wrenched her legs open and crawled up her before pushing himself into her. Bella started thrashing and screaming. I heard sobs and when I looked Esme, Rosalie and Alice were all crying tearlessly, holding their mates, too horrified to take their eyes away from the screen. Jane started to sob as well and, seeing as she had no mate, she clung to my side, burying her face in my chest.

'Get off of me! Get off! You sick bastard! What is wrong with you!?! Why can't you let me live a normal life!?!' She screamed loudly. He seemed to loose his temper and he slapped her, hard. A few bones snapped as her head whipped to the left. She didn't show any signs of pain again, just righted her head.

'I told you not to say another word today. It would be wise to listen to me,' he said darkly. She punched him in the face and I couldn't help but notice how weak it was.

'No! You fucking jerk! I hate you! Get off of me! Someone help! Please! Help me! Edward, help me, please! I'm sorry!' I reached for the screen when she screamed my name and I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder. It was Carlisle.

'It's okay. We'll find her. She'll be safe soon,' he told me but it didn't relieve the overwhelming guilt I felt. I looked back to the screen and Conn had disappeared again. Bella was balled up, her knees pulled up next to her chest, sobbing into her knees.

'See everyone. Bella's having fun. Just like she said,' Conn said into the microphone. Then he walked back into the camera's view and stamped on Bella's stomach as hard as he could. She looked okay for a second then she whirled onto her hands and knees and vomited a load of blood everywhere. Conn leant down and pulled some hair out of her ear whispering 'and that's what happens when you hunt when I say you can't,' to her. Bella had obviously gotten away and managed to hunt which was why her eyes weren't quite pitch black. Conn stood up and taped her arms behind her back and her feet in front of her. 'Now stay there. I'll be back in a few hours,' he said and walked off. Bella's eyes followed him for a minute before they flickered back to the camera.

'I love you. I'm so sorry,' she whispered to the camera, her voice cracking several times. My heart tore but I didn't understand why she was saying sorry. She started to work at the tape holding her together and managed to get her arms free. Then she used her hands to free her legs. She tried to stand up but fell over again, too weak to hold her own weight. She lay on her side and pulled her knees to her chest, balling herself up. It started to rain and within a minute she was soaked to the bone, no clothes to protect her. She looked up again, her eyes blacker than anyone's I'd ever seen before and she hauled herself to her knees again.

'There isn't any blood left in my body now. I only survived seven months last time because I had fed recently and he didn't make me sick. I'd hazard a guess that I have a few days at most left to live now. I want to say a few things to you before I go. Dad, thanks for everything, the presents, the support, making me laugh whenever I felt like I was going to cry, saving me all those times. Marcus, Caius, thanks for not getting to irritated with me and thanks for sticking to being vegetarians,' she laughed slightly but it was like a whisper.

'Demetri, sweetie it wouldn't have worked out but I love you as a friend. Jane, honey, love you forever, but I don't think batman's going to make it out of this one alive.'

'Matt, you are the most awesome brother ever, our endless flirting never ceases to make me smile. Victoria, thanks for saving me and looking after me. At least one of us got our happy ending right?' She asked and Victoria sobbed into Matt's chest. Matt just looked at the TV with scared eyes.

'Theo and Rosie-' She broke down when she said their names only to recover herself in a few seconds.

'Theo and Rosie, my special little angels. Don't get in any trouble at school and behave now. You've gotta help papa and auntie Jane and grandpa Aro now okay?' She blinked a few more times before continuing.

'Carlisle, thanks for being like a second father to me and stitching me up every time I fell down. Esme, thanks for being an awesome second mother and always looking out for me. Jasper, Rosalie, I'm sorry I never got to know you better but I always thought of you as my older brother and sister. Emmett, you're the most awesome big brother ever and I love you to pieces. You know that right?' She laughed weakly. 'Alice, you're my sister and my best friend and I actually kind of enjoyed shopping with you. I'm going to miss you so much,' she smiled slightly then broke down in sobs once more.

'Edward. Edward, promise me that you won't get yourself killed. Move on and find someone else. I love you so much. More than anyone else, even Theo and Rosie. I'll never forget you ever. I-' She broke down, sobbing hysterically for a minute before she recovered herself. 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I went with him and that I didn't fight harder. I'm sorry that I decided to hunt instead of running a few hours ago and I'm sorry that I'm going to die. I love you honey. I really do,' she said with a weak smile. Then her eyes widened at the sight of something and the camera cut off. Esme, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper and Emmett were all sobbing as were Aro and Jane. I reached for the TV screen.

'I love you too. And it isn't your fault. I forgive you totally,' I whispered back and felt someone's arms wrap around me just before I fell to the ground. I was placed in a chair and I drew my knees up to my chest, shaking my head side to side. I'm not sure how long we stayed like that for but suddenly Demetri cried out.

'Yes! I've got it! I've got him! I know where she is because I can feel the nothingness next to him!' He yelled happily and everyone's head snapped up.

'We'll go now. Demetri lead the way,' Aro snapped and we all ran out the castle as fast as we could.

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Three days after they received the video. Bella's point of view.

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Conn hadn't returned after he had picked up the video camera. His words to me were.

'If I can't have you nobody can,' I'd lain unmoving on the floor since then, hoping I could regain the strength to hunt or my prey would come to investigate me. No such luck. I sent my senses out again and smelt a small deer a hundred metres to my left. The scent was driving me wild and I tried to move myself towards it. I managed to get my arm to move a few centimetres forward before it flopped back down limply. I drew in a deep breath and managed to move my legs so they were bunched up against my chest before my strength deserted me. Fatigue overcame me and I felt my eyes drifting together, my mind slipping into the sleep I knew I would never wake up from.

'I love you Edward,' I whispered and my eyes shut for good.

'No!' Someone screamed and I blacked out totally.

Tada! The first chapter for the sequel is here. What do you think?

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