Victoria ran until she came to a meadow, it was the perfect place for what was going to happen…it was a perfectly symmetrical meadow, wild flowers in bloom all over the place. Simply perfect, Victoria thought, an evil grin contorting her features.

The beast stayed out of the meadow, there was no reason for it to not step out into the moonlight, but something kept him at bay. Where was that snarling coming from? In It's head? It was not his, it was a warning growl. This was a special place, he had no business stepping foot on it, at least that's what his instincts were telling him. The red haired female would soon pay the price for setting foot here, he was sure of it.

The Beast just sat and watched, the female was moving around, sticking a large post into the middle of the clearing, driving it deep into the surface of the earth. She would pay for that, the maiming of the earth, It thought. There was a large railroad tie nail in the back of the post. The Beast cocked its head to one side and watched the female curiously, what was she doing with a syringe?

Victoria took the small vile and syringe out of her small bag. She took Bella's limp arm and gave her a good dose of adrenalin. Throwing the utensils back into her bag, she grabbed Bella just in time to restrain her while she jolted awake. Making her stand up, Victoria tied Bella to the post, wrapping the bonds that held her hands to the nail.

Bella shook her head, trying to put things together. She felt sick.

What am I doing here? I thought. Looking around I saw Victoria's figure in front of me. Her face contorted into, a smile? Victoria's eyes were wild, but decisive, she was thinking this through. I heard a small growl coming from the shadows; I turned to see where it had come from, and instantly regretted that decision.

In the darkness stood a beast, so massive, it was easily bigger than a horse, It had a dog like face, the thickness of a bear (instantly reminding me of Emmett). Its hind legs were like that of a cat's, with a wolf like tail. It had a large and tangled mane of black and brown fur, leaves and twigs stuck this way and that in its black fur. The whole beast's body and breath seemed to reek of death, was this my imagination? The devil's mutant beast, serving as the grim reaper? The Beast's snout was thick, like a bear's, with saliva dripping to the ground in long strings, and its ears were very large, clearly made for exquisite hearing. But the worst part was The Beast's eyes, empty white spaces, deprived of soul or feeling. What was this beast of the night? I screamed in horror, it was an ear splitting sound, but it seemed to be music to Victoria's ears.

She stood there laughing for a long while. I was transfixed by the creature's eyes, though they were blank, somehow I got the feeling that they felt pity, sadness triggered by my scream. Was this beast as brainless as I had first thought? I would have handled the brainless beast better, I screamed again, sending The Beast recoiling back a little further into the darkness, and sent Victoria into hysterics.

"Oh is Isabella afraid of the dumb brute? Do you want you're little Edward to come save you? Ha! You'll wish that you were dead, Isabella Swan. You'll be begging me to set my pet to feed on you. I'll enjoy this, I really will." She came slowly towards me, my heart loud and fast enough to dance to. I closed my eyes and waited…but nothing happened, she just stood inches away from me.

Then something hard hit the side of my face. Stars and fireworks went off in front of my eyes. The movement was so sudden, that it took me a moment to grasp the fact that Victoria had slapped me. She laughed at the fact that I was bleeding; she hadn't hit me with all of her power, which was like her tapping someone lightly on the shoulder that was her being gentle.

She leaned forward and liked the blood that was running from the corner of my mouth; I was in for quite a night. Did anyone know I was gone? The last thing I remembered was falling asleep in my bedroom.

Victoria leaned away, closing her eyes as if to savor the taste of my blood in her mouth. She opened her eyes to look at me, they were different. "I had a nice meal before I came to get you, Bella. I knew that I needed to keep you alive and resist your blood so I could enjoy this. I had four meals in a row today, just in case." She ran to the other end of the clearing. She effortlessly carried out an over weight middle aged man from the trees. I didn't recognize him, but tears ran down my face none the less. Victoria began to drink what was left of the man's blood, though he was already dead. She was saving him for later, use him to scare me. It was working.

Victoria picked up her head from his neck once she was done. There was a sheen of crimson coating the once beautiful and untainted wild flowers beside her. The blood covered her mouth, even the tip of her nose, ran down her neck, into her shirt. She looked like a two year old who had birthday cake all over his face after his birthday party. It was sick.

"Mmmm…perfectly aged." She said licking her lips. I closed my eyes tight and tried to breathe out of my mouth. Suppressing the feeling to vomit…or scream.

The tears flowed down my face like two water falls. Who long would she wait until I was her next prey? But something happened then, something I couldn't quiet explain. I heard Edwards voice in my ear, it was faint and I couldn't understand what he was saying, but I knew it was his honey voice that whispered in my ear.

My eyes snapped open, half expecting to see his standing beside me…but there was nothing. Just Victoria and the monster in the shadows. But then I heard Edwards voice again so I closed my eyes once more and concentrated. I could hear him clearly now, and what he said brought tears to my eyes.

'Bella, baby, just hold on, hold on as tight as you can. I'm coming to get you and everything is going to be fine. We're going to get married, live in a cottage if that's what you want. I'll take care of you when you're old. I'll be with you forever. As long as you're here, I'll be with you, just hold on Bells. If anything, hold on for me. I'm coming to get you, I love you so much.'

I lifted me tear stained face towards the night sky. Looking at the stars. Edward's voice in my head had been so comforting, but I refused to believe that it was real. I had no chance of survival. But the voice had given me strength, just when I was going to give up. 'Thank you, subconscious.' I thought. The hallucination had been great.

I opened my eyes once more, looking at the star spotted sky when out of no where Victoria's fist hit my stomach. My head snapped forward, gasping for air just before I leaned to the side to vomit. I was lost in the darkness for a brief moment then I heard his voice. I love you so much…hold on as tight as you can.

I opened my eyes against the blackness to see Victoria smiling again. "You're sick." I said, fighting the urge to throw up again.

"I'm the sick one?" she said, sounding offended. "You all ganged up on James! That wasn't sick and unfair? You disgust me!" Victoria took a step forward and spit in my face.

'Edward…hurry!' I pleaded; I began to doubt that I would ever see his beautiful angelic face again. What would it be like, dieing? It was unlikely that Victoria would make it swift, but would it be a relief or a curse? Who would take care of Charlie? Renee? Who would watch out for Edward, making sure he didn't do something stupid. Alice would, I thought. Alice would be there. I felt a sudden sense of calm, now that I knew that someone would take care of things it felt easier to let go. To let go…