I am so sorry for the short chapters that the last few chapters have been. I have been busy lately…if I had more time, I'd make the chapters longer. But, I plan to keep writing, there may just be more chapters than planned. Anyway, I do not own any of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight characters, etc.

And I changed the character point of views to the center of the page, but…you probably figured that out already.

*A few days later*

~Bella~

"A letter came in for you," some soldier said to me, handing me a white envelope. I wondered who'd be sending me mail. I read the return address, and it was a Polish name I could not pronounce. Who was this?

I put the envelope in my pocket, deciding to open it later. For now, I had to do my job as being a soldier. It had been a couple of days, and being a soldier did not become any better. I'd seen my mom a few times; she gave me the strangest look, as if to ask: "Why the hell are you wearing one of their uniforms?" I tried to talk to her, but then she'd had to go each time. Today, I was going to explain to her.

I followed Caius and Felix outside. Aro was apparently too good for work; he stayed behind in the main building and by the soldiers' cabins, probably staring at himself in the mirror. Both Caius and Felix decided to ignore me, rather than trying to talk to me.

Who was I kidding, why would they want to know me, knowing who I was? I didn't want to know them, either, anyway.

I saw my mom walking with everyone else. She did not look well at all. She walked like the others, slowly and tiredly. I was behind Caius and Felix, so I easily got away from them and caught up with my mom.

She wouldn't even look at me when I tapped her shoulder.

"Mom," I said, "I know you're probably wondering why I'm wearing this uniform, but it's a long story."

"My own daughter--a soldier." She said quietly. It was the first time I'd heard her speak in such a long time.

"Not by choice, Mom. They made me."

"Why did they make you, out of all the other people?" she finally turned to me. Her eyes were red and bloodshot, and dirt covered her face.

"I broke some rules," I explained. "They said either I become a soldier, or die."

"What did you do?"

I was silent for a minute.

"Hey, come back here!" Caius ordered. I turned quickly, and then started walking away.

"I fell in love with soldier!" I finally admitted as Caius pulled my arm. My mom's face went completely blank in disbelief. I looked at her, trying to say, "I'm sorry for everything," with my expression, but it didn't seem to work. She shook her head, tears in her eyes.

"Why?!" she screamed, crying. I had never heard her yell so loudly. "Why did you?!"

"I'm sorry, Mom! I'm sorry I broke too many rules!" I cried as well. Felix went over to my mom. He pushed her away from me, and toward the group of people working. She looked at me one more time, tears streaming down her face.

Caius and Felix walked on either side of me, making sure I couldn't walk away. I crossed my arms, trying to not freeze from the cold. Even with this uniform I felt like I was sitting on ice. I looked down at the barren ground, thinking of what else I could say to my mom.

"Always trying to run away," Caius said. I looked up and ahead of me. "That was your mother?"

"No," I replied.

"Oh, right, it was your imaginary friend? No."

"Yes, she's my mother."

"And what is her name?"

"Renee." I muttered.

"Oh, Renee Swan."

Duh, I thought.

He didn't say anything else, thankfully. Now, I had to watch as my own mother worked for hours on end, and I couldn't do anything.

Me being a soldier didn't require much extra work, actually. I had to watch everyone else work, though. I realized that was Aro's plan when he told me to become a soldier. He knew it would hurt me even more to have to watch the people I loved work for long hours. He knew I'd feel horrible. And he was right.

"Whatcha doing?" Aro asked, trying to be funny, as I walked through the main room to go to the cabin I was now living in. I walked past him, looking ahead and ignoring him. "Right, ignoring me."

I didn't say anything, and I closed the door of the large cabin behind me, leaning my back against the closed door. I held the envelope in my hands, staring at it. Once I decided that Aro would not come here, I went to my bed and lie down. I opened the envelope carefully, so I would not rip it too much.

Dear Bella,

I know you do not mean all that stuff you said in that letter. I was able to tell those weren't your words, they were Aro's. Don't worry about my feelings being crushed by the letter; I will not believe it.

I have been working a lot here. I'm guessing you have, too, having to deal with Aro. Has he hurt you in any way? If he has, I'll come back there and teach him a lesson.

Your brother and father are here, I saw them on the train. I don't think your father likes me much. He was questioning me about being a soldier. I can't blame him.

I came up with an idea earlier today, at about one in the morning. Right now it's about two. Bella, I'm coming back there. I don't know how, I don't know when, but I'm coming back. Soon. And I'm going to find you there. And we're going to be together. And Aro will be out of our lives. As for the rest of your family and Alice…they can come. If you want them to. I would assume you would, of course. Wait there for me, Bella--I'm on my way, while you're working, while you're being annoyed by Aro, I'm coming there to save you.

I know liberation will come. Someday, somehow, someone will come to help all of us. Be strong for now, because I am coming.

Love,

Edward

Edward. It was Edward.

~Edward~

December 27th, 1944. That was the date. It seemed as if each day went as slow as a year, at least when Bella was not around. Had she gotten the mail? Was it even sent?

Work was becoming just some horrible routine to me; not so much tragedy, but annoying. Emmett had been asking me a lot of questions about being a soldier and stuff lately, and Carlisle was quiet, like Emmett had told me he would be. Emmett wanted to know what it was like being a soldier, if I at any point liked being a Nazi, and other questions like that. All my answers had something to do with hating being a soldier.

Being one of the Jewish people at time was not exactly better because of the torture and treatment, but at least I didn't have to feel like the cause of everyone's pain by watching them work. That was one of the number one reasons why I hated being a soldier in the first place.

"Good evening, Edward." Carlisle greeted me when he walked into the cabin. Carlisle always talked like that; in a proper, kind way.

"Hi, Carlisle." I answered more informally. He knew that I wasn't exactly like him, so I don't think he minded. "How are you?" I added.

"Could be better. All of us could."

"Yeah."

The conversation always ended like that, every day. One of us would ask the other how they were, and the other would say "Yeah," agreeing with what the other person just said. Then, we remained silent, with nothing else to say.

Today was different.

"Did you really send that letter to that girl?" he asked.

"Yes, he did." Emmett said, entering the room. He was always in some good mood. He talked as if he were in one, anyway.

"Oh."

"Why?" I asked.

"Just wondering."

Those were the only other words I'd hear from Carlisle for the rest of the day. Yeah, not much of a chatterbox.

~Alice~

Darkness. Empty. Blank.

I was searching for anything, anyone, anywhere. If anyone was here, I needed to find out what was going on. At first, I was in a dark tunnel, running away from something. Maybe it was fear.

I saw some light at the end, and then I was in a splash of color and life. I looked around at the mysterious land. It was kind of like the surroundings of the last time this happened, with the cloudless sky and the trees.

A waterfall and lake was in front of me, with birds around singing their happy song, and flowers in full bloom. I walked closer to it looking in amazement of what was around me.

"Alice, dear." A voice said from behind me. I turned. Someone else was here.

There, my mother and father stood together, both holding their arms out to me. They both smiled, welcoming me here with them.

"Mom! Dad!" I cried, and I bolted into a run through the field to reach my parents.

~Bella~

He sent me a letter. He knew. And I didn't even have to try to send that letter to him.

I reread the letter, not believing what I saw. He was coming to get me, he'd said. He was on his way.

Jonah and my dad were there, wherever he was. No wonder I hadn't seen them. I hadn't expected to see them if they were here, anyway. I'd only seen them once here.

I worried for little Jonah, now somewhere new, and without his mother. He had my dad to help him there, though, which was fortunate. My mom probably had no idea that they were gone. I didn't want to tell her, to make her even sadder.

So right now, as I read this letter again, Edward was coming to save me (as well as my mom and Alice). I smiled at the thought of being able to escape.

I was able to fall asleep then, without any nightmares haunting me.

~Edward~

There wasn't anything I needed to pack, since everything I ever held important to me was gone, either left at home or taken away by Aro. It was the middle of the night, and I decided now was the right time to get ready to escape, since no one was awake, obviously. Emmett had decided to wake up early as well, for whatever reason. I didn't ask, though.

"So, you're really going to escape?" he asked.

"Yes," I replied, putting some leftover water in a small bag I'd found. I needed all the food and water I could get in order to survive whatever journey I took. How I would get to Germany, I didn't know. "Do you have any ideas how to get there?"

"Take the train." He suggested.

I raised an eyebrow.

"The Jewish train. Find which train is transporting them to that camp, and get on the train as if you're being transported as well. They'll believe you."

"What makes you say that?"

"Look at what you're wearing."

I remembered the identical outfit I was wearing to the other Jewish people.

"Right." I said.

Emmett patted my back. "Good luck, Edward, wherever you go." He smiled. "And tell Bella good luck, too."

That chapter was a little longer than the others. Well, thanks to everyone who's reviewed, favorited, or alerted!