A/N: sorry it took so long to update guys, life has been crazy. Here's a Bella chappy for you.

Disclaimer: Don't even make me say it, I DON'T OWN THIS.

BPOV

The change was painful, far more so than anything I had ever experienced in my human life.

I tried to focus on what was happening around me. It was hard work, but I managed to pick out a voice. It was female, and I thought it sounded like a vampire, but I couldn't be sure. The next thing I noticed was that I was moving. I was supported by two stone arms, I knew that was a vampire, but the arms were not Edward's. That confused me, why would anyone other than Edward be carrying me? I mean he loved to carry me when I didn't even need it, I would've thought he would have jumped on the chance.

I wanted more than anything to cry out in pain, but I had already decided that I wasn't going to scream. It would hurt Edward too much. The burning pain came in waves, and it was in between the waves that I could tell what was going on around me. Only then could I make out voices and motion.

I was still moving, of this I was sure, but it felt as though I was going slower. I guess we were nearing our home, it had taken longer than I thought it should have, for a bunch of vampires. I didn't question it, maybe they didn't run the whole way. I was brought out of my thought by the same female voice as before.

"Throw her in, and get her dinner. The change should be complete within the hour."

I felt my body fly through the air. I came to a sudden stop, crashing into what I took to be a brick wall. The pain then returned stronger than ever, and I fell under the searing waves again. This time relief came with me 'complete within the hour.' one more hour of torture, and I could finally be with Edward forever, his equal in every way.

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I slowly came to my new, enhanced senses, and immediately knew that something was wrong. I was standing in the middle of a small, square room. The walls and floor were concrete, and there was no furniture, save for the small cot in one corner. There was a door on the wall in the corner farthest from the cot, but it was metal, and barred like a jail door.

Wouldn't I be in Edward's room, why would he leave me in here to transform? And where was here? I had never seen a room like this in the Cullen's mansion, and I had explored every inch of their house while they were away on their hunting trips and Charlie was fishing with Billy.

I was jarred from my train of thought by the cell door being thrown open. A vampire walked in, but he wasn't one I recognized. He had short black hair, and was almost as big as Emmett, almost. He looked at me and snorted, "I don't know why she believes you are so powerful, you're tiny." He muttered, "I'll bring you dinner then."

He left, and I started to panic. I didn't know this vampire, and his eyes had been crimson not gold. He was a human drinker. I started to wonder if Edward even had any idea that I had been changed, or if he was around. I didn't know who had separated me from him, but they would pay!

I tried to listen in on the conversations going on above me, but the cell seemed to be soundproofed. I could only hear small mutterings, nothing else. Suddenly I heard something more clearly, it sounded like footsteps right outside my cell door. Immediately, a wonderful smell wafted down the hall, it smelled like coffee, and made the back of my throat burn with thirst.

I sat up straighter on the floor, and waited for my food, thinking it was a deer or something. I was wrong. The cell door opened, and a red haired girl led a tiny boy into my cell. The redhead made eye contact with me, and I recognized her immediately. Victoria.

I snarled, and crouched ready to spring. She smiled, and pushed the frightened boy towards me, obviously thinking I was growling at him. Yes, he smelled amazing. Yes, I was thirsty. Yes, I wanted his blood, but I wanted her head more.

ZPOV (Zachary, the little boy)

I was dragged down the hall by the fire-haired girl that ate my parents. That was two days ago, and since then I had been stuck in a small cell. I had only seen her once after that, when she had come into my cell to confirm my suspicions, they were vampires.

She explained why I was still alive, "We have a new vampire in our coven, she has just completed her transformation, and she will be very thirsty! We decided to save you for her, as a first meal." She cackled sending chills up my spine.

We reached the end of the hall, and she threw the last door on the right open, shoving me inside before her. She closed the door and walked in casually behind me. A low growl filled the room, and I whirled around to face a small girl. I tried to take a step backwards, but the redhead pushed me forward.

The girl growled again, and I closed my eyes bracing myself for an attack that never came. With a magnificent roar that didn't sound like it could come from something so small, she lunged at the other, punching her in the face with a loud BOOM. I began to back away from the fight, as the redhead pushed the girl away, toward the center of the cell.

The girl growled, and crouched to spring again, but before she could she burst into flames. She made no noise, no whimper of pain escaped her, but she fell to her knees on the hard cement. "Too hot for you, Bella?" the redhead taunted as she began to circle the helpless girl, "Not so much fun to play with someone stronger than you, is it?" she began to circle the brunette like a wolf waiting to tear her apart.

The brunette's jaw clenched and she moved one foot, so that she was resting with one knee. Her head was down, and her fingertips were resting on the floor. Face still hidden behind her curtain of mahogany hair she whispered, "Who is stronger than who?" with another movement she was standing on two feet, head held high in the air. "And it's Isabella to you, Victoria." She growled the name like a curse.

Victoria took one look at the girl standing in the middle of the room, fire still burning around her, and fled. She ran out the door slamming it shut behind her." The girl, Isabella, sank back to the floor, and whimpering slightly, she curled up into a ball and lay perfectly still. Her hands were clenched to the back of her head, and her knees were drawn into her stomach.

I really felt bad for her, but was still to afraid to approach. I mean, she was one of them.

I don't know how long we stayed like that, her lying on the hard floor, and me sitting tentatively on the small cot. When she finally moved, it was all but invisible, one moment she was on the ground, and the next she was on two feet. She walked toward me, and I flinched away from her, moving from the cot.

"Hello," she smiled warmly at me, but it didn't quite meet her eyes. Her voice was musical and velvety, "I apologize that you are stuck in here, I will do everything in my power to get both of us out." She was beautiful, with full red lips, and big deer-in-the-headlights eyes, even if they were fire truck red. Her chocolate brown hair fell in beachy waves down her back, and she stood at about 4'11.

"Are-Aren't you gonna kill me?" I asked, my voice trembling along with my hands.

She sighed deeply, "I am sorry that I can't make promises on that. I will not kill you, as long as I can remain in control, but if I lose control…" she trailed off making a desperate gesture with her hands. "I don't want to hurt you, I don't want to be a monster. Are you okay?" she asked worriedly.

It was ironic, I decided, she had just been tortured with fire, and yet she asks me if I am okay. "I'm scared." I answered truthfully, "Victoria scares me."

"Did she talk to you a lot?"

"No, but she did talk to the jail guard quite a bit, and I heard some of it."

"What did she say? Did she talk about my family?" She looked desperate, and frightened all of a sudden.

"I don't really know how would she refer to them?"

"I'm not really sure, probably Cullen or Edward."

"There wasn't any mention of Cullen, but I think I heard the name Edward," she immediately panicked.

"What did she say? I bet he snuck over here and got caught. I bet Alice had a vision and their all trapped in this place. Maybe they are being tortured too, maybe she is waiting to kill me so she can do it in front of them, or maybe she'll kill them one by one in front of me and make me live eternity alone…" her muttering trailed off too fast for me to hear, and took a minute to become audible again, "If she lays a finger on them I swear I will rip her apart, burn her, then scatter the ashes across the globe."

She shook herself, and turned back to me, "well anyway what did she say?" She looked scared of the answer, and honestly I was afraid to give it to her.

"Well she said something about hoping that brat Alice could see you in here so that she could capture them, then torture you in front of them, then kill them one by one in front of you, ending with Edward." I said this in a rush, hoping she wouldn't catch it, then cringed away from the explosion that I knew would soon follow.

A deafening roar sounded throughout the castle, I swear I heard a window breaking on a floor above, "DAMN IT!!" she screamed, punching one of the concrete walls. To my complete horror, her tiny fist made a crater in the wall. She turned to me, eyes now a complete black and said "When was this?" Her voice was smooth, the calm before a storm.

"Two days ago," I stuttered, trembling. I was sure she would eat me now, but was once again relieved. She was at the door in a matter of seconds. She leapt against it, shoulder first, making a huge boom echo through the hallway. She backed off, and then rammed the door again. Nothing was happening.

Suddenly the door was flung open from the outside and Victoria walked in. She was looking at Bella with a mixture of hate and annoyance. "Will you stop trying to wreck my house already?" she asked irritated.

"No." Bella spat back, and to prove her point, she slammed her fist into the wall again, leaving another rounded depression.

Victoria merely smiled at her, and she burst into flame again, but this time she stayed on her feet, jaw gritted against the pain. She took a moment to recover, then stepped forward, fire trailing behind her. The flames disappeared as quickly as they had come, leaving Bella breathing hard, but still upright.

"You leave me no choice," Victoria said, "Boys, back to the old method of punishment I suppose." She moved to go sit on the bed, and three huge men walked in the door. Bella crouched and lunged again at Victoria succeeding in getting a solid punch in before the men converged on her.

The fight was too fast for my eyes for awhile, but when it slowed, what I saw scared me. Bella was being held in the air from behind, and her hands were held behind her back. She did not struggle against the man holding her, but held her head high. The biggest man walked toward her slowly, smiling hugely.

He got into her face and said, "Hey honey, I can make you forget about that husband of yours." He leered at her, face inches from hers. She finally turned her attention to the man, but her only response was to spit in his face. He backed off fuming, "Why you little…" he interrupted himself as his fist collided with her stomach with a loud boom. Her expression never changed, betraying no pain. He struck her again and again, I heard a few loud cracks, and guessed that he had broken her ribs.

"Stop," Victoria finally cut in, "Finish your dinner Isabella, or we will be back." She got off the bed, and gracefully made her way to the door. Bella scowled at her but did not growl, no sound could leave her chest. The man holding her threw her at the bed, so that she hit the wall and crumpled onto the cot.

A/N: I hope you liked it, I wanted to make Bella tough, and Zach is still alive for a reason, he plays an important part later.

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