So since Fanfiction is making it impossible to update La Cosa Nostra -glares at computer screen while cursing the admins- I have been pondering ways to possibly... kill/transform/reincarnate Bella XD

I lay on the stone floor, chained to the wall. Why was I here? My mind seemed unable to process anything, no, nothing. My body was rotting from the outside in, making my body sear in numbing pain.

Why?

I lifted my hand to look at it instead of the dreary stone wall directly in front of me. The image of my hand shook, doubling almost as it twisted into something else.

It became a creature.

My eyes slipped in and out of focus as the snakelike creature my hand had become reared upwards. I screamed; wrenching my hand away from me as its fangs came to pierce through my face.

Why?!

Dry sobs hitched in my throat, unable to produce actual tears. There was something utterly wrong with this situation; that was completely undeniable. Yet, I had no idea what.

Where was I?

The last memories I seemed to be able to produce through my slowly throbbing mind was that of Alice, on the plane. She spoke to me softly about what Edward was trying to do. In Volterra...

I was in Volterra...

We had failed to get there in time?

With eyes wide, the memories had flooded back.

I tripped, be flung to the ground within the confines of the fast pace crowd. As I hit the ground, they all stopped without any sign of warning, staring at one source of shimmering light.

My angel.

He was pulled back into the alleyway by a figure, making me scream out to him. A cloaked figure grabbed me up too, dashing into the alley.

What had happened to Alice?

I could only hope she had gotten away.

Edward... I never saw Edward again; rather, I was presented to a council of Vampires. Two of them attempted to use their powers on me, though somehow... they failed.

Canines dug into the base of my neck from behind, the girl attempting her power once again. The world blurred together, the different hues and shapes, becoming something that resembled a tie dyed shirt I made long ago.

A scream ripped through my throat at that moment, before I became completely unaware of my surroundings.

Now... I was here...

My hands slowly came into my line of vision, stopping directly across from my face. They were shaking as before; then again most of my body was probably shaking.

Snowy hands turned into bodies, intertwining upwards. The two bodies came together at the top, forming a head. The snake reared once again, preparing for an attack.

And it bit down into me.