--So yeah. I know the last chapter was short, but it was in preparation for this chapter.

'Boys and girls of every age

Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Follow us and you will see

This, our town of Halloween'

Again with the Marilyn Manson song XD

NOTE: The chapter is entire flashback unless otherwise noted. If you don't read this and are confused, don't PM about it. The stuff in italics are the Cullens' reactions. Okie?

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Disclaimer: I own a Gaara shirt, Kakashi shirt, FullMetal Alchemist calendar, a home-made InuYasha necklace, a Naruto Headband, and a few pairs of socks. But not Twilight/New Moon

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Chapter 11: Changes

Bella lay down in the middle of the meadow. She wiped away another stream of tears as she looked up at the stormy sky. She had finally found the meadow after searching all day. She had left Madison with Charlie so she could get out. Once Madison was born, she opted to get an apartment just out of town.

She heard someone walking up to her. She looked up to see Laurent looming over her.

"L-Laurent!" She shrieked, coming to an unstable stand. Esme and Carlisle stared at Bella as she spoke, surprised. Jasper and Emmett's jaw dropped, Rosalie didn't care, Alice had heard it before, and Edward tried hard to keep the growl inside himself.

"I really didn't expect to see you here…" He grinned.

"Isn't it the other way around? I do live here. I thought you'd gone to Alaska."

"You're right. I did go to Alaska. Still, I didn't expect," he paused and smirked at Bella. "When I found the Cullen place empty, I thought they moved on."

"They did move on," Bella said forcefully.

"I'm surprised they left you behind," he mused. "Weren't you like some kind of pet to them?"

Bella's heart sank. "Something like that." Edward scowled, unable to hold it back.

Bella took a nervous step back, towards the edge of the meadow. She slowly planned her escape.

"Do they visit often?" Laurent took a step towards her.

"Lie," Edward's voice in her mind told her.

"Wait a second!" Alice interjected. "You never told me about hearing Edward's voice!" Bella's eyes shifted nervously. She opted to ignore her and continued on with her story when she caught Edwards gaze on her pale face.

"Now and again," Bella lied, just as the voice had told her. Edward felt a sharp pain in his stomach. Bella had loved him. And he still left her. He thought he was doing the right thing. He thought it was safer. "The time seems longer to me, I imagine. You know how they get distracted…"

"The house smelled as if it had been vacant for a while."

"You must lie better than that, Bella," Edward's voice urged.

"I'll have to mention to Carlisle that you stopped by He'll be sorry he missed your visit. But I probably shouldn't mention it to…Edward, I suppose." It had been harder than she thought to say his name. Emmett, Jasper, and Alice glared at Edward, who didn't notice. He was fixated on Bella."—he has such a temper…well, I'm sure you remember. He's still touchy about the whole James thing."

"He's touchy about everything…" Emmett muttered. Edward glared at him, but quickly returned to Bella as soon as she continued her story.

"Is he really?" Laurent sounded pleased. Bella nodded.

Laurent took a casual step towards her.

"Don't move," the voice whispered.

Something hit Bella. "Why are you here?"

Laurent smirked. "As a favor to Victoria. But she wont be happy about this."

"About what?" Bella blurted out.

"Killing you," Before she could run, Laurent came at her. She had time to reflexively take a step back and throw up her hands in front of her. Laurent clasped onto her hand. The same one James had bitten, but only in the same area. Bella rubbed her hand as she spoke.

Bella heard Edward's voice yelling for her. But there was another voice; a familiar voice that was hidden. It wasn't so much a voice as it was a snarl. It was like she had recognized the snarl. She fell to her knees as Laurent was suddenly torn off her.

"Bella!" The voice in her head called. "Run! Run away!" She could barely hear the voice anymore. It seemed to fade out as the fire in her hand spread. She screamed involuntarily.

"Bella!" The voice was Jacob now. She thought she was hearing Jacobs voice, too, until she saw him run to her side.

"After that, everything's a blur. Everything except the pain," Bella ended softly. "Jacob said I kept screaming out two names. Madison. I wanted to see Madison so bad." No one needed to say Edward's name. Everyone knew that was the second name Bella had been referring to.

"It was a year before I could control myself to see Madison. But only if three of the wolves were there. She was two and a half before I could take her to live with me. Jacob took care of her while I couldn't."

Everyone was silent. Alice stared at Edward, who glared back. He slowly shook her head, probably in response to something Alice had mentally asked.

"Not. Now." He sneered.

Alice's face smoothed over. "Bella…"

Both of them looked towards the front door just as Christopher burst in and slammed his back against the door, locking it.

"Christopher! You son of a bitch! Let me in!" Madison banged on the door. Then it was silent.

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Okay. I was hoping to put this up when I had 100 reviews, but no such luck. So I'm putting up now. Let's hope I have around 105 before I update again. I have to take the PSAT in homeroom today, then we have 3rd block (of four) and then I go home straight from lunch. I'll update again later. (I started writing this chapter at 1 AM and it is now 7AM. Lol.)

Please review!

OH YEAH! CookieLover92 asked, in chapter 7, if Sprite was good with Nestlé chocolate mix. Honestly, I have no idea. By MY theory, wouldn't it just be like, really nasty chocolate soda? Or no? I'm going to try it one day. I came up with it because my friend was singing (rather loudly) about chocolate mix, and I was thinking of which Kool-Aid to mix into the Sprite at my Sweet Sixteen birthday party. Lol.