Well, im saying right now i did pretty awesome on the exams! In celebration, this chapter is longer than the others. hope you enjoy! :D

Well, read on!

I knew it wasn't a long distance, but my muscles couldn't take it anymore.

I stopped and allowed the ocean to swallow me up.

The last thing I saw was a flash of red heading towards me.

EPOV

2 years, and 1 week later… (1 week after Bella escaped)

I had been everywhere. I had gone to everyone. And still no sign of her.

I sighed quietly, looking out onto the horizon where the sun was beginning to set. It was beautiful, but nothing compared to what I once had. Thinking about her again, I automatically clutched her necklace, which hung around my neck (if anyone laughed, criticized, or even looked funny towards it, I let them know quickly just how much it meant to me, and that they shouldn't say anything.). I unclasped it, something I did frequently, and read the words inscribed upon it once more.

"…Although everything must always come to an end, no matter how perfect it is, love, forbidden or just, will last forever…"

I hope so.

I was to drawn to the necklace I hadn't notice Alice sneaking up on me.

"I miss her too…everyday I think when I wake up about going to see her, but then I remember…" I nodded meekly at her words, knowing what she meant. I too woke up, picturing going to her bedroom and watching her wake up, or bringing her breakfast.

"It's just…why did that mutt have to be there? If he hadn't show up then, things would have progressed just fine." I said, sighing in exasperation in the end. She nodded at my words, but then sadness crossed her face briefly, but then left as soon as I looked.

"What?" I asked, adding just a hint of authority to my voice. She looked away momentarily, and took in a sad deep breath.

"Its…I mean, even if he hadn't shown up, we still would had had to tell her, sooner or later. And she was smart, so she would have figured it out." My eyes widened at her words, not out of anger, but out of recognition. In a sense, it was true…

…but would she have reacted the same way?

Suddenly, she grabbed the necklace from my hands and inspecting it, a bit of confusion crossing her face. She shook her head lightly before handing it back to me.

What kind of locket has some strange symbols on it? What the heck are they suppose to mean? – Alice

At first, I ignored her thoughts, but then I sat straight up, completely confused. What symbols? It was clear lettering to me. I looked at her sideways, seeing her still slightly confused, but getting distracted by the sunset.

"Alice, what are you talking about?" I said a bit aloud. She turned directly towards me, knowing what I meant but still confused.

"The symbols. On the locket. Don't you see them?" She pointed to the necklace in my hands. I looked down; checking it all over, but their still was no sign of any symbols of any sort. I looked back up with my eyebrow lifted skeptically. She looked at me like I was crazy and pointed once again to it, but closer, and drawing what she saw.

"Alice, I don't see any symbols. Just this inscription." As soon as I finished, her eyes grew as wide as saucers and she jumped up and down happily. Ok, she was helpful, but very creepy at times.

"Uh, mind telling my your acting like a little kid high on sugar?" She practically ignored me, and went on with her happy dance, whatever the cause. I watched in amusement, and a bit of impatience, wondering if she had a personality disorder. She could be as fierce as a mind blowing storm or as happy and chipper as the sun.

"Remember when we were young and I used to be in that magic stuff?" She finally spoke after a few moments. I nodded, remembering that phase quite well. Her "Alice has gone Loco" phase. She had been into witchcraft or all that creepy stuff. We had been the only ones that had known. If not, she would have been either been killed or tortured or exorcised.

"Wellllll, I was into the jewelry said to possess magic, and one day I entered this strange shop, and I had seen a necklace close to that. The shop-keeper, guessing it was a witch, had told me it was a soul mate necklace."

"…Your point?"

"She told me that all you had to do was burn a piece of hair from the person you wished the necklace worked with. Anyways, the necklace could only be read by one person, and that person was the necklace's wearer's soul mate. The one they were destined to be with." No way. There's no way a monster like me could be meant for someone like her…

Alice smiled smugly next to me, obviously figuring I finally understood. Without knowing, a giant smile spread across my face, thinking about Bella and me together…

"Oh my god…Eddie's first smile! I need to preserve this moment forever! Quick, someone, gimme an easel and paintbrush!" I sighed, completely irritated. Emmett. Of course. The goof ball knew exactly how to ruin a moment. I turned and gasped quietly when I saw the entire crew behind me, smiling widely. (Except you know who.)

I was about to say something when I saw their faces drop, and terror and anger took over. I looked over my shoulder and a loud sneer escaped my lips.

Black ship.

* * *

"What do you want, mongrel!?" I sneered, trying to restrain myself from ripping his throat out. If it wasn't from this bastard, I wouldn't have lost Bella!

He smiled smugly, knowing exactly why I was pissed. "Look, I was just seeing if you've know about what's happened to that little girl of mine. Or should I say my fiancée?" No! He was the one that had taken her!

…Fiancée? I felt my heart practically break in two.

"What have you done to her!?" Rosalie screeched from my side. She too was holding herself back. She may not have been that close to Bella, but she still felt protective of her. I admired her for that.

"Nothing. She came to us. And boy, does she make a good looking cleaner! Too bad she's dead though…" I was prepared to lunge, but the moment his sentence ended, I froze. Bella…dead?

I collapsed to the floor, barely hearing his laughter. I barely noticed him leaving. I didn't even notice my crew surrounding me, pitying me. I didn't care. All I felt was inner pain, and loads of numbness.

If lightning struck me, I wouldn't feel it.

I had just lost what I cared about the most permanently.

BPOV

All around me was darkness. I barely felt anything, just the constant slow beating of my heart, getting weaker and weaker every minute. So this was death. At least it was painless. As I slowly felt my life slipping away, I saw my life flash in my mind one last time. My parents…my friends…my precious necklace, the last memory of my father…the party…waking up in a strange new place…being told of my parents' death…my new friendships…my new life…Edward…running away…being captured…and now death.

Suddenly, I felt a slight tug on my arm, but barely acknowledged it. A few moments later, a felt something warm on my neck, as if a soft wind was blowing there. I heard faint whispering close to my ear, spirits come to take me perhaps, and then an excruciating pain in my neck was developed, and moments later, it was as if fire were shooting threw my veins…

One thing for certain, I wasn't dying.

* * *

As the fire receded from my heart, which had completely stopped, I began to sense things surrounding me. I could tell someone was beside me, shifting his or her weight once in a while, I could smell the ocean, so I knew I was close to a shore, and a heard the wind blowing threw leaves, which sounded close to me, directly above me if I wasn't mistaking.

Opening my eyes slowly, I inwardly gasped, seeing my vision becomes 1000 times better and clearer. I was right about the leaves, seeing large palm trees above me, and then looking to my side and seeing the vast ocean, coming again and again in waves, as if it was trying to swallow the island whole. I turned my head to the right and sucked in a breath. I was starring directly into solid guarded sliver eyes. Whoever it was leaned back a bit and I saw her profile completely. She was definitely not human, seeing the transparent pale skin, the high lined features, and the predator and graceful movements.

She had a mix between a heart shaped face and a round one, making her look kind, until you looked into those cat-like dangerous eyes that is. She stood up, gazing down at me emotionless, and I could she was quite tall, about 5 feet 10, from my point of view. She had tight fitting black and red clothes and a blood-red cap with black intricate patterns on her head, and a leather captain's hat on top, hiding her hair, if she had any.

"Well, at least she's ok…" She mumbled to herself. Had she saved me?

"Who are you?" I asked, but my eyes widened at the sound of my voice which now sounded like bells. She smirked slightly, seeing my reaction, but it quickly disappeared. She seemed to deliberate for moment, the looked back down at me and practically hardened her gaze on me.

"Myra. What's yours?" Interest seemed to glint in her eyes momentarily, so I took the chance to make her like me somewhat.

"Isabella Swan, but call me Bella. Where am I, by the way?" Curiosity was starting to get on my nerves, so I couldn't hold it back. Her eyes softened, making hope of becoming her friend grows stronger. I so did not want to be on her list.

"I call it Midnight Island. It's where I've lived for a while with my friends. I guess you could say we're people who either ran away from forced marriage to breaking the law and not wanting to be caught. As for the name, it's because every midnight the way the moon shines on the island, it's as if magic surrounds the place." I nodded, liking this already. Maybe I could hide here for a while, until I knew for sure Jacob had forgotten about me, or found some other girl to harass and enslave.

What was I thinking?! Why the heck was I this shallow suddenly?

"Myra, what happened exactly?" For a moment she looked pained, the next she was back the her unemotional look.

"I was taking a walk and saw something along the horizon, and swam out to get you. You were on the verge of dying, so I sort of saved you. If you can't guess, you're a vampire now, and so am I…been that way for a while too…" I had to strain to hear the last part, but still got it. Wait what!? I was a…a. bloodsucking monster?!

She must have seen the look of disgust on my face, because she frowned instantly and her eyes grew hard again.

"A 'thank you for saving my life' would be gladly appreciative. Look, I know it may not be the first thing on your wish list, but it was either that or death." She turned to walk away, but slowed down to a complete stop, and sighed heavily. Even from this angle I could tell she was sad, because of the way her shoulders drooped instead of that confident and fierce stance I had seen earlier.

"You can come stay with us if you want…we stick together, me and my friends, and if you need a place right now, ours is available to you." I stood up, gasping at how fast I did it, and followed her quietly while we trekked threw the deep forest.

After a few minutes, we arrived to a beautiful meadow, filled with wild flowers like roses, lilacs, orange blossoms and more. It was surrounded by a lush and extremely green forest, every color intensified, either naturally or because of my new sight. In the middle of the meadow were 4 giant oak trees, wide enough to fit 7 people together and still being able to not be seen from the other side, and about 150 meters high. Wow.

And each tree had a very nice tree house, quite close the top, which was quite high, and the middle of the trees were actually dug out, with a rope dangling in the middle, probably leading to the top were the houses were. The trees were placed in a perfect circle, and in the middle was a bonfire where 2 other girls sitting side by side, laughing at something. Suddenly, Myra cleared her throat and both the girls stood up. Both came to us, smiling at me with kindness, and introduced them.

"Bella, these are my friends, Serena," She gestured toward the one with long wavy dark brown hair, with hazel fierce eyes and a very confident stance, "and Lucinda, Lucy for short. Or as she prefers, Erin, which is her middle name." and to the other who had long curly blond hair, a long face but with an amusing expression, as if she was always like that, and ice blue eyes screaming she was fun to be around.

"No judging the name! Lucinda is way too sweet. Erin's better." The one with long blond hair said, completely serious, but Serena was laughing hard, while Myra smirked slightly.

"It's not funny!" She yelled, and Serena had to purse her lips and bite her cheek to stop from laughing.

"Anyway, welcome to your new home Bella." Myra said before heading for one of the trees. I smiled, feeling safe surrounded by these people.

Maybe I was finally home.

…Or maybe home was on a certain ship out a sea, a voice in the back of my mind spoke.

So what ya'll think?! XD Well, there you go! chapter 10! Review!!...please?! XD:P