Side note: Takes place after Edward leaves Bella alone in her room to see his family
As I let the warm shower wash away the evidence of my sexual encounter with Edward I sighed. I was so sick of feeling this way about someone who obviously didn't feel the same way. Apart of me wanted to scream my love for him, but the other rejected part of me wanted to hold it inside. I didn't know if he still believed that I didn't remember him or if he even registered how much I still loved him, but I just couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't live a double life or bask in revenge especially when I loved him. I was just so tired of everything and the only thing I was sure of was the fact that I wanted out of here and away from the sadistic vampires who had captured me. I was still so angry and disgusted that they would probably get away with everything they had done to me, but some how my need to survive and live a peaceful after life made me realize that I wanted to leave this hell hole and fast. I quickly got dressed in a black wife beater and black skinny jeans with black leather boots. I made my way to the mirror appraising myself and sighed. My hair was down and lay in ringlets down my back, my eyes were still crimson and my skin was so alabaster. I never would get use to looking like some kind of angelic monster when all I really was, was a prisoner left in a world I never knew existed and in a fate I never wanted.
Unfortunately I didn't have much clothing as the clothes I had now were one of the only pair I had here when I was human that weren't degrading and uncomfortable so I didn't need to take anything with me. In fact there was nothing here that I wanted to take except for maybe Edward's heart. I just wanted so badly for him to love me back and I knew I needed to tell him before I left that I loved him even if he didn't want me. As I stood and readied myself to leave and find him I caught a scent I had not been expecting to smell, mint and forest. I knew the moment I smelled him it was too late and he was already here so I put on a brave face and waited patiently for him to make his presence known. I didn't have to wait long as Demetri knocked my door off its hinges and came towards me roughly pushing himself up against me. He was wearing his usual black cloak and long sleeved black t-shirt with dark leather pants and he was fuming at the mouth with obvious rage.
I didn't need to be an empath to feel his aggression nor did I have to be a mind reader to know why he was enraged in the first place. He didn't seem to mind telling me as he grasped me to him and pulled my lips to his in a hard demanding kiss. I was disgusted and horrified as he tried to claim my lips relentlessly. I could feel him frown when I didn't respond and he pushed me away when it was clear that his presence did nothing for my arousal except of course diminish it. When I felt my body slam against the wall and the impact do some damage I trembled with hatred. I picked myself back up into a crouch position as Demetri stood before me with a smirk on his face and he chuckled as I prepared myself for battle.
"Bella really my pet you actually think you can fight me off, better yet you think you can outrun me? You're a newborn and your mind is only on one thing, blood. You don't even know how to use your newfound abilities to protect yourself and you might as well be human again. I mean you were defenseless then and your still defenseless now. The only difference is you can take more pain and I wont have to go so easy on you when I fuck you of course. I think I will enjoy this in fact I think you will like it judging by the way you liked fucking that sad excuse for a vampire. Now it's a pity I will have to be really rough with you, but apparently I need to remind you, who you belong to. This isn't about love like with that pussy Cullen who loves you so much its about obedience. You will learn to obey me and forget about your love for him or I will kill him." Demetri chuckled evilly as he made his way towards me.
I put my hand out in a gesture to stop and surprisingly Demetri humored me as he stopped for a moment to look at me. All of what he had said registered in my mind, but above everything else was the fact that he just told me that Edward loved me. Understanding came across his features and he let out another sadistic laugh as I let out a strangled cry. "That's right the poor fucker still and always did love you and now he thinks you hate him. I made sure he knew or rather 'saw' how easy it was for you to betray him and it really was too easy to make you think he didn't want you. I don't even know why I bothered telling you, but I figured it would add on to the pain I will soon be inflicting on you for not being a good little bitch. That's neither here nor there and my patients is running thin, I haven't had a release in two days so take your fucking clothes off and get on all floors like the dog you are and get fucked."
Demetri stood a foot a way from me now as the sadness seeped into my heart and then his words played over in my head, all of them, every horrible word and every horrible lie and I was almost psychotic. I trembled as I rained in my anger waiting for him to notice that I did not obey his demands and would not go down without a fight. This bitch as he so eloquently put it was done being someone's porcelain doll to play games with. I was or I use to be a person and I would no longer have to stand by and take this kind of treatment ever again because this time I wasn't as fragile. Because this time I didn't need to worry about survival I just needed to worry about my strength and speed. I would wait for him to make the first move and I would take him down as best as I could, for me, for Edward, and for every human life he destroyed.
"I will never let you fuck me again nor will I ever be yours. I love Edward and I will always love him. You won't stand in the way of that ever again." I screamed.
Demetri sensing my new found determination and registering that I was not listening to his orders, growled. His growl was some sort of warning meant to scare me into submission and the human girl I was before might have sunk back and obeyed, but this girl was not going to take this kind of treatment sitting lightly. I snarled loudly back at him and it was almost like a caveman vs. caveman stare down to see who was the strongest. Apparently Demetri's patience was wearing thin and he decided that he did not like to wait for his demands to be met so he lunged at me and as fast as lightning my right fist connected with his gut sending him crashing through the opening of my door. I could hear parts of the hallway to my room start to collapse around him and I decided I could make a quick escape so I ran towards the opening as fast as I could, but it was too late and he was there.
He came behind me and pulled my body off the ground throwing me as hard as he could across my room and shattering the walls around me. I picked myself up fast barely feeling the impact and we both lunged at each other, but my new born strength over his was enough to send him tumbling to the floor with a loud boom. The sound of his body ricocheting to the ground and ceiling of my room was almost as loud as a bomb to human ears. I snarled as I slammed my body again into his and straddled his waist preparing myself to rip him to shreds. I didn't know much of how a vampire could die still Aro didn't think I was as observant and I had seen him dismember a vampire before and burn him to ashes. I didn't know where I would be able to light a fire or how I would do it, but I was going to rip him to shreds and worry about the rest later.
As I straddle his waist he thrust up into me so hard that I was sent bouncing to the ceiling and crashing to the floor, but his strength was no where near as hard as mine and I managed to right myself before his next blow came. Just as I prepared to block his fist with mine a scent came to me hard and I was almost brought to my knees. Honey lilac and sun, Edward and he was coming closer and for a moment I was distracted as Demetri caught on to the scent and made contact with his fist to my face sending me hard into the crumbling walls. Demetri chuckled roughly and I cringed as I tried to get up, he brought his hands to my right arm and pulled it off throwing it on to my mangled bed just a foot away. "Don't bother getting up because I will be back for you soon my precious girl. I just have to kill a certain annoying bronze haired vampire and you will be all mine."
I screamed and wailed at him as he made his way towards the direction of Edward's scent and I knew I had to get up and fight so I pushed myself further and tried in vain to reattach my right arm back to myself. When my body wouldn't make the connection fast enough I picked myself up and headed for his direction, holding my arm to its socket as I ran. I knew I wouldn't get to him in time to fully protect Edward, but I was hoping with Edwards mind reading capabilities that he would be able to fend for himself for the time being. My arm was in the process of reattaching still and my body wasn't completely up to par, but I was determined to kill Demetri and save Edward so I ran as fast as I could and I made it in time to see that Demetri had Edward whose chest was marred in a headlock and was about to behead him. I quickly shoved myself into them and they both went flying in different direction, Edward to my left, and Demetri to my right.
The force of my hit sent them both into the cemented walls of the castle so hard that neither had managed to get a hold of themselves and I took that moment of hesitation as a moment to end this once and for all. I ran in the direction of Demetri and this time I jumped on top of him slamming his body so hard into the pavement that he was embedded inside the earth as I brought my hands to his neck and pulled his head off in one quick swipe. In my rage I had quickly dismembered piece by piece of him and was still ripping him to shreds while tearless sobs wracked my body and Edward made his way towards me. I was all out sobbing when he pulled me off the rest of Demetri's mangled body and I only registered another presence because she was speaking to Edward.
"Let's get all the pieces we have to burn everything. He wont hurt her again Edward, but this needed to be done. I know you think we have started a war, but it was the only way for you two to be together. He would never have been able to track her, but now that he is gone he wont be able to track any of us. We have to hurry we need to leave and make our escape before the others find us."
I looked over at the petite girl with spiked black hair and butterscotch eyes and I finally registered that she was here to help us, she was a Cullen. So I picked myself up and away from Edwards sweet embrace and begin to gather all the body parts and throw them into the flames. Edward followed her directions quietly and soon every piece was burning and we were making our way out of the castle. I didn't really register much as I was still in shock and emotionally drained, but I noticed we were going out the way we would come in. I didn't really know if it was safe for us to go out the front entrance and the girl seemed to notice my weariness. She smiled timidly at me as she brought her hand to mine in a reassuring gesture. "My name is Alice, I am Edward's sister and while this situation is pretty shitty I just want you to know that this is the safest way possible for us to leave and we are so happy to have you here with us. You and I are going to be great friends, like sister really."
I smiled slightly because even though I had been to hell and back these past few months, this girl made me feel like I was finally going to be ok. I wouldn't have to worry about the next sexual encounter I was forced into, or a vampire draining me of my blood, or even a painful death. I was finally free and to top that practically nothing could kill me except of course another vampire, but this girl made it seem like I would never have to worry about that and I took comfort in that as well as her sweet words. "Thank you and my name is Bella, but I guess you already knew that."
She smiled and nodded her head as we made our way out of the castle catching the feint scent of the other Cullen men as well as some other vampires who I assumed to be Edward's sister and mother. I sighed as we made our way out of the castle followed by smoke and we practically ran to the other vampires. I was so dazed by all that had transpired that I didn't really have time to take in our appearances, but when I saw the two females and the other Cullen men gasp I couldn't help, but look Edward and his sister over. They both had shreds in there clothing and gashes in there skin that were slowly starting to heal. Alice who looked to be wearing the remainder of a blue sweater had shreds of clothing pealing off of her arms and stomach area. She had a big gash on the side of her neck, but for the most part looked to be okay. Edwards chest was bare, but the visible gashes were all I could see past the barely there sweat pants he had on from earlier. My own appearances from what I could see was just as bad. My wife beater was cut so far up it now looked like a sports bra and my stomach was visible, but my arm looked the most mangled as it wasn't completely reattached yet. My pants surprisingly stayed in tacked as well as my boots, but I could only imagine what we looked like compared to them.
The Cullen men were still wearing there casual untouched clothing from earlier and the two women seemed to be wearing casual wear as well. They had obviously not been in a fight so that meant that the smallest of the Cullen's had went to help us alone. She didn't look tough, but I knew from the gash on her neck and the shredded clothing that she was a force to be reckoned with. She smiled softly at me as if she knew what I was thinking and I got this eerie feeling that she knew what I wanted to ask her. "I will tell you all about my adventures to rescue Bella and Edward, but right now we need to run like hell and get out of here before the others come."
Alice and the rest of the Cullen's took off with me and Edward close behind them as we ran I caught the fresh scent of humans and was almost blown away by the thirst until Edward and Emmett grabbed a hold of me and pulled me away from the appealing scent. I groaned slightly, but was thankful that I didn't put up as much of a fight for there blood as I did when I fought to kill Demetri. I was still in a bit of a haze when we crossed another field and made our way towards a small jet. I didn't know what to expect or where we were going, but I let Emmett and Edward dragged me inside the jet following the others. I distinctly thought I heard the blonde female vampire make a comment about my presence as if I wasn't worth the trouble or something and I tried to avoid making any eye contact in her direction. Edward growled at her and she rolled her eyes. It was obvious by the way she looked at me with distain that she was Edward's sister, Rosalie. She really was beyond beautiful with her statuesque like figure, her perfect features, and long flowing blonde hair.
If I didn't know that Edward loved me now and she was Emmett's mate I would have thought them to be the picture perfect couple. Apart from her bad attitude and scowls she really was a heavenly creature, but I didn't feel like adding fuel to the fire so I focused on the other Cullen's still not ready to deal with Edward silence. I had already been acquainted with the men, but the women were all new to me and I could see the appeal they had for there mates. Alice was just as beautiful as Rosalie, only she seemed more youthful and innocent like as she cuddled into Jasper lap and nestled her face in his chest. They were very attached to each other and you could tell that just by looking at them they couldn't live without one another. Rosalie and Emmett while sort of distant were much the same only he seemed to dote on her every move while she basked in his charms. I realized examining these couples that there was still one other couple I had yet to see embrace. I looked towards the front of the jet and noticed Carlisle and his mate sitting upfront in the cockpit and preparing to fly the jet. Carlisle and what I could only assume was Esme were both staring at me and Edward with warmth in there eyes as they held each others hands and begin to prepare the jet for takeoff. Esme was very beautiful, but in a classic sort of 'gone with the wind' way and her caramel hair brought her topaz eyes out even more. I smiled timidly at them and couldn't help, but think that if I were human I would have blushed, thankfully I would never have to worry about that again. Small price to pay for being immortal I suppose. I sighed as I felt Edward tense next to me and I knew I could not hold off the conversation we needed to have, but I also knew that it would only make things better from here.
Before I could speak Alice interrupted me and begin to explain what happened to her to everyone. We had already found out that she had demanded the others to fall back and leave if we did not make it out on time, but thankfully we had made it out of there. Jasper seemed really concerned with why Alice didn't make it out of there completely unscathed and Alice sighed. "I don't really want to get into it, but lets just say that on the way to rescue Bella and Edward I ran into a little complication. I mean really she didn't see me coming and no harm was done to me, but lets just say that there is one pissed off vampire waiting to die at the hands of Aro. Hiedi really did have it coming, but I guess when you can see the future hers became a painful memory. Plus I kind of had the element of surprise and she should have been able to drill herself out of the ground by now."
Alice giggled as everyone registered what she had just done. She went toe to toe with Hiedi and even I knew that not many vampires would ever live to see another day against someone like her. Her fighting skills were surprisingly good and other vampires had a hard time getting away from her before they met there fate. I was both relived and proud of Alice, but that could have also been because Jasper seemed to be feeling all of those emotions and they were radiating off of him and onto us. When Emmett asked more about the fight, Alice cut him off by simply telling him she didn't want to relive it again and would be very thankful if they could just drop it. Whatever it was that happened it must have been really hard for her and I knew that only her and Edward would truly know and I didn't exactly want to relive my fight with the others so I understood where she was coming from. Unfortunately not answering them about her fight brought curious questions to the fight with Demetri and I inwardly cringed, but luckily Edward spoke in my defense. It was the first time he spoke sense before the incident with Demetri and I was both relieved yet scared when I heard the tone of his voice.
"Look guys Bella took Demetri out of the picture so we don't have to worry about him finding us and we can go on with our lives. The volturi is a distant memory, but I think we shouldn't push Bella or Alice into talking about something they aren't exactly comfortable with." He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose as he looked up at Emmett.
"Yes Bella didn't need me to protect her in fact she was the one who saved me, now can you stop thinking like a Neanderthal just because Alice and Bella are females doesn't mean they aren't capable of taking out vampires." He smiled slightly as he made eye contact with Alice then hesitantly made eye contact with me for the first time.
He held my gaze and I couldn't help, but smile back at him. "Oh and before you all ask I think its incredible appealing that Bella can take care of herself and I don't feel at all threatened by it either."
My smile grew at his words and Emmett let out a soft chuckle before Rosalie slapped him upside the head whispering "idiot" under her breath while Jasper and Alice held back a laugh. I noticed Edward still didn't take his eyes off of me and I really wanted to have this conversation, but I just wished it was in a more private setting. I didn't like the idea of everyone hearing what I had to say, but I knew it had to be said and soon or else I would lose my nerve and we would be playing ring around the Rosie again. I didn't want him to think my intentions weren't pure nor did I want him to think that I didn't want to be with him because I did I just needed to know where we stood. I needed the reassurance that what Demetri said was true, that Edward did love me.
As I started to speak I was caught off yet again, but this time it was by Edward. "I love you Bella, always have and always will. I would do anything for you and I hope you know that. I also want you to know that I will spend forever making up the lost time we could have had together including the time before you were born because your it for me. I now have a reason to live and that reason is you so please never doubt how much I love you."
The smile that radiated off of Edward's face was nothing short of breath taking and honest, he had me swooning in seconds and when I moved to embrace him and kiss his beautiful lips I stopped an inch away and inhaled. I breathed in his scent and exhaled my own breath onto his lips before I looked into his eyes. "I always loved you Edward and I will always love you. There is no one else and there will be no one else for me, but you. You are everything to me and more. I can't say I am sorry enough for letting sadistic vampires and my own insecurities break us apart, but I am so glad I found you. Though it would have been nice had I made it to Forks, but then we probably never would have met so I gladly take the pain I went through to get to you."
I brought my lips to his in a loving, but passionate kiss and as our tongues slipped in each others mouth I heard a not so subtle 'Shush Rosalie' from Alice's mouth. I was so lost in the kiss as Edwards mouth and tongue pressed against mine that I was too far gone to care about what the ice queen had wanted to say, but when Edward broke apart from me and I looked up into his sorrowful, but love ridden eyes I knew something was being held from me. "Edward my love what is it?" I all, but begged hoping it was nothing and praying for the feel of his lips on mine, but he shook his head lightly and sighed.
"No Edward don't do it…" Alice pleaded as Edward stared intently into my eyes.
"Rosalie is right Alice, Bella deserves to know and I am going to tell her. I don't want anything standing in the way and I don't want anything between us from now on." He sighed never bringing his eyes off of mine.
"Bella my family and I were living in Forks before we came here in fact if you had boarded that plan we still would have met. You were always meant to meet me, but Aro just prolonged our meeting. I am sorry love and I wish I could have stopped Aro before he could get to you, but by the time Alice had a vision of you it was too late and I didn't know about it until she begin to have more visions about me falling in love with you there."
I didn't really register much of the conversation after that as I could only think about three things at the moment. One being taken by Aro and tortured into submission was all for nothing. Two Alice and the Cullen's only came to help me because they had a vision of Edward falling in love with me. Three I had lost the chance to finally have a better relationship with my father and even worse a chance to say goodbye to my family. I didn't know how to react to that so I just shut down for a moment until everything became clear again.
Authors note: Your are still missing a lot of the story so this chapter will be done in Edward POV (sort of lol) next chapter so you can see the parts you missed and don't worry I will update as soon as possible. I do want you to keep in mind that Alice is still hiding things from Edward as well as the others and Bella never really wanted to be a vampire. She just wanted to live, but that was her only way out. She was tortured by vampires for months and suddenly she meets one and falls in love with him only to find out he changed her and rescued her because his sister had a vision that she was his future mate….how do you think she will take that? Review and let me know what you thought of this chapter and the new moon movie (what your fav or least fav parts were in the movie).
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