It has been three days since the Cullen's confronted Bella and exposed her for what she really was. In those three days nothing had happened except Bella getting checked up upon regularly by one of the Cullen's to make sure she didn't run away and kill someone. Most of the time it was Emmett and to be fair he didn't hide it like the others did. He would stop by Bella's apartment and speak to her get to know her a little bit better, which she appreciated.

Just yesterday Bella got a phone call from Alice to confirm who was going to be going to South America with her and Bella was pleasantly surprised by Alice's answer. This led Bella to her current place in time, which was on her second plane of the journey. The first had been Port Angeles to New York. There they spent a brief two hours in the airport before getting on plane number two, which was destined for Brazil.

Bella had the window seat and stared out the plane, watching the clouds float by. After just a moment of watching them her gaze zoned out and stared without seeing. She was confused, greatly so, with the people who had come with her. Those people being: Alice, Rosalie, Tanya, Kate, Jasper and Emmett. Yet there was no Edward, or Irina, or the rest of their respective mates.

Shaking her head, Bella sighed, hoping they would arrive at their destination soon.
Once the plane landed in Manaus, the group gathered their stuff and headed for a hotel they had already booked prior to flying out. With it being late at night: 11:30 PM, they all thought it would be a great idea to turn in and start looking for the books in the morning.

Bella agreed, only because she was tired and could do with some rest. Being only half vampire Bella could feel the heat and humidity and it made her feel rather sick and weak. After they reached the hotel, Bella was caught off guard by a certain pixy.
Alice booked enough rooms for four people, but didn't tell either Rosalie or Bella that they would be sharing a room together.

They also missed out the little fact that their room was the only room that had a double bed. With Rosalie not needing to sleep and Bella needed to, Rosalie wasn't too upset with Alice, but she wasn't happy about the fact that she had nowhere to sit with the bed being the only thing she could sit on otherwise she would be standing all night.

After Alice dropped this on them, she made it very clear she didn't want any complaints from either of them. Rosalie was the first one to start complaining and Bella was right after her. Bella tried her best to switch rooms, but no one was having it. With Alice and Jasper being mates, and Tanya and Kate being sisters. So Bella had tried with Emmett.

But his answer was that he was male and needed alone time to think about things: most likely his mate but it was enough after that for Bella not to want to switch rooms with him. Besides, he only had a single bed to himself.
Said woman was stood in the room; arms crossed and scowl on face when Bella returned from her failed mission. Rosalie's bag was dumped beside Bella's in the corner. Both bags were bulging with clothes and item. The group were only going to be staying at the hotel for one day but after that they would be living in the jungle. It was a good job they were a group of vampires or they wouldn't be able to do it with all the dangerous animals and diseases they would be encountering.

Walking past Rosalie silently, Bella made for the bed but was stopped by Rosalie. Confused, Bella stood in the middle of the room as Rosalie sniffed her before scrunching up her nose in distaste.

"What's the matter?" Bella found herself asking. Did she smell?

"You stink, Bella. Go for a shower first before going to sleep. You won't have time tomorrow morning." With that the blonde made her way over to her bag, unzipped it and took out a book before zipping it back up, leaving a confused Bella standing in the middle of the room still.

Shrugging her shoulders, Bella made her way to the small bathroom and turned on the shower. An hour later, Bella hopped out the shower, feeling refreshed and got changed into her pyjama shorts and a tank top. Opening the bathroom door when she was done, Bella stopped in her tracks in surprise. The room was dark, a small lamp was on and Rosalie was reading her book.

Bella couldn't see what it was but it must have been good if she was that immersed in it. The one thing that really made Bella stall was that Rosalie was in the bed, under the covers and all she was wearing was a black tank top that revealed more skin than Bella had ever seen. Curiously, Bella's eyes briefly snapped to Rosalie's breasts before blushing and looking away.

This caused Rosalie to look up and snap at her, "What are you blushing at?"

Shaking her head, Bella hastened to answer. "Nothing. I, uh, just thought I would be in the bed alone. You might find me annoying when I sleep."

Rosalie smirked a little before speaking. "Do you kick?"

Bella was caught off guard by her question as she got under the covers. The bed was a double, but still small and Bella could just feel Rosalie's skin against hers, sending delicious tingles across her body. Blushing again, Bella realised that Rosalie was or must be wearing shorts too. "No, I don't kick."

"Good."

Bella yawned, closed her eyes and frowned softly. She was this close to Rosalie, the closet she had ever been: her supposed mate, yet she didn't feel whatever Alice was on about when you find "the one." One thing was for sure though, Rosalie, her presence and scent was driving Bella insane but also made her relax. It was that which let her drift into a deep slumber.

Bella awoke at around 6:00 AM from the light spilling in the room through the hotel curtains and was surprised when she rolled over onto Rosalie to see that the blonde was still reading her book. Embarrassed by what she had done, Bella pushed herself off of Rosalie who didn't look happy.

With a red face, Bella mumbled a, "sorry."

This seemed to make Rosalie frown before she shook her head. "It's fine. It's still early." Rosalie pointed out the last bit with a rare smile directed at Bella who could only feel awkward. "Uh, yeah, it is… so…"

"So?" Rosalie repeated after Bella.

Scratching her head, Bella tried her best to come up with a conversation. "So, uh, do you know Brazilian?"

Bella watched as Rosalie smirked. "You mean Portuguese."

Bella blinked in confusion. "Uh, sure," she replied.

"Is there anything to eat?" She directed towards Rosalie who pointed towards the small fridge in the tiny kitchen.

With a frown, Bella walked over to the small fridge and grinned. There was a blood bag and a sandwich, both curtsy of Esme and Carlisle. They didn't want Bella to kill again. Taking both, Bella started with the sandwich before drinking the blood bag. Once she was done, Bella felt better, more relieved and found she was staring at Rosalie with fascination.

The blonde was now dressed and ready to go: she must have got ready when Bella was eating. Bella let her eyes rake over the woman's form. The blonde was wearing grey cargo trousers and a light blue button up shirt. Her sleeves were rolled up and her top button was undone. Her shoes were simple hiking boots, black yet still stylish like the rest of her clothes.

Bella felt herself stare in awe at the beauty in front of her. Still staring, Bella wasn't aware at the glare the blonde was shooting at her. "Why are you staring?"

Feeling a blush come to her cheeks, Bella looked around the room before walking over to her bag, grabbing some clothes and dodging Rosalie's overall question. After getting changed and freshening up, Bella now stood in her room, her bags over her shoulders and in her arm.

Rosalie stood next to her. "Bella, come on." Her voice snapped Bella out of her thoughts. Spinning around, Bella headed for the doorway where Rosalie stood and held the door open for her.

"Thanks," she mumbled.

Walking out into the hallway, Bella did a double take in surprise. Everyone was here like planned but the biggest thing that stood out was on the smallest person there: Alice. The pixy haired women had a massive sun hat on her head and yet still the same attitude and smile. "Come on guys, this is going to be so much fun," she squealed excitedly.

Emmett clasped his giant hand on her tiny shoulders. "Yeah, I'm sure. The only thing is we'll be traveling another sixty two miles before we reach where we want to go."

This seemed to knock Alice off a bit before she regained her hyper-ness back. "Yeah but that's not too bad, Em. The only thing we have to worry about is the wet season."

This caught Bella's interest. "Wet season. What does that mean? And how will it be a problem for us?"

The pixy laughed. "Oh it won't, but what it means is that you will be safe, thanks to Rose. I'm sure she'll keep you safe."

Bella frowned and looked to Rosalie. Safe? Rosalie would keep her safe? What the hell did that mean? Bella had and would never be safe, not until she had what she it is she needed and was here for: the books.

"Okay guys. There's two taxis' down stairs and both are going to our destination. I want Tanya, Kate and Rosalie to go with Emmett and Bella will come with us."

This caught Bella by surprise. She was sure they would have put her with the most people. They went downstairs and loaded their bags and luggage into the trunk.
With loads of people walking on the roads, the taxi man was shouting at them all, in Portuguese: a language Bella was yet to understand. Once he finally managed to drive at a decent speed he went at 65MPH and oddly enough it only took them an hour to get to their destination.

The Amazon rainforest: the beginning of their journey. The taxi stopped and Alice paid the man before thanking him then getting the bags out of the back trunk. Bella couldn't help but feel nervous. Staring right ahead of her was the forest. It was foreboding in size, green and staring right at her. Bella felt like it was almost challenging her.

Flats and houses were right behind her and in front of her was the start of the forest, the contrast was startling.
"Bella, you all right?" Jasper asked calmly, gently placing his hand on her shoulder.

The brunette nodded her head. "Yeah."

The man didn't look convinced and Bella knew he was using his powers to make her feel better. There was a loud rustle and Bella snapped her head around to watch as Emmett pulled a map out of his pocket and stared at it dumbly before Kate snatched it out of his hands. "I worry about you Emmett. You're a vampire that can't even read a map."

The man threw his hands up in the air. "Go easy on me, Kate! I'm not as great as you!"

Kate grinned in response. "All right. Well, Carlisle marked this map with directions to where he thinks the books are being kept and by the looks of things, Carlisle has written down on the map deeper than any human has been before. This of course is very dangerous."

The group seemed to be in deep thought before Tanya spoke up, her hands on her hips. "I wonder what that means…"

Alice bobbed her head, a wicked grin on her face. "Guys, I think we should have a vote to see who carries all the bags."

Collectively, everyone started smirking, expect Bella and Emmett, who had a look across his face as if he had just lost his puppy and then watched it die. "If you want Emmett to carry them, raise your hand."

Everyone raised their arms. Looking around, Bella frowned but slowly and dutifully raised her hand much to the disappointment of Emmett, who pouted in the most unmanly way. "Aw man. What is this, sabotage? Even the new chick is against me! I thought we were going to be BFF'S Bella?"

BFFS? Bella raised an eyebrow at Emmett who grumbled and took everyone's bag. There were only three football sized bags, which Emmett with exaggerated groans and nearly falling over his own feet from the "weight." The rest were school bags and Alice and the others wouldn't give over their bags, enjoying winding him up much to the annoyance of Emmett, who certainty didn't think it was funny.

Once they were ready, Kate put the map into her jean pocket before marching towards the forest. The group followed behind Alice who was second in line and running to the front. She wanted to be the leader and Bella walking slowly behind with Rosalie by her side. Bella couldn't help but blush as she stared at Rosalie's strong arms and wondered what they would feel like wrapped around her. Would they keep her safe?
Rosalie could feel Bella's blush and turned to look at her. The blonde looked angry, upset even and Bella felt sad that she may have upset her then she was confused as Rosalie smirked.

"Hey guys, we're going to get wet a lot and will need to get a small boat of sorts," Jasper pointed out as they stopped beside a dirty looking river. It was wide enough that it couldn't be jumped and had young kids running about and swimming in the shallow end of water. This meant they had no choice but to act like humans.

They acquired a small wooden raft that held two and so took a lot of trips to get them all over to the other side. Using Carlisle's map direction, they headed north. Even walking at human pace, Bella was overwhelmed by the sheer size of the jungle and the things that lived in it. They had only been walking for twenty minutes and Bella was turning her head left and right to see animals of all sorts peering at them.

Some of them were in the trees, others from the floors and some who walked out in front of them. Yet every animal had the same look: one of fear when they crossed paths with the group. They instinctually knew they weren't the biggest predators here: the vampires were. Up in front Emmett jumped onto a fallen down tree and fell threw it, the bark breaking under his weight.

This caused his leg to smash through the tree and get stuck. Everyone roared with laughter as Emmett tried to get his leg out and because it was stuck his leg was lifting up the tree as he tried to pull his leg out. With a growl the bear of a man bent down and used his fist to create another hole and get his leg out. Emmett turned to look at everyone and laughed.

Bella was surprised when she looked at her watch and saw it was already 4PM. Had they been walking that long already? It hardly seemed like they were any deeper into the forest than they were this morning. As if knowing her question, Alice spoke up. "Humans still live in this forest and we don't want to expose our self which is why we won't be running vampire speed and this forest is massive. It's going to take a little while before we reach our destination."

Bella frowned softly to herself. This forest was that big? Nodding her head glumly she listened as Kate decided to add in on what Alice had said. "The dangerous part is where the books are being kept. That's at least halfway in, according to Carlisle's directions anyway."

As they marched on, Bella's ears opened with every step they took. This forest was alive but Bella was taking no chances. If there was a books here, hidden by the Volturi then there would be some sort of protection to make sure they were safe. But what could it be?

"Up ahead is another small river." Emmett's voice rang down to Bella's.

It seemed to her that every twenty minutes they would reach some sort of small river. In single file, they followed behind Emmett and entered the small river. The cold water reached just below Bella's knees and she couldn't help but shiver to herself, the coldness seeping into her bones. They walked on even further, the forest now turning black and the blue sky disappearing to be replaced by stars.

With nightfall came the stopping of the hike. "All right guys, this will do. Tanya, Kate and Emmett will scout about to make sure this area is safe," Alice called out.

Emmett threw down the bags he was carrying and walked ahead with Kate and Tanya. "Okay Jasper, set the tents up. Rosalie, start the fire and Bella, you can help me," Alice finished the last part off with a smile.

"Help you with what?" Bella asked, confused.

The small girl let out a laugh. "Why, giving orders of course."

This made Bella grin. It took ten minutes before everything was set up and Emmett, Tanya and Kate came back laughing from something. "Everything is all right. It's all good."

Alice seemed to be pleased before clapping her hands together. "Ok, so we all have tents if we want to do something."

It was weird that almost everyone simultaneously went off into their tents at once. Emmett took the farthest away one while Tanya and Kate took one of the three that were around the fire. Doing the math Bella could see that there was one tent short and so did Rosalie.

The blonde growled at her sister, her tone was icy cold. "Alice, where the fuck is my tent?" She demanded as Alice hit her head, playing dumb. "Rosalie, I must have forgotten to pack it. I'm so sorry!"

The blonde growled again, crossing her arms. "Then what the fuck am I going to do?"

The pixy smiled while putting her finger to her lips. "Well, you could always join Bella's tent. I'm sure there will be enough room for two." The way Alice said this, Bella was positive the small vampire had this all planned out.

Shaking her head, Rosalie snarled, "what the fuck, Alice? You planned this!"

Again, Alice acted dumb before shrugging her shoulders. She suddenly grabbed Jasper's hand and dragged him away to their tent. Still angry and annoyed, Rosalie mumbled, "I'm away for a hunt."

Nodding her head, Bella felt a bit upset that Rosalie was leaving her like this. Bella felt she had done something to upset her. Bella unzipped her tent and cringed to herself. The size was small, really small and the sleeping bags were made for one. But with Bella's size she was sure there would be enough room for Rosalie. Stepping back out, Bella grabbed her bags and Rosalie's and dumped them into the tent.

Bella changed into some sleeping wear, closed the tent behind her and climbed into the sleeping bag. At first there was no sound of anyone. This made Bella nervous and had it not been for Rosalie unzipping the tent, climbing in, then zipping it back up Bella might have thought she went deaf.

"Uh, R-Rosalie?"

The Blonde who eyes now shone a brilliant gold rather than the darker gold they were, earlier tilted her head. "Yes?"

Bella spoke but was somewhat intimidated by the Blonde. "I can't hear anything…"

At first Rosalie's face was completely blank before she suddenly laughed it was off. It was melodious to Bella's ears and the brunette began to wonder what she had said.

"These tents were specially made Bella. You can't hear anything because they are sound proof."

Looking around, Bella felt herself frown. "Why?"

Rosalie smirked again yet there was a deep sadness in her eyes that Bella could make out. "It's so that we can do stuff, without the other's hearing, you know… mate stuff."

Catching on, Bella nodded her head then shivered to herself.

"You cold?" Rosalie asked.

Bella nodded in response. The Blonde looked around before opening her bag. She took out two things: a book, the same one she had been reading in the hotel and a jumper. It was black and looked like it was made of silk with the way it shined. Rosalie handed it to Bella.

"Here, this should help keep you warm."

Bella felt touched by Rosalie's kindness. She took the jumper and slipped it on, sniffing at the sleeves. Bella blushed, Rosalie's scent of Honey and Cream wrapped itself around her. She sunk back under the sleeping bag. "T-thank you."

Rosalie gave Bella a smile before grabbing her book and slipping into the sleeping bag with Bella. This time, her legs and arms rubbed against her, making Bella close her eyes as the tingles made their way up all over her body. "What's wrong with you?" Bella spoke quietly to Rosalie who looked confused.

"What do you mean?" She spoke just as quietly back.

"Your smiling: happy, one moment. The next, you are angry and sad. Why?"

Rosalie seemed to ponder her answer before speaking. "Bella, I had a very sad life as a human or well at least towards the ending of it anyway." The blonde's face was hard as Bella stared at it.

This was obviously a tough thing for her to talk about. "I sometimes come across as sad and angry because I'm jealous and when I'm happy, which is rare, its always for a good reason."

This got Bella deep in thought. Rosalie was quite cryptic. "Okay. Well, uh, thanks for letting me know."

Bella yawned to herself before finding her head on Rosalie's shoulder. She felt the blonde tense before relaxing. Bella was too snuffed up into Rosalie's scent to care. She closed her eyes and welcomed tomorrow.

Loud bangs caused Bella to awake with alarm. A hand reached out to her shoulder. "Hey, it's okay. It's just some thunder," Rosalie's voice hit out at Bella.

"Y-yeah, t-thunder." Shaking her head, Bella grabbed some fresh clothes from her bag and changed in front of Rosalie, a blush was across her cheeks the entire time. She handed Rosalie's jumper back to her with thanks before unzipping the tent and stepping outside. The first thing Bella did was breathe the fresh air, the sounds of birds whistling and various other noises meeting her ears.

"Bella, good morning." Alice appeared at Bella's side, a bright grin was across her face.

"Uh, hey Alice, what's up?"

Alice actually looked up before shaking her head from side to side, grinning. "Okay guys, five minutes and we're out of here," Alice shouted to everyone before slipping her hand on Bella's back, guiding her towards a fallen down tree. "Bella, today we are going to speed things up a little."

Confused, Bella spoke just as quietly back to Alice. "What do you mean?"

The smaller girl just chuckled. "I mean running at our own speed. If we do that then we will get there today."

With a frown, Bella pondered this. "But I thought you said didn't want to run like normal because humans live in this forest. And why the sudden rush?" Bella was genuinely curious as to why Alice wanted to speed things up.

"The wet season, Bella. It starts tomorrow and that means half of the forest will get flooded, including where the books are being kept. If we don't get there tonight well we might never have another chance. The books could get damaged."

Nodding her head in agreement, Bella turned around to see Rosalie walking towards her. She was carrying Bella's bag. "Thanks," she said, taking it off her hands.

"Well, should we get going?" Bella said, putting her bag on her back.

Once they were all ready, they ran through the forest at full speed, blurring past everything yet still keeping their eyes out for any suspicious activity: humans including that. What would have taken them days, maybe even weeks walking at human pace, they achieved in less than fifteen hours. They ran non-stop and only took a break to hunt and in Bella's case, drink from a blood bag Carlisle gave her. At quarter past nine at night they finally came to a stop beside a river.

It was flowing freely and Alice declared they would stop here for the night and continue tomorrow. They were close now at least, according to the map. Not yet ready for bed, Bella decided to go exploring. She followed the river which seemed to be gathering pace and followed it for another twenty minutes before the sound of a waterfall hit her ears.

Following the sound Bella's ears twitched as did her nostrils, a scent hit her nose: the sickly sweet decay she was growing far too familiar with. The sounds of voices could be heard and it sounded like someone was arguing. Creeping along silently, Bella hid herself in a bush about half a mile from the river and now the waterfall that she was staring at took her breathe away.

She was clearly on top of a cliff and in a circle. Bella could make out the cliff face on the other side. It was covered by trees, loads and loads of trees. The way it dipped down really was magnificent and Bella wondered if any human had been this far in before or down there. The trees looked so old, like they had been there forever. The voices came from below and Bella sneaked out from behind her bush and looked down the cliff.

Bella frowned. She couldn't see anyone and the voices were slowly disappearing too. With footsteps coming behind her, Bella spun around in panic only to come face to face with Tanya and Kate. Both didn't look happy. "Did you guys hear that too?" Bella asked, feeling rather intimated by them.

They both nodded their heads. "Yes, we heard," came Kate's slow reply.

Other footsteps approached Bella's ears but she didn't panic, knowing who it was. "What's going on?" Alice's voice rang out to us before Tanya answered, "we are not alone here."

The way she said it made Bella shiver before turning back around and staring at the forest valley. Below, she could make out a waterfall on the other side of the cliff. The water dropping below made Bella wonder where it all went. A loud crack made everyone jump.

"Shit, what was that?" Emmett spoke into the night loudly.

Before anyone could have answered, the spot where Bella was standing on gave way and the last thing Bella remembered before hitting the ground below was the cries of the people above her.

AN: Not much action in this chapter but the next one will have plenty. Thanks everyone for all the reviews/favs/follows in the recent chapters they have been great.

Thanks to LeighJ11 for being my beta.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight/The Originals.