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MPOV
I looked at the Cullens. I didn't understand why we were still here. They had emotionally killed Bella when they left, and now we were in the same room as them and they acted like they hadn't done a thing wrong.
"So, you were there for Bella?" Emmett asked cautiously, breaking the silence.
"Yes, when you weren't." I spat. Everyone looked at me, surprised. I was normally the one who was cool, calm, collected and nearly never spoke.
"We left because Edward wanted to." Emmett said getting rather angry.
"Yes, because he was completely thinking about her! When we got to her she was on the verge of killing herself. She was hollow. Why do you think she's into all this music?" I was getting angrier by the second.
Anna ran in front of me and held her hands up to me. "Calm down, Michael. Are you even thinking of Bella? If you make enemies with these people, do you think she's going to be happy with you?"
I growled slightly but shut up. Anna turned to the Cullens. "I agree with Michael to an extent, you guys shouldn't have left, and I'm not saying that I'm going to like you, but I've known Bella as my sister for a while, and I've never seen her this happy. The truth is, she only told you the back story of what happened."
Carlisle looked at us confused. "What do you mean?"
Anna looked at me. "Do your thing and show them."
Alice looked at Anna confused. "Show us? What do you mean?"
Anna looked at her. "He always had an amazing memory, almost photographic. Now he can project memories out to others."
I closed my eyes and began with the memory of when we first saw Bella.
Flashback
A girl wearing a pair of black slacks and a baby blue t-shirt sat in the cafeteria. She was pushing her food around with her fork. She was propping her head up on her left hand, elbow on the table, eyes never leaving the food.
Me, Anna, and Carl walked up to her. "What's bothering you?" Anna asked as she sat next to the girl.
The girl looked up at us with empty eyes. "Nothing, who are you anyway?" She asked us.
"I'm Michael, this is Carl and Anna. What's your name?" I asked her kindly.
"Bella Swan." She answered. She looked back down at her plate and began pushing the food around it again.
"Not hungry?" Anna asked.
Bella shook her head. "It's not as if it's any good, we're all going to die in the end anyway."
Anna laughed slightly. "I've had those feelings before. They fade with time."
"Mine won't." Bella said.
"So what happened to you to make you like this?" Carl asked.
She sighed. "Someone who I thought loved me turned out to be lying, and you know what, I understand why, who could love a plain Jane like me?"
"Shut up, you're not plain." I said nudging her until she laughed.
End Flashback
"So after that we told her that she should start writing songs and singing. So she went out and bought a keyboard, and started writing songs." Anna said.
Flashback
I watched as Bella sat down at her keyboard, she'd been teaching herself to play and had wrote a song, she wanted us to hear it. Her fingers glided over the keys as she began playing.
I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house, that don't bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out
I'm not afraid to cry
Every once in a while even though goin on with you gone still upsets me
There are days
Every now and again I pretend I'm okay but that's not what gets me
What hurts the most, was being so close
And having so much to say
And watchin you walk away
Never knowing, what could have been
And not seein that lovin you
Is what I was tryin to do
It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go
But I'm doin it
It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone
Still harder gettin up, gettin dressed, livin with this regret
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade, give away all the words that I saved in my heart that I left unspoken
What hurts the most, is being so close
And having so much to say
And watchin you walk away
Never knowing, what could have been
And not seein that lovin you
Is what I was tryin to do
Oh, Yeah
And having so much to say
And watchin you walk away
Never knowing, what could have been
And not seein that lovin you
Is what I was tryin to do
What hurts the most, was being so close
And having so much to say
And watchin you walk away
And never knowing, what could have been
And not seein that lovin you
Is what I was tryin to do
Mmmm, is what I was tryin to do
A tear escaped down her face. I looked over at Anna, the resident rock, tears were staining her cheeks. Carl wrapped his arms around her. I went over to Bella and sat next to her. "He really hurt you bad, didn't he?"
She looked up at me, tears glistening in her eyes. "I loved him so much, and I thought he loved me. I guess happy endings don't exist." She closed her eyes. "He should have just killed me instead." She whispered.
End Flashback
The Cullens all looked upset by that one. "You wouldn't believe that was when she was getting better, would you?" I asked them. Their eyes became wider.
"How long was she like that?" Emmett asked, in a low voice.
"Months." I said.
"It took us a while to get her almost happy and then Victoria and the Volturi came." Carl said, snarling Victoria's name and the Volturi's name.
I began thinking about when that happened.
Flashback
Bella was standing in front of us, begging us to run. "Guys, you don't know what you're getting yourselves into, just go home."
I looked at Anna and Carl, then back to Bella. "We know more than you think we know."
Bella looked at us confused, then something clicked in her mind. "Your parents were killed by vampires, weren't they?" We nodded.
"How do you know about vampires, Bella?" I asked her, genuinely interested.
She sighed. "Edward and his family." We all nodded.
"Bella, good to see you again." A voice said from behind her. We all looked up to see who said it. A woman with fiery red hair was standing there smiling sinisterly at Bella.
"Victoria." She gasped in horror.
"Where's your mate now?" She sneered as she walked up to Bella and grabbed her by the neck. We were all frozen in shock as Victoria threw Bella aside. "You're a worthless human, why would you think that Edward would ever truly love you?" Bella was now on the floor crying. I stepped into action.
"Leave her alone!" I shouted, running towards Bella to help her up. Victoria grabbed me and threw me aside.
"This doesn't have to involve you, all I want is for Isabella to die." Bella was lying on the floor face down.
She turned around and looked Victoria straight in the eye. "You will not hurt my friends."
"Well, I might later, they look tasty." Her eyes flashed with danger.
"No!" Bella stood up. "You can kill me, you can torture me. Do whatever you want to me, just leave my friends and this town alone."
Victoria smiled. "What about these friends?" She turned and there were another four vampires holding Angela, Ben, Mike and Tyler.
Bella collapsed to the floor, tears escaping from her eyes. "Please don't kill them." She whispered.
Victoria. "Actually, I think I will." She nodded at the other vampires who sunk their teeth into each of Bella's other friends. Bella cried out and buried her face in her hands. "Awww, I'm sorry Bella. Blame Edward, if he hadn't killed James, I wouldn't be doing this."
Bella looked up at her. "You raised an army of vampires to kill one measly human girl." Bella's eyes became dark from anger. "You must be pretty weak if you have to do that."
Victoria was about to lung for her when someone grabbed her. "I think you've done enough damage for one lifetime Victoria." A calm male's voice said.
Victoria turned and looked at another vampire who was now next to her, her eyes filled with fear. "Aro! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do so much damage, I just wanted the girl."
The one called Aro smiled. "I completely understand, but the Volturi rules are clear." He nodded to the vampire who was holding Victoria who simply tore her head off.
Bella looked up at Aro. "You're the Volturi?" She asked, her voice timid and quiet.
He nodded. "I'm sorry but you and this whole town have seen far too much." Both he and the other vampire turned around about to walk away.
"Carlisle wouldn't be happy with you if you did that." Bella said, her voice now slightly more brave now, but still wavering.
Aro stopped in his tracks. "Carlisle Cullen?" Bella nodded. "How would you know Carlisle?"
"I dated his son, why do you think Victoria wanted to kill me, Edward killed her mate and she wanted to kill his." Bella said, no fear in her voice or eyes.
Aro smiled evilly. "I'm very sorry, but now that this town has seen this, they must be eliminated. Including you and your friends."
"What if we make you a deal?" Anna piped up, her voice with forced bravery in it.
"What kind of deal?" Aro said, interest in his eyes.
"We give up our lives, you can do what you want with us, as long as you leave this town and its people alone." Anna said.
"No!" Bella looked at us. "You guys don't need to do this."
"Bella, we have nothing to live for anyway." I said. "You're going to be out voted."
Bella sighed and looked at Aro. "What's your power?" Bella asked.
He smiled. "I touch someone and I see their memories, everything in their mind."
Bella nodded. "Ok then, here's an idea. If you touch my hand and see my memories, you can kill me and everyone in this town. If you touch my hand and don't see my memories, you can take us four and leave the town alone. Do we have a deal?" Bella held out her hand as if she was going to shake it.
Aro smiled. "Deal." He took her hand and closed his eyes. He then frowned. "Why can't I see you're memories?" He opened his eyes.
"Edward couldn't see me ether." Bella said. "You agreed. Now do what you must."
Aro then attacked us.
End Flashback
"Do you understand why I got angry with you?" I asked them. "We're plagued with the memories of Bella's sadness."
Rosalie looked at me thoughtfully. "You love her."
A.N.- Ok. Longest. Chapter. Of the story so far. I love this chapter. I really do. I think it's very hard hitting, especially the Michael in love with Bella part, that was totally out of the blue where I just realised that Michael was way too protective of Bella so I put it in there to let it fly amongst the pigeons. Review please!
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Thanks to my Beta reader emoTWiLiGHT no witty line because it's half one in the morning and I am sleepy.