AN: Hey, sorry its taken me a while to update, I've had the most hectic couple of weeks I have ever had in my life, with 4 exams, a show and so much coursework due! Luckily my life is considerably calmer now, with my show over and my next exams aren't until May, yay! So this means I can work on this story, which I hope makes you guys happy! I've been so surprised at how popular this story has been, and please keep reviewing, I love getting them.

Okay, so in this chapter we will continue from Bella's POV, but I promise the next chapter will be Edwards POV, which I know most people are waiting for his reaction for now, enjoy!

BPOV

It had been a very long time since the last time I had apparated, so it was no wonder I didn't get it perfect. I ended up coming out around fifteen feet above the ground, which took me by surprise so much that I didn't have time to adjust my position, so I fell, face first into the snow. Hedwig had been smart, and had flown off of my arm the moment we got here, meaning she was now sitting in a nearby tree looking at me as if to say "that was rubbish".

"It's been a while, okay?" I said to her, getting up and brushing the snow off of me. I was colder than the snow itself, meaning I didn't get wet at all, the snow simply adjusted to my temperature. I took in my surroundings. I was in a clearing surrounded my snow covered trees on three sides, and on the forth side was the small village of Hogsmeade. It was different to how I remembered it; it was nearly pitch black, with only one or two lights on. It didn't feel the same either; it was like it was no longer a safe place. I then brought my eyes up to the hills above Hogsmeade, and there behind the village was Hogwarts itself. This too seemed so different, only a few lights were on, and it did not reflect the happy place I remembered.

"I didn't know it was this bad" I said to myself, feeling incredibly guilty that, while I'd been living happily in Forkes, my real home had been suffering. I then heard a twig snap across the clearing, as if someone had stepped on it. I froze. Harry had told me to be careful when I arrived, but here I was standing in the middle of a clearing, with someone approaching me. I ran at in-human speed towards a small set of trees in the middle of the clearing, and hid myself behind them. Using my vampire senses, I figured out there was more than person approaching the trees, and I soon realised there was no reason for me to be hiding. It took only two words for me to figure out who the people were;

"Bloody hell!" I knew instantly it was Ron Wesley, meaning the other two people were Hermione Granger and my twin brother Harry Potter. I would have jumped out and hugged them right then and there if I hadn't caught wind of their conversation.

"Seriously Ron, you know how babies are made" said Hermione who was obviously very uncomfortable.

"Yeah, but I mean, she slept with a vampire, so how's it…"

"Ron! Shut up okay, I really don't images of my sisters wedding night in my head" Harry said desperately, and if I still could, I would have blushed.

"I just want to know how it's even possible. I mean, vampires don't even have heartbeats, so how did he…"

"RON!" Harry and Hermione yelled together, and I couldn't help but giggle. The group had where now right next to my hiding place, but they hadn't seen me yet.

"It is rather strange though isn't it? I mean, she's married with a baby, and she's immortal!" Said Hermione.

"We all know she can still be killed by the killing curse, so she's being really brave coming back here. Still, I wish we could have gone to her wedding, I mean, she is my sister and I should had been there for her" Harry said, and my heart dropped.

"You know we couldn't have gone mate" said Ron. "She was trying to protect both us and her family"

"Yeah, don't feel bad Harry, and besides, she'll be here soon and we'll see how different she is!" Hermione said happily. I smiled.

"We'll get to see how creepy she is now!" laughed Ron. I chose that moment to make my entrance.

"You know, you really shouldn't talk about a vampire behind their backs, because we can still hear" I said with a smile. I watched joyfully as all three of them jumped and quickly turned towards me, with Ron's face going very red as soon as he saw me. For a moment the three of them simply stared at me, obviously taking in how different I looked. Then, after what seemed like a very long time, Harry strode straight towards me and hugged me. I hugged him back, being careful not to hurt him. I felt him shiver, and I knew it wasn't because of the snow.

"It's been far too long sister" He said to me.

"Well, I'm here now aren't I?" I said back to him, and we both smiled at each other.

"Bella!" squealed Hermione, who seemed to suddenly come back to life and charged straight towards me, knocking Harry out of the way and hugging me. Ron seemed to come back to life too, following Hermione and awkwardly hugging me.

"I'm so glad to see you Bella! You look so different, but in a good way, you're so beautiful! I hardly recognised you!" squealed Hermione.

"Thanks! Trust me, you look different too! All of you do! And I've missed you all so much! I've felt so guilty just sitting around in Forkes knowing you guys were putting your lives at risk!" I replied.

"Don't worry Bella, you had to do it for your own safety, and you haven't been sitting doing nothing, for one you got a horcrux!" Harry said enthusiastically.

"And you've had your own problems what with vampires and werewolves, and weddings and babies and way too many near death experiences" Ron laughed. I couldn't help but laugh too.

"Oh Bella, I'm so sorry we weren't at your wedding, we really wanted to be" said Harry sadly.

"It's okay Harry, like you said, you wouldn't have been safe, and neither would of my family. You had to stay away." I smiled.

"Oh Bella, you don't know how worried I was, how we all were, when we didn't hear from you all those weeks after the wedding. We thought something terrible had happened to you!" Hermione said emotionally.

"No, only something wonderful happened. Well I thought it was, Edward wasn't too keen though" I laughed. "But it was wonderful. I mean, I have a baby now, and she is one of the most precious things in the world to me. Renesmee and Edward are my life" I practically whispered the last sentence. I had only been away from my family for half and hour, and already the hole in my chest that I had when Edward left seemed to be re-appearing. Only this time it was twice as big, because my daughter was missing too. I looked up to see the three of them looking at me with concerning faces. I quickly pulled myself together.

"So, tell me, why are we here" I asked. Harry instantly slipped into information mode.

"We have destroyed all of the horcruxes but three; the diadem, the cup and the snake. We lost the sword of Gryffindor when we robbed Gringotts" I gasped, but Harry carried on. "But we think that there's a way to destroy the Horcruxes in the castle"

"How? What can destroy them?" I asked. Hermione took over from Harry.

"Harry stabbed the basilisk with the sword of Gryffindor, meaning that you could destroy Tom Riddles diary with the basilisk tooth. If we can get back into the chamber of secrets and get more teeth, we should hopefully be able to destroy the remaining horcruxes" And with that I understood everything.

"But once Voldemort knows where in the castle he'll come after us" I stated to Harry, already knowing he was going to say yes.

"He will be furious you're still alive, he will either want to kill you or try to make you his wife again" Harry said. EEWW! Gross, that was the reason I had gone into hiding in the first place. The prophesy stated only two out of the three of us could live at one time. Voldemort decided that he wanted me and him to live while Harry died, meaning I would be his wife. Dumbledore had told me just before he died that I needed to pretend to be dead, because that was the only way he would leave me and Harry alone.

"Well it's a good thing I'm already married." I said sarcastically, thought only Ron laughed. "So we have to get inside the castle, destroy the horcruxes, and then destroy Voldemort once and for all?" I asked.

"Pretty much" replied Harry. "Were going to try and find a way into the castle without being found, there must be a way in from Hogsmeade."

"Well, if there's going to be a battle, I need to hunt. I'm sure there are some animals in these forests, I'll catch you guys up" I told them. My eyes were quite dark, and I needed to be at my strongest for the fight. I could still see, no matter how hard they tried to hide it, that they felt uneasy about this.

"But, how will you find us?" Ron asked uneasily.

It was funny watching their reactions to my next line "I'll follow your scents" I smirked, and they all seemed pretty amazed at this. "Be careful guys" I said to them, before running towards the forest at in-human speed. I heard them all gasp.

Once I was in the forest, I stopped and stood by a tree. I took my phone out of my pocket and turned it on. 14 missed calls, 14 voicemails and 16 text messages, all from Edward. He knew I was gone. The phone rang in my hand, and the caller ID said it was Edward. I let it ring out. Once again, the tears that I could not cry came to my eyes, and I turned the phone off and put it back into my pocket. I then ran further into the forest to hunt.

AN: so what do you think? Please review! Edwards's reaction in the next chapter! MissCatherine96 xxxxxxx