Okay, so the beginning of the chapter in told in third person point of view and then it turns back to first person point of view. And sorry if anything is spelled wring, my spell check wasn't working. The song "A Rumor In St. Petersberg" is from Anastasia. Bella and the Cullens belong to Stephenie Meyer.


The citizens of the underwater town of St. Petersberg started their day like any other day. Swimming towards their run down carts made out of old drift wood, trying to sell whatever they had to someone passing by. The town wasn't the best. Ever since thirteen years ago when the king and princess were killed in a shark attack. But the town continued to try to survive. They at least they had one thing to hold onto.

"St. Petersburg is gloomy!" ~Merman Merchant

"St. Petersburg is bleak!" ~Elderly Mermaid

"My tail fins got frozen floating here all week!" ~Merman

"Oh, since the devisation our lives have been so gray!" ~Trio

"Thank goodness for the gossip that gets us through the day!
Hey!" ~Citizens

"Have you heard
There's a rumor in St. Petersburg?
Have you heard
What they're saying on the street?" ~Citizens

"Although the king did not survive,
His daughter may be still alive!" ~ Merman Merchant

"The Princess Isabella!" ~Citizens

"But please do not repeat!" ~Merman Merchant

"It's a rumor,
A legend,
A mystery!
Something whispered in an alleyway
Or through a crack!
It's a rumor
That's part of our history." ~Citizens

"They say her royal grandmama
Will pay a royal sum" ~Mermaid Gossip

"To someone who can bring the princess back!" ~Citizens

"A sanddollar for this painting!
It's Poesidion, I swear!" ~Blackmarket Merman Sellsman

"Lady Elizabeth's seashells!
Comrade, buy the pair!" ~Blackmarket Mermand Sellswoman

"I got this from the palace
It's lined with real pear!" ~Blackmarket Merman Supplyer

"It could be worth a fortune
If it belonged to her!" ~Blackmarket Sellsman & Supplyer

"It's the rumor,
The legend,
The mystery!
It's the Princess Isabella who will help us fly!
You and I friend
Will go down
In history!
We'll find a girl to play the part and teach her what to say,
Dress her up and travel across the sea!
Imagine the reward her dear old Grandmama will pay!
Who else could pull it off but you and me?
We'll be rich" ~Young Con Man

"We'll be rich!" ~Older Con Man

"We'll be out!" ~Young Con Man

"We'll be out!" ~Older Con Man

"And St. Petersburg will have some more to talk about!" ~Both Con Men

"SSH!
Have you heard
There's a rumor in St. Petersburg?
Have you heard
What they're saying on the street?
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Have you heard
There's a rumor in St. Petersburg!
Have you heard" ~Citizens

"Comrade, what do you suppose?" ~Citizen

"A fascinating mystery!" ~Citizens

"The biggest con in history!" ~Young Con Man

"The Princess Isabella,
Alive or dead..." ~Citizens

"Who knows?" ~Merchant Merman

BPOV

I entered the city with excited circling throughout my entire body. I looked around and gazed upon the underwater town. It wasn't what I was expecting. It looked old and broken and the merpeople didn't look their best either. The excitment that filled my body earlier was now replaced with pity and worry. I swam up to a elderly mermaid behind a cart.

"Excuse me, is this the South Kingdom?" I asked.

She looked at me like I was crazy and then threw her head up and laughed.

"That's funny. No this isn't the South Kingdom, this is St. Petersberg. Why, do you ask?" she said to me.

A sharp feeling ran right through my gut. It was telling me not to say anything about me wanting to talk to the South Kingdom queen and find out my destiny. And another of not to let anybody see my necklace. Luckily my long hair covered it.

"I was hoping to see the kingdom," I answered, "Do you know which way to get there?"

"You're asking the wrong mermaid honey, try asking someone who's actually be outside of this old run down town," she said.

"If you don't mind me asking, why is this town the way that it is?" I asked.

"Well, it didn't always look like this, St. Petersberg was much nicer. Everyone was much happier and the water seemed to be warmer. The South Kingdom royals would even come here. Everyone loved their presence in the town, especaily the little princess. The royals would come around and ask about problems and then they would fix it. But thirteen years ago, there was a shark attack which killed the king and princess. The dogar queen and king were so upset that they stop traveling and only stayed in the castle. Without their help St. Petersberg became what it is today."

"How horrible."

"Yeah, but life goes on. We do have something to hold onto though, there's a rumor going around that the princess survived the attack and is somewhere out there. But you didn't hear it from me."

I nodded and then began to swim around the town, looking for somebody who knew the way to the South Kingdom. I was finally able to find someone who knew, they told me that I had to swim about a mile northeast from here and then it would be in plain sight. I thanked them and began my way there. But somehow in the process I bumped into someone else by accident.

"Sorry," I said and then continued swimming.

"Wait," I heard.

I stopped and turned around, looking at the merman who I had just bumped into.

"Yes?" I asked waiting to hear what he wanted, he swam up to me.

"It's just that I'm looking for girls who can pretend to be the princess, and you're the only one I've seen with all the qualities," he said.

Pretend to be the princess? I understood he was a con man, and he wanted me to be part of his little schem.

"No thank you," I said and began to swim away.

"But Miss please, you'll have the chance to visit the palace in the South Kingdom," he said.

"No, I don't want to be part of your trickery," I said.

"But please..."

"No!"

I saw him reach out and try to grab my wrist. But I quickly swam away towards the north. In less then a mintue I had swam a quarter mile out of town. Wow, I really was fast. I looked in the direction that the South Kingdom was in. Only three quarter more miles to go.

EPOV

We had searched the whole island and Bella couldn't be found anywhere. I was beating myself up inside for causing this to happen. We all gathered back at the house. I was in Bella's room lying on the bed that she had lied on hours before. I took in the scent of my beloved which still lingered on the sheets she slept on. Yet with each breath the familair and wonderful scent seemed to fade more and more. I sighed and closed my eyes, remembering when I was watching her sleep that night. She was so peaceful and beautiful. And now she was gone. I opened my eyes and saw that Alice was leaning up against the door frame.

"She still loves you," she said to me.

I let out a dry chuckle, "You keep saying that and yet I can't believe you."

"You mean you won't believe me until she's back here in your arms," Alice said.

I didn't responed, I couldn't. Alice sighed, walked fully into the room, and sat on the end of the bed. I sat up waiting for her to say something. Alice leaned in closer to me. And then, it felt her hand connect to my face, slapping me. My hand flew to where she just slapped and a hey made it's way out of my mouth.

"Well you deserved it, you are so stupid when it come to love," Alice said, "Edward, you two are soul mates, be grateful. Some people aren't able to find their wasy to their's."

Alice continued to shout at me, going on about how me and Bella were soul mates and how I was such an idoit not to see it. It went on for about five mintues until Alice became quite and her eyes became glassy. A vision. The vision was very fuzzy, but I was still able to watch.

Bella was next to a man, only from the shoulders up were showing. The man looked shaddy.

"No thank you," Bella said and then began to move away from the man.

"But Miss please, you'll have a chance to visit the palace in the South Kingdom," the man said.

Bella seemed tense, like he was talking about someplace that she was heading towards.

"No, I don't want to be part of your trickery," Bella said.

"But please..."

"No!" Bella shouted.

The fuzzyness of the vision became stornger and over took the who picture leaving nothing to see but fuzz. The vision ended.

Alice and I looked at each other. Bella was heading towards someplace called the South Kingdom. We ran out to tell everyone about the vision and then we decided that we would got to the little island tomorrow and ask around about this South Kingdom. Hopefully getting some clues about where Bella was.


Wondering about who this king is? Well...you'll just have to wait and find out. Hoped you liked my speacil gift of two updates in a month rather then my usual one update per month. Please review.