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Four:

Nick's POV:

A few days later, as I was in the living room, reading; when suddenly, a knock sounded, I said as I went to go get it, "Got it."

When I had opened the door, my eyes looked down, and I said, "Headmistress, welcome. Please, come in."

Deputy Headmistress Stone said stiffly as she walked in, "Greetings Mr. and Mrs. Jones, and greeting to you, young Mr. Jones."

Father said, "Greetings Headmistress Bones, Deputy Headmistress Stone, Professors Malfoy, Black, and Snape. Please to meet you all again after many years of troubled times."

Professor Black said, "You informed us of your sub who has not only been missing, but who, in your words, is still alive after leaving not only her owners; but also her mate too. Is this correct?"

Father said, "Yes, Professor Black, that is correct."

Professor Malfoy said, "Have either of you taken action into reclaiming your lost sub?"

Mother said after a moment, "We've... found out a few... current things about her just now."

Deputy Headmistress Stone snapped, "Well, what have you found out?"

Once I got done telling them all that I had been able to find out about Isabella, Headmistress Bones said after a moment, "Young Mr. Jones, go with Plan B, once she's cornered, we'll take it from there."

I asked, "Headmistress, what are you planning to do, if I may ask?"

Headmistress Bones said while looking at me, "Your sub has been away for so long, she has to retain, rethink, and relocate away from here, she's not only broken a few rules while out here, but she's also still alive, when she should have been dead, after all these years..."

Father said, "Plus; she needs to be in control, just because we've come here to take her back with us, doesn't give her the right to avoide, question, nor act in the way that she has been ever since she'd left. She has no right to any of the others, she's ours, and she'll stay ours..."

Professor Black said, "Mind if we pay her a visit? Let us see how she will react to us."

I said, "I know where she stays, Professors."

Father said, "Nick, show us where that wild sub is now staying at."

So I lead them to where she lives at...

oOoOoOo

When we had reached the Cullen home, I scanned the home, however, Jasper stepped out of the home, and he said while he was making his way over to one of the garged doors, "... Em, Carlisle wants us in the living room..."

The big one, Emmett shouted, "Awe! Come on! Rose and I were just about to have fun on Bella's ride!"

Just then, Isabella was by Jasper's side, and she shouted, "Em, you and Rose better not do it, or else it's going to be a not so pretty picture of your Jeep!"

Emmett was suddenly in front of Isabella, and he said, "Bella, no! Not my Jeep, anything but my Jeep! Please, Bella!"

Alice's voice shouted from somewhere inside the home, "GUYS, GET THE HELL IN HERE!"

Rosalie said while walking back into the home, "Just come on, you guys, you all don't want Alice angry again, now don't you?"

Isabella shouted, "No, not that again! We all know how she is when she turns into a stalker, right Jazz?"

Jasper laughed, and he said, "Right, Bella. Heck, you should have seen her when you had died that one time..."

Isabella whirled on him, her gold eyes wide, and she said, "What!?"

Nessie said from the doorway, "Mommy, Jake's doing it again!"

Isabella said while making her way inside, "Don't worry, sweetie, it's Daddy's turn to do it this time, but next time he does that, I'll make him wish that he hadn't even thought about it in the first place."

Edward said, "That should teach you to NOT call her Mommy, mutt!"

Isabella's face looked almost horrified, and she shouted, "HE CALLED ME MOTHER!?"

Just then, Carlisle said as he saw us, "Oh, can I help you all?"

Father said, "Yes, can we please come in?"

Once we had made it inside, Mrs. Cullen said sweetly, "Welcome into our home. It's so nice to finally meet the newcomers in town..."

Headmistress Bones said, "We're here for one of your family members, Madam Cullen."

Before Dr. Cullen could say something, Alice suddenly said, "The twins, Felix, and Demetri... In an hour... Right outside..."

Mrs. Cullen said, "Uh... we also have another problem here too...?"

Jasper asked, "Why are they coming?"

All Alice said was, "They want to talk with us about something..."

Isabella asked, "But why come here, though? They'd never come here in person before... The only time was when I had Nessie when..."

Alice said, "But Bella, what about them?"

Isabella said, "Carlisle..."

Dr. Cullen said while looking at everyone, "After they leave, we also need to leave too... Bella, Nessie, and Jacob, you three know what to do..."

Headmistress Bones said, "Mr. Cullen, sir, may we please have a word with... Bella, if you may?"

Dr. Cullen said while looking at all of us, "Why, of course, you may..."

Isabella says as she walks over to us, "Fine..."

However, when we had got outside; Isabella quickly whirled on us, and she said, "Didn't I tell you all to stay out of it? And yet, you three come here of all places, not only that, but you all just so had to bring even more of your friends with you... I'm going to say this one more time, Nick, and if you ever want to know what's really going on, then it's best if you and your human friends and family stay out of it... So do me a favor, will you, and stay out of it!"

Headmistress Bones said, "You say for us to stay out of it, child?"

Isabella said, "Why, of course, it's our way of not attracting the attention of the humans..."

Professor Black said, "May I ask, why?"

Isabella glared, and she snapped, "Look here, Lady, I don't care, but just know that you all can't be here! If you stay here, then something bad will happen to you and your friends... Like I should even care anyways."

I couldn't help but say, "Well, you should."

Her hardened gold eyes snapped at me, and she snarled, her voice icy, "And why should I do that?"

I said as I made my way up to her, "You found her once, I bet you can find her again..."

Her eyes narrowed, and she cried, "She'll never show herself to any of you again!"

Before I could even do something, Headmistress Bones declared, "Child, stop this at once! You're going to kill yourself!"

Isabella shook with anger, and she said with controlled anger, "I'm not going to kill myself... How can I when I'm already-"

Father said from behind her, grabbing her by her hair, forcing her to look at him, "You listen to me, girl, and you better listen real good, because if you don't, then say goodbye to your family... We have been looking for you for the past twelve years, and not once did you ever return! It's bad enough that your still alive; when you should have been dead after six years... Not only that; but you are now forbidden to ever have any contact with anyone, do you hear me?"

She broke away from him, and she snapped, "You don't even know me, let alone can't control how I should run my life, like hell would I ever want to have anything to do with you!"

Mother grabbed her by the arm, and said while forcefully dragging her to the car, "You're coming with us, young lady!"

Isabella yanked her arm out of Mother's grip, and she snarled, "You have no right to touch me. I'm a Cullen, and will always be a Cullen!"

Then she turned to me, and she said, "If you want to live, then stay out of my life, Nick! If any of us ever catch you or your creeps again near us or our family, then I don't care, I will make sure that either of you can't come nears us again. Got it!?"

I said, "You listen here, I knew that you just had to push all of us away, from the moment we both saw each other, you don't think that I know where you've first found your 'family', as you now call them? I bet they first tried to keep you away from them, but then you just had to go and something reckless, or how about this, maybe you were trying to save Cullen, just so he could make his own claim on you? Tell me this, Isabella, did he leave you once?"

She blinked at me, her gold orbs slightly clouded over, after a few moments, they hardened and narrowed into slits, she glared at me, and she declared, "You think that you may know me, but you don't! You weren't there for me! You never were! Where were you when I almost lost my own life!? Where were you when I needed someone the most!? A shoulder to lean on, someone who wouldn't let me just leave all those bloody years ago!"

I said as calmly as I could, "Well, it's your own fault for leaving without a word to us..."

She snapped, "My fault!? How is it my fault when Mother came to me herself, one day, and she took me to back home, while you all just stood there to watch? How is that my fault!?"

I was about to say something, when Alice cried, "BELLA, GET THEM AWAY FROM THE HOUSE, THEY'LL BE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES!"

Before either of us could move, she had all of us upstairs, in one of the rooms; and she said before walking out of the room, "Don't even think about looking out the window, or sneaking downstairs, we have some guests; and we don't need any of you to interfere. Nick; I'm talking to you."

Once she was gone, Headmistress Bones said after a moment, "What have they done to Isabella?"

Deputy Headmistress Stone said, "We have to alert the Squad, they're the ones who have to try and tame her, if not, then I'm afraid..."

Father said, "But how are we going to even get her alone? Surely the Cullen family is one very close tight family..."

As we all thought of ways on how to get Isabella away from her so-called 'family', we all heard voices from outside, and one said, "... Bella Cullen, you have been invited to attend the Volturi's guard, should you accept, Aro himself would have liked to have you as one of the great Wives of the Volturi."

I growled, "Mine..."

Isabella said after a moment, "I refuse your proposal, Jane... Besides, I've already got a lot to deal with, and now is not the time for that."

The same person, Jane, said, "As you wish, Isabella Maria Swan-Cullen, I shall let him know as soon as possible."

I spat, "Isabella Maria Swan-Cullen! That is what she's known here?"

Father said, "Headmistress Bones, can you please send for the Squad, at once?"

Deputy Headmistress Stone said, "Of course, Mr. Jones, we shall do that right away."

As she made the call; Mother muttered softly, "She's forced us to do such a thing like this, how interesting it'll play out for those who have mislead her down a different path... Such has never been done before, yet, she still refuses to reclaim her submissive side, now that she's awake."

Father said, "Yet, they don't know anything about her submissive side, nor has anyone ever underestimated us in such a way..."

I said, "Mother, Father, will I ever reclaim my mate ever again?"

Mother cried as she pulled me in a hug, "Of course, you will, Nick. You just have to wait until she's under controlled."

I said as a lone tear made its way down my cheek, "I can't lose her, I don't want to lose her, not again, not like this, I can't take it any longer... Mother, I want my mate back, they've stolen my mate, Mother, they took away what's rightfully mine! She's mine, not theirs! Isabella belongs to only me, she's mine!"

Deputy Headmistress Stone said, "You will have your mate back with you soon, young Mr. Jones, don't worry, the Squad is on their way."

The door opened, and in came Edward, who said, "You all can leave now."

I said, "I'd like to have a word with you first, Cullen."

As the others walked out, Cullen moved to stand in the far corner, once the others were out, I asked, "How did you meet Bella?"

He said after a moment of thinking, "Why, we both met at school, she was strange indeed. But after meeting her, I soon realized that she was not only strange, but she's also my Bella. After a few months together, my family and I left, thinking that this was a good way to keep her safe, however... she just only proved to our Leaders that she could not only survive, but also become one of us. A Cullen is what she always wanted ever since meeting us and our Leaders, and so I made her wish came true after giving birth to our daughter."

I said, "If you don't mind me asking, when did you both got married?"

He was about to say something, when Isabella said from the doorway, "Your family and friends are waiting for you..."

I said, "We need to talk."

I thought that I heard a growl from her, she looked at Cullen, who walked up to her; and whispered something I couldn't hear in her ear, in which she nodded.

However, we all heard Alice shout from somewhere in the huge home, "EDWARD!"

Isabella giggled, and she said while pushing Cullen out, "Go, before she becomes an angry pixie, and we all don't want that; if you remember the last time."

He said just before he left, "Also, you know what tomorrow is right?"

Isabella said, "Of course, love. I wouldn't forget what tomorrow is, however..."

Cullen said, "Alice!"

When we were alone, I looked out the window, and said, "When was your wedding, if you don't mind me asking?"

She said, "A month before my birthday."

I asked again, "Tell me this, Isabella, did you ever think that we would find you?"

She was quiet for some reason, that made me look at her, and she said a moment later, after biting her lower lip, turning away from me, "Ever since I met Edward and the Cullens, everything just faded away, but when they left, thinking that I would be safe, I didn't think that it would take Father months for him to make the call, he told me that I needed to go home, I told him that I was home, and that's when he mention my owners, at that, it suddenly dawned on me that I had left you all without a word, I knew that Mother was hiding something, however-"

I cut in, and said softly, "You didn't know where we were, right?"

She looked at me, and she said softly, "Not only that, but I also couldn't find her anywhere, Father never asked me about her, I knew that I wanted to be a Cullen, but then at the same time, I knew that they needed to know about this side of me. The reason why I didn't tell them, was because I couldn't handle it if Edward tried to keep me away from you, I knew that everyone else would be shocked and confused, but there's no telling what Edward or Alice will think of it. Alice, she's like a sister that I've always wanted, but really couldn't have... I knew that she and Edward would try to make me stay away from you, Master, and Mistress; but now that the Founders have found me, there's no denying the fact that I'll have to keep on lying to the Cullens about you all..."

I said after a moment, "Why didn't you tell them in the first place; when you had a chance?"

She said, "Because, I had to keep it all a secret, the very thought of me telling them; it didn't fit in this new life, but I knew, I just knew that when the time's right, that you would find me, I didn't want to have them force me away from you, I couldn't have that, but at the same time, you all had to stay safe, that's why I said for you to stay out of it, I didn't want Master, Mistress... or my mate, to get hurt, and have us leave, in order to keep you all safe. Not to mention that the Founders or the Squad would have me before I could say mutts, I didn't think much of the consequences of revealing my secret with the Cullens, but then at the same time, I didn't want a visit from either the Founders or the Squad... They wouldn't understand me anyway, I've led them on, not to ever mention that I'm a sub, not just any sub, a claimed sub, to be exact. Edward would have tried to change my feelings towards you, or worse..."

I asked, "Why keep it all a secret now? I mean, now that we've found you and all..."

She said, "Too risky."

I asked, "May I ask why?"

She took a deep breath, and said, "Us Cullen folks are... unusually different from the outside world... We keep to ourselves, we're not like you all... I'm not-"

I stopped her, and said, "That's not true, and you know it."

She said, "... I'm not like the rest of the Cullen family... I never was meant to have all of this in the first place, you wouldn't have allowed it, in the first place, wouldn't you?"

I said, "No, I wouldn't have allowed this to become of you in the first place, Isabella."

She said, "Just do me one favor, Nick, that's all I'm asking of you."

I said, "Depends on what it is..."

She said, "Promise me that, when we leave, that you will forget all about us, including me..."

I looked down, and said after a moment, "Then you have to promise me something in return, alright Isabella? It's only fair."

She said, "What is it?"

I bit my lip, after a few moments, I said, "Promise me that, after you all leave, a few years later on, that you will tell them everything. Got it?"

Her eyes widened, and she said, "You want me to... break the Number one rule of a claimed Submissive right?"

I said, "Don't say that I'm your Dominate, just say that you're a Submissive, that's all."

She whispered softly, "Of course..."

I asked, "Can I, at least, reclaim what I had lost, just one more time?"

She slowly walked up to me, after a look into her gold eyes, I gently placed my lips on her ice cold ones, which for some odd reason, felt warm to me; I licked her bottom lip, she thought about it, but in the end, I was able to reclaim what was rightfully mine.

As we both pulled away, she said softly, "I'll take you down to the others."

When we had reached the others, Headmistress Bones said, "Do you have anything to say, Isabella?"

Isabella gasped, and she said, "Headmistress?"

Just then, Deputy Headmistress Stone snapped, "You think that we wouldn't hear of this, Isabella?"

Fear was in her eyes, she looked like she wanted to cry, and she said, "Deputy Headmistress, I can explain-"

"Mommy!"

"Bella love?"

Isabella cried, "Nessie, Edward, just stay right there ok? Mommy's busy right now, don't worry..."

Headmistress Bones snarled, "Well, Isabella?"

Isabella said, "All I want is for you all to be safe, Headmistress, that's all I want."

Deputy Headmistress Stone said, "Young Mr. Jones, is this correct?"

I said, "She has her reasons for keeping us out of it, we both made a deal. Would you all liked to hear?"

Headmistress Bones said, "Explain this deal, young Mr. Jones; if you may."

I said after sharing a glance with Isabella, "She leaves, with the request that I shall forget about her and the Cullen family, while out, a few years later on, she's to explain to the Cullen family that she's not just an ordinary Cullen, that she's to reveal it to them."

Father said, "Son, do you realized what you just said? She's breaking the number one rule..."

Isabella said, "It's the only way for you all to live; if we stay here, then there's going to be trouble, and we don't want that... It's for the best, I'm sorry, Headmistress."

Headmistress Bones said after a moment, "Inform us of your return, Isabella, if not, then you'll have to face not only the Squad; but as well as, the Council. Understood?"

Isabella's eyes shot up, but then they quickly lowered, and she said, "Of course, Headmistress."

Headmistress Bones said, "You may leave, Isabella."

Isabella was about to move towards her 'family' when she suddenly pulled me in for a hug, one is which she whispered in my ear, "Please, just please, don't lose hope just yet... I don't want to lose you... Not like this... My mate."

I whispered in her ear, "I've already lost you, Isabella..."

Her lips soon landed on mine, I knew that this was it, I pulled her closer, she only pulled away, and she whispered once more, "I won't forget you, Master or Mistress, just remember that you have to forget about this... Including me."

I kissed her forehead, and whispered, "I knew that you were going to say that..."

She pulled away at arm's length, and whispered softly, "I shall find a way back to you, once more..."

I said as I took a hold of her hand, "I'll be waiting for you, Isabella. Even if I have to wait another twelve years... Don't you dare give up, and remember what we'd just talked about, my dear."

She nodded, and she said as she slowly moved further away from us, her gold eyes looked like they were filled with tears, "I won't forget you... Goodbye, Nick..."

Alice suddenly said, "Everyone ready?"

Isabella said, "Alice-"

Dr. Cullen said, "You all must leave..."

Father said, "Come on, everyone..."

As we passed everyone, I couldn't help but look at Isabella, just one last time, her gold eyes never leaving me, I forced myself to walk to the car, however, I didn't miss the sad look from Isabella as she stood in the doorway, watching us leave.

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The next day, however, as I walked into Biology, I saw something on my desk, I sat down, looked at it, and read:

Nick;

Goodbye, my beloved...

Isabella

That's when I knew that she was gone.

Never to return.

My lost sub.