A/N – Emmy has a new laptop :D YAY :D so she will be updating more regular-like, just because it's an excuse to use said new laptop :) This chapter is dedicated to mdk, who left me a wonderful review that really made me smile, and encouraged me to write quickly :)

Also, in this chapter there are two French characters. Now you see, I don't speak French, and I didn't want to anger any of you who do by using some dodgy translator on the internet. So – let's just say that Bella has learnt fluent French in her time with Edward, and so can understand what they are saying and/or thinking. Because it is from her point of view, she therefore documents it in English, so all you little lovelies can understand what they are saying :D

Next chapter will be looking at Edward, and how he has coped with this long forced serparation. (arn't I just so mean to them? Muhahaha) sorry...slight hyper malfunction there.

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Year 2

The second year had dragged on, just like the one before. The pain in my heart increased every day, as Aro forced me to do more and more against my will. My diet of human blood pleased him, as did my blood red eyes, but I was still not as obedient as he would have liked. I had yet to kill another vampire on my own, always having had Allegra there to help me. It wasn't that I wasn't capable, and Aro knew this. It was simply because I didn't want to.

Having Allegra on my side was wonderful, but I knew that Aro had power over her that I couldn't compete with. Allegra may have appeared innocent, and childlike, but she had a lot of hate in her heart that I could not get rid of. Vampires had stolen her from her family, killed them in front of her, and then doomed her to be one of them forever, and she hated them for it. Although she wanted to join the Cullen's, and to try our diet to stop the killing of humans, she enjoyed killing vampires. They had caused her pain, and she wanted to cause them pain in return.

We were currently in southern France, following a female vampire who appeared to have told our secret to her human lover. I didn't want to think about the situation too much, as it reminded me too much of Edward and myself. The vampire was facing death, as was the human, unless the human showed potential for a talent. That was unlikely.

Allegra and I were stood next to a tree, watching the human from afar. We could see in to his bedroom, watching as he slept. Sniffing the air, I sensed the vampire coming towards the house. Allegra quickly sent her power at the vampire, illuminating the power to notice us from her mind. She would neither see, hear nor smell us until Allegra let her.

She came in to view instantly, her black hair and red eyes shimmering in the moonlight. She looked around, ignoring us completely, before she slipped in through a ground floor window, and made her way up the stairs to the man's bedroom. The vampire appeared to be around 25 in human years, and the boy was a lot younger, maybe 15 or 16. I suddenly felt very sorry for him. He couldn't possibly know the fate which was coming to him.

"Raoul, are you awake?" The vampire's voice was quiet, but we could hear every word

"Celine?"

"Yes my love, I'm here. Sleep." The boy, Raoul merely turned around and faced the other way, not even looking at the woman, Celine.

"Have you hunted?" I looked at Leggs, and nodded. This almost confirmed it, he knew.

"Yes, I found someone not far from here. No one you know."

"Good."

"Go to sleep, my love. I will watch over you."

Raoul must have known about Celine's secret, unless he was alluding to something else. We stepped away from the house, running back to the rest of the guard who were in a house about 10 miles away. It only took about 2 minutes, and it was a perfect spot to watch the couple from afar. We couldn't always rely on leggs' power to keep us hidden.

As we ran I thought about what awaited the pair. From the distance we had observed them from; the human boy was nothing special. Apart from the fact that she had been able to resist his blood, the vampire was nothing great either.

I didn't want to think about what could have happened to Edward if I hadn't been talented. He would have been destroyed, along with the rest of the Cullen's for telling me the secret. But it didn't seem like the boy was as in love as the female. Only she had shown signs of endearment towards the boy, and they had not been returned. It was heartbreaking to watch him turn away from her, when she was risking both of their lives for them to be together.

We arrived back at the guard's house within another minute. Caius was waiting for us at the door, having heard us coming.

"He knows, Caius."

He nodded, understanding that we now had to take action.

"Is she there now?"

I nodded, knowing that I was dooming them to death. We would leave immediately.

The run back to the house was silent. Allegra took down the shroud that surrounded us, as I put my shield around the vampire. I wanted to be sure that if she did have any powers, I would know about it, and I would protect the rest of the guard from them. That was my job.

She heard us coming from almost 5 miles away. Her thoughts immediately went in to overdrive, trying to plan a way to escape.

Unfortunately, there were not any. There was no way they could escape without us catching them.

We stopped outside the window, and called up to them, knowing that there was no one else home.

"Celine, there is no way out of this. Bring the boy down and we will do this as peacefully as we can."

Allegra was the voice of the call, as always, because she sounded the least menacing. If we scared them now, then we would never get the information we needed, namely, if anyone else knew.

"Please don't hurt him. He's just a boy."

"Just come down, Celine. Bring Raoul, we know he is awake."

Even though she knew he didn't return her feelings, Celine's thoughts were still completely based around Raoul's safety.

"Promise you won't hurt him. He is an innocent."

I looked to Caius. He was still looking at the window. I was instantly reminded that the Volturi did not show mercy. Not for anyone's begging.

"Just bring him down Celine."

I watched as the boy walked up behind her in the window. He looked scared when faced with a group of vampires, but his thoughts were only on his own safety, none on Celine's.

I watched as Celine turned to him, and kissed him lightly on the forehead, before picking him up and jumping out the window, landing neatly in front of us.

Immediately we jumped in to action. Allegra and I moved forward and took Raoul from Celine's arms, holding him in our grip. Alec and Felix pushed Celine to the ground as Caius watched on.

"Please... don't hurt him."

"You took that option away from us when you shared the secret. How much does he know? We will know if you are lying." Caius' voice was cold and hard as he looked down on her, fully in Volturi mode.

"He knows everything. I couldn't not tell him. I love him. Please, spare him."

"The Volturi do not give second chances, Celine. Have you told anyone else about our secret?"

"No... Please..."

"You will be punished for your crimes. Our existence must be kept a secret. You cannot share it humans. It dooms not only you, but the human as well."

"What? You can't hurt me... I haven't done anything. I never asked for this, she was the one who told me! Kill her! I don't deserve to die!" Raoul was struggling in my arms, and I quickly tightened my grip. He was incredibly disagreeable. I felt so sorry for Celine, as her love was not returned at all.

"Isabella, kill him."

I stared at Caius. He knew that this case was especially hard for me, and he wanted me to kill this human. It was different when I was feeding, it was necessary.

I could feel Alec's eyes on me, daring me to disobey.

"No please... have mercy. He's only a child."

"Isabella...I will not tell you again."

I closed my eyes, and tried to cut out Celine's pleas.

"Isabella..."

I grabbed his neck, and ripped as quickly as I could. Celine screamed in the background, as the scent of blood overtook my senses.

Celine's cried were cut short as her own head was also ripped from her body. I sat stunned, as Alec descended on Raoul's body and sucked the blood.

Caius turned to me.

"Congratulations Isabella. Next time, you will take on a vampire. When we get back to Italy, you may have your phone call to the Cullen's."

I was too disturbed to be excited about talking to Edward. It was the first time that I had killed on a direct order from the Volturi. To me, it felt like the beginning of the end.

We landed in Italy only a few hours later, and I quickly made my way to my room where I knew the iphone would be waiting for me. I didn't even talk to Leggs before I left.

I settled on to my bed and dialled Edwards's new number that I had memorised during our last conversation. He picked up after only 1 ring.

"Bella?"

"Yeah it's me."

"It's so good to hear your voice. Are you ok?"

I merely sat in silence, listening to his breathing on the other end of the line. It was incredibly soothing.

"Bella? Sweetheart, please, answer me."

"I'm sorry E. It has been a hard day. I miss you so much."

"I know baby, I miss you too, but we are nearly half way through. Please, tell me about your day. What happened?"

I sighed; rubbing the bridge of my nose in a way that I knew was a gesture I had picked up from Edward.

"I witnessed what would have happened to us if I hadn't shown potential. Only the human only begged for his own life. They both died because she was so in love she couldn't hide it, even if it wasn't returned."

"Oh Bella. I love you so much sweetheart, I'm sorry you had to see that. I have always been so thankful that you had the space in your heart to let me in, I don't know what I would have done it you hadn't."

"I didn't watch it. I did it. I killed him, as they both begged for his life. He was only 15."

There was silence on the other end, but I didn't let myself regret telling him. If anyone could make me feel better, it would be Edward.

"Sweetheart...it wasn't your fault. You have to follow orders, love. Otherwise I might lose you forever, and I can't even think about living without you. The next 3 years will be hard enough, please don't make it forever. You have to follow orders."

"I know... I just hate that they can make me do these things. I don't want to kill people. Caius said that next time it will be a vampire I have to kill. How am I meant to do that?"

"Have faith in yourself, Bella. You are stronger than you think. If anyone can do this, you can."

"Will you... will you still love me...when I come back a murderer." I couldn't stop the question from escaping, as it was one that had been playing on my mind for a long time. How could Edward love me, his sweet innocent Bella, when I was a blood sucking murderer? I was no longer the Bella that Edward had fallen in love with. Would I be too far changed in 3 years time?

"Bella... how could you say that? I have taken human lives, and vampire lives, and you know that. Our whole family has killed another at some point in their existence. Do you love them any less for it? I love you with my whole heart, and nothing can change that. Ever. I cannot wait for the day when you are safe in my arms once more, wearing my ring on your finger, and back with our loving family."

I took in a deep breath, happy to hear Edward say what I already knew in my heart. Nothing would change his love for me, or mine for him.

"I love you so much, Edward. I don't know how I will live for another 3 years without you. I need you."

"We will survive the next 3 years, because we have to. Just think of our future Bella, how much time we will have. We just have to survive this pain first, and then we can be together. I love you Bella. So so so much, and nothing will ever change that."

I closed my eyes and let his words wash over me. We would be ok, we just had to have faith in each other, and get on with our lives, even if they were separate for now.