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The waves of pain that had only lapped at me before now reared high up and washed over my head, pulling me under.

I did not resurface. (pg. 84 New Moon)

Bella's POV
It had been four months since my heart was ripped out of my chest and stomped on. Four months since I've had a proper meal or more than five hours of sleep at night. Food was unappetizing and the nightmares didn't stay away long enough to get a restful sleep. I spent the first two months completely catonic, not speaking or acting alive at all. It wasn't until I saw the effects my depression had on my father did I snap out of it a little. I made breakfast every morning, putting on a happy face for him, and would become a zombie until he arrived home from work. It had taken two months for my dad to finally believe I was getting better, but really I was just getting better at acting.

It was a typical Sunday, Charlie was heading to La Push to go fishing with Harry and Billy, something he had not been doing since my breakdown and I was glad to see my dad get out of the house for once. I decided not to stick around the house all day so I decided to go for a drive. Leaving a note for Charlie, I grabbed my keys and headed for my truck.
I drove not really thinking about where I was heading, and I didn't realize until I came to the fork in the road, that would lead me to the last place we were happy, our meadow. I quickly found the entrance and parked my truck to the side, and started the hike.

It took me a few hours to find it, but when I got there I wouldn't have recognized it if I didn't hear the stream to the east. The beautiful wildflowers were gone and the tall thick grass was now dead and brown. I felt the hole open up in my chest again, it was like he said, it was like he never existed, the peace and serenity of our meadow was gone it was as if it never happened. This realization caused the hole in my heart to open once again I pulled my knees to my chest and sat there crying,I wrapped my arms around myself trying to hold it together. I don't know how long I sat there crying, but when the tears finally dried and I lifted my head I saw the last vampire I thought I would ever see;

"Laurent?" I could hear the surprise and fear in my voice. What was he doing here? I thought he went to the Denali coven.

"Bella, I was hoping to find you while I was here." He said. Fear instantly coursed through my veins.

"Me? Why would you be looking for me?" I asked trying to keep the fear out of my voice, but was failing miserably.

"Well I must say I was quite surprised when a few months ago the Cullens showed up in Alaska. I asked about you and received no answer, I didn't ask again. When I first met you all they felt so protective of you, but I must wonder, if they cared so much why did they leave you alone? It makes me wonder, did they ever really care?" I flinched at his words.

"I'm sorry young one, I mean no disrespect. As I was saying, a few weeks after the Cullens arrived, an old friend of mine stopped by for a visit. Perhaps you remember her?" he asked with an evil smirk. I knew he spoke of Victoria.

"Judging by your reaction you do. You see she came to me for help. She wanted to avenge her mate. At first she was going to destroy your precious mind reader, but realizing she would be out numbered she decided on you. She's been watching you for quite sometime, but it seems there are other mythical creatures here protecting you. So I offered to distract the dogs of the reservation, imagine my surprise when I find you alone in the woods. I was going to bring you to Victoria but you see it's been a very long time since I've tasted human blood and if I'm going to indulge I think I might as well make it count." Within a fraction of a second Laurent was in front of me, gripping my neck. He bent down and put his nose to my neck, breathing in my scent.

"You're still as mouth watering as you were all those months ago. Don't worry Isabella I'll make this quick." And with those words his razor sharp teeth penetrated my skin which caused a scream to come from my body. I could feel myself slipping into the darkness; my life was coming to an end. Before I slipped into the abyss my last thought was about my father and how the Cullens took away my life.

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I awoke to darkness. Was this death? My thoughts were short lived when I felt the fire. I knew this pain all too well, I hadn't forgotten since that day in the ballet studio. I tried not to scream as my veins filled with lava, I tried to focus on anything but the pain, when I realized I could smell smoke it was thick and had a pungent smell, the smell was so familiar, I tried to place the smell but the pain was overwhelming my chance to think. I suddenly felt my flesh being penetrated again. I couldn't hold it in I screamed, then entered the darkness once more.

Mystery POV
Sometimes I truly despised my gift, I knew we were in the right place and I knew who we were looking for, but I didn't know why or where in this town I would find them.

The girl first appeared to me a month ago, and something told me I needed to find her. Luckily my wife and mate understood my gift and agreed we needed to find the girl. We had searched every state and every town that was similar to the one I saw the girl in. This was our last stop before heading to Canada to search there but something told me Forks was the right town.

I let my instincts guide me and I soon found who I was looking for but not how I expected. The girl I had been seeing was on the ground and a vampire was hovering over her, I knew I couldn't let her die and the growl from my mate told me she wouldn't either.

I went into to battle mode, I charged at the vampire tearing him away from the girl, I threw him a safe distance from the girl and had my mate check on her. I grabbed the vampire and rage took over. I don't know why I felt protective of this human but I knew I had to destroy this vampire for her safety. I tore him limb from limb, the sound of metal tearing filling the forest. I pulled out my lighter and set the bastard on fire and soon purple smoke filled the air and the smell of burning vampire assaulted my senses. I made my way over to my mate and the young girl.

"Can she make it?" I asked.

"Her heartbeat is slow, there's not enough blood to pump the venom quickly enough. Her heart will give up before the venom reaches it. If we don't change her she'll die and I didn't spend a month searching for her for nothing and I can't describe it but I can't let this poor innocent girl die." My mate's eyes filled with venom that would never fall.

"I wasn't going to let her, babe." I took a deep breath, closed my eyes and bit her. I pushed as much venom as possible into her; she screamed then became silent succumbing to the pain. I then removed my teeth and licked the wound closed. In three days she would wake as a vampire and we would find out why my gift brought us to her.

Bella's POV
Time stood still, I had no idea how long I had been burning. I tried to keep my mind off the pain so my thoughts drifted to the Cullen's; I wondered what they were doing right now. My mind filled with images of the vampires who I once considered my family.

Esme the mother I always wanted but failed to have with Renee, I could still picture her with her caramel hair and topaz eyes working away in the garden with a serene smile on her face. I saw Carlisle sitting in his study full of books working on some kind of paper work, his fatherly love and compassion radiating off him. Then there was Emmett and Rose, Emmett with his big goofy smile playing video games and Rose standing in front of a mirror glancing at her never fading beauty. I saw Alice with her perky attitude walking into the house with her arms full of shopping bags and Jasper in the corner of the living room with his nose in a book with a content look on his face. Then came the face that caused a pain worst than the burning. Edward was sitting at his piano, his fingers gracefully gliding over the keys, playing my lullaby with a crooked smile.

The images caused the pain to worsen and I shut off that part of my brain. The Cullen's didn't want me so why should I care about them? They left me without a good-bye and without a second thought. I decided then and there that when I woke up I would run, run far away and forget about the Cullens, like they did me.

A/N So what do you think? Who do you think are the mystery vamps? Next chapter will hopefully be up within a week, and some questions will be answered.

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-The Newest Cullen Kid aka Jessica-